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Bryan Murray Still Unsigned
by Paul on 01/15/07 at 11:29 AM ET
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from Chris Stevenson of the Ottawa Sun,
If Senators senior management is waiting to see how the Senators do down the stretch and into the playoffs to decide if Murray is still their man, there is a risk attached to that strategy.
If the Senators continue their march up the standings and have some success in the playoffs, Murray's value and bargaining position are going to go up.
Sometime in the not too distant future, there is a point of no return.
If the Senators continue to play the way they have lately, it will be better for Murray not to sign with the Senators and see what happens.
Who knows what opportunities might be out there?
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Trevor Daley Wants To Open More Doors
by Paul on 01/15/07 at 11:21 AM ET
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from the Star-Telegram,
"I'm in a position now where I can help," Daley said. "Today that's the biggest thing, resources and money…. If I could help one kid, I could help 10,000 kids."
Economics might be the biggest obstacle to many would-be black hockey players. But racism still exists in hockey, though it's nowhere near as vicious as it was in O'Ree's time.
Daley, 23, said he heard far more racial taunts as a youngster than he did as he moved up the ranks to the NHL, where he says he has never had a problem.
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The Voice On The Ice
by Paul on 01/15/07 at 11:17 AM ET
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from the News-Democrat,
Tom Calhoun felt the same goosebumps as the fans on the night Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky made his St. Louis Blues debut in 1996.
Calhoun had a rinkside seat when Paul Cavallini lost the tip of his finger at the old St. Louis Arena and once tried—very briefly—to keep Detroit's Bob Probert from climbing out of the penalty into the stands during a brawl.
Calhoun recently celebrated his 20th anniversary as the public-address voice of the Blues, a streak made even more remarkable when considering the 56-year-old Millstadt resident has not missed a game.
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Early Games Today
by Paul on 01/15/07 at 11:09 AM ET
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A few games have early start times today. I would imagine the arenas will be filled with kids, many who are off from school, celebrating Martin Luther King Day in the USA.
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Deal With It
by Paul on 01/15/07 at 10:44 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
So here's the crux of it - if Renney is so concerned scratching Kasparaitis will create a negative-energy matter within the team, the Rangers should deal with the issue before it actually becomes one. If Renney doesn't believe Kasparaitis can be a productive seventh defenseman, the Rangers should waive him immediately and either promote Bryce Lampman to fill the spot, or, for that matter, even consider restoring Sandis Ozolinsh to active duty after his, uh, knee discomfort abates.
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All-Star Dad
by George Malik on 01/15/07 at 10:28 AM ET
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from the Dallas News:
Philippe Boucher brought an All-Star Game jersey to his dad this weekend and hung it in his hospital room in Quebec.
Jean-Claude Boucher is dying of pancreatic cancer, and Philippe said earlier in the week that he wasn't sure he would be able to participate in the 55th NHL All-Star Game because of his dad's condition – that he might want to use the time off to be with his family. But when the NHL announced Boucher as a member of the Western Conference All-Stars on Saturday for the Jan. 24 game at American Airlines Center, the Stars defenseman said there was no decision to make.
"My dad said I was going to play, that it was a big honor," Boucher said. "So I am going to play."
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Not Bad For A Newfie
by George Malik on 01/15/07 at 10:24 AM ET
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from the Mercury News:
Despite the 4 1/2-hour time difference from California, [Sharks rookie Ryane] Clowe said many fans from his home province sacrifice sleep to catch the Sharks on the satellite dish.
``You'd be surprised how many stay up late,'' he said.
Actually, considering how rare it is for a Newfoundland native to reach the NHL, it isn't all that shocking. Clowe, Dan Cleary of Detroit and Michael Ryder of Montreal are the only Newfoundlanders skating in the NHL today.
``I've got a lot of pride about that because I know how much support I've gotten and how much hockey means back home,'' said Clowe, a sixth-round draft pick of the Sharks in 2001. ``They love hockey and they love to see guys go away and do well. There's no jealousy.
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Todd vs. McGuire
by George Malik on 01/15/07 at 10:21 AM ET
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from Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette:
Yes, it was TSN's Pierre McGuire who phoned me early this season to say - and this is a direct quote - "Jack, Sheldon Souray can't play in the National Hockey League. "
I didn't phone McGuire on that occasion, I didn't ask him about Souray. He phoned me, he offered the opinion on his own. I didn't name him when I wrote about Souray making the all-star team because I thought it was kind of funny that the guy who considers himself the world's biggest expert on the NHL could be so wrong.
But when McGuire goes on the air and denies he said it and then says the Gazette has a problem - well, I have a problem with that. It's one thing to be wrong, but lying is something else - and calling me a liar is something else again.
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Cup Champs Vs. Euro Cup Champs?
by George Malik on 01/14/07 at 08:30 PM ET
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from the New York Times:
HPK Hameenlinna of Finland and Ak Bars Kazan of Russia will play in the European Champions Cup final today in St. Petersburg, Russia. The tournament, staged by the International Ice Hockey Federation, pits the champions of the six top leagues in Europe against one another.
René Fasel, the federation president, was asked last week if he could envision a day when the N.H.L.'s regular-season or Stanley Cup champion might take part in a world club championship tournament.
"That will happen, sooner or later," he wrote in an e-mail message. "It will happen because this is the natural thing to happen, a best-on-best on a club level. We have discussed it for many years with the N.H.L., and we are trying to find a solution."
more, with other goodies as well…
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The Post Man Always Rings Twice
by George Malik on 01/14/07 at 07:56 PM ET
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from NHL.com's Evan Weiner:
"That was more for superstition," said Roy explaining why he was carrying on conversations with iron piping. "I was really a superstitious person. So when I turning and facing the net, I was feeling like the net was getting smaller. That was good for my confidence. I think every goalie needs something special to make his confidence bigger and that's mine."
So Roy found this particular teammate, albeit a piece of cold metal, a settling influence and he would strike up a conversation during a game.
"I treat them more like a friend, when a shot hits a post, I say good job and stuff like that or it's a good job my friend, it's a good save," Roy said.
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BARCELONA, Spain– MasterCard Worldwide announced it has acquired U.S.-based mobile wallet vendor C-SAM, a company in which it had made a sizable investment in late 2012.
While mobile-wallet platform providers see demand for white-label wallets, some merchants say they see room for improvement in current offerings.
French mobile operators, banks and vendors say they are finally ready for a nationwide launch of NFC payments this year, a move that follows years of preparations.
Chris Bierbaum, who played a role in early development of the U.S. telco joint venture that would become Isis, has left Sprint as head of mobile commerce to lead mobile initiatives globally for UK-based directories and Internet services company hibü.
U.S.-based mobile-wallet provider C-SAM has hired Vincent Barnaud, the long-serving contactless services head at France Telecom-Orange group.
France-based Gemalto today announced it has been hired by U.S. merchant group MCX to build the group's mobile wallet, which will support payment and other mobile-commerce applications.
The Isis mobile operator joint venture plans to introduce a new design for its mobile wallet and is changing the supplier of its device software, NFC Times has learned.
MasterCard Worldwide and U.S.-based mobile-wallet software supplier C-SAM today announced a partnership and investment by MasterCard, expanding on their earlier working relationship.
Contactless reader and NFC software vendor Vivotech announced today a new funding round, which it said brings the amount of its total venture capital financing to nearly $100 million over more than 10 years.
The head of NFC at Nokia, Jeremy Belostock, has left the handset maker, the latest departure from Nokia's NFC staff
UPDATED: NFC Times Exclusive – Australian credit union CUA has seen a 16% increase in value of transactions for mobile payments since the launch of its host-card emulation mobile-payments app last summer, though user numbers have remained small 11 months after one of the first HCE commercial launches globally.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Suppliers of cashless payment for vending machines predict the rollout of Apple Pay, along with planned introduction of Android Pay, will continue to reduce the use of cash at U.S. vending machines and will also lead to higher transaction amounts, though did not release actual figures.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Taiwan's banking joint venture, Taiwan Mobile Payment Co., has disclosed that it will issue a request for tenders for a host-card emulation and tokenization platform, with plans calling for the technology to be made available to Taiwanese banks for mobile-payments launches by the end of the year.
NFC Times Exclusive – Both Apple and Transport for London are trumpeting the coming use of Apple Pay to pay fares on various modes of mass transit in London, including the fast-paced London Underground. But they face a couple of problems.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple today announced major new updates to Apple Pay, including the addition of store credit, debit and loyalty cards in the U.S., expansion of the mobile-payments service to its first overseas market, the UK, and a renaming of the wallet app itself from Passbook to Wallet.
MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, Australia – NFC Times Exclusive: On the face of it, Australia would seem like an ideal market for Apple to expand its Apple Pay service outside of the U.S. After all, iPhone market share here now hovers around 40%, usage rates of contactless payment at retail are the highest in the world and major banks are eager to roll out mobile payment.
UPDATED: NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Relatively little noticed amid the widespread coverage of Google's unveiling of its new Android Pay platform last week are the continued tokenization plays by major payment networks, Visa and MasterCard Worldwide, including Visa's announcement of a new tokenization program and pricing policies, geared toward such platforms as Android Pay.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google announced its much-anticipated response to Apple Pay, with an updated host-card-emulation-based payments platform, Android Pay, that will incorporate tokenization, fingerprint biometrics and in-app payments, in addition to in-store tapping to pay.
MELBOURNE, Australia – NFC Times Exclusive: U.S. retail electronics chain RadioShack is seeing 10% of its transactions from Apple Pay in its stores equipped with contactless readers, Michael Carper, CIO for the financially troubled retailer said.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Samsung is hiring established TSM vendors to assist with the provisioning and secure element management for its forthcoming Samsung Pay service, at least in some markets, sources told NFC Times.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Israel-based On Track Innovations reported continued negative adjusted EBITDA and didn't announce any new major reader sales during a recent conference call to discuss the company's first quarter earnings. Despite a recent patent case win, investors appear to be getting impatient.
NFC Times Exclusive – Oberthur Technologies, the No. 2 smart card vendor globally and a major bank card and SIM supplier, had flat sales in 2014, blamed mainly on lower revenue in its telecom business unit from falling prices for lower-end SIM cards, slow sales of NFC SIMs and a hiatus in its contract to supply embedded chips to Samsung.

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Apple shuts down Chomp website and app, disables existing installs
Apple acquired the app Chomp earlier this year. Chomp was an app discovery platform that allowed users to search through the App Store in a method that differed from Apple's. Apple took the Chomp-style store and implemented it into iOS6 and has now decided to shut down the remaining Chomp business and app installs.
Apple had already killed the Android part of Chomp back in April, shortly after acquiring the service. The iOS app and website remained up and functioning until yesterday's announcement and closing. The Chomp website, http://chomp.com, now redirects to Apple's main website. The app has been removed from the App Store.
What I find really interesting here is the apparent ability of Apple to shut down an existing install of an App. As you see in the picture, Apple effectively disabled the software that was installed on the device, which is a bit scary, if you ask me.
The new Chomp-styled store isn't getting quite the feedback that Apple would like, with many users complaining search and discovery is much more difficult. I tend to agree that the old store format was better.
Netflix debuts 'Just for Kids' for iPad
Online streaming provider Netflix has debuted a new mobile app for the iPad. This new app takes a feature of the Netflix site and mobilizes it on the iPad. Dubbed "Just for Kids," users tap the tab in the mobile app and "find their favorite shows and movies by swiping through a row of their favorite characters, many of which they will instantly recognize."
The app currently supports the iPad 2 and new iPad (iPad 3). The old iPad and Android device support will be forthcoming. The iPad is becoming a more attractive platform for kid entertainment. Though brittle, the device can contain hours and hours of fun packed into a small, easily portable device.
Apple Maps usage plummets, according to data management company, Snappli
Apple is really going through a hard time with Maps, the navigation app that was baked into their new iOS 6. According to data management company Snappli, just 4% of users are running iOS 6's Maps app.
In order to get this data, Snappli looked at data usage from their 5,000 users in the days after iOS 6 was released, where they found that 64% of its users in the US and UK had moved over to iOS 6. Before iOS 6's release, 25% of Snappli's users were using Google Maps at least once a day.
After iOS 6 dropped, 35% of the company's users were using Apple Maps - with that number now plummeting to just 4%. This is just Snappli's figures, and doesn't reflect on the entire iOS 6 user base.
Download of the Weekend - SwiftKey 3 for Android for just $0.99
I'm a huge fan of SwiftKey, and use it on every Android device I own - it is the first app I install when I get a new Android-based device, and because typing is one of the most important things you'll do on a smart device, it's also one of the most important.
SwiftKey 3 is on special at the moment as part of Google's celebration of hitting 25 billion downloads on their Google Play store. SwiftKey 3 has dropped from $3.99 to just $0.99 - a 75% discount! If you haven't tried SwiftKey and want to get into it, at this price you'd be crazy not to. Here's what SwiftKey 3 offers:
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Google updates Gmail app to support iPhone 5's larger screen
Users of the Google Gmail app will be happy to hear it has been updated to support the larger iPhone 5 screen. The update brings with it a larger area for reading email as well as allowing more emails to be displayed on the screen at a single time. The app retains its ability to send push notifications for new messages.
That's really the only thing different from the older version, so if you don't own an iPhone 5, you can skip this update. For the iPhone 5 owners, updated apps that take advantage of the larger screen area are much appreciated. The app is available for download from the Apple App Store.
Google unveils Field Trip app, shows off location-relevant info
Google have just unveiled a new app called Field Trip, from their Niantic Labs team. Field Trip is quite simple, where it pops up with location-specific information as you walk, or drive around. It is kinda like Google Now which comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, where it will predict the information required, providing multiple channels of content.
This content can be historic places, events, lifestyle, food and drink, and many more. Field Trip gives you control of how many, as well as what kind of notifications you will receive for the app through its various settings. Google's Field Trip app can also push the information via audio, or a Bluetooth or wired headset. Field Trip has partners such as Food Network, Zagat, Cool Hunting, and others.
As with most things with Google when first launched, this is for the United States only at the moment. But it does have some promise - I see this technology being baked into Google Glasses when it reaches, where it seems like the perfect companion to an augmented reality pair of glasses. The ad is quite sweet, too, it makes me promise myself to spend quality time with my daughter, always.
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Bad Piggies rockets to top spot in US App Store, takes just 3 hours
Rovio appears to have done it again. Early this morning, around 12AM PT, Rovio launched their new game Bad Piggies, a spin-off of the oh-so-popular Angry Birds series. This new game features many similar characters from the older Angry Birds series, but focuses on the pigs' point of view.
Players build vehicle-style contraptions to get through the map, as opposed to flinging, well, angry birds. Just three hours after its launch, Ville Heijari tweeted that the game had rocketed to the top spot in iTunes for the US. This is an incredible rate of adoption, considering that most of the US should have been sleeping at launch.
Comparing the success of Bad Piggies to Angry Birds Space is a bit difficult. There isn't an exact time frame available for how long it took Angry Birds Space to hit number one. Remember that Angry Birds Space achieved 10 million downloads in 10 days and 50 million downloads in 35 days, both impressive feats. Let's see if Bad Piggies can beat it.
Google's Chrome for Android is now fully compatible with x86-based devices
Google's Chrome for Android browser is very popular, with those rocking Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above getting access to the great app. News has now hit that the Chrome for Android has been updated and is now completely compatible with x86-based devices.
This might not mean much to most people, as the chips inside most smart devices aren't x86-based, but for Intel chips on Android devices, this is huge news. It also shows that Google is willing to work on the compatibility of their apps, not just for their own benefit, but for the benefit of other devices on the Intel platform.
We should see more support for the Intel platform as it grows, but it's really jus tin its infancy now. Chrome for Android is a pretty big deal, especially with its abilities of syncing up with your desktop- or notebook-based Chrome, syncing all of your settings, passwords, and more.
Google updates YouTube for Android - provides preloading to Froyo, Gingerbread, as well as YouTube TV queuing
If you're still rocking the older Froyo- or Gingerbread-based Android devices, and an avid YouTube user, then you will be delighted to hear that Google have just pushed out a new version of their YouTube for Android app that gives these older versions of Android some features that Ice Cream Sandwich and above versions of Android devices have enjoyed since June.
These features include the preloading feature that was baked into the ICS and above devices' YouTube apps, which will let you preload videos from your subscriptions or watch later list, where they'll precache while you're on Wi-Fi and plugged in so you don't need to wait for buffering - which can be annoying.
The initial Watch page has changed a little, the Channel Store features more channels, and you can now queue up videos to player later on any YouTube-powered TV once you've paired it with your mobile device.
Instagram update for iOS6 and iPhone 5 removes live filters
Facebook has gone ahead and updated Instagram to be compatible with the larger screen on the iPhone 5 and to make the app more compatible with iOS6. The new update brings with it several changes, most notably the removal of live filters for the iPhone 5. Older iPhones, such as the 4S seem to have retained the feature.
Along with no more live filters for the iPhone 5, Instagram has a new registration page that allows users to pull in their information from Facebook--go figure. However, the option to log-in with Facebook is curiously absent from the app. One would think that this would be a feature that Facebook would want to implement.
Moving back to the live filters, it appears that they will soon be removed from older devices. Their absence has been acknowledged on Instagram's "known issues" page and the acknowledgement seems to indicate that they will be removed from the older phones soon:
As of the current release (v3.1), Instagram does not support live filters on the iPhone 5. Going forward, live filters will be phased out as we work to improve the Instagram experience for all users.
It's not clear why they feel that live filters create a bad user experience. It could be that live filters led to many of the app freezes and crashes or something similar. One thing is clear: for now, Instagram is planning on getting rid of them, with no plans to bring them back in the future.


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Speak Up Alabama – February 1, 2006 Speak-Up Alabama Levels of Competition Informative Public Speaking For details on eligibility, see the General Event Policy. & Persuasive Public Speaking • Juniors: 9 – 13 Years Old. Must be 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 years old on January 1 of the current calendar year. (Compete only at local and regional level). • Senior – Level I: 14 – 15 Years Old. Must be 14 or 15 Do you want to stand up for what you believe? Do you want years old on January 1 of the current calendar year. to be able to inspire or educate people on important issues? • Senior – Level II: 16 – 19 Years Old. Must be 16, 17, Well, the two Speak-Up Alabama events are the 4-H 18, or 19 years old on January 1 of the current calendar events for you! year. Speak-Up Alabama helps build your leadership, citizenship One youth from each Senior level will represent the twelve and communications skills. 4-H public speaking events 4-H Regions at Alabama State 4-H Congress. Selection have had a powerful impact on dozens of Alabama's civic processes will be determined by each 4-H Region. and business leaders – lawyers, corporate presidents, ministers, political leaders and Extension staff. • Senior 4-H'ers may participate in Speak Up Alabama every year. • Persuasive Public Speaking is all about trying to • When you win Persuasive Speaking at Senior Level I, change your audience's attitudes and ways of thinking. you can't compete in Level I Persuasive Speaking If you want youth to start exercising more, then you again. You can compete in Informative Speaking at that persuade them. If you want your community to build a level. skate park, then you'll need to persuade people. • When you win at Senior Level II in Persuasive Speaking, you can't compete in Persuasive Speaking • Informative Public Speaking is about the facts. If you again. 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You cannot facing young people, families and communities. copy it directly from an existing speech, news article or anything that someone else has written or that you have What You Will Learn: written prior to the current 4-H year. • How to choose a topic that fits your audience. • Visual aids, costumes and props are not allowed. • How to research a timely and interesting subject. • Junior speeches must be between 3 and 5 minutes. • How to write an effective speech. • Senior speeches must be between 5 and 8 minutes. • How to deliver your speech before a live audience. • Participants will present the facilitator of the event a hard copy of their speech. Who Can Participate Any Alabama young person may participate in Speak-Up • You may use notes, but you may not read your speech. Alabama or any 4-H competitive event. However, you must • Your topic must explore the challenges and be a member of an Alabama 4-H Club. It's easy and quick opportunities of youth, family, and society. to join – just call or e-mail your county Alabama Cooperative Extension System Office for information (for Parents' and Volunteers' Guide contact information, go to www.aces.edu/counties). Like all 4-H projects, this activity is just for young people. It is expected that the young person create an original If you and your friends are interested, you might wish to presentation. The role of the adult helper is to support and start a 4-H Project Club that focuses on developing your encourage youth in their efforts, to ask and answer public speaking and communication skills, or it might be a questions about the project, and to help youth learn specific club that focuses on public service or building leadership techniques (such as gestures and voice control) that they skills. For more information, see Starting a 4-H Club might use in their project. (www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/V/VOL-0004/). Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Speak-Up Alabama is a Junior and Senior 4-H Event. Your acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, and other related acts, in cooperation with the U. S. Department of local Extension Office has information on local and regional Agriculture. The Alabama Cooperative Extension Speak-Up Alabama events, as well as other 4-H activities. System (Alabama A & M University and Auburn University) offers educational programs, materials, and equal opportunity employment to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability. For More Information, go to: www.aces.edu/fourh/Contests.php 1 Speak Up Alabama – February 1, 2006 Judging Standards and Hints for Appropriate attire for both young men and Facilitators and Speakers women is dress clothes. That means clothes that are dressier than what you would normally Parents and adult volunteers are encouraged to wear to school. Boys should wear a coat and assist or coach the 4-H member with the tie. Girls should wear a dress, suit or speech, but they must not write or research the appropriate pantsuit. 4-H colors are not a speech for them. requirement. Judging Standards Participants should not introduce their speech Speeches will be judged on content, subject by giving their name or county and the title of matter and presentation. their speech. A. Content: • How well has the speech been researched? • Is it clear? Career Connections • Has correct grammar been used? Skills that are developed through this project • Is it well organized? have direct connections to a number of exciting and rewarding careers. Think of all the people B. Subject Matter who speak in public: Business and political Junior and Senior 4-H'ers must speak on a leaders are often called upon to make public topic that explores the challenges and presentations; Educators talk in front of the opportunities of youth, families, and society. It classroom; Attorneys speak before the court. must be a topic of importance and interest to an Entertainers, such as actors and athletes, audience that includes both young people and speak before cameras or before live audiences. adults from rural communities or cities and Extension staff speak before youth and adult different backgrounds. audience all of the time. C. Presentation: • Was your voice strong and clear? • Have you used correct grammar and correct pronunciation? • Did you do a good job of emphasizing words and ideas? • Did you reference someone else's quotes or printed word? • Did you have good posture? • Did you display confidence in yourself and in your presentation? • Was your speech within the time limits? You may use notes, but you may not read your speech. • Junior speeches must be between 3 and 5 minutes. • Senior speeches must be between 5 and 8 minutes. Three points will be taken off for every 30 seconds that you are under or over the time limit. For More Information, go to: www.aces.edu/fourh/Contests.php 2 Speak Up Alabama – February 1, 2006 Suggestions for 4-H'ers B. Body The body is where you support your main points, Selecting a Topic so it needs to be well organized. Limit yourself to Don't wait until the last minute to decide on a three to five main points. topic. Start early so that you can get ideas from books, the Internet, newspapers, and magazines. The material supporting main points may be Talk over ideas with other people. classified into four general types: testimony, statistics, examples, and analogies. Make a list of topics you are considering. Give • Testimony: The expression of an opinion on them the following test: a topic by any person. (John Smith says that • Does the topic explore a challenge or walking an hour a day has made him opportunity faced by youth, families, and healthier, happier and smarter.) society? • Statistics: Factual numbers provided by a • Am I really interested in it? university, government agency, or other reliable source (According to the 2004 • Will I be able to find information on it? National Kids Count Data Book, Alabama • Can the topic be well covered in the time ranks 47th out of the fifty states in overall child allowed? well-being.) Select the topic you feel will work best and begin • Examples: include personal experiences, to organize your thoughts. Limit the scope of your interviews with knowledgeable people, and talk so that it can be covered in the time available. library resources. (During my interview with Mayor Jones, the mayor stated that bike paths Organization have significantly reduced traffic jams in our town.) Your Presentation should Include: A. Introduction • Analogy: A type of reasoning that suggests The introduction has two objectives: that if two things are alike in ways that you know about, they are probably alike in a way • to gain your audience's attention that you don't recognize. (Catfish and chicken • to inform the audience of the purpose of your are very tasty and are good sources of speech and let them know why they should be protein, therefore they can both produce concerned about the subject. agricultural income.) To gain attention and interest, you might begin by: C. Conclusion • Challenging your audience with a question. The conclusion is the part that the audience will • Giving a startling statement, but not remember most. It should be no longer than your something offensive. introduction (about ten percent of the total • Recounting a personal experience or telling a speech). It summarizes your main points and story. gives your audience one more chance to hear • Using an appropriate poem or quote. what you have to say. Your conclusion may Be sure your opening relates to the audience and motivate your audience to action or just provide a to what you are going to say. smooth ending. Remember that you want your speech to come to an obvious conclusion, instead Good speakers don't begin with "Good morning. of leaving the audience wondering if you have My name is. . ." because that's not interesting. finished. Your introduction sets the stage for the speech, so you may want to write this section last. Your introduction should take up about one-tenth of the total time of your speech. For More Information, go to: www.aces.edu/fourh/Contests.php 3 Speak Up Alabama – February 1, 2006 Outline Tips for Writing Your Speech A written outline helps you organize your • Use your own words; if your speech sounds thoughts. Here is a simple outline that you can the way you normally talk, then your speech change to fit your needs. sounds more natural. • Try not to use long sentences. They are harder I. Introduction to follow. A. Opening phrases to get audience's attention. • Simplify main points so that the audience can B. State subject or purpose and why the audience understand and remember them. should be concerned. • Use examples, stories, dialogue, or anything to II. Body help your audience visualize what you are A. Main point telling them. B. Main point • Avoid phrases that are used all the time ("good C. Main point as gold", "big as a house", "red as a beet") and 1. sub-point words that are hard to pronounce. a. detail b. detail Before You Speak 2. sub-point • The audience will notice you as soon as you III. Conclusion start to walk to the front. A. Summary of main points • Be well-groomed and appropriately dressed. B. Closing statement • Be an attentive listener until it is your turn to speak. Organization • Rise and walk naturally to the front of the Four common ways of organizing your speech room. are: logical, topical, spatial, and chronological. • Establish eye contact with your audience and A. Logical: You give the problem and then smile. Let them know that you have a friendly present possible solutions. (Problem: feeling toward them. Methamphetamine use in Alabama is destroying • Remember to breathe. lives. Solution: Reduce access to some over-the- • Pause before beginning to speak. Don't hurry, counter cold medicines used in making the drug.) and be confident. • Still remember to breathe. B. Topical: Divide the speech into general areas • If right-handed, stand with your right foot about which become main headings.(The 4-H Clover one inch ahead of your left, with your feet two represents head, hands, heart and health. Each to four inches apart. If left-handed, reverse. leaf represents a personal characteristic that is This allows you to step forward easily, and important in 4-H). keeps you steady. • Stand straight with your arms at your sides C. Spatial: Use this plan when your subject until you are ready to gesture. involves places or objects that fit into a physical • Use good posture at all times. arrangement. (When visiting the Guggenheim Museum, you are awed by the great circling stairway. Off the stairs are a series of exhibit rooms….) D. Chronological: The time order in which events took place. (The first man in space was Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The first American in space was Alan Shepherd….) For More Information, go to: www.aces.edu/fourh/Contests.php 4 Speak Up Alabama – February 1, 2006 Delivery Delivery is important. It includes how well you use Breathe slowly and deeply, and let your muscles your voice and your body. relax. Even professional actors worry if they are not a little nervous before going on stage. They A. Vocal Expression use this tension to their advantage so they won't • Voice Quality: clear, steady, rich and full. sound dull and listless. • Force of Speaking: volume and intensity. Your voice should vary according to what You can overcome your "butterflies" by: you are saying to avoid monotony. It • Practice! Practice! Practice! should be pleasant and loud enough to be • Pause before your start heard. • Be self-confident! • Rate of Speech: speed at which you As you gain experience, you will gain self- speak. Your rate will change with the effect confidence. It will become easier to speak you want to give. By slowing down, you because you know that you can handle it. can think ahead and give the audience a chance to absorb what you are saying. F. Use of Notes Pauses can be used effectively. But don't Using notes is allowed, but not encouraged. If you let them appear to be memory problems. feel you need notes, try putting your outline on a • Enthusiasm: You believe in your topic and card. You can then refer to it, but not read it. Do you are interested in what you have to say. not gesture with your cards, but don't try to hide them either. If you forget what you wanted to say B. Enunciation and Articulation next, you can refer to the main points and easily • Pronounce all words so that the audience recover. Don't read from a manuscript. hears them. • Look up words if you are not sure of their G. Using a Microphone pronunciation. When speaking to a very large audience, you may • Most of us have a tendency to slur words need a microphone. together, but over-precision is • Before the speech, check the microphone by undesirable, too. talking into it to see if the height and volume are correct. C. Breathing • Speak directly into the "mike" (About four to Relax. Breathe deeply and evenly and you can eight inches away is usually best) but do not overcome a little of your nervousness and feel lean toward it or away from it. more comfortable. • Use a lapel mike if possible. This allows you to move around more. D. Gestures • Don't rustle papers. Sounds will be magnified. Your body actions tell your thoughts almost as effectively as words. How you feel is always H. Acknowledging Your Sources communicated to the audience through your body When using materials written or spoken by language. To convey your ideas, use your whole someone else, be sure you acknowledge the body. Use facial expressions and direct eye source. For instance, a poem, quote, or passage contact. from a book can be used as long as you tell who the author is. Using someone else's exact words You should feel that a gesture, such as a pointed and pretending that they are your own is called finger or a clenched fist, is necessary to express plagiarism. your idea. Work toward a natural look as you make gestures and movements to emphasize You should also be able to back up what you say. points. If you state that there are 150,000 mockingbirds in Alabama, you should tell the source of your E. Stage Fright information. You want to be believable, a person It is only natural to be fearful. You care what the to be trusted for accurate information. One of the audience thinks of you and everyone is looking at most common faults is failing to acknowledge you. Stage fright is a physical and mental fear that sources or to make statements of fact without causes your heart to quicken because you are proper evidence of research. breathing faster. Relax – your audience wishes you well and wants you to do a good job! For More Information, go to: www.aces.edu/fourh/Contests.php 5 Speak Up Alabama – February 1, 2006 Above and Beyond • Ask someone to provide you with instructions on how to get All 4-H projects should be taken somewhere or how to complete a "above and beyond" just being a task. Don't ask questions. Using short-term activity. Awards and only the information provided, recognition throughout Alabama 4-H complete the task or follow the are not based on how well you do in directions. What words or phrases competitive events; they are based helped you or kept you from on your all-round community service, completing the task? leadership, and project work. • Investigate the different types of speeches. Select one and prepare Here are a few ideas for taking your a speech to present to your club or interest in Public Speaking to a level family. where you can both grow as a person • Observe speeches and informal and have an impact on the lives of talks on C-SPAN or other television others: stations. What makes you warm-up • Evaluate sermons or other to the speaker? What makes the speeches that you hear. Keep a speech believable? record of what kept you interested, • Get together with your friends to what the strong points were, and practice telling jokes or funny what could have been improved. stories, just like you are "stand-up • Video tape yourself presenting comedians." Make a video: "Live your speech. Discuss with your From 4-H!" Include some friends adult helper the strengths and who are musicians or magicians. weaknesses of your speech. • Volunteer to work with younger • Prepare a speech to present to a children in your local 4-H club or an city council or community after school program to prepare administrator requesting local and write speeches. funding to support the 4-H • Present a speech on 4-H to a program. school group or a civic club. • Write a catchy jingle or public • Learn to use PowerPoint or other service announcement for your tools that can strengthen your local radio station to promote 4-H. • Make a list of the things you can do to make a good first impression. • Keep a record in your journal of interactions you have with other people. Did you use good eye contact? Did you listen well or interrupt? Did you smile? • speeches. For More Information, go to: www.aces.edu/fourh/Contests.php 6 Speak Up Alabama – February 1, 2006 Speak-Up Alabama! Score Sheet Participant #: _______ Date: ______________ County:_______________ Event: ___ Persuasive ___ Informative Level: ___ Junior (Ages 9-13) ___ Senior I (Ages 14-15) ___ Senior II (Ages 16-19) Possible Awarded I. Content Research. Demonstrates adequate research on the topic. 10 Cites references. Clarity. The presentation is understandable. The topic is 10 clearly stated. The speech is appropriate for the category. Organization. The speech is organized logically and 10 effectively. II. Degree to which the speech explores the problems and opportunities of youth, families, and society. Importance and appropriateness of the issue 10 III. Oral Presentation Skills Voice Clarity 10 Use of Correct Grammar 10 Correct Pronunciation 10 Appropriate Emphasis 10 Posture 10 Confidence 10 Total Points Awarded 100 Total time of speech: MIN, SEC [Limits are 3- 5 minutes for Juniors. Limits are 5 - 8 minutes for Seniors.] Deduct 3 points for each 30 seconds over or under limits. 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She was once billed as, "Mary, the largest living land animal on Earth; 3 inches taller than Jumbo and weighing over 5 tons. A positive feature at each exhibition." Mary the elephant was a circus performer for the Spark's World Famous Show. Charles Sparks, the owner of the circus, had been in the entertainment business since the late 1800's, and he purchased his first elephant, Mary, in 1896. Moving from a horse and wagon circus to one that traveled by railroad, by the year 1916, the circus had five elephants and used fifteen rail cars to move from town to town. In early September of 1916, a man by the name of Walter "Red" Eldridge was hired as an underkeeper for the elephants while the show was in St. Paul, Minnesota. After the circus left St. Paul, it traveled to Kingsport, Tennessee, where it opened on September the 12th. Between performances, the five elephants were driven to a watering hole. On one occasion, while on the way back to the tent, Mary saw a piece of watermelon beside the road and broke ranks. Witnesses say that Red Eldridge took a bull hook and jabbed Mary's ear, and she became enraged. The witnesses say that Mary grabbed Eldridge with her trunk, threw him against a drink stand, then stepped on his head - completely crushing his skull. After the death of Red Eldridge, the people of Erwin screamed "Kill the elephant," but all it took was for Charlie Sparks to calm her down. At times with this story, its hard to tell fact from fiction, but several accounts say that the town's Mayor and Sheriff had Mary 'arrested' and detained by staking her outside the Sullivan County Jail. That night, Charlie Sparks and his wife Addie, even though they loved her like their own child, decided that it was too risky for Mary to be around circus patrons, so they decided to have her destroyed. On September 13th under overcast skies and a steady rain, Mary and the other four elephants were moved to Erwin, Tennessee. At around 5 o'clock that afternoon, all five of the Sparks elephants were moved to the railroad siding where Mary's hanging was to take place. With a crowd of 3,000 onlookers watching in the rain, Mary's foot was chained to the railroad tracks, and another chain was put on her neck. Straining under her five-ton weight, a railroad crane slowly lifted Mary off the ground by her neck chain, it but soon broke because someone forgot to unchain Mary's foot from the railroad track. Witnesses said they could actually hear the tendons in Mary's ankle being torn apart while she was being hoisted in the air. Witnesses added that when the neck chain broke, Mary fell on the tracks, and that she was dazed, confused, and unable to get up. Railroad workers got another chain around Mary's neck and lifted her up again with the railroad crane, this time successfully, and to make sure she was dead, left her hanging for thirty minutes. Later that day, a railroad steam shovel dug Mary's grave 400 feet from the hanging site in Clinchfield Railroad Yard. Various reports have the size of Mary's grave as anywhere from 10 by 12 feet all the way to as "big as a barn." Her remains are reportedly still in the Clinchfield Railroad Yard, but to this day, no one has been allowed to dig and confirm it. Several sources also say that several people in Erwin have tried to build a memorial to Mary, but it was met with resistance by town leaders. The consensus is that Erwin is trying to quiet down its reputation as the town that hanged Mary the circus elephant.
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Jonathan Mehring is hands down one of the best skateboard photographers there is today and ESPN.com is stoked to have the opportunity to speak with him. We didn't get the chance to talk about his trek up the Amazon, his foray into Turkey (the land of the last Roman Empire) or his water fights in the Vietnam, but Mehring did shed some light on what it takes to get there and how it all began for him.
ESPN.com: How long have you been a photographer?
Mehring: I started shooting in high school when I randomly took a photo class. That was probably about 1994. My first published images were in 2000 in Slap Magazine. I've been working professionally ever since.
What was your job before that?
I had a lot of jobs before and even during my years of shooting skating. During college I worked in the Graphics Lab which was sort of an on campus Kinkos. Summers I worked at a camera repair shop in Va. called ProCamera and one year I worked in a vineyard pruning grape vines. After school I was getting paid a little bit to shoot skate photos but not enough to survive. I worked in various camera stores as a retoucher or color printer and I photo assisted for several different photographers.
How did you transition into becoming a skate photographer?
I guess that's always what I wanted to shoot. In school they had us shooting a lot of art related subjects but I would always go shoot my friends skating in my spare time. Even on my first roll of film in high school I have skate shots.
You've traveled to some of the most obscure locations in the world to shoot skating- which place had the best spots?
The best spots to skate are probably in China and Spain. Although Russia and all the former Soviet States have really good architecture for skating as well.
Which place place was the sketchiest?
The sketchiest places have been Mongolia and Krygyzstan. Both are super poor and a lot of people have drug and alcohol problems. This leads to a lot of street violence and petty theft crimes. Both places our crew was robbed, threatened, and in Mongolia we had stones thrown at us. Also in Vietnam, this past winter, was the sketchiest driving experience I've ever had by far. Jerry Hsu and I both crashed motor bikes and everyone in our crew had near death experiences several times a day for almost a month on the road there.
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What makes an epic skate photo?
To me it's an amazing looking spot with good lighting and a bang'n trick.
Do you look for something in particular when you go out to shoot or plan a trip?
An adventure.
What should a skater do or keep in mind when they go to shoot a photo?
They should want to do the trick for themselves. If they go out with a photographer just to get the job done then it takes a lot of the fun out of it.
What's your favorite photo that you've shot and why?
I don't know about my one single favorite but my favorite group of photos is probably the Utah desert shoot I did last year with IPath. We camped off the grid, weathered intense storms, and successfully skated on rocks which had only previously been documented a couple times.
What's your favorite skate photo of all time and why?
That's tough one. At the moment a Thomas Campbell photo of Adrian Lopez comes to mind. It's a silohuette shot and he's ollieing from one circular rooftop to another. It was in Hong Kong in about 2000 or 2001. Or maybe Jeremy Wray's water tower ollie by Dan Sturt. That's a good one too.
Any advice for someone that wants to be a skate photographer?
If you love skating and you love to shoot and you're not in either one for the money then go for it. It's a great life.


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The most anticipated White House beer-drinking gathering in memory will involve the president of the United States, a Harvard professor, a Cambridge policeman — and the product of a Golden brewer.
Cambridge, Mass., Police Sgt. James Crowley requested Blue Moon as his beer of choice at the upcoming meeting with President Barack Obama and Harvard Professor Henry Gates, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Blue Moon Brewing Co. is owned by Coors Brewing Co. of Golden. Its namesake beer was created in 1995.
Blue Moon evidently is a favorite of Crowley's. According to New York Daily News columnist Michael Daly, Crowley was sipping one at a pub Friday when Obama called him to invite him to a White House meeting.
Gates is expected to drink a Beck's or a Red Stripe at the gathering, while Obama is likely to have a Budweiser, according to a transcript from Monday's White House press briefing. (See below.)
On July 16, Crowley, who is white, responded to a report of two black men in backpacks allegedly trying to break into a house at Cambridge and found Gates and his driver trying to enter Gates' house when the front door would not open.
Gates, who is black, became angry and loudly questioned whether the action was a racist one, and Crowley arrested him on suspicion of disorderly conduct.
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