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The season came to an end for the Heritage boys tennis team Wednesday.
Region 6-AAAAA runner-up North Atlanta won 4-1 in the first round of the Class AAAAA state playoffs. Heritage, which got its victory from No. 2 singles player TJ Wilson, went 11-6 with a third-place finish in Region 8.
"We had a really good group this year, those guys worked extremely hard," said Patriots coach Chuck Landy, whose team went to the state playoffs for the seventh time in 10 years. "They had fun playing tennis, they are really good guys to be around. We were proud of those guys, we had a good, competitive team."
Wilson won 6-1, 6-4 over Donovan Davis, but Jay Vinson lost at No. 1 singles to Chris Tyler and North Atlanta's strong doubles teams picked up victories with John Lieng and Hayes Musser defeating Ronnie Flow and Kevin Blum at No. 1 doubles and Jackson Couch and Neil Jackson knocking off Darius Lewis and Levi Lund at No. 2 doubles.
"Our one and two doubles teams all year long gave us a chance (to win). We were really hoping we could get through and get this one today," said Landy. "(North Atlanta was) strong, they had a solid team. We were pretty solid from top to bottom, had a very solid year and beat some good teams along the way."
The No. 3 seed Heritage girls will open the state playoffs Thursday against Region 6 runner-up Lakeside-DeKalb at the DeKalb Tennis Center at 4 p.m.
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Heritage boys cruise into Elite 8 ( April 30, 2009 )
- Next stop: Round 2
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Heritage cruises past North Springs 4-1 ( April 25, 2008 )
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Durham are off the mark for 2013 as they earned two vital batting bonus points on the first day of the 2013 LV= Division County Championship season against Somerset.
Wednesday the 10th of April marks the start of the 2013 LV=County Championship season and fresh of the back of their 21st Birthday Celebrations, Durham CCC face Somerset here at the Emirates Durham ICG.
Keaton Jennings and Will Smith were the stars for Durham as the traditional season opener against Durham MCCU ended in a draw with both batsmen scoring their first hundreds of 2013.
On a day when the sun broke through the cloud it started to resemble summer on day two of Durham's season opener against Durham MCCU.
Durham CCC closed the day on 426 for 9 after an entertaining open day at the Emirates Durham ICG.
Durham CCC celebrate their 21st Birthday as a First Class County this weekend, and with this the side will be taking on Durham MCCU in the traditional County Cricket season opener.
Durham Dynamos had a convincing 91 run over Notts Outlaws thanks to a superb 183 run opening stand and a five wicket haul from Chris Rushworth.
A tense fourth day saw Durham lose out on the win by two wickets with just four balls remaining after a spirited performance in the field, and another superb performance from Graham Onions.
With a total of just 9.3 overs possible on day two, Durham begin day three 68 runs behind Lancashire as their second innings begins
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Lutheran and Reformed theologians developed the teaching that there are three uses of the law: the civil – that which regulates society and government and is common to all people; the pedagogical – that function of the law that shows us our sin and our need for Christ; and the normative – that which shows us the rules and norms for the Christian life, what conduct is good and acceptable to God.
One of the things that surfaced in my pastorate was the need to sit down and offer financial counsel to members of my congregation. In a church of any size, chances are you'll have people who struggle, for one reason or another, with making ends meet.
In the twentieth and twenty-first century, Christian counseling has taken off like wildfire. Seminaries that once saw preparing men to be pastors as their bread and butter now offer counseling degrees.
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On the ESPN radio talk shows yesterday....and in the paper......and on internet analysis. On the Colin Blowhard show, not only did Blowhard discount them (he likes the Yankees because "sports needs dynasties"), he had some guests who "drafted" the teams in order of likelihood of winning the whole thing. The Reds were 8th of 8. Like the last kid, the fat kid picked on the playground.
USA Today's cover story on ace pitchers and their importance in the playoffs...no mention of the Reds.
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I've heard a lot of different opinions this week about what the Rams can do to have a chance against the Packers on Sunday, and possibly the most interesting idea seems to be the most prevalent among those in the know when it comes to the NFL. … [visit site to read more]Rams Going For It? - Ramblin' Fan - Ramblin' Fan - A St. Louis Rams Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more.
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New Zealand volcano erupts for the first time in 115 years, per CNN. (Tongariro National Park) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/new-zealand-volcano-eruption-tongariro-park_n_1750772.html
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Interesting map showing all the active volcanoes at this time. Sure is a whole lot ov activity going on out there!!http://www.beyond2012zeitgeist.com/volcanoes-erupting-all-over-the-world-2012-fall/
I don't know if this site has been previously listed, but it sure provides some interesting statistics, especially for last year and this year. First three links are for 2010 and 2012.http://alien-homepage.de/archives/weather/volcano/volcano_watch/volcano_survey_archive_%20Oct_2010-%20June-_2011.htmlhttp://alien-homepage.de/archives/weather/volcano/volcano_watch/global_volcano_activity_statistics_%20july-december_2011.htmlhttp://alien-homepage.de/archives/weather/volcano/volcano_watch/global_%20volcano_watch_archive_%20Jan%2001%20-%20June%2030%20%202012.htmlThat info takes us through June 2012. Still trying to locate something that gives statistics for through September 2012.http://www.volcanodb.com/And some additional volcanic increase statistics:http://www.iceagenow.com/Volcanic_activity_increasing_worldwide.htm
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text: Rogue malware Android app creator Arrested Stormy Beach 23 October, 2012 Malware and infection on any platform is a reality that most of us would rather not have to deal with nor accept. Any platform out there has the potential to pick up some sort of malicious things that will unknowingly cost you small amounts of money or big chunks of change. No matter what it sets a person back, it is depressing, irritating and frustrating. Recently a 20-year-old French man working out of his parent's basement wrote a slew of malicious rogue Android apps and put them out onto the web. The infected and rewritten apps sent premium SMS messages unknowingly from your device. his work affected over 17,000 users and supposedly made him about half a million euros in the process since 2011. Which translates to $648,500 USD. The malware he unleashed didn't just jack money from people's pockets either. It also stole usernames and passwords for gaming and gambling sites. He admitted to the crimes shortly after being arrested, but stated his actions weren't those of greed. No, it was his love for computer technology and his ambition to be a software developer. Seems like a guy that is that smart could have done something to help the world and gain fame for greatness, not for harming the average consumer. One down, 50 billion to go. This guy isn't the only one out there doing things like this and he won't be the last. One could easily say "Good, I'm glad he got arrested. All those apps he wrote up though hit the pirates. That will teach them to steal apps." That very well might be true, but personally I am more disappointed that this guys intelligence was squandered with malicious intent. What I wouldn't give to have that talent and make a difference for the good of the world and community. What's you take? How do you feel about malware and its use on Android, or any platform for that matter. Source: After Dawn


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The improved Tampa Bay Buccaneers don't want to get ahead of themselves. With five wins in the past the six weeks, the Bucs (6-4) not only have turned their season around but climbed back into playoff contention following a 1-3 start. Sunday's 27-21 overtime victory over NFC South rival Carolina was the fourth straight for Tampa Bay. However, first-year coach Greg Schiano and his players are resisting any temptation they might have to talk about revived postseason hopes. Instead, the Bucs continue to follow Schiano's lead in referring to each week as an individual season and stressing they must focus on the present - rather than past or future games - to have a chance to be successful. --- Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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Michael Paul Basich, 64, died Sunday, March 25, 2012, in Wichita Falls.
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Diane Woods Mumford Carraway, 88, of Hendersonville died Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, in the Pardee Care Center.
She was born in London, England, the daughter of the late William Thomas Woods and Lily Georgina Blake Woods. She was a prior resident of Libertyville, Ill., and a resident of Henderson County for 30 years. She was the wife of Dale T. Carraway, who died in 1984. She was also preceded in death by a son, Terrance James Mumford, in March.
She is survived by two daughters, Sandra J. Henson of Hendersonville and Christine Johnson and husband, Marshall, of Slinger, Wis.; grandchildren, Deanna Marie Patrick and husband, Terry, and Cindy Louise Kennington and husband, Robert, of Indiana, Donald Mumford and wife, Yolanda, of Illinois and Dennis Robert Bousson and wife, Sheila, of Hendersonville; and eight great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Kirby Memorial Chapel of Shuler Funeral Home. The family will receive friends immediately following the service Thursday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Four Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, P.O. Box 2395, Hendersonville, N.C. 28793 or the American Cancer Society, 120 Executive Park, Building 2, Asheville, N.C. 28801.
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Until fairly recently, Miller said that the Air Force used to allow its troops to omit the "so help me God" phrase.
Yes, Romney had left Bain by the time of the 2001 bankruptcy, but attack ads often omit such key details.
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Watching the telly or reading the news media these days you might be forgiven for thinking that nostalgia is the next big thing. (Just trying to figure out if that last bit makes any sense. Ah, well - onward regardless!)
Warhol famously stated that everybody would be famous for 15 minutes. Judging by the covers of the myriad celebrity gossip magazines, he might well've been spot on. So many "stars" come and go that it's difficult to keep track. This great site will tell all about those who have faded from the limelight.
Eighties pop stars who are still "working on new material".
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eBook Category: Romance
eBook Description: In this second book of Kathryn Magendie's much-praised series about the journey of a woman dealing with the ghosts of a dysfunctional family, Virginia Kate Carey seeks the loving commitment that eluded her in TENDER GRACES (currently nominated for a prestigious SIBA Book Award.) "Vee" is idealistic and na�ve despite the witness she has served to the fractured heritage of her parents' and grandmother's dreams. Vee continues her journey toward wisdom, building small bridges over the chasms of hurt and longing. The inspiration of hope lingers in her. Tender Graces and now, Secret Graces, explores three women's lives: Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and passes through the fulcrum of Virginia Kate's emerging life as a lover and mother and storyteller, chronicling the heart ache and hope of her family and herself. Excerpt: That night when the moon hid behind a cloud as we lay in bed, I climbed on Dylan and rode him all the way to my mountain. He was the bull from mythological stories, and hot steam blew from his nostrils. Higher and higher I took him, the sweat from my face gathering like the mountain's mist around the trees. I urged him to the top, but he reared beneath me, anxious and impatient. I was wild, and needed to go all the way and to the other side and back again. I threw back my head and my hair fell heavy against my back. Up up up I went, higher and higher. Forest critters' sounds flew from my tongue. I leaned down, put my tongue to his, gave him my sounds. I took in his taste and swallowed it down to mix with my marrow. I left him sweaty and wide-eyed and full up with himself. He pawed the ground, snorted, marked his land, and curled beside me. His cooling breath rustled the hairs on my neck as I panted, rolling the whites of my eyes.
eBook Publisher: BelleBooks/Bell Bridge Books, Published: Trade Paperback, 2010
Fictionwise Release Date: April 2010
"THIS MESSAGE IS FOR GUYS: It may have a soft, pink cover but it ain't that kind of book. Kathryn Magendie's Virginia Kate has plenty of what my grandmother called "brass," treats us to earfuls of authentic dialogue, and gradually reveals a story not easily forgotten. We will soon read more, I hope, from Magendie's pen. She's real." --Wayne Caldwell Author of Cataloochee and Requiem by Fire Readers met the incredible Carey women in TENDER GRACES "A prodigal daughter story . . . exuberant." --Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times "Lilting . . . well-told." --Baton Rouge (LA.) Advocate
Chapter 1
"THIS MESSAGE IS FOR GUYS: It may have a soft, pink cover but it ain't that kind of book. Kathryn Magendie's Virginia Kate has plenty of what my grandmother called "brass," treats us to earfuls of authentic dialogue, and gradually reveals a story not easily forgotten. We will soon read more, I hope, from Magendie's pen. She's real." --Wayne Caldwell Author of Cataloochee and Requiem by Fire Readers met the incredible Carey women in TENDER GRACES "A prodigal daughter story . . . exuberant." --Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times "Lilting . . . well-told." --Baton Rouge (LA.) Advocate
Chapter 1
I stare out of Momma's kitchen window; those dancing curtains touch and pull away, touch and pull away, just as Momma had done all her life. Momma's house is emptied of the living, except for me. Grandma Faith rests on her star, tired from her journey back with me. She knows my heart, opened the way for me to begin so I can go on from here to what comes next.
After we released Katie Ivene Holms Carey into the West Virginia wind, other than the vials of ashes my brothers and I held to release her there and yonder as Momma wanted, I was left alone with the ghosts. My family, who'd come to the holler for Momma's memorial--Daddy, my daughter Adin, and my brothers, Micah, Andy, Bobby--lingered in the air at first, like the after-shadows that appear when looking at a flash of light that is here and then gone. As breaths of wind will scatter seeds, so they scattered. They'd all asked if I would leave with them, but I am not ready. The West Virginia mountains have again slipped into my blood, down into my marrow, running through me, rising to remind me of who I am and where I come from. My kin and me.
I can't let it end, not yet. Grandma Faith lured me here, to tell our stories.
I turn and cut on the fire for a cup of Momma's Maxwell House. Micah and Andy had made faces at the brew, but I didn't mind drinking Momma's instant coffee. The taste of it is a reminder of times in this kitchen.
While waiting for the water to boil in the kettle, I touch things: Momma's coffee cup, the rooster-handled sugar and creamer. The kitchen is old. The house is old. The floors are sagging, the steps out the front door are cracked, the walls need paint, but the old house doesn't seem worth the effort sprucing it would take. Who would live here? Not me. This was Momma's house, and it will never hold another person such as her. It can't even hold her spirit, I bet.
I think of returning to my Louisiana house, where its empty echoes as a silent symbol. But where I do not have to think so much of Momma and all we missed as mother and daughter. (Oh Momma! I needed you. Did you need me?)
Before he went back to New York, his Home I reckoned, Micah said, "If you're stubborn on staying here for a while until you finish what you need to finish, then go up to the house on the hill."
I'd answered, "That old lonely house. I've never been inside it."
"It's solid."
My brother and I stared at the lonely house on the hill.
"I've got some people coming soon to work on it," he said.
"It needs love."
Micah nodded his head. Then he stuck his hand into his pocket, pulled out an old key. "Not that it's locked, but for later, just in case."
"I'm not going to live in it," I said. "I'm not staying in the holler."
The ghosts set up to excited whispering.
Micah pressed the key into my hand. "It's just for just in case." He'd hugged me, and before I could say Jiminy Christmas, he was gone. That's how my big brother did things. He appeared and disappeared as if he were a spirit his own self.
Andy and Bobby told me to call if I needed them. They'd never been able to talk me out of my ornery ways before and they weren't going to try then. Andy said, "I understand, Sister."
Bobby nodded, pushed his glasses up on his nose.
I hugged my younger brothers, wished them well and good trips back to Louisiana. Their Home.
Adin had said, "Mom, call me later." She'd pulled a scamp-face, said, "That Gary is cute. He's sweet on you, you know."
"I'm too old for all that foolishness.'
She rolled her eyes, showing me she truly was my daughter. "Haven't you heard your fifties are going to be like your thirties or something like that?"
I'd hugged Adin tight, giving her no rope to pull me to places I didn't want to go. Her blood is not my blood, our kin not related, but she is my own all the same. She wants for me, even when I don't want for myself. She climbed into the car with Bobby and Andy and Andy took off in a cloud of West Virginia dirt. I wondered if Louisiana would stay Adin's Home or if she'd soon wander.
Daddy spoke low and sad, his breath speaking of his own ironies, "My Bug. My dainty Ariel. You'll figure it all out."
I let him go on back to our good Rebekha, where she keeps him safe from his demons come to haunt him.
The coffee pot squeals; I take it off the fire and into my cup spoon a heaping teaspoon of coffee crystals, pour in the boiled water, add sugar, and then the cream my brothers bought at the grocery store in town. The click of spoon against cup is the only sound, save for Mrs. Anna Mendel's cat crying for food, and then the sound of her front screen door slamming shut. Could be her nephew come out to feed that old mangy cat. Could be, but why would I care to look to see if he's out there? I don't care a speck. Mrs. Anna Mendel always had a cat, just one, and they were always hungry and prowling. Maybe they were all the same cat, with ninety-nine lives lived in the holler.
I sip my coffee; it's good, hot, bittersweet.
The morning air is cool drifting in the windows, for the sun hasn't fully spilled its light over the ridges. I walk into the living room and before I can think to stop myself, I peek out the window. Old Mrs. Anna Mendel is in her garden and I wonder if she can see a thing. Gary steps out the door, and I hurry to slip away before he sees me. I take my coffee out back to watch the day come alive and think how later I'll mosey on over to Mrs. Anna Mendel's to ask if I can pick some of her tomatoes for my supper. That's the only thing I need from over there, things from her garden. Not a thing else.
A voice on the wind titters.
When I'd called Rebekha to check on her since she'd not felt comfortable coming to Momma's memorial, she'd talked about her own garden, and then asked how Daddy was holding up, how the boys and I were holding up. She'd been a good momma to us, and even though Katie Ivene hadn't let her adopt me, Micah, and Andy, Rebekha had treated us as if we were her own. As we chatted, I told her about Mrs. Anna Mendel's tomatoes, and how they made good tomato sandwiches thick with mayonnaise and salt and pepper.
Before we hung up, Rebekha told me she'd mailed the things I'd asked for, from the house I'd lived in with Dylan and then lived in alone for so very long after he'd packed his things and left. The rest of the letters, diaries, and photo albums I needed. I have more to set down. That's why I'm here. Why Grandma Faith poked at me so hard to come. That is what I now know. I'll write it all down, then leave the holler for good.
Someone drifts by, passes cool fingers along my neck, and I don't know who it is and what it wants from me. It's not Grandma Faith. Seems too soft a touch to be Momma, but then Momma has her surprising sides. Can it be the tiny touch of my little sweet one; no, it can't. I slip thoughts out of my brain, but I know certain thoughts will be back, because they must come back. How else will I record our stories all together in one place unless I relive the stories?
I lean against the sugar maple, feel the press of it against my shirt, sip from my cup, and think of all the years I'd felt alone. Not the alone of no family or a good friend, but that certain kind of alone of once having a husband and then not having one and then never having one again and telling myself I didn't feel lonely. My footsteps were the only footsteps in my house since Adin had moved away. Jinxie was long gone and I hadn't found another dog to replace him. And Dylan, well, Dylan said I was never his, when I'd thought it was the other way.
A breeze catches my hair and pushes it back. The thoughts of Dylan want to push me on back, too. I can feel it, that falling back back and back: the sunroom in the Louisiana house; the rocker where I'd rocked away the hours, looking out at the flowers and green grass, watching cars go by in the neighborhood; the lonely moments when I was not alone; my family and my good friends. Yet, the seclusion of the holler I'd fought against as a child has turned into something I ache for now.
I stretch out my legs and study my toes. The dark pink polish is chipped. Momma would have a fit over that. She kept her fingernails and toenails polished and if one little nick or chip showed, she'd re-do them on the spot. Momma knew how to make her pretty shine out. She knew how to dress and brush her hair and put on make-up. She learned it all from the fashion magazines she read. I suppose I didn't learn that from her, though I did try, sometimes. A sudden thought slams against me that Dylan and Momma would have been perfect for each other, even if they'd have destroyed each other. With my coffee I swallow that thought down as far as it will go into my innards.
Someone quietly calls, Virginia Kate ... Virginia Kate ...
I answer, "What do you want?"
The whispers grow. I can't sort through them. There is more than one. They rise all around me, coming from the mountains, pushing up from the ground, slipping from underneath the big rock, from inside my momma's house, down from the lonely house on the hill, rising watery from the creek. All the voices surround me, whisper, Virginia Kate ... Virginia Kate ... and then, Stay ... stay where you belong.
I close my eyes. Wind rushes at me and pushes me down into the ground, as if I'd grow roots and never leave the holler again. The sugar maple presses harder into my back.
There comes an image of me standing under an oak tree clutching a crowd of sunflowers. A Louisiana hot wind blows. It is the day I meet the man who changes the way I see myself, both good and bad.
I remember that girl. That girl had been afraid all her life. That girl had tried to pretend she wasn't afraid. And she gained and she lost and she knew she never had what she thought was hers, because she never fully gave of herself.
Another bitter pill to swallow with my coffee.
There under the sugar maple, I think of that hot wind, that oak tree as I pressed my back against it, the sunflowers gripped in my hand, the coming storms.
I let myself go back again. It is what I do. I go back and I tell our stories. It is what Grandma Faith taught me, that the stories become real in the telling.
I make the stories real.
There is a sigh on the wind. The spirits quiet for a time; they know to let me do what I have to do. I look off to my sweet sister mountain--to all our yesterdays--and then beyond, over the mountain, following creek and river and road, down to the sluggish and eerie swamps.
It's come time again to return to what's gone by.
Even the things that hurt.
Grandma Faith whispers, Be strong, little mite. Tell the stories.
Yes, Grandma, I will tell the stories.


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America's Got Talent Crowns New Winner
Originally posted 09/19/2013 09:30AM
Dancers, singers, comedians, magicians.
America had plenty to choose from Wednesday as the eighth season of America's Got Talent came to a close. But of course, only one performer could walk away with $1 million and the chance to headline a show in Las Vegas.
Whom did America choose? Read on to find out. (Warning: spoilers ahead.)
America's Got Talent: Who Should Win?
Originally posted 09/18/2013 07:30PM
Summer's almost over, which means the season's guiltiest TV pleasure is coming to an end, too.
After the most entertaining season yet, America's Got Talent will name a winner on Wednesday. But which of the final six deserves to take home $1 million and get a show in Las Vegas? Will it be one of the singers, a comedian, a magician or the performer who defies description, Kenichi Ebina?
Vote for your favorite act below.
Robin Quivers Reveals Her Cancer Battle
Originally posted 09/09/2013 02:00PM
Loyal listeners tune in to Howard Stern's radio show knowing that anything can happen, but on Monday they got a surprise of a different kind – Stern's longtime sidekick Robin Quivers reveals that she's been fighting cancer for the past year.
In a frank discussion, Quivers, 61, explained why she's been absent from the studio (and broadcasting from home) since mid-2012. She revealed that she'd undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment for a grapefruit-size tumor discovered in her uterus.
Quivers got emotional as she remembered the talk she had with Stern after getting the diagnosis – when doctors talked about "prolonging" her life, rather than "saving" it.
Why Heidi Klum's Kids Are Her Biggest Inspiration
Originally posted 09/04/2013 07:30PM
She can afford to buy works by Picasso, but the paintings decorating a wall at Heidi Klum's home didn't cost her millions of dollars – the America's Got Talent judge has created a showplace featuring artwork by her four kids.
"I display their gigantic canvases, watercolors and three-dimensional art on a big wall at home, like at an art gallery," she reveals in the October issue of Parents magazine. "Not only is the whole thing beautiful, but it makes the kids feel proud to see what they did hanging on the wall, and that really builds their confidence."
The model and fashion designer believes that nurturing her kids' imagination is very important.
Heidi Klum Makes America's Got Talent Debut: How Was She?
Originally posted 06/05/2013 09:55AM
Heidi Klum has taken the first significant step in her TV career since Project Runway, the show that established her as a reality star: Tuesday night, she joined a revamped and expanded judges' panel on season 8 of NBC's America's Got Talent.
It was a sensible and safe step for her. Simply by being gorgeous and charming and not Piers Morgan, she proved herself ready for a bigger, busier network platform.
But I think now she should move on to something else. What is good for Heidi may not be good for America's Got Talent.
Turns Out Heidi Klum Made That Eye-Popping Oscars Gown More Modest
Originally posted 03/20/2013 04:30PM
The supermodel dishes on the ultra-glam gown – and why she didn't find it risky at all
Heidi Klum Joins America's Got Talent
Originally posted 03/04/2013 08:00AM
Willkommen, America's Got Talent!
Heidi Klum is joining the NBC reality show as a judge, the network announced Monday morning.
Klum told PEOPLE: "I just arrived in New Orleans, and it was hard to go to sleep last night. I'm not sure who will be more nervous though – me or the contestants!"
Speaking about her fellow judge on the show, Klum added: "I've always wanted to work with Howard Stern. I think he's so funny, charming, handsome and smart. And, yes, he did tell me to say this."
America's Got Talent Picks a Winner
Originally posted 09/14/2012 09:00AM
Very funny, very clever, very cute – all six finalists had something to offer as the seventh season of America's Got Talent wrapped up on Thursday night.
But seven months after the first auditions were held, only one act could stand alone and snag the $1 million prize and a show in Las Vegas.
Who was crowned the winner? Read on to find out ...
'America's Got Talent': Who Do You Think Should Win?
Originally posted 09/13/2012 10:45AM
This season's final performances on America's Got Talent had a little bit of everything – music, dancing, comedy, art … and yes, acrobatic dogs. But only one winner will take home the $1 million prize and a headlining show in Las Vegas.
All six finalists gave generally strong performances Wednesday in their last shot to impress judges Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel and Howard Stern.
David Garibaldi and His CMYKs (a group of backup dancers/painting assistants) whipped up an impressive portrait of Albert Einstein, while the other artist in the finals, Joe Castillo, did sand portraits of the judges and host Nick Cannon.
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Charlie says the title My Damn Stalker in this episode.
Alan's screen name on the Internet dating site is Spinemaster278.
Charlie's new neighbor, Danielle, moved into Rose's house during the previously aired episode, despite Rose not vacating it until this episode. This is due to the episodes airing out of production order.
(Rose is getting ready to leave)
Rose: Oh, I almost forgot. I thought you should have this. It's our first restraining order. Look how shaky your signature was. You were so spooked.
Alan: I'm not gay. I'm literate and urbane, and that confuses people.
Rose: Hey, Charlie, got a minute? I'd like to talk to you privately.
Charlie: Now is not a good time, Rose.
Rose: Will you call me later?
Charlie: Sure.
Rose: Promise?
Charlie: Yeah.
Rose: Cross your heart and hope to die?
Charlie: Yes!
Rose: Stick a needle in your eye.
Charlie: Okay...
Rose: Boil in oil until you fry?
Charlie: Dear God, Rose, I will call you.
Rose: Tootles..
(Rose leaves)
Alan: You're not gonna call her, are you?
Charlie: Nah, I think I'm gonna go with the needle in the eye.
Alan: I guess that the bar is not set very high.
Beverly: You have not done much online dating before; you cleared it with a penis and a job.
Alan: Play play along....You will play along, won't you?
Charlie: I guess we will find out together.
Beverly: I guess you've noticed I'm a little taller than 5'9".
Alan: Oh, yeah, but, uh, everybody fudges a little on those dating profiles. How tall are you?
Beverly: 5'13".
Charlie: When did you get married?
Leanne: Shortly after the last time I woke up in your bed with cab fare taped to my forehead.
Jake: Hey, Berta, wanna hear something cool? The ancient Romans had a place called a vomitorium where people could eat as much as they wanted, puke, and then eat some more.
Berta: Well, just like the Sizzler.
Charlie: Morning, Rose. (turns and whispers to Berta) What's going on?
Berta: She's helping Yertle the Turtle study for his test.
Charlie: (still whispering) Why didn't he ask me?
Berta: Name three contributions the Roman Empire made to civilization.
Charlie: (smugly) Orgies, wine, and bulimia! Go ahead, ask me about the Greeks.
Charlie: (picking up Alan's Laptop) Come on, lets see what puts a chubby in your chinos.
Alan: (putting his hand on top of the laptop) Oh, no, no, no. It's personal.
Charlie: Oooh, what you in to? Grannies with trannies?
Alan: (interrupting) No.
Charlie: Chickens with strap-ons?
Alan: (tugging at the computer with Charlie) Please, please don't Charlie, Plea... (Charlie grabs the computer)
Charlie: (looking at the computer screen) Oh, you pitiful freak. What is wrong with you?
Alan: Nothing, I came upon it by accident.
Charlie: I'm so ashamed. My own brother using an (pause) Internet dating service.
Alan: I'm a man Charlie, I have needs!
The German episode title is "Nadeln in den Ohren", meaning "Needles in the Ears". The French title is "Rencontre sur le Net", meaning "Meeting on the Net". The Italian title is "Lezione di storia", meaning "Moral of the Story". The Spanish title is "Mi Acosadora", meaning "My Stalker".
We learn Rose's address in her place is 5624.
This episode's end titles has Chuck Lorre's Vanity Card #172.
Though credited, Holland Taylor and Marin Hinkle do not appear in this episode.
Rose was written out of the show to accomodate Melanie Lynskey leaving to star in the Fox mid-season replacement series Drive.
After hearing Rose is moving to London, Charlie tells her to, "say 'hi' to the queen... of hearts," comparing Rose's lunacy to that of many characters in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who were ruled over by the Queen of Hearts.
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For a concept's drive-thru to be successful it must serve the interests of both the customers and the staff.
As a follow up to my previous blog on last month's NAFEM Show, I wanted to share thoughts about some of the equipment offerings that caught my attention.
A lot has happened since the last NAFEM show and foodservice professionals appear ready to help operators drive customer satisfaction and higher profits as the business climate improves.
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Though former FBI Special Agent Sloane Burbank once survived a life-threatening injury in the line of duty, she now uses her specialized skills as an independent consultant. But when one of her closest childhood friends mysteriously disappears, Sloane takes the case—even though her ex-lover Derek Parker is the FBI agent in charge.
Special Agent Derek Parker has no time to spare for a dead-end case—especially since it would mean working with a… (mehr)
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The Death of Contract
IN 1958 Chester Vandermark bought a new car from the Maywood Bell Ford dealership near Los Angeles. Six weeks and 1,500 miles later, Chester was driving his sister Mary to Joshua Tree in the California desert. "[T]he car started to make a little shimmy or weave and started pulling to the right. . . . I tried to pull back, but it didn't seem to come, so I applied my brakes gently to see if I could straighten her up, but I couldn't seem to pull her back to the left. So, I let off on the brakes and she continued to the right, and . . . all of a sudden this pole was in front of me and we smashed into it." The car's brakes had failed. Both Chester and Mary were seriously hurt.
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Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
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'Blest who betimes has left life's revel, whose wine-filled glass he has not drained'
Tired of the glitter and glamour of St Petersberg society, aristocratic dandy Eugene Onegin retreats to the country estate he has recently inherited. With the arrival of the idealistic young poet Vladimir Lendsky he begins an unlikely friendship, while the poet welcomes this urbane addition to his small social circle - and is happy to introduce Onegin to his fiancée Olga and her family. But when Olga's sister Tatiana becomes infatuated with Onegin, his cold rejection of her love brings about a tragedy that engulfs them all. Unfolding with dream-like inevitability and dazzling energy, Pushkin's tragic poem is one of the great works of Russian literature.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (October 18, 2007) — Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89.
He was the group's last surviving member. Peter Lawford died in 1984, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1990, Dean Martin in 1995, and Sinatra in 1998.
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The after effects and moaning for the loss of lives in Christchurch earthquake continues. The people are also sad over the loss of the television station of this region.
A report suggests that out of 25 Canterbury Television staff, 15 have lost their lives after the CTV building collapsed after the earthquake. This deadly incident happened on 25th February. It is being estimated that approximately 100 people were in the building that day.
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Management Team - Executive Officers
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|Mark D. Dankberg
|Chairman of the Board, CEO
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|Richard A. Baldridge
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|Bruce Dirks
|Sr. VP, Treasury & Corporate Development
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|Shawn Duffy
|Sr. VP, CFO
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|H. Stephen Estes
|VP Enterprise Services
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|Kevin Harkenrider
|Sr. VP Broadband Services
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|Steven R. Hart
|VP Chief Technical Officer
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|Keven K. Lippert
|EVP General Counsel and Secretary
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|Mark J. Miller
|VP Chief Technical Officer
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|Ken Peterman
|VP Government Systems
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|John Zlogar
|VP Commercial Networks
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Mark Dankberg, Chairman, CEO
Mr. Dankberg co-founded ViaSat Inc. in 1986 and has led the company's rapid growth. He has held the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since inception.
Under his leadership, ViaSat has consistently been one of America's fastest growing technology companies. As a start-up, ViaSat was selected to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies three times. After listing on the NASDAQ exchange in 1996 ViaSat has been recognized multiple times by leading business and industry publications including BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, Red Herring, DefenseNews, Space News, and Washington Technology for its exceptional performance and growth.
Mr. Dankberg is an acknowledged industry expert in aerospace, defense, and satellite communications, and is the leading visionary for a new generation of high-capacity satellite systems. He has co-authored several military standards on satellite networking, and holds a number of patents in communications and satellite networking technologies. He has participated on Department of Defense advisory panels and was invited to testify before a Congressional committee on high technology growth companies and IPOs.
Mr. Dankberg was received a number of awards for his industry and business leadership:
- 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year in San Diego in 2000
- 2003 Satellite Industry Executive of the Year in 2003
- 2008 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace International Communications Award
- 2012 Visionary Executive of the Year, Satellite Markets and Research
- 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Industry Innovator
- 2013 San Diego Business Journal Most Admired CEO Founders Award
- 2015 Society of Satellite Professionals Hall of Fame
He has also been an invited speaker on communication technology, entrepreneurship, and executive management at several universities including Rice University, NYU, and University of California at San Diego. He was a founding member of the board of directors of the San Diego Telecom Council (now CommNexus), and served on the San Diego County Regional Economic Advisory Board. In addition, he has been invited to serve as a judge several times at the local and national levels for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program.
Mr. Dankberg began his career with the Collins Radio Division of Rockwell International, and at Linkabit Corp in San Diego, where he held positions in engineering, technical management and business segment management.
He earned B.S. EE and M.S. EE degrees from Rice University and is a member of the Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering Hall of Fame.
Richard Baldridge, President and COO
Mr. Baldridge is responsible for leading corporate strategy and operations for the ViaSat organization as a whole, guiding and evaluating the company's three operating segments (Services, Commercial, and Government), and cultivating and maintaining relations with the investor community. Mr. Baldridge joined ViaSat in April 1999 as vice president and chief financial officer, added the positions of executive vice president and COO in July 2000, and was appointed president in November 2003.
During his tenure, ViaSat has grown organically and through acquisitions by more than a factor of 10, to a company approaching revenues of $1 billion. His leadership has helped build the organization from a small business to a major prime contractor and technology partner to companies worldwide, including a transition from a product manufacturer to a global service provider.
Mr. Baldridge came to ViaSat from Raytheon Corporation where he was vice president and general manager of its Raytheon Training Systems division. With over 4,000 employees in the division, his responsibilities included day-to-day management including marketing, legal, finance, and overall management.
Other experience includes roles as chief operating officer, CFO, and VP of finance and administration for Hughes Information Systems and Hughes Training Inc., before the divisions were acquired by Raytheon in 1997. Mr. Baldridge also held various senior management roles within General Dynamics Corporation.
Mr. Baldridge graduated with a B.S. degree in business administration, and an emphasis in information systems from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, where he is a member of the NMSU School of Business Hall of Fame. He serves on the board of CommNexus, a non-profit industry association that works to accelerate the formation, growth, and success of the technology industry in the San Diego region.
Bruce Dirks, Senior Vice President, Treasury & Corporate Development
Bruce Dirks joined ViaSat in April 2013.
Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Dirks served as a portfolio manager at Fidelity Management & Research Company. Prior to joining Fidelity in 2000, he was vice president – Investments at TRW Investment Management Company from 1993 to 2000. Mr. Dirks began his career at Raytheon Company as a financial analyst and also worked on the corporate finance team at General Dynamics Corporation.
Mr. Dirks earned a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Shawn Duffy, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Duffy joined the company in 2005 as Corporate Controller, was appointed Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2009, Chief Accounting Officer in 2012, and Sr. VP, CFO in 2014.
Prior to joining ViaSat, Ms. Duffy was a senior manager at Ernst & Young, LLP, serving the technology and consumer product markets.
Ms. Duffy is a certified public accountant in the State of California and holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration (Accounting) from San Diego State University.
Stephen Estes, Vice President, Enterprise Services
Stephen Estes first became part of the ViaSat team with the acquisition of several commercial divisions of Scientific-Atlanta in April 2000.
Mr. Estes served as Vice President and General Manager of the Antenna Systems group from 2000 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he served as a co-founder of an entrepreneurial startup. In September 2005, Mr. Estes rejoined ViaSat as Vice President — Human Resources, then lead the Government Systems segment for over one year, and during fiscal year 2013 assumed his current position as Vice President, Enterprise Services.
Mr. Estes began his career as an electrical design engineer, moving into various management positions in engineering, program management, sales and marketing, and general management for companies that included Scientific-Atlanta, Loral (now part of L-3 Communications), and AEL Cross Systems (now part of BAE Systems).
Mr. Estes holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Brescia University, an Electrical Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and a M.B.A. degree from Georgia State University focused on finance and marketing.
Kevin Harkenrider, Senior Vice President Broadband Services
Steven R. Hart, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder
As CTO, he provides technical direction across the company in areas of networking, architectures, software, and information security. He works with a diverse set of ViaSat business areas to drive innovation and strategic positioning, and supports business development activities, with technical support in product concept development, customer relations, and proposal activities.
Mr. Hart is a co-founder ViaSat Inc. and has helped lead the company's rapid growth from three people in 1986 to a global company of nearly 2,000 employees today.
Mr. Hart has over 25 years of experience in design, development and engineering management for digital communications and networking equipment. He has provided leadership in many ViaSat product areas, helping it grow from individual "black-box" products to integrated network communication systems. He also led the development of new satellite networking algorithms and directed the creation of the ViaSat Information Security business.
Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Hart was a staff engineer and manager at Linkabit, worked as a computer security analyst at the Merdan group on various projects for the National Security Agency and the Navy, and served the U.S. Air Force as an imagery intelligence specialist for four years.
He has authored numerous technical papers in satellite networking and computer and communications security, and holds patents for inventions in these areas.
Mr. Hart was named the 2004 Outstanding Executive by the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering for his dedication to ensuring the highest quality in education for its students through close ties with San Diego's high tech industry.
Mr. Hart holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and an M.A. in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.
Keven K. Lippert, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Keven Lippert manages ViaSat's legal department, providing wide-ranging legal support to its business operations, including corporate, employment, government and commercial contracts, real estate, intellectual property, international, legal compliance, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and securities law. Prior to moving into his new role in April 2007 he was Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, positions he had held since joining ViaSat in 2000.
Mr. Lippert has also played a key role in leading the legal team for company acquisitions. Beginning in 2000, he has been instrumental in due diligence, negotiations, and structuring of agreements for the acquisitions of WildBlue Communications, US Monolithics, Efficient Channel Coding, Enerdyne, Comsat Labs, Intelligent Compression Technologies, and JAST Antenna Systems.
Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Lippert was a corporate associate at the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP from 1997 to 2000. He holds a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mark J. Miller, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder
Mr. Miller is a co-founder ViaSat Inc. and has helped lead the company's rapid growth. Before its initial public offering in 1996, ViaSat was named three times to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies. Since then, the company's continuing superior performance qualified it as one of the BusinessWeek "100 Best Small Corporations," as one of the "200 Best Small Companies in America" by Forbes, and for position number eight on the Business 2.0 list of "100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies." Most recently ViaSat was named to Red Herring magazine's "Small Cap 100" for 2005, recognizing innovative technology and smart business models that nurture growth and profitability.
Prior to joining ViaSat, he was a Staff Engineer at M/A-COM Linkabit from 1983 to 1986. From 1982 to 1983 he was employed at Cubic defense Systems in San Diego.
Mr. Miller's main technical interests and active work lie in area of modulation, coding, digital signal processing and multiple access techniques.
He is the holder of various patents and has taught Satellite Communications through the UCSD extension program.
Mr. Miller holds a B.S. EE degree from the University of California, San Diego and a M.S. EE degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Gregory D. Monahan, Senior Vice President
Mr. Monahan has served in his current role since September, 2007. As an officer of the company, his current responsibilities include overseeing administration, new facilities acquisition, and a variety of other corporate duties.
Mr. Monahan has helped ViaSat achieve rapid growth. Before its initial public offering in 1996, ViaSat was named three times to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies. Since then the company has been recognized for its innovative technology and smart business model that nurtures growth and profitability. ViaSat has achieved listings among the BusinessWeek "100 Best Small Corporations", Business 2.0 "100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies", Red Herring "Small Cap 100", and Forbes "200 Best Small Companies in America".
Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Monahan was Assistant Vice President of M/A-COM Linkabit in San Diego from 1978 to 1988.
Mr. Monahan holds a J.D. degree from the University of San Diego and B.S.ME and M.B.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.
Ken Peterman, Vice President Government Systems
Ken Peterman joined ViaSat in April 2013. Mr. Peterman has over 30 years of experience in systems engineering, strategic planning, portfolio management, and business leadership in the aerospace and defense industries.
From July 2012 to April 2013, Mr. Peterman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SpyGlass Group, a company he co-founded which provides executive strategic advisory services to the aerospace and defense industries. From 2011 to July 2012, Mr. Peterman served as President of Exelis Communications and Force Protection Systems, and from 2007 to 2011, he served as President of ITT Communications Systems, which are both developers and providers of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance products and systems.
Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell Collins Government System's Integrated C3 Systems and Rockwell Collins Displays and Awareness Systems.
Mr. Peterman earned a B.S.EE degree from Tri-State University (now Trine).
John Zlogar, Vice President Commercial Networks
John Zlogar joined ViaSat in 2000 as part of ViaSat's acquisition of several commercial divisions of Scientific Atlanta. From 2003 to 2011, he served as Vice President and General Manager of ViaSat Antenna Systems. Since 2011, he has served as Vice President Commercial Networks.
During his career, Mr. Zlogar has held various management positions in systems engineering, program management, sales and marketing, and general management. Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Zlogar worked for RCA Government Systems and Scientific Atlanta.
Mr. Zlogar holds a B.S.EE degree from Pennsylvania State University and an M.S.EE degree from Stanford University.