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The Kaiser Family Foundation, in conjunction with Princeton Survey Research Associates, conducted a comprehensive examination of media coverage of HIV/AIDS from 1981 to 2002.The study investigates the volume of HIV/AIDS coverage over time and key events, domestic versus international focus of coverage, the portrayal of affected populations, story topics, the…Poll Finding Read More
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Military Families SurveyA recent survey conducted by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University examines the views of Army spouses and their experiences with military life, including experiences with deployment and attitudes toward re-enlistment, as well as attitudes towards government and the media. The survey was conducted among…Poll Finding Read More
A Brief Look at Americans' Perceptions of the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
This Data Note, using data from a national survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS released in June 2011, examines trends in the public's perception of HIV/AIDS as a global problem. Overall, survey trends show that Americans view HIV/AIDS as a more pressing health problem for the world than for the U.S.,…Poll Finding Read More
Pulling it Together: As The International AIDS Conference Convenes, Some Positive News About Public Opinion and HIV
The American people are busy trying to make ends meet and take care of their families and they are constantly bombarded by messaging and spin. They rarely have a full understanding of policy issues and debates. Often it is their strongly held beliefs, whether based on accurate or inaccurate perceptions,…Perspective Read More
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This national survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that Americans increasingly believe the U.S. should be a global leader on HIV/AIDS, including spending more money to fight the epidemic abroad and at home. This comes despite an American characteristic distaste for foreign aid and at a time when…Poll Finding Read More
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Kaiser has prepared this survey of more than 7,000 people in G7 nations in advance of the Group of 8 meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland. Public opinion in the countries (Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States) shows similarities among the nations on whether progress is being…Poll Finding Read More
South Africans at Ten Years of Democracy
Ten years after the fall of apartheid and the birth of a new democracy, South Africans went to the polls for their third national election in April 2004. During the past ten years, the people of South Africa have witnessed dramatic changes in their government, as well as in their…Poll Finding Read More
Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS – Part Two: HIV Testing
These survey findings of Americans' views on HIV testing are part of Kaiser's national "Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS," conducted in spring 2004. It explores such issues as how many adults report ever having been tested and talk to their doctor about HIV/AIDS, as well as misconceptions and stigma about…Poll Finding Read More
Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS, Part One: Global HIV/AIDS – Summary and Chartpack
These survey findings of Americans' views on global HIV/AIDS are part of Kaiser's national "Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS," conducted in spring 2004. Other portions of the national survey will be released this summer. This portion of the survey explores such issues as foreign aid, general knowledge about the global…Report Read More
New National Survey on American Views on the AIDS Crisis in Africa
To shed light on Americans' views about the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide and the role of the U.S. in addressing the global epidemic, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a national survey of Americans about their attitudes towards HIV/AIDS globally and in sub-Saharan Africa, in particular. This survey examines…Fact Sheet Read More

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How can a person deal with anxiety? One fellow decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to do so for a salary of $200,000 a year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, "Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?" To which the man responded, "That's your worry!" Worrying is one job you can't farm out—but you can overcome it.
David declares in Psalm 23:2, "He leads me beside the still waters." He leads me! God isn't behind me, yelling, "Go!" He's ahead of me bidding, "Come!" He leads us. He tells us what we need to know when we need to know it. Hebrews 4:16 says, "We will find grace to help us when we need it!"
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These days I don't get many opportunities to get my hands on my beads except when I'm doing something related to my classes at the Nevada Museum of Art. Most recently I enjoyed an evening at the Museum's First Thursday event where I wo-manned the Museum School table and made the pendant pictured below. It always feels so good when I get back to my beads and it always seems to happen at the Museum. I'll be there this Saturday, from 10am-5pm, teaching my Wire Sculpted Jewelry and Accessories workshop and would love for you to come get creative with me. Sign up on the Museum's website.
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(Memphis) Dozens gathered outside the National Civil Rights Museum Wednesday morning in support of Trayvon Martin.
The rally and march were organized by Direct Action Inc.
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Supporters were hoping to march in support of justice for Martin, the Florida teen killed by a neighborhood march captain who has yet to be charged.
The group marched from the museum to the mall outside City Hall.
However, many left the rally upset, after hearing organizer Minister Kennith Van Buren's message yelled over a bull horn.
"A white man is killing the black man everyday in society on the job," said Van Buren. "A white man is the one that killed Trayvon Martin."
Supporters spoke out saying that wasn't the case (George Zimmerman is Hispanic) and this isn't the time to alienate others based on race.
"He said we have to come together against this white man. No, it's not about this white man. It's about all people coming together," said Preston Lee who worked at a nearby barbershop.
Janice Banks let her grandchildren miss school and drove from Mississippi for the rally, only to leave before the march upset, "I sat and listened to this message that this man was spewing and it was just a bunch of hate," said Banks. "Me as a black woman, I was truly offended. I decided I didn't want my babies to participate in that."


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As usual, the CPS are continuing to withhold evidence from trials and engineering the conviction of innocent people. In 1993, the CPS withheld important evidence from my trial which led to my conviction. Although they are very eager to obtain their false convictions, the legal system is not so willing to correct the damage they cause through the appeal system.
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Willamette Football Prepares For Tough 2005 Schedule
SALEM, OR — The Willamette University football team will host the two teams that vied for the national championship in Division III last season as the Bearcats play DIII runner-up University of Mary Hardin Baylor in their home opener on September 11 and conclude the regular season against national champion Linfield College, according to the schedule released this week by Head Coach Mark Speckman (pictured left).
The Bearcats will once again play one of the toughest schedules in the country in 2005, counting a Division II and two NAIA opponents among the team's ten games. Last season, the Bearcats finished 7-4, losing to Occidental College in the first round of the DIII national championships. It was the Bearcats' first post-season appearance since 1999.
The Bearcats open the season at Western Oregon on September 3rd. Along with home contests against UMHB and Linfield, the Bearcats will host Menlo College, Southern Oregon University, and Pacific University.
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Sept. 3 Western Oregon Monmouth, OR TBA
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MLB doesn't want to see things get ugly between the Dodgers and the Padres on Monday, and Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the league will try to make their ruling on the matter by the time the series rolls around. Major League Baseball is speeding up Carlos Quentin's appeal of his eight-game suspension — a suspension ... Read More »
C.J. Nitkowski thinks Matt Kemp hangs over zone as much as Carlos Quentin, why he's wrong
C.J. Nitkowski, for reasons unknown, decided to inject himself into the Zack Greinke/Carlos Quentin/Dodgers/Padres brawl discussion, basically saying that Quentin doesn't hang over the plate any more than Matt Kemp does. Carlos Quentin stands on top of the plate, hangs over the strike zone? You sure about that? twitter.com/CJNitkowski/st… — CJ Nitkowski (@CJNitkowski) April 12, 2013 Kemp, same camera, same ... Read More »
Dodgers react to Greinke injury + brawl, Quentin continues to be dumb, mirrors Padres fans
So in case you were under a rock yesterday, Zack Greinke has a broken collarbone and is out for a while, essentially because Carlos Quentin is an idiot. As one would imagine, the reactions to what went down from the Dodgers dugout, media, and bloggers weren't the most pleasant towards Quentin. ===== Don Mattingly called him an idiot and said ... Read More »
Zack Greinke hits Carlos Quentin, he charges the mound cause he's an idiot, Greinke hurt
Going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Dodgers held a 2-1 lead over the Padres, and Zack Greinke was rolling along. Unfortunately, to lead off the inning, he hit Carlos Quentin with a 3-2 pitch. Crappy situation to put the lead-off man on, obviously, but no big deal apart from that, except: So Quentin is a goddamn idiot. ... Read More »
What is it about Yasiel Puig that makes people so incredibly stupid?
I like Yasiel Puig. I like him a lot, actually. I even ranked him as the top prospect in the Dodgers system for 2013. However, if you follow me on Twitter, most of what I tweet about him is sort of dismissive. That's not because I'm not excited about him, but rather because he seems to make people incredibly stupid. ... Read More »
Clayton Kershaw's price may be going up, deal not imminent
Clayton Kershaw's extension has been widely anticipated by Dodgers fans for a while now, and most (including me) seem to want it done as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear as if that's necessarily going to be the case. A week ago, Dylan Hernandez said nothing was imminent: Clayton Kershaw's agent was at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, but a ... Read More »
Dodgers deal Aaron Harang for Ramon Hernandez, add depth, pay another to play elsewhere
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Matt Kemp not worst baseball player ever, hits double, says hi to mom
After starting the season zero for eleventy billion, Matt Kemp finally sheds the title of the worst baseball player ever with a double. Or whatever. Read More »
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A Clayton Kershaw extension seems to be inching closer by the day, according to everybody
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After six years at the National Institutes of Health, biochemist Emily Wang was inspired to start her own hypnotism practice thanks to a class that allowed her to have a painless birth with her second child.
The final push was her daughter, who suffered from severe allergies and eczema. With the aid of more advanced hypnosis training, Wang said she was able to find the root cause of the problem and guide her daughter to release it.
�Two weeks later she started eating dairy, and I was crying,� Wang said. �I said, �If I could help her I could help anybody.��
Today, Wang has an office in Rockville, seeing about 15 patients each week. Sessions cost $100 per hour.
Despite decades of controversy, hypnosis might have finally broken into the mainstream. There are no less than eight hypnotherapy practices in Montgomery County, and mental health professionals also use hypnosis, according to the WhitePages and other online directories.
For Marcia Proctor, who works at Relaxing Alternatives Wellness Center in Gaithersburg, business is good. Her practice has rebounded since the height of the Great Recession. On average, she sees 15 to 20 clients per week, and also trains future hypnotists. She declined to disclose her prices.
�If you can help the people in your lives make a change for the better, that�s a good thing,� said Proctor of Germantown. �I�m never going to get rich doing this, but I love doing it.�
Although hypnosis is not regulated in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, D.C., there are professional organizations with criteria for membership.
Anyone can join the American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists, a worldwide organization that provides support to businesses. Members are included in an online directory available to people seeking hypnotists. The association did not return calls and emails for comment.
The National Guild of Hypnotists requires certified members to have at least 100 hours of training. Membership in the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis is limited to licensed health care professionals, who have at least a master�s degree.
�Let the buyer beware,� said Melvin Gravitz of Silver Spring, a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University who has been using hypnosis for at least 40 years. He also is past president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
When used properly, he said hypnosis can be effective for problems that include anxiety, chronic stress, memory retrieval, phobias, smoking cessation and weight management. He also recommends seeing a licensed health care professional. He said it also can be useful for certain sexual dysfunctions, such as people who are afraid of sexual situations, or for fertility, when doctors have ruled out medical causes.
Retired Lt. Col. Clifford Dunning, 73, likes to use hypnosis in family therapy, saying it facilitates more productive sessions. A professional counselor, Dunning has offices in Kensington and Falls Church, Va.
He decided to join the U.S. Marine Corps when he was in the eighth grade, following in the footsteps of his father, a naval officer. During his 20 years in the Corps, Dunning served with the Military Advisory Command in Vietnam, as an instructor with the Special Forces School at Fort Bragg, N.C., and Reconnaissance Battalion Commander.
�When you get to studying and doing things other than killing people, you start to realize there is more,� he said.
The military paid for his first psychology degree, a Ph.D. in leadership and human behavior, after he received a bachelor�s in electrical engineering and a master�s in personnel administration. He has since become licensed as a professional counselor in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
He likes to use visual imagery — �visualize the cigarette as yucky, disgusting� — and defines hypnosis as a state of deep relaxation where the mind achieves heightened alertness.
�Hypnosis is just the power of positive suggestion to help you regain control,� Dunning said. �Anything that has ever become was first imagined.�
The National Guild of Hypnotists was founded in 1950, but did not have more than a handful of members until the mid-1980s. Since then the Guild reorganized, and the industry has become a distinct profession, said Dwight Damon, president of the National Guild.
�Back in the �50s, the people who were really teaching were basically stage hypnotists,� he said.
With the advent of television, stage performers were losing venues, so many of them started teaching, he said.
Today, training is available from organizations such as the Guild, or hypnotists like Laura West.
West, 63, sees 15 to 20 people each week in her Germantown home, and plans to open an office in Rockville. She became a believer after using hypnosis to quit her three-pack-a-day smoking habit.
�One of the biggest crazes right now is the virtual Lap-Band,� she said.
Lap-Band is an adjustable device intended for weight loss in patients with obesity. It is surgically inserted into a patient�s stomach to reduce its capacity, so users feel full faster and longer, according to its website.
Before hypnotic �surgery,� West explores the why her client overeats, and they discuss healthy habits.
During the �surgical� session, West plays the sounds of going into surgery, and the patient visualizes riding on the trolley into the surgical room, where the band is placed on the upper part of the stomach.
�After they have the band, I treat them as if they have had the actual surgery, and they will have a more restrictive diet,� she said.
One of her clients, who weighed 380 pounds to start, lost 20 pounds in four weeks.
Smoking cessation and weight loss are the bread and butter of many practices, but Gravitz cautions that weight loss is complex, affected by genetics, amount of food and kind of food.
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Today I beat a demon that has been tormenting me for my entire life. I have had a huge needle phobia for as long as I can remember. When my mom took me to the doctor's office, even just for a check up, I would start sweating and hyperventilating and freaking out. Those days are all over!!! I got my flu shot today and I didn't cry, squeeze the nurse's hand so hard that she screamed, or have the urge to curl up in my dad's lap and sob uncontrollably (all of which I have done… the latter took place in a free shot clinic. I was sixteen).
That is personal growth my friends. I have come a long way from the days my mom had to write "shots" backwards on the calendar (looked like "stohs") so I wouldn't have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the doctor's office. Looking back, that didn't even work because I figured it out in like six minutes but it's really the thought that counts. My mom knew that my blood pressure would skyrocket and she wanted to protect me. I think what I'm trying to say in a really roundabout way is that if I can get a flu shot all by myself without anyone's help, anyone can! I think it is a responsibility of people that are financially able to get a flu shot so that they will not get infected and infect people who can't get vaccines. The flu shot is jacket expressible and only $20! GET YOURS NOW!


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Any one with Shelter Insurance better check your policy.
I just found out that since I went to one horse show and competed in one class, that my liability on any damage or injury caused by my horse is no longer covered by my homeowners policy. I have no liability from damage done by any of my horses anywhere from going to one show.
I do not earn any money at show or make my living showing horses, I go to one show a year.
I have had Shelter for Thirty years and all this time I thought I was covered, by my homeowners policy.
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Located in the center of Sao Paulo, this family-friendly aparthotel is within a 10-minute walk of Casper Libero College and Museum of Art of Sao Paulo. Municipal Theater and Sala Sao Paulo are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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This aparthotel features 2 restaurants, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour health club. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free valet parking are also provided. Other amenities include a sauna, a 24-hour business center, and 24-hour room service.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Transamérica Prime International Plaza provides a 24-hour health club and a sauna. Dining is available at one of the aparthotel's 2 restaurants. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3.5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. 7 meeting rooms are available. This family-friendly aparthotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Year Built 2000
- Number of restaurants - 2
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- Conference space size (feet) - 294
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A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
La Fortuna - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Happy hour is offered.
The View Bar - This rooftop bar specializes in international cuisine and serves light fare only.
24-hour room service is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Playground on site
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible parking
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at noon
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Tourism fee: BRL 3.60 per accommodation, per night
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Parents traveling with a child under 18 must present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If only one parent or legal guardian is traveling with the child, that parent or legal guardian must also present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Brazilian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance. This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. Children 7 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast, if one is offered. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Clarins is a skin care and cosmetics line that dates back to 1954. Although most of the products offered by this brand are suited for women, Clarins additionally has a men's line or skin care treatments. According to the primary website, this company focuses on providing consumers with the most effective topical treatments available for skin care, which are also very safe to use daily. All Clarins products are available directly through the official website, as well as through finer department stores that offer this brand name. At this point, we will scrutinize one formula from this line, which is Clarins Younger Longer Balm.
Product Details
Clarins Younger Longer Balm is a topical lotion that is applied to the face. This formula aims to defend the skin from free radical damage and pollution, as well as hydrate and lock in moisture to encourage a softer complexion. A couple of factors that make this treatment unique are that it repairs facial capillaries, and stimulates microcirculation. Unlike many other anti-aging products, this one is supposed to assist with the functioning of skin nerve endings in order to improve the user's overall appearance. Clarins Younger Longer Balm can be applied to clean skin, twice daily, or as needed.
There are several active ingredients used in Clarins Younger Longer Balm. These are revealed as Maritime Pine Extract (helps simulate microcirculation), Butcher's Broom, Centella Asiatica (boosts collagen levels), Glistin (protects the skin from stress and aging), Vitamin A (helps with skin cell exfoliation), Expertise 3P (defends the skin from harmful pollutants), Vitamin E (heals skin), Hawaiian Candlenut Oil (aids with moisturizing), Vitamin C (helps brighten the complexion), Green Algae Extract (prevents skin dehydration), and Pro-Vitamin B5 (protects and stimulates the skin). The cost of Clarins Younger Longer Balm is $99 (1.7 fluid ounces).
The Good
- This products has beneficial ingredients like Vitamins A, C, and E.
- It is a cinch to purchase Clarins Younger Longer Balm via the main website.
- There are a number of natural ingredients used in this formula.
The Bad
- Some women may have allergic reactions to certain ingredients used in this product.
- There is no mention of a money-back guarantee.
- Clarins Younger Longer Balm costs $99, which is pretty pricey.
- No free samples of this topical skin care treatment are available.
The Bottom Line
When searching for skin care products to meet your individual needs, you certainly have your work cut out for you. This is why it is helpful to have a good idea of what products contain and how well they are rated by consumers. As for Clarins Younger Longer Balm, there are no testimonials presented on the official website for this product. Then again, it is nice to see the active ingredients listed and explained for this Clarins moisturizer. However, the cost of $99 may be a little too high for some women.


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Is iMessage down for you?
A lot of us here at iMore along with friends and family members are having some issues with iMessage. Basically, we can't send or receive any! Are you guys experiencing the same problems we are?
If you seem to be having issues sending iMessages, you can turn it off from Settings for now so you can still send regular text messages. It's what we recommend doing until the service is back to working properly.
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Is iMessage down for you?
This is why iMessage sucks. If it's down, you have to manually shut it off. If you're not paying attention, you risk sending overseas texts. Terrible! BBM is much better - no chance of being charged for overseas messages on BBM.
It's taking about an hour to send iMessages for me.
I was one who sent an email to you guys. It's down for basically everyone I know, all idevices too.
On Verizon and having no problems.
Verizon in Ohio and its down for me...
Maybe it's regional. I am in Dallas and its still working.
Very pissed about it being down! I was iMessaging a friend that lives in London and then all of a sudden the send button turned green on me and I didn't notice until after the message was already sent. Not a good thing when I live in the US!
exactly i was like oh crap that was probably like a 10 dollar text that said text me later
Whatsapp is a great option for texting anyone around the globe.
Down in Turkey as well. Turkcell on the iPhone and wifi on the iPad... both not working.
I'm on AT&T and it's been sending a message to someone on a Sprint iPhone for the last 30 minutes. This person lives right next door.
Sprint in Boston it has been spotty all day took about 40 mins to send last message I sent out. Sent it at 2:30 just sent. :-(
Seems to be working...some of the time...for me.
Was down, but after a reboot, it came back.
Down for me it's stuck on sending.........
Down over here in Orlando on Sprint iPhone 4S.
On Verizon in Pennsylvania Working fine for me.
I came here for a totally different reason, and came across this post. messages haven't been going to my son who only uses iMessage on wifi. I was having problems too. it's intermittent here. I'm on Long Island.
AT&T in Washington is working fine
Kaput here too.
Been down for over 2 hours here. AT&T southern California.
Yes it is I'm in Florida
It isn't completely down for me on AT&T in Southern Cal, but it sure takes a looooooong time to send any message!
Yes, down all over. Thanks for the tip. Wonder what the problem is?
Working fine as usual here in houston, TX on AT&T, iphone 4S
Dead for me on WiFi, all my devices are on iOS6 GM not sure if that makes a difference.
Working fine in Seattle between two AT&T iPhones.
Definitely down for me. AT&T here in Washington, DC.
Yes. Awaiting my new iPhone 5 this Friday. So until then I won't have access to SMS. iPhone 4S was sold awhile back.
is down here in North Carolina Im on Sprint and I have a iphone4. Does anybody know if apple is doing something to fix this at all?
Chicago - it was down for a bit but fine now.
AT&T in Houston working fine for me.
No problems on Rogers in Canada.
Yes it is down in Hungary
On a Verizon iPhone 4. Down for me about 2 and a half hours. Back up and running now.
AT&T down few hours ...
I'm with Telus in Halifax, Nova Scotia....i wouldn't know because I sold my iPhone 4 almost a month ago to get top dollar for it.....I need my iPhone 5 now...
Bell in Canada seems to be working ok.
yah i culd not able to send texts to my brother this afternoon
It's been struggling in the UK. Seems to be ok now.
iOS 5.1.1 on my 4S on Big Red in North-East Ohio and working fine.
ohh so that's what the problem was.. I was in the hospital today and was going crazy because lots of my messages didn't go through I thought I was having a signal issue... had even to take an elevator and go into the lobby but to no avail. insane..
I have no issue works like a charm!
Down for me.
Central ca.
Eastern PA on AT&T. Been down since 1:15 PM.
I am trying to activate my imessage but I was not able to activate it and I don't know what was the problem...need help...
I appears like iMessage has not been working for me for the last twelve to 18 hours.
Mine is down as well for the past 16 hours. And when I try to activate again, it gives me an errors wrong password for my Apple ID.
No, iMessage is not down for me, but why is iMore now defaulting to a mobile sight on a desktop browser? It's resolving to m.imore.com now.
Yeah, it's been down for me for a while. It's apparently something do with my preorder for an iPhone 5.
Yep for a good month
Yep down for me here in Utah still.
I work for an authorized AT&T reseller, and we had complaints from multiple users about having trouble with iMessage; friends of mine on Verizon were also asking me what was going on as well. After enough instances presented themselves, I spoke with Apple Monday afternoon regarding this issue.
They confirmed that much like the intermittent issues with Siri and iCloud over the past two weeks, iMessage users might experience delays with the system or times in which sending iMessages wouldn't go through.
The only explanation I was able to receive was that Apple had been performing updates to these core systems in preparation for the release of iOS 6 and that users should, as the Apple Care Rep stated, "Keep trying."
It did go down for me at the time of this post. Good thing for me is that I don't really rely on iMessage since most of the people that I text is on the same mobile network that I'm on anyways.


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November 12, 2012 [RE-BROADCAST OF 1/18/10]
Police are searching for two men who shot and killed a father in Mesa on the Monday before Christmas.Phoenix police sergeant Darren Burch described the tragic, terrifying case. "Two Hispanic male subjects approached a 15-year-old girl in her driveway at 130 E. McKellips Drive," Burch said. "The suspects began to run towards her, [and] scared her, so then she ran to her home screaming, alerting her father that these two unknown people were chasing after her." Burch says the teen, her mother, father and her little brother all pushed against the door trying to keep the bad guys out. "Unfortunately the suspects fired rounds through the door striking and killing the father, injuring and wounding both the 15-year-old girl and the 7-year-old boy," Burch said. Imagine what Christmas must have been like for that family. Police do not have a motive at this time. "It's unknown if the suspects might have had the wrong home [or] whether or not they knew the suspect," Burch said. However, there were witnesses. "We have witnesses that observed the two suspects get into a red truck and drive out of the mobile home park," Burch said. "We also had a witness be able to provide us with a composite rendering of one of the suspects." The red pick-up was a newer model, two-door with tinted windows. Both suspects are Hispanic men in their early twenties with average builds. Both were wearing black hooded sweatshirts.
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The Master/Slave Datastore is a deprecated data storage option formerly offered by Google App Engine, in which a single data center is designated to hold the master copy of all data. Data written to the master data center is replicated asynchronously to all other (slave) data centers. Since only one data center is the master for writing at any given time, this option offers strong consistency for all reads and queries, at the cost of periods of temporary unavailability during data center issues or planned downtime.
As of April 4, 2012, the Master/Slave Datastore has been deprecated in favor
of the High Replication Datastore (HRD), in which data is
replicated across multiple datacenters using a system based on the
Paxos algorithm.
Although Google will continue to support the Master/Slave Datastore in
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it is strongly recommended that all new applications use the HRD instead, and
that existing applications using the Master/Slave Datastore
migrate to the HRD.
This page describes differences between the two for the benefit of legacy
applications still using the Master/Slave Datastore.
Watch a video demonstration comparing the Master/Slave and High Replication Datastores.
The Master/Slave Datastore is suitable only for a limited class of applications that
- do not require high availability of data
- can tolerate spikes in Datastore latency
The following table summarizes the differences between the Master/Slave Datastore and the High Replication Datastore (HRD):
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In addition, the Master/Slave Datastore differs from the HRD in the following ways:
- Storage resource costs are the same for both options, but only paid applications using the HRD are covered by the App Engine Service Level Agreement (SLA).
- Unlike the HRD, the Master/Slave Datastore does not support cross-group transactions spanning multiple entity groups; all entities retrieved, created, updated, or deleted in a transaction must be in the same entity group.
- As described on the Datastore Overview page, Datastore writes that have been committed but not yet applied are automatically rolled forward to completion when certain operations (get, put, delete, and ancestor queries) are performed on entities in the affected entity group. In the Master/Slave Datastore, ancestor queries trigger such an automatic Apply only when they are included within a transaction.
- In the HRD, as long as a few hundred milliseconds may elapse from the time a write operation returns until the transaction is completely applied. In this case, queries spanning more than one entity group cannot determine whether there are any outstanding modifications before executing and may return stale results. This is usually not an issue with the Master/Slave Datastore, because the entire transaction is normally completed before the operation returns.


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Effective immediately, due to a break in an 8 inch water main line behind the Logan Post Office, there will be a boil water advisory from Logan Post Office, all behind Logan Post Office, Chestnut St., Upper Charles St., and Mountain Lake Park until further notice. Bring water to a boil for one minute before using. Also, please use caution when doing laundry.
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Final Cut Express vs. iMovie?
Ok, I know Final Cut Express is better than iMovie but how? What exactly can I do in Final Cut that I can't do in iMovie?
I did some Google searching since I personally don't use iMovie (which obviously means I don't use Final Cut either) and found a couple of hits, but the following seems to be the best, concise answer you might be looking for.
Take a look at this: http://www.apple.com/finalcut/
it is a full comparison done by apple. I am a final cut pro editor so i can give you a bit of the breakdown. PM me if u have an questions.
Trust me I have used imove to its max and final cut express is far more advance when it comes to editing.
it is better to learn Final Cut rather than iMovie if you have the chance.
an example of imovie at its best:
an example of Final Cut:
(everything that is not part of the video was created with Final cut. such as travelling through space, having a split or quad screen, adding text effects, etc)
I'm fairly new to iMovie and have a copy of FinalCut Express that i'm about to install on my MBP.
Was wondering about compatability between the two. Can i use clips imported in iMovie in FinalCut? I have quite a bit of footage already imported that i may want to do more with in the future when i'm up to Speed on Final Cut.
As a general rule would importing in one application be preferrable to the other?
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Unemployment is much lower in the region (8.0%) than the national average (10.4%). Two districts, Mfantsiman (14.8%) and Cape Coast (11.3%), have values exceeding the national average. Unemployment affects females (8.2%) more than males (7.8%) in almost all the districts.The phenomenon of working children is also a problem in a number of districts where about 5 per cent of children under age 15 years are engaged in economic activities.Occupation And IndustryThe predominant industry in all districts except Cape Coast is agriculture (52.3%), followed by manufacturing (10.5%). Agriculture (including fishing) is the main occupation and employs more than two thirds of the work force in many districts. Cocoa production is concentrated in Assin, Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira and Upper Denkyira while oil palm production is mainly in Assin and Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira. Other major agricultural enterprises are pineapple and grain production. Fishing is concentrated mainly in the six coastal districts.Agriculture remains the main occupation for both males and females in all the districts except Cape Coast. More males (8.6%) than females (4.6%) are engaged in professional/technical occupations while more females (18.2%) than males (6.0%) are involved in sales work. It is important to note that in all the districts, except Cape Coast, less than 10 per cent active population are engaged in service activities.Employment StatusA significant proportion of the working population is self-employed without employees. Employees account for 12.6 per cent of the region's working population, but in the District of Cape Coast the proportion is much higher, 33.1 per cent. The self-employed with employees and apprentices constitute 5.1 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively.Institutional Sector of EmploymentOver 80 per cent of the working population in all the districts work in the private informal sector. Between 6 and 20 per cent of the working population in all districts are engaged in the public and semi-public/parastatal sectors.Type of Activity92.0 per cent of the economically active are employed while 8 per cent are unemployed. The proportion employed ranges from a low of 85.2 per cent in Mfantsiman to a high of 96.1 per cent in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa. The districts with unemployment rates exceeding the national average of 10.4 per cent are Mfantsiman (14.8%) and Cape Coast (11.3%). Three other districts: Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (10.3%), Gomoa (8.8%) and Awutu-Efutu- Senya (8.3%) also have rates greater than the regional average of eight per cent. Asikuma- Odoben-Brakwa registered the least unemployment rate of 3.9 per cent. Another observation is that, unemployment affects females more than males in all the districts except Agona, Gomoa and Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira.Among the not economically active, students form the majority in all districts with Cape Coast, Assin, Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira and Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa having over 50 per cent. The picture is different where the sexes are concerned. The proportion of female students is less than 40 per cent in most districts. The male students constitute over 50 per cent in all districts except Gomoa where the proportion of male students is 49.8 per cent of the not economically active.Homemakers are the second most important category of the inactive population in all the districts except Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa and Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam where old age is next to students.The age composition of the employed and unemployed shows that children between 7-14 years constitute 3 to 5 per cent of the working population in all the districts (except in Cape Coast, where it is less than 2 percent). Moreover, about 45 per cent of workers in all the districts fall within the 25-44 years age group and that close to a fifth of the working population are between 15-24 years. 51 There are also among the children some who are actively seeking work. Between 8.9 and 17.9 per cent of the unemployed persons in the districts are children. In addition, the level of unemployment among the 25-44 year group is higher than the 15-24 age group in Komenda- Edina-Eguafo-Abirem, Cape Coast, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Mfantsiman, Gomoa and Upper Denkyira. In the remaining six districts unemployment affects the youth (15-24 years) more than the adult population of 25-44 years.OccupationAgriculture and related work (this includes animal husbandry, forestry, fishing and hunting) is the predominant occupation in all the districts. Except in Cape Coast (14.9%), Awutu- Efutu-Senya (44.3%), Agona (47.7%) and Mfantsiman (49.4%), over 50 per cent of the economically active population are engaged in agriculture. Production/transport equipment operators constitute the second major occupation in all the districts (except Mfantsiman) and this is followed by sales workers.Sales workers are predominantly found in Cape Coast (22.9%), Mfantsiman (17.2%), Awutu- Efutu-Senya (16.2%) and Agona (16.2%). Cape Coast also has significant proportions of its labour force in professional and technical workers (12.4%), administrative and managerial workers (0.9%) and clerical and related workers (8.7%).
This is hardly surprising as Cape Coast as the regional capital has more job openings in these categories. Agriculture remains the main occupation for both males and females in all the districts, except Cape Coast. Excluding agriculture, the proportion of females engaged in sales outstrips all other occupation in all the other districts. In the case of males, production/transport comes next to agriculture.
IndustryThe main industrial activities in the region are agriculture (52.3%), manufacturing (10.5%), wholesale/retail trade (11.8%) and fishing (5.9%) employing 80.5 per cent of the working population between them. Except Cape Coast where only 10.7 per cent of the working population is in the agricultural sector, between 37 and 70 per cent of the working population are employed in the agricultural sector in all districts. Specifically the agricultural sector is predominant in five districts where between 65 and 71 per cent of the working population are employed. These districts are Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (70.4%), Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam (67.3%), Assin (71.4%), Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira (70.2%) and Upper Denkyira (65.3%).The fishing industry is very prominent in the coastal districts of Mfantsiman (15.3%), Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (12.7%), Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (10.9%), Awutu- Efutu-Senya (10.5%) and Gomoa (8.5%).The wholesale and retail trade also employ a significant proportion of the economically active (11.8 percent). Significant proportions of employed in the sector are in Cape Coast (21.8%), Awutu-Efutu-Senya (16.0%), Mfantsiman (15.8%) and Agona (15.4%). The manufacturing sector is also important in Cape Coast (17.4%), Agona (13.8%), Awutu-Efutu- Senya (13.6%), Mfantsiman (12.1%) and Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (10.2%). As expected, Cape Coast as the education capital has a relatively high proportion, 9.8 percent, engaged in the education sector.Employment StatusNearly three-quarters of the working population in almost all the districts are self-employed with no employees. Employees account for 12.6 per cent at the regional level. In Cape Coast, where most of the government institutions are sited, however, the proportion of employees is 33.1 per cent. Apart from Cape Coast, significant proportions of employees are also found in 6 other districts where the range is from 11.2 per cent in Agona to a high of 16.9 per cent in Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem.The other five districts have proportions about 10 per cent or less. The self-employed with employees category is a significant group in the region with 5.1 per cent. Among the districts, the proportions range from 3.6 per cent in Upper Denkyira to 7.4 per cent in Cape Coast. Apprenticeship is also important in Cape Coast (6.9%) and Agona (4.5%).The proportion of male employees is about three times that of females in all the districts. As usual the exception to the rule is Cape Coast, where employees form about 46 per cent of the male working population compared to 21.1 per cent for females. Additionally, the proportion of males in apprenticeship is greater than that of females in all the districts while domestic employment is insignificant in all the districts for both sexes.Institutional Sector of EmploymentAlmost 80 per cent of the working population in all the districts except Cape Coast (63.0%) work in the private informal sector. The private formal sector is next in importance as an employer, accounting for between 7 per cent in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa and 16.8 per cent in Cape Coast. In addition, nine other districts also have proportions of above 10 per cent as employees in the private formal sector. The data further show that in Cape Coast the public sector also employs a significant proportion, 16.5 per cent of employed persons.At a time when the private sector has been declared the engine of growth, an economy with a large proportion of the private informal sector is clearly an impediment to achieving an accelerated economic growth and development. This is because it is very difficult if not impossible to tax the self-employed (with or without employees) who are mostly in the private informal sector.
It follows therefore that with such a low tax revenue base, the districts in the Central Region may not receive substantial revenue from the District Assembly Common Fund which is tied among other factors, to the internally generated funds of the districts.


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Yes Gnome
YesGnome is focused on mainstream mobile gaming, specializing in simulation, RPG, and strategy games. We offer top quality games on iOS and Android primarily targeting the US gaming space. While our first game Diner Rush is already available on iOS, the next release, FairyTale City, will take social gaming up one notch by skillfully combining popular Fairy Tale stories with all elements of city building. YesGnome games are supported by the powerful Social Kinesis technology, a back-end web service that allows social game developers to control the game experience dynamically, in real-time, and on the basis of powerful analytics. The Social Kinesis technology was developed in-house by YesGnome, originally to facilitate its own gaming efforts.
Red Katana
Red Katana is an independent videogame studio based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "Brew Masters" is the first game of a new series of titles the studio is working on and plan to launch in 2012. New titles will be available soon also for Android and Facebook. Stay tuned for more news.
A pioneer in the development of high-quality titles for mobile and handheld gaming platforms, Venan Entertainment, Inc. has developed award-winning games for the Nintendo DS™, iPhone, iPod, and hundreds of mobile devices since it was founded in 2002. Their extensive body of work includes multiple Game of the Year-winning Space Miner: Space Ore Bust, the BAFTA-nominated Nintendo DS™ strategy title Ninjatown, the Mobile Excellence Game of the Year-winning MONOPOLY for mobile devices, and the NBA LIVE series for both mobile devices and the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Appy Entertainment
Appy Entertainment makes games as personal as your iPhone! They offer compelling entertainment for your on the go lifestyle. Their apps make you laugh and get friends sharing moments with each other, in person or remotely. Founded on Halloween 2008, Appy Entertainment Inc. is the vision of a ragtag devil's brigade of software developers dedicated to making the world better, one game at a time. Like a mouth-full of stolen candy, Appy games taste sweet going down and give you a kick in the pants when they hit their target.
Bight Games
Bight Games is a leading developer of mobile social games. In fact they have been making games for over seven years. It's fair to say that they are veterans of the mobile games business. They have created a portfolio of compelling original and licensed games for iOS, Android and traditional mobile platforms. From Llamas to Dung Beetles Bight's games are being distributed to mobile operators and subscribers around the world through their distribution agreements with the industries top aggregators and master publishers. Bight's latest original game Trade Nations is going gangbusters on iOS and we're working hard on the facebook™ version of the game which will be ready at the beginning of May.
Riptide Games™
We help people have fun on their next-gen mobile devices. Much of our recent focus has been around iPhone and iPad development, though we also work with Android, WebOS/Palm Pre and Windows Phone 7. Our team has a long history in the web and casual game development space, and has worked with some of the biggest names around.
Our Riptide branded iPhone apps have been downloaded over 2 Million times from the App Store℠, with millions more downloads from our client and partner-branded apps.
SkyVu Pictures
SkyVu Pictures creates some of the most recognizable mobile brands today. From its top-selling BATTLE BEARS games to its award-winning StoryBoy Kids eBooks, SkyVu brands have entertained over 10,000,000 users worldwide.
Dedicated to creating original character driven IP, SkyVu's games and apps have won several industry awards including iLounge's Top Games of the Year, Touch Arcade's Best Games of the Year, Appolicious' Best iPad Games of the Year, and nominated twice for the Best App Ever Awards.
Having already reached the #1 spots in the Top Overall Paid and Free Charts in over 25 countries and as high as #2 in the USA, SkyVu has established itself as one of the world's most successful independent mobile publishers today.
Complex Games Inc.
Complex Games Inc. is a veteran development firm with over 10 years in the business. We specialize in developing top-selling & award-winning iOS, Android and Social games, delivering cutting-edge interactive content to Creative Firms and the World's Largest Brands.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö A Columbia City athlete saw his cross country season end early, and now has seen the next step in his career begin early.
Evan Harney, a senior, was injured midway through the 2013 season for the Eagles.
However, in late October he signed with Indiana Tech to continue his running career.
The move comes early in the recruiting process.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö In Columbia City, a nearby location is being transformed into a drop-off center for Operation Christmas Child ŌĆö the worldŌĆÖs largest Christmas project of its kind.
Local volunteers will be on hand to receive an expected 2,000 gift-filled shoeboxes, packed by Columbia City residents with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement.
At this local collection site in the Columbia City area, anyone can drop off a gift-filled shoebox to send to a child overseas.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Northern Heights Elementary School has elected a Student Council for the 2013-14 school year.
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Students in 5th grade participated in elections for Cabinet offices and classroom representatives, while the 4th grade participated in elections for classroom representatives.
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Gale W. North, 80, of North Liberty, passed away at 12:21 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, at his home.
Born March 29, 1933, in Wilson Lake, Whitley County, he was the son of Charles B. and Rhoda B. (Cook) North.
He graduated from Larwill High School with the Class of 1951. He was a Korean War Veteran with the U.S. Marine Corps serving from 1953 ŌĆō 1961. During his service he was awarded medals for National Defense Services, Korean Service, sharpshooter and good conduct. Gale had achieved the rank of sergeant at the end of his tour of duty.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö An initiative to create a heightened awareness of domestic violence in Whitley County saw an increased amount of support during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö For the last several months, Columbia City has been working to purchase the former Eagles Lodge in downtown Columbia City.
Columbia CityŌĆÖs Common Council agreed last week to move some additional money from the cityŌĆÖs TIF (Tax Increment Finance) account into the TIF budget for the purchase of the building.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Dealing with multiple personalities that range from childish innocence to dark deviants, ŌĆ£ThurgoodeŌĆØ is a play that will challenge theater goers and their perspective.
Columbia City High SchoolŌĆÖs fall production is Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 and are available from any cast member or at the door on production nights.
ŌĆ£ThurgoodeŌĆØ tells the story of Charlie Parker, played by CCHS senior Ashley OŌĆÖConnor, who struggles with dissociative identity disorder, more commonly known as multiple personality disorder.
COLUMBIA CITYŌĆö A teenager received a 30-year prison sentence for attempted murder Monday.
Dakota Kimbler, 18, of Rome City, will serve 25 years of his sentence in the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) and will have five years suspended, to be spent on probation, for attempted murder, a Class A felony.
Kimbler was given a 10-year concurrent sentence for attempted carjacking, a 1.5-year concurrent sentence for receiving stolen property and a one-year concurrent sentence for carrying a handgun without a license.
Millie F. Wood, 86, of Columbia City, passed away at 5:50 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family.
Born Nov. 23, 1926, in Whitley County, she was the daughter of Joe Z. and Gladys E. (Robinson) Reese.
She graduated from Coesse High School with the Class of 1944. On Feb. 16, 1944, she married Paul H. Wood in Columbia City.
Margaret C. Gallimore, 86, of Noble County, died at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at her home.
She was born Nov. 17, 1926 in Mishawaka, a daughter of Russel E. and Ruth Helen (Cox) Sheets.
As a young girl, her family moved to Washington Township. She completed her education at Washington Center High School.
On Feb. 16, 1946, she was united in marriage to Ervin L. Grace. They made their home in Laud. Mr. Grace died Nov. 16, 1981.
On Sept. 8, 1984, she was united in marriage to Otho Eugene ŌĆ£GeneŌĆØ Gallimore. They made their home in Noble County.


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COLLEGE FOOTBALL; For Lesser Talents, It's the Hard Way Every Time
By ROBERT ANDREW POWELL
Published: February 4, 2004
MIAMI, Jan. 28— Coming into Wednesday's national signing day, Brian Johnson continues to worry about his potential college choices. A senior tight end at Miami Northwestern High School, Johnson wants to go to a college that can give him a taste of the world beyond Miami yet is close enough for an occasional trip home.
''I'm thinking about majoring in business, but I don't know,'' he said, fingering a thin attempt at a mustache. ''Maybe English, because I enjoy writing poetry, sonnets. Academics are important.''
A few colleges seem like good fits. Now he needs to let them know of his interest. And once informed, the colleges -- more specifically the coaches of their football teams -- must return the attraction.
It would help if he were a better player. He is good. Good enough to start for a state football power. But his stats are merely mortal. Although he stands 6 feet 2 inches, he is about four inches shorter than most players at his position. His time of 4.7 seconds in the 40-yard dash is nothing special. While some of his teammates have been enjoying the blue-chip college tour, eating lobster tails and going to clubs with attractive women, Johnson, 18, belongs to a second wave of athletes gearing up for their own campus explorations.
''Recruiting does not end on signing day,'' said Steve Kessman of A-1 Sports Connection, an online recruiting service based in California. ''For a lot of people, that's just when it starts.''
Signing day is a holiday at Northwestern High, the winner of multiple Florida state football championships. For the school's top athletes, the yearlong recruiting bacchanalia ends on Wednesday in the school library. Cornerback Trevor Ford, linebacker Romeo Davis and others will sit at tables facing banks of television cameras and commit to attend Florida State, Auburn and other football powers. Wearing hats advertising their new colleges, they will hug their coaches and grant interviews to local reporters.
''It's always a big deal around here,'' Northwestern Coach Roland Smith said. ''We're known for having good student-athletes at our school. Every year, year in and year out, big-time colleges come to our program. So we get excited.''
While the attention was merited for a Northwestern student like Antonio Bryant, who won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver at Pittsburgh and now plays for the Dallas Cowboys, little limelight shines on lesser talents. The highlights of Johnson's recruitment so far have been limited to conversations with coaches from Rhode Island, Indiana University and some National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics programs in South Dakota he had never heard of.
''Sometimes in football you can tell by your talent what colleges will want you,'' Johnson said. ''Some players know that with their size and speed, they can go to this school or that one. I don't have too much speed. I mean, I have speed, but it's not as fast as other kids. I'm not as big as other kids, so the big schools, they like them better.''
Johnson's conservative assessment of his skills has flavored the level of colleges he is considering. South Florida in Tampa is probably his first choice, though he does not know if that is realistic. After that maybe a couple of Division II programs in Georgia: Albany State and Valdosta State. There is a possibility of a small college in Jacksonville, too.
''I just want to get this boy into college somewhere,'' his father, also named Brian, said. ''I don't care where he goes, really. Just as long as it's got the word university in there some place.''
College coaches are prohibited from discussing potential recruits like Johnson. Shawn Bostick, the Valdosta State assistant head coach, said 80 percent of his team's recruiting class is cemented by signing day, though he admits his staff stays alert for unclaimed talent. Bostick prefers to deal with high school head coaches, rather than with eager students or parents.
''Coaches generally don't like to push a kid they do not feel can really play,'' he said. ''I don't know a parent around who doesn't feel their son is the best.''
Such attitudes are unfortunate for Johnson, whose lead publicist is his father. His father dropped out of community college after one semester, in what he now says was a bullheaded and stupid move. To help support his family, he works two full-time jobs and also serves as a wide receivers coach of the Magic City Bulls, a start-up semipro team.
He is so eager for his son to go to college that he spends the little free time he has scouring the Internet for colleges that might be interested in a tight end with experience against the best talent in the country. He fills out questionnaires for his son, sending e-mail messages back to the coaching staffs at places like Albany State and Eastern Kentucky.
''It's a taxing situation, I'll admit,'' his father said.
J. B. Hurt is the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator for Eastern Kentucky, which has a Division I-AA program with several Miami-area players on its roster. ''We like to be on the front end of things as best we can and have as many people signed and committed to coming here,'' he said. ''In a sense, though, there are always people left over, and finding them always goes on after the signing day.''
Coaches from colleges like Eastern Kentucky often attend recruiting combines sponsored by local high schools. At one combine last month, Johnson ran the vertical, the shuttle, the standing broad jump and other basic drills coaches like to hear about. His high school will play host to its own recruitment clinic later this month.
''We get colleges signing some of our kids on the spot,'' said Louie Bing Jr., the organizer of the April clinic. ''The top-ranked kids are gone, but it's a chance for smaller schools to get at other kids a rung below them, ones who may go on to one day become a No. 1 draft pick in the N.F.L.''
Some more proactive athletes and their parents invest in online recruiting advertisements. For fees from $50 to $700, Kessman of A-1 Sports Connection sends a DVD of highlights and relevant information to every college in America that participates in the athlete's sport, whatever the division.
''There are hundreds and hundreds of scholarships out there,'' Kessman said. ''Division I, Division II. N.A.I.A. schools give out very good scholarships. Division III schools don't give out athletic scholarships, but they often award academic scholarships to student-athletes. It's a different scenario where you've got to keep your grades up, but it's a scholarship nonetheless.'
But Johnson is not spending money on services like Kessman's. His resources are used for Saturday study sessions in which he is trying to raise his SAT score. Other dollars are funneled into fees for the matchmaking player clinics. He feels if he continues to work hard, attend the camps and maybe lowers his time a little in the 40-yard dash, he may get some college to notice him.
''I just got to go to college,'' Johnson said. ''I'd like to play in the N.F.L., if that ever worked out and my talent could take me there. But without that, I still need to go to college if I want to better myself. You can't settle for a high school diploma now. You've got to go to college.''
Photo: Brian Johnson, a senior tight end in high school, is hoping a college will be willing to give him a scholarship. (Photo by Barbara P. Fernandez for The New York Times)


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Corpus Christi ISD officials under tight timeline for new high school, middle school projects
CORPUS CHRISTI - Corpus Christi ISD officials are on a tight timeline to complete a new Carroll High School and the new Adkins Middle School on the city's Southside by their slated August 2014 opening dates.
The high school, which Corpus Christi Independent School District officials broke ground on in September, is under construction at Lipes and Cimarron boulevards.
An official groundbreaking hasn't been finalized for the new middle school project. An extension adding about 160 feet to Ennis Joslin Road and a bridge over a nearby ditch are under construction, said Xavier Gonzalez, the school district's chief financial officer.
The middle school, slated to be at a 30-acre site at Wooldridge Road and a future portion of Ennis Joslin Road, will be accessible off Wooldridge and Holly roads. The Ennis Joslin extension won't connect to South Padre Island Drive.
A groundbreaking for the 160,000-square-foot middle school is dependent upon when the Ennis Joslin extension is completed, which should be soon, Gonzalez said.
The district plans to move furniture into the new high school and middle school before June 2014. Gonzalez said district officials put the pressure on themselves in setting an August 2014 opening date for both schools.
"It's an aggressive schedule," Gonzalez said. "We wouldn't put it out there if it isn't doable."
Both the high school and middle school projects are part of the district's $125 million bond program approved by voters in 2010. The new high school will replace the existing Carroll High School.
Superintendent Scott Elliff said the high school project timeline was held up when the original design came in over the school's $70 million construction budget.
In March, local architecture firm Gignac & Associates and San Antonio firm PBK Architects presented new plans for a smaller, more efficient building and eliminated a 10,000-square-foot auditorium to meet the construction budget.
The high school went from 400,000 square feet to about 380,000 square feet under the refined design.
In April, CCISD trustees approved the base site plan for the high school along with alternate components for a 1.000-seat auditorium and 12 additional classrooms.
The base plan includes 45 classrooms and a 2,000-seat gym. The alternate components — an estimated $8.5 million auditorium and the $2.5 million classrooms — would have to be paid for out of the district's $50 million fund balance, officials have said.
District officials have said refining the elements of the high school and making them more efficient means less foundation and exterior wall space will be needed.
Foundation work currently is being done on the high school's 95-acre site, Gonzalez said.
He said district officials plan to seek proposals at the end of January for contractors for concrete work, air conditioning and plumbing.
CCISD trustees are planned to hear a report about the projects toward the end of January, Gonzalez said.
Here is a look at the timeline for Corpus Christi ISD's new Carroll High School and new Adkins Middle School.
November 2010: Voters approve $125 million bond issue for a new Southside high school and middle school for the Corpus Christi Independent School District. Officials said the new high school will be a replacement for the existing Carroll High School.
March 2011: Local architecture firm Gignac & Associates and San Antonio firm PBK Architects selected to design the high school.
August 2011: Gignac & Associates and San Antonio firm PBK Architects selected to design the middle school.
September 2011: Design scheme created for the new high school with input from community members.
February: CCISD trustees approve naming the new Southside middle school after former educator and district trustee Dorothy "Dot" Mae Adkins, who died in November 2011.
March: Architect team presents new plans for the new high school that include a more efficient, refined design to CCISD trustees to meet the district's $70 million construction budget.
April: CCISD trustees approve the high school and middle school site base plans.
September: CCISD officials break ground on the new Carroll High School.
January: Foundation work being done at the high school site. Road construction to extend a portion of Ennis Joslin Road at the middle school site being completed.
June 2014: Goal to have furniture moved into the new schools.
August 2014: Goal set by CCISD officials to have the two schools open.
Source: Corpus Christi Independent School District, Caller-Times archives
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We're going to be at the resort in September. We'll be arriving late morning or very early afternoon on the 16th and leaving early morning on the 23rd. We've already purchased 6 day park hoppers though only plan on spending 4 full days in the parks the other two days will be for the evenings on the 16th and one of the days we plan on primarily spending outside the resort.
One of those two days will be a day trip down to San Diego to visit the zoo.
The other day we were kind of thinking of spending in LA. We're passing on Universal this year as our kids or simply too young to enjoy it and when we went last year it proved to be trouble for them. My wife and mother-in-law would like to check out the Santa Monica Pier (though I'm not convinced it will be worth it, so please correct me if I'm wrong) and I'd like to go have a look at the Page museum adjacent the La Brea Tar Pits.
So my question is are these two places worthwhile for a family with two young kids (3 and 2 at time of trip) or should we be looking to do something else? If so suggestions would be most welcome. Doesn't have to be something typically touristy.
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