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Wakonda was considered to be the supreme life force, with which people might connect through the acquisition of supernatural visions. Shamans provided religious leadership. There was a secret religious society to which both men and women belonged. Ceremonies revolved around planting, peace, and war. The oral history of the tribe was recounted in the Rite of Chiefs.
Two divisions, Sky/Peace (Tzi-sho) and Land/War (Hunkah) people, encompassed a total of twenty-one patrilineal clans, each of which held distinctive ceremonial and political functions. Each of the two divisions had a peace and a war chief. In certain cases, clan leadership was hereditary. There was also a council of older men to make laws and arbitrate disputes. From the nineteenth century on, the tribe was divided into three political divisions (bands): Great Osage, Little Osage, and Arkansas Osage.
The Osage located their villages along wooded river valleys. They built oval or rectangular pole-frame houses, thirty-six to 100 feet long, fifteen to twenty feet wide, and ten feet high, covered with woven rush mats or bark. People lived in teepees while on buffalo hunts. Women grew corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans, and they gathered foods such as persimmons, wild fruits and berries, and acorns and other nuts. In addition to buffalo, men hunted deer, wild fowl, beaver, and wildcat.
Osage orange was considered the best wood for bows. The people also built carved wooden cradle-boards, cattail and rush mats, and buffalo hair bags. By around 1700, the Osages were supplying the French with Indian slaves (mainly Pawnees and then Apaches), in exchange for guns, among other items. In the later eighteenth and into the nineteenth centuries, Osages had a surplus of horses to trade, in part because they did not require as many as did the truly nomadic Plains buffalo hunters. Being short on winter pastureland, they generally traded most of their horses in the fall, restocking again in the spring.
Most clothing was made of deerskin. Women wore a shirt and a cape; men wore leggings and a breechclout. Men wore their hair in a roach. Men also wore body paint, jewelry, and scalp locks. Through acts of bravery, a warrior gained the privilege to tattoo himself and his wife and daughter(s).
A group of Siouan people, known as Omahas, split into five separate tribes after they reached the Mississippi in the late sixteenth century from the Wabash and Ohio River regions. The initial exodus was prompted in part by pressure from the Iroquois. Those who continued north along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers became known as the Osages, Kaws, Poncas, and Omahas; the people who headed south were known as Quapaws.
The French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet encountered the Osages in 1673, when the Indians were living in two villages along and nearby the south fork of the Osage River. Around 1700, the Osages acquired horses and began hunting buffalo. In the early eighteenth century, the Osages formed a strong alliance with the French, who gave them special trade treatment in exchange for pelts and slaves. Osage warriors helped the French fight Fox Indians, the English, and various other enemies. During the mideighteenth century, the Osages were well armed and powerful, able both to defend their farming villages and to hunt buffalo on the western Plains. The Spanish, a presence in the later eighteenth century, also tried to stay on good terms with the Osages, despite Osage raids on their outlying settlements.
In 1802, half of the Great Osage band, under Chief Big Track, moved to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma to be near a trading post opened by the friendly Chouteau family. Thereafter they were known to non-Indians as the Arkansas Osages. In 1808, however, following the large-scale arrival of non-Indians in the region, the Osages ceded most of Missouri and northern Arkansas to the United States. The Little and Great bands then moved to the Neosho River in Kansas.
By treaties in 1818 and 1825, the Osages ceded all of their lands except for a reservation in extreme southern Kansas, to which all bands had relocated by 1836. In the 1850s, in alliance with Plains tribes such as the Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Comanches, they fought and lost a battle to stem the tide of eastern bands, such as the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chickasaws, who had been moved to their lands by the United States. During the Civil War, the Osages fought for both the United States and the Confederacy. Following that war, Osage men scouted for the United States in its wars against the Cheyennes in 1868–1869.
By 1870, the Osages had sold their Kansas lands and bought roughly 1 million acres of land from the Cherokees in northeastern Indian Territory (Oklahoma). There, they settled in five villages and retained a structure of twenty-four clans and two divisions. Many Osages embraced the Native American Church in the 1890s.
Large oil deposits were discovered on the reservation in 1897, and the Osages became very wealthy during the 1920s. In 1906, influenced by the prospect of oil wealth, the Osages created and implemented a voluntary allotment plan, dividing the tribal land individually, with the tribe retaining mineral rights. By the 1960s, however, half of the allotted parcels were lost. Although the oil wealth conferred many benefits, it also brought a large measure of corruption, through which people were cheated out of land and money, as well as greatly increased substance abuse. There was a general decline in revenues during the Depression and a resurgence during the Arab oil embargo of the early 1970s.


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Curious as to how SmartGlass could be used to play games? Microsoft's first announced game for the platform has a few answers.
Titled Homerun Stars, it combines SmartGlass and the Kinect in a way that's… distinct, to say the least.
According to Peter Orullian, Microsoft's global marketing manager:
With SmartGlass you'll be able to pitch or bat, and it's not just tapping a button, you'll articulate how that pitch goes into the batter. Someone stands in front of Kinect and hits, you can reverse that, and the person on SmartGlass can bat.
What interests us is that the game has room for multiple, and very different, control types. As, for example, Fruit Ninja fans can tell you, playing the game using a touchscreen and playing it using a Kinect are two very different experiences, despite being exactly the same game. The two modes of play lend themselves to very different styles, and reconciling those two styles (possibly three, if you can use a plain old controller to bat and pitch as well) will be key.
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Updated: 08/02/2010 - A committee that denied a change in street name for officer Bryan Durman may soon reconsider the decision at the request of Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry.
Posted: 07/30/2010 - Police say 21-year-old Brittany Yaden, who's a Laurel County inmate, escaped from a Lexington hospital July 15.
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Updated: 07/30/2010 - The future use of the Julia R. Ewan Elementary School remains up in the air.
Updated: 07/30/2010 - It's been nearly two months since three members of a Central Kentucky family were killed in a violent crash.
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Two moms who took different paths to adoption open their hearts to their children's birth mothers.
Someone I Will Never Know
by Susan Tompkins
A decade ago, family therapists were fond of telling fathers that the best thing they could do for their children was to love their child's mother. I would take it one step further and say that one of the best things we can do for our children is to love their birth mothers—and let our children know it.
Families in open adoptions have many opportunities to show that love. But for those of us who know neither our children's birth mothers nor the specific circumstances behind placing them for adoption, it's more difficult. Still, there are ways in which we can welcome these women into our hearts, and in so doing, build our children's sense of self.
When my eldest daughter, Alexis, was young, we mentioned her birth mother when telling her adoption story, describing the reasons that might lead a birth mother to place a child for adoption. But as Alexis grew older, her specific adoption story was seldom told. My daughter's silence led me to believe that the story didn't need repeating.
At 13, Alexis had a crisis of confidence. During her counseling, I was surprised to learn that birth mother issues were at the core of her struggle. Alexis wanted to know why her birth mother had given her up, whether she was still alive, whether she had loved her daughter, and if so, why she had let her go.
It was then that Alexis and I really began talking about her birth mother. I began to visualize her birth mother, she became a real person to me, and I came to love her—a woman I will never know. We talked about how beautiful and smart her birth mother must be, how sad her life might be, and the incredible gift she gave us. Through these talks, Alexis and I felt very connected. I've since come to carry all my children's birth parents in my heart.
Once we watched The Joy Luck Club without knowing the story in advance. Alexis sobbed uncontrollably. As I held her, sobbing myself, I said, "You're thinking of your birth mother, aren't you?" She nodded. Later we discussed how the mothers in the movie had few choices but to abandon their children. We talked about their pain.
I recommend not waiting for children to bring up the subject of their birth parents. They may not, for fear of hurting us, or because they feel conflicted about parents who "gave them away." And children may be ready to talk at different ages. When I began talking to my son at age five about his birth mother, he smiled broadly and asked her name. At age seven, however, when I brought her up again, he was thinking more critically. "She left me in that horrible hospital where there were mean people," he said. I acknowledged that he was left in a bad place but went on to talk about positive qualities that may have come from her, and our family's gratitude to her. Next year I'll add more cultural details, to help him grasp reasons children are abandoned in his birth country.
If your child can't know the full story about her birth mother, then collect stories that may reflect her birth mother's situation. For older children, movies like The Joy Luck Club can be an excellent way to open discussion. In Welcome Home Roxie Carmichael (for children 12 and older), the child fantasizes about her birth mother. Secrets and Lies, appropriate for children 15 and older, shows the first meeting and growing affection between a birth mother and her adult child.
Many families come up with their own ways to celebrate their child's birth mothers, such as prayers and ceremonies. Birthdays, Mother's Day, and other special occasions are natural times to recognize her importance in our lives.
Years ago our family was at the airport to greet our newest member, a baby girl whom we had just adopted internationally. As we returned to our car, Alexis began to cry. She said to me, "If only our birth mothers knew how much we are loved." I only wish their birth mothers could know that they too are loved.Susan Tompkins lives with her family in Oregon.
Someone Who Shares My Joy
by Janine M.
My husband and I adopted our third child from birth parents who were not ready to be together and wanted for her what all parents want: the most loving home imaginable. And by their standards that meant a house with a yard, where their child could swing and splash and learn to play ball.
My daughter's birth parents know that their little girl has these things, because we have an open adoption. They've seen pictures of her peeking out of her cardboard fort, her face covered with chocolate from her first brownie. They know she eats strawberries right out of the garden and rinses them down with water straight from the garden hose, because I send them letters that tell them these things. That unsettles some people. They're afraid that the birth mother will come reclaim her child, or that my daughter will be confused by too many parents. But I know better.
I know that Anne and Denny, my daughter's birth parents, have moved on in their lives. They live in peace, each with a shoebox of pictures and letters as reassurance that the girl they created is growing and thriving.
My husband and I know that they're good people. We have a photo of us together, four beaming parents and a beautiful baby in the tiny pink and white dress they had bought especially for this day. Someday, we'll share it with her, along with all of the letters we have exchanged.
One of those letters is from Anne. In it, she thanks us for giving our daughter a future that she could only dream of providing. She continues, "I feel like I have been given a second chance at my own life."
There are people who say they would shun the birth parents. "They signed the papers," they say, " they don't have any rights." But Anne and Denny didn't do anything wrong. They made a mistake that led to a pregnancy, but their mistake became our lifelong gift. Our gift in return is an open relationship that allows them to feel good about their decision.
I was afraid at first that I might be threatened by the existence of my daughter's "real" mother, or that my husband would feel like he was sharing his Daddy role. My fears were unfounded. My beautiful baby calls me "Mama." She jumps up and down for "DaDaDaDaDa." She took her first steps, hurtling from me to him, and clapped along with us as we celebrated. She buries herself in my chest when she's shy or startled, and screams for Daddy when she hears his car. We know that her toenails grow funny, that she plays a mean kazoo, and that she will only go to sleep holding her favorite stuffed elephant. We are her real parents.
I like marking her milestones for Anne and Denny. Like me, they think she is the most beautiful baby in the whole world, and since I have yet to write anything in her baby book, it's these letters to her birth parents that will chronicle her first tooth, her first wagon ride and the first time she mashed cooked carrots into her hair. They'll also tell her over and over again how much her parents love her.
My daughter will know we adopted her. She'll know that her birth parents are good people. She'll probably meet them some day, if that's what she wants. As Anne said, "When she needs to meet me, I'll make myself available." And we both laughed as she said, "The day she says, 'My real mother would let me watch an R-rated movie,' you have her give me a call."
At the courthouse on the day our adoption was finalized, Anne held our baby in her arms and told her, "Now, you listen to your parents." And then she walked away.
I will never forget the generosity of this woman, who gave up so much with such grace and wisdom.Janine M. and her family live in Missouri. This article originally appeared in Parents magazine.
Letters from Birth Mothers
A letter from a birth mother—even someone else's birth mother—can offer a child the comfort of knowing that out of sight does not have to mean out of mind. These letters can be valuable tools for parents trying to explain to their children the complex circumstances leading to adoption. These excerpts from actual letters confirm that though these women could not raise the children they brought into the world, they hold them in their hearts and minds always.
In our countryside the thought that man is more important than woman is very popular. I myself don't have the strength to say something against it and overthrow it. But I believe that on this big world there must be some kind uncles or aunties who can rescue my little daughter. I would do anything for him or her in my next life if I have another life." —An anonymous birth mother, Wuhan, Hubei, China
"This baby girl was born on April 28, 1992 at 5:30 a.m. and is now 100 days old. She was born in a large hospital. She's in good health and has never suffered any illnesses. Owing to the current political situation and heavy pressures too difficult to explain, we who were her parents for these first days cannot continue taking care of her. We can only hope that a good-hearted person will take care of her. Thank you. —An anonymous birth mother, Hunan, China
"I have always known I could not keep you with me. I believe you were destined to go with your adoptive parents. I am not yet ready for motherhood, but they have been waiting and ready for you to be a part of their family for many, many years. From your adoptive parents, whom I have met, you will gain wisdom, guidance and a special nurturing and loving environment that I am not ready to give. This is hard for me to admit because I know you are a girl, and I have wanted a daughter all my life. But I know that they have wanted one too. So all together we move forward with our lives, all of us wanting the very best for you, all of us loving you very, very much." —A birth mother in an open adoption, U.S.A.**Courtesy of Spence-Chapin Services. All rights reserved.
These stories originally appeared in Adoptive Families magazine.


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Over guacamole or handmade pizza dough, nachos or hamburgers, 28 little chefs puttered in the kitchen all week, wreaking havoc and mashing and chopping and stirring during the Grace Academy Culinary Camp.
The first of its kind camp was conceived as a partnership between The Grace Museum and the culinary arts program at Texas State Technical College. TSTC faculty chefs conducted the camp.
"We're trying to teach them quick and easy snacks that they can do the rest of the summer," said chef Coby Baumann. Things that are more health-conscious and contain fresh produce, he explained.
The camp, which sold out within a couple of weeks, was for kids in grades three through six and was attended by five boys and 23 girls.
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Voiceover: A national prison rape activist toured the LA County Jail yesterday, and came out praising its efforts to protect vulnerable inmates. KPCC's Frank Stoltze reports.
FRANK STOLTZE: T.J. Parsell was a slender 17-year-old in 1978 when he used a toy gun to hold up a Michigan PhotoMat. He was caught and convicted of robbery.
T.J. PARSELL: I went into an adult prison and was raped within 24 hours by several men. They spiked my drink with Thorazine and raped me and when they were done they flipped a coin to see which one I belonged to.
STOLTZE: For four years, Parsell was raped - too frightened to tell guards. He got out and became a software executive. But traumatized and ashamed, he still kept quiet. Three years ago, he found L.A. based Stop Prisoner Rape online and became an activist.
Parsell was back in a cellblock for the first time, touring L.A. County Jail's innovative K-11 dorm for gays. He praised the program, saying gays are four times more likely to be raped in prison. An estimated ten percent of all prisoners are raped --- either by fellow inmates or guards. Parsell said it's no joke, despite what you hear.
PARSELL: Prison rape is still very much joked about. People joke about somebody dropping a bar of soap, and they think nothing of it.
STOLTZE: Parsell met with gay activists, rape counselors and others in LA this week, hoping to form a coalition to bring more attention to the problem of prison rape. Frank Stoltze, 89.3, KPCC.


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(1) The term "ancillary supporting facilities" means facilities related to military housing units, including facilities to provide or support elementary or secondary education, child care centers, day care centers, child development centers, tot lots, community centers, housing offices, dining facilities, unit offices, and other similar facilities for the support of military housing.
(2) The term "child development center" includes a facility, and the utilities to support such facility, the function of which is to support the daily care of children aged six weeks old through five years old for full-day, part-day, and hourly service.
(3) The term "construction" means the construction of military housing units and ancillary supporting facilities or the improvement or rehabilitation of existing units or ancillary supporting facilities.
(4) The term "contract" includes any contract, lease, or other agreement entered into under the authority of this subchapter.
(5) The term "eligible entity" means any private person, corporation, firm, partnership, company, State or local government, or housing authority of a State or local government that is prepared to enter into a contract as a partner with the Secretary concerned for the construction of military housing units and ancillary supporting facilities.
(6) The term "Fund" means the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund or the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund established under section 2883 (a) of this title.
(7) The term "military unaccompanied housing" means military housing intended to be occupied by members of the armed forces serving a tour of duty unaccompanied by dependents and transient housing intended to be occupied by members of the armed forces on temporary duty.
Source(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801(a)(1),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 544; amended Pub. L. 105–261, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803,Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2202; Pub. L. 106–65, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(a),Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 848; Pub. L. 107–314, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(b),Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2705; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1043(c)(6),Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1612; Pub. L. 109–163, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2805(b),Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3507; Pub. L. 110–417, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2805(c),Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4723.)
2008—Par. (5). Pub. L. 110–417inserted before period at end "that is prepared to enter into a contract as a partner with the Secretary concerned for the construction of military housing units and ancillary supporting facilities".
2006—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–163, § 2805(b)(1), inserted "child development centers," after "day care centers,".
Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–163, § 2805(b)(2), added par. (2).
2003—Par. (2). Pub. L. 108–136struck out par. (2) which read as follows: "The term 'base closure law' means the following:
"(A) Section 2687 of this title.
"(B) Title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
"(C) The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note)."
2002—Par. (7). Pub. L. 107–314inserted "and transient housing intended to be occupied by members of the armed forces on temporary duty" before period at end.
1999—Pars. (5) to (8). Pub. L. 106–65added par. (5) and redesignated former pars. (5) to (7) as (6) to (8), respectively.
1998—Par. (1). Pub. L. 105–261inserted "facilities to provide or support elementary or secondary education," after "including".
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post6397971609290064927..comments2015-10-11T14:30:46.006-07:00Comments on Haskell for all: Introductions to advanced Haskell topicsGabriel firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-55030894848570980362014-12-31T15:08:06.083-08:002014-12-31T15:08:06.083-08:00I haven't done very much Template Haskell, but...I haven't done very much Template Haskell, but this seems like a quick introduction:

https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/marcin/template-haskell-101

This page has lots of links to Template Haskell papers and articles that you might be interested in:

https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Template_HaskellGabriel Gonzalezhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-50826410326952972022014-11-30T14:50:37.412-08:002014-11-30T14:50:37.412-08:00Gabriel, do you know where to find a good tutorial...Gabriel, do you know where to find a good tutorial on quasi quoting and template haskell?Unknownhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-31606459033962435382014-03-31T01:07:26.298-07:002014-03-31T01:07:26.298-07:00As for me, recently I found 2 really good prerequi...As for me, recently I found 2 really good prerequisite lenses articles: "Implement semantic editor combinators" by Javrania and "From Zipper to Lens" at SOH.goncharenkohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-88123500581876013562014-03-26T12:21:34.354-07:002014-03-26T12:21:34.354-07:00The best article I've found that really explai...The best article I've found that really explains church encodings is this one: http://matt.might.net/articles/compiling-up-to-lambda-calculus/
It's done in a subset of Scheme, though, not Haskell.Ben Bothttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-68721290298509408842014-03-25T21:08:58.253-07:002014-03-25T21:08:58.253-07:00Elm is probably the best starting point. The FRP ...Elm is probably the best starting point. The FRP field is fragmented, but I think Evan Czaplicki (the author of Elm) has put far more thought into the issue of how to provide a simple interface while sacrificing as little power as possible.Gabriel Gonzalezhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-18960919371995183942014-03-25T15:21:28.475-07:002014-03-25T15:21:28.475-07:00Very nice write-up. Do you have any recommended ma...Very nice write-up. Do you have any recommended materials for FRP? It often feels similarly fragmented and I'd love to hear your recommendations on the topic.Jack Henahanhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-17455122010498210772014-03-25T14:07:42.485-07:002014-03-25T14:07:42.485-07:00About lenses, I found that talk by Simon Peyton Jo...About lenses, I found that talk by Simon Peyton Jones is really clear:

https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/4251-lenses-compositional-data-access-and-manipulationXavhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-1691197595532112062014-03-25T07:21:12.077-07:002014-03-25T07:21:12.077-07:00Yeah, I should change my regex statement because y...Yeah, I should change my regex statement because you're right that `pcre-light` is decent and has okay tutorials. I will try to rephrase that section.Gabriel Gonzalezhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-51947017182922522592014-03-25T06:51:57.159-07:002014-03-25T06:51:57.159-07:00These posts has some introduction to Church encodi...These posts has some introduction to Church encodings that's pretty alright, might be worth linking to.

http://jozefg.bitbucket.org/posts/2014-03-06-church.htmlPhilip Nilssonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777990983847811806.post-35347117616368170452014-03-25T06:51:28.869-07:002014-03-25T06:51:28.869-07:00"I'm really disappointed that so many cri..."I'm really disappointed that so many critical Haskell topics only have a single source of truth that is difficult to find."

Agreed; I have long thought that Haskell's biggest weakness generally is that there aren't very many good books about it. Most documentation is scattered through random papers and blog posts. Even library Haddocks often have references to papers--some of which are hard to find.

"Lens tutorials are the new monad tutorials"

Laughed when I read this because I've been thinking it for awhile. This is part of why I have been avoiding lenses. They seem like a huge grab bag of concepts tossed into one nasty stew.

"they wonder why regular expression support is so bad in Haskell."

Actually I'd say that Haskell regex support is just as good as Python's. Just like Python, Haskell requires you to load up a library to get regexps. There is a confusing smattering of libraries (the heavily overloaded interface of regex-base does beginners no favors) but pcre-light is easy to grasp and benefits from the exhaustive documentation of the pcre library.

But Haskell's parser combinator libraries do shine, so I typically avoid regexps for anything static (sometimes regexps are handy if you want to allow the user to specify search strings at runtime.)Omari Normanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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He talked of family and a desire to please his mother and father, who live 500 miles apart.
He talked of wanting to make an immediate impact at his new school despite having knee surgery that robbed him of most of his senior season.
Washington running back Shai McKenzie announced intentions Friday to attend Virginia Tech, turning his back on Pitt and Georgia Tech, his other finalists.
Pitt wanted him, McKenzie said.
"They (told) me, 'I'm the guy, I'm the guy,' " he said.
But coach Paul Chryst puts a high priority on running back, and he has verbal commitments from four-star Chris James of Illinois, Qadree Ollison of Buffalo and Shady Side Academy's Dennis Briggs, who may move to another position. McKenzie took it as a sign of disrespect.
"I like the coaching staff there," he said. "There was just a lot of uncertainty about Pittsburgh. I'm a target in the area and a four-star guy, and they go out and get three other running backs. They are good, but you have somebody in your backyard.
"I felt like the loyalty wasn't all the way there."
Yet that was only one factor in McKenzie's decision. If it were the only reason, he might have had an even more difficult time making up his mind. Virginia Tech hasn't been idly waiting for McKenzie's answer, either, getting previous commitments from three-star backs D.J. Reid and Marshawn Williams from Virginia.
Family also was a major consideration, with his mother, Misty Nolder, living in Atlanta and his father, Sean McKenzie, in Washington.
"Do I want to be away from my mom? Do I want to be away from my dad? Or be in between?" he said. "I'm a family guy, so I felt like equal distance will be a factor."
The other aspect of McKenzie's recruitment is the torn ACL that he suffered three months ago.
Washington coach Mike Bosnic, a former Pitt offensive lineman, said McKenzie is ahead of the original six- to eight-month rehabilitation period.
"We have to make sure he is not pushing himself too fast," Bosnic said. "He is convinced he is (going to be ready for summer training camp)."
Said McKenzie: "The (Virginia Tech) offense has been struggling a little bit, but I feel like I can come in and make a difference."
McKenzie will graduate early and enroll in January to get a head start on learning the Hokies offense and take advantage of the free rehabilitation.
"It's really expensive," he said. "Instead of getting it three times a week, I will be getting it six times a week."
Bosnic believes the 6-foot, 212-pound McKenzie will be successful after rushing for 4,855 career yards despite a truncated senior season.
He said Washington, eliminated in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs, might have advanced to the state title game had McKenzie stayed healthy.
"He is the kind of guy who comes around every 20 or 30 years," Bosnic said.
Jerry DiPaola is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at email@example.com or via Twitter @JDiPaola_Trib.
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Beefing Up Your Content
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Written on September 15, 2009
Is the content on your site linkable? Does it need to be beefed up? Do you deserve to be ranked on the first page? No, yes, no? We'll use Austin Restaurant Week to illustrate the idea behind creating sumptuous, linkable content to garner incoming links. Google is hungry and you need to feed it.
First, what is Austin Restaurant Week? Between September 13th- 16th and September 20th – 23rd, those fortunate enough to be in Austin can visit a number of fine dining establishments to feast on a delicious menu set at an affordable fixed price, between $25 – $35. Call in a reservation to ensure you and your significant other a seat and eat up (if you're looking for a date idea, I think this fits the bill perfectly)!
Second, how does this have anything to do with SEO and beefy content? Rewind to last night. I'm sitting in my living room nearly comatose from the pizza and football I've gorged myself on for the past few hours. Of course, my mind's nose picks up the scent of Austin Restaurant Week and I head to the website. I click the links of two places I've not been to,Roaring Fork and Green Pastures Restaurant, and notice links to their respective menus:
Now, like I said, I've never been to the Roaring Fork and am making no assumptions about the quality of their dining. As a matter of fact, I've heard nothing but good things. When I mentioned this blog idea to a co-worker, she said, "Roaring Fork is one of my favs."
However, looking at these two menus, which one has you salivating? Which one has beefier content? Which menu would you rather link to? Which menu provides the most information about their offerings? I think the information provided in the Green Pastures Restaurant menu makes their food sound much more enticing – they didn't even dress up the language with adjectives – and I'd be more inclined to link to their menu.
If I or a search engine only had the information provided by the menus, and could look at the popularity of each by way of incoming links, to determine the most relevant menu for a search term such as "austin fine dining" or "austin restaurants," then who would likely rank in first position?
The same idea should drive your analysis of the content on your own site: if someone came across my site, would the information I'm providing them about "Software Development Life Cycle" be enough for them to link back to my site? If I visit a competitor's website and notice they're providing beefier content that likely attracts incoming links, then why should I be ranked ahead of them?
To summarize, be honest about the quality and/or quantity of the content on your site: Is it informative? Should more be added? But not simply added to attain a mythical keyword density. Is it linkable? Smoked salmon or The Upland Game Plate: Quail, Quail and Some More Quail? Serve your visitors with healthy portions of information.
And, in case you're wondering, I'll be making a trip to The Melting Pot tonight.
Peter Drucker on What Businesses Can Learn from Non-Profits
Synopsis of an article, of the same title, written by Peter Drucker in the Harvard Business Review (1989). Point F is incredibly poignant considering the growth of search (write for your customers, optimize your site in their language so that it is found and ranks well) and social media.
a. In two areas, nonprofits practice what businesses preach: strategy and the effectiveness of the board
b. In the most crucial area, the motivation and productivity of knowledge workers, they are pioneers
c. Management is vital to nonprofits as they are not motivated by the "bottom line." This serves as both a blessing and something of a curse. Good intentions still require organization and leadership, for accountability, performance and results. Training ground for future managers
d. Non-profits are more money conscious than business. There is never enough money. Employees are business savvy with regard to effective saving and spending
e. Non-profits do no base their strategy on money or make it the center of their plans. First and foremost is the mission. This involves looking outside the non-profit and focuses the organization on action. It defines specific goals, how they will be attained and, consequently, a disciplined organization.
f. Remaining mission focused with an eye towards the world outside the organization, non-profits are always seeking and listening to the "customer" to be. It is, after all, what the customer wants – and even more so in the internet age.
g. A clearly defined mission facilities and encourages innovation
h. Emphasis on training, training, training of new volunteers means the organization must make use of the current volunteers expertise. Training is absolutely necessary. Knowledge workers demand responsibility – above all, for thinking through and setting their own performance goals. They expect to be consulted and participate in the decisions that affect their work and the work of the organization as a whole. In addition, opportunity for advancement is a requirement so long as their performance warrants such responsibility.
i. Non-profit workers expect their work to be evaluated against pre-set objectives. They expect those workers who do not make the grade to be moved to a different position that takes advantage of their skillset or even encouraged to leave.
j. The move from volunteer to unpaid professional "may be the most important development in society today."
k. Finish with a quote,"This development also carries a clear lesson for businesses. Managing the knowledge worker for productivity is the challenge ahead for American management. It requires a clear mission, careful placement and continuous learning and teaching, management by objectives and self-control, high demands but corresponding responsibility, and accountability for performance and results. There is also a clear warning to American business…The students in the program for senior and mid-level executives…most of them also serve as volunteers in nonprofits…When I ask them why they do it, far too many give the same answer: Because in my job there isn't much challenge, not enough achievement, not enough responsibility; and there is no mission, only expediency."
The Devil Only Knows What Choice Depends On
I've been doing a lot of reading over the past few months about the recession, trying to figure out exactly what happened in order to understand various why answers that have been thrown out there. Something I've noticed about the recession, and that generally bothers me, is the use of science, math, numbers, equations (whatever) to create models of prediction – models that attempt to predict human behavior. I'm sure certain models do quite well, but to fall in love with an equation? Crazy. How do you turn happy, sad, greedy, desire, depression, irrationality into an equation? The numbers in these equations are not all rational actors. That's a strategic point of view.
Certainly, on a tactical level it seems the crisis is very much about how our banking/economic system functions (housing is only a part of the problem!), but, again, on a strategic level it's about how we regulate ourselves – through politics, government. If we concede our irrationality and desire to do what's best for me, then I don't understand the view that we do not need to regulate our markets.
The equation is enticing. It's final. It's complete. It gives you hope and security. But what happens when people start to act all too human? Makes me think of this passage from Notes from Underground:
…Stay, gentlemen, I meant to begin with that myself I confess, I was rather frightened. I was just going to say that the devil only knows what choice depends on, and that perhaps that was a very good thing, but I remembered the teaching of science … and pulled myself up. And here you have begun upon it. Indeed, if there really is some day discovered a formula for all our desires and caprices; that is, an explanation of what they depend upon, by what laws they arise, how they develop, what they are aiming at in one case and in another and so on, that is a real mathematical formula; then, most likely, man will at once cease to feel desire, indeed, he will be certain to. For who would want to choose by rule? Besides, he will at once be transformed from a human being into an organ-stop or something of the sort; for what is a man without desires, without free will and without choice, if not a stop in an organ? What do you think? Let us reckon the chances; can such a thing happen or not?


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Running away with the circus at Cornwall's Eden Project
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As NoFit State Circus prepares to perform at the Eden Project later this month we were invited for a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the life of a circus performer.
The critically-acclaimed company will debut its new show, Bianco, at the venue this summer. The show is being written and directed by Firenza Guidi and produced by Tom Rack of NoFit State and Tom Critchley of the Eden Project. The same team brought NoFit State's sell-out show Labyrinth to Eden last year.
As members of the 50-strong company rehearsed yesterday we were allowed in for a taste of what the show will hold. The performance is still being developed but it is clear that audiences are in for a joyful, exhilarating spectacle.
It was difficult to know where to look next as the performers scrambled all over the scaffolding, calling to each other as they dangled from ropes and trapezes, leapt onto trampolines and balanced from bars.
The skill and sheer strength on display was awe-inspiring and, even in the five minutes or so that we saw, there was obviously a story emerging. Later, producer Tom Rack said he thought it was the artistry of NoFit State that sets them apart from other acts, explaining that they aim to take the audience on a journey.
Then it was our turn to have a go, starting with some hula-hooping. Swinging trapeze and hula-hoop artist Adie Delaney showed us how to spin the hoops behind our backs and around our hands before talking us through some variations on the classic midriff circling move.
These included the "Shakira" – spinning the hoop around your hips – the "Michael Jackson" – around your knees - and the "Beyonce" – around your chest. Sadly, our flailing movements as we attempted to follow her demonstrations were more reminiscent of a fish out of water than an international pop star.
Clearly a career in hula-hooping was not beckoning, so next we were hoisted into the air one by one to try out bungee trapeze. This involved being strapped into a harness to which two bungee cords were then attached, one on either side.
Just bouncing up and down 30ft in the air was exciting enough – as the cords release at the end of a bounce and send you back up towards the roof you really do feel as though you're flying. But I was then talked into trying a few somersaults.
Going backwards was OK – you lean back and bring your knees up to your chest and gravity does the rest. But my attempts at rolling forward left me dangling helplessly upside down until someone on the ground gave me a helpful push.
It was hard work and after just a few minutes in the harness I could feel the strain on my legs where they were circled tightly by the straps. I was lowered to the floor with even more respect for the performers, who are clearly absolutely dedicated to their art. And, as fun as it was, I don't think I'll be running away with the circus anytime soon.
Bianco begins on July 28 and will take place on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays until September 2. For tickets visit www.edenproject.com.


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Men's Look Forward: Roland Garros
At least the draw gods were fair. David Ferrer, who
probably ought to be the #4 seed at a clay slam, is in
the same quarter as Andy Murray, who has the actual #4
On the other hand, Roger Federer is in Novak Djokovic's half, which will make it that much harder for us to figure out who "should" be #2. That of course puts Murray in Nadal's half. Our potential quarterfinals are Djokovic versus #5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who is of course the top French player but whose game is best suited for faster surfaces). Federer's quarterfinal opponent would be his frequent nemesis, #7 Tomas Berdych. Murray of course would face Ferrer; Nadal's quarterfinal opponent would be #8 Janko Tipsarevic.
To get to the quarterfinal, Djokovic's route passes through Potito Starace in the first round (still a threat on clay, if nowhere else), #30 Jurgen Melzer in the third, and #14 Fernando Verdasco or #22 Andreas Seppi in the fourth. Nikolay Davydenko is also in that part of the draw -- he opens against Seppi -- but Davydenko really doesn't seem a threat right now.
Tsonga's first seeded opponent would be #30 Viktor Troicki (who, however, opens against Thomaz Bellucci). Then would come #11 Gilles Simon or #18 Stanislas Wawrinka -- both of whom like clay a lot better than Tsonga; if the Frenchman makes it that far, an upset seems not unlikely.
Federer could face David Nalbandian in the second round, but as a partial offset, he faces #26 Andy Roddick in the third, and Roddick is out of form and dislikes clay anyway. In the fourth, Federer would face #15 Feliciano Lopez (another guy who isn't too fond of clay) or #23 Radek Stepanek (tired after Dusseldorf).
The first seed Berdych would face would be #31 Kevin Anderson, who probably isn't a threat on clay -- but then comes #9 Juan Martin del Potro or #21 Marin Cilic. That part looks tough. It's tough for Del Potro and Cilic, too; the former opens against Albert Montanes; the latter faces Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round.
The same fate that put David Ferrer in Andy Murray's quarter also stuck the Spaniard with facing Albert Ramos in the second round, so the draw really was a mixed bag for him. In the third, he would face #27 Mikhail Youzhny. Potential fourth round opponents are #10 John Isner (probably not a threat to Ferrer on this surface) and #20 Marcel Granollers (who might be).
Andy Murray is drawn to face Jarkko Nieminen in the second round, #25 Bernard Tomic in the third, then #16 Alexandr Dolgopolov or #17 Richard Gasquet. A tough draw for a guy with a back problem and a clay problem both!
Julien Benneteau wasn't expected to play, but has has taken the #29 seed and will try. He would be the first seed to face Tipsarevic. The fourth round is likely to be tougher for Tipsarevic; the seeds are #12 Nicolas Almagro and #24 Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Juan Ignacio Chela is also in that part of the draw.
Defending champion Nadal's first three rounds are easy: #32 Florian Mayer would be the first seed he would face. It gets trickier in the fourth, when he might face #13 Juan Monaco or #19 Milos Raonic.
The Rankings
This, frankly, is going to be no fun at all.
The problem with this year's French Open is that it is being played a week later than last year. That means that we have two sets of events coming off -- not just Roland Garros 2011 but also Halle and Queen's 2011. The latter two both being popular events. Philipp Kohlschreiber won Halle, over Philipp Petzschner; Gael Monfils and Tomas Berdych were semifinalists. The Queens title went to Andy Murray, over finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; James Ward was a shock semifinalist (and has never managed to back it up), with Andy Roddick being a less surprising semifinalist.
As for the results in Paris, Rafael Nadal was of course the winner. Roger Federer was the finalist, with Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic the semifinalists. The quarterfinalists were Juan Ignacio Chela, Fabio Fognini, Gael Monfils, and Robin Soderling (who of course won't be playing); making the fourth round were Alejandro Falla, David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet, Ivan Ljubicic (obviously not returning), Albert Montanes, Gilles Simon, Viktor Troicki, and Stanislas Wawrinka.
It won't matter at #1. With Nadal and Federer both defending big points, Djokovic is safe on top. On the other hand, it's a fairly close contest for #2, and with Nadal having more to defend, he absolutely has to outlast Federer to stay at #2. Andy Murray is so far back as to be practically out of the picture; he is safe at #4, but he has no real chance of climbing.
#5 Tsonga, #6 Ferrer, and #7 Berdych are close enough together that it's likely the one who lasts longest will be the new #5. Odds are that they will remain #5-#7 in some order.
Janko Tipsarevic and Juan Martin del Potro look likely to stay Top Ten, although their positions are not entirely secure. But the last Top Ton spot is very much up for grabs. John Isner, Gilles Simon, Gael Monfils, Nicolas Almagro, Juan Monaco, and Fernando Verdasco are the obvious candidates to get it.
Chela and Fognini, especially the latter, are likely to lose their Top Fifty places. Robin Soderling can bid the Top Hundred goodbye.