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Thousand Oaks High's Sophia Chen earns Star's top girls golf honor
Sophia Chen's dedication helped her become one of the area's top players
As a freshman, Sophia Chen had the opportunity to play on the same Westlake High team as current LPGA player Danielle Kang.
Chen had only been playing golf for about three years, so she and fellow freshman Lauren Diaz-Yi were the talented but unproven supporting cast for Kang.
Seeing the kind of dedication and focus Kang brought to the golf course each day inspired Chen to strive to maximize her own talents.
Chen transferred from Westlake to Thousand Oaks High, and her arrival at transformed the Lancers program into the dominant program in the Marmonte League.
Her play helped the Lancers win the last three league titles, with Chen winning the individual title in two of the last three seasons.
The once-shy freshman has blossomed into one of the area's most dominant players.
Chen's teams never lost a single league match, and she posted a scoring average of 36 this season with her worst score being a round of 3 over par.
In the CIF Northern Individual Tournament, she bested some of Southern California's best players by shooting a 7-under 65 to win medalist honors.
For her accomplishments this season, Chen is The Star's Girls Golfer of the Year.
"My scores dropped a lot this season, which was pretty nice to see because I have worked hard on my game," Chen said.
Thousand Oaks head coach Rod Stillwell knows the impact Chen made on the program.
"The season prior to her arrival at T.O., our team was making strides in the right direction, having gone 11-3. However when a good team gets a new No. 1 player, it obviously becomes a very good team rather quickly," Stillwell saud. "Sophia's leadership and dedication to improving her skills had a positive effect on her teammates' dedication and, therefore, many of our players improved each of the three years Sophia played for us.
"... Our program and our league will miss her greatly."
Chen's preparation for her final high school season shifted into high gear last summer as she traveled the country playing in high-level junior tournaments against some of the country's best players.
The outgoing and highly competitive Chen loved having the opportunity to meet new people and to test her game against high-level competition.
Over three months she played six national events, finishing in the top five in four of them.
Chen earned a spot in the U.S. Girls Championship and the Polo Championship. In six months ago, she has gone from 190th to 72nd in the U.S. Polo Rankings.
"I got a chance to see how other top players played and to compare my game against there games," Chen said. "That showed me the areas that I needed to improve on, but it also gave me so much confidence because I saw that my game is right there with the other top players. It was an awesome experience."
Part of her summer included time spent playing on the East Coast, because she wanted to attend the University of Pennsylvania after her high school playing days were over.
Chen wants to major in business, and knew Penn's Wharton School of Business is regarded as the top business school in the country.
After contacting Penn head coach Mark Anderson, Chen visited the school.
She loved the facilities, the team's home course — the Cricket Club — and the ambiance of the school. She also instantly hit it off with Anderson.
"We both love to talk about golf so I felt a great connection to Coach Anderson," Chen said. "Penn has a strong combo of business and golf. To play on an amazing course and to get to experience Wharton and its connections, it's just perfect."
For many golfers, the biggest challenge of making the jump from high school to college is managing the stress of trying to excel academically and athletically.
This past semester she had five AP classes and still managed to play top-caliber golf.
"When I tell people that I have five AP classes, their jaws drop and they ask, 'Why I would do that?' " Chen said. "I tell them going to Wharton will be like having 10 AP classes. I know it won't be easy, but I like a challenge."
Long before she found golf, Chen was a gifted piano player, taking up the instrument when she was 5. Little did she know that learning to play the compositions of composers like Beethoven and Bach would benefit her on the course.
Chen said most of the legendary compositions feature a 1-2-3-4 rhythm, which is the perfect pattern needed to swing a golf club.
"Playing piano also taught me discipline, which has also really helped me in golf," Chen said.
As her skills have grown, so too has her maturity level on the course. Chen realized as the top player, she had to set an example.
"I know if I get down about a bad round, my teammates will as well," Chen said. "Now when I play poorly, I don't get upset. I've tried to encourage my teammates because they make golf fun for me."
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THE victim of a human trafficking gang who was held as a sex slave in the house where Fred West began his murder spree in Gloucester has spoken out about her ordeal.
Her story has been told as part of an investigation by the Sun newspaper into modern slavery in the UK.
The victim, known only as Nikola, was targeted by a human trafficking gang in her native Czech Republic and brought to Britain.
The Sun reports that she was held in squalid rooms in Gloucester and South London and made to work as a prostitute.
She eventually escaped and the gang who enslaved her were jailed last year.
Speaking about the house in Midland Road, Gloucester, Nikola, now 24, said: "I had no idea the house I was in had links to Fred West, but it made me have an uneasy feeling about what my new life was really going to be like."
The house, where Rosemary West killed her eight-year-old step-daughter Charmaine and buried her in 1971, was also used by the slavery gang to imprison victims and break their will.
Dezider Herak, 37, and his mother Ludmila Nistorova, 54, were both jailed for nine years at Isleworth Crown Court last May after being convicted of charges including trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Iveta Viragova, 44, and her son Vojtech Virag, 26, were each jailed for 11 years.
Nikola said: "I want people to know that what happened to me could happen to any vulnerable girl, and if there is someone out there reading this in the same situation I was in, I want to say: 'Don't be afraid. Go to the police. They will help you and you can be set free.'"


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On September 11th in Independence Oregon the first "Cowboys & Soldiers" Benefit Concert will take place. This is an all day country music festival featuring five musical acts, (including two from Nashville) local and regional food, craft, and military vendors, a civil war re-enactment, military climbing wall, Shriner's clowns, Air National Guard fly over, silent auction, and much more. All proceeds will benefit veteran's organizations: VetDogs, CSI, and area chapters of the VFW. Gates open at 11am with opening ceremony beginning at noon. Tickets are available at: www.redneckproductions.org
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A shrine of Our Lady of the Angels in Costa Rica, near the foot of Mount Irazú. In 1635 a young Negro girl found a small black stone statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child in the woods near Cartago. She took it home with her but it returned by itself to where she had found it. After several futile attempts to keep it, she took the statue to a village priest, who tried hiding it, but to no avail. It was always found back in the woods. The Negroes nearby built a little chapel to house their treasured Mother and Child on the spot that she herself had chosen to stay. In time it became a famous place of pilgrimage for all of Costa Rica. The image of the black Madonna, gaily dressed with Jesus, was solemnly crowned in 1927.
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Bats force DHS offices to close second day
Polk County Enterprise - January 2009
LIVINGSTON — Bats forced several state agencies that have offi ces in the former Dunbar school building to close Tuesday and Wednesday. As of press time Wednesday staff members did not know when they would be able to see clients at the Livingston site. The offi ce houses caseworkers for Protective and Regulatory Services, Medicaid, food stamp programs and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (formerly known as AFDC). Caseworkers see about 250 clients a month for routine services and another 200 clients who are faced with emergencies. The state agency contracts with the county to use the building, but the state is responsible for maintenance to the building's interior. Staff members were sent to work in other agency offi ces in surrounding communities Wednesday. Four bats were captured and sent to the Texas Department of State Health Services for rabies testing. The infectious disease unit of TDSHS urge the public to never touch a bat. If you see an injured, sick or dead bat, call city or county animal control offi cers, which can be contacted 24 hours a day through local city police departments or the Polk County Sheriff's Offi ce. Bat bites are not always visible so in cases where there is a probability of exposure, the bat should be captured and tested, the health department said. Possible scenarios where bat contact cannot be determined include a bat found near a small child, a sleeping person or someone who is mentally or sensory challenged. Health offi cials add there is a risk of contracting histoplasmosis from exposure to spores in guano. Since 1950, 42 cases of rabies have been reported in Texas.
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|Friendship / 11:20 PM - Wednesday September 30, 2009
How to tell a friend you don't want to live with her (and neither does anyone else)
It's junior year of college and my friends and I are looking into housing options for next year. (I know, it's really early but real estate around here is a competitive scene). We all currently live together in a house that an organization we're in owns, but this past summer we decided we all wanted to live together again senior year in apartments. The problem is, now that we live in close quarters we have all noticed that one person in the group is a terrible roommate. She's extremely competitive, passive-aggressive and condescending. She is mean to anyone who is more successful than she is and she arbitrarily gives people the silent treatment for days at a time. You've all had that roommate: the stormy, evil-eye giving, passive-aggressive note-leaving, "debbie downer" (yeah I said it) roommate. If she's not having fun than dammit, nobody else can either. She's a nice person, just insecure. It's too bad that these insecurities manifest themselves in such a disagreeable way. And I know that kicking someone out of a housing agreement isn't exactly a boost to the self-esteem but none of us want to spend our last year of college in the kind of tense, unpleasant environment she creates.
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Her name is really Simon Cowell isn't it?
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I would wait until she has one of those moods and tell her as friends things are ok but as of room mates it will no longer work out.Be upfront and let her have plenty of time to make other plans.
- Response by frenchkiss49, A Thinker, Female, 66 or older, Tampa, Who Cares?
Read your post out loud to your self. One little bit of advise. People teach people how to treat them. If you can, as you say, talk out problems, then do so with this troublesome room mate...All of you sit with her at the same time and speak your opinions.
- Response by jsj52006, A Trendsetter, Female, 56-65, Sacramento, Self-Employed
As much as I hate to say it, it does not sound like your group has a choice. She sounds like the type of person that will end up learning the hard way. In order for her to understand, you all must get together at the same time, like an intervention, and each of you tell her how she makes you feel. Tell her that she must live for 1 year on her own without any help from anyone in your group before she can come back. Give her 2 or 3 days to move her things out. If she does not go, then the 8 of you will have to get together and put her things out. Understand that this will not be easy for any of you. It will be harder for you than it will be for her, but she will learn eventually. I had to do it to my own son and now him and I are the best of friends.
- Response by ntnse01, A Cool Mom, Female, 46-55, Who Cares?
Hi There. I am in the exact situation right now. My boyfriend and I moved into a 2 bedroom apartment to help my friend out because she couldn't afford to live on her own. The lease will be up in 3 1/2 months and I just can't resign the lease with her. She has some rude, weird habits and when we talk to her, she seems to understand but then doesn't change anything. She doesn't seem to realize anything is wrong and I want to give her 90 days notice before our lease is up because we would like her to leave. How did you end up handling the situation with your uncool roommate?
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The Creator God
"And God said, 'Behold, I have given you every plant…every tree…every beast…every bird…to everything that creeps on the earth…every green plant for food.' And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was …Read More
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Wherever I go, I am on the lookout for freshly brewed coffee. Early one morning, I spotted a small coffee shop that appeared to be closed. I decided to take a closer look, and as I approached the entrance of …Read More
Why? The Nagging Question
We routinely speak of "the problem of evil." But during the Christian era there have been two main problems of evil, and it is important to distinguish these, as well as how Christians ought to respond to them …Read More
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Mere Coincidence?
I've been interested in so-called coincidences since I was a child. In fact, my first research paper of any substance during high school was on the subject of coincidences. I recently ran across this old paper, which I wrote …Read More
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What is God? One of the most common answers today is, "God is love," evoking images of a grandfatherly, cuddly type. The problem here is not the phrase itself but the meaning we attach to the word love. According …Read More
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Salut, och hejsan, and hello! I'm posting a little sketch of that particular project in the which I am trying to draw a convincing sleeping woman. This is a study of Flaming June by Lord Frederic Leighton.
gosh, you're talented. and, i agree. i oftentimes prefer the winter to summer, as well.ReplyDelete
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|Conner O'brian Ford
|I've submitted a couple other questions, but this one is of a new nature. I was wondering about the relationship between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Is the Christian/Jewish Yahweh (Elohim, Jehovah, etc.) really the same thing as the Islamic Allah? Are Christianity and Islam two sects of the same religion? Allah comes from the Arabic terms meaning The Deity, which is synonymous with God-the common term for the Christian God. So, are they the same? They are both the God of Abraham, am I wrong?
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AnswerSalam Conner,
Thank you very much for your question, which is something which many people ask about.
Only recently a Roman Catholic friend of mine wrote to ask me for prayers. She said that her priest was ill and that the whole of the parish had been praying for his recovery, but with little success. She asked that since her God had not responded to prayer, maybe I could pray to mine and ask Him for the same request!
Of course, I did not hesitate to ask Allah Almighty that if it be His will, the person be granted good health, but I found it a bit more difficult to explain to this lady that we were, in fact, praying to the same God.
In a world which is beset by religious strife, or at least is made to seem so by those who would divide people of faith, it is desperately important, that people understand one another better and come to see how much they have in common.
There are those who would try to create enmity and antagonism between religions, but we must resist responding to their attempts and see that religious people are friends, never enemies.
Christianity, Judaism and Islam share so much that Christians, Jews and Muslims must work together for the sake of humanity and for the God they all worship.
Islam, you know, was revealed in its final form to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) fourteen hundred years ago in the Arabian Peninsula. It was meant to be a message for all people and for all time.
Muslims believe that this was not the beginning of the revelation but, rather, God had established Islam as the natural religion of mankind right from the beginning of Time, and that He had sent prophets down through the centuries calling people to worship One God and to live in accordance with His will.
These prophets of Islam have such familiar names as Adam, Moses, Solomon, David, Abraham and Jesus (peace be upon them all) and they all came with the same message, but for a particular people at a particular stage in history. It stands to reason, then, that these prophets were calling people to worship the same God, not a different God.
It is the belief of Muslims that even though these prophets were called to announce the worship of One God to their people, those who received the message from their lips often misunderstood it and that, over time, the actual message itself became distorted through translation or even through the deliberate action of some people.
The message given to Muhammad, though, was never distorted because the book revealed to him was never translated from the original Arabic. This is why Arabic is important for Islam. It was the language in which the Quran was revealed and in which it has been preserved.
Although Arabic is important to Muslims because it is the language of their Book and of their final prophet, Islam is not an Arabic religion, nor is it restricted to Arabs. In fact, it may surprise you to know that less than twenty per cent of the world's Muslims are Arab.
The name Allah, which Muslims use to speak about the God they worship, is an Arabic word, just as God is an English word, Gott is a German word and Dieu is a French word. No one would suggest that French, German or English people have a different God because they refer to him in their own language.
If, for example, you open any page in an Arabic Bible, used by Christians in the Middle East, you will see the name Allah many, many times. It is the Arabic name for God.
Muslims believe, then, that God's final revelation to mankind was given in the Quran, and that it corrected or confirmed what had been revealed previously to other prophets. Many stories found in the Bible, for instance, can be found in the Quran.
Islam teaches, though, that those who had gone before, misunderstood or rejected what had been revealed to them. This is why Christians and Jews have a different understanding of God from Muslims, but it is still the same God believed in by all three.
The purpose of inter-faith dialogue is for people of different traditions to understand one another more, not giving up what they believe, but respecting the beliefs of others. In the case of Christians, Jews and Muslims, they find very quickly that although there are many differences, there are also many things held in common.
I will give you an example. Last year I was invited to speak on more than one occasion at Saint John's Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, alongside other speakers who came from the Christian tradition. We met beforehand to make clear that we were not doing this to prove whose religion was the best, or even to prove the other's religion as wrong.
We were there to state quite plainly what we believed as Muslims or Christians, not feeling in the least threatened by what the other believed. We also hoped to show that we worshipped the One Creator of Mankind.
Very quickly in this dialogue, it was apparent that we differed on the status of Jesus (peace be upon him). Christians believe that he died on the Cross. Muslims believe that he did not. We could both, however, agree that Jesus was a great person, who has had an immense impact on the history of mankind. More than that, we could also agree that the world was in great need of the God we worship, although we worship Him in different ways and understand Him in different ways.
I hope you can see from all this, that the God worshipped by Christians, Muslims and Jews is one and the same. Muslims believe that they have the fullest understanding of what that God is like because they have the final revelation about Him.
In respecting other religious traditions, Islam is not abandoning anything. Muslims, by the way, have the greatest respect for the prophets held dear by Christians and Jews, precisely because they believe them to be prophets of Islam itself.
We should never feel threatened by goodness, wherever it is to be found. The world's religious leaders need not only to come together often to speak about what they hold in common, but they also need to be seen doing so. They need the whole world to see that they respect one another and that violence done in the name of religion is wrong.
Those people who have no place for religion do not like to hear this message, but it is nonetheless true. By talking to one another and getting to understand one another better, people of faith can speak to the world about the One God the world is thirsting for.
I hope that this answer is of help.
Please keep in touch.
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Charlotte is a 40-year-old lesbian living in Los Angeles whom brings her lover Meg, a 30-something divorc e with two young kids, for a family reunion in Charlotte's hometown in North Carolina the year following the death of Charlotte's parents. Charlotte's sister Georgia is a ultra-butch lesbian whom has recently announced her decision to have a sex change operation to become a man which Charlotte strongly disapproves, as do Charlotte's gay brother Jackson and sister Virginia whom also have mixed feelings to Georgia's decision. Watch Movies Online for Free on 10StarMovies.
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Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts. Watch Movies Online for Free on 10StarMovies.
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For young Charlie Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charlie with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charlie's favorite TV show, Fright Night. Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist, but does it for the money... Watch Movies Online for Free on 10StarMovies.
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Amanda Bearse played as Nicole Ferret
Release: Apr 12, 1985
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A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first. Watch Movies Online for Free on 10StarMovies.
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Make Yourself a Priority
It's natural to put your child ahead of yourself. However, special needs moms need to take of themselves, too.
Think of it like the flight attendants say in their spiel.
"Place the mask on your own face before helping others."
Keep your mind busy with things other than your child. Maybe it's reading, volunteering, genealogy, doing crossword puzzles, antiquing, knitting, or gardening. This will help keep away "Mommy Syndrome" (having nothing else to think or talk about besides your kiddos and their issues).
Feed your spirit at its very core. Maybe it's a few minutes each morning meditating, stepping outside to take in our world, deep breathing, or praying. Just find something that calms you and helps you focus on something much bigger than you are. This will help keep you renewed and keep away burnout.
Take care of your physical health. You know what it takes — eating healthy, staying active, getting to the doctor (and dentist). You're not going to last forever. But, you need to do what you can to be there for child as long as you can.
My Epic Fail
I've always done a pretty good job of taking care of my mind. I keep up with current events and politics. I've always been a writer of one sort or another, first journaling then writing my book and blogging here. I'm usually reading something (not always a novel, but something). I spend time being artistic either painting or scrapbooking. I'm a chronic volunteer, at school, the girls' activities, the community, and church.
I've been a bit hit or miss on the spirit part until about ten years ago. I was often stressed out and overwhelmed with too much on my "to do" list and not enough down time. Then I joined a new church and found a whole new perspective on my faith. I learned to slow down and tend to my faith. I usually spend a few minutes in quiet time with my coffee each morning. I think about my day and consider who I know that is in need of prayer. I've learned to appreciate the beauty of the world around me. And overall in life, I just have a slower pace and don't get nearly as stressed out.
Then there's the body…
This is embarrassing, but I'm fat. Not just overweight. F-A-T. Fat.
I see pictures of myself or catch a rare glimpse of myself in a full-length mirror and gasp. Who is that fat lady? Wait… That's me!
The cause of my weight is a simple combination of the usual culprits. I eat too much and not the healthiest of things. I don't exercise (at all). And that glass or two of wine I like most evenings doesn't help.
I wasn't always like this. I was pretty average sized growing up, in college, and early in our marriage. I had Ashley and never really lost the weight. I had Brielle and never lost all of that weight. Then, I just sort of added on the pounds after that.
About six years ago, I lost 70 pounds in six months. Yep. It was pretty amazing. I ate less, ate healthy foods, worked out, and became totally compulsive about it. Then, I burned out and within a year I gained almost all of it back again.
For someone who has so much of her life in order, I've let this get completely out of control.
I know I have to do something about it. Brielle needs me. What would happen if I wasn't here for her? Not only do I care for her (as in, when she's not in school) and take care of nearly every need she has (bathing, dressing, toileting, etc.), I am her communication conduit. I am the only one in her life she can truly and fully communicate with. I interpret every word she signs for friends, strangers, and even family. More than anything, I love her and she deserves for me to do my best to be here for her for as long as I can.
Certain things are nearly completely out of our control. Car accidents. Cancer. Old age. But, this is in my control.
So, plain and simple, it's time to do something about it.
P.S. This is clearly one of those posts where I hope you'll do as I say and not as I do. Cuz I'm living here as a bad role model on this one.
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Today marked the final practice day before tomorrow's Qualifying round at Red Bull Rampage, and it's becoming more and more obvious that creative new lines and serious drops are on deck for the big show. A lot of test runs went down today, with riders scoping the perfect approach to outrageous transfers – some of them got done; the rest remain one-time moves to unleash only when the glory's on the line.
Red Bull Rampage's elephant in the room – well, one of them, anyway – has to be the new Oakley Icon Sender feature. It has loomed over the course all week, daring riders to man up and get sent 30 feet out and 40 feet down to a precise landing. The ominous feature with the menacing skull had yet to spit anyone out on a white-knuckle hellride – until today.
"We've been eyeing it up since we rolled in on Saturday," said Garett Buehler, first to clean the obstacle. "We did a few test runs up to it, and the compression right before you'd hit the lip was just too much, so the crew fixed it today. I went up there after that and the wind felt right, so I did one run-up; it was pretty hard to judge the speed, but someone had to guinea it."
It's no joke to be the first to tackle something like that at an event, but the Canadian freerider who made his Red Bull Rampage debut in 2008 didn't hesitate. "For how big it is, it's pretty dialed," he added. "It'll for sure be in my run."
With Buehler breaking the seal, James Doerfling (in sequence above), Logan Binggeli and Geoff Gulevich eventually made the drop as well. New Zealand's Kelly McGarry was the next rider to go for it, but he overshot the landing, emerging from a nasty bail with forearms full of gravel. He's a tough dude though, so don't count him out. France's Yannick Granieri, who was spinning sweet flips off the step-up ramp earlier in the day, jumped out of his attempt unharmed but his bike didn't fare so well, sporting a folded front wheel after the carnage.
Alex Prochazka was one of the first to start tearing through the outside ridge line from the #1 gate, and he spent more time dialing it in today. Alex wisely arrived with a six-man build crew (including his dad) and was able to hammer out his line with some help from fellow competitor Evan Schwartz and start practicing earlier than some of the other riders. "I learned from [Red Bull Rampage in] 2008 that you have to bring a crew if you want to get your stuff done," he said after a run. "We were basically digging all week; I couldn't have done it without them."
Prochazka (pictured below), like many of the riders on the roster, is primarily a slopestyle competitor; the big-mountain setting can give the more trick-focused riders problems, but at the end of the day, all of the riders are incredibly skilled. "I've raced and done just about everything on a bike, so when Red Bull Rampage comes around, I'm comfortable in this kind of zone," he added. "I guess my approach is just to go big and try to be consistent and solid, just like everybody else."
Judging the different styles of the competitors isn't easy; pitting flashy tricks against a technical line choice can spark an endless debate, but the judges are experienced riders who know where the score should land.
"This isn't a slopestyle contest or a trick contest; this is a big-mountain contest," judge Aaron Chase pointed out. "You're going to need to have the full recipe to be in the lead. We want to see big-mountain lines and big-mountain style."
The "full recipe", based on the categories of line difficulty, fluidity, style/technique and air/amplitude, isn't something easily concocted in an environment like that of Red Bull Rampage. It's not the same old event, so it doesn't produce the same old winners.
"I think every year has brought a little bit of a surprise; it's always anyone's game," Chase continued. "I think there will be some surprises on the podium this year."
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Family structure and employment of 15-year-olds
October 18, 2001
Employment among 15-year-olds did not vary much by family structure in 1994-97. The only exception involved those not living with parents.
Youths aged 15 in two-biological-parent, those in other two-parent families, and those in female-parent families all had about the same likelihood of working for pay, whether in employee jobs, or in freelance jobs, or both.
For those 15-year-olds not living with either parent, the percent employed was notably lower than for those living with a parent. Youths who do not live with a parent live in varied arrangements, including living with foster parents, grandparents, and other relatives, as well as living in group quarters.
Data on the employment experience and other characteristics of youths are a product of the National Longitudinal Surveys program. Note that jobs such as baby-sitting or yard work done on an as-needed basis or for multiple employers are considered to be "freelance" jobs. An "employee" job is defined as an ongoing relationship with a particular employer. Additional information is available from "Youth employment in the United States," by Donna S. Rothstein, Monthly Labor Review, August 2001.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Family structure and employment of 15-year-olds on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2001/oct/wk3/art02.htm (visited October 13, 2015).
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Wykoff native Chief Warrant Officer 5 Terry Rollie was the featured speaker as the Wykoff Veterans Memorial Park Committee held a groundbreaking for the memorial park during last weekend's Fall Fest.
Rural Wykoff resident Roy Cerling will be hosting an open house at his farm, Hazel Hill, on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of the 20th annual National Solar Tour.
Spring Grove alumni Charlie Sylling recently visited Spring Grove to help spearhead a new project – the Spring Grove Area Veterans Memorial.
This year's UffDa Fest celebration in Spring Grove, Oct. 2 and 3, offers several new events and is organized by a new group of individuals – the Spring Grove Lions Events Committee made up of Jacqui VanMinsel, Bethany Moen, Doris Sherburne, Lori Morken, Betty Dokken, Debra Spence, Pat Longmire, Amy Gross, Kathy Rosendahl and Robin Bartell.
"This is something we've wanted to do for some time. It took a little doing to get it done. I'm very pleased that it's finally happening," said Donald Woxland Monday morning, as he watched two massive cranes install a 10-foot tall cross on the north steeple of the Rushford Lutheran Church. A crew from the La Crosse Sign Company, utilizing one crane to lift the cross and another with a basket to lift two workers nearly 100 feet in the air, bolted the cross into place around 11 a.m. Monday.
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson cross country runners had one of their best runs of the season last Thursday at Pine Island.
The Caledonia/Spring Grove girls soccer team (3-7, 2-3 TRC) had a busy schedule last week with four matches in five days.
Eleanor Parker, 91, of Spring Valley, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Spring Valley Senior Living.
Kathryn E. Schoppers, 78, of Harmony, died Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, 2015, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Tomatoes have taken many forms in my kitchen the past few weeks. Faced with a large number to use quickly, I made three kinds of salsa over the span of a few days.
Normally, my family isn't a party-going group. We'll celebrate the major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas with family gatherings, but everything else is pretty low-key. Even our birthday parties are just cake and presents while the grandparents sit in the living room and watch.
An emergency vehicle — whether it's a police car, fire truck or ambulance — always attracts attention. It's just human nature to be interested in something that is happening, even if it may be tragic.
There will be a meeting for anyone interested in participating with ideas for the repurposing of the Peterson Middle School on Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in the middle school lunch room.
"The trail crosses through woods as well as prairie, and the fall colors are beautiful in both. On sunny days with a blue sky above, it is easy to love living in Minnesota," said Bluff Country Hiking Club (BCHC) member Jennifer Bradt, anticipating the final hike of the year on the BCHC-maintained Lost Creek Hiking Trail, slated for Saturday, Oct. 31.
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I am working on updating an old architecture diagram for our current Security configuration. We are using Critical System Protection as well as a few other Security products. Is there a way to tell how and where SIM is collecting the events? Does the SIM event collector look directly to the CSP Database, or CSP Management Server, OR does SIM have it's own database and is perhaps similar to CSP and have agents which forward events to that Database?
Any clarification on this would be great.
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SSIM is independent security information manager, which has it's own DB to store the event & alert data.
You can collect the events from CSP separately.
You can have the SSIM Agents, collecting the data from diff. sources.
or you can configure the SSIM to remotely pull the data.(Requires changes as per the integration).
If you have currently SSIM installed in your environment & you have some agents collecting events for you, then you can have a look at Visual connection of your SSIM to diff. log sources connected from your SSIM Console.
Hope that helps you
Avkash K
Thanks Avkash.
Is there a way to tell either in the client software or the web client how the environment is configured. I need to know how the CSP events are getting pulled to the SSIM event collector. Does the SSIM event collector contact and pull logs directly from the CSP Database, or does the collector grab those events a different way?
As per my knowledge, CSP might be using MS SQL.
If that is the case, then there are two ways to collect the logs from any DB.
one is you have Agent & collector installed on target machine, which will be forwarding DB logs to SSIM.
Other is, you can remotely fetch the DB logs using jdbc connection to the DB by using jdbc drivers.
In the SSIM COnsole check the sensor configuration done for CSP & check in the properties of that config for the Agent added to distibute that config.
If the IP you can see in the properties is your target DB machine then you might have agent & collector installed on your target machine.
Hope that helps you!!
Avkash K
In the setup used here, the SSIM Event Agent and the CSP collector are installed on the CSP Manager server, which uses jdbc to connect to the SQL Database and collect the logs. (I think it's easier to configure the jdbc connection from a Windows based Event Agent.) I guess it could also be installed directly on the SQL Server, but DBadmin might not like that. The event agent uses standard Event Agent connection over port 443 to send to your SSIM. View the System tile/Visualizer tab on SSIM console to understand your setup better.
We have found a complete lack of SCSP product specific queries, but many of the HIPS queries and some SCS queries can apply. Asset table is not automatically populated, and having added it to the list for the Rules/Monitors/System Monitors/Asset Detector, SSIM is only getting the ip address in the host name field - very disappointing !!
Happy to help.
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As avkash_k informed, SSIM and CSP both are independent products.
To monitor CSP database you need to enable login data on CSP and give authority to SSIM so that it can fetch audit / transaction logs from CSP.
Also if you have CSP Management Server you can configure CSP Management Server to collect database's audit+ transaction data at one CSP Management Server and tell SSIM to fetch data from CSP Management Server.
For this configuration you will have to provide apropreate permission and path / direction to SSIM to fetch such data.


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Posted 29 January 2005 - 09:49 PM
Stop the divisions people...band together and say what you want from GAMES, not platforms.
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SN > Dan not Sup!
Posted 30 January 2005 - 03:32 PM
That's the second time, there wont be a third
Hang on,I got it wrong again didn't I LOL!
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That's the second time, there wont be a third
Hang on,I got it wrong again didn't I LOL!
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Nope, because I'm gonna change your name back to what it was!
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Thanks gos to Snake from @WAR for the sig.
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id like to, but dont have time...######...
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 01:54 AM
uhm...id like to take over the world...and also the blue color...eheheh
id like to, but dont have time...######...
Isnt it funny how we can all find time for the things that are important to us?
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http://ptpclan.co.nr you will see the supporter area in the top right corner of the main page with the news and such. Problem is i am not sure if you allow this, and or if there is a specific image you want me to use.
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What are thinking of is an affiliate deal and we do have them. If you wish to link to us, there is a button on the front page that you can use to do so.
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oops never mind i found it. *gets his debit card out*
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Most Americans are NOT moderates.March 06 2011 at 4:27 PM Report abuse Permalink -7 rate up rate down Reply
Boy! the Democrat National Committee must have run this poll...This writer, tries to keep a straight face while telling us American Citizens don't want to stop automatic Citizenship to illegal mother's babies born here?? She also wants us to believe that the Average American thinks Homosexual pushed Marriage is OK, and Teacher's Unions should not lose their right to continue to hold up the taxpayer for more, and more, benefits, when they are now way above the average worker in pay and perks...There is more Liberal Propaganda now, than ever before on AOL, could it be they see the Conservative Republicans as a threat to Obama's Socialist Agenda?March 06 2011 at 3:41 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
I guess Reagan' amnesty plan for illegals in the 80's would make too liberal today!March 07 2011 at 1:37 PM Report abuse Permalink +5 rate up rate down Reply
Most Americans do not want to see union protestors on their tv's holding up Communist slogans on their signs. They don't want to see SEIU T shirts on the news covering protests in Egypt. They do not want to see teachers keep their jobs based on senoirity alone , and most of all they do not want to see corrupt unions giving far left Liberals billions in campaign donations to wreak havoc on our economy.March 04 2011 at 6:02 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Reply
The Democrats are in the pocket of the Union Bosses..It's a musical chair...Taxpayers pay the retirement and insurance to the Teacher Unions, The teachers pay their monthy Union dues, part of which the Big Union Boss pours back into the Democrat Party's Campaign Coffers...It was said that Obama got more than 100 Million dollars funnelled into his election Campaign in 2008...The losers are the Taxpayers who keep having to pay higher and higher taxes to fund the ever increasintg benefits...Gov. Walker want to put an end to it ..That is why there is so much resistance, with the Democrats running and hiding...March 06 2011 at 3:47 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
Better than being in the pocket of Wall Street and corporate executives like the Republicans!March 07 2011 at 1:30 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down
I appears that Mary Curtis determine Most Americans by polling people in union halls. I can tell you that most Americans do not want the public employees to retain the means of holding us all hostage. They cry about having their retirement guarantees reduced. Hey I ask you. Lets check how many times Social
Security has been diluted and if there are plans to push it out and lower it even further. Yup when your a union worker, whats good for the goose is not good for the gander. WE NEED real change to get budgets balanced and now!
you can't be serious about balancing budgets until you give up corporate and billionaire welfare at taxpayer's expense.
Wall street journal and rasmussen certainly don't poll at union halls and both report no support for destroying collective bargaining. Not in Wisconsin or anywhere else in America.
Some hard cheese for right wingers - wsj also reports 81% support for instituting a surtax on millionaires, a 77% approval of rolling back the bush tax breaks for billionaires, about the same for ending corporate subsidy from taxpayer money, and a 51% to 38 in favor of MORE government, not less.
Remember, without unions, your only advocate will be Wall Street.
Exactly! The politicians need to raise taxes on the rich and then lead by example - give up some of their lucrative benefits. Gov. Walker, get health insurance? What do you pay for it? I am a retired teacher - it costs me $1500 a month for my medical insurance.March 05 2011 at 9:57 AM Report abuse Permalink +5 rate up rate down
Of course you realize that Governor Walker is not trying to take away all collective bargaining rights. He only wants to take away bargaining for benefits, which has been seriously abused. Remember, the real issue is that the unions can give vast amounts of money to elect politicians, who are then chartered to negotiate with the union to determine how much they get of taxpayer money. Remember, with a regular union, the negotiations are directly with the people who are spending the money. That's the difference.March 03 2011 at 10:38 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply
So the unions give vast amounts of money to politicians who then pay the unions back with big benefits. But isn't Gov. Walker a politician who wants to take away union power. But the politicians do not do the negotiating. The state employees work for a school administrator or a police chief who are not politicians.March 03 2011 at 11:09 PM Report abuse Permalink -4 rate up rate down Reply
You forget that the school administrator, mayor or city official is negotiating WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY!March 04 2011 at 6:01 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down
no, you're wrong. He wants to take away ALL collective bargaining rights and eliminate unions entirely. You may be misreading him, but America is not. they're onto him and other union busters and he will fail.March 04 2011 at 6:41 PM Report abuse Permalink -6 rate up rate down Reply
If one is unwilling to defend the rigths of other there is a good chance their will be no one to defend your rigths when they come for yours.March 03 2011 at 10:26 PM Report abuse Permalink +7 rate up rate down Reply
A moderate: one who has no opinion.March 03 2011 at 10:24 PM Report abuse Permalink -4 rate up rate down Reply
Nixon called moderates the "Silent Majority". Solomon stated; "A wise man avoids all extremes".
Being in the middle is an opinion, an opinion tempered by time and experience., a viewpoint much more skillful to defend than either extreme.
Think about it.
a moderate is someone who realizes that that the far right and the far left are both out of there mindsMarch 08 2011 at 6:32 PM Report abuse Permalink +7 rate up rate down Reply
We all have polls; are mine the same as yours?
Don't know if I buy a lot of the things cited here.
Excellent article.March 03 2011 at 10:10 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
Its pretty sad when in poverty now, That everything can be cut and we cant make enough to live now. How many can be layed off and for what? There are no jobs to be had. Thanks to walker he wants to make us parents feel worse. It sure dont feel good when we tell are daughter we cant help with collage and sorry you proved to us all through school that you remained on the honor roll to get ahead. We can't have any party's because your 18 now or we will do are best to have a graduation party for you. God Im glad to be a american!!!!! Thank you govermentMarch 03 2011 at 10:08 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
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Bad Parenting Lessons from Curious George
Ever read a book from the series, Curious George?
I've got a 2 year old son, and we read a lot to him. Curious George is one of those books he likes. "Monkey book!" he says.
And I'm a critic. I read and listen to things with a critical eye. Sometimes, that's really helpful. But many times, it's just annoying. I wish I could just read and flip that little switch off in my brain…because I'm sure that the author producer wasn't trying to communicate the strange things that are now running through my head about his book…but I can't help myself.
Curious George is a great children's series…but when I read it, here's what I see.
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- Don't worry about listening to your Dad. Everything will be okay. Even if you do what he would never want you to do, within 20 minutes, he'll be laughing with you.
- Don't worry about listening to your Dad. You'll have more fun that way. Especially if ice cream is involved. And at the end of the day, the disaster you caused means everybody wins…except the ice cream shop.
- Don't worry about listening to your Dad. In the end, it doesn't matter. Everybody will love you more. The more trouble you cause, the more people will end up liking you. Ignore the rules!
- Don't worry about listening to your Dad. You won't ever get punished. (The man in the yellow hat never dolls out any consequences). That chocolate factory that you nearly destroyed…ahh…don't worry about it, little guy! Just laugh about them losing thousands of dollars of chocolate!
- Your poor decisions don't ever cause any real trouble. You may wreck the local library, let all of the animals out of the zoo, and ruin everything of value in your friend's new restaurant, but just give it a few minutes…everything will be even better because of your mischief. In fact, thank you for your bad decisions.
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And I do a lot of reading over the holidays as I'm sitting around, relaxing with family.
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- Coffee. This doesn't even need an explanation.
The only problem I've got right now is that I'm reading so many books at once. Currently, here's what's on my Kindle and active:
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- The Me I Want to Be, by John Ortberg
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The news came on the heels of a sold-out show at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium Tuesday night. The group played a 90-minute set that included everything from their hits "Pontoon" and "Tornado" and country versions of Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" and Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain."
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Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
2 of 60 portraits of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
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Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
studio of Alexis Simon Belle
oil on canvas, circa 1712
31 3/4 in. x 24 3/4 in. (806 mm x 629 mm)
Purchased, 1872
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- Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), Known as 'The Old Pretender'; son of James II. Sitter associated with 60 portraits.
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- Alexis Simon Belle (1674-1734). Artist associated with 27 portraits.
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A studio version, markedly French, probably produced under Alexis Simeon Belle's supervision. The young prince is shown wearing the blue ribbon of a Knight of the Garter. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 332
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