text:
Jackson "Jack" Sleet holds the paddle he used in 1963 in a Boy Scouts' canoe trip and wears the sleeveless T-shirt he wore while traveling on the Red River to the Atchafalya River and Old River and, finally, the Mississippi River in New Orleans.
- Filed Under
Jackson Sleet rode "The Plague" from Alexandria to New Orleans.
He has biked across America, run seven Los Angeles Marathons and done a headstand on the top of Mount Whitney after climbing the highest summit (14,505 feet) in the contiguous United States.
No small feats, but "Jack" Sleet isn't one to do anything in a small way.
He held court one recent day from the inviting front porch of his Garden District home, which is adorned with a white, wooden slider built by his maternal great, great grandfather. The home dates back to 1907, Sleet said, noting his father, Phil, bought the home in the 1960s.
In August of 1963, Sleet joined nine other Boy Scouts and two adults on a 12-day canoe trip from Alexandria to New Orleans. They launched from the Red River in downtown Alexandria on Sunday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m. in what The Town Talk described as "one of the most adventurous and pioneering trips of its kind ever sponsored" by the Attakapas Council. A crowd of about 80 parents, relatives and friends saw the group start the trip, the report said.
Wayne Denley, a retired finance executive who is the event coordinator of the Louisiana Dragon Boat Races in Alexandria, was Sleet's roommate in a canoe nicknamed "The Plague." Denley said he thinks the nickname sprouted because "everyone wanted to stay away from us."
Under the guidance of Sgt. Lee LeBlanc, an assistant scoutmaster, and Alton McGrew, the waterfront director at Camp Attakapas, 10 Boy Scouts made the 350-mile river trip with six canoes and 12 paddles, averaging 24 miles a day.
Sleet, who celebrated his 16th birthday on Aug. 20 during the trip, is bald and has a gray beard but describes himself as "a teenager who never grew up." He donned his old T-shirt with the sleeves cut off that he wore during the trip - a shirt that once belonged to his older brother, Phil - with his drawing of Snoopy among his artwork on the front.
As he showed off his wooden paddle, inscribed with some key facts about the historic trip, he proudly gave the three-finger Boy Scout sign with his left hand.
Yes, he has a flair for the dramatic, but consider his past. A descendent of P. J. Sleet, the proprietor of Alexandria's Blue Star Store advertised in The Town Talk in 1893, Jack was a stand-in for Kelsey Grammer in the Emmy-Award winning television show "Frasier" and the 1996 movie comedy "Down Periscope." He was a long-time extra in movies and television shows for 26 years in Hollywood, including "Project X" (1987) and "Mistress" (1992).
"I was 'Torpedo man,'" the bald Sleet says with an arched eyebrow and affected pride at his bit part in "Down Periscope." He loves telling about his two lines in the movie.
"My first line was 'Fire one.' Can you guess my second line? 'Fire two.'"
Sleet and Denley didn't need to fire any torpedoes on their canoe trip, but they both remember a frightening part of their journey at the intersection of the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers, where Old River was created as a conduit so the Mississippi wouldn't change course.
"It was like a flushing toilet for 200 yards across," said Sleet, eyes widening as if remembering the sight. "We couldn't even paddle. We were holding on to weeds and little tree limbs while we were being sucked into this whirlpool. We were holding on to flimsy weeds as we pulled ourselves along the edge of the river."
"Normally, there's about four inches of clearance from the water line to the top of the canoe," said Denley. "But it was about one inch (of clearance) while we were going through that whirlpool, which is distressing because if it gets any lower, it'll take your canoe and everything in it under."
The scouts' party made it through the whirlpool safely, and shortly after they entered the Mississippi River, a passing tugboat created another adventure, creating huge waves that "almost capsized us," said Sleet.
The Donaldsonville stop was memorable because that's where Jack celebrated his 16th birthday, with help from a birthday cake brought to the group by his sister and brother. The most memorable stop was in Iberville Parish at Plaquemine, Sleet suggested.
"There were hundreds who greeted us, and they brought us to the Elks Lodge and treated us like visiting royalty with a dance and a dinner," said Sleet, noting that was the other end of the spectrum from a sleepless night in St. Francisville spent riding the ferry back and forth until dawn to avoid an invading army of mosquitoes.
When they landed in Jefferson Parish, Denley's grandparents "took a few of us in" before the teens returned to Alexandria by bus. If Jack and Wayne felt good about what they had done, there was also a sense of relief it was over.
"Our biggest challenge," Denley quipped, "was still being friends after two weeks in a canoe together."
That canoe trip was a prelude to Sleet's bike ride across America in 1990, from Playa del Ray at the Pacific Ocean to Jacksonville Beach, Fla. He planned to make the trip with a friend, but went solo even when the friend could not join him. He did it on a 21-speed Schwinn bike he won in a contest in Hollywood, Calif.
He started on May 27 and finished Aug. 5. On June 29, he was invited by Joe and Judy Hutchinson to take part in a cattle drive on their ranch near McLean, Texas, where he rode a horse named "Dakota" and stayed overnight in the bunk home. "One of my life's most memorable experiences," he wrote in his log of the trip.
He passed through Natchitoches and Alexandria, where he stopped for a 10-day break to enjoy visiting family and friends and eating some home cooked meals. He embarked from Alexandria to St. Francisville, which, contrary to his mosquito-plagued night in '63, he described in his log as the "most beautiful ride of the whole trip."
A single man since an "unhappy marriage" of three years early in his professional career, the 66-year-old Sleet blames the failed marriage on his alcoholism at the time. An LSU graduate, he said he had financially lucrative marketing jobs with IBM and Texas Instruments early in his career, but "was not happy pursuing money," so he changed career tracks.
"I found something that I had once written as one of my life's goals - 'to bring happiness to people like Jerry Lewis' - so I left the corporate world" in pursuit of an acting career. "I would run to cover up my drinking, and while running one day, I saw an ad on a telephone pole for adult acting classes."
He followed up on the ad, and it led to his going to the University of Houston to study dramatic arts, and eventually get his acting jobs. His pursuit of an acting career would also lead to his experimenting with drugs.
"I told my dad the way to make it in acting these days is through drugs," said Jack, who called himself the "black sheep" in his family. "I don't mind telling you the secret to my success is my whole family, except my sister, died." That includes his parents, older brother Phil, and younger brother Stephen, who died in 1965 of Ewing's Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer that is typically found in teenagers as they undergo growth spurts.
After his mother died in 2008, he said his sister told him after looking at their mother's will that the two of them were named co-executors, each inheriting half of the family estate.
"In 1989 I went to a (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting in Hollywood, and it was filled with major motion picture stars who were sober," said Sleet, who claims he has been sober for 24 years, thanks to AA meetings.
"Two years after I quit drinking, I quit smoking," he said.
He attends yoga classes several times a week, and along with his interest in yoga, he has studied Buddhism and mysticism. "Life's about the power of now, not about attachment," he said, reflecting on what he has learned from his studies as well as his roots in Catholicism. "It's about giving, not receiving."
A former Boy Scout leader in California who taught scouts how to climb mountains and taught others how to teach mountain-climbing, Sleet tries to put his own sort of exclamation point at the end of his adventures. He points to a picture of himself in his kitchen, showing him doing a headstand atop Mt. Whitney.
"Jack was always the adventuresome type," said Denley. "And the more extreme, or crazy or unusual, the better. If CrossFit had been around in his younger days, he would've fit right in."
Sleet returned to Alexandria not long after his mother died in '08. He lives in his parents' old house and confesses he has "put on 40 pounds in the last five years because of my knee replacement and Louisiana food." Sitting on his porch, wearing shorts on a chilly morning, he showed the scar from his knee replacement and told of being diagnosed a few years ago with stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is such an early stage that it has not yet been a problem, he said.
Nonetheless, he continues to squeeze what he can from life. After a life of many travels, including some trips abroad with his sister, Jackson Sleet has come full circle since that historic canoe trip that began on the Red River in downtown Alexandria.
"I think I am in paradise in Alexandria," he said - a statement that carries some weight considering all the places he has been. "I don't think there's a more beautiful place than Louisiana. That's why I so loved to climb mountains in California. Los Angeles is a desert, but I did that because I remembered the trees of Louisiana and how much I loved them."
He said he has also found that being a noncomformist, he turns some people off - even some he once considered friends. But he bears no grudges or ill feelings.
"I can go home again," he said, paraphrasing Thomas Wolfe, "but I can't be the Jack I was in high school. I was brought up to please people, but I don't need to please people anymore. I need to please my God."


text:
Cultural genocide and the protection of the right of existence of Aboriginal and indigenous groups
Schabas, William A. (2005) Cultural genocide and the protection of the right of existence of Aboriginal and indigenous groups. In: International law and indigenous peoples. Castellino, Joshua and Walsh, Niamh, eds. Raol Wallenberg Insitute Human Rights Library (20). Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, pp. 117-132. ISBN 900414336x
Full text is not in this repository.
Genocide has a precise meaning in the legal sense as adapted by the United Nations, which is often criticised as being too narrow and restrictive either because of the scope of people it represents or the exhaustive lists of punishable acts. It has however stood the test of time. The author mentions the Aborigine case, and also mentions other genocide cases of the past.
|Item Type:
|Book Section
|Research Areas:
|A. > School of Law
A. > School of Law > Law and Politics
|ID Code:
|Useful Links:
|Deposited On:
|26 May 2011 14:03
|Last Modified:
|25 Mar 2015 16:31
Repository staff only: item control page
Full text downloads (NB count will be zero if no full text documents are attached to the record)
Downloads per month over the past year

subset: commoncrawl


text:
At StayCredits we always welcome comments and feedback. We hope the FAQ sections have answered any questions you may have, however, we are always available to help.
Questions specific to an individual StayCredits hotel should be directed to the hotel. StayCredits has provided hotel contact information for each hotel on the rewards pages.
Please feel free to provide any feedback, comments or questions regarding your membership. Contact us email@example.com
Interested in becoming a StayCredits hotel Inquire sales@staycredits
Current StayCredits Alliance hotels
email: email@example.com
Phone: 800-401-2262 Option 8
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
StayCredits is co-located in beautiful, Portland, Oregon and Albuquerque, New Mexico.


text:
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - We've been out at JUCO all week, following along with all of the teams who have come and gone. Now, ten teams have widdled down to three, so taking a look at the bracket, it looks like the championship game is tonight… or is it tomorrow?
For clarification, KKCO 11 News reporter Therese O'Shea sought out the experts on this kind of thing.
Now, three teams remain, all with one loss, and two games to play to find out who will be crowned the 2012 JUCO World Series champions.
The three teams left are Iowa Western, Gordon, and San Jacinto. Tonight, San Jac will face off against Gordon at 7 p.m. The winner of that game will go on to play Iowa Western. They automatically advance to the championship because they've played the most games.
KKCO firmly believes in freedom of speech for all and we are happy to provide this forum for the community to share opinions and facts. We ask that commenters keep it clean, keep it truthful, stay on topic and be responsible. Comments left here do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of KKCO 11News.powered by Disqus


text:
- Filed Under
What has been the Chillicothe Paints strength this season became their weakness during a recent four-game slide. The pitchers allowed 27 runs to the Paints' 15 in that time, an average of almost seven runs allowed per game.
But pitching helped Chillicothe earn a Prospect League East Division sweep of Lorain County on Tuesday, 3-2 and 8-2.
Ace Steve Laudicina had the task of keeping the Ironmen down offensively as he matched up in against Lorain County's Cam Knott in Game 1. Coming in, Knott was 6-1 record with a 2.03 ERA in 441⁄3 innings. ...


text:
Save on an HD IP Security Camera that Remotely Monitors and Records Activity at Your Home or Office!
- Captures 720p, High-Definition (HD) video and images
- Wireless range of up to 30 meters
- Pan (Horizontal Control): 350° – Tilt (Vertical Control): 120° – with 5 Presets available
- 12 IR LEDs along with advanced IR cut technology, captures clear images in the dark at up to 10 meters
- 2-Way audio communication – built-in microphone and speaker with 3.5mm auxiliary audio input and output
- Supports (up to) 32GB Micro SD Card for recording (Micro SD Card sold separately)
- Remote access from iOS/Android Devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.), from a local computer, or from any computer via the cloud
- Simple Plug-n-Play installation – no complicated programming or port forwarding required
Save $60 on a Vstarcam Wireless Security HD IP Camera today! Hurry, get it now for $99.99, normally $149.99! The Vstarcam IP Camera is the next evolution in home monitoring. It combines all of the greatest features from previous generations of IP cameras and adds the latest technology. The Vstarcam delivers them all into a compact wireless IP camera that has a user-friendly installation and remote access to view and record everything that happens in your home or office – all from your smartphone, tablet or PC. To top it off – this product is available for under $100! Read More
Use These Miniature Spy Cameras to Monitor your Home or Business in Multiple Locations Wirelessly
- Miniature design makes hiding cameras easy
- Utilizes fast 2.4Ghz technology to stream images
- Wirelessly stream video up to 300 feet
- Perfect for unique applications
- Works with all versions of the Windows operating system
Monitor your home or business in multiple locations wirelessly with the Mini Gadgets Miniature Color Spy Camera Set. The cameras are a 2/3″ cube shape so that can be secretly hidden just about anywhere. These small cameras stream wirelessly to the 2.4Ghz receiver, which hooks up to your computer with the included USB data cable. The cameras can be powered by either a 9v battery (not included), for the ability to be placed just about anywhere, or with the included AC Adapter for constant power. Thanks to its battery operation and wireless streaming capability, the cameras can be used for unique applications such as Business Surveillance or Nanny Cam and just about anything else that requires a low profile, wireless camera. Their small design allows you to easily hide them in a plant, book, air vent, automobile, and more. Feel free to get creative and enjoy the freedom of wireless camera technology. Read More
Sale! Save 50% on a Refurbished INSTEON Wireless IP Camera!
Today through Monday, 9/30/2013 save 50% on our most popular product! We are offering 50% off ($50 off) refurbished INSTEON Wireless Security IP Cameras with Pan, Tilt and Night Vision! Hurry, this offer is only good while supplies last and this offer ends on Monday, 9/30/2013 at midnight! Get 'em while they last!


text:
|What's up with the garages in the back? (176 replies)
|Job in Lantana...best place to live with no more than 30 min commute (30 replies)
|Difference between : Lantana/Flower Mound to Frisco? (10 replies)
|Looking to move to a "scenic setting" within 1 hour of DFW -- what do you recommend? (13 replies)
|Low Property Tax DFW Area (21 replies)
|Double Oak (3 replies)


text:
- Filed Under
River View won both team titles Tuesday during the annual Chuck McMasters Memorial Coshocton County Track & Field Classic.
The Black Bears had 83 points to best Ridgewood's 64 and Coshocton's 36 in the boys competition. The Lady Bears collected 114 points to the Generals' 45 and the Redskins' 21.
River View's Trevis Stamper was the boys MVP after winning the 110 hurdles (16.0) and 300 hurdles (41.7). He also teamed with Brandon Adams, Doug Boals and Andy Parsons to win the 400 (:45.0) and 800 relays (1:32.9). ...


text:
November 25, 2015
Homework can be tough, even for parents.
So to help, the state has teamed up with Alabama Public Library Services to provide online homework assistance.
"At times she does have problems with her homework," says Veranda Cook.
Like many parents, Veranda Cook, has been out of elementary school for quite a while.
This is why she's seeking tutoring services for her 9-year old daughter, Alaysia.
"Most of them I'm able to answer and a lot of them I'm not because I've been out of school for a long time," says Cook.
"In this economy people need as much help as possible," said Bettye Forbus, Director at Houston-Love Memorial Library.
And helping people is what HomeworkAlabama.org is all about.
Forbus says, "We have subject specialists on every topic that would be based on that student's curriculum."
The program is free of charge to all Alabama residents.
"They will walk you through the thought process of how to do a particular problem," said Forbus.
HomeworkAlabama.org runs Sunday through Thursday from 3 to 10pm.
"Whenever you see elected officials thank them for a good use of your tax dollars that benefits everyone in the state of Alabama.
As far as Cook's daughter partaking in the program...
"She would love doing anything where she's on the computer whether it's work or games."
Library staff is also available to help with the Homework Alabama website.
For more information about Homework Alabama visit www.HomeworkAlabama.org.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or email@example.com.


text:
Stay Connected Anywhere
NEW YORK (AP) -- A jury ruled Tuesday that New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sexually harassed a top team executive, subjecting the married mother of three to unwanted advances and a barrage of verbal insults.
But the jury also ruled that Thomas does not have to pay punitive damages to the woman, giving him a partial victory after an ugly, three-week trial.
The jury did find that Madison Square Garden committed harassment against the woman, and ruled that she is entitled to punitive damages from MSG.
U.S. District Judge Gerard E. Lynch called it an "imminently reasonable" verdict and said the jury will be asked to return later in the day to hear brief arguments on punitive damages against MSG.
After the verdict, the plaintiff hugged family members and friends gathered in the back of the courtroom.
The harassment verdict was widely expected after the jury sent a note to the judge Monday indicating that it believed Thomas and the other defendants, Madison Square Garden and MSG Chairman James Dolan, sexually harassed plaintiff Anucha Browne Sanders. But the question of whether Thomas would have to pay punitive damages was up in the air until Tuesday.
Browne Sanders, fired from her $260,000 a year job in 2006, sued Thomas and Madison Square Garden for $10 million. Her case presented the Garden as "Animal House" in sneakers, a place where nepotism, sexism, crude remarks and crass language were part of the culture.
The former Northwestern college basketball star characterized Thomas as a foul-mouthed lout who initially berated her as a "bitch" and a "ho" before his anger gave way to ardor, with Thomas making unwanted advances and encouraging her to visit him "off site."
Thomas, who was hired in December 2003, followed her to the stand and denied all her allegations. Attorneys for Thomas and the Garden also portrayed Browne Sanders as incompetent and unable to adapt once the NBA great arrived as the Knicks' president.
"That's not about sexual harassment," MSG attorney Ronald Green said in his closing argument. "That's about team politics."


text:
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The president imposed sanctions against Russian officials, including advisers to President Vladimir Putin, for their support of Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
- Filed Under
* President Obama announced Monday that he is leveling new sanctions against seven Russian officials the White House says have contributed to the crisis in Ukraine.
* The Crimean region of Ukraine voted over the weekend to join Russia in a referendum that the U.S. and western allies vowed not to recognize.
* Obama said today he believes there is still a diplomatic solution to end the crisis. ...


text:
- Age / Gender:
- n/a, Male
- Location:
- Location not disclosed
- Joined:
- 4/3/11
- All Stats >
User Statshot
- Community Stats
Level 1 Blank Slate
Normal Whistle
Ranked as Civilian
Contact Info / Websites
Favorite Games
Portal: The Flash Version Rated 4.3973 Stars Based on Valve's latest hit, Portal: The Flash Version brings it all up in 2d! Action - Platformer - Puzzle SOLID SNEAK Rated 3.7478 Stars No guns, no gadgets, get smart. Action - Other The Stick Adventure Rated 3.3973 Stars Guide the stickman through his adventure Adventure - Point 'n Click Miami Shark Rated 4.4426 Stars SHARK OF MASS DESTRUUUUUUUUCTION!!!!! Action - Other


text:
Technology as a teacher - Mannequins simulate health situations in ASU nursing program
Three Angelo State University nursing students struggled to remain calm as the pneumonia patient before them stopped responding to their questions.
He was in respiratory distress, causing his heart rate, oxygen saturation and respiratory rate to plummet. They called for a doctor, who helped them put an endotracheal tube down his throat so that air could reach his lungs.
But his condition wasn't improving. Having no other choice, a nurse hit the code button, letting the panic of the situation reverberate off the walls in the form of a call for additional help.
Then ASU nursing instructor Paul Osmanski opened the door and said, "Had enough?"
Relief washed over the faces of all three nursing students. The scenario was over.
Their patient was a high-fidelity simulator, or mannequin, that nursing instructors control from a computer on the other side of a viewing glass that looks like a mirror from inside the mock hospital room.
The simulator is one of four — two adult males, one baby and one woman who gives birth — that the ASU nursing department recently acquired for its new high-fidelity simulation laboratory. The lab lets instructors create scenarios so nursing students can practice their skills in a safe environment where they can make mistakes without life-threatening consequences.
"Every single skill they're using here, they've already been trained for," Osmanski said.
The simulator lab, with its equipment and staff training, cost about $750,000, said Leslie Mayrand, ASU nursing department head. Funding for it is from the San Angelo Health Foundation, the Meadows Foundation and ASU. The nursing department will hold an open house Thursday to let the public view the new lab and its equipment. Mayrand said the event coincides with the West Texas Legislative Summit, in which department staffers will speak on the topic "Health care challenges and solutions in West Texas."Four rooms made to look like hospital rooms make up the lab, and a hallway in between the rooms is set up with computer technology to control the simulators and view students in action. The lab is brand-new, and all of ASU's nursing students will have access to it this fall, Mayrand said.
Among its associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees programs, ASU has close to 300 nursing students, Mayrand said.
When instructors are watching the action in the simulator lab, they also are videotaping the scenario so that students can go back later and look at what they might have done wrong.
The objective is to open up the lab for use by all local health-care entities — Shannon Medical Center, San Angelo Community Medical Center, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Howard College, the San Angelo Fire Department, ASU's physical therapy program and San Angelo Independent School District's health science technology classes.
The mannequins are made of rubber and silicon, said Justin Louder, multimedia specialist and lecturer in the nursing department. The department can order replacements for areas of skin on the simulator, such as the wrists and the neck, so students can practice giving injections and making incisions.
The simulators have tubing in the arms and legs so students can feel for a pulse. The mannequins have sacs in the chest that move up and down to mimic the rise and fall of a human chest from breathing.
Louder speaks through a computer in the viewing area, and the simulator says his words. That way, students can get used to angry patients, or those who are in a lot of pain.
The range of symptoms and maladies that a mannequin can have are almost as limitless as those of a human. Students can shock them, perform tracheotomies or take a urine sample, just to name a few.
Ricky Reidy, who played the doctor in the nurses' scenario and is a registered nurse in Shannon's intensive care unit, said the simulators create situations that are near to real life in a hospital. He said this technology is cutting-edge, and it is something that leading nursing programs in the country are using.
"As a beginning nurse, the first time you walk into a patient's room is a nervous experience," said Reidy, who also is enrolled in ASU's nursing bachelor's degree program. "This way, you get some of the butterflies out."
The three nursing students working with the pneumonia patient one morning last week said they didn't know what to expect beforehand, but they liked that they had to assess the problem themselves.
"The best thing about the simulator lab is that it builds confidence so that you feel like you know what you're doing because it's so realistic," said Aimee Wright, 27, a second-year nursing student training to be a registered nurse.The nursing department has planned for ASU nursing students to each have two or three experiences in the simulator lab during the fall semester, Louder said.
Mayrand said the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners has approved that the simulator lab can take the place of some preliminary clinical work, but all nursing students will still get hospital experience.
"This can only enhance patient care," Mayrand said. "For us to have it at ASU speaks to the quality of education and the dedication to quality of care in the community."
If you go
- What: Open house for the Angelo State University nursing department's high-fidelity simulation laboratory.
- When: From 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
- Where: Second floor of the Vincent Nursing-Physical Science Building, 2333 Vanderventer Ave.
- Why: To showcase nursing equipment that will be available to several local entities.
- For more information: Call (325) 942-2224.
Subscribe to the San Angelo Standard-Times
Need Help? Call us at 1-877-304-7763.
Monday-Friday: 6am-8pm / Saturday: 6am-12pm / Sunday: 6am-1pm


text:
|View single post by Hellcat
|Posted: Thu May 19th, 2011 02:55 am
Root Beer Lover
|That's just the way it goes. Get a million and one things going before anything gets going and your year is gone. Yeah I know you said summer, I'm just thinking of having had different times of the year where I've had so much planned and not enough time to get all of them done. Too bad we can't freeze time some times. Just imagine mowing the lawn in a second and it still taking the usual amount of time just cause you froze time to do it in.
Course could just go the easy way of making the root beer from a root beer extract. Wouldn't be historically acurate and I don't know how historically accurate you want the drinks to be. But it could cut down on time for you. The big thing is letting it set and checking it to get the carbonation.


text:
Typically find myself just saying "McGuff."
fair point that
Typically find myself just saying "McGuff."
I seem to recall using the nickname "Toast" for a number of our d-backs. Trent is beginning to enter Toast territory this year.
Yards After Mundy is probably the best defensive "stat" / nickname for the DBs.
First, I agree that trying to pin a nickname on him is stoopid.
Second, I cannot physically prevent myself from pronouncing his full last name when he breaks a decent gainer. Sumpin' like dis: McGuff-AYYYYYYYYY!
So yeah, to each his own. Hey, how about Fuck Cheetah?
People had been referring to him as the Matrix which I like. But, any time you want to give him a nickname, remember that at some point, Brent Musberger is going to use overuse it in his semi-orgasmic cadance and it will ruin it for you.
Pusberger's, Ohhh Beanie, Beanie Beanie still goes through my head whenever I hear Chris Wells referred to as Beanie.
Now, Musberger is such a frontrunner that if he is going orgasmic over a M player's nickname it means we are doing well, but it still does kinda ruin it for you.
From what I remember hearing, "The Matrix" is what he referred to himself in the third person as during a visit to Ann Arbor last year. Thus, I do not endorse this idea.
.. Fat Elvis?
That was a personal favorite of mine.
Tony Pape. Yes.
I suggest Woody, because he runs like a woodpecker on crack.
Its like beanie, except with a W at the beginning because he's white.
That makes him sound like a dick.
I think Shaw and McGuffie should be Obama Biden 08 or the executive backfield.
So we can just call McGuffie the vice president or VP..something like that.
No offense, but this is probably the worst suggestion ever. I mean, I like the effort and that you weren't afraid to just put yourself out there. But, seriously...no.
I catch myself yelling "go WHITE LIGHTNING go!" at the TV when he's turning the corner or busting up the middle for a big gain.
The Only Good White Running Back Since Tom Harmon?
When I get excited I yell this one. I thought I was the only one until this amazingly un-racist thread.
or S.M.G
Or, "Sam". Which is a nickname for "Samuel". Or "Samantha".
Whatever the nickname, you don't need to worry about Brent Musburger killing it. There's NO WAY in hell we're going to be in a big enough game to get ABC's first team this year.
Maybe in the OSU game, but then Musburger won't get a chance to use any nicknames because Herbstreit will be too busy telling funny anecdotes about the Buckeye's fourth string long snapper, who just happened to be over at his house for dinner that Wednesday night.
Damn Buckeyes. Damn Herbstreit.
The Only Good White Running Back Since Tom Harmon?
Hey what about "Touchdown" Tommy Vardell?
Plus - Wasn't Rob Lydell a pretty solid back in the Bo days.
forgot "The machete", lol. That lasted for about one game.
I ran into him at a house party and notice that he doesn't shave this patch of hair on his chin that looks like scruff. Therefore I think he should be called scruffie mcguffie.
Don't forget "The Blur" for Clarence Williams - a nickname that become increasingly ironic as he went overboard on the Gittleson diet.
I remember the secondary sometime in the late 1980's was supposed to be pretty good, and they prided themselves on their hard hitting. So they coined their own nickname, the "hit parade."
Well, during the season they established that they couldn't cover anyone (oh, but they put a good hit on a receiver after a 20 yard completion) so a lot of people in the stands were referring them as the "shit parade."
When you coin your own nickname...
McGuffie in itself is pretty darn sweet last name. It should suffice in and of itself. What should vary is how it is pronounced. Everytime somebody refers to him, they should be obligated to not merely say his name but exclamate it. McGUFFIE!!!!!!!!!!! "Starting at tailback today for the Wolverines is freshman Sam MCGUFFIE!!!!! who has so far been excellent. Last week again ND, MCGUFFIE!!!!!!!! gained...."
This is similar to what I had in mind. Specifically the McGUFFIE!!!!! training ground scene. True artists these kids...
*hurdle*"MCGUFFIE!!!!! Eat my shit Josh Smith!" *hurdle* "MCGUFFIE!!!! Here I come Michigan!" *hurdle* "MCGUFFIE!!!!! Girls like my....!!!!"
I don't know if anybody else remembers this, but back when John Thompson was a starter, I remember an announcer calling him The Machete. They said it was his nickname, but its the only time i've ever heard of it.
It was either ND or PSU last year, and it was Crable that called him "The Machete" during the player intro thing, and Nessler/etc. ran with it. At least that's what I remember.
post #73.
I believe we voted on "McGuffelupagus" in one of the live chats.
I've heard, ithink thats what people call him. White Lightning.
that the "Machete" was for the ND game.
Obligatory obnoxious announcer comment that was ingrained/burned into my head and is now an irreperable mental scar:
*after a third down stop. Going into commercials with a slow motion replay of Thompson making a tackle*
Announcer: "The Machete, with another slice of defense!"
OMG The humanity...
It gets you to White Lightning without being so obvious
I also heard the "Sam I Am" nickname, but I think it was a Youtube spoof of some kind, so not sure if it's his real nickname. Anyway, it's not very intimidating and possibly a little insulting to those with mental disabilities (due to the movie).
I read somewhere that the team is currently calling him "Vanilla Ice" and that he didn't like it. I wouldn't either. Who wants to be named after a one-hit wonder guilty of copyright infringement on that "one hit"?
Mc-G is the best I've heard in the posts above. As in G-Money, O.G., etc...
in the ND game the only name that works is McGumby!
Every idea here but McGuffulupugus is the worst idea ever. And if you don't think so, Big Bird will be over later tonight to make you his gimp.


text:
Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley coming to EnergySolutions Arena Oct. 19
The reigning queen of country music and one of Nashville's leading hunks are teaming up on tour and coming to Salt Lake City in October.
Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley will co-headline the "Locked & Reloaded Tour," which will play EnergySolutions Arena on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Lambert has been named the top female vocalist four years running by the Academy of Country Music, and won a Grammy for her hit "The House That Built Me." She and husband Blake Shelton, also a country star and a judge on "The Voice," are known as one of Nashville's major power couples.
Bentley won a 2009 CMT Music Award, for performance of the year, for his song "Country Boy." He's had 10 No. 1 singles on the U.S. country charts, most recently "Am I the Only One," "Home" and "5-1-5-0."
Opening the show is country/bluegrass musician Chris Stapleton, formerly of The SteelDrivers (a band that happens to be playing, without Stapleton, at the Utah Arts Festival on Saturday) and soon to release his first single, "What Are You Listening To."
Tickets for the concert range from $25 to $49.75, and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at Smith's Tix.


text:
The 10 Greatest Wimbledon Matches of All Time
With Wimbledon upon us, it's fun to get nostalgic looking back at the greatest matches of all time from the greatest tournament in tennis. In his book "The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time" (for sale here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0942257936/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_J0GGvb1GB6WV8) author Steve Flink describes the greatest tennis matches of not just Wimbledon, but in the history of the sport, and ranks the matches in order of their significance. The following is the Flink's rankings of the greatest Wimbledon matches of all time as they appear in his book. Here is the list, in order, of the greatest tennis matches in Wimbledon history, with their respective "all-time" ranking on the left.
1. (No. 1 All-Time) Rafael Nadal d. Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-7 (9), 9-7, final, Wimbledon, grass, 2008
2. (No. 2 All-Time) Bjorn Borg d. John McEnroe 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (16-18) 8-6, final, Wimbledon grass, 1980
3. (No. 8 All-Time) Pancho Gonzales d. Charlie Pasarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9, first round, grass, Wimbledon, 1969
4. (No. 10 All-Time) Henri Cochet d. Bill Tilden 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3, semifinal, Wimbledon, grass, 1927
5. (No. 12 All-Time) Margaret Court d. Billie Jean King 14-12, 11-9, final, Wimbledon, grass, 1970
6. (No. 18 All-Time) Helen Wills Moody d. Helen Jacobs 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, final, Wimbledon, grass, 1935
7. (No. 25 All-Time) Maria Bueno d. Margaret Smith 6-4, 7-9, 6-3, final, Wimbledon, grass, 1964
8. (No. 27 All-Time) Stan Smith d. Ilie Nastase 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, final, Wimbledon, grass, 1972
9. (No. 28 All-Time) Roger Federer d. Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14, final, Wimbledon, grass, 2009
10. (No. 29 All-Time) Maureen Connolly d. Doris Hart 8-6, 7-5, final, Wimbledon, grass, 1953
Coaches' Corner: Evolution of Tennis in the 1970's
The Ivan Lendl IJTA, one of the world's premiere tennis academies, has taken up residence in our "Coaches' Corner" series to dish out instructional tips and on court analyses straight from the Academy's top coaches and directors.
By David Lewis, Director of Instruction at Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy
The open era of tennis began in 1968 when amateurs were allowed to compete in world-class tournaments with professionals. Until then, amateurs were only allowed to play the Grand Slams.
In the 1970's, the style of play for most was "serve-and-volley," using a continental grip for all shots including ground strokes. Tennis was learned on a faster, lower bouncing surface, whether it be a grass or a hard court. The continental grip allowed for plenty of wrist action to control the ball and ability to move toward the net quickly because the ball didn't bounce high. Some professionals, like Connors and Evert, used the double-handed backhand and hit flat ground strokes.
Surprisingly, wooden racquets were still commonly used, but the small, heavy frame and delicate sweet spot didn't allow players to hit the ball hard. Metal equipment with lighter frames and bigger heads became more popular.
A player with great agility and speed could chase down most shots from the baseline because the ball didn't travel as fast. For the same reason, players who came to the net were more difficult to pass. This provided wonderful match ups with tactics becoming crucial. The game required plenty of finesse, craft and athleticism to outmaneuver an opponent.
During this time period, the U.S. dominated the game with players such as Billie Jean King, Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert. Later in the decade, a player named John McEnroe burst onto the scene.
Bjorn Borg popularized use of the western forehand grip and double-handed backhand, which produced incredible amounts of topspin. He won many Wimbledon and French Open titles and, in the process, became one of the first to modernize the game of tennis. Borg proved he could win on all surfaces with his different style of play.
Conversely, McEnroe used a continental grip, allowing him to take the ball on the rise which had seldom been seen before. An intriguing rivalry was starting to develop between these two stalwarts and helped increase the popularity of the game. By 1980, tennis was reaching a whole new level due to the double-handed backhand, hitting the ball on the rise and modern equipment.
Several full-time tennis academies in the United States opened in the 1970's. Harry Hopman, a famous Australian Davis Cup coach, operated a facility in Florida where many top professionals and juniors trained for the international circuit. He was renowned for getting players into peak shape. During the same period, another coach named Nick Bollettieri started working with top juniors, developing them into some of the best professionals of the 1980's.
Next month, we'll continue with the evolution of tennis in the 1980s.
About David Lewis
David Lewis, a native of Auckland, New Zealand, is the Director of Instruction at Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy on Hilton Head Island, S.C., a full-time tennis program for grades 5-12. For the past 20 years, he has coached top juniors and professionals around the world including Marina Erakovic, ranked as high as No.49 on the WTA world rankings.
Ivan Lendl IJTA exemplifies Ivan Lendl and Lewis' desire to give back to tennis and develop future champions through a new-era curriculum and holistic training approach. The Academy focuses on classic fundamentals, leading-edge biomechanics, strength training / fitness and mental preparation. The staff subscribes to a hands-on approach with students instilling dedication, focus, hard work, motivation and overall preparation.
For more information: www.LendlTennis.com/info, 888.936.5327.
Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl: Different players with a similar history
By Lisa-Marie Burrows
Andy Murray is still one of the main topics of discussion on TV and in the newspapers (particularly the British ones!) after his epic battle against defending US Open champion, Novak Djokovic on Monday night, after a grueling five set match that lasted almost 5 hours that boasted exquisite rallies in each of the 5 sets played.
Ivan Lendl, the coach of Murray since January 2012, has admitted that Andy Murray and his 'Slamless' situation very much remind him of himself when he was younger and competing on Tour, but the comparisons do not end only there…
Andy Murray has become more known for his tough mentality as he has for his great physicality. Yes, there have been moments on the tennis court where he has admitted that his mind let him down (e.g. most famously during the Wimbledon final this year against Roger Federer where he could have been up 2 sets to 0) but as his tennis has developed, so has his mental toughness and ability to win attitude.
This is also comparable to the attitude displayed on court by Ivan Lendl. He too played in an era alongside tennis greats such as John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg and experienced some crushing defeats at the hands of them, but just as Murray has done, he never gave up and always believed that he could win. Like Lendl, Andy Murray has learnt from his painful losses.
Pressure in their prime
Throughout his career, the Olympic champion has frequently single-handedly shouldered the weight and expectation from the British public to do well, win tournaments, knock out the top 3 three players in the world and win a Grand Slam. Not much to ask of a young player in their early twenties? Now at 25-years-old, Murray seems to be able to deal with that pressure and has finally answered the call and hopes of many after his victory at the US Open.
Ivan Lendl as a coach and player has been a good influence on Murray as he can relate to the pressure and strain which Andy Murray has been under. He too had experienced it at a very young age and having lost to Connors, Borg and Wilander, he admitted that he did not know how to play against the big players in his prime and it was something that he learnt to do.
Fitness vs fatigue
Andy Murray did not have an easy start early on his career, having been criticized heavily for his personality, his mentality, for having a low first serve percentage, he was also targeted about his fitness. He experienced cramping during long matches in his early twenties and he knew that in order to compete at the top level, against the top players of the world, he had to become physically stronger as well as mentally stronger and this was also the case for Ivan Lendl. Like his coach had to when he was younger, Murray has spent hours at the gym and during training he has become increasingly stronger and has trained hard to keep his endurance levels up to sustain his energy levels during long matches – which have paid off extremely in recent years. Murray continues with his same demanding regime on the practice courts and in the gym today.
Fifth time lucky
Ivan Lendl could relate to Andy Murray and his sorrow after yet another Grand Slam final defeat at the hands of Roger Federer at Wimbledon this year, as he too experienced crushing losses and lost four Grand Slam finals before winning in his fifth appearance, à la Andy Murray. After his quartet of heartbreaking defeats, Lendl went on to win another eight Grand Slams and if history really does repeat itself, who knows if and when Andy Murray will lift another major title – or eight?
The stats
It took 5 sets for Ivan Lendl to win his first Grand Slam in Roland Garros against John McEnroe and he rallied back from a two set deficit to secure his victory, whereas for Andy Murray at the US Open, he also needed 5 sets to lift his first major but he needed to rally back after losing the third and fourth sets before sealing the championship title in the penultimate set.
The strangest thing of it all is that during their encounter, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic equalized the record for the longest final of all time played at the US Open after their 4-hour and 54 minute battle and they equaled the record of – yes you guessed it – Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander in 1988 which saw Lendl win after 4-hours and 54 minutes too.
Andy Murray has now laid his demons to rest, as his coach had after finally winning that elusive Grand Slam that he was so desperately chasing and yearning for. I just hope that now the talented Scot has got time to enjoy this momentous occasion he relishes it immensely before another dreaded question starts to beckon…. 'Andy, do you think you can win more majors?'
McEnroe edges Borg but Philadelphia Freedoms rally to top New York Sportimes, 21-19
John McEnroe edged Bjorn Borg, 5-4, but the visiting Philadelphia Freedoms rallied past the New York Sportimes, 21-19, in World TeamTennis action on Thursday night at Sportime on Randall's Island.
Trailing, 17-16, Philadelphia sent Beatrice Capra up against Martina Hingis in the women's singles competition, which Capra claimed, 5-2, to give the Freedoms the win.
Philadelphia's mixed doubles tandem of Lisa Raymond and Nathan Healey opened the match with a 5-4 win over Katie O'Brien and Travis Parrott. O'Brien and Hingis teamed to win women's doubles, 5-2 over Raymond and Capra. Healey and Brendan Evans evened the match with a 5-3 men's doubles victory over McEnroe and Parrott, before McEnroe's win over Borg gave the Sportimes a slim edge entering the final event.
New York (6-3) hosts Springfield on Friday, while Philadelphia (1-8) returns home to face Boston.
Proceeds from the match benefited the John McEnroe Tennis Project.
World TeamTennis at New York
Philadelphia Freedoms 21, New York Sportimes 19
Mixed Doubles – Lisa Raymond/Nathan Healey (Phil.) d. Katie O'Brien /Travis Parrott, 5-4
Women's Doubles – Martina Hingis/Katie O'Brien (N.Y.) d. Beatrice Capra/Lisa Raymond, 5-2
Men's Doubles – Brendan Evans/Nathan Healey d. John McEnroe/Travis Parrott, 5-3
Men's Singles – John McEnroe (N.Y.) d. Bjorn Borg, 5-4
Women's Singles – Beatrice Capra (Phil.) d. Martina Hingis, 5-2
Sportimes rally past Aces, 16-15; McEnroe vs. Borg slated for Thursday at Randall's Island
Martina Hingis and Jesse Witten won singles events, both by 5-0 counts, and Hingis won a super-tiebreak over Liezel Huber, 7-6, as the New York SPORTIMES rallied for a 16-15 World TeamTennis victory over the St. Louis Aces at SPORTIME on Randall's Island Monday night.
The SPORTIMES (5-1) trailed the entire match, finally earning a tie on Hingis's 5-0 victory in the fifth event, women's singles. By WTT rules, Hingis' win over Maria Sanchez (with Huber replacing her for the final game) evened the match at 15, extending the match to a super tiebreak. With the super-tiebreak tied at 6-6, Hingis won the deciding point, coming to the net after a 12-ball rally and stroking the winner.
The Sportimes next home match will be Thursday, July 14 against Philadephia when John McEnroe of the Sportimes will face his legendary rival Bjorn Borg.
Jean-Julien Rojer and Roman Borvanov's opening event men's doubles win, Huber and Sanchez topped the SPORTIMES' duo of Hingis and Katie O'Brien, 5-1, to give the Aces (4-2) a commanding 10-3 match lead. Witten swept a 5-0 third event over Borvanov to pull the hosts to within 10-8. Huber and Rojer's 5-2 win extended the Aces' margin to 15-10 before Hingis's heroics gave the SPORTIMES their fifth straight win.
New York visits first-place Washington in a battle of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference on Tuesday, while Western Conference-leading St. Louis continues its eastern swing against winless Philadelphia.
World TeamTennis at New York
N.Y. Sportimes 16, St. Louis Aces 15
Men's Doubles – Roman Borvanov/Jean-Julien Rojer (St. L.) def. Travis Parrott/Jesse Witten, 5-2
Women's Doubles – Liezel Huber/Maria Sanchez (St. L.) def. Martina Hingis/Katie O'Brien, 5-1
Men's Singles – Jesse Witten (N.Y.) def. Roman Borvanov, 5-0
Mixed Doubles – Liezel Huber/Jean-Julien Rojer (St. L.) def. Martina Hingis/Travis Parrott, 5-2
Women's Singles – Martina Hingis def. Maria Sanchez (Liezel Huber replaced Sanchez in Game 5), 5-0
Super Tiebreak – Martina Hingis def. Liezel Huber, 16-15.
Bjorn Borg replaces Jimmy Connors on World Team Tennis and faces John McEnroe
Tennis Hall of Famer Bjorn Borg will step in to replace fellow tennis legend Jimmy Connors to face long-time rival John McEnroe in a World TeamTennis match on July 14 at Sportime Randall's Island. Borg and McEnroe will compete against each other that night when the defending Eastern Conference Champion New York Sportimes face the Philadelphia Freedoms. Connors is not be able to participate due to a knee injury.
The evening will be a special benefit for The Johnny Mac Tennis Project, with tickets sold by the Project to raise funds to provide scholarships, coaching, transportation and other financial assistance to qualified young tennis players in the greater New York area. Recipients will attend the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, which is completing its first year at Sportime Randall's Island. Ticket prices for the match will be $250, $150 and $60; special VIP tickets are also available; please consult your tax advisor concerning the tax deductibility of ticket purchases. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call 1-888-988-6921 or visit www.nysportimes.com.
This will be first WTT match in 17 years for Borg, who will be joining the Philadelphia Freedoms roster for the evening. Borg last played WTT for the Atlanta Thunder in 1994. Borg also played for the Cleveland Nets in 1977 and the Los Angeles Strings in 1993.
The storied rivalry between Borg and McEnroe was recently the subject of a documentary which also highlighted the legends' contrasting personalities. The centerpiece of the brief but enthralling rivalry between McEnroe and Borg was the epic 1980 Wimbledon final, which included an 18-16 tiebreaker in the fourth set. McEnroe won the tiebreaker but it was Borg who captured the fifth set and his fifth straight Wimbledon.
Borg won 63 singles titles, including 11 Grand Slam Championships, and also added four pro career doubles titles. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.
"We are elated that Bjorn answered John's call to step in for Jimmy on what will be a fun and important night for tennis in New York," said Claude Okin, Sportimes CEO. "The relationship that Bjorn and John haves very special. Theirs is truly one of the great rivalries in sports history, and seeing them both on court, in New York, next week will be a great treat for everyone there. And the funds we raise that night will be critical in helping us to assist talented young people in learning the great game of tennis in New York City."
The July 14 WTT matchup will feature Borg and McEnroe competing against each other in men's singles in the five set WTT coed team format. Former World No. 1 Martina Hingis will also play for the New York Sportimes that evening as McEnroe's fellow team member.
In other 2011 WTT matches, the Sportimes will host the Boston Lobsters on July 6 with Martina Hingis leading the Sportimes squad; the Sportimes will take on the St. Louis Aces on July 11; the Springfield Lasers come to NYC on July 15, with John McEnroe and Martina Hingis playing for New York; Serena Williams of the Washington Kastles will battle Martina Hingis when the Sportimes host their Eastern Conference rivals on July 20. In addition to the home matches at the state-of-the art, 2,000 seat facility at SPORTIME Randall's Island, the Sportimes will play two home matches in Albany, N.Y., at the SEFCU Arena: July 18 versus Kansas City starring the World No. 1 Bryan Brothers, and July 19 when the Sportimes take on the Washington Kastles featuring Serena Williams.
For more information on the facility, the John McEnroe Tennis Academy or the NY Sportimes, visit www.SportimeNY.com/Manhattan or www.JohnMcEnroeTennisAcademy.com
For the man who wins everything: A Novak Djokovic pictorial
It is one of the strongest starts in the history of tennis and Novak Djokovic is doing it! He has won 29 matches in a row and 31 if you include his Davis Cup winnings in November, 2010. It equals the best start in men's tennis in 25 years. Back then it was Ivan Lendl who managed to do it. Only John McEnroe who won 42 straight matches in a row in 1984 and Bjorn Borg with 33 matches in a row in 1980 are ahead of him.
We will have to see how far Novak Djokovic can go but I don't see the end of this winning streak coming yet. But the best of it all is that Novak Djokovic is modest about his succes.
"I know I'm playing great now but there is always something you can improve on—you can never be perfect," the Serbian player said. "I'm winning service games comfortably. That's something I'm happy about today and an encouraging fact for upcoming matches, especially on clay."
If Djokovic wins versus David Ferrer on Friday then he will have surpassed Ivan Lendl's record. But until then enjoy the photos of Novak Djokovic by Ralf Reinecke.
[nggallery id=121]
Rockstar John Mayer hit the tennis courts in Sydney, Australia this week, sporting some great Nike duds! His shorts are bit high – harkening back to the days of Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors. Mayer actually went to the same high school – Fairfield High School in Connecticut – as U.S. Davis Cup star James Blake and is friends with the standout American.
Bjorn Borg played his first match in the United States in 10 years Thursday night at the $150,000 Staples Champions Cup, part of the global Champions Series tennis circuit. He beat fellow Swede Mikael Pernfors 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 (Champions Tie-breaker).
It is interesting to see Bjorn playing tennis with a Dunlop tennis racquet – as opposed to the old Donnay racquets from all of those matches all of us remember so well (or have seen on YouTube if you are of a younger generation). You can't help but notice the huge "B" on Bjorn's shirt that he played in on Thursday. Does it stand for "Boston?" Since as a Swede, he grew up playing hockey and patterned his two-handed backhand after a slap shot, perhaps the B stands for "Bruins" as in the Boston Bruins, the NHL squad from Boston? Well, "B" stands for Bjorn or Borg and it is part of his Bjorn Borg line of clothing that is immensely popular in Europe. The Bjorn Borg line of underwear is available in the United States and is tremendously comfortable if you haven't worn them.
Let's hope John McEnroe can beat Mats Wilander Friday night so Borg and McEnroe can duke it out in the semifinals of the Boston event – for old times sake.
[nggallery id=40]
Roger Federer and Andy Murray's third-set tie-breaker in their 2010 Australian Open men's final was second-longest tie-breaker ever played in major men's final – only the epic Bjorn Borg-John McEnroe 32-point "Battle of 18-16" tie-breaker 30 years ago in the 1980 Wimbledon final lasting longer. Federer saved off five set points in the third-set tie-breaker in his 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) victory. The five longest tie-breakers ever in men's singles finals at Grand Slam tournaments are as follows;
Wimbledon 1980: Bjorn Borg def. John McEnroe 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7(16) 8-6… Mac saved 7 match points (5 in TB)
Australian Open 2010: Roger Federer def. Andy Murray 6-3 6-4 7-6(11)… Fed saved 5 set points in TB
Wimbledon 2000: Pete Sampras def. Patrick Rafter 6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2… Pat saved 2 set points in TB
US Open 1976: Jimmy Connors def. Bjorn Borg 6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 6-4… Jimmy saved 4 set points in TB
Wimbledon 1998: Pete Sampras def. Goran Ivanisevic 6-7(2) 7-6(9) 6-4 3-6 6-2… Pete saved 2 set points in TB
The first two sets were more one-sided than the score line would suggest, especially the second set when Federer broke Murray's serve only once, despite a 40-15 and 40-0 lead in two other service games of the Brit. In the third set, Murray broke Federer's serve for the second time in the match (first one at 0:2 in the first set) and led 5:2, later was two points away from taking the set at 5:3 on serve. In the tie-breaker, Murray had five set points (6:4, 6:5, 7:6, 9:8, 11:10) and saved two match points, at 9:10 in a spectacular way with a passing-shot off of Federer's drop shot. The Swiss maestro converted his third match point to improve his all-time record 16 Grand Slam triumphs in singles. Federer won fourth Australian Open (2004, 2006-2007) what gives him second place Down Under right after Roy Emerson, who won six times between 1961 and 1967. For Murray, it was the longest tie-break of his pro career, while Federer won three longer tie-breaks (14-12 against Martin Verkerk, 16-14 against David Ferrer and a record 20-18 against Marat Safin).
"I always knew it was going to be a very intense match," said Federer. "I'm happy I was able to play so aggressively and patiently at the same time because that's what you got to be against Murray."
* Murray is now the eighth player in the Open Era with a 0-2 record in Grand Slam finals joining two-time Aussie Open finalist Steve Denton, Wimbledon and Aussie Open finalist Kevin Curren, U.S. and Australian finalist Miloslav Mecir, U.S. and Wimbledon finalist Cedric Pioline, U.S. and Australian finalist Todd Martin, two-time French finalist Alex Corretja and Wimbledon and U.S. Open finalist Mark Philippoussis. There is a strong analogy between Murray, Mecir and Pioline as only these three players have not won a set in a major final, and all three reached finals at two different majors and lost to the same best player on both occasions at three different periods of time:
1986 US Open: Ivan Lendl (1) def. Mecir (16) 6-4 6-2 6-0
1989 Australian Open: Lendl (2) def. Mecir (9) 6-2 6-2 6-2
1993 US Open: Pete Sampras (1) def. Pioline (16) 6-4 6-4 6-3
1997 Wimbledon: Sampras (1) def. Pioline 6-4 6-2 6-4
2008 US Open: Federer (2) def. Murray (6) 6-2 7-5 6-2
2010 Australian Open: Federer (1) def. Murray (5) 6-3 6-4 7-6(11)
"Tonight's match was a lot closer than the one at Flushing Meadows," said Murray, comparing his first and second major finals. "I had a chance at the beginning of the match, and I had chances at the end of the match.
* In doubles, the Bryan brothers beat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3 in their record-breaking 16th career major final as a team. The Bryans eclipsed Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde – the Woodies – who reached 15 major finals from 1992 to 2000, according to THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS book ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com.) The title was the eighth major for the American identical twins – their fourth in Australia – and leave them four shy of equaling the record set by John Newcombe and Tony Roche for most majors won by a team with 12 titles (four Australian, two French, five Wimbledon and one U.S. title won from 1965 to 1976). Woodbridge and Woodforde won the most major doubles titles by a team in the Open Era with 11 titles (two Australian, one French, six Wimbledon and two U.S. titles).
The Bryans were close to clinch the match in straight sets but wasted a 5:2 lead in the tie-break. The Americans have won four Australian Open titles, which is an Open Era record for a team. The all-time record belongs to Adrian Quist and John Bromwich, who won the Australian title eight times between1938-1950.
* Leander Paes won his 11th career major title when he paired with Cara Black to win the mixed doubles final with a 7-5, 6-3 decision over the Russian-Czech duo of Ekaterina Makarova and Jaroslav Levinsky. Paes won his fifth mixed doubles title in a major – two each with both Black and Martina Navratilova and once with Lisa Raymond. He won six majors in men's doubles.
* Murray avenged his loss to Marin Cilic from last year's U.S. Open by defeating his Croatian opponent 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 in the Australian Open semifinals. It was the third meeting between the two players in the last four majors but two previous occurred in the fourth round: Murray won in straight sets in Paris, while Cilic did the same thing to Murray in New York, when Murray was seeded No. 2. In Australia this year, the Brit won 10 of last 13 games in the match. "This is the best I've played at a Slam," said Murray. "Obviously the match against Rafa [Nadal] was great. Tonight, the majority of the match was great, as well. Physically I'm going to be fresh for the final. You know, [it] just comes down to who plays the better tennis on the day. It's my job to do that."
* Federer did not face break point in his 88-minute 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals. Tsonga had an identical score line (116 minutes) when he won his semifinal two years ago against Rafael Nadal.
* Cilic was the first Croatian to ever reach the semifinals of the Australian Open. Other Croats who reached the quarterfinals in Melbourne were Goran Ivanisevic (1989, 94, 97), Goran Prpic (1991) and Ivan Ljubicic (2006). Cilic was the fifth player in the Open era to win three five-setters en route to the semifinal in Melbourne, after Colin Dibley (1979), Steve Denton (1981), Andre Agassi (1996) and Nicolas Escude (1998). Nicolas Lapentti needed four five-setters to advance to the semis in Australian in 1999.


text:
1995 Pontiac Grand Am • 116,000 miles
Have a '95 Grand Am with a 2.3L QUAD 4. Trying to remove the crankshaft positioning sensor and I have no room for leverage. How do I remove the sensor without it snapping in two without removing the air intake manifold?
November 8, 2012.
November 8, 2012.
Try putting lube andtwisting sensor so it will come free they just aren't easy to do sometimes.
Nov 8, 2012.
Nov 8, 2012.
Hi hope you can help, this is a general question. 2 wire sensors, crank and cam are referred to as inductive, magnetic, whilst 3 wire sensors are Hall effect. Can a inductive, magnetic ...
3 answers • 2010 All Other Makes All Other Models
2007 toyota camry 140k. Check engine light code Knock sensor. Reset and came back on right away. What could cause this other than the obviouse bad sensor or wire?
9 answers • 2007 Toyota Camry • 140 miles
I had a rough starting when cold issue. Checked the codes and discovered two codes for a lean condition in both banks. After not finding a vac leak, I replaced the MAF with a ...
2 answers • 2002 Chevrolet Silverado • 170,779 miles
Describe the type sensor of the Knock sensor is on this vehicle and how it should be tested.?
1 answer • 2002 Chrysler 300 • 100 miles


text:
Tap Here to view the Mobile Optimized TFLN
She was knocking on the tree demanding to be let in
You must be Logged in to post a comment
Keebler elves were being jerks and locked her out.
She needs to get some wood
Brings a whole new meaning to "hitting trees." Which is exactly how she ended up in this state.
Maybe shes trying to tell a knock knock joke
If only she had gotten that job at the north pole...
hmm sounds like someone i know not naming any names............michelle..........hahahahaha
Follow @tfln
Texts From Last Night
Site design by:
© 2009-2015 Texts From Last Night Inc.


text:
Recent blog posts
Heroid Shehu is the GNU Generation member of the month!
The GNU Generation Member of the Month for November is Heroid Shehu!
Acer's crippled GNU/Linux
A free software supporter alerted us to a crippled version of GNU/Linux shipping on some of Acer's netbooks.
Bilski Oral Argument at the US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case that could give the free software community (and software developers everywhere) a huge win in the fight against software patents. Free Software Foundation executive director Peter Brown was on the scene, and reflects on the Bilski case, the oral arguments, and the desperate need for change.
The Car Analogy
What if buying a new car were like using nonfree software?
Dara Adib is the GNU Generation member of the month!
Dara Adib (daradib) has been selected as October's GNU Generation Member of the Month!
Support software freedom with the new FSF credit card
We're happy to announce a new way credit card users can give financial support to the Free Software Foundation and GNU project: by using a credit card with a GNU image and FSF logo .
Starting my internship at the FSF
We're happy to welcome Tal, joining our campaigns team as part of our internship program. More information about the program is at http://fsf.org/volunteer/internships.


text:
Beyonce Heat Perfume
By Beyonce for Women
Beyonce Heat Perfume by Beyonce, Singer, actress, and one of the most famous performers in the world has her own fragrance . This is a vanilla oriental for women that sizzles -glamorous, confident and seductive. Top notes of are sweet with a bite---red vanilla-orchid, magnolia, neroli and peach. A sultry heart of honeysuckle, almond and musky cream, leads to the base notes of sequoia wood, tonka and amber. All products are original, authentic name brands. We do not sell knockoffs or imitations. ... Read More
- G By Giorgio
- G De Gigli
- Gabriela Sabatini
- Gabriele Strehle
- Gabriella Sabatini
- Gai Mattiolo
- Gala De Dia
- Galanos
- Galanos De Serene
- Gale Hayman
- Gale Hayman Style
- Galore
- Gandini
- Gandini Blue Musk
- Gandini Grapefruit And Citrus
- Gandini Lavender And Gold Amber
- Gandini Lime And Basil
- Gandini Orange Blossom And Leaves
- Gandini Pomegranate And Incense
- Gandini Red Roses And Peach Flowers
- Gandini Teak Wood
- Gap
- Gap 1969 Bright
- Gap Close
- Gap Dream
- Gap Dream More
- Gap Heaven
- Gap So Pink
- Gap Stay
- Gap Sunshine
- Gardenia Elizabeth Taylor
- Gardenia Passion
- Gardenia Penhaligon's
- Gardenia Robert Piguet
- Gardenia Royal
- Gaultier 2 Eau D'amour
- Gaye Straza
- Geir Ness
- Gelsomini Di Capri
- Gem
- Gendarme
- Gendarme 20
- Gentile
- Geoffrey Beene
- Geranium
- Geranium Bourbon
- Geranium Odorata
- Gershwin
- Gf Ferre
- Gff
- Ghost
- Ghost Captivating
- Ghost Deep Night
- Ghost Myst
- Ghost Serenity
- Ghost Summer Dream
- Gianfranco Ferre
- Gianfranco Ferre 20
- Gianni Versace
- Gieffeffe
- Gilles Cantuel
- Gingerlily Therapy
- Gio
- Giorgio
- Giorgio Armani
- Giorgio Beverly Hills
- Giorgio Blue
- Giorgio Holiday
- Giorgio Monti
- Giorgio Valenti
- Girlfriend
- Giselle
- Givenchy
- Givenchy Bloom
- Givenchy Iii
- Givenchy Play
- Givenchy Play Intense
- Glamour
- Glamourous
- Glamourous Daylight
- Glamourous Shimmer
- Glenn Perri
- Gloria
- Gloria Vanderbilt
- Glorious
- Glow
- Glow After Dark
- Glowing
- Goccia Di Cristallo
- Goddess
- Goddess Marilyn Miglin
- Gold Bouquet
- Gold Sugar
- Gold Undergreen
- Golden Delicious
- Golden Delicious Dkny
- Golden Delicious Eau So Intense
- Golden Dynastie
- Golden Goddess
- Gomma Etro
- Good Life
- Gorgeous
- Gorgous Me
- Gossip
- Gossip Girl Spotted!
- Gossip Girl Xoxo
- Gotta Rock
- Graffiti Vanilla
- Grain De Folie
- Gramercy Park
- Granada
- Grand Amour
- Grand Fleuri
- Grand Neroli
- Gransenbon
- Great Jones
- Greedy Essence
- Green Clover And Aloe
- Green Generation
- Green Irish Tweed
- Green Tea
- Green Tea And Cucumber Essence
- Green Tea Bamboo
- Green Tea Camellia
- Green Tea Cherry Blossom
- Green Tea Exotic
- Green Tea Honeysuckle
- Green Tea Intense
- Green Tea Lavender
- Green Tea Lotus
- Green Tea Summer
- Green Tea Tropical
- Green Tea Victor
- Green Valley
- Gris Clair
- Guardians Of Love
- Gucci
- Gucci #3
- Gucci (new)
- Gucci Bamboo
- Gucci Guilty
- Gucci Guilty Black
- Gucci Guilty Diamonds
- Gucci Guilty Intense
- Gucci Guilty Stud
- Gucci Ii
- Gucci Oud
- Gucci Premiere
- Gucci Rush
- Gucci Rush 2
- Gucci Rush Summer
- Guepard
- Guepard Fashion
- Guepard Xii
- Guerilla 1
- Guerilla 2
- Guerlain
- Guess
- Guess (new)
- Guess Dare
- Guess Girl
- Guess Girl Belle
- Guess Girl Night
- Guess Girl Summer
- Guess Gold
- Guess Marciano
- Guess Marciano
- Guess Seductive
- Guess Seductive I'm Yours
- Guess Seductive Sunkissed
- Guess Suede
- Guipure & Silk
- Guipure & Silk Rose
- Guirlandes
- Gunne Sax Mango Mist
- Gunne Sax Raspberry Romance
- Gunne Sax Vintage Vanilla
- Guns And Roses
- Guy Laroche
- Gwen Stefani
3.4 oz Eau De Parfum Spray (Tester)
Item #482932
Testers are even more discounted than the fancy boxed versions and are great if you don't have a need for the fancy packaging... Read more Testers are 100% authentic, fresh and completely full just like the original fragrance, however they are meant for the counter in a department store. Testers often come in a plain white box but sometimes they do not have a cap or box.The savings on the packaging means you save even more!
In Stock, Ships within 3 hours
$ 15.95Add To Cart
3.4 oz Eau De Parfum Spray
Item #463950
In Stock, Ships within 3 hours
$ 19.79Add To Cart
1.7 oz Eau De Parfum Spray
Item #464665
In Stock & Ready to Ship!
$ 29.25Add To Cart
1 oz Eau De Parfum Spray
Item #481125
In Stock & Ready to Ship!
$ 35.02Add To Cart
Free Shipping
This product has 3 Out of Stock items |
3.4 oz Eau De Parfum Spray (unboxed)
Item #501011
6.7 oz Body Lotion
Item #482605
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
More Beyonce fragrancesfor Women: Beyonce Heat Rush , Beyonce Pulse , Beyonce Midnight Heat , Beyonce Rise , Beyonce Heat The Mrs. Carter , more
See all Beyonce products
Customer Comments
Quick responsive service and good prices
J. Tillman (Los Alamos, CA)
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®by PowerReviews
- Great smell (38)
- Sexy (36)
- Great value (28)
- Draws compliments (27)
- Sensual (26)
- Doesn't hold (12)
- Too weak (6)
- Overpowering (4)
Best Uses
- Anytime (33)
- Daily use (24)
- Evening (16)
- Special occasions (16)
- Signature fragrance (13)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Adventurous style (20), Classic style (17), Natural style (13)
- Fragrance Type:
- Oriental/spicy (24), Floral (20), Woody/earthy (17), Citrus/fruity (14), Fresh/aquatic (12)
Most Liked Positive Review
Gift for my wife
I bought this fragrance as a Christmas present a few years ago. When I first smelled it, I knew immediately she would love it. I knew she would be hesitant because it had...Read complete review
I bought this fragrance as a Christmas present a few years ago. When I first smelled it, I knew immediately she would love it. I knew she would be hesitant because it had Beyonce's name on it. When she finally smelled it, it became her signature perfume. She ran out really fast and continued to throw hints about a new bottle. I decided this year I would get her a new bottle and make the bottle the big 3.4 size instead of the 1.7 bottle she initially had. I sent it to here from Afghanistan from fragrancex.com. She was absolutely elated. Needless to say, it brings out the sexiness in her more than ever........
Most Liked Negative Review
Just Okay
I was so excited to try this fragrance after reading all the hype about it. I was really expecting a scent that would make them (men) turn around and ...Read complete review
I was so excited to try this fragrance after reading all the hype about it. I was really expecting a scent that would make them (men) turn around and "howl". I was disappointed in the scent first of all and second, the lasting effect. To me, the scent wasn't as good as my favorite body scent I use daily. I purchased "Heat" for a special occasion, but will probably use it anytime. It does smell nice and fresh, but other than that nothing spectacular.
Reviewed by 59 customers
Sort by
Displaying reviews 1-5
Previous | Next »
- Clean & Fresh
- Draws Compliments
- Great Smell
- Great Value
- I Love This Perfume Try
- Long-Lasting
- Not Overpowering
- Sensual
- Sexy
- The Smell Is Amazing
Best Uses
- Anytime
Comments about Beyonce Heat Perfume:
Heat by Beyonce is amazing! Smell so good! I feel fresh and hot when i use it. I love so much this perfume! Try it! You'll understand! :-)
- Fragrance Type:
- Floral, Fresh/Aquatic, Herbal, Woody/Earthy
- Doesn't Hold
- Too Weak
Best Uses
Comments about Beyonce Heat Perfume:
I found this fragrance useless, I had to spray loads on, you could barely smell it, unless you pressed your nose to it, I've had it for about 12 months and today I opened it, I store all my fragrances in a cool dark place as I'm very particular, so maybe it just not for my skin type
but I wouldn't recommend this to anybody
- Fragrance Type:
- Floral
- Great Smell
- Long-Lasting
- Sexy
Best Uses
- Anytime
Comments about Beyonce Heat Perfume:
- Fragrance Type:
- Floral
- Great Smell
- Great Value
- Not Overpowering
- Sensual
- Sexy
Best Uses
- Anytime
Comments about Beyonce Heat Perfume:
Great product try it is to like it
- Fragrance Type:
- Oriental/Spicy
- Great Value
- Sensual
- Sexy
Best Uses
- Anytime
Comments about Beyonce Heat Perfume:
This perfume is certainly like Beyonce hersef, on Fire. The perfume Heat is sexy, empowering and gorgous.
- Fragrance Type:
- Oriental/Spicy, Woody/Earthy
Displaying reviews 1-5
Previous | Next »


text:
November 27, 2015
Some 200 people carrying guns showed up to an event at the New Bethel Church in Louisville Saturday night. The event was called an "Open Carry Celebration." Participants were invited to bring their weapons but they had to be unloaded before being allowed into the venue.
Pastor Ken Pagano told the media that the event was not a worship service. He said the church was simply hosting the event which included a film about gun safety and a raffle for a handgun.
The event didn't take place without controversy. The chuch's insurance carrier declined to cover the event and told Pagano they will not renew the policy. However, he was able to find another insurer to cover it.
Across town, peace and church groups held their own gun-free event in response to Pagano's event.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
A plea for Obama to build the pipeline
What are we waiting for? The Keystone Pipeline issue couldn't be clearer. Build it! Build it yesterday.
Forty-two thousand jobs are waiting in the wings, including 9,000 in construction. That's $2 billion in personal incomes and at least that much more in sales of steel pipe, valves, pumps and related gear, plus tax revenues for dozens of counties along the route and a guesstimated $3.4 billion boost to Gross Domestic Product.
All this and popularity too. Poll after poll shows 65-odd percent of Americans in favor of this big inch-step toward energy independence.
Should be an easy stroke of the pen for President Obama, you'd think.
But despite frustration with years of studying the country's largest impending infrastructure project, the forces in favor, including labor unions, can't seem to work up the passion of the forces against.
Environmentalists see Keystone as a milestone on Doomsday Road. It will leak and poison groundwater, they say, and at the least encourage driving with notably "dirty" oil, spewing greenhouse gases that warm the Earth and intensify weather disasters.
Weren't 280 candlelight vigils recently held in 49 states as if the planet's very life or death hung in the balance?
All this to head off economic temptation: 875 miles of rolled and welded steel to carry crude from the oil sands of western Canada to a spot on the map in Nebraska. From there it's hundreds of miles more, but in pipe already laid, to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. A 1,700-mile project all told.
The president is on record to approve if Keystone doesn't "significantly exacerbate" Earth's climate problem.
The State Department gave him perfect case-closed on Jan. 31.
It issued a huge report (11 volumes) which, boiled down, said we can live with this heavy oil, though it does emit more carbon than average. But somebody somewhere is going to buy it and burn it. (China, anyone?) Consuming the pipeline's 800,000 daily barrels might equate to adding six coal-fired electric plants to the nation's power grid. Environmentalists immediately jumped on the report's methodology and integrity. Secretary of State John Kerry hasn't spoken yet; then the president, and, well, it's also a congressional election year.
Some pundits predict the thing will never be built. If Obama dares sign on, Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune said in an interview, "it will be the Vietnam of his presidency."
Ah capitalism, 21st Century style.
Here's a job-creator vetted through 15,000 pages of earlier environmental studies, says New York Stock Exchange-listed pipeline builder TransCanada Corp. It cites contracts with 50 U.S. suppliers, promises that 59 "special conditions" will make Keystone a pipeline fit for anybody's backyard. Safer than trains of oil tankers anyway, of which some big ones have crashed lately and fatally.
Let's go with this pipeline, Mr. President.
Jack Markowitz is a columnist for Trib Total Media. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Show commenting policy
TribLive commenting policy
You are solely responsible for your comments and by using TribLive.com you agree to our Terms of Service.
We moderate comments. Our goal is to provide substantive commentary for a general readership. By screening submissions, we provide a space where readers can share intelligent and informed commentary that enhances the quality of our news and information.
While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. We will make them as carefully and consistently as we can. Because of the volume of reader comments, we cannot review individual moderation decisions with readers.
We value thoughtful comments representing a range of views that make their point quickly and politely. We make an effort to protect discussions from repeated comments either by the same reader or different readers.
We follow the same standards for taste as the daily newspaper. A few things we won't tolerate: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and letters followed by dashes), commercial promotion, impersonations, incoherence, proselytizing and SHOUTING. Don't include URLs to Web sites.
We do not edit comments. They are either approved or deleted. We reserve the right to edit a comment that is quoted or excerpted in an article. In this case, we may fix spelling and punctuation.
We welcome strong opinions and criticism of our work, but we don't want comments to become bogged down with discussions of our policies and we will moderate accordingly.
We appreciate it when readers and people quoted in articles or blog posts point out errors of fact or emphasis and will investigate all assertions. But these suggestions should be sent via e-mail. To avoid distracting other readers, we won't publish comments that suggest a correction. Instead, corrections will be made in a blog post or in an article.
Most-Read Stories
- Pirates sign free agent 1B-OF Goebbert, RHP Webster
- Steelers notebook: Tomlin not grooming successor to RB Williams
- Committee says Senate should consider removing Attorney General Kane
- Buffalo man killed by truck in the West End Circle wanted 'a fresh start'
- Steelers kicker Boswell puts best foot forward
- Derailment impacting Amtrak service eastbound from Pittsburgh
- Maryland man found with missing Ohio girl in Pittsburgh motel
- Pittsburgh police chief reviewing use of force policies: Most 'quite satisfactory'
- Penguins' Perron returning to form
- Trib readers help families with Operation Santa Claus
- Police find marijuana grow rooms in Castle Shannon


text:
OverviewRespond to this Ad
Ad number:#71219180
Phone:816 500 4850
City:Kansas City, Missouri
Price:30 per room
Posted in: Kansas City Cleaning Services
DescriptionRespond to this Ad
My name is Sophia. I work Independently and have experience working in Hotels as a Room Attendant, The Kansas City Star as a Custodian and run my own Cleaning Business.
The holidays are here and everyone needs help around the house.
Light Cleaning:
Dust, Vacuum, Laundry, Trash Removal, Linen Change, Sweep, Mop, Dishes, Counter Tops and Organizing etc.
Contact me for more information
I can be reached by phone Call anytime, leave a voice mail please if I do not answer. I will reply ASAP!
Thank you.
I do not lift or move heavy furniture.
Respond to this Ad


text:
Many young girls are looking for replica handbags of their favorite Louis Vuitton purses and many do not realize that they are not holding the real brand item. When girls grow into middle aged women they still have the same fetish for the bags of Louis Vuitton which hold an eternal value in the wardrobes of men and women as they do in the fashion world. The designer purses are several of this brand and Louis Vuitton replica handbags make great gifts to such young girls and women.
Even if one is not aware of which handbag style to shop for, all one has to do is type Louis Vuitton handbags and one will instantly be transported to the world of replicas which are dedicated to the iconic bag brand. Even though Louis Vuitton is sought after for its clothes, shoes, bags, belts and everything imaginable and related to fashion and lifestyle, at the heart of the brand lies a company which started designing luggage cases and still believes in being the master of creation of leather bags amongst other things.
When one opts to purchase a Louis Vuitton replica, one is often confused. The fact being that, Louis Vuitton bags in such stores can be at prices of $30 or they can go upto $500. If you are wondering why, that is probably the price that you pay for high quality goods such as leather of superior quality, finishing and stitching details that are accurate and refined and so forth. Such attention to detail in order to replicate the original bags is what leads to the high price of such replica designer handbags. Even then, one must make sure that the manufacturer has reliable reviews online and delivers quality goods as is asserted online. That way one can get a great deal and even grab two famous Louis Vuitton replica handbags in order to spruce up one's wardrobe considerably.
replica omega seamaster watches and replica hermes wallets;this the most popular solutions
All these you see?:A Nicolas Cage watch from Montblanc


text:
You are in: Home » Green Matters in Colleges » Jesus
Environmental Issues
We have been working hard to ensure that Jesus is as environmentally friendly a college as it can possibly be. Working with the CUSU Go Greener! campaign, a new environmental policy was drawn-up in Lent term of 2008, which ensures that environmental issues will be noted and taken into account wherever possible, for example, in terms of refurbishment and building works. The policy also notes the need for a Green Manager amidst the college staff in order to assure that environmental issues are not put on the proverbial 'back burner'.
Attention to recycling, heating and water-saving methods has been brought to students through the use of Jesus College Green Sheets which have been placed in the kitchens of student accommodation. Recycling bins are present in every staircase and house and we are looking to use more commingled (mixed) recycling bins in the future to encourage more recycling.
Promotion of the Student Switch Off Campaign and the Ambassador Training Scheme has been used to highlight the easy ways to reduce energy consumption and the need for motion-sensored lights in all kitchens is being emphasized to college.
Ethical Issues
Happily, Jesus has progressed a lot over the past year where ethical issues are concerned. All food used by the catering department is ethically sourced and we hope to achieve Fairtrade status again this year and hold events such as Fairtrade football and a Fairtrade cooking competition for Fairtrade fortnight.
The college has a tradition of donating money to local causes and charities with money being raised from various entertainment nights and the weekly pub quiz. Jesus college also run a branch of SAFE (Sub-Saharan African Fund for Education) with donations coming from college bills.
Jesus College adopted a policy concerning ethical investment in 2007. Action is being taken to improve existing policy, taking note of the CUSU campaign against investing in the Arms Trade.
Jesus College pays all full time staff at least the living wage.
If you have any questions, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com!


text:
Distant Horizon to bring black comic book hero to the screen
Targeting the growing hip-hop and urban market, Distant Horizon, the international film financing, production and distribution company headed by Anant Singh, announced its plans to adapt urban-underground comic book Brotherman for the big screen.
Continue reading – simply subscribe below
It takes just two minutes and you'll immediately gain full access to ScreenDaily.com, PLUS Screen International magazine delivered to your door.
Screen International Subscribers:
If you are a Screen International subscriber please sign in with your email address and click submit:
Not a Screen International subscriber?
Sign up today for immediate and complete access to ScreenDaily.com and Screen International magazine for as little as £19.95 a month!
Find out more about all the benefits of a subscription to Screen International.


text:
Mission Ridge offers night skiing on Chair 4 nine Saturdays during the 2013-14 season. Night skiing goes from 4-8pm. Tickets are $20, or $5 to upgrade from a full day or half-day lift ticket.
A night ski lift ticket also gets you into the Mountain Music Festival, which starts at 4:30pm (big band starts at 6:30) in the lodge the same nine Saturdays as night skiing.
Night Skiing Shuttle Service: We are now offering shuttle service through SkiLink for Saturday nights for the month of February. There will be two additional round-trips on Saturday evenings. See the full schedule below.
Upcoming Dates
- Feb. 22
SkiLink Service Schedule
Depart Olds Station at 5:45 PM
Depart Columbia Station at 6:05
Depart Fred Meyer at 6:10
Depart Lincoln Park at 6:15
Arrive Mission Ridge at 6:45
Depart Mission Ridge at 6:50
Arrive Lincoln Park at 7:15
Arrive Fred Meyer at 7:20
Arrive Columbia Station at 7:25
Depart Columbia Station at 7:30
Depart Lincoln Park at 7:35
Arrive Mission Ridge at 8:10
Depart Mission Ridge at 8:15
Arrive Lincoln Park at 8:40
Leave Fred Meyer at 8:45
Leave Columbia Station at 8:50
Arrive Olds Station at 9:10
All Mission Ridge season pass holders may ride SkiLink for no cost. Additionally, on the days that SkiLink operates, anyone with a Mission Ridge season pass may ride any Link Transit bus for no cost. For those riding SkiLink without a Mission Ridge pass, all Link Transit passes are valid, including the Wenatchee Valley College pass. Cash fares are $2.50 each way.
In addition to the this evening service in February, SkiLink will operate on the regular schedule on Saturdays and Sunday through April 13. Parking is available at Olds Station Park and Ride, Columbia Station and Lincoln Park.Mountain Updates


text: > View Product Details Please select the size of the product. Please enter valid quantity. Kelsi Dagger black leather and croc embossed 'Mara' convertible top handle bag overview details Retail: $278.00 Reduced: $164.99 20% Off : $131.99 color : We're sorry. This style is currently unavailable. Black They'll always wanna borrow your stylish 'Mara' bag from Kelsi Dagger. Color: Black Croc embossed and pebbled leather with silvertone hardware Rear zip pocket Foldover flap with magnetic closure 9'' top handles with 4'' drop; optional 40'' zipper trim shoulder strap with 20'' drop Inset magnetic snap top closure Logo fabric lined with side zip pocket and two patch pockets Measures approximately 13'' at widest x 9'' tall at center x 3'' deep; weighs 1� lbs. Leather; Imported; style#320247401


text:
Marketing for International Go-to-Market Strategist and Product Launch ExpertBookmark This
What Have I Learned
Posted: 638 days ago
DescriptionWe are looking for a motivated, hard working, dependable intern who is excited to work with and learn from a high-level go-to-market strategist and new business development consultant.
Based in San Francisco, Edison International provides senior global brand strategy with an international reputation for successfully launching products and services into new markets across four continents. Corporate clients include Revlon, NASA, Carrefour, Telcel, Volvo, Llongueras, the Webby Awards, NBC and Warner Brothers.
The principal of Edison International is Cheryl Edison. She is dedicated to giving back to aspiring entrepreneurs and non-profits by coaching individual entrepreneurs and companies to build strong brands, values-based operations, strategic alliances, and increased revenue. With executive experience working in 35 plus countries in English, Spanish, and Italian, Edison and her team have unstuck stalled-out operations and provided action plans, introductions, strategic development, insights to customer and market dynamics, and built inter-continental teams for some of the world's leading individuals, corporations and innovative start-ups.
Edison loves new ideas and is passionate about expanding global citizenship through the engine of commerce. By working with Edison International, you will gain insider access to how business really works on a global scale. If your interest is in launching your own product or service, you will have an opportunity to observe and take on core skills and know-how.
Internships are given to full semester applicants who are able to work both on-site and virtually. Consistent and dependable commitment of 10 hours per week is required. At close of internship, we offer recommendation letters, linked-in recommendations, and assistance with writing final cover letters and a resume to assist gradated interns in finding jobs.
For engaged, motivated interns, we are also happy to offer help with new business ideas and creating business plans as well as introducing you to industry contacts directly related to your chosen career path. Our goal is to offer as much value to our interns as they offer to us.
Responsibilities-Assist in market research
-Assist in social media outreach for various projects
*It's an added bonus if you can proficiently work with excel spreadsheets
*It's an added bonus if you are able to use and work with Mail chimp
RequirementsA winning candidate will be expected to:
-Connect by phone and/or in person with a can-do attitude, ready to make great things happen by taking action with practical next steps.
-Complete work hours virtually and on-site depending on the tasks to be completed in a given week
*There is a possibility that for the right person, this internship could turn into a paid position.


text:
- Filed Under
A squirrel caused a power outage Tuesday morning that affected 5,000 Alliant Energy customers in Fond du Lac.
The outage occurred when an electrical substation caught fire shortly after 9 a.m. at Rienzi Road near Pine Tree Drive in the town of Fond du Lac. The Fond du Lac Fire Department responded to the call.


text:
Saturday, April 14, 2012
WALLA WALLA — After a discussion Monday, Walla Walla County commissioners agreed on a fix for overruns in the county Sheriff's Office 2011 budget.
The commissioners' action followed a report by county Auditor Karen Martin related to preparations of the county's annual report on its 2011 budget to the state Auditor's Office.
Martin said that while her office has been able to reconcile bills paid this year that should have been paid in 2011, "the only problem we came up with was in the Sheriff's Office" budget.
At the end of 2011, there was $449 left in Sheriff John Turner's budget, but afterward it was found there were $19,239.34 in unpaid bills, Martin said. Most of those were medical expenses related to County Jail inmates, although one bill was for cleaning supplies.
Martin said this was the first time in the 14 years she's been auditor that overpsending in an elected official's budget had come up.
"It's the first time and it's disturbing," she told commissioners Perry Dozier, Gregg Loney and Greg Tompkins.
Shanda Zessin, commanding officer of the Sheriff's Office administrative services division, told commissioners payment of the medical bills had been held back because of the possibility of payment coming from other entities.
"I didn't pay them because we were still waiting to see if another entity was going to pick up on it," she said. She said the Sheriff's Office had been working with Providence St. Mary Medical Center and Jesse Nolte, deputy prosecuting attorney, to see if payment would come from other sources.
"We thought there was a good chance we wouldn't be paying the bills at all," Zessin said.
Turner was not at the meeting.
Commissioners said they were dismayed money was not held in reserve to cover the expenses in case the hope of payment from other sources was unfounded.
"I still struggle with you not keeping this money in reserve," Tompkins told Zessin.
Loney also said the failure to hold money back was contrary to standard business practices to keep a fund balance based on potential cost.
Zessin suggested the bills could be paid from reserves held over in the Law and Justice Fund, a voter-approved sales tax distributed among local law enforcement agencies, the county Clerk's Office, Superior Court and the county Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Commissioners also noted that, according to state law, Turner could be held personally responsible for the overexpenditures. Another option, Loney noted, would be to reduce the Sheriff's Office's 2012 budget by the amount needed to meet the 2011 bills.
Commissioners agreed with Martin that the "cleanest" way to resolve the issue would be to redirect the expenditures to the Law and Justice Fund. They asked Zessin to work with Martin to see that this is done.
"It's not good. It's not proper, but it is a way to do it," Tompkins said afterward.


text:
1. I saw this AMV years ago before it disappeared from Youtube. Someone uploaded it again a year or so ago and I just found it now.
Was this ever posted on the Org? Does anyone know who made it? Is there another AMV out there that's similar to it? I swear I could remember actual footage of the towers collapsing and a clip starring GW and not just his voice. Maybe this was just a beautiful dream?
So yeah, I guess I'm not "searching" for this video, I just want to know what the story behind it is. I'll be heartbroken if I find out it's a joke.
2. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=108091
I remember downloading this or watching a preview of it, so I'm pretty sure it was actually uploaded to the Org for a short time. Now it's gone and the direct link is dead. Does anyone still have it?
I know it was a joke -- possibly why it might have been removed from the archives here -- but it was really one of the strangest things I've ever come across. I'd like to watch it again to see if it really was that weird or if my imagination and memory have turned this into something far more bizarre than it actually was.


text:
Magnetic Fun with Letter Word Game
- Item #: PP7430
- Condition: New
MAGNETIC FUN with LETTER WORD GAME
Ages: 4 +
88 Magnetic Letters Tiles
18" x 14" Folding Play Board
Made in the U.S.A.
Kids can look at the colorful, captioned pictures on the 18" x 14" magnetic play board and then practice spelling the words using the magnetic letters. The set includes both uppercase and lowercase letters with doubles and triples of those most commonly used. A reusable storage pouch keeps everything together when not in use.
Colorful captioned pictures of many everyday items, shapes, and colors printed on the play board allow kids to practice spelling on their own. Helps teach letter recognition, word formation, and spelling skills.
Doubles and Triples of the most commonly used letters are included. Extra blank tiles included for creating your own letter or punctuation.
88 Letter Magnets, 18" x 14" Folding Play Board, Reusable Storage Pouch