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Survey says: Nearly 40% of American parents let pre-teens run loose on the web
Dec 22nd
Sometimes you just get some data across your desk that makes you lose faith. New research from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, shows that just 63% of parents say they are very concerned about their 12-13-year-old's interactions with people they do not know online.
Doesn't this just make you a little dizzy? Nearly 40% of American parents aren't concerned about what their kids are doing online with strangers? What am I missing? Can this possibly be true? Other findings from the survey:
- 81% of parents of online teens say they are concerned about how much information advertisers can learn about their child's online behavior, with some 46% being "very" concerned.
- 69% of parents of online teens are concerned about how their child's online activity might affect their future academic or employment opportunities, with some 44% being "very" concerned about that.
- 69% of parents of online teens are concerned about how their child manages his or her reputation online, with some 49% being "very" concerned about that.
- 63% of parents of teens ages 12-13 say they are "very" concerned about their child's interactions with people they do not know online and 57% say they are "very" concerned about how their child manages his or her reputation online. For parents with children over 13, the number of "very concerned" parents drops from 63% to 53%.
Folks, parenting is not a democracy. You need to be involved with what your children are doing online and don't take "but nobody else's parents care" as an excuse. Take an active role in monitoring online behavior and who is connecting to your kids! Agree?
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The Paradox of Social Media Popularity
Dec 20th
By Srinivas Rao, Contributing {grow} Columnist
The paradox of popularity is that it can create a paralysis that inhibits you from creating the work that made you popular in the first place!
The fear of how people will respond to you can start to creep into your work until it becomes so watered down that you become part of the echo chamber. In some ways, isn't it liberating to be an early stage blogger with few readers? For those of you trying to build an audience I know that might sound ridiculous. But you're free to say anything. You're not necessarily biased by how the audience will respond. That is a powerful place to create from if you're willing to embrace it.
Are you addicted to the glow?
As your blog grows in popularity, it's not uncommon to become addicted to the glow of audience response. Pretty soon, you start to approach every piece of content with the question "What will they think?"
If you create something they love, you feel good, and you want to get that feeling again. I usually dread it when one of my posts does well here at Mark's blog because I'm afraid that I won't be able to replicate that glow.
If you create something they hate, and it upsets a few of your readers, you start to hold back and quit taking risks. At the same time, you begin to avoid the risk of creating something remarkable.
Don't Try to Replicate Success
Every single time I've written something with the intention of making it as good as a post that went viral or was a big hit with my readers, it falls flat! That's simply because it's not authentic. I'm trying to apply a formula to authenticity.
Don't forget that just because it's words on a screen, people can't feel what's coming across. If you're trying to replicate the previous positive response from an audience, you're doomed before you start. At best you'll create a pale imitation of your best work. It's what I think of as the sequel syndrome. Most movie sequels are terrible. Remember the Karate Kid?
Try What's Never Been Tried
We all know that "lists" posts seem to get shared a lot. It's also the reason every single time I submit one Mark sends it back to me without his stamp of approval. He forces us to try what's never been tried. To accomplish what's never been done, you must try what's never been tried. Look at the so called "best practices" adapt and break a few rules. It will change your work.
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Romanticism Accentuated Imagination And Sensation English Literature Essay
Romanticism rarely has anything to do with things generally considered to be 'romantic,' even though it is possible that love could sometimes be the topic of Romantic art. To a larger extent it is a Western creative and philosophical revolution that redefined the principal ways in which people examined themselves and the world in which they lived.
It was during this time that imagination was believed to be the most significant element of the mind; that the imagination is the single most powerful instrument of mankind and that through its use there was no difficulty in life that could not be overcome. This was in direct contradiction with the per-eminence for reason and differentiates the Romantic Period from that which went before. It was a dramatic shift in human understanding one that would eventually lead to the Modernist and Post-Modernist periods and inspire the thinking of later writers such as Williams and Ginsberg. However this fundamental shift in personal values and beliefs may have in part been sculpted by the industrial revolution itself. It could be argued that people who had previously left the countryside to work in the cities had essentially created a living space in the countryside that enabled Romantic style poets and artists to re-evaluate the importance and beauty of the natural landscape that surrounded them.
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Wordsworth in his preface to Lyrical Ballads attempts to explain to his readers the techniques he employs when writing his poetry. Wordsworth's principal objective was to 'choose incidents and situations from common life' to write about. He wanted to use language that was used ordinarily by men and; "at the same time throw over them a certain colouring of imagination". (Wordsworth 1800 p. 2). He believed that by surrounding himself with the countryside he was better able to bring his poems to completion as they; "find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity." (Wordsworth 1800 p. 2). He defined poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." However he developed an ethos for writing not normally not associated with the word 'spontaneous'. Wordsworth believed that powerful emotions recalled after the event which inspired them are in fact a truer representation of the feelings that were experienced at the time. That is; a period of speculative thought and reflection is necessary after the time in which the emotions were experienced, coupled with 'continuing influxes of feeling', modified by our thoughts within that speculative time frame, thus enables the poet to present a more accurate description of the experience as it actually occurred.
Nature itself became an expression of art for the romantics, they believed in the divine beauty of the countryside and marked a step away form forms of industrialisation, including industrialised civilisation, mechanical language and a return to nature as a naturally combined spiritual and organic pursuit.
Percy Bysshe Shelly described a poem as; "the image of life expressed in its eternal truth." (Shelly English Essays 1909). When we examine this statement there would appear to be two factors that must be acknowledged, firstly the image of life that Shelly refers to is not the image of life appertained to by for instance neoclassical painters whose rigidity and unemotional form of art was not intended to include symbolism, inventiveness, self-expression or personal inspiration. Conversely Shelly's aim was to portray an image of life that was based solely on the; "Unchangeable forms of human nature as existing in the mind of the creator." Another factor of Shelly's poetry was his idea that to truly express an image of life it must be done so 'in its eternal truth'. He believed that to describe an image solely as it exists in the mind of the observer was to describe it in such a way that it was automatically recognisable in its truest form in the mind of the reader. Shelly inevitably suggests that there is a universal truth to poetry that recognises a familiarity between what is being described by the poet and the personal day to day experiences of the reader. This proverbial connection between reader and poet is achieved according to Shelly because poetry 'acts in a divine and unapprehended manner beyond and above consciousness'. (Shelly English Essays 1909).
When writing to his brothers George and Tom, the poet John Keats discussed his theory of 'Negative Capability'. It is described in his letter; "I mean Negative Capability that is when man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries [and] doubts without any irritable reaching after fact & reason." (Keats 1818). Although Keats does not in any great depth discuss instances in which negative capability exists other than referencing Shakespeare, we are able to establish from this statement an interpretation of what he was talking about. Firstly if we look at the idea; 'that a man is capable of being even in uncertainties', it is revealed to us that the state of 'being' in which a man exists does not have to rely on fact or reason, rather that it exists within a reality that responds to events and forces that are unseen and indeterminable. With this in mind Keats believed that poetry and all art was devoid of rationality. He believed that poets and great artists were directly relaying the voice of God to the world and that this could be seen in their work. Therefore any attempt to interpret reason and significance from poetry and thus life, was impossible. This idea can be likened to A Priory thinking, whereby one does not need to experience something or look for scientific evidence to ascertain if something, whether in poetry of real life is true, but simply to accept that it is true and leave it at that. This technique was also employed by the poet William Carlos Williams a century later to great effect in the poem The Red Wheelbarrow. The idea of Negative Capability can also be likened to those of the philosopher Immanuel Kant who believed that the larger questions of exploratory metaphysics cannot be understood nor answered by the human mind, because the laws and scientific reasoning used to raise these questions rest within the metaphysical boundaries of human consciousness. Keats believed that the truths that were to be found within the human imagination had access to divine knowledge. Such knowledge, he believed could not be interpreted or understood by the human mind and thus he writes of the existence of 'uncertainties' within poetry and thus reality. Therefore 'being in uncertainty' is in fact 'being' in a place that lies between the ordinary day to day reality of the world as we experience it and the multiple potential realities that exist outside our physical understanding of how things are;
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"As to the poetical character itself(…)it has no self, it is everything and nothing, it has no character, it enjoys light and shade, it lives in gusto be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or elevated, it has as much delight in perceiving an Iago as an Imogen." (Keats 1818 Letter to Richard Woodhouse).
Keats J. 1818 Letter to Richard Woodhouse: EN125: Literary Periods & Literary History, Dr. Riana O'Dwyer.
Keats J. 1818 Letter to George and Tom Keats: EN125: Literary Periods & Literary History, Dr. Riana O'Dwyer.
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Wordsworth W. 1800 Preface to Lyrical Ballads 2nd Edition: The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909-14; Bartleby.com, 2001.
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i finally got a picture of my cats with a santa hat on them last year. had to take when they were half a sleep, otherwise you can't get them to wear the hat. they looked so cute for the second i got the picture. less stressful to do at home then at the stores.
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i looove to have pictures of my pets @ christmas. its a great keepsake as the years go by, and make fun conversation too. Some of my cats don't even mind being put in silly outfits and some of them like to pose too! I looove xmas time pictures of my guys! =]
Pros: great for memories, gifts, and keepsakes
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I think that It is a good idea to dress up your pet. But I don't think that you should go overboard. For example, dress up your pet maybe twice a year, not every single holiday. It has to be equal, and you need to respect your pet at the same time...
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Our cat rescue occasionally sponsors photo ops for pets at a local pet store, but we don't get as many people to participate as we would like. The main reason seems to be that cats don't much enjoy "field trips," let alone posing for the camera.
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I try to get a picture every year around this time. And i make an ornament out of the picture and I have a tree in one of my rooms with just my pets over the years. It is a really great memorial too for those pets that are not with me today.
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wow its beautiful and it some how reminds me of jane from tarzan...
Beautiful work!!!
Beautiful work!!!
wowowow cool. i totally love it!!!! keep going!
nice how did you color it so nice
I like the glowing ethereal feel of the piece. It really shines. Very pretty.
Wspaniale kolory! Uwielbiam zielon.
Wow. Beautiful colors and very detailjet.
you are sooo tallented!
This is awesome, amazing, stunning, beautiful. (Could go on with adjectives for at least half an hour!)
Fabulous work!
Fabulous work!
your shading is so beautiful!
beautiful green!
I don't know why she would need more sexy clothing...This is a gorgeous piece of work. The greens work really well! And I simply love the suggested breeze; it makes it really mysterious.
Nice colors ... but i thing she need more sexy clothing.
magnificent art!!!!!!!
You have a great style. Love it..
her hair is so beautiful.i love love love your work
Wow...what an amazing job!
wow i totally luv the geen
She's beautiful!
Dude, is very much amazing! i love it
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I love this
So gorgeous! (za mało słów by opisać zachwyt^^)
Beautiful beautiful job !! So sweet! I love it!
brilliant work. Very exact and good lines. You did a good job.
Is very nice
Nice color and shading. I will have to get photshop it seems to be very popular here.
I love the fiery spirit in her eyes
i love the dress, it's a nice design
very nice. it's beautiful
hawwwwww.....this is awweeeesomness!!!!!!!!!!!
Her eyes are very beautiful. I love her outfit too!
I really love her costume design, it's gorgeous. ^__^ Oh, and her hair. Quite beautiful. I wouldn't have gone with a green background because her dress is largely greens, but eh. It's still lovely and has a beautiful flow. Nicely done!
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Incredible. I like the floating effects
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OOOOO! I love the bright and vibrant colors! Especially the green!
Absolutely fantastic.
she looks like a character I created!
This is very beautiful. A friend and I are making a stop moion version of The Frog Prince and this is exactly how we imagined our princess, we had already picked out the cloth for her clothes and those were the colors we picked. I love the picture. Please come and comment on mine, (Only if you like them though)
Garsh she's gorgeous. I love the way her dress and her hair flows with wind. I love her facial expression and the pretty medallion!!
she's so beautiful! And this piece is just gorgeous!
this is beautiful.
i love the textures of her hair and clothing.
i love the textures of her hair and clothing.
Tla i doboru kolorow juz nie bede chwalic, bo staloby sie to monotonne. Zwroce jednak uwage na inne elementy:
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2. Pelne zdecydowania spojrzenie.
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4. Subtelna kreska na jej szyi.
1. Przepieknie wyszedl naszyjnik z perel. Zdecydowanie ozywia postac.
2. Pelne zdecydowania spojrzenie.
3. Dlonie z dopracowanymi szczegolami w postaci paznokci.
4. Subtelna kreska na jej szyi.
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she has this barbie look to her, but it's too pretty and mysteriously beautiful than barbie....anyweh, it's the shiny hair that caught my interest. well done with its flow and the light reflecting off it....your expressions are always catchy...
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Bribro was ever so kind to pose for me when I got my 50mm refurbished XD It had been out of commission for a while, and I had never gotten to shoot with it on my delicious d600 at all. She whipped something together for me, and of course with all the color going on my fart brain really thought this shot stood out in b&w LOL.
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Juri from Street Fighter.
Very nice work!
Damn, those abs are tasty!
I saw the thumbnail and I thought it was cosplay. It's that good.
Better this way, believe me
Great colour. It really adds life.
Amazing abs!
Wow what an awesome pose! I really like what you did with the shading here too! Is it Painter or Photoshop? I can never get my lines to look so even and crisp along the edges of a body T_T
I did it in photoshop, I worked at a pretty decent canvas size and once I was happy with the painting, I spend a while zoomed in cleaning up the edges.
Ah thanks! Ok good to know I'm not the only one - I often find myself spending more time cleaning up the edges on a 70-90% opacity brush.
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Thanks, glad you liked it.
More than like it, it's great. I wish you would follow it up with Juri spreading her legs as she touches the ground
Two right feet.
Fixed. Thanks for the heads up.
Well, F*ck. What an idiot I am.
amazing i love seeing her doing contortion
Love the way you posed her and drew her!
This is a awesome!
nice muscle tone here
as a breakdancer and a HUGE fan of juri han i can appreciate this!!!
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OMG!!!! perfect bokeh! which lens?
incredibly beautiful imagery
woah, beautiful! the pose, the light, how this railing is shaped... everything is greatly combined.
This is magical
I like your works in color
From the work I have seen before, this is the first time that I feel that a sensor clipping (highlights) is used artistically successfully. I love it.
Это что-то нереально прекрасное! Сашенька-ты чудо!
Stunning. It almost looks like a painting.
perfect place, perfectly captured
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By Charlie Roumeliotis
Before Sunday, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had not thrown a single interception in five career games against the Lions at Ford Field.
After Sunday, that total quickly jumped to three -- in addition to a lost fumble that resulted in a defensive touchdown for Detroit.
And those turnovers are something Cutler loses sleep over.
"It bothers me," Cutler said on The Jay Cutler Show on ESPN 1000 with Waddle and Silvy Monday. "Some of those other throws you look at and I'm not for sure why I missed it for whatever reason. I was loose with the ball on the fumble. On three-step drops, the ball has to go. I know the reasoning behind that."
[THE JAY CUTLER SHOW: Cutler doesn't regret hit: 'Sorry, I'm not sorry']
Cutler finished the game with a season-high 317 passing yards. But he also finished with a 57.4 completion percentage, a season-low.
And a handful of those incompletions and interceptions came on throws he makes on a daily basis.
"I missed some throws I usually make," Cutler said. "On two of the picks, one to [Brandon Marshall], I underthrew it and the one to [Alshon Jeffery] was just high. I had a clear line of sight, my feet were good, I just missed him ... I just have to work on it and get accustomed to make those throws on the move."
Cutler absorbed most of the blame, and also noted the positives from his teammates Sunday.
"After watching the film, a lot of bad things happened, but a lot of good things happened as well," Cutler said. "The offensive line played great, the defense played great. I put them in a bad spot numerous times ... the whole second half we were in a two-minute drill.
"If I would have played a little bit better ... I think it's a different ball game."
[THE JAY CUTLER SHOW: Cutler getting used to more time in the pocket]
But Cutler reassured his listeners that the Bears are still hovering at the top of the division with lots of football left to play this season.
"We're 3-1, we're still in a good place in the division," he said. "It's not a four-game season, it's 16 so we got to keep getting better."


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Yemeni forces shot down a foreign drone flying over the south of the Arab country, government officials said on Wednesday, and local media reported that the aircraft was Iranian.
"Yes, a drone was brought down," a government official told Reuters. He said the drone was downed on Tuesday but declined to give more details about the incident. The Akhbar al-Yawm daily, which has close links to the government, reported that the unmanned plane was Iranian. Security sources confirmed that the drone that was brought down in Hadramout belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the newspaper said on its front page. Yemen accused Iran earlier this month of backing Shi'ite Muslim rebels who have been battling government forces for more than two months. Rebel leader Yahya al-Houthi denied the charges. Yemen, the ancestral homeland of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, joined the US-led war on terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
Yemen shoots down drone, official says
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They all feel the same
Adjust to the fame
Cause no one will love you, like her
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Abel knows he has to adjust to the new fame and that all of the new girls that come his way all want the same thing; his fame and money, and that they won't love him like the girl in the song… They only want him because he's next
I think he's talking less about the girls desire and more about himself. He's saying "the one" got away and no other girl will ever love him that much so other women are pointless. And while he entertains himself with different women there is no emotion, real passion or love there: "now every girl i touch (they all feel the same)" But he has no choice but to move on and pretend he is not so lonely
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Scooby Doo Porn Story: Daphne and Shaggy – who would have thought?
Velma nodded. "Same drill as usual…"
Daphne, stunning girl that she was, decided she had a better idea. "Why don't we change it up this time? We switch me for Scooby?"
The door creaked open on its rusty hinges as Daphne shoved Shaggy into the room.
"Now I know why I never go with you," Daphne complained.
Shaggy shrugged. "Some call it cowardice, but like, I call it safety first."
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I've developed a love-hate relationship with something called the "Louisiana Fact Book."
The annual publication, produced by the Council for a Better Louisiana, assembles statistics in an effort to answer two basic questions about our state: How do we measure up? And far do we have to go?
CABL, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, has a stated goal of promoting "ideas for the betterment of Louisiana that cut across political, social and ideological boundaries. . The organization draws from a rich resource of citizen leaders who bring a wealth of experience, expertise and fresh ideas to the discussion of important public policies."
What I love about the group's 20-page booklet serves as a barometer of where we've been, where we are and where we are headed as a state and, in some cases, how Houma-Thibodaux fits into the bigger picture. And the book offers recommendations for addressing some of our most pressing problems and critical needs.
What I lament is that progress has been slow, and some of the same problems that have plagued the state as long as I can remember continue to do so today.
Here's a glimpse at some of the issues and trends included in this year's Fact Book, along with some observations of my own:
Fact: Among Louisiana's eight metro areas, Houma-Thibodaux ranks last in per-capita income: $24,330, according to 2002 data. In what seems an incongruity, Houma-Thibodaux far outpaced every other Louisiana metro in job growth over the four years ending January 2004: 12.1 percent.
Opinion: Let's see -- low pay, lots of jobs. Can somebody give us another big-box retailer or chain restaurant? By the way, Terrebonne has no agency right now working specifically to attract any jobs -- much less high-paying ones. That's because the parish scrapped its Economic Development Department at year's end, and local government and business leaders remain locked in a senseless dispute over who has the most control over the agency that was supposed to succeed it: the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority. Now, instead of a shining example of how government and business can cooperate for the common good, TEDA has become a four-letter word.
Fact: Four of every 10 Louisiana public high-school graduates who entered a state university in 2002 had to enroll in remedial classes because they were not ready for college-level work. Only 39 percent of students entering Louisiana's state universities graduate within six years.
Opinion: It's time to start expanding Houma's community college. With numbers like these, there's a big market to serve. And it will only get bigger. Nicholls State in Thibodaux, like other public universities around Louisiana, will give up its open-admissions policy this fall. Students who didn't learn what they were supposed to in high school won't be able to make up those lessons at a university. If they want to further their education, they'll have to catch up at a community college, and Nicholls can do what it's supposed to: teach people who are ready for university-level learning. I'm a fan of good community colleges and what they can do for students and the communities they serve. It's a cheaper, and probably better, alternative for the many students who either aren't prepared or aren't interested in a four-year degree.
Fact: One of every five residents lack health insurance, ranking Louisiana 48th among the 50 states. More than 15 percent of Louisiana's children lack health insurance, 44th in the nation.
Opinion: If you lack health insurance, you know what it's like to fear the doctor's office, the hospital and the incredible, inescapable bills. If you have insurance, and you think this is not your problem, guess who picks up the tab for people who receive "free" medical care in a private or community hospital's emergency room. Or depend on Medicaid or Medicare? Or go to a state charity hospital? Those costs are reflected in the price you and your employer pay for health insurance. And they're reflected in the taxes you pay to Uncle Sam and the state of Louisiana every year.
This is a tiny sampling of what you'll find in CABL's 2005 Fact Book, available online at www.cabl.org. And, despite what you might think, some of it is heartening.
"Clearly, Louisiana faces many challenges and has many serious issues to address," the guide says in a section called "The Qualities of Our Life." "But the statistical data doesn't reveal the many other attributes about Louisiana, our people and culture that are also important. These qualities are often hard to quantify, but some do have measurable impacts, and they help complete the picture of life in Louisiana."
For instance, Louisiana residents give more to charity than their counterparts in all but three other states. We have wonderful musical, literary and culinary traditions, all of which the Fact Book backs with data. We know how to pass a good time, and 19 million visitors a year come to join us in that pastime.
I suppose it is those qualities, the ones CABL suggests are "hard to quantify," that overshadow the other stuff and give us all reason to lovingly call this place home.
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Marie Livingstone has been named chief nursing officer at Effingham Health System.
For a short time, Effingham County's newest industry will be setting up shop in the Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Authority building.
Dr. Joseph Ratchford has been named chief medical officer for Effingham Health System. Dr. Ratchford will provide clinical guidance over the hospital's continuing mission to offer excellence in health care for greater Effingham area residents.
The Effingham Chamber of Commerce welcomed Family Table Restaurant with a ribbon cutting.
Effingham County Industrial Development Authority members have decided not to allow a training school to set up in the old Doncasters building - but they will try to help the group find a suitable new home.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture has unveiled the second issue of the Georgia Grown magazine at the 36th annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition. The 132-page magazine is a comprehensive guide to Georgia's farms, forests, food and exports, and serves as a synopsis for state legislators, business leaders and consumers about the impact of agriculture on the state's economy.
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Heritage Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for HeritageBank of the South, announces the promotions of Kris Brinker, Elizabeth Ely and August Shearouse in the bank's East Georgia market.
Effingham County is one of 79 Georgia counties designated as a primary natural disaster because of damages and losses caused by excessive rain that began April 1.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor will host a Job Readiness Kickoff Oct. 10, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Eckburg Auditorium located at Savannah Tech, 5717 White Bluff Rd. in Savannah.
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The United States marked 238 years as an independent nation and celebrated the Fourth of July with fireworks, food and music. Nature and politics also played a role this year, with Hurricane Arthur crashing holiday parties along the East Coast and subdued festivities in Moscow amid growing anti-American sentiment over the crisis in Ukraine. Here are some highlights of Independence Day celebrations across the globe:

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 FIRE IN THE SKY

 Tens of thousands of people crammed the narrow cobble stone streets of a landmark seaport and the closed lanes of a riverfront highway to watch the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show in New York City.

 A brilliant 25-minute show of reds, whites and blues lit up the sky from three barges on the East River, sandwiched between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan - and even some from the Brooklyn Bridge itself.

 Macy's says more than 1,600 shells were launched per minute during the display. It's the nation's largest Fourth of July fireworks celebration.

 One World Trade Center marked the holiday by lighting its 400-foot antenna red, white and blue.

 Other major fireworks shows were being held in Chicago on Lake Michigan and in San Francisco over the bay.

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 WEATHER WORRIES

 The first hurricane of the season, Arthur, forced many East Coast cities to switch the dates of their Fourth of July celebrations. Boston officials moved the annual Boston Pops July 4 concert and fireworks from Friday to Thursday. Then they cut short the concerts so the fireworks could begin. Shortly after the dazzling display thundered to a close, a drenching rain began falling. Meanwhile, several cities in Maine, New Hampshire and New Jersey moved their fireworks shows to either Saturday or Sunday. Augusta, Maine, moved its fireworks to Aug. 2.

 When it crossed North Carolina's Outer Banks late Thursday, Arthur narrowly missed becoming the first hurricane to make landfall on July Fourth, according to National Hurricane Center research that dates to the 1850s.

 In Phoenix, the first dust storm of the summer arrived with blinding winds that forced the cancellation of holiday plans, knocked out power and grounded flights.

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 INSPIRING MUSIC

 In Washington, composer John Williams debuted a new arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner" featuring choirs, trumpets, an orchestra and cannons on the National Mall.

 This year marks the 200th anniversary of the national anthem. Francis Scott Key was inspired by the sight of the flag over Baltimore's Fort McHenry in September 1814 after a 25-hour British bombardment.

 A fireworks display set against the Washington Monument electrified the night sky, along with the screens of thousands of smartphones in the hands of onlookers poised to snap photos for their friends and family who couldn't make it to annual the Independence Day celebration in the nation's capital.

 Earlier, thousands of people celebrated the Fourth in the nation's capital under clear skies, despite initial fears rain could ruin their fun. Visitors to the Mall gazed at the White House and the Washington Monument and strolled through the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which featured food, music and cultural demonstrations.

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 GLUTTONY ON THE FOURTH

 High-ranking chowhound Joey "Jaws" Chestnut dropped to one knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend before Friday's annual Coney Island hot dog eating contest, then packed away 61 franks and buns to hold onto his coveted mustard yellow winner's belt. The San Jose, California, man fell far short of his record last year of 69 dogs and buns, but he still easily beat second-place finisher Matt Stonie, also of San Jose, who downed just 56.

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 INDEPENDENCE HALL

 Vice President Joe Biden, addressing the annual "Celebration of Freedom" ceremony at Independence Hall, said the lessons of the civil rights movement show that the struggle for freedom that began in Philadelphia more than two centuries ago is not over.

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 EX-PATS IN CANADA

 Julie Buchanan, treasurer of Democrats Abroad, planned to celebrate at a Toronto bar with red, white and blue sparklers, about 125 of her American ex-pat friends, and life-size cut-outs of President Barack Obama and the first lady.

 "We really miss the patriotism of America; so many of us crave that sense of pride and camaraderie from back home," said Buchanan, an Alabama native who moved to Toronto from Memphis, Tennessee, in 2000.

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 MOSCOW PARTIES

 The national anthems of both Russia and the United States played at the traditional July 4 garden party held at the stately residence of the American ambassador in Moscow. But far fewer Russians than usual came, either because they were unwilling to be seen associating with American diplomats or because their anti-American statements had gotten them scratched off of the guest list.

 The other big Independence Day party in Moscow, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, takes place Sunday and, in a break from tradition, is being held at a private golf and polo club instead of a city park. Security appears to have been a concern for the change.
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World No.1 Rory McIlroy today hailed the appointment of Paul McGinley as Europe's next Ryder Cup captain as a victory for "common sense".
Dubliner McGinley, who holed the winning putt in the 2002 match at The Belfry, was unveiled as skipper for the 2014 contest at Gleneagles at a press conference in Abu Dhabi.
The 46-year-old was the unanimous choice by the European Tour's Tournament Committee to lead the defence of the trophy on Scottish soil and McIlroy said Europe have the right man for the job.
After the Americans appointing golden oldie Tom Watson as skipper, some had suggested Europe needed to follow suit and give the captain's role to someone with a greater stature than the Irishman
Colin Montgomerie, the Scot who led Europe to Cup glory in 2010, was thrust into the picture but the Europeans have stuck to their guns. McIlroy, who played under McGinley in the 2009 Seve Trophy for GB&I, spearheaded a vocal, online campaign in favour of the four-time European Tour winner.
He said: "I don't mind it being a David and Goliath situation in terms of the captains. It's won on the course, not on the stage.
"Paul deserves it. He has been a great player and a great personality for the European Tour.
"I also played under him at the Seve Trophy in 2009 and he did a great job. Common sense has prevailed."
McGinley, who has won three Ryder Cups as a player and two as a respected vice-captain, welcomed the support from such a big-hitter like Major-winning McIlroy.
He said: "I was fortunate that I had that situation where Rory had played under me and that's why I think he spoke with such authority on the subject. It means a lot,
"If Rory does not make the team, I think he has got a good chance of a pick now."
Meanwhile, Glasgow star Scott Jamieson, a member of McGinley's Seve Trophy side in 2011, expressed his joy at the appointment. He said: "Paul gets my vote. He will be a great Ryder Cup captain."
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Stayed here midweek as weekends are completely full and hard to get in. Very nice long sites 70 ft. or so. Found a site that was really level and good for satellite reception. Nice wooded area with plenty of space in between other sites. 50 amp. electrical with water located in park to fill your tank. Also a sewer dump but no other hookups. We also had to pay a $12 gate fee non resident but it was worth it to have access to beach area at Lake Michigan. NO ALCOHOL allowed in park. Must have problems with that around here. We kept our alcohol in our coach. - signaloil
Aug 2015 - $21.00
Great Park. Heavly wooded around the permeter of the CG with scattered trees in the CG. There is a $12 one time park fee in addition. Concrete pad back-in site with room to park your tow. Electric only. No wi-fi or cable and no antenna TV reception. Possible satallite reception if you have a spot without tree blockage. Spaceous sites are grassy with a picnic table and fire pit. No other amenities. Close to the train station, about 5 minutes, to take you into Chicago. About 1 1/2 hours to downtown and about 1 hour to the Museum of Science & Industry - a must see. Also minutes from the beach on Lake Micigan. - Michael Kibler
Aug 2015 - $25.00
This campground is very busy during the summer, even during the middle of the week. During summer months a reservation is a must to get into the campground. The beach pavilion is currently undergoing renovations (2015) with a 2016 projected opening. There are new bathrooms at the beach open now. The campground has all paved sites for parking RVs and vehicles. However, except for handicap sites, the living area is not paved or graveled so it usually is sand or dirt. The bathrooms are fairly new, modern and cleaned regularly but are heavily used so at times they can be a mess. The showers are well designed and roomy. There are few sites that are 100% shady or 100% sunny; most will have some shade. Sites are well spaced. We had good TV (Chicago) and cell phone reception. Only electric sites are available, but there are two (fast) water fill stations and a two-lane dump station. Because of the popularity of the park, sometimes reentry at the park main gate can take a while as they process entrance fees for beachgoers. One should be aware of this if planning to leave the park and return during a peak arrival time. - RXA-ADM
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Stopped here for a night. It is about 3 miles off the interstate driving through a neighborhood and cornfields. The turn into the campground is a bit tight for a big rig. The sign is old and advertised a religious camp. The office is sparse, only a desk and a few things for sale. The person in the office was Asian and did not speak much English. He did not ask how big our rig was, just said he had water and electric available. We told him we were over 40ft with our tow vehicle so he gave us a grass site with water and electric. The site was only 20 amp so we asked for another which was 30amp. The electric quit working after about an hour and the office was closed, so we had no power which was hard on our dog. The restrooms were ok. We would not stay here again. - mohocamper
Jun 2012 - $35.00
This campground is much improved this year. Totally new rest rooms and showers that are very nice. They are tiled. They just needed to be cleaned more often. A new pool was under construction not sure when it will it will be done so call first if this is important. Very roomy sites with some shade. I would stay here again. - Iowaonegalippe
Sep 2010 - $27.00
No maintenance for years, park is falling apart. Says it's a revival park. Yuk, must have been nice when new. It has some unemployed people hanging around, scary. The hand rail into the office sways in the wind, that's the first clue. I'd pee in the woods first before using the bathroom here. - Diane Marie


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2010-11: Christopher Brown skated in 25 games for the Cranbrook-Kingswood School in Michigan as a freshman. He scored 3 goals with 7 assists and 6 penalty minutes.
2011-12: Brown skated in the Michigan Developmental Hockey League in the fall and had 34 points in 26 games for Cranbrook-Kingswood as a sophomore. Skating for the White team in the MDHL he scored 3 goals with 4 assists and 2 penalty minutes in 14 games. Brown scored 17 goals with 17 assists and 2 penalty minutes in 26 games for Cranbrook-Kingswood.
2012-13: Brown was the second-leading scorer for Cranbrook-Kingswood behind Miami University recruit Austin Alger and again participated in the MDHL fall league. In 16 games during the fall he scored 5 goals with 9 assists playing for Team White. He scored 23 goals with 27 assists and had 6 penalty minutes in 31 games for Cranbrook-Kingswood. Brown participated in the USA Hockey Select 17 camp in July — recording 2 assists in five games in pool play for Team Black. He was selected by Green Bay in the fourth round (55th overall) of the 2013 USHL Entry Draft.
2013-14: Brown committed to playing college hockey at Boston College in 2015-16 and made his USHL debut — skating in two November games with the Green Bay Gamblers — and was a team captain for Cranbrook-Kingswood in his senior season. He had no points and was +1 while recording seven shots on goal in his brief stint with the Gamblers. Brown scored 26 goals with 58 assists and had 21 penalty minutes in 28 games for Cranbrook-Kingswood and scored 11 goals with 6 assists in 11 games during the fall for the MDHL Orange squad. Brown was ranked 138th amongst North American skaters in the Central Scouting final rankings and was selected by Buffalo in the sixth round (151st overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft.
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Today: my year as a blogger, here with you at Boston.com Real Estate Now.
This July, Boston.com Real Estate Now posted its 1000th entry. I, personally, have written about 500. In 2009, I introduced Sam Schneiderman to bring another buyer agents voice to the blog. Later in the year, he was joined by Attorney Richard Vetstein. I have also tapped James Morrison, a home inspector, for tips and stories.
This year, I covered the big stories that affect buyers: foreclosure, short sales, changes in appraisals, changes in lending, changing rules for condos, the $8000 tax credit. The Living Well series came and went, describing ways of living here without spending megabucks in the toney suburbs. We discussed living in condos, renting, snow shoveling, home and yard maintenance, and other topics that relate to where we choose to live. I told the stories of two modular houses. I also brought up topics about brokers; what we should do, how we get paid, what problems come up when agents dont do their jobs. And more
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