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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Best Tip to Save Money on Your Life Insurance
We are often asked about ways people can find cheaper life insurance. Obviously, there are many factors that go into this question, but there are a few tips that are proven to help. If there is only one secret that we can provide as to how to save money on life insurance it's this… do your research. I know it seems so simple. Like shopping for anything, doing proper research … Read More
3 Important Questions to Ask When Buying Life Insurance
Do I really need a life insurance policy? Obviously, the answer to this question can vary greatly depending on your circumstances. In general the answer is YES. The biggest reason being we simply don't know what tomorrow is going to bring. A life insurance policy is a way to ensure (financially at least) that your loved ones will be able to maintain what they are used to. Do your homework … Read More
Not Married? How to Choose a Life Insurance Beneficiary
For many who are covered under a life insurance policy, the fact that they are married makes selecting a beneficiary an easy choice. If you are single, however, the choice becomes much more complicated, and it is complicated even further when just thinking of the idea of dying makes you and your loved ones uncomfortable. Still, it's best to put some serious thought into who you would like to select … Read More
LifeQuote Is NOT A Limbaugh Advertiser: Case of Mistaken Identity
In response to an angry onslaught of consumer inquiries for the last three days, LifeQuote would like to set the record straight. We want to clarify that our firm, LifeQuote Holdings Inc., is not one of the sponsors of the Rush Limbaugh radio program carried on Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks. There has been a clear case of mistaken identity with another life insurance broker with an almost identical name to … Read More
Secrets to Find Cheaper Life Insurance Rates
It seems that since the dawn of the Internet in the early 90's there has been no shortage of resources regarding all things life insurance. Savvy shoppers can now find a virtual endless number of websites, videos, e-books, webinars and countless other resources. With the secrets in this article you will find advice that can help you find cheaper life insurance rates. No matter who you are a solid life … Read More


text: richard September 18, 2011 6:20 PM i hadnt realised that the sports racer was the first mclaren. always believed that the f1 car was first. so i have learned something new! probably would have been more apropriate if he had driven the elva mclaren! Reply Report abuse 0 agree 0 disagree

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Great Gamerafaelias | Sept. 24, 2013 | Review of Sleeping Dogs (1) - PC
Really great game with great plot. Shen is a really deep and charismatic person. The audio is also great with great sync. The graphics are amazing, the detail of the players, shadows, city, it's really nice. The gameplay surprised me, high variety of quests, body to body combat with nice style, a lot to do besides main storyline, and I like the reality of driving in the town too. Just a great game!


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After coming back from PAX East, I told all my friends that they added a gun that fired dubstep. They didn't believe me. They thought I was insane. They thought I was wrong.
Who's laughing now?!
Saints Row IV goes beyond over-the-top as you can see from this gameplay demo based on the PAX East build. Many would say that this is exactly Saints Row: The Third with some new things thrown in. Note that this is not a DLC upgrade to SR3, rather its a new retail release. Though originally conceived as a standalone expansion, expect to see a bit of SR3 in this game. Is that a bad thing? Depends on how much you enjoyed SR3 and dubstep guns.


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Tracy L. Stenger, Ph.D., NCC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and an alum of Fredonia. She has
been serving as a counselor since Fall of 1998. Additionally, she has served as an
adjunct professor in the Psychology Department, as needed, since fall of 1999. Tracy
completed her master's in Counseling Psychology at Ball State University in 1998 and
her Ph.D. in Counselor Education at the University at Buffalo in 2007. Prior to pursuing
her master's, Tracy worked two years as a teacher of English in Japan, spent one year
in Malaysia working for the US embassy as an instructor at the Sungei Besi Vietnamese
Refugee Camp and as a Bi-national Fulbright Commission Student Advisor. She completed
an internship at Pendleton Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Indiana
in 1998. During a sabbatical during the fall 2002 semester, Tracy worked as the mental
health professional for the Institute of Shipboard Education Semester at Sea program,
sailing the globe with 650 university students. Since coming to Fredonia, Tracy initially focused on substance abuse services, implementing
the Fredonia CARES program. She spear-headed the annual Campus-Wide Donation Drive and helped the counseling outreach program by coordinating the Don't Cancel That Class program. Tracy co-developed with SAVP Coordinator, Julie Bezek, DeStress for Success which provides a variety of stress-reducing and success-building experiences (to
include Paws to Relax) for students prior to and during final exam week. Tracy is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the American College
Counseling Association (ACCA), the American Psychological Association (APA), the New
York Mental Health Counselors Association (NYMHCA), and the American College Health
Association (ACHA).
Outside the office, Tracy spends time with her husband and son. She enjoys traveling,
cooking, reading, and exercising. Her research interests include: impact of mobilization
and deployment on soldiers, suicide prevention and intervention, effective counseling,
and college student development. She currently serves as Chair of the EAP Committee
and sits on the Board of Directors for the Campus and Community Children's Center.
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Leanna S. White, Ph.D, NCC
Leanna earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
She has worked at Fredonia since 1981 and during her early years at Fredonia taught
classes such as Human Sexuality and Introduction to Counseling for the Psychology
Department. Since 1986 she has worked at the Counseling Center.
Leanna has a strong belief in the right and in the ability of each person to find
his or her own path to health and fulfillment. She works to help her clients develop
more self-compassion and a greater awareness of their own strengths. Her favorite
websites include www.self-compassion.com, www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx, and www.mindfullivingprograms.com/whatMBSR.php/mindfulness.php.
Leanna cares deeply about social justice issues and about the environment. She was
responsible for beginning the peer education group STEPS and for initiating the campus
Safe Zone project. She hopes to promote compassionate and respectful behavior, appreciation
of diversity, freedom of choice, community and sustainability.
Outside work Leanna enjoys gardening, reading, hiking, canoeing, and camping. She
and her husband Brian McMahon live in the woods and off the grid, relying on wood
for heat and solar panels for electricity. Leanna has three adult daughters, one teenage
stepson, an Australian cattle dog who specializes in Frisbee and a small female cat
who specializes in extremely effective rodent control.
Jeffrey Janicki, M.S., NCC, LMHC, has been serving as a full time counselor since the Fall of 2000.
He began his Fredonia career in 1998 as a Residence Hall Director.
Jeff's professional interests involve utilizing Motivational Coaching Strategies and
Positive Psychology Research to help students overcome adversity by crafting meaningful,
multidimensional lives. Positive Psychology research offers a unique perspective
on college student development theory by focusing on appreciation, practicing power
over perception, taking action, leading with strengths, employing constructive language
to describe healthy stories about self and others, and living an emotionally enhanced
life that is driven by intellect and spirit. Character Strength and Virtue theory
is particularly useful in assisting students address academic concerns, career/major
uncertainty; minimize risks associated with alcohol/substance use behaviors; and improve
intra/interpersonal satisfaction, mood and self-concept/purposeful living. In addition,
Jeff has extensive experience working with students who have experienced significant
trauma over their lifetime.
Jeff received his Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from Gannon University
(1998) and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from SUNY College at Geneseo
(1994). His work experience includes serving as the Assistant Director of the Powell
Campus Center at Alfred University, the Greek Life Advisor at Gannon University,
a Psychotherapist at Lake Erie Counseling Associates, and the Chautuaqua Institution
College Club Director.
Jeff is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American College
Counseling Association (ACCA). He is a National Certified Counselor and a Licensed
Mental Health Counselor in NYS.
Jeff spends his time away from Fredonia with his wife and two sons. He enjoys camping,
hiking, kayaking, and reading.
Maggie McCurdy, earned her Master of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling at SUNY Oswego in
the Fall of 2012 and her Bachelor of Science in Wellness Management in 2010 from SUNY
Oswego. She has been serving as a full-time counselor at Fredonia since the Fall
of 2013.
Maggie is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the National Eating
Disorders Association (NEDA), and the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW).
Currently, Maggie is part of the staff effort to expand the group therapy program
at Fredonia's Student Counseling Services to provide students with a broader variety
of therapeutic options to meet their needs. She currently serves on the Advisory
Council for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Julie Hoen Bezek, MA, has been at Fredonia since 2005 serving as the coordinator of Campus Education Awareness,
Support and Effect (CEASE), the violence prevention - victim services program. In
2009 the CEASE Office expanded to include to alcohol and other drug prevention services.
Julie coordinates outreach and advocacy services in the areas substance abuse and
violence prevention, including Fredonia CARES and ADEPT. Julie serves as advisor
Students Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality (STEPS).
Julie is a member of the Chautauqua County Coalition Against Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault, the American College Health Association (ACHA), and the New York State
College Prevention Project (NYSCPP).
Psychiatric services are provided at Student Counseling Services through a partnership
with Jamestown Psychiatric. Students who are in need of psychiatric evaluations and/or
medication monitoring can discuss these services with counseling center staff.


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Give It 4ward surprised Fin and Jan Hitchcock with tickets to the Augusta Symphony. (February 14, 2011 / WRDW-TV)
News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, February 14, 2011
AUGUSTA---Give It 4Ward has a surprise for a pretty dynamic couple this Valentine's Day. They have spent the last 8 years bringing young kids the gift of music. Candye has a surprise gift that is music to the ears.
"It's a surprise," cried Candye Smith. "Tickets to the Augusta Symphony."
Candye surprised Jan and Fin Hitchcock with the tickets at their monthly board meeting.
"He comes in at 7:30 in the morning and he teaches violin," said Candye. "He loves the symphony, and I'm going to treat him to the symphony."
"This is wonderful," said Jan. "When Candye shows up there is going to be a good surprise."
Fin and Jan grew the program at Heritage Academy from 5 to 47 students. They provided the violins. It was all free of charge.
"People thought, what are you doing?" recalled Mr. Hitchcock. "Especially parents, when they took the violins home."
It was their way of Giving It 4Ward over the past 8 years.
"We want our children to do that," said Jan. "They see the example of people who Give It 4Ward and they want to do the same thing."
If you like the sound of it all then stay tuned.
"I'm nowhere near done," said Candye. "You never know where Give It 4Ward will show up next."
Jan and Fin's big date night is this Saturday at the symphony.


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Nerd Alert: Nike Air Force 1 Playstation Edition Sneakers
Okay, maybe not so much a "nerd alert" because, personally, any self-respecting nerd that I know would not purchase such a vulgarly atrocious item. Have any of you ever seen your buddies sporting a pair of these? Of course you haven't, unless your pal is a celebrity because The PlayStation AF1 was created in 2006 to be given away at media events. Not available at retail stores, these crazy skids were given to celebs and big wigs only, so the general populace was out of luck – although now you can get them via online auctions. This pair has a price of $1,000 at present on eBay with 15
idiots people bidding on them. That is crazy, considering the fact that another eBay member has the same shoes available, and at the time of this post, the high bid is only $63. So, what this means is that an ugly pair of shoes has a going rate of over a grand on eBay, but no one will pay over $20 for my Fantastic Four #2 with a rare, misprint on the cover. Funny how the world works.


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Katrina Archival & Historical Record Team (KART)
CDR Flynn supported the ICP in Alexandria. His first job was to account for the ISC personnel and to recall people. Because the two local area codes were down, it took approximately five days before everyone was accounted for. Flynn provided necessary entitlement information to the members. He also located resources such as water, fuel, RVs, and diesel fuel. He even rented a houseboat. Flynn said that ICS structure worked well, however, if people don't understand the structure it then becomes difficult. A challenge was not being able to communicate with the people in theatre with any regularity. Ham radio operators helped with the communications. Another challenge was the lack of good data in PeopleSoft. He said that there should be two improvements: First, all members need to update their emergency data in PeopleSoft to include a telephone number for someone who does not live near the member. The Coast Guard could then contact that person to see if the member has been in touch with them and locate the member that way. The other improvement is for single parents and member-to-member couples with children to have a plan for their children. This way they know that their children are safe and they are free to focus on the mission.
Q: Okay, would you please state your first name, your last name, and spell your last name.
CDR Flynn: Patrick Flynn; F-L-Y-N-N.
Q: And your rank in the Coast Guard?
CDR Flynn: I'm a Commander.
Q: Okay, and could you briefly give us an overview of your career path that led to you being stationed at ISC New Orleans?
CDR Flynn: I'm a Warrant to Lieutenant. I enlisted in the Coast Guard in October of 1973. I came through the ranks as a Chief Petty Officer, a Chief Warrant Officer, an Assignment Officer and a Group Supply Officer. I became a Lieutenant in 1992 as the Deputy Comptroller, Training Center Petaluma, Comptroller at ISC Alameda and Comptroller at Training Center Yorktown. I've been the Executive Officer of ISC New Orleans since July of this year.
Q: So you recently came here?
CDR Flynn: Actually I've been the Executive Officer since we've been at the Convention Center longer than I was the Executive Officer at the base [chuckle].
Q: Okay. Now just prior to Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast what kind of preparations were you making at ISC?
CDR Flynn: We were watching the storm that week as it blew up in the Caribbean and started to come across Florida. The Friday before the storm . . . we had watched the storm early that morning. The FOT Branch Chief; Lieutenant Commander Schaffer, was the storm watcher and he had come to the office about ten o'clock that morning and said, "Yes, this is not likely to come here but we should do our hurricane preps", so we brought ourselves up to a hurricane condition; ready for a hurricane. We had moved the records upstairs and did the general routine things that are in a Hurricane Plan to do to prepare for the storm. That afternoon we left. When we left Friday afternoon the storm was going to Florida. Saturday morning the storm had shifted Tac. I called the Hurricane Duty Section and had them report into the base. The Standing Order for the Hurricane Duty Section would be that, "If the hurricane is actually going to hit in New Orleans we're going to secure the property." They were going to seek safe haven at the LORAN Station in Grangeville, then return the day after the storm to assess damage. So Sunday morning before the storm hit I talked to the duty section about nine. I told them to lock the base up about noon and let me know what they had left. They did not leave until about noon because they got involved with finishing some things at the base and went over and secured the REPFAC, the Admiral's house; boarded up the windows and made sure that the building was all secure. Then once they left the base and headed for Grangeville I left my home in Slidell. Since the nearest hotel room I could find was in Memphis I drove to Memphis and waited there for the storm.
Q: Okay, so when did you eventually come back down to Alexandria at which you indicated first?
CDR Flynn: Right, I came to Alexandria. During the storm I was in touch with my CO; Captain Regan, who was here in Alexandria. We set up a conference call between the Division Officers, compliments of CG-8 who gave us the conference call capability.
The day of the storm . . . the wind was still blowing. The ICP Logistics Section called looking for some help; a Yeoman and a Storekeeper, so I called the Comptroller who at that time was in Orlando with this family. We arranged to have some people come and start augmenting the ICP staffing so there were some people coming. Monday afternoon we had people on their way here. I personally left Memphis Tuesday morning. I left Memphis, drove home to Slidell to pick up some uniforms and other things I'd left behind. My home was still there. It was very nice and . . .
Q: You didn't get any damage?
CDR Flynn: I have some minor roof damage to my house. I had five trees down in my backyard, all of which fell away from the house. They fell through the fence. All things considered - I have 50 people working with me that are homeless - all things considered I had nothing happen to me in this.
Q: So when you got here what was happening in Alexandria?
CDR Flynn: Alexandria was a beehive of activity. There were a couple hundred people here from the Sector and the District. The ISC was coming in. We came here simply because the ICP was here and once the CO realized the magnitude of the storm he decided to reconstitute the command in this location in order to support the ICP in the efforts going on in New Orleans.
Q: And what were you doing day-to-day here?
CDR Flynn: Well my initial job as Executive Officer was trying to account for the crew so we started immediately by getting a roster and checking off whom we had heard from, who had called in, who had checked in with us; between us and the people still up in St. Louis, who we had heard from, who we hadn't heard from, and then we started dialing numbers from the Recall List to see who we could get a hold of. Telephones were terrible. The 504 area code was offline. The 985 area code was essentially offline. Those are the two area codes most of our people lived in. We had an 800 number people could call for information. It was a couple of days before we could update that number and when we did CGDN was down so we didn't have our regular email, so we had set up a hotmail account that said email@example.com and we changed our 800 message. We had people . . . they got choices. They could call my cell phone. They could text message to my personal cell phone. They could send us an email at the hotmail account or they could call the People Cell in St. Louis. So we gave people one of four ways to, "Please contact us", and let us know that they were okay and a way to get back a hold of them.
Q: And were they able to, for the most part, get in touch with you?
CDR Flynn: It took a couple days. It probably took five days before we accounted for everyone. The hardest group to account for was the Reserves because they had scattered to the wind. Getting information out of PeopleSoft proved to be almost impossible. The information there was not necessarily very good. The civilian employees, particularly with the information in PeopleSoft, was . . . they were there but there's no information; no phone numbers. There was no way to get a hold of them. They were the hardest group to find.
Q: Is that why there is a sign out here about updating PeopleSoft?
CDR Flynn: I don't know. Well people do have to update it. I mean I went up there to my phone numbers, my work phone number; people look up my work phone number in the Global and they dial a number in New Orleans that doesn't work anymore. We would tell people to update it. Part of that is to make sure they update their mailing address. That's really getting ahead of the tax season; make sure people's W-2s . . . because the Tax Man will come the 15th of April, so just make sure people get their W-2's and that process begins in the next month or so.
Q: So what next were you doing; what was going on day-to-day here? Can you take us through your progression?
CDR Flynn: Early on the day-to-day operations, at least for the ISC, were tracking down people and finding resources for the ICP. Our contracting shop . . . we were trying to put our contracting shop back together within a day or two. We immediately started procuring all matters of things from water to fuel to things that were not available in this area and my Contracting Officers were hunting all over the country for RVs, diesel fuel from Texas and all kinds of other things just to have things available. At one point I think we rented out a houseboat for one of the Stations; someplace to live.
Day-to-day they were very long days. We got here about six in the morning and we stayed until ten or eleven at night. There were Ops briefs at eight in the morning. There was another one at noon. There was another one at eight in the evening. And we, at some point, spun off a People Group where we talked about people issues, which became at the IMT the People Cell eventually. We talked about issues concerning people. We talked about Evac Orders. Very early on we had the Evacuation Order changed from the designated safe haven for the New Orleans area, which is in Mississippi, to, "You go take people anywhere you want", and families pretty much scattered around the country at that point.
Then a lot of things, you know, working on entitlement issues. From the ISC point of view it's about support and so we spent a lot of time on entitlement issues to make sure we understood what people were entitled too and make sure we got the word out to the people what they're entitled too so that people weren't getting themselves into a financial hole or failing to do something because they didn't think they were going to get reimbursed for it.
The other side of the house over at the ICP, it's a beehive of activity all the time there. There are Aviators here. Everybody was here. It was airplanes coming in and out of the airport. The ISC . . . after a while watching what was going on . . . we had a warehousemen who was here and we said, "Hey, you have a warehouse operation. We've got a guy that does warehouse for a living. Why don't we run that for you?" So we took that over for the Sector. You know pretty much wherever we could help we just gave them help and whatever we could do to help the ICP get the mission done we just threw people or talent at it to get it done.
Q: So would you say that the ICS system was working to the best of its ability?
CDR Flynn: ICS works well. This has gone on for a very long time. The ICS is not necessarily designed for long term. Early on ICS worked fine. ICS works if everyone understands ICS. ICS has a hard time I think when people don't understand it. People forget that one of the key elements of ICS is the person with the expertise is the person in charge of that, you know, whoever knows the most, be that Admiral or Ensign or Third Class Petty Officer, you know the most about that issue then you're the person who should be in charge of that issue. Did it work here? Yes, it worked here. People understood their roles. There are some gaps in ICS in an operation this size. It became apparent as time went on that Planning and Logistics weren't always talking to each other. Planning wanted to do something and Logistics didn't know about it or they wanted to do something in Logistics; they were going to procure whatever they needed, and it was such a fluid and dynamic situation that sometimes when things arrived the mission was overtaken by events and they didn't need that or they needed something else. But they worked very well together.
Pretty much everyone was doing the 12 to 16 hour days. People were walking around tired. Halfway through the week people were kind of tired but people were still very excited by the fact that the mission was going on. You know we pulled all those people off rooftops and out of buildings and we got them to safety, and quite frankly the Coast Guard worked when everyone else failed. You know that was pretty apparent from here too.
Q: Now the chain of communication between your chain of command, was that smooth? Were you able to contact them or because of lack of communications; the equipment working, did that cause problems?
CDR Flynn: Within the Command, within the ISC?
Q: Well within the Coast Guard structure.
CDR Flynn: Well there were clearly gaps. We, organizationally; our society, have come to rely a lot on cell phones and cell phones often just didn't work. Text messaging seemed to work for some odd reason. If you'd get any signal at all you'd get a text message out where you could. Many times you couldn't actually get a phone line but if you got any signal off text messaging it worked, which became . . . we figured that out very quickly that this works. So if you had any kind of signal at all where you might not be able to make a phone call you could sometimes get a text message out, although within New Orleans it was spotty and to this day is still spotty. The phones are working much better now than they did two months ago but there are still sections where the Nextels don't work and Cingular doesn't work. And a lot of people have different phones. I carry a personal phone and a work phone from different companies. You know you look at the phone to see which one works and use that one. I think all of us use our personal phones and luckily I don't think any of us got billed for it [chuckle] so it worked out well. It was hard but I think with a disaster of this magnitude, you know when it took down the cell towers, knocked out power, all communication, quite frankly, relies on some type of power and a lack of power was not going to help, you know the lack of power without connectivity. You know we don't have our connectivity by radio anymore, it's through computers, and when power goes down the computers don't work either. The radios may have worked, the computers didn't. I do know that we did have HAM Radio operators set up here about the second day so the backbone of emergency communication has been for 60 years HAM Radio operators, and they were here. They set up and they were good to go.
Q: Did you have Auxiliarists down here too?
CDR Flynn: We had Auxiliarists, yes. There were all kinds of Auxiliarists. All team Coast Guard was here; the Reservists were here, the Auxiliarists were here, the civilians were here. Everyone that we call "Team Coast Guard", including some retirees that wandered in, they were all here. All those people were here. But we even got people that were not Auxiliarists. The HAM operators were not Auxiliarists. We had people dropping things off.
Q: Did they just show up here prior to the Coast Guard getting here or were they already here?
CDR Flynn: Which ones?
Q: The HAM operators.
CDR Flynn: No, they showed up afterwards. They were here about Day Three.
Q: Okay.
CDR Flynn: So I'm sure the ICP had that communication somewhere. I don't know. They were here. Suddenly there's guys setting up radios and I went home. We have HAM Operators, which are very convenient. Auxiliary Air was here. There were lots and lots of people here. Pretty much everyone we needed showed up. People showed up and said, "What do you need me to do?" So we had Lieutenant Commanders driving RVs and everybody doing everything, you know, "I need this." "Okay, I can do that", and people would go do it.
Q: So everyone kind of pulled together and didn't kind of recoil in their rank structure. They just said, "There's a need . . . ."
CDR Flynn: It was clear, "Here's a need. How can I fill the need? I need somebody to do this. I don't have anybody available." "I can do that." Personally I ordered uniforms for everybody because someone had to do it and so I said, "I can do that." "Do you have time?" "Yes, I can make time." It wasn't a difficult thing to do so I ordered uniforms for everybody. I mean I think everyone did what everyone had to do. Everyone said, "What does he need done." "I need this." "I can do that." "Okay." I don't think there was anyone wandering around here going, "Hey, I'm a Commander. I don't do that kind of stuff." I think we had people wandering around saying, "How can I help you?" You know, "We need to move this stuff over here", and you'd look and there'd be a work party moving gear around and rank or rate had no . . . nobody seemed to be objecting to helping. You know clearly on the ICP side of it; the Incident Command Post, clearly this was the Incident Commander, the Deputy Incident Commander, here's the Logistics Section Chief, here's the Air Boss, there's the guy in charge of Planning, these are the people who were in charge; "What can I do for you today", and everyone understood that that was the person in charge and if you had a question you went to them. And it seemed from outside the ICP observation it worked rather well.
Q: Well what would you say were the biggest challenges working in this environment?
CDR Flynn: The lack of communication in theater, for those of us who were not directly involved in the operation, trying to contact people in New Orleans; the lack of good data from PeopleSoft, which we have toted as our premier Human Relations software. It just wasn't there. I think there are probably some things we need to fix about how we approach . . . systematically how we put that into that system. Beyond that it's the Coast Guard being the Coast Guard.
Q: When did they get the computers up and running?
CDR Flynn: We had internet connectivity fairly quickly. We had internet connectivity within two days. I actually got here Tuesday. Wednesday we had WIFY connectivity in the building here so there was some connectivity fairly quickly. I don't remember. You know the weeks have all kind of run together. I do know it was a week or so after the storm that we went down to New Orleans and actually pulled a lot of equipment out of the ESU building. But the ESU was already up and running so they brought some equipment in from somewhere else to gain the connectivity back but it was slow. Again, once the equipment came in place the communication team was working very well. Then ESU New Orleans and ESD New Orleans all showed up and they came with their skill and a whole bunch of IT folks starting showing up and it came together fairly quickly once we had the people and got the equipment in.
Q: How many people were based out of your unit to ensure the ICP was really up and running?
CDR Flynn: I don't know, four or five hundred.
Q: And they came from all over; Reservists?
CDR Flynn: Yes, Reservists from all over. There were all kinds of people here; a lot of people from the area and a lot of people coming in immediately from out of the area.
Q: Did everybody grasp the scope of the disaster there? I mean it just seems like the whole disaster was beyond what people can imagine.
CDR Flynn: I think everyone here, and quite frankly I had no idea what was going on for about fourteen days. I went by snippets. I'd get a phone call from someone or something and snippets of things going on. Everyone here understood that there were thousands of people on rooftops. There again, everyone here . . . you know I was going to Ops briefs so I clearly had an understanding of what was being discussed in the Ops brief but everyone understood that the devastation was widespread. You know occasionally we'd get to see pictures. We'd get some pictures on TV and just see the utter destruction everywhere. But everyone here was really busy with whatever their piece was and I'm not sure that at first . . . we understood there was huge devastation. We understood that Station Gulfport had been destroyed, that Station New Orleans had been abandoned due to weather, which is on the wrong side of the levee to withstand a heavy storm, and it's designed so water will come under the building, so it's part of the design of the Station. So we knew that station had been looted before we got back in. We knew there were thousands of people in the Super Dome. We knew about the Convention Center. The average person; the person not going to the brief, knew those things. That much information was getting out. People were getting information out to us. Some of the other stuff that we read about later was interesting.
Q: But when you started realizing - I'm sure you were getting reports here - that there were thousands of people being transported say to the Cloverleaf and these different areas, what was going on here; were people trying to figure out how they could resolve this problem of these people just sitting here in these evacuation areas?
CDR Flynn: A lot of what was happening here was how to get water and food to these people. We had C-130s coming in and out of here a couple times a day, other transport type aircraft in and out of here a couple times a day, moving water and MREs down in New Orleans. The helo crews would kick them out the door and if they did nothing else they dropped water and food to people. There was a "What do we do" and there was a great understanding and there was a great knowledge. There were lots of people there. At one time one of the meetings talked about that the Secretary or the President wanted a Coast Guard assessment of what was going on at the Convention Center. You know we have an assessment, it wasn't a Coast Guard assessment, they wanted someone from the Coast Guard to go look and then report back. So they sent a crew in there. The assessment was going on in the Convention Center. It surprised a lot of people that there were a lot of people left in New Orleans for some reason. You know this is an poor urban community; people rode the bus, and people who ride buses a lot don't drive cars. And particularly in a poor urban community people aren't going to drive cars. I mean most big cities you have lots and lots of people that don't drive. They just never learned to drive. They don't need to drive. They have mass transit and cars are a nuisance. In New Orleans you have a lot of poor people who rode the bus. The mass transit system worked. People got from where they lived to where they had to work. They didn't have cars. They had no way to get out so there were a lot of people. I think the shear number of people, which I guess was 40 or 50 thousand that were left in the city, that was 10 percent of the population. Percentage wise it's about what you would expect. The number just caught a lot of people off guard and I don't think the city was prepared.
Q: Was there a sense of frustration as time went on when there were reports of the rioting in some areas and the hostility because of the evacuees being stuck in a certain location? Was there any kind of frustration here when you saw those things and knew that you were trying to do the best you could; you were extracting them but there was no place to really take these people?
CDR Flynn: I'm not sure many of us knew that at the time. We knew it later but at the time I'm not sure many of us knew. We knew there were a lot of people and we knew we were moving them from place to place. We moved them . . . for a while we moved them simply to roads. We simply moved them to the overpasses. We got people from the rooftops to the overpasses; to the freeways that were not underwater. I'm not sure here. We heard . . . we would get snippets of people, you know of a riot . . . there's a Winn Dixie that was looted; people looting a supermarket. Most people understood the food part of that. I think they got confused with people walking with a TV. You know, "Where are you going with that?" [Chuckle] There's no power. I think people just shook their heads and said, "Okay, there are some people being very irresponsible. The vast majority of these people are just stuck and we need to help get them out of there." So I think there was a shaking of the heads and there are always the foolish that take advantage of any situation but I think the vast majority of people here understood that the vast majority of people stuck in New Orleans are not that group.
Q: Well is there any particular story or instance that happened while you were - well you're still here – but that happened during that operational period?
CDR Flynn: Well my duty section had gone off to Grangeville. There's a LORAN Station in Grangeville. Grangeville is by Baton Rouge; its 80 some odd miles from New Orleans. Their job the next day was to go back to the ISC and assess the damage of the command. They borrowed a small boat from the LORAN Station; a little open outboard-boat, like two boats, so they could get back, and they knew there was some flooding – they didn't have that much – they knew there was flooding so they took boats with them so they could get back to the base to assess the damage. They put their boats in the water and for about three days they picked people off rooftops so they did not . . . it was days before they finally got back to the Base to report the condition there. The base was severely damaged but that wouldn't have made any difference. It was safe. It was surrounded by water.
Q: Well is there any policy or procedure that you could see could be improved because this will be the first disaster like this to happen, but in the future is there something that you could see that could be improved?
CDR Flynn: From a people point of view, two things. Well we all have to update our Record of Emergency Data in who to be called in case something happens to us. We need to change that form to include a phone number - somewhere where you're not - in some other part of the country when the person you would contact should be there. In a disaster you're going to contact the Coast Guard so the Coast Guard could contact that person and find out if you've been in touch with them; One.
Two: single parents and Member-to-Member marriages. I'm a single parent. I have a five year old grandson I adopted. My Dependent Care Plan in this type of emergency was to send him away. I sent him away. We have people that are Member-to-Member marriages with children.. Single parents and Member-to-Member marriages have to have a Care Plan that actually cares for their dependents and does not depend on the other member to care for them. What we need the members to do, we need the members to show up for work. With Member-to-Member marriages; we need both members here for however long we need them. They need to know their children are safe. Single parents are in the same situation. They need to be able to show up, do their job and know that they've taken care of their dependents. They've sent them somewhere where they can be safe so they can be focused on the mission because we have to stay focused on the mission. Those are the two personnel things I would do to make sure that when this happens next time it would be much easier for us to find the people; much easier for us to contact people. What members have to know is it's their responsibility to call. You know locally we need to say, "Okay, if something happens here we have to call this number." Again, somewhere else . . . in our case, in the 8th District, you know, "If there's a disaster in this part of the District, call St. Louis." There's a number in St. Louis and we're going to be better at publishing those numbers. But all of us in the Coast Guard have to say, "What's our contingency should something happen in this area? Where do the employees check in", and it has to be somewhere else and we need to establish where that somewhere else is, you know, what different part of the country it is. If I'm in California it can't be California; any part of California, it has to be somewhere else, maybe Denver [chuckle]. If I'm in New York then that phone number has to be in Boston or in Miami. If I'm in Miami it has to be in Norfolk; somewhere distant so that the chance of the same catastrophe affecting both places are very slim.
Q: Is there anything we haven't covered that you'd like to share with us about this whole event?
CDR Flynn: Let the Coast Guard do what the Coast Guard does. If we get the Congress to fund Deepwater we can do it better.
Q: Alright, great, thanks a lot.
CDR Flynn: Alright.


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Templar Knights and the Crusades
AuthorHouse, 2005 - History - 276 pages
The Knights Templars began as a nine-man team of well-intentioned noblemen who became warrior monks which were dedicated to escorting pilgrims to the Holy land. For sustenance, they relied on alms from the pilgrims. Follow the monk warriors as they became a multitude, the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, and went on the Crusades to battle the Moslems for the hold sites of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. See them battle the Moslems as they lay siege to strongholds and cities of Acra, Antioch, Haifa, and others on their march to Jerusalem. Relive the scenes of bloody battles and massacres, some, which they won, and others they lost. You will meet the heroic figures of Bohemund I, King Baldwin of Jerusalem, Robert of Normandy, Stephen of Blois, Richard the Lion Heart, and Saladin as they conduct war. Within two centuries they could defy all but the Papal throne. They were immune from any authority, and were destroyed because of their enormous wealth and seemingly unlimited power. When they returned home to their Chapters after their defeat in the Holy land, they invented the banking system and became money lenders to the monarchs of Europe. Learn how the secret meetings and rituals of the knights eventually caused their down fall. King Philip IV of France turned his greedy eyes to their wealth to fill his coffers. He had all the Templars arrested on a charge of heresy, since this was the only charge that would allow the seizing of money and assets. The Templars were tortured to obtain false confessions of homosexuality, sodomy, trampling and spitting on the cross, and worshiping an idol. The Last Master Templar, Jacques De Molay, was burned at the stake. Some historians believe the remnants of the order went underground and has survived.
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Kyle Orton had a successful debut Sunday as the starting quarterback of the Chiefs.
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It's common practice across the NFL to bring the starting quarterback to the podium for a weekly news conference. It often beats the alternative — a bunch of reporters and cameramen crowded around his locker. Kyle Orton's never been a podium-type guy.
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Based on the Sheldon Brown website, I decided to upgrade the pads on my cheap road bike to Kool Stop Salmon MTB pads (the website indicated these would fit most bikes). But I just tried to put them on and the longer pads don't fit because they are so long that they extend into the area between the rim and the fork, and they are too thick to fit there). The problem area is probably 3/4" long.
original setup:
"Brakes: Tektro 510A ALLOY BARREL SILVER CALIPER BRAKE, Dual Pivot "
Side pull brakes with threaded pads. The existing pads are 2" long and 0.5" thick (the pads are practically new; I'm just experimenting with simple bike projects, and I assume that Kool Stop rubber would be improvement)
I'm reasonably mechanically experienced, but have little experience with bikes. I see a couple of options, and I was hoping to get some advice about which way to go.
1) Accept that I've lost $12 and just buy different pads (Kool Stop Thinline threaded? or Dura Road Holder or Continental? The pads aren't available at LBS, so it's hard to guess which model). Perfectly fine, although I'd like the improved stopping power of the longer pads if I can figure out a way to work it.
2) Use a dremel to wear off the outer side of the pad (rim side would still be flat) so that it fits inside the fork; it's a guess, but I'd probably have about half of the pad thickness left. (There's no asbestos or anything in these, right?) If that's too time consuming, I could presumably just cut off the problem part with a hacksaw.
3) Get different brakes, which might extend further away from the fork. (The brakes are attached with a recessed bolt that goes through the center of the carbon fork.) The only reason I mention this is that I would be willing to buy better brakes anyway if the performance improvement is worth it. (I could also presumably insert some spacers to move the existing brakes out from the fork by 3/4"; the pads are currently at the top of the holders, so there is space to drop them down if I were to do that. But I'm just getting started in this stuff, so I'm hesitant to do ghetto things without the experience to know when ghetto is just dangerous.) If you recommend #3, could you recommend some good brake models to look for?
Thanks for any advice! (I didn't post pictures, but I'm happy to do so if that would help.)


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Keep Your Home California offers as much as $3,000 a month to qualified residents for up to 12 months. The benefit previously ended after nine months and was recently extended. The extension can be particularly helpful to property owners whose unemployment aid will run out by year's end, state officials said.
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Population: 3,209,000
Language: Arabic (official), English (widely spoken)
Capital: City of Muscat
Natural Resources: Petroleum, Natural Gas, Copper, Fishery, Agriculture.
Local Time: GMT +4
Currency: Omani Rial, which equates to $ 2.58
Business Hours:
Government: 07:30 - 14:30
Private Sector: 08:00 - 13:00 then 16:00 to 19:00Shopping Hours: 10:00 - 13:00 then 16:30 - 24:00
Dress Code for Visitors:
The dress code is fairly liberal in Muscat, although decency is still expected. Women should wear, for example, tops with sleeves, and skirts covering the knees or trousers. Men are required to wear trousers and shirts with sleeves. Swimwear should be restricted to the beach or pools.
Oman is one of Asia's most diverse nations – both culturally and geographically and is situated in West Asia. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea in the south and east, and the Sea of Oman in the northeast.
An endless coastline of sandy beaches, towering mountains, deserts, fresh water wadis, and tropical forests compose the landscape of Oman. Offshore lie tropical coral reefs, thousands of dolphins, and every year five of the world's seven species of turtles return to breed on Oman's beaches.
Traditional Omani forts (one of which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site) tower over towns and villages throughout the interior. The pristine shores of Oman will entice the athletes of Asia, and the world, with its seemingly endless coastline, unrivalled beach sporting facilities and the vibrant Omani culture that will forever etch itself into the hearts and minds of all visitors to the Sultanate.
The Omani culture has its roots firmly in the Islamic religion with 75% of the population being Muslim. Beautiful, ornate mosques are found throughout the Sultanate. Oman developed its own particular form of Islam, called Ibadhism, after its founder, Abdullah ibn Ibadh who lived during the 7th century AD. Not all Omanis are Ibadhis however; there are also Sunni and Shi'a Muslims. Omanis are not only tolerant of the beliefs of different Muslim sects; they are also tolerant towards believers of other faiths, who are allowed to practise their religion in churches and temples.
Oman is one of the world's longest inhabited countries with civilisation starting in the country as early as 5000 years ago and has a maritime history dating back thousands of years.
It's seafaring tradition and history has led to the diverse and cosmopolitan nature of the Omani people – and the warm welcome always awaiting visitors to its shores.
Wherever the traveler goes in Oman they will always be greeted with a welcoming smile and the genuine warmth of traditional Omani hospitality.
The Sultanate has an estimated population of 3.2 million, this figure includes 750,000 expatriates who are guest workers with specific skills from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, the Philippines and from across Europe/ North America.
About 50% of the population lives in Muscat, the capital city, and the Batinah costal plain to the northwest. About 200,000 live in the souther region of Dhofar, 30,000 in the remote Musandam Peninsula on the Strait of Hormuz.
Omanis are an outgoing people who have been travelling the world for nearly two thousand years – now is the time to travel to Oman and discover that welcome for yourself!


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Online Career Workshops
Here at the FAU Career Center, we care about how our students and alumni are navigating the job search process. A lot of questions can arise during this process, so we have provided these online workshops to give you some tips that can be accessed whenever you may need it, at your own convenience. Have more questions after viewing our workshops? Stop by our office during Same-Day Career Advising every Monday thru Thursday from 1 – 4 p.m. to get your questions answered. Or call 561-297-3533 to schedule an appointment with a career advisor.
Developing an Effective Resume
Resume and cover letter need some updating? Let us help! This workshop will help increase your understanding of how your resume and cover letter are used in the job search process and make sure they target your career goals. Learn how to compose a resume that reflects your greatest strengths and talents and explore different resume formats. By the end of this workshop your resume will say, "Interview me!"
How to Best Prepare for an Interview
Interviews can be scary. Especially when they include questions like the dreaded "Tell me about yourself." Learn how to prepare for and conduct interviews that get the job offer! This workshop addresses general preparation, researching companies, what to expect, and answering behavior-based and other tough, important interview questions.
Negotiating Your Compensation Package (Salary Negotiations)
Congratulations, you've been offered the job! But how do you get the salary and benefits you want? This workshop will address that question and more. What is the employer concerned about? How do I decide between several job offers? How much time do I have to decide? When should I ask about salary? What if I change my mind? Learn how to tackle these questions so that you may keep options open, maintain your integrity and start on the path to professional and financial success!
Conducting an Effective Job Search
Students with questions about how to find internships and jobs: look no further! This workshop will answer all your questions about how to start the process of looking and finding part-time or full-time jobs and internships. Leave with specific steps on how to decide what to look for, where and when to job search, and who to talk with. Get started on your job search with confidence!
Live Career Workshops
In addition to our online career workshops, the Career Center offers workshops for students, and graduate students in our classroom located in the Student Support Services building room 220. All are open to all FAU students unless otherwise noted. For a listing of when these workshops will be offered, please visit the calendar of events .
Applying to Graduate School
This workshop will provide an overview of the application process for graduate and professional schools including: issues to consider prior to applying, determining which schools to apply to, and the typical components of an application.
Creating Your Personal Brand via Social Networking & Campus Resources
Students will have the opportunity to learn about how they can utilize campus resources and social media to enhance or refine their employable personal brand.
Career Day 101 (Fall & Spring)
This event is held every Fall and Spring semester prior to and in preparation for Career Day. This workshop includes strategies on how to prepare for a job fair, what to bring to the event, how to access Career Events in OWL CareerLink, network with employers and tips on dressing for success.
Choosing a Major
Choosing a major is an exploration process that involves conducting a self-assessment and world-of-work research. This workshop can help students understand that process. It is meant for students who are having a difficult time choosing a major or are unsatisfied with their current major and would like to learn the process of a deciding a different major.
Components of the Academic Application
The workshop provides an overview of the common components of higher education applications: cover letters, teaching portfolios, statements of research interests, and dissertation abstracts. * This workshop is for Graduate/Phd. students only.
This workshop will provide you an overview of the Co-op program and how to apply for Co-op. In the workshop you will receive an application and instructions on how to complete the application process.
CV Writing
If you are applying for a faculty, teaching, research, or postdoctoral position, most likely you will be asked to submit a CV. Learn how to design and tailor your CV for particular positions and institutions. * This workshop is for Graduate/Phd. students only.
How to Write a Personal Statement
Your graduate school application consists of several components, but none can be more stressful than your personal statement. Attend this workshop if you are in need of tips to help you start this important component.
Learn How To Market your International Experience
Study abroad - Intern abroad - Volunteer abroad. If you participated in one of these experiences and hope to highlight it on your resume then this resume writing workshop is for you. Learn how to feature your experience via resume as well as be able verbalize the value of your abroad experience. Students will learn formatting options, content suggestions, tips for crafting a professional resume and suggestions for discussing the skills learned through your abroad experience.
Navigating the Academic Job Search
Learn about a career in academia including: various types of higher education institutions, faculty employment & salaries, career requirements & expectations, and how to begin your search. * This workshop is for Graduate students only.
Navigating the Non-Academic Job Search *
Learn how to find employment opportunities outside of higher education and how to market your Masters or Ph.D. degree and your transferable skills to employers. * This workshop is for Graduate students only.
On-Campus Recruiting
Have you participated in FAU's on-campus interviewing program? Attend an on-campus recruiting workshop to learn how to identify, apply to, and select interview times for these full-time employment positions through the OWL CareerLink (formerly Interfase). You don't want to miss these opportunities! (This program is only open to seniors and alumni within one year of graduation.)
Social Media & Your Job Search
Social media is not just for keeping in touch with friends and family. This workshop will provide you with some "do's" and "don'ts" on social media and how to use it for your job search.


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Glastonbury Festival is like a combination of woodstock and burning man… but much wetter. Anyway, I was lucky enough to go this year and had a blast. I don't have a lot of time to write a lot about it but I thought I'd post some t-shirts I saw and snapped there.
This was Billy Brag, he was brilliant and his t-shirt was super simple, it just said "read", probably one of the most memorable performances for me.
This was great, it reads "Bluetooth Johnson", kind of a modern version of "remember billy only retards wear their collars up"
and this little lebowski urban achiever was surving us some delicious Brothers Pear Cider, 7% ABV – Festival strength
Yours truly in a "your empire needs you" t-shirt, one of my favorite recent acquisitions
and you might recognize this t-shirt from the justice dance video
I think most of these designs were ripped off from some other designers, I saw lots of threadless rip offs (obviously flowers in the attic and the dark side of the garden) as well getting sold in various stores, a real shame, I actually got chased out of one of the stores because I was photographing some stolen threadless designs
You can see all my photo's from Glastonbury here, cheers.


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July 19, 2011
Committee members react after a protestor Jonnie Marbles, left in checked shirt, tries to throw a paper plate covered in shaving foam over Rupert Murdoch Tuesday as he gave evidence to a House of Commons Committee in London.
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Summoned by British lawmakers Tuesday to account for a phone hacking and bribery scandal, Rupert Murdoch said he was humbled and ashamed but accepted no personal responsibility, insisting he was at fault only for trusting the wrong people at a now-defunct tabloid that made up a tiny portion of his vast media empire.
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JacquesRinchard, PhD
Undergraduate students are essential to the research conducted by Jacques Rinchard, PhD, who teaches in our Department of Environmental Science and Biology. He hires them to work in his research laboratory and takes them out onto the Lake Ontario to conduct fieldwork. "Lectures are beneficial, but giving our students the opportunity to be hands-on out in the field or in the lab is even more important," says Rinchard, who examines the reproductive potential of key fish species in the Great Lakes. "We put our students in a position where they are working with the same equipment and doing the types of things they'll be doing in their careers."


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Monday Dec 21 2009
Thunder hold off Del Oro for third place in tourney
By: Brett Ransford, Press Tribune Correspondent
Rocklin wins two-of-three in Rocklin Holiday Tournament
Another Sierra Foothill League rivalry was renewed early Saturday as the Rocklin High boys basketball team narrowly escaped its holiday tournament with a 74-68 win over Del Oro in the third place game. Del Oro shot lights out from three-point range out of the gate, hitting 5-of-8 in the first quarter, but that changed in the second eight minutes. The Golden Eagles were 0-of-5 from beyond the arc, and endured early foul trouble that allowed Rocklin space to spread its offense. Cody Kale led all scorers with 21points, Tony Williams had 17 points and Alika Lemon scored 16 points as Rocklin had three scorers in double figures. As the biggest man on the court, the 6-foot-6 Lemon found little trouble snagging offensive boards and scoring second-chance points. He also had four blocks. "The reality is overall we shot the ball better," said Rocklin head coach Steve Taylor. "We lost to a really good Oakmont team yesterday and beat a tough Del Oro team today. I think that's the way the SFL is going to be this season. There's going to be a lot of good teams beating each other up. It was a good bounce-back win and you always like to see how your team reacts in a tournament setting." Del Oro had quite an offensive showing in their own right with three players scoring in double digits. Spencer Butterfield blazed the court for his 20 points. His quick passing and dribble penetration inched his team back to within two points at the end of the third quarter at 49-47. All-tournament player Aaron Hendricks went off for another 17 points. Guard Nick Lewis also had 13 points. "It was a competitive, fast game between two SFL rivals," said Del Oro head coach Geoff Broyles. "I know Steve [Taylor] and I both probably feel like we have a little ways to go, but I'm sure we'll have two more really tough battles in the SFL. We shot really well early and its tough to shoot that an entire game. We knew at one point we'd probably have a stretch where shots didn't go down and Rocklin has a lot of guys who can play." The presence of Lemon inside kept Del Oro away from the rim in the second and third quarters. He had his way with the low post on the other end and the Eagles fell into that stretch of shooting Broyles was sure would come. What began as a battle of the guards between Butterfield and Kale ended as a tough inside game between Lemon and Del Oro's John Root. Root forced Lemon into the only technical foul of the game on top of a personal foul for four free throws. Both teams are still either transitioning players from football season or in some cases waiting on players to join. At most the players coming from their school's football team have about two days of practice. The Thunder host Ponderosa Tuesday night. Del Oro is at Cordova Monday night and at Valley Tuesday night and then the Golden Eagles will participate in Auburn's Kendall Arnett Tournament next week.


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How can I get my 8 month old to sleep through the night?
My son slept through the night at 3 months but my daughter is another story. She is 8 months & still wakes up every 3-4 hours for a bottle. Is this normal because I need my sleep too :(. I have tried a bit of cereal (not much) in a bottle, and still no luck. I just need answers. Once in a blue, I will get lucky & she will sleep all night, but it's rare. I just need some suggestions/advice.
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Thanks for replying so quickly. I was actually doing further research and found this same reply elsewhere also.posted 07/01/2013 by D929
When trying to get my older babies to sleep through the night I would start by gradualy cutting out nighttime feedings. For example I would start by refusing to feed her more than every 4 hours. Yes she would be mad and scream for food, but if I really wanted to make it work I would stick too it. Once she was making it 4 hours I'd stretch it out to 5, then 6. Generally they are waking up out of habit because they are used to eating so it takes a bit to get them out of it. I would still cuddle and hold them and sing to them, just not feed them. Generally they would be sleeping through most nights before I got t 6 hours.posted 07/01/2013 by Jellyjars
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This was one of the slogans heard on Saturday 5th March 2005 at the annual congress of the Provinzialverband Rheinischer Obst- und Gemüsebauer e.V. Landesfachgruppe Kulturpilzanbau. This annual meeting of mushroom growers from the Rheinland region in Germany featured lectures as well as a visit to the Laps mushroom farm.
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At the Laps farm in Kempen, around 15 kilometres from the Dutch/German border at Venlo, visitors were welcomed with drinks and refreshments. The farm has seven growing rooms with in total 1450 square metres of growing surface. Four growing rooms were built in 1986, two in 2000 and one in 2003.
Harald Laps uses a six-week schedule and harvests three flushes. The compost incubated with spawn A15 is supplied by Walkro in Maasmechelen (Belgium). Topterra casing soil type plus is used, moisture level 7. The beds are filled with around 92 kg/m2 of compost and cased with 4.8 m3 casing soil per 100 square metres. Micro-perforated film is laid under the compost.
Tuesday is filling day and on Saturday the last water is applied. Blow down starts on Monday evening. The first flush is harvested from Monday to Thursday; the second flush a week later from Tuesday to Friday, and the third flush another week later from Tuesday to Saturday. On average 30.5 kilo is yielded per square metre with 94 % quality I mushrooms. Ten Polish pickers are responsible for harvesting. The majority of the mushrooms are picked as fine grade. The mushrooms are marketed via Rheinland Champignons in Geldern-Pont. The afternoon continued in Wachtendonk with a series of lectures.
Dr. Walter Fischer of QS GmbH from Bonn, explained the importance of certification of farms during his presentation. If any problems occur with mushrooms, the trade channels can trace the origin of that particular batch. The better this system of traceability, the fewer mushrooms need to be removed from the market. In the event of any problems the trader can identify which grower supplied the mushrooms in question. Supermarkets increasingly demand that suppliers are certified, so they can guarantee tracking and tracing procedures. Nearly all the farms in the Rheinland are already certified, the rest are on the way to obtaining the certificates.
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OK. So James Cameron's Avatar is the all-time box office champion, and even if you adjust for inflation, it's still the #15 all-time box office champion, which is nothing to sneeze at. Everyone knows that it displaced the former #1 hit, Titanic, which was also by Cameron. But what was #1 before Titanic? Or before that? What makes all these films similar, or different? I thought it would be fun to go back over the all-time box office champs and pick them apart to see what makes them tick.
One of the very first blockbusters was The Birth of a Nation (1915), which apparently earned about $10 million back on its $100,000 budget. That was big money in those days, but that movie no longer appears on the top 100 "adjusted for inflation" chart. The next big blockbuster was Gone with the Wind (1939), which -- adjusted for inflation -- is still #1. It's a genuine phenomenon, and it still has the power to wow audiences, although it's that high on the list mainly because it was re-released every few years, earning a tidy profit on top of its profit. Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) and William Wyler's Ben-Hur (1959) both came close, but didn't quite make the record.
The record held until inflation and The Sound of Music (1965) trounced it and held it for seven years. (Doctor Zhivago was a strong runner-up the same year.) The Graduate (1967) was the next monster hit, though it did not displace The Sound of Music. Next up came The Godfather (1972), which occupied the #1 slot for a time. After that, things get a bit murky. Both The Exorcist and The Sting came along in 1973. The box office charts of the time showed that they did not beat The Godfather, but the current "adjusted for inflation" chart puts them both over the top, with The Exorcist earning a good deal more than The Sting.
Jaws (1975) showed them all a thing or two. This was the movie that coined the term "summer blockbuster." It was a great movie, and a critical hit, based on a best-selling book, brilliantly marketed, and -- above all -- a word of mouth hit. Star Wars (1977) took its place, for obvious reasons. It's still #3 on the box office gross list, and #2 on the "adjusted for inflation" list. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) came close to the record, but E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) became the next actual champion. E.T. was a genuine hit, no doubt, but it had a little help because the distributor required theaters to charge a full $5 for tickets, rather than the usual $3.50, just as Avatar convinced people to pay extra for IMAX and 3D.
E.T. held the record for an incredible 15 years, until Titanic (though E.T. is still ranked higher than Titanic on the "adjusted for inflation" list). Jurassic Park is the only movie that came close to the record in all those years. (By which we can conclude that Spielberg still delivers the hits more consistently than Cameron.) There are a few other titles worth mentioning, namely Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which has built up an impressive box office tally over many years of re-releases.
What do all these movies have in common? Strangely most of them are long, which somehow defies the conventional wisdom. Distributors usually shy away from long movies, thinking that shorter movies allow for more showtimes per day and therefore more ticket sales. But it's more than that. These long movies are also BIG movies, spectacular movies with at least one king-sized sequence that could blow away moviegoers and send them home buzzing. (The burning of Atlanta, the parting of the Red Sea, the chariot race, the sinking of the Titanic, etc.) If there are people who only go to see one movie per year, this is the movie they'll see.
This also applies to The Exorcist, which was certainly not a feel-good movie or an epic of any kind, but everyone in the country had to go see the girl whose head twisted around and who spewed green vomit. That movie upped the ante for shocking and people not only told their friends to see it; they dared their friends to see it.
All of these movies are entertainments, like carnival rides or roller coasters. A few of them have some personal or artistic merit, but not many of them are very deep in the character or story department. One exception leaps forward: The Godfather. In comparison to all the other movies on this list, and indeed, in comparison to most other movies ever made, The Godfather is uncommonly reserved, patient, intelligent, and complex, with some of the most memorable characters in cinema history.
How did this movie get to be the #1 all-time box office champion, even if only for a year or two? At the time, audiences buzzed over a few key scenes, especially the horse's head scene. But is that really enough? Did they show up for the horse's head and stay for the rest? How was the American public coaxed into shelling out in huge numbers for a slow, smart movie?
I don't know the answer to those questions, but I will mention three more words: The Dark Knight. This was the only movie to come close to the #1 spot in the years between Titanic and Avatar. It was easy to advertise. It was a sequel to a hit, a comic book movie, the last performance of the iconic Heath Ledger, and a summer blockbuster. But, like The Godfather, it was much darker, more complex, and more intelligent than it might have been, and audiences still turned out in near-record numbers.
Which leads me to the real question, the one I have been dying to ask. What if The Godfather was released today, right now, in theaters, with no preconceived notions and no history? Would it gross as much as Avatar? (Would it be shown in IMAX and 3D?) Would today's moviegoers have the patience for it? Have movie audiences been more willing to settle for less and less? Or have movie audiences remained essentially unchanged throughout the past century? Was The Godfather just an anomaly? Can it ever happen again?
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