text:
Adding a little pizzazz to the lips can help enhance features, complement any attire and make a statement for a special occasion. bareMinerals Lip Color allows for endless fun in formulas that are good for the lips. bareMinerals Lip Color formulas are rich and moisturizing to help sooth and repair dry, chapped and cracked lips. bareMinerals understands that no matter how fabulous the color, lips need to be healthy before they can look good. bareMinerals Lip Color is infused with rich emollients and natural extracts that correct past damage while also helping to protect the lips against the elements.
bareMinerals Lip Color is infused with good-for-your-lips minerals and does not rely on artificial dyes, preservatives or petroleum products to work its magic. Only natural waxes and the oils from plants are used to make bareMinerals Lip Color.
bareMinerals Lip Color wears well and provides hours and hours of rich color and lip drenching moisture. This is a luxurious lip cosmetic and pampering treatment in one.
With so many shades of bareMinerals Lip Color to choose from, there is one to suit every mood and every taste. You can even blend the different bareMinerals Lip Color products to create your own custom look.
The pigments naturally present in minerals can add beautiful color to all areas of the face. bareMinerals Lip Color bathes the lips in beautiful color that conditions the lips to make them softer and more supple. bareMinerals Lip Color comes in a natural formula that provides rich, cream color for any occasion. Cosmetics can often leave the skin feeling dry and chapped. bareMinerals Lip Color provides intense moisturizers that work for hours to recondition the lips. bareMinerals Lip Color provides healthy ingredients that restore health and vitality to the lips. This is especially vital during the winter months when the air tends to be dry and cold. bareMinerals Lip Color provides maximum protection against the elements so that the lips are actually healthier at the end of the day.
bareMinerals 100 Percent Natural Lip Color – Rock Candy is a beautiful shade of bareMineral Lip Color that contains natural oils and plant extracts to bring life back to dull, dry lips. bareMineral Lip Color is a pleasure to wear as it feels as good as it looks. bareMinerals Lip Color is free of irritants which can worsen damaged lips. bareMinerals Lip Color comes in several shades to suit any taste and mood.
bareMinerals 100 Percent Natural Lip Color – Bavarian Creme is a subtle shade of soft rose that looks fabulous and wears well. bareMinerals Lip Color is luxurious and is great for casual and formal occasions.
Sometimes the most subtle of color is what is desired. bareMinerals 100 Percent Natural Lip Color – Cream Puff is a natural-looking bareMinerals Lip Color that highlights the lips without bold color. It's perfect on its own but can also be layered with other bareMinerals Lip Color for a personal, custom look.
bareMinerals Lip Color adds amazing color to the lips while also providing nourishment and hydration.


text:
To the editor:
There is a myth that the Republican Party is comprised of well-to-do, privileged, upper-middle and upper-class white senior citizens. That is a distortion of the facts. The truth is that the Republican Party welcomes people of all ages, races and creeds. Some prominent Republicans past and present include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as Ambassador Alan Keyes and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Many citizens in our community believe in or hold the values of Republicans but their family, generation after generation, has always been registered and voted Democratic so they have followed that tradition. Often, many have not taken stock of who they are and what they truly believe. They are not being true to their beliefs, philosophy and values.
Simply stated, you are a Republican if�
n You are not in favor of removing the Christian God from every aspect of our culture as has been the case in the recent past.
n You believe that school students should be free to say the Pledge of Allegiance and be allowed to thank God for their success in the classroom and on the athletic field.
n You believe that abortion should be permitted under certain rare circumstances in the early stages of pregnancy but believe that late-term abortion, which ends the life of an infant human being, is in effect, murder, and should never be permitted.
n You are not in favor of gun control and believe the Second Amendment to our Constitution provides you the freedom to own and bear arms, as clearly stated by our Founders.
n You are in favor of providing welfare for those who are poor, destitute and truly in need of help, but not in favor of using hard-earned tax money to provide a comfortable lifestyle for those who are unwilling to work.
n You are not in favor of paying your Social Security to illegal aliens who have broken the law, contributed nothing, burdened the welfare system; yet demand all the benefits you have as an American citizen.
n You oppose massive immigration, oppose giving amnesty to those here illegally and encourage legal immigration for those who bring valuable skills and qualities to our country.
n You believe in a strong military, oppose Islamic terrorism in its efforts to expand into a totalitarian empire and believe that our first duty is to defend our own security and liberty.
n You defend our rights to free speech and oppose all attempts of to control political speech in any way.
We must work to restore citizen�s understanding of the Constitution, the appropriate role of religion and moral values in our traditions and lifestyles and work to restore the limited government our Founders bequeathed to us.
Page 2 of 2 - In short, if you are pro-God, pro-life, pro-traditional family, pro-Second Amendment rights, pro-military, and pro-America, and want to live your life the way you want to and not have the government tell you how to live it � you are a Republican.
Welcome to our party and God bless America.
Chris Parr
Editor�s note: Chris Parr is chairman of the Onslow County Republican Party.
Location, ST | website.com

subset: commoncrawl


text:
30 Dear Visitor Our website domain name has been changed to www.thedailyherald.sx You will automatically be redirected to our new and improved website in 30 seconds. You can also click here for immediate access.
Now also on Facebook: facebook.com/heraldsxm
The old www.thedailyherald.com articles are available for searching from the ARCHIVE button on our new website


text:
Darker areas or spots on the face and back of the hands can be aggravating and even embarrassing. Don't just cover them up, take a proactive approach. Pevonia Botanica Lightening can help brighten and smooth these areas while promoting improvement in skin health. Hyperpigmentation is a term used to describe an over-production or unusual concentration of melanin, the natural chemical in skin that creates color. It can be caused by sun damage, inflammation, acne or ageing, which causes pigmentation to become less diffuse and concentrate in "spots."
Pevonia Botanica Lightening has ingredients which not only treat existing dark areas, but inhibit the production of melanin and protect against some causes of future stimulation that produces excess pigmentation. In addition to treating the pigmentation difficulty, Pevonia Botanica Lightening also promotes hydration to improve skin texture and reduce fine lines and wrinkles. In our ongoing commitment to offer only safe products, we do not use hydroquinone in Pevonia Botanica Lightening, as there has been a fair amount of regarding side effects. Instead, we use only ingredients which have been proven to be effective and safe for sensitive skin.
There are many causes of dark areas and spots in the skin. The Pevonia Botanica Lightening products work to reduce existing melanin through gentle exfoliation, inhibiting the future production of the pigmentation and blocking some causes of the stimulation of melanocyte cells, which cause this discoloration. Hyperpigmentation can be caused by overexposure to the sun, environmental irritants, inflammation, acne and the natural aging process. A morning or evening application of Pevonia Radiance Renewing Glycocides Cream, after the use of a Pevonia cleanser, is the first step to protecting against this condition. The glycolic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA), which acts as a gentle exfoliant and helps inhibit melanin. The titanium dioxide screens out ultraviolet light rays, which stimulate melanocyte activity and causes future darker areas and spots. In addition, the hyaluronic acid, glyceryl stearate and chamomile flower oil act as hydrating compounds, to renew and refresh your skin. Follow with an application of a Pevonia lotion appropriate for your skin type.
In conjunction with Pevonia Radiance Renewing Glycocides Cream, additional benefit can be derived from using Pevonia Radiance Lightening Gel. This is a powerful combination of active and effective melanin-inhibiting compounds. After thoroughly cleaning the skin, apply the gel in the evening, but only to the pigmented areas. The azelaic acid is an approved treatment for hyperpigmentation which, along with magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (a source of vitamin C), arbutin and glycolic acid will inhibit melanin production. It may also be applied to the back of hands to treat pigmented areas and spots.


text:
Ex-'Buckwild' cast member dishes on his experience
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For good or ill, the "Buckwild" reality train has left the station as the MTV series screens its fourth week of shows Thursday. (There are two more to go.) But one of its original passengers has been booted off the program, which The Hollywood Reporter dubs the "Jersey Shore-esque, redneck reality show" set in West Virginia.
That would be "Jesse B," a 23-year-old Sissonville native whose real name is Jesse Boardman and who works in Charleston as a server at Recovery Sports Grill. He showed up Jan. 17 at a "Buckwild" viewing party that occurs weekly on the heels of the Third Eye Cabaret I host at The Cellar, 8 Capitol St.
We invited him onto the stage for a brief interview before the show aired on the Cellar's TV screens at 10 p.m. The night's episode happened to showcase a fight between a seriously drunk Boardman and another character, Tyler, after Boardman hit on cast member Salwa.
It was an off-camera fight that got Boardman booted, though. There are apparently good and bad fisticuffs in reality TV land.
In this transcript, this is what "Jesse B" had to say about his "Buckwild" experience.
Q: How did they find and cast you for the show?
A: "They found me at a party in Sissonville as they were coming to meet people to try to get a show together. It was through Zoo Productions. Then, MTV picked it up two years later. I've been filming for about three years. I've been filmed in Sissonville, in Charleston. I've been filmed in Huntington. I've been filmed in Morgantown."
Q: How did they pitch the show to you?
A: "They were coming to us, looking for people for a TV show. I was just sitting on my John Deere tractor, havin' a beer. They were, like, 'We like this guy!'
"I guess there was a show they were trying to do called 'We Know How to Party Down South,' and they did a casting call at the Civic Center, which obviously if you go to the Civic Center you're not going to see people in the real way they act. Then another company picked it up, the idea of it. Then, MTV picked that up."
Q: How did you get kicked off the show? You were at the Kanawha County courthouse for a custody case for your son, you said.
A: "I was real upset afterward. I didn't get any custody. I come outside, and there's all these people standing around with cameras. And they're like, 'We're going to do an interview right here.'
"Well, I was tore up, I didn't want to do it right then, so I went to walk away. And the producer grabbed me and was like, 'No, you're going to do it right there.' And I swung and hit him.
(Addressing audience) "Let me just tell you, when I get hit tonight, everybody? I was really, really, really intoxicated. I don't even remember being there. It's kinda like a first viewing for me, too."
Q: So, the episode's fight was at a party?
A: "Yeah, it was at the girls' house. The girls have a cabin in Sissonville. The caption on the show tonight says 'Tyler Fights an Unwanted Guest.' Well, I was brought to the show by the MTV crew, drunk. And then I got into a fight. So I don't know how they're going to play it out..."
Q: Did they get you drunk?
A: "No, no, no. I was drunk before I got there. They called me, lookin' for me. I was passed out at a bar, and waitin' for a ride home. They come and picked me up instead and took me to this party."
Q: They knew you were drunk, though?
A: "Yeah. Really drunk."
Q: What do you think of the reaction to the show? What do you think of the show?
A: "I think it's exactly how I thought it would be, where they take Sissonville and make it PG-13, instead of rated R. Everybody was worried about 'The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia' and wondering how they were going to do it.
"This is also a reality show on television, not a documentary that you have to go buy. It's on TV for everybody. So I knew they were going to keep it PG-13, which is awesome.
"There's some stuff I wish they'd do a little bit different. They did a lot of editing around things that make things look like they aren't. But I guarantee you, I tell everybody now: the show is not scripted.
"There was times when they'd be like, 'OK, guys, let's all go muddin' and have a campfire today.' And then we'd do it, and they'd just film it and see what kind of reactions they would get out of it."
Q: Wait a minute now. What about the putting of a swimming pool in the back of a coal truck [as seen in one of the first episodes]?!
A: "That was an idea by Shane, the main guy on the show, but was just enforced with money by MTV -- something we would do if we had the money to do and we already had the idea for. But MTV was like, 'Well, hell, we can get that together.'"
Q: So, they rented the truck and..
A: "No, no, no, the dump truck came from a friend of Shane's, and then they just made sure that everything made it to work to where, you know..."
Q (from audience): Who was driving the dump truck? He spun around that corner.
A: "Hell, I don't know. That day was the same night as I got in the fight, so..."
Q: Is anyone going to make a living off this show? Are they paying good wages?
A: "Well, let's see. I'm gonna be on two episodes it looks like, but I got paid for eight-and-a-half. So, I got paid $8,500 for the first season.
"OK, let's talk about 'Jersey Shore.' They got paid $1,000 an episode on the first season. The second season was $25,000 an episode. So, it just all depends on if we have a second season or not."
Q: Do you think there's going to be a second season?
A: "I don't know yet."
Q: Do you like the show?
A: "I don't not like it. I wish there was more me in it."
Q: Were you pretty upset when you got kicked off the show?
A: "I didn't know until it came out. Had no idea. They didn't let us know what was going on. I was still filming two-and-a-half months ago. I was still doing pick-up lines here and there they needed to fill in places. They didn't tell us anything.
"I actually watched the pilot for the show six months ago that looked way better than the show looks now. But then they also took me off the show.
"I don't know how many of you all actually watch the show, but I have a thing with Salwa on the show where we got together and we hooked up. But then they cut all that out because obviously I'm not a cast member no more. So for somebody random to be with one of the cast members, it didn't even mean anything for the show."
Q: There's a lot of talk about how the show depicts West Virginia, and a lot of people are concerned about that. How would you respond?
A: "Like I said, I just think that there's a lot more stuff going on in Charleston that's bad than that TV show. They didn't scratch the surface.
"I think that they did really well keeping it PG-13. I remember one time that we were at a cabin in Summersville filming, and they caught two of the cast members smoking synthetic weed out in the woods and told 'em next time they'd do it that they'd be kicked off the show and never be allowed on MTV again.
"So, it's not as bad as people thought it was going to be. I think a lot of people are let down by that because the worse it is, the more people want to talk, the more publicity it gets. And then it just kind of got 'kidded' down a little bit."
The audience is invited to ask questions.
Q: Is there a hope you had for the series, a place you'd like it to have gone that it didn't go?
A: "Well, yeah! I'd wish I'd have been more in it!" (Laughs.)
"I did three-and-a-half years of filming. I did get paid for the two years I did filming before MTV picked it up, but it was only like $100 a day. They'd pay us a $100 to come out and film wherever they wanted us to film.
"And they would use us for that $100. The first time I ever filmed for $100 it was a 21-hour session, and, you know, they just want to get as much stuff, so then they can put it all together and figure out what they want to do.
"I just hope there is a second season. Adam Paul is my producer, and I'd already had a conversation with him when I seen how the show was going to go. I was, like, 'Buddy, I did a lot of work for you...' But I talked to him, and he said if there is a second season, I would become a cast member again and I would get a second shot at it. So I'm gonna see how it goes."
Q: My kids are the ones that sort of turned me around: 'You know what, mom? This is about fun, right?' And I'm like, 'If 'Buckwild is branding West Virginia in the hearts and minds of people as a fun place to visit for people, maybe that's not such a bad thing.' But, so, c'mon, Jesse, let's be real. What do you think this show is telling America about West Virginia?
A: "A lot of TV shows show that there's a lot of fun things you can do- -- you know, go out, have a good time. All that stuff has to have money. I feel like we show that you can still do all these fun things in a different way. There's a different way of life in the country."
Q: I'm a West Virginia girl. I didn't jump off barges. I have had my 'Buckwild' experiences, but I didn't have access to -- you are playing with million-dollar toys.
A (as the show begins to screen): "If I didn't live in this town, I would see this and say, 'I want to hang out with these ---" Boardman uses a word that's definitely not PG-13, but starts with "mother." Then, he repeats it for a nearby camera.
As the drunken fight scene approaches, Boardman comments to the room: "I want a sober rematch on national television! I'm just hoping they show a glimpse of how drunk I really was."
The "Buckwild" viewing parties take place right after Third Eye Cabaret, which runs 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays at The Cellar, 8 Capitol St. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/thirdeyecabaret.
Reach Douglas Imbrogno at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-3017.


text:
|Public raises questions over police tasers
|Written by Chris Lee
Holyoke City Council welcomed a group of five citizens during its regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 16.
Dorothy Ortner was joined by four others who had some questions and concerns for the council, as well as for Police Chief Doug Bergstrom, regarding the recently purchased tasers. Those joining Ortner were Cecilia Marquez, Jesus Jimenez, Mavis Farrell and Ken Frantz.
Ortner stated she received information on the use of tasers from Ken's wife, Paula, who is a doctor and has served the past five years as the chief medical officer for the entire state.
"We do appreciate the opportunity to speak to you," Ortner said last Tuesday. "As clearly as I can state the reason why I, we, want to address you as members of the city council and the Holyoke Chief of Police, is the new presence of tasers in our community. The purchase of four tasers implies that the threat to the community's peace and safety has reached a new level because of the behavior and actions of other community members."
Ortner said the community has not been informed of what the new use-of-force presence means except through the brief segment in the Sept. 13 Enterprise.
Ortner's first question was, "What are the current public safety concerns that have moved the police department to request the purchase of tasers for each officer?"
Bergstrom said it is an officer safety concern. "We usually have one officer on at a time. Our backup is anywhere from five to 10 minutes away. There are times when we get into a fight, we need another tool in the toolbox," he added.
Another issue is the pepper spray (or OC) doesn't affect everyone, according to the chief. He noted it can contaminate those around the suspect as well as the officers involved. Following an OC contamination, a decontamination process has to be conducted.
Bergstrom said once a taser is deployed, the electricity will run for five seconds. Following the electricity, they are done. There is no decontamination process.
Bergstrom said a suspect will be taken to the hospital by EMS if the probes hit a sensitive area such as the head, face, neck, female breast area or groin. Farrell said her concern is if the medical facilities are aware. Bergstrom said he spoke with the EMS director who took the topic to an EMS meeting. Should someone get hit in a sensitive area with the taser, they most likely will be transported to the hospital with an officer in the ambulance to have the prongs removed.
Ortner said there are often domestic violence cases reported in the newspaper and wondered if the violence is usually over by the time police arrive. Bergstrom said, not necessarily.
"Are there other instances that the community may not be aware of but things you may be aware of?" Ortner asked.
Bergstrom said since they put the tasers into service (roughly Sept. 19), HPD had 158 calls for service. Out of those calls, there were four fights where tasers could've been deployed but were not. "We have had four altercations where somebody had been or is fighting when we arrive."
Bergstrom explained they have a use-of-force continuum which begins with officer presence, verbal command, hand control, intermediate weapon and lethal force.
Bergstrom said tasers won't be pulled out immediately upon arrival on a scene. Someone actively resisting, getting ready to fight, taking a fighting stance, will most likely prompt the officer to draw a taser.
By policy, passive resistance is not something the police will taser someone on. "It's an act of aggression." Ortner asked what that looked like and Bergstrom said someone taking a fighting stance to the officers.
For officer safety, Bergstrom said they are allowed to use one level higher of force than what the suspect is using.
The chief said one of Holyoke's four officers has worked in a metro area and carried and used a taser before. He explained the act of pulling a taser out and simply pointing it at a suspect sometimes ends any confrontation.
The taser introduces a less lethal option. "It's another tool in our toolbox to hopefully not have to make the ultimate call when we have a split second to make that decision whether we take a life."
Having read some material from the American Medical Association, Ortner also wanted to know about a double deployment of tasers. Bergstrom said after the initial deployment, they look to see if they can accomplish the placing into custody after only one stun. "If we need to, we are allowed to take a second stun if for some reason it's not working."
Ortner asked if there was a time period between a first and second deployment and Bergstrom said it is determined by each individual scene.
The group said this is where the language barrier comes in. She noted how Holyoke has become bilingual. Ortner was concerned with those under the influence of alcohol and/ or drugs and their ability to understand an officer's orders. The chief said every situation is different. "Each officer is going to have to make that decision."
Focusing more specifically on the language barrier, Ortner asked if Bergstrom and his officers would be willing to learn simple commands in Spanish. "I would love to learn general commands in Spanish," the chief responded. He said doing it within the department's budget restraints would be important.
Ortner asked Bergstrom to give some examples of commands they would use. He said they would use such phrases as stop please, show me your hands, get on your knees, cross your ankles, put your hands behind your head and don't resist. The main objective is to get suspects to comply using verbal communication.
Marquez said learning a handful of commands shouldn't take too long. She also noted a conversational Spanish class is being held through Family Education Services. She added knowing simple commands could drive off any liability issues down the road.
Ortner also wanted to know what the training protocol was for those officers carrying a taser.
Bergstrom said Haxtun Police Department has an instructor from Taser International who has gone through the class to be an instructor. This individual came to Holyoke and gave the officers an eight-hour class on the use of tasers. As part of that, Bergstrom said he and one of the other officers took hits from the taser to know the effects of it—even though they weren't required to do so.
"Does it hurt?" Ortner asked.
"Yes, it does for the five seconds, but as soon as it's done the pain is stopped."
Ortner said she has seen pictures of those being tased, falling to the ground. "Does that necessarily happen with a tasing?" she asked.
"Probably more than likely it will, because your body, from my experience, locked up."
Per policy, Bergstrom said if a fall looks like it will hurt a suspect, they're going to try to not deploy the tasers.
Finally, Ortner directed a question to the council and mayor Orville Tonsing. "What might a panel look like which would include citizens as well as council and police representatives to periodically review the frequency and circumstances of the use of a taser?" she asked.
Tonsing said current policy applies a periodic review.
"We have periodic downloads. We are able to download information on when they are activated, the duration and time of when the activation has occurred."
Ortner agreed but said that doesn't allow for the other element of citizens she mentioned. Tonsing said that's a possibility. Bergstrom was quick to say those downloads become a piece of evidence in a criminal case, which isn't discoverable until after a case has been taken care of.
It would have to wait until a later time for the public to view such things.
Ortner said she understands the importance of confidentiality.
"I think what we're asking for, what we're thinking about—and the 'we' I think is much larger than this group—if the community knows more, then the community can help more," Ortner said.
"I would really recommend you do consider this kind of a panel." She also said a town hall informational meeting offered to the public by the police department would be useful as well. "This would engage the community and foster cooperation."
"To have the opportunity as a community member to go in and be a part of the discussion on what kinds of restraints were used in the past six months and what were the general circumstances, that's helpful for the community so the community doesn't build up ideas about what's happening in the police force," Frantz said.
Councilman David Churchwell said, "I don't think we intend on using this as an everyday weapon. When we approved this, Doug thought of maybe one time this may have been used. We didn't purchase this because we thought the level of crime in Holyoke has escalated to a point that this is something they want to use. This is just another tool for these guys that keeps them safe."
Bergstrom added HPD, at the time they considered the purchase, was one of five departments in the judicial district that did not carry the tool.
Frantz said, "I think people are really understanding of the expectation and the response that you guys have to deal with, but it's really helpful to get this information out either in the paper or somewhere in the community so that people are aware of how the use protocol is. When you are caught in a position where you have to use it and somebody sees that happening, they may interpret it in all sorts of ways."
Farrell said she felt completely different about tasers after sitting through the conversation during last week's council meeting.
"We support you guys 100 percent, but there's a lot of public relations that can happen with the community," Frantz added.
Holyoke Enterprise October 25, 2012


text:
'Hano' | Slim Fit, Stretch Cotton Shorts by HUGO
Style No. 50259524
Free Shipping
These slim fit shorts by HUGO are crafted from soft cotton with a hint of stretch for comfort. A contrast lining inside the waist and two front French pockets complete this look.
Model is 6'1.5" with a 31" waist, 32.5" inseam, and is wearing size 32R.
Slim fit
Zip fly with button closure
Two front French pockets
Two back welt pockets
Contrast lining inside waist
Foot width: 48 cm (18.8 in)
Stretch cotton


text:
Buddy Bell Announcement
From Media Relations…
Kansas City, MO (August 1, 2007) – The Kansas City Royals today announced that Buddy Bell will manage for the remainder of the 2007 season, then join the front office for 2008 as a Senior Advisor to the General Manager. The announcement was made today in Minneapolis by Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Dayton Moore.
"Buddy and I have had several conversations since the start of this season, and it became apparent to me that he very much wanted to continue in our organization as we go forward, but also wanted to spend more time with his family," said Moore. "The Kansas City Royals organization and our players have benefited greatly from the experience and leadership of Buddy Bell and I look forward to his continued contributions to our organization in this valuable new role."
Bell, who will turn 55 on August 27, was named the 14th full-time manager of the Royals on May 31, 2005. The son of former Major League outfielder, Gus Bell, who played for 15 seasons, Buddy had an 18-year big league playing career that spanned Cleveland (1972-78), Texas (1979-85 and 1989), Cincinnati (1985-88) and Houston (1988). He is in his ninth season as a Major League manager, spending three years each with Detroit (1996-1998) and Colorado (2000-2002). He also had two stints as a coach with the Cleveland Indians (1994-95 and 2003-04). Bell's career has not been limited to the Major League playing field or dugout, also serving as a minor league field coordinator for Cincinnati (1998-99), director of minor league instruction with the White Sox (1991-93) and roving hitting instructor for Cleveland (1990).
Bell and his wife, Gloria, have five children, David, Michael, Ricky, Kristi and Traci. All three of his sons played professionally, with David's Major League career spanning 12 seasons, and Michael playing with Cincinnati for a year and now currently managing in the Arizona organization.
3 Comments
I'm speculating that former Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone (currently Orioles' pitching coach) will be the next Royals manager. Hey, why not? It's that Dayton Moore connection (attachment) with his former organization. Look at the Dotel trade to the Braves for Davies.
Buddy Bell has done a great job of coaching the Royals. I think Joe Posnaski said it best in the KC Star today…Buddy gave the players a sense that they matter. He built their confidence. He aired out guys for loafing and believed in guys when they were "lost."
Although we'll miss Buddy Bell, he'll still be a member of the Royals.
I'd like to see Frank White have a chance to manage the Royals in 2008.
Good luck, Royals, and thanks, Buddy Bell, for helping the Royals become professional again.
I'm sure that Buddy Bell is a nice person. But what the players need is a manager who will kick them in the a** and get them going. These overpaid athletes are prima donnas who don't need a softy to massage their egos. Baseball is a business and when the team don't win games, people don't attend.


text:
Creative agency
Mother has created its first advertising campaign for Green & Black's since picking up the business last year. The print and outdoor activity gives the different flavours unique personalities. Each execution features the headline: "This is not a chocolate bar." The Butterscotch bar is pictured lying on a sunlounger and referred to as "the golden one", while the Spiced Chilli bar is shown wearing nipple tassels and called "the exotic one". The campaign was shot by Carl Kleiner.
Includes every print & iPad edition, plus full access to Campaign online and other Brand Republic sitesSUBSCRIBE


text:
15 tips to stay safe, cool in heat
Published On: Jul 02 2013 01:07:50 PM CDT Updated On: Jul 06 2015 01:00:00 AM CDT
The heat is on across the country. Learn how to stay cool -- and safe -- when the mercury rises.
The views expressed are not those of this company or its affiliated companies. Please note by clicking on "Post" you acknowledge that you have read the Terms Of Service and the comment you are posting is in compliance with such terms.


text:
Buy Item $5.00 Retail:
Save 75% ($14.98)
Add To Cart
Add To Wishlist
A young, pretty, and well-educated Easterner, Elizabeth Thatcher isn't as prepared as she thought for her teaching position on the hardscrabble Canadian frontier in 1910. She loves the children in her one-room schoolhouse but is determined not to fall for a frontiersman---until she meets Royal Canadian Mountie Wynn Delaney. Will he change her mind? Dove approved. Approx. 89 minutes.
Special Features:
|Format: DVD
Vendor: Word Entertainment
Publication Date: 2013
Availability: In Stock
Series: When Calls the Heart


text:
ACHICA > David Charles > David Charles Chiffon Bat Wing Dress - Light Tangerine
Click image to zoom -- or click here to enlarge
David Charles Chiffon Bat Wing Dress - Light Tangerine
This product is not available
|Sale closed
|Product Information
This sweet chiffon bat wing dress is available in a selection of candy colours, perfect for occasion dressing. A simple and elegant dress finished with a row of pretty flowers at the waist.
Fabric: 100% Polyester
Care: Hand Wash 30 or Dry Clean (P)
Product Code 8103OVOID
|Delivery & Returns
We hope you will be thrilled with your purchases but in the unlikely event that you want to return something, you can find full return instructions on the back of your delivery note or click here


text:
|Kleve among photo winners to showcase spirit of Colo. ag
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
From wheat fields and cattle round-ups to farming families and ranch work, the winning pictures from the 15th annual "Colorado...It's Agricultural" Photography Contest showcase the spirit of Colorado agriculture.
"Photographers from across the state and the nation submitted entries showcasing Colorado agriculture," said Wendy White, marketing specialist at the Colorado Department of Agriculture. "It is always so exciting to see how photographers capture the diversity of agriculture in Colorado."
The winners were selected from more than 100 entries based on relation to Colorado agriculture, creativity and technical quality.
Among the winners is Rita Kleve of Holyoke. Honorable mention honors also went to Rita, as well as her daughter-in-law, Nicole (Asbury) Kleve of Nolanville, Texas.
The grand-prize winner and recipient of $150 is Samantha Kujala of Burns, with her entry entitled "Checkin Cows." The winning photograph depicts a rancher riding through the sagebrush checking on cattle in northwestern Colorado.
Other top finishers include Elena Drazev of Grand Junction, first place in the agritourism category with "Come Help Us at the Ranch, Dude!;" Sonya Hutchison of Merino, first-place crops with "The Gleaner;" Rita Kleve of Holyoke, first-place people with "3 Generations of John Deere;" and Marni Mattner of Denver, first-place open professional with "Colorado Sunset."
Other individuals receiving an honorable mention include Joyce Simpleman, Keenesburg; Craig Hammes, Delta; Rita Kleve, Holyoke; Gary Rich, Aurora; Dee Jensen, Fleming; Dennis Krukover, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Laurie Purcell, Grand Junction; Lou Costy, Fort Collins; Marla Rock, Wray; and Nicole Kleve, Nolanville, Texas.
Winning photographs will be displayed in the Beede-Hamil Agriculture Building at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling. They are also available online at www.coloradoagriculture.com.
The 2013 contest is now underway. Photographers can enter their pictures through Dec. 31, 2013 in five categories: agritourism, crops, livestock, people and open professional.
Started in 1998, the "Colorado...It's Agricultural" Photography Contest is sponsored by the AgInsights Committee, Colorado Department of Agriculture and Northeastern Junior College.
Holyoke Enterprise January 17, 2013


text:
The UFC's new featherweight champion will have to wait a little bit longer to make his first defense of the belt.
The WEC's final 145-pound champ, Jose Aldo (18-1 MMA, 8-0 WEC), who officially was awarded his new UFC title prior to this past Saturday's UFC 123 event, has suffered an undisclosed injury in training and has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout with top contender Josh Grispi (14-1 MMA, 4-0 WEC) .
The two had been expected to meet in the co-main event of "UFC 125: Resolution," which takes place Jan. 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today verified Aldo's withdrawal, which was first reported by Heavy.com.
According to ESPN.com's Josh Gross, who posted the news on his official Twitter account, the injury was a "compacted vertebrae (which) caused tingling in both arms" and will force Aldo out of action for "at least a month for therapy."
Currently, officials have not decided how to plug the hole on the card or if Grispi will get a new opponent, sources told MMAjunkie.com.
Aldo, who was installed as a UFC champion following the recent decision to merge the world's largest MMA promotion with its sister company, the WEC, formally was awarded the UFC's first-ever featherweight title this past weekend.
Aldo debuted for the WEC in June 2008 with a second-round TKO win over Shooto legend Alexandre Franca "Pequeno" Nogueira.
Following five consecutive knockout wins to open his WEC run – including three in the first round – Aldo was granted a title shot against then-champion Mike Brown. Aldo halted Brown with strikes in the second round.
Aldo then defended his belt twice with wins over Manny Gamburyan and Urijah Faber and is currently considered among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
For the latest on UFC 125 stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
(Pictured: Dana White and Jose Aldo)


text:
We need to be able to have a shared Microsoft drive appear in all of our users Briefcases in Zimbra.
Can you please advise the HOWTO, This needs to be automatic its the same drive (folder) for all users within our sales department,
i.e. U Drive on windows 2003 server would appears as a briefcase folder called sales on zimbra.
Ideas ?


text:
I use the GM-8 mostly for solar imaging and visual with a tandem bar set-up (Cak70 and TV76 w/SF70 h-alpha filters). I've not used it for dark sky imaging but I do use it for visual at night with a 105.
I hate having equipment lying around unused and I figure with the Mach 1 in house, the GM8 will be staying indoors a lot. She sure is pretty though and kind of like a "not so old" friend. Maybe I should just think of the GM8 as my solar mount and dedicate it to that (wouldn't want the anodizing to bleach on that Mach 1 ).
I'm torn though - what would you folks do? I know from seeing photos of some of your living rooms that some of your pads would qualify as scope/mount showrooms, LOL. I'm more in the Spartan camp and my spouse doesn't share the view that my gear is like industrial art.


text:
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Jordan Sibert scored 18 points, Kendall Pollard added a season-high 12 and Dayton rolled past Stanford 82-72 on Thursday to make the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight for the first time since 1984.
No. 11 seed Dayton (26-10) continued its underdog run and this one wasn't particularly close. The 6-foot-4 Sibert was spectacular, slashing to the basket and draining 3-pointers, to help the Flyers lead for almost the entire night.
Dayton showed its depth early, using 12 players in the first half to slowly wear down Stanford. Next up, the Flyers play top-seeded Florida in the South Regional final for a spot in the Final Four.
No. 10 seed Stanford (23-13) had the superior post play, but it wasn't enough. Chasson Randle led the Cardinal with 21 points, but shot 5 of 21 from the field. Dwight Powell added 17 and Stefan Nastic — who fouled out with more than five minutes left — had 15.
University of Dayton students are becoming known for their rowdy street parties celebrating the latest basketball win — and Thursday night was no exception.
After hundreds of students showed up at UD Arena to watch the Flyers beat Stanford on big screens, thousands thronged the streets around campus to celebrate the team's first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in three decades.
Police said some bottles and cans were thrown at police in riot gear trying to disperse the dancing and screaming crowds. Dayton police reported 28 arrests on campus.
The Dayton Daily News reports that emergency crews responded to a roof collapse on a porch near campus, but there were no details about injuries.
The Flyers will play the University of Florida in the next round of the tournament on Saturday.


text: Free, weekly casual gathering for new moms, babies, and family members. Group is led by a lactation consultant who can answer your questions and offer tips and advice on breastfeeding. A scale is available so moms can track baby's weight.Meets every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in Bliss 6 (family waiting area). No registration required to attend.


text:
Enjoy this article? You may also be interested in these related items from our partners
Edna Mode
Shoe Ornament
Star Wars: The Force Awakens New
Adventures - Level 1 Reader Book
Adventure Time: Card
Wars: Finn vs. Jake
Title: LUMA (link)
Publisher: Walt Disney
Released: November 10, 2009
Cost: $.99
iTouch?: Yes
Pros: Quick, addictive play, good graphics and sound effects
Cons: None
Review: I confess when I first read LUMA's description and saw the game shots, I thought I knew exactly how the game was going to go. At first glance, the concept seemed like this network type game I had played on a PDA long ago where 'cables' had to be rotated in 90 degree increments in order to connect various 'nodes' together to complete a 'network.' Although LUMA's premise is similar, Disney Interactive (and its Enorbus subsidiary) have managed to turn the simple concept on its ears and produce a quick and highly addictive logic puzzle game.


text:
Actress Lisa Robin Kelly, best known as "Laurie" in TV's "That '70s Show," has passed away at the age of 43 after a battle with alcohol abuse.
Kelly died in her sleep at a rehab facility in California, where she had been seeking help for booze-related issues since last week.
The spokesperson tells TMZ, "She had been fighting demons for a while and finally lost her battle."
Kelly had been struggling with alcohol problems for several years, and was just arrested for a suspected DUI in June.
She was previously busted for the same charge in 2010, when she was fined and sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation following an incident in North Carolina.
Last year, she was arrested again on a felony charge of corporal injury upon a spouse following a complaint filed by her ex-boyfriend, John Michas, and months later, she was slapped with allegations of assault against her husband, Robert Joseph Gilliam.


text:
Folsom Lake RV Joins in our Coats for Kids Drop Off Box Photo Gallery Contest | Community Spirit
Title (Max 100 Characters)
This photo was submitted by Juli Knasko with Folsom Lake RV as part of our Coats for Kids Drop Off Box photo gallery contest.
Thank you Juli for being part of the Coats for Kids campaign and for participating in this contest!
Want to have some fun, promote your organization and possibly win a prize, while you're helping us keep more than half a million families warm?
Just dress up your drop off box and email us 4 or more pictures of it to email@example.com.
When you do, we'll create a photo gallery article on News10 My Neighborhood. AND, if you send us text about your business, school or non-profit organization in that same email, we'll add that to the article.
THEN, we'll submit you into our random drawing and the winner will receive a $30 Target gift card.
If you want to learn more about becoming a drop off box location, Click HERE to sign up!


text:
Style #:
For further details regarding our pricavy policies including the use of cookies please click here. For instructions on how to enable cookies please click here. If you need assistance one of our customer service representatives at 1-800-850-7463 would be glad to help.
Price: $129.95
Sale Price: $84.95 Save 35%
Select Your Size
Then, Select Your Width
Additional Views
An invincible all-weather casual lace-up style featuring waterproof leather and construction, and a gel heel-pad for comfort. Specially designed outsole is long-wearing and durable.
No Customers Have Reviewed This Product Yet
Share your thoughts with other customers
Enter email address to join our mailing list


text:
Global Remittances Guide
Global Remittances Guide
Remittances are among the most tangible links between migration and development. According to World Bank projections, international migrants are expected to remit more than $550 billion in earnings in 2013, of which $414 billion will flow to developing countries. In 24 countries, remittances were equal to more than 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011; in nine countries they were equal to more than 20 percent of GDP.
Select one of the maps below to visualize global remittance flows in 2012, numerically or as a share of GDP. Learn about remittance trends since 1970 and the relationships between remittance-sending and -receiving countries. For detailed remittances profiles of the top 10 remittance-receiving countries, along with related migration and development indicators and a world overview, click here.
Note: These data only capture remittances sent through formal channels such as banks and money transfer operators. Currently, no uniform and authoritative historical data on informal flows exist. Given the widespread use of informal remittance channels, the data should be regarded as underestimates of total flows.
A full Remittances Glossary is available along with Further Readings on Migration and Development topics.
This data tool is a project of MPI's Migrants, Migration, and Development program with generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the technical assistance of Dilip Ratha and Sanket Mohapatra from the Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, and research assistance of Roberto Munster.


text:
My AT Voyager w/ "Manny Myles" Mods!!!!
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:15 PM
I wasn't happy with the "push-to" ability of the stock mount. I'd have to grab onto the scope and mount at the same time to pan around to a different object.
Another thing I wasn't a big fan of was the way scopes are mounted to the "hockey puck" sideways and having to always turn the focuser (or diagonal) 45 degrees.
I also thought that the tripod spreader, while ok, could have been stronger and gave the mount more support. And the eyepiece tray that AT offered, 1 didn't look good, 2, didn't add support & 3, I did't like where I would have to mount it.
Enter "Manny Myles" (that's his screen name). After searching through the Mounts Forum here on CloudyNights and came across a few threads (csa/montana's specifically) that had the Manny Myles Mods done to the AT Voyager mount. his modifications answered ALL of my negatives I thought of the stock AT Voyager.
Manny (Dave) was VERY communicative and answered all my questions. I ended up ordering an eyepiece tray with 3 2" holes and 6 1.25" holes. I also ordered a PhAT RaAT w/ Pan Handle from him.
After installing everything (everything you need to install comes with the package, by the way). Boom, mount was sturdier, push-to was easy, you don't even have to touch the scope.
Manny's (Dave's) work is proffessional grade. The paint job he did matched the painton the Voyager exactly, and the eyepiece tray was light weight and fit perfectly. (the welding job was spot on also )
Manny Myles also sells another bracket, I forget the name, but it's installed at the lower end of the arm of the Voyager, which also helps with balancing and the overall sturdiness (is that a word?) of the mount. He also has a bracket with just the Pan Handle for push-to'ing.
Now my AT Voyager mount is modified exactly the way I wanted thanx to Manny Myles.
He gets a "5 bow rating from me:
Well, here are some (a bunch actually) pictures.
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:16 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:18 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:19 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:20 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:21 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:22 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:24 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:25 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:27 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 06:28 PM
Attached Files
Posted 08 May 2009 - 07:04 PM
Posted 08 May 2009 - 07:10 PM
Posted 08 May 2009 - 09:18 PM
Posted 09 May 2009 - 06:28 AM
Posted 09 May 2009 - 09:58 AM
CG of scope is quite a bit above the alt axis. This potentiates the dreaded scope flop associated with using photographic mounts. How is this an improvement?
In English please.
I'm no scientist, but it's a lot easier to mount, the scope is in a better position, balancing is a lot easier, overall it's sturdier. And I have less worries now about everything falling over then I did before. What's scope flop? Sounds like something Viagra would take care of.
Are you claiming the scope is more likely to fall over in this position mounted on the bracket?
Doesn't seem like it is. The overall balance of the set up is a lot better then before. Before, EVERY time I would "push-to" another object the mount would want to fall over (I call that not being sturdy). Now with the bracket/handle it's firm on all 3 legs (I call that sturdy). Solved my problem.
Posted 09 May 2009 - 10:14 AM
With the scope in the factory placement, the scope is further away from the center, with the bracket it moves it forward and inward towards the sweet spot, not exactly perfect but much better than factory.
Having the Bent Bar on there gets it even closer to the center of az rotation, helping get the scope's weight centered on all 3 legs.
Posted 09 May 2009 - 01:34 PM
Posted 09 May 2009 - 01:49 PM
Posted 09 May 2009 - 02:00 PM
Scope flop: balance the scope when level and when pointed up it will tend to rotate backward(flop). It'll do the same thing when pointing down in the front but that's not too common in astro observing.
I can attest, with the tension knobs on the Voyager that wasn't/isn't an issue, well it wasn't for me. After your post before, I mounted my TMB92SS again and messed around with moving it, up/down/left right, tried different EP's, etc, etc. I didn't have any worries or scope flop. It was a lot sturdier then before, especially in regards to "push-to'ing".
Manny's brackets are a professionally made item and do what they say they're going to do. No worries about exacerbating scope flop.
Posted 09 May 2009 - 02:10 PM
Posted 09 May 2009 - 02:17 PM
I think the brackets look very nice, but I agree with Luigi that it appears the scope CG is above the alt axis. I know from using the Celestron Heavy duty Alt/Az mount that the weight being above the alt axis doesn't work to well. I would imagine scope flop would be more likely with a heavier longer scope than yours.
Coparing those 2 mounts is apples to oranges. 2 different mounts with different designs.
If the Celestron mount you're talking about is the one I'm thinking of.
Posted 10 May 2009 - 10:23 AM
Posted 10 May 2009 - 11:02 AM
Nice pics Randy and Kudos to M2 for coming up with the idea! My Voyager is still in the box as farm work has prevented me from doing a first light this weekend.
Posted 10 May 2009 - 12:49 PM
With a well balanced setup, virtually no friction is need to hold any position of the scope and the movements are very smooth and easy. This is one of the usual goals in designing a telescope mount, and one that the standard Voyager attends to by placing the center of the OTA on the altitude axis. Your mod undoes this, which might be OK if offseting benefits outweigh this consideration.
Oh yeah, thanx for mentioning balance. The bracket makes balancing the scope A LOT easier.


text:
Altec Products Inc. 400EU - Altec Product Show N Go License Plate Transports
Altec Product Show N Go License Plate Transports
The Show N Go eliminates the standard OEM front license plate mount that often looks like a design afterthought, and replaces it with a mount that both displays the plate in a more attractive position, and allows the plate to be retracted and stowed out of site with a simple one hand motion. No tools or adjustments are required. The transport mechanism incorporates a stainless steel torsion spring that both retains the mount in the stored position and also causes it to flip up into the display position when it is manually pulled out or remotely done.


text:
I've tried going to Region and Language and adding a layout, even making it the default layout, but for some reason I'm stuck with my original layout and I can't seem to change it. In GNOME 2 and in Unity, there's a panel applet that allows you to quickly change between keyboard layouts, but there doesn't seem to be one in Gnome Shell. Does anyone know a way to get that applet in the panel (loading it manually?) or at the very least change the keyboard layout via the terminal?
You'll find the keyboard layout settings in the region and languages setting panel. Go to the user menu, choose System Settings, then Region and Language, then switch to the Layouts tab.
The layout chooser and keyboard shortcuts (under options) should be pretty familier from the Gnome 2 days. Once there is more than one layout you should get a little switcher applet too.
This worked for me... got to:
System Settings --> Keyboard layout, tab Layouts --> Options... Key(s) to change layout
Pick any one you like, even multi options work for me...
Here is some more updated information: as of Nov. '14. I input Japanese and English regularly and got stuck on this after an upgrade -using ubuntu gnome 14.04
I type Japanese and English, so here is how I did it.
In the Region/Language settings, you choose your input method, which implies the keyboard type. So for Japanese, there is a simple "Japanese" setting, which has nothing to do with typing "Japanese", instead it is the "Japanese keyboard layout". In order to type "Japanese", you have to install the ibus-anthy" or "mozc" packages. After reboot, click the little "+" button and scroll down to japanese, notice the added japanese options for "Japanese-Anthy" and "Japanese-Mozc". Add these, then you will get SDK input ability as well as simple typing with correct layout.


text:
Facial clarity is important for women who wish to look their best at all times. While you may have already incorporated facial cleansers and toners into your beauty care regimen, you may have forgotten to also include facial masks. Although daily facial cleansing may be enough to remove most skin impurities, residual makeup, oils, and environmental pollutants, sometimes it simply doesn't reach down deep enough into the skin to eliminate all traces or fully restore your skin's clarity and refresh its natural beauty. This is what makes it so important to partake in an occasional facial. Designed with the inclusion of scientifically proven ingredients,
Bioelements Masks deliver skin-soothing hydration and restorative cleansing that refines the natural beauty of your facial skin. In only one or two 10-minute sessions a week, Bioelements Masks can recreate the luminous beauty of your face through its unique blend of ingredients that cleanse, refine, firm, hydrate, and soften your skin.
To enjoy the full benefit of Bioelements Masks, use them in combination with other Bioelements products including cleansers, treatments, moisturizers, toners, eye products, and neck firming products.
Our restorative clay masks deliver the finest and most advanced ingredients available today. Their anti-aging formulas create a vast improvement in the appearance of your facial skin. Take advantage of the opportunity to purge your skin's impurities, fully opening and refining your pores to rejuvenated beauty with Bioelements Masks.
Cleanse deep down into your pores using Bioelements Kerafole, an impurity-purging facial mask that encourages new skin cell growth for a brighter, more radiant look. With only ten minutes a week, your skin will begin to glow more vibrantly as it becomes revitalized with the fresh cell growth that occurs as impurities are carefully cleansed from your skin. Perfect for most skin types, except sensitive skin.
If you can spare a mere ten minutes once or twice a week, then you can deep clean your skin, removing all excess oil and skin impurities. Bioelements Restorative Clay facial mask does all of that, while also smoothing your skin's texture to a renewed softness with barely a trace of wrinkles. Infused with the calming agent of Chamomile and a variety of healing Chinese herbs, this mask provides exceptional oil absorption as it refines your facial pores. Perfect for oily skin, as well as combination skin.
Is your facial skin in need of a pick-me-up that strengthens its elasticity as well as its luminous beauty? If that's the case, then indulge in the supercharged gel mask of Bioelements Gel Therapy. Your face will feel so rejuvenated that you'll wish you could use this mask all over. It hydrates, soothes damaged skin, and balances your skin's water to oil balance.


text:
It's all good news in Dubai at the moment. With news that property prices rose by 9.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 and its GDP rose to 5.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2012, you can't deny that it's starting to feel very like another boom is taking shape here.
Every day we hear news of new projects and new housing developments that sell out in a matter of hours. The speculators are back and the traffic's returning – and, to top it all, Dubai's going all-out in its bid to host Expo 2020 with an exhibition that HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai says will "astonish the world".
But, with Dubai's star rising so brightly once more, I can't help but wonder how the international media will react. We… Read more


text:
Mount Pleasant, MI (Sports Network) - Allen Roberts scored 19 points off the
bench to lead the Miami-Ohio RedHawks to a 70-61 victory over the Central
Michigan Chippewas in a Mid-American Conference matchup at McQuirk Arena.
Will Felder chipped in 11 points for Miami (8-12, 3-5 MAC) while Will Sullivan
notched 10 points.
Kyle Randall netted a game-high 20 points in the loss as Central Michigan
(9-12, 2-6) lost its fourth consecutive contest. Blake Hibbitts made four
triples for 12 points off the bench.
Miami starters managed just nine points in the first half on 3-of-16 from
the floor. However, its bench stepped up and dropped 20 points to give the
RedHawks a 29-24 halftime edge.
The RedHawks hit 52.2 percent of their shots in the second half to build their
lead, however Randall scored four consecutive points late in the contest to
bring the Chippewas to within two at 59-57. Miami responded with a Roberts'
layup then took care of business at the free throw line.
Miami now leads the all-time series, 49-17.
The Sports Network


text:
Man in Black Will Smith shoots hoops with TeamGB stars
17:30 16 May 2012
Hollywood star Will Smith shot hoops and threw punches with London Olympic hopefuls from TeamGB.
Drew Sullivan, captain for the GB basketball team, hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton, super heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua and triple jumper Yamile Aldama, all hung out with the Fresh Prince of Bel Air star.
They met up at the Ethos Sports Centre in South Kensington, today.
"I've always loved sports - I love basketball and I love boxing. But I've never considered myself an athlete," admitted Smith.
The 43-year-old previously dabbled in boxing for his Oscar-nominated performance as Muhammad Ali in 2001's Ali, and has a share in the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team.
"I was a little bit goofy until I was about 14 or 15. The first time I ever saw myself look good athletically was in the first Bad Boys," he continued.
"Michael Bay shot me running in slow-motion and I thought, 'Hey, that doesn't look half bad' but other than that, I've never been really athletic."
Smith - who will attend the gala premiere of his new film with co-stars Josh Brolin and Emma Thompson tonight - admitted to enjoying the exercise, which took place at.
"That is fun. That's the first time I've ever done the hurdles and the triple jump, and had any interaction with it, so I'm gonna go ice myself down," he said.
"That stuff is a lot harder than it looks on TV. I'm clearly not a hurdler. That gives you an idea of the peak physical condition that athletes have to be in. I had a little taste of it when I made Ali but there's a whole other level of conditioning. I'll be at the Olympics to watch," he added.


text:
If you'd like to speak to a professional in your area who can provide more information about the ABV Credential Program, please visit our ABV Champion website and contact one of the Champions listed. The purpose of the ABV Champion program is to inform the professional accounting community about (1) the vital role of business valuation professionals, (2) the knowledge required to become a valuation specialist, and (3) the benefits of the ABV credential.
If you'd like to contact the AICPA directly, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or 888.777.7077. You can contact the AICPA FVS Division directly by visiting our FVS Team page.


text:
StarburstSketchpad Collection. Select different.
|Sketch Pad Details
|Cover of Pad
|Signature paper
|Interior Pages
|Includes 50 interior pages printed on luxurious text paper
|Tear-off or spiral bound
|Design Features
|Drag and drop your images into one of our stylish designs
|Boutique Packaging
|Gift wrap your order in our upscale packaging
Custom Sketch Pads by Mpix: Starburst
Our Starburst custom Sketch Pad features your photo in a white frame accompanied by a coral star pattern on a white background with your artist's name and the year on a white background. Order your own personalized 50-page Sketch Pad in a Tear-Off or Spiral binding in a 14x11".
Mpix.com offers a wide variety of custom Sketch Pads that your kids are sure to love. With lots of fun and creative designs featuring your personal photos, there's no limit to where their imaginations will take them with their own personalized Sketch Pad.
Whether you prefer tear off or spiral bound pages, Mpix has it covered! Find sketch pads with modern and contemporary styles, bright colors and fun patterns. Find minimalist style sketch pads with neutral colors and classic designs. Let your little artists express themselves while you admire their awesome creations.
Our quick and easy ordering process ensures that your personalized sketch pad will arrive fast so your children can get started on their first masterpiece. Now let the fun begin!
Don't forget to browse our Fun Photo Gifts!


text:
Video: Debate over Immigration
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) -- President Barack Obama says the government will stop deporting undocumented people who came into this country as children.
Illegal Immigrants will avoid deportation and be eligible for work permits if:
- They arrived in the U.S. before age 16 and are younger than 30
- Been in the country 5 years continuously
-Have no criminal history
- Graduated high school or earned a GED
- Pose no threat
- Or served in the military.
No matter where you stand on the issue, the children are stuck in the middle of the controversy.
Some of these children are honor roll students who have only known America to be their home. That is the case for 19-year-old Yves Gomes.
He's lived his entire life with uncertainty.
But without a doubt he wants to live in America.
"I like playing basketball, I like playing video games. I watch American television."
Both of his parents were deported several years ago when his father's fight for political asylum failed.
In 2010 it was Gomes' turn. After 9News Now interviewed him, he got a two-year extension.
His time is up again and that's why he says today's news couldn't have been better.
"For me it means a victory. but not a final victory. It's been tough but everything happens for a reason."
He was among the crowd that gathered for a rally at the White House Friday afternoon in support of the President's decision.
His story is not unlike the others in this group.
Take Nathaly Uribe, an undocumented 17-year-old high school student.
"I was brought here from Valparaiso, Chile when I was two years old. I have been here 15 years of my life. This is my home. I wouldn't know what to do if I were sent back to Chile."
Gomes came to this country at the beginning of his life. He sees himself growing old in this country. If he gets to fulfill that dream, he hopes of finding a cure for his cousin who suffers from muscular dystrophy.
"I live with my cousin who has muscular dystrophy and there's nothing more I'd like to do than to work towards finding a cure for his disease."
Gomes graduated high school with a 4.6 grade point average. He had to turn down half a dozen colleges because of his status.
He's at Montgomery College now, but is waiting to get into Georgetown to study biochemistry and find cures for diseases.


text:
$10.6 million budget approved for Humboldt County
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved a budget for 2013-14 where the tax levy is about five cents less than the current levy.
The new levy is $6.06 for those who live in a city, and $10.01 for rural residents.
Auditor Peggy Rice said the budget calls for total revenues of $10,448,589 and total expenses of $10,676,009. If the entire budget is expended, the county will use about $227,000 in cash reserves.
The new budget includes 3.5 percent raises for elected officials as recommended by the Humboldt County Compensation Board.
The board approved the new Humboldt County flag with a change from two weeks ago. The one change was the addition of another star. The 13 stars represent the towns in the county. The board thanked graphic designer Bonita McLarnen for her work on the project.
Craig Malloy of the Veteran's Affairs office told the board a second Honor Flight has been added for Sept. 7. The first Honor Flight this year is May 11. There will be 15 Humboldt County Veterans (World War II and Korean War) on the May 11 flight from Fort Dodge to Washington, DC. It takes about $600 for each Veteran and Malloy said funds have nearly been raised for the first flight.
To read more about county government, become a subscriber to The Humboldt Independent.


text:
International Business Machines Corp. announced a deal to buy Emptoris Inc., a contract management software company whose products include a vendor management system for contingent labor.
Terms of the transaction were not announced. Emptoris is owned by Marlin Equity Partners.
Emptoris' VMS ranked as the third largest VMS in terms of statement of work spend and as the largest in terms of outsourced service contract spend, according to the 2011 VMS and MSP Supplier Competitive Landscape report by Staffing Industry Analysts.
The acquisition is part of IBM's "Smarter Commerce" initiative begun in March 2011 and aimed at helping companies respond to shifting customer buying patterns.
"Procurement is being asked to show how it can deliver value to the organization," said Craig Hayman, general manager of industry solutions at IBM. "Adding Emptoris strengthens the comprehensive capabilities we deliver and enables IBM to meet the specific needs of chief procurement officers."
Emptoris has more than 350 customers in 75 countries and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
The acquisition is anticipated to close in the first quarter of 2012.
Emptoris' staffing VMS at one time was part of a firm called Click Commerce Inc., a portion of which was acquired by Emptoris in 2009. At the time, Click Commerce's VMS ranked as the largest with $4.64 billion in spend, according to Staffing Industry Analysts. Emptoris had acquired the pieces of Click Commerce from Illinois Tool Works Inc.
In 2006, Click Commerce had paid $15 million in cash and stock for VMS technology from Elance Inc., a Mountain View, California-based firm that now provides services for companies and individuals seeking to hire independent contractors online.
Filed by Staffing Industry Analysts, a sister company of Workforce Management. To comment, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Stay informed and connected. Get human resources news and HR features via Workforce Management's Twitter feed or RSS feeds for mobile devices and news readers.


text:
I think you're throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks. What I know is that it's not an option far as I'm concerned to remove it. If you were to tell me they should remove it I'd flat out call you a Quisling.
I think you're throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks. What I know is that it's not an option far as I'm concerned to remove it. If you were to tell me they should remove it I'd flat out call you a Quisling.
Because it was just flat out impossible to live like that back then. Sure there were more homeless people but most of those who I would today call freeloaders just manned up and did something to improve their situation. I'm not calling it perfect as there was no support for those who actually needed it like disabled or old people. You were forced to keep closer relations with your family or friends and create a small society of your own to support each other.
Nor did I ever say or will say anything like that. Like I said, replying to Asera's comment about all taxing being robbery, some people would just die if you suddenly removed the social support. I'm not making that decision even as a concept even though it could be the best for the human race and our future.What I know is that it's not an option far as I'm concerned to remove it. If you were to tell me they should remove it I'd flat out call you a Quisling.
However I will say that I don't think those currently misusing the system are flawed per se. The system made them like that and only by changing something within could we improve it. There is different structural changes that could be made and really going in to details is impossible, like I said, it's very national specific what's the core problem. It all depends on your current social support system, wages, the wealth of your country and so on.
We might be geeks, but we only talk about computers 95% of the time.
Please don't get me wrong, I'll all for assisting those who are down on their luck (disabled people, people who were laid off, veterans, the elderly, etc), but I'm absolutely against completely supporting people who are able but unwilling to work.
Last edited by noteworthynerd; 2012-11-28 at 01:58 AM.
Computer Forum Mod | My PC Setup
This leads us to one of the tragic things about politics: there have been thousands of debates like this the past, I don't know, 100 years, but what neither side seems to understand is that everyone wants more or less the same thing. Us socialists are all for making it as difficult as possible for freeloaders, we don't like them either. We just want to take care of those who truly are worse off, not those who choose to be, and I do think most of us do want to help those people, those who really do need it. It's just that us socialists think it's worth it to have some freeloaders until we fix the loopholes, whilst other people would rather wait spending money until everything is loophole-free, so that just those who need help, get help.
I understand and fully agree to the argument that we have to be careful about to whom we give money, because if we spend an unnecessarily large sum, to people who don't need it, then that hasn't really solved anything. We've just created new problems. There will always be idiots who want to throw a lot of money around without paying much attention to who gets it, just like there will always be heartless bastards who think that everyone who's worse off deserves living on the street, but it's vital to understand that the idiots are just as misrepresentative for socialists, as the bastards are for liberalists.
I might be wrong, but at least that's my experience.
Personally, I'm really behind Cusco on this. I've got to tell Ghazh in particular though that I don't think any that he/she calls "freeloaders" would "man up" back then more than they would now. They'd just figure out a different way to leech.
I have trouble believing the 'mass' has really changed the way you want to push it. What I consider more likely is that these people just turned into hobos back then, or leeched off family, friends and partners that they might have had.
Right. My fans finally arrived and I progressed to install them. I had to remove my GPU in the process to route some cables and, to my surprise, the motherboard refused to register it after I mounted it back. Took me an hour of wiggling it in and out, changing PCIe slots, I actually broke the clip on the PCIe1 slot while trying desperately get it off before it just magically started working again. o_O Don't you just hate it when you don't know what was actually wrong in the first place?
A side note; Do you know if Asrock Extreme 6 should let you install single craphics card in the second PCIe slot with nothing in the first main slot. Or is my lower PCIe broken? :/
See if it's a setting in your ASRock bios.
sometimes it just needs to be reseated, the clips on x16 slots and ram slots are there because thermal expansion used to cause ram sticks and expansion cards to creap out of the slot
this is why people often have issues with PCIe 1x sound cards and network cards not working
i7-6700K | Z170 Class. K | 16GB DDR4-3200 | GTX-980ti | Samsung 950 Pro RAID0 | SuperNOVA 1Kw P2 | Lian Li PC-07S
Dell U3415w | Ducky DSX | Zowie ZA11 | Xonar Essence One | Tannoy Reveal 402
I actually managed to remove one of the clips from the bottom most pcie slot and put that on the main slot. It's a little "loser" then the rest of the clips but it works to secure the card. Still no idea why the second slot doesn't work with a single card. Will probably just leave it and worry about it later if I choose to SLI. It's not like I'm sposed to know if the second slot works when even the manual suggests using the first slot with single cards.
Last edited by Xuvial; 2012-12-04 at 06:56 PM.
By not giving a frag. Besides, usually the card is only really secured by that PCIe. So it can slip outward uncomfortably far.
Speaking of which, anyone know a good shop for Norwegians to get Ducky keyboards from? Preferably the standard 104 US key layout available as an option.
Last edited by Drunkenvalley; 2012-12-04 at 09:54 PM.
Yeah, discovered that page just earlier before posting, but no non-Nordic layout and virtually no MX Brown in stock. Thanks for the link nonetheless.
You guys think it might be worth it going from a BenQ XL2420T to a DELL U2312HM, image quality considered. I really won't be using 3D and the kinds of games I've been playing aren't really taking much advantaged from the 120hz. I'd like to improve on the viewing angles (it's been bothersome sometimes when playing with my girlfriend) and image quality for movies and good looking games really. I'm just wondering if the IQ difference would be noticeable.
http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/us/stormrage - Death Jesters 8/8 [H]Dragon Soul
I don't know how noticeable the IQ will be since that varies from monitor to monitor and the persons' eyes. But we are talking TN vs IPS and there is a difference for sure. You'll need to do a bit of tweaking to get the most out of it...I'm sure there are tons of guides on tweaking UltraSharps :P
I'll personally be sticking with my 120hz till kingdom come, absolutely love what it has done for my gaming experience.


text:
Repairwear Laser Focus™ All-Smooth Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 15
Benefits: De-Ages, SPF
Skin Types: I, II
Designed to give skins the moisture that instantly helps smooth away lines. So it doesn't settle in. There's also a dollop of the technology that powers our Repairwear Laser Focus serum to help skin look smooth, soft.
Please note: This updated formula is a bit more sheer than original Repairwear Anti-Aging Makeup SPF 15. Prefer more coverage? We recommend Perfectly Real Makeup, or Continuous Coverage.
New packaging is being phased in for this product. Your shipped product might look slightly different than the one shown on this site.
Have a product or beauty question?


text:
Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 HTS727550A9E364 / 0J18801 500GB 7.2K 2.5 inch Laptop SATA Hard Drive - Refurbished OEM
Capacity: 500GB
Spindle Speed: 7,200RPM
Interface Type: SATA
Disk Size: 2.5inx9mm Fits Most laptops
Sustained Throughput (MBps):
Average Seek Time (read/write ms): 12
Electrical Interface Speed: SATA 300 - 3.0Gbps
On-Board Cache: 16MB
Travelstar™ 7K750 is a 7200RPM, 375GB/platter, 2.5-inch hard drive with capacities of 500GB, 640GB and 750GB. This standard 9.5mm, two-disk design,intended for use in notebook PCs, external storage and other mobile applications,uses the industry's new Advanced Format. Advanced Format increases the physical sector size on hard drives from 512 bytes to 4096 (4K) bytes,which increases drive capacities and improves error correction capabilities. The Travelstar 7K750 allows manufacturers to deliver high-capacity,power-efficient systems.Manufacturers can consult the HGST Advanced Format Technology Brief for more information on using these hard drives.The 7K750 continues HGST's tradition of ecological leadership and carries its EcoTrac classification. Travelstar 7K750 delivers speed and capacity, without sacrificing battery life or audio quality,to meet the multi-tasking demands of commercial and consumer users on the go.
Travelstar 7K750is the fifth generation self-encrypting drive (SED)to feature HGST's Bulk Data Encryption.The SED encrypts data using protected keys in real time,providing users the highest level of data protection available. It also speeds and simplifies drive re-purposing. By deleting the encryption key,the data on the drive is rendered unreadable, thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming data-overwrite. For information about the SED models designed to meet the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Opal Storage Security specification,please contact your HGST representative.
HGST provides enhanced availability models that allow the Travelstar 7K750 to deliver 24x7 access to data for data-intensive applications requiring round-the-clock operation.The 7K750 provides high capacity,durability and low power utilization on a proven platform for quality and reliability. EA models support the stringent demands of"always-on"applications in lower-transaction environments.
Dell Part Numbers: 79TG5 079TG5
Here are a few 2.5" SATA related items:
Hitachi 7K200 80GB 7.2K 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive 0A50936
Fujitsu MHV2040BH SATA Hard Drive
Hitachi 0A25025 7K100 SATA Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint M80 HM080HI SATA Hard Drive
Fujitsu MHT2040BH SATA Hard Drive
Seagate ST980811AS SATA Hard Drive


text:
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Top American John Isner was an easy opening-round winner Tuesday at the U.S. Open.
The 13th-seeded 6-foot-8 slugger dismantled helpless Italian Filippo Volandri, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3, in 1 hour, 16 minutes on the Grandstand court. The massive- serving Isner fired 16 aces on his way to the second round.
The surging Isner recently titled in Atlanta and was a hardcourt runner-up in Washington, D.C., and at an ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati.
The Sports Network


text:
OS: Windows XP
Office: 2007 SP2
Connector: ZimbraConnectorOLK_220.127.116.117_x86
The Outlook connector crashes after with the mapi32.dll error after creating the account and on subsequent restarts. I have tried reinstalling Office 2007 and have searched the forums and tried various fixes, such as removing Windows Messenger, deleting Outlook Profiles and creating a new Windows Profile. I am attaching the dmp file and would appreciate any assistance.


text:
Technical Support
1-844-956-264810/5 availability
Email us Response time: 24 h
Information applies to:
Error 1301 ocurrs when installing Endpoint Protection.
The agent tries to integrate into the server but, as the customer license seems to be expired, the server rejects it.
In most cases, the problem is due to the fact that the licenses have expired. In this situation, you need to renew the licenses.
Data needed to report the incident
If the issue is not solved, it is then necessary to collect a series of data from the computer. Please, read How to report problems from the Endpoint Protection console and follow the instructions indicated.
Have you resolved your query with this article?
Thanks for your answer
Business hours: Mondays-Fridays 9:00 to 18:00 CET
Outside business hours, please use the online form.
Discover our Premium Services


text:
Sofia, Bulgaria (Sports Network) - Nadia Petrova went 3-0 in round-robin
play and captured a group win at the $750,000 Tournament of Champions.
The second-seeded Russian was perfect in the four-player Sredets Group in
Sofia after coming from behind to beat eighth-seeded heavy Bulgarian crowd
favorite Tsvetana Pironkova 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 Friday on the indoor hardcourts at
Armeets Arena. Pironkova (1-2), like Petrova, had already qualified for
Saturday's semifinals at this season-ending event.
Petrova's semifinal opponent will be fourth-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci
(2-1), while Pironkova should have her hands full with top-seeded former world
No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki (3-0) on Saturday.
Wozniacki captured this week's four-player Serdika Group.
Also on Friday, alternate Sofia Arvidsson (1-0) was leading sixth-seeded Zheng
Jie (0-3) when the Chinese retired from their bout while trailing 1-5 in the
first set. Arvidsson replaced ill third seeded Maria Kirilenko (1-1) in the
eight-woman field on Thursday.
The Tournament of Champions is the finale for the WTA's International Series,
with the six highest-ranked players who have won an International title this
year -- and two wild cards -- comprising an eight-woman field. The
Serdika Group boasted Wozniacki, Vinci, fifth-seeded Taiwanese Su-Wei Hsieh
(0-2) and seventh-seeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova (0-2), while the four-
player Sredets Group featured Petrova, Zheng, Pironkova, and Arvidsson,
following Kirilenko's withdrawal.
The tournament format sees two round-robin groups play out over the first
four days, with the semifinals on Saturday and the final on Sunday.
The Sports Network


text: Maria Shriver enjoys a vacation with her children on a yacht on June 14, 2013 in Monaco. While Patrick Schwarzenegger proudly showed off his toned physique aboard the yacht, his siblings all took turns jumping into the ocean! The family also filled water balloons and tossed them around the yacht!


text:
Kingwood Center
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 9:00am
Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio is 47 acres of well kept lawns and gardens that are overwhelmingly beautiful for an afternoon stroll! Opens for the Season on April 1st until October 31st and the grounds are open daily from 9am until 7pm. Greenhouse open daily from 9am until 6pm. Guided tours of Kingwood Hall May 10th- September 27th on Saturdays at 11am and 2pm. There is a $5 parking fee per vehicle and no pets are allowed on the grounds.
Please contact our Nature Specialist at 419-562-3013 or email them at email@example.com
« Back to Calendar
Upcoming Events
Nov 11
Veterans' Day4:00 pm - 12:00 pm
Nov 27
Black Friday4:00 pm - 12:00 pm
Dec 07
Pearl Harbor Rememberance Day4:00 pm - 12:00 pm
Read More »Testimonials
My husband surprised me this weekend by bringing me to this Hideaway Bed&Breakfast for my 26th Birthday!! He knew how much I needed sometime away from everyday life. This Bed&Breakfast was the perfect idea! I know he spent a lot of time and effort researching the perfect place to go. I'm glad that your establishment was as full-filling as he had hoped it would be. The peace,serenity, and romance of our room, and this whole place provided us a much needed break from the "real world" We enjoyed the tour and the Hideaway Staff was very friendly. Having the cat and dog around and the wooden swing made us feel like kids again, and as though we were at our home away from home! We only wish we could stay longer! You definitely have us wanting more. We will come back in the near future!!! Thank you for a wonderful 21 hours of peace and romance!! Christy&Brad Hays - Huber Heights,Ohio " "


text:
|Head Men's Basketball Coach
|6 Years
One of college basketball's elite coaches, Mike Montgomery has led California to its winningest stretch in more than 50 years in his first five seasons at the helm of the Golden Bears.
Under Montgomery's leadership, Cal is the only the team to have finished in the top four of the Pac-12 Conference standings OR win at least 10 league games in each of the last five seasons. The Bears have earned a postseason berth all five seasons, including three NCAA Tournament appearances in the last four years, under Montgomery.
Montgomery enters the 2013-14 season as the NCAA's ninth winningest active Division I head men's basketball coach with 656 career victories in 31 seasons of collegiate coaching. Montgomery owns 272 career Pac-12 victories and is just four wins shy of tying Oregon State's Slats Gill as the third-winningest coach in conference history after passing Washington's Hec Edmundson in 2013.
The coaching icon owns a 657-302 (.685) record at the college level. He was 393-167 (.702) over 18 years at Stanford from 1987-2004 and 154-77 (.667) during the previous eight seasons at Montana. In five years at Cal, Montgomery is 109-59 (.649). Overall, 30 of his 31 teams have posted winning records.
Three Golden Bears have been voted the Pac-12 Player of the Year in the past four seasons after junior Allen Crabbe captured the honor in 2013. He joined 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, Jorge Gutierrez, Crabbe, the 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, and 2010 Pac-10 Player of the Year Jerome Randle as major award winners in Montgomery's first five seasons in Berkeley. Cal has had multiple representatives on the all-conference squad in each of Montgomery's five seasons, including Crabbe and fellow junior Justin Cobbs in 2013.
Under Montgomery, Crabbe continued to develop his game, becoming one the nation's premier players at his position. Crabbe captured the Pac-12 regular-season scoring title and was named a Third Team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and The Sporting News in 2013. He was selected with the 31st overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft.
The Bears captured their first conference championship in 50 years in 2010 and placed second in the league each of the past two seasons.
After being rewarded with a contract extension by Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour prior to the 2012-13 season, Montgomery guided Cal to a 21-win campaign, a second-place conference finish, and the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The 12-seeded Bears defeated fifth-seeded UNLV in the second round of the NCAA's, falling to fourth-seeded and eventual Final Four participant Syracuse in the third round in San Jose.
A four-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year and recipient of a John R. Wooden "Legends of Coaching" Lifetime Achievement Award, Montgomery brought a proven record of success to Berkeley following successful tenures coaching at Stanford and Montana, and a stint as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. He has totaled 23 postseason appearances, claimed five conference championships and reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. Montgomery became the seventh active NCAA head coach to reach 600 Division I wins during the 2010-11 season.
"Throughout his years as a head coach, Coach Montgomery has established that he understands what it takes to develop a basketball program that will compete consistently with the nation's top teams," Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour said. "He has demonstrated a clear commitment to the development of student-athletes both academically and socially. He has an impeccable reputation in the industry and is recognized as a leader in the men's basketball community."
In his first season coaching the Bears in 2008-09, Montgomery took a team that was predicted to come in eighth in the Pac-10 pre-season media poll and guided Cal to a third-place finish in the conference. Montgomery also helped Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher earn All-Pac-10 first-team honors in 2009 and 2010. Under Montgomery's guidance, Randle won Pac-10 Player of the Year honors in 2010.
Montgomery took a relatively new team that was picked to finish in the lower half of the Pac-10 in 2010-11 and led the Bears to a tie for fourth place in the conference and first-round victory over Mississippi in the National Invitational Tournament.
Guided by Gutierrez and fellow senior all-conference standout Harper Kamp, Cal collected 24 victories and finished second in the conference in 2011-12.
During his tenure at Stanford, Montgomery led the Cardinal to 12 NCAA Tournament bids - including the 1998 Final Four - four NIT selections, four regular-season Pac-10 titles and the 2004 Pac-10 Tournament crown. His players earned first-team All-Pac-10 laurels 27 times and first or second team Pac-10 All-Academic notice on 25 occasions, more than double that of any other school during his years with the Cardinal.
Following the 2003-04 season, Montgomery left Stanford to become the head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, where he compiled a 68-96 record in two seasons. He then served as an assistant to the athletic director at Stanford and worked as a television commentator for two years before accepting the offer to coach at Cal. During Montgomery's career at Stanford, the Cardinal registered at least 30 wins three times, including a school-record 31 victories in 2000-01. The 1997-98 and 2003-04 teams both finished with 30 wins. Stanford reached the 20-win mark on 13 occasions under his guidance, including each of his last 10 seasons.
Those 20-victory years corresponded with an NCAA Tournament invitation each time, highlighted by a trip to the 1998 NCAA Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. The third-seeded Cardinal finished the season with a 30-5 record after losing to second-seeded Kentucky, 86-85, in the NCAA semifinals. While coaching on The Farm, Montgomery garnered an assortment of honors, including the prestigious John R. Wooden "Legends of Coaching" Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. The Long Beach, Calif., native was tabbed the Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year in 2000 and the Naismith and Basketball Times Coach of the Year in `04. In addition, he has been honored as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004.
Montgomery received the John R. Wooden "Legends of Coaching" Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, following Dean Smith of North Carolina (1999), Mike Krzyzewski of Duke (2000), Lute Olson of Arizona (2001), Denny Crum of Louisville (2002) and Roy Williams then of Kansas (2003). The award recognizes coaches who exemplify Coach Wooden's high standards of coaching success and personal accolades. When selecting the individual, the Wooden Award Committee considers character, coaching philosophy, graduation rate of student-athletes, success on the court and identification with the goals of the Wooden Award. Three student-athletes under Montgomery's tutelage have been named Wooden All-Americans (Todd Lichti in 1989, Mark Madsen in 2000 and Casey Jacobsen in 2001).
While Stanford advanced to the 1998 NCAA Final Four, its 2000-01 team is also recognized as one of the best in Cardinal history. Montgomery guided the Cardinal to a 31-3 record, a third straight Pac-10 title and a spot in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. During the year, Stanford set or tied 13 Pac-10 and school records, including team marks for wins (31) and scoring average (83.2). The Cardinal led the nation in field goal percentage (51.1%) and ranked in the top eight in the country in six statistical categories.
Montgomery's teams have also been noted for their defense, with five of his final eight Stanford squads leading the Pac-10 in fewest points allowed, including the 1999-2000 team that surrendered just 59.7 ppg.
Inheriting a Stanford program that had not advanced to the NCAA Tournament since winning the national title in 1942, Montgomery quickly had the Cardinal on the winning track. In his second year on The Farm, he piloted his charges to a 21-12 mark and an NIT invitation, becoming the first Stanford men's basketball team in 46 years to reach postseason play. A year later, the Cardinal earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament, finishing with a 26-7 record.
Montgomery's expertise helped eight Stanford players move on to NBA careers as first-round draft choices: Curtis Borchardt, Jarron Collins, Jason Collins, Adam Keefe, Brevin Knight, Lichti, Madsen and Jacobsen.
Before helping Stanford's ascend to the national stage, Montgomery oversaw the Montana program for eight years (1978-86). His teams averaged 19 wins per year, never had a losing season and earned two NIT selections. Montgomery guided the Grizzlies to five runner-up finishes in the Big Sky Conference and won at least 20 games each of his last four seasons.
Prior to accepting the head position at Montana, Montgomery served as an assistant coach there for two years. While he was with the Grizzlies, the university had four players drafted by the NBA: John Schroeder, Derrick Pope, Marc Glass and Larry Krystkowiak.
In addition, Montgomery has been an assistant coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Colorado State, the Citadel, Florida and Boise State.
Montgomery's proven track record caught the attention of USA Basketball, and he has been a member of national team staffs on several occasions. He served as an assistant coach for the United States at the 2002 World Basketball Championships, and in 1996, he was named head coach of the USA Men's 22-and-Under Select team. That year, Montgomery was chosen the USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year and the USOC Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year. The 15th men's basketball head coach in Cal history, Montgomery earned his bachelor's of arts in physical education at Long Beach State in 1968. He received a master's degree in physical education from Colorado State in 1976. In 2002, Montgomery was named to the Long Beach State Hall of Fame.
Montgomery and his wife, Sarah, have two grown children, John and Anne.


text:
Girls roundup: Catholic girls handle Buffalo 49-43
Anna Whelan scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Charleston Catholic to a 49-43 win over visiting Buffalo Friday.
Raegan Palmer chipped in for the Irish (4-5) with 12 points and six rebounds.
For Buffalo (5-4), Paige Roush had 15 points and Chelsea Parkins finished with 12 points.
Thursday's girls games


text:
Armeda A. Jenness
Armeda A. Jenness, 89, of Kingsley passed away Friday, November 9, 2012 at the Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 15, 2012 at Kingsley United Methodist Church in Kingsley, with the Rev. Karen Garrison officiating. Burial will be in Memory Garden in Cherokee, Iowa. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley. Online condolences can be sent to www.rohdefh.com.
|< Prev
|Next >


text:
In business, just like in sports, the strongest team wins. Most people in the concrete industry recognize this and would agree that "our people are our most important asset." The best, most modern equipment, trucks, anddispatching systems are all for naught if the right people are not in place to utilize them.
Greater demands continue to be placed on personnel due to growth, more complex business environments, and the need to transform companies to stay competitive. Additional skills and improved capabilities are needed to meet these higher expectations.
The Shockey Companies, based in Winchester, Va., enjoy an enviable reputation for providing high levels of service to customers. Through three operating entities-Howard Shockey and Sons, Crider and Shockey, and The Shockey Precast Group-the company is involved in general contracting, ready-mix, and prestressed concrete.
The company captures its philosophy through its "Partner of Choice" theme.
Company chairman Don Shockey and CEO Bill Simmons recognized the need for a highly capable organization to assure continued success of their three operating companies. MJS Management Services of Seattle worked with the Shockey Precast Group and the Crider and Shockey ready-mix concrete management teams to create an organization plan.
"The organization plan has provided us with a road map to ensure we have the talent required to achieve our long-term business goals," says Simmons. "We benefited from the external consultants' perspective. They helped us understand the strengths and weaknesses of our organization.
But more importantly, with their deep industry experience, they helped us create a picture of the organization structure and capabilities we'll need to position these companies for the future. We're well on our way to building a high-performance organization."
The organization plan is an often overlooked, but helpful tool to ensure steps are in place to build the team needed to run the business today and into the future. The organization plan provides a roadmap for developing the people, skills, and structure needed to achieve important business goals.
There are three typical steps in creating an organization plan:
1. Define future organization:
Building Performance
Mike Strain
Successful companies have road maps that will really work to transform their businesses...
The company has entered into a definitive agreement with an American affiliate of Lone...
It's a great time to be part of the concrete industry. We need to be ready to embrace...
Producers who have developed a strategic plan are more successful than those without...
Please read our Content Guidelines before posting.
Copyright ©
2016 Hanley Wood Media, Inc. All rights reserved.