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Hi all, I first want to apologize for my bad English, I'm from Spain and I have to use a translator, I am a new user could not introduce myself so here where I put it here, and now I wanted to ask you some advice, now I have a 4GB Walkman S616F with and long, the battery starts to slack off, I have the opportunity to buy the Walkman NWZ-A845 and NWZ-A865 I would like to advise me which one is better, is that the 865 has bluetooth, but a battery life more short, and the 845 a better design, better battery, and more accessories, I'm really torn between these two models which do you think is better? that battery lasts really? thanks for the help
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Hello, I have been in a similar dilemma between A844 and E474. I decided to get the E474 because it's newer and not already 2 years old in shelf life like the A844. As these devices have a lifespan of 3-5 years (my old NW-A805 lasted 4 years), I think shelf life should be considered.
I haven't used the models you have mentioned but considering shelf life alone, I'd pick the A865. But are you buying it as new or used? If the product is new, then you should be okay I guess.
Anyone used either of these models? The A845 is 2010 year model where the A865 is 2011.
I can tell you that the battery life on my A847 series was never 30 hours. Ever. When I got mine brand new, it never peaked past 22 or so, even with all the features off and the screen set to lowest brightness and shortest time on. Other reviews I've come across say the same thing: battery life is shorter than stated.
All these manufacturers seem to have some incredibly precise setups that allow them, and only them, to get these long battery life stats. I've taken anything to do with battery life with a few spoons of salt. So I doubt that you'll see that stated 29 hours of the A865 anywhere near that as well. You might get more like 24, but that's still quite a lot less than stated.
Since you're not going to get 30 hours out of either device, you may as well go with the A865, as its battery is going to have a longer life cycle due to it being newer, and it has that handy bluetooth feature. Yeah, it's going to drain it quickly (specs say using it cuts the battery life from 29-ish hours to 8, so more like 6 hours, realistically), but since it's newer, it should handle the depletion/charging cycle better.
So unless physical buttons are a deal-breaker, go with the newest one.
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Ya and received the NWZ-A865, but I have a question, do not know if this is a problem or is functioning well, when I leave the player in a certain song and I am more than 24 hours without using the player, not to reuse remember the song that I leave, he started the first song in alphabetical order, but if I use it within 24 hours if you remember the song, it's normal to lose the memory of the song that was after 24 hours without use?
I haven't yet left my Walkman 24 hours at rest since I bought it, even after when I wake up to use the player the next morning (it gets around 12-15 hours of standby I guess) It always resumes back to the song I was playing. I suppose there are two sleep modes of the device, one is a short one that quickly resumes back to your last song, and the other is the deep sleep mode, that saves energy if left after 24 hours have passed, so the song is not remembered I guess. I'm not too sure about this though but I had noticed this with my old Walkman so I take it its normal.
Is everything else working well though on the NWZ-A865?
If everything works perfectly, and it even updated to version 1.01 with no problem, but I have an old NWZ-S616F, and this if you remember the last camcion even more than 48 hours, people had read the same thing was happening with the A845 so here it is possible that when new models have a battery-saving technology that no longer remember the last song after 24 hours, but I had this doubt because the old walkman I have if you remember the songs
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I am starting a new thread because parts of this post relate to multiple earlier threads.
I mentioned my distaste for negative campaigning some time ago. I want to make a distinction here between public figures and the general public. Negative opinions expressed by any person in general are just that—expressions of opinion thoroughly protected by free speech rights. I write here as a citizen with no involvement in any campaigns. Negative campaigning by an office-seeker is a demonstration of the character of the office-seeker and, for me, a red flag. If someone tears down rather than building up while SEEKING office, we can expect the same if they GET the office. Dumbya did not win any elections by positive campaigning and the last 8 years have proven what a ruiner he is. (Actually, he lost in 2000 and was put in office by 5 old men with the power to override the votes of millions of citizens and there were serious questions about some electronic voting machines used in the 2004 election.) His Rove-led attack squads and the supposedly independent Swift-boaters swamped his opposites in negativity. Now McCain has hired ex-Rovians for his campaign and has Sarah Barracuda as a proxy to voice his nastiest smears, so we are being swamped with more murk and mud. Negative campaigns also show candidates who HAVE no acceptable positions on real issues--they try to tear down everyone else because they know they could never win if their own policies were widely known.
I believe public officials should be held to higher standards than private citizens. "With power comes responsibility." Anyone in a position of power can do more harm as well as more good, so in an ideal world anyone getting power would be worthy of it (truly elite in qualifications). Unfortunately, in the real world, far too many people in positions of power are among the worst possible choices (elitists who feel entitled).
I would really like to see a campaign where at least one side sticks to positive messages (following Jesus' injunction to turn the other cheek or the more recent examples of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King), but I don't expect it to happen. Most people, even (or especially) many supposed Christians, don't respect mild words. They think positivity and gentleness is weakness. So we can expect both sides to continue to attack each other to satisfy public expectations.
On the experience question, duration of existence says nothing about competence, learning, or adaptability, all extremely important characteristics for a President as we have seen demonstrated by their absence for the last 8 years. Obama has earned money by creativity (book earnings). I haven't read anything suggesting that McCain has a track record of ruining like Bush, but I also haven't read anything suggesting that he has good skills for tough economic times. There is a reason many Presidents were Governors first—we tend to assume that state executive experience is useful training for a national executive. Both Obama and McCain have limited executive experience, though Obama's is decades more recent and probably more relevant than McCain's. Unfortunately, McCain's vice, Palin, is Bush all over again--incompetence wrapped in intolerance.
Sex is a huge issue in US politics because the Republicans won't leave it alone. Any sexual behavior between mentally competent consenting adults should be no business of anyone but the participants, but a lot of people can't keep their noses out of other people's pleasure. Speaking in broad generalizations and gross oversimplifications, both parties try to regulate morality and behavior, but in very different ways. Democrats in general try to control PUBLIC behavior (actions that affect other people), leading to nanny-state complaints from opponents. Issues include gun control laws, drunk driving laws, minimum wage laws, product safety laws, etc. Republicans in general try to control PRIVATE morality, showing a theocratic streak in direct violation of the U.S. constitutional separation of church and state. Issues include saying who can marry, limiting women's reproductive choices, laws about private sexual behavior, stupid drug laws (prohibitions don't work), etc.
Since Republicans insist on trying to control private behavior, no Republican in or seeking public office should expect any privacy. Obama has called for respect for family privacy because Democrats already respect privacy. Republican officials deserve as much privacy as they grant, which is none. The Bush regime has probably done more spying on Americans than was done in all previous American history.
Another basic split is that Republicans generally push laws favoring businesses and rich people over working people and some (too few) Democrats push laws protecting people from business abuses. Obama has proposed real tax cuts for 95% of working Americans and a tax increase for the richest 5%, while McCain has proposed tax cuts that give a pittance to most Americans and a windfall to the richest few. Trickle-down theory deserved the voodoo economics label when Reagan pushed it and still deserves the label, but that hasn't prevented Republicans from pushing policies based on it. CEO salaries used to be small multiples of general worker salaries and still are in much of the world, but many U.S. CEOs (and other executives) take home amounts that are obscene multiples of worker's pay, EVEN WHEN THEY RUIN THE COMPANIES. Modern CEOs make the robber barons of old whose actions led to many 19th & 20th Century laws look like pikers. They make socialism sound like a very good idea (especially if you read about real socialism as practiced in parts of Scandinavia). We clearly need new laws about corporate ethics, but what we are getting instead is another huge windfall for the people that have run the economy into the ground.
Republicans value faith over reason, knowledge and science much more often than Democrats. The Dumbya regime has been especially egregious in trampling science and Palin is more of the same.
Despite the party labels, if one looks at history one finds that the parties of today bear very little resemblance to the parties with the same names 50 or 100 or 150 years ago. Republicans were once fiscally responsible. Anyone more than a few decades old has to look at party positions and platforms to see if the party they grew up with is still one they agree with.
Whoever came up with the "neocon" label was a linguistic magician, since it lets people pushing RADICAL agendas claim to be conservatives. A more realistic interpretation is that neocons are new con artists who should be convicts.
There are big splits in American attitudes toward government in general. One problem seems to be a tendency of more Republicans than Democrats to turn government into a bad master rather than a good servant. I think of government as the appropriate locus for many societal resources and actions beyond the scope of private individuals. This includes police, military, primary and secondary education, many social services, social safety nets, interstate highways, etc. Many Republicans say they prefer less government, though actual Republican actions are more for government favoring them & their friends rather than for small government. Privatizing and outsourcing are big in Republican rhetoric, though I seem to recall that the few times the actual costs were studied privatizing almost always ended up costing more than having the same function handled directly by the government. Just look at the costs of Dubya's War for a recent example.
Sky is falling claims of voter fraud are a Republican staple in every election I can remember. It is part of their effort to disenfranchise people who might vote against them by passing laws making it harder for many people to vote.
There are undoubtedly many motivations for people to seek public office, but the two most obvious are public service and power. Some people genuinely seek office to try to improve their neighborhood, district, city, county, state, country or world by being good public servants. Unfortunately, far too many seek office for personal power and gain. W is a prime example of the bad power-trip politician. Given Obama's work history, I think he is of the true public service temperament. I haven't seen anything in the little I've read about McCain to indicate whether his impulses are on the servant or master side, though the number of lobbyists in his campaign team, his temper, his willingness to bypass laws for family, and his thoughtless impulsiveness are all worrisome hints. The "laws are for other people" attitude is too Bushlike for comfort, given how often we have seen above-the-law attitudes from the Oval Office in the last 8 years.
I've mentioned both the Washington Spectator and the Hightower Lowdown before as good sources for information not covered by the mainly right-wing owned media. Here are a few examples.
As I understand it, McCain has acknowledged not understanding economics very well and relied on others, especially Phil Gramm. Here are a couple articles on how bad that choice is:
This is an article about how phony McCain's claims about controlling lobbying are:
Here are a couple articles about what 8 years of a neocon regime have done to us:
This is a look at candidates' money, both personal and campaign:
This is a good article on health care:
To get a more realistic picture on taxes than some posts here, try a search of the Hightower site with words like rich and taxes:
This is a good summary on McCain:
This is a good summary on Palin:
One of those publications mentioned a Shrub regime practice some time ago, but I haven't been able to find the original article. News, rulings and regulations that are especially noxious are timed to be released late on Fridays so they won't get as much coverage in routine weekly news cycles.
On respecting political speech (leaving signs undisturbed, etc.), we have now had years of horrible examples from the W regime. See this article:
On Bush's Iraq war, some people are saying the "surge" worked. What is ignored in such claims, aside from the still horrific current situation, is that what helped most was a POLITICAL change, not more American troops. This is another item I first read about in the Lowdown or Spectator, though I have seen a very brief confirmation on an inside page in our local paper. Along with the troop increase, someone came up with a plan to PAY Iraqis to stop fighting the U.S., and this is a major factor in recent reductions in violence. The reference in the local paper used the term "Awakening Councils" and mentioned that there is considerable concern that the violence will increase again if the Iraqi government doesn't keep up the payments as the U.S. phases out.
On the issue of affirmative action, a lot of people don't distinguish between equal opportunities and equal outcomes. Programs designed to produce equal outcomes can be discriminatory because people have different abilities. Programs designed to provide equal opportunity are NOT discriminatory--they are intended to let people use their own talents without artificial impediments. The U.S. has had MANY discriminatory laws and practices since its inception: slavery until the 1860s, no vote for women until 1920, and many laws of racial and gender discrimination that were gradually eliminated though the 20th Century (though they are still not all gone). In addition to the many discriminatory laws, there are even more discriminatory public attitudes and private practices. Well-written affirmative action rules are a way of providing the equal opportunity that might otherwise be denied by the many discriminatory practices still prevalent in our society. Efforts to reduce discrimination have suffered setbacks under the W regime, which has pushed rules to allow religious groups receiving government money to discriminate and other rules to allow medical practitioners to deny services (especially contraception) based on religion.
Actions have consequences. The current economic chaos is the result of years of unrestrained actions by people who never take responsibility for the their own actions, with the W regime as the worst offender among many. Taking responsibility is one theme Obama is known for. Beyond the market chaos in the news every day, there has been huge neglect of unsexy needed maintenance for many years: roads, bridges, canals, dikes, power networks, telecommunications networks, military ships, planes, tanks, weapons, etc. Fixing all this neglect will cost trillions of dollars, yet nobody seems to push to fix anything until there is a failure and/or crisis (Katrina, a bridge collapse a year ago, etc.). Failure to curb the carbon emissions that increase global warming could also be included in this category of neglect. Thanks to the stalling of the W regime, action to protect the environment has been delayed at least 8 years, possibly to the point that a tipping point of irreversible change has already been passed.
The following is a mnemonic I came up with for the kind of maverick McCain really is:
Expected to
What little respect I had for him before this year evaporated as I watched him reverse almost every position he has asserted in past years to appeal to the hard-core Republican base. Seeing the shift to totally negative campaigning changed loss of respect to full disgust.
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Thanks for your thoughtful analysis. We are on the same page so thanks for taking the time to post. Also appreciate the links as well. Palin was selected to shore up the religious right's support for McCain since they never would accept Joe Lieberman as McCain's running mate. I honestly thought the maverick would select Lieberman, buck the religious right and run a different kind of campaign. Instead someone else is calling the shots.
If we had to have a Republican President in 2000 it really should have been McCain instead of "W." But "W" got the money and support of the rich and powerful so he got to be the candidate instead. I guess those in power are ruing their greed for wanting "W" as President. Our country and the world would be a different place if Gore or even McCain had become President.
All those people who subverted the democratic process in 2000 and 2004 deserves whatever bad karma comes their way. Paybacks are hell.
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Post subject: Re: Politics
Mark wrote:
With power comes responsibility.
Would that be the Spiderman Doctrine?
Very interesting post, Mark! I'll be checking out the articles you included. Thanks!
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:52 am
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Already starting to vote suppress in Florida:
Ballots picked up, then disappear
The disappearance of some absentee ballots, picked up under unusual circumstances, has raised some serious questions.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:08 pm
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Mark wrote:
Obama has earned money by creativity (book earnings).
Yeah, that just about sums it up, doesn't it?
Ya know, I'd just about convinced myself to give this place another chance. I'd even started browsing through some of the romance threads to see if there was anything worth commenting on. Then I ran across that comment and lost it to absolute chuckles.
Have fun mocking the other side, people, but, please, do yourself a favor and actually watch some real news, too, before it's too late. I mean when even CNN is starting to take notice of some, um, discrepancies occuring right in front of their nose, you might want to wonder about things yourselves.
And, no, I'm not hanging around to discuss it with you. Open your eyes and find the answers. You are readers with brains. Act like it.
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Have fun mocking the other side, people, but, please, do yourself a favor and actually watch some real news, too, before it's too late.
Like the Fox News Channel? No thanks.
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Yeah, that just about sums it up, doesn't it?
Ya know, I'd just about convinced myself to give this place another chance. I'd even started browsing through some of the romance threads to see if there was anything worth commenting on. Then I ran across that comment and lost it to absolute chuckles.
Have fun mocking the other side, people, but, please, do yourself a favor and actually watch some real news, too, before it's too late. I mean when even CNN is starting to take notice of some, um, discrepancies occuring right in front of their nose, you might want to wonder about things yourselves.
And, no, I'm not hanging around to discuss it with you. Open your eyes and find the answers. You are readers with brains. Act like it.
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class, what if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards, what if Michele Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization, what if Obama were a member of the Keating 5, what if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teen-age daughter? Obama has to be twice better to be considered marginal by some Americans. Obviously, someone who has the ability to write is a turn-off to some voters. The thought of an intelligent, logical, sharp thinker occupying the White House is downright scary. Obviously, a Constitutional Amendment banning authors from running for the Presidency is sorely needed.
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If you want a good assessment of the real threats to an honest election (as opposed to the Republican straw man of voter fraud), check out:
Click on the link: Research Center
Click on the link: Voting in 2008: Ten Swing States
A distressing number of practices are assessed as unacceptable.
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so the children could march
could run
is running
so our kids can fly.
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A friend of mine sent this to me. She is very involved in Obama's campaign and has been involved from the very beginning. I found this to be inspirational and uplifting as well as indicative of the positiveness of the campaign.
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I saw an abbreviated version of that yesterday (basically, not hte "children could march" line), and it was accompanied by an Obama campaign symbol ("the O with the red white and blue). I don't know if it's something that's being used officially by the campaign, though, or if osmeone just photoshopped htem together.
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I played around a bit with the poem and sent it to my parents who were civil rights activists in North Carolina in the early 60's. I wanted to take this moment to recognize how it was not just Martin, and Rosa but also all the unnamed individuals who sat in, marched, registered voters, and took up the challenge to make this day possible. This is a historical moment that belongs to all of them no matter the outcome of the race. Despite the nastyness of various aspects of this election, as an observer from Canada I'm impressed with the American commitment to democracy shown in this election. Enjoy your day. :D
Rosa sat
so Martin could speak
Martin spoke
so the children could go to school
The Children went to school
so Obama could run
Obama is running
so our kids can fly.
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Here's an amusing look at what rabid partisans might think of each other.
If the Other Party Wins:
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New Hampshire: First state senate with a female majority.
Majority by one, but still
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Neat, behind-the-scenes photos from Obamas campaign. Im guessing this will be in Time. The website is a little annoying because you have to keep clicking the "show more images" link.
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Neat, behind-the-scenes photos from Obamas campaign. Im guessing this will be in Time. The website is a little annoying because you have to keep clicking the "show more images" link.
Thanks Sandlynn. I absolutely love seeing pictures of him with his family. I'm really, really going to enjoy them in the White House and all the photos that will come out. He seems like a really good dad and husband.
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A company's inability to move swiftly through the interviewing and decision-making process could indicate several cultural aspects that may hinder your ability to succeed once you are hired. You need to find out what is behind the complexity. Do stakeholders in your role have different priorities and if so, who will be setting yours? Are so many people involved in making decisions that you may not be empowered to move at the pace you are accustomed to when executing your responsibilities?
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If others did not succeed in the role previously, and you are being brought in because you have the "right" experience, do not assume that the basic foundation for success in the role exists. Understand the real challenges your predecessors faced —was it their skills, lack of support needed or a difference of priorities held by decision-makers inside the company? Dig into the level of support that you will have, and the quality of the technology, infrastructure and people who will impact your ability to succeed. Find out to what extent you will be able to shape the priorities and the work you are expected to deliver. Make sure the answers are a match for your level of experience and working style.
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- 2 cups uncooked egg noodles
- 1/2 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
- Dash pepper
- 1/4 cup cream-style cottage cheese
- 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced green onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped green pepper
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 350°. Cook noodles according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Remove from heat; stir in tomato sauce, sugar, salt, garlic salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl, combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, green onion, green pepper and sour cream.
- Drain noodles; place half of noodles in a greased 1-qt. baking dish. Spoon half of beef mixture over the top. Layer with cottage cheese mixture and remaining noodles. Top with remaining beef mixture; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Cover and bake 20-25 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 2 servings.
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"The cream cheese is too much, and marinara sauce would make it lots better than tomato sauce."
"Great! I made this for my parents, and they loved it. My dad isn't a big meat eater and always says he won't eat what ever I make, but as usual, he ate a couple of helpings! My mother loved it as well. Great for a quick dinner on a weekend or holiday! I didn't have the garlic, so instead I used a teaspoon of minced garlic and didn't use the sugar. Tasty!"
"I used fresh garlic instead of garlic salt and added it in when browning the beef. I also added 1 TBSP italian seasoning to the meat mixture. Then, I topped the casserole with mozzarella while baking. When I make this again I will double the noodles and meat mixture. The cheese sauce was just enough as is. Very good recipe! Quick and easy to make!"
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People in Business - April 28, 2013
Published: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 3:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 3:11 p.m.
New account executive joins Sage Island
WILMINGTON | Gregory Mason has joined Sage Island as its newest account executive.
Mason earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Art with a concentration in Graphic Design from East Carolina University.
Driver honored for safety record
WILMINGTON | Jade Tank Lines Inc. recently awarded Timothy "T.J." Schedler, as "Driver of the Year" for 2012. Schedler has more than 2.5 million miles of safe driving in his career, and pulls a tanker that is often loaded with hazardous chemicals.
Schedler has never had a spill or an accident, according to company President Dottie Williams
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ECU Head Coach Ruffin McNeill Welcomes Back 14 Returning Starters, 50 Lettermen
Fourth-Year Head Coach Reviews Spring Drills, Talks About Current State Of Program
Defense Finishes Spring On Strong Note In Purple-Gold Scrimmage
Sharp Passing Effort, Physical Play Dominate Second Scrimmage
Will open final collegiate season looking to regain a more prominent pass catching role in addition to maintaining prime kickoff return status ... Completed the spring practice period and off-season listed as the unit's No. 1 "Z" (outside) receiver, potentially replacing departed senior Andrew Bodenheimer ... A skill performer who brings a high level of athleticism, speed and excitement to the game, but who has also experienced both the highs and lows of a career in a short timeframe ... Hopes to offer some consistency as a viable weapon in ECU's offensive scheme and on special teams after losing visibility down the stretch as a junior... Did not record any catches during the first spring scrimmage on April 6 ... Bounced back to make two grabs for seven yards in the second matchup before cashing in a 21-yard catch for a touchdown during the Purple-Gold Game ... Stands atop the strength and conditioning program's spring testing results, earning "freak" status on coach Jeff Connors' rating scale ... Established a position record with a 340-pound power clean to go along with a 360-pound bench press, a 530-pound back squat and a 275-pound push jerk ... Currently possesses the second-highest vertical jump on the team with a leap of 39" and also owns one of the longest broad jumps (120") ... Clocked at 4.18 in the pro shuttle and 7.15 in the L drill.
2012: Ranked second on the team with 290 kickoff return yards for a 22.3 average ... Made impressive debut in the opener against Appalachian State, returning only kickoff 90 yards for a TD in the third quarter - a first at ECU since 2010 ... Named College Football Performance Awards National Kick Returner-of-the-Week for his play vs. the Mountaineers ... Returned a career-best six kickoffs for a career-best 95 yards at South Carolina (15.8 ypr) the following week ... Against Navy brought back three kickoffs for 76 yards (25.3) ... Also had a pair of returns at North Carolina (18 yards) and one at UCF (11 yards) ... Receiving role diminished as the season progressed, finishing with only four catches for 16 yards (season-best two for 12 yards at Southern Miss) in 10 overall games ... Added a reception for -2 yards at UNC and a six-yarder vs. Memphis, but did not record a catch in the remaining four contests played ... Made starts at one of the outside receiver spots at UCF and at UAB ... Twelve of 13 returns went for 10-plus yards.
Junior College: A 2011 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Honorable Mention All-America selection after lone season with Northwest ... A Mississippi Association of Community and Junior College (MACJC) First-Team All-State and NJCAA All-Region 23 selection who tallied 37 catches for 704 yards (19.0 yards per catch) and 12 touchdowns ... Added two more scores on kickoff returns of 73 and 84 yards ... Tied former first-round NFL Draft selection John Avery's 1994 program single-season record for kick return scores ... Closed the year averaging 25.8 yards per kickoff return ... Ended the campaign with 14 total touchdowns, the highest among all MACJC players during the regular season ... Led the Rangers in scoring (86 points), all-purpose yards per game (118.3) and yards per catch while ranking second in receptions and yards ... Named the NJCAA Special Teams Player-of-the-Week after debut game in which he averaged 38.3 yards on three kickoff returns, including the 84-yarder for a score ... During initial contest with Northwest, added a trio of aerial scores by hauling in TD passes of 30, 43 and 74 yards to help the ninth-ranked Rangers top No. 8 Pearl River 56-55 in overtime ... Played for head coach Ricky Woods.
Arkansas: Led the Razorbacks in kickoff returns (23), kickoff return yards (518) and average per return (22.5 yards) during only fall campaign in 2010 ... Returned a kickoff 66 yards against Vanderbilt, which marked both a career long and UA season best ... Also contributed in a limited role on offense, catching one pass for six yards ... In three 2010 spring scrimmages and the Red-White Spring Game, hauled in a total of five passes for 119 yards, including one 50-yard reception ... Played wide receiver for the White Team in the spring game ... Made four catches for 69 yards with a long of 39 during an April 16 scrimmage ... Redshirted during first year with the program in 2009, the same campaign in which ECU played the Razorbacks in the Liberty Bowl ... Was timed at 4.35 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
High School: Served as a two-way standout during senior season at East Gadsden High School to help the Jaguars to a 5-5 mark ... Named to the Florida Sports Writers Association Honorable Mention Class 3A All-State Team as a wide receiver after catching 33 passes for 632 yards and six touchdowns ... Also an occasional running back who carried four times for 15 yards and a score ... Recorded 19 tackles as a safety and had 12 kickoff returns for 322 yards ... Set single-game season highs in receiving yards (127) and touchdown receptions (three) against Chiles High in the 2008 opener ... Finished the campaign with three 100-yard receiving games (Chiles, Leon, Wakulla) during only season as a wideout after shifting from tight end ... Was an all-district and all-conference honoree as a junior after making 21 receptions for 475 yards and three touchdowns ... Defensively, contributed 50 tackles, two sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles in 2007 ... Rated as the No. 59 athlete in the country by Rivals.com ... Played for head coach Scott Anderson ... Also a member of the basketball team.
Personal: Full name is Lance Keeyon Ray ... Born March 16, 1991 ... Son of Reginald and Glenda Ray ... Major is communications.


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Secretary of Commerce to speak at prayer breakfast
Published: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 3:56 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 3:56 p.m.
The Thomas A. Finch Community YMCA and J. Smith Young YMCAs announced that Sharon Decker, North Carolina Secretary of Commerce, will give the keynote address at the first Community Prayer Breakfast.
This year's event will be held from 7:15-9 a.m. Sept. 6 at the Conference Center on the campus of Davidson County Community College. There are a limited number of free tickets available. Tickets can be picked up at the Thomas A. Finch YMCA in Thomasville and the J. Smith Young YMCA in Lexington after Aug. 5. One ticket is available per person.
"This is the first annual prayer breakfast sponsored by the Lexington and Thomasville YMCAs," said Ann McMurray, co-chairwoman of the Prayer Breakfast Committee. "This is an opportunity for everyone to come together in prayer. We are often too focused on what divides our community. I encourage everyone to celebrate what brings us together: our faith. We are so blessed to have a speaker the caliber of Mrs. Decker to host this year's breakfast."
Decker was appointed Secretary of Commerce by Gov. Pat McCrory in January. She brought more than 30 years of experience in business and commerce to the position. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Decker spent more than 17 years with Duke Power Co., now Duke Energy.
She left Duke Power as chief communications officer to become the founding president of The Lynnwood Foundation, which was created to restore the Duke Mansion in Charlotte as a conference center, and to begin the William States Lee Leadership Institute. She moved to Rutherfordton in 1999 to serve as president of the Doncaster division of Tanner Companies. In 2004, she created and served as the CEO of the Tapestry Group, a nonprofit that helps individuals lead healthy lives in body, mind and spirit.
In addition to her work with Tapestry, Decker is wife to her husband, Bob, a mother of four, a lay pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and a student at the Christopher White School of Divinity, completing her Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in spiritual formation. She completed an internship last year as director of graduate ministries for the Center for Christian Study in Charlottesville, Va., where she served as chaplain to students at the Darden School of Business and the University of Virginia School of Law.
For more information about the breakfast, visit the J. Smith Young YMCA website at www.lexingtonymca.com or Thomas A. Finch YMCA site at myynow.org.
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James Miller has written many small books for those dealing with grief and facing serious illness. Each book is written in a gentle and affirming voice and has both good practical suggestions and helpful therapeutic insights. This book fits well within this pattern and could be especially useful and comforting for grievers facing the holidays early in their grief. While Miller's twelve ideas have much in common with other resources for handling grief during the holidays, several things set this resource apart in a positive way. One is Miller's kind and wise explanations of the twelve ideas (listed below). Another is the many insightful and inspirational quotes from a variety of writers and sources spread throughout the book and corresponding to and elaborating on particular ideas. Lastly, the organization of the book has just a few pages for each idea and this can be helpful for those for whom attention and focus is difficult in their grief. Miller is a good resource for accessible grief literature and this effort is a welcome one for those facing the holidays in a new world after the death of a significant person.
Miller's Twelve Ideas:
In the adult grief world, we refer to it as "continuing bonds." The idea is that even after someone has died, we are and can be connected in healthy and life-affirming ways. For children (according to Patrice Karst and Geoff Stevenson), it's "the Invisible String" between the hearts of those who love each other. In this brightly and comfortably illustrated book, twins Liza and Jeremy rush from their beds to their mother after being awakened by a thunderstorm. Mom takes advantage of this teachable moment to explain that even if she is not physically close to them, they are always together and connected by an invisible string. This String connects parents to children, friends to friends, and families to pets. The children ask if it can reach to far-away places like France, the jungle or space, and, of course, the answer is "even there" each time. Jeremy asks if it can reach all the way to heaven and the answer remains the same, "Yes...even there." An additional and signficant point made is that love is stronger than anger and the String doesn't go away when people are mad at each other. In closing, the story emphasizes that because of the Invisible String, no one is ever truly alone.
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For those of you heading down to City Hall Plaza on Saturday for the City of Orlando's Blues B-Q, you already know the show is free. Headliners include John Mayall and Shemekia Copeland along with The Legendary JCs, The Kevin Maines Band and Kaleigh Baker.
You have to pay for the barbecue available from restaurants that include Porkie's Original BBQ, Four Rivers Smokehouse, Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q, Bubbalou's Bodacious Bar-B-Q and Mike's BBQ, which is totally worth the cash spent. But if you're looking for some freebies, besides the show, I have some options. All you need to do is pick up a Blues B-Q sticker when you arrive.
Show the sticker to these downtown bars and eateries and receive some fantastic specials. Here's a rundown:
Finnhenry's: Two-for-one drafts.
Waitiki: Buy-one-get-one-free Tiki drinks (equal or lesser value).
Crooked Bayou: Two-for-one drafts and liquor.
Tastings: Happy hour all day, includes $3 select wines and two-for-one select drafts.
Mochi: Buy-one-get-one-free Mochi yogurt.
Pita Pit: $1 off pita or salad
Downtown Pour House: $2 domestics and $4 calls.
The concert takes place from 2 – 10 p.m. on Feb. 20. For more information, go to cityoforlando.net/bluesbq


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A father whose home in Midland Beach was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy sat in the main lounge of Mt. Manresa Jesuit Retreat House's in Staten Island on November 7, the night of the nor'easter, watching out the window as his young daughter laughed and made snowmen with other children. Just over one week earlier, the dad huddled on his roof with his three young children while storm winds whipped around them and waves lapped their feet.
"I'm so glad she can be out here and all she's thinking about is snow balls and snow men and going to school tomorrow," he told the retreat house Executive Director Fred Herron.
Thirty-one families chased from their homes in Midland Beach, Staten Island, one of the neighborhood hardest hit by the super storm, have found shelter and safety at Mt. Manresa, the oldest retreat house for laity in the United States.
"People say to me that 'I'm not Catholic but I feel special here; I feel safe here,'" Mr. Herron told Catholic Charities Executive Director Msgr. Kevin Sullivan on JustLove, Catholic Charities weekly radio program. Listen to their conversation aired today, November 17, on Sirius XM Channel 129.
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MARYDEL, Del. (AP) - A Delaware state senator says he supports installing "panic exits" in schools that students and teachers could use in the event of emergencies.
The proposal from Marydel Republican Dave Lawson comes one week after a gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed 20 children and 6 staff members.
Lawson, a former state trooper, said that emergency doors that open only from the inside might be the safest way to leave a classroom if there's an attack, fire or bomb threat.
He wants to speed up research into building escape doors in ground-floor classrooms, and hopes a resolution that he plans to introduce will lead to legislation funding construction of the specialized doors.


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