text: Nov 19, 2012 00:01 Stephen Waguespack John Kennedy John Alario Dr. Steve Nelson Dale Atkins Ashley Shelton capitol news bureau Comments Waguespack to stillwork with state The governor's former chief of staff, Stephen Waguespack, will continue to work with state government despite leaving the Jindal administration last month. Jones Walker announced that Waguespack will work for the firm as special counsel and director of multi-state government relations. The firm said Waguespack also will focus on developing new business and economic development opportunities. Kennedy offers tipon reducing paper State Treasurer John Kennedy offered the Jindal administration a tip Thursday for reducing paper. In a pointed reference to Senate President John Alario's clout as a legislator, Kennedy joked that the state construction budget is crammed with projects for Alario's Westwego-based district. "You could save money in the future if you took all the Westwego projects and put them on a disc," Kennedy said, offering an alternative to printing the projects on paper for state officials' perusal. The state Bond Commission's director, Whit Kling, countered that one disc might not hold all of Alario's projects. "That would be two discs," he said. Ethics Board finesOrleans clerk $1,000 Orleans Parish Civil District Court Clerk Dale Atkins got a $1,000 fine for failure to timely file a supplemental campaign finance report for her February 2010 election. Atkins had been facing a $2,500 penalty for submitting the report 237 days late. Atkins' representative Monica Bowers blamed computer problems she experienced in filing the report, and sought a waiver of the fine. She said she would have to pay the fine. But Ethics Board vice chairman Scott Schneider of New Orleans noted five late campaign finance report filings in the past. "There's too many late filings here," Schneider said, moving to require the $1,000 fine and suspend the other $1,500 based on future compliance. Ethics administrator Kathleen Allen said Bowers wouldn't be responsible for the fine. The candidate or campaign would have to pay the cost. Jindal's supportfor judge opposed The American Tort Reform Association voiced "disappointment" with Gov. Bobby Jindal's endorsement of Republican Louisiana Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Davis "Jeff" Hughes, of Walker, a judge on the state 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. "The governor's support of Judge Hughes for the Supreme Court should worry every Louisianan who's looking for work, and it should motivate the state's business community to redouble its efforts to enlighten the governor about the economic virtues of reasonable limits on tort liability," Tiger Joyce, president of American Tort Reform Association, said in a prepared statement shortly after the Friday conclusion of the group's fall legislative conference in New Orleans. Joyce said Hughes has connections to and support of lawyers who represent landowners seeking money damages for environmental harm caused years ago by oil drilling companies, called legacy lawsuits. Hughes faces Judge John Michael Guidry, a Baton Rouge Democrat and his college on the appellate bench, in the Dec. 8 runoff election. ATRA is a Washington, D.C., group that promotes efforts to limit plaintiffs access to courts and damages in civil lawsuits. The group describes its membership as including "small and large companies, as well as state and national trade, business, and professional associations." Former campaign staffers start PAC Former staffers of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign last week launched a political action committee called the Pelican State Liberty PAC, a press release says. A former Libertarian Party standard-bearer and Republican congressman from coastal Texas, Paul carried the Louisiana Republican Caucus tallies in this year's GOP presidential contests. "Louisiana is ripe for a true restoration of the principles of limited government, personal liberty and personal responsibility. "Too many elected officials have drifted away from these principles in recent years and we intend to hold them accountable," Pelican State Liberty PAC Chairman Reilly O'Neal said in a prepared statement. "Through the joint efforts of liberty activists and the Pelican State Liberty PAC, we will work to make the protection of liberty through legislative policy — policy that protects our citizens, our economy and Louisiana's future — a political reality," O'Neal said. LSU deanposition a a finalist for post at Kansas Another top LSU health care executive could be leaving the state for a new job. Dr. Steve Nelson, dean of the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, is one of three finalists for the job of executive vice chancellor of the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. Nelson is a pulmonary medicine specialist who has been at the medical school since 1984. Last week, LSU System health care official Dr. Roxane Townsend announced she was leaving to become University of Arkansas Medical Sciences vice chancellor of clinical affairs and chief executive officer of its 434-bed medical center and teaching hospital effective Feb. 1. The activity comes as Gov. Bobby Jindal moves to dismantle the LSU public hospital system as it exists today, and to transfer more of the patient load and graduate medical education programs into the private sector. Shelton appointedto Board of Ethics The Louisiana House has elected Ashley Kennedy Shelton of Baton Rouge as one of its two appointees to the Louisiana Board of Ethics. Shelton, state director of One Voice, won a mail ballot election over Julianne Nice of New Orleans, a self-employed consultant for nonprofit organizations. Shelton received 54 votes to Nice's 38 votes. Thirteen representatives didn't vote. Shelton replaces Vanessa LaFleur of Baton Rouge, who resigned from the Ethics Board in September to take an attorney job at the state Department of Revenue. Shelton will serve the remainder of a five-year term that began Jan. 1. Ethics Board grantsexception to Guillot Members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education aren't supposed to enter into any contracts with state government under a law the Jindal administration passed in 2008. So BESE member Jay Guillot, of Ruston, sought guidance from the Louisiana Board of Ethics about his company participating in the Louisiana Incumbent Worker Training Program. Did the arrangement fit, within an exception in the law for agreements providing for "public assistance benefits"? Ethics staff initially determined that the arrangement would be a violation. But Guillot's attorney Jimmy Faircloth pressed the case with the Ethics Board, arguing that what Guillot is doing "fits the literal and intended language of the exception." Faircloth was Gov. Bobby Jindal's executive counsel when the law was passed. Board member Jean Ingrassis, of Gonzales, said what the Legislature meant by "public assistance benefits" is not clear. "We have struggled with a number of these ambiguous code sections," said Ingrassia. "Did you write this by the way?" Ingrassia asked Faircloth. "Some of it," Faircloth replied, adding "Only the part you think is clear." The Ethics Board decided that Guillot's arrangement fit the exception for "public assistance benefit." Opinion allows Cainto be consultant Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain can be a part-time consultant with Louisiana Workforce LLC without running afoul of state ethics laws. That's according to an opinion issued Friday in response to an inquiry from Cain. Louisiana Workforce provides parish and state Department of Corrections offenders with job opportunities through its work release programs, according to documents Cain submitted. The company has contracts with five sheriff's for transitional work release programs and services for local and state offenders housed in those jurisdictions. The firm does not have a contract with the Department of Corrections. Cain said he plays no role in assigning offenders to private prisons or transitional work programs but makes recommendations based on guidelines set forth in state law as well as in Department of Corrections' policy. Dardenne to speakat BR Press Club Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne will be the guest speaker for Monday's meeting of the Press Club of Baton Rouge. Dardenne will discuss state plans for the upcoming Super Bowl, being held in New Orleans in February, as well as his other recent activities. The Press Club meets at the De La Ronde Hall in downtown Baton Rouge, 320 Third St. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions. LHA to celebrate its fifth anniversary The Louisiana Housing Alliance is hosting its fifth anniversary and awards ceremony at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Baton Rouge Marriott. The anniversary theme is "From ReAction to Action: LHA Five Years and Beyond." "We are excited about the accomplishments we have made over the past five years. "Our work has evolved from disaster recovery efforts to meeting the needs of all Louisianians. "We are eager to do even more to ensure everyone in Louisiana has quality housing opportunities," Marla Y. Newman, Executive Director of LHA, said in a prepared statement. LHA is a nonprofit statewide coalition that works to ensure the preservation and production of quality affordable housing for low and moderate income Louisianans and those with special needs. For more information contact Ashley C. Lewis at (225) 381-0041, email@example.com or visit http://www.lahousingalliance.org. Compiled by The Advocate's Capitol news bureau. Contact email is firstname.lastname@example.com. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Ollie Genoa Matson
Position: RB-FL
Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: May 1, 1930 in Trinity, TX
Died: February 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: George Washington
College: San Francisco (school history) (Matson college stats)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 17 (5416th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1972
Other SR Links: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

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ZF-6727: Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource generated double slash in path name
in the autoload method the return statement look like
return include $path . '/' . str_replace('_', '/', $final) . '.php';
this results in a double // the . '/' after path is not required or maybe should be checked because its results in a path require like this
Set component and auto reassign
Confirmed for me. I get some "/media/www/anaskaformationZF/application/default/models/Acl///MyAcl.php" when trying new Acl_MyAcl with
$autoloader = new Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource(array(
'basePath' => $appPath . '/default/models',
'namespace' => '',
'resourceTypes' => array('tables'=>array('path'=>'Tables/','namespace'=>'Table'),
'objects'=>array('path'=>'Objects/', 'namespace'=>'Object'),
'forms'=>array('path'=>'Forms/', 'namespace'=>'Form'),
'acl'=>array('path'=>'Acl/', 'namespace'=>'Acl')
Double slashes in path too.
For Windows its good, but for linux i have this error in path:
Looks like it is a counting error, changing ln 174 from:
$final = substr($class, strlen($lastMatch));
$final = substr($class, strlen($lastMatch)+1);
Fixes the issue.
Could be fixed by changing:
return include $path . '/' . str_replace('_', '/', $final) . '.php';
return rtrim(include $path, '/') . '/' . ltrim(str_replace('_', '/', $final), '/') . '.php';
That way you remove right trailing slashes from the path and left trailing slashes from the final bit.
Solution diff, please fix
correct patch
fixed in r19084
This patch breaks the autoloading of custom classes in my project. I get the error:
Warning: include() [function.include]: Filename cannot be empty in C:\appliaction\svn\trunk\library\Zend\Loader\Autoloader\Resource.php on line 188 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '' for inclusion (include_path='C:\application\svn\trunk\application/models/doctrine;C:\application\svn\trunk\library;.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\application\svn\trunk\library\Zend\Loader\Autoloader\Resource.php on line 188
And the class being passed to autoload() is "Custom_Acl"
Your autoload() class does not return false. It tried to include "false" as a file. Try:
public function autoload($class) { if ( $classpath = $this->getClassPath($class) ) include $classpath; else return false; }
Looks like we've stumbled across the same problem ...I submitted a patch almost identical to what you're suggesting earlier this afternoon at http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-8364 . There are a few other issues that talk about the same thing too, so hopefully it'll make it in.
I fix the problem in ZF-8364.


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UNCW's Laite is CAA academic winner
Published: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 10:19 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 10:19 p.m.
UNCW senior volleyball player Christi Laite received the Colonial Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year for her sport, the league announced Wednesday.
The senior from Maryland is the first Seahawk volleyball player to win the award. Nominees must be a starter or important reserve on their team and have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25. Laite is a biology major with a 3.62 GPA and four trips to the Dean's List.
Laite led UNCW in hitting percentage (.266), kills per set (3.21) and points per set (3.75) on her way to becoming the first UNCW volleyball player since 1993 to earn First-Team All-CAA accolades.
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Xerox has consolidated its North American Agent Operations and U.S. Solution Providers organizations into one, led by new President Kurt Schmelz.
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CES 2015: 10 Cool Home Automation Platforms And GadgetsCES 2015 had a slew of new home automation devices and platforms that are laying the groundwork for houses of the future.
HP Launches Zvr Virtual Reality DisplayHP's newest line of Z Workstations includes the interactive 3-D display, the Zvr powered by Z-space technology.
CES 2015: 10 Wearables That Made WavesWearables are expected to be the next big thing in the tech industry, and CES had all the latest smartwatches and fitness bands on display.
HP Printing And Personal Systems Exec Takes Apple VP Enterprise, Government JobHP solution providers say they expect to see more executive departures and changes as the company prepares to split into two new publicly traded Fortune 50 companies.
CRN Test Center-Approved: Mobile And PC AccessoriesThe holidays might be over, but holiday buying doesn't have to be. The CRN Test Center recommends checking out these five gadgets.
Intel CEO Wows CES Crowd With Flying Bracelets, Drones, And PCs That Can 'See'Intel CEO Brian Krzanich laid out the chip giant's plan for the next generation of computing, surprisingly awesome wearable tech, and how the IoT will unlock the future and your front door.
25 Hot Products At CES 2015From smartwatches that can park your car for you, to blazing-fast USB 3.1 devices, to ruggedized Chromebooks, this year's CES has something for everyone.
NPD Group: Top 10 Docking Stations You Wish You Were Docking WithDocking stations aren't the most exciting tech products, but they are essential for the workplace. Here are the 10 best-selling docking station models and brands within the U.S. for the third quarter of 2014, as ranked by NPD.
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Review: Samsung 850 EVO SSD Stacked For SpeedSamsung's 3-bit vertical NAND flash improves performance and durability, the CRN Test Center finds.
Best In Show: Three Companies That Took CRN's Top Honors At NexGen CloudThree top vendors walked away with trophies from the CRN Test Center's Tech Tank competition at the NexGen Cloud Conference in San Diego.
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The CRN Test Center's 2014 Products Of The YearThe technological leaps and bounds continue as the CRN Test Center faces the tough task of selecting the best products to come through its labs this year. This is one winner's circle with a big wow factor.
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May 4 Public Record
Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 6:32 p.m.
The following people were arrested on felony charges by law enforcement agencies in Davidson County, and, unless noted otherwise, were either placed in the Davidson County Detention Center or released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court on the date given:
• Jeffrey Scott Jarvis, 51, of 303 Hadley Drive, was charged with identify theft and obtaining property by false pretense, $2,000 secured bond, June 10.
The following larcenies more than $1,000 were reported to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and the Lexington Police Department:
• A heat pump valued at $3,000 was reported stolen from a home in the 100 black of Keever Drive in Denton between 1 p.m. Nov. 1 and 10 a.m. Tuesday.
• A drill press, tackle boxes, drills, portable jigsaw, skill saw, framing airgun, stapler, staple gun, brad gun, portable Sawzall and portable heater valued at $2,219 were reported stolen from a home in the 4100 block of West Center Street Extension between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 5 p.m. Thursday.
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2014 Second Team All-American (10,000m)
Flanagan Features
» Student-Athlete Of The Week: Lindsay Flanagan (GoHuskies.com; June 9, 2014)
» Senior Trio Makes Last Run At Nationals (GoHuskies.com; Nov. 16, 2012)
» Q & A With Lindsay Flanagan (GoHuskies.com; April 28, 2010)
2014 (Track): Returned for a fifth year of outdoor track and made the most of it, qualifying for her first NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10,000-meters and then earning her first All-America honors, making the Second Team with a 14th-place finish in the NCAA finals in a time of 33:32.33 ... made the final site cut by finishing 10th out of the 48 woman West Prelims field in Fayetteville, running 34:18.25 ... at the Pac-12 Championships, finished fourth in the 10k despite losing a shoe halfway through the race ... set a new personal-best in the 10,000-meters at the Stanford Invitational, finishing in 33:15.12, ranking her No. 3 in the Husky recordbooks ... indoors, ran the 5,000-meters twice unattached, with a best time of 16:05.93 coming at the Husky Classic where she was 10th overall ... named a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2012-13 (Track): An excellent comeback season outdoors as she was one of the top point scorers for the Huskies at the Pac-12 Championships and set top-10 marks in both the 5,000-meters and 10,000-meters … at Pac-12s, she made the podium with a third-place finish in the 10,000-meters, and then doubled back to take seventh in the 5,000-meter final the next day … qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 10,000-meters, finishing 22nd overall in Austin, Texas … at the Stanford Invitational, she clocked the third-fastest 10k time in school history, going 33:23.53 to take 12th in the top section … followed that 10k run with a big 5k PR at the Mt. SAC Relays, running 16:01.45, the No. 10 mark ins chool history … finished second in the UW-WSU Dual 3,000-meters in 10:00.77 … indoors, opened the year with a 3k PR of 9:38.82 … scored at MPSFs in the 5,000-meters, finishing fifth in 16:34.80 … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team … also a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ... (Cross Country): Enjoyed her strongest season as a senior, helping propel the Huskies to another top-10 national finish with a career-best showing at nationals ... was second among Huskies in three of the five races she ran, and top-five in the other two ... at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, she was the second Husky across the line in 74th-place overall (clocking 20:36) as the Dawgs took ninth in the team race ... made the All-Pac-12 Second Team for the first time in her career thanks to a 14th-place finish at Pac-12s, second among Huskies, in a time of 20:37 ... earned her second straight All-West Region honor by placing 21st at the West Regional Championships in Seattle, fourth on the UW squad, in a season-best time of 20:10 ... helped UW to runner-up efforts at the Greater Louisville Classic, placing ninth overall and second on the squad in 17:02 for 5k ... also ran 20:23 for 41st at the Adidas Wisconsin Invite, the No. 3 UW finisher ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2011-12 (Track): Track season was shortened by an injury after a great start to her indoor season ... ran a huge PR at the Husky Classic in the 5,000-meters, running 16:14.92 to place fourth ... that time is the No. 4 mark in school history indoors and was a 22-second indoor PR and 14-seconds faster than her outdoor PR as well ... ranked 26th nationally with that indoor 5k time ... only competed once more, placing fifth at the MPSF Championships in the 5k in a time of 16:42.20 ... earned All-Academic Team honors from the USTFCCCA ... (Cross Country): Enjoyed her best season yet, playing an integral role as the Huskies ran to second place at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute ... scored for the Huskies in their runner-up run at nationals, placing 92nd overall as UW's fifth finisher, nearly a 70 spot improvement from the year before ... earned her first All-West Region honors, as she finished 10th at the Regional meet as UW's third finisher in a season-best 20:27, helping the Dawgs to the West Region Championship ... was the third Husky finisher, in 25th-place overall, at the Wisconsin Invitational as the Huskies captured the team title against the year's biggest field ... had her best Pac-12 finish with a 30th-place effort as UW's sixth finisher in Arizona ... started the season with a great run at the Roy Griak Invite, as she led Washington with a 14th-place finish.
2010-11 (Track): The top Dawg over 10,000-meters, scoring at both conference meets and qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships ... started her outdoor season with a major PR in the 10k at the Stanford Invitational, posting the fifth-best time in school history at 33:42.50 ... was just six spots shy of advancing to the NCAA final site, placing 18th in the 10k at West Prelims in Eugene, running a time of 34:04.13 ... finished fifth in the 10k at the Pac-10 Championships in Tucson in 36:14.46, then came back the next day to finish 13th in the 5,000-meters ... ran a new personal-best 5k at the Mt. SAC Relays, crossing the line in 16:28.86 ... second in the 3k at the UW-WSU dual in 9:36.66 ... took third at the Pepsi Team Invite in the 5k, running 16:34.11 ... indoors, scored at the MPSF Championships, placing sixth in the 5k in an indoor best of 16:36.20, the No. 6 time indoors ... ran a best indoor 3k of 9:46.41 at the UW Invitational ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors as well as Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... (Cross Country): The only Husky to run in the top-seven at every meet during the 2010 season ... competed at her first NCAA Championship, coming across as UW's fifth scorer in 160th-place overall in a time of 21:48 as the Huskies took 16th ... won the Sundodger Invitational in a time of 20:34 for her first career college victory ... was sixth for UW at the Pac-10 Championships, placing 34th in 21:02 ... sixth again for the Huskies at the NCAA West Regional Championships, in 32nd-place, as Washington won the team title for the third year in a row ... scored for UW at Pre-Nationals, crossing in 49th-place and third among Huskies in 21:15 which was 30 seconds faster than 2009 ... also ran third on the team at the Notre Dame Invitational in 30th-place ... second among Huskies and third overall at the season-opening UW-WSU dual meet, helping the Huskies to the win.
2009-10 (Track): Qualified for the NCAA Championship West Prelims in her first season on the track, running at 5,000-meters in Austin where she placed 35th ... set a 5k PR in her outdoor debut, as she ran 16:38.21 at the Stanford Invitational to take sixth in the third section ... pulled double-duty at her first Pac-10 meet, running the 5k and also stepping up to 10,000-meters for the first time ... took 13th in the Pac-10 10k in a time of 35:30.20 and was 18th in the 5k in 16:58.74 ... took second in the UW-WSU dual meet 3,000-meter run in 10:02.08 ... seventh in the Pepsi Team Invite 5k in 16:53.32 ... indoor season was highlighted by a ninth-place 5,000-meter finish at the MPSF Championships in 16:48.71, which already places her seventh on the Husky indoor Top-10 ... sixth in the 3k at the UW Indoor Preview in her track debut, clocking 9:53.35 ... (Cross Country): The top true freshman on the squad, she finished in UW's top-seven in four races ... came up just two spots short of All-Region honors, placing 27th at the West Regional Championships in one of her best efforts, good for sixth on the squad as the Huskies won the title ... placed 35th in her first Pac-10 Championships, eighth among Huskies, clocking 21:02 ... was UW's sixth runner across the line at Pre-Nationals, taking 69th in 21:47 as UW won the White Race ... rounded out the Husky top-seven at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 30th overall in the Husky win ... ran attached from the first race of the year, as she finished 10th at the Sundodger Invite in her college debut ... went on to compete at the U.S. Junior Cross Country Championships in Spokane, placing ninth overall ... qualified for the NACAC Junior Championships held on the island of Tobago, and placed sixth overall and third among Americans as Team USA placed second.
High School and Personal: Born in Arlington Heights, Illinois ... mother is Becky Flanagan ... has one older brother, Chris, and one younger brother, Ryan, and one younger sister, Kaylee ... a four-time prep All-American and the 2008 Gatorade Cross Country Athlete of the Year for Illinois ... won the 2008 Illinois 3A state cross country championship as well as winning league and district titles ... placed ninth at the Footlocker National Championships in December 2008 in San Diego ... followed that up with a fifth-place finish at Nike Team Nationals in Portland, becoming the only runner in the country to finish in the Top-10 at the two national championship meets ... a two-time Nike Outdoor National track competitor, placing second in the 5k in 2009 and 10th in the two-mile run in 2008 ... also ran twice at Nike Indoor Nationals, taking fourth in the two-mile in a PR of 10:27 in 2009 and placing seventh in the same event in 2008 ... was the runner-up at the 3A state track meet in 2008 and 2009 in the 3200-meter run and was a two-time All-State selection ... graduated with a 4.8 GPA.
Major Meets
2009 Pac-10 XC - 35th (8th UW)
2009 Regional XC - 27th (6th UW)
2010 MPSF TF - 9th, 3000m
2010 USA Junior XC - 9th
2010 NACAC Jr. XC - 6th
2010 Pac-10 TF - 13th, 10000m | 18th, 5000m
2010 NCAA Prelims TF - 35th, 5000m
2010 Pac-10 XC - 34th (6th UW)
2010 Regional XC - 32nd (6th UW)
2010 NCAA XC - 160th (5th UW)
2011 MPSF TF - 17th, 3000m | 6th, 5000m
2011 Pac-10 TF - 5th, 10000m | 13th, 5000m
2011 NCAA Prelims TF - 18th, 10000m
2011 Pac-12 XC - 30th (6th UW)
2011 Regional XC - 10th (3rd UW)
2011 NCAA XC - 92nd (5th UW)
2012 MPSF TF - 5th, 5000m
2012 Pac-12 XC - 14th (2nd UW)
2012 Regional XC - 21st (4th UW)
2012 NCAA XC - 74th (2nd UW)
2013 MPSF TF - 5th, 5000m
2013 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 5000m | 3rd, 10,000m
2013 NCAA Prelims TF - 22nd, 10,000m
2014 Pac-12 TF - 4th, 10,000m
2014 NCAA Prelims TF - 10th, 10,000m
2014 NCAA Outdoors - 14th, 10,000m (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
Indoor Bests
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|Hoops for Hope is Saturday
MOSCOW - The Idaho women's basketball team will host its Hoops for Hope event Saturday afternoon in the Cowan Spectrum as it takes on Denver at 2 p.m.
The Vandals teamed up with Frontier Communications, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and Gritman Medical Center to raise money to benefit the Light A Candle foundation, which provides services to local cancer patients.
Cancer survivors will get in for free, and Frontier will donate $3, up to $1,500, for every fan who arrives to the game wearing pink. The first 500 fans will get a free T-shirt, there will be a survivor walk before the game, an auction for Idaho's special pink shooting shirts, and a postgame social with Idaho players and coaches with a pink cake donated by Wheatberries Bakery in Moscow.
Meanwhile, on the court, the Vandals will go for their third consecutive win and sixth in their last seven games, as they welcome Denver to the Cowan Spectrum. Idaho will try to get to .500 for the first time, as it enters with an 11-12 overall record but an 8-4 mark in Western Athletic Conference play. Just five weeks ago, the Vandals were six games below .500 at 3-9 overall. Denver sports an identical 11-12 overall record and is 6-6 in the WAC. The Pioneers had their three-game win streak snapped on Thursday in a 10-point loss at Seattle U.
Idaho won the only previous meeting between the two teams, 68-60 in Denver on Jan. 10. The Vandals overcame a 10-point second-half deficit in that game and won after trailing at halftime for the first time in its last 10 tries. Three Idaho players topped the 15-point mark in that game, as Alyssa Charlston and Stacey Barr each scored 17 points, and Addie Schivo added 16.
Fans on the Palouse who can't make it to the game can catch the action on KMAX 840 AM. A live web stream will be available on VandalXtra and free live stats can be viewed at www.GoVandals.com.


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On a crisp January morning, Barbara Robbins makes the daily rounds at her Linville farm — scooping food to the cats, dogs and horses that nicker and shift in the cold. "There are aspects about the horse that make it really powerful," she says. "How you approach them can either draw them into you, or they'll retreat from you. It's the same with people." At Rocky Hill ...More


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Distance: 6 miles round trip (though you can cut it longer or short). Elevation gain: Variable... if you stay on the 'trail' only a few, 100 feet, max. But this is more for trampers and scramblers (in other words, choose your own adventure). Time: A half hour to all day. Trail: Again, it's possible to 'get lost' back in the valley behind Moab Rim. Good vistas (picture time) from there. No signage, so bring your GPS (and/or someone with mountaineering experience and a good sense of direction). Who you'll see: Hardcore MTBers, adventurous folks and the dogs who love them. How to get there: Highway 191 south to the edge of Moab. There you'll see a big parking lot and a sign. Notable: Canyons, cliffs, rock drawings, dinosaur tracks. You'll see a lot of folks with spokes here as well, so best bet is to ramble around on a weekday. Eco-conscious: MTB crews are usually good at packing in and out. But you'll find more empty GU wrappers than you can stuff in a cargo shorts pocket. Pick a few up if you can (and then leave a friendly passive-aggressive not on the windshield of the car with the racks on it). Best time of year to go: Year-round. Anyone you can ask will say fall, but even in winter, when it's sub-zero, it's a jaunt to relish. Apres-hike: Magarita and scallops with bacon at Miguel's Baja Grill, 435-259-6546
Hike of the Week: Behind the Rocks
Jun 06th 2011
Behind the Rocks Not the longest hike, but lots of scampering and scrambling with some mountaineering thrown in.


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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
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Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network Input to the Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Compilation Document
The Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN) believes that investment in youth is a cornerstone of sustainable development and represents a new opportunity for massive gains in health and development across all incomes. There is clear opportunity to influence behaviors, consumption patterns and lifestyles, the ability to transform youth into powerful advocates and build from the bottom-up the next generation of inspired regional, national and global leaders for development. It is this investment in human capacity, in people, that will sustain our future. As the next generation, a small part of the 3 billion youth under age 25 globally, we kindly offer our commitment, passion and energy towards realizing a strong sustainable development agenda.
Representing over 400 emerging leaders, students, youth and young professionals in over 40 countries, we developed a Youth Manifesto on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for the United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs that took place September 2011 (attached) [1]. There are fundamental links among the world?s leading killers and drivers of ill-health, the core risk factors (tobacco, poor diets, inadequate physical activity and harmful alcohol use) and sustainable development. We wish to generalize these recommendations in this instance.
To this end, the compilation draft should forcefully acknowledge that unhealthy consumption and lifestyles threatens sustainable development. Critically, nutrition shifts and demands for meat, fatty foods and palm oils, global mobility shifts away from walking/bicycling and towards more use of cars (as examples) threaten environmental sustainability and severely undercut health gains made in the past century. Reducing tobacco use, increasing physical activity and increasing fruit and vegetable availability would pay health and development dividends across all countries and must be on on the path towards sustainable development [2].
As the next generation, we view the UN GA High Level Meeting on NCDs, the Rio World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, and the Rio +20 Meeting on Sustainable Development as critically linked. They feed into a shared health, development and environmental sustainability platform. Here, in light of these meetings on social, economic and environmental determinants, we focus our comments on the poverty eradication theme for the compilation document:
First, we assert that NCDs are a development issue. NCDs impact the social, economic and environmental pillars of development. There is a fundamental connection between burgeoning NCDs and the failure/difficulty of reaching traditional Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets [3]. Integration of targets on NCDs, including tobacco control, into the core development agenda is a concrete first step. The recent High-Level Meeting on NCDs brought NCDs to the global agenda, but now is the time to successfully integrate the issues and relevant health indicators into the sustainable development agenda. The cost of inaction on NCDs by 2030 ($47 trillion) represents lost lives, livelihoods and a stolen future for the next generation which we represent [4]. Health must feature prominently on the sustainable development agenda an we can no longer afford to ignore NCDs.
Governments, civil society organizations, development agencies, and the global public health community at large should expand the next round of development targets beyond MDG-specific targets to a combination of human and economic development goals that explicitly address primordial, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and the treatment of NCDs.
Second, we call for transformative, transdisciplinary education to foster the development of people who can successfully develop, implement and evaluate the interventions across sectors and disciplines. We call on public and private academic institutions to encourage interdisciplinary education of the public health workforce. Governments should invest in health professional education at the primary, secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate level, stressing: 1) intellectual capital, 2) communication skills, and 3) cross-disciplinary networks [5,6].
Third, we call on governments and development agencies to actively seek input from young people on global development issues to harness their energy, creativity and leadership. We seek to ensure that the voices of young people, inclusive of students and young professionals, are meaningfully included in high-level negotiations and processes. This includes investments in youth leadership for global, regional and national processes and the Inclusion of specific time-bound outcomes related to young people and NCDs in global health policy. Youth Inclusion ensures not only representation from a key population, but sustainability as the youth leaders of today will be the adult leaders of tomorrow.
Fourth, we call for new commitments to enable universal and equitable access to NCD-related medicines, vaccines, diagnostic and health technologies that successfully balance the right to health against that of trade interests. In particular, we call on equitable access to medicines at affordable prices and for policy makers to make full use of the flexibilities embodied in the TRIPS Agreement and confirmed by the 2001 Doha Declaration, to ?protect public health and, in particular, to promote access to medicines for all? without any restrictions on the scope of diseases. Additionally, we support the full implementation of the WHO Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, as committed by governments in the Rio Declaration on Social Determinants of Health.
Fifth, we call on policy makers to assert the rights of the child and conceptualize health across the life-course. There is increasing evidence that NCDs that may manifest during adulthood are impacted by critical events and exposures during childhood, infancy, and in utero. In addition, children are increasingly affected by NCDs in the first instance. Although NCDs affect many young people, most prevention measures are not targeted towards youth. It is young people who will bear the brunt of the economic, social and emotional burden of NCDs throughout their lives. Here, governments and international research and funding bodies should direct more funds to translation trials that can add externally valid evidence to support extensive implementation of science-based findings into real-life settings.
[1]. Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network. Youth Manifesto on Non-Communicable Diseases. Global Heart. 6(4): 201-10.
[2] Yasmin von Schirnding and Derek Yach, World Health Organization. Unhealthy consumption threatens sustainable development. Rev Sa�de P�blica 2002;36(4):379-82 [3]. Stuckler D, Basu S, McKee M (2010) Drivers of Inequality in Millennium
Development Goal Progress:
A Statistical Analysis. PLoS Medicine. 7(3): e1000241 [4]. Bloom, D.E., Cafiero, E.T., Jan�-Llopis, E., Abrahams-Gessel, S., Bloom, L.R., Fathima, S., Feigl, A.B., Gaziano, T., Mowafi, M., Pandya, A., Prettner, K., Rosenberg, L., Seligman, B., Stein, A., & Weinstein, C. (2011).The Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases. Geneva: World Economic Forum. [5]. Kishore SP, Siegel KR, Kelly B, Vedanthan R, Ali MK, Koplan JP, Narayan V, Fuster V. ?Preparing
the University Community to Respond to 21stCentury Global Public Health Needs?, Global Heart Journal, 2011; 6(4), 183-90. [6]. Huffman MD, Siegel KR, Kishore SP, Bitton A. ?Regarding the Prevention of Global Chronic Disease: Academic Public Health?s New Frontier?, Am J Public Health, Oct 2011;doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.30040
The Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN; www.ypchronic.org) is a global network promoting research, policy and advocacy work on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It capitalizes on the energy, innovative thinking, and courage of young people to challenge the status quo. The YP-CDN participates in the local and global knowledge economy using social media to create virtual platforms for sharing knowledge and ideas. Members are students and budding experts in their fields -public health professionals, doctors, sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, nutritionists and architects.
In 18 months, YP-CDN has expanded from a small group of 12 medical and public health students to a vast network of 230 people of many disciplines spanning more than 30 countries across 6 continents. On the one hand we have set into motion a grassroots social movement to address the escalating burden of NCDs. By connecting and empowering young people and communities at the global level we give them a voice at the political negotiating table. On the other hand we inform evidence-based policy-making through the development of technical reports, peer reviewed articles, and policy position statements. We held our first meeting at the Harvard Endemic NCD Conference on March 2-3, 2011; over 50 individuals were in attendance from around the world. The photo above profiles the new community.
Contributors: Sandeep P. Kishore, Karen Siegel, Aria Ahmad, Amina A Aitsi-Selmi, Mohammed K.Ali, Phillip Baker, Sanjay Basu, Asaf Bitton, Jerry Bloomfield, Gene Bukhman, Eleanor Emery, Andrea Feigl, Karen Grepin, Mark Huffman, Kiti Kajana, Shweta Khandelwal, Kavitha Kolappa, Chenhui Liu, Naaznin Lokhandwala, Vishal Marwah, Modi Mwatsama, Nicole Novak, Paul Park, Christina Parsons Perez, Matthew R. Price, Nikka Rapkin, Hester Rice, Ben Seligman, Sumit Shah, Joao da Silva, Devi Sridhar, David Stuckler, Rajesh Vedanthan, Justin Zaman
Governments, civil society organizations, development agencies, and the global public health community at large should re-frame NCDs as a barrier to development by explicitly including NCDs as a target for ?technical assistance, capacity building, program implementation, impact assessment of development projects, funding, and other activities,? as recommended by the Institute of Medicine.
o Governments, civil society organizations, development agencies, and the global public health community at large should expand the next round of development targets beyond MDG-specific targets to a combination of human and economic development goals that explicitly address primordial, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and the treatment of NCDs.
o Governments should include NCDs and NCD risk factor data collection across all age groups to understand the current burden of NCDs and long-term effects of NCDs and to provide more reliable future projections of the NCD burden.
o Governments should implement programmes that tackle the social determinants of NCDs with particular reference to the following: access to information, lifestyle choices, therapies, and financing.
o Governments should engage local, regional, national, and global communities in health-related priority setting, ensuring fair representation from all stakeholders, including civil society.
o All stakeholders should engage with the private sector in reducing the amount of salt, sugar, and saturated fat content in the food supply and should eliminate trans fats intake, with an emphasis on minimizing price shocks that disproportionately harm poor populations.
o Governments should implement the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in its entirety to reduce global tobacco consumption by 30% in 10 years. Special commissions should be instituted to target informal sector tobacco consumption practices.
o Governments should include ?health across the lifespan? as a central pillar of all policies (?health in all policies?) to enhance the conditions and health system in which people are born, grow, live work, and age.
o Governments, civil society organizations, development agencies, and the global public health community at large should strengthen maternal and child health programs to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates by 75% as a means to assert women and children?s health rights.
o Governments and private sector actors should implement recommendations from the WHO policy document, ?Set of Recommendations on the Marketing of Foods and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children?
o Governments and development agencies should actively seek input from young professionals on global development issues to harness their energy, creativity and leadership.
o Governments should invest in health professional education at the primary, secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate level, stressing: 1) intellectual capital, 2) communication skills, and 3) cross-disciplinary networks.
o Educational institutions should build leadership capacity in young professionals by developing and implementing cross-disciplinary and trans-national leadership programs that address NCDs.
o The WHO and civil society should improve the affordability and availability of global level internships, scholarships and other training opportunities for young people, particularly for trainees from LMICs.
5. Enable global access to essential drugs and health technologies
o Governments should mandate generic substitution of medicines and utilize compulsory licenses to reduce the cost of managing chronic diseases by expanding global financing bodies like The Global Fund and UNITAID for the provision of essential NCD medicines and diagnostics.
o The WHO should swiftly enable pre-qualification for the 34 NCD medicines in the WHO Primary Essential Medicines for NCDs (PEN).
o Government ministries should support local supply chain management through increased accountability and incentives
o The WHO should survey the availability and financial cost of diagnosis and treatment of NCDs, including catastrophic health spending, among WHO member states and work with the World Bank and others to develop financial safety nets for populations in need.
o Augment and align global health funding from donor agencies, member countries and private industry with areas of greatest public health gains, as measured through estimated age-adjusted death rates and DALYs.
o Governments should identify regional-and country-level secondary economic gains or losses from interventions that impact NCDs, including interventions outside the health system, in order to achieve a ?health in all policies? policy as done in Finland.
o Governments should introduce NCD Action plans at the ministerial level including NCDs as a line-item in national budgets but also taking care to integrate NCD prevention and control into current priorities.
o Governments and international research and funding bodies should direct more funds to translation trials that can add externally valid evidence to support extensive implementation of science-based findings into real-life settings.
Governments, civil society, development agencies and global public health organizations should:
o Empower and engage communities, particularly youth, to promote equitable access to education and leadership.
o Incorporate the voice of the empowered community in decision-making.
o Work to increase local communities' awareness of risk factors for NCDs and their long term effects, thereby enabling individuals to take control of their own health and amplifying the positive effects of societal changes on health.
1. Promoting the view that these diseases should not be viewed solely as ?the fault? of the individual, but that NCDs are societal problems that require societal solutions. We will lobby our specific governments, promoting NCD awareness on university campuses around the world to this end.
2. Contributing to the development of a vision of a future society rooted in a social determinants of health approach and to work towards integrating the multitude of global agendas, including climate change and sanitation.
3. Performing research to create new knowledge realize health gains across the life course, including how they relate to the rights of the child, and to share current research with governments to accelerate progress.
4. Lobbying our individual academic institutions to introduce lectures on the global burden of disease, social determinants of health, and the relation of NCDs to development priorities land leveraging interdisciplinary training opportunities to tackle the complexities of real-world implementation.
5. Monitoring the WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) concept including adding NCD medicines to the EML, ensuring their listing in national EMLs; monitoring whether medicines make it to shelf and partner with grassroots organizations to prevent drug stock-outs.
6. Encouraging synergies and fostering dialogue between public health (clinical-and population-based) and related disciplines, such as urban planning or agriculture, as well as actively recruiting alternative, non�medical sources of revenue in partnership with our peers who work in these disciplines.
7. Contributing to the development of a highly skilled movement through peer-to-peer support and capitalize upon opportunities offered by seniors in the field to develop intellectual capital, influence, and cross-disciplinary networks. We will continue to use virtual communities (web 2.0 technologies) to produce a dynamic and barrier-breaking health movement.


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The regular monthly meetings of the Sarasota Orchid Society are held in the Activities Center on the beautiful grounds of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens located at 811 South Palm Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. Directional signs will point you to the meeting facility.
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Ever wonder what the aquarium's animals do at night? Come find out! Bring your sleeping bag, pillow, and a flashlight for an overnight adventure in an underwater world. Play games, tour the exhibits, enjoy snacks, and get a great view of the beluga whales. Then pick a place to sleep alongside the circling sharks, beautiful clownfish, or even the elusive octopus. Continental breakfast is provided. Children must be accompanied by a paid adult. Craft and activities are geared towards children ages 5-12. (Children must be at least 5 years old to participate.) Pre-registration is required.
Can't make this event? Family overnights are also on March 24-25 and March 30 - 31.
Cost: Members: $50 adult, $40 child; Non-members: $60 adult, $50 child
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Professor Vazquez on undergraduate research at UIS
Meet Lucia Vazquez
Associate Professor/Chair,
- B.S. Biology: National University of Mexico
- Ph.D. Plant Biology: Cornell University
- I was born and grew up in Mexico City, but I moved to New York in 1996 to start my doctoral degree. Before I started my degree at Cornell I did not speak any English and I had never written anything in English. In preparation for my degree at Cornell, I read many books and taught myself English grammar, idioms, writing techniques, etc.
- I enjoy working out, reading, outdoor activities, listening to music, dancing, cooking, and knitting.
Interesting facts:
- I have been interested in science since I was a little girl; I remember starting to collect plants and bugs at the age of 5. I was always a straight "A" student: from elementary to graduate school. One of the accomplishments that I am proud of is that my Bachelor of Science thesis (246 pages) received two awards: one of them was from my college and the second one was from a national biological society.
- I have traveled a lot in the US from the West- to the East Cost visiting places such as the Sequoia National Park, Yosemite Park, the Grand Canyon, the Rocky Mountains, and the Finger Lakes area. Outside the US, I have done fieldwork throughout Mexico and also in Venezuela.
- A few years ago, I published a new oak species that I found in Mexico. Currently, I am working on the publication of a second new oak species also from Mexico.
Learning philosophy:
- Here I am emphasizing what I think is the best learning philosophy rather than a teaching philosophy. I relate this to the time when I was a student. My learning philosophy is be committed, be organized, and read a lot. Knowledge opens the door to many opportunities. I want to emphasize that reading is an essential component of learning that is frequently overlooked by many students.
Major project underway:
- My research interests include the phylogenetic history of plants, molecular evolution of plant genes, assessment of genetic variation in natural plant populations, conservation of forests, and medicinal properties of plants.
- I have 3 main projects underway: Development of DNA barcodes for identification of oak species, testing of plant extracts for anticancer properties (in collaboration with Dr. Landsberg) and conservation of temperate Mexican forests.
Why hands on research at UIS is special:
Advice to prospective students:
- First and foremost: find your passion. Find out what you are really interested in and then go after it. Remember that it is going to take a lot of work, sacrifices, and dedication but it is worth it. At the same time, try to live a balanced life. Having good time management skills is extremely important to succeed not only as a student, but also in any academic endeavor.
Best thing about UIS:
- The best thing about UIS is its small size. This gives us an opportunity to know our students, and to interact with faculty and administrators from other departments and colleges.


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"We're excited, we're looking forward to it, and we're eager to get it going," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team is coming off a 19-13 season a year ago. "This is obviously something different for us and we're starting much earlier than usual, but I think we'll be able to learn a lot about our team and get a head start on the season. It will allow our coaching staff to get a good look at our team, reassess our incoming players and learn a little about the roles each player will be able to handle during the year."
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Laing Records Hat Trick in 4-4 Tie at Rensselaer
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TROY, N.Y. (1/11/14) - Senior Denna Laing collected her first career hat trick as the Princeton women's hockey team tied Rensselaer at Houston Field House on Saturday, Jan. 11.
The Engineers rallied from a two-goal deficit and scored three of their four goals on the power play.
Laing began the game with something to prove as she quickly scored twice in the first 5:37. Her first goal came just 25 seconds into the game with help from junior Ali Pankowski and senior Rosa Alleva. Brianna Leahy and senior Sally Butler helped to set up her second goal at 5:37.
Mari Mankey converted on RPI's first power-play opportunity of the game at 9:19 of the first to make it a 2-1 game at the first intermission.
Freshman Cassidy Tucker delivered her second goal in second game to regain the two-goal lead for the Tigers at 4:14 with Leahy and Alleva earned their second assists of the game.
RPI converted on its fourth power play of the game at 12:26 of the second with a Toni Sanders goal.
Lauren Wash knotted the game at 3-3 just 2:24 into the final frame but Princeton quickly regained the lead less than a minute later with Laing's third goal.
Leahy picked up her third assist of the game and fifth of the year on Laing's short-handed goal at 3:13. The short-handed goal is Princeton's seventh of the season, the second-most in the NCAA, behind Boston College's nine.
However RPI would score on that same penalty as Heidi Huhtamaki put away a Taylor Mahoney pass at 4:37.
Princeton had two 5x4 opportunities, one midway through the third and the other in overtime but the Tigers couldn't convert for the game winner.
Sophomore Kimberly Newell made 28 saves for Princeton, while Kelly O'Brien stopped 11 for Rensselaer.
Princeton is now 9-8-3 overall and 6-6-2 in the ECAC and moves to fifth place in the league standings.
Princeton will take a two-week hiatus for fall semester exams and returns on Tuesday, Jan. 28 when it hosts Penn State in the final non-conference game of the season.


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Cooper shatters school and Iron Bowl records with his 13-catch, 224-yard performance
The Alabama junior is just one yard shy of Julio Jones' 2010 record of 1,133 receivng yards
Blake Sims and Amari Cooper led a Crimson Tide attack that ranks fifth nationally in total offense
The Crimson Tide climbs to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in Southeastern Conference play while the Gators fall to 2-1, 1-1 in the SEC.
C.J. Mosley and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix go in the first round Thursday night
2009 (SOPHOMORE): He came through for the Crimson Tide when they needed him most in 2009 ... started 12 games while battling to overcome injuries in the first half of the season and become Alabama's go-to wide receiver down the stretch ... had a team-best 43 catches for 596 yards and four touchdowns ... over the final seven games, Jones caught 30 passes for 421 yards and three touchdowns ... 26 of his 43 receptions went for first downs or touchdowns and eight came on third down ... averaged 13.9 yards per catch while drawing double coverage on almost every snap ... also returned punts vs. South Carolina and boasted a 15.0 yards per return average ... missed the North Texas contest and most of the Florida International game with a bruised knee. Virginia Tech: Caught four passes for 46 yards with two going for first downs ... also rushed one time out of the wildcat formation for minus-1 yard. Florida International: Caught one pass for nine yards and a first down vs. the Panthers, but bruised knee on the play and did not return. North Texas: Did not play due to a bruised knee suffered. Arkansas: Caught his first touchdown of the season on a 50-yard strike from quarterback Greg McElroy on a double reverse out of the wildcat formation ... also hauled in another 15-yard grab ... finished with two catches for a then-season-high 65 yards. Kentucky: Caught two passes for 13 yards while facing double and triple coverage throughout the game ... had a nine-yard reception on third down that moved the chains for the Crimson Tide on their 97-yard drive late in the second quarter. Mississippi: Equalled his season high with four receptions ... totaled 42 yards in the air ... hauled in two catches that went for first downs, including one that moved the chains on third down ... battled double and triple teams for the entire game. South Carolina: Did not have a catch but played an outstanding game in other ways ... returned five punts for 75 yards with a long of 33 ... averaged 15.0 yards per return ... also recorded one tackle after an interception and then forced a fumble that the Tide recovered to keep possession. Tennessee: Produced his best game of the season to date with seven receptions for 54 yards ... hauled in three passes for first downs, including one on third down. LSU: Had his biggest game of the season against LSU's stout defense, catching four passes for 102 yards - his fourth career 100-yard receiving game ... took a wide receiver screen pass 73 yards for his second touchdown of the season to give the Tide breathing room in the fourth quarter. Mississippi State: Found the end zone for the second straight game on a perfectly thrown 48-yard strike from McElroy ... finished with four receptions for 66 yards as the Tide's offense again clicked in a 31-3 win at Mississippi State. Chattanooga: Again found the end zone, this time on a 19-yard strike over the middle from McElroy ... caught three passes for a game-high 65 yards ... two of his three catches were for first downs ... his long grab was a 44-yard post where he bodied out the defender and made a contested catch at its highest point. Auburn: Set a career high with nine receptions ... totaled 83 yards receiving with a long grab of 18 yards ... was a key factor in the Crimson Tide's 15-play, 79-yard, 7:03 scoring drive in the fourth quarter with four receptions for 33 yards ... all four receptions on the fourth-quarter drive went for first downs ... six of his nine receptions in the game went for first downs, including two on third down. Florida: Caught two passes, both going for first downs ... hauled in an 18-yard reception on the first play of the game ... snared a 10-yard pass on third down in the third quarter. Texas: Caught one pass -- a 23-yard reception in the first quarter.
2008 (FRESHMAN): Named the SEC Freshman of the Year by The Associated Press and Sporting News ... first-team Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of American and Sporting News ... the Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club Freshman of the Year ... a second-team All-SEC selection by The Associated Press, Sporting News, league coaches and Phil Steele ... three-time SEC Freshman of the Week (Western Kentucky, Tennessee and LSU) ... a Rivals.com Midseason Freshman All-American ... recorded a team-high 58 receptions for 924 yards and four touchdowns ... set Alabama freshman records for receptions (58), receiving yards (924) and receiving touchdowns (4) ... passed Ozzie Newsome for the receiving yards record (374) and A.C. Carter for receptions and touchdowns ... fourth in the SEC and 59th nationally in receiving yards per game (66.0) and seventh in receptions (4.14) ... had 18 catches of 20 yards or more ... returned one kickoff for 21 yards and two punts for a 5.5 yards per return average ... 44 of his 58 receptions went for first downs or a touchdown with 11 coming on third down ... caught at least one pass in every game and at least three passes in 12 of 14 games ... had at least three catches in the final 10 games of the season ... had three 100-yard receiving games (at Tennessee, at LSU and vs. Florida) ... finished fifth with the fifth-most receptions (58) in a single season in school history ... his 924 receiving yards ranked as the fourth-best single-season mark at Alabama ... given the Offensive Achievement Award for his performance and production as an underclassman by the Alabama coaches. Clemson: Jones snagged his first career catch on an eight-yard bubble screen on the Crimson Tide's first drive of the year ... then hauled in his first career touchdown on a four-yard catch in the third quarter from John Parker Wilson ... finished with four catches for 28 yards and a touchdown ... averaged seven yards per reception ... returned one kickoff for 21 yards. Tulane: He caught one pass for 13 yards to kick start a fourth-quarter Alabama drive. Western Kentucky: Jones caught a career-best five passes for 66 yards and a touchdown ... four of Jones' catches were good for first downs ... caught a 12-yard touchdown from John Parker Wilson in the third quarter ... also connected with Wilson for a 36-yard strike down the middle of the field ... named the SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts. Arkansas: He caught one pass against the Razorbacks - a 25-yard touchdown strike from Wilson - for his team-leading third touchdown grab of the year. Georgia: Turned in a career outing with five catches for 94 yards and a touchdown ... the touchdown came late in the second quarter on a 22-yard fade pattern in the corner of the end zone that gave the Tide a 31-0 lead. Kentucky: He caught three passes for 52 yards ... all three receptions were good for first downs, including a 3rd-and-13 catch that went for 23 yards. Mississippi: Jones snared three passes for 65 yards against the Rebels ... hauled in his first catch on a quick-hitting slant pattern that he juggled before securing the ball and then eluded defenders for a 40-yard gain early in the first quarter ... Jones then set up Alabama's first touchdown with a 25-yard catch down the sideline. Tennessee: He set a then-career high six receptions for 103 yards ... all six catches went for first downs ... set the school freshman record for single-season receiving years. Arkansas State: Jones hauled in five catches for 62 yards ... two grabs went for first downs, including one on third down that sustained a Tide scoring drive. LSU: He caught a career-high seven passes for 128 yards ... six of his receptions went for first downs, including two on third down ... his 24-yard reception over a LSU defender on Alabama's first play of overtime set the Crimson Tide up at the 1-yard line for the winning touchdown. Mississippi State: Jones hauled in three passes for 53 yards ... all three catches resulted in first downs for the Crimson Tide. Auburn: He caught at least three passes for his eighth straight game with three grabs for 36 yards ... had two third-down catches for first downs ... just missed his fifth touchdown of the year, being knocked out at the three-yard line as he battled to take his 15-yard reception into the end zone. Florida: Jones could not be contained with a single defender, drawing double-teams and combination coverages from the Gators ... scorched Florida for 124 yards on five catches, including a season-long 64-yarder on the Tide's second drive of the game ... caught four passes for first downs, including one on third down. Sugar Bowl vs. Utah: He produced an outstanding Sugar Bowl performance with seven receptions for 77 yards ... the seven catches equaled his career high that he originally set at LSU on Nov. 8 ... hauled in a 30-yard reception, his seventh catch of the year that went for at least 30 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: A Parade All-American ... USA Today All-American ... ranked the No.1 overall player in the country by Sports Illustrated/Takkle.com ... nation's No. 2 overall prospect by ESPN ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 150 (No. 2) ... SuperPrep's No. 1 wide receiver nationally and No. 2 prospect overall ... ESPN.com Top 150 ... The Mobile Press-Register's Super 120 Team (No. 1) ... "Mr. Football" in the state of Alabama ... named to The Tampa Tribune's "Best of the South Team" ... SouthScout.com Stars of Alabama selection ... Gatorade Player of the Year (Alabama) ... an EA Sports first-team All-American ... Prep Nation 101 Honoree ... named to The Mobile Press-Register's Elite 18 Team (No. 1) ... five-star wide receiver by Scout.com ... rated as No. 1 wide receiver in the nation by Scout.com ... the No. 1 wide receiver in the nation and the top prospect in the Alabama Top 35 list by Rivals.com ... also called, by Rivals.com, the best wide receiver in the nation "after the catch" ... rated as the No. 4 overall prospect in the nation on the Rivals.com Top 100 ... two-time All-American by Rivals.com (2006 and 2007) ... Scout.com All-American selection ... No. 2 player on the Scout.com Southeast 150 list ... SuperPrep/Scout.com Top 30 Alabama selection (No. 1) ... the No. 3 ranked overall player in the nation according to Tom Lemming of CSTV ... Rivals.com's description of Jones: "Really outstanding feet for a big man. He gets out of trouble when hemmed in. He has great acceleration and can run after the catch. He shows really good concentration on deep balls. Team can use him on reverses and short routes. Hard to tackle in the open field." ... capped off his high school career with six catches for 97 yards ... two-time The Birmingham News and Alabama Sportswriters Association All-State selection ... named to 2007 The Birmingham News' Super All-State Team ... named to 2007 ASWA Super 12 All-State team ... had 194 career catches for 3,287 yards and 43 touchdowns ... also added three rushing touchdowns, two kick return touchdowns, two punt returns and two fumble returns for scores ... scored 52 touchdowns in his prep career ... set Foley school record for career receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and total touchdowns ... holds the top three single-season receiving records at Foley with 75 receptions (2006), 68 receptions (2007) and 51 catches (2005) ... also holds single-season record with 1,301 yards in 2006 ... as senior, tallied 68 catches for 1,181 yards and 16 TDs ... finished the year with 18 total TDs ... led the Lions to a 12-1 record and a Region 2 title before losing to Prattville in state quarterfinals ... hauled in a career-high 75 passes for 1,306 yards and 16 TDs as a junior ... concluded the season with career-high 20 TDs ... recorded 51 receptions for 805 yards and 12 TDs as sophomore in 2005 ... an outstanding track and field athlete ... named 2006-07 Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year (Alabama) ... community service projects include Santa America Foundation and local Optimist International club ... coached by Todd Watson.


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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Bloom Pillow
My little pink practice Dresden block for the {Sew} Beautiful Bee turned into this happy flower pillow for Miss E.'s room. Per Cherie's instructions, I made the original pink Dresden using this tutorial by Elizabeth Hartman on Sew Mama Sew. The only difference is that we are using the Fat Cats ruler instead of the Easy Dresden ruler, which is recommended in the tutorial. The Fat Cats wedge ruler makes a Dresden with 12 petals instead of 20.
After making the pink Dresden, I made a second Dresden in green (with wedges a half-inch larger than the original), and doubled them up, offsetting them so that the green petal points were between the pink ones.
Then I top-stitched around the edges of the Dresdens, and attached both of them to the background so that the ends of the petals weren't sewn down. It gives it a little texture and dimension that I like. (I quilted the white background with wavy-line quilting before attaching the flower.)
Miss E. loves it! I've been meaning to make her a throw pillow or two for ages. Thanks, Cherie, for finally making it happen! Miss E. thanks you, too. : )
And, I'm joining the Bloggers' Pillow Party at Stitched In Color! This pillow is my January entry. Head over to Rachel's blog to see lots more pillowy goodness.
Edited to add: I'm also linking up with Sew Fabulous Friday at a Girl In Paradise!
20 comments:
- Megan said...
OOOoooo love, Love, LOVE it! Wonderful pillow! That wavy line quilting is just awesome!
- January 6, 2011 at 7:23 PM
- Kati said...
That is FABULOUS! I love it. What a great idea.
- January 6, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- BillieBee (billiemick) said...
Abolutely adorable!
- January 6, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- Melanie said...
This is so cute! I love the way the petals aren't sewn down completely. Very unique!
- January 6, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- traceyjay said...
so pretty!!! :)
Good job Mama.
- January 6, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Katie B. said...
I love the addition of the leaves! So cute.
- January 6, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- emedoodle said...
This is adorable!! I love that we all have a nice practice block to play with! :)
- January 7, 2011 at 12:04 AM
- Elizabeth D. said...
Super cute!! I love those wavy lines you quilted with, they look so great with this pillow :)
- January 7, 2011 at 6:40 AM
- Tiffaney said...
Love it!
- January 7, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- Candace said...
I love the off-set Dresden behind the pink one. It is really a great and unique idea.
- January 7, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Kate said...
Your Dresden is super great! I'm in love with dresdens. AND I'm really excited that you posted about the fat cat ruler!! It gives the Dresden a wonderful new look. I'm heading over to order one right now!! Great post...I'm so happy I found your blog from going to AmyLouWho's Friday Finishes. Sweet!
- January 7, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- Flo @ Butterfly Quilting said...
I LOVE this pillow! And I love the Dresden plate. I have never tried making one, but might have to now! I will go in search of the fat cat ruler !
- January 7, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- diana said...
Pink and green? I'm bought :))) And the floating petals? Wonderfull! Beautifull pillow!
- January 7, 2011 at 4:32 PM
- Jenniffier said...
What a great pillow. It looks so fluffy and girly. Wonderful job!
- January 8, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- A Girl said...
I love the way you layered the Dresden Plate and the girly side of me loves the pink and green.
Thanks for linking up to Sew Fabulous Friday! I can't wait to see you you come up with next.
- January 9, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Wendy said...
lovely! Great colours and I love the way you've put it together.
- January 10, 2011 at 6:42 AM
- My Sweet Prairie said...
Awesome! I double up my left over dresdens back to back like that to make hotplates for my mom. : ) I like the way the alternate petals stick out. : )
- January 10, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- Tiffany said...
- January 10, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Megan said...
Still love! :) Thanks for linking up! Happy {Sew} Modern Monday!
- January 10, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- Sara said...
Very beautiful! I want to make a dresden block sometime soon! Love the pillow!
- January 10, 2011 at 11:06 PM


text: Jun 14, 2013 12:44 Louisiana-made film earns four Oscar nominations Louisiana-made film earns four Oscar nominations Fox Searchlight Pictures file photo by JESS PINKHAM -- Quvenzhane Wallis left, portrays Hushpuppy, and Dwight Henry is Wink in 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' A screening of the film with a live score starts at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Saenger Theatre. This publicity film image released by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis portraying Abraham Lincoln in the film "Lincoln." Lewis was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for his role in the film. (AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, David James, file) Warner Bros. photo by CLAIRE FOLGER -- Bryan Cranston, left, plays Jack ODonnell and Ben Affleck is Tony Mendez in Argo. The Weinstein Company photo by ANDREW COOPER -- Christoph Waltz, left, as Schultz, and Jamie Foxx, as Django, star in Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino. The Oscar-nominated film was partly shot in the New Orleans area. Staff and Wire Report| Jan. 10, 2013; 9:30 a.m. Comments BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: the old-age love story "Amour"; the Iran hostage thriller "Argo"; the independent hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; the slave-revenge narrative "Django Unchained"; the musical "Les Miserables"; the shipwreck story "Life of Pi"; the lost-souls romance "Silver Linings Playbook"; and the Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle "Zero Dark Thirty." "Life of Pi" surprisingly ran second with 11 nominations, ahead of "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Les Miserables," which had been considered potential front-runners. The Louisiana-made "Beasts of the Southern Wild," a small, independent film produced for approximately $1.5 million, earned an impressive four nominations, for best picture, best actress, best director and best adapted screenplay. Quvenzhané Wallis, a 9-year-old from Houma, earned a best actress nomination for her "Beasts of the Southern Wild" performance as Hushpuppy. The film's director, Benh Zeitlin, is a New York native who moved to New Orleans in 2006. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is a surrealistic tale about a south Louisiana community threatened by global warming. It features first-time, local actors Wallis and, playing Hushpuppy's dying father, Dwight Henry, in leading roles. The movie has earned less than $12 million a the box office. Zeitlin shares his nomination for best adapted screenplay with playwright Lucy Alibar. "Lincoln" also earned Tony Kushner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who grew up in Lake Charles, a nomination for best adapted screenplay. "I'm overwhelmed by the Academy's response to the film," Kushner said in a statement. "I heard that I'd been nominated while waiting to take off on a plane from JFK to LAX. James Gandolfini, who was sitting in front of me, gave me a hug and a kiss, so I'm about as happy as can be. " There were some surprising were snubs in the directing category, where three favorites missed out: Ben Affleck for "Argo" and past Oscar winners Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty" and Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables." Bigelow was the first woman ever the win the directing Oscar for 2009's "The Hurt Locker," while Hooper won a year later for "The King's Speech." The best-picture category also had surprising omissions. The acclaimed first-love tale "Moonrise Kingdom" was left out and only got one nomination, for original screenplay. Also snubbed for best-picture was "The Master," a critical favorite that did manage three acting nominations for Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Two-time winner Spielberg earned his seventh directing nomination, and also in the mix are past winner Ang Lee for "Life of Pi" and past nominee David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook." The other slots went to surprise picks who are first-time nominees: Michael Haneke for his French-language "Amour" and Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild." "Amour" also was a best-picture surprise. The film, which won the top prize at last May's Cannes Film Festival, mainly had been considered a favorite in the foreign-language category, where it also was nominated. "Amour" had five nominations, including original screenplay and best-actress for Emmanuelle Riva. The year's second-biggest box-office hit, "The Dark Knight Rises," was shut out entirely, even for visual effects. The omission of its predecessor, "The Dark Knight," from best-picture consideration for 2008, was largely responsible for the expansion of the Oscar category from five nominees to 10 the following year. "The Dark Knight" had earned eight nominations and won two Oscars. Chronicling Abraham Lincoln's final months as he engineers passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, "Lincoln" stars best-actor contender Day-Lewis in a monumental performance as the 16th president, supporting-actress nominee Field as the notoriously headstrong Mary Todd Lincoln and supporting-actor prospect Jones as abolitionist firebrand Thaddeus Stevens. Joining Day-Lewis in the best-actor field are Bradley Cooper as a psychiatric patient trying to get his life back together in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Hugh Jackman as Victor Hugo's tragic hero Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables"; Phoenix as a Navy vet who falls in with a cult in "The Master"; and Denzel Washington as a boozy airline pilot in "Flight." Cooper had been a bit of a longshot. John Hawkes, a potential best-actor favorite, missed out for his role as a man in an iron lung aiming to lose his virginity in "The Sessions." Nominated for best actress are Jessica Chastain as a CIA operative hunting bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty"; Jennifer Lawrence as a troubled young widow struggling to heal in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Riva as an ailing woman tended by her husband in "Amour"; Quvenzhane Wallis as a spirited girl on the Louisiana delta in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; and Naomi Watts as a mother caught up in a devastating tsunami in "The Impossible." Best actress had a wild age range: Riva is the oldest nominee ever in the category at 85, while Wallis is the youngest ever at 9. Along with Field, supporting-actress nominees are Adams as a cult leader's devoted wife in "The Master"; Anne Hathaway as an outcast mother reduced to prostitution in "Les Miserables"; Helen Hunt as a sex surrogate in "The Sessions"; and Jacki Weaver as an unstable man's doting mom in "Silver Linings Playbook." Besides Jones, the supporting-actor contenders are Alan Arkin as a wily Hollywood producer in "Argo"; Robert De Niro as a football-obsessed patriarch in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Hoffman as a dynamic cult leader in "The Master"; and Christoph Waltz as a genteel bounty hunter in "Django Unchained." "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, who will host the Feb. 24 Oscars, joined Emma Stone to announce the Oscar lineup, and he scored a nomination himself, original song for "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," the tune he co-wrote for his big-screen directing debut "Ted." "That's kind of cool I got nominated," MacFarlane deadpanned at the announcement. "I get to go to the Oscars." Walt Disney predictably dominated the animated-feature category with three of the five nominees: "Brave," "Frankenweenie" and "Wreck-It Ralph." Also nominated were "ParaNorman" and "The Pirates! Band of Misfits." "I'm absolutely blown away," Rich Moore, director of "Wreck-It Ralph" said by phone. "It is weird at 5:30 in the morning to hear Emma Stone say your name. It's surreal." "Lincoln" is Spielberg's best awards prospect since his critical peak in the 1990s, when he won best-picture and directing Oscars for "Schindler's List" and a second directing Oscar for "Saving Private Ryan." The 12 nominations for "Lincoln" matched Spielberg's personal best on "Schindler's List," which won seven Oscars. Spielberg's latest film could vault him, Day-Lewis and Field to new heights among Hollywood's super-elite of multiple Oscar winners. A best-picture win for "Lincoln" would be Spielberg's second, while another directing win would be his third, a feat achieved only by Frank Capra and William Wyler, who each earned three directing Oscars, and John Ford, who received four. "Lincoln" also was the ninth best-picture nominee Spielberg has directed, moving him into a tie for second-place with Ford. Only Wyler directed more best-picture nominees, with 13. Day-Lewis and Field both have two lead-acting Oscars already, he for "My Left Foot" and "There Will Be Blood" and she for "Norma Rae" and "Places in the Heart." A third Oscar for either would put them in rare company with previous triple winners Ingrid Bergman, Walter Brennan, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Katharine Hepburn is the record-holder with four acting Oscars. An Oscar for Jones would be his second supporting-actor prize; he previously won for "The Fugitive." "Lincoln" composer John Williams - whose five Oscars include three for the music of three earlier Spielberg films, "Jaws," "E.T. the Extra-terrestrial" and "Schindler's List" - earned his 43rd nomination for best score, extending his all-time record in the category. The Oscars feature a best-picture field that ranges from five to 10 films depending on a complex formula of ballots from the 5,856 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winners for the 85th Oscars will be announced Feb. 24 at a ceremony aired live on ABC from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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The news that Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France victories, lost his Nike sponsorship and stepped down from his chairmanship of Live Strong has put an end to one of the longest running denials to date.
Tonya Harding denied knowledge of the kneecapping attack on her ice-skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan, at the 1994 Olympics. The incident ignited a media firestorm. Harding eventually admitted to taking part in the attack but thanks to a plea bargain she avoids jail time. She was, however, banned from figure skating for life.
Bill Clinton spent months denying his personal involvement with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, declaring on national television "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
The 1972 Watergate scandal involving then-President Richard Nixon remains one of the most notorious denials of all time. In order to avoid impeachment, Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.
Author James Frey wrote about his true-life decent into drug addiction in the best-selling book, A Million Little Pieces. The book was promoted heavily, and went on to become an "Oprah Book Club" selection. When it was revealed that Frey actually fictionalized some of his story, Winfrey lambasted him on national television.
The queen of divine entertaining, Martha Stewart, denied taking part in insider trading, only to be charged with the crime. She served five months in prison and two years on probation.
2004 Democratic party vice-presidential hopeful John Edwards spent months denying an adulterous affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, but when their love child arrived in 2008, the jig was up.
Whitney Houston famously denied drug use in her 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer, declaring, "crack is wack." Although the singer died due to "accidental drowning" in a Los Angeles hotel room, police reports also say that Xanax, alcohol and cocaine were found in her system, and an abundance of drug paraphernalia was found at the scene.
The duo known as singing sensation Milli Vanilli shot to Grammy-winning fame in 1990 for their hit album, Girl You Know It's True. Not so fast. Producer Frank Farian outed them for lip synching the entire thing.
When news broke that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation was embroiled in a massive phone hacking scandal, editor Rebekah Brooks denied her involvement. After months of investigation (and the arrests of 22 others), Brooks and her husband were arrested.
Lindsay Lohan, the starlet who has taken denial to a whole new level, has blamed everything from hospital stints to car accidents on "exhaustion" and "dehydration." (Of course, booze does dehydrate you.)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie vehemently denied they were having an affair while making the film Mr. And Mrs. Smith together (while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston). Some even believed the story, until years later, when Jolie said in an interview that it would be so nice for their kids to watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the movie where their parents fell in love. Oops.
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West Side's Tyler Cowley shot a 9-hole round of 42 to earn medalist honors while leading the Eagles to victory in a three-team match held at Mountain Ranch in Fairfield Bay. Austin Gray and Ben Hargrove each finished with a score of 45 to round out West Side's three-player total of 132. Hayden Gilmore (49) also competed for the Eagles, who finished 30 strokes ahead of runner-up Shirley (162). Mount Vernon-Enola finished third with a score of 167. Defending state champion Mount Vernon-Enola won the girls' match with a three-player tally of 162, edging Shirley (164) by two shots. Led by Emily Southerland's 9-hole round of 51, which was the second best individual score, West Side finished with a total of 172. Destiny Cowley (60) and Carra Duncan (61) combined for the Lady Eagles' three-player total, while Ashley Gentry (68) and Sydnee Phillips (69) also participated for West Side.
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Smooth and sexy hip-hop song with bass guitar, rhodes, wah guitar, synth and delayed piano in old school style. Useful for commercials, presentations, games, or chill out scenes. You can use this music for your hip-hop track too.
With song is included unmastered version of song, if you want to record some vocals over the track, then you can mastered with vocals.
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A while back I was asking about the NXTCam( viewtopic.php?t=551 ) for my final yr uni project, Pong.
Well I'm finally finished it, the idea is simple but the implementation was a lot harder than I anticipated!
If anyone is interested in seeing it heres a video
The video shows it playing against itself for demo purposes, but i can also play against a remote RCX, controlled by a human.


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Happen to catch Neil Patrick Harris hosting 'Fashion's Night Out' last night on TV? If not, you didn't miss much viewing wise, although the concept was pretty cool. The deal: get out in the big cities and get great deals on high end styles and a glimpse into the stylish surprising for the upcoming fashion season. NPH led the pack of raging, fashion-hungry ladies as they crowded the streets of NYC and bought croc-skin bags and white leather pant suits (this actually happened). And yes, I watched all 60 minutes of this. Read More


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Heat 96, Warriors 88
Observations from Tuesday's 96-88 victory over the Warriors at AmericanAirlines Arena:
No Jamal Crawford. No Stephen Jackson. No Corey Maggette. And still a 24-21 lead by the Warriors at the end of the first quarter, a lead Golden State would extend to 11 in the second period.
The Heat then battled back to an eight-point lead by making seven consecutive shots.
Before the game, Dwyane Wade thanked those who showed for their support in these tough economic times. He didn't have to thank many. (Although the crowd eventually filled in.)
OK, are we over the Marcus Banks experiment? Or is there a bit of showcasing at hand?
And when Banks is passing up an open 3-pointer in favor of a Yakhouba Diawara airball, well, what does that say?
Chris Quinn was back on the floor in the third quarter when Mario Chalmers went to the bench, Banks' night over after 3:25 of action.
Michael Beasley looked lost at the start. Totally lost. He managed to make Anthony Randolph look like a polished pro.
Beasley was yanked just over two minutes into the second quarter, after just five minutes of game action, with his second foul.
He didn't get, or merit, much more of a shot in the second half.
Back-to-back second-quarter odd moments: First Daequan Cook banks in a 3-pointer with a loud thud, then, on the next Heat possession, Mario Chalmers wedges the ball between the rim and the backboard on a dunk attempt, necessitating a midcourt jump ball that was won by the Heat.
Cook again balanced the offense from distance, with five second-quarter 3-pointers. (The franchise record for a quarter is six by Brian Shaw.) The four tied his season high for a game.
If Beasley can come around, Beasley-Cook would provide the type of inside-outside bench boost teams covet.
Udonis Haslem has found his missing jumper. Don't understate the confidence boost provided by making the crucial late jumper Saturday against the Nets.
Shawn Marion was nothing short of pure pogo stick, with his rebounding essential in helping offset the Heat's volley of turnovers.
(Also, your Heat questions are answered regularly at Ask Ira!)


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Kanteena specializes in recreations of ancient historic styles, such as those found in the ruins of Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde. At this lecture he will share why he uses ancient designs in his work and will talk about clays, techniques and traditions.
Due Kanteena's ability to merge old and new cultures, Kanteena's animals, pots and kachinas are distinctive from other pueblo potters. He often uses ancient designs on contemporarty pottery, but also makes exact reproductions. Pieces will be available for purcahse after the lecture with prices ranging between $60 - $300.
Kanteena received the Wingspread Collector's Guide Award of Excellence and Judges' Choice at the prestigious Heard Museum Indian Artists' show in Phoenix. His work can be found at the Wheelwright Museum of Santa Fe, as well as numerous galleries. He received a BA in Fine Arts from Eastern New Mexico University in 1981.


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