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Sherfy, a junior relief pitcher, is one of just 50 players in the nation to earn a spot on the preseason watch list. USA Baseball will release a 60-man midseason watch list on May 2, before semifinalists are announced on May 28. Three finalists will be announced on June 4 with finalist voting beginning that day. The winner of the 2013 Golden Spikes Award will be announced on July 19 on the MLB Network.
Sherfy earned multiple postseason All-America honors as a sophomore after finishing the season with 19 saves and a 2.20 ERA. The right-hander claimed first-team ABCA/Rawlings All-America recognition, while being named second-team All-America by the NCBWA, Baseball America, and Perfect Game, and third-team by Louisville Slugger. Sherfy was also a NCBWA Stopper of the Year finalist and claimed first-team All-Pac 12 accolades after leading the league in saves.
Sherfy set an Oregon record with 19 saves while finishing with a 5-3 record in 36 appearances. He struck out 93 hitters in just 61.1 innings (an average of 13.6 strikeouts per nine innings pitched) and held opponents to a .172 batting average.
Sherfy will lead Oregon into the 2013 season ranked as high as sixth in preseason top 25 polls. The Ducks are coming off their most successful campaign since the program was reinstated in 2009, including Oregon's appearance in the NCAA Super Regional hosted at PK Park in Eugene. UO placed third in the Pac-12 while establishing a school record for wins, going 46-19 overall.
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I'm just letting you know that I've already begun planning a crawfish boil and digging the pit for a hog smoke and bonfire dinner in which we have various things on spits. This is how I get through my namesake month.
And now I have been delivered another nugget of inspiration, a reason to look forward: Tour de Farm. It seems that the unsinkable Scott Pampuch has gathered his pasture-lovin' buddies (JD, Lenny, Mike Phillips, and Scott Graden) for a little outdoor dining, farm-style.
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Do you really need more to get you through this slushy month? I'm on board. Reservations are limited to seventy-five people per event, and the cost is $85 per person, all inclusive. A small price to banish despair.
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On first read, you'll think that's too rash a judgment. The document is well-reasoned and thoughtfully crafted. There are lots of numbers "proving" GM's commitment to restructuring.
But at its core, it's propaganda aimed directly at warming the hearts of Congress.
It is not a viable business plan.
Think of the document more as a political tool — and it makes perfect sense. After all, it is Congress — not GM's board of directors — that have the power to okay GM's staggering $18 billion request.
As you might expect, GM's tone is very, very patriotic. And it's conciliatory — no surprise given how poorly November's bailout hearings went.
In the intro, GM magnanimously acknowledges it has made mistakes in the past. There's a special section detailing the shutdown of its corporate aircraft operations, with the odd, guilt-inducing tidbit that it "unfortunately impact[s] approximately 50 hourly and salaried employees."
And the appendix has a special chart detailing that CEO Rick Wagoner and President Fritz Henderson didn't actually receive the millions claimed by the media.
About a tenth of the document is dedicated to GM's newly-won, but apparently profound, concern with fuel efficiency and advanced propulsion development.
The Chevy Volt which delivers "up to 40 miles on a single electric charge" — will apparently be the next Model T. "Volt represents a fundamental reinvention of the American automobile industry…No other company has made such a commitment to the American people."
As for the meat and potatoes of the actual proposed restructuring, GM gives a good effort. It projects the U.S. auto industry supporting 12 million new cars in 2009 and 13.5 million in 2010. Not unreasonable. And GM makes the right noises about cost reductions with "wages and benefits fully competitive with Toyota by 2012."
But the restructuring plan comes up short on the most fundamental question. Will this company actually make money? Just look at the details — or what details are lacking.
GM says it plans to focus on only four brands. So why does the number of models only drop from 48 to 40?
GM has 6,600 dealers, which it says it will cut to 4,700 by 2012. Honda has 1,300 dealers. Even Ford has only 4,100 — which it will cut further.
And nowhere in the document does GM lay out, year by year, its own projected market share. This is perhaps the most critical part of any business plan. The kind of thing you learn in the first day of business school.
Turn to Exhibit B-1 — and you find something interesting. It is only in an appendix entry — and not stated explicitly. GM appears to have changed its market share assumption for 2009 GM U.S. volume from 20.6% a year ago to 22.5% today.
In this environment, it seems strange that GM is actually increasing its market share assumptions. And car business is all about volumes.
That points to the real flaw in the GM restructuring plan. The U.S. car industry has been a credit junkie that now has to go cold turkey.
In 2007, GMAC financed about half of GM's retail car sales, many to customers with weak credit. Today GMAC can't finance to customers with credit scores under 700. In fact, today GMAC funds only 6% of GM's retail car sales. No wonder GM sales have fallen off a cliff.
Will that change over the next year?
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"Conditional scholarships" for HIV/AIDS Health Workers: Educating and Retaining the Workforce to Provide Antiretroviral Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Without large increases in the number of health workers to treat HIV/AIDS (HAHW), most developing countries will be unable to achieve universal coverage with antiretroviral treatment (ART), leading to large numbers of potentially avoidable deaths among people living with HIV/AIDS. We use Markov Monte Carlo microsimulation to estimate the expected net present value (eNPV) of a scholarship for health care education that is conditional on the recipient entering into a contract to work for a number of years after graduation delivering ART in sub-Saharan Africa. Such a scholarship could increase the number of health workers educated in the region and decrease the probability of HAHW emigration. "Conditional scholarships" for a team of health workers sufficient to provide ART for 500 patients have an eNPV of 1.23 million year-2000 US dollars, assuming that the scholarship recipients are in addition to the health workers who would have been educated without scholarships and that the scholarships reduce annual HAHW emigration probabilities from 15% to 5% for five years. When individual variable values are varied from this base case within plausible bounds suggested by the literature, eNPV of the "conditional scholarships" never falls below 0.5 million year-2000 US dollars.
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A tipster (send in your tips here) directed my attention to a recent class action suit file in New Jersey against a whole host of Legal Helper Debt Resolution friends. In fact the suit names the salesperson involved in the sale of these debt relief services. That will be a cold splash of water for many debt relief salespeople. Here ... Read More »
Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust and Global Client Solutions Part Ways
Apparently Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust has parted company with Global Client Solutions. Howard Smith of Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust told this site, "I thought you might be interested to know that Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust no longer has a relationship with Global Client Solutions or any of their associated debt service companies." Who knows, maybe the increasing ... Read More »
Global Client Solutions, GHS Solutions, Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust Get Shutdown on Arbitration. Judge Says No.
Back in May of 2010, Brett and Linda Davis filed a class action suit against Global Client Solutions, GHS Solutions, and Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust. The suit said: "Defendants are engaged in a continuing class-wide predatory business scheme to financially enrich themselves and defraud Kentucky Class members by violating Kentucky's Debt Adjusting statute, Chapter 380; by the commission of ... Read More »
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I was told by Brite Solutions and Global Client Solutions that they could get me out of debt and I would only pay a total of 52% on the dollar, 40% to credior and 12% for them. I was told by Brite Solutions and Global Client Solutions that they could get me out of debt and I would only pay ... Read More »
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Hi, I have 148,000 of credit card debt with 3200 monthly payments, I am not late on any of these, but want to get out of debt fast. Debt settlement is what I am looking at, right now, with US Debt Resolve based on one of your articles, but they work with Global Client Solutions. How can I ethically get ... Read More »
Is the Government Going to Freeze GCS and NoteWorld Client Accounts?
"Dear Steve, I work for a small Debt Settlement Firm in the midwest Is the Government going to Freeze GCS and Noteworld Client Accounts? Given GCS's problems with the FDIC (and having to switch banks) and Senator McCaskill pledging to subpoena GCS and Noteworld before the Senate Banking Cmte, should I worry that our client accounts are going to be ... Read More »
How Do I Get Out of This Debt Program I Just Started? – Vivian
"Dear Steve, I have contacted a get out of debt program and they have received their first payment. The contract was e-mailed to me but i have not signed or returned the contract. Will I still be held to the phone agreement or can I stop the process at this point with out a signed agreement. I got a call ... Read More »
Are Global Client Solutions and NoteWorld Going to Start Dropping Debt Settlement Companies?
As I write this article there are only 40 days till the first part of the new Federal Trade Commission telemarketing sales rules (FTC TSR) kick in on September 27, 2010 regarding truth in advertising and good faith estimates. With all of the debt settlement entities that third-party escrow companies Global Client Solutions and NoteWorld provide services for, how in ... Read More »
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Global Client Solutions, ONB Bank and Trust, and GHS Debt Solutions Hit With Class Action Suit
This suit was filed on August 3, 2010 in Missouri. The Plantiff is Myra Perkins and other class participants v. Global Client Solutions, ONB Bank and Trust, GHS Solutions, and GHS Debt Solutions. The suit states: This action is brought by Plantiff on behalf of herself and a proposed class of Missouri residents who paid defendants to act as debt ... Read More »
Eagle One Debt Solutions – Reps Needed – Best Compensation for Closing Debt Settlement Leads
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My Dad is With Zero Debt USA and Getting Sued. – Tammy
"Dear Steve, My dad started using zero debt usa which is affiliated with global client solutions about 8 months ago and he has paid them over $9,000, creditors are still calling him and threatening to sue him. In fact he got papers from one creditor the other day saying he had 30 days to comply. When he told global client ... Read More »
How to Try to Get a Refund From a Debt Relief Company
Here is my definitive guide on how to get out of a scam and git it your best shot at getting your money back. Warning, it will take some work, but it can be effective. "The steps listed in How to Try to Get a Refund From a Debt Relief Company should represent a consumer dropping a "nuclear bomb" on ... Read More »
Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust / Global Client Solutions – FDIC SHOCKER!
Here is an event I totally missed but thanks to a recent suit against debt settlement company GHS Solutions the FDIC action against Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust which operates in conjunction with Global Client Solutions can be reveled. Apparently the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) felt the relationship between Rocky Mountain National Bank & Trust and their debt settlement ... Read More »
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I deleted a friend from SparkPeople today. She is someone I invited to the sight, for support. She joined and never used it. No point she already knows how to stay at a healthy weight. I just mentioned it since she was trying to get in perfect shape for her wedding and there was workout suggestions just for that on here. Really I sent her a long heart felt note stating I needed support and I needed her as a best friend. She's not a real best friend, my well being has never been a top priority in our relationship. I felt I was mostly around to hold her up. I tried to explain how I was doing and hoped she'd be supportive. Like she was while she was wooing me into our friendship. In the begging she was friendly and always had a compliment to send my way. I needed that. I think what I really needed was space, as in not living with her or shall I say at her place. She invited me. It was all exciting, we would start our craft business, I thought as parters, in all actuality she wanted to partner into any of my ideas, but only buy my goods from me. I guess I should of known, she seems to fall out of girlfriends quite often. Always worried, maybe, it could be her.
I should probably should stop there but, I need to get it out. I can't hold it in anymore. I am censoring myself. She's not the only one and also not the most heartbreaking. The most heartbreaking is a long time friend, who kept using me, over and over again after I got home. We had made plans weeks before I moved back in with my dad. We were starting a mutually beneficial business where I would use a good chunk of my savings, I had worked hard for it. I had worked in the hot sun, had been hungry and without water and only got to shower once a week if I was lucky and that was with old water with fish guts in it. I moved for a great opportunity to save and start living a better life with my boyfriend. I regress, She kept needing more and more and never could bring back any profits, and when I didn't want to give her anything more, she attacked me and acted like I was trying to F her over, like verbally attack me. So much I could barely make myself talk to her, she took another bit from me and now doesn't talk to me. Probably talks about me. I'm not sure but she was supposed to be my longest running best friend, since I was 14 or 15. The one person I always was happy to see. Well it's been months and I'm pissed, I feel used. I feel like I've been robbed and there is nothing I can do.
I just want to delete these people from my life. All of them, all the pretend friends, I need real, supportive, loving, giving friends. I don't want to compete. I just want love and genuine support.
Sorry I ranted, but this has been consuming me. I didn't feel the need to write of the other couple of people that have outgrown me. Or perhaps I have outgrown. I keep wanting to start over, but that's hard to do when you to suck it up and just be nice. Maybe I should delete facebook. Maybe that will help. I felt safe posting this here, since the few people who I've been lucky enough to friend on here, most likely won't judge my moment of weakness, when I just don't want to take it anymore.
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The first thing I want to say is that you should never ever do business or live with your friend/best friend! Been there done that, always ends in disaster and lost friendships. It sucks but it's true.
I totally understand about needing to get it all out on here! I have found it to be amazingly helpful because people that want to give support will leave a comment and those that don't care will just move on. I have never ran into anyone that has said something negative to me about me. So put it all out there if you need to!
Sometimes it's better to have no one than it is to have someone that is draining you. Do what you need to do and don't be afraid of it. I promise that once you find happiness, you will surely attract others of the same.
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I agree, it's best to let it all out sometimes. Don't waste your time with people who can't/won't support you; find friends who will!
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It is always best to get the hurt and bitterness out of your system it can destroy if you hold it in.I hope you feel better now .
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Assistant Coach Whitney Hite enters his first season with the Arizona swimming and diving team.
Hite joins the Arizona staff after previously serving as the University of Washington men's and women's head coach for the past three seasons. During his tenure in Seattle, Hite led the Huskies to its highest ever finish at the NCAA Championships, 12th in 2008 on the women's side, as well as a top-16 finish for the men this past season, its best finish for a men's team in the last 30 years.
Prior to his time at Washington, Hite was the women's assistant coach at California for three seasons (2004-06). At Berkeley, Hite helped the Golden Bears to three top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships, sixth in 2004, eighth in 2005 and fourth in 2006. While working under head coach Teri McKeever, Hite coached the mid-distance and distance program that included three U.S. National Team members.
Before joining the California staff, Hite served as an assistant coach with the University of Georgia for five seasons. With the Bulldogs, Hite helped Georgia's women's team to three straight national championships from 1999-2001. In 2002 and 2003, Georgia finished as NCAA runner-up.
A Denver, Colo. native, Hite was a four-year swimmer on the University of Texas men's swimming team. He swam sprint freestyle for the Longhorns and graduated with a B.S. in sports management in the spring of 1997. He earned his master's degree in education from Georgia in 2001.


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I'm trying to create rubygems mirror on my VDS doing the following:
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The problem that each time I run first command ruby segfaults with following message:
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According to Lori Ewing of the Canadian Press, the reigning Olympic champions, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of London, Ontario were disappoited with their ice dance short program at the 2014 Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Ottawa on Friday despite their first place position.
Virtue and Moir admitted there were a couple of instances that they did not execute technniques up to their expectations.
However, the pressure should be off for both of them this weekend because all they need to qualify for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi is a top three finish. However, they are far from a lock to defend their Olympic gold medal a month from now. That is because Charlie White and Meryl Davis of the United States, the reigning world champions are skating extremely well. White and Davis are also interestingly enough skating training at the same spot as Virtue and Moir in Detroit.
Another Canadian figure skater who was disappointed with his performance Friday was Patrick Chan of Ottawa, the reigning men's world champion. Chan doubled a planned triple Axel and a triple Lutz, but like Virtue and Moir, leads after the short program.


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Introductory Phonetics and Phonology for Graduate Students
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As its title suggests, this course is divided into two sections. In the phonetics section, two major points of reference are the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and a diagram of a cross-section of the mouth showing the organs of speech. You will use these in conjunction with the core course materials to explore the range of sounds that can be produced by the human vocal apparatus, the articulatory features that go into the production of these sounds, and the phonetic symbols that linguists use to accurately represent them. Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized. It uses phonetic information to analyse how sounds are interpreted to create meaning. In the Phonology section therefore, you will learn how to adapt the features of phonetics to create phonemes out of groups of phones.


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Rain didn't force the first Running with Ed to abandon its muddy beginning four years ago, and it didn't prevent this year's event from having its biggest team turnout yet, according to Park City Education foundation spokesperson Jennifer Billow.
"The last two years the weather has cooperated with us and the rain this year was much like the beginning," Billow said. "I think it adds to the allure of the race."
This year 850 runners making up 175 teams, trudged through the 38-mile relay course last Saturday, to help raise money for the foundation to distribute to Park City School District schools through site grants.
Last year, the event raised $135,000, and of that total, 45 teams raised $42,000 through donations ranging from $200 to more than $6,000 in a little more than a month, a staggering amount the foundation didn't think it could surpass, said Billow.
"All of the teams that participated in the fundraising aspect last year went off the hook raising $32,000 more than the year before. We didn't know how we could beat that amount, or if it was even a realistic goal," Billow said. "We already have $65,000 from team fundraising, and we are still bringing in additional donations. Matching last year would have been an accomplishment, this is unreal."
Fundraising for the event initially got off to a slow start, but Friday morning before the race, teams competing for first place based on money raised went into a frenzy to earn the honor and raised funds to a staggering amount. The race as a whole raised $152,000, added Billow.
"The teams were able to raise nearly $30,000 on the last day," Billow said. "It was an amazing 12 hour battle between competitors and friends to see who could raise the most money. The energy really made it a fun atmosphere."
During 2011, the foundation decided to direct more efforts towards fundraising and selected Elissa Aten as fundraising chairperson for the annual running event. Teams raised about $9,000 the year before she took the position, and through her efforts helped raise $42,000 in 2012.
"We couldn't believe the impact Elissa made last year," Billow said. "She has really helped bring the entire community together for the event and the results show."
Last Friday morning, three teams stepped up and challenged each other to get the top spot in fundraising. Five Fat Guys, headed by team captain Sean Beard earned first place raising $16,200, followed closely by OK3AIR and team captain Nadim AbuHaidar in second place with $12,360 raised. Are We There Yet, Dad, led by Mike Polinsky, raised $5,050 earning third place.
Thirteen other teams raised over $1,000 each – another feat unexpected by the foundation.
Captain Hookers 2-Red team, compiled of students from Treasure Mountain Junior High to honor their favorite teacher Julie Hooker, also competed in the race. With an emphasis on including more students and teachers, the foundation was pleased to have 100 teachers enter 20 teams in the race.
Nearly 300 volunteers made it possible for the 2,000 Summit County residents, friends and family to show up in elaborate costumes to run in the race that was founded by Tim and Joanna Chesley four years ago.
The $152,000 raised will be compiled with other fundraising events the foundation holds throughout the year and will be distributed to PCSD schools through site grants next spring.
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Latin Roots: Bomba Y Plena
- Willie Colon & Mon Rivera, "Baila Mi Bomba"
- Miguel Zenon, "Esta Plena"
In the Latin music scene, there's always an innate pairing of the musical styles bomba and plena as one genre, but the two Afro-Puerto Rican genres are quite distinct. In this, the 27th segment of Latin Roots, Aaron Levinson discusses the birth of bomba and plena, as well as the different musical and rhythmic paths the genres have taken.
A Grammy-winning producer with expertise in the Latin Tropical scene, Levinson describes the production of a bomba beat, which incorporates two drums, a maraca and a highly syncopated 5/8 rhythm. On the other hand, for plena, a trio sings in harmony with folkloric hand drums called the panderetas.
Listen to the Latin Roots Bomba Y Plena playlist on Spotify.
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The Valley District has canceled the rest of its boys' and girls' basketball tournaments because of the impending snowstorm. The games, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, will not be made up.
Under the Virginia High School League's new playoff system, district tournaments have no bearing on the postseason. They are essentially exhibition events for local bragging rights.
The new system -- featuring "conference" tournaments in the first round -- tips off next week. Harrisonburg/Rockingham high schools are spread out over three conferences.


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Recently, there have been reports of battles between citizens and police in Kiev, Ukraine, the capital of this former Soviet Union "Republic". Is this the beginning of a revolution?
Ukraine was subjected to mass starvation by Uncle Joe Stalin in 1932-33. This relatively little know genocide, known as the Holodomor killed an estimated ten million, more than the better known Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany.
Unarmed Ukrainians were unable to resist the Soviets, and today, the citizenry is still virtually unarmed. A source with close contacts in Ukraine reports that civilian firearms ownership is quite low, something on the order of 1 in 100. They have been battling the police with firecrackers and clubs.
Contrast their situation with the America colonies in 1776. Firearms were commonly owned by Americans, and Americans met General Gage's Redcoats with the force of arms.
I do not have a feel for who the good guys and the bad guys are in Ukraine, but I do know this. Americans, instead of having one gun per hundred people, have an estimated one gun per person. This very fact provides a chilling influence on would-be despots, and perhaps explains why many in government today pursue policies of citizen disarmament. Connecticut has joined the fray with its new gun registration law. The logical progression of citizen disarmament policies in the 20th Century was this:
- Registration (of weapons)
- Confiscation (of weapons)
- Annihilation (of the hated class of people)
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Known as the "King of Fruits" because of its amazing taste, bright orange color and plentiful nutritional values, Mangoes are used in a wide variety of different ways. A few include jams, sauces and of course, Mango Tea.
In addition to these impressive and tasty attributes, Mango Tea also provides several impressive health benefits. One of these health benefits came as a result of European physicians using Mango Tea to help treat diabetes and blood vessel problems.
They have shown that the tea has the ability to slow the progression of diabetes, and is also associated with healing the blood vessels in and around the pancreas that have been damaged due to diabetes.
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I picked up a camera creatively for the first time in May 2007 thinking I would take pictures of the urban scenes around me....and found my eyes drawn to abstracts, colours and textures instead.
These reflections in water have been collected in various places: Palma (Mallorca), Scarborough (UK), Manchester (UK), Luxor (Egypt), Lagos (Portugal), and Leeds (UK).
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I recently had the chance to sit down with NBA veteran Reggie Williams, who was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers on December 20 from the available player pool. Williams brings four years of NBA experience to Tulsa, holding NBA career averages of 8.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 172 games (32 starts). Williams was most recently a member of the Charlotte Bobcats from 2011 to 2013 after two seasons with the Golden State Warriors.
After playing collegiately for four seasons at Virginia Military Institute, Williams spent a year overseas before joining the NBA D-League with the Sioux Falls Skyforce in 2009. Williams played 31 games (all starts) with the Skyforce, averaging 26.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.5 steals before signing with Golden State in March of 2010. He was named to the All-NBA D-League First Team for the 2009-10 season.
In seven games with Tulsa (as of January 15), Williams is averaging a team-high 21.4 points along with 4.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per outing.
Talk about your journey from your first D-League experience with Sioux Falls until now when you're back in the D-League with Tulsa.
I left Sioux Falls and was called up to Golden State. It was really the perfect situation for me, learning from Coach (Don) Nelson and Coach (Keith) Smart. I had a lot of success there. When I went to Charlotte, it was a different situation. It was rough. We were coming off the lockout and I had to have knee surgery. When I got back healthy, it was a situation where I knew I wasn't going to crack the rotation. I had another opportunity with Houston this offseason, but I had a groin injury and couldn't do much. Things didn't go like I wanted there at all. When Tulsa picked me up, it gave me the chance to come in and play. It was the freedom to improve my game as well as help these guys win.
How do you see your role on the team? Does your experience make you the leader?
I'm 27 but I'm the old man here (laughing). I think the guys listen to the things that I tell them, then go out and use and implement that advice. I think we have improved tremendously as a team since I got here. We have all helped each other improve and we're all working together to improve ourselves individually and as a team.
Does being in the NBA give you that extra drive to get back now?
Definitely. There's nothing like the NBA. I'm very hungry to get back. It's an awesome experience, but I will say the 66ers organization is set up similarly to an NBA organization. I really didn't expect that. You can tell that they are trying to bring the Oklahoma City Thunder organization to Tulsa and they've done a great job of providing the best resources that they can. From having meals ready after a game to having a practice gym that's available to us, those are some nice perks we have.
How have you changed since you played with Sioux Falls?
I'm more mature and I see the game differently. I realize that it's not all about athleticism and talent. I've really tried to become a student of the game. It's like with anything else in life, the older you get, the more you learn and progress.
It's been a rough season for the 66ers so far. How is this team responding?
These guys work very hard. I think the attitude has been changing in a very positive way. Yeah, everyone wants to win but we are now going into games and putting ourselves in a position to win. There's a different feel in the locker room when we walk in and know we gave it everything we had.
How are you approaching the rest of the season, knowing you are hoping for that call-up at any time?
Getting to play for the 66ers was a call-up for me. They gave me a chance to come back into the D-League and improve my game. Sure the NBA is the ultimate goal, but that's out of my control. My job is to play here and I am taking it one game at a time. I want to compete. I want to improve and I want to help my teammates improve. That's what it's all about.


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I have a problem in my sharing hosting that all websites in subfolders, their URL appear like this: http://amrelgarhy.com/amrelgarhy/
I sent to godaddy, and they sent me that its because of IIS7 and they can't solve, any one can tell me how to fix that?
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"as i saw before on this page http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shared.asp?ci=9009 compare windows plans, "Multiple Web sites: unlimited" so i have the right to run more than one website inside my hosting. But what i am facing now that i can't make more than website as a primary website. I have igurr.com as a primary website, i want to make others as primary because: I am facing a problem that all home pages for the other websites "which physically in sub folders" are like that "http://amrelgarhy.com/amrelgarhy/" the URL + the folder name and that what i don't want."
GODADDY "Thank you for contacting Hosting Support. The behavior you are describing is standard for IIS 7.0 accounts. All alias domains in this environment will append the foldername their located in. I.E. a an alias domain www.coolexample.com pointed to the '/example' directory will display in a browser as "www.coolexample.com/example". This is due to the way IIS 7.0 handles virtual directories. Unfortunately we do not have any direct work around for this. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. "


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This guide describes sources of layer thickness information available in the LTPP database and provides recommendations on how to search for the most appropriate layer thickness data for different research purposes. In addition, topics related to layer thickness variability, within-section layer thickness variation, and the relationship between as-design and as-constructed layer thicknesses are discussed. The recommendations provided in this guide are based on assessment of the LTPP layer thickness data available in the LTPP data release 11.5 version NT3.0, obtained on June 8, 2001. For a detailed analysis of the LTPP layer thickness data, please refer to the report titled, Evaluation and Analysis of LTPP Pavement Layer Thickness Data [29].
Also note that information presented in this Guide about LTPP table structures, field names and descriptions, and code lists reflect the current LTPP database structure and may be changed in the future. For the updated information, the users should refer to the most recent IMS Quality Control Checks document [19].
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Lauren Bacall (89) passed away after a stroke on Tuesday Aug. 12, 2014. In her autobiography called, "By Myself." Bacall wrote that she was brought to Hollywood by film director Howard Hawks at age 19. He was directing a new film called, "To Have and Have Not." He cast her in the lead female role opposite Humphrey Bogart for Warner Brothers studios. Hawks wanted to create a new movie star in Bacall & he succeeded. She became an overnight sensation, but later claimed that she never reached that kind of success ever again.
She was put under a 7 year contract to Warner Brothers studio that was headed by Jack Warner. Bacall claimed that she went on suspension without pay because of bad scripts. She was by then, married to Bogart & the studio teamed her with him in three more films, "Dark Passage", "The Big Sleep" & "Key Largo." Their onscreen chemistry made them a favorite Hollywood couple. It also cemented Bacall as a sultry screen actress of 1940's movies.
In "By Myself", Bacall wrote that she didn't want to be in movies. She wanted to be a Broadway star with her name on theater marquees. It wasn't until after Bogie died in 1957 that she moved back to New York & starred onstage in "Goodbye Charlie" 1959 & "Cactus Flower" 1965. She won two Tony awards for "Applause" 1970 & "Woman of the Year" 1981.
She has been honored of course in later years, the golden globes "Cecil B. DeMille" award came in 1993. The "Kennedy Center Honors" in 1997 & the "Honorary Oscar" in 2010. She was Oscar nominated for best supporting actress in "The Mirror has Two Faces" 1996, but did not win.
Bacall wrote in her book that she was always grateful to her husband Bogart for many reasons. He was 20 years older than her & taught her about life. He also introduced her to the world of entertainment & the legendary performers who inhabited it. She ended up working with legendary movie stars like, John Wayne in "Blood Alley" 1955 & "The Shootist" 1976. Gregory Peck in "Designing Woman" 1957. Kirk Douglas in "Young Man with a Horn" 1950. Gary Cooper in "Bright Leaf" 1950 & with Rock Hudson in "Written on the Wind" 1956.
In "By Myself", Bacall doesn't talk much about her 1959 film, "Northwest Frontier" which was re-titled "Flame Over India" for U.S. theater audiences. It was one of her last lead roles in a movie. She carries the film because of her strong presence & the cool demeanor that made her a movie star in the first place. She came from an era where the Hollywood studio system made movie stars. That is long gone now. Bacall endures because of her work in that period when film stars were larger than life itself.


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Music Builds… Our Character.
"Rosie's House has participated in Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center's Visiting Performer Program. Every month, students who are learning music at Rosie's House come to Banner Good Samaritan to perform for patients, visitors and staff. These performances enhance the healing environment by bringing to the hospital, and especially our patients, the enthusiasm and joy of young musicians. For the children, these performance opportunities help increase self-esteem and confidence in a non-intimidating setting. It gives them a chance to share their talents with others, and to witness firsthand how "music adds beauty to life," a core value of Rosie's House."
Tracy Leonard-Warner, MT-BC
Music Therapy Coordinator, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Practicing and performing music builds the character of our students, and allows them to develop skills such as teamwork, discipline, perseverance and how to set and achieve goals. Learning to play a musical instrument takes years of dedication, and learning the focus and diligence necessary to accomplish this feat builds the character of our students. Students at Rosie's House build their character by performing for patients, staff and doctors at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in downtown Phoenix.


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Trees in the planter strip located between the sidewalk and the curb, and often trees located within 10 feet of the front property line are street trees. Removal of these trees requires a type I street tree removal permit. Additionally, the trees must be replaced using the Street Tree List.
Trees in Gresham are regulated differently depending on their location, purpose, size, and significance. More about tree removal.
When a street tree lifts the sidewalk in front of your house, the sidewalk must be repaired.
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This is a comedy about a broken down family that gets another chance, the film is directed by Vivi Friedman and it stars Christina Hendricks, Gabrielle Anwar and Madeline Zima. The film was really stupid and unfunny, I do not recommend seeing this film in the theaters. The film is full of indie film cliques and it seems chaotic and extremely silly. I can not believe that Christina Hendricks agreed to be in this film, she deserves so much better, as well as all the actors involved, I do not know what they were thinking. I do not want to be harsh, I know this is a first film for Vivi Friedman, I sure hope she will do much better next time.
This is a comedy about a dysfunctional family directed by Vivi Friedman and starring Christina Hendricks, Gabrielle Anwar and Rachael Leigh Cook. I did not like this film and I do not recommend seeing it in the theaters. The film had so much going on that in the end it was too much and I simply lost interest. The film loses the characters in the chaos and I did not care about any of the characters in the movie. The film has absolutely no context and no feelings in it, it is simply very very bad. I hope I will save you money by writing this review.
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"Todd Boston is a brilliant guitarist and it seems there's nothing under the sun he can't make a beautiful noise with.
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Samsung Galaxy Rugby and Sonim XP5520 Bolt to be launched by Bell Canada
Bell is getting ready to introduce two new rugged devices in Canada – an Android one, and a Push-To-Talk-capable one.
The Android handset is the Samsung Galaxy Rugby. In case you're wondering, this isn't the Samsung Rugby Smart (released in the US by AT&T this Sunday), but the Galaxy Xcover / Xtreme, which is available in Europe since late 2011.
Just like the European version, Bell's Samsung Galaxy Rugby should run Android 2.3 Gingerbread, featuring: a 3.65 inch HVGA (480 x 320) Gorilla Glass display, TuchWiz UI, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, DNSe sound enhancement, 3.2MP rear camera, VGA front-acing camera, 512MB of RAM, 800MHz processor, 150MB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support (up to 32GB). The handset is IP67 certified, meaning it's dustproof and waterproof (it can be submerged in up to 1m of water for 30 minutes).
According to the image seen below, the Galaxy Rugby will be available at Bell starting April 11. There's no word on its price yet.
We don't know much about the Sonim XP5520 Bolt, other than the fact that it features PTT, and should be super-rugged, like all Sonim handsets. Bell will reportedly release the XP5520 Bolt one day earlier than the Samsung Galaxy Rugby – hence on April 10. There no word on its price, either.
Via MobileSyrup


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Anita O'Day: The Life of A Jazz Singer Showtimes and Tickets
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Release Date: 2008-08-15 (Limited)
Genre: Documentary,
Rating: NR
Duration: 1hr 30min
Before her death in November 2006 at age 86, Anita O'Day, one of jazz's most complex and rhythmic vocalists, smiled on the music world for six decades. This film portrait captures all the magic that took this sly Chicago native, a white girl who could hold her own against Billie and Ella, from Gene Krupa's bandstand to solo stardom. Film footage of Anita O'Day's appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, immortalized in the 1960 documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day and excerpted here, may be the defining moment of the post-bebop era.
Cast and Crew
- Starring
Will Friedwald, Johnny Mandel, Anita O'Day, Annie Ross, George Wein
- Directed by Ian McCrudden, Robbie Cavolina
- Produced by Nancy Fields O'Connor
- Written by Ian McCrudden, Robbie Cavolina
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