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■ It is basic that candidates who have stayed in public office too long see leadership as a birthmark, whereas innovative contenders who run on relevant ideologies see leadership as a corroboration of fundamental tasks. Attorney Okorafor says he represents modernity and vowed the polls would reflect that after the midterm Democratic Primaries set for March 4, 2014.
Leadership is not a birthmark. It is complex but entails a basic philosophy involving a persistent collaboration of three necessary components: the leader, the led, and the adjoining conditions and settings. The latest democratic fight for Texas State Representative, District 131 may have boiled down to duel between age and modernism.
A brand much younger candidate, Attorney Azuwuike Okorafor mounted the podium at a well-attended corporate reception late last year on South West side to declare a readiness to challenge the incumbent for the House District 131 State Representative seat, Dr. Alma A. Allen. He spoke passionately, as the excited audience listened and cheered, "I am running to become the State Representative from District 131 because I want to create a better future for all the residents of District 131."
It is basic that candidates who have stayed in public office too long see leadership as a birthmark, whereas innovative contenders who run on relevant ideologies see leadership as a corroboration of fundamental tasks. Attorney Okorafor says he represents modernity and vowed the polls would reflect that after the midterm Democratic Primaries set for March 4, 2014. Early voting started February 18, and will end on the 28. Rep. Allen, a former educator has been on this job for more than 9 years having been elected on November 2, 2004, but Attorney Okorafor dismissed longevity as a leadership –selection criteria. He said, "I think what the district is suffering now from the incumbent is the dire consequences of diminishing returns. I believe the incumbent has overstayed her skill capacity and a change has become necessary. That is why I am here today running"
Okorafor, a Houston-based civil rights attorney told International Guardian, "I have many exciting ideas to create a better District 131 that will improve education, business development, economic improvement, and retirement/veteran benefits. I am in touch with reality and people's needs, and I am determined to create a positive cohesive District where we all team up and prosper. I will utilize bipartisanship to facilitate positive outcomes and ensure the people of District 131 have the best government possible."
Attorney Okorafor has spent 20 years in District 131 and have mastered the area, the people and their needs. The district is mixed with a population of Anglos, African-Americans and Hispanics, and holds a high volume of citizens from other countries. Just last year, toward the last quarter, Attorney Okorafor courted most community organizations and corporate entities participating in civic events and volunteering time and services to fulfil needs snubbed by the system. "This is what community person does," he said, "collaborating with the community and presenting you as a part of the solution not as a part of the problem." He continued, "I have spent countless hours listening to my fellow District 131 residents and the challenges they are experiencing and issues they are struggling with today. I want to be their voice, make a difference in their lives, and be the conduit that sparks change and catapults our state to a bright future. My door will always be open and I will take the action required to create a better, stronger District and Texas."
When Texpatriate, a professional blog on Houston and Texas politics asked Okorafor why he believed the incumbent has failed, his response was decisive, "I think the current incumbent has failed to adequately address the issues of the District. First, the District suffers from a lack of economic redevelopment. Also the incumbent a supposed expert in education has failed to introduce any meaningful legislation which aids the District's failing schools. It is time the District is served by someone who has experience in the sector and is more in tune with the experiences and difficulties of the average family within the District."
Attorney Okorafor's popularity in the district may propel him to victory. For instance, he was in Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree. During Okorafor's time at Texas Southern, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Gender, Race, and Justice Law Journal, a member of the Black Law Student Association, Vice-President of the Student Bar Association, and received Dean's List honors. Today, many students and alumni members are looking forward to his victory. An unidentified professor of the institution told International Guardian, "When it comes to Texas Southern, we do not compromise our young alumni members as they carry the institution's name along with them."
Following graduation from Texas Southern University, Okorafor's pursued his passion for justice by beginning his career with a well-respected boutique Civil Rights Litigation firm defending the constitutional rights of clients across Texas. He later transitioned into the role of an Equal Employment Opportunity Consultant and helps Fortune 500 companies develop and implement Equal Employment Opportunity practices and policies. Okorafor's and his wife Crystal, are active members of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. As a product of the Great District of 131, Okorafor's is dedicated to ensuring that this community continues to thrive and produce the next generation of leaders.
In his last appeal to voters, Okorafor's said, "I believe this District has what it takes to be the most sought after area to live and work. I promise to provide tax breaks to small businesses and tax incentives to businesses that build within the District, which increases job production and in turn reduces crime. I promise to build new parks and green belts within the area to beautify the already expansive spaces within the District. I believe we are quickly approaching a tipping point in today's society."
■ Midterm Democratic Primaries is on March 4, 2014. Early voting started February 18, and will end on the 28. For information about the election, please log on to:
■ 2014 Primary Election Calendar: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/primary-election-calendar-2014...
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George Lucas
"Everything is, in the end, fiction." -George Lucas
He is the creator and mastermind behind all the Star Wars movies. He was also the executive producer of the Indiana Jones movies, and has one of the most powerful post-production and special effects companies in the world, Lucasfilm LTD. He is also worth over $2 billion.
George Lucas BiographyGeorge Walton Lucas Jr. was born May 14, 1944, in Modesto, California. His parents, George Lucas Sr. and Dorothy Lucas (they sold stationery and office supplies), raised the future film director along with his 3 siblings in the tranquility of suburban life.
The graduate of Downey High School and Modesto Junior College was not initially interested in filmmaking, but rather comic books and most notably, car racing. As a teenager, he found more excitement in car racing than his high school education, and only decided to steer towards film after experiencing a near-death accident while driving on a back road.
So Lucas attended the University of Southern California film program after having developed a love for cinematography, where he produced a film short entitled, THX -- 1138:4EB. The futuristic film garnered Lucas several awards and led him to an internship at Warner Bros. Studios, where he worked as an assistant for Francis Ford Coppola.
Coppola took an interest in Lucas' potential and in discovering new talent, and he convinced Warner Bros. to make a feature length film of Lucas' experimental effort. With critical praise, although the renamed THX -- 1138 became a cult favorite (but a box office bust), it was more than a valiant effort from a burgeoning filmmaker.
The 1971 film paved Lucas' way towards Universal Studios, which financed his next project. On a tight budget, Lucas' American Graffiti, which featured pre-stardom Harrison Ford and Ron Howard, went on to earn more than $145 million, Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominations, as well as launched the importance of soundtracks in film.
After the film that was in part inspired by Lucas' quiet suburban childhood and love for racing cars, Lucas became an important Hollywood figure, but it was nothing compared to the history-making film that takes place in a galaxy far, far away. In 1977, Lucas' Star Wars (a.k.a Episode IV: A New Hope) was released, a film which really upped the ante for future filmmakers. Although the futuristic genre wasn't new, it went on to gross $400+ million, and spun off with toys, action figures, and every other item under the roof, based on the film's heroes and villains.
In 1980, the Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back (considered the best in the series), was released, but was not directed by Lucas as the film's screenwriter was so busy thanks to the phenomenal success of Star Wars. A year later, Lucas teamed up with pal Steven Spielberg to release another huge hit, Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring American Graffiti's Harrison Ford.
Raiders of the Lost Ark went on to become the first in another film franchise, the Indiana Jones series, with the 1984 sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It even triggered a television series, Young Indiana Jones, which flopped.
In 1983, audiences caught the last of the Star Wars trilogy (at least for the next 16 years), with the release of Return of the Jedi. But with success comes failure, and Lucas was no stranger to that. 1986's Howard the Duck, 1988's Willow (both with Lucas as Executive Producer) and 1994's Radioland Murders (writer) were all critical and commercial disappointments, but did not tarnish Lucas' well-deserved reputation.
Finally, cult followers and avid fans stood anxiously in line for the theater release of the much anticipated Star Wars prequel: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman, the film was met with a lot of hype, but a lukewarm response.
American Graffiti not only launched the career of the writer, director and producer, but it also launched three new companies: THX, Lucas Film and ILM. THX is named after Lucas' debut film outing, and is a technology that provides theaters with perfect sound quality, while Industrial Light and Magic is a special effects company that is responsible for the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and The Lost World.
Lucas is also founder of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which brings technology to schools to add an element of fun in education. In order to have a hands-on approach to moviemaking and execution in his films, Lucas built a moviemaking empire outside of Hollywood.
Lucas lives in the Skywalker ranch compound in Marin County, a single parent with his adopted children Amanda, Katie and Jett. He was formerly married to film editor Marcia Griffin.
The world anxiously awaits Star Wars: Episode II, which is set for release in 2002.

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the latest news
OLBH Awarded $40,000 from Avon Breast Health Outreach Program
The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $40,000 one-year grant to Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH) to increase early detection of breast cancer through OLBH's Mobile Health Center. It is the eighth year the program has received funding from the Avon Foundation for Women to support its work with the OLBH Mobile Health Center and in recognition of the program's excellence.
The OLBH Mobile Health Center will utilize the $40,000 to provide mammography services to rural, underserved women in the FIVCO area. "Early detection saves lives," Jeani Thomas, OLBH's Women's Health Service Line Leader, said. "The generous funding of the Avon Foundation for Women will help with our goal of saving women's lives by promoting detection of breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages. With the OLBH Mobile Health Center, we help women take control of their health by learning proper self-exam techniques and by having regular mammograms."
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the United States, and the leading single cause of death overall in women between the ages of 40 and 55. Nationwide, there is a new diagnosis every three minutes and a death from breast cancer every 14 minutes. While advances have been made in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure, early detection still affords the best opportunity for successful treatment. Programs such as that of the OLBH Mobile Health Center help ensure all women have access to early detection information and options, even poor and medically underserved women.
Since 1993, the Avon Foundation has awarded more than 1,550 grants to community-based breast health programs across the United States. These programs are dedicated to educating underserved women about breast cancer and linking them to early detection services.
For more information on the OLBH Mobile Health Center including a schedule of the center's stops, call the OLBH CareLine at (606) 833-CARE (2273). For information about breast cancer, contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345 or www.cancer.org, or the National Cancer Institute at 1-800-4-CANCER or www.cancer.gov. To learn more about the Avon Foundation for Women, call 1-866-505-AVON or visit www.avonfoundation.org, where you can access free printable Breast Health Resource Guides in English and Spanish. For information or to register or support the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer events, visit www.avonwalk.org or call 1-888-540-WALK.
The Avon Foundation for Women and Breast Cancer Crusade
The Avon Foundation for Women, an accredited 501(c)(3) public charity, was founded in 1955 to improve the lives of women and today is the world's largest corporate-affiliated philanthropy focused on issues that matter most to women. The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, which observes its 20th anniversary in 2012, has placed Avon at the forefront of the fight against breast cancer; today, Avon is the leading corporate supporter of the cause globally. In the 20 years since the Crusade's launch, Avon breast cancer programs in 58 countries have donated more than $740 million for research and advancing access to care, regardless of a person's ability to pay. Avon raises funds for the Crusade through the sale of Avon "Pink Ribbon" products, and through events and walks, such as the U.S. Avon Walk for Breast Cancer series, which is the Foundation's largest fund-raising source.
The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program
The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program is administered by Cicatelli Associates Inc. to support community-based, non-profit breast health programs across the country. The Fund's National Advisory Board selected {name of your program} at {name of your organization} as one of 120 new grant recipients nationwide in the 2012 cycle of Avon Breast Health Outreach Program grants. These organizations were chosen based on their ability to effectively reach women, particularly minority, low-income, and older women, who are often medically underserved.


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Where is he these days?
He's somewhere wishing he wasn't such a douche bag as a professional, knowing that if he weren't such a turd, he'd probably have been more successful.
A.I have dressed up as Carmelo Anthony and now playing for the Knicks.
A lot of disrespect on this board....A.I. is the best 'little' man ever in the NBA. He's played hard each year, harder than everyone on our roster (except Chandler) combined.
Go out there and try doing what he did at 5'11, 165 lbs fellas!
Yeah he didn't like to practice and he had issues with coaches, but he always gave his all on the court and the amount of hits he took is probably unmatched in basketball.
AI was the reason I started following NBA basketball again. I still remember the 2000-01 run to the finals... was rooting hard for the 76ers back then.
I sent him a message on twitter asking if he would come play for us. We'll see what happens.


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When one job isn't enough
September 12, 2000
More than 8-1/2 million workers held two or more jobs in May 1997. Four out of ten did so to meet regular household expenses or to pay off debts.
Other common reasons included enjoying work on the second job, wanting to save for the future, wanting to get experience or build up a business, and wanting some extra money to buy something special.
These data are from a supplement to the Current Population Survey. For additional information on reasons for multiple jobholding read "When one job is not enough," Issues in Labor Statistics (PDF 33K) (Summary 00-15).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, When one job isn't enough on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/sept/wk2/art02.htm (visited June 28, 2016).
Recent editions of Spotlight on Statistics
Employment and Wages in Healthcare Occupations
Healthcare occupations are a significant percentage of U.S. employment. Some of the largest and highest paying occupations are in healthcare. This Spotlight examines employment and wages for healthcare occupations.
Fifty years of looking at changes in peoples lives
Longitudinal surveys help us understand long-term changes, such as how events that happened when a person was in high school affect labor market success as an adult.
- A look at pay at the top, the bottom, and in between
The Spotlight examines how earnings and wages have changed over time and how they differ within a geographic area, industry, or occupation.


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the latest news
New Outpatient Infusion Center Now Open
OLBH has relocated its outpatient infusion center to 200 St. Christopher Drive on the hospital campus.
The former center was located on the hospital's fourth floor. The new OLBH Outpatient Infusion Center is more spacious and easily accessible. It is designed for ambulatory, self-care patients who may not require hospitalization, may not be receiving home care due to insurance constraints, or who prefer the ease and convenience of infusion conducted on an outpatient basis.
The center provides outpatient care including, but not limited to, the following therapies: antibiotic therapy, chemotherapy, blood transfusion, hydration therapy, rabies vaccine series, tetanus injections, iron infusions and much more.
Appointments to the OLBH Outpatient Infusion Center require a physician referral. A person wishing to schedule an appointment should talk to his/her doctor.
For referral and other information, contact the OLBH Outpatient Infusion Center at (606) 833-4129.


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If you're a bank teller, don't tell customers to "have a blessed day." That's the obtuse lesson that was forced upon a veteran teller of 24 years, who had been telling customers at her northern Kentucky branch to be "blessed" for years, despite the bank evidently advising her to stop. Now, she's suing the bank because of illegal firing on grounds of religious discrimination – the very act that the bank says she was forcing on customers by telling them to be "blessed."
Polly Neace is suing the U.S. Bank in Walton, Kentucky because she says the bank terminated her over her devout religious beliefs. The bank says that Neace is welcome to believe and practice her faith as she sees fit, but that she had been warned multiple times over the years about sharing her beliefs and even engaging customers with her somewhat stifling religious views.
Reports NewsMax: "In the copy of the ethical violation writeup done by U.S. Bank, Neace's supervisor also said Neace called a customer to task for using the Lord's name in vain and talked with him about salvation, including quoting scripture."
"I was told that I was not allowed to tell customers to have a blessed day anymore, and that there had been several complaints," Neace said. "I told them that I didn't agree with that, that I had been saying it for over two years at that point without complaint from anybody, management, anything. Ultimately, I was let go because of it."
U.S. Bank management disagrees, and said that complaints started coming way back in 2011 against Neace. Personnel records show that Neace was reprimanded in 2011, and multiple times since.
U.S. Bank issued the following statement to the media:
At U.S. Bank, we hold our employees to high ethical standards when interacting with customers and co-workers, and take violations of these standards seriously. We believe that this lawsuit is without merit and believe the facts presented in future legal proceedings will justify our actions.
The out-of-work teller says "I say 'have a blessed day' all of the time. I don't think there's any better kind of day you can have than a blessed day."
While that may be her opinion, the phrase carries obvious Christian connotations, and some evidently found the well-wishing phrase upsetting.
Reports NewsMax:
Neace's attorney, Jeff Blankenship, said Neace quit saying "have a blessed day" after she was written up, although she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. But several months later, he told Fox News, she complained about it and mentioned that she should just go back to using the phrase.
"The very next day she was fired," Blankenship told Fox.
For more on this story, see:
'Blessed Day' teller sues: Bank teller who was fired for non-stop preaching sues
Appears Neace's blessings turned out to be a curse. Do you think U.S. Bank should have fired Neace? Sound off below.
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Published: June 28, 2013
Above, Julie See of Canfield met Nik Wallenda in February while visiting Siesta Key in Sarasota, Fla., with her family. Wallenda, the great-grandson of Karl Wallenda, is a high-wire artist continuing in his family tradition of generations. After watching a performance Julie asked Wallenda if he would pose with her for a picture. He accepted and signed the photo with "To Julie, my favorite high wire fan. Never give up."
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Sometimes you really do need to dress for success. Case in point: fund raiser Emily Wakeling, whose job is persuading donors to write big checks. We help her polish her look for making the ask
Age: 36
Occupation: Fund raiser for nonprofit Catalyst Inc.
Old style: Boxy, masculine suits in drab colors; shapeless knits.
Lessons learned: Prints look lively and luxe; separates can be mixed and matched; heels are great with skirts, but so are flats.
Ditch The Gear: A knapsack is roomy and practical...for a hiking trail.
Retire The Suit: The boxy pinstripe, Emily's own, epitomizes late-'80s workwear.
Help Separates Play Nicely: The rules are simple: stay in the same color family and vary the scale (small motif up top, larger on the bottom).
Hit Pause on pants: The skirt's texture looks luxe; the colors are muted; the inverted pleats won't add bulk.
Update Your Feet: The bootie is on trend and a lot edgier than a basic pump.
Far right: Tory Burch top, $325; toryburch.com and necklace, $495; saksfifthavenue.com. sport-max silk double-slit skirt, $695; 212-674-1817. Wolford nylon-elastane blend tights, $47; wolford.com. Rachel Roy canvas and snake ankle booties, $325; luvocracy.com/moremagazine. Coach leather satchel, $458; luvocracy.com/moremagazine. Kara By Kara Ross gold-plated brass earrings, $115; Neiman Marcus.
Lunch with colleagues:
Add spark to classic camel: This season's neutral, with a sleek, close-to-the-body fit.
Don't be so serious: Tuxedo-stripe skinnies, in casual fabric, are unexpected; nude shoes lengthen the legs.
Workday plus evening event:
Update your sheath: No more silhouettes that stand away from your body, please. Look for a below-the-knee, fitted shape in a fabric that moves with you (this one is a cotton-spandex blend).
Modernize your tote: The bowler design is newly hot—and more youthful than the briefcase you've always carried.
Far left: Pink Tartan cotton shirt, $275, and coat, $795; luvocracy.com/moremagazine. Paul And Joe wool blend pants, $195; 310-270-4620. The Limited faux-crocodile tote, $75; thelimited.com. Kamalikulture patent leather heels, $99; luvocracy.com/moremagazine.
Left: Banana Republic color-block dress, $140; luvocracy.com/moremagazine. Wolford nylon-elastane blend tights, $47; wolford.com. Ivanka Trump faux-leather satchel, $175; amazon.com. Bevel plated-metal bracelet, $29; shopbevel.com. Dom By Dominique Cohen faux-baroque-pearl necklace, $42; jcp.com. Tila March suede pumps, $510; tilamarch.com.
Isaac Mizrahi suede pumps, $140; Nordstrom.
Nanette Lepore cotton blazer, $498; nanettelepore.com.
The Limited chiffon blouse, $50; thelimited.com.
United Colors Of Benetton faux-leather briefcase, $129; 212-223-6250.
Pink Tartan jacquard top, $295; pinktartan.com.
Board Meeting:
Opt for a bold blouse: This year's signature shirt: square shape, elbow-length sleeve, graphic (nonfloral) print.
Pair one print with another: The delicate black-and-white print of the pencil skirt is so subtle, it can be mixed with the bolder print up top. The black side panels trim your hips.
Casual Friday:
Go graphic: This striking bag is also neutral, so you can wear it with anything, even mixed prints or
(why not?) a brightly colored shoe.
Shrink your sweater: The fitted silhouette is what looks new (so is the neck embellishment).
Crop your pants: Ankle length is in, best worn with heels and bare legs.
Far left: Marissa Webb tweed skirt, $780, and wool and silk blouse, $525; luvocracy.com/moremagazine. Brahmin hand-cut leather satchel, $375; brahmin.com. Ann Taylor metal and glass-stone earrings, $40; anntaylor.com. Alexis Bittar gunmetal bracelet, $475; alexisbittar.com. Nine West suede wedges, $89; ninewest.com.
Left: Tommy Hilfiger cotton shirt, $89; 212-223-1824. Tory Burchsweater, $425; luvocracy.com/moremagazine. Nanette Lepore pants, $298; Neiman Marcus. Gryson leather satchel, $625; luvocracy.com/moremagazine. Ann Taylor metal and glass-stone earrings, $40; anntaylor.com. Tory Burch pumps, $350; toryburch.com.
Coach Saffiano leather satchel, $498; coach.com.
J.Crew wool blend skirt, $228; jcrew.com.
The Limited polyester and satin blend blouse, $50; thelimited.com.
Max Mara leather lace-up flats, $450; 212-879-6100.
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When many people are stressed out they turn to food. A big basket of salty fries or a gourmet cupcake with a cloud's worth of frosting on top may do it for some, but when I'm stressed, I beauty shop. This is how I ended up with a $32 lipstick.
Normally I would NEVER think of buying a lipstick that even comes close to the $20 range but these last few weeks have been particually stressful. Sometimes you just need a pretty lipstick to make things better.
Dior Rouge Dior Haute Couleur lipstick in Rouge Muse (Red Muse, but everything looks better en français, non?) is simply put, a perfect lipstick. It has fantastic lasting power and is extremely comfortable to wear. The color is poppy red with which leans a bit pink-red on my skin. The finish is slightly glossy but not sticky and it feels silky smooth and luxurious on the lips. The only thing I don't like about is the scent. It has the... um... lets just call it "vintage" lipstick smell. It bothered me at first, but then I got used to it and hardly noticed it after a while.
When I applied it in the morning before leaving the apt (around 8:30am), it stayed through coffee, water and was still decently there after lunch (around 1:30pm). I did re-apply after lunch only because I like my lips to look fresh when I am wearing a bold color. It does slighly stain the lips, which may attribute to the staying power. Its slightly glossy finish makes the lips appear a touch more voluptuous, which we all love.
Overall, I love this lipstick and I am really happy I took the plunge and made such a luxurious purchase. J'adore!
Availibility: $32 at Sephora and major department stores (try in-store in the dept. stores, because online seems to have limited color selections)
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Looking for a fun way to rev-up your workout? A new pair of headphones may do the trick. New research has underscored the importance of pairing your exercise routine with the perfect playlist. And what good is a jammin' set of tunes if you can't hear it? I recently tried out my first set of wireless headphones, and despite my skepticism, they worked very well.
Pros: Exercise Freak Wireless Fitness Headphones
I've tried a few wireless products and I'm often disappointed by their sound quality or connection technology. But the Exercise Freak headphones did a great job of making my workouts easy and fun.
The Denon Exercise Freak headphones were easy to pair and stayed connected throughout my workouts. I was able to adjust the volume, skip songs, rewind and even answer phones calls by manipulating buttons on the device behind my ear. It took a couple of workouts before I got the hang of the buttons, but once mastered, they were easy to use.
The headphones have a sweat-proof design and come with a set of interchangeable ear buds so that most users will find a fit that is comfortable to wear. The device that sits behind your ear is slightly bulky if you are used to wearing an ear bud style headphone, but it's a design that is easy to get used to.
Cons: Exercise Freak Wireless Fitness Headphones
The only thing that I didn't like about the headphones was the charging process. It took me a while to figure out how to tell when the headphones were low on battery power and I ran out of music on more than one long run. According to the manufacturer, typical battery life is 5 hours.
To charge the Exercise Freak phones, you need to plug them into your computer. For me, this is a problem because I often travel without my computer. This means that I either carry a separate set of headphones or risk running sans music when I travel.
Would I recommend the Exercise Freak phones? I would. I've gotten used to running unwired and I like it. The wireless headphones retail for $149.00 on the Denon website and they come in a variety of colors including pink.
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ADT's security experts are able to act immediately to send the nearest IA law enforcement officers. At the same time, an ADT security professional will contact you by various means, such as a direct voice intercom link, to help assess the situation and take the most appropriate measures in making sure that you and your family members in Iowa remain secure. Also, since ADT Monitored Home Security Systems in Iowa are able to connect with ADT's monitoring services via a dedicated cellular connection, you don't have to worry about crafty home invaders who often make attempts to bypass alarm systems by cutting your phone lines. No other home security company in Iowa is able to offer the level of protection that's possible by having an ADT Monitored Home Security System.
ADT stands behind their home alarm monitoring in IA with the certainty that comes from over 135 years of securing households across the country. For this reason, your ADT Monitored Home Security System is backed by a Theft Protection Guarantee. If your Iowa home is successfully robbed while your alarm is armed, ADT will pay up to $500 of your insurance deductible.
A surprise intrusion will typically decrease your ability to defend yourself and your family, mainly because the emotions of terror have a tendency to leave most people confused about what actions to take. Criminals in Iowa know this and often use surprise to make you more vulnerable. To combat this, ADT's Home Security System monitoring are networked with their state-of-the-art Alarm Monitoring Services, which are interconnected throughout the United States. These monitoring services are open 24/7, and are manned by highly-trained and experienced experts in the field of home security.
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Somewhere in the writings of psychoanalyst Carl Jung, he wrote, "Where you stumble and fall, there you find pure gold."
Spiritual writer Fr. Richard Rohr says: "Sooner or later, some event, person, death, idea, or relationship will enter your life that you simply cannot deal with, using your present skill set, your acquired knowledge, or your strong willpower. Spiritually speaking, you will be, you must be, led to the edge of your own private resources. At that point, you will stumble over a necessary stumbling stone, as Isaiah calls it (Isaiah 8:14). You will and you must "lose" at something. This is the only way that Life-Fate-God-Grace-Mystery can get you to change, let go of your egocentric preoccupations, and go on the further and larger journey."
It's called the Path of Descent. It is an ancient idea, found in most of the world's religions.
In a nutshell, when Life knocks us off our horse so completely that we find ourselves down and out, before looking around for the next horse, take a good look around. You are in a ditch. It may not look like much down there. In fact it may seem like you have landed in you-know-what.
But spiritually speaking, the stumbling stone you fell over is something that has entered your life that is offering you an important gift, a lesson to learn.
Rohr offers these thoughts: "We must stumble and fall, I am sorry to say. We must be out of the driver's seat for a while, or we will never learn how to give up control to the Real Guide. It is the necessary pattern. Until we are led to the limits of our present game plan, and find it to be insufficient, we will not search out or find the real source, the deep well, or the constantly flowing stream."
So what was it that you stumbled over that put you in the ditch? Spend some time thinking about that. It is hard to accept the setbacks and disappointments that come our way. But there is gold there.
For more of Rohr's work: https://cac.org/richard-rohr
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Harry Potter
by J. K. Rowling
and the Philosopher's Stone
first British printing: July 1, 1997, Bloomsbury Books
Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone
first American printing: September 1, 1999, Scholastic, Arthur
A. Levine Books
U.S. illustrations by Mary GrandPré, 1998
For Jessica, who loves stories,
For Anne, who loved them too;
And for Di, who heard this one first.
This is the first book of the series.
It was published in the U.S. as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
- Reader's Guide to Harry Potter
and the Philosopher's Stone
a complete chapter-by chapter guide with notes and commentary
- Covers and title pages
- Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
- Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass
- Chapter 3: The Letters from No One
- Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
- Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
- Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
- Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
- Chapter 8: The Potions Master
- Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
- Chapter 10: Hallowe'en
- Chapter 11: Quidditch
- Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised
- Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel
- Chapter 14: Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
- Chapter 15: The Forbidden Forest
- Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor
- Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces
- Canon Portkey: detailed outline of the book
explore book one with links and cross-references
- day by day calendar of events in the book
- differences between the British and American versions
- edits and changes to the text
- what Rowling says about this book (from Accio Quote)
- gallery of cover art from around the world (from SnitchSeeker.com)
- chapter by chapter commentary and fan artwork (from The Harry Potter Companion)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 76,944 words
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other media versions:
- audiobooks
- Stephen Fry (U.K. version)
- Jim Dale (U.S. version)
- film (Warner Bros. - November, 2001)
- video/DVD /BluRay
- video games (Electronic Arts)
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The title refers to a stone sought after by alchemists, a stone which
was reputed to turn other metals into gold and to grant immortality.
title in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Q: Do you rewrite a lot?
A: A huge amount. Only once have I sat down, written something end to end, and let it stand. That was the chapter in Philosopher's Stone when Harry learns to fly. I remember vividly - the old story we've heard a million times - my daughter fell asleep, it was a beautifully sunny day, I sat in a café, and wrote that chapter from beginning to end. And I think I changed two words. That's very unusual for me (Nr).
Q: Do you have a favorite passage from one of your books?Why is the name different in the U.S.?
A: Hard to choose. I like chapter twelve of Sorcerer's Stone (The Mirror of Erised), and I am proud of the ending of Goblet of Fire (Sch2).
Q: Does it bother you that in America they changed the names of your books?
A: They changed the first title, but with my consent to be honest. I wish I hadn't agreed now but it was my first book, and I was so grateful that anyone was publishing me I wanted to keep them happy (CR).
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1997 Gold Medal 9-11 years, FCBG Children's Book Award 1997 Overall winner and Longer Novel Category winner, Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award 1997, Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year 1998, British Book Awards 1997 Children's Book of the Year, Sheffield Children's Book Award 1998, Whitaker's Platinum Book Award 2001


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Alana is a blonde bombshell that loves to perform in front of the camera. She made her first appearance back in 2004 on CumFiesta.com and the episode is still a fan favorite on RK Network. She goes all out in her episode, "KD Jelly," where she shows off her incredible body, sucks a monster cock and proceeds to get fucked long and hard. Just like most of the episodes on Cum Fiesta, this episode ends with Alana getting a face full of cum.
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Dense fog is with us for the start of our Tuesday morning. These are the 4am visibility readings:
4am temps are mild as well:
Today we'll warm into the low 80s with sunshine by the afternoon.
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Excel is a cornerstone of Microsoft's software sales to businesses, so it matters a great deal to the company's future the release of services Microsoft Power BI for Office 365, as the new, supercharged version of Excel which occurs today, introduces The New York Times.
In its vision and new definition of itself as a provider of online services Microsoft Power BI for Office 365 is the first Microsoft product for business that will not carry the usual '1.0,' '2.0' '3.0' version designations. It is intended to be an online service in which continuous tinkering and updating will make those distinctions irrelevant. That also means it will be sold as a subscription service, drawing from various types of software inside Microsoft to produce products for the online world.
Power BI which stands for 'Business Intelligence' is probably the last big undertaking overseen by Satya Nadella before he was named Microsoft's chief executive. Mr. Nadella spent a lot of time in business software, search and Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing business. Each part of that background is in this product.
Power BI is the intelligent way to move all sorts of data into and out of Excel's rows and columns, both from the corporate databases and other data sources from Microsoft's compilation of data from surfing the web. Microsoft cleans up the numbers so the entries on the spreadsheet are reliable. Public data is stored in Azure which also serves as a link to proprietary data that corporate customers can look up from the field.
'Our goal is to make BI available to one billion people,' said Amir Netz, a Microsoft technical fellow.
'Excel was a great spreadsheet, but it wasn't sufficiently powerful to meet all the needs of BI,' Mr. Netz said. The product, Microsoft hopes, will be 'fast and easy to use, like an online service, and with a full scale of abilities,' Mr. Netz added.
That marriage of consumer and business software, along with online and offline products, is moving across the company, Mr. Netz said. The Microsoft vision is to be the online service provider and a device provider to both markets.
This vision and marriage is seen in the BI entry because the online product will be changed monthly, with plans eventually to change features as frequently as each day, 'you'll never see a 2.0 version of this — it will just change,' said Mr. Netz. 'Gradually you'll see that disappear' from all of Microsoft's enterprise software, he said. 'It's a different engagement with customers — constant change.'
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The Find a Surgeon directory is a listing of active Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons who meet the requirements of the College's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program and have opted to be on the list. This list excludes retired or inactive Fellows.
The Rural Health Continuing Education (RHCE) Program, funded by
the Australian Government, supports qualified health professionals
living and working in the rural and remote Australia to undertake
continuing professional development activities.
The RHCE program replaces the Support Scheme for Rural Surgeons
(SSRS). Please visit the RHCE website for further information.
RHCE is a joint initiative of the Department of Health and
Ageing and the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges.
The College has received funding for 2 years (2011 to 2013) for
3 projects (see below). For further information on any of the
projects or to register your interest as a participant, please contact us.
This project will create an online portal that will link
to/house professional development opportunities in relation to
indigenous cultural competency and safety training, for example
elearning modules, information sources, conferences, courses and
workshops. The portal targets members of all medical colleges.
The project aims to support surgeons who care for Indigenous
people in rural and remote locations. A series of elearning
modules, incorporating reading material, case studies and a
discussion forum, will explore issues associated with Indigenous
The Rural Procedural
Audit builds on the outcomes of the Rural Craft Group
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collate audit data on 5 common procedures:
Fellows who contribute data receive individualised feedback
about their surgical outcomes compared to established benchmarks
for rural surgeons. This project aims to expand the number of
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This project is a partnership between the College and the Royal
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A series of elearning modules will be developed to provide
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Slaves came to the Americas from many different parts of the African continent, bringing with them distinct languages, religions, and expressive arts. Jubilee shows the many ways that these diverse peoples united, forged their own identity, and laid the foundations for truly unique African-American social, cultural, political, and economic expressions throughout the Western Hemisphere.
An introduction by jazz musician Winton Marsalis and essays by leading voices in African-American history and literature, including Henry Louis Gates, Jr., John Hope Franklin, Amiri Bakara, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Gail Buckley explore topics such as abolition and emancipation, changes in family life and social development, religion, and the evolution of language, literacy, and education through the end of Reconstruction. This illuminating text is surrounded by more than 200 stunning illustrations, pulled from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's collection of more than 5 million items.
From slave ship manifests, manumission papers, and some of the earliest photographs of slaves to carved items that echo African sculpture and freedom quilts with African motifs, the book is richly illustrated in an interactive way that brings to life this crucial transition from slavery to freedom.
Jubilee is written by Howard Dodson, chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Cultureone of the most prominent institutions of black scholarship in the world.


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Though they are in the midst of an almost historic run, there was some rather somber news for the Anaheim Ducks. Jan 17, 2014, it was announced that defenseman Sheldon Souray had an additional surgical procedure today on his injured wrist, and will miss the rest of the 2013-14 season.
The procedure was performed in Los Angeles at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic (Dr. Steve Shin).
Souray had yet to play this season, after having undergone surgery to repair a ligament tear in his right wrist.
He had been on IR since Sep 11, 2013.
Originally, it had been hoped that he would return in early 2014.
The post-operative pain and discomfort had never subsided, therefore additional surgery was to repair an arthritic condition related to the original ligament tear.
Said Ducks' Executive VP/GM Bob Murray, "This is a difficult situation for Sheldon and a tough loss for the team. Sheldon has been in pain for quite some time. This surgery was his best course of action in order to alleviate pain and discomfort, and regain full mobility in his wrist. Sheldon's long-term health is the most important issue right now, and we support his difficult decision to have this surgery."
Last season, Souray paired with Francois Beauchemin to form the Ducks' top defensive duo.
Souray and Beauchemin both had a plus/minus rating of +19 last season, which was best on the team.
On the brighter side, the Ducks also announced today that defenseman Luca Sbisa (on IR since Nov 23, 2013, torn tendon in right hand), has been assigned to Norfolk (AHL), on a long-term conditioning loan.
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It's the time of year when you're likely to find guys prowling Home Depot lumber aisles looking for the raw materials needed to build their own asphalt field of dreams. But tossing bags of corn is serious business. And you wouldn't want to launch into tailgating season without the proper dimensions for your cornhole court, let alone do battle without a list of official rules. That's where we come in, with this boiled-down, everything-you-need-to-know take on the American Cornhole Association's official rules of the game.
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The same with anything else in the world. Without just cause no one should for any reason force their views or beliefs on others. What would be just cause? Mace Windu, or Yoda, trying to stop Palpatine would count. A real world example would be the efforts in Afghanistan, or the first Iraq war, the Gulf war where Saddam Hussein was pushed out of Kuwait.
You know what would be a good thing to have if it is real of course, is the Force as a occupier of all the world's current religions.
The Force have no preference; good or evil is a point of view not a choice of one or the other.
With the Force as the dominant religion there won't be no suicide bombers killing themselves for GOD Allah or whoever.
There is no god in the Force. The Force is neutral, thats what makes the
Force a good choice for a replacement to the current world's religions.
Also having the Force as a religion will give great benifits like duh Force powers
You won't get that from any of the world's dull trouble making religions.
What you just get from most of the current world's religion, is worship or suffer for eternity in those religions respective hells.
I bet you it will be alot of followers of the Force if it is real.
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Shopping online has a lengthy list of benefits: I can easily find the best price, shop in my pajamas, and have products sent right to my door. Easy! However, I can't locate the item I'm looking for in a cluttered store – even if it is offering me the lowest price guaranteed and free shipping. I'll look for it somewhere else, somewhere that has organized shelves that will quickly lead me right to the product.
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If you don't have plans this Saturday, grab a date and make an appearance at the International Cheese, Wine & Canine Festival at Purina Event Center in St. Louis!
For $30 before the event and $35 at the door (for those 21 years of age and older), you can sample an international assortment of wines, cheeses, and snacks. If you are a designated driver (or nondrinker) pay the lesser $15 entry fee for soda, water, and food.
With more than 40 breeds of dogs on site, you can meet and greet as many gorgeous canines as you wish! Examples include the Border Collie, Chihuahua, Dachshund, Basenji, Ibizan Hound, Dalmation, and Chinese Crested. In addition, there will be cultural dances (Scottish and German) for your enjoyment.
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The fruit was punched cap fermented and barrel aged for 32 months in selected French Oak barrels then blended prior to bottling.
This is the first wine I have made in this blend design in my 30+ years of winemaking. For those that have followed my Reserve type Cabernet Francs and Reserve Merlots since the early 80's this will remind many. But in this blend of 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot, we have reached a new pinnacle.
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Difference Between Strategic & Financial Mergers
Original post by Victoria Duff of Demand Media
True mergers are very rare. In most mergers, one company usually ends up having greater control or influence over the other one in the combined entity. A true merger results in two companies joining under one corporate name, without change of management, and sharing control. Acquisitions are more common because they result in one company gaining control over the other. There are two main types of mergers and acquisitions: strategic and financial. They are done by specific types of acquirers for different reasons.
Strategic M&A
Strategic acquirers are seeking a solution to a business problem through the acquisition of another company, either as a subsidiary or to be absorbed into the acquiring company. Increasing market share by acquiring a competitor is one strategic reason. Others include adding a new product line or service capability, adding expertise, facilities or other assets such as a successful sales staff, or intellectual property such as patents and trademarks.
Strategic Acquirers
A strategic acquirer may even be interested in acquiring the name and brand of the target company through a reverse merger. A reverse merger is when a private company acquires a public company so that it can avoid the process involved in launching an initial public offering (IPO) .A strategic acquisition often is done with an exchange of stock if the acquiring company is much larger or trading on the public markets. Strategic merger between two private companies would be more likely a cash buyout of the previous owner.
Financial M&A
Financial acquirers are private equity firms or other financially oriented investors. They seek companies that have large cash positions, extensive assets or particularly attractive prospects. Their goals involve investment returns, rather than solving a business need or growing their company. Berkshire Hathaway, a holding company owned by Warren Buffett, is an example of a financial acquirer. Carl Icahn, known for his leveraged buyouts, restructurings and spinoffs of acquired companies, is also an example of a financial acquirer.
Financial Acquirers
Financial acquirers generally acquire their targets through leveraged buyouts. This is when they use the cash and assets of the target to finance a bid to buy a controlling interest in the stock through a tender offer to shareholders. These are how hostile takeovers are cponducted. However, such a process can also be used in a friendly buyout of the owners of the target company. Financial acquisitions often involve extensive reorganization of the target, resulting in the sale or spinoff of divisions and subsidiaries. Proceeds from asset sales and the eventual public offering, in which the acquirer divests interests in the target, provide the investment return the financial acquirer seeks.
- Axial Market; 5 Major Differences Between Strategic and Financial Buyers; Peter Lehrman; May 2010
- Madison Park Group: Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
- Perkins Coie: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know About Selling a Company to a Private Equity Buyer; Scott Joachim; November 2009
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Victoria Duff specializes in entrepreneurial subjects, drawing on her experience as an acclaimed start-up facilitator, venture catalyst and investor relations manager. Since 1995 she has written many articles for e-zines and was a regular columnist for "Digital Coast Reporter" and "Developments Magazine." She holds a Bachelor of Arts in public administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
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As the dust starts to settle and allegations are rampant, our swimmers did not live up to expectations, I have to say WHOSE expectations ?
Each and every competitor at the Olympics has spent 4 years or more training for a shot of olympic glory, and if one of these doesn't come back with a medal the media harpoons them, the public are disappointed in them and the Government is angry at them because they can't bask in their glory.
So let's get this right
- the competitor is the only person that can feel upset, disappointed, or pleased with their performance, they have been training hours every day for years, many earning below minimum wage and, we dare to be anything except proud of them, then we should hang our heads in shame.
- While on the minimum wage issue it is not easy for these competitors to find jobs that can afford to support them when they need to train so much. Apparently many have to survive on less than $20,000 a year.
- Of course though, despite the massive amounts of Federal Government funds spent on the sport and a salary close to $500,000 a year for Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates. Where are HIS Gold medals for that amount of money. It is ridiculous.
- Of the 47 Australian swimmers in London, 36 made less than the minimum wage.
- Swimming Australia collected $5.9 million in corporate sponsorships and $8 million in Australian Sports Commission grants last year, so where did this money go ? I would have thought providing relief payments to the swimmers may well have helped in the lead up to the Olympic Games. And what about the supposedly generous $38, 000, 000 the Federal Government gave through gritted teeth to Swimming? Again this leaves unanswered questions. Not of our swimmers, but of swimming Australia, and the Executives pay packets for a start.
Swimming Australia in the lead-up to London after officials decided to pay the 47 swimmers $10,000 each out of the organisation's $5.9 million sponsorship money and offer bonuses of up to $15,000 extra for world-beating performances. This is not what the swimmers need, apart from if they were offering $10,000 to the swimmers on a continuous basis, that would help a little.
Look at the top countries, they don't have swimmers trying to eke out a living while under competitive training, they are provided for, so they can concentrate on the training.
I am a purist. I still believe the Olympics should be a amateur event, which negates a lot of what I said, except, our swimmers, or at least 36 of them are struggling the way amateurs do, and swimming for pride in their country. The trouble here is they are swimming against professionals now, who do not struggle to survive, they can just concentrate at hard training. This is why it is time to address the abnormalities that exist rather than for one moment daring to be disappointed in our achievements during the Olympics.
Mull this over, in Australia, I will back down from a word of it, for our overseas friends I am not attacking you, I am using your example of what we need to do.
As an addendum I will add the money this Government throws at Overseas, and yet almost ignores the need of citizens in their own country, here is an example:
- $39.3 million over four years for Australia's pre-eminent national collecting institutions
- $1.5 million to support capital works for the creation of the Islamic Museum of Australia in the heart of Melbourne and $2 million to create the Antipodes Centre for Greek Culture, Heritage and Language in Melbourne."
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No. 15 Stanford Falls at No. 4 Northwestern
Wildcats hold the Cardinal to just one goal in second half
Strong Second Half Lifts Stanford to Victory Over James Madison
Cardinal outscored Dukes 9-2 in the second half
Stanford Lacrosse Alumna Named to Israel National Team
Amanda Schwab will compete for Israel at the 2013 World Cup
Stanford Earns Victory Over Temple
Cardinal received goals from eight players
Stanford Opens MPSF Play with Victory
Cardinal wins first matchup against USC in program history
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In just her second season at Stanford, Amy Bokker led the Cardinal back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006. The Cardinal also achieved a program best No. 8 national ranking during the season.
Bokker led the Cardinal to a 15-6 record in 2010, which included a MPSF tournament title. Stanford then advanced to the NCAA play-in game versus Massachusetts. The Cardinal won the play-in game to advance to the NCAA tournament with a game at seventh-seeded James Madison. Stanford led at halftime, but in the end fell just short of advancing, suffering a tough 9-8 loss to JMU.
Despite the loss, the Cardinal celebrated one of its best year's in school history. Bokker was again named MPSF coach of the year, while coaching Lauren Schmidt to her second-straight conference player of the year honor. The Cardinal women defeated three ranked teams during the season and the 15 wins was a school record. Five Cardinal players were named to the IWLCA All-Region teams, including first teamers, Schmidt and goalkeeper Annie Read. Schmidt was also named third-team All-America by the IWLCA.
In 2009, Bokker led Stanford to its fifth consecutive Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title and a then school-record tying 14-4 record that was thought to be enough to earn an NCAA bid. When Stanford completed its season with a win over No. 3 Penn, the Cardinal believed it had earned its second NCAA tournament berth in school history, but did not receive and at-large invitation. During her first season, Bokker was named MPSF coach of the year and coached Schmidt to her first conference player of the year award. In addition, Bokker coached three IWLCA All-Region honorees, including Maris Perlman and Schmidt who were named to the first team.
In addition to her role as the Stanford head coach, Bokker served as the assistant coach for the Canadian National Team in the 2009 FIL World Cup held in Prague, Czech Republic. The team captured the bronze medal, the first medal the country has won in 28 years. In 2010, Bokker was named an assistant coach for the United States Elite National Team. She will join head coach Ricky Fried and assistant coaches Jessica Wilk Strosberg and Liz Robertshaw to lead the American national squad in the 2013 FIL World Cup.
Building a program is nothing new to Bokker. She was in a similar situation when she took over the George Mason program in 1998 in Fairfax, Va., an area, which at that time did not have a strong lacrosse tradition.
Bokker made an immediate impact, guiding the Patriots to the first winning record in school history, with an 8-7 mark. During her tenure at George Mason, Bokker's squads maintained their status as one of the nation's consistently strong programs, with six top-20 national finishes, including a final national ranking of No. 16 in 2008 when the Patriots went 12-5, setting a school record for single-season victories. During her 11 seasons at George Mason, Bokker compiled an 86-94 record and left as the winningest coach in the program's history. At George Mason, Bokker coached nine All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, a
Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year, two CAA Defensive Players of the Year and a CAA Rookie of the Year. In all, Bokker coached 18 first-team all-conference players and her players totaled 48 all-conference honors.
Before her arrival at George Mason, Bokker served as the head lacrosse coach at American University for a season, leading the Eagles to a school-best 8-8 record, earning the 1997 CAA Coach of the Year. During her time at American, Bokker was also the assistant coach for field hockey.
The former Amy Umbach is a native of Phoenixville, Pa., where she was a three-sport high school star, in lacrosse, field hockey and swimming. She was a two-time All-CAA first-team choice at William and Mary, where she also played field hockey.. She was also named a BRINE/IWLCA All-American her senior season. She earned her master's degree from George Mason in exercise, fitness and health promotion in 2007. Bokker is the sixth head coach in the 16-year history of varsity women's lacrosse at Stanford. Bokker and her husband, Scott, were married on June 12, 2004. The couple has a son, Chase, and a daughter, Alexis.


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Facebook, which has a population of some 500 million, is interested in giving users stronger communication tools in order to tighten up its community: even more users using the social network even more often. Skype, which already has 124 million people using it monthly and 560 million registered users, is also interested in getting a usage boost.
Skype 5, the first version with an added Facebook tab, is set to arrive in a few weeks. The new version is currently in beta testing right now, but Facebook integration has yet to make an appearance. It would be equally interesting if Skype calling and texting could be built into Facebook, as an optional feature of course, but nothing like that has been disclosed.


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It's hard to believe South Coast Repertory workshopped Zoe Kazan's "Trudy and Max in Love" (playing through January 26) at last year's Pacific Playwrights Festival. This seriocomedy about an adulterous affair seems like a play in mid-development; it also has the feel of an unsold screenplay adapted for the stage. Though Act II is tighter and more focused than the first act, they could be easily trimmed by 10-15 minutes each.
On the plus side, Trudy is a sharply-drawn characterization of a contemporary young woman, and Kazan (herself a young actress) gives her far more credible dialogue than one typically hears on stage. And while this overly long play doesn't always work it's a rare attempt at depicting emotional honesty in awkward and difficult situations, from a woman's POV.
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Celeste Den lights up the stage (as she did in "Chinglish") in a series of supporting roles, and Tate Ellington impresses in his brief stage time as well. Aya Cash and Michael Weston have the far more complex roles of Trudy and Max which they bring off with multi-faceted credibility, especially Cash. Lila Neugebauer's direction is invisible at times, marked at others. Call 714-708-5555.
A more assured play workshopped a few years earlier at SCR's playwrights festival, Lynn Nottage's "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," was recently published by Theatre Communication Group (available in paperback from www.tcg.org). This take on the African American experience in Golden Age Hollywood—which I regrettably missed in its West Coast debut at the Geffen Playhouse in 2012—deftly blends screwball comedy with social commentary.
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Rachel Olding He was shaken to his core by the now-infamous encounter with a shark at South Africa's Jervis Bay.
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Daniel Lane and Rachel Olding Police are investigating a suspected improvised explosive device which was reportedly found near the Sydney house of Australian test cricketer Brad Haddin.
UFC fighter Jon Jones wanted after allegedly fleeing hit-and-run
Rachel Olding Jon Jones is paid a handsome sum to create drama in the ring.
Allegations of systemic cheating and live baiting within greyhound racing industry uncovered by Four Corners
Rachel Olding Greyhound racers are secretly blooding their dogs with live bait as part of systemic and widespread cheating within the country's multi-million dollar industry, according to explosive evidence...
Allegations of systemic cheating and live baiting within greyhound racing industry uncovered by Four Corners
Rachel Olding Greyhound racers are secretly blooding their dogs with live bait as part of systemic and widespread cheating within the country's multimillion-dollar industry, according to explosive evidence...
Chevy puts Super Bowl TV viewers in spin with blackout ad
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Homeless woman speaks on Robert Allenby's kidnapping, bashing and robbery
Rachel Olding A homeless woman has come forward with her version of events over golfer Robert Allenby's extraordinary story of being kidnapped, bashed and robbed in Hawaii.
A well of untapped potential Phillip Hughes would never get to live out
Rachel Olding He was an unorthodox batsman, even ugly at times, but Phillip Hughes was just coming into his own as a cricketer.
Phillip Hughes: Funeral to bring Test cricketer's home town to a standstill
Rachel Olding Macksville will come to a slow and solemn standstill on Wednesday when the small northern NSW community farewells the man they call "Our Phillip".
Geoff Huegill pleads guilty to possessing cocaine
Rachel Olding Former Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill and his publicist wife Sara Hill have pleaded guilty to cocaine possession.
Confusion reigns over who can name accused dopers
Rachel Olding, Brad Walter NRL clubs will be informed on Monday or Tuesday whether their players have been accused of illegal doping, yet confusion abounds, with no authority apparently having the power to name offending teams...
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Rachel Olding THE Golden Slipper may be a race for the best two-year-old horses in the country but, in the members' stand at Rosehill Gardens, age is a matter of indifference.


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Stefanie Wilder-Taylor has never been one to take the conventional route. Whether financing a move to L.A. with only a best friend's bat mitzvah savings, accidentally free-basing cocaine, or disproving her mother's "cars aren't free" refrain by winning one onHollywood Squares, Stefanie is living proof that the unlikely can happenusually to her. In this hilariously irreverent collection of true-life essays, she shares her triumphs, missteps, and the many lessons learned en route from life as a nice Jewish girl in Queens to life as a Hollywood producer, writer, and mother of three. Self-skewering, hopeful, and wise,It's Not Me, It's Youis personal storytelling at its funniest, bravest, and most irresistible.
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A $1 Wager And A Set of Quick Pick Numbers Earn Irondequoit Woman A $1,000,000 Mega Millions Second Prize
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. – Migdalia Julia of Irondequoit, Monroe County has a plan for winning the Lottery.
"I always play Mega Millions when the jackpot gets over $100,000, 000," said Julia, now in her 27th year of employment as a machine operator at International Paper.
Julia's plan finally paid off last month when the mother of three purchased one set of Quick Pick numbers for the November 15 Mega Millions drawing offering a jackpot of $149,000,000.
Julia said she stopped at the Wegmans at 2200 Ridge Road East in Rochester after work. "I turned in a Take Five winner and bought a $1 Quick Pick for the next day's Mega drawing. I always go with the Quick Picks," she said.
The frugal Lottery player said she checked her numbers over the weekend and realized she had the first five numbers. "I knew it was a million dollar winner," she said. What the new Lottery millionaire didn't know were the odds of winning that $1,000,000 second prize. When told about the 1 in almost 18.5 million chance of matching the first five numbers drawn Julia said, "Wow! Those are definitely high odds. I feel good about myself; that I was able to do this for my family."
The winning numbers for the November 15, 2013 Mega Millions drawing were 25 – 44 – 49 – 54 – 63 and Mega Ball (08).
Julia claimed her winning ticket on November 18 at the Lottery's Customer Service Center in Buffalo. She will receive her prize in one lump sum payment totaling $661,800 after required withholdings.
Like her plan for winning the Lottery, Julia's plan for spending her Lottery prize is pretty straight forward. "I plan to take care of family and then take care of myself. Family comes first."
Julia is the 129th New Yorker to win a Lottery jackpot prize of $1,000,000 so far this year. She is the first Lottery player from Monroe County to win the new $1,000,000 second prize in the recently re-formatted Mega Millions game. Other changes to the multi-state mega jackpot game include a bigger starting jackpot (to $15 million from $12 million) and better overall odds (to 1 in 14.71 from 1 in 39.89).
The New York Lottery contributed $161,462,177.02 in Lottery Aid To Education to school districts throughout Monroe County during fiscal year 2012-13.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Clinical symptoms of a rare genetic disorder, called neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), vary between genders, according to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.
The condition, which affects about 1 in every 2,500 births, can lead to brain tumors, impaired vision, learning disabilities, and behavioral problems. Researchers examined data collected from the Washington University Neurofibromatosis Center, and found girls were more likely to experience vision loss from NF1, and boys were more likely to develop learning disabilities.
"We're currently working to determine whether differences in the sex hormones are responsible for these abnormalities in vision and memory," researcher David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD, was quoted as saying. "Further understanding of the interplay between sex and NF1 may change the way we manage individuals with this common brain tumor predisposition syndrome."
For more information, go to: https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26455.aspx
SOURCE: The Annals of Neurology, February 2014
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The Cleveland Browns moved quickly when the 2013 NFL Free Agency period began, signing DE/LB Paul Kruger to a five-year deal worth $40 million.
After the debacle the organization has gone through in recent weeks, NFL odds on the Browns Superbowl chances have plummeted. To see them for yourself, you can find odds for the Browns at SportsBettingOnline.ag. In order for the Browns to improve they must get more from their high-priced free agent.
In 2013, Paul Kruger ended the season with just 4 1/2 sacks and only 26 solo tackles. Not the type of stats you would expect of someone you acted so quickly to sign.
Like many other players, Kruger had a solid year with the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens as his stock rose considerably.
Kruger had 9.0 sacks in the 2012 regular season to lead the Ravens and added 4.5 during the Ravens Super Bowl run.
Paul KrugerA second-round pick out of Utah, Kruger had only collected 15.5 sacks over his four-year career and benefited from the talent surrounding him on the Ravens defense.
In his first three seasons Kruger wasn't even a full-time starter, he was more of a situation player playing in 36 out 48 games.
While stats don't tell the complete story, new defensive coordinator Jim O'Neil and head coach Mike Pettine know a thing or two about getting the most out of your defense.
With the focus moving towards first round selection Barkevious Mingo it should free up Kruger much like it did when Terrell Suggs was there for the Ravens.
Without Suggs in the lineup Kruger only had 1.5 sacks with the Ravens.
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Welcome to Network Hoops
Hello! On this website you should find everything you need to know about Netball and Basketball camps run by Network Hoops. Network Hoops has been running youth training camps at Wodson Park Sport Centre in Ware, Hertfordshire for 25 years.
Netball Camps 2015
Easter Camp 2015
**The Easter Camp is now fully booked. We are operating a reserve list, so please email email@example.com and we will let you know if places become available.**
We are pleased to announce that we will be running three-day Easter netball camp between Wednesday 8th April and Friday 10th April 2015. The camp is open to girls aged 7 to 14 years old and will offer expert coaching in a fun environment led by Netball Superleague Star Gemma Cosentino. **Please note that there are only 35 places available for this camp so early booking is advised**
Summer Camp 2015
The summer netball camp is a five day event for girls aged 7 to 14. It is a great opportunity to improve netball skills, fitness and technical ability in a fun and friendly environment all culminating in the very popular and colourful 'tournament day'. The 10th annual netball camp will be taking place between Monday 27th July and Friday 31st July 2015 and promises to be the best yet. Check out some photos from previous camps below!
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Tech Falls in Big 12 Battle with ISU, 86-66
Josh Gray recorded his second straight 20-point game against the Cyclones.
February 23, 2013
AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Will Clyburn and Chris Babb each scored 17 points and Iowa State beat Texas Tech 86-66 on Saturday for its third straight win.
Melvin Ejim had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Cyclones (19-8, 9-5 Big 12), who tuned up for Monday's home game with Kansas by outscoring the Red Raiders 50-37 in the second half.
The Cyclones stretched their lead to double digits, 50-39, with 13:52 to go and led by at least 10 the rest of the way. Iowa State went ahead by as many as 28 points in cruising to its 22nd straight home win.
Josh Gray had a game-high 20 points for Texas Tech (9-16, 2-12), which has lost eight in a row. Texas Tech handed Iowa State its only bad loss so far, stunning the Cyclones 56-51 in Lubbock last month. The Red Raiders haven't won since.
It was Gray's second straight 20-point outing after recording 26 last time out against Oklahoma.
Texas Tech's Jaye Crockett, one of the nation's top Sixth Men added 13 points and 11 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season and the 11th of his career.
The Red Raiders have now faced 10 Top 50 RPI teams in their last 12 games and will add to that list as they head to Manhattan, Kan., for a Monday night showdown with No. 13 Kansas State at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.