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The kickoff to the football season each year can many times be linked to the annual media days. The WAC Preview kicked today and the Big 12 media days are being held Dallas. Last week, the SEC took center stage in Hoover, Ala.
Media day is a gathering of all of the coaches, selected players and all of the media that cover college football. They take over a hotel and in the lobbies, conference rooms they chat football. Talk centers around the upcoming season and a variety of issues in college sports. It's a time when the coaches and media can actually spend time talking about the sport they love. During the season, deadlines are looming and coaches don't have as much time to devote to the media as the media members would like.
The stressors of the college season take over for the student-athletes and coaches, so this low-key setting is generally a fun event. In years past coaches and media members have played golf together and there have been some highly competitive card games in the evening.
Pat Hill and senior All-WAC defensive end Chris Carter are representing Fresno State at this year's event. Some of the other key WAC players here are: Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State; Colin Kaepernick, QB, Nevada; Greg Salas, WR, Hawaii; Duke Ihenacho, S, San Jose State and Nate Enderle, QB, Idaho.
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More than 20 students participated in the Mt. San Jacinto College Registered Nursing Unit Pinning Ceremony on Dec. 20.
During the Pinning Ceremony, newly graduating nurses receive a pin that symbolizes a welcome into the profession. Faculty member Donivee Jones, a registered nurse, welcomed the students and their family members. Dr. Kathleen Winston, dean of Nursing and Allied Health and also a registered nurse, provided introductions. Dr. Patrick Schwerdtfeger, vice president of Instruction, was the guest speaker.
Student speakers Samantha Schultz and Shelly Toon offered their reflections and Rae Brooks, faculty member and registered nurse, presented the graduates with their pins.
Dr. Peter Zografos, an assistant director in Nursing & Allied Health, provided the ceremonies closing by reading the Nursing Pledge.
The graduates are:
Tammy Atyim, of Vista
Jarred Breazeale, of Hemet
Olena Bueno, of San Diego
Idiana Chavez, of Corona
Beatriz Clary, of Lake Elsinore
Lauren Docherty, of Romoland
Jesse Ely, of Joshua Tree
Jessica Fenton, of Cherry Valley
Quyen Le, of Murrieta
Alethea Lenning, of San Jacinto
Kristin Mungarro, of Menifee
Ryan Sanchez, of Murrieta
Samantha Schultz, of Winchester
Irene Shevchenko, of Temecula
Zachariah Stewart, of Lake Elsinore
Mary Suetos, of Temecula
Courtney Thrasher, of Menifee
Shelly Toon, of Perris
Jonelyn Umadhay, of San Bernardino
Natalie Williams, of Temecula
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What is the standard of pony club one day events at junior level ?
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From what I remember they weren't too tough, depends where the x-country is :)
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It depends where it is , it varies from place to place ,don't think its as hard as senior level tho
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Unemployment about unchanged in August
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Both the number of unemployed persons (8.9 million) and the unemployment rate (6.1 percent) were essentially unchanged in August.
Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.8 percent), adult women (5.2 percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (5.4 percent), blacks (10.9 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.8 percent)—showed little or no change in August. The unemployment rate for Asians was 5.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted.
In August, 1.9 million persons had been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. They represented 21.8 percent of all unemployed persons, about the same as in July.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. For more information on current unemployment, see "The Employment Situation: August 2003" (PDF) (TXT), USDL 03-467.
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Legendary pugilist Bernard Hopkins will battle WBA and IBA light heavyweight champ Beibut Shumenov on April 19 at the DC Armory in Washington.
The 49-year-old Hopkins (54-6-2-2, 32 KOs), who is also a former two-weight world titleholder, last vacated the squared circle in October after universally outscoring Karo Murat to successfully defend the IBF light heavyweight crown.
In a scintillating prizefight that bordered on a brawl, Hopkins battered the 30-year-old Murat (25-2-1, 15 KOs) late and aggressively tried to knock the German challenger onto Queer Street.
Despite being 18 years older, Hopkins opened a cut on Murat's left eye and bullied the youngster for 36 minutes.
As a quasi-geriatric, "The Executioner" continues to defy Father Time.
Comparatively, the 30-year-old Shumenov (14-1, 9 KOs) most recently earned a third round TKO over Tamas Kovacs on December 14.
Although younger, quicker and stronger than "The Alien," Shumenov's inexperience will ultimately lead to his demise.
A defensive virtuoso with an insatiable appetite for winning, expect Bernard Hopkins to defeat Beibut Shumenov on the cards this spring in "the District."


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MEDINA — The attorney for a 53-year-old Montville Township man accused of hitting two houses with bullets from an assault rifle told a jury Tuesday that police can't prove who fired the shots.
Mark Bornino, of 5544 Windfall Road, and a friend were arrested Jan. 16 after police found them firing an AK-47-type, semi-automatic rifle at a paper target supported by a wooden sawhorse in Bornino's backyard.
Police were responding to two 911 calls from residents who said bullets were hitting their homes on Parnham Drive — about a third of a mile away and downhill from Bornino's property through woods and a field.
One caller said a bullet pierced a home and lodged in an eye-level microwave moments after the family had left the kitchen.
Bornino's friend, R. Daniel Volpone, was found guilty at a trial two weeks ago of firing a gun over a public road, a third-degree felony punishable by up to three years in prison. He is in the Medina County Jail awaiting a Sept. 16 sentencing.
Bornino faces the same charge. Jury selection in his trial began Monday and testimony began Tuesday.
V. Lee Winchell, Bornino's attorney, said during opening arguments Tuesday that police aren't certain where the bullets came from that struck the Parnham Drive homes. He said it could have been a hunter's gun, as one of the 911 callers surmised to a dispatcher.
Winchell told the six-man, six-woman jury that ballistics experts often can't connect a bullet with an individual firearm.
"All that stuff's really nice, but the ballistics expert is going to say it's the same shape, from the same sort of gun," Winchell said, "but can he say with certainty that the rounds came from that gun? No."
The expert, forensic scientist Michael Roberts with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, testified Tuesday and said the bullets recovered from the homes were too badly damaged to be linked beyond doubt to a specific weapon.
However, Montville police Sgt. Matthew Neil — one of the first officers to respond — testified the bullet holes in the Parnham Drive houses indicated the bullets came from the direction of Bornino's property.
When he went to investigate, Neil testified he heard shots flying past his head and took cover.
County Assistant Prosecutor Michael McNamara called a firearms safety instructor, Mark Walton, who taught a course Bornino attended in 2010.
Walton went over several gun safety tips — including knowing what lies beyond your target in case you miss.
"You say, 'Know your target and what's beyond,' " Winchell said to Walton. "How far beyond?"
"Well, that depends on what kind of round you're firing," Walton said.
Police said bullets from the type of rifle used by Bornino can travel more than a mile.
At the same safety course, Walton said Bornino's accuracy with firearms was good, and he had a tendency to shoot low.
The prosecutor pointed out the range was 16 feet in Walton's course, opposed to several dozen feet in Bornino's backyard.
In a police interview played at trial, Bornino said he knew there were houses down the hill, but didn't think he hit them.
"It's impossible," Bornino said. "I don't know how the hell it could have happened."
Police testified Bornino was firing without a proper backstop and from the hip, which reduces accuracy.
The defense attorney said his client was firing at a downward angle, so the ground would serve as a backstop.
Officers said Bornino was drinking alcohol, but Winchell said the alcohol was a "red herring" because his client registered 0.001 on a blood-alcohol breath test conducted by officers. Ohio's limit for driving is 0.08.
At Volpone's trial two weeks ago, his conviction hinged on whether the prosecution could prove he acted recklessly. McNamara said the same idea applies in this case.
According to Ohio law, a person is reckless when "with heedless indifference to the consequences, he perversely disregards a known risk" of harm to another.
Winchell argued in opening statements that's not the case.
"We do not believe the evidence will show he 'heedlessly disregarded a known risk,' " he said.
Bornino's trial is scheduled to continue today at 9 a.m.
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After three public hearings, the Harrison County Commission tweaked the way they can help to make sure abandoned, dilapidated buildings are kept up to code or taken down.
The commission amended an ordinance that will allow staff to mail misdemeanor complaints to out of state residents. Before, they had to hand deliver all notifications. after years of not being up to code, they want to see these buildings come down.
"We are hoping to make available some low interest loans to property owners who want to demolish their own properties and clean them up cause that's really what we want. For those property owners that will not take responsibility and do the right thing, we're going to demolish them for them. Thirdly, we are going to try to engage the National Guard and other such types of entities to come in and demolish and maybe carry away these properties as part of their training programs," said Commissioner Mike Romano.
There's 12 homes on the pilot program. Commissioners hope the ball gets rolling on their demolitions soon.
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The new Cheney-Spokane/U.S. 195 interchange officially opened last Friday, thanks in part to the efforts of friends and family of a 16-year-old Cheney High School student who lost her life in a 2009 collision at the old at-grade intersection.
It may only be three-fourths complete, but the new interchange at Cheney-Spokane Road and U.S. 195 became officially open at ceremonies last Friday morning.
The former at-grade interchange was one of the most dangerous in the region, the site of 27 collisions between 2005 and 2008, resulting in 13 injuries that included the fatal collision that took the life of 16-year-old Cheney High School student Lorissa Green in January 2009. Debbie Hammel, Green's mother and major role player in getting the interchange built, spoke at Friday's opening, calling it a "huge day."
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www.ksrmce.ac.in is the official website of Kandula School of Management is an important institution in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Located in Cudappah/Kadapa, the college offers post graduate course in business administration. The management college is affiliated to SV University, Tirupati. It was established in 1980, under the aegis of Sri Kandula Obul Reddy charities.
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Is there nothing Big Corporations won't do to make money?????
When are we going to put a stop to this people?????
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They're rounding up wild mustangs and selling them as hamburger on behalf of corporate cronies.
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Today [December 2008], while catching up on this past weekend's newspapers, I was shocked to come across a front-page story about Canada's wild horses being shot for wolf bait:
Apparently the government is paying native Indians to kill wild horses so that the Ministries of Environment & Wildlife can study the feeding patterns of wolves (which won't be captured or killed) during the longer period of time it takes them to devour the large carcass of a horse. They call this killing a "cull" and justify it by saying horses compete for forage with wildlife and livestock (of which a wild horse belongs to neither, its status being classified as "feral"). But Indians opposed to feeding horses to wolves say there is no competition from horses because there is no overpopulation of horses and that if their people knew what some in the tribe were hunting, they'd be outraged.
This atrocity of throwing MAN'S BEST FRIEND to the wolves is symbolic of how our culture here in North America is being destroyed by governments conspiring with special interest groups. See WOLVES IN WOLVES' CLOTHING and LENIN BEHIND ENVIRONMENTALISM


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SALISBURY, N.C. — Delhaize Group, the Belgian parent company of Food Lion, Hannaford Bros., and Sweetbay Supermarkets, announced that Terry Morgan is retiring as its senior vice president and global chief information officer on Feb. 28. Morgan, who spent a combined 23 years within the Delhaize/Food Lion organizations, plans to form a consulting firm, Morgan Advisory Services. Scott Harrison will continue to be the senior vice president of Delhaize America reporting into the new shared ...
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Studies of K-9 cancers may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans. By conducting tests on canine DNA researchers could determine the best medications for dogs suffering from cancer and show how long they'll work, according to scientists who study the DNA of dogs. And those researchers are increasingly discovering that cancer and other diseases are caused by the same genetic mutations in pooches and people.


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Weekly earnings in the fourth quarter
January 22, 2002
Median weekly earnings of the nation's 98.4 million full-time wage and salary workers were $605 in the fourth quarter of 2001. This was 3.4 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.9 percent in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers over the same period.
Women who usually worked full time had median earnings of $517 per week in the fourth quarter of 2001, up from $502 a year earlier. Median earnings of men who worked full time were $683 in the fourth quarter of 2001, up from $658 a year earlier.
The female-to-male earnings ratio was 75.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001.
Data on weekly earnings are from the Current Population Survey. Figures in this article are not seasonally adjusted. Find more information on earnings in "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Fourth Quarter 2001," news release USDL 02-29.
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Batangas Association of Hampton Roads ("HR") will present their annual fundraiser on Saturday August 2, 2014 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church (gymnasium) from 6:30 – midnight.
The late summer theme is "Ala Eh: Western Na Tayo" or "Country Western (Casual)" and dinner will be served on this theme with BBQ, chilli, hot dogs, cole slaw, etc. on the menu.
Handling music for the night will be Disc Jockey Paul Calimbus. Not confirmed if line dancing will replace square dancing or if there will be fair representation from both.
Tickets will be sold at the door for $15 and it includes unlimited line dancing and maybe even some square dancing or free style improvisation sprinkled in…… until midnight.
Batangas Association was formed in 1975 and has been a very visible organization in the Fil-Am and Hampton Roads Community. The majority of its fundraising efforts go towards their Scholarship Program in the Philippines for students with economic need.
Batangas is a province located in the southwestern region of Luzon in the Philippines. Batangas City is the capital and the South China Sea is offset to the west.
Special Thanks to Batangas Association HR for the information to post and write this article.
The gym is located to the right of the church and parking is available on both lots. Address is 5343 Virginia Beach Boulevard in Virginia Beach, VA 23462
For more information, please go to Batangas Association on Facebook or you can call Assistant Public Relations Officer/Secretary E. Fortunato "JoJo" Orencia, Jr.


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What is perimenopause?
Type the word into most computers and spell check will correct you with either per menopause or Peru menopause. Perimenopause isn't even in the database — a symbol, perhaps, of how poorly this phase is understood. But it's not that complicated. Technically, perimenopause is the span of six to 10 years during which your body moves toward menopause. And menopause is really just one day in your life: the 365th day from the date of your final menstrual period.
"Perimenopause is not a disease, any more than adolescence is. It is a physiological life stage," says Marcie Richardson, MD, director of the Harvard Vanguard Menopause Consultation Service, in Boston. That said, it's important to note that all the drugs or hormones in the world won't prevent perimenopause; they'll merely change how you experience it.
Can I predict when mine will begin?
No, but look for it somewhere between the ages of 45 and 55. A few factors are believed to hasten its arrival: smoking, never having had a baby, exposure to toxic chemicals, and a history of heart disease, pelvic surgery, epilepsy, or depression. There is no clear correlation between age at perimenopause and that of your first period, or your use of birth control pills. And you can't bank on starting early or late based on your sister's or your mother's timing.
Can testing tell me where I stand?
Generally, measuring blood hormone levels is not a reliable way to determine whether you're in perimenopause, because levels tend to be erratic in women who are still menstruating. "Estrogen and other hormone levels fluctuate widely, largely because the ovaries are starting to fail," says Lila E. Nachtigall, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at NYU Medical Center. Although your estrogen level gradually declines during these years, it can at times be higher than it was before you entered perimenopause. While testing can provide some information about fertility, it can't necessarily determine whether you're in perimenopause. "Most of the time, even doctors have to go by symptoms," Nachtigall admits.
Why do I need to know whether I'm in it?
"You benefit from knowing what's normal and what's abnormal; it's one of those areas where some baseline knowledge will save you a lot of worrying and wondering what is going to happen," says ob-gyn Jan Herr, MD, a menopause expert at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. For example, if you begin to experience vaginal dryness, knowing you're in perimenopause can help you understand that discomfort during intercourse may be caused by physical changes, not problems with your romantic relationship. (Although it could be that too. Be honest: Perimenopause is not an excuse.)
"It's good to know, just so you can get emotionally prepared for the endgame: not getting periods anymore," says Jerilynn Prior, MD, director of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver.
Perimenopause should also send up the red health-alert flag: Your risk for certain illnesses, such as cancer and heart disease, increases with age, and once you start toward menopause, you should consider making risk-lowering lifestyle changes and scheduling early-detection screening exams. Realizing you're in perimenopause can be the starting gate for being more vigilant and proactive about your health.


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"...for that, you will have your reward,
I will allow you to perform an essential task for me, one that
many of my followers would give their right hands to perform..."
Synopsis by William Silvester
Notes and links by Michele L. Worley and Steve Vander Ark
U.S. hardcover edition: pages 1 - 15
U.K. hardcover edition: pages 7 - 20
U.K. paperback edition: pages 7 - 22
Saturday xx August,
In which we learn of the mysterious murders in the
Riddle House
fifty years ago, how
Frank Bryce
was accused but released for lack of evidence, and how the
Riddle House
fell into disrepair. In the present, Frank interrupts a sinister meeting and
is killed when he overhears
Voldemort's plans.
Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:
Riddle House"
refers both to the fact that the house belonged to the
Riddle family, and that there is still a riddle associated with the house.
This chapter is most unusual in the Harry Potter canon, in that (like the
first chapter of
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) it is
not told from Harry's viewpoint.
The timeframe of the backstory is interesting. As we piece together the
events of "fifty years ago," we can't help but note that the
beginning of Tom Riddle's transformation into the evil
Lord Voldemort
coincides with the rise and fall of a Muggle regime with similar
philosophies, the Nazis of Germany. We know that
Dumbledore defeated the
Dark wizard Grindelwald
in 1945,
which would be the year after the murders. One can't help but wonder if
all these things are related in some way.
The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it "the
Riddle House,"
even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there.
It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles
missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Once a
fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles
around, the
Riddle House
was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied.
Half a century ago, something strange and horrible had happened there...
Every version of the tale, however, started in the same place:
Fifty years before, at daybreak on a fine summer's morning when the
Riddle House
had still been well kept and impressive, a maid had entered the drawing room
to find all three Riddles dead.
"Fifty years before" puts the deaths of the three
Riddles at the very end of World War II, when (as
readers of Agatha Christie should be aware) the era of
the huge well-staffed country house was on its way out.
Few owners of such houses could afford to maintain them,
because the increase in wages over the years of the war
made it financially impossible to keep a large enough staff
of servants.
The fact that the
Riddle House
was "well kept and impressive", and that the
Riddles could afford to maintain a staff of
at least three servants (a cook, a maid, and a gardener are mentioned
during the course of the chapter) in the post-war labor market
tells us that they were very well off indeed. We are not told
whether the cook and the maid were live-in staff, but the fact
that the maid was in the
Riddle House
at daybreak at all suggests that she was at least a full-time employee.
The maid had run screaming down the hill into the village
and roused as many people as she could.
"Lying there with their eyes wide open! Cold as ice!
Still in their dinner things!"
Nobody wasted their breath pretending to feel very sad about the Riddles, for
they had been most unpopular. Elderly Mr. and Mrs. Riddle had been rich,
snobbish, and rude, and their grown-up son, Tom, had been, if anything, worse.
All the villagers cared about was the identity of their murderer -- for plainly,
three apparently healthy people did not all drop dead of natural causes on the same night.
The people described are the grandparents ("elderly Mr. and
Mrs. Riddle") and father ("their grown-up son, Tom")
of the Tom Riddle who would become Lord Voldemort. At the point of
these murders, they had almost certainly never seen Tom Riddle Jr,
who was about 17 years old.
The Hanged Man, the village pub, did a roaring trade that night...
In a Tarot deck - a tool used in one form of
Divination -
there are two categories of cards: the Minor Arcana (which
correspond roughly to the suits in an ordinary pack of cards)
and the Major Arcana. The Hanged Man is one of the Major
Arcana cards.
It may be worth noting that in some forms of Tarot interpretation,
the Hanged Man's opposite is the card known as the Magician.
Frank had come back from the war with a very stiff leg
the only person he had seen near the house on the day of the
Riddles' deaths had been a teenage boy, a stranger, dark-haired
and pale. Nobody else in the village had seen any such boy,
and the police were quite sure Frank had invented him.
A team of doctors had examined the bodies and had concluded that
none of the Riddles had been poisoned, stabbed, shot, strangled,
suffocated, or (as far as they could tell) harmed at all.
In fact...the Riddles all appeared to be in perfect health --
apart from the fact that they were all dead. The doctors did
note...that each of the Riddles had a look of terror upon his or
her face -- but as the frustrated police said, whoever heard of
three people being frightened to death?
Or, of course, Tom could have tortured his relatives before
killing them, in which case SVA's argument above does not
apply (MLW).
The wealthy man who owned the
Riddle House
these days neither lived there nor put it to any use; they said in the village
that he kept it for "tax reasons," though nobody was
very clear what these might be. The wealthy owner continued to
pay Frank to do the gardening, however.
They knew that old Frank was devoted to the house and grounds, and it amused
them to see him limping across the garden, brandishing his stick and yelling
croakily at them.
So when Frank awoke one night in August and saw something
very odd up at the old house...
"Do not lie to me!" hissed the second voice.
"I can always tell, Wormtail!..."
Voldemort is a skilled
Legilimens, as we see here.
"You will milk her before we retire, Wormtail."
One of the many loose ends left dangling as the series has progressed
is the fate the escaped boa constrictor from
book one.
Nagini is not
the same snake, since we know from this reference that she is poisonous,
not a constrictor, but perhaps the two snakes will battle at some point.
The boa does owe Harry a favor, after all.
Peter Pettigrew is now
referred to only as Wormtail in the stories. Occasionally someone will
recall that he used to be known as
Peter Pettigrew, but for
all practical purposes, his name has been irrevocably changed. Of course,
his master's name was also changed, but
Dumbledore still called him
Tom when they faced each other in the
Department of Mysteries,
recalling their original relationship of master and pupil. One wonders if at
some point Harry will face Wormtail and call him
Come, Wormtail, one more death and our path to Harry Potter is clear.
"I will allow you to perform an essential task for me, one that
many of my followers would give their right hands to perform..."
Voldemort is referring to
Wormtail's upcoming role in the spell to be cast on the night of the
Third Task, in which Wormtail will provide the
"flesh of the servant" component.
I killed Bertha because I had to. She was fit for nothing after
my questioning, quite useless
This comment by Voldemort is
particularly chilling. In his world view, when someone is
"useless" (by his personal criteria),
they should be killed. This same type of logic was used by the Nazis
to murder the handicapped and other social "misfits" during
World War II--in fact, during the same time frame that the previous
part of the story was occurring.
he was hissing and spitting without drawing breath
...it was a gigantic snake, at least twelve feet long...
the tip of its diamond-patterned tail
Do not lie to Lord Voldemort, Muggle, for he knows...he always knows...
Two hundred miles away, the boy called Harry Potter woke with a start
Little Whinging
is in the far northwest corner of Surrey (which we know because
Harry travelled there by way of
Paddington Station
in PS5). A circle drawn 200 miles out from
that point would mostly be in the ocean. However, the line would cross a bit
of Wales and a
bit of Cornwall.
It would also cut across the midsection of
between York
and Middleborough. No town named
Little Hangleton
Great Hangleton
appears on maps of those areas, so we are left without a definitive location
for the house or the graveyard.
Characters introduced in this chapter:
Bryce, Frank
(50 years ago and present)
(last name unknown), Dot
(50 years ago)
(name unknown) cook at the Riddle House
(50 years ago)
(name unknown) landlord of the Hanged Man
(50 years ago)
(name unknown) maid at the Riddle House
(50 years ago)
(name unknown)
at the bar of the Hanged Man
(50 years ago)
(name unknown)
at the bar of the Hanged Man (50 years ago)
(name unknown)
in the corner of the Hanged Man
(50 years ago)
Jorkins, Bertha
Characters returning in this chapter:
Potter, Harry
Voldemort (as "my Lord")
Characters mentioned in this chapter:
Riddle, Mr.
(found dead, 50 years ago)
Riddle, Mrs.
(found dead, 50 years ago)
Riddle, Tom
(found dead, 50 years ago)
(name unknown) police investigating the Riddles' deaths
(50 years ago)
(name unknown) medical examiners investigating the Riddles' deaths
(50 years ago)
(name unknown) first family to live in the
Riddle house
after the murders
(presumed to be Muggles)
(name unknown) second family to live in the
Riddle house
after the murders (presumed to be Muggles)
Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:
Little Hangleton
The Hanged Man
The Riddle House
the police station,
Great Hangleton
number four, Privet Drive
(not named)
Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:
the churchyard,
Little Hangleton
Exceptional character moments:
Frank Bryce, who
(like Harry) finds that his fear becomes much easier to manage when the
time finally comes to take action.
Voldemort, who casually
kills Frank Bryce
to eliminate him as a possible witness rather than (for instance) casting
a Memory Charm.
This arrogant action, as it turns out, wasn't a smart move on
Voldemort's part, because
Frank Bryce's
disappearance caught
Dumbledore's attention
Voldemort's assessment of
Wormtail: that he
would not have returned to
Voldemort if he had
anywhere else to go, so that his devotion is nothing more than cowardice.
Avada Kedavra
Memory Charm
Links and Resources:
Voldemort's potions
Memorable lines:
In fact, the report continued, in a tone of unmistakable bewilderment, the
Riddles all appeared to be in perfect health - apart from the fact
that they were all dead.
"Wizards who are supposed to be dead would do well not to run into
Ministry of Magic
witches at wayside inns..."
Strictly British:
drawing room
The present is August of
the last days before the second war against
Voldemort begins -
if one counts the beginning as the events surrounding the
Quidditch World Cup.
In the Muggle world, another August also marked the beginning of a
world war (coincidence, perhaps).
Since the action of this chapter in the present day takes place
on the same morning as that of the next chapter, we know that
it takes place on a Saturday in August.


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National Fraud Initiative
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has statutory powers to conduct data matching exercises for the purpose of assisting in the prevention and detection of fraud. The powers are contained in Articles 4A to 4H of the Audit and Accountability (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 as inserted by the Serious Crime Act 2007.
What is Data Matching?
Data matching involves comparing sets of data, such as the payroll or benefits records of a body, against other records held by the same or another body. This allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. Where no match is found, the data matching process will have no material impact on those concerned. Where a match is found it indicates that there may be an inconsistency that requires further investigation.
Code of Data Matching
The use of data for data matching purposes is governed by the C&AG's Code of Data Matching Practice, the purpose of which is to help ensure that the C&AG, the Northern Ireland Audit Office, and all persons and bodies involved in data matching exercises comply with the law, especially the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and to promote good practice in data matching. The Code was prepared in consultation with the Information Commissioner and other stakeholders and was laid by the Department of Finance and Personnel before the Assembly on 25 July 2008.
Code of Data Matching Practice (PDF 144 KB)
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Other key Documents
Level 3 Layered Fair Processing Notice (PDF 66 KB)
NIAO's report on the most recent NFI exercise undertaken in Northern Ireland can be read at:
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Mindy McCready, Dead at 37
Mindy McCready was 37. She was the country music singer who reached #1 in 1996 with her single "Guys Do It All the Time".
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I can't help but think that alleged affair with Roger Clemens when she was underaged reflected on her sense of self worth.February 18, 2013 / 00:42
I can't help but think that alleged affair with Roger Clemens when she was underaged reflected on her sense of self worth.February 18, 2013 / 00:42
I thought this was a joke at first. I liked her. Now she's gone. thhis is sad.February 18, 2013 / 04:38
This is gonna make me sound like an ass and a half, but I sort of saw this one coming. She released two or three decent albums, but after that, the only time she was really in the news was after she'd lost it. In and out of rehab, charged with asault, and yeah that mess with Clemens. And that's just what I can remember off the top of my head. she was good at what she did. She just seemed to forget what that was.February 18, 2013 / 06:07
It's sad indeed. She was a great singer. I can't help bawling my eyes out here. She did a very stupid thing committing suicide. It's awful. She will never make another album. I have all her stuff, everything I could get my hands on.February 18, 2013 / 11:05
Sad when they peak so early and the demons take over. Lovely voice.February 18, 2013 / 11:15
I will never report someone's death as a joke.February 18, 2013 / 11:53
This is a surprise to anyone?
Her life was a constant train wreck of drug abuse,court battles, family turmoil.
Tragic yes, but hardly unexpected after numerous failed attempts over the years and her BF taking the same way out, less than a month ago.
Save your tears.
Digger08February 18, 2013 / 12:18
Well, this is sad. I know she didn't do anything for a while, but she was a great singer. I loved that voice. I thought maybe she would start singing again. This was such a shock to me and it's sad. It really is. I played all her music a good part of yesterday. She should have gotten help, done something.February 19, 2013 / 07:31
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Want a cute, inexpensive, and easy way to make your Valentine something special?
Then these little cuties just might be the DIY gift of love you are looking for!!
Here are the supplies you are going to need:
- small tote bag or muslin favor pouch
- a couple small sponge tipped paint brushes
- multi-surface acrylic craft paint (I used Martha Stewart in habanero, bubblegum, gold & smoky quartz)
- a piece of cardboard (cut to fit inside the bag you will be painting)
- freezer paper stencil *
- hot iron
* a quick note about the stencil:
I used my Silhoutte machine to cut my freezer paper stencil. However, you could use an
X-acto knife, paper punches or other cutting machines (like the cricut or slice) to create your stencil.
Keep in mind that the stencil will be placed glossy side down, so if you are typing words, be sure they running left to right on the matte side of the freezer paper.
Simple fonts are best. Their lines come out really clean once the stencil is removed.
Iron your freezer paper stencil to your bag (make sure that the matte side of the paper is facing UP) Take time to REALLY iron it on good, paying special attention to corners. If you don't get the stencil on there good, you will get bleed through...and nobody wants that!
Insert your piece of cardboard and start painting in your stencil using one of your sponge tipped paint brushes. YOU DO NOT NEED MUCH PAINT. It is better to start out with a little bit on your brush and add more as needed. Also, I started in the middle and worked my way out to the edges. I learned from trial and error it is best not to have a lot of paint on your brush when painting in the edges (as too much paint causes bleed through) With some stencils, I found blotting the paint on worked better then painting in stokes.
Wait about 5 minutes, remove stencil & admire your beautiful work!
Fill with treats, toys & happy things!!
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Will we see Brock Lesnar vs Batista as one of the main WWE WrestleMania 30 matches?
In a related reported by The Inquisitr, at one point Dwayne Johnson vs Brock Lesnar was scheduled for WrestleMania 30, but an injury to the Rock nixed those plans. While most rumors insist that we'll see Brock Lesnar VS Undertaker some say there's some hope the Ultimate Warrior may take him on.
So far all we know for certain about WM 30 is that John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt is mostly likely going to be one of the main events now that the CM Punk vs. Triple H match is likely canceled due to the former quitting the WWE.
Some people were not very happy with the way Dave Batista's WWE return was handled. First the animal declared war on Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt while wearing a very metro getup, and then he went on to win the Royal Rumble.
That had Mick Foley asking aloud on Facebook whether the WWE hated its audience because they were ignoring what they really wanted. But as a followup Foley explained in more detail how he though the WWE could do right by the fans:
"The response on both Twitter and Facebook dwarfed anything I'd received in the past, and I hope WWE will recognize this unprecedented response as a sign that a little tweaking might be needed in order to save this Wrestlemania from the prospect of 75,000 people booing, turning their backs, or walking out of its main event. Last night's comments were not meant as a knock on Dave Bautista. I like and respect Dave, and am proud of what he's accomplished both inside and outside the ring. But Dave is intense, and unlikely to handle a heated 50/50 crowd with the same wink and a nod that has served John Cena – WWE Universe so well. Besides, we're not looking at a spirited 50/50 response at Mania; we're looking at the potential of something akin to a mutiny – and I think Dave deserves better than that. On the bright side, WWE has 10 weeks to make this thing right for its loyal audience – and the potential to make this Wrestlemania the most talked about and interesting of them all."
Mostly Foley was upset because Daniel Bryan wasn't featured. Some sites claim there is "continued talk following the Royal Rumble that he may be used in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match." If that's true then Batista's talk about grabbing the title will become bluster, leaving him free to take on another opponent even though he won the Royal Rumble.
There's also rumors that we may see the Undertaker go up against Sting if the WWE gets him back under contract. Combine this with the fact that last week's RAW teased a Brock Lesnar, Batista matchup and it seems very likely that the Undertaker plans were tossed out of the ring. The last possibility is that the belt may end up being decided with a three-way match of Bryan vs. Orton vs. Batista. Which idea would you WWE fans prefer?


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Friday, February 08, 2013
This bothers me a lot and I don't feel like I have anyone I can talk to, so I'm venting a little.
I've suffered with extreme anxiety for years, gradually worsening as I age. It's the reason for most of my weight gain, due to emotional eating, fatigue, and fear of doing things around others, even fun things. I have the eating mostly under control now and I'm exercise at home, but I've just recently realized that I'm an adult and I can't work, go to school, or drive because I'm afraid to leave my house and get way too stressed easily.
My family extended family (Luckily not my parents.) think it's an excuse and that I just don't want to work, but it really isn't. I'd give anything to be "normal". I want to go to college, work, and have friends. As badly as I wan't it their solution to "Just get over it and do it anyway, we all have anxiety.", doesn't work for me. I'm sorry if I'm wrong, but I really doubt theirs is the same and I wish they could understand how I feel. I'm embarrassed to be around them because every time I am they ask me questions and tell me how I'm wasting my time and how much they were doing by the time they were my age. I know they care and they want to help and I'm very lucky to have a family who cares about my well-being, but I really wish they could understand.
I've tried work and school in the past and it didn't work out well. I worked at a grocery store as a cashier and I had a nervous breakdown at work, then quit because I was so embarrassed. I did work as a field merchandiser for a while and it was awesome. It stressed me out but I mainly worked alone and I enjoyed the work so I got through it. Can't find another job like that in my area though, and it's hard to get any job without a drivers license.
I tried to take the sat for college, to go online. I did excellent on practice tests but flunked the real one because I got so nervous. Not from the test, but being around the other people. I nearly threw up and I couldn't hold the pencil straight for shaking. I did make it through the test, but needless to say it wasn't a pretty score.
As it is now just going out period makes me extremely depressed because everything bothers me. Talking to people, being around others, and when I do make a mistake I dwell on it forever. There are some things I'm still embarrassed about from years ago. Seeing a doctor isn't an option right now because I have no insurance.
Recently I've tried writing professionally from home. It works out ok but I get nervous about it sometimes, mostly get writers block from it or get distracted by being at home. If I could do it I've thought about going to the library to write, almost like going to a job and seeing if that would help.
I really wish I could just be normal though. I need to get into college fast because I'm wasting my time sitting here doing nothing. To accommodate my anxiety I need to do it a little differently, that costs money to pay up front. You pay then get the money back in financial aid after the semester begins. Plus I wanted to take some Clep tests to catch up faster, if I could get through the tests, but those are 100 dollars a pop. Although it'd save a lot in the long run it's still expensive when you can't work.
I'm just SOL sometimes. It's causing major stress and depression lately. Two weeks last month were spent in the pits due to it. I'm going to keep trying. Pouring over job listings, trying to figure out how I can do something. I'm tired of sitting in this small town waiting for it to be better, because it's never going to be.
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Cowboy Wrestlers Earn Split At NWCA National Duals
Feb. 12, 2012
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It was a tale of two duals for the Wyoming wrestling team Sunday in the NWCA National Duals in Stillwater, Okla. After opening the day with a dominating 38-6 win over Chattanooga, the Cowboys (8-3 overall, 4-0 Western Wrestling Conference) managed just two match wins versus second-ranked Oklahoma State and dropped a 28-7 contest.
"We wrestled extremely well in the first dual, and had an overall good strong performance," Wyoming coach Mark Branch said. "We did a good job of building on the last two wins, but we came out against OSU and didn't give ourselves an opportunity to win."
Oklahoma State 28, Wyoming 7
OSU's second-ranked Jordan Oliver defeated 17th-ranked redshirt freshman Zach Zehner at 133 pounds in a 17-4 major decision. It was a better showing than their previous two meetings, in which Oliver pinned Zehner both times. After that, senior Chase Smith took on OSU's Josh Kindig at 141 pounds. Smith fell behind early and never recovered, dropping an 11-3 major decision. Oklahoma State led 11-0 after three matches. Then UW junior McCade Ford took on second-ranked Jamal Parks at 149, and dropped a 12-5 decision to the highly touted OSU wrestler. OSU took a 14-0 lead heading into the fifth match of the dual.
Redshirt freshman Andy McCulley took on 11th-ranked Albert White of Oklahoma State at 157 pounds. The freshman from Rock Springs showed some moxie, riding White the entire second period as the duo scrambled for a 0-0 tie after two periods. McCulley earned the escape to begin the final period, but White worked for a takedown to take the 2-1 late lead. McCulley then added an escape with less than 10 seconds left to send it to overtime. But it was White who earned the 4-2 sudden victory less than 15 seconds into the overtime period with a takedown. OSU improved its lead to 17-0.
UW's third-ranked senior Shane Onufer took on Dallas Bailey at 165 pounds. Bailey earned an escape shortly in the second period, but Onufer countered with a takedown for the 2-1 lead. Onufer then escaped to start the third for the 3-1 lead, and worked for an illegal-hold point and takedown for the 6-1 lead. With riding time, Onufer earned the 7-1 victory for his 14th-straight win. At 174 pounds, sophomore Pat Martinez took on third-ranked Chris Perry of OSU. Perry earned an escape point and added a takedown for the early 3-0 lead. Another Perry escape made it 4-0, and he added another takedown and riding time, and Martinez fell in a 7-1 decision.
Top-ranked Joe LeBlanc took on OSU's Chris McNeil in the 184-pound tilt. Perry got a nice early shot, but LeBlanc held great defensive position to limit him to no points. Then LeBlanc worked for a nice takedown for the early 2-0 and added two near-fall points to take a 4-0 lead into the second period. An escape for LeBlanc made it 5-0, and he added another takedown for the 7-0 lead through two periods. McNeil earned a nice takedown to cut LeBlanc's lead to 7-2, but LeBlanc escaped just seconds later. LeBlanc secured more offense and near-fall points later in the period, and he earned the 14-2 major decision. It was LeBlanc's 10th-consecutive victory, and Wyoming cut the margin to 20-7.
In one of the most exciting matches of the day, Wyoming's ninth-ranked junior Alfonso Hernandez took on Cayle Byers at 197 pounds. Hernandez earned the early takedown and got an escape to go up 3-0, but Byers earned a takedown halfway through the second period to make it 3-2. But Hernandez escaped to go up 4-2, but Byers countered with another escape to draw closer at 4-3. A fleeing call on Hernandez and a takedown with less than five seconds remaining gave Byers the 6-4 decision.
Cowboy junior L.J. Helbig took on second-ranked Alan Gelogaev at heavyweight, and fell in an 18-3 technical fall. The final score was OSU 28, Wyoming 7.
"Martinez is a hair away from winning, McCulley is a hair away from winning and Fonz gives up a takedown at the buzzer," Branch said. "If we would've taken care of business, we're in the mix. Against a good team like that, you have to believe you can do that. We didn't do it and it shows."
Wyoming 38, Chattanooga 6
Smith defeated Shawn Greevy in a 15-1 major decision at 141 pounds, and Wyoming held a commanding 13-0 lead after three matches. Wyoming added to its team lead after the 149 pound match, as Ford beat Chattanooga's Kelly Felix in a tough 3-2 decision. UW took a 16-0 lead after four matches.
The Pokes continued to pour on the points at 157 pounds, when McCulley beat Daniel Waddell in a 7-3 decision, and Onufer stayed the course and worked for an 8-0 major decision over Chattanooga's Brandon Wright at 165 pounds. Wyoming took a 23-0 lead after six matches and Onufer claimed his fourth major decision of the season.
Pat Martinez defeated Levi Clemons of the Mocs at 174 pounds in a 12-4 major decision. The major was Martinez's sixth of the year. LeBlanc then pinned Robert Prigmore at 5:41 in the 184-pound bout, and Wyoming took a 33-0 lead into the final two matches. LeBlanc earned his ninth pin of the season, second on the team.
Hernandez continued to impress, winning by a 15-0 technical fall at 197 pounds over Moc Cory Canada. Hernandez's 10th-straight win also was his second tech fall of the season and 31st victory to lead UW.
UW's lone loss came at the heavyweight level when Chattanooga's Kevin Malone pinned junior L.J. Helbig at the 6:33 mark.
"We beat some highly ranked kids," Branch said of his team's performance against the Mocs. "Zehner beat a very good kid and McCulley beat a ranked kid at 157. Overall, the whole team looked good in that first dual.
"But really, it's hard to impress me when you don't finish a match. That's what matters right now."
The Pokes will hit the road this week for the last two regular-season duals, visiting South Dakota State on Thursday and North Dakota State on Friday.


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Babey [Susan Gail Kellerman], singer; b. Brooklyn, NY, 4 December 1950. When she was 1 week old her family moved to Woodmere, L.I., N.Y, and 9 years later to Hewlett Harbor, L.I., N.Y. Her parents are Murray (1914 -1998) and Florence (ne Mendelsohn, b. 1916) Kellerman. She has 2 brothers, Steven (b. 1941) and Martin (b. 1945). She started dancing at the age of 5 and her art studies (mainly oil painting, along with pencil, pen and ink and linoleum block) at 7. She began her piano studies at around 10. In Junior High School, she started studying voice.
At Fairleigh Dickinson University, she majored in Fine Arts with a minor in Drama, while she continued her vocal studies with Tony Franco in Manhattan. She moved to Europe, finally settling in Rome, Italy for 10 years where she continued her studies at Temple University at Rome. While there, she performed at the Cavaliere Hilton Hotel for the American Bicentennial and at La Fontanella and Zi Gaetano. She exhibited her art work there, and received awards.
She returned to America in 1979, settling in Manhattan, where she continues to reside. She founded and teaches English as a second language at the BLC School of Languages, now called The Language Exchange. She is also a Certified Hypnotherapist and a certified Reiki Master. Under the name Babey (a combination of Babe and Baby) she has performed at many venues around New York, most notably for 2 years at the Beekman Tower Hotel (Top of the Tower Restaurant). She has studied voice privately with Hal Schaefer, who continues to work with her on arrangements. She also studied with Helen Hobbs Jordan, Bernie Wayne (who wrote special material for Babey) and David Sorin Collyer. She specializes in obscure songs from movies of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
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Saudi Arabia is one of the countries least affected by the international financial crisis thanks to its expansionist economic policies and structural reforms, Deputy Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulwahed Alhumaid declared Tuesday at the Group of 20 (G-20) Ministers of Labor Summit in Washington, DC.
Heading the Saudi delegation to the summit, Dr. Alhumaid delivered a speech in which he noted that the Kingdom has experienced an economic renaissance since 2004 and, as a result, has seen huge budgetary surpluses. The extra funds, he explained, have been used on numerous developmental projects and to build up financial reserves, which have helped the national economy withstand unexpected external shocks. The minister cited the appropriation of $70 billion for developmental projects in 2010 (out of $144 billion allocated for gross expenditure in the year's budget) as evidence of the Kingdom's commitment to growth.
Regarding the negative impact of the global financial crisis on Saudi employment, Dr. Alhumaid described the effect as limited, citing the absence of lay-offs in the public sector, the continuation of demand for laborers by the private sector and an increase of new visas issued for foreign laborers. Unemployment is not a result of the national economy's difficulty in producing new job opportunities, he explained. Rather, it is caused by other factors, including the gap between the requirements of the private sector and the level of national education and training, low wages caused by the flow of cheap laborers into the Saudi labor market, the significant dependence of the private sector on foreign laborers and the preference of Saudi nationals to join the governmental sector, where job opportunities have dramatically decreased over the last few years.
Dr. Alhumaid described the Saudi employment strategy approved by the Cabinet in July 2009, which focuses on increasing high-skilled job offers for Saudi nationals, improving the productivity of laborers through education and training and matching human resources training programs with the requirements of the labor market. He defended the government policy not to disburse unemployment benefits, suggesting instead that premiums be offered for job-seekers who enter training courses. Saudi Arabia's "somewhat high" rate of unemployment is a priority to labor market planners, Dr. Alhumaid concluded.
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Cornell scientists Salman Avestimehr, David Erickson, John C. March and Kyle Shen are recipients of this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) -- the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early-career science and engineering professionals. Annually, 16 federal departments and agencies unite to nominate the scientists, of which there are 94 this year, who show "the greatest promise for assuring America's pre-eminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions."
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Not long ago Coco Group held a family gathering at the pool side of the Natya Hotel on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Kuta. According to General Manager of Natya Hotel, Wayan Tinggal Tjana, the activity aimed to enhance the sense of togetherness and come together to achieve the success in the future. The Natya Hotel at its very young age was said to have been ready to compete for attracting domestic and Asian markets. "We are ready to compete with our superb property and excellent services," said Wayan Tinggal having a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry.
With the advantage of strategic and premium location, Wayan Tinggal would synergize its strengths to achieve optimal results. Armed with 116 rooms and meeting rooms, Natya Hotel would be able to meet the consumer desires. "Obviously, we are ready to compete," he said.
As seen in the photograph, the owner of Coco Group, Mr. Nengah Natyanta with Mrs. Ketut Siti Maryati and family posed together with the unit managers of the Coco Group, Coco Gourmet, Coco Hotel, Natya Hotel, Coco Café, Coco Mart, Coco Supermarket, Coco Roti, Coco Express, Nine 9 Mart, Sunset Bali Souvenir Center and Blue Surf: the Surf Riding Store. (BTN/055)


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No. 15 Men's Tennis Trumps Monarchs, 7-0
The Yellow Jackets opened the spring with a win over their former assistant
Jan. 20, 2012
ATLANTA - The 15th-ranked Georgia Tech men's tennis team made quick work of Old Dominion Friday in its 2012 spring season opener, sweeping the Monarchs 7-0 at the Bill Moore Tennis Center in Atlanta.
Senior Kevin King, the ninth-ranked player nationally, rolled past ODU's Krzysztof Muzalewski in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. Earlier in the match, King teamed with junior Juan Spir, and the second-ranked doubles team downed Muzalewski and Albert Ochagavia, 8-5.
Tech welcomed back former assistant coach Aljosa Piric, who is in his first year as the head coach at ODU.
"It was a good match against Aljosa, it was interesting to see him because he knew our team really well," said Georgia Tech head coach Kenny Thorne. "Seeing their game plans on the court, he knew where to serve us in doubles. That was great for our guys to have to play against them. His team is going to be good, they fought hard today and he's got them on the right track."
The match of the day came in No. 2 singles as junior Juan Melian survived a first-set tie breaker with Ochagavia (7-3), then took the second set, 6-3. After the nip-and-tuck first set, Melian flexed his muscle in the second and his triumph clinched the overall victory for the Yellow Jackets (1-0).
In No. 3 singles, Spir downed Carlos Lopez-Villa in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) and Dusan Milijevic beat Alfredo Rodriguez in No. 4 singles with a pair of 6-1 results. Freshman Vikram Hundal dispatched Wesley Barrett in No. 5 singles 6-4, 6-2 and in the final match of the day, freshman Eduardo Segura ousted ODU's Can Cetinel, 6-3 and 6-1.
"I felt like, with having quite a few young guys on the team, we came out and there wasn't really a hiccup," said Thorne. "It was nice and I hadn't seen that too often with teams. We're going to be tested a lot on Sunday and we'll be pushed to the limit."
Tech opened the afternoon with an easy win of the doubles point. Along with King and Spir's result, Melian and Hundal took down Rodriguez and Cetinel, 8-3, and Milijevic and Segura toppled Lopez-Villa and Barrett, 8-2.
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What is Dana White's Net Worth?
Name: Dana White
Born: July 28th, 1969
Company: UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
Position: President of UFC
Dana White currently has a net worth of an estimated:
Dana White, born July 28th, 1969 in Manchester, Connecticut, is the current President of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).
Prior to becoming President of the UFC, Dana White worked as a boxing and aerobics instructor. White became involved in the world of mixed martial arts when he began managing Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell, who would go on to become two of the sport's biggest stars.
While serving as a manager to Ortiz and Liddell, White became aware that Semaphore Entertainment Group, former parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the mixed martial arts organization. Dana contacted one of his old childfriend friends, Lorenzo Fertitta (of Station Casinos), about the possibility of purchasing the UFC. Lorenzo, along with his brother Frank, bought the UFC for $2 million a short while later. Dana White was named President and reportedly given 10% of Zuffa, LLC, which was the company that Lorenzo and Frank formed to purchase the UFC.
The Fertitta's purchase of the UFC was completed in January of 2001.
The UFC lost tens of millions of dollars before finally turning around and growing into the multi-billion dollar organization that it is today. Some of the key inflection points for the UFC were:
-return to pay-per-view shortly after Zuffa, LLC purchased the company
-UFC 40 (Ortiz vs Shamrock)
-The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 finale (Griffin vs Bonnar)
-UFC 66 (Ortiz vs Liddell)
-purchase of PRIDE (rival organization)
-emergence of Georges St. Pierre and Brock Lesnar as megastars
-UFC 100 (biggest PPV in the history of the UFC)
-Fox partnership
-UFC 134 (first event in Brazil since 1998)
The company has slowly but surely won mainstream acceptance and regulatory approval, and is now sanctioned in nearly every US state (New York is a notable exception) and many countries throughout the world.
Zuffa, LLC is a privately held company, but here is the widely rumored ownership structure:
Lorenzo Fertitta - 40.5%
Frank Fertitta III - 40.5%
Flash Entertainment - 10%
Dana White - 9%
Flash Entertainment bought a 10% stake in Zuffa, LLC in early 2010. The purchase amount has not been disclosed.
So what is the UFC worth?
In 2008, Forbes valued the company at "$1 billion-plus", based on estimated sales of $250 million. The UFC did 5.1 million PPV buys in 2007.
The sport is significantly bigger now than it was in 2007. The emergence of stars such as Georges St. Pierre (hiatus), Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar (retired) have helped push the UFC to even greater heights.
In addition, the UFC has found significant new markets in Canada, Sweden, Australia and Brazil, and is also in the midst of a seven-year deal with Fox that reportedly pays the UFC $100 million per year.
It's safe to say that the UFC has increased in value since 2007.
Taking into account the Fox deal, the recently announced Reebok deal, the UFC Fight Pass product, the incursion into wildly successful new markets (Canada, Brazil, Australia), the upcoming move into new, potentially lucrative markets (India, China) and the company's $425 million term loan that is due in 2015, I would guess that the UFC currently has a value of $1.5 billion+. Sure, their PPV numbers are down considerably from the "glory days" of 2009 and 2010 but they do have a "next breed" of superstars that include the likes of Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor.
A valuation of $1.5 billion would value Dana White's stake in the company at $135,000,000.
Dana White is worth 1,746 times more than the median US household
If Dana White sold everything that they owned, they could fund the United States' deficit spending for 0 days.
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The Atlanta Steam and Chicago Bliss are set to meet in the Legends (formerly Lingerie) Football League championship, known as the Legends Cup, on Saturday in California with the 2014 LFLUS title on the line. The Eastern Conference champion Steam (3-0-1) and Western Conference champion Bliss (4-0-1) will meet in what is being projected as the most one-sided LFL title game in the league's five year history.
Atlanta, despite winning the division in their inaugural season in 2013, was not projected to be competitive this season against the Jacksonville Breeze and Baltimore Charm due to a number of changes that included both a new head coach and a new starting quarterback, and "Shocked the LFL world" by advancing to the title game, according to league founder Mitch Mortaza.
Even after going undefeated during the regular season and then downing the powerhouse Breeze in the conference title game in OT in what Mortza has said was "The best LFL game ever", Atlanta is 18.5 point underdogs to Chicago. The point spread is the biggest ever for the LFL championship pairing.
The Steam must find a way to contain ChrisDell Harris if they are to have a chance to return to Atlanta as the LFL Champions. Harris has accounted for 600 combined yards (460 rushing, 140 receiving) on 68 touches (58/10) and scored 15 touchdowns (11 rushing, 4 receiving) for the Bliss this season. Chicago has used the passing game to keep defenses off balance, but they are without a doubt a power running team that gets Harris the rock 20 times a game.
While the passing game is not Chicago's main attack, Heather Furr does a great job when she does go to the air and that forces the secondary to hesitate before committing to the run. Furr has thrown 10 TDs without being picked off in 53 attempts. She averages slightly over five completions a game, yet half of those are for scores.
The Atlanta defense has given up just 15 points a game and plays a very aggressive, physical style that is going to collide head on with the power ground game that Chicago is going to try to establish. The Steam will have to play the same team defense that Sharlene Fuller (4.5 tackles), Coco Montgomery (6.0 tackles), Key Harrison (5.0 tackles) and Alfye Gore (5.0 tackles) led against Jacksonville to slow down the Bliss ground assault.
Steam QB Dakota Hughes will lead the offense against a Bliss defense that averages almost three sacks a game and that will be trying to put pressure on the 19-year old rookie star to force her into bad decisions and turnovers. Hughes must be aware of where corner Kim Perez is on every play-the corner has three INTs this season.
The O-line is going to have to stay on their blocks to give Hughes time to find her receivers, the primary of which is Jodie Nettles, but when she is forced to run she will. Ashley Pope and Coco Montgomery will play important roles at TE, both as outlet options and in the blocking schemes.
The ground attack, led by Nas Johnson, faces a challenge with Yashi Rice and Chantell Taylor holding down the end positions for Chicago. Dee Salter will get touches as well.
Atlanta faces a tremendous challenge in Chicago and while almost no one outside of the Steam faithful think they will be able to stay close to the Bliss, the team has become accustomed to receiving little respect to this point in their brief LFL history and has been able to use that as motivation.
During a preseason interview with first-year head coach Dane Robinson, I asked him how the team felt about Atlanta's low position in the LFL Preseason Power Rankings and the lack of respect Atlanta received across the league and his reply was simple: "We'll earn our respect on the field."
Robinson and his team are 32 minutes away from the ultimate accomplishment in any sport, the championship. What more could this team do to earn that elusive respect?
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Rite of Reconciliation, Part II You need to read this too!
Practical suggestions
Here are some things to keep in mind as you prepare to celebrate the Rite of Reconciliation. As you know from last week's bulletin, you might also call this "going to confession!"
1. The Church no longer suggests weekly confession. Availing yourself of the Sacrament of Reconciliation after only a few days has been really deemed unnecessary and perhaps unhealthy, spiritually. Since the Church asks us to examine trends or directions in our lives before confessing, a few days or a week is generally not enough time to notice such things. One might prepare by reading an "examination of conscience". It is a good thing to avoid a "laundry list" of sins.
2. The Church law states that you must perform "Easter duty," which is celebrating the Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation) and receiving communion once a year during the Easter season. The Easter season is defined as beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Trinity Sunday, one week after Pentecost.
3. The obligation for Reconciliation once a year is always there, if there is a serious sin.
4. It is strongly advised that you not rush into the Reconciliation Room unprepared. The penitent should spend some time in reflection before even approaching the priest. The penitent would do well to be ready in other ways, as well. Know what to say at the beginning, know how you will express your sorrow (Act of Contrition). Be aware of what you are supposed to say in response to the priest. Printed materials on going to confession will soon be available in the Church.
5. Attend to the coming times of change for receiving the Sacrament. These will be announced very soon and will be quite different from what it is now. Of course, there is always the option of making an appointment with one of the friar priests.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a special and wonderful gift from God to the Church. It is always good to participate in it. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity for growth in relationship with God.
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Former exchange student convicted of killing her roommate in Italy in 2007 was found guilty for the second time on Thursday January 30, CNN reports.
In 2009 Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher. After evidence was re examined an appeals court over turned the conviction and Knox was released from an Italian prison in 2011.
After deliberations of a third trail which began September 2013 a judge sentenced Knox to 28 ½ and Sollecito to 25 years in prison on Thursday January 30.
Knox was not present for her sentencing but provided a statement from her home in Seattle.
"I am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict," she said in written remarks. "Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system. The evidence and accusatory theory do not justify a verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. ...There has always been a marked lack of evidence."
Knox's attorney provided some insight on the extradition of Amanda Knox
"It's really not in play right now, because first of all, she has another appeal to the Supreme Court of Italy," he told CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. "In Italy, under their system, you're still actually presumed innocent until that third, final stage."
Knox spoke with Italian daily La Repubblica earlier this month about her plans if she were found guilty in the latest trial, she replied, "I will become ... a fugitive."