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My Section C gelding had laminitis last summer and then again this year. In the past I've got him to lose weight by avoiding hay, but now he's sharing a field with other horses who are all fed hay. This means he's getting some, and he's putting weight back on. I'm not feeding anything but a few carrots and apples – I hate the thought of him being hungry but can't risk him gaining weight. Can you help?
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as with many people , work is a very stressful place, one that will provoke eating to many snacks and make you angry at everyone, well today my Q.A decided to not listen and I got jumped , threatened with a write up, and I started to get mad, I mean I could not even ask a simple question about my job and how she wanted me to proceed with it, she said DONT ARGUE WITH ME!!! after about an hour , ok maybe 2, lol, I polite asked why I could not even ask a question ( this is to the assistant who was also there before) and she said that she did not think I was trying to argue but that's how i came across, we talked a little , I listened anyway, LOL and I realize that being raised with a mom and sister that think I should always keep quite , that they are always right and I am always wrong ( they still do) has made me assert my opinion in an aggressive manner just to be heard( just like when I was little, lol) .
I realize that I come off as pushy when I'm upset and feel I'm not heard, but at least I realize & understand why and I realize that I get aggressive when I want to share my opinion and I feel that it doesn't matter to who I'm talking to and that realization is creating and understanding of things in my past and helping me to work on making that issue better.
before at any time things like that has happened I would be upset the rest of the day, mad at everyone , resentful, with meditation, listening to my inner core I am growing and understanding how people effect me by their actions and words, I am gaining my control and not leaving it to the will of others and how they feel.
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James Panero and me discussing social networking media face-to-face over pizza and beer at an exhibition at STOREFRONT in Bushwick. Photo courtesy Jason Andrew.
In "My Jerry Saltz Problem," a spiritedly discursive philippic in the New Criterion about the changing nature of art criticism, James Panero articulates how disgruntled print journalists and traditional art critics feel about new media such as blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. Panero pines for the longer deadlines, the romantic hours spent at his desk crafting insightful long-form essays, the touch and feel of ink on coated paper, the discrete objects known as magazines. Then he suggests that Jerry Saltz, one of the few art critics to fully embrace social networking tools, has compromised the art critic's role by becoming part of the story. "On Facebook and now elsewhere online," Panero writes, "Saltz regularly mixes portentous metaphysical questions with internet messianism, unctuous flattery of his followers, treacly self-doubt, and gaseous emissions of political cant. The ultimate topic of discussion is not art or even his devoted followers, but Jerry Saltz himself." As both a social media proselytizer and an enthusiastic contributor to traditional print publications, I think Panero is exaggerating the downside and missing the upside of the new media's effect on art discourse.
When I started blogging at Two Coats of Paint, blogs were still generally considered the domain of exhibitionist teenagers and oversharing adults. This reputation was somewhat deserved, but I loved the immediacy of the process, the ability to link easily to related online content, the conversations that developed with other artists, and the small but generous art-blogging community. Then Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools emerged and expanded the internet's potential as an engine of dialogue and mobilization well beyond the whims of narcissistic shut-ins. At one point, a writer friend who, like Panero, valued print publications more highly than online publishing, suggested I submit an article for publication in a print magazine. I saw it as a new challenge, and perhaps as a good way to promote the blog. When the article was accepted, my friend was pleased and saw it as a validation of my online work.
Of course, I was used to the immediacy of blogging. Several rounds of editing, contract approval, gathering legal images, and the long wait until the article was ultimately published were a little exasperating. If the article was timely when I wrote it, the drawn-out process threatened to render my ideas old news by the time anyone else got to read them. To make matters worse, print publications often withhold online content in order to encourage readers to buy the magazine, so initially there was no way to link to the article from the blog and get a conversation started. Even though I was often paid for print articles, I preferred the public profile and immediate back-and-forth that blogging provided. Yet publication in print undeniably gave me more respectability in the art criticism community, which in turn helped increase the readership of my blog. So in my experience, blogging and print are evolving as complementary rather than truly competitive modes of publication – or at least that is the most constructive way to think about and shape the relationship.
From that point of view, perhaps Panero and others who scold Saltz for degrading his print brand with an uneven and impetuous online presence should be less wary of social media's encroachment on old-school dialogue and more supportive of the risks Saltz is taking in venturing into new territory. Traditional journalists and art critics tend to dismiss Saltz's move to Facebook (and more recently, Twitter and blogging) as an expression of self-indulgent megalomania. But that assumes an improbable degree of calculation on his part. It seems to me that Saltz just took a shot at something new, intrigued by the prospect of quick and unmediated feedback. On account of the name recognition he had established as a print journalist, he had a huge Facebook following within weeks – he and I have been Facebook friends since he joined in 2009 – before he had any clear idea of how social networking might affect his status and perspective as a critic. Notwithstanding Panero's fear and loathing, Saltz is a long way from becoming the Hunter S. Thompson of art criticism. His stumbles and excesses – highly visible and heavily scrutinized due to his pre-internet exposure – are simply part of the process of acclimating to a new environment.
Panero suggests that involvement with social media might compromise a critic's independence. But professional conflict of interest on account of social relationships is nothing new. What's new is that thanks to Facebook and Twitter awkward relationships between critics and those who want something from them are no longer secret. On balance, that seems a good thing. In any case, there is nothing intrinsic to a writer's online activity that imperils his or her credibility as a "serious" art critic. It remains eminently possible, if not likely, that Saltz's print publications and online presence will cross-fertilize and establish a healthy and sustainable equilibrium.
Although critics tend to label Saltz's Facebook friends sycophantic loyalists, there's more synergy there than meets the eye: they have used Saltz's Facebook wall to build a real community. It's true that to an extent the internet has "dematerialized" our social relationships, but virtual relationships do have genuine substance. For extremely sociable, outgoing people (which hugely successful artists and writers are more likely to be), the dearth of more tactile contact may be lamentable. For less extroverted types (including many artists of less conspicuous achievement), though, it's something of a relief that lowers the threshold for productive interaction and networking. Relationships formed online still eventually lead to the real-life interaction that Panero applauds – studio visits, art exhibitions, and more. On that score, Panero's viewpoint and my own converge: to have an authentic art experience, there's no substitute for seeing art "in the flesh."
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Louis (or Antoine?) Le Nain
French (c. 1600/1603–1648)
17th century
c. 1642
Oil on canvas
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The Le Nain brothers––Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu––were born in Laon and settled in the artist's community of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in Paris, by 1629. The brothers were founding members of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1648.
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Pieter Jansz. Saenredam
Dutch (1597–1665)
17th century
Oil on panel
22 7/8 x 20 in. (58.1 x 50.8 cm) Framed: 32 1/8 x 29 x 2 7/8 in. (81.6 x 73.7 x 7.3 cm)
Following a lengthy apprenticeship with a local Haarlem painter, Pieter Saenredam made a career specializing in what might be termed architectural portraiture.
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The Madonna and Child with Saint Martina
Pietro da Cortona
Italian (1596–1669)
17th century
c. 1645
Oil on canvas
27 9/16 x 22 13/16 in. (70 x 58 cm) Framed: 39 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (99.1 x 90.1 x 8.3 cm)
In this devotional painting, Saint Martina, a third-century martyr who was put to death for refusing to worship idols, gazes fervently at the Christ Child while holding the forked iron hook with which she was tortured, and accepting the palm of martyrdom.
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Edo period (1615–1868)
c. 1650
Stoneware with transparent glaze, iron oxide, and colored enamels (Oribe ware)
4 13/16 x 8 x 7 13/16 in. (12.3 x 20.3 x 19.9 cm)
The name of Oribe ware derives from the tea-ceremony practitioner and warrior of the Momoyama period, Furuta Oribe (1544–1615), the most devoted student of Sen no Rikyu (1522–1591), one of the most famous tea-ceremony masters in Japan.
Gong Xian
Chinese (1618–1689)
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
c. 1650
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
79 x 17 3/16 in. (200.7 x 43.7 cm)
The greatest individualist painter of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Gong Xian was well educated, an accomplished poet and calligrapher, but lived essentially as an impoverished recluse.
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Bernardo Cavallino
Italian (1616–c. 1656)
17th century
c. 1650
Oil on copper
24 1/8 x 35 1/8 in. (61.2 x 89.2 cm) Framed: 36 3/4 x 46 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (93.4 x 119.1 x 6.4 cm)
One of the leading painters of Baroque Naples, Bernardo Cavallino was influenced by masters as diverse as Caravaggio and Rubens. He developed a distinctive manner marked by the dramatic play of light and action.
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Rough Sea at a Jetty
Jacob van Ruisdael
Dutch (1628/29–1682)
17th century
Oil on canvas
38 3/4 x 51 3/4 in. (98.5 x 131.4 cm) Framed: 51 x 65 x 4 in. (129.5 x 165.1 x 10.2 cm)
Jacob van Ruisdael elevated landscape painting to the level of high art. Recording the familiar wooded hills, flat farmlands, and coastal dunes of the Netherlands, his work went beyond the topographic accuracy of earlier generations to achieve a sense of the monumental grandeur of nature.
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Bamboo, Rock, and Narcissus
Chen Jiayen
Chinese (1599–c. 1685)
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
31 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. (80 x 43.5 cm)
This painting of wild narcissi and short sprigs of young bamboo growing at the base of a rock is a masterwork of the artist Chen Jiayen. Forcefully executed with quick, bold brushstrokes in soft, gradated tones of ink wash, the primary forms of the Kimbell painting have a remarkable solidity.
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Modello for the Fountain of the Moor
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian (1598–1680)
17th century
31 11/16 in. (80.5 cm)
Bernini made this dramatic image of a triton (a minor sea-deity of Greek mythology) grappling with a fish atop a gigantic shell as a presentation model for Pope Innocent X Pamphili, who in 1651 commissioned the artist to design a new centerpiece for the fountain at the south end of the Piazza Navona
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Four Figures on a Step
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Spanish (1617–1682)
17th century
c. 1655–60
Oil on canvas
43 1/4 x 56 1/2 in. (109.9 x 143.5 cm) Framed: 55 1/2 x 69 in. (141 x 175.3 cm)
The leading religious painter of Seville and a great master of Spain's golden age, Murillo was one of the most celebrated of all European artists until his reputation was eclipsed by those of Velázquez and El Greco in the late nineteenth century.
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Edge of a Forest with a Grainfield
Jacob van Ruisdael
Dutch (1628/29–1682)
17th century
c. 1656
Oil on canvas
41 × 57 1/2 in. (104.1 × 146.1 cm)
Jacob van Ruisdael, one of the greatest landscape painters of all time, flourished in the latter half of the seventeenth century, Holland's "Golden Age." Born in Haarlem in 1628 or 1629, the son of a painter and picture dealer, Ruisdael was probably tutored by his uncle Salomon van Ruysdael, another
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Dentist by Candlelight
Gerrit Dou
Dutch (1613–1675)
17th century
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The contemporary of Johannes Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch, Gerrit Dou was the founder of the so-called fijnschilders ("fine painters") of his native Leiden, notable for the miniaturistic detail and polished surface of their work.
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Italian (1615–1673)
17th century
Oil on canvas
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Born and educated in Naples, Rosa lived for more than eight years in Florence before settling in Rome in 1649. He was impressed by both the naturalism of Ribera and the classicism of Poussin, but, being extremely independent of spirit and confident of his own genius, he allied himself with no one.
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Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch (1606–1669)
17th century
Oil on canvas
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Rembrandt van Rijn is recognized as the greatest Dutch painter of the seventeenth century, famed for his versatility in all genres: portraits, landscapes, and history painting, including secular, religious, and mythological subjects.
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Angel with the Superscription and Angel with the Crown of Thorns
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian (1598–1680)
17th century
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The leading sculptor of Baroque Italy, Gianlorenzo Bernini, reshaped the ancient city of Rome in a series of brilliant architectural and sculptural projects that affirmed its identity as the seat of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Arhat and Deer
Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Late 17th century
Ink, mineral pigments, and gold on silk
31 x 35 in. (78.7 x 88.9 cm)
The blending of Korean Shamanist and traditional Buddhist iconographies can be seen in this painting of an arhat and deer.


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Sport: Thousands of runners, performers and spectators participated in one of Luxembourg City's best known and largest international events on Saturday.
Ten thousand runners participated in the 7th ING europe-marathon Luxembourg's full, half, mini and team runs, according to Erich François, managing director of event organiser step by step. That figure was up from 8,000 in previous years. The extra slots were added because of strong registration demand, with François reporting that more than 1,600 applications to run had to be declined last year.
Bellor Yator of Kenya won the race in a record time of 2:13:45 hours--that was still over his 2012 personal best of 2:09:21 hours, but enough to beat countrymen Kiprotich Kirui (2:19:39 hours) und Stephen Rutto (2:21:27 hours).
Mahlet Melese of Ethiopia took the women's title with a time of 2:45:56 hours, just 11 minutes shy of last year's record time, achieved by Rael Kiyara of Kenya.
Yet runners were only some of those who took part. About 40 bands performed along the course, including the now-famous Samba de Luxe, a mini-festival featuring international samba bands.
In addition, an estimated 150,000 spectators lined the race through the heart of Luxembourg City. Visitors are reckoned to have spent about two million euro over the weekend.


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The 2012-2013 Rebel basketball seasons may have recently wrapped up for the year, but the stands were filled and the sound of squeaking shoes and basketballs hitting the floor filled the gym at MCC for one last time. Students and staff members from Murray County Central formed two teams to square off against each other, and though they were facing each other, they were actually one giant team competing against an even bigger opponent...Cancer.
The Coaches vs. Cancer event was held for another year at MCC and once again, everyone proved that that evil "C" word will always be the away team and that together, a school and community can rise up, give hope, and fight towards a cure. Since 1993, thousands of high schools from around the nation, along with over 2,000 Division I, II, and III colleges have participated in the Coaches vs. Cancer event. The idea started from former University of Missouri's head coach Norm Stewart and has prospered into the famous event of entertainment, fundraising, and fighting towards a cure.
The entertainment for the MCC version of Coaches vs. Cancer grew even more this year. With full rosters on the staff and student teams, local referees Tim Bass and Sam Jens sporting pink and black striped uniforms, along with half time entertainment that most people never saw coming, the night ended up being more successful than last year's event. In fact, it was almost twice as good as last year's event.
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Osteosarcoma (also known as osteogenic sarcoma) is a tumor that almost always arises in a bone, most commonly near the growth plates around the knee, arms, legs and pelvis. It is the most common type of pediatric bone tumor. Osteosarcoma occurs more frequently in males than in females; and usually affects adolescents and young adults between the ages of 10 and 25. Like all sarcomas, the tumor is highly malignant and can metastasize (spread) rapidly to other bones and to the lungs. Accurate diagnosis and staging, and prompt, carefully orchestrated therapy are particularly critical when treating osteosarcoma.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital has a multidisciplinary team of experts with the experience and advanced resources to diagnose, analyze and treat osteosarcoma and other less common types of bone sarcoma. Pediatric oncologists, radiation oncologists, orthopaedic surgeons, pathologists, nurse specialists and others at Comer Children's work together as a team to strive for the best results for children with bone sarcomas.
What are the Symptoms of Osteosarcoma?
The most common symptoms of osteosarcoma are:
- Sharp or dull pain at the site of the tumor
- Swelling and/or redness at the site of the tumor
- Increased pain with activity or lifting
- Limping
- Decreased movement of the affected limb
Pain and swelling in arms and legs are not uncommon in teens and young adults, especially young athletes. When the pain and/or swelling persists, gets worse at night or during exercise, or begins to interfere with activity, a doctor should be consulted.
State-of-the-Art Diagnostics
Getting the correct diagnosis is critical, but isn't always simple. Multilevel, advanced diagnostics are necessary to detect, locate, identify and stage osteosarcoma. Once a tumor is suspected, your care team will perform state-of-the art imaging studies and procedures including:
- X-ray -- to confirm the presence of a tumor
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or Computed Tomography (CT) scan -- to determine the extent of the tumor
- Bone scan -- to identify any additional sites of bone involvement
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan -- to find small tumors or check if treatment is working effectively
- Biopsy -- to remove tissue from the tumor for microscopic examination by an expert pathologist
Using extensive, specialized testing of the tissue, the pathologist is able to confirm the diagnosis and identify the type of sarcoma. The sarcoma team then assigns a stage to the tumor, defining whether the tumor is localized to only one site or has spread to other sites. Having the correct diagnosis and stage assignment is critical for optimal treatment planning.
Advanced Treatments
There are several steps in the treatment of osteosarcoma. Most patients with osteosarcoma need to be treated with chemotherapy first. Even if the cancer appears to be localized to one place, we know that microscopic amounts of osteosarcoma cells may have spread around the body but are not detectable. Second, effective osteosarcoma therapy nearly always includes surgery to remove all visible tumor. Usually, our osteosarcoma team uses chemotherapy to shrink the tumor before surgery. This is done to have a better chance of removing the tumor without significantly interfering with function or needing an amputation. Chemotherapy is often used again after surgery to destroy any remaining cancer cells where the primary tumor had been and in other sites as mentioned above. If complete removal of the tumor is not possible or if we can still detect cancer in the tissue surrounding the tumor site after the surgery, radiation may also be necessary. At Comer Children's, we have the capability to provide all of these treatment options on-site, which enables the team to effectively coordinate each child's care and to readily modify treatment plans as the cancer responds to therapy.
Some patients may be eligible for studies of the very newest therapies through clinical trials being conducted at Comer Children's. Parents are closely involved in deciding whether or not to enroll their child in a clinical trial. Clinical trials are only considered by the sarcoma team if they are thought to provide the best chance to cure the osteosarcoma.
Innovative Surgery Saves Limbs, Protects Growth
At Comer Children's, we carefully balance the need to surgically treat bone cancer with the desire to keep kids active and functioning normally throughout their childhood and into adulthood. There are different types of surgery required during treatment for osteosarcoma. Surgeries are tailored to fit the needs of each patient:
- Resection -- removal of the original tumor
- Limb-sparing surgery -- removal of the affected bone, saving the limb from amputation. This is done in most cases.
- Articular-sparing surgery -- removal of the tumor and reconstructing the bone/limb while preserving the joints.
- Amputations -- removal of all or part of the limb. It is rarely done and used as a last resort, when it is the only option for cure.
- Metastases surgery -- removal of tumor that has spread to other places, usually to the lungs
Orthopaedic surgeons at Comer Children's have been leaders in less-extreme surgical treatment of bone cancers for more than 20 years. In the 1980s, our surgeons were among the first in the U.S. to perform limb-sparing surgery as an alternative to amputation. We use state-of-the-art prostheses to rebuild the involved cancerous bone and joint removed during surgery. With physical therapy, nearly all patients are able to walk soon after surgery.
Today, our surgeons are among the first worldwide performing "articular-sparing" (joint -sparing) resection to preserve the joint surfaces and long-term functioning for kids with bone cancer. This intricate technique preserves as much of the child's healthy bone as possible. In certain scenarios, they are also able to spare the growth plates, preserving bone growth as the child grows. Like matching together jagged pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, the orthopaedic surgeon removes cancerous bone and then fits together the child's own healthy bone with bone from a bone tissue bank (i.e. allograft bone). The result: a bone or joint that is strong, stable and has the best chance to grow normally.
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Through intimate stories told in moving images and on the airwaves, CONTESTED explores how sports in America bind us together while deepening our divisions—and help to shape, in surprising ways, how we think about success and defeat.
Sports occupy an outsized space in the life of the United States. They are part of the water we swim in. In forty American states, the highest-paid public employee is not the governor or the president of the university system but a football or basketball coach. TV viewers consistently rate ESPN the cable channel they value most. A majority of American children, boys and girls, now participate in an organized sport at some point in their lives.
Sports are a half-trillion-dollar-a-year entertainment industry that merits its own section in most newspapers—but media typically look at sports on their own terms: who won, who lost, who's the greatest player. And almost all of that coverage is about the 1 percent of athletes competing at the highest levels of college and professional sport. We may be tempted to think of sports as a trivial sideshow, not part of the "real" business of building a society and working out our differences.
With our multi-year project Contested we set out to take a different kind of look, to tell stories exploring the role of sports in the lives of regular people; in particular, young people. Sports often play a huge role in the aspirations of kids, and their parents, as they pursue the American Dream. Contested suggests that sports mirror American society in ways both encouraging and troubling. The first major iteration of the project was a one-hour broadcast produced for NPR's State of the Re:Union that tells Durham, North Carolina–based stories about young athletes and their families (scroll down for short video profiles). Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the work on Contested continues. Stay tuned, there's more to come.
Meet the family of Thomas Schmidt, a high school lacrosse player in Durham, North Carolina. Thomas earned an athletic scholarship to Boston University after years of determined effort — and after large investments of time, and money, by his parents. Multiple traveling teams, individual strength training, recruitment camps, a plan for a "post-graduate" year playing lacrosse at a prep school: the Schmidts have gone to great lengths to help Thomas achieve his dreams as a lacrosse player.
"We live in a society now where sports is everywhere, is inescapable, and where it's linked to everything. … Our mythical heroes, the Odysseuses and Agamemnons of our age, are basketball players and football players."—Orin Starn, Chair and Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
Meet La'Toya Taylor, a single mom who shares a love of football with her five young kids. Two of her sons, Geonnie Brodie and Jalanie Taylor, are players in the local Pop Warner football league, the Durham Eagles. La'Toya, who works as a certified nurse's assistant, struggles to pay the hundreds of dollars it takes for her sons to pursue football each season, but she does it anyway.
"Too many of our children have come to believe that it's easier to become a black professional athlete than a doctor or lawyer. … In fact, there are more board-certified cardiologists than there are black professional basketball players."
— Henry Louis Gates, Professor of English and Director of the W.E.B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University
Meet Callie Scher, co-captain of the women's soccer team at Durham's Jordan High School. A fiercely competitive athlete, Callie is also a passionate fan—of Duke men's basketball, first and foremost, but of other sports as well. It's not lost on her that girls have all but caught up to boys in rates of sports participation, but that sports in the public mind, and certainly in the media, are still a man's world. That chasm plays out in the culture of her school.
"We turn to sports with the idea that it's going to transcend these social issues, but sports winds up intensifying them more than transcending them." —Gerald Early, Professor of English and African and Afro-American Studies, Washington University


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Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: A Little Funk And Soul
Sharon Jones has come a long way from Riker's Island in New York City, where she worked for several years as a prison guard. Jones is the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, an old-school funk and soul group based in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
The group has just released its fourth album, I Learned the Hard Way, which captures the old soul sound of the 1960s and 1970s by using analog recording equipment.
In a 2007 interview on Fresh Air, Jones and bassist Gabriel "Bosco Mann" Roth joined host Terry Gross to discuss the band's style and the songwriting techniques employed on its third album, 100 Days, 100 Nights.
The Dap-Kings, whose members write and arrange many of their songs, also backed Amy Winehouse on several tracks from her album, Back to Black, including "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good"; they also played on Michael Buble's album Crazy Love. The group's cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" was recently featured in the movie Up in the Air.
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College Hockey:Air Force completes sweep against Quinnipiac
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For the first time in school history, the Air Force Falcons hockey team swept a ranked opponent, beating 14th-ranked Quinnipiac 3-1 Saturday at the Academy's Cadet Ice Arena. The Falcons beat the Bobcats 4-1, on Friday.
With the win, Air Force head coach Frank Serratore earned his 200th career victory. He has won 151 games at Air Force and needs just four more wins to become the all-time winningest coach in Air Force history.
The Falcons drew first blood with a power-play goal at 11:59 of the first period. Greg Flynn passed to Eric Ehn at the center point and Ehn's shot was tipped in by Michael Mayra for his first goal of the season. Neither team scored in the second period as the Falcons held a 1-0 lead after 40 minutes of play.
The Falcons scored two goals early in the third period to extend their lead to 3-0. Sophomore Jeff Hajner scored at the 3:45 mark when Matt Fairchild passed to Hajner in the right corner. Hajner skated up to the half boards, turned and sent a puck on net that hit goaltender Peter Vetri in the leg and went in for Hajner's first of the season. Just 57 seconds later, Flynn gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead when his slap shot from the left side blue line beat Vetri high.
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Quinnipiac pulled the goaltender with 2:20 remaining, but got just one shot on net with the extra skater on the ice. Quinnipiac out-shot Air Force for the second straight night, this time by a 22-16 margin. Volkening made 21 saves while Vetri stopped 13 of the 16 shots he faced.
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Michele, great way to frame the issue and prompt marketers to think differently about requiring registration. I'd like to think most B2B marketing departments are savvy enough to require registration only when tied to lead-generation objectives (versus goals of visibility). As you say, what's the point of collecting all that information if the leads are worthless. However, until marketers are measured on something other than leads, it's likely going to be some time before registration disappears. Add to that what it would take to consider registration in relation to the prospect's place in the buying cycle, and marketers have really got their work cut out for them. Having said all that, I'm in complete agreement with your suggestions. I just wonder what it will take for marketers to get from here to there.
I've been thinking a lot of the registration process lately. How should marketers decide if they want to require registration for their latest offer? In the past, it seemed common to require registration for most things. It's an easy trade: a bit of information for some content, right? What's the harm in that?
Well, I've had three "ah ha" moments that have changed my opinion on this.
Ah ha moment #1: By losing control of your content, you can get a lot more visibility.
Like Jamie eloquently outlined in a previous post, David Meerman Scott puts together a great case for "losing control of your content" in his book, World Wide Rave. I loved the book as well, and in addition to the points Jamie raised, this quote jumped out at me:
"When you eliminate the requirement of supplying personal information in order to receive something, the number of downloads or views goes up by as much as a factor of 50. That's right -- if you require an email address or other personal information, perhaps only 2 percent of your audience will bother to download your stuff."
I knew that not requiring registration would increase how many people viewed your content, but I never imagined it would be that much.
Takeaway: Unless building a list (a perfectly legitimate objective), consider removing the registration requirement to get a lot more exposure. And, on a related note, I've read time and time again, that for each additional field you require in the registration process, the less likely it is that someone will register, so ask only for what is necessary.
Ah ha moment #2: Marketing often does not have a good plan for the leads they collect.
My second "ah ha" moment was more gradual. I've read -- and experienced -- the pains in the lead follow up process: marketing collects leads, passes them to sales, sales calls a few and gets no where and declares the leads "junk." The issue, of course, is that the leads marketing is turning over are not sales-ready.
As a result, marketing needs to nurture leads in a way that moves them through the funnel until they are sales-ready. But, this does not often happen. So, if you don't have a plan to follow up productively with your leads, I would certainly consider not collecting information from your prospects.
I would also argue that you need a plan in place to follow up with leads in the near future. If you are collecting names just to have them in your back pocket when you get a system in place, you're doing yourself and your prospect a disservice. It just doesn't make sense to go back to someone months later and try to engage them in a conversation.
Takeway: Unless you have a plan to follow up and nurture your leads now, strongly consider letting your content go viral.
Ah ha moment #3: Only require registration for offers designed for later in the buying process.
My third "ah ha" moment came this week when I read a fabulous post from Chris Koch that made the point that we should we consider someone's place in the buying cycle when deciding if we should require registration and determining how much information we need.
Makes a lot of sense! I have often considered how content and marketing should reflect where someone is in the buying process, but I hadn't thought about how this should impact what is required for registration.
Takeaway: If you have designed content to be used earlier in the buying process, strongly consider not requiring registration as sales does not have much use for the leads (unless, of course, as stated above, you have a plan to nurture them).
As mentioned, my philosophy on requiring registration has been evolving, and I expect it to change more. I'd love to get your thoughts on how you decide what should require registration. What's your philosophy?
Related posts:
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- 20 Support Cases for Using Social Media in B2B Marketing - by Jamie Wallace
- 11 Golden Rules for Lead Generation That Works - by Stephanie Tilton
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What a great point you make: it is difficult for marketers to think differently about registration if one of the primary metrics they are measured on is leads generated. And, you're also right that this is a lot for anyone to think about.
My philosophy is in taking small steps to improve your current processes (otherwise, it can be totally overwhelming to figure all this out while still doing your job). Even though it may take some (or a lot) of time to "get from here to there," I think marketers can start small. For instance, map out the buying cycle and determine how content fits in; it will be a draft, but it's a start. Or look at various offers to see what kind of response they are getting; if leads aren't converting to opportunities, consider removing the registration requirement. The tides are shifting, I think, but it's going to take time.
Thanks for the great thought starters!
Great post. Thanks for including me. The statement about marketing not having a good plan for the "leads" is so true!
Part of the problem, Michele, is that we marketers have taught customers only too well. A couple of years ago, I would've gladly given some info in return for a whitepaper or ebook. But then I got slammed with tons of email with irrelevant offers.
So I learned my lesson. Unless I REALLY need that whitepaper, I'm not giving away nuthin'. And unfortunately, so many other people have performed the same calculus. Hence the problem with registration...
Point #2 is great. Sometimes the notion that you must have registration in place is so ingrained that it's forgotten what actually has to happen afterwards.
Perhaps it is me, but it seems like it is a newer revelation that marketing should take the responsibility of nurturing registrants (from WP's, case studies etc) until they are ready to get into the sales cycle.
David: Your books and blog have really given me a new perspective on how to market. Thanks for the inspiration.
Jonathan: You're right that the registration requirement really scares some people away. And, I also think it stops people from recommending pieces behind reg forms becasue they don't want to responsible for a possible deluge of email. I will say, though, that I still register for a lot of white papers, ebooks and such, and the vast majority of time, I am surprised at how little I am contacted. Why ask me to take the time to fill out the form if you're never going to do anything with my info? Not that I mind the lack of email as I am typically not looking to buy, but just another side of that coin.
Derek: I think you're right that asking for registration is habit, or, as I mentioned in my post, people have this nebulous plan of what they will do with the leads "someday." The concept of lead nurturing from a marketing perspective is somewhat new, and I think there are a lot of opportunities to stand out if you do it well.
Thanks to everyone for stopping by!
I think it depends a lot on the type of content. David's probably right that a whitepaper download will drop from 50% to 2% because most whitepapers fail the "valuable content" test. Check out 5 Must Haves for a Strong Call to Action.
I totally agree with point #2. I think this has become a problem because marketers have incrementally crept into the sales space without knowing it. Handling qualified leads should be the responsibility of the sales team, not marketing.
I disagree with point #3. I feel marketing is losing good opportunities by using non-effective "nurturing" techniques. In fact, as a B2B sales person, I don't even like the term "nurturing" because it implies delay. In a tough, complex B2B sale delaying the connection between the sales team and the prospect is fatal. Sales needs to find prospects early in the cycle to deliver its value proposition first and nurturing prevents that. I can see nurturing for B2C but not B2B. Marketing's problem is that it does not understand what B2B customers need early in the buying cycle and so it cannot come up with offers that will filter and capture high-quality prospects.
It's great to get the perspective of someone from sales. I've worked with closely with sales for years and have set up programs where we determined how and when leads will be turned over to them. From my experience, it all comes down how sales defines "highly qualified" leads. This often means prospects who are more advanced in the buying cycle, but this means something different for most sales teams. It's definitely an ongoing process that requires a lot of communication.
I have seen instances where marketing nurtures the leads, and it works great, but, as you mention, the nurturing program needs to be effective. Again, the two teams need to work together.
I also think it is tough to get highly-qualified leads early in the buying process. If the offer is meant to generate awareness, that prospect isn't likely to be sales-ready. Again, it depends on what your definition of highly-qualified is.
One approach that may help is to 1) determine who is involved in the buying process; 2) create a buyer persona for each group; 3) map out the buying cycle; and 4) map the content that you have - and need - to move someone along the path to purchase. By seeing everything laid out, it can help sales and marketing get on the same page and determine where and how each group would best be involved.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your ideas. Good stuff to think about.
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The modern resurgence of indie film has given rise to a new breed of crowd-sourced creative projects, opening a fresh and exciting avenue for upcoming filmmakers to debut their talents to an enthusiastic audience. One such film is "Blue Like Jazz", a contemporary tale of a nineteen-year-old Texas college sophomore attempting to escape his Bible Belt upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at the "most godless campus in America".
Starring Austin, Texas native Marshall Allman as "Don", the film has been cited as the "largest crowd-sourced creative project" ever, which bespeaks greatly of the commitment of its prospective audience. Allman, who currently plays Tommy Mickens in the acclaimed HBO vampire drama True Blood, has quickly made a solid name for himself as an actor, proving himself a diverse and rapidly evolving cinematic talent. Allman made his debut at the age of seventeen in a summer production of Clive Barker's "The History of the Devil". He has since claimed roles in such noted television series as "Mad Men", "Prison Break", "Law and Order: SVU", "Men of a Certain Age", "Eli Stone", "The Closer" and "Grey's Anatomy", among many others.
"Blue Like Jazz" will premiere at the Storyline Conference in Portland, Oregon on June 6th and 7th, 2011. At the conclusion of the conference, the film will then be screened in several cities around the country. The schedule and registration page can be located on the Storyline website.
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Chick Corea: Tempus Fugit
Tempus Fugit
Chick Corea (piano)
Remembering Bud Powell (Stretch: SCD-9012-2)
Chick Corea (piano), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Joshua Redman (tenor sax), Christian McBride (bass), Roy Haynes (drums).
Composed by Bud Powell.
Recorded: Los Angeles, 1996
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
In early 1949, with sidemen Ray Brown and Max Roach, Bud Powell first recorded what would become a jazz standard, and it surely stands as one of my favorite compositions in the bebop canon. This all-star aggregation from 1996 plays it with the fire it deserves, thanks in no small part to the presence of Roy Haynes. The drummer, who first recorded with Powell the same year as the aforementioned waxing of this piece, brings much to this session. His spirit and energy seem everywhere without running roughshod over the other players. Often these "superstar" turns can be stilted affairs, but the solos here feel driven, and the ensemble work sounds fresh throughout.
Reviewer: Frank Murphy
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Officer: Sir something strange is happening, an unkown anomly has appeared right beside us!
Admiral Odin: Nav put some distance between the fleet and that thing.
Nav:to late it is sucking us in, I can't stop it.
Admiral Odin:Full power to the shields
1 hour later the 6th fleet is transported back to the battle.
Captain:Sir it appears that the fleet is in tack but we have been transported back in time.
Admiral Odin: Battlestations, launch fighters, gunners target that Eclipse I want it down before it can shoot it's superlaser at us.
Captain:All fighters launched, getting an update from the rest of the fleet, the 6th is all here, and also are those ships that have been destroyed. Admiral Ackbar's command ship has been destroyed, he made it which leaves you in command of the entire Republic Fleet.
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pen a comm to all ships, I want status on how the battle is progressing.
Rogue leader come up to point 10.6 there is an opening to make a run on a defenless SD, take it out.
Gold Lead, ties coming in from below
Knight Squad concentrate fire upon that Borg ship.
Blue Squad support the Knights.
Have War Sword move behind the Eclipse and start opening up on the stern. Defiant come about and target the SD Devieator. Pull those carries back they don't have enough fire power to tack part in this battle.
Sensors Officer: Sir a ferderation ship fired something at that Eclipse and its shields are down.
Admiral Odin: Red,Green,Black,Grey Squads make your runs on the eclpise. Red squad Target the shield generators, Green the Superlasers, Black the Bridge and Grey fly support.
Squad Leaders:Acknowledge making runs now
Red 2:the fire is to inten........
Red Lead:hold them steady almost there.
Red:fire (shield Gens are destroyed.)
Green Lead:we taken out the superlaser
Blakc Lead:Bridge is gone.
Admiral Oding:Good that thing is going down, all ships back away. Comm open communications to Federation ships, tell them that we are here to help them, and we need to know what ships belong to the federation and what are their enemies.
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On March 25, 2014, David Brody posted a column to CBN News also criticizing Bill Maher for making fun of the Biblical story of Noah.
To his credit, Brody attempts to disguise his column with the deceptive title: "God Loves Bill Maher".
The disguise, however, is paper thin, as he he too ultimately cannot think of any way to respond except to insist that Bill Maher is going to go to Hell:
Bill, first of all: God is God and that means He can do whatever he wants, anytime He wants, for any reason He wants. He doesn't answer to Bill Maher or me or anybody.
Do I have all the answers when it comes to Noah and the ark? No. It's called a miracle by God. God can suspend natural order to do whatever He wants even if Bill Maher can't understand it. But if Bill wants some scientific proof, he can go to this really cool thing called "Google" and see it for himself.
Most scientists agree that there is ample evidence of a universal flood dating to Noah's time. Look it up, Bill. It's everywhere and many of the scientists are liberals! Those are your "peeps." Oh, and by the way 60 percent of people in America believe the story of Noah's ark is true. That puts you in the minority but at least that's a better place to be than hell.
Unfortunately, that's the location you're heading unless you repent and give your life over to Jesus. He LOVES you Bill, He loves me, you and every person reading this article right now.
Much like his American Taliban colleague Ken Ham, Brody evidently does not see the irony of God demonstrating his love for someone by casting them into Hell.
There also, by the way, are no scientists who have stated that there is any evidence whatsoever of a "universal flood" ever having occurred. The only thing even remotely close to such is a suggestion by some historians that the story may have been inspired by a localized event.
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Peruvian Vipertooth
XXXXX - Peru
See Dragons - Peruvian Vipertooth.
Swan-sized bird with red and gold plumage, golden beak, and golden talons.
The XXXX rating given to this gentle creature does not indicate ferocity,
but rather the rarity of successful attempts to domesticate it
The Moutohora Macaws have a phoenix for a mascot. His name, appropriately enough, is Sparky (QA8).
See Fawkes's page for more.
Native to Cornwall, these mischievous creatures are a bright electric blue in colour. They are very rude (CS6, FB).
In folklore, pixies, (or piksies, as they are also called), are typically found in Devon and Cornwall. They appear in various forms and are described as fond of music and dancing. Typically, they are helpful creatures who help with housework, and are even sometimes credited with creating clotted cream on Dartmoor for deserving housewives. On the other hand, pixies are just as likely to eat all the cream, since they're mischievous and fond of tricks. They will confuse travellers on the moors and have been accused of stealing children. Pixies wear green clothing to better blend in with their surroundings. They have slanted eyes and pointed ears, but they definitely aren't blue-skinned. They resemble wildly-dressed humans, not the electric blue imps seen in the Harry Potter books or film. (The Lexicon page 238)
A kind of fish, shaped like a ball with two long, rubbery legs and webbed feet. If you happen to spot a plimpy with its legs tied in a knot, you will know that merpeople are around (FB). The stream near Bottom Bridge, behind the Lovegoods' house, contains Freshwater Plimpies that Xenophilius uses to make soup (DH20). Luna carries a Gurdyroot to ward off Gulping Plimpies (HBP20).
"plim" Eng. a dialect word for becoming plump [NSOED]
These annoying little creatures are native to Russia. They love to follow people around, infusing them with a sense of hopelessness until the human collapses, at which point the pogrebin attempts to devour them. The Pogrebin resembles a grey rock with a small hairy body and it hides by crouching down and pretending to be nothing but a harmless stone (FB).
Found in Dorset, England and in southern Ireland, this short (about two feet high when fully grown), shaggy creature walks on two cloven-hoofed feet and feeds on grass. Its small arms end in four fingers. The porlock lives to guard horses and will be found with a herd or curled in the straw of stables, although it is so distrustful of humans that it is seldom seen (FB). The porlock is studied in Care of Magical Creatures (OP15, 20).
Porlock is a town located along the north coast of Devon, on the edge of Exmoor National Park. According to What's On Exmoor, "A large group of feral goats lived in this coastal area until about 1910 and their milk, skins and meat were traded at Porlock Weir..." Perhaps it is this bit of history that suggested the Porlock to Rowling.
Portuguese Long Snout Dragon
A breed of dragon not listed in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which appears in Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit. The Long Snout has scales of light green and black eyes, and is found in the north of Portugal, around Geres, an area of rocky summits and valleys (JKR).
A long-tongued custard-coloured little furball that makes a calming purring noise. These pleasant creatures are often kept as pets, particularly by wizarding children; Ron Weasley used to own one until Fred used it for Bludger practice. As scavengers that will eat anything from leftovers to spiders, they are very easy to care for. There was a nest of dead puffskeins under the sofa of the drawing room of number twelve, Grimmauld Place (OP6). Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells miniature puffskeins called Pygmy Puffs (HBP6).
If you immediately thought of "tribbles" from STAR TREK when you read about the "custard-colored furballs" in the Magical Menagerie, you're not alone. See the original series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" written by David Gerrold for more information on that subject. As a matter of fact, David Gerrold got the idea for Tribbles from "flat-cats" in a short story by Robert Heinlein.
Pygmy Puff
Sold by Fred and George in Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Pygmy Puffs are miniature puffskeins, "round balls of fluff in shades of pink and purple," that sell so quickly they "can't breed them fast enough." (HBP6) Ginny convinced her mother to buy one for her, and she named it Arnold. Arnold is frequently seen riding around on Ginny's shoulder in the Gryffindor common room, often with a hopeful Crookshanks trailing behind (HBP14).
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Feb. 6, 2013
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AUBURN, Ala. -
The Alabama men's basketball team fell to the Auburn Tigers, 49-37 in the Auburn Arena Wednesday night.
"We got outplayed in every facet of the game," UA head coach Anthony Grant said. "Their energy, their effort, their focus were much better than ours. I think in the second half it showed. You look at the run they went on and our inability to score. I think their effort was just much better than ours."
Leading by 10 points at halftime, the Tide was outscored 36-14 in the second half. Overall, Alabama shot just 28.6% (14-49) from the field. The Tiger's scored 21 points off 16 turnovers while Alabama had seven points off of 14 turnovers.
"We had opportunities in the first half," Grant said. "We were up 15-3 and we went almost seven minutes and didn't score a point. We didn't take advantage of the chances we were given."
The Tide was led by junior guard Trevor Releford and sophomore guard Rodney Cooper who both tallied 11 points. Sophomore guard Levi Randolph pulled down a team-high seven rebounds. Auburn also had two players in double digits, with forward Allen Payne and guard Josh Wallace each scoring 11.
"Their energy in the second half was much better than ours," Grant said. "They outhustled us for loose balls. They were able to get out in transition and get easy layups. Their effort kept going up and we didn't match that."
With the loss, the Tide goes to 14-8 on the season and 6-3 in Southeastern Conference play while Auburn is now 9-13 and 3-6 in the SEC.
"I told the guys that we all need to look at ourselves in the mirror because this game was completely on us in terms of the energy we need to play with in a game that meant as much as this one meant," Grant said.
Up next, the Tide returns to Coleman Coliseum on Saturday when it will face LSU. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be televised on ESPN2 while the radio broadcast will air on the Crimson Tide Sports Network.


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What is positive attitude?
Positive means "displaying affirmation or acceptance".
The dictionary meaning of attitude is "A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways".
What does 'positive attitude' mean? It is the (a) values and dispositions that generally display affirmation or acceptance to a situation, (b) willingness to be part of any promotive environment, (c) to unify in a situation creating and promoting salubrious conditions, (d) to accept a negative situation with generous or sportive feeling (e) to respect people on as is where is basis and (f) to behave in a way not to hurt a situation, an individual or a cause in question. We can define positive attitude in many positive ways. Positive attitude is the path for an individual's success in every walk of life.
Positive attitude has several forms. An individual who bears positive attitude may display it in variety of ways to suit the situational requirements. The importance of positive attitude is majorly emphasized in the context of youth who are in the path of acquiring knowledge, developing their future, making their career, or aiming to occupy leadership roles in future.
Every activity of ours from the time we wake up and till the time we retire to sleep involves communication. The activity could be interactions with family members, confabs with college mates, seeking advice from faculty, shopping things, communicating love to the significant other or any other activity. Communication doesn't be always with others. We too often communicate with ourselves. It may be once in a day, several times in a day or seldom in a week. In fact communicating with our own-self is the most important activity for self-development. The quality of response we receive from within us in such situations mostly depends on our attitude. Positive or negative it all will be in our perceptional understanding on related things. Thus, we reflect our attitude either positive or negative through our every day communication. Hence, we should be careful about the words we speak with others to reflect our personality appropriately.
What is positive attitude in practical sense? How should we reflect our positive attitude? Let us check how many of the following traits we practice in our day today life.
- I prefer to present my self with clean attire, groomed personality and attentive mind.
- I prefer fashion and trends. But I give importance to the situations that demand dress code or rules of communication.
- I give value to others thoughts. I am a good listener. I try to reflect my thoughts or conversation on need basis without outpouring my language skills or competence.
- I give value to the personal side of the individuals and respect them without reservations.
- I care for transparency, honesty and sincerity in what I do and in what I promise to do.
- I generally listen to the advice and suggestions of elders about my future growth.
- I generally invite criticism by faculty, teachers, seniors, mentors or elders with whom I interact for various purposes.
- I do not take things personal when others unnecessarily criticize me. I rather like to focus on other important matters or exit from the sight.
- I try to maintain cool and controlled temperament against instigation, indignation, or incitement.
- I am very emotional but I try to control my emotions and outbursts when situation arise.
- I prefer to speak soft without hurting others. I guard my communication so as to be free from accusations, blames or sarcastic remarks on others. I generally behave without inhibitions.
- I give utmost importance to my bodily gestures and gesticulations so as to present myself decent and attractive.
- I prefer to spend my time in a disciplined and productive way to achieve my short-term and long-term goals.
- I prefer change. I accept change wherever it is required for my growth and development.
- I am empathetic, caring and loving.
Positive attitude doesn't end at the thinking and reflecting our communication or presentation. It also reflects our seriousness about our future, our vision to achieve positive growth in future, and acting on required things positively ever.
Let us think positive and let us work positive for our growth and development.
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University of Missouri and All-American football player Michael Sam recently announced that he is "an openly, proud gay man." Hats off to Michael Sam as it takes guts to do what he did not only in the so-called manly world of football but in what continues to be a homophobic America. In regard to football, some surmise that Sam's disclosure will dampen his prospects during the upcoming professional football draft. If so, what a sad statement that would be for professional sports in America. In any case, there continues to be a harsh atmosphere in America for our LGBT brothers and sisters to live their lives as they choose.
A recent high-profile example of such homophobia is the ongoing decision by the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade organizers to ban LGBT groups from marching in the parade openly. A group of LGBT veterans wanted to march carrying their banner, a rainbow flag, identifying them as LGBT. Kara Coredini, the Executive Director of MassEquality, a Massachusetts gay rights advocacy organization, reported that no other group was asked to march without an identifying banner. The police, firefighters and those proclaiming to be Irish marched with identifying banners. Encouragingly, Boston Mayor Walsh did not march in the parade in support of the LGBT veteran's group.
Another high-profile example of homophobia is the recent proclamation by Phil Robertson, the Duck Dynasty patriarch, who believes that homosexuality is a sin similar to that of bestiality. As a Christian I understand where he is coming from, but we on earth, are not to judge others we are commanded to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. We may not like what others do but let God do the judging. Being a high-profile television celebrity tends to influence the easily influenced and perpetuates homophobia.
Homophobia is serious in America but absolutely devastating in other countries. Michael Sam would most likely have been condemned to life in prison in Uganda. The parliament in Uganda recently passed the, Anti-Homosexuality Bill also called the Kill the gays bill because initially Uganda wanted to execute people for being gay. Uganda has since modified the original 2009 bill which included a death penalty provision due to a global outcry.
It really is time for all of us to check ourselves and rethink what direction we want America to go in terms of the life our LGBT brothers and sisters live. They should not feel the need to make a pronouncement about their style of life or be subjected to a double standard in parades or anywhere else in America. Put in simple psychological terms, the style of life for LGBT's should become a social norm in America. Nothing short is socially acceptable.


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Vince Carter hit a buzzer beater three pointer that gave the Dallas Maverick a one point win over the San Antonio Spurs in game three of the 2014 playoffs. Carter nailed the corner basket with 1.7 seconds left as he received a pass from Jose Calderon, as Calderon himself was well defended and had to give up the ball.
Both the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs hit big shots throughout the game, but Vince Carter's shot was the biggest of them all, giving Dallas a 2-1 lead in the series. Though Carter hit the big shot, Monte Ellis kept the Dallas in great position to win this game as he scored 29 points to lead all scorers.


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By Philip W. Sandstrom
Copyright 2005 Philip W. Sandstrom
NEW YORK -- There was
a distinctly British air to the office romance created by Tami Stronach
in her dance-theater work "The Maid and the Marmalade," seen this
past Saturday at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church. In this
late 19th-century portrayal of office life, a maid, actually a secretary
in maid's clothing, and her boss, the editor, a round-ish man in
a suit complete with bowler hat move from intense detachment to
obvious attraction through the abandonment of the routine and the
embrace of the super-ordinary (or at least the more than ordinary).
The dance opens with a sensual solo featuring Lindsey Dietz Marchant,
dressed in a red dress, swinging her hair in voluptuous loops while
crawling about the blond dance floor accompanied by bird songs.
(Only in retrospect do we realize that this dance may represent
the inner soul of the maid who so adoringly serves her editor.)
The next scene opens
on the office, just a desk, chair, and stand-up coat rack, managed
by the maid and overseen by three dancers positioned like statues
perched, above the stage, on ledges surrounding the St. Mark's altar.
The maid (Adrienne Kapstein) awakens from slumber and begins her
daily office duties of hanging up the boss's coat and hat, opening
the mail, and serving tea and toast. The editor (Richard Crawford)
reads the letters, signs them, and places them in an envelope, which
she licks and prepares for posting. This routine repeats itself
until the end of the workday, marked sonically by a buzzer. At this
juncture the boss dons his coat and hat and leaves; the maid falls
asleep on the desk. This pattern is repeated in a day in and day
out routine until the "Red Letter" arrives. Ah, the red letter day!
As the editor reads, and re-reads, this letter the routine slowly
changes, and so does the relationship. The alterations are subtle,
silly, yet exciting. The toast now is served with marmalade; the
tea is served with sugar! Finally the big change has consequences:
the editor misses a day of work! He belatedly arrives the day after
half-dressed. Protocol is abandoned; the maid becomes more empowered;
she dictates the changes; the editor likes it! Finally, the metamorphosis
becomes complete and we see signs of a budding romance; a passion
that has been hidden in the subtext emerges. The characters appear
happier in their new roles and with their new relationship.
This developing drama
is interspersed with dance provided by the three "statues": Stronach,
Kate Weare, and Isadora Wolfe; Marchant (the woman in red) and Adrian
Clark (a man in white). Whether situated eerily on the altar or
on the main stage level, these dances provide us with an insight
into the emotions the characters have been trying to suppress. Although
each dance appears to reflect or foreshadow the changes in the characters,
the dancing here is decidedly more aggressive and angst-driven than
the altar-office scenario. From a vigorous, almost violent, in-your-face
duet to a painful, anguished, yet sensual quartet danced to a tango,
the dance segments are the soul of the piece. The dance is the subtext;
it reveals the passionate undercurrent that the characters are unable
to completely express, even by the end of the drama.
As if this tension were
not enough, Act II of the program, "Contain Yourself, Darling,"
continues the pressure. From the opening solo by Monica Bill Barnes
(lit in an exquisite floating fashion by Kathy Kaufmann), that cuts
through the air with the intended precision of a smart bomb, to
the head swoops of Marchant, reminiscent of Jennifer Muller, trapped
in a bathtub on the church's altar under a painted sky by Kelly
Hanson, to the violent duet followed by the trio of women on the
verge, we are pushed to the edge. After Stronach's tour de force
spastic arm solo mirrored by Barnes, we are overwhelmed; we have
been carpet bombed. Finally, when Marchant begins shedding feathers,
like a pillow that has had its stuffing beaten out of it, we finally
realize the we're experiencing audience overload. The continued
intensity of the material has created a numbness that has overshadowed
the evening's works.
We are privileged to
experience some of the best performances, by some of the best performers
that downtown modern dance has to offer; but by the middle of the
evening's second part we are wishing that the show ended with the
first part. We could have gone home complacent, knowing we had seen
a complete and moving work with tremendous subtext and exquisite
execution. Instead we have been overwhelmed with material that is
too dense to digest in one sitting. Either piece would have made
a complete evening of performance; together they are too similar
and too much to absorb. The sum was less than equal to the addition
of the parts.
Stronach is a choreographic
doctor of the human condition, who knows what she is saying and
who is worth following. Her medicine is potent; she just needs to
limit the dose.
Disclosure: Philip
Sandstrom and Laurie Uprichard, the executive director of Danspace
Project, have had a near-familial relationship for a number of years.
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Our department's focus is both domestic and international, with particular strengths in environmental politics and sustainability, development, and politics of diversity. We also have a particular strength in social movements.
We offer undergraduate and graduate courses in:
Department Chair
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Department of Politics and International AffairsRaul H. Castro Social and Behavioral Sciences5 E. McConnell Dr.Flagstaff, AZ. 86011