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It's so nice to be able to walk away from an experience and feel that something important has been learned.
We competed in Tempe, AZ on Friday against the ASU Sun Devils. We lost the competition, 196.35-196.00, and therefore dashed our hopes of going undefeated this season. However, it was a tremendous personal coaching experience; one that tested my resolve to do what is right. It was as equally telling for our athletes.
I believe that "winning at any cost" is tragic and destroys life lessons.
I believe that holding true to one's word is vital in developing healthy and lasting relationships.
I believe that athletics (to those who follow it) is about bragging rights and often cares very little about the bigger lessons that it can offer.
I often tell our athletes, it is easy to hit a great routine when everything falls into place and they happen to find themselves in the "zone". However, I'm much more interested in seeing how an athlete handles a situation where they've had a mistake early on in the routine or how they compete knowing that the teammate ahead of them had a fall.
It is often said that we learn and grow the most through adversity. I believe that it is during adversity that our true character comes out.
Having said that, it was such a satisfying feeling to know that I could have made different coaching decisions that would have insured a "win" Friday night, but instead, I chose to stick with our original game plan. In particular, I chose not to change our line-up when the score got close. It was extremely rewarding watching athletes who don't see a lot of competition time compete as a Bruin with the same pride, enthusiasm and fight as our athletes who compete a lot. It was heart-warming to see our "guns" cheering on and supporting their fellow teammates. And it was good to see our team realize that we "lost" the meet because of mental mistakes a few of our "guns" made and not because we weren't competing our top line-up.
While I anticipate our successes being many this season, I hope among them is the maturity and humility of our team - the ability to feel confident and vital to our program regardless of how much you're competing and the realization that if you're fortunate to be competing a lot, you must appreciate your teammate who is standing on the sidelines giving you all the support she can.
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For many Americans the past few years have been financially difficult. Many experts say the economy is improving, but that doesn't mean much to the families that are still struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table. While many are making plans to lose weight, learn something new, or experience life in a new way; many others are searching for new ways to manage their finances in 2014.
Everyone manages their finances a little differently and it ultimately comes down to finding the best method for you. Regardless of how it's done, the best financial resolution that you can make is to live within your means. Don't spend more than you bring in. It may seem unobtainable but it's the best way to avoid debt and get yourself back on solid financial ground.
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What do Auto Racers Earn?
Americans are used to their sports heroes earning multi-million dollar salaries to lead their teams to championships. While that may be true in baseball, football, basketball and even hockey, most auto racers make a fraction of the money for their sport. Given that auto racing has a higher risk of not just injury, but actual death, this hardly seems fair.
There are several reasons for the lower salaries in motorsports. The first is that most sports teams earn revenues from television broadcast contracts with their leagues. Auto racing is gaining in popularity, but races aren't getting the huge broadcast contracts of other sports, so each team's share is significantly less. Secondly, drops in sponsorships have caused race salaries to fall. This is due to the one-two punch of banning tobacco sponsors and the 2008 economic collapse. Fewer available team sponsorships means less money for drivers.
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If there is one aspect of this economy that still needs improvement it's jobs, and an article published today by the Wall Street Journal confirmed it. Many new college graduates are finished with school, unable to find decent jobs, and struggling to pay back their student loans. It can be hard enough at times to pay your bills and living expenses but the added stress of student loans is causing many young adults to rethink other areas of their lives. For some it means putting off a marriage or a family until they are more financially secure. Others are giving up their hopes of ever being able to step out on their own and achieve their dreams.
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Things were a lot easier a few years ago for someone who had no credit , because the credit system was starting to no longer matter. If you didn't have credit, there was an alternative method to get almost anything you wanted. After the housing crash it became a lot harder. Luckily for you, there is still time to repair your credit, and although it will take some time, it doesn't have to take a lot of effort.
The first thing you will need to do is make a decision here and now that you are going to pay off all of your debt, starting today. You need to make a plan and write out a budget that will make sure you not only make the minimum payments on your debts, but also make some extra so that they will get paid off. You should not take out any other … Read the restcontinue reading
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Over the past decades, owning a real estate property has become a more common type of investment.
Although many investors are still not confident about investing in the housing market since it crashed in 2007, there are strong signs that a recovery is underway. If you're looking to jump into real estate investment, there are many ways to gain financial returns from your property.
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The first thing to think about when putting together a racing team is the league you want to participate in. Entry fees alone price many competitors out of Formula 1, but there are a lot of other, smaller events that even everyday people can participate in. Take 24 Hours of LeMons, for example. It's a 24 hour endurance race in which teams are not allowed to spend more than $500 on their car, including modifications (except for … Read the restcontinue reading
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In the "hippy" au natural health food stores of the 1970's, the attributes of 'wholesome' and 'natural' were seen as part of an alternative life style. Counter cultural values and rebellion against the establishment were at the heart of this era. Health food stores began in the '70s, frequented by hippies wearing socks and sandals, searching for mung beans and tofu.
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In the Flatiron district of New York City, there is a few buildings left of nineteenth century skyscrapers. But one of them stands out in particular with the triangle shape, and that is the Flatiron Building designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham.
It's famous triangular shape is what gave it the nickname Flatiron as it was originally called the Fuller Building. It is twenty two stories and three hundred five feet tall. When entering the Flatiron District from Broadway or Fifth Avenue, it's uniqueness can be seen as it stands out from the buildings around it due to its shape. But this shape has made it a famous destination for architecture loving tourists. The architecture style is Renaissance.
Around the area, there are shops and dining areas. There is ample outdoor seating in Madison Square Park. One Madison Square overlooks the park as well, and one of the buildings fits nicely with the Flatiron Building.
Unfortunately there are no tours or any way to get to the top of the Flatiron Building for tourists. The building is occupied by businesses and a few small shops on the ground floor.


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Alyssa Elaine Hesemann and Jeffrey Kenneth Taplett were married Saturday, September 29, 2012, at Brookings Wesleyan Church, Brookings, S.D. Pastor Steve Norby officiating.
Parents of the couple are Dale and Mary Hesemann, Lakefield, MN, and Michael and Susan Taplett, Huron, SD. Grandparents are the bride are Don and Elaine Stenzel, Heron Lake. Vocalists were Dale Hesemann, Andrew Hesemann and Krysten Anderson. Readers were Kena Rezac and Ken Taplett, aunt and uncle of the groom. Maid of Honor was Amanda Hesemann, twin sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Arianna Hesemann, sister of the bride; Molly Baumgard, Kaycee Headrick, and Krysten Anderson, friends of the bride. Personal attendants were Jerrice Taplett and Kari Eiachker. Flowers girl was Halle Stenzel, cousin of the bride. Best man was Patrick Taplett, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Patrick Mach, Chase Merfeld, and Bo Johnson, friends of the groom, and Andrew Hesemann, brother of the bride. Ushers were Sean Sieler, Matt Skinner, Paul Gile and Evan Krech, friends of the groom. A reception was held at the Swiftel Center in Brookings, S.D. Jeff and Jill Dvorak and Diane Henke served as host and hostesses. The bride is a 2011 graduate of South Dakota State University and is currently a veterinary medical student at Iowa State Veterinary Medical School. The groom is a 2011 graduate of South Dakota Stat University. He is a registered nurse in surgery at Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, Iowa. The couple is at home at 117 Crystal St., Apt. 201, Ames IA, 50010
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If you've ever been a distance runner, you know about the dreaded "wall". For every runner there's a point in a race or a distance at which everything conspires to make you quit. Your body aches, the path seems too steep, the wind is in your face, and your mind and body screams for rest and relaxation. Yet you'll learn, if you choose to push through the wall, that running on the "other side" of the wall seems easier, less fretful and more enjoyable.
The mystery of distance running is that it's often the start and the first segments that are the most difficult, while the last segments and the finish are blissful. Strangely, innovation is like that too.
Runners know that many factors become potential and real barriers when starting a run. Weather, the topography of the course, the number of competitors, an individual's mental state. All of these factors play a part in the start of a race. Likewise, for innovators, many factors present hurdles or barriers. Perhaps one of the most significant hurdles is a poorly defined initiative or need. All too often innovators are told to create an interesting, important new product, with few defining characteristics or evident customer needs. Another barrier is the expectation that existing systems, knowledge and skills are all that is necessary to innovate.
But the runners and innovators set out on their assigned tasks. Runners can tell you that in the initial stages of the workout or race, many intangible, unseen forces work against them, compounding each other until many runners hit "the wall", which is often much more a mental block or barrier than a real physical barrier. The mental conditions, unseen forces and intangible barriers add up to force many people to quit running. Likewise, innovators also encounter "the wall" but their wall is made up of sponsor expectations, limited budgets, the challenge of creating something new in an environment perfected to constantly create the same product very effectively. There are no physical barriers, just a significant amount of intangible, cultural and expectations barriers that cause an innovator to lose focus and hope.
What happens when a runner hits their wall is important. If the runner gives up and quits, he or she will never become a great runner or experience what running is like on the other side of the wall. He or she accepts a mental and artificial limit on his or her skills and abilities, and limits themselves. Similarly, when innovators succumb to the innovation "wall", they never experience the freedom and breadth of skills and insights that are available to them if they can push through the wall that is constructed of cultural barriers. If innovators never push through the wall, it becomes self-reinforcing, and organizations come to believe that they "aren't innovative" when in reality they simply don't have the persistence and commitment to get to the other side of the innovation wall.
What happens on the other side of the wall? For runners, endorphins kick in and running takes on new characteristics. Runners gain a "second wind" and can often run much further and much faster than they expect. Innovators experience a similar but different reality when they push through the innovation wall. They find that innovation becomes much more simple, much more intuitive and much more obvious. They are able to create meaningful, relevant ideas and both incremental and disruptive ideas much more easily. Most organizations cannot innovate consistently or easily because their teams have never broken through their corporate "wall".
What does it take to break through the wall? For runners, it is commitment to push through even when the voice in your head tells you to stop. For innovators, it is commitment to doing more than the organization expects or perhaps even tolerates, and trusting that the skills and competencies built when approaching the wall will sustain you on the other side of the wall. If you never break through the innovation wall, you'll never experience what true innovation can be, and what it can deliver for your organization. And even if you do manage to break through the wall, corporate forces will arrange themselves to push you back or strengthen the wall, until you've proven that the wall can be breached and real benefits exist.
Many running books will argue that there are different strategies for breaching the wall when running. I think the real solution is commitment. Ignoring the subtle voices in your head and the aches and pains in your body and pushing through the imaginary wall results in much greater outcomes and even greater enjoyment. One can argue about carbo loading, different training regimes and so forth, but when you hit the wall it is your commitment that pushes you through. The same is true for innovators. Only innovators who have real commitment to innovation outcomes, and the support and sponsorship of their organizations, can breach the innovation wall and demonstrate the real opportunities and outcomes effective innovation can achieve.
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else but making you feel that you are, to put it simple, a mean and selfish asshat. But what women don't know, this is all part of the big masterplan. In fact this all is (A) just the normal drama a woman needs to have from time to time and expresses how much meaning she puts into this, (B) to make herself feel that she has a "bad boy" as boyfriend, so she can feel excited (err, and horny) about it, and (C) to test you. Yes, to test you and whether you'd stand by your friend or by her and, now that the ex-bf-wedding-situation is pretty much win for her and the action is proven to be nonsense from the begin with, how do you react to such behaviour. My advice (as trustful complete internet stranger who could also be easily your gf), be "cooperative", but don't give in, show her that such things are unacceptable. Use the fact that all has turned out well and the stress was more than unnecessary. Do it right, and she will do some things for ye.
She thinks I should have said "I need to think about it"
Seriously, if you'd said this, it would be like "why would you need to think about it" and she'd expected you to say "maybe" or something.
More seriously, you should have said "That's cool buddy, I'd love to come, but not not without Svenia, so I have to talk to her first. You know what, I'd love to see her as bridesmaid. Why don't you go and ask Astrid?" (Hell, do I know the name of your and your friend's girls? I know a Svenia and Astrid and they're damn hawt, so stop complaining already, you and your friend!
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The temperature that is maintained in homes across the United States and the United Kingdom may be an added component to the growth of obesity. This is the conclusion of research conducted by Dr. Paul Lee from Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. The study was presented at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago on June 22, 2014, and published in the journal Diabetes on the same day.
Brown fat is a type of fat that burns energy and helps regulate insulin production. Small animals and human babies have high levels of brown fat and low levels of diabetes and obesity. Dr. Lee's previous work has shown that adult humans that have higher levels of brown fat are leaner and have lower blood sugar levels. Dr. Lee has also shown that white fat can be converted to brown fat in humans.
The new study examined the relationship between room temperature and the levels of brown fat in men. Five healthy adult males were kept in a temperature controlled environment for four months. During the first month the environment was maintained at 75 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature is known to maintain constant levels of brown fat. The second month maintained a temperature of 66 degrees Fahrenheit, the third month returned to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and the fourth month maintained a temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
The researchers measured metabolic functions, insulin production, and the amount of brown fat in each participant with positron emission tomography and computed tomography scans. Colder temperatures increased the concentration of brown fat between 30 percent and 40 percent. Higher temperatures decreased the amount of brown fat
The researchers compared the average temperatures in homes in the United States and Britain and found that temperatures maintained in the homes had risen to levels that reduced the production of brown fat. Higher home temperatures were postulated to be the result of higher cooling costs and higher temperatures caused by climate change. The study indicates that home temperature could be a contributing factor to increased levels of obesity and diabetes. The research also offers a simple method for treating obesity and diabetes by manipulating the levels of brown fat.


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The book is about fire defense and the requirements under way in the Lake Tahoe area, both Nevada and California sides. This is just a two-hour plus span on professional tree trimmers for one property to meet these obligations. It is also a way to thank the Bushwhackers team that went the extra mile to service our quirk about leaving some stumps in place to get some bear carvings made by winter on the property. We loved the trees while there, but fire safety must prevail, and the property owners there are doing it.
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Oh the trappings of material life! One day it's a white wedding, then a family, a beautiful home in Rancho Cucamonga or any where in San Bernardino county, and then it's time for the youngest of the clan to leave for his first apartment after college. As a mother, standing at the doorway watching the little car being packed up, a small well of tears comes up. Somehow the tears are a bit of pride, and a bit of guilt that a small light of joy is coming up at the thought that I'll now get my house back!
Yes, after 32 years of mothering, mothers deserve a break. I stand there still wondering what's the next chapter? My husband hugs him goodbye, and walks inside. We close the door, and as I'm turning around, I hear him say: "I'm glad he's on his own. I'm proud of him. It's time he start his life. Hon, will you bring me a cup of coffee? I'm going to the den to watch the game."
Wait a minute! His life? I gave him his life. I nurtured his life. I protected his life. It's time for my life. It is a hard pill to swallow that you reach 50, and your real biological clock is ticking. Women give so much for so many years, and sometimes we let our life slip by, without really thinking about what we want to do with it. So here it is, I have this life, yet I feel unfulfilled. As a therapist, I understand the psychology of it. But facing it personally is very different. So, off we go to attempt weekend getaways, trips to finer stores, exotic vacations, plays and more. Things seem promising. However, there is still a void. The small voice inside saying: "Girl you put everything before your career, before your personal desires, your own likes and dislikes, even your own culture. How much longer to you think you have?"
While it's true most middle aged women in our age group have a lot of security, a husband with an established career, and a network of loving friends and family, these things which are our blessings can also be our trap.
Time continues to move forward, and just when one decides to invest a small fortune in that maple dinning table one couldn't have around with the kids...surprise! "Little Johnny" has to come home because his roommates left and he can't afford it on his own. Fast forward another year... surprise again! "Little Ms. X" gets divorced and comes back home with your adorable two year old grandson.
This is where you can say there is a difference between your run-of-the-mill mothers and your black belt super moms. You see I was a 10th Degree Dan Master Mom, the highest Martial Arts degree possible. I went beyond supermom into raising teenagers while traveling the world on business and simultaneously finishing my Master's degree... and oh by the way I baked cupcakes, and coached soccer, and remembered my twice yearly visit to Frederick's of Hollywood to pick up something to keep my man happy. I cooked, cleaned, and made my husband breakfast in bed. On occasion we babysat the grandkids as well.
Given the above, I write my truth. It is my perspective as the author. I believe women deserve a time away to reflect on their lives. To determine their future based on what's best for them as a woman. Because only a happy, healthy woman can be the best wife, lover, mother, grandma. In this search for meaning I've opted to go on a spiritual quest. This is not Eat, Pray, Love. My time away is not funded, and my story will probably more like Eat, Eat, Eat, Cry, Cry, Cry. I will move to Costa Rica to find answers to the many questions running through my head. I invite you to take this trip with me. I will cry, complain, rejoice, and post pics, thoughts, experiences, and decisions. I have my airline ticket, my books, and my bakeware. I hope you take this journey with me.
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Most Wall Street CEOs are motivated by money. Vikram Pandit says he is motivated by Karmic fear.
The Citigroup chief tells the Financial Times that his desire to do the "right thing" for the bank's clients and shareholders is based on his "Eastern upbringing," on "the belief that if you don't do right now, you will pay in the next life."
Pandit is setting a high personal bar for his turnaround plans for Citigroup, the troubled financial conglomerate, still partly owned by U.S. taxpayers. He also is setting he high financial bar. Pandit tells the FT he believes Citigroup's "core" banking business can earn $20 billion by 2012, this after two consecutive years of losses.
How will the bank pull it off? Pandit says its international retail, commercial- and investment-banking operations can overcome the drag on its earning from the $504 billion of toxic assets and complicated businesses that now reside in Citi Holdings, the division in which Citigroup has isolated its peripheral or ailing businesses and asssets. Pandit says Citigroup can leverage its international investment banking business presence in more than 109 countries, which is more than most U.S. banks.
And yet banking analyst Jeff Whalen said on CNBC this morning that Citigroup has been losing investment and commercial market share in Asia and the Middle East. Indeed, Citigroup's ranking in stock underwriting globally has slipped to seven from five and in debt underwriting to six from four in the first two months of this year from a year ago, according to Dealogic.
One bright spot: Citigroup's rose to No. 3 from No. 5 in M&A global revenue, according to Dealogic.
In 2009, Citigroup's investment banking unit earned $9.1 billion, or a 1.17% return on assets, which compares with J.P. Morgan's 0.99% investment-bank return.
But as Heard on the Street columnist Peter Eavis pointed out in January, Citigroup's results depended heavily on a blowout first quarter that accounted for more than $6 billion of last year's earnings. Results then tapered off, with the fourth quarter producing only $300 million in profits. The momentum appear slowing, not accelerating as Pandit is promising.
Citigroup and Pandit are on a winding road to redemption.


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season {sostantivo}
And time is short, because the spawning season starts in the middle of this month.
And you can see that there's some difference between one growing season and another.
They're probably having, at the very least, a catastrophic spawning season this year.
The short dry season has started and a blanket of heat has descended on the country.
And you know one of them was a starting player for a season and a half.
to season {verbo}
to season {v.} (anche: to dress up, to salt, to spice up)
Prepare the stuffing by combining the two cheeses with the egg white, season and add a pinch of chopped marjoram.
Season the mini mozzarellas with salt, pepper and extra virgin olive oil, then roll in the chopped olives and pistachios until completely covered.
People deserve better than a watered-down compromise seasoned with national interests.
to season {v.} (anche: to dress)
to season {v.} (anche: to dress)
Season the vegetables separately in a pan with a clove of unpeeled garlic, oil, salt and pepper.
to season (wood) {v. t.}
The coldest growing seasons of the future, hotter than the hottest of the past.
I can't help noticing that we no longer have four seasons, but two.
And so I was there on three occasions, different seasons.
Consider the ancient Greek myth explaining seasons.
The Lisbon Strategy is a strategy for all seasons.
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In this season of goodwill, I am prepared to go along with the proposals.
For the stuffing: cut the aubergine into 1 cm cubes and season with salt.
However, this development appears to be structural rather than seasonal.
On our shelves at home, we have a box set of the DVD series "24," season six to be precise.
It is an activity that creates several jobs, permanent and seasonal.
There were fewer fatalities from type A/H1N1 influenza in 2009 than from seasonal influenza.
Note regarding the Liturgical Celebrations during the Christmas Season (2011-2012)
The Commission understands that skiing is very much a seasonal sport.
More advantages will become apparent, for example in the holiday season that is just beginning.
If that proves impossible, preference should be given to a seasonal-migrant model.
We want to wish them a happy festive season and ask them to be just as helpful next year too.
If this is not possible preference should be given to a seasonal model.
Mrs Maij-Weggen, I am a seasoned parliamentarian, having spent more than 20 years in Parliament.
And we said, listen, during the lean season, take the food out.
Mrs Maij-Weggen, I am a seasoned parliamentarian, having spent more than 20 years in Parliament.
Indeed, yield last season was the lowest of the last 15 years.
It is also right that we look at seasonal bathing and do not try to cover the whole year.
These solutions were specially developed by seasoned insurance and construction experts.
They should be seasonal and come from local, organic farming.
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Gorden L. Bell Jr.
Museum of Geology
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Rapid City, SD 57701
Fragmentary remains of mosasauroids have recently been recovered in Big Bend National Park from lower portions of the Ernst Member of the Boquillas Formation. Some of these are equivalent in age to the previously oldest known mosasaurs from North America but others are possibly older. The youngest of these remains are associated with
Collignoniceras woolgari
which indicates an early Middle Turonian age. Foraminiferal correlations suggest that the oldest material may be Early Turonian age but inoceramid correlations suggest a slightly younger age. Preserved material presents two characters which suggest the represented taxon is more closely related to a Tylosaurinae + Plioplatecarpini clade than to a Mosasaurinae clade. This also indicates that a divergence between these two major clades occurred during or before the early Middle Turonian. Presence of very small vertebrae in this interval suggest that some conservative mosasauroid or possibly a dolichosaur was also present. This is the only report of vertebrate fossils from the Ernst Member other than indeterminate chondrichthyans.
The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss some new finds of early mosasaurs and closely related specimens of a less derived nature. The latter show some morphological similarity with taxa and specimens previously referred to the family Aigialosauridae [a group that includes
Aigialosaurus dalmaticus
Opetiosaurus bucchichi
Carsosaurus marchesetti
Kramburger, and the "Trieste aigialosaur" (Carroll and DeBraga, 1992)], and perhaps to the Dolichosauridae (Romer, 1956:562). The new finds are very fragmentary but provide information concerning a minimum age for diversification and radiation of the two most successful clades of mosasaurs. They also indicate that lizards with features similar to the above specifically named taxa were more widespread than their previously known distribution in Croatia, Slovenia, and England.
Camp (1923:321) included Aigialosauridae within the superfamily Varanoidea and mosasaurs as the superfamily Mosasauroidea, even though several authors including Camp (1923), Dollo (1904), Knopcsa (1903), and Williston (1904) believed aigialosaurs to be the ancestors of mosasaurs. A recent phylogenetic analysis (Bell, 1993:243) provides evidence that Aigialosauridae is only an artificial grouping, the members of which are associated by possessing numerous plesiomorphic characters, especially in the limbs. Because some of these more conservative taxa are imbedded within phylogenetic lineages which include acknowledged typical mosasaurian taxa, this author chooses to include those basic taxa previously referred to Aigialosauridae (Romer, 1956:560) within Mosasauroidea.
In the following discussion, use of informal names will follow these criteria: mosasauroid refers to members of the most generalized taxon, Mosasauroidea, which includes the less derived forms (previous members of paraphyletic Aigialosauridae) and Mosasauridae; mosasaurid or mosasaur refers to members of Mosasauridae, which includes all of the more derived, fully marine forms (including
); and mosasaurine refers to members of a diverse lineage which includes
(as opposed to a lineage which includes
). (See Russell, 1967:202.)
Mosasauroid fossils have a worldwide distribution and are known from marine Cretaceous rocks ranging from Late Cenomanian to terminal Maestrichtian age (Russell, 1967). However, very little is known of the representatives of this group before Coniacian time. Basal members with relatively underived terrestrial limbs have been found in Slovenian and Croatian rocks of Late Cenomanian to Turonian age (Langer, 1961; Carroll and DeBraga, 1992). The oldest record of derived mosasaurids consist of small vertebral fragments from the latest Cenomanian (
Holaster subglobosus
Zone) of England (Woodward, 1905:187). The latter have never been figured or described, therefore verification of this record has not been established. Cenomanian mosasaurids are also recorded from Texas (Stenzel, 1944:443; Thurmond, 1969), but examination of the two jaw portions has resulted in their reinterpretation as
Pachyrhizodus leptopsis
, a teleost (Stewart and Bell, 1989; Stewart and Bell, 1994).
The next oldest mosasaurids are known from a few fragments from the Fairport Chalk Member and the Blue Hill Shale Member of the Carlile Shale in Kansas (Martin and Stewart, 1977). A single maxillary fragment was recovered from 6 meters below the top of the Fairport Chalk. The entire Fairport Chalk is included within the
Collignoniceras woolgari
Zone, which is assigned by Cobban (1984:76) to the earliest part of the Middle Turonian. The jaw fragment is unidentifiable. Martin and Stewart (1977) reported also two posterior caudal vertebrae from the lower Carlile Shale. Stewart (pers. com., 1994) indicated this specimen is actually from the Blue Hill Shale Member. Martin and Stewart remarked that these caudals resemble those of
, but stop short of referring them to that taxon. In that same paper, a specimen consisting of four vertebrae and fragments, also collected from the Blue Hill Shale Member, was referred to
. The Blue Hill Shale Member is considered to be late Middle Turonian age (Hattin, 1962:79).
Within the past three years, the author has discovered fragmentary remains of mosasauroids in the eastern end of Big Bend National Park, Texas. These occurrences are near the bottom of a shaley sequence about 30-40 meters above the base of the Ernst Member of the Boquillas Formation. These are also the first vertebrate fossils other than unidentified chondrichthyans reported from the Ernst Member (Langston et al., 1989:19). Ammonites directly associated with the stratigraphically highest fragments are identified as
Collignoniceras woolgari
. Therefore, the minimum age for these remains is equivalent to the oldest mosasaurids from Kansas.
All Big Bend National Park specimens reported herein are reposited at the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory of the Texas Memorial Museum at Balcones Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. Abbreviation for that facility is TMM.
Mosasauroid remains were recovered from two localities in Big Bend National Park. The first locality is on bluffs along the Rio Grande River from a point 50 meters downstream of the Hot Springs to a point about 150 meters upstream. Here, a fragment of a mosasaur prootic (TMM 43352-1) was found within a vertebrate hash bed situated 38 meters above the formational contact with the Buda Limestone.
At the same locality, 42 meters above the base of the Boquillas Formation, two caudal vertebrae (TMM 43352-2, 43352-3) were recovered from thin calcarenite beds. These were also associated with fragments of other vertebrates, including mostly elasmobranchs and osteichtyans. Only 0.4 meters above this level, a single tooth (TMM 43352-4) was found near the top of a bed of fine grained, finely laminated, argillaceous limestone. This same horizon also provided two specimens of
Collignoniceras woolgari
Frush and Eicher (1975) sampled the foraminiferans from this locality and found (fig. 3) that the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary occurred 37 meters above the base of the Boquillas Formation, based on the last occurrence of
. These results are also supported by Sanders (1988) in an unpublished masters thesis. Sanders found essentially the same
O and
C excursions noted near the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the mid-continental Greenhorn Limestone (Pratt, 1985) between 33 and 42 meters above the base of the Boquillas section at the Hot Springs locality.
The Cenomanian-Turonian boundary as established by foraminiferans occurs only about 1 meter below the lowest mosasaurid fragment found. Only 5.4 meters above the boundary,
C. woolgari
indicates an early Middle Turonian age: thus, the entire Lower Turonian could be represented within about 5 meters or less of limestone and marlstone.
However, at Pico Etereo just east of Big Bend N. P., Powell (1965:521) picked the base of the Turonian no higher than 22.5 meters (75 ft.) above the lower contact with the Buda Limestone, based on the molluscan fauna, especially
Inoceramus labiatus
. By these criteria, the Lower Turonian may be as much as 15 meters (4X) thicker than indicated by foraminiferans.
The second mosasauroid-bearing locality is along the north wall of the canyon about 200 meters below (west of) Ernst Tinaja, which is about 11.5 km (7.5 mi) north of the Hot Springs locality. Two very small mosasauroid vertebrae were found in a thick (0.4m) bed of calcarenite, the base of which lies 32.4 meters above the Buda-Boquillas contact. This is approximately equivalent to the mosasaur-bearing interval at the Hot Springs, based on position within the shaly interval and several associated bentonite layers as well as a rusty weathering, siliceous limestone marker bed that occurs uniformly about 12 meters above this horizon in both outcrops. Sanders (1988, fig. 2.1) also measured this section but did not report isotope data. These two vertebrae, a posterior trunk (TMM 43056-3) and an anteriormost caudal (TMM 43056-4), were found only centimeters apart and could possibly belong to the same individual. Their age is assumed to be essentially equivalent to that of the specimens from the Hot Springs section.
The prootic fragment (TMM 43352-1) is from the right side but the paroccipital process as well as the anteroventral and anterodorsal rami are broken. The lateral side is fairly well preserved and shows several structures of the inner ear, including the fenestra ovale, the anterior vertical and horizontal semicircular canals, and entrances for the seventh and eighth cranial nerves. Numerous small nutrient canals and foramina are preserved within these structures, indicating that the individual was not fully grown. Its size is approximately equivalent to that of a medium sized
Clidastes propython
, but the morphology clearly is unlike that taxon or any other mosasaur for which this morphology is known. The material cannot be assigned to any taxon less general than Mosasauridae.
One of the two caudal vertebrae (TMM 43352-2) found at the Hot Springs locality is relatively well preserved (Fig. 2A) and measures 36 mm. in length. It has the bases of broadly ovate transverse processes and part of the neural spine. There is no indication of a postzygopophysis on the preserved part of the neural spine. In posterior aspect, the centrum has a hexagonal outline that is higher than wide, although some lateral compression is evident. Ventrally, two facets are present for articulation of the hemal arches. This vertebra is from immediately posterior to the pygal series.
Lack of fusion of the hemal arches to the caudal centra (until late in life) is a plesiomorphic character present in all the basal Slovenian and Croatian mosasauroids and retained throughout a clade of relatively derived mosasaurs including all the known basic taxa within
, and
(Bell, 1993:125). Fusion of the arch to the centrum is a diagnostic character of Mosasaurinae and is convergent in
; therefore, TMM 43352-2 cannot represent a member of either of these latter two clades.
TMM 43352-4 is a marginal tooth (Fig. 2B) that measures 14 mm. high and about 6.5 mm. near the base of the enamel. The portions of the tooth below the crown are not preserved. A distinct, non-serrate carina is exposed on the posterior side but the anterior side is imbedded within marlstone matrix and the fragile nature of the specimen prevents removal. A cross section of the crown would seem to be essentially round, but with the lingual side slightly more convex. Several striations are apparent on the lingual surface of the crown near the base and extend upward more than half the distance to the tip.
Lingual (medial) tooth striations are a synapomorphy contributing to the diagnosis of a major mosasaur clade that includes all the known basic taxa within
, and
(Bell, 1993:105). This specimen then indicates that the divergence of this clade from mosasaurine mosasaurs had already occurred by early Middle Turonian time.
The two vertebrae found near Ernst Tinaja (Fig. 2C) are quite small. TMM 43056-3 is 8.5 mm long and TMM 43056-4 is approximately 5 mm long. The former is still partially imbedded within fine calcarenite matrix with the ventral surface exposed. This surface is essentially flat with two small nutrient foramina near the midline. The lateral surfaces of the centrum are also relatively flattened, which results in a relatively sharp ventrolateral ridge that trends posteriorly from the synapophysis to the posterior condylar surface. Pre- and postzygopophyses are present, and a zygosphene seems to be exposed on a broken surface of the matrix. The posterior and anterior outlines cannot be seen without further preparation. Size of the vertebra and presence of zygosphenes implies relationships with the most conservative mosasauroids, dolichosaurs, or
. However, this vertebra is unlike
Opetiosaurus bucchichi
, the Trieste specimen, and
Coniasaurus crassidens
in that those taxa have a pair of rounded ventral ridges immediately adjacent to the ventral midline of the posterior trunk vertebrae. The condition is unknown in
Aigialosaurus dalmaticus
and, in the dolichosaurs where the ventral posterior trunk vertebrae are visible, those seem to be more convex. Another possibility is that this vertebra belongs to a ontogenetically young mosasaur individual; however, the sharp ventrolateral ridge has not been observed on any mosasaur specimen regardless of age.
The small caudal vertebra is exposed in dorsal aspect with the ventral side and parts of transverse processes imbedded within matrix. Posterior edges of the transverse processes are exposed on the broken rock surface and identify this as a pygal vertebra. These transverse processes are quite elongate laterally and very thin dorsoventrally. The thinness is similar to the condition seen in
Coniasaurus crassidens
, but the processes of this vertebra are not as long relative to the centrum diameter. The neural arch and spinous process are broken away. The posterior profile is subrounded and slightly dorsoventrally depressed. The posterior condyle is 3.9 mm. wide and 3.1 mm. high. A single large nutrient foramen penetrates the dorsal surface of the centrum within the neural canal. The overall proportions and general structure of the neural canal are quite unlike that of
Coniasaurus crassidens
, but similarity to any of the Yugoslavian taxa, including dolichosaurs, cannot be ruled out.
These two small vertebrae are distinctly unlike
Coniasaurus crassidens
Owen, which is the only New World taxon referred to Dolichosauridae (Bell et al., 1982) and otherwise found only in England. They are also distinctly unlike the basal mosasauroid from Dallas, Texas, reported by Bell (1993:239) in which a cross section of the posterior vertebral centra is essentially round, not trapezoidal as would be the Big Bend vertebra. Thus, of the two most similar taxa known from Texas (and North America), these specimens cannot be referred to either. The dolichosaurs from Yugoslavia or
from England and
Aigialosaurus dalmaticus
from Yugoslavia cannot be definitely eliminated from a list of taxa to which these vertebrae might be referred. It is also quite possible that they represent an unknown new taxon.
New specimens of mosasaurs from Big Bend National Park are at least as old as the oldest previously reported from North America and some are potentially older, but not as old as the English specimens. These demonstrate that small amounts of material can have important consequences. The parts that were recovered do not provide extensive of information but are sufficient to indicate that a major divergence between the mosasaurine lineage and the lineage including Tylosaurinae + Plioplatecarpini took place during or before the Early Turonian.
Additional tiny vertebrae from Ernst Tinaja suggest that smaller semi-aquatic forms similar to those from the Cenomanian-Turonian of Slovenia, Croatia, and England were also present during the Early or early Middle Turonian in west Texas. Whether these remains represent basal mosasauroids or dolichosaurs is unknown, but they cannot with certainty be referred to any of the previously described forms. It is hoped that discovery of more complete specimens will help resolve these problems.
I extend thanks to Ernest Lundelius and Melissa Winans of the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory at Balcones Research Center, University of Texas at Austin for allowing collection using their permit and for expediting applications with the U. S. Park Service. Thanks also to the U. S. Park Service personnel at Big Bend National Park, especially Phil Kepp, who not only arranged permits and logistics, but was also a successful member of our prospecting crew. Thanks to the rest of the crew: my wife Patti, James Lamb, Jr., and Kathy Wallace. Ken Barnes provided a place to store numerous samples, an occasional crash pad, and always interesting discussions about Big Bend fossils. W. A. Cobban verified the ammonite identifications. James E. Martin and J. D. Stewart reviewed and provided constructive comments for an early version of this paper. Thanks also to the Foundation office and the Haslem Postdoctoral Endowment at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for funding the field work. And last, but not least, thanks for the Hot Springs.
Bell, B.A., Murray, P.A. and Osten, L.W., 1982.
Owen 1850, from North America: Journal of Paleontology, v. 56(2), p. 520-524.
Bell, G.L., Jr., 1993. A Phylogenetic Revision of Mosasauroidea (Squamata), <Ph.D. Dissertation>: Austin, University of Texas, 293p.
Camp, C.L., 1923. Classification of the lizards: American Museum of Natural History Bulletin, v. 49, p. 289-241.
Carroll, R.L. and DeBraga, M., 1992. Aigialosaurs: mid-Cretaceous varanoid lizards: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 12(1), p. 66-86.
Cobban, W.A., 1984. Mid-Cretaceous ammonite zones, Western Interior, United States: Geological Society of Denmark Bulletin, v. 33, p.71-89.
Dollo, L., 1904. L'Origine des mosasauriens: Bulletin de la Societe belge de Geologie, Paleontologie d'Hydrologie, v.18, p. 217-222.
Frush, M.P. and Eicher, D.L., 1975. Cenomanian and Turonian foraminifera and paleoenvironments in the Big Bend region of Texas and Mexico: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper No. 13, p. 277-301.
Hattin, D.E., 1962. Stratigraphy of the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas: State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin No. 156, 155 p.
Knopcsa, F., 1903. Uber die Varanus-artigen Lacerten Istriens: Beitrag zur Palaeontologie und Geologie Osterreich-Ungarns und des Orients, v. 15, p. 31-42.
Langer, W., 1961. Uber das Alter der Fischschiefer von Hvar-Lesina (Dalmatien): Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Paleontologie, Monatshefte 1961, p. 329-331.
Langston, W., Jr., Standhart, B.R. and Stevens, M.S., 1989. Fossil vertebrate collecting in the Big Bend - history and retrospective;
Busbey, A.B., III, and Lehman, T.M., eds., Vertebrate Paleontology, Biostratigraphy and Depositional Environments, Latest Cretaceous and Tertiary, Big Bend Area, Texas: Field Trip Guidebook for the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas, 90p.
Martin, L.D. and Stewart, J.D., 1977. The oldest (Turonian) mosasaurs from Kansas: Journal of Paleontology, v. 51(5), p. 973-975.
Powell, J.D., 1965. Late Cretaceous platform-basin facies, northern Mexico and adjacent Texas: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 49(5), p. 511-525.
Pratt, L., 1985. Isotopic studies of organic matter and carbonate in rocks of the Greenhorn marine cycle: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Field Trip Guidebook 4:38-48.
Romer, A.S., 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 772p.
Russell, D.A., 1967. Systematics and Morphology of American Mosasaurs: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University Bulletin No. 23, 240p.
Sanders, R.B., 1988. Sediment and Isotope Geochemistry of the Upper Cretaceous Ernst Member of the Boquillas Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas <Masters Thesis>: Lubbock, Texas Tech University, 170p.
Stenzel, H.B., 1944. Decapod crustaceans from the Cretaceous of Texas: University of Texas Bulletin No. 4401, p. 401-476.
Stewart, J.D., and Bell, G.L., Jr., 1989. The earliest reputed North American mosasaur records are not mosasaurs: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Supl. Vol. 9, p. 39A.
Stewart, J.D., and Bell, G.L., Jr., 1994. North America's oldest mosasaurs are teleosts: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science No. 441.
Thurmond, J.T., 1969. Notes on mosasaurs from Texas: Texas Journal of Science, v. 21(1), p. 69-80.
Williston, S.W., 1904. The relationships and habits of the mosasaurs: Journal of Geology, v. 12, p. 43-51.
Woodward, A.S., 1905. Note on some portions of mosasaurian jaws obtained by Mr. G.E. Dibley from the Middle Chalk of Cuxton, Kent: Proceedings of the Geological Association, v. 19, p. 185-187.
Fig. 1 - Map of state of Texas with enlargement of Big Bend National Park showing localities and measured sections mentioned in text: ET = Ernst Tinaja, HS = Hot Springs.
Fig. 2 - Mosasauroid specimens recovered from Ernst Member of Boquillas Formation: A - TMM 43352-2, anterior caudal vertebra from Hot Springs locality (arrow designates facet for hemal arch articulation); B - TMM 43352-4, marginal tooth from Hot Springs locality; C - TMM 43056-4, pygal vertebra on left and TMM 43056-3, posterior trunk vertebra on right.
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Death of Underwater Photog Ruled Accidental
The Palm Beach Post has reported that Florida authorities cannot determine how 53-year-old underwater photographer Wes Skiles died last summer, so they have ruled his death an accidental drowning.
Skiles died July 21 near Palm Beach, shortly after completing an assignment for National Geographic Television to photograph an underwater research expedition. He remained on location with researchers, signaling at one point that he intended to surface for more film. His diving companions found him unconscious on the sea floor a short time later, but they were unable to revive him.
An medical inquiry that included toxicology tests was inconclusive. "There was nothing to indicate natural causes or outside forces," Harold Ruslander, chief investigator for the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner told The Palm Beach Post. "All we're going to be able to say is that it was an accidental drowning."
Skiles explored, mapped, and filmed caves around the world for three decades. He created the PBS series 'Water's Journey,' shot underwater scenes for feature films, and was a long-time contributor to both National Geographic magazine and National Geographic Television.
"He set a standard for underwater photography, cinematography and exploration that is unsurpassed," National Geographic magazine editor-in-chief Chris Johns said in a statement in July just after Skiles died.


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When Smush Parker punches a teen, it makes headline news. According to Yahoo!, Smush Parker allegedly punched Wolfgang Novogratz during a New York City pickup game. The incident occurred after Novogratz fouled Parker. The punch was enough to send Novogratz to the hospital but he is said to be "fine" and isn't pressing charges.
"Wolfie scored back-to-back baskets on Smush. At the other end, Smush went up for a shot. There was a hard foul, and they both went down. Smush got up and punched Wolfie in the face," explained a source.
Smush Parker allegedly punched the teen but its not that hard to believe given his violent track record. He was released from the NBA after a fight he had with a parking attendant back in 2008. He played for The Lakers and The Heat during his career but not many people cared for him. Lakers star Kobe Bryant has had quite a few not nice things to say about Parker -- infamously calling him "the worst" and making sarcastic comments about why he was even on the team to begin with.
According to the report, Novogratz is an NBA prospect even though he's only in high school. He has already received college offers to play basketball at Northwestern, Rutgers, and Villanova.
Smush Parker's punch suggests he's jealous of the teen -- or maybe he's just a violent person in general. According to TMZ, Parker has denied the incident altogether.


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Our pets are watching, as we work our way to retirement and question what will be in ours and their future. For the first time in history, the largest part of our population in the U.S. is past the age of 60 and either preparing to retire or have retired. And of those retired there is a large percentage (better than 60%) which have pets and will keep them into retirement. There is also the 30% of retired persons who will get a pet, as they are now able to stay at home with this pet and care for it in a way they want.
When we look at the bumper crop of businesses surrounding pet's in our society, it becomes obvious that the population who are retiring are not about to give up having a pet. So what is this new demographic of business and people. Well first the market for dog walkers has tripled in the last five years; Veterinarians have found their business growing even as they are retiring themselves; and let's not forget the pet supply outlets, such as PetCo, PetSmart, and the list goes on. What we do find of interest is the number of service animals is also on the rise.
As Americans, especially single ones (whether by design or other) look to their pets for the companionship which may be lacking in an ongoing basis in their lives. And, whether in, private pet day cares, pet spas, pet hydrotherapy, employment establishments which allow for pets to accompany employees to work; the truth is we are embracing pets on a whole new level.
Our pets are going with us, when left behind whether at a pet day care or in a kennel they are watched not only by the workers but also by pet cams, so we can look in on them a mire touch of a finger. There are clothes for our pets, jewelry and professionally designed pet necessities; along with specialty foods and exercise equipment. All of this goes to the reference of how and when we pamper our pets. This does not go to the spoiled pet; rather to the people who want a special companion which they can dote on and still feel good about. And the one thing everyone can say without any question is pet's love us unconditionally.


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HOPES Clinic
The HOPES (Health Outreach Partnership of EVMS Students) Free Clinic is staffed by EVMS students, residents, and physicians. The purpose of HOPES is to serve uninsured citizens of Norfolk with long term and specialty care. The Health Outreach Partnership of EVMS Students is a student-run organization that works to staff and run a free clinic with attending physician supervision. Being student-run means that it relies entirely on students to help us staff and run the clinic--both in and out of clinical hours. The clinic provides a number of specialty clinics and services, including the Women's Health Clinic, Endocrine Clinic, Life Counseling, Dermatology, Access AIDS, and Art Therapy. The Women's Health Clinic services include prenatal care, pap smears, and STD testing. The clinic is open over spring break and summer break but closes for major holidays. See their website for more details.
Administrative Location
- Norfolk Public Health Building - 1st Floor
830 Southampton Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Project Location
- Norfolk Public Health Building - 1st Floor
830 Southampton Ave.
Norfolk, VA
Project Partner(s)
- VDH, City of Norfolk
Participant Eligibility
- Residents, Physicians, M3, M4, PA, SA, Other HP
Project Categories
- Clinical Service, Service Learning
EVMS Faculty Lead
- Teresa Babineau, MD
Project Scope
- Local
EVMS Department(s)
- Community Outreach, Family and Community Medicine
Points of Contact
General Inquiries
- Teresa Babineau, MD, 757.446.5116
All other Inquiries
- Brock Institute, 757.446.8460


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Witherspoon continues revival on "Boxing's Future Champions II" PPV
Once-beaten heavyweight prospect "Gentleman" Chazz Witherspoon (25-1, 17 KOs), the 2004 National Golden Gloves champion, wants to match his cousin "Terrible" Tim Witherspoon's major accomplishment as heavyweight champion of the world.
Witherspoon, whose only loss in 26 pro fights was last year to world title challenger Chris Arreola. Chazz, battles heavyweight gatekeeper Stacy "Big Foot" Frazier (14-5, 13 KOs) Saturday night (August 29) in an 8-round bout on "Boxing's Future Champions II" pay per view show, live on streaming video from Fitzgerald's Casino & Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi.
Undefeated middleweight prospect Fernando Guerrero (14-0, 12 KOs), gold medal winner at the World Cadet Junior Olympics and 2007 USA National Championships, headlines "Boxing's Future Champions II" against tough Chris "On Target" Archer (11-7, 7 KOs) in the 8-round main event.
"Boxing's Future Champions II," presented by Prize Fight Boxing, will stream live on PPV at www.PrizeFightTV.com, starting at 8 PM/ET, for only $4.99.
Witherspoon, a Philadelphia fighter, started boxing to stay in shape when he was a sophomore at St. Joseph's University, where he graduated from in 2004 with a degree in Pharmaceutical Marketing. His cousin, Tim, first got him involved in the sweet science and Chazz went on to post a 26-6 amateur record, including the aforementioned 2004 National Golden Gloves Tournament title, in addition to being a 2004 Team USA Olympic alternate.
In 2004, Chazz turned pro and he won his first 23 fights going into a showdown against undefeated Arreola, who floored Witherspoon twice in round three, once at the bell, that led to a controversial stoppage. Chazz beat the referee's count but since his cornerman stood on the ring apron during the count, Witherspoon was disqualified. He has since rebounded with two straight wins going into Saturday night's throw-down with Frazier.
The 6-round co-feature showcases junior middleweight Shawn Porter (9-0, 7 KOs), 2007 World Golden Gloves champion and 2008 U.S. OIympic Team alternate, who meets Lamar Harris (6-2, 4 KOs).
In a pair of 4-rounders, exciting middleweight Dominic Wade (3-0, 3 KOs), 4-time Junior Olympic champion, battles 23-fight veteran Tyrone Dowdy, while 2004-2005 U.S Super Heavyweight Champion Mike Wilson makes his much anticipated pro debut against experienced "Marvelous" Marvin Hunt.
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About 60+ Program
This program is designed for people "60 and Greater". We here at Perry feel it is important to offer seniors in the community an opportunity for socialization, meeting new friends and offering health education on topics of interest to them.
60 Plus Members have the option of participating in all activites or just the ones that interest them. Special monthly programs are scheduled, including health-related programs and fun activities such as BINGO and bus trips.
To join this FREE program, please contact Melody Schultz at 815-876-4454 or Brenda Streit at 815-876-4481, Or fill out our online form to join.
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Alyson Greenfield is back with an eclectic, modern new single and accompanying music video (both) titled "Uncharted Places." Until more recently, Greenfield had been a bit busy both with "directing the Tinderbox Music Festival and composing for film and TV."
Thanks to airplay on WNYC's "Soundcheck" show, she was recruited by movie director Michael Carr to score the motion picture The American Templars. She also garnered placements on Lifetime's hit TV series "Dance Moms" as well as the film SuperSleuths which premiered at this year's SXSW Film Festival.
Greenfield had the chance to record the new track when she visited the Converse Rubber Tracks Studio. (She was featured in the Converse Rubber Tracks "First Year Highlights" video.)
It was at their studio that she had the chance to work with engineer Alex McKenzie (Doe Paoro) and Roger Greenawalt (The Pierces, Rufus Wainwright). On "Uncharted Places" Greenfield leads the way on voice, casiotone, chord organ, toy piano, floor tom and snare. She is backed by ex-Duk Duk Goose member Shane Maux on beatbox.
The recording of "Uncharted Places" was documented by Converse in both their "Oh Hello" and "Track of the Week" video series. The "Uncharted Places" music video was directed by David Franklin (Luscious Jackson, Body Language, Lemonade, and Black Taxi).
Greenfield said: "It was a dream and an honor to work with David. He has such integrity and vision. I told him all I knew was that I wanted to fly and be under water and he made it happen by casting me as both Icarus and a nautical explorer from the 18th Century"
She added: "We worked with a notion of falling-- falling into sleep and dream, falling back down to earth from the heat and power of the sun, falling from the mast of a ship into the depths of the ocean, and an overarching notion of willingly falling into the unknown."
Whatever they did, it all came together. Both the song and music video are obviously inspired, somehow hauntingly familiar and yet solidly Greenfield's own.
My name is Phoenix and . . . that's the bottom line.


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"He's given us some great play. He's been very versatile. He's played all three forward positions, played on the penalty kill, been on the power play as well, and he's scored some big goals for us."
-- Stars coach, Marc Crawford
On Feb. 22 against New Jersey, the versatile 21-year-old returned from a 10-game absence with a shoulder injury. And two nights later in Detroit, he assisted on Mike Ribeiro's game-opening goal to help the Stars to a 4-1 win against the Red Wings.
In his eight games back, he has centered the top line in place of Richards and also played on both wings. But such versatility is nothing new.


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Here is your Valentine's Day guide highlighting events in Louisville for the week ahead. Enjoy nearby attractions on Museum Row, take a cooking class from a local chef, or go out Friday night and celebrate Valentine's Day 2014 in Louisville with someone special. Be sure not to miss the inaugural Cupid's Undie Run on Saturday afternoon to raise money for the Children's Tumor Foundation.
Louisville's Museum Row on Main Street is once again offering $5 February admission for Kentucky and Indiana residents. Take advantage of this month-long promotion and enjoy the local downtown attractions to The Frazier History Museum, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, KentuckyShow!, Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and Muhammad Ali Center. A valid KY or IN driver's license or alternate ID must be presented. This promotion cannot be combined with any other offers.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 – The Peking Acrobats, Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center, Louisville, 7:30 PM. Your family will be amazed by the tricks and tumbling performed by these Chinese acrobats. This Chinese Carnival is fun for all ages as part of the YUM! Family Series Program.
February 14, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, Cooking Class with Chef Maria Bell, Chef Maria's Greek Deli, Louisville. Learn how to cook and eat Mediterranean style in this two-hour BYOB class. $29 per person. Travel to Greece without the jet lag and learn some belly dancing, too! Must make reservations by Wednesday, February 12 by calling (502) 895-7075.
Friday, February 14, 2014 – The 15th Annual Frazier Canteen, The Frazer History Museum, 7 PM. Enjoy a buffet dinner as you watch the nationally-recognized Ladies for Liberty perform and listen to the Don Krekel Orchestra. Tickets are $45 for Museum members or military/veterans; $50 regular admission.
Friday, February 14, 2014 – Valentine's Day Dinner at Broad Run Vineyards – 6:30 PM. Come bring your sweetheart for a candlelight dinner at one of Kentucky's family-owned wineries. Entertainment by Reminiscing. Cost is $50 per person. For reservations, call (502) 231-0372.
Friday, February 14 and Saturday, February 15, 2014 – Jefferson Memorial Forest, Louisville, KY – 7 – 10 PM. Head to the Forest for a romantic candlelit hike, then warm up by the fire at the Manor House enjoying hot beverages and decadent desserts. Cost is $30 per couple. Meet in the Horine Reservation. Reservations must be made by February 10th. (502) 366-5432.
February 14 at 8 PM and Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 2 PM – Romeo et Juliette as part of the Kentucky Opera Brown-Forman Season, Brown Theatre, Louisville, 8 PM. Shakespeare's tragedy is adapted into an opera by French composer Charles Gounod; sung in French with projected English translations. Tickets may be purchased at The Kentucky Center.
Saturday, February 15, 2014, Cupid's Undie Run, The Sports and Social Club, Fourth Street Live, Louisville. Don't miss the first ever Cupid's Undie Run in Louisville as individuals of all shapes and sizes set out in their "bare minimum" to enjoy a one-mile fun run downtown. While hilarious to watch and participate, the purpose to raise money and awareness for the Children's Tumor Foundation is honest and passionate. Read about those affected by Neurofibromatosis on the CTF website. The fun run begins at 2 PM, but the party starts at noon, and ends at 4 PM.
So here are a few choices for your Valentine's Day guide. As for me, I'll be making chicken gyros and baklava with Chef Maria. Opa!


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The Duluth Playhouse Children's Theatre has put a dent in local supplies of eyeliner with its production of "Cats." Here is how the cast goes from normal teens to felines.
Best Bets include Kevin Kling and Dan Chouinard at Mitchelle Auditorium, UMD's production of the play "How I Learned to Drive," Sacred Heart goes from "Beethoven to Barber," "Cats" opens at the Playhouse, the Ides of March brings bands covering other bands and a few ideas for going green.
Music reviewer Tony Bennett considered Acoustic Smoke's album "Leave Better Than You Are," and wasn't feeling it. One tip: Bennett thinks they should call themselves Electric Smoke.
Also on the internet:
Duluth Homegrown Music Festival director Walt Dizzo is adding another gig: He'll be hosting the new Duluth Local Show on The Current. Available for streaming on a computer near you. This airs on the Local stream at noon Wednesdays, 11 p.m. Thursdays and 6 p.m. Saturdays starting March 27.
Speaking of MPR: Meet Classical MPR's artist-in-residence, local opera singer Lyz Jaakola.


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Bean & Barley Salad RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 3/4 cup quick-cooking barley
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (11 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 large sweet red pepper, finely chopped
- 6 green onions, chopped
- 1/3 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1-1/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Prepare barley according to package directions. Transfer to a large bowl; stir in the beans, corn, red pepper, onions and cilantro.
- In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Chill until serving. Yield: 12 servings (3/4 cup each).
Reviews for Bean & Barley Salad
"Yum! I made this when it was first published and my husband and I loved it. Packs well for hiking and picnics. Served at a summer BBQ last year and got lots of rave reviews from everyone. I agree with another review, it lasts for days in the fridge. Can be eaten as a meal or side and goes GREAT with tortilla chips! All around winner!!!!"
"I was looking for something vegan, that had good flavor and a good protein source and this fit the bill!! We don't really like the kidney beans, so we increased the amount of black beans and corn, and it was perfect for us. Will definitely make this again"
"I don't know why it took me so long to make this recipe, but I'm glad that I finally did. It was super easy and my family really enjoyed it. I substituted pinto beans for black beans (it's what I had on hand) and it was very yummy. We had it as a side dish, but it would be very good as a chip topper/dip like other reviewers suggested. Will try that next time!!!"
"This is the BEST.. so full of flavor.. last for days in fridge.. soooo good"
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2013 - Steamboat Stinger
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After the success of last year's event, we anticipate selling out quickly so please keep this in mind!
You can expect singletrack…lots of it. Beginning at the Howelson Hill Ski Area right in the heart of Steamboat, the course takes an extended detour deep into the beautiful backcountry of Routt County before returning to the transition/finish area. Racers will wind through open meadows, deeply-cupped, aspen-lined, narrow Colorado loam and wild sage gardens offering incredible views of the surrounding peaks and valleys. It's a 50-mile race, plus or minus a bit, composed of two 25-mile loops - 100% of which are on dirt featuring 90% singletrack.
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Back on the chained-CPI gang
Mar 14th, 2013 at 11:58 am by susie
Just FYI, White House National Economic Council director Gene Sperling said today on his Reddit chat that the president really prefers the Chained CPI and that it's not just an inducement to get the Republicans on board with the Grand Bargain.
This may sound obvious, since it's been clear from before the inauguration that the administration wants to "reform" the so-called entitlements. But Sperling made it clear today that they believe in this on the merits.


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For the third consecutive year, Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware has restrctured his contract to help make some much needed salary cap room, reports the Dallas Morning News.
A source has confirmed that Ware added two years onto his contract and the deal includes a signing bonus that will be rolled into the upcoming season.
The move gets Ware an extra $5 million, and more improtantly, saves the team roughly $4 million for 2013.
That's one down, now onto the next player. Dan Connor will reportedly be asked to restructure his deal, and the Cowboys have drawn a line in the sand on his situation. They're looking to reduce his $3 million base salary in 2013, and if he's not aboard with it, they'll have to cut him.
Others who signed lucrative contracts in the past, like Jason Witten, Miles Austin and Jay Ratliff might be approached as well to have their deals re-worked.


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Lions Fans Encouraged To Arrive Early For Thursday Night Football In Detroit, Extra Security At Ford FieldIf you're headed to Thursday Night Football in Detroit -- you'll want to leave early.
Feds Urge Detroit Church Leaders To Boost Security After 9 Black Worshippers Murdered Last MonthAt a summit in Detroit on Monday, hate crime trends and active shooter situations will also be discussed.
Michigan 1 Of 10 States On Government's List Of Potential Terrorist TargetsCongressional investigators say the government is underestimating the threat of a chemical attack in 10 states -- including Michigan.
New Security Measures To Be Taken At Comerica Park Beginning Opening DayAll streets around the ballpark will be restricted from any vehicle traffic.
Comerica Park To Have Walk-Through Metal Detectors, Stricter Bag Rules On Opening DayThe Tigers recommend ticket holders arrive early to allow ample time for this new security procedure.
On-Air Meltdown By Ted Leitner Over Security During GameYou've really got to pick your moment to make a move.
Matt's Favorites: Cool Curved TV, Outlook.com Hiccup, And More
Security Increased For Detroit's Fireworks DisplaySecurity is being upgraded for an annual fireworks display in downtown Detroit.
Tables Turned As Security Guard In Custody After Alleged TheftAn Oakland Mall security officer is in custody and expected to be formally charged with stealing from store owners he was paid to protect.
Event Notices From April 11The latest technology-related events and meetings from Michigan's technology-focused companies, institutions and groups
Arotech Reports Record Revenues In 2012Arotech Corp. (NasdaqGM: ARTX), a provider of defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and security markets, reported record revenue for the quarter and full year ended Dec. 31.
CA, Ponemon Study Shows Improved Practices, But Concerns As WellA new study from the Traverse City-based Ponemon Institute and Islandia, N.Y.-baesd CA Technologies, "Security of Cloud Computing Users 2013," shows companies have improved their practices around cloud computing security compared to a previous study from 2010.


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The Act of Killing
- Name
- The Act of Killing
- Genre
- Documentary
- Running time
- 115 min
- Director
- Joshua Oppenheimer
- OFLC rating
- Yet to be classified
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- Indonesian, English
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JAKE WILSON This unconventional documentary is disturbing and an undeniably mesmerising horror show.
SANDRA HALL This is a film with important things to say but they have been upstaged by an intellectual conceit.
CRAIG MATHIESON The Act of Killing is an unpredictable documentary journeys into the heart of darkness.
GARRY MADDOX The Act of Killing stars the unrepentant leaders of Indonesian death squads in the 1960s.
The Act of Killing is a devastating look at Indonesia's repressions of the 1960s. The documentary screens on July 28 and August 3 as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
STEPHANIE BUNBURY For once, critics everywhere are unanimous: there has never been a film like The Act of Killing.
MICHAEL BACHELARD ONE of the most compelling characters in the new documentary The Act of Killing is an obese, cross-dressing gangster-cum-actor named Herman Koto.
The subject matter of this film is truely remarkable and the attitudes of the "stars" incredible but as a documentary it is very poorly made and way, way, way too long.
Yes agree, I was at the movie today, the blatant ignorance of any apathy for their victims was astounding. Some scenes were shocking...the references to raping 14 yr olds, and killing is all on tape. I'm confused are they just uneducated? How can a human not have any idea or relate to any harm they put on others? High government people in this film also hanging with 'the gangsters' as they called them was like a celebrity fix! Shocking.
This documentary is incredible. Democracy Now! did a 45-minute interview with the director, Joshua Oppenheimer here http://owl.li/ngW8r
Perhaps, if this epic had been condensed into an hour long documentary, without all the recreation of blood and guts, I might have been interested in watching it on a television. As it is, and given our north-western neighbour's apparent happiness in its own murderous and unpunished history, I think I'll give it a miss.
What Jake neatly dodges by his use of the word Western, is that Australia was complicit in the slaughter, Richard Woolcott the ambassador at the time supplying lists of so called Communists to Suharto. Another bit of supine obeisance to Washington and part of the Domino Theory.. I lived in Indonesia for 11 years and I used to talk about the time with my friends. My first digs was behind a house owned by Bapak Subandrio the FA Minister in Soekarnos cabint and held for years by Suharto with Australia's approval. I was warned not to use the telephone. My project driver at 7 had witnessed all 8 members of his neighbouring family being decapitated. The Ayung river in Bali was filled with bodies and body parts.. over 80,000 were killed there alone, a fact nicely left out of the Bali Paradise myth.
Indonesians like many Asians deal with shame or other uncomfortable feelings by smiling. That Oppenheimer reveals in not only the banality of violence, but that a state like Indonesia can still get aid funding and assistance from nations like Australia and never be called account for this time.. That a torturer and murderer like Prabowo should stand for national election reflects badly on us as well as we continue to do self interested business and use aid an patronage...In short Australia continues to be complicit
.People are quite anti social really,but flock together to form gangs to dominate others,even within their own clique, to terrorise ,to kill, to rob and to justify their actions as compassionate and caring to satisfy their denouncements of envy and greed.People make films about evil to perpetuate the blood lust in society,and always add the goodies /baddies spin to make their intentions less obvious.The tragedy is the majority of people are peaceful and complacent ,its always just a handful of socio paths who want to dominate the World.And arent they experienced manipulators and story tellers,dont they love to keep people gullible and unsuspecting .
I saw this film a few months ago and it is an interesting story and concept ruined by poor film-making. It is twice as long as it should be and should be watched only with a remote and a fast forward button.
i just read this story after the iraq bombing children in playgorund story,,,,,sad world we live in...
we need a real UN army to seek and destroy these kinds of people....and not for the oil or money or territory but for human kind...
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The much-anticipated figure skating team event will make its Olympic debut at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi on Feb. 6. Betting odds posted to SkyBet on Feb. 5 predicted which of the 10 squads of talented hopefuls will stand atop the podium when the event concludes on Feb. 9.
Favored to win gold with 5/4 odds is home nation Russia. They enter the competition with strong skaters in three of four disciplines, including reigning European ladies champion Julia Lipnitskaia; pairs Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, and Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov; and ice dancers Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Soloviev, and Yelena Ilinykh and Nitika Katsalapov, all of whom should put the nation in good shape to score a medal. The only potential weak link is three-time Olympian Evgeni Plushenko, who despite dropping out of Europeans and finishing just second at Russia's championships, insisted he be given Russia's sole berth for a male singles skater.
With 6/4 odds, the team representing Canada is second-most likely to score the team victory. Like Russia, Canada will field strong skaters in three of four areas. Included are Patrick Chan, reigning ice dance gold medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, and pair Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, who are expected to contend for the top prizes in the men's, ice dancing and pairs events. The biggest question mark for team Canada, since 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette is not competing, is how well the ladies singles skaters will perform.
Ranked third with 3/1 odds is the team from the United States. Although Meryl Davis and Charlie White should post astronomical numbers for the ice dance portions of the team total and Gracie Gold should put up a strong score for the ladies long program, the strength of the other performances is something of a wild card. Ashley Wagner, who is slated to perform the women's short program, imploded at U.S. nationals in January. If she's able to pull herself together, she's capable of posting an excellent score. Men's singles skater Jeremy Abbott, who will perform the men's short program, didn't fare well in his Olympic debut in 2010, and long program skater Jason Brown is a fan favorite, but the absence of a quad jump in his routine could hurt his marks. Finally, the U.S. isn't known for strong pairs skaters, so though national champs Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir may deliver solid routines, the scores may pale compared to those posted by German, Canadian and Russian skaters.
The rest of the posted odds are as follows:
- Japan, 33/1
- France, 80/1
- China, 100/1
- Germany, 100/1
- Great Britain, 150/1
- Italy, 150/1
- Ukraine, 200/1
The figure skating team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi begins Feb. 6 with the men's and pairs short programs. Abbott is scheduled to skate fifth, while Castelli and Shnapir will skate sixth during the pairs event.
Suggested Links
- 2014 U.S. Olympic figure skating team event roster leaked early
- 2014 U.S. Olympic figure skater Polina Edmunds on Sochi expectations, teammates
- Olympian Jason Brown on Sochi Opening Ceremony garb: 'I'm in love!'
- 2014 overall Olympic medal count: Betting odds predict the winner
- 2014 Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner: Mirai Nagasu has been 'phenomenal'


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Every year as a child I remember purchasing my favorite characters Valentine Cards to share with all my classmates in school. I could not wait for the classroom list to come home so that I may get started on them. I would carefully tear across the perforated edges of each individual card before I ever so neatly wrote my classmates name on the very best card for them, making sure I never gave a boy one that would be of embarrassment such as those that say "I like you".
My boys began the same ritual when they began elementary school and year after year I became bored with the idea. If we are showing our children how to share something nice with their classmates couldn't we do more than just write names on the back of a card? Watch the video above to discover a way to teach your child about Valentine's Day.
So as any smart mom with an idea would do, I hopped on Pinterest (click on the link and follow me). Below are the Valentine Day classroom treats for students and teachers that I fell in love with while I searched probably longer than I should have (so addicting Pinterest is). Click on the link to find out how you can create these with your student and be outside the box (Valentine character card box) this year.