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Pat Williams-Sr. VP of the Orlando Magic
Pat Williams is the senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic. As one of America's top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, he has addressed thousands of executives in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies and national associations to universities and nonprofits. Clients include AllState, American Express, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Disney, Honeywell, IBM, ING, Lockheed Martin, Nike, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Tyson Foods to name a few. Pat is also the author of over 55 books.
Pat served for seven years in the United States Army, spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization; two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office"and has also spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization. Since 1968, he has been in the NBA as general manager for teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia "including the 1983 World Champion 76ers"and now the Orlando Magic, which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. Twenty-three of his teams have gone to the NBA playoffs and five have made the NBA finals. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history by Beckett's, a national publication.
Pat has been an integral part of NBA history, including bringing the NBA to Orlando. He has traded Pete Maravich as well as traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Penny Hardaway, and he has won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992 and 1993. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins. He signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. Nineteen of his former players have become NBA head coaches, nine have become college head coaches while seven have become assistant NBA coaches.
Pat and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 24 to 37. For one year, 16 of his children were all teenagers at the same time. Pat and his family have been featured in Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, Focus on the Family, New Man Magazine, plus all of the major television networks, The Maury Povich Show and Dr. Robert Schuller's Hour of Power.
Pat teaches an adult Sunday school class at First Baptist Church of Orlando and hosts three weekly radio shows. In the last 13 years, he has completed 54 marathons "including the Boston Marathon 12 times" and also climbed Mt. Rainier. He is a weightlifter, Civil War buff and serious baseball fan. Every winter he plays in Major League Fantasy Camps and has caught Hall of Famers Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins, Rollie Fingers, Gaylord Perry, Phil Niekro, Tom Seaver and Goose Gossage.
Pat was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, earned his bachelors degree at Wake Forest University, and his master's degree at Indiana University. He is a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame after catching for the Demon Deacon baseball team, including the 1962 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship team. He is also a member of the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.
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Keith Harrell- Dr. Attitude (Deceased)
After 24 years in the speaking business, millions of those touched by Keith Harrell are mourning the loss of the motivational speaker, writer, and mentor. The vibrant and contagiously positive professional devoted the last quarter-century of his life to inspiring and encouraging people to evaluate their attitude as they developed strategies and methods to lead a happy and healthy life.
Originally from Seattle, Harrell is a hometown hero thanks to his high school years as a key player on the undefeated 1973-74 Super Dogs who went on to win the state title. Keith earned his Bachelor's Degree in community service from Seattle University before embarking on a 14-year career with IBM where he was recognized as one of the top sales and training instructors. In 1997, Keith received the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association. In August 2000, he was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame, a lifetime achievement award given for speaking excellence and professionalism.
Above all, Harrell was a man who practiced what he preached, and lived his life that way up until the day he passed. The 6-foot-7 basketball star stood out in the crowd because of his height, but was remembered because of the motivation, inspiration and love he gave to others. Harrell's passion was to change people's lives for the better, which was evident in the speaking presentations he delivered to millions of people, his books, articles and interviews, as well as in his personal life. Whether he was traveling, dining, or speaking, Keith saw everyday interactions as an opportunity to brighten someone's life and encourage them to realize the great opportunity in front of them.
Known to many as, Dr. Attitude, Harrell's classic response to a greeting was his upbeat slogan, "Super Fantastic." Harrell was known as a man who treated all persons with the utmost respect and aimed to move people with his attitude and outlook. Harrell understood the emotional and mental effects of positive thinking and worked to help others lead happier lives. Keith loved the Lord with all his heart and soul and felt it was a blessing to be able to serve God in this powerful way.
I have never known a man whose heart and mind were so filled with love and kindness, said Ross Shafer, friend and fellow speaker. No matter what frustration I shared with Keith, I was always energized and encouraged by hearing his voice and positive advice. I know he will watch over all of us and guide us by his teachings, his example of how to live life, and his ongoing presence. Keith's light is so bright he will always shine in our hearts and in the hearts of the people he touched.
I lost someone who truly impacted my life. Keith was my friend and one of the greatest motivational speakers I have ever known, said Jim Doyle, President of Jim Doyle & Associates, Inc. Keith believed and lived the title of his book, Attitude Is Everything. His attitude and energy impacted millions.
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Alma Rivera- Recording Artist
Alma Rivera's music ministry began in 1998 after she graduated from the Instituto Canzion, a worship school founded by multiple Grammy award winner Marcos Witt. As a bi-lingual performer, Rivera's melodic sounds are enjoyed by English and Spanish-speaking audiences around the world.
Her diverse musical style — encompassing contemporary praise and worship, pop and Latin Gospel –She has been featured on: TBN's Dino show; CBN's Club700Hoy; CBN.com as the "Artist of the Day" Harvest-tv.com on the "Harvest Show;" and she has performed as a guest singer at Lakewood Church in Houston. With Ricardo Sanchez at Israel Houghton's 2010 Deeper Level Conference. With Grammy Award-winning artist, Israel Houghton at the Upper Room Church in Dix Hills, NY; At Bishop Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle, and at the "Heart Revolution Conference" with Pastor Sergio De La Mora.
Fans can connect with Alma on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and MySpace and access: her appearance schedule, photos, download music and more at www.MusicByAlma.com. Alma's music is also available on iTunes.
George Fraser- America's #1 African-American Networker
George C. Fraser is Chairman & CEO of FraserNet, Inc. He is considered by many to be the new voice for African Americans and one of the foremost authorities on networking and building effective relationships.
Mr. Fraser is the author of two books: Success Runs In Our Race; The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African American Community (a critically acclaimed bestseller) and Race For Success; The Ten Best Business Opportunities for Blacks In America (selected as one of ten best business books of the year by Booklist). Both were published by the William Morrow Company.
Mr. Fraser is also the publisher of the award-winning SuccessGuide Worldwide: The Networking Guide to Black Resources. He is the founder of the annual PowerNetworking Conference, the largest gathering of Black professionals, business owners and community leaders.
A popular speaker and author, George C. Fraser's inspiring talks on success principles, effective networking, wealth creation, business ethics, and valuing diversity, are as popular among corporate professionals as they are among college students. His views have been solicited by CNN and the Wall Street Journal. Over the past decade, the prestigious publication, Vital Speeches of the Day, has selected, reprinted and distributed worldwide, four of Mr. Fraser's speeches–a first for any professional speaker in America.
UPSCALE magazine named him one of the "Top 50 power brokers in Black Americaâ€. Black Enterprise Magazine called him "Black America's #1 Networker†on a cover issue. Personal growth "guru†Stephen Covey called Mr. Fraser a "masterful teacher.†TV host and journalist, Tony Brown called him a "visionary with the rare combination of leadership and management skills.†Mr. Fraser is featured in the New York Times-bestseller, Masters of Networking, along with Colin Powell.
Mr. Fraser attended New York University and received his executive training at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Humane Letters from Jarvis Christian College. Mr. Fraser has been married to Nora Jean for over 30 years. They have two sons, Kyle and Scott.
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Pastor Sunday Adelaja- Founder/Pastor of Embassy of God
Sunday Adelaja is the founder and senior pastor of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for all Nations. Though still young, he has attained a high level of ministry that many follow as an example. He is first and foremost a dedicated and passionate Christian, who seeks to follow God and complete everything that God has spoken to him. This passion and dedication spills over into the leaders under him and onto the members of the church.
Pastor Sunday, as he is called by the members of the church, has an international ministry that reaches to over 30 countries, including the USA, Canada, England, Germany, Russia, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Holland, Indonesia, Spain, South Africa, Latvia, Israel, Sweden, Estonia, Norway, S. Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Denmark, and many others. He speaks in many city, state, region, and country-wide conferences, sharing the Word of encouragement and instruction that the Lord has given him.
Pastor Sunday is used mightily in prophetic and evangelistic gifts around the world. God's gift of healing flows through Pastor Sunday and countless people have been healed, restored and set free by his ministry.
Pastor Sunday is not only an international speaker and pastor of the largest church in Europe, but he is also a loving husband to Bose Adelaja and the responsible and happy father of three children – a son, Perez, and two daughters, Zoe and Pearl. Pastor Bose Adelaja is a fitting helpmeet for Pastor Sunday and their gifts and callings complement each other perfectly. Whenever possible, Pastor Sunday travels with his wife and children.
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Elayna Fernandez- Social Media Business Development Expert
Proud Positive Mom, Success and Empowerment Guide, Author and International Speaker. Born and raised in lovely San José de Ocoa, in the Dominican Republic, Elayna developed a passion for marketing at an early age, becoming an entrepreneur at age 7.
Author of "Social Media Success Made Possible" and Award-winning Marketing Trainer and Strategist, Elayna is best known for creating powerful brands that drive customers to instant action.
Elayna is considered one of the leading international online visibility experts, trusted by the World's most successful leaders.
Elayna has trained and consulted hundreds of business owners, authors and speakers, worldwide in increasing brand awareness and implementing powerful marketing strategies to facilitate business growth. Through her "Social Media Empowerment" workshops, she teaches individuals how to take advantage of the power of Social Media to bring their message to millions online.
Elayna's motivating experiences of victory over obstacles through positive thinking inspired her to instruct women how to find expert guidance towards fulfillment in life and career success.
Elayna serves as your advocate on discovering your Potential, utilizing your inner Power and embracing Positive transformations to promote Balance, Bliss and Blessings.
Her motto is "Be Positive and You Will Be Powerful!". She is passionate about Positive Thinking, Inner Peace, Gratitude, Faith, Joy, Personal Growth
Her love for children and her passion for motherhood guided her to create a network for moms and a non-profit, The Positive Mom Foundation, with the purpose to raise awareness, provide training, tools and resources for mothers to improve their lives and raise positive, happy, successful children.
Elayna enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, dancing, and exploring the outdoors. Because she really loves to contribute to the community, she is an active volunteer for many charitable organizations with focus in children and mothers.
The Detroit Free Press recently called her "a marketing whiz on an almost immortal mission." Publishers Weekly called her a "PR Guru." Known as the "connector and PR coach," Pam Perry knows how to pull the right people together for the right project at the right time and garner the right publicity. She is the co-author of "Synergy Energy: How to Market Your Book, Grow Your Business and Brand Your Ministry."
Her public relations and advertising career spans over two decades getting media hits for clients in Jet, Essence,TBN, Today Show, Oprah, Ebony, Moody Broadcasting, Salem Networks, Daystar, The Word Network, Tom Joyner, Tavis Smiley and Steve Harvey to name a few.
Mastering print, radio and television, Perry has been employed at the Detroit Free Press, WNIC FM and Christian Television Network (CTN). She has even published a 40,000-circulation magazine, Soul Source. Perry has provided PR counsel to clients like McDonald's while at Hermanoff and Associates agency and provided fund development and public relations for Joy of Jesus, Inc. and The Salvation Army.
Perry is the founder of BART (Blacks in Advertising, Radio & Television), a nonprofit networking organization for African Americans in the media. Over a ten-year period, the organization hosted career conferences, award programs honoring African American heroes in the industry and organized professional development meetings. She is a past winner of the "One to Watch" Award from the American Women in Radio and TV – Detroit Chapter and jointly won an Emmy for her work as a producer for "The Edge with Jeffrey Miller.
"One of the nation's foremost experts in the African American Christian market, Perry is the chief visionary of Ministry Marketing Solutions, Inc. The public relations and marketing consulting firm which opened in 2000. Some of her clients include authors Fred Price, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Bishop Donald Hilliard, Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, Dr. Pat Bailey and Pastor Bill Winston.
A consummate communicator, Perry has taught journalism and penned columns for the Michigan Chronicle/ Michigan Front Page and currently is a columnist for Keeping Family First online magazine and on the board of Inspired Living magazine. Her work has also appeared in Gospel Today magazine, The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, CBA Marketplace Magazine, Precious Times Magazine, Christian Covenant News and The Christian Communicator.
Her passion is Christian books and assisting writers become authors through the American Christian Writers Association where she is president/founder of the Detroit Chapter. As a book publicity coach, she hosts weekly teleconferences on various PR/marketing topics with self-published authors and provides PR counsel to ministries nationwide and trains church marketing staffs. She is also the author of: Quick & Easy Ministry Marketing Solutions – 115 PR tips to brand your ministry.
Peter Daniels- Motivational Speaker and Entrepreneur
Peter J. Daniels, (born in 1932 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian life coach, writer, and professional speaker. Daniels has authored thirteen books, including How to Reach Your Life Goals and How to be Happy Though Rich. Daniels came from a disadvantaged background and was challenged with illiteracy in his early years. His family was third generation welfare recipients, he has two alcoholic brothers, 4 fathers and 2 mothers. Many of his relatives have been in jail. He failed at every grade in school and became a bricklayer. At 26 years of age he was hopelessly in debt, and attended a Billy Graham Crusade on May 25, 1959. He attributes his life change and subsequent success to that meeting.
After reading 6,000 biographies, Daniels went into business three times, failing each time, but avoiding bankruptcy. He subsequently managed to build a large real estate business in Australia and South East Asia and serves as a director and chairman on a range of international boards.
Described by Dr Norman Vincent Peale as the best speaker in the world, Daniels has been speaking on personal development for over 30 years.
Daniels married his wife Robina in 1955 and has three children and eight grandchildren. Initially Daniels wanted to become a champion boxer and he still hits a speed ball.
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Derrick Miles- The Architect of Superhuman Performance
Known as "The Encourager,†Derrick is the Chairman/CEO of The Milestone Brand Inc., a professional development and training company helping corporations and individuals alike achieve "Superhuman Performance®.â€
The Milestone Brand has identified that the primary reason for burnout, frustration and ineffectiveness in the lives of employees is their failure to utilize their gifts, internal resources and the gifts of others to positively impact the marketplace and communities. Through thousands of hours of research and hundreds of interviews with top executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities and faith-based leaders, Derrick has co-authored the much anticipated book series Superhuman Performance: Utilizing Your Gifts to Perform at Extraordinary Levels. Using the Milestone Collaboration Method and the many products under the Superhuman Performance® brand, readers, listeners and seminar participants are able to realize rapid improvement in their personal and professional development. This concept allows individuals to obtain the position, get the promotion, generate the profits and live the life that they deserve.
Each year it is estimated that US corporations lose an estimated $350 Billion due to low productivity of actively dis-engaged workers. To help people and corporations solve this problem, Milestone Motivation (MM) co-founders, Darrayl & Derrick Miles have authored Superhuman Performance, a two-part book series emphasizing Utilizing Your Gifts to Perform at Extraordinary Levels.
In this series, the Miles brothers called on their friends who many regard as some of the world's most powerful leaders and influential personalities to partner with them to "Transform Organizations and the Lives of Millions of People around the World."
Some of the Powerful Leaders and Influential Personalities Contributors Include:
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George Foreman (Two Time World Heavy Weight Champion, Author and Serial Entrepreneur)
Pat Williams (Sr. VP of the Orlando Magic)
Peter J. Daniels (Australian life coach, Author, and Professional Speaker)
Pastor Sunday Adelaja (Founder and Sr. pastor, Embassy of God Church in Kiev, Ukraine)
Dr. Mark Chironna (Founder of The Master's Touch International Church)
Keith Harrell (Deceased Motivational Speaker, Author of the book "Attitude Is Everything")
Lavon Lewis (Branding and Marketing Expert)
Abraham McDonald (First-ever Oprah Show Karaoke Challenge Winner, Island Def Jam Artist)
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Genma Holmes (Model, Actress and Entrepreneur)
Pam Boney (Former hospitality executive and Founder of Tilt 360 Assessments for High Potentials)
Elanya Fernandez (Social Media Expert)
Alma Rivera (Christian Recording Artist)
Pam Perry (PR Coach)
William R. Patterson (Internationally recognized business/wealth coach and author of "The Baron Son")
George Fraser (Critically Acclaimed Bestselling Author and #1 African-American Networker)
Dave Kahle (Sales consultant for executives and author of "How to Sell Anything to Anyone Anytime")
Roger Anderson (Former corporate executive and author of the book "The Executive Calling")
"In life and business you need a trainer, a motivator, someone who's preparing you for the things that lie ahead. The Miles brothers are two young men that are an inspiration to me and having been a two-time world heavyweight boxing champ, entrepreneur, ordained minister and author I know the Superhuman Performance message will transform people," says George Foreman, Two-Time World Heavy Weight Champion, Author, Serial Entrepreneur and contributor to Superhuman Performance.


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College Hockey:Irish Pound Falcons
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame hockey fans saw something they haven't seen in a long time on Thursday night at the Joyce Center as the Irish exploded for nine goals (four on the power play and one shorthanded) to pick up their first CCHA win of the season, a 9-4 victory over the Bowling Green Falcons.
Junior center Josh Sciba led the way for Notre Dame as he picked up the first hat trick of his career, getting two on power-play goals and one shorthanded. Tim Wallace (ppg), Matt Amado, Mike Walsh (gwg) Christian Hanson and Victor Oreskovich (ppg) all scored for the Irish and only defenseman Dan VeNard and center Jason Paige failed to record a point in the nine-goal outburst.
Jonathan Matsumoto led Bowling Green with a goal and two assists on the night. The Falcons also got goals from Mike Falk, Brett Pilkington and Ben Geelan on the night.
The last time Notre Dame scored nine goals in a game came on Nov. 20, 1998, a 9-5 home win over Western Michigan. Sciba's hat trick was the first by an Irish player since Aaron Gill scored three on March 18, 2004 in the CCHA Super Six versus Ohio State. Notre Dame's four power-play tallies were the most since Dec. 7, 2002 when the Irish had four in a 6-2 home win versus Bowling Green.
The win improves the Irish to 2-5-0 overall and 1-2-0 in the CCHA. Bowling Green goes to 2-5-1 on the season and 2-3-1 in league action.
The Falcons scored the opening goal of the game at 9:19 of the first period when Pilkington broke into the Irish zone on a two-on-one with Geelan. He used his left wing as a decoy and snapped a wrist shot over Irish goaltender Jordan Pearce for his first of the season.
Notre Dame then took advantage of a five-minute power play to score two goals after Derek Whitmore was called for checking from behind at 14:20 of the first period.
Sciba evened the score at 1-1 at the 14:56 mark when he took a feed from Mark Van Guilder on the right side of the net and flipped a shot over Bowling Green's Jimmy Spratt for his third of the season.
Wallace gave the Irish the lead for good at 18:58 when he fired a low shot from the left wing circle inside the left post that Spratt appeared to stumble on getting to. The goal was the fourth of the season for Wallace and gave the Irish a season-high two power-play goals and the 2-1 lead after one period of play.
The lead would go to 3-1 at 8:57 of the second courtesy of a Sciba power-play goal. Erik Condra (three assists) slipped a pass from the left wing circle to Sciba on the right post. The Westland, Mich., native knocked the pass out of the air took one shot that Spratt stopped and flipped a back-hander over the fallen goaltender for his second of the night and fourth of the season.
Amado gave the Irish a 4-1 lead at 9:21 when he fired the rebound of a Jindra deflection past Spratt for his third goal of the season and his third in as many games.
Bowling Green would cut the lead to 4-2 on a power-play tally by Matsamuto that came off a Notre Dame turnover in front of Pearce. Matsamuto stripped an Irish defender and made a nice move to slide the puck under Pearce for his sixth of the year at 11:50.
The third period would see the two teams combine for seven goals with the Irish getting five of them on just six shots. In 2004-05, Notre Dame scored four goals in a game just once all season and on this night they would get one more in a single period.
Walsh got what proved to be the game winner at 4:56 when he took a feed from Oreskovich at the Falcon blue line and got around the defense to fire a shot from the bottom of the left-wing circle for his second of the year and a 5-2 Irish lead.
Jindra, who returned to the lineup after missing four games with a shoulder injury, picked up his first of the season at 5:51 to make it a 6-2 game before Sciba closed out his hat trick just 1:16 later.
With the Irish killing a penalty, Condra broke up a play near the Notre Dame blue line and found Sciba behind the Bowling Green defense. Sciba raced in on Spratt and deposited the puck behind him for his first career short-handed goal.
The Falcons never quit and Falk made it 7-3 when he scored their second power-play goal of the night and his sixth goal of the year at 10:13.
Hanson answered back just 1:31 later with his first career goal at 11:44. Michael Bartlett worked the puck loose to Garrett Regan in the left-wing corner. Regan carried behind the net and tried to tuck it inside the left post. Spratt was there for the save, but Hanson pounced on the rebound to give the Irish a five-goal lead at 8-3.
Oreskovich closed the Notre Dame scoring four minutes later when he deflected a Noah Babin shot from the high slot for his second goal of the year at 15:44.
Geelan then closed the scoring at 17:20 when he fired the rebound of a Matsumoto shot past Pearce for his second of the season and a 9-4 final score.
On the night, Bowling Green outshot Notre Dame by a 33-28 margin. Pearce finished with 29 saves for the Irish while Spratt had 19. The Irish were 4-for-10 on the power play after going 4-for-45 in the first six games. Bowling Green was 2-for-7.
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Since I started this 12-week challenge, I've definitely been more active. I am making time most days for a scheduled workout, even if all I can manage is 20 minutes.
But the other goals I've had are not getting attention.
I know tracking isn't hard, and it truly doesn't take that much time, but I rarely get any time on the computer now and I don't enjoy spending it looking up values or adding foods that aren't already in the database. It has become a real chore, so I am sorely out of practice. I know this is a terrible excuse, and I really just need to commit and follow through.
Probably part of what is hindering me in tracking is that I still haven't given up my sugar craze. I'm still seeking it out and trying to compensate with activity or smaller portions elsewhere. I need to create something to do during those times when I normally reach for an unhealthy snack (boredom, celebration, stress, etc.).
So obviously that last goal of weight loss is not being met because I'm not taking care of the other goals that will lead me there.
But the bright side is that this is a process. I've got 6 more weeks to commit to this challenge. Then I've got 2 months beyond that to reach my next goal: losing the amount of weight my doctor recommended before my next checkup.
Then I've got the rest of my life to set a healthy example for my new daughter so that she grows up proud of her body and living healthily, unlike I have. That's my real goal: to break this cycle and give her something much better.
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What a great blog. I log my food in a notebook so I can not get to the computer all the times either. This way you can also see what you are eating by flipping through a notebook instead of getting on here. Good luck and congrats on the little one they are fun.
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For me setting up the tracker is painful, structuring any plan takes so much time to start with. But then the benefit comes.... Now tracking takes me minutes each day.
But I really think this blog is about celebrating the activity - you are now fitting in activity regularly, with a new baby! That is a huge important step! We can always do better, but today you are doing better! Keep up the great work!
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I hate tracking on the computer too! I don't know what it is...here's an idea....since I know you have a new baby girl whom takes up a lot of time (because I' sure she is so sweet and adorable, your time should be spent with her) Get a notebook and just write down what you eat. Every bite. Then at the end of the night decide if it was good day or maybe there are things you need to change.
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I'd write "Oops" or "No NO" next to ice cream but the rest was good. Get it? Maybe that will help you with tracking and yet save you from having to do it on the computer. Or you can write down the calories of each thing, or WW, Low Carb, whatever eating plan you are doing. It's just a thought, maybe that will help you with tracking without the headache of doing it on the computer?
Good luck girl, YOU CAN DO THIS!!!
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Good luck with your challenge, and believe in yourself to succeed and you will!
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The 2.6.25 kernel has been released at last by Linus Torvalds. The plan had been to get it out a week or so ago, but a couple of stubborn problems prevented that. A marathon debugging session by Ingo Molnar turned up the last show-stopper on April 15, and the final kernel came out shortly thereafter.
When I predicted that the release would be "around tax day in the US" I came pretty close. Maybe I should do this sort of stuff for a living.
I was talking with one of the developers at the recently-held Collaboration Summit; he told me that 2.6.25 was notable in that it didn't really have any new stuff that he was excited about. That's pretty interesting given that this development cycle was the biggest on record: over 12,000 changesets merged from some 1200 developers and almost 370,000 lines of new code. It is true that a lot of this work was internal stuff - making things work better inside the kernel, but not visible to users. That said, there's still some fun stuff in this release, including:
- The "pagemap" patches. For a long time people have wondered just which processes on their system are using all the memory. The existing tools (primarily "ps") are not as helpful as one would like for that sort of question. These patches, by Matt Mackall, enable the kernel to provide much more detailed information on memory use; this will be valuable to administrators worldwide.
- The SMACK security module breaks the monopoly on mandatory access control previously held by SELinux. In the near future we're likely to see more options for the hardening of Linux systems.
- Initial support for kernel-based video modesetting. Conventional wisdom says that graphics support on Linux has been messy for a long time; now it's getting cleaned up in a big way.
- The Controller Area Network protocol remains interesting to me, though not because I expect to use it in the near future. CAN is a protocol for networking in noisy environments - in a car, for example. It's how all your gadgets will talk to each other, enabling the system to, say, interrupt your phone call when the forward-looking radar has concluded that you're about to have an unwanted encounter with the car ahead of you. This code was developed and contributed by engineers at Volkswagen - not normally considered to be a hotbed of Linux kernel hacking. The range of industries which are beginning to understand the benefits of collaborative development is impressive.
- The ath5k driver for Atheros chipsets. This driver comes from our friends in the OpenBSD community, who made the major effort of reverse-engineering these chips. After a lengthy delay while some legal concerns were taken care of, this code has finally made its way into Linux, bringing support for one of the most problematic bits of hardware (though the 2.6.25 driver still has some rough edges). One has to wonder that the recent decision by Atheros to hire an ath5k developer and work toward mainline support for all of its hardware is purely coincidental.
That is just the beginning of the list for 2.6.25. If you want to see the whole list, head over to the always-amazing KernelNewbies changelog, which has all of the details.
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Brains fall asleep through a sequence of stages that can be coarsely defined by specific neural activation patterns in different frequency bands observable, for example, in the Electroencephalogram (EEG). The awake brain usually displays patterns faster, more diverse, and less synchronised across the cortical surface than deeper stages of sleep. Interactions between brain areas are more "complex" in consciously awake states than during relaxed drowsiness or sleep.
The present theme issue addresses the "complexity of sleep" using experimental, theoretical, and modelling approaches. It provides reviews about large-scale functional brain networks during human sleep and theoretical methods to define and measure the complexity of interacting brain networks in strict terms. It proceeds by describing state-of-the-art methods to analyse EEG and brain imaging data, and to predict them using large-scale brain models on computers. It further reports modelling work targeting on the circuits and physiological mechanisms underlying sleep-related neural activity like sleep oscillations or the daily sleep-wake cycle. Finally, it discusses how a better understanding of the sleeping brain and its complex activity on several spatial and temporal scales can open up our minds for what it physiologically means to be awake.
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IntroductionOn this page: How Locations Were Defined | Findings of the Survey
Children in rural areas face particular risks to their health and well-being. Children who live outside of metropolitan areas are more likely to live in poor families,1 have higher mortality rates,2 and are more likely to use tobacco3 than their counterparts in urban areas. Rural families must travel greater distances to use health services; 452 non-metropolitan and frontier counties are designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas for primary care, and 1,409 entire counties are considered Medically Underserved Areas by the Federal government.4
The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) presents a unique resource with which to analyze the health status, health care use, and risk factors experienced by children in rural areas in the context of their families and communities. The NSCH was designed to measure the health and well-being of children from birth to age 17 in the United States while taking into account the environment in which they grow and develop. Conducted for the first time in 2003, the survey collected information from parents about their children's health, including oral, physical and mental health, health care utilization and insurance status, and social well-being. Aspects of the child's environment that were assessed in the survey include family structure, poverty level, parental health and habits, and community surroundings. The survey was supported and developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
Children were classified according to their residence in an "urban focused" area, a large rural area, or a small or isolated rural area, based on the size of the city or town and the commuting pattern in the area. Urban-focused areas include metropolitan areas and surrounding towns from which commuters flow to an urban area; large rural areas include large towns ("micropolitan" areas) with populations of 10,000 to 49,999 persons and their surrounding areas; and small or isolated rural areas include small towns with populations of 2,500 to 9,999 persons and their surrounding areas. The map on page 6 shows how these three types of areas are distributed across the United States. Of the 72.7 million children in the U.S., 58.2 million live in urban-focused areas, 7.2 million live in large rural areas, and 7.3 million live in small rural or isolated areas.
Children in rural areas are more likely to be poor than those in urban-focused areas: of children in small or isolated areas, 22.9 percent have family incomes below the Federal poverty level, as do 19.8 percent of those in large rural areas; this compares to 17.0 percent of children in urbanfocused areas. Rural children are also more likely to be non-Hispanic White. Among children in urban areas, 57.2 percent are White, compared to 73.3 percent of children in large rural areas and 76.2 percent of children in small rural towns.
The NSCH found that children's health status does not vary substantially by location: approximately 84 percent of children are reported by their parents to be in excellent or very good health, regardless of their urban or rural status. However, rural children do face specific health risks. Children in both large and small rural areas are significantly less likely to be breastfed for at least 6 months, as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends: 40.5 percent of children in urban-focused areas are breastfed for 6 months or more, compared to 31.7 percent of children in large rural areas and 31.4 percent of children in small rural communities. In addition, rural children are more likely to live in households where someone smokes. More than one-third of children in rural areas (37.0 percent of children in large rural areas and 38.1 percent of children in small rural or isolated areas) live in households with a smoker, compared to 27.5 percent of urban children.
Rural children may experience other risks to their well-being as well. School-aged children in large and small rural areas are more likely than urban children to have repeated a grade: 13.1 percent of children aged 6-17 in large rural areas and 13.3 percent of children in small or isolated rural areas have repeated a grade, compared to 10.8 percent of children in urban-focused areas. Rural children, especially those in small or isolated areas, are also more likely to stay home alone. Among 6- to 11-year-olds in small or isolated rural communities, 18.7 percent are reported to have spent any time caring for themselves, without the supervision of an adult or older child in the past week, compared to 16.1 percent of children in large rural areas and 15.6 percent of children in urban-focused areas.
In some cases, the effect of living in rural areas is particularly pronounced for specific subpopulations. For example, low-income children in rural areas are at higher risk of missing 11 or more days of school due to illness and to have moderate or severe social-emotional difficulties than children of the same income level in urban-focused areas or higher-income children in rural areas. Some risk factors are especially prevalent among specific racial/ethnic groups: compared to their urban counterparts, American Indian/Alaska Native children in small rural areas are twice as likely to be overweight, non-Hispanic White children in rural areas are more likely to experience gaps in health insurance, and rural non-Hispanic Black children are less likely to be breastfed for at least 6 months.
Living in rural areas also has health benefits for children. A higher percentage of children in rural communities are reported by their parents to be safe in their neighborhoods (90.2 percent of children in small or isolated and 86.9 percent of children in large rural areas are usually or always safe in their neighborhoods, compared to 82.6 percent of children in urban-focused areas). Rural children are also more likely to exercise regularly: 75.3 percent of children in small rural and 73.9 percent in large rural areas are reported to exercise regularly, compared to 70.4 percent of children in urban areas.
This book presents information about the health and health care of children by location and by major demographic characteristics such as age, sex, race and ethnicity, and family income. Unless otherwise noted, all graphs provide information on children from birth to age 17. Children were classified by race and ethnicity in six categories: non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non- Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (alone or in combination with other races), other single races, and other combined races.
The Technical Appendix of this chartbook presents important information about the survey sample and methodology. For more detailed analyses of the survey results, the Data Resource Center on Child and Adolescent Health (DRC) Web site, which is sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau. It provides online access to the survey data. The interactive data query feature allows users to create their own customized tables and to compare survey results at the National and State level, and by relevant subgroups such as age, race and ethnicity, and family income.
More complex analyses of the data can be conducted using the public use data set available from the National Center for Health Statistics.
1 United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Rural Children at a Glance. Economic Information Bulletin Number 1, March 2005.
2 Eberhardt MS, Ingram DD, Makuc DM, et al. Urban and Rural Health Chartbook. Health, United States, 2001. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2001.
3 Johnston LD, O'Malley PM, Backman JG, Schulenberg JE. Monitoring the Future: National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2004: Volume I, Secondary School Students. NIH Publication No. 05-5727. Bethesda, Maryland: National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2005.
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STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford's 10th President John Hennessy and Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics Bernard Muir announced today an agreement for the long-term contract extension of Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw with Stanford Athletics and Stanford University.
"David Shaw has led the football program to great success," said Hennessy. "He embodies the goal we have for our scholar-athletes--success in the classroom and on the field. We are pleased that he will lead our football program for years to come."
"David has demonstrated great success as a leader within the Stanford community and as a mentor to scholar-athletes who wear the Cardinal uniform," said Muir. "This agreement provides added stability and reassurance that David will be at the helm to secure our football program's long-term sustained success."Shaw is in his second year as Stanford Football's head coach, hired Jan. 13, 2011. He served the previous four years as the Cardinal's offensive coordinator.
"My family and I would like to thank Athletic Director Bernard Muir for being very proactive throughout this process," said Shaw. "I am looking forward to seeing our athletic department continue to grow under his leadership.
"I would also like to thank President John Hennessy and Provost John Etchemendy for providing the support and resources necessary to build and maintain one of the top football programs in the country here at Stanford University.
"I feel blessed to work every day with an outstanding staff and coach the best group of young men in America, and I am excited to lead the Stanford Football program for many years to come."
Under Shaw's leadership, the Cardinal has enjoyed unprecedented success.
Stanford is one of just four teams in the nation from BCS conferences to compile 34 or more wins over the last three seasons along with Oregon (35), LSU (34) and Alabama (34). The Cardinal's .872 winning percentage since 2010 is tied for third-best among FBS teams during that stretch.
Stanford's three straight 11-win seasons are unprecedented in school history. Stanford had never won 11 games prior to 2010 and had reached 10 wins only three times previously (1926, 1942 and 1992).
Shaw guided the 11-2 Cardinal this season to its first Pac-12 Championship in 13 years and a berth in the 99th Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO. This marks the third consecutive BCS bowl for Stanford, a feat claimed by just seven other schools. On the heels of the 2012 Fiesta Bowl and 2011 Orange Bowl, the Cardinal have achieved the rare distinction of playing in three different BCS bowls in three straight years, matched only Miami, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Oregon in the Bowl Championship Series era of college football.
This is the unprecedented fourth straight year for Stanford to play in a bowl game, starting with the New Year's Eve 2009 Brut Sun Bowl. The last time Stanford won eight games in four consecutive seasons came under the guidance of Glenn "Pop" Warner in 1926-30.
The Cardinal ranked No. 6 in the final BCS standings this season, following back-to-back No. 4 final rankings in 2010 and 2011.
The 2012 Stanford season has seen particularly remarkable success under Shaw's direction. The Cardinal was well known for losing once-in-a-generation quarterback Jim Harbaugh accepted the same position with the San Francisco 49ers.
Shaw reloaded and launched the Cardinal through a glass ceiling, winning the 2012 Pac-12 Championship while playing against a consensus top-five schedule in the country as measured by the BCS computers (including Jeff Sagarin's No. 1 strength of schedule). Stanford leads the nation this season with five wins against ranked opponents, the lowest coming against the 17th-ranked team in the country.
For the first time in school history, Shaw's Cardinal defeated the Associated Press' No. 1 and No. 2 teams - at Oregon on Nov. 17 and vs. USC on Sept. 15, respectively. No other school has matched that triumph in the regular season since Miami in 2000. Stanford has been led this season by a defense that ranks first in the FBS with a school-record 56 sacks, while also leading the nation with 120 tackles for loss and ranking third in rushing defense (87.69 yards/game).
The story of Stanford's offense this year has been equally extraordinary, as Shaw changed his starting quarterback in the middle of an historically successful season. After senior Josh Nunes started the first nine games (7-2), sophomore Kevin Hogan made his starting debut on Nov. 10 vs. 13th-ranked Oregon State. The Cardinal had a four-game conference winning streak and stood one game back in the Pac-12 North standings, set to begin its most difficult run of the schedule.
Hogan is 4-0 in four starts against four ranked opponents, including the historic win at No. 1 Oregon in his first career road start. He was named the MVP of the 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Under Shaw's tutelage, both Nunes and Hogan this season began 3-0 as Stanford's starting signal caller, a mark which had not been accomplished by any Cardinal quarterback since Steve Stenstrom in 1991.
Shaw each of the last two seasons has been voted by his peers as the Pac-12 Coach of the Year. He was named a finalist this year for both the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award and the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. Shaw last year was honored nationally as the Male Coach of the Year by the Black Coaches & Administrators, as well as the Regional Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
A four-year letterwinner at Stanford from 1991-94 as a wide receiver, Shaw was a member of Stanford's 1991 Aloha Bowl team coached by Dennis Green that finished the season with an 8-4 mark and was the third-highest scoring team in school history. He was also on the Cardinal's Blockbuster Bowl-winning squad coached by Bill Walsh that had a 10-3 overall mark and final No. 9 ranking in 1992. Shaw finished his Stanford career with 57 catches for 664 yards and five touchdowns.
He also competed in a varsity track meet and a varsity basketball game while at Stanford before graduating in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Born in San Diego, Calif., David and his wife Kori are the parents of three children - Keegan, Carter and Gavin.


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STANFORD, Calif. – Mitchell Tolman had five hits in the doubleheader but it wasn't enough for Oregon as the No. 11 Ducks dropped both games at Stanford. UO lost the opener 6-3 before falling 2-1 in 11 innings in the nightcap on Friday night at Sunken Diamond.
Oregon falls to 18-8, 5-3 in Pac-12 play, with the loss while Stanford moves to 10-10, 3-2 in league action. The two teams will wrap up their three-game series on Saturday at 2 p.m. if weather permits. With rain expected, the game could be pushed back until Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon.
Game 1: Stanford 6, Oregon 3
The first six hitters reached base in the bottom of the first inning as Stanford scored three runs in the bottom of the first and led the rest of the way.
Mitchell Tolman and A.J. Balta led Oregon with three hits apiece. Tolman was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, while Balta finished 3-for-4 with a RBI and two doubles.
Tommy Thorpe (3-3) took the loss allowing five earned runs in 3.2 innings. The outing was the shortest of Thorpe's career as a starter. Freshman Brett Hanewich (1-1) got the win for the Cardinal.
Game 2: Stanford 2, Oregon 1 (11)
Tommy Edman, a .193 hitter, drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning on a sacrifice fly to score Zach Hoffpauir from third to give the Cardinal a doubleheader sweep. Hoffpauir led off the 11th with a double off Darrell Hunter (2-1), who was charged with the loss.
Oregon pitchers allowed just three hits in the loss while striking out 10 Cardinal hitters. Starter Matt Krook allowed just one run on two hits in seven innings while striking out seven.
Freshman Mark Karaviotis went 2-for-4 and drove in the Ducks only run in the fifth inning. Tolman was 2-for-5.
John Hochstatter (3-1) picked up the win allowing no runs on two hits in four innings of relief.


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On behalf of women everywhere, we celebrate today. It's International Women's Day and although that may not mean a lot to a lot of folks, it's a time to sit in silence knowing that in the world all over, it's a day to celebrate women.
We know how amazing and special women are. We know that without women, there would be no birth. We know that without women's energy, there would be greater chaos in the world. We know the power of women as strong leaders of families, but we also know the weaknesses of women as victims throughout the world's societies, often living as silent victims in their own homes.
We also know the importance of our own Mother Earth, and yet we often feel helpless to do anything to help her. Before we begin sending love and light to the women of society and of our past, present, and future, let's really allow ourselves to connect with the Mother and her Spirit. This woman makes all of this possible. Without this Mother, none of us would have the opportunity to experience life. Think about the gravity of that statement. As you allow yourself to sink into this meditation, sit with this Mother and dialogue with her trusting your intuition to guide your thoughts and words. As you feel led, move into the next part.
So this morning, and throughout the day, I ask you to join with me in holding women in the light.
Begin with yourself. Imagine the greatest and most brilliant light surrounding and nurturing who you are, and who you want to be. Have the light embrace and support you, as you envision its healing power, seeping into the crevices that may have cracked open under stresses of life. See it as a salve that could be a bit uncomfortable at first, but that you know you need. Sit with this image as long as you need. Then slowly move from yourself to your mother, her mother, your father's mother, and extensions of both parents first. See them all as needing the same healing that you need, and that you are providing at this time. See them as having the same sort of problems and challenges, and whatever they may do/have done in the past that you didn't agree with, allow the healing light to make it right. Allow forgiveness. Remember that they did not know what you know about healing. Again, take as long as you'd like. If you aren't ready to forgive the women in your ancestral past, then move along to the ones in your present.
Imagine all your sisters, and all of your women friends who feel like sisters, and all the women in your life you would like to bring in as sisters. Bathe them in that same light. Take as long as you want. Picture them separately or in a group. Imagine each one or all receiving the healing that is so needed on this earth. Imagine your daughters, your granddaughters, your daughters in law, cousins, friends of these women, etc. Wrap them in a loving embrace reminding them to heal their wounds. No one can do it but them, but hold the light for them until the time is right.
Now widen your circle. Go to women of your acquaintance, women of your neighborhood, community, and city. Extend this same loving light outward to women close, then slowly and gradually extend it outward over our nation, until eventually you have extended it out to the world. Remember to especially hold those who have women's challenges unique only to our gender. Remember to shine the light upon them, picturing them gaining strength and nourishment from the light. Spend as much time as your intuition guides you to.
When you are done, or when your time is over, put your left hand on the floor, and your right hand over your heart. Remember that left receives, and in this gesture, you are inviting the Mother to give you strength. As you have connected here, raise that same hand into the air and ask for love to fill and surround you as you walk through this and every day. Feel your heart beating and sustaining your life, and know—really know—that women everywhere have that same heartbeat, and that we all need each other.
Be light, just for today.
Laurie M. Knight, spiritual activist, can be reached through her writing site at email@example.com. Namaste.


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Larry D. Lyons and Mervyn Marcano, founders of the Rashawn Brazell Memorial Fund.
This past Wednesday I was at Princeton University for "Injustice, Intolerance and Intersectional Identity," a panel that focused on the roles that the police, the media, and the public play in normalizing violence against marginalized peoples. The speakers included Kim Pearson, journalist and professor at the College of New Jersey, Clarence Patton, Executive Director of the Anti-Violence Project in New York City, Rashad Robinson, Regional Media Director for Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher and Princeton professor. The panel was created by my beloved Larry one of the founders of the Rashawn Brazell Memorial Fund, to address, amongst other things, the circumstances surrounding the murder of Rashawn Brazell. The panel was sponsored by Princeton's Black Graduate Caucus, LGBT Center, African American Studies Program, Queer Graduate Office, Graduate School Office, Black Student Union, and the Black History Month Planning Committee.
Many great points were made during the course of the evening, however the ones that made an indelible mark on my consciousness concerned media bias in reporting murders based on the perceived marketability of a story. Consider the media coverage for Natalie Holloway vs. Rashawn Brazell. Professor Pearson said that in journalism there are "good murders" and "small murders." For example, if a black man kills a white woman, this is considered a good murder in the media's eyes, a story that can be milked for months, perhaps years, ala OJ Simpson. Think of Charles Stuart, a white man who killed his pregnant wife and then blamed a black man. Or Susan Smith, a white woman who killed her two kids and claimed that she was carjacked by a black man. If I were killed by anybody, black white, whatever, however, the media would consider it a "small murder." I am black, male and homo. Someone, perhaps many people, upon reading the story of my murder, would believe that I deserved it somehow because I am a black male, or a homo, or a black male homo. It felt comforting to hear experts confirm what I knew that the largely-run and operated media had been trying to convince me of all of my life: a social insignificance.
Robinson and Patton both shared information about how LGBT political and social gains are often proportionate to crimes against LGBT people. So programs like "Will and Grace" and "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" often lure people into thinking that LGBT life is more acceptable, but realistically, they do not. A rise in visibility is comparable to a rise in hate crimes against LGBT people. Makes me think about the Civil Rights Movement and increased visibility among black people meant water hoses, beatings and sometimes death. Political and social gains for people of African descent in this country came with a heavy price, ones that we are living with today. It also brings to mind the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This was one of the fastest bills ever to be signed into law for several reasons. For one, more enslaved Africans were running than ever before. In the early 19th Century more states were leaning towards, or simply abolishing, slavery altogether. The Underground Railroad was in full swing. The Fugitive Slave Act was so fierce that anybody with brown skin, free or not, could be snatched up and returned to the South. This was an institution that would not die without a fight. Dozens of freedom seeking Africans, nameless to most of us, died for it. Mailed themselves in crates headed for the North for it. Buried themselves in soil in the woods, and lived in trees for it. Swam rivers, went hungry, and cut the throats of whoever got in their way for it. Many went crazy for freedom. The papers reported it. Eventually, slavery was abolished. There were gains but the sacrifices were too numerous to name. Again, the price was heavy.
Nor did I consider how groups like GLAAD work to educate local media on how to report stories, and how they often strive to work with families of victims to garner more media attention and public sympathy. Appiah offered that organizing at the intersections of identity can be problematic for a number of reasons; for example, all black, female, lesbians, of a particular class may not share the same political or social vision, and that the intersections of identity actually make one a "new" thing, one that cannot be stereotyped or assumed. I agreed. He was also worried that people tend to disassociate themselves from which they believe they are not. Why, for example, Appiah postulated, weren't there more people, despite their race, color, or class, horrified and activated by the murder of Rashawn Brazell? Surely it was one of (if not the most) heinous murders in the last decade. This is where the caveat comes in: if it weren't for individuals who whose identities met at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and/or class, who organize around the very principles that Appiah questioned as valid, then who the fuck would?
Panels like this always leave me wanting more, which I suppose is a good thing. I always want to know how I could be a more effective activist without working myself into an early grave. In defense of my own wanting to live and not expire at the expense of others, or even myself, I am currently drafting an essay that focuses on activism and the toll it takes on the body and soul of certain African American activists. Taking my cue from The The Salt Eaters, the best damn book in the whole goddamned world by the late great Toni Cade Bambara, I think of the first line in that complicated and amazing book. Before she gets to down to business, Minnie, a healer, asks Velma, a black woman activist who has come to this famed healer broken down and slumped over a stool in a hospital gown, the only thing anybody had to anybody in this world: "Are you sure, baby, that you want to be well?"
Yes, I do.


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LBSU Track & Field Hosts Successful Beach Invitational
49ers continue to post top marks
LBSU Men's Track & Field Wins Sixth-Straight Big West Challenge Cup
49er men take first, women place second
49er Men Finish Second, Women Place Sixth at Cal-Nevada Championships
LBSU posts four individual victories on Saturday
49ers Finish Competition at UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational
Adam Bianchessi wins the javelin, Michael Vaughan claims the triple jump title
Long Beach State Posts Seven Personal Records at Aztec Invitational
Amanda Klinchuch had a lifetime-best 12-00 in the pole vault
2012: Tied for seventh in the high jump at the Big West Championships ... Established a season-best 5-04.5 ... Finished in a tie for third at the Beach Classic and tied for fourth at the Cal-Nevada Championships ... Also competed in the high jump during the indoor season ... Cleared 5-04.25 at the Run for the Dream meet and the MPSF Championships.
2011: Big West qualifier in the high jump ... Matched her season best at 5-05 to place ninth at the conference meet ... Also cleared 5-05 at the Cal-Nevada Championships (T3rd) and the Aztec Invitational (T6th) ... Finished in a tie for third at the UCSD Triton Invitational with a height of 5-04.5 ... Established a season-best 5-05 during the indoor season.
2010: Competed during the indoor season only ... Had a third-place showing in the high jump at the NAU Team Challenge (5-06) ... Notched a season-best 5-06.5 to finish in a tie for seventh at the MPSF Championships.
2009: Big West qualifier in the high jump ... Finished in a tie for fifth at the conference championships (5-05) ... Won the high jump at the USC Invitational, clearing 5-06 ... Established an LBSU personal-best 5-07 to tie for third at the Cal-Nevada Championships ... Matched that height two more times on the season (Mt. SAC Relays and Beach Invitational) ... Registered an indoor personal-record 5-08.5 at the MPSF Championships.
High School: Lettered four years in track at Aptos High School ... Finished second at the state championships in the high jump as a senior ... Left as the county record holder at 5-09 ... Had a top-eight finish at the 2008 Central Coast Section meet.
Personal: Majoring in psychology.
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Western addition receives LEED silver certification
Published on Monday, November 07, 2011
Western Technical College's Kumm Center addition recently became the second new building/addition on the La Crosse campus to achieve certification from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
The addition houses the Cavalier Campus Shop bookstore, Student Life offices, and Student Government meeting space. Completed in August 2010, the new area is now officially recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council as meeting the silver-level standards in environmental design and sustainability.
"This space benefited from an integrated design process that emphasized sustainability in planning, construction, and operations, and we are very pleased to be recognized with LEED silver certification," said Mike Pieper, vice president of finance and operations. "Western's green building and renovation program is one part of the college's broader commitment to sustainability."
Some of the LEED features include: tinted windows; energy efficient lighting and controls; energy efficient HVAC systems and controls; materials and products that are durable, non-toxic, high in recycled content and easily recycled; and superior indoor air quality.
The second phase of the Kumm Center remodel, the Student Union and Union Market food court, is currently being evaluated for LEED Silver status.
For more information about LEED certification, visit the U.S. Green Building Council website at www.usgbc.org. To learn about other Western Technical College sustainability efforts visit www.westerntc.edu/green.


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Paradox A statement that initially appears to be contradictory but then, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense. For example, John Donne ends his sonnet "Death, Be Not Proud" with the paradoxical statement "Death, thou shalt die." To solve the paradox, it is necessary to discover the sense that underlies the statement. Paradox is useful in poetry because it arrests a reader's attention by its seemingly stubborn refusal to make sense.
Paraphrase A prose restatement of the central ideas of a poem, in your own language.
Parody A humorous imitation of another, usually serious, work. It can take any fixed or open form, because parodists imitate the tone, language, and shape of the original in order to deflate the subject matter, making the original work seem absurd. Anthony Hecht's poem "Dover Bitch" is a famous parody of Matthew Arnold's well-known "Dover Beach." Parody may also be used as a form of literary criticism to expose the defects in a work. But sometimes parody becomes an affectionate acknowledgment that a well-known work has become both institutionalized in our culture and fair game for some fun. For example, Peter De Vries' "To His Importunate Mistress" gently mocks Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress."
Persona Literally, a persona is a mask. In literature, a persona is a speaker created by a writer to tell a story or to speak in a poem. A persona is not a character in a story or narrative, nor does a persona necessarily directly reflect the author's personal voice. A persona is a separate self, created by and distinct from the author, through which he or she speaks. See also narrator.
Personification A form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things. Personification offers the writer a way to give the world life and motion by assigning familiar human behaviors and emotions to animals, inanimate objects, and abstract ideas. For example, in Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," the speaker refers to the urn as an "unravished bride of quietness." See also metaphor.
Petrarchan sonnet See also sonnet.
Picture poem A type of open form poetry in which the poet arranges the lines of the poem so as to create a particular shape on the page. The shape of the poem embodies its subject; the poem becomes a picture of what the poem is describing. Michael McFee's "In Medias Res" is an example of a picture poem. See also open form.
Plausible action See character.
Play See drama.
Playwright See drama.
Plot An author's selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus. Discussions of plot include not just what happens, but also how and why things happen the way they do. Stories that are written in a pyramidal pattern divide the plot into three essential parts. The first part is the rising action, in which complication creates some sort of conflict for the protagonist. The second part is the climax, the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative, usually marking a turning point in the plot at which the rising action reverses to become the falling action. The third part, the falling action (or resolution) is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications. In medias res is a term used to describe the common strategy of beginning a story in the middle of the action. In this type of plot, we enter the story on the verge of some important moment. See also character, crisis, resolution, subplot. For discussions of plot and an exercise, go to the VirtuaLit Interactive Fiction Tutorial.
Poetic diction See diction.
Point of view Refers to who tells us a story and how it is told. What we know and how we feel about the events in a work are shaped by the author's choice of point of view. The teller of the story, the narrator, inevitably affects our understanding of the characters' actions by filtering what is told through his or her own perspective. The various points of view that writers draw upon can be grouped into two broad categories: (1) the third-person narrator uses he, she, or they to tell the story and does not participate in the action; and (2) the first-person narrator uses I and is a major or minor participant in the action. In addition, a second-person narrator, you, is also possible, but is rarely used because of the awkwardness of thrusting the reader into the story, as in "You are minding your own business on a park bench when a drunk steps out and demands your lunch bag." An objective point of view employs a third-person narrator who does not see into the mind of any character. From this detached and impersonal perspective, the narrator reports action and dialogue without telling us directly what the characters think and feel. Since no analysis or interpretation is provided by the narrator, this point of view places a premium on dialogue, actions, and details to reveal character to the reader. See also narrator, stream-of-consciousness technique. For discussions of point of view and an exercise, go to the VirtuaLit Interactive Fiction Tutorial.
Postcolonial criticism An approach to literature that focuses on the study of cultural behavior and expression in relationship to the colonized world. Postcolonial criticism refers to the analysis of literary works written by writers from countries and cultures that at one time have been controlled by colonizing powers, such as Indian writers during or after British colonial rule. Postcolonial criticism also refers to the analysis of literary works written about colonial cultures by writers from the colonizing country. Many of these kinds of analyses point out how writers from colonial powers sometimes misrepresent colonized cultures by reflecting more their own values. See also cultural criticism, historical criticism, marxist criticism. For exercises on postcolonial criticism, go to the VirtuaLit Interactive Poetry Tutorial and the VirtuaLit Interactive Fiction Tutorial.
Problem play Popularized by Henrik Ibsen, a problem play is a type of drama that presents a social issue in order to awaken the audience to it. These plays usually reject romantic plots in favor of holding up a mirror that reflects not simply what the audience wants to see but what the playwright sees in them. Often, a problem play will propose a solution to the problem that does not coincide with prevailing opinion. The term is also used to refer to certain Shakespeare plays that do not fit the categories of tragedy, comedy, or romance. See also drama.
Prologue The opening speech or dialogue of a play, especially a classic Greek play, that usually gives the exposition necessary to follow the subsequent action. Today the term also refers to the introduction to any literary work. See also drama, exposition.
Prose poem A kind of open form poetry that is printed as prose and represents the most clear opposite of fixed form poetry. Prose poems are densely compact and often make use of striking imagery and figures of speech. See also fixed form, open form.
Prosody The overall metrical structure of a poem. See also meter.
Protagonist The main character of a narrative; its central character who engages the reader's interest and empathy. See also character.
Psychological criticism An approach to literature that draws upon psychoanalytic theories, especially those of Sigmund Freud or Jacques Lacan to understand more fully the text, the writer, and the reader. The basis of this approach is the idea of the existence of a human unconscious: those impulses, desires, and feelings about which a person is unaware but which influence emotions and behavior. Critics use psychological approaches to explore the motivations of characters and the symbolic meanings of events, while biographers speculate about a writer's own motivations. For model essays and exercises on psychological criticism, go to the VirtuaLit Interactive Poetry Tutorial and the VirtuaLit Interactive Fiction Tutorial. conscious or unconscious, in a literary work. Psychological approaches are also used to describe and analyze the reader's personal responses to a text.
Pun A play on words that relies on a word's having more than one meaning or sounding like another word. Shakespeare and other writers use puns extensively, for serious and comic purposes; in Romeo and Juliet (III.i.101), the dying Mercutio puns, "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." Puns have serious literary uses, but since the eighteenth century, puns have been used almost purely for humorous effect. See also comedy.
Pyramidal pattern See plot.
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