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Jane Doe* wrote: "My brother recently approached me with the task of helping him pick out an engagement ring for his long-time, soon-to-be-doctor, beautiful girlfriend. I adore his girlfriend. In fact, I feel my brother and I would not be as close today if it weren't for her. She softened my brother's hard exterior - and taught him a lot about learning to love and accept the illogical ways of his crazy sister. She has a beautiful soul, and I want to help him find a ring as timeless and beautiful as her. So far we have been taking the Etsy route, and I am wondering what other options are out there for vintage rings. Or sites that make custom rings based on vintage styles? Can you help? I've included an example below of the style we have been looking at. I know it's a daunting task...but Outblush is my lifeline for everything else in my life - so why not for my future sister-in-laws engagement ring?!
OMG OMG OMG, this is so sweet, Jane! We are all dying here in the office, and pretty much all wanted to chime in on this one. A few sites that we love are Gemvara (custom settings with different stones, metals, etc) Antique Jewelry Mall (settings only, he'd have to buy a diamond elsewhere), and Brilliant Earth (ethical origin fine jewelry, you pick the setting and diamond separately and they put the ring together for you). I also love Turtle Love Artisan & Vintage Jewelry and Sylvie. Etsy and eBay are also popular sources, but those always come with a buyer beware caveat. I've lined up a few sample styles from some of the above jewelry designers for you, below.
Enjoy... And please let us know what your brother picks, and if the lucky lady says "yes"!
1. Vintage Cut Corner Halo Diamond Engagement Ring (from $2000 for setting, center stone not included)
2. 14k Rose Gold Lyra Diamond Ring ($1,025 for setting, center stone not included)
3. Vintage Engraved Round Brilliant Center Diamond Engagement Ring (from $1500 for setting, center stone not included)
4. Loving Hearts Art Deco Antique Style Engagement Ring Setting for a 1 Carat Round or Princess Cut Diamond in 14 Karat Rose ( Pink ) Gold ($1180)
5. 14k Rose Gold Tiara Matched Set ($1,900 for setting, center stone not included)
6. Matilda Ring ($14,105 as shown, different prices w/ different metals/gems)
7. Art Deco Diamond Filigree Engagement Ring in 14 Karat Rose ( Pink ) Gold ($2290)
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Jane Doe here! Maybe I am biased...but you really have outdone yourself Outblush. These rings are absolutely stunning. My brother and I could not be more thrilled! We will be sure to share all the juicy details when he finally proposes. But let's be real, ya'll should probably just come to the wedding now :) Many thanks everyone!!!!!! We are so grateful!
Hey, totally creeping in on this conversation.. My husband proposed to me with a vintage ring and I adore it. Old diamonds throw light in a completely different way than new ones. I can't stress how much I adore vintage diamonds. If you wanted to go the true vintage route, I would hands down recommend Erstwhile: http://shop.erstwhilejewelry.com/
They sell vintage engagement rings and they always have some amazing stuff. It looks like most of the stuff right now is super pricey, but they always get new stock in. Good luck!
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College Hockey:McKay kicks out all 20, Wideman scores twice as Miami blanks Canisius
OXFORD, Ohio — Miami sophomore goaltender Ryan McKay turned aside all 20 shots put on net by the visiting Golden Griffins of Canisius, while junior Alex Wideman scored twice in the RedHawks' 3-0 victory Friday night.
It was McKay's fifth career shutout.
The RedHawks were slow out of the gate, but McKay said they were able to take control of the game by playing to their strengths.
"As the game progressed, we started making smarter simpler plays – moving it off the glass a lot more, little chip plays in the areas for our forwards," McKay said. "That's the strength of our team. Our forwards are fast. That's the idea, to get the puck to them."
The RedHawks scored once per period, with Wideman potting the first two. The first came on a power play at 16:08 in the opening frame. He took a shot from near the blue line that slipped by Canisius junior goaltender Keegan Asmundson. His second came at 7:48 in the second period. Freshman Anthony Louis sped down along the boards around a Canisius defender with a broken stick and passed to Wideman between the circles and Wideman buried his shot into the twine.
The Golden Griffins went into the first intermission with an 11-8 advantage in shots on goal and had several near-misses while keeping the RedHawks from establishing a rhythm.
Miami was a different team after that, outshooting Canisius 32-9 over the final two periods.
Miami coach Enrico Blasi said he liked how his team collected itself after an uneven opening period.
"We started off a little too loose," he said. "I thought we got better in the second period and I thought our third was probably the best for all of our objectives, making sure that we possessed the puck and don't force things."
Miami junior Blake Coleman was the final skater to light the lamp, finding the back of the net at 7:02 in the third period. He had a wide open-look into the net after sophomore defensemen Matt Caito rifled a shot that bounced off the glass and back over top of the cage before Asmundson could adjust.
Canisius coach Dave Smith said he felt the Griffins were simply on the wrong end of some bad breaks, meaning there won't be much to adjust for Saturday's rematch.
"They get a goal on a broken stick, two-on-one, I don't know how you script that one out and do many things differently," Smith said. "In the third, they get another one off the end-boards, you don't see those things happen often. There's a funny story in there, but not for our side."
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Peter Frank reviews the exhibition An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan and Their Circle at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento (through September 1), as well as the new book Jess: O! Tricky Cad and Other Jessoterica (Siglio Press) edited by exhibition co-curator Michael Duncan.
Frank writes: "Jess's insouciant profundity accounts in great part for the pleasures of his work. They also come from his technical virtuosity and apparently constant desire to surprise himself, to push a little boundary here, a bigger boundary there, until, it seems, there was nothing Jess wouldn't try. Ambitious, almost Blakeian livres d'artiste with Duncan's poetry, collages and drawings realized in antique frames that seem to render the frames at once noble and silly, figurative paintings based on literature, photomontages and other appropriative collages that bespeak an awareness of Max Ernst's books (which anticipated, or helped spur, Ernst's influence on 1960s psychedelic art) or deft and daft seasonal cards that he made with Duncan, all these hybrid 'minor' gambits evince a sensibility so voracious it needed to fuse its muses in order to harness them."
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Dudes and Dudets
LOVE is a strange phenomenon. It's an emotion that brings together two people from different walks of life, binding them into this one entity for life, that is if they are lucky.
However, as much as love is that one emotion that induces goose bumps and a feeling of great happiness when you see the one you love, it is also riddled with complexities.
Whether you are in it for the long haul, it is often determined by how you deal with the challenges.
When Connie and Shona Ferguson walk into a room, they light it up with the glowing stolen looks they exchange, agreeing, smiling and finishing each other's sentences.
Connie, who looks like a teenager after losing the wigs from Generations, first met Shona when he came to her house.
"I was staying with my child and sister and Shona happened to give a lift to the boys who were visiting," Connie says.
"I found myself drawn to the kitchen where the sound was coming from. In case you have not noticed, he has an infectious laugh that makes you laugh along although you don't know what the joke is about."
Smiling broadly, Shona says for him it was love at first sight.
"I fell in love with Connie but I did not want to seem forward."
Connie confesses: "When Shona left after our two-hour conversation, he had not asked me for my numbers so I gave him in case he got lost. He called later to confirm they had arrived safely."
The couple later started dating and after two months they were engaged. Six months down the line they were married.
Beautiful and serene looking Jo-Anne Qoqonga says their great romance emanated from the ashes of a tight friendship.
"Sydney used to look after me ensuring that I was comfortable while we were still studying at the former Port Elizabeth Technikon now known as the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University," Qoqonga says.
He was doing electrical engineering and she was doing internal auditing.
"He was a traditional man who did not believe in us holding hands, let alone kissing before marriage," she says.
"We dated for six months . He then proposed and and I said yes! We got married immediately, 16 years ago."
Dolly Gaehler met hip-hop husband Stoan Seate in 1996 in Durban as she was about to finish her studies. They came face to face at Lebo Mathosa's house on her birthday. They both believe in Valentine's Day but contend that it should be an everyday thing.
Seate was attracted to Gaehler "because she was very beautiful and curvaceous". He was blinded by her qualities that were different from other girls.
"We were on the Celebration Tour and everyone wanted a piece of her. I almost gave up because everybody wanted her," Seate says. "A friend of mine went out with her so when she came to Joburg it took three days before I kissed her on the lips."
Ihashi Elimhlophe's daughter, Ntombi Mzolo, met hubby Sizwe Mzolo on a video shoot of her father's hit song Muntuza eight years ago.
Mzolo was part of the production team and during the shoot there were glances and they exchanged numbers .
Mzolo said he was attracted by her energy and her humility.
"When we spoke I was struck by her smile. I got hooked by her down-to-earth attitude for a star like her."
o nahana ho.re o mang wena. o kwatela qalo tsamaya kwana o nkgang pantihose ka hanong.
Sorry gal
Monday is Valentine and go jewa di-chocolates and not Windhoek
I am so disappointed at Nevus, he doesn't like me and i don't know why.How can i be left alone at the restuarent to wash the dishes?
Qalo & spekepeke
sorry guys.didn't know there was a hight tension, can i ask did u 2 guys ever meet??i if not then i dont see a point of that tension,
anyway.ke kopa tshwarelo Qalo, ngicela uxolo ne speks
some people ba nahana hor.e they are better ha o na le pelo ya tweba dont expect us to feed you milk nxa fool
you can always put it on draft and read later, anyway i dnt give what think .
Happy Friday
dont ever match make me le @spekepeke ha o sa batle kuku e baleye lerete nxa.
Majority a maphodisa a ko pheli a tswa limpopo and i don't know them, unless you know the name, maybe i can help.


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Washington Trust and Cintas® are hosting a free document shredding event on Saturday, July 26th from 9:00AM until 12:00PM at Washington Trust's East Providence branch at 587 Taunton Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island. Ahead of the event, we thought we would share some helpful tips on financial record keeping, and determining what should be shredded and when.
Bank statements, credit card bills, canceled checks and other documents can be useful for tax purposes, as proof of a transaction or payment, or for other reasons. But how long should you keep them?
There is no hard and fast rule as to when it's safe to throw away financial documents. One thing to remember, though, is that federal tax rules require you to have receipts and other records that support items on your tax return for as long as the IRS can assess you additional tax.
Basically, the IRS has about six years to assess additional tax if you underreported your income by more than 25 percent. Many tax advisors recommend holding all tax records for about seven years, allowing extra time for any unforeseen delays that may have occurred in the processing of your return.
With tax considerations in mind, here are suggestions that may make sense for many people.
Credit card and bank account statements: Save those with no tax return usefulness for about a year, but those with tax significance should be saved for seven years.
Canceled checks: Those unrelated to anything you claim on your income tax form, and not needed to prove you've paid a bill or debt, probably can be destroyed after you've verified that your bank statement is correct. But canceled checks that support your tax returns, such as charitable contributions or tax payments, probably should be held for seven years.
Also, you may want to keep, indefinitely, any canceled checks and related receipts or documents for a home purchase or sale, renovations, or other improvements to a property you own. But once a home has been sold and another seven years have passed, checks related to renovations or improvements can be destroyed.
Of course, many banks and credit unions no longer return cancelled checks. If you do not get cancelled checks with your statements you may be able to request copies. The most conservative approach is to order copies of important checks soon after your statement arrives. Alternatively, you should keep the information on your bank statement to be able to order copies if you're audited in the future. (In general, banks that do not return original checks to customers are required to keep copies of checks for seven years.)
Also, if you keep records electronically, be sure to back up your data. You can store it in various ways (on CDs, flash drives and so on), but as old technology is no longer supported, you will need to transfer your old data to new media. Another option is to research different companies that provide backup storage online, either free or for a small charge.
Deposit, ATM, credit card and debit card receipts: Save them until the transaction appears on your statement and you've verified that the information is accurate. Exceptions would be receipts for expensive items. If they are under warranty or you have to file an insurance claim, those receipts may come in handy.
Finally, before tossing away any document that contains a Social Security number, bank account number or other personal information (especially financial information), shred it to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft.
For additional guidance on what records to toss and when, consult your accountant, attorney or another trusted advisor.
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Few of the patrons passing through the ornate lobby of the Hotel Vancouver on the morning of April 28, 2006, would have paid any attention to the German
noble sitting quietly amid the regal decor. After a long overnight flight from Europe, His Royal Highness Duke Friedrich von Württemberg waited patiently, legs crossed, on an upholstered couch. Flanking him were Wolfgang Feil, chief executive officer of the Württemberg business empire, and Christian Schadendorf, general manager of Pluto
Darkwoods, the family's Canadian forestry operation. The men were in Vancouver to sell a little bit of real estate: 55,000 hectares of rugged wilderness straddling the spine of
British Columbia's southern Selkirk Mountains.
The Duke sought a buyer who would treat the land with
respect, but he also wanted fair market value for a property
valued at around $100 million. The usual suspects were
interested: forestry companies and land developers that would inevitably strip the
timber value, then subdivide
the hell out of the place. When the Nature Conservancy of
Canada (NCC) tendered a competitive offer, the Duke sent
his eldest son to meet with NCC management to discuss
NCC's vision for the land and assess its ability to raise the
substantial capital required.
As the Germans waited in the hotel lobby, Duke Friedrich's
eyes kept straying to the brass-clad revolving doors. Whenever
ponytailed or Gore-Tex-clad men entered, he would lean
toward Schadendorf and whisper, "Is this them?"
"You must understand," explains Schadendorf later,
"Duke Friedrich comes from an entirely different world."
Raised in Altshausen Castle, Duke Friedrich is heir apparent
to a dynasty that dates back to the 11th century. The
German state of Baden-Württemberg bears the family name;
part of its coat of arms appears in the Porsche logo (although
there is no official tie between the two).
When Tom Swann and Jan Garnett finally arrived, NCC's
regional vice-presidents were dressed like bankers, not mountain
climbers or logging-road blockaders. NCC is anything
but a grassroots outfit. Nearly 50 years old, the private,
non-profit organization employs almost 200 full-time staff,
holds half a billion dollars in assets and manages more than
800,000 hectares of ecologically significant land.
Duke Friedrich rose and formally presented his business
card. Plain white, it featured only his name. "There was
something so elegant about the moment," recalls Swann. "I
keep that card on my desk as a memento."
Before long, the group was laughing about Duke Friedrich's
conservationist stereotypes — the perfect icebreaker, says
Swann. That helped; despite NCC's initial 68-page proposal,
the complex deal was far from done. For more than a year after
the Vancouver meeting, book-sized legal documents, translated
back and forth between German and English, circulated
between Altshausen Castle, Pluto Darkwoods headquarters in
Nelson, B.C., and law offices in Toronto and Victoria.
The purchase price was leagues beyond anything NCC
had previously considered. "It felt as if it could slip away at
any time," says Swann. NCC sought partners, canvassed
major donors and contemplated commercial ventures on
the property, but nothing could bridge the gap. As the closing
date loomed, Environment Canada's Natural Areas
Conservation Program bestowed $185 million to NCC,
with $25 million going to Darkwoods. Other funds began
to flow, but not nearly enough. So, for the first time in its
history, NCC went to the bank and borrowed a large sum.
On July 9, 2008, then Environment Minister John Baird
and NCC president John Lounds triumphantly announced
the largest purchase of private land for conservation purposes in Canadian history. It sounded like a fairy-tale ending for
the mysterious Darkwoods property. But, in reality, considering
the deep-rooted challenges behind presiding over a
landscape so vast, the story was only beginning to unfold.
Dark, fractured rock drops away precipitously on
both sides of the narrow ridge. Swirling clouds obliterate
visibility, and blasts of snow sting my cheeks. Ahead,
Dave Quinn — a good friend and a wildlife biologist who
focuses on conservation issues — tentatively edges his skis
forward. I follow, occasionally snapping pictures but mostly
remaining huddled beneath my hood.
It is the first day of spring and my first of 10 visits to
Darkwoods, a place that will occupy my days and dreams for
more than a year. I had read all the jaw-dropping statistics
and descriptions — larger than Waterton Lakes National
Park, 15 separate watersheds, more than 50 alpine lakes,
peaks soaring above 2,400 metres, ancient old growth, prime
caribou and grizzly habitat — but to truly understand the
landscape, I needed complete immersion.
Earlier in the day, Quinn and I had left my rusty pickup
in the sleepy outpost of Ymir, riding snowmobiles up logging
roads into the high country. As the sun climbed higher,
temperatures soared, turning the March snow to soup; we
affixed skins to skis and slogged upward, leaving cutblocks behind. We wove through a gnarled forest of subalpine fir
and larch until reaching exposed ridges. By late afternoon,
unable to see even our ski tips, we stomped a platform, set
up our lightweight tipi and hunkered down.
Teddy Roosevelt, who was already a rising star in the
Republican Party when he came here to hunt in 1888,
offered one of the first written accounts of Darkwoods.
Stopping at a rare delta on Kootenay Lake's western shore
— likely the mouth of Cultus Creek — his party left their
canoes and headed inland. The bush they encountered
was "impenetrable," with deadfall so thick that Roosevelt
regularly found himself "20 or 30 feet above the ground."
During a fortnight in the area, Roosevelt shot a bull
caribou and an immense black bear. "The view from the
summits was magnificent," he waxed, "and I never tired of
gazing at it."
Quinn and I see a similar view the next morning, emerging
from our tipi to a citrus-orange dawn. The summit of
Württemberg Mountain is surprisingly close. This rocky peak
was registered with the Geographical Names Board of Canada
to mark the Duke's 50th birthday, a present from his staff. We
skip breakfast and scramble up to the wind-scoured summit.
Thanks to God this conservation area, is well cared and preserved in Canada. That is one the most beautiful lands in the world. I came from U.S. and it is easy to appreciate and value the purity of the air, water and natural resources of this beautiful place. God bless Canada.
An interesting step to make in conserving, yet creating an accessible and flourishing environment would be to integrate conservation policies and Indigenous knowledge. Imagine the land being habited by people, but in a responsible and ethical manner. Taking from the land only what can be sustained, and living off the land to promote a healthy human-nature interaction.
Very informative article. I lived on Porcupine Creek for a # of years and enjoyed our "wild back yard" good to know that it will still be preserved.
I made a living off this piece of ground for 22 years. Darkwoods was a great employer! The NCC purchase was financed by the Federal Government with my tax dollars. The NCC and politicians promised us no job loss, but I lost my job, my lifes work and retirement immediately. If anyone else had acquired the property I would have still had a job, and value from my lifes work. There is no words for how I feel about the purchase.
Here's a novel idea: close the whole area to human usage and development of any kind. Leave the trees and animals be. Make no attempt to manage the area other than to keep people out. Allow what's there to exist for its own sake. Once every 100 years, send someone in, just to see what a truly wild area of the world looks like. And protect that in perpetuity.
If that's really a brook (see previous comment) - than there's no need to catch & release. They're non-native and displace native trout. Catch & keep, all you can! Great article.
You've got a beautiful picture of a trout on page 54 of the Jan/Feb 2011 magazine. Unfortunately the fish is incorrectly identified as a bull trout. It is actually a brook trout with the characteristic red spots with blue halos, pronounced white leading edges on its lower fins and an orange belly. It is also known widely as a speckled trout. It's not a true trout but in fact a member of the char family. The first brookie I ever caught was on the famous Kispiox River in Northern BC. I was young and inexperienced but thankfully let the beauty go as I have with all brookies since caught.
Mark TetreauKamloops, BC
I appreciated learning about this organization and the work they are doing for conservancy of our beautiful Canadian lands. Since I am planning a trip out West this summer, Pluto Darkwoods is on our agenda. Finally, it was nice to see pictures of Cochrane ON since we live in Moonbeam which is an hour away. I enjoy the boreal forests year around.
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Given an integer $n$, I want to know the asymptotic order of:
a. the number of distinct prime factors
b. the number of non-distinct prime factors
c. the number of distinct divisors
d. the number of non-distinct divisors
To my understanding, the references in the comment below suggest the following:
a. $\mathcal{O}(\log\log n)$
b. $\mathcal{O}(\log\log n)$
c. $\mathcal{O}(n^{\frac{1}{\log \log n}})$
d. ?


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Thursday, September 30, 2010
So for the past week and a half or so I have been taking my girls to school and then driving over to the park and walking. I thought I was going to start the C25K but I am too out of shape. I decided that I would start walking at least 3 days a week and get my stamina up and then will start the C25K, so I wont get so frustrated and just give up.
The park I go and walk at is really nice. They have mapped out the park in different zones and tell you the distance of each zone. If you walk the perimeter of the park it is 0.8 miles. So I set a goal for myself to walk 20 miles this week. Five times around the park each morning is four miles and doing that five times a week will accomplish my goal.
Monday I walked the full 5 times around no problem. Tuesday I took our great dane, not the wisest idea, she is still going through her puppy stage, is VERY friendly, assumes that EVERYONE wants to pet her, and she still doesn't grasp the concept of the leash. So after two laps of her frightening every person in sight just by here sheer size and gaining a major blister on my hand from reigning her in I gave up. Wednesday I decided to take my overweight male pug, Bruno. He did ok until the fourth lap then he just laid down and wouldn't move. Ugh. So if you are counting I have now walked 4 miles the first day. 1.6 the second day, and (after two extra trips to the garbage can to dispose of Bruno droppings) about 3.5 miles ... 9.1/12...
Today I took our youngest pug, Ellie, I was determined to make up those extra laps, all four of them! Every day I have been out walking thus far I have passed a nice little guy that always says hi and asks me how I am doing (he walks the other way and he says hi to everyone not just me btw). Today he stopped me for a second and asked me if I work and if not if that is the reason he sees me everyday. I answered and kept on my way. On my sixth lap, and a couple of more times of passing him later, he asked my name and asked if he could walk with me. I said sure no problem. He started telling me all sorts of things about himself and we chatted for a long time while walking. I not only did my 4 extra laps but one more. A total of 10 :)
I walked 8 miles and made a new walking buddy. He asked if he could walk with me again tomorrow. I am excited not only to have someone to chat with and make the time pass by quicker but to learn from him. He is older, has a wife, has 4 children, 9 grand children, is a retired architect, is originally from the Philippines, and is very well traveled! I think that is just awesome, I love listening to stories from other people about the things they have done and seen.
I'm glad I have kept up on my exercise, it allowed me to make a friend!
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That's awesome that u have a walking pal!!!!!
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Absolutely! I love that he is so full of information too. I could listen to his stories for hours. The only state he hasn't been too is Alaska lol. He was supposed to go there but left his passport in the car that dropped him off and by the time he got it back his flight left and he missed his trip.
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Release dates for Samsung Galaxy S5, Sony Xperia Z2, and the new HTC One possibly leaked
On Monday, Samsung will introduce the world to the Galaxy S5, its next flagship device. Sony may unveil its competitor, the Xperia Z2, on the same day. And HTC will announce the new One on March 25.
But what about their release dates? When can you expect these three superphones in stores? Well, obviously we don't have anything official on this yet, but only leaks to go by. Yesterday we found out that the Galaxy S5 would be out in mid-March, around two weeks after its announcement.
According to some new info, though, we might see it even sooner. A lot sooner. Next week, in fact. Yes, in mere days from its introduction, the Galaxy S5 may already be available. At least in the Netherlands.
The image above purportedly represents the contents of an internal document from T-Mobile Netherlands, talking about the expected release time frames for a few upcoming smartphones. The first in line to be out is the Galaxy S5, supposedly coming in the ninth week of the year (that's next week).
Then, in week 11 (which starts on March 10 and ends on March 16), we're apparently going to see the Sony Xperia Z2 on store shelves, followed by the new HTC One in week 13, which is actually the week of its announcement (March 25 is that Tuesday).
If this is true, it looks like both Samsung and HTC want to get their new devices in the hands of buyers immediately after their respective unveilings, while Sony is using a more relaxed approach.
Obviously though, this could be fake and not an internal T-Mobile document at all. Even if the info inside was true at some point, things may have changed in the meantime. So as always, be advised to not lose your skepticism.
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OK, we're going to say it. We're going to be 'that' guy, we're going to be the American dinosaur about the game. Despite all the gushing over the 2014 World Cup, we're going to say the thing which most Americans are thinking, and they're thinking it because they're right.
Soccer's boring.
Sorry, world sports community, but 0-0 and 1-1 games simply lack real excitement. A lead of two goals with twenty, heck, thirty minutes left is generally insurmountable, and even soccer fans know that. The game is dull: they need to widen the net or take a few players off the field or something.
There's a reason so many Yanks haven't taken to the game. We like to see sports where teams are actually in the game for the whole length of it. A 4-0 baseball contest can still be overcome in the late innings, and American football and basketball stop the clock so often that it almost guarantees no one is out until the fat lady sings (an issue of sportsmanship and fair play in itself, but one which provides at least manufactured excitement). You know why Portugal lost 4-0 the other day? Because even they knew, after the second German goal, that they were toast.
And then, when they finally decide to actually allow a team to win a close game, and when that winner isn't produced in a hundred and twenty minutes, two whole (real) hours of play, they end it with a shootout, where either the lucky shooter or lucky goalie secures the win. That's like winning a World Series on a home run contest or a Super Bowl on a field goal (oh, they do that, don't they?). At the least NHL lets hockey players win a Stanley Cup on the ice and not after a series of one on ones.
We're not saying that the game is unathletic or the players without skill and stamina. It's just dull. That tells us more about the rest of the world than it does about the US, quite frankly.


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In part one of this series we talked about what it means to believe that we can recover from a mental health disorder. This notion that we can recover is a vital piece of the puzzle because if we do not believe we can recover, we won't be able to. It also takes a belief by those around us.
Recovery is not something that happens overnight. It can take many years to recover. You might be asking yourself f recovery is worth doing if it can take years to accomplish. Instead, ask yourself the question, "if I don't do this now, what will I be doing two years from now? Will I still be looking at recovery as impossible? What if I had taken the opportunity two years ago to start my recovery process?" Hope plays a important part in anyone's recovery.
It is not uncommon for people with a mental health disorder to look at this long journey and feel defeated before starting. The second step we need to take with recovery is to realize that we need to crawl before we can walk.
Taking your first small steps in recovery can be the biggest ones you may ever take. These first steps require us to step out of our comfort zone we have learned to be attached to. Taking our first steps means that we not only have to believe we can recover, but that we need to start taking actions and setting up a plan to recover.
Some of these steps might involve setting up a Wellness Recovery Action Plan, or WRAP Plan. Another step might be to try to find a place to volunteer to get the feel of working again. Another step might just be to be in the community more so we can become ready to feel more comfortable with others, so we can maybe get a job in the community.
Whatever your next step in recovery is, whatever your plan might be, just remember that you are not on the road less traveled. Today more people with mental illness recover than those who haven't yet.
In the third article in this series, we will be talking about how to work through your next recovery step by setting up an action plan designed by your very own Chicago Mental Health Examiner. Look for more in "Part three" of this series.


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Skip to comments.Fox: Sioux Indians, United Nations, Demanding Control of Mt. Rushmore
Posted on 05/07/2012 11:01:47 AM PDT by pabianice
Per Fox...
United Nations "diplomats" have concluded a tour of the U.S., speaking to Indian tribes in six states. According to Fox, many of the tribes involved told the UN they need the UN's help in reclaiming "ancestral sacred land," included in which would be the Mt. Rushmore monument and surrounding national park. One is left to wonder just what changes to Mt. Rushmore would then be made. The Obama Administration was reportedly responsible for arranging the UN tour. Just in time for the 2012 elections.
Your $3B/year UN dues at work.
The Left is always probing for some way to destroy America.
This is another sortie.
Remember Wounded Knee should be the battle cry.
Sioux Sue?
So the UN backs American Indians in their quest to reclaim sacred tribal lands but wants to deny Isreal in their quest to maintain their sacred tribal lands.
They can have Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago. It needs the CAPEX. Imagine the casinos for miles...Call me a Neanderthal...but then the UN would need to give me Europe....
O must go!
The various tribes have a long history of sacred traditions and beliefs. It is not right to try to force them to happily coexist with our materialistic, nonspiritual society.
I therefore propose that all of these sacred lands be returned to their rightful owners, and to insure that the Indian culture is not further damaged by our gross materialistic society, all Indian tribes be prevented from having any ownership or involvement in casinos or gambling operations of any type.
(Listen, you can hear a pin drop!)
Maybe Elizabeth Warren should lead the march on Mt. Rushmore to reclaim it for her Sioux ancestors.
US out of the UN and the UN out of the US! By armed force if necessary.
Are you surprised?
The UN, like the US State Dept,
makes heroes of killers of any Jew (including
innocent handicapped ones like Mr. Klinghoffer).
There is reportedly a statue at the US State Dept
to his murderer.
"One is left to wonder just what changes to Mt. Rushmore would then be made"
The price of admission would go up?
Is chiseling that great Indian hero, Elizabeth Warren, on Mt. Rushmore part of the deal?
"How will it all turn out ?"
If they push it to the breaking point, not well.
Besides Obama, what other 3 faces would the UN have sculpted there after removing Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelte? I say Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, and maybe Che Guevara.
Or at least 1/32 of her.
How do you chisel a chiseler?
Or V. I. Lenin, Mao and Stalin.
I can see it now... a slot machine with the heads of dead presidents spinning around and around.
I would not be against having Obama on Mt Rushmore, I'd just hate to lose the plane.
Your nominees would reveal their true nature. The three I named are people who the masses believe are heroes, but aren't.
The UN could invite the Taliban to "Banyan" Mt. Rushmore.
"So the UN backs American Indians in their quest to reclaim sacred tribal lands but wants to deny Isreal in their quest to maintain their sacred tribal lands."
Or V. I. Lenin, Mao and Stalin.
Or Bill Ayers
Bernadine Dorn
Cloward and Piven
Paul Erlich
John Holdron
The list of humanitarians is just limitless.
It's just another Dem distraction for the election , they hope some GOPer or Rush type steps in the trap
Good point.
Ah.. that's right.. the "fool the sheep" strategy.
A Casino.
Tell the Indians they can have ALL of their land back. Tell every non-white person, whether a decendant of slaves or not, they can have their 40 acres.
They've accomplished a lot claiming post-colonial stress syndrome. Not kidding. They got millions and millions in reparations, spent it and came back for more. It never ends. Ask Canada.
:: reclaiming "ancestral sacred land," ::
Ummm, I thought all the land was sacred according to the animist beliefs of the immigrant Mongolian tribes.
Gee, I can hardly believe it. This seems so out of character.
They never stop & the so-called conservatives most always bail. The left has won the battles & soon win the war. Smell the coffee.
They want their "ancestral sacred land"? What....the Great Wall of China?
Lots of Indians are getting fed propaganda from agitators looking to stir things up.
Grew up outside a Rez. It destroyed the people on it.
So-called "native Americans had the continent fr 20,000 years and worked their way all the way up to the Neolithic.
Europeans arrive and five hundred years later are leaving footprints on the moon.
Who should be in charge of what?
If indians took over Rushmore, it might improve it. If you go to the nearby Crazy Horse monument, it is a much nicer experience.
I hope the left and the UN keep pushing it..and let's find out how many votes there are in the next congress to take the US out of the UN.
So what if native Americans had claimed the entire Rocky Mountains as sacred? Or one or all of the Great Lakes? Or the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, or other large American rivers? How about the entire North American land mass? What then?
Oh, ..... it was the Europeans that did all that???
Ummmmmm.......never mind.
heh! heh! heh! :D
I like both monuments, but the story of the Crazy Horse monument is fascinating. Ziolchowski refused to take a dime of federal money.
Oh, ..... it was the Europeans that did all that???
Ummmmmm.......never mind.
Ummmmm ... Mound builders? Cahokia?
Well, I'm not so sure that Teddy Roosevelt was such a hero.
Goodbye, Mt Rushmore.
Jefferson is the only Democrat up there.
That ain't enough to save it.
Look for it to be blown-up and replaced with a casino.
This administration won't be coming to the aid of three
stone Republicans.
Of course then they can do the "new" Mt. Rushmore in
California with FDR, Woodrow Wilson, LBJ and Clinton
up there.
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RE refers to Marie of Romania (3.06). She was a follower of the Baha'i faith and believed that it was the answer for uniting mankind in religious harmony. RE's plans to unite all supes echoes her desire. (For more on Marie of Romania, see Not as Deep as a Well in the poetry section.)
Dharmacakra Pravartana Sūtra
This is the Buddha's first discourse after he reached Enlightenment in which he identifies the Four Noble Truths.
- Suffering (dukkha) involves birth, aging, illness, death, being with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing, not getting what one wants, and "in brief" the fiveaggregates-of-clinging (pancupādānakkhandhā).
- Suffering's origin (dukkhasamudayo) is craving (tanhā) for sensual pleasures, existence and extermination.
- Suffering's end (dukkhanirodho) comes from the relinquishment of and freedom from this craving.
- The path leading to suffering's end is the aforementioned Noble Eightfold Path.
Lafayette refers to the 4 Noble Truths when he tells Tara that life is suffering.
Holy Bible (SSN, TB)
The Compton family Bible, Lettie Mae's Bible
Lettie Mae prays various psalms (TB)
Temptation of Eve and Expulsion from Paradise (SSN, TB)
The essay 'Sookie's Sojourn' explains the Christian allegory in the series.
Woman Washes the Feet of Jesus (SSN, TB)
Sarah Newlin recounts this story to Jason as she helps him with his bath. Sookie washes Eric's feet in DTTW.
Greek Mythology
Apollo and Artemis (TB)
Apollo and Artemis were the twins of the nymph Io and Zeus. The jealous Hera attempted to prevent their birth, as she does in many myths with the birth of Zeus's bastard children. (See the myths of Callisto and Hermes.) Bill has a bust of Hera in his office making him her follower and setting him up against Eric (follower of Artemis), Sam (associated with Apollo), and RE (associated with Hermes).
Apollo and Daphne (TB)
Aurora and Tithonus (TB)
The Caledonian Boar (TB)
Cassandra and Ajax (TB)
TB identifies Tara and Franklin Mott with Cassandra and Ajax. See Agamemnon in Drama.
Cassanandra was Gifted and Cursed by Apollo (TB)
See Agamemnon in Drama
Cupid and Psyche (SSN, TB)
See Protogonos and Zagreus
Dionysus and Ariadne (TB)
Hermes and Apollo (TB)
RE has a bust of Hermes prominently displayed in his living room. This associated him with that god just as Bill's bust of Hera and Eric's statuette of Artemis link them with goddesses. In the earliest myths he was clever, tricky, a thief, and, with a wand that could awaken people or put them to sleep, the original sandman. This is why RE touches Bill's forehead with this index finger in 3.03 and tells him to 'sleep on' their conversation. Hermes was a thief who stole his brother's herd of cattle. This could relate to RE stealing Ulfric's pack of wolves. Jealous Hera (Bill) hates him as one of Zeus's illegitimate children and tried to prevent him from being born.
King Tereus (TB)
See The Birds in Drama
Lycoan and Callisto (SSN, TB)
CH made few explicit references to this myth (other than using the name Callisto), but it seems to underlie some of the elements she introduced into the series. In any case, TB is use of this myth. Lycoan was a king who Zeus turned into a ravenous wolf to match his exterior to his violent and hate filled interior. Callisto was his daughter, a follower of Artemis who was raped by Zeus and gave birth to a son. The jealous Hera transformed into a bear. Many years later, Zeus saved her from being hunted by her own sun by glorifying her in the stars and she became the constellation Ursa Major.
TB identifies Eric as a follower of Artemis, like Callisto. He has a bust of her in his office and wears a bear claw around his neck. Foreshadowing also identifies Eric as a berserker in his human life. They wore bear skins and their name is derived from the animal. Also the name 'Pamela' means honey, a favorite of bears. (We know TB is making use of Pamela's name because Lafayette called her honey comb.) See the myth of the birth of Apollo and Artemis for how Bill fits into this.
Pasiphae and the Bull (TB)
Protogonos (TB)
Orphic god, who was the first incarnated being in the world. He was created by Night and Darkness and hatched from the world egg. He was reincarnated as Zagreus and later as Dionysus.
Pyramus and Thisbe (TB)
Son of Zeus and Persephone who was torn to pieces by the Titans on Hera's orders and later reincarnated in Semele's womb as Dionysus. (See Protogonos)
Sophia, the goddess of wisdom (TB)
Sophie Ann is probably in part based on this myth in which the Snake in the Garden of Eden who tempted Eve is the hero.
King Solomon and the Hoopoe Advisor
Norse Mythology
Icelandic Sagas (SSN, TB)
Eric Bloodaxe and his father Harold Fairhair
Canaanite Mythology (TB)
Mot is the Canaaniteg god of death
The True Blood promo invitations to an Alternative Realty Game were written in the Canaanite language, Ugaritic.


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Published: Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 4, 2013 at 2:40 p.m.
An armed robber in a black ski mask wielded a handgun and robbed a customer inside the McDonald's at South College and Shipyard on Sunday night. Authorities were searching for the man in the Long Leaf Hills area after 11 p.m. Sunday. The robber, wearing light blue clothing, fled on foot.
As of 12:30 a.m. Monday the suspect had not been located, and authorities were still searching for the robber, although they had decreased the intensity of the search, dispatch said.
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CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Police and TriMet are looking into an incident on a MAX train from last December after video of a girl being repeatedly hit was posted to the Internet.
The incident took place on a MAX train in Clackamas County on Dec. 26. The victim says she boarded the train after shopping at Clackamas Town Center.
TriMet says the assault was reported and police went to check out the incident, but when they arrived nothing was happening. No arrests were made and the victim of the assault, a 14-year-old girl, said she did not want to press charges.
But a cell phone video of the teen being hit, screamed at and slapped by a group on the train has been making the rounds at local schools after being posted on YouTube. Eventually came to the attention of police and TriMet officials, who say they want to identify the attackers and ban them from riding the light rail line.
In the video, no one steps in to defend the victim from her attackers and others can be heard clapping and cheering as the girl is repeatedly slapped and punched. At one point, the victim is seen cowering and holding her head in pain after several female attackers ganged up on her.
The victim has requested she not be identified and told KATU News that she did not know her attackers. She did not say what the motive for the attack might have been.
Police are asking anyone who recognizes the people in the video to contact them.


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The University has a responsibility, as defined by the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, to provide payment for reasonable medical services and supplies and wage loss compensation for Faculty, Staff, and Student Employees who sustain work-related injuries or illnesses during the course of and causally related to their employment. The University has established procedures for determining liability, proper medical management, and possible solutions to prevent future injuries or accidents, and compensation through an elective schedule of benefits. The University may use a third party administrator, who has full access to claim information, to assist in the administration of this program.
All full-time and part-time Faculty, Staff, and Student Employees on Duquesne's payroll who sustain a work-related injury, illness, or disease while performing duties within the course and scope of their employment at the University may be eligible for reasonable medical services and supplies, orthopedic appliances and prosthesis, and wage loss benefits. Volunteers and individuals who provide contracted services are not eligible for benefits under the University's Workers' Compensation Program.
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The Disability Claims Manager will coordinate all medical treatment and wage compensation issues. The employee is responsible for maintaining contact with their department regarding their absence and for providing notification in writing when medically released to return to work. The supervisor is responsible for maintaining contact with the affected employee. The department must consider making necessary, temporary accommodations in cases where the employee is temporarily unable to return to normal duties but is medically released to return to work with restrictions. Modified duty positions should not be extended beyond 120 days.
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The acting supervisor of an affected employee should assess the immediacy of medical care. Minor injuries, which include abrasions, small cuts, rashes, strains, etc., should be treated at the University's Health Service facility on the second floor of the Student Union during their regular daylight office hours. If more severe or if it is an emergency, contact the campus emergency number at 412-396-2677 (COPS) for assistance in arranging transport to the nearest emergency department. In order to ensure that medical treatment is covered by the University's Workers' Compensation Program, the employee must seek medical attention from a member of the designated panel of providers for a period of 90 days from the date he/she seeks medical treatment or the University may not be required to pay for medical care during that period of time.
The Disability Claims Manager in the Office of Human Resource Management should be contacted at 412-396- 6677 immediately if an affected employee requires medical treatment for a work-related incident. A listing of the panel of providers as designated by the University and the procedures to follow if an affected employee requires continued medical treatment may be obtained through the Office of Human Resource Management.
Employees who refuse reasonable medical treatment including hospitalization, surgery, medication or supplies will forfeit all rights to benefits or compensation or any acknowledgment of disability status as a result of such refusal.
An employee may be paid a portion of his/her salary/ wages if the employee is fully disabled from working in any capacity (as deemed by the treating physician and reviewed by the University) due to a work-related incident. The Disability Claims Manager in the Office of Human Resource Management will advise the employee and supervisor as to the amount of compensation they will receive as well as any other conditions that will apply.
Abuse of the Workers' Compensation Program may be cause for disciplinary action (loss of pay, suspension, or dismissal) at the discretion of the head of the department in which the individual is employed.
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We're a growing Anglican community church serving Burwood, Box Hill South and Surrey Hills in the inner east of Melbourne Australia. Our tradition is evangelical reformed Anglican. We seek to share the good news of God's love in Jesus Christ to those around us in a loving and caring way.
本堂隸屬於聖公會,服事澳洲墨爾本東區的Surrey Hills, 博士山南及寶活區域。我們是聖公會福音改革傳統。我們本著基督的愛心及關懷向社區分享上帝對世人的大愛;及上帝藉著耶穌降生所帶來的好消息。
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George Takei had a roller-coaster of emotions heading into the Sundance Film Festival, where a docmentary of his life, To Be Takei, is premiering. "We were absolutely delighted when we learned that To Be Takei had been accepted at Sundance that we were going to a marriage equality state," he says, "and then things started happening."
He, of course, was referring to the U.S. Supreme Court's stay on Utah's legalization of same sex-marriages.
Once again, we are reminded of the oddity of the world's biggest independent film festival that brings in artists from the film capitals of the world--Hollywood is the least of it—being held in the reddest state in America. It's a clash of cultures: matter and anti-matter.
Imagine for a moment "Bones" debating human emotions with Spock.
In short, openly gay and married to husband Brad, Takei doesn't think much of Gov. Gary Herbert's frenzy to roll back same-sex marriage and to unhitch the 1,300 couples who were legally joined in matrimony during a brief window in December.
"He consciously and mean-spiritedly refused to recognize the marriages that already happened. I'm stunned by his stupidity. Apparently he believes in governing by hysteria — that's the only way it can interpreted. This governor now is trying to put the toothpaste that's been squeezed out back into the tube. It's something that can't be done."
Takei says he and Brad had thought the timing of the doc would be "amazing."
"Important historically events were happening in the progress of equality for the LGBT community and so to have this chronicled would be a fantastic thing to have, and so we agreed to do it. And here we are premiering in a state that still reflects that struggle that we have."
To Be Takei director Jennifer Kroot
The guv can catch Takei's story Sunday 12:30 p.m.at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City—we're sure George will get Gary to the top of the wait list, in exchange for a personal tour of the Topaz the former Japanese-American internment camp near Delta. (Takei was interned as a child in a similar concentration camp in Arkansas.)


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TC TO MARGARET A. CARLYLE ; 29 July 1847; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18470729-TC-MAC-01; CL 22: 21-23
Addiscombe, Croydon, 29 July (Friday) 1847—
My dear Mother,
Surely I am bound to write you a little word today; having absolutely no prospect of doing anything as praiseworthy till the Sun go down! I got all my little trumpery work (as I call it) finished yesterday; and today, except strolling out with the Quality, smoking tobacco, and other such employments, am to be totally idle.
We came out here almost a week ago: it is the Baring's Place (the same people we were with in winter),1 quite a little beauty of a place some ten miles off London; to which they are always running out when the hot pavements begin to afflict them,—or when the scene gets wearisome or otherwise offensive. For in fact, they, and others like them, are "gay [very] idle of wark!"2— Jane came out with the Lady last Friday (this day week); I followed next day; and here we have been ever since, extremely quiet; and are to return tomorrow to our own poor Chelsea again. Both of us profess to be perceptibly better by this week of country, in the great heat. London is a terrible oven when the Sun is out and no rain. Here one does not mind the heat; for there is shade of trees, there is free wind, green ground &c, &c. People are all in the very heat of their harvest; shearing wheat, beans and peas; mowing oats and barley: I think I hardly ever saw better crops, so far as I can judge. The potatoes, however, it is expected, will not hold out, tho' their stems are still green.
Dear good Mother, I wish I could tell you when or how I am to come northward, and see you again! But, alas, all that is quite vague yet; Jane needs, really needs, a little country air this year; and I have not yet been able to fix on any route or scheme of travel that will altogether answer both sides. Sometimes I think of coming off into the mountains straightway, and letting all the rest go as it likes: at other times,—so wretched a traveller am I, and suffer so much by being bowled about into strange places,—I almost decide on sitting still at Chelsea, as the quietest place, now when the Town is all quiet! But that, I think, will hardly do either. In a little while now, you shall hear what is to be the way of it.
Jack has begun printing his Book; a leaf of it that I saw, looked considerably better than I expected. He does not yet decide on coming to you, but will come I believe without fail before long. We cannot rightly be there together, at least not for any length of time: but I urged him, the last time we talked, to set off without reference to me; which I would still have him do. His Book once begun, and fairly set under way, there will be nothing to hinder him from coming, and staying.
This morning I got a Note from Mrs Johnstone of Grange,3—interesting to me as a shadow of old past days. I send it inclosed here; that you may read and burn.
The "elections" are going on at a great rate; Mr Baring is dashing hither and thither, much interested by them,—tho' himself safely elected, two days ago. Lord Johnny Russel, and the other three "Liberals," were all chosen yesterday in London.4 Buller is off in Cornwall, not without some anxiety for his place.5 Thus they:—as to us, as to me, I cannot pretend to look otherwise than very sorrowfully at the whole sorry job; worthy only of "scourie [shabby] devils from the Priestside," or such like, if men saw into it well!
Poor old Sterling6 had another fit of illness some three weeks ago, which was expected to kill him; but he has got thro' it again,—poor old man, his mind too is quite gone now.— Mrs Buller was lately in Town; she is exceedingly thin and weak; indeed I hardly ever saw so thin a creature: but she has a wonderful heart;—Jane sometimes speaks of going to her (over in Suffolk),7 with whom she is a great favourite.— — Thank Jenny for her welcome little Note. O my dear Mother, what a hasty babblement is all this;—for indeed my thoughts are quite dashed to pieces in this idle element! But I will write soon again; and I hope, perhaps with more sense. Commend me to Jamie, to Isabella and all the rest.— Do you ever dare to try the shower-bath in the great heats?—— My blessings on you, dear good Mother.
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Sport: Cross Country
Favorite Class(es)? Literature
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Favorite Teacher? Ms. Garrison
What's in your MP3 Player? Dave Matthews Band, Train, and a lot of 80's and 90's.
Favorite TV Show? Phineas & Ferb, South Park, Everybody Loves Raymond, Franklin, America's Next Top Model, The Office... I watch a lot of TV.
Favorite Movie? Alice in Wonderland, The Princess and the Frog, and The Nightmare Before Christmas
Favorite Video Game? Online Crossword Puzzles
Favorite Food? Cottage cheese
Favorite Athlete and why? Jack Johnson, he was a professional surfer and he also has some great music.
What's your cell phone ring tone, and why? It's always on silent or dead, I don't answer it often.
Favorite memory in your sport, and why? Our easy run a few weeks ago. We played airplanes and indians the whole time and it was really fun.
Favorite hobby or off-day activity? Going to see a movie, the Sunday Puzzler, reading, or buying stuff.
What sport do you admire that you don't play, and why? Gymnastics because it takes a lot of strength and a lot of guts and it also just looks really cool.
Who is your most influential person(s), and why? My parents because I respect and trust their opinions.
What do you like about your sport? The high during and after a race.
Who would you like to spend a day with, and why? My sister, Kelly, because she went away to college in Florida and I haven't seen her since August.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Graduated college, training for a marathon, and serving as President of the United States or doing stand-up comedy.
CREDENTIALS: Jamie led the Lady Red Devils to their third straight OVAC?Class 3-A title when she won the individual championship last Saturday.


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Hoiberg lands at No. 15 on ESPN's list of head coaches
Chris Williams
The painful wait has come to an end.
Within ESPN's month-long tease to name college basketball's top 50 coaches, Fred Hoiberg's name has finally surfaced.
According to the mother-ship, The Mayor is the 15th best coach in America.
CLICK HERE to read ESPN's flattering piece on Hoibeg. Hoiberg, who will coach his fifth season in Ames beginning this fall, is notably above former Kansas coach (currently at North Carolina), Roy Williams at 16.


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Island Dreams' dive travel specialist Susan Young provided a very helpful report from her trip to Fiji. A scuba instructor with her 100-ton ship captain's ticket, Susan lived for 15 years on the island of Grand Cayman, where she worked as a manager for Red Sail Sports.
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We hope that you will find Susan Young's unique insight and boundless enthusiasm helpful as you plan your own Fiji adventure.
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ALERT to New Baggage Weight Limitations -- This is an aspect of air travel that is currently experiencing immense change...and they are assuredly not making it any easier for the traveler.
Be advised that most domestic flights are now limiting passengers to a single checked bag, with a maximum weight of 50 pounds. A second bag may be checked, but at an additional charge of $25 to $100 or more per bag.
Some, but not all, international flights may still allow two bags at 50 pounds each. Overweight bags will be charged a penalty, or with increasing frequency simply denied loading aboard the aircraft. Carry-on bags are also being limited in both quantity and weight.
Don't be surprised at the gate. Phone your airline in advance, and/or check with their web site, and ascertain current baggage allowances. Then pack accordingly, or be prepared to pay extra.
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Island Dreams Ken Knezick has had plenty to say about Wakatobi...yes, he loves the place. But for another opinion, you can hear what a group of recent Wakatobi guests had to say for themselves.
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Thomas Collier, Travel Coordinator for the Houston Underwater Photographic Society, reports on the recent HUPS trip to Little Cayman Beach Reosort
"Bloody Bay Wall is an awesome dive location with many dive sites. The water was crystal clear with very little current - a perfect location for underwater photography. The corals were in good shape with plenty of the usual tropical fish. No large marine life to speak of with the exception of turtles, rays and the resident groupers (who are extremely friendly). A couple of reef sharks were spotted and an eagle ray was also seen several times. Sailfin blennies, jawfish (many with eggs), lobsters, sting rays and turtles were seen and photographed on most dives.
"A morning boat trip to the Tibbets, a Russian destroyer, sunk off Cayman Brac was another highlight of our trip. There is an modest additional charge for this excursion but well worth it. The wreck is an excellent location for wide-angle photography; although so is all of Bloody Bay Wall. Our only dilemma was what to shoot - Wide-angle or Macro? This dive trip to Little Cayman certainly offered up an abundance of both."
Read Tom Collier's complete story here: Little Cayman Report
Philippines Photo Gallery -- Puerto Galera and Sabang Bay
Underwater Photo Essay by Ken Knezick - Island Dreams Travel
During April 2013, Island Dreams' owner Ken Knezick conducted another group of intrepid scuba divers to El Galleon Resort, Puerto Galera, Philippines. This time around it was a group of 38 fine folks, enjoying a ten night stay and making up to four scuba dives per day. The photographs in this gallery will show you what the diving is like.
All the underwater images here were made in the waters around El Galleon and Puerto Galera. Many of the critter pictures are from the Sabang Wrecks or La Laguna Point. Both of these dive sites are only a one minute ride from El Galleon's pier. The wide-angle, blue-water shots are from Verde Island. This trip I did not photograph on Alma Jane shipwreck. That wonderfully accessible wreck dive is just a one-minute boat ride away from the dive shop.
As you will gather from this selection of images, Puerto Galera offers a great variety of diving. Here you may enjoy everything from top-quality critter diving to beautiful blue water and coral reefs swarming with anthias and schooling fish. The opportunity to enjoy some interesting, and very safe, wreck diving is just icing on the cake.
The topside shots are from the amazing party that El Galleon threw for us on our final night. Billed as a 60's and 70's night, the superb dancers are all members of the El Galleon staff. The fire dancers were brough over from White Beach special for this evening, and too they were really hot! Here's hoping you enjoy this gallery, and that perhaps these photos will inspire you to visit Puerto Galera for yourself. Yours in diving, Ken Knezick
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Hassan Rouhani: key moments in life of Iranian president
From spice shop owner's son and cleric to ending the global row over Iran's nuclear programme
HASSAN ROUHANI has become the public face of Iran's efforts to end the international row over its nuclear programme. Since being elected president in June last year, he has sought to overcome animosity with world powers, who suspect his country of secretly aiming to develop a nuclear bomb. Described as a "peacemaker" by some, and a "wolf in sheep's clothing" by others, Rouhani has been a key figure in Iran's political life since the revolution in 1979...


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On February 6, Albuquerque's The Jamspot presents Abigail Williams, Erimha, Holocaustic, Deviance in Kaos, Destroy to Recreate, and Illion. This all-ages show starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 day of the show.
Formed in 2004, Abigail Williams play black metal. The band's latest full-length studio CD is titled Becoming.
Canada's Erimha play black metal. The band's latest full-length studio CD is titled Reign through Immortality.
Albuquerque's Holocaustic play blackened thrash metal.
Hailing from places like Washington, Texas, and New Mexico, Albuquerque-based Deviance in Kaos play modern American heavy metal.
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Albuquerque's The Jamspot is located at 239 San Pedro NE (on the corner of Copper and San Pedro).