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Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best pro-gaming competition in the world.Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year's StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. Blizzard gamers and eSports fans from around the world will be invited to attend and witness some of the most skilled pro players on the planet battle it out for cash and glory.
We're excited to be showcasing Blizzard eSports on a truly global stage this year. We're also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players' hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we've decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013.
More details about the 2012 Battle.net World Championship and BlizzCon 2013, including specific dates and locations, will be coming in the months ahead.
This news worries me. After Steve Parker, the Diablo 3 senior producer, announced his resignation on twitter five days ago, I've been afraid of problems with Diablo 3. While he seems to have left on good terms with Blizzard, maybe multiple system and design changes have led to problems in the board room? This game has been in production for what seems like forever. The fans are biting at the heels of Blizzard for a release date and the pressure may be mounting. Who knows though? Might just be a better job waiting for him somewhere.
At least with the World Championship tournament we can get some great E-sport action. Nothing better than some Starcraft 2 and popcorn.


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We've received many letters over the years, asking about the various ways one might go about symbolizing atheism. They come mostly from those seeking an atheist equivalent of the Cross or the ubiquitous metallic Jesus Fish (cleverly parodied by Darwinists). The Star of David symbolizes the views of Jews, they write; we atheists need to symbolize our views some way. Even gays and lesbians have the distinctive rainbow triangle. One reader summarized by saying: "it would be nice if I could make my own voice heard."
Until recently, my response was to show why the symbols I've seen won't work, but now I see why we can't symbolize atheism.
The Darwin Amphibians are popular in the North West, where up to 17 percent of us are atheists. But there's my point: the Darwins are an anti-creationism message; they say nothing at all about atheism.
Last month, the Hawaiians successfully routed a sneaky move to put creationism in the public schools -- the very week the School Board's science advisor went on vacation! The story mentions the popularity of the Darwin Amphibians during the large rally to protest this fiasco.
This is why we can't use the Darwins to symbolize atheism: atheists aren't the only people who oppose creationism! Anyone can identify with the Darwin Amphibians because no one connects them to atheism.
Thus, a very successful anti-creationism tool, symbolized in the Darwin Amphibian, contributed to a rousing victory. Theists joined atheists and made a common foe scamper off with its tail between its legs.
Last month, Alabama Judge Roy Moore unveiled a monolith featuring an abridged rendition of the Protestant list of the first stone tablets of the Ten Commandments of the ancient Hebrew religion. It's now on display in the Alabama Judicial Building.
To find out if Moore seeks true Liberty or simply the supremacy of his own religion, Protestant Fundamentalism, some atheists tried to display the logo of the American Atheists group. Of course Moore said no.
Good thing: This is the trademark of a private group, despised by many theists and even a few atheists. Their logo has as much right to be on public property as do Moore's ancient taboos against the Evil Eye.
Trying to symbolize atheism misses the point: Atheism is but a minor aspect of any atheist's identity, saying only what is not.
It's easy to see Christians making religion part of their identity: Christ, even if only a concept, is an object upon which I may center. The cross or the fish or the pigeon would represent what I have added to my humanity. Atheism is not any of this.
Atheism cannot resemble Christianity in this respect: when it comes to religion, atheism is the default human condition. My atheism adds nothing to my humanity, serving only to distinguish me from those who are something that I am not. Atheism speaks not of what I am; rather, of what I am not. It's an absence, not a concept.
If I got a tattoo, I'd get a Screamin' Jay or a Cheech Wizard -- I'd never get one having to do with my atheism. To go that far in pointing out how I differ from others is to give them too much power. There is much more to me than that which is not me.
Reference: Symbols, Acronyms, and Slogans letter with David and Will
Reference: Do Atheists Have A Symbol? letter with Joseph Thornhill (FAQ)
Reference: A Symbol To Make My Own Voice Heard? letter from Chris (inspiration for this column)
Perspective: To Respond With That Unfazed 'No-I'm-Not' Look! letter with Kay
Perspective: License Plate Holder: 'I Am Atheist / I Am America' letter with Peter Hopp
Perspective: Any Symbol Must Be Given Its Meaning letter from Randy Cassingham
Perspective: Which Symbol For Atheism Was On Your Front Page? Lyra Aitch
Perspective: One More Proposed Symbol For Atheism Sampo Syreeni
Perspective: A Few Suggestions For Those Who Need a Symbol letter with Darrell
Perspective: Symbolizing 'A Thing That Is Not A Thing' Zaphod Beeblebrox
Perspective: A Funny-Shaped Cross With a Question Mark? Lenny Blottin
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Ballymac Vic involved in 'nasty cut' accident
BALLYMAC VIC had no sooner been installed as clear favourite for the ETS Irish Derby than he was declared a "very doubtful" runner in Saturday's opening heat in the quarter finals at Shelbourne.
A disappointed Liam Dowling reported that his star tracker has sustained a nasty cut on his foot and that it is extremely unlikely that he will be able to run.
"He was in the paddock and jumped against a gate. Somehow he got his paw caught and he got a nasty cut. The vet had to give him five stitches just at the back of the pad and he was very sore on it. I will be bringing him back to the vet on Wednesday for another look at it and the likelihood is that we will make a decision then".
One of the fastest greyhounds in training, Ballymac Vic also also one of the unluckiest. Following his English Derby final defeat he had bounced back to top form at Shelbourne following his close shave in the first round.
He is due to contest the opening heat on Saturday where his rivals are Droopys Adler, Fairhill Paddy, Hot Pursuit, Ballyana Foxtrot and Cabra Buck.
Dowling also reported that Bouncy Bocko picked up an injury in the third round when he had a rough passage. "He will be off for four to six weeks and he is returning to England. I was hoping we might be able to run him in the Mulvaney 600 which follows on immediately from the Derby but that is now out of the question."
Paul Sallis also reported yesterday that Bold Three was "very sore" following his third round exit at the weekend.
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"How We Heat"— by Ken Sheldon (page 18): It takes all kinds to stay warm in New England, from the "fireplace fanatic" to the "heater hermit."
"Local Treasure: Candlepin Bowling in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts"— by Aimee Seavey (page 24):
Believed to be the second-oldest candlepin venue in the country, the eight lanes at the Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley have been welcoming folks "through the alley to the alley" since 1906, just 26 years after candlepin got its start in the central Massachusetts city of Worcester. While similar to tenpin bowling, candlepin uses narrower pins and smaller balls, noticeably lacking finger holes. The sport has also remained mostly in New England—a regional exclusivity that can pose a peculiar sight for out-of-town visitors.
"Could You Live Here?" (page 108): Yankee's newest department explores the community vibe in Essex, Connecticut, a small town steeped in history and tradition with a bucolic setting on the Connecticut River.
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Earlier I wrote an article in anticipation of the release of the Vizio Costar streaming player. Now that I've got one and have used it I'll tell you what I think of it.
It's not the greatest thing to happen to the internet, but compared to other streaming devices out there it's worth the money. Sony has one that sells for about $200. The Costar is about $100.
It took about 30 minutes to set it up. That included downloading a software update. The next day I happened to look to see if there were other updates and there was one from the day before, so actually I had to download two updates. After the first one I had the HBO Go app. After the second update that app was gone. There must have been some disagreement between Vizio and HBO. However I can still get HBO Go by using the browser.
What sold me on the Costar was the fact that the browser supports Flash and HTML 5. I tested this by going to the WTHR web site which has Flash comp0nents. Everything on the page showed up and the videos played. The Costar passed the first test.
At first I found it difficult to maneuver around web pages. You can click on a link by tapping the trackpad. But sometimes tapping once would work and sometimes I had to tap multiple times to get the link to work. Once I discovered that you can click on a link by clicking the dash button on the number pad of the remote, that was much easier. I also found that scrolling with the trackpad was difficult, but using the up and down buttons on the remote worked much better.
Some have complained that it takes too much pressure to press the buttons on the remote. However I like the fact that it takes some pressure. That prevents me from clicking a button when I didn't mean to.
Now the apps. Don't expect very many. Vizio promotes that you have access to the Google Play Store and it's apps. But when you go to the store and list all apps only 94 show up, not the thousands that are in the store for phones and tablets. I even did a search for some of the apps I have on my Android tablet and they don't show up. Even some of the most popular apps are not available, like Facebook. Therefore you need to use the browser to look at your Facebook page.
Vizio recommends a 6MB connection if you're going to watch videos. On a TV, who isn't going to watch videos? I have a 3MB connection and watching Netflix has not been a problem. However I did have the start and stop issue when looking at videos on the SEC Sports app. This could be due to that app using high quality (translation: high bandwidth) videos.
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Modest yet magnificent, jet is the black pearl of the subterranean realm, extracted with difficulty and polished with skill.
Erzurum is a city of eastern Anatolia. A place where the wind blows hard and, as it does so, tosses things in the air. A place where life flows calmly and crazily straight to the human heart. Erzurum is a highland city where ruins from the Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods keep the past alive even today. At almost 2000 meters in altitude, a city of highland plateaus, vast plains, waterfalls and brave-hearted people. Where life is an integrated whole with its folk songs, folk tales, kebabs... and jet. One of the oldest decorative materials known to man, jet is also one of the most potent symbols of Erzurum, in whose soil the highest quality specimens of it are found. Jet, which is found in large amounts in several villages of one particular township, is extracted with difficulty by the hardworking local people. Storing and shaping the stone requires an equal degree of care and labor. Every master works with the precision of a sculptor, carving and sanding the soft stone with a special, twice-tempered steel knife. The stones, which are polished with chalk dust and olive oil, are transformed into everything from rings, necklaces and earrings to cigarette holders. And the indispensable prayer beads carried by Muslim men are also made of this magnificent stone.
Jet, which is formed from fossilized resin or petrified wood, is a form of soft lignite. Its predominant color is black although stone of greyish-green is also encountered, albeit rarely. The history of jet, which is extracted at several places around the world, dates back to the Bronze Age. Wealthy Romans used it for jewelry and valuable decorative items. In the Middle Ages, rosaries, boxes for sacred relics and sculptures were fashioned from its black stone. According to written sources, jet dust was even prescribed by doctors as a medicament in the 17th century. But jet had its heyday in the period of Queen Victoria, who launched a fashion by wearing jet jewelry to the end of her days in mourning for her deceased husband, Prince Albert. Everyone who could afford it in those days started wearing rings, brooches and necklaces made of the stone. In Erzurum meanwhile, as far as we can glean from the masters who still practice the art of their ancestors, the working of jet has a history going back some 200-250 years.
Extracting jet from the earth is both difficult and time-consuming. The villages in Erzurum where it is found are characterized by rough terrain and steep slopes, making the mines accessible only on foot. Steep galleries of 80 cm in diameter are opened in the hollowed out sections of mountains using time-honored methods passed down from father to son by the local people. Inside these galleries, where only two people can work together, illumination is supplied either by a flashlight or a miner's lamp. The work is done using such ancient tools as a pick, shovel, hammer and chisel. Little jet ore can be extracted from a single vein since these tend to be very thin and sometimes are interrupted and disappear altogether. Although the stone is very soft when extracted from the earth, it hardens immediately upon contact with the air. Consequently it is essential that it be removed from the gallery and stored in a damp environment until it can be polished. Extracted with great labor, this mineral is sent to small workshops where it is first classified according to the type of decorative object to be designed, and then worked on a hand-operated wheel—a labor of love requiring, above all, super-human patience. The trick is to keep the stone soft and damp, and it is therefore preserved in water until it is processed, while the remainder is reburied.
Jet is still worked today in the Rüstempaşa Bedesten. This historic market, also known as the Taşhan or 'Stone Khan', was built by Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha, son-in-law of Süleyman the Magnificent. It is a first stop for those who would like to see the jet workshops and own one of these 'black pearls' of the underground, which are also known as Erzurum stone, black amber, 'sengi' and 'musa'.
Prayer beads are by far the most common product made of jet. Jet rosaries, whose fame has spread even beyond Turkey, become even more resplendent and beautiful as they are handled. Consisting of either 33 or 99 beads, their names vary depending on the nature of the silver workmanship employed. Unfortunately these lovely gifts of nature also have their imitations, which can be distinguished from the genuine article in several different ways. For example, if you breathe on a piece of jet, it will absorb the moisture and sweat. The characteristic weight and dull clicking sound produced when the beads knock against each other are further distinguishing features. Glass beads by contrast are much heavier and plastic ones much lighter. If a red-hot needle held against a bead makes a hole in it, that bead is not jet, for jet cannot be pierced with a needle. And since it acquires static electricity when rubbed, it will attract small scraps of paper. When scratched slightly with a knife, true jet produces a brown dust. Every master has his own story to tell about jet, which resists time's depredations and gleams more brightly with the heat of the human body.
Old people have a story they are fond of telling their grandchildren. And in the telling of it, past and present become inextricably mixed up. It goes like this: Blind Ali had a daughter of surpassing beauty, a wild girl who chased a colorful butterfly in her gaily printed shalvar pants with her scarf flying in the wind, and was tossed from side by side like a bee in search of pollen. One day this beautiful girl fell to daydreaming beside a sparkling lake. At that very moment, the sky poured down to earth like a spring and, as if life had suddenly changed, the girl fell under the spell of a story told by her grandmother. Earth and sky ceased to exist; there was only that moment and that darkly handsome young man. When they had gazed into each other's eyes for hours, a gleaming black pearl suddenly materialized at the youth's neck. Exactly what it was is uncertain; what is certain is that that stone was the elixir of love. Like a magnet, his love drew the girl's heart, which became a glowing ember. And to the end of her days she sang laments of love to that young man in the water. That magical stone was jet, which is rumored by the local people to have extraordinary powers. Every young man and woman, every person who is in love, believes in the magical power of the black pearl. And this story, handed down from generation to generation, is rewritten every day in the handiwork of the jet masters. Every miner in time discerns Ali's daughter in the stone. Every master shapes his own love in his hands. And the carved stone becomes one with our body as its love is engraved on our heart...


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Just about everyone knows of the rich history and tradition associated with the Alabama-Auburn series, but some people may not be aware that the rivalry was discontinued for more than 40 years in the first half of the 20th century.
A few seemingly minor disagreements between the teams resulted in the series being cancelled in 1908. It was not resumed until the 1948 season. Though there are myths about fighting and other violence necessitating a dismissal of the series, the truth is that only problems between the two teams emerged over the referee and per diem money for the players.
In winning the 1906 game, Alabama used an offensive formation that Auburn head coach Mike Donahue declared illegal. After Alabama implemented a similar formation in 1907, Auburn insisted that their next meeting be officiated by an umpire from outside the South. Alabama thought this request to be ludicrous, and that became the first matter of disagreement between the two schools. The second conflict, which was over per diem, essentially amounted to $33. Each team was allowed 22 players on its roster. Auburn wanted each player to receive $3.50, while Alabama thought the amount should be only two dollars.
After arguing for several months over these two matters, the teams finally reached a compromise and decided not to play in 1908. By this point, however, their schedules had been set for the season, and neither team's opponents were willing to move. Alabama suggested playing the game after Thanksgiving, but Auburn's Board of Trustees would not allow them to play beyond the holiday. Thus, the game was not played in 1908, and it was not placed on the schedule the following year. Attempts to revive the game in 1911, 1919, 1932 and 1944 all failed.
Finally, in the spring of 1948, behind the initiative of Alabama President John Galilee, an agreement was reached to resume the series in Birmingham that fall. Prior to the game, student body presidents Gilis Cammock of Alabama and Willie Johns of Auburn participated in a symbolic "burying of the hatchet" ceremony at Woodrow Wilson Park in Birmingham. The two teams rekindled their rivalry at Legion Field on Dec. 4, 1948 and have played annually since then.
UA-AU WINNER GETS "FOY TROPHY": On July 13, 1948, the two circles of Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership honor society from the University of Alabama and Auburn University joined together to sponsor a trophy devoted to sportsmanship between the two universities. The ODK-James E. Foy V Sportsmanship Trophy is a tradition which symbolizes the good relationship between the two schools. Originally the trophy was displayed in Birmingham in Loveman's store window the week prior to the football game between the two universities. Then, in a parade preceding the game, the trophy would be carried in a convertible with the Omicron Delta Kappa presidents from each school on either side. The parade was stopped in the 1960s but the trophy has continued to be awarded every year. The trophy is now awarded to the winner at halftime of the Alabama-Auburn basketball game on their home court. The trophy remains in their care until next year's presentation takes place. In January 1978, the trophy was dedicated to Dean James E. Foy, V upon his retirement as the Dean of Student Affairs at Auburn University. He began serving in that position in 1950 after serving as Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Alabama.
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: The Thanksgiving Day tradition began with the Crimson Tide football some 30 years later as the school played its eighth all-time game on Thanksgiving Day in 1893. Alabama's first Thanksgiving Day game took place on Nov. 30, 1893 in Montgomery. Alabama lost to Auburn 40-16, in the second-ever meeting between the two schools. The two teams met against the following year on Thanksgiving Day with Alabama earning an 18-0 win. After a five-year layoff, Alabama resumed its Thanksgiving Day tradition in 1900 and continued annually for the next 35 years. During that span, Alabama won seven of nine games from 1919-27.The Crimson Tide's first-ever game at Legion Field was played on Thanksgiving Day. Georgia beat Alabama, 20-6, on Nov. 24, 1927. The Tide played again on Thanksgiving Day in 1937 and 1938 before ending a long-standing tradition. Alabama has played on Thanksgiving Day only three times (1964, 1973 and 1992) on Thanksgiving Day since the 1930. Overall, Alabama is 28-12-2 in its 40 all-time Thanksgiving Day games. Alabama and Auburn will be playing on Thanksgiving weekend for just the 32nd time this season. The Crimson Tide is 18-13 in those 31 previous Thanksgiving weekend meetings, including a 3-1 record on Thanksgiving Day. The two teams have also met three times (1974, 1987 and 1988) on the Friday after Thanksgiving, with Auburn winning two of those three games. Alabama owns a 14-10 lead in games played on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. History will be made this season as Alabama will host its first Iron Bowl game in Tuscaloosa on Thanksgiving weekend. This year's Auburn game will also mark just the second time ever the Tide has hosted a football game in Tuscaloosa on Thanksgiving weekend. In 1915, Alabama beat Mississippi, 53-0, in the only Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 25) game in campus history.
IRON BOWL RANKINGS: For the 25th time since 1980 at least one team has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 entering the annual Iron Bowl. Neither team was ranked in 1982, 1998 and 2003. Alabama is No. 1 in the current AP poll and is ranked entering the Iron Bowl for the 35th time in history. The Crimson Tide is 24-10 against the Tigers when ranked in AP poll. Auburn has been ranked a total of 26 times in Iron Bowl history and has compiled an 18-8 record when ranked in the AP Top 25. The highest ranked team owns a 39-10 record in the series since 1955.
TELEVISED GAMES: The 2008 Alabama-Auburn game will be the 34th televised game in the series, dating back to the very first televised game in 1964. Alabama owns a 17-16 record in the previous 33 TV games. The Alabama-Auburn game is being televised for the 15th consecutive year and for the 27th time in the last 29 years. CBS Sports will televise its 10th Iron Bowl this season from Tuscaloosa.
IRON BOWL CITIES: The Alabama-Auburn football rivalry has had only four homes in its 73-year existence, including Birmingham, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Auburn. The city of Birmingham, the state's largest city, has served as host for the annual showdown 53 times, including every year from 1904-88. The Alabama-Auburn game has been played nine times in Auburn, six times in Tuscaloosa and four times in Montgomery. The first meeting in Montgomery took place during the 1893 season, with Auburn winning 40-16. The two teams last played in the state capital in 1903, with the Tide claiming an 18-6 victory.
IRON BOWL STADIA: The Iron Bowl has been played in nine different stadia across the state of Alabama. The teams met 53 times in the city of Birmingham and those games were contested in four different stadia including Lakeview Park, West End Park, Birmingham Fairgrounds and Legion Field. The game has been played at two different stadia in Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. The game was played at Montgomery's Riverside Park from 1894-1900 and Highland Park in 1903. The game has been played eight times on the Auburn campus, all at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The UA campus has hosted the event six times, including the UA Quad in 1895 and 1901 and Bryant-Denny Stadium since the 2000 season.
UA PLAYER NOTES VERSUS AUBURN: Here is how some of the Tide players have fared in their careers against the Auburn Tigers … Junior running back Glen Coffee had 20 rushing attempts for 60 yards in last year's game at Auburn … Junior linebacker Prince Hall recorded five tackles and one TFL (-3) last season … Junior punter P.J. Fitzgerald has averaged 39 yards on 10 punts in his two-game career against the Tigers … In 2006, Fitzgerald punted four times for a 43-yard average, including a 53-yard punt … Sophomore cornerback Kareem Jackson had four tackles and one pass break-up in last year's game … Seniors safety Rashad Johnson had five tackles and one pass break-up last year … Senior tight end Travis McCall has at least one reception in all three career games against the Tigers … He has three catches for 32 yards and one TD … He had a 13-yard TD catch in 2006 that gave Alabama a 15-14 third-quarter lead … Sophomore linebacker Rolando McClain had a career-best 15 tackles (8 solos) in last year's game at Auburn … He also added a 23-yard interception return in the game … Senior receiver Nikita Stover is UA's active leading receiver against the Tigers with seven catches for 126 yards (18 yards per catch) and one TD … He had his best game in an Alabama uniform against the Tigers in 2006 as he caught five passes for 101 yards (20.2 yards per catch), including a 52-yard TD catch in the second quarter that cut the Auburn lead to 14-9 at halftime … Junior running back Roy Upchurch is averaging 5.1 yards per carry in his career against the Tigers … Senior tight end Nick Walker is UA's second-leading receiver against the Tigers with four catches for 65 yards (16.2 yards per catch) … He had two receptions in 2005 (38 yards) and two catches last year (27 yards) … Junior defensive lineman Lorenzo Washington had three tackles and one TFL (-9 yards) in last year's game … Senior quarterback John Parker Wilson has completed 33-of-63 (.524) passes for 413 yards with two TDs and two interceptions in three games against the Tigers … He completed 18-of-23 passes for 252 yards and two TDs in a 22-14 loss to AU in 2006 … He also has career rushing attempts for 23 yards and two TDs against Auburn, scoring rushing TDs in both 2005 and 2007 on the Plains.


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Thirteen years later, he reached the top of the organization, and he still remembers the name of the recruiter who might have boxed him in.
MBank didn't last nearly as long as Bagwell. It failed in 1989, costing the FDIC more than $2 billion in what was then the second-largest bank rescue ever. Bank One won the auction for the failed company, and Bagwell would ultimately work through six mergers in 19 years.
All that turmoil translated into opportunity, at least for a newcomer like Bagwell. His first break came in the late 1980s, when his team figured out how to funnel mortgage financing to banking subsidiaries. They created a legal structure to lend money to healthy mortgage units whose parent companies were failing or already under government control.
They packaged the investments in mortgage portfolios, which were usually sold to insurance companies and pension funds. That became a national business, and Bank One Dallas became the fifth-largest mortgage warehouse lender in the nation. Bagwell, named senior vice president of the mortgage finance group, was making his mark.
That led to his second break. In 1995, he was selected to manage the corporate banking division, which focused on lending to local companies.
"He did a fantastic job," Steinhart says, adding that Bagwell grew Bank One's middle-market business into the largest in Dallas.
That rounded out his experience, and three years later, he was president of Bank One Dallas. The late '90s were a great time to be running a bank in North Texas. And the industry did well in the early 2000s, despite the tech downturn and the fallout from 9/11. The Texas
economy just kept percolating.
After Chase and Bank One merged, Bagwell says that working with Agather was the highlight. During that period, his kidney failure worsened, and he began to set up the transplant, a process that took more than a year.
Setting the Record Straight
Bagwell has an older brother and sister, but Robin had the best kidney match. Naturally, he had some misgivings, but not her. She told him that she was donating a kidney to somebody, so he better get in line.
Asked whether she had any negative effects, Bagwell says that she'd just won a tennis tournament in a recreation league. The couple have two children: daughter Lauren is a freshman at Baylor and son Nolan is a high school junior.
Bagwell didn't reveal his illness to many people, preferring to gut it out and combat the fatigue with Diet Cokes. After surgery, his recovery took a few months, but he doesn't recall any sick days beforehand. And he never linked his illness with his departure from Chase.
Although he remains on a regimen, like most transplant recipients, he got healthy almost immediately, and he wants to set the record straight: "I am not fragile," he says.
In an email, Agather didn't address Bagwell's departure from Chase. But she said that he never wavered during his illness and always had a positive attitude. What's most surprising is that Bagwell stuck around for three years.
"When you're used to running a company, it's hard to come in at a notch lower," says Bill Lively, who spearheaded the region's Super Bowl effort and has worked with Bagwell on many community initiatives. "It feels like you're underachieving, because you know what you can do. And Norm can do it like few others."
A smaller company doesn't mean a smaller job, either. Albert Niemi Jr., dean of SMU's Cox School of Business, had previously overseen a business school that was several times larger at the University of Georgia. But he says he has much more pull at SMU.
The same is probably true for Bagwell today. JPMorgan Chase, a global banking giant, is based in New York and is so big that even Texas' influence is limited. In contrast, Bank of Texas accounted for about 30 percent of loans last year at BOK Financial, its corporate parent based in Tulsa, Okla.
"By being in a smaller organization, sometimes you can have a more dramatic impact," says Niemi, who met Bagwell shortly after Niemi was recruited to SMU.
Like Bagwell, Niemi, who sits on an advisory board for Bank of Texas, considered switching fields at one time. He weighed an offer to become a top executive at a securities firm, and he was urged to run for Congress. Ultimately, he says, he looked in the mirror and decided that academia was what he knew and loved.
So his next stop was SMU, where he's been for almost 15 years. Says Niemi: "There's nothing finer than saying, 'Let's do it again.'"
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DELAND — Reilly Whittaker is usually almost in tears when her summer stay at Camp Winona in DeLeon Springs ends.
She likes getting away from technology for a while, meeting new people and growing as a person. So, when she noticed fewer people going to camp — some due to a lack of resources — the 17-year-old DeLand resident started Destination Campfire Inc., a charity providing "camportunities" to kids whose families might not be able to send them.
With some help from her mother, Sherri Emery, the nonprofit was incorporated last fall. Almost immediately, Whittaker began raising money by setting up a booth at events like Boo Bash in DeLand, a Halloween festival put on by the Athens Theatre. At last count, the company has raised about $3,000 so far — enough to help about 10 kids experience what she does for a week, Whittaker reckons.
The group plans on raising more funds before the summer arrives. Campers will be able to choose which camp they'll attend for the week. Both overnight camps and day camps will qualify for funding.
"I love it (at camp)," she said. "There's so many things you spend your whole entire week on when you go outdoors. You meet awesome people."
Last year, after spending several weeks at Camp Winona, she told her mother about how the cabins weren't as full as usual.
"Our assumption would be that people can't afford it. There's usually a waiting list to go," said Emery.
Whittaker wanted to do something. Her mother warned that starting a charity would be a lot of work — it'd be like starting a business, complete with its own expenses.
Reilly's immediate response: She emptied out her savings account, giving Destination Campfire its first $500 in seed money.
"Not a lot of kids are looking out for other kids," said Emery. "She's had such an experience at camp. When I pick her up she's in tears because she doesn't want to leave. She says that it changes her and makes her a better person."
The stories Reilly and her other kids tell last for days after they come home, she said. After being without technology for a few weeks, they come home more grounded, as well.
Whittaker has since talked about her charity before the Deltona City Commission, a DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce Females About Business (FAB) luncheon and, most recently, had a booth at Orange City's Manatee Festival in January.
The company also partnered with Deltona High School's theater group, which donated $1 for each ticket sold to its November production.
It doesn't hurt that her mother is director of sales at Imageworks, an Orange City print shop, either.
"Imageworks sponsored the FAB luncheon (Feb. 14) and we gave out a personalized mug and put Riley's flier in each one. The woman sitting to my left was reading the flier and she said, 'I went to camp as a child and it was a huge part of my life,'" said Emery. "I've been hearing that from people."
Destination Campfire hopes to attract corporate sponsorships and is working with at least one school to spread the word about the program to students. The group will start accepting applications on its website within the next month and is looking to disburse awards no later than mid-May.
The company's 501(c)3 status is pending, but it is accepting donations on its website at destinationcampfire.org
"She just had a mission on her heart," said Orange City Mayor Tom Laputka, who said he's known Whittaker for a couple of years. "I can tell you she was so upset for the kids that couldn't get to camp, and she thought she'd do something about it. Her mother encouraged her and people who knew her encouraged her to see if she could raise money in that regard and I thought that was a great idea, especially for a young teenager.
"It's one thing to start something, and it's another thing to do the follow-through," he said. "And she followed through."
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I'm fairly certain the bad guys/persons waltzed right past the sign packing just about any weapon available. We did not encounter any trouble, but with a large group of kids in a public place such as that, one never knows.
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DAYTONA BEACH -- Following consecutive complete-game shutouts, Daytona Cubs starter Matt Loosen was named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week for July 8-14.
"The best thing is we're playing really good right now -- we're winning games and that's probably the most fun part about it all," Loosen said. "We've been on a real good tear since the all-star break. Hopefully, we keep it up -- it feels nice to win."
Loosen, who is 4-2 with a 1.88 ERA in seven starts this season, has not given up a run in his last 27 innings. In his last five starts, he's 4-0 with a 0.26 ERA.
The 24-year-old right-hander from Ponte Vedra Beach has allowed just 24 hits and 12 walks over 43 innings, while striking out 45 batters. Lefties are hitting just .127 (8 for 63) against him.
Loosen joins Javier Baez as the only two-time recipients of the FSL Player/Pitcher of the Week this season. Jorge Soler, Dustin Geiger and Ryan Searle have each received the honor once.
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Firearms and education will be paired at a clinic sponsored by Mercury One during October 2014. It will teach young people about firearms safety while providing shooting lessons.
While emphasizing responsibility it will also teach about the Second Amendment at this year's God, Guns and Giving annual event that will include a charity auction to raise money for the Mercury One Foundation's charities that is part of Glenn Beck's "The Blaze" media company. It provides truckloads of food and supplies to victims of disasters such as floods, hurricanes and tornadoes.
Mercury One will also announce the Miracles and Massacres Museum opening as part of the God, Guns & Giving event.
Licensed instructors will teach responsible firearms use to youths between the ages of 10 and 18 years-of-age.
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Mabuhay Miles is Philippine Airlines' Frequent Flyer Program which is open to all of PAL's customers. Members are entitled to different benefits and privileges depending on the frequency of their trips. In October 2007, Mabuhay Miles moved its Service Center to a new office at Arnaiz Street in Makati City. This relocation meant changes for the Mabuhay Miles Service Center not only in terms of their office address but also with the communication technologies that it utilized. They needed to update their old IP-PABX System in order to keep up with the changing times and improve services.
Logic Solutions, Inc. (LSI) was there to provide the solution and services that Mabuhay Miles needed. LSI supplied the Service Center with Alcatel-Lucent's OmniPCX Enterprise, a full-IP Centric and one of the world's most advanced, future-proof communication systems. This solution combines traditional telephone functions with support for Internet-based telephony and multimedia communication. Among its key features are unified communications, web softphone, unified messaging, and an open, flexible system with an independent infrastructure.
LSI offered a full-range of services for Mabuhay Miles. They were responsible from the delivery, installation and even to the commissioning of the system. In addition to this, they even provided the users with training on how to use the new technology. The transition went so smoothly that in fact, within just the same month, everything was already in full operation.
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Author, lecturer and guide, John Anthony West delivered a seismic shock to archaeology in the early 1990s when he and Boston University geologist Dr. Robert Schoch revealed that the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, showed evidence of rainfall erosion. Such erosion could only mean that the Sphinx was carved during or before the rains that marked the transition of northern Africa from the last Ice Age to the present interglacial epoch, a transition that occurred in the millennia from 10,000 to 5,000 BC.
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Robert Schoch and I have formed a production company, Akio Enterprises, (which I'll explain in detail in due course) looking to produce both documentary (and maybe even feature) films and books as well. We thought we had the financing together for our ambitious follow-up to Mystery of the Sphinx but unfortunately that seems to have evaporated.
Nevertheless, we now have the "smoking gun" evidence we have long sought (Gübekli Tepe in Turkey) and we are convinced that we will be able to get the funding together to produce Zep Tepi and the Dawn of Civilization. It may not be long before the quackademics are smoked out of their ivory towers once and for all.
In tandem with Akio Enterprises, we now also have a plan to activate our long-hibernating but still-breathing Foundation, and we also have enthusiastic and knowledgeable people aboard to make it happen via micro, (and, with luck, not-so-micro) funding. For starters, Schoch and I are actively compiling/writing a book about our decades-long but still ongoing Sphinx battle (working title: Dancing Down the Bridge of Sirah: A Scientist and a Scholar Fend off the Unicorns and Take On the Paradigm Police ... explanation to follow ...eventually)
Curious note: For decades, back before the computer was invented, I dreamed about a way to do an end run around the cannibals and barracudas of Hollywood and mainstream television via some grassroots system of funding. But I could never think of a practical way to make it happen. The digital revolution now makes that possible. Stay tuned! Now it will happen.
PPS. I've mentioned this before. Much of my time the past few years has been devoted to working with my firebrand friend and colleague, trend forecaster Gerald Celente. Most of the turbulence going on now, and which will surely get much worse over the the next few years, was predicted in The Trends Journal, which has grown from an 8 page black-and-white newsletter into a substantial full color, take-no-prisoners unique magazine.
It features art work and spectacular graphics from Eugene Gregan and Anthony Freda, two of America's most talented artists, and articles by a number of extraordinarily knowledgeable contributors. Celente has a proven, uncanny knack for connecting the dots in three dimensions.
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