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Once Upon a Time in Colombia explores another side of life. Many fail to consider taking chances because they consider the numerous odds against them and don't have the heart to take a gamble. For those who are brave the income potential on a risky business venture can be equally matched by incredible reward. The exotic nature of this novel is dramatically increased by the amazing ability of the author and adventurer Benjamin Fisher to build the suspense and excitement through his writing talent.
"We'd never seen one other before, but for some reason, people like us can sniff each other out."
"We shook hands without saying a word, and left the Black Sheep Hostel, getting into his Mercedes."
"My confidence changed that day. I had always been a player. I always knew I could pick up girls but for the first time in my life I felt like I could do anything."
Once Upon a Time in Colombia speaks of Fisher's bravery and vision in taking the chance in living on the edge. Fisher exposes the reader to his personal feelings of excitement and anxiety while building a pornographic film empire in South America instead of attending college. He truly took the road less wandered. From forming business relationships in Bogota with other movie moguls to crafting deals with interested buyers Fisher learns the lessons of another culture as well as the all-encompassing facts of the business world. Some lessons are merely intellectual while others are extremely dangerous. This novel is well worth the purchase and certainly a book you won't be able to put down until it's completed.


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In office now for 38 months, Ohio's go-go CEO-style Gov. John Kasich can't seem to pull away from his little known Democratic challenger, Ed FitzGerald, who is now within striking distance of the acerbic Republican whose name is bantered about as a GOP presidential contender in 2016.
For Gov. Kasich to achieve his dream of being presidential timbre, he has to win Ohio not by the thin 77,127 vote margin he did in 2010 but by a margin he can point to as proof he and his policies are much beloved.
But that's exactly his problem, as emerged Wednesday when Quinnipiac University released it's latest survey showing his margin over FitzGerald has dropped to five percentage points.
Gov. Kasich enjoys a 51 - 36 percent job approval rating, virtually unchanged in the last 12 months, Quinnipiac polling revealed. But his 43 - 38 percent lead over Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, his largely unknown possible Democratic challenger, offered hope to Team FitzGerald that Kasich can be caught up with come November, the month for General Elections.
Ed FitzGerald's campaign manager, Nick Buis, said today's poll results show the little known candidate's message is gaining traction.
"Polls will go up and down over the next nine months, but it is clear that Ohioans are responding to Ed FitzGerald because he does not believe the daily financial anxiety Ohio's families have endured under John Kasich should be the new normal. As Governor and Lt. Governor, Ed and Sharen will ensure all Ohio's families see their hard work pay off," Buis said in prepared remarks.
The significance of the Quinnipiac poll today is that it did not include Libertarian Party candidate Charlie Earl. In polling performed by another nationally known and respected outfit, Public Policy Polling, Earl could siphon off as much as six percent of Ohio voters, many of whom might otherwise vote for Gov. Kasich. With Earl in the mix, along with a couple other candidates including the Green Party, Team Kasich should be worried that votes going to Earl might leave FitzGerald with less than 50 percent, but enough to be the next governor come the start of 2015.
Last November, Quinnipiac, a well known and widely respected polling group, released a poll showing a 44 - 37 percent lead for Gov. Kasich. It's no surprise that Gov. Kasich leads 82 - 6 percent among Republicans and 43 - 31 percent among independent voters, while Democrats go to FitzGerald 74 - 11 percent.
Since Team FitzGerald is making a plea to women to vote for them, based on harsh and restrictive health care and abortion access bills Gov. Kasich has signed into law, the gender break down is very important. Women out number and out vote men, so while the GOP can smile that men back Kasich 49 - 33 percent, FitzGerald can smile knowing that women back him 42 - 37 percent.
Ohio voters say 61 - 31 percent that Kasich is a strong leader and say 52 - 35 percent that he is honest and trustworthy. But they are divided on whether he cares about their needs and problems, as 43 percent say he cares and 47 percent say he doesn't care.
The governor gets a 42 - 30 percent favorability rating, but less than half, 46 - 42 percent, believe he deserves to be reelected.
For FitzGerald, 70 percent don't know enough to form an opinion, Quinnipiac said.
"The race to become Ohio's next governor is a five-point game, little changed from the seven-point spread in Quinnipiac University's last survey in November," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Also unchanged, however, is how relatively few Ohioans - less than three in ten - know enough about Democratic favorite Ed Fitzgerald to have an opinion about him."
That is a double-edged sword for the challenger, Brown noted, adding, "It indicates he has not made much headway in the past three months, but it provides him an opportunity to make up ground among the vast number of voters who are unfamiliar with him."
"Voters see Gov. John Kasich in a more favorable light when it comes to his personal characteristics than his handling of issues," said Brown. "They give him high grades on leadership and positive ratings on trustworthiness and good judgment, though not so much on understanding the problems of average folks. He gets basically even scores on handling the budget, taxes and jobs, the latter of which is cited by voters as the top priority."
In an open-ended question, allowing for any answer, a total of 42 percent of Ohio voters list the economy or jobs as the top priority for state government in 2014. Another 14 percent list education or education funding, followed by 5 percent who cite health care.
Ohio voters give Kasich a mixed grade for his handling of the economy and jobs as 44 percent approve and 46 percent disapprove. His approval ratings on other issues are:
44 - 40 percent approve of his handling of taxes;
44 percent approve of his handling of the state budget, while 42 percent disapprove;
42 percent disapprove of his handling of health care, while 36 percent approve; Death Penalty
Ohio voters favor the death penalty 68 - 26 percent, but when asked whether they favor the death penalty or life in prison with no chance of parole:
47 percent favor the death penalty;
36 percent favor life in prison with no chance of parole;
12 percent favor life in prison with a chance of parole.
There is a total of 48 percent support for the two life options. Among men, 51 percent support the death penalty, with 30 percent for life without parole and 13 percent for life with parole. Among women, 43 percent support the death penalty, with 42 percent for life without parole, and 10 percent for life with parole.
"The life without parole option provides another perspective on the death penalty debate, with significant partisan, gender and age divisions," Brown said.
From February 12 - 17, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,370 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service and for research.
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Game 18: No. 13 Arizona (14-3, 4-1) at Oregon (11-3, 3-2)
Date: Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005
Time: 7:30 p.m. PST
Location: McArthur Court (9,087), Eugene, Ore.
Radio: Wildcat Radio Network (Brian Jeffries/Ryan Hansen)
TV: FSN (Steve Physioc/Marques Johnson)
Game Data: No. 13 Arizona (14-3, 4-1 Pac-10) opens its final road trip of the first half of the league season Thursday at Oregon (11-3, 3-2 Pac-10) ... Following this road swing to Oregon, Arizona's next four games are at home ... The Wildcats enjoy a +5.2 turnover margin in Pac-10 play ... Over the last five games, Arizona has outscored the opposition by an average of 6.6 points in the second half ... UA's starting frontline (Frye/Adams/Radenovic) combines to average 20.6 rebounds per game in conference play.
The Rankings: After winning two games last week, Arizona jumped to No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25 and to No. 12 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls. UA has been ranked in 295 consecutive AP polls released during the regular season only.
Arizona Head Coach Lute Olson . . . is in his 22nd season at Arizona and his 32nd overall as a college head coach with a career record of 725-252 (.742) and 533-160 (.769) at Arizona ... He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 27, 2002 ... Olson became the 16th coach in basketball history to tally 1,000 career victories (covering all levels) on Dec. 11, 2004 ... Olson recorded his 700th collegiate victory on Jan. 3, 2004, and became Arizona's career victories leader (510) on Jan. 17, 2004 ... He has the second-most Pac-10 wins (294) in history, trailing UCLA's John Wooden (304, 1949-75) ... Olson has the second-best conference winning percentage (.776/294-85) and second-most league championships won (10) in Pac-10 history (minimum three years), trailing only Wooden (.810/304-74/16 titles) ... During his 22-year tenure at Arizona, the Wildcats have won one national championship (1997), played in the national championship game (2001), participated in four Final Fours (1988, 1994, 1997, 2001), won 10 Pac-10 Conference titles, four Pac-10 Tournament crowns (1988, ?'89, ?'90, 2002) and been to the NCAA Tournament for the past 20 years, which is the longest active and second-longest streak in NCAA history (North Carolina, 27)... He also led Iowa to the 1980 Final Four ... Olson has been named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year seven times (1986, ?'88, ?'89, ?'93, ?'94, ?'98, 2003), the Big Ten Coach of the Year twice (1979 & ?'81) and directed the UA program to the nation's best winning percentage over the past 17 years (449-111/.802) ... In his collegiate career, Olson has produced 47 NBA Draft picks, including 28 at Arizona ?- 21 alone since 1990 ... He's led UA to 17 consecutive 20-win seasons and has 26 overall in his career, making him one of only five head coaches in NCAA history to record 25 or more 20-win seasons... Under Olson, the Cats are 317-32 (.908) in McKale Center and have won 245 of its last 262 home games ... He is assisted by Jim Rosborough, Rodney Tention and Josh Pastner ... Olson is 32-10 against Oregon.
Last Time Out: Salim Stoudamire scored 24 of his season-high 32 points in the second half, including the game-winning trey with 2.5 seconds to go to lead Arizona to the hard-fought 76-73 victory over UCLA on Saturday. The senior connected on 9-of-11 field goal attempts after the break in scoring 21 of Arizona's last 27 points. After trailing 42-38 at the half, the Wildcats limited the Bruins to just 26.7 percent shooting in the final stanza as Arizona defeated UCLA in McKale Center for the eighth consecutive time.
Scouting Oregon: The Ducks enter Thursday's game with an 11-3 record (3-2 Pac-10) after a 55-52 win Saturday at Washington State. Oregon shoots 49.4 percent from the field (370-of-749), posts a +5.3 rebound margin and outscores the opposition by 5.9 points per game. Individually, four Ducks average in double figures, led by Aaron Brooks, who averages 16.0 points per game. Ian Crosswhite leads the club by averaging 6.1 rebounds per game.
The Series: Thursday's game marks the 54th meeting of the two schools with Arizona holding a 35-18 series advantage. UA has won the last four meetings in the series, which dates back to Jan. 12, 1979, including a 100-87 decision in Eugene on Feb. 19, 2004. The Cats have won the last two games in McArthur Court. All-time, Arizona is 21-5 in series games played in Tucson, 14-12 in Eugene, and 0-1 in neutral-site games. For more series information, please see page 104 of the UA basketball media guide.
Last Meeting: Arizona 100, Oregon 87, Feb. 19, 2004: Salim Stoudamire scored 20 of his career-high 37 points in the first half to lead Arizona to a 100-87 decision. Stoudamire connected on all five of his three-point attempts in the first half and helped the Wildcats jump out to a 54-38 lead at the break. All told, UA shot 54.0 percent from the floor, including 62.5 percent from three-point range. Hassan Adams added 19 points and eight rebounds in the second half as UA won for the third straight game.
Player of the Week: Salim Stoudamire led Arizona to a 2-0 week by averaging 26.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists and earned Pac-10 Player-of-the-Week honors for his efforts. He connected on 57.6 percent (19-of-33) of his field goal attempts, including 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from three-point range, and went 6-of-6 from the free throw line. He opened the week with 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting, including 5-of-9 from three-point range, two rebounds and three assists in the 77-68 win over USC and followed that with a season-high 32 points, including the game-winning trey with 2.5 seconds remaining. Stoudamire, who went 11-of-16 from the field, scored 24 of his 32 points in the second half, including 21 of Arizona's last 27 points. On the season, Stoudamire is averaging a team-leading 15.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, while shooting 53.0 percent from the field and 56.2 percent from three-point range. It was the third time in his career that Stoudamire has earned P.O.W. accolades and the first for the Wildcats this season.
Picking It Up: Over his last five games, Salim Stoudamire is shooting 58.0 percent (29-of-50) from the field, including an impressive 59.3 percent (16-of-27) from behind the arc. In the eight games since sitting out the Marquette game on Dec. 18 for disciplinary reasons, the 6-foot-1 senior is averaging 17.4 points per game and shooting 62.7 percent (42-of-67) from the field, 65.9 percent (27-of-41) from behind the arc and 93.3 percent (28-of-30) from the line. Incidentally, Stoudamire's improved accuracy has helped the Wildcats as a whole shoot 47.0 percent (239-of-509) from the field in that span, an increase of 38 points over the team's season FG percentage.
More on Salim: With his 9-of-16 shooting (.563) from behind the arc last week, Stoudamire will most likely take over the nation's lead in three-point field goal percentage at .562 (50-of-89). Of his 151 field goal attempts through 16 games played, nearly 60 percent 89-of-151/.589) have come from three-point range. While the season is only half over, Stoudamire's .562 three-point field goal percentage trails only Steve Kerr's 57.3 percent mark (114-of-199) in 1987-88 in the UA single-season record book. He also tied his cousin, Damon (1992-95), for second on the career treys list with 272.
Heating Up: The Wildcat offense has increased its productivity in Pac-10 play by averaging 82.6 points in the first five games. Additionally, Arizona is shooting 45.3 percent (149-of-329) from the field in that span, a figure that is 21 points higher than its overall field goal percentage of 43.2 percent. Incidentally, UA is 4-0 this year when shooting 50 percent or better from the floor.
On the Glass: Sophomore Ivan Radenovic grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds in Saturday's win, which was the second-best rebounding total for a Wildcat this season. It was his third double-figure rebound game this season. The 6-foot-10 forward from Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro, has boosted his rebounding average to 7.2 rebounds per game in conference play which is a better than two rebound improvement over his season rebounds per game average of 5.1.
Clamping Down: After allowing Pac-10 foes to shoot 50 percent or better in five of six consecutive halves, Arizona finally got down to its defensive business in the second half against UCLA by limiting the Bruins to just 8-of-30 (.267) shooting in the second half of Saturday's win, including only 1-of-9 from behind the arc.
Turning it Over: In sweeping the Southern California schools this week, Arizona forced a combined total of 46 turnover in the two victories. The +17 turnover margin led to a 52-26 advantage for the week in turnover points. Eight times this season Arizona has forced the opposition into 20 or more turnovers, including five of the last eight games. UA's +3.65 turnover margin ranks second in the Pac-10 this season and the club is 11-2 in 2004-05 when forcing more miscues than it commits.
Winning the Close Ones: Salim Stoudamire's heroics Saturday enabled Arizona to improve its record to 5-1 this season in games decided by five points or less. By comparison, the Wildcats were only 4-6 in that situation last season.
Moving Up: With five rebounds on Saturday, senior Channing Frye moved into a tie for fifth place on Arizona's career rebounding list with Michael Wright (1998-2001) at 832. In Frye's 113-game career, he is averaging 7.4 rebounds per game.
Bouncing Back: Mustafa Shakur rebounded from the first scoreless game of his career Thursday, to tally seven points and four assists in the win over UCLA. The sophomore guard from Philadelphia was also very active on the glass, as he grabbed seven rebounds. On the season, Shakur is averaging 8.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game.
Long Range Difficulty: One thing that has been consistently good is UA's three-point field goal percentage defense. Arizona ranks fourth in the Pac-10 by allowing just a .311 three-point FG percentage. On average, UA opponents make 5.4 treys per game. Last season, opponents shot better than 36 percent from three-point range and made an average of 8.1 treys per game.
Influence on both Ends: Hassan Adams has been an active defender of late, collecting four steals in each of his last three games. The effort has moved him into the team lead with 34 steals and his 2.0 steals per game average ranks him second in the Pac-10. In addition to leading the team in steals, Adams ranks second on the club in blocks (8) and rebounding (5.6 rpg), and third in scoring (12.2 ppg) and assists (43).
If You Like Offense: For whatever reason, the Cats and Ducks aren't shy when it comes to points, especially when playing each other. In the last seven meetings the teams have combined to score 1,183 points, or an average of 169 points per meeting. In each of those meetings, the winner has scored at least 80 points and won by an average of 94-75.
Worth the Wait: After sitting out the first 15 games with the plan of redshirting, sophomore Kirk Walters made his 2004-05 debut on Thursday vs. USC by collecting a rebound in 12 minutes of action. He followed that with five points and a career-high five rebounds in Saturday's win over UCLA. As Olson said following the USC game about giving up Walters' redshirt, "It was great to get Kirk in there. He's been playing really well in practice situations. He just needs time. He'll be a big difference for us. We've been toying with the idea of putting him in because he's been playing so well in practice. He's obviously going to be in the lineup next year, so we need to get him his experience."
Controlling the Glass: Arizona is 10-1 this season when outrebounding the opposition, and five times the squad has posted at least a +10 rebound margin. UA has outrebounded 11 of 17 opponents in 2004-05, though the team has been outrebounded in each of its last three outings. Last season, Arizona was 16-4 when outrebounding the opposition.
Scoring 80: Perhaps no statistic is more telling of UA success, as the squad is 130-16 (.890) since the start of the 1997-98 season when scoring at least 80 points. The Cats are 6-0 this season when topping the 80-point plateau.
Early Signees: Coach Olson and his staff signed three student-athletes to National-Letters-of-Intent during the November early signing period. Fendi Onobun (F, 6-7, 215) from Houston, Texas, Alief Taylor High School; J.P. Prince (G, 6-6, 183) from Memphis, Tenn., White Station High School; and Marcus Williams (F, 6-6, 190) from Seattle, Wash., Roosevelt High School, will join the squad next fall.
Up Next: Following tonight's game, Arizona heads to Corvallis Saturday to conclude this two-game road swing. UA meets Oregon State on Jan. 22 with tip-of scheduled for 5 p.m. PST on Fox Sports Net.


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ReserveAmerica unearths �Hidden Gems� campgrounds
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ReserveAmerica unearths �Hidden Gems� campgrounds
Kelly Cauthorn posted on June 22, 2011 11:11
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- As the weather heats up, Americans daydream of sizzling barbeques, cool sea breezes and a much-needed summer getaway. This year, ReserveAmerica, part of Active Network, and the largest provider of campsite reservations in North America, revealed a list of lesser-known campgrounds across the United States, from the peaks of Colorado to the lush forests of North Carolina, to help campers and families plan trips at great locations across America�s outdoors.
Campers can easily view color photos and reserve space at these �Hidden Gems� campgrounds through ReserveAmerica or through the many state and national park websites powered by Active Network.
�Last year, millions of Americans packed up their gear and explored one of the country�s parks,� said Matt Ehrlichman, chief strategy officer at Active Network. �As the popularity of outdoor activities continues to grow, we hope this list of lesser known, but equally fantastic, campgrounds will help families find parks to explore using our convenient reservation tool.�
The list includes select camping spots across four different categories, including off-the-beaten path, kid-friendly, best facilities and top wildlife spotting areas. To view the full list of Hidden Gems campgrounds by state, visit our press room.
These Hidden Gems campgrounds are a perfect way to support the First Lady�s Let�s Move Outdoors initiative which encourages families to engage in regular exercise and outdoor activity. Active Network and the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) recently launched a new Get Your Nature On Facebook application that provides inspiration, encouragement and resources to young people who commit to getting physically active outdoors this year. Families can log their hours spent in outdoor activities and earn online badges.
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The cultural landscape in America is both vigorous and frightening; hale and heartless; ubiquitous, but claustrophobic. It happens, to an increasing degree, in front if a keyboard and it is ladled out, not in complete sentences, but in presumably more digestible tweets, sound-bites, and platitudes that would have made Oscar Wilde an angry man.
I will go no farther than my own computer, from which I learn so much about psychological disorders (as they apply to celebrities-du-jour); political activism, particularly from the Angelina Jolie Institute of Human Bondage; and global warming, which is served up nice and hot by The Stupid Class, spearheaded by Republicans who believe that wind power is behind it all.
Small wonder that our cultural landscape - which, at one point in our history included a dollop of poetry; public sculpture; and newspaper discourse by authors rather than ideologically tainted journalists or sportswriters-become-moral-guardians - is fast-disappearing. Everything else is.
How many people whose business it is to think end up on television that isn't strictly educational? How many people whose job it is to mirror a somewhat subjective, but provocative, reality - as in painters or photographers - are ever asked what they think about what life looks like (I mean, outside of an online publication that speaks to photographers and painters only?)
My litmus test for cultural literacy used to hinge on the numerical, as in: "You there. Do you know the names of ten practicing poets? How about five? What are poets, you say?"
Having been a painter, I would pose the same question about visual artists.
A: Uh. . Picasso?
Q: Dead.
A: Oh, you mean alive!
Q: Yes. I said that.
A: How about Stan Lee?
Q: Okay.
A: You said ten?
Q: Eight will do.
A: Eight. I should be able to come up with that many. Uh. . .alive, you say.
Q: Yup.
A: How about if I name some Disney movies?
Q: They're a collective enterprise.
A: Jeez. This is harder than I thought. Can I Google?
Q: You could, but I seem to remember from my distant youth that when I took a test, I had to know something about its content already.
A: I don't have time for this.
Q: Yes, I can see.
Not that name-calling (or dropping) is the be-all and end-all of cultural literacy. While I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to such things, I don't expect for Everyman or woman to be the plaque-reader I am. Yet names do suggest a certain familiarity, if not immersion, in a field or pursuit that is at least marginally important. I know the names of hundreds of ballplayers. Aside from the nerd's need-to-know mentality, such unnecessary retention shows a love of the game, as one might say, which is passionate by nature and doesn't require all those names. But they stick because I was at the ballpark via the sports pages, electronic media, and on my own two feet - the best circumstance of all - constantly. When you have no names, you have a limited currency, which cannot be spent in any worthwhile conversation ("I don't know who he is, but he's really great!") or credible situation ("That guy, he's the kind of. . .I mean, if I had the time and money. . .well, you know what I mean.")
I would much rather there be a passion for something first and a pop quiz later - or not at all. Sadly, none of these things are happening at the moment. Yet even in that distant day of which I have spoken, opportunities for uplift were not rampant. To see a play or look at a painting fell under the rubric of a sissy activity, the opprobrium of which was so unthinkable that, even when some of us too an interest in such things, we pursued it clandestinely - and, on occasion, disguised. I was considered a sissy throughout junior high school - in spite of an athletic prowess I could nervously demonstrate and a self-hating contempt for All Things Sensitive. (Thanks to Dick Cavett, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen et al, things got a little better.)
In those days, however, literate people - assuming they were gainfully employed, did not support the Communist Party, and avoided hippie attire - could read a serious novel and expect a lot of other like-minded folk to do the same. As I wrote the previous sentence, a coffee-stained copy of In Cold Blood popped into my head. This particular copy had been purchased by a neighbor and passed along to my mother, who must've enriched the chain with a third person. Such books were always coming and going and there was no apparent shame attending their presence. My mother had lots of other books - the produce of library foragings - around all the time. When she wasn't being domestic, she was curled up on the sofa (there were no "toofers" in our little saltbox) with the sort of middlebrow literature that was often made into a movie. Or wanted to have been.)
There were also reproductions of famous paintings on strategic wall-spaces; a few record albums that lacked singing nuns, and the furniture, if budgetarily chosen, did not suggest that we would have preferred to reside in a cheap hotel. We had fewer opportunities, but made the best of at least some. I remember my first play, a Broadway hit that had struck a dinner theatre impresario as boffo stuff and was mounted, amidst bus-tray and steam-table, at a theatre-cum-dining-room that, over the course of a lip-smacking three hours, tittered with laughter, rumbled with gas, and was illuminated, when everything was said and done, with house lights that became instantly and forever sad.
Some years ago, I had found the leavings of a Richmond family's basement in a convenient dumpster, which yielded ballroom-type stationery, a clutch of personal correspondence, and a stack of yellowing newspapers. After sorting through these artifacts, I took one of the papers and leafed through it. Amidst the melancholy product advertisements, the forgotten journalists, and time-specific messages to the poor and hungry, I found the Arts Section, which was distinguished, not for its capsule reviews and artists' profiles, but by column inch after column inch of prose. Here a prominent writer was asked about the state of letters as he understood them to be. (He was delightfully opinionated on this subject and slews of others as well.). In another, the "crisis" of modern art was discussed for as long as the writer cared to. This newspaper was, for all intents and purposes, a digest of thought and opinion that was unapologetically offered and gratefully received. It was not only the warm bath of box-scores and gridiron triumphs, it was the lifeblood - or at least a viable source - of a community's intellect. Rather than assume that readers did not care to be challenged, the editors stuck them all with a mind-elevating abundance. In doing so, a pact was made. Read this and we'll give you more. It is our pleasure - just as we hope that it will be yours.
How could so much have changed over the course of thirty-odd years? When one thing goes out fashion, one may rest assured that another thing will take its place. And while I will not wax sentimental about a location (Richmond, VA) and an era (the early sixties - which is to say, before The Sixties got started), it is instructive to acknowledge that, even when blind spots seem to define an era, there are eye-openings that should not be ignored. While segregation thrived, so did reading. (It is my guess that one rarely fed the other.). While toxic chemicals were released into lakes and rivers, serious literature had a public face. And while a costly war was getting on its feet, intellectual property was the province and possession of the many - or at least, more - rather than the few. It isn't the lack of cultural literacy that alarms me; it's the virtual segregation of serious - by which I mean multi-dimensional - discourse. It is among us, but we, who have other options, choose the greasy, get-dumb-quick buttons that are so obscenely plentiful that everybody has more opportunities than ever to eschew critical thinking; reject cultural traditions that cannot be maintained easily enough; and jeer at the notion that hearing both sides can do anything less than equip you for the nuanced decision-making that should be the lot of every responsible citizen.
What do we have now? Splinter groups maintain various aspects of our culture as others attempt to undermine it. One shouting match is superseded by another. And our unofficial legislators - by which Shelley dubbed his fellow laborers with quill and paper - are drowned by the voices of greed, bigotry, and ignorance.
Are these voices new? Of course not. Now, however, they are the most strident, ubiquitous, and opportunistic. And I fear that before their sound and fury is fully spent, they will so dominate our media that the saner voices, having been pushed to the very margins, will not be heard at all.


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Collegehoops.net, the web's most popular independent college basketball site, announced the remainder of their 2006 postseason awards today. Ben Howland, coach of national runner-up UCLA was named the 2006 Collegehoops.net Coach of the Year. Fellow Final Four participant George Mason was named the 2006 Collegehoops.net Program of the Year for their impressive run through the NCAA Tournament. A complete list of postseason awards is included below:
Collegehoops.net Coach of the Year
Ben Howland, UCLA
From beginning to end, 2005-06 was a magical season for the UCLA Bruins. It began with an 11-1 start, continued with a Pac-10 regular season title, was followed by a Pac-10 Tournament title, and culminated with a run to the NCAA Tournament Finals. All of this occurred despite a continual string of injuries, including the season-ending loss of starter Josh Shipp. This improbable success falls firmly on the shoulders of Ben Howland, who has almost personally turned around this West Coast Power. After going 10-19 in the season before his arrival, the Bruins have improved from 11, to 18, to 32 wins.
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George Mason
Even before their surprising run to the Final Four, George Mason was already having an impressive season. The Patriots finished tied atop the CAA with a 15-3 record, finished the regular season with an RPI of 26, and a non-conference RPI of 30. After a disappointing loss to Hofstra in the CAA Tournament, including an unfortunate punching incident by senior guard Tony Skinn, the Patriots were sweating out an NCAA Tournament bid. However, Coach Jim Larranaga's handling of this situation, and their monster-slaying NCAA Tournament run makes them worthy of being 2006 Program of the Year.
Collegehoops.net Most-Improved Player
Joakim Noah, Florida Noah, who blossomed into a media darling during Florida's National Championship Run, exemplifies the Most-Improved Player award. After averaging just 9 minutes per game in 2004-05, Noah exploded with averages of 14.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, and 2.4 bpg. Impressively, he put up these numbers in just 24.9 mpg and is primed to improve once again with full starters minutes next year.
Collegehoops.net Conference of the Year
Missouri Valley Conference This award goes to a conference that features impressive top-to-bottom team success, an exciting conference race, challenging scheduling, and a lack of off-the-court distractions. The MVC had a banner year this season with four NCAA Tournament bids, six teams in the RPI Top 40, the sixth overall conference RPI rating, and two teams in the Sweet Sixteen. All in all, this was one of the easiest postseason awards to give in 2006.
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G Kyle Lowry, Villanova
G Mike Gansey, West Virginia
F Brandon Roy, Washington
F Adam Morrison, Gonzaga
F Glen Davis, LSU
Whether because of sheer physical talent, basketball savvy, impressive hustle, and a sterling personality, the Collegehoops.net All-Favorite Team is for players who make it fun and exciting to be college basketball fans.
- For a complete list of CHN postseaon awards, including All-Americans and All-Rookie Teams, visit http://www.collegehoops.net.
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It may seem like a silly question, of course you would know when your pets are sick wouldn't you? They share your life, your home and you know them really well, just as you do other members of your family. However, what many people don't realise is that our animals are extremely adept at masking signs of illness and often by the time we realise there is a problem, they have been struggling for a while.
This blog was inspired by a cat I saw last week. She was owned by some lovely clients; regulars with their other pets and they definitely have their best interests at heart. I didn't blame them for not noticing sooner this one was poorly because a) felines are notoriously good at hiding illness and b), you know, I'm a vet, so really I should be quite good at spotting when animals are sick but I don't expect others to be……..


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Really excited to gave a fresh start on making my changes. I have tried before w/o success, but I am in a different place now & am experiencing renewed motivation. I have recently found myself needing to wear work attire after staying home with my daughter for almost 2 yrs., the 1st of which I was breastfeeding. I don't want to nor can I afford a new wardrobe, yet I'm finding myself seriously addicted to fashion lately. It's almost like I had a developmental growth spurt where I finally understand fashion and have a sense of my personal style. As exciting as this is, the reality is cruel...I love these styles that look awful on this new pudgier, softer, squishier body. I used to have beautiful musculature and long lean abs without love-handles. I think what has really been going on us I have been in denial! Yep, that's got to be it... I felt skinny after having the baby, I mean hello dropped 25# in a week or two. Then when I stopped breastfeeding, I felt smaller- those milk boobs really took me up a shirt size, so stopping felt like weight-loss. Then I started working out doing cardio, and dropped a pant size and a half. Yet when I get on the scale it says I weigh 7# more than my pre-pregnancy (but post hypothyroidism) weight, which by the way is 2# more than a month after the baby was born.
So yesterday, we are at RedLobster which was an unplanned outing, I'm wearing sweat pants, a babydoll top (with paint on it) from when I was breastfeeding- it was the only thing I had that didn't need a bra under it, and a cardigan. So in all fairness this was a sadoutfit for public viewing. I ordered a sampler appetizer as my meal with my husbands salad (no dressing), and ate the non-fried part of the meal, removed the bacon from the scallops, and definitely WAS NOT pigging out. Can you believe this waitress (very tall skinny 19yr-ish) asked me how far along I was...and when I said I wasn't pregnant this chick said "really???" . Now I admit I am definitely looking chubby- the double chin is peaking out and the arms are super thick, and well the legs and butt look like craters. However, my stomach does not look pregnant (I used to have amazing abs as I mentioned before, they are invisible now, but the stomach is still flat- well at least when I'm standing
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What gets most people off the couch and into their walking shoes? Its that unwanted flab that motivates most of us. It shouldnt.
Many people dont see immediate weight loss and say its all for naught and stop, says exercise expert William Haskell of Stanford University Medical School.
In fact, exercise has a laundry list of benefits beyond any impact on your next shopping trip (see A Dozen Other Reasons to Exercise). Among them:
It improves the ability of insulin to enter cells, so it lowers the risk of diabetes, says Haskell. It also lowers the risk of heart disease by improving blood clotting mechanisms, lowering triglycerides, and raising HDL [good] cholesterol.
Exercise alters not only your risk of disease, but your quality of life, he adds. In our studies, exercise improved sleep in people with modest sleep dysfunction, that is, people who take a long time to fall sleep or who wake up frequently at night.
The psychological benefits of exercise are frequently overlooked, says Haskell. Exercise isnt a panacea, but it has consistently been shown to relieve both depression and anxiety.
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Once the shots started to fall for the Toronto Raptors (28-24), a strong defensive showing handled the rest en route to a 104-83 win over the slumping Atlanta Hawks.
Toronto opened the contest ice cold from the floor, making just three of their first 16 shots and getting more than seven minutes into the game before surpassing six points scored (in spite of getting some pretty good looks). However, they sustained a strong defensive presence and demonstrated a level of confidence in knowing that they would find their rhythm.
DeMar DeRozan had 31 points (on 11-19 shooting) and Kyle Lowry once again flirted with a triple-double (16 points, 13 assists, six rebounds), while the Toronto defence forced 15 Hawk turnovers and held the opposition to 38.5% (30-78) shooting and 20% (4-20) shooting from three-point range.
With the win, the Raps head into the All-Star break sitting four games above .500 and holding a comfortable three-game Atlantic division lead with 30 games left to play this season.
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The DeRozan/Lowry Duo
The most productive back court in the East continued to thrive on Wednesday night, creating what was the game's biggest mismatch. While DeRozan and Lowry combined for 47 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds, their starting counterparts - Jeff Teague and Lou Williams - struggled to find any kind of rhythm en route to just 18 points on 6-21 combined shooting.
Upping the Defensive Intensity
For as frustrating as the team's first quarter futility was, there remained a continued emphasis on doing what was needed on the other end of the court so as to avoid digging what could have been a major hole. Even as Toronto reached the midway point of the first quarter with four points, they only trailed by four on account of some hustle and energy in getting back. That same intensity allowed the Raps to create some distance as their shots started to fall. While the home side scored 85 points over the final three quarters, Atlanta was held to just 59 over that stretch, with none of the three quarters producing more than 21 points.
The Bad:
Jonas on Offence
For a guy who, on Wednesday night, showed such adept skill in getting the ball, Jonas Valanciunas sure didn't seem to know what to do with it once it was in his clutches. JV played a key rebounding role for Toronto, wrestling 14 rebounds away from Paul Milsap and the Hawks. But he also looked utterly lost when it came time to finish, shooting 1-9 from the field (many of his attempts came from in close) and appearing hesitant and confused, as though he was doubting his own capacity to play in the paint. On top of missing five shots during the team's early offensive floundering, Valanciunas' struggles contributed to Atlanta's 50-32 edge in points in the paint.
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As far as 'tweener girls are concerned, Mark McMorris is the star of the Sochi Olympics. That much was made abundantly clear on Wednesday, when he was introduced on the big screen and over the PA system to a standing ovation from those in attendance after a surprisingly early return from Russia. While that could have been anticipated, the onslaught of screaming, pre-teen girls that ensued (particularly at halftime) was an eye-opener, especially for the still-not-quite-fame-savvy McMorris.
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That the Hawks remain firmly in the Eastern Conference playoff picture serves as a pretty telling indictment of the (L)East. Putting aside their current five-game skid, this is a team that has found success with Milsap, who is perfectly servicable but hardly a star, serving as their best player. Their second-best? It's pretty well as toss-up between a roughly league-average point guard (Teague), an oft-injured wing player best suited for sixth-man duty (Williams) and one dimensional shooter Kyle Korver. Against Toronto, the team's best player was Gustavo Ayon (18 points on 9-11 shooting). And yet, with Al Horford injured and a recent exodus from Atlanta shipping out Joe Johnson and Josh Smith, there's still a prevailing sense that the Hawks could win a round this spring.
Next Up:
If your name is DeMar DeRozan or Terrence Ross, then All-Star weekend awaits. If not, then it will be a few days of much-needed R&R before returning to the court on Tuesday in a visit to Washington (7:00pm, TSN2).
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Last summer, two county employees in Butte, Montana found themselves in trouble for having a local paranormal team set up a camera in a government building in an attempt to catch a ghost. The employees were reprimanded for the incident, but as it turns out, there is much more to the story. The paranormal investigator that runs the team is a registered sex offender, a Paranormal Examiner reader reported today.
Lead investigator Johnny Demuary of the Butte Paranormal Investigative Team is a convicted sex offender. The 35-year-old was convicted of sexual assault and sexual intercourse without consent with a minor over fifteen years ago. Demuary's victim was a 14-year-old girl.
Demuary founded the Butte Paranormal Investigative Team on February 2011. According to his Facebook page for the group, he joins fellow members in helping citizens of Butte by going into their homes and businesses to investigate claims of paranormal activity.
"We are a group in Butte, Montana dedicated to researching hauntings and other paranormal occurrences. We are here to help people that are afraid of or are unsure of strange occurrences in their homes or place of business," the description of Demuary's Facebook page reads.
Facebook has strict rules that prohibits sex offenders from using the social networking site. But Demuary doesn't seem to care about those rules because he has multiple Facebook pages and accounts.
"Convicted sex offenders are not allowed to use Facebook. If you've encountered an account that may belong to a convicted sex offender, please report the account to us. Please make sure you provide one of the following with your report: A link to a listing in a national sex offender registry, a link to an online news article, a link to a court document, or a documentation verifying the report attached to the sex offender report form. If you aren't able to include this with your report, we recommend that you ask a local law enforcement representative to contact us so we can take action on your report. Once we're able to verify someone's status as a sex offender, we immediately disable their account and remove all the information associated with it from Facebook," Facebook's terms of service states.
Demuary and his team have an upcoming public event scheduled for October 17. According to the event's description, cast members from "Haunted Collector" will be attending.
"This will be a two day event that brings people together to not only discover the existence of spirits but also the fundamental History behind it all. Joining us will be Jesslyn Brown and Brian J. Cano both from the hit Sci-Fi reality show Haunted Collector! And the Famous Paranormal Author Ellen Baumler! This event will consist of a kick off dinner at the Derby Steak house and then finish the night with several investigations in Buttes most haunted places. We will have different work shops that consist of learning how the equipment works, different evidence collected by different people, a little tipsy history with our own Mr. Chris Fisk. We will be stationed at the Head Frames here in Butte. If interested please contact me via face book to purchase your ticket, we hope to be sold out by August 1, 2014!"
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While many prefer to celebrate Christmas by cooking up an elaborate home-cooked meal, others have no problem leaving the work to the professionals. Whether you're looking for a lavish and delicious way to celebrate the festive season, or simply an excuse to get out of the house (and out of cooking your own meal), there's no shortage of options for dining out on Christmas Day.
Here are some of scrumptious Christmas buffets to celebrate the festive season.
Yuletide feast at Olive Tree
Be dazzled by irresistible yuletide indulgence at Olive Tree this Christmas. Enjoy traditional festive favourites such as roast turkey with chestnut stuffing and honey glazed ham served with cranberry sauce and pineapple chutney. Other delectable delights include "live" seafood selection with tiger prawns, old English roasted chicken and grilled T-bone lamb with rosemary gravy. There is also an extensive array of tempting sweet treats such as Christmas pudding with brandy anglais, vanilla yule log cake and Christmas stollen with almond paste to end the meal with.
Price: $55++ per adult with free flow of orange or lime juice, $35++ per child (High Tea); $78 per adult with a glass of Christmas cocktail, $38++ per child (Dinner)
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Hearty Christmas feast at Café Mosaic
Share the warmth and joy of Christmas at Carlton Hotel by relishing the sumptuous and lavish buffet spread at Café Mosaic and let the sweet voices of Christmas Carollers fill the air while you dine. Feast on a wide spread of hearty festive favourites such as roast turkey with chestnut stuffing with port wine sauce, honey baked ham with pineapple raisin sauce, rack of lamb with root vegetables and steamed asparagus with sliced abalone, fresh oysters, baby lobsters and many more. There is also a spread of mouth-watering desserts such as the must-have Christmas log cakes, cookies and puddings.
Price: $58++ per adult, $29++ per child (lunch & high tea); $62++ per adult, $31++ per child (dinner)
Café Mosaic, Carlton Hotel
76 Bras Basah Road
Tel: 6311 8195
East meets West festive fare at AquaMarine
This Christmas, celebrate the good cheer at AquaMarine. From merry high tea to dinner, AquaMarine offers a sumptuous buffet spread with an Asian twist. Savour exciting new festive dishes such as the unique buah keluak turkey served with chestnut and mushroom glutinous rice, Nonya chap chye and buah keluak sauce, tantalising Thai style pumpkin lasagna and the special Fuji apple and chestnut pudding. AquaMarine's food stations and kitchen have been certified Halal, so Muslim diners can celebrate this festive moment with friends and family too!
Price: $58++ per adult, $29++ per child (high tea); $68++ per adult, $34++ per child (dinner)
AquaMarine, Marina Mandarin Singapore
6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square
Tel: 6845 1111
Spice up your Christmas at Spices Café
Treat your friends and family to a memorable meal at Spices Café this Christmas. Here, you can opt for a mouth-watering afternoon tea buffet which includes succulent fresh seafood and delightful traditional Christmas spread such as roast turkey with chestnut stuffing served with cranberry sauce, baked honey ham, deep-fried gruyere cheese stuffed pork and an array of decadent desserts such as Christmas pudding with brandy sauce, Christmas log cake and pumpkin pie. That's not all. There's also specialty meats like beef carpaccio with shaved parmesan cheese and gammon ham with turkey and pistachio a La Maison and main courses like pot roasted beef renaissance on Chateau potatoes with beef juices. What's more, every diner enjoys a serving of half a lobster glambé!
Price: $42.00++ per adult, $20.00++ per child (Afternoon tea); $55.00++ per adult, $28.00++ per child (Dinner)
Spices Café, Concorde Hotel
100 Orchard Road
Tel: 6739 8370 or 6733 8855 ext. 8133
Splendid Swiss Christmas at Café Swiss
Celebrate Christmas the "Swiss Style" at Café Swiss this Christmas. Indulge in authentic Swiss gourmets such as homemade chicken pistachio terrine with grilled portobello salad; homemade charcuterie with assorted pickles remoulade; carving of festive roasted turkey served with buttered baby carrot and Brussels sprouts, potato mousseline port wine turkey jus and carving of festive honey baked ham. There's also a myriad of toothsome desserts including old fashioned Christmas pudding and vanilla sauce. You also get to enjoy live Christmas carolling while feasting on the Swiss fare.
Price: $74++ per person (Brunch); $80++, include a glass of Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial champagne (Dinner)
Café Swiss, Swissôtel The Stamford
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This Trails Illustrated topographic map is the most comprehensive recreational map for West Virginia's New River Gorge National River. Coverage includes: Babcock State Park; Gauley River National Recreation Area; Summersville Lake Wildlife Management Area; Bluestone Wildlife Management Area; Bluestone National Scenic Rvier; Bluestone State Park; Camp Creek State Forest. Includes UTM tick marks for use with your GPS unit.
More than just a map, National Geographic Trails Illustrated topographic maps are designed to take you into the wilderness and back. Printed on tear-resistant, waterproof material, this map can go anywhere you do. Each map is based on exact reproductions of USGS topographic map information, updated, customized, and enhanced to meet the unique features of each area. The maps include valuable wilderness tips and Leave No Trace guidelines, along with updated trails, trailheads, points of interest, campgrounds, and much more. With a new color palette and stunning shaded relief, backcountry navigation has never been easier.


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NORMAN, OKLA. - The United States and European teams have been announced for the 2011 Palmer Cup at The Stanwich Club outside Greenwich, Conn. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 9-11.
Team USA will consist of Blayne Barber of Auburn, UCLA's Patrick Cantlay, Abilene Christian's Alex Carpenter, Russell Henley of Georgia, Oregon's Daniel Miernicki, Bank Vongvanij of Florida, Washington's Chris Williams and Stanford's Andrew Yun. Henley and Miernicki were part of last year's victories American squad at Royal Portrush with Henley posting a 3-1 record and Miernicki a 2-2 mark. The United States team will be lead by head coach Tim Poe of Central Missouri and assistant coach Michael Burcin of South Carolina.
Representing Europe will be Arkansas' Sebastian Cappelen, Ignacio Elvira of Texas A&M, Texas Tech's Nils Floren, Jeff Karlsson of Kennesaw State, Liberty's Robert Karlsson, Nick MacAndrew of Aberdeen, Augusta State's Henrik Norlander and UCLA's Pontus Widegren. Widegren went 3-1 at the 2010 Palmer Cup while Norlander was 2-2. Norlander also posted a 2-2 mark at the 2009 Palmer Cup at Cherry Hills and helped lead Europe to victory. Floren, Norlander, Widegren and both Jeff and Robert Karlsson hail from Sweden while Cappelen is a native of Denmark, Elvira is from Spain and MacAndrew is Scottish. Rickard Lindberg of the Swedish Golf Federation will serve as head coach of the European team and Northwestern's David Inglis will serve as his assistant. Inglis is the first former Palmer Cup player to serve as a coach in the event after representing Scotland in both 2001 and 2003.
The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 7-6-1.
Cantlay, who is the number three ranked individual golfer according to Golfweek, currently leads the Bruins with three tournament victories and six top-10 finishes on the season. Widegren is the 22nd ranked golfer and won the NCAA Fall Preview at Karsten Creek Golf Course back in September. He is also second on the team in scoring average, averaging a 71.8 for his rounds.
Team USA
Blayne Barber, Auburn
Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
Alex Carpenter, Abilene Christian
Russell Henley, Georgia
Daniel Miernicki, Oregon
Bank Vongvanij, Florida
Chris Williams, Washington
Andrew Yun, Stanford
Head Coach: Tim Poe, Central Missouri
Assistant Coach: Michael Burcin, South Carolina
Team Europe
Sebastian Cappelen, Arkansas (Denmark)
Ignacio Elvira, Texas A&M (Spain)
Nils Floren, Texas Tech (Sweden)
Jeff Karlsson, Kennesaw State (Sweden)
Robert Karlsson, Liberty (Sweden)
Nick MacAndrew, Aberdeen (Scotland)
Henrik Norlander, Augusta State (Sweden)
Pontus Widegren, UCLA (Sweden)
Head Coach: Rickard Lindberg, Swedish National Coach
Assistant Coach: David Inglis, Northwestern (Scotland)


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The concept is simple: create an unusual work where users can comfortably sit and contemplate to the sound of wind and waves, along the majesty of the banks of the St. Lawrence. The designer wanted to create a memorial while integrating functional street furniture. And so he imagined majestic sails of white oak, concrete and metal, echoing the chapter in history and to be installed where Fort Vercheres stood in 1670. The white oak was chosen by the designer as the same wood was used in the seventeenth century for the construction of sailboats and barrels.
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2007 Season (Junior): Competed all season in the vault competition scoring a season-high 9.850 against California and the San Jose State tri-meet. Also competed in the floor and scored a season-high of 9.850 in the meets against Arizona and UCLA.
2006 Season (Sophomore): Made her season debut on Vault against Washington ... Scored 9.400 on Vault against the Huskies ... Named to the All Pac-10 Academic team.
2005 Season (Freshman): Emerged as one of Stanford's top performers on vault, and a solid competitor on beam and floor during her freshman campaign ... Did not compete at the West Regional in Seattle (4/9) ... Scored a 9.350 on beam at the Pac-10 Championship (3/26) before suffering a toe injury during her floor routine ... Did not compete in the remainder of the meet ... Tied for first place with teammate Natalie Foley on vault at the San Jose State tri-meet (3/19) with a 9.800 ... Tied a personal season-high with a 9.800 score on beam at SJSU ... Competed on vault, beam, and bars against Alabama (3/6) ... Scored a 9.850 on vault for the second straight week, tying a personal season-high ... Set her personal season-high with a 9.850 on vault at the Utah Quad (3/4) ... Also received a 9.825 in the floor exercise at Utah ... Placed first on the balance beam with a score of 9.800 against Arizona State (2/25) ... Also tied for third on vault with a 9.775, and tied for third in the floor exercise with a 9.800 against the Sun Devils ... Participated on vault, beam, and floor against UCLA (2/18) ... Was one of three Cardinal gymnasts to tie for fourth in the floor exercise against the Bruins, scoring a 9.825 ... Competed on vault, beam, and floor at Arizona (2/11) ... Was the top Stanford finisher on floor against the Wildcats, scoring a 9.775 to tie for fourth ... Scored a 9.775 in the floor exercise at Central Michigan (2/4) .... Also competed on vault and beam against the Chippewas ... Took first with a 9.850 in the floor exercise against Oregon State (1/28) ... Tied for third on the beam with a 9.700 against the Beavers ... Competed on vault, beam, and floor exercise against Washington (1/21).
Club/High School: Two-time National Championmships competitor ... A member of the National Team from 2000-2001 ... Competed internationally in France, Ukraine, and Russia ... Finished fourth in the all-around at the 2004 National Podium Meet ... Placed 23rd at the 2003 National Championships ... Sixth in the all-around at the 2002 Golden Lilia Cup in Donetsk, Ukraine ... Placed eighth in the all-around at the 2002 Voronin Cup in Moscow, Russia ... Finished 10th in the all-around at the 2000 National Championships ... Member of the first place team at the 2000 Friendship Cup in Saint Etienne, France ... Competed for the World Gymnastics Academy ... Coached by Evgeny Marchenko and Natasha Boyarska ... Attended high school at Spring Creek Academy and Alpha Omega Academy online.
Personal: Born in Houston, TX ... Daughter of Tim and Tammie Gentry ... The oldest of three siblings, younger brother Tim is now a freshman on the Men's Gymnastics team... Lists competing in the 2002 Voronin Cup in Moscow as her most exciting experience in sports ... Hobbies include swimming, skiing, watching movies, and shopping ... International relations major with a minor in Russian language.
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Stanford Gymnastics Will Be Fun to Watch This Year Because: We want it so bad.
My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: being named to the National Team in 2000 and receiving a full scholarship to Stanford
The Athlete I Admire Most: Dirk Nowitzki
The Current or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: All Stanford athletes rock.
Since Coming to Stanford, I Have Learned: You gotta have time management and organizational skills.
Best Book I Have Ever Read: The Bible
My Favorite Class: Russian
Favorite Food: ice cream
Least Favorite Food: vegetables
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My Favorite Movie: The Notebook
My Favorite TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
My Favorite Musical Group: The Fray, Snow Patrol, Mat Kearney
Favorite Actor: Patrick Dempsey
Favorite Actress: Rachel McAdams, Reese Witherspoon
The Best Advice I ever Received Was: Pray like it all depends on God, work like it all depends on you.
My Ultimate SportsCenter Highlight Would Be: SWG winning NCAA's.
The Person or People Who Have Had the Greatest Influence in My Career: mom, dad, coaches, teammates
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(Washington, DC) - The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) reported today that the preliminary October job estimates show an increase of 24,700 jobs for a total of 2,611,900 jobs in the Washington Metropolitan Division. The private sector increased by 17,500 jobs, while the public sector gained 7,200 jobs. The Washington Metropolitan Division's not seasonally adjusted October 2015 unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, which is unchanged from the September rate.


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Execution in China, Through a Brother's Eyes
By CRAIG S. SMITH
Published: March 11, 2001
SHANGHAI, March 10— When Qiu Xuanming's body arrived at the crematory from the execution ground last June, his brother recognized it by the clothes. Mr. Qiu's head, which had been shot in the back at close range, was a tightly wrapped ball of white gauze, but the clothes were the same he had worn at his final court hearing a little more than an hour before.
''The pants were undone, and the striped shirt was open and the shirt he was wearing inside was pushed up,'' his brother said in a long cathartic interview at a nearly empty Irish pub in one of Shanghai's new office towers, chosen for the privacy it affords. ''There was blood on his shirt and when I saw the blood I realized what had happened and pulled it open. His belly was cut open, the intestines were spilling out.
''He had gained a lot of weight in prison, he had a 50-inch waist at the end, and the fat was this thick,'' the brother said, holding his thumb and forefinger several inches apart. ''I had never seen anything like that.''
''I didn't know that's what it looked like,'' he added, his eyes wide with the horror of recollection. ''It was a footlong gash. I had blood on my hands. I saw it and started shouting, 'You've messed with him!' ''
Mr. Qiu, executed for tax evasion, had become one of hundreds, or even thousands, of condemned people in China whose organs have been ''harvested'' minutes after their death by gunshot to the back of the head.
China executes more people each year than the rest of the world combined, although the exact number is a tightly guarded state secret.
Amnesty International counted 18,194 executions reported in the state-run press in the 1990's, with 1,263 in 1999.
Robin Munro, a London-based China scholar and human rights advocate, said the real total is much higher because many executions are never reported. Official law journals have sometimes reported figures approaching 1,000 executions a year in individual cities, he added.
Many of the executed become organ donors. The practice is permitted under 1994 rules, but only with the written consent of the prisoner or his or her relatives. Because of the need to remove organs immediately after death, bodies may be dissected at the execution site. The practice of using prisoner's organs is widely acknowledged by doctors in China, though few will discuss the subject on the record.
Whether most condemned prisoners donate their organs willingly is a matter of debate; Buddhist and Confucian beliefs dictate that the body be kept whole after death, meaning that voluntary donations are rare.
It is not clear if Mr. Qiu (pronounced Chyo) was a willing donor. But his tale is particularly chilling given the offense for which he died. Press reports at the time put the amount of tax evaded by him and two accomplices at about $2 million, $1.2 million of which was never recovered. Mr. Qiu's brother says that Mr. Qiu's share of the tax evaded was about half the total and that all of it should have been recovered by liquidating his assets.
His brother also contends that Mr. Qiu was an unwitting victim of a larger scheme in which local government officials promised businessmen tax breaks they had no authority to give. China checked the practice, widespread in the mid-1990's, with a wave of executions.
China is again in the throes of a campaign against tax evasion that has already led to death sentences for seven people in Guangdong Province. Many more are expected to receive the ultimate penalty as the campaign sweeps the country. So Mr. Qiu's story provides a glimpse of what might lie in store for those people, and their relatives.
''The last time we spoke was during the Spring Festival of 1996 when he came home,'' recalled Mr. Qiu's brother, a middle-aged businessman with carefully combed hair and well-shined shoes. He said he was telling the story out of frustration with the unresponsiveness of China's justice system and the crushing isolation that relatives of China's condemned face after their loved ones die.
Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year, fell in mid-February that year, and is China's biggest holiday. Mr. Qiu brought home his wife and newborn son.
The family had no inkling that Mr. Qiu was already in trouble. He was arrested three months later ''and no one in the family was able to speak to him after that,'' his brother said.
The family's communication with Mr. Qiu was limited to messages passed through his lawyer or written on postcards censored by the court. The family could see him only when he was taken from jail to the courthouse to meet his lawyer. Even then, they could only see him through a crack in a door as he passed by.
''Only twice in four years could I see him well, for half an hour at his second trial and then for 10 minutes at his final hearing before he was executed,'' Mr. Qiu's brother said.
The brother set about trying to win Mr. Qiu's freedom and said he ultimately spent about $50,000 on lawyer fees, travel expenses and entertainment for court and police officials.
''Most of the money was spent to buy connections to try to change the verdict,'' he said, a sad, embarrassed smile playing over his lips. In some cases, he paid middlemen for introductions to court officials. And he sent Mr. Qiu about $70 a month in prison to ease his life there and to help him develop a network of informants that they hoped would help mitigate his case.


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Written by a coach with more than 20 years of successful experience training young swimmers for competition. Its training programs target the largest group of swimmers, those aged 14 and younger. Provides tips on refining all four strokes plus starts and turns. Addresses strategies parents can use to help children develop their swimming talents and what parents should be looking for when choosing a competitive swimming program. Includes topics on motivation, meet management and race day tactics, creating and organizing effective practices, and long-term planning for different age groups.


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The movie 'Sucker Punch' made the list of the 15 biggest box office flops for 2011 on the Hollywood Reporter website.
The movie 'Sucker Punch' made the list of the 15 biggest box office flops for 2011 on the Hollywood Reporter website.
Camila Alves made news over the Christmas holiday after getting engaged to long-time boyfriend Matthew McConaughey.
Paula Patton is one of the stars of the new movie 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol' but has appeared in several other blockbusters including 'Deja Vu' and 'Precious.'
Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce Friday from her husband, superstar basketball player Kobe Bryant. Her reason was irreconcilable differences, which is a nice way of saying "he cheats too much." The Bryants are reportedly worth around $150 million and Vanessa didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement.
AnnaLynne McCord's first notable TV role was on the TV show 'Nip/Tuck.' She moved on to a staring role on the '90210′ reboot and appeared in the movies 'Transporter 2′ and 'Day of the Dead.'
You may recognize Patricia Kara as the holder of suitcase #9 from the TV show 'Deal or No Deal.'
It seems as though Juliette Lewis has been around forever. She gained famed for her role in Cape Fear (and was nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar) but has been on our screen (and in our minds) since her turn as Wayne's girlfriend in 'The Wonder Years.'
Brina Palencia has been talking to you for years. You might have even heard her voice in your dreams. No, she doesn't live in your closet. She has provided voices for tons of English language versions of popular Japanese anime films and television series, most notably the 'Dragonball Z' series.
The Power & Grace Calendar is the official fundraiser of the US National Women's Rowing Team. All of the calendar proceeds will go to the US National Women's Rowing Team to help cover daily training expenses. The entire team, and their calendar, is our 'crush' today.
Aida Yespica, a former Miss Venezuela, seems to have no problem letting the world, and her 3-year-old son, see her in a 'thong tha-thong, thong, thong!' How is that song still catchy today? We ask you, how!
Christine Quinn has appeared in 'Shark Night 3D' and 'Humans Versus Zombies' and will star in the forthcoming 'The Ghost of Goodnight Lane' with Billy Zane. She also wants a guy that will just lie there and not make a sound. That will make sense in due time.
Blake Lively is an actress and model and probably best known for her role as Serena van der Woodsen in the television drama 'Gossip Girl.'


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Spring weather is making its way back to Atlanta and many people are ready to shed winter's togs for more skin revealing ensembles or for the emancipation of their toes and fresh pedicures. Well fashionista, while you begin pulling out transitional pieces and spring attire, contemplate your spring style with a challenge! Local metro blogger Dearroka Whitney on her blog Pretty Girls Rock Dresses, has created a style challenge to boost feminine style back to its rightful, graceful southern prominence.
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The PRETTY GIRLS ROCK "DRESSES" Challenge will start Tuesday, March 1, 2011.
1. We will rock dresses and heels like our mothers & grandmothers at least THREE (3) times a week.
2. We will reject the impulse to throw on jeans, jogging suits (even the cute kind), & dress slacks.
3. Exchange our revelations and thoughts throughout this challenge.
4. Invite a Friend(s), Take Pics, & HAVE FUN.
5. Everyone is WELCOMED to participate.
6. Exceptions: Flattering Dress Suits with nice accessories are allowed.
7. If you have a blog share it with your followers.
Let's bring back:
*GLAMOUR. *GRACE. *CHARM. *FEMININTY. *PRISSYness (is that a word?) and most of all BEAUTY.
Pretty Girls Rock Dresses Spring/Summer 20-11 Challenge.
Tuesday, March 1 at 12:00am - July 1 at 11:30pm
This is a great way to get yourself ready for spring style. Stop by the blog to read the inspiring musings of beauty, womanhood, and self-empowerment and join the challenge! Look for the group on Facebook for more details and discussions about the style challenge.


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On March 22-23, animal lovers in metro Atlanta will have a special opportunity to tour Georgia's largest cage-free, no-kill shelter for homeless cats, when Furkids holds its annual Open House and tour. Lots of Furkids' cats and dogs will be on site for meeting and greeting potential volunteers, adopters and foster caregivers.
The Open House will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days. The Furkids' Cat Shelter is located at 2650 Pleasantdale Road Suite 8, Atlanta, 30340. The Open House will feature lunch available for purchase, children's activities (face painting and a bouncy house) and the popular "Bark 'n Bite" bake sale featuring treats from some of Atlanta's top bakeries. Proceeds from the event will support the Furkids' operation, including spaying and neutering services.
Guests are asked to bring a gift for the animals of the most frequently requested items – paper towels, trash bags and Clorox wipes. Go to the Furkids wish list on the website to see more items they need. You can also bring your donations for the Furkids Thrift Store.
If you are thinking about adopting, volunteering or donating to Furkids, the Open House is a great opportunity to get to know more about the Furkids' staff, volunteers and animals.
During this year's Open House, pre-approved adopters can adopt cats from the Shelter at no cost – all adoption fees are waived. Click here for more information on this promotion. Over 250 cats will be waiting for you at the Shelter – ready to convince you to take them home with you.
In 2013, Furkids saved 1,597 dogs and cats and found forever homes for 1,351 dogs and cats. Click here to read more about Furkids' mission and history.


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A few weeks ago, I talked about how it's okay to say no in order to say yes to other things. Well in the upcoming weeks and months, I'll be preparing for finals, enrolling in a new semester, and really cracking down on my poor study habits.
In order for me to say "yes" to studying and doing well in school, I have to say "no" to other things. As of December 1st, I will no longer be offering sidebar ads on my blog. This was a difficult decision to make but I honestly believe this will be for the best. My schedule is getting busier every day and I just don't have the time it takes to dedicate myself to promoting 10+ sponsors each month.
To me, sponsorships should be about more than paying someone to promote your blog or shop. It's about building a relationship with that person. In fact, one of my very first sponsors, Tookies and I built a wonderful relationship that still exists today as she continues to come back month after month to advertise with me.
So although my right sidebar will be empty, there will be TWO ad spaces available each month. I'm limiting the number per month in hopes of really building relationships and doing everything I can to promote you. To make sure your money and my time are both well spent!
I've answered a few questions below, but just e-mail me if you have any other questions! I'll update them here as more are answered.
What ad spaces will be available?
1. Ultimate ad space ($50/month) – located at the bottom of every blog post for 30 days.
2. Special Sponsor spotlight ($30/month) – located in the LEFT sidebar for 30 days.
Do these ad spaces come with "perks"?
Both of these ad spaces will have the option to host a solo giveaway and/or write a guest post. They'll also get unlimited social media mentions and have the option to participate in a collaboration.
What is a collaboration?
A collaboration is something that the sponsor and I will work on to promote their blog or shop. Anything unique that we can work on together to bring new people to you! Here are a just a few ideas of what you can do…
- Host a Twitter party with a unique hash tag to talk about your brand.
- Create Your Own Marsh contest or something similar for my readers to weigh in on.
- Host a Pinterest contest in which my readers must pin a certain number of items, etc.
- Special Facebook sale on my page to sell a few of your shop items at a discount
- Hosting a special link up party for my readers, centered around a certain topic
Will there still be group giveaways?
Unfortunately, group giveaways will be no longer. Instead, each of the two sponsors will have the option to do a solo giveaway.
When can I purchase one of these new ad spaces?
You can purchased an ad anytime you'd like! Just head on over to my Sponsor page.
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RV Generators are just what it sounds like, mobile power for your motorhome, 5th Wheel or camp trailer. They can run on gasoline, propane(LP) or diesel. They are specially designed and built with extra sound abatement and special mufflers to make them very quiet. Most motorhomes, 5th Wheels and some camp trailers come with a generator or are ready to have one installed. The compartment for the generator should have a label or notice stating how large of a generator you should purchase. You may want purchase one a little more powerful to make sure you don't pop a breaker when you decide to heat up that cup of coffee in the microwave.
You can also use a portable generator camping. If your RV didn't come with a special compartment for a generator to be installed then go with a portable. You just want to make sure to get the right generator for the job.
Even though most of the RV generators are very quiet some are louder than others and there are some State and National parks that have regulations on how loud(what decibel rating) your generator can be - You don't want to get asked to leave just after got all setup.
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Coloradoan runs story on the desire for a velodrome in Fort Collins
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Yesterday, the Coloradoan ran a story on the desire to get a velodrome in Fort Collins.
"The FCVA's vision is to bring a community recreational and world class competitive cycling park with a velodrome to downtown Fort Collins. Our board of directors believes our vision is only achievable with the permitted use of public land (4 to 15 acres) within an attractive proximity to our downtown cultural and entertainment district, roughly within the UniverCity Connections and Downtown Development Association's boundaries."