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A spate of layoff news has made headlines lately, including blue-chip stocks in a variety of sectors:
- Drugmaker Merck (MRK) announced job cuts tallying 8.500 positions, mainly affecting research and development for the pharmaceutical giant.
- German manufacturing giant Siemens (SI) announced it would fire about 15,000 workers worldwide as part of a cost-cutting effort to save $8.1 billion.
- As part of a companywide reorganization, Chesapeake Energy (CHK) said it could lay off up to 2,000 employees.
- Embattled tech company BlackBerry (BBRY) recently announced plans to gut 40% of its work force with the laying off of 4,500 workers.
Those are just the big ones. In August, AOL (AOL) started laying off about 500 of the remaining 1,100 employees in its local news arm, Patch. About 150 out of 900 sites will close. Also, early retirement has been offered to about 3,000 employees at the Cleveland Clinic, and if the cost savings aren't enough to close a $300 million budget gap, layoffs may follow.
The list goes on.
Healthcare, tech, media, manufacturing, energy … no sector seems to be spared the job cuts lately as corporations look to streamline operations amid tepid growth.
The news shouldn't be a surprise; in August, staffing firm Challenger Gray & Christmas reported planned layoffs were surging 34% on the month. A combination of tough economic conditions, uncertainty in Washington thanks to the debt ceiling and Obamacare fireworks and specific struggles at companies trying to adapt to the "new normal" in their industry has resulted in a brutal job market.
So where do we go from here?
Well, theoretically we will only see accelerating layoffs over the next few months. Historically, December and January tend to be the months where the harshest job cuts come down, according to Forbes. That might seem counterintuitive since it's not "nice" to fire someone around the holidays; however, companies are often racing to make their budget in Q4 or trying to position to growth in a new year … and job cuts are a sad reality of those dynamics.
The headline unemployment rate continues to drift lower, now at 7.3%, but a growing layoff trend could reverse that.
And considering investors already have enough uncertainty, if the monthly jobs numbers for September are ugly… it could have serious impact on the markets.
Related Reading on Layoffs:
- Of course, the long-term jobs trend is slowly moving higher after hiring continued in August and unemployment fell. (CNNMoney)
- But how much of that is just people leaving the labor force? (Fox News)
- Official unemployment data. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Write him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP.


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Royal Court Hotel in Prag Zentrum + FRÜHSTÜCK
Anzahl von Gästen3
Größe20 m²
Stockwerk(mit Fahrstuhl)
- Internet/WLAN
- Klimaanlage
- Parkplatz vorhanden
- Frühstück
- Handtücher
- Haustiere erlaubt
- Fahrstuhl im Gebäude
|Wenzigova, 120 00 Prague, Tschechien
|Privates Zimmer
|In wenigen Stunden
|Kalender aktualisiert
This is a small cozy air-conditioned room perfect for two people and bright facing the courtyard for more comfortable stay. The room comes with minibar, tea set, flat screen TV with satellite channels, safe and private bathrooms equipped with toiletries. WiFi is available throughout the historical building of Royal and is free of charge.
Our friendly multilingual personnel can organize rental cars, laundry services, tours and provides a concierge service. There is a Light buffet breakfast is served on site from (phone number hidden) in the breakfast room. Cleaning is made every day; towels are changed once in three days.
Nearby sightseeing places are Pivovarsky dum (Brewery House) – 8 minutes, Wenceslas square – 10 minutes, Gothic cathedral of St. Ludmila – 10 minutes, Opera house – 10 minutes andVysehrad castle – 18 minutes.
Nearby you will find a Mini market Zabka, Supermarket Tesco, Non-stop drugstore, Beauty salon "Glam", Several night clubs/disco and Plenty of restaurants with Czech and international cuisine.
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|11 € Extra pro Gast/Nacht
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I was so impressed with this sweet little hotel.
The room was very clean. I was happy with the clean bathroom and comfortable bed. (you have to pay if you want clean towels every day, 5€ extra I think)
What I love most about our stay was the perfect breakfast, which was included in the price. Please, never change your breakfast buffet. Only the breakfast would be a reason for me to go back to Prague lol.
What I also want to mention is that the staff working there was extremely nice and friendly.
I'd definitely come back to this place since all I can say about it is very positive.
Nice and clean rooms, well located and very friendly staff.
Thank you very much for the perfect hospitality.
I had the best experience with this apartment during my stay (in April 2016) The staff welcomed me in a way that I felt at home immediately and during my time there all of them were extremly helpfull and really friendly at any time! The location of the apartments is in a perfect position: you reach most of the tourist-attractions in a short walk of 10-15 minutes, also a small supermarket is opposite the street that covers all your daily needs, as well there is a good (vegetarian!!) restaurant closeby in the same street, a nice bar on the other side of the street and a metro-station within a short walk of about 3 minutes! The apartment itself was extremly clean and with nice furniture! I was lucky enough and had an apartment with a window to the backyard - so it was quiet inside at any time of the day/night! I can highly recommend these apartments - I would book it again at any time ... if I am lucky enough to return to the beautiful city of Prague ...
We had a really great time there. Beautiful and clean apartment, friendly staff. Overall a great experience.
Everything was clean, organized, and functional. I enjoyed my stay at the apartment and it was for a great price too. Also, the bathroom floor was heated! Thumbs up!
A great location if you want somewhere that is near public transport (tram and metro) and also close enough to walk into the city if you are fit and have plenty of energy. The apartment was spacious and very warm for December, kitchen quite adequate and light cleaning was provided daily. Having transport arranged from and to the airport was very convenient.
The real asset to these apartments are the desk staff who do a really wonderful job day and night. Helpful and polite they are the best advertisement the place could have and deserve the highest praise.
If you are travelling near to Christmas there are plenty of sites with Christmas villages and at least two within easy walking distance. If you want to visit places such as the castle or Kafka museum the 22 tram departs only 50 meters from the door.
The apartment was simply great! Big and well furnished, extremely clean and cosy. Boys and girls at the reception were great too helping us find our way through the discovery of Prague!.
Close to the metro, close to the city center and really easy to reach also from the airport.
We loved this wonderful apartments in the center of Prague! So close to subway ad tram. Also the apartment was brand new, warm, roomy, clean... We couldn't ask for more
The hotel is so beautiful! It was amazing, the room is small but perfect for a citytrip. It is located very cetral and the metro is very near to the hotel.
The breakfast is a little bit too small but it is ok for this price. The room was always cleand and the reception is very friendly.
If I would travel to prague again, I would always stay at the royal court hotel!
Clean room, although a little small but perfect for what we needed & well furnished. Friendly & helpful staff members. If I was to be picky I would say the breakfast could have been a little better, with more variety each day but apart from that I was happy overall.
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- Jeder Gastgeber wird telefonisch verifiziert
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Minna Parkkinen
Moscow, Russia
Minna Parkkinen is a painter by her first training with fine art studies in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Later she graduated as Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies in Helsinki Polytechnic with continuing education in Barcelona and Madrid. In between she has worked as a cinematographer in independent and experimental projects and as for television.
(Minna Parkkinen, 2010)
"Circle" illustrates the devastating sorrow caused by the death of a loved one, the interim survival, and slow recovery. The film, which is the final part of a trilogy, depicts...


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When I hear anyone whining that The Columbian skews reporting I always challenge, citing its balanced approach. The Oct. 5 letter selection is an all-time perfect example.
In his letter, "Consider self-preservation in voting," Bill Kelley urges workers to "stop voting against your interests." The letter is a textbook example of what's wrong with our United States today; should be required study for high school and college students wherein it can be dissected sentence by sentence for a debate between short-term current tendencies of self-entitlements (horrible word) vs. long-term best for the USA and our kin.
This "best for me" concept is nicely balanced by Darrel Wilholt's letter, "Elect those who will restore legacy," urging us to return to our constitutional legacy of freedom and enterprise. The Founders pledged their lives and their fortunes to obtain these goals. This is a pure example of unselfish long-term thinking and planning.
Risking life and fortune vs. protect one's personal interest — what a contrast of concepts.
The Columbian, balanced reporting? Bravo Zulu!
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Young Irish lining up for free meals at Perth soup kitchen
An Irish welfare group in Perth says it has "delving to do" following reports Irish nationals are queuing for food at a Northbridge soup kitchen.
Manna Inc, which serves 200 meals a night six nights a week from a soup kitchen at Weld Park, is seeing more backpackers joining their queues.
Bev Lowe, 72, co-founded the voluntary organisation with her husband John in 1996.
She said Manna serves three-course meals and the occasional treat – "food that sticks to your ribs" – from 5pm each night.
"There are a few Irish, I must admit," said Ms Lowe, when asked who queues with the homeless each night.
"Well, when I'm on the street and I see them, I say 'This meal is for homeless people, it's obvious you're not homeless, will you please step out of my line?' And if they say no, I say to them, 'You really don't want me to embarrass you, do you? Step out. Now if I have meals at the end of the night, you're welcome. But we feed the homeless first'. I think that's a reasonable thing to say," she said.
Ms Lowe said she can see that some backpackers experience problems, but it is important to her the Manna meals are served to the people they intend to feed.
"I do understand there are people who arrive in this country on the promise of a job or expecting to get a job and it fades away. And then they're left high, dry and handsome."
One Manna volunteer told the Irish Echo there were many backpackers coming into the park, and said their nationalities varied.
"Sometimes we do tell them 'Look, this is for somebody who needs it' and they say 'We really need it'," she said. "This happens every day and they stay in the queue. We don't have a way of dealing with them."
Joan Ross, of the Claddagh Association, said the organisation had just recently learned about the issue.
She said there was about 120 people at the soup kitchen when she and a fellow committee member visited Weld Park to talk to Manna volunteers last week.
"We asked did they often get Irish and they said last year there was an awful lot of young Irish people that queued up all the time for food. And this year, there's not as many. It never came to our attention last year, but this year it has," she said.
"I think we've a lot more delving to do into it, to see exactly what's happening," she said.
Ms Ross said many of the hostels in the area had inadequate kitchens to cater for backpackers.
A recent report by the City of Vincent – of which Irish-Australian Alannah MacTiernan is mayor – found that many hostels had poor conditions.
Ms MacTiernan told the West Australian newspaper in October last year that the problem was growing.
"It's a real problem because the rents are so high and there is such a housing shortage that a lot of people – particularly migrants and visa holders – have to accept these appalling conditions," she said.
Elsewhere, Rev Bill Crews of the Exodus Foundation in Sydney, which operates a food van in The Domain, says it faces similar issues to Manna.
"We estimate that about less than four per cent of the meals we give out are to backpackers," he said.
"Often we're really careful, we'll say things like, 'Look, mate, if you're hungry and you're a backpacker, get to the end of the queue and if there's any left over, you can have it'."
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When the WWE news hit that the company fired Alberto Del Rio after he slapped a WWE.com employee for making an alleged racial slur about him it sent shockwaves through the WWE. One of the things that some people have asked was if AJ Lee was in danger of losing her job last year when she verbally attacked celebrity guest Michelle Beadle last year. PWS reported on Saturday that the WWE was going to fire AJ Lee for the incident when it happened.
To catch people up to date on the AJ Lee issue, this happened after she began dating CM Punk, who she has since married. At the WWE Tribute to the Troops taping, Beadle yelled some obscenities at CM Punk, who she at one time was connected to romantically. This sent AJ Lee into a rage and she jumped all over Beadle for disrespecting Punk. According to sources, the WWE was planning to fire AJ Lee for her unprofessionalism in dealing with the situation but Vince McMahon stepped in and nixed it.
According to sources, McMahon saw the big picture in the situation and believed that firing AJ Lee for the incident would cause more damage to the WWE than anything. That is why he stepped in and stopped the termination from occurring. However, it still brings things into a negative light when a guest is allowed to make insulting comments about the WWE superstars and is invited back but someone who stands up to them could get fired.
It is even more damaging to look at the Alberto Del Rio situation, if everything that has been reported is true. Wrestle Zone reported that the man that Alberto Del Rio slapped was WWE social media manager Cody Barbierri. The story indicates that Barbierri allegedly made racial based jokes about Del Rio and that caused the reaction. If Alberto Del Rio being fired is the only punishment here, the WWE is sending a bad message about their stance on racism.
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Nephrotic Syndrome is the name given to a condition where you find kidneys leaking protein into the urine. This causes large amounts of protein to leak out into the urine resulting in fluid retention in your body. Normally, urine should contain almost no protein but when its presence is detected in the urine, the protein levels available in blood diminish as a result. The fluid retention causes swelling of ankles and legs and extra fluid may also accumulate in the abdomen and around the face. This is especially noticeable after waking up in the morning. The abdomen and face are more affected in case of children and young adults.
The protein leakage from kidney may make the urine frothy. It also causes lethargy. There can also be some other serious effects like increased risk of infection, raised blood cholesterol, and increased risk of blood clotting. A renal biopsy is the most significant test in detecting nephrotic syndrome. Using local anesthesia, a needle is placed into the kidney through the back. The patient needs to be admitted in the hospital for this procedure.
Nephrotic syndrome is divided into different types based on the appearances of the kidney under the microscope while performing renal biopsy. Some are caused due to rare allergic reactions to medicines, infections like Hepatitis B, and diabetes. But in most cases, the cause remains unknown. Different kinds of nephrotic syndrome respond differently to the treatments administered.
In children the syndrome is usually caused by a condition that responds easily to treatment, so treatment is undertaken first, and the biopsy is performed only if the protein leak is not pain in lower left abdomen cured.
Long term complications may occur in people with severe disease which is unresponsive to treatment. Extended years of protein leakage from kidneys may result in kidney failure, and some people will require dialysis or a transplant to keep them well. The renal biopsy and other tests help in predicting such serious consequences.
A variety of treatments are available for kidneys leaking protein. The complications of fluid retention can be dealt with by taking diuretic tablets. These force the kidneys to discharge more salt and water in the urine. You may cut down on salt and increase your fluid intake for better results. It is important that diuretic treatment is carefully controlled by taking blood tests and weighing on a regular basis. Often people suffering from kidney problems also suffer from high blood pressure and this should be controlled.
The treatment for the disease itself depends on the type of kidney disease shown by the biopsy and treatment is given to control the cause of nephrotic syndrome. As such, the different types of kidney diseases indicate different things for your health in the future. Some of the rare causes that lead to a nephrotic syndrome include allergic reactions to medicines, infections such as Hepatitis B and diabetes is also known to lead to this condition. But in some rare cases the actual cause may not be diagnosed at all. Generally, different types respond to the treatments in a different way.


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|If you thought documentaries couldn't sink lower than the hatchet job by John Ware for BBC Panorama, 'Who speaks for British Muslims?', in 2005, the Dispatches programme aired last night is proof to the contrary. Using spurious evidence, half-truths and a ragbag of 'community leaders' – none of whom merit a byline demonstrating their 'leadership' credentials – Gilligan (pictured) outdoes even Ware in proving that documentary-makers with an animus against 'Islamism' have nothing but conjecture and pure prejudice on their side.
Gilligan's chief claims in 'Britain's Islamic Republic' are that Islamic Forum Europe is quietly and systematically overtaking institutions in Tower Hamlets, from the East London Mosque to Tower Hamlets Council and the local Labour Party association. The targeting of political power and institutions of representative democracy are, Gilligan argues, tactical manoeuvres in an ambitious plan to realise the 'Islamist' dream of a socio-political reality anchored in the teachings of Islam.
Who does Gilligan parade in front of our cameras to extemporise and validate his arguments? Well, first up is Paul Richards, former 'special advisor' to Hazel Blears. We've already exposed the hypocrisy that underlies Richards' position. Richards seems strangely unaware of the blatant double standards he appears to invoke, decrying the IFE in the programme while in an article for the Jewish Chronicle, lauding the creation of:
'New groups [which] were nurtured and supported, such as the Muslim Women's Advisory Group'.
No prizes for guessing the democratic credentials of this particular invention of Blears and her aide, Richards.
Gilligan also brings on board Houriya Ahmed of Douglas 'conditions for Muslims in Europe must be made harder across the board' Murray's, misappropriately named, Centre for Social Cohesion.
And no documentary would be complete without at least one representative from organisations that have made it their business to attract government funding for battling 'Islamism'.
Gilligan relies on Rashad Ali, formerly of the Quilliam Foundation and now housed at CENTRI, the organisation headed by Haras Rafiq, formerly of the Sufi Muslim Council.
The link is an important one given that just a couple of weeks ago questions into the public funding received by Rafiq and the SMC were denied public disclosure. In answer to questions put by Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, Lord MacKenzie, on the SMC's use of funds, the peer replied:
"There are no plans to place evaluation reports from Community Leadership Fund projects, or reports submitted by the Sufi Muslim Council, in the Library of the House since they contain confidential information which those organisations conducting the projects would not anticipate seeing made public and disclosure at this time could undermine their (and others) co-operation and willingness to continue participating in the programme."
And then there's Jim Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Food, Farming and Environment and MP for Poplar and Canning Town. Fitzpatrick made headlines last summer when he reacted with supreme arrogance and complete disregard for his hosts by complaining to the local papers of being asked to be seated separate from his wife at a segregated Muslim wedding. And who should pipe up and support Fitzpatrick's ridiculous claim that the hand at work was that of IFE and 'Islamists' – Paul Richards and Martin 'The Great Koran Con Trick' Bright.
It's difficult to see how one wouldn't construe from this that those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, but such a weak response to Gilligan's charges is not sufficient. That would be as weak as Gilligan's claim that IFE is taking over the Muslim Council of Britain although out of six office bearers and 18 committees, Gilligan can number only two individuals from IFE ranks among senior MCB postholders.
No, what is important to expose, beyond the utter lack of credibility of the people used by Gilligan to bolster his arguments, is the political mindset that drives the critique of Gilligan and his likeminded cabal.
In attempting to suggest that the IFE, East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre are the bases from which something sinister is taking place in Tower Hamlets, what Gilligan is disingenuously seeking to do is undermine the work of local Muslim groups and institutions to mobilise the local Muslim populations into playing an active role in local community affairs and local politics.
Given that the Labour party candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow is Ms Rushanara Ali, did it perhaps not occur to Gilligan that the rise in Labour party membership may in part be due to Ms Ali's efforts to mobilise voters to back her and her party in the forthcoming local and general elections? Such common sense theories are unlikely to sway Gilligan and those like him that search for 'Greens under the bed' in the vein of rabid McCarthyite Communist –hunters. Martin Bright's article in the Jewish Chronicle calling for a 'strategic alliance between British Jews and anti-Islamists in the East End' is similarly, of this bent.
But back to the claims that ELM/LMC and IFE are planning a gradual takeover of Tower Hamlets.
Last Friday LMC paid host to the renowned American political theorist and philosopher, Michael Sandel. Sandel is one among many contributors to the Guardian's 'Citizen Ethics in a Time of Crisis', publication.
The pamphlet is an attempt to revisit the fundamental questions of social and political order: what is the good life, the common good, and how do we construct the good society?
The programme, organised by London Citizens and hosted by LMC began with the recitation of verses from the Qur'an exhorting justice. Verses from Surah an-Nisa: 135:
'O you who believe! be ever steadfast in upholding justice, bearing witness to the truth for the sake of God, even though it be against your own selves or your parents and kinsfolk. Whether the person concerned be rich or poor, God's claim takes precedence over [the claims of] either of them. Do not, then, follow your own desires, lest you swerve from justice: for if you distort [the truth], behold, God is indeed aware of all that you do!'
And Surah Maedah: 8:
'O you who believe! be ever steadfast in your devotion to God, bearing witness to the truth in all equity; and never let hatred of any-one lead you into the sin of deviating from justice. Be just: this is closest to being God-conscious. And remain conscious of God: verily, God is aware of all that you do.'
The reason being that Sandel's latest publication is 'Justice: What's the right thing to do?' and the London Citizens meeting, attended by Muslims, Christians, Jews, those of no faith, and by people from all over London, representing in one hall a microcosm of the brilliant diversity of London, was to deliberate the work of London Citizens in light of Sandel's book and his contribution to Citizen Ethics.
It captures precisely the sort of work done in grassroots Muslim communities and in partnership with likeminded organisations: the invigoration of grassroots democracy, reclaiming values like social justice and equality, tolerance and diversity, at a time of populist far right politics and economic failure. Far from engaging in closet subterfuge, what IFE, LMC and ELM are engaged in is the mobilisation of Muslim communities in the East End of London, to play their part in society and be active citizens for the betterment of all. Initiatives which were attested to by Neil Jameson, Executive Director of London Citizens in response to Martin Bright's allegations of the ELM/LMC and IFE being 'sectarian' and 'extremist' bodies.
There is a rather more telling comment by Paul Richards that perhaps sheds light on the witch-hunt tactics employed by Gilligan in the Dispatches programme. Writing on 'Islamism', Richards said:
'Others see the rise of political Islam as a major threat to our democracy; to the UK Jewish community; and to Britain's interests abroad'.
At a time when Israel is enlisting the help of friendly nations to improve its image abroad after its devastating assault on Gaza and the crippling blockade, and the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Justice Secretary are being heavily lobbied by pro-Israel groups to change the war crimes legislation to protect suspected Israeli war criminals from arrest in the UK, one can see more clearly why the efforts of IFE, ELM/LMC and MCB to politically mobilise British Muslims might upset other quarters in British society.
To repeat the verses of Surah an-Nisa, which instruct Muslims' efforts to see that the war crimes legislation remains unchanged:
'O you who believe! be ever steadfast in upholding justice, bearing witness to the truth for the sake of God, even though it be against your own selves or your parents and kinsfolk. Whether the person concerned be rich or poor, God's claim takes precedence over [the claims of] either of them. Do not, then, follow your own desires, lest you swerve from justice: for if you distort [the truth], behold, God is indeed aware of all that you do!'
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All these stories have been told with the permission of the people they happened to.
When I was in high school, I worked as a cashier at a local grocery store.
One weekend, at the very end of a ten-hour shift, I was utterly exhausted and partially brain dead.
A woman came through buying diapers and baby formula, and as we chatted she confided in me that she had a newborn at home.
I, in my brain-dead state, took one look at her still-heavy-with-baby-weight frame and popped off with,
"Oh, and another one on the way!"
*Hides face in mortal humiliation*
Unfortunately it didn't click until AFTER the words were out of my mouth. I spent the rest of the weekend praying I would never see her again.
This happened to me back in 1962:
My parents had been invited to a wedding, and I was about 4. They wen;t shopping for a wedding present -- a silver teapot, as I recall -- in Birk's, at that time Canada's leading jeweller and a bastion of the old Montreal Anglo Elite.
Anyway, the clerk asked if he could help them, and my Dad said they needed a wedding present. At the top of my lungs, in a totally shocked child's voice, I asked "Are you and Mommy getting married, Daddy?"
My son loves planes, well any vehicles, really, but planes are cool because they actually leave the ground. He's been flying here and there since he was 7 months old, but this one time, it had been awhile since his last trip.
I was 6 months pregnant and taking my toddler son with me to visit Grandma and Grandpa. As we were taking off, he was excitedly looking out the window. All of a sudden, he yells out "No engine, No engine! Crash!"
As you can imagine, I hastily tried to point out the engines to him and calm him down, as other passengers started looking out their own windows to make sure the engine was there. I blushed as the flight attendant came by to see if I needed any help.
As a young child, I called the phone company for information about the name of the dog aboard a Russian satellite.
The phone company advertised they had an information line which gave customers access to worldwide information on everything.
Somehow I thought the phone company was a subsidiary of the encyclopedia/some sort of possible information company.
Of course I later realized they were only in the phone business and if I stayed on the line too long, they might try to sell me some yellow phone book page advertising for a fee.
I once called the operator to let her know our next door neighbor's dog had given birth to puppies ... she didn't seem too interested, for some reason ...
There's a town where there's a famous horse race once a year, one the Queen and other members of the royal family go to watch. Afterwards, they drive slowly out of the town, and people come out to wave to them. More so in the past. A former teacher told me that years ago, she worked at a school on the Queen's route out of the town, and she knew the Queen would be travelling past there a couple of hours after the race, because she always did. It was held on a schoolday in those days.
On the day of the race, she told her class of little children that if they came back to where the school was a couple of hours after school had finished with their parents, and looked out for a black car travelling slowly with flowers on it, it would be the queen, and they could cheer as she went past.
At breaktime, she went into the staffroom, And the teachers in there heard a great cheering and yelling from outside. They went to see what was going on, and they saw all the children near the school railings, loudly cheering and waving while a hearse was going by.
The headmistress said, "Well, at least he got a good send-off."
[This group was held over the telephone via a teleconferencing facility, that meant that several people could talk to each other over the phone at the same time.]
I was doing a telephone group and on the last session of it we all had to describe ourselves and see if we were as we imagined each other would be. Anyway after I had described myself one of the other members of the group said that she had thought that I would be really short and I made a very stupid comment about me not being an oompa loompa. The next girl to describe herself began "I have brown hair and am 4 foot tall".
I was very embarrassed and couldnt say anything, thankfully she never mentioned it and not surprisingly we never kept in contact!
He went busking in Paris for a while when he was younger, playing the clarinet. One day, he met a woman who said she was a jazz musician who played the piano. In the evening, they went into a jazz club, and there were instruments there that people could use to entertain the people there if they wanted. They decided to play a series of duets, with her on the piano and him on the clarinet.
The club was full when they started, but an hour or more later, it was so empty that the owners decided to lock up for the night.
He was walking by a bus stop many years ago, having newly arrived in the country, and he banged into something. He apologised, saying, "Excuse me madam", and people at the bus stop started laughing.
One of them told him he'd bumped into a tall plastic rubbish bag.
My most embarrassing moment was last winter on a very cold day, I was going out shopping so I took my woolly hat from the draw and put it on and then my gloves but could only find one glove, and so assuming I had lost one I went out wearing only one, luckily it was the left hand the one holding on to my guide dogs harness, so I could keep my bare hand in my pocket and so I caught the bus to town did some shopping and caught the bus home, on the way from the bus stop I called in to the vets and as I went in the door I distinctly heard a giggle and one of the receptionist said I hope you dont mind me saying Mr Simpson, there is a glove on your head, it seems as the velcro on my glove had firmly attached itself to my hat and I had been walking about looking like a chicken all morning, and nobody said but I bet they had a good laugh.
[She was likely to have been posting them using software with a synthesised voice that audibly reads what it says on the screen, invented so blind people can use the computer.]
As my guide dog [Shadow] and I stood in line at the checkout of the River City Market at CSUS, I asked the cashier what I considered a simple question.
"Where are the napkins please?"
Her response was hurried, but sincere, "over there."
Emerging from the light rail for the first time, I managed to catch the attention of a passer-by. "Please sir, can you tell me where I might catch bus 63?"
A kind voice offered a pleasant response before disappearing into the cacophony of the early afternoon, 'You can catch it, 'Over there.'"
So many things reside over there -- napkins, bus stops, pencils, pens, clothing racks, department stores and even my shoes! A never ending supply of important and indispensable items and locales all reside in this place which is shrouded in mystery and intrigue.
I stand in perplexed silence after learning that something is over there. It is a place I have never been and have no hope of finding on my own.
My guide dog is quite skilled in finding chairs, stairs, elevators, escalators, helping me cross streets, and can even find me the Diet Pepsi display at Food Town; however, when I tell her to find "over there" her little bottom hits the floor and a small whimper tells me that she is as confused as I.
We will not be going "over there" today. Over there has caused me abit of vexation, a lot of confusion and, on occasion, made my heart race.
I have discovered that "over there" can be a dangerous place. One day, while crossing a street, I heard a driver's irritated voice shout out a warning of a truck bearing down on me from over there. Shadow artfully dodged the oncoming vehicle and pulled me to the safety of the curb.
Our hearts were both racing as we took a few moments to compose ourselves.
Close encounters with over there can be frightening experiences. Although many blind people have wondered as to the exact location of, "over there," few have dared to venture forth in an actual exploration of the mysterious place.
One day, while standing in line at the supermarket, I asked the clerk where I might find the aspirin. With a cheery smile in her voice, she informed me that the aspirin was located, "over there."
With a weary sigh, I decided that I would take the extra step that would unravel the mystery, which had vexed my compatriots since the beginning of time.
Taking a deep breath, and attempting to look nonchalant, I smiled at the clerk, "Where," I asked, "is over there?"
I imagined the girl's shocked expression. I felt her sharing condescending and concerned looks with her fellows in the store. The silence grew palpable as they mulled the possibility of allowing a blind person access to the forbidden land. She had no choice; she would have to tell me how to find "over there!"
I had won! Exhilaration swept through me as I waited in breathless anticipation. A victorious smile crept to my lips, my hand tightened on the handle of Shadow's harness, we would soon be going over there!
The clerk's voice reeked with resignation as the decision was made. "That way," she said.


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While the debate rages on, tests are emerging to prove electronic cigarettes are not safe. The question is, are electronic-cigarettes safer than regular cigarettes?
What are electronic cigarettes
An electronic cigarette also known as E-cigarette or vaporizer is a cylinder with a battery-operated heater that contains a liquid cartridge. When heated, it creates a vapor. The user inhales and exhales the vapor which quickly dissipates.
The cartridge may contain synthetic nicotine or without nicotine, propylene glycol (PG), flavor and other chemicals. Propylene glycol is found in cosmetics, toiletries and approved for use as a food additive. In fact, chemicals in e-cigarettes are in many of approved items you ingest or used in cosmetics as well as found in regular cigarettes.
The American Lung Association says when regular cigarettes burn, at least 69 of the 7,000 chemicals created are known to cause cancer.
FDA ruling
FDA proposes to extend authorities beyond the current tobacco products to include products like e-cigarettes.
Without federal law ruling, states are taking action to regulate these devices.
Alabama law
Alabama defined e-cigarettes as "alternative nicotine product", not grouping them with tobacco but law does prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. The e-cigarette industry itself favors restrictions.
Health concerns
Some Health organizations fear e-cigarettes with their varied flavors may entice children to start smoking. They also feel it is easier to regulate if categorized the same as regular cigarettes.
Initial tests show harmful results, the tests do not show how e-cigarettes compare with regular cigarettes.
There are many different types of e-cigarettes and not all contain the same chemicals or made the same way. Shall tests be performed on all makes?
Michael Siegel, MD, a professor in the department of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health answers Department of Health and Human Services concerns about the unknown amount of nicotine emitted with each puff and a gateway device for youth to try other tobacco products.
Dr. Siegel says it is irresponsible to tell a smoker to continue to smoke rather than switch to e-cigarettes because the measure of nicotine discharged is inconsistent.
Dr. Siegel feels since e-cigarettes are not cessation devices, the amount of nicotine is not a " … particular concern" and there is confirmation that many smokers have been able to quit using these devices. He does not see evidence to believe that youth will use e-cigarettes as a gateway to cigarette smoking.


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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
What: Shares of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) were looking healthier today, jumping as much as 26% after the market rejected Bill Ackman's short-selling presentation today.
So what: Shares of the nutritional supplement seller dropped 12% yesterday after Ackman, the head of Pershing Square Capital Management and an Herbalife short-seller, promised to deliver a "death blow" to the company in a presentation exposing it as a "massive fraud" today. However, that didn't happen. In his argument, Ackman said the company's hiring practices violate U.S labor law, and he again called the multi-level marketer a "pyramid scheme," insisting that sellers make more money for recruiting new members than selling the actual product. Herbalife once again emphatically denied Ackman's claims in a press release following the presentation.
Now what: In its response, Herbalife noted that Ackman reaffirmed that "Herbalife is first and foremost a company with great products that people want," and that millions of customers choose its products. Continuing on, the company said Ackman again "over-promised and under-delivered in his presentation, and merely showed that the facts were on Herbalife's side. As the stock's jump shows, investors clearly agreed, rejecting Ackman's thesis. This saga is far from over as Ackman earlier this year convinced the DOJ to investigate Herbalife, but Herbalife has won this battle, and next time Ackman calls for Wall Street's attention, he likely won't have as much sway.
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As communities with combined sewer overflow problems and/or compliance decrees began evaluating their programs, officials and planners realized that "green" infrastructure could offset capital-intensive gray infrastructure like sewer separation, storage tanks, tunnels, and treatment facilities.
Not involving public works from the beginning will increase costs.
Geographic information system provider gives GIS users a chance to give back to their communities by mentoring students throughout the nation.
A California city is illuminating one of its boulevards with an art installation that uses energy-efficient LED technology to add eye-popping color.
Here is advice and tips for relaying stressful information during a public meeting.
By leveraging online survey tools, public works departments can quickly and efficiently collect feedback from both citizens and employees.
American Public Works Association's 2014 Top 10 Leaders share their favorite on-the-job technologies: Ken Grehm, Auburn, Calif.
The Texas DOT solves two public relations problems with one product.
Crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo can help get projects funded.
The Shrewsburry Public Works Department joins forces with its community to bring a garden to life.
Caterpillar's machines are serious business on public works jobsites. Video shows the heavy equipment maker also has a lighter side.
No agency wants citizens to visit their project website and find objectionable content. It's even worse if the agency is forced to allow it to remain. Fortunately, there are a few steps you can take to prevent this from happening.
Just as public outreach becomes even more important and necessary in public works, we are fortunately seeing the launch of new tools to help us become more successful in our efforts. Social media has improved communication by allowing us to deliver our messages quicker and more efficiently with...
The miniature Volvo L350F wheel loader drives and loads like the real thing—and could lift little ones into future public works careers.
Few people realize how much communities benefit from all of the extracurricular activities that public works employees undertake.
Local sculptor Cliff Garten was asked to design the new bridge commissioned by the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, using grants and administered by the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative.
The Icelandic government has put a road project on hold, in part because of protesters' concerns that the project will endanger the lives of a certain breed of wee folk.
Valley Paving in Minnesota has painted four of its trucks with the logo of a branch of the U.S. military. Owner Rich Carron is a Vietnam veteran.
The author of our 2011 cover story shared how his water and wastewater utility protects assets against earthquake, fire, and other natural disasters at WEFTEC 2013's "Water Thought Leaders: Lessons Learned From Great Water Communities."
The Fast-275 combination VSL/radar speed feedback sign helps calm traffic in crucial areas (school zones, parks, and others) to prevent collisions and injury.
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February 2007
It's been a busy few months for SCAPA. The first thing you've probably noticed is the new look of our Web pages. Thanks to ORAU's Dorothy Cohen and her team, the look and functionality of the SCAPA Web pages have been updated (as have all of the EMI SIG Web pages).
We're taking advantage of this change to the Web site to update the name of the TEEL Web page. The TEEL data set, and particularly the searchable database, is evolving into one-stop-shopping for AEGL, ERPG, and TEEL data. Other useful chemical information is also provided in the database. As a result, we will start referring to the data sets more and more as "Protective Action Criteria (PAC) for Chemicals of Concern." Our TEEL data are still the star of this show, but we are also acknowledging the other data products that we provide. In the chemical arena, interesting work continues to be done with the Chemical Mixture Methodology.
In the consequence assessment arena, there are two major initiatives underway. SCAPA has sponsored the inclusion of Hotspot in the DOE's Central Registry of Toolbox Models. Work is underway to characterize and upgrade the software quality assurance of Hotspot to support this effort. Members of SCAPA are polishing off new guidance on dose assessment factors and working to form a new Source Term Working Group.
The Biosafety Working Group activities continue to pick up steam. Meetings of this working group are being conducted on a schedule that parallels the SCAPA teleconference schedule. A new Web page of useful biosafety information is now available on the SCAPA Web site.
I invite you to tour the new SCAPA Web pages and if you are not already involved in a working group, please step forward and offer your assistance.Working together we are making a difference!


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MSI X370 Laptop in the Market
One of the leading laptop manufactures MSI has recently launched a brand new laptop whose name is MSI X370 laptop in the worldwide market. The MSI laptop is always up to the mark and most of the time; they satisfy the need of the professional people in the business and education. This is really a very stylish laptop as its exteriors are tremendous and mind blowing. It comes with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium which is one of the best in the market for the laptops. This laptop of MSI is powered by AMD E-Series APU Processors.
This laptop is based on a Unique Ultra Surface Finishing. Therefore it has a stylish and gorgeous look. There is a great feature of Advanced Power Saving Technology. X370 notebook is equipped with DDR3 1066 MHz RAM and AMD Radeon HD 6310. It is powered by a 4/8-Cell Li-lon standard battery which is capable of giving long talk time.
There is a 1.3MP Webcam for face to face chatting through internet. The option of Mic-in/Speaker out is really superb in this laptop. Discrete-Class Graphics provide the best quality of the video in the laptop. There is A50M FCH Chipset for better performance.
MSI X370 Laptop Features & Specifications
Screen type : 13.4-inch LED-backlit display with 1366 x 768 pixels resolution
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HDD : 320GB/500GB/640GB hard drive
Connectivity : Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR & Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Ports : Two USB ports, D-Sub & HDMI
Camera : 1.3 megapixel webcam
Keyboard type : chiclet
Supports DirectX 11 API
Built-in Card reader
Stereo speakers (2x1W)
Battery backup : up to 10 hours
Dimensions: 324 x 227 x 22.8 mm
Weight : 1.4kg
The X370 comes with a 500GB hard drive and 4GB DDR3 of RAM as standard.
Both of these are good for most users and are a good deal considering the overall price of the laptop itself. The absence of an optical drive may annoy some people but in the day when portable hard drives and memory sticks are relatively cheap.
Price of MSI X370 Laptop has not been revealed yet by the company. The price of this laptop is expected to be declared within few days in some countries according to its availability in the market.
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Thursday 10 December 2009, with Bryan Crump
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
The other evolutionist
7:15 PM.The development of species through natural selection isn't the only evolutionary path, history can evolve as well. This is the aim of Dr John van Whye who is outing the self-effacing scientist and co-father of the theory of evolution, Alfred Russel Wallace. Dr Whye intends to change the way we look at Charles Darwin's legacy and credit some of its work to the other evolutionist.
Antarctic oceania
8:45 PM.NIWA oceanographer Craig Stevens, fresh from the the southern ice flows, joins Bryan to talk about the Antarctic semantics of sea-ice versus ice-shelves as well as important notions of climate change indicative in the southern ocean.
Nights for Thursday 10 December 2009
7 pm News & Weather
7:15 The Other Evolutionist
Dr John Van Wyhe, director, The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
The life and work of scientist Alfred Russel Wallace and the relationship he had with Charles Darwin as they both developed their theories on evolution and natural selection.
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8 pm News & Weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries
8:45 Salty Water - oceans
Craig Stevens, oceanographer, NIWA
Antarctic sea ice.
8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7
9 pm News & Weather
9:06 Our Changing World
Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.
9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8
10 pm News & Weather
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11 pm News & Weather
11:06 In Concert
A collaboration between friends, Auckland super group, Liam Finn and Friends.


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A quiet moment of reflection. A talk with Jesus. A recited text celebrating faith. Though very different, all of these are valid definitions for "prayer." Prayer is an intentional and meaningful way that every individual — no matter of age, race or background — can deepen his or her personal relationship with God.
Don't know where to start? Explore:
Today's Prayer | Download Prayer Ventures | Prayer for Healing video
If you've never prayed, or don't know how, you'll find that it's easy to begin — and it can bring great peace and joy to your life.


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Whether you grew up in New York City or live there now, baseball is an integral part of life in the Big Apple. Fans all over the country will appreciate the heart-felt and compelling stories of how the New York Mets have touched and influenced their lives. Stories and accounts are written by fans with a connection to the game and team that impacted their lives. With over 25 stories and quotes from many more, this book is difficult to put down. With factoids, pictures and stories that will keep any sports fan reading, For Mets Fans Only is a keeper for anyone who loves baseball, and especially the New York Mets.


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Lawrence Modern and the Lawrence Preservation Alliance may seem an odd couple, but they held a very successful joint event on April 15. Participants toured two North Lawrence houses, facing one another across Walnut Street, that could hardly have been more different. Dueling houses! Bring on the banjos.
The first was a 1908 Victorian farmhouse renovated over the last decade or two, the second a 2006-present minimal modernist affair. Every surface in the Victorian and its outbuildings was covered with artifacts from the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Its owner, David Baird, owns a company called Ethnofacts that trades in these art and craft materials. Every surface in the contemporary house seemed to reject the possibility of artifacts. This house is owned by Scott Tettel, design-builder and owner of Gria Inc.
They were both wonderful. Both houses reflected personal, thoughtful labors of love. Neither could have been created by owners seduced by the idea of "re-sale value."
The event revealed a common ground between the two organizations: that buildings of quality deserve recognition and respect because of the human capital that has been invested in their design, construction, maintenance and/or resurrection. And that respectable buildings can coexist comfortably in spite of radical differences in their makers' notions of architectural style.
It should go without saying that most of the buildings erected during any period of time are mediocre (since "all of the children" cannot be "above average.") Some acquire distinction merely by surviving their peers. Others, like the Walnut Street Victorian, acquire it through single-minded efforts to revive a failing structure. A few begin their lives as outliers, awaiting the judgement of generations to follow.


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Kohn Pedersen Fox's Hysan Place is Hong Kong's First LEED Platinum Pre-Certified...
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- Hysan Place-Kohn Pedersen FoxHysan Place is the first LEED Platinum pre-certified building in Hong Kong. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Hysan Development Company Limited, the mixed-use retail and office tower is located in the heart of the city. The tower's LEEDPlatinum pre-certification status means that USGBC pre-approved the design team's plans, and if the building was built according to spec, it would in theory achieve actual certification. The 36-story tower features natural ventilation, daylighting, sky gardens and a host of other energy-efficient strategies.1
- Hysan Place-Kohn Pedersen FoxHysan Place is a mixed-use retail and office tower located in the heart of Hong Kong's prime shopping mecca, Causeway Bay.2
- Hysan Place-Kohn Pedersen FoxThe tower was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and it features 17 floors of retail space topped off with office space.3
- Hysan Place-Kohn Pedersen FoxMany of the floors and spaces were configured to be flexible to provide more office or retail space as needed.4
- Hysan Place-Kohn Pedersen FoxThe tower features a number of cut outs that have been designed as open-air sky gardens that are accessible by the public and employees. These sky gardens provide greenery as well as access to air, which creates natural ventilation throughout the rest of the tower.5
- Hysan Place-Kohn Pedersen FoxKohn Pedersen Fox designed the tower for energy efficiency by providing access to daylighting throughout the building. They also sought to reduce operational CO2 emissions and create a suitable and healthy working environment.6
- Hysan Place-Kohn Pedersen FoxThe project is the first to receive LEED Platinum CS pre-certification in the city, which is an indication of the project's sustainable design. With this pre-certification, Hysan Development Company Limited is able to advertise the planned sustainable features to potential renters and clients.7


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If you're wondering why this cheeky chappy is so excited,it's because it's time to find Barnsley's Baby of The Year.
That's right, it's time to start sending in photographs of your cute tots as they battle it out to be crowned winner.
Little Henry Morgan is thrilled with the competition's arrival.
Henry, who is 11 months old, was born ten weeks premature at Barnsley Hospital. He weighed just 3.3lbs, spent six and a half weeks in hospital and was fed half a millilitre of milk an hour through a tube.
He was due to be born on November 19 last year but made a speedy entry in to the world on September 14.
His mum Julie, 39, said: "He arrived at 30 weeks, which was unexpected and although he spent six weeks in hospital he was fine.
"I went back to work on the Monday and had to leave him at the hospital. Of course you worry but you have no choice. I went up to see him about three times a day."
Henry is now happy and healthy and enjoys attending nursery one day a week.
Julie added: "He's got a little baby walker, which he loves. He loves bath times and being in the water and splashing about. He also loves his food.
"He's a right little personality. He's quite cheeky but he's a good boy. We've had to move pictures away from the edges of tables and things because when you tell him 'no' he just looks at you and carries on touching."
For details of how you can enter your little angel into the Baby of the Year Competition, see this week's paper.


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Port Orange oral surgeon killed in I-75 wreck with wrong-way driver
Published: Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 12:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 12:53 p.m.
A Port Orange oral surgeon was killed Friday night in a head-on collision with a 91-year-old man driving the wrong way on Interstate 75 in the Panhandle, state troopers said Saturday.
Several other vehicles were caught up in the wreck that killed 55-year-old Peter J. Linek, including a Greyhound bus carrying 42 people on the way from Tampa to Atlanta.
The wrong-way driver, Ernest Lee Holmes of High Springs, was also killed.
The crash happened just before midnight on the interstate north of Interstate 10, near the Florida-Georgia state line. Holmes was heading south on I-75 in a northbound lane. Linek was driving north in the same lane, ahead of other traffic.
Holmes' 1993 Buick Century smashed head-on into Linek's 2013 Ford Expedition. Three other vehicles, including the Greyhound, wrecked behind the collision. Thirteen Greyhound passengers were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries, but the bus was expected to continue on to Atlanta on Saturday
Linek lived in Ormond Beach, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, but his Peter J. Linek Oral Surgery office is on Dunlawton Avenue in Port Orange. An employee there confirmed he was killed but had no other information Saturday.
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June 1, 2007
Stanford senior Dylan Carney has been selected as a member of the ESPN Academic All-District Men's At-Large First Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America. As a member of the First Team, he will appear on the ballot for 2007 Academic All-America honors.
Carney holds a 3.97 GPA as a Biological Science major at Stanford. He ranked first in the horizontal bar throughout the year with an average score of 9.78, .380 points ahead of the second place competitor. Carney scored the nations highest horizontal bar mark of 9.95 in 2007, and received the NCAA Gymnast of the Week honor for his efforts. He earned an All-American honor for his seventh place finish on the horizontal bar at the National Collegiate Championships, while also winning the MPSF conference horizontal bar title. Carney was named to the MPSF Academic All-Conference team for the third straight year, and in December, he received a travel grant to present the results of his ongoing honors thesis at the annual Abcam Chromatin Structure and Function Conference in the Dominican Republic.
To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average. Eligible sports for the men's at-large program are fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.


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Today two bombs went off within seconds of each other killing ten people and injuring dozens in Kenya. Although the U.S. and Britain previously gave orders for tourists not travel to this area, many continued their travel plans. According to the L.A. Times, due to the "increased terror threats...hundreds of British tourists are fleeing."
Police have arrested a person of interest tied to these terrorist attacks, after one bomb exploded inside a commuter bus, while the other explosion took place about the same time inside a market. Within the last 7-hours, reports on social media have indicated "following the Gikomba Market blasts, the Kenyatta National Hospital" has more than 70 casualties. There also appears to be a need of blood donations for those being treated at the hospital.
The same terrorist group linked to last years mall shootings are also being tied to this latest devastation. On Thursday, both the U.S., and Britain sent out warnings to tourists alerting them of the heightened danger. Approximately 500 travelers were evacuated by British tour businesses, according to the L.A. Times.
Video footage shows total pandemonium taking place as thousands try to find family and friends to leave the bombed area, and the severely injured seek medical care.
John Gatonye, waiting outside for an ambulance to arrive, told reporters for the Telegraph he was at his work when he heard a bomb-like sound. "I thought it was a tyre blast (a tire blowout), but when I got there a second one had happened, I have so far helped more than 16 people." Gatoyne said. Bomb squad personnel were sent to the sight.
The detonated bombs in the Nairobi neighborhood now appear to have claimed more lives than the Westgate Mall shootings that took place last year, where 67 people were killed. Apparently, the al-Qaeda terrorist group from Somalia, accused of shooting and killing shoppers are also being investigated for these latest Kenya bombings.


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Program & Events 2011
Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon Visits Hungary
January 12-14, 2011
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H. Gordon visited Hungary on January 12-14. He met with EU political directors and held bilateral meetings with Hungarian officials. He also met with representatives of non-governmental associations and civil society groups.
Assistant Secretary Gordon spoke at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs on U.S.-EU relations under the Hungarian presidency, and gave interviews to Hungarian Radio and to the Hungarian daily, Magyar Nemzet.
- U.S.-EU Relations Under the Hungarian Presidency - Remarks at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (January 13, 2011)
- Remarks at a luncheon meeting with Hungarian NGOs, civil society, and media (January 13, 2011)
- Interview with Balázs Náray of Kossuth Radio (transcript) (January 13, 2011)
- Interview with Gábor Zord of Magyar Nemzet (January 13, 2011)


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Are you a job seeker who doesn't believe that including a cover letter with every resume will help you stand out? Perhaps it's because you think it's a waste of time or that it won't get read. What if you are wrong and the cover letter does get read? Here are the important elements of all cover letters, just in case:
- Give an Explanation: Cover letters are meant to complement what is on your resume. While your resume should illustrate your skills, achievements, and results, you may want to pick one or two that stand out to you, and refer to them in your cover letter.
- Highlight an Opportunity: If you've been following the company for a while, conducted an informational interview with someone on the inside, or you were referred by someone already working there, use the cover letter as an opportunity to name drop. This should always be done tactfully, but, if one of the above situations is applicable, you will definitely want to take advantage of this. Remember that Hiring Managers often look for in-house employees or referrals when it comes to hiring. This could be your chance.
- Share your Knowledge: Be sure to refer to what you know about the company. For example, if a recent organizational challenge has been highlighted in a report, on social media, or through another avenue, briefly address how you could contribute to the solution. This helps the Hiring Manager to see that you have been following the company and are familiar with its inner workings.
- Illustrate Follow Through: All cover letters should close with an invitation to connect with you. Be sure to follow through with what you say you are going to do. For example, if you say you will follow up on Wednesday, make sure that you actually do follow up on Wednesday, and not Thursday or Friday.
Cover letters are still a great way to demonstrate your strongest skills for the Hiring Manager, especially as a complement to your resume. Next time you apply for a job, ask yourself the following question: If my resume and cover letter were separated, could my cover letter do the job of peaking the Hiring Manager's interest all by itself? If not, then it might be time to review and revise it.


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Alderaan, palace of Lord Xenian, Dark Lord of the Sith, and emperor of the galaxy. Xenian wears a dark jedi robe, a black hood, and has the mask of Darth Revan. Admiral John knocks the door of the emperor's office. John is a short man, with grey hair and a sith uniform.
Xenian: Come in.
John: Sir, we found the Ebon Hawk. I've sent 4 sith assassins, with their starfighters, to get them.
Xenian: Good. Xin will soon be dead!! He will pay for turning Helena against me!!
Meanwhile on the Ebon Hawk.
Xin: So what you and Lando will do?
Jack: I want to learn the ways of the force, to take revenge from the sith.
Lando: I will try to re-establish the jedi order and destroy the sith.
Xin: So, why dont we stay united and attack together the empire?
Lando: Thats a good idea.
Suddenly two black jedi starfighters appear.
Lando: Who are those guys?
Xin: Sith assassins. Lando and Jack, go to the turrets.
Jack and Lando fire at the starfighters, but they have a shield. At the same time Xenian can feel Xin throughout the force.
Xenian: Xin, i shall give you a gift. You shall be given a second chance to save Helena. Force vision!!
Xin: Ahh!!
Xin falls down. When he wakes up he is on the flagship of Xenian, with Helena and Harr.
Xin: That happened 6 months ago.
Helena: We should go to the bridge.
Xin: No, Helena, we will lose.
Helena: We have to try, or the galaxy is doomed. We must at least give some time to Harr to destroy the plans for the nukes.
Xin: I love you.
Helena: Me too.
Helena kisses Xin, and then she enters the bridge. There she finds Xenian.
Helena: Nick. I know that there is still some good in you. Come back. Leave all of this behind.
Xenian: I cant!! I have to rule my new empire. Come with me and we will make things they way we want them to be.
Helena: Only a sith can say things like that. I am sorry.
Helena attacks with her lightsaber Xenian, but Xenian blocks her attacks. Then Xenian uses force storm against Helena, but Helena blocks the force storm and turns it back to Xenian. But Xenian is still strong. He attacks with some lightsaber combos and wounds Helena in her hand.
Xenian: You can still join me and rule together the galaxy. Become my empress. I love you.
Helena: Never. Return to the light side, if you love me, or die!!
Xenian: You are the one that will die.
Helena attacks Xenian and cuts off his one hand.
Xenian: I still have one hand.
Xin: Helena, i will help you.
But suddenly 5 droids attack Xin.
Xin: Fire, fire.
As Xin fires to the droids, he loses his second chance to save Helena. Xenian manages to stab Helena and kill her.
Xin: No!!!!!!!!!!!
Xenian: Do you feel good, that you lost your love for a second time? hahahaha!!
At the same time in the Ebon Hawk.
Harr: Hhaha
Lando: What?? Xin fell down and shouts? Wake him up. We need him.
HK-47: Sir, we have lost our shield.
Jack: Damn it. One more hit and we are dead.
Lando tries to communicate with Xin throughout the force.
Lando: Calm down. Feel the force. Close your eyes.
As Xenian is ready to kill Xin, Xin closes his eyes and wakes up.
Xin: What happened?
Jack: We lost our shield. One more hit, and our journey will end here.
Xin: Go close to one of those starfighters.
Xin wears a space suit and goes at the top of the Ebon Hawk.
Sith assassin: Men, fire at this man on the top of the ship.
Xin jumps on one of the starfighters, opens the door, throws out the assassin and takes control of it.
Harr: Hhaha
Lando: That is just crazy, even for Xin.
Xin: Yea!!! Take this!!
Xin, using the sith starfighter fires at the other three starfighters and destroys them just in time. Then he throws a grenade on his starfighter, jumbs on the top of the Ebon Hawk, and activates the grenade blowing up the starfighter.
Xin: That was a victory.
On the imperial palace.
John: My Lord, the assassins have failed.
Xenian: What? You have failed for the last time admiral.
Xenian force chokes John.
Xenian: Piet, you are admiral now. Do not fail me.
Piet: Of.. of course... sir.
Piet is a humanoid admiral with green skin, red hair and yellow eyes. He wear a blue sith uniform.
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Jazz Report from Montreal
Jazz.com's arnold jay smith has been to the Montreal Jazz Festival so many times, he lost count long ago. But, as he reports below, this long-running event—now three decades old—still offers up surprises. T.G.
The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) celebrated year 30. Thanks to their efficient publicity department you already know that. My personal "handler" on the international press desk was the multinational Carola Duran who instinctively knew how to calm our consternation when we asked for tickets to long sold-out indoor events.
Let's begin with the spanking new physical plant. The new pressroom is in a Canadian government gifted building just off the Festival grounds (Place des Arts). It is spacious and welcoming with a bar serving beer, wine, water, both flat and gaseous, and a new pleasant wrinkle: an espresso machine for coffee, latte and cappuccino, all gratuity. One could spend most of one's time hanging out speaking with fellow fourth estaters you haven't seen in a year(s) or perhaps ever. I was there over our Independence Day weekend (July 2-6)—FIJM ran from June 30-July 12—when the rain came and went not daily, but hourly. No exaggeration that.
As most of the events were presented outdoors you'd think this would have posed an attendance problem. FIJM visitors and locals alike simply raised umbrellas; the ever-fashionable Montréalers donned colorful foul weather gear and boots and carried their Starbucks containers. The temps they were on the cool side.
For example, Stevie Wonder gave a —to the public; he got paid—concert before an audience of upwards of a guestimated quarter million souls. FIJM founder, Andre Menard told me that extra police were called in not to quell any unrest, but for safety reasons as more streets had to be closed. I wasn't there—I eschew large crowds—but I was told by relatives who live nearby that they were sitting so far away that even the allegory of the cave didn't apply. They couldn't see the giant screens and the sound was bouncing off Mont Royal north of Sherbrook (the northern boundary of the festival) where viewers were ensconced. Oh yes, my point: it poured, twice. No one went home.
The executives-in-charge said that overall attendance was the same, but I found more room to move about the Place than in years past. (This may have been my 13th or 14th Only one person south of the 48th parallel has more FIJM sorties and that's WBGO's Michael Bourne with 17. He also wins with more trips to our favorite food haunt, Pizzadelic.)
For the uninitiated FIJM is the largest Jazz Festival in the world with multiple events talking place in- and out-of-doors simultaneously. You can't wander anywhere without hearing music. There's blues, Cajun, klezmer, African, reggae, pop, rock, you name the genre they've got it. If you want the many phases of jazz and only jazz you can have that, too.
Between the dark clouds I drifted to the main Alcan Rio Tinto stage, which still bore a GM logo. [It was announced after my departure that TD (Toronto Dominion Bank) would replace GM as the new lead sponsor.] There appeared to be more youth bands than in years past. One particular band, Stageband La Decouverte, contained players so young—how young were they?—they were so young that the girls appeared to be not yet into training bras, and the boys looked like after they played they were going back to complete the signs on their tree houses, "No Girls Allowed." But they read those stock charts down, let me tell you. Some solos may have been written out for them, but others were not. They swung hard and enthusiastically.
Miles from India . . . to Montreal
The indoor, i.e., ticketed, concerts showed off the festive side of the 30th Anny. This weekend Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck were just two of the headliners. (After his concert Bennett was treated to a visit to Pizzadelic with Bourne.) Brubeck played two Canadian concerts despite his son Michael's death. "I just had to do it for you guys," he told Menard in a teary moment. Both the Bennett and Brubeck were sellouts in the largest venue, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.
As was a concert featuring Al Jarreau with vocalist Molly Johnson as his opener. Johnson does cutesy patter followed by mellower songs, which were pleasant enough. I quickly tired of the patter and the songs went nowhere, for more than an hour. I found out later from some of her Toronto neighbors that she does that same repertoire ad nauseum. Jarreau was not much better. He did his shtick. Now Jarreau shtick is better than a whole lot of others, but shtick it was nonetheless. The packed house dug it; I left early to catch Branford Marsalis next door.
The second largest venue, Theatre Maisonneuve, was home to Marsalis's quartet featuring Joey Calderazzo on keys. Refreshing straight ahead hard blowing bebop extensions is what this band is all about. Powerful doesn't cover the topic. Branford announced the mostly unfamiliar music save Monk's "Rhythm-a-Ning." Even those "Rhythm" changes took on new meaning this night. The sold out house was rapt and attentive and knew when to cheer and applaud loudly. It is so heartwarming to see that. It's one of the reasons I keep coming back to FIJM.
Earlier in Maisonneuve was the bus and truck version of Bob Belden's brilliant and unique conception Miles from India. Some of the personnel on this tour were Nicholas Payton, trumpet, Bill Evans and JJA alto sax winner Rudresh Mahanthappa, saxes, Pete Cosey, guitar, Robert Irving III, keys, drummers Lenny White, Ndugu Chancler and Vince Wilburn plus six Indian musicians, including Badal Roy, on various percussion, sitar and mandolin.
Nicholas Payton (Kris King Photography)
The CD does not do justice to Belden's creation. The Indian musicians are spread out center stage with the western instrumentalists at the edges. The drummers are splayed out in the rear. It is a feast for all the senses as you can feel every pulse. The selections are from Kind of Blue, ESP, Bitches Brew and later electric Miles, all East Indian inflected with ample space for percussive abstracts. This was another "hot ticket" concert with the attendees on their feet clapping rhythmically and screaming for encores.
This was my favorite concert of the weekend.
[An aside here: both the very beautiful and acoustically piquant Wilfred-Pelletier and Theatre Maisonneuve have no center aisle. Each row contains some 30 seats. It appears to me that if you're in the middle, which I was, you have serious problems in an emergency of any kind. I wasn't the only one who noticed.]
In other highlights, saxophonist Sadao Watanabe made a rare Western appearance with an all-Japanese band. Watanabe, an early pop-jazz fusion artist, played a set of familiar-sounding things perfectly performed as his is wont. As I had just arrived after a miserably long and wet drive north from N.Y.C., I fell out early.
Guitars were billed as the featured events for the third year. There was a guitar exhibit and many guitarists played. I caught Frank Vignola doing a short string trio—rhythm guitar and bass—set of Django Reinhardt-flavored tunes, as well as a more traditional trio led by Canadian Sylvain Provost. Nice contrast there as Vignola was hot and fleetingly virtuosic, Provost more laid back.
But for me it was saxophones. Lee Konitz played a set of tunes with an Israeli group called Minsarah. Straight out of the book of his old boss LennieTristano, the alto saxist played pure improvs. As Phil Woods said, "You can't steal a Lee Konitz lick because he hasn't got any," meaning he never repeats anything. The acoustic hall Gesu, which is in the basement of a church, is a perfect venue for Konitz. At one point he put a rag in the bell of his horn as a mute. Gesu is an intimate space where you get to know the players real fast. It's become my favorite.
In addition to Marsalis and Konitz, the pairing of Joshua Redman and Joe Lovano was everything you'd expect. Taking pages from historic tenor duels, the reports from the scalped ticket Gesu was that they blew a hole in the bell tower with "Blues Up 'n' Down," then encored with "Body and Soul." Talk about fire and ice. Chilean reporter Pepe Hosiasson noted that though he was exhausted from his long flight he would not give up his seat. "I fell into bed a very happy man," he said the next day.
In the new Festival Headquarters there is a nightclub which replaced Spectrum, the converted movie theatre that was lost to the wreckers ball. Dubbed Astral, it was there I saw a local ten-piece band with the Franglish title, Le Large Ensemble. Its instrumentation includes a couple of drummers/percussionists, guitarists and a frontline of saxes and trumpet re-imagining music of various styles and composers including Miles Davis.
Speaking of clubs, a highlight of my visits to Montreal, fest or no, is always a visit to Upstairs. Slightly off the beaten path this small venue enjoys crowds that are unusually enthusiastic and knowledgeable. (And the Chilean chef is killing.) This time it was Sheila Jordan, with whom I shared a birthday celebration this past November at Dizzy's Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center. She turned 80; me 70. Ms. Jordan, who loves to say that she loved Charlie Parker so much she married his piano player (first name Duke), did a wonderful creatively improvised set of scat and vocalese. She was accompanied by the local Jeff Johnston Trio, which kept up with her every nuance. Not easy to do.
If it sounds like I was kept busy during my abbreviated stay at FIJM, mix in dinner with cousins and some hang time on the one sunny day and you've got it about right. But I miss that the pressroom was no longer in the hotel where the musicians stay. There I could slap more palms, grab some greeting hugs and exchange road war stories. For me that's an important part of what jazz life is about.
By the way, you need your passport to get in and out of Canada; drivers' license notwithstanding.
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Lagos (WorldStage Newsonline)-- It was quite a challenging effort at sustaining the dream of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Ikeja, Lagos, according to Dr Wale Babalakin, Chairman, Bi-Courtney Limited, the operators of the facility, which flags off its fifth year anniversary on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference as part of activities to mark the anniversary in Lagos, Babalakin said though the company was on its feet, "according to the law", at five, but a lot would have been accomplished if the parties to the concession agreements that brought about the project, complied with them.
To sustain the project up till now, he said the owners had subsidised it with about N12 billion over the years.
Since the commission of the MMA2 in 2007, the operators had run into some hurdles which include the inability to take possession of the old domestic terminal where Arik Air is currently operating from, a development that cut off a major source of revenue.
Babalakin, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said the project suffered a set back over the years with almost half of the land embarked for a four-star hotel taken away. Moreover, he said the concession agreement of 36 years signed with government had provision for the expansion of the terminal and other facilities by the operators if the need arise, and that any development of another domestic airport terminal in Lagos outside the operation of MMA2 operator, would be in violation of the agreement.
He identified the problem facing Nigeria as Nigerian itself, saying it's all about ignorance, deliberate refusal to understand agreement and unnecessary malice.
He said, despite that the disagreements on the concession of the domestic airport were resolved at a meeting where the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was present, some people still refused to comply with what was agreed on.
Besides the hotel aspect of the project which would have been completed if they had not faced the challenges, he said there were yet to fulfilled plans to upgrade the independent power project powering the facility from 1.5mega watt to 5MW, link up the airport with rail system, among others.
On the way forward, he said things were getting better as the company had remained on its feet, even when at certain time cash flow was not there.
The Public Relations Officer of BASL, Steve Omolale-Ajulo, said that the firm is marking the fifth year anniversary as a celebration of the revolution it brought to flight operations through the state-of-the-art terminal.
He said, "The celebration is necessary because MMA2 is the first successful Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the country. With the pioneering initiative, the terminal has become the bench-mark for other airports in the country."
BASL was established as a subsidiary of Bi-Courtney Limited in 2007 with the objective of managing the new MMA2 which was opened in April 2007 after Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal One was razed by fire in May 2000.
MMA2 was built through a public-private partnership (PPP) between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Bi-Courtney Limited on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis. Under this model, the private sector investor is granted a concession to build the airport through privately sourced funds and operate the facility for 36 years, after which it will be transferred to the government.
The project include building the airport terminal, a multi-story car park, an apron, a four-star hotel and a conference centre.


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I'm trying to deactivate some installed software on a Macintosh OS X v10.5.8.
When I launch Adobe Acrobat Pro 9, it comes up fine, but in the Help menu, the "Enter Serial Number..." choice is grayed out. Does this mean that the serial number was never entered or that it has already been entered. If already entered, how do I deactivate this copy? I did the same thing on Adobe Photoshop CS4 with no problem. In Photoshop, there was a "Deactivate" menu choice in the help menu, but in Acrobat, there is no such menu.
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I'm going to begin a series of editorials, starting with this one, dealing with the topic of God's will. The Bible says that God wants all men to come unto Him and that none perish. Thus the topic of salvation is usually front and center whenever Christianity is discussed. How do you crash the party of eternal life in Heaven? Or more politely said, how do you get invited to the party?
I don't have time to delve into all possible answers to this real life puzzle, but let's mention that believing that Jesus is the son of God is the starting point. That viewpoint is a key tenant of Christianity and is as close to a consensus as you'll find among human belief. One school of thought is that believing in Jesus as the savior and having faith that He will save us is the ticket. Some will attach an external experience known as being born again in that acceptance of Jesus. But Jesus also spoke about obedience and the commandments. Where do those two concepts dovetail or don't they?
I'm certainly not prophetic in nature, but I will go out on a limb here and make a prediction on what I see in the world and in the Bible. Scripture says that in the last days, there will be a falling away from truth. False teachers will abound and they will sway people unto fables, a task that won't be hard because people will have itching ears and want to hear things that will bring them pleasure. I truly believe we are in the last days, and that the process of luring men away from God's bedrock truth onto things they want to believe in is in full process. I also predict a great upheaval between two factions of Christianity. That is nothing new, but I think the chasm between these two groups will be larger than any other division in history.
There are people now walking the earth proclaiming that God's grace is applied to our lives even if we don't even attempt to keep God's commandments. That, my friends, is what I refer to as spiritual quicksand. For a more complete view of what is transpiring in this area, I refer you to someone much more qualified than myself to introduce you to the Grace Revolution and the phenomenon known as hyper-grace, cheap grace, greasy grace, etc. among those who see the dangers in this concept of God's will. Dr. Michael Brown has written a book entitled Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message. That book is free on Kindle today (March 6, 2014). You can download it at http://www.amazon.com/Hyper-Grace-Exposing-Dangers-Modern-Message-ebook/dp/B00E78FTKW/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394105009&sr=1-1&keywords=hyper-grace+exposing+the+dangers+of+the+modern+grace+message
I will be dealing with the topic of New Age religion in one of the next editorials. In reading Dr. Brown's awesome book on this topic, I saw that the New Age movement shares a common disregard for the commandments in their approach. A merger of the two might not be an unrealistic outcome. On a side note, a few years ago, a book entitled The Shack went viral. That book also took a dim view of the need to adhere to God's rule book, yet it was embraced with excitement by a large segment of the Christian population. False teachers seem to be standing on every street corner to convince us that we can have a relationship with God without obeying Him. That is the most slippery of slopes.


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Ask Meade head football coach and West assistant coach Scott Moshier about Tanner Wiens and the coach's eyes well up with tears and he gets choked up trying to put into words his pride in coaching Wiens. "He's just a great kid. It's just a joy to get to coach him one more time," Moshier said. "He means so much to me, my family, and our community and that's why we do this and that's why we love him so much. It's hard (coaching him the last time) but that's the way it goes." Wiens was selected to deliver the invocation before the game. Moshier says that comes as no surprise to him. "That's what happens when hard work meets preparation. He prepared and lives his life the way he's supposed to and does the best he can. He had an opportunity and I'm glad he got a chance to do it in front of everybody." Wiens says delivering the invocation meant a lot to him. "It was a great honor to be picked out of all these players to be the one to do that," Wiens said. "It was very nerve racking at the same time."
Wiens played mainly on special teams for the West team in their 14-7 win over the East. He also played some defensive end and racked up six tackles with four coming on special teams. Wiens says he enjoyed the experience. "It's pretty sweet hanging out with all these great players," Wiens said. "Being on the winning side is pretty awesome. With all these all stars in the state, when you come out on top it means a lot." Wiens says the speed of the game picked up a few notches. "It's a lot different than 2A. They're much bigger and quicker than what I'm used to so it took a while to get adjusted to it. But once I did, I think I competed quite well."
Wiens was one of the few players to get to play for his high school coach at the Shrine Bowl. Wiens says that was memorable. "That was pretty special," Wiens said. "Having someone you are familiar with who brings you around. It's great to have him here."
Wiens leaves in eight days for Hutchinson Community College where he will play for LHS graduate Rion Rhoades.
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Watney Unveils 2012-13 Schedule
Head men's golf coach Mike Watney released the 2012-13 schedule.
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2012-13 (Freshman): Did not compete.
Garces Memorial HS: Lettered four years in golf ... first team all-area three years in a row ... four years all-league ... held lowest scoring average in Kern County junior and senior year ... MVP three years in a row ... scoring average of 72.1 per round as a junior ... scoring average of 70.7 per round as a senior.
Personal: Born Arnold Gunner Kirscheenman on February 7, 1994 in Bakersfield, Calif. ... parents are Tara Ashjain and Arnie Kirscheenman ... two younger sisters, Kennedy and Macy ... He was nominated for national youth leaders conference ... favorite athlete in Lebron James because he is the most fun to watch ... biggest athletic thrill in making a hole-in-one ... he most admires his parents because of their continuous support ... chose Fresno State because of the great coach and golf program.
Coach's Comments: Gunner is another in a line of outstanding golfers from Bakersfield who came up to Fresno State. From All-American Chris Houchin to WAC Player of the year Grant Doverspike, to State Amateur Champions like Bhavik Patel, Bakersfield has produced some of the best golfers in the state. I'm excited about Gunner. He comes here with good skills and is eager to learn. That and a love for practice is always a key to improvement. It helps, too, that he can really putt. He is never out of the hole as good as he is with the short stick. He will be fun to watch.
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