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Popular actress and stand-up comedienne Elizabeth Beckwith gives us the parenting guide to end all parenting guides: Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation. A frequent guest on The Late, Late Show and one of seven comics featured in the Time magazine article, "Funny: The Next Generation," Beckwith now puts forth a hilarious new parenting philosophy that would shock Dr. Spock and traumatize T. Berry Brazelton. Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation is a riotously irreverent take on contemporary child rearing.
Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation is not one of those traditional, all-too-earnest parenting guides that, for generations, have sucked all the fun out of child rearing. The foundation of Elizabeth Beckwith's Guilt and Manipulation family philosophy is simple: We do things a certain way, and everyone else is an a**hole.
Is that something you should put on a bumper sticker and slap on your minivan? Of course not—that would be trashy. But in the privacy of your own home, you can employ these essential components of Guilt and Manipulation to mold the little runts ruthlessly yet effectively into children you won't be embarrassed to admit are yours:
- Creating a Team: "Us" vs. "Them"
- How to Scare the Crap Out of Your Child (in a Positive Way)
- Don't Be Afraid to Raise a Nerd
- Mind Control: Why It's a Good Thing
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July 4 marked the second year of the Cortez �Burst� Triathlon, a sprint triathlon consisting of a 50-meter swim, 16-mile bike ride and a 5K run. Eighty-five athletes competed this year, a 30 percent increase from last year, indicating a trend that is likely to continue as word spreads about this great local event.
Julie Thibodeau of Durango, last year�s winner who took first place again this year, had high praise for the race.
�I think this triathlon is great,� Thibodeau said.�I�m surprised more people don�t come over from Durango.�
Somewhat different from last year, the bike portion increased from 11 miles to 16, a change inspired by input from last year�s participants.
�I liked the course change,� Thibodeau said. �Those two hills on the bike were a little rough, and I wasn�t expecting that. I thought it was great, especially that downhill. It was so fast.�
Thibodeau is training for the Durango Double Marathon in October and hopes to compete in an Olympic-distance triathlon in the near future. For now, she says she is done racing and will focus on her marathon training.
Steve Stovall of Durango, a young 71-year-old known for competing in many area triathlons, came out for his second try at this event.
�They do a really amazing job. It is very well organized. I give them a lot of credit,� Stovall said. �My favorite part was the run. I�m a runner cleverly disguised as a triathlete.�
�The bike course was longer, and they added those brutal hills at the end of the first half that just about killed me,� he said. �I can�t wait to come back next year, although it�s beer and aspirin for dinner tonight.�
Heather Foster, a busy mother of four from Cortez, entered this year as an individual, having raced on a team last year. Finding time to train with four small children in tow can be challenging, but Foster is determined to get back in shape and having a goal race helps with that.
�It would have gone better if I hadn�t gotten sick last week,� Foster said, �and if I had a road bike.�
Durangoan Stephanie Milner, competing for the second time in this triathlon, also lauded the event.
�Absolutely, without question, I will probably be here next year,� Milner said.
She cited the pool portion as her favorite segment.
�I�m a swimmer, I like the long pool,� she said. �The bike was a little rough for me. That was quite the extension; coming back was nice.�
Milner�s goal is to do an Olympic-distance triathlon in the near future, and she currently is training for the half-marathon portion of the Durango Double.
�I�ve never run anything more than a 10K,� she said.
The Cortez Burst Triathlon offers a sprint portion, a team category and a children�s race, making it a family-friendly event suitable for all levels of athletes. Just another of the many events available to make Fourth of July holiday memorable.
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OAKLAND -- For the second consecutive October, the Warriors embraced the risk to get a player they really wanted at a discounted price.
Golden State announced Friday it had signed center Andrew Bogut to a contract extension, even though he's missed 104 games the last two seasons. The extension locks up Bogut through the 2016-17 season.
Last year, the Warriors inked Stephen Curry to a four-year, $44 million extension despite looming concerns over his oft-injured right ankle.
"Taking a cue from Joe Lacob, when we see something we like, we try to keep it," Warriors general manager Bob Myers said, referring to the Warriors owner. "We don't want it to hit the market. I think that was the same we felt in regards to Steph. This was an asset we didn't want to lose. So if it meant betting on our player, we were willing to do that. ... Maybe it's a philosophy of the organization."
The base of the Bogut deal, according to multiple sources, is three years, $36 million. That kicks in after this season, for which he will make $14 million. But the extension includes incentives that could push the deal up to nearly $42 million.
For a 15 percent bonus to kick in, Bogut needs to play 65 games and achieve one of the following: All-Star, All-NBA, All-NBA Defense, Defensive player of the year.
Bogut said he knew he didn't live up to his contract last season, playing just 32 games in the regular season, so he was willing to take less guaranteed money and earn the pay of a top-five center.
He said he thought his incentives were "attainable" and "fair."
"We came up with a number that was fair for both parties," Bogut said. "Obviously, I gave up a little bit now from what we could've gotten in the offseason. If you can walk in a straight line and chew gum, there is a premium on 7-footers in the league. I knew that. But I've enjoyed my time in the Bay here ... so once we came to some common ground, it was a no-brainer for me."
Bogut's contract also descends in value, starting at about $13 million for next season and ending at about $11 million in the final year. That gives the Warriors a little more salary-cap flexibility, which will matter when it's time for guard Klay Thompson's extension next offseason. And forward Harrison Barnes' the year after that.
"I'm a firm believer," Bogut said, "that NBA teams that are successful have their core groups together for a number of years and they make tweaks along the way. OKC (Oklahoma City) is a prime example of that. ... I think we're going in that same direction. I like what we've got on paper."
At the end of last season, the Warriors told Bogut they wanted to keep him long term. Bogut said the management's willingness to reward him for the sacrifice he made in the playoffs made him feel good about avoiding free agency.
The two agreed to begin negotiations in October provided Bogut was healthy. Both parties wanted to get a deal done before the season began or table it until next offseason. Bogut said the deadline was Friday because he didn't want that in his head while preparing for the season opener.
Bogut said inking the new deal doesn't put added pressure on him. But it does mark the end of a trying chapter of his career. He's fought back from what he called "a dark place," feeling the effects of a broken left ankle for most of two seasons.
The Warriors' signing him to an extension validates him. He said the lure of free agency lost out to faith the Warriors have shown in him and the chance to be part of what Golden State is building.
Certainly, if Bogut had a dominant season this year, his price tag would skyrocket and put the Warriors in a tough spot. But Myers said Golden State wasn't willing to take that risk.
"He's the type of player you want to bet on," Myers said. "You have to take risks in this business. You're never entirely sure how they're going to work out. But for us, he's a character guy, he's a leader on the team, he's about winning, he's a competitor. ... We feel like him as the starting center for our franchise puts us in a good position."
Friday afternoon, Golden State announced it had exercised options on three players: Thompson, Barnes and center Festus Ezeli. By the evening, they were announcing the Bogut deal.
Andrew Bogut's talents have never been in question. Whether the former No. 1 overall pick can remain on the court remains to be seen. The center has played a full 82-game schedule only once in his career (his rookie season in 2005-06). Here's a look at his year-by-year statistics:
Year G PPG RPG
05-06 82 9.4 7.0
06-07 66 12.3 8.8
07-08 78 14.3 9.8
08-09 36 11.7 10.3
Year G PPG RPG
09-10 69 15.9 10.2
10-11 65 12.8 11.1
11-12* 12 11.3 8.3
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|Preface/Table of Contents
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|Gongyo: The Practice for Oneself
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|Practice for Others
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|What Is Kosen-rufu?
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|"The Three Kinds of Treasure," Part 2: "Treasuring Each Person"—The Guiding Spirit of Our Actions as Genuine Practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism
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Police in Southern California say that NBC Sports announcer Al Michaels has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
Santa Monica police Sgt. Thomas McLaughlin says Michaels was taken into custody Friday night. McLaughlin could provide no additional details, but the Los Angeles Times reported that Michaels was nabbed at a DUI checkpoint.
The newspaper said on its website that he was taken to the police station for a Breathalyzer test that recorded his alcohol level as .08 percent, the legal limit. He was given a citation and released early Saturday.
"He was evaluated for suspicion of DUI, brought to the station for a Breathalyzer test, and it came out .08, which was at the legal limit, so he was released on a citation at about 3 or 4 in the morning,'' the newspaper said Sgt. William Heric told City News Service. "He was cooperative and polite the whole time.''
Greg Hughes, a spokesman for NBC Sports, says the company "is aware of the situation" and has been in contact with Michaels. Hughes had no further comment.
A call Sunday by The Associated Press to Michaels' agent was not immediately returned.
An Emmy Award winner and broadcaster on "Sunday Night Football," the 68-year-old Michaels spent nearly three decades at ABC Sports before moving to NBC in the 2007.
Michaels worked NFL games and other sports for ABC, and called "Monday Night Football" for nearly 20 years. He also is known for his call of the U.S.-Soviet Union "Miracle on Ice" game at the 1980 Winter Olympics.


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A Brookville woman was killed and a toddler badly injured in a Franklin County crash.
State troopers said 24-year-old Brittany Dennison was driving an SUV shortly before 11 a.m. Monday when her vehicle was struck by a semi-trailer driven by 28-year-old Harjodh Singh Chahal, of Guelph, Ontario, on state Route 1.
Investigators said the trailer may have crossed the center line.
Dennison was pronounced dead at the scene, and a toddler in her car was taken to Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, where the child was listed in critical condition.
Chahal was not injured in the crash, which remains under investigation.
The road was shut down between state Route 101 and Reservoir Road for six hours while the crash was investigated.


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But in dark scenes there was a huge loss of detail, sometimes people seemed like black cardboards with two white spots for eyes. In daylight scenes it seemed more normal, so I don't think it's lack of luminosity in my tv. I don't think there is any processing in my laptop, as the CPU was at a minimum. But since I'm a noob regarding video in general and PMS, maybe there is some quality downgrade I'm not aware. I didn't set any parameters in PMS, the video file has subtitles in an external file. I first thought maybe it was adjusting quality to network conditions, but when the laptop was running on wifi it just kept stalling, so it doesn't seem it adjusts anything to network conditions.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Jeramie Marek of Texas A&M - Corpus Christi baseball has been named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Pepsi. Marek earned the award following his performance against Texas – Pan American and McNeese State last week.
Senior Jeramie Marek had a big week leading up to his final home game as an Islander, hitting .538 while driving in three runs and scoring four. On Tuesday against UTPA, Marek went 2-for-4 at the plate with a stolen base to add to his school-record 41 in a career. Friday night against McNeese State, he went 2-for-4 again with a run scored.
On Senior Day, Marek went a perfect 3-for-3 with a sacrifice fly, three RBI and two runs scored to help the Islanders to an 11-2 win and a series victory. He also had 12 putouts and 10 assists while not committing an error in the field.
Marek and the Islanders will take on Lamar in the second-to-last series of the regular season this weekend.
Keep up-to-date with GoIslanders.com each week to see who is named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi. Also, for the latest information, follow Islanders Athletics on Twitter (@Go_Islanders) and Facebook (Islanders Athletics).
2011-12 GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi Weekly Winners:
9-7-11: Jessica Korda, Volleyball
9-13-11: Brooke Alverson, Volleyball
9-20-11: Patrick Kimeli, Cross Country
9-27-11: Aurelien Tave, Men's Tennis
10-4-11: Isabella Arcidiacono, Volleyball
10-11-11: Nikki Dunn, Women's Golf
10-18-11: Ryann White, Women's Golf; Micah Nolan, Volleyball
10-25-11: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
11-1-11: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
11-8-11: Patrick Kimeli, Cross Country
11-15-11: Patrick Kimeli, Cross Country
11-23-11: Myeisha Myles, Women's Basketball
11-29-11: Myron Dempsey, Men's Basketball
12-6-11: Alisa Roberts, Women's Basketball
12-20-11: Chris Hawkins-Mast, Men's Basketball
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1-9-12: Johnathan Jordan, Men's Basketball
1-24-12: Fernando Llorens, Men's Tennis
1-30-12: Terence Jones, Men's Basketball
2-7-12: Verne'qua Taylor, Women's Basketball
2-13-12: Aurelien Tave, Men's Tennis
2-21-12: Adam Hoelscher, Baseball
2-28-12: Shakelia Coleman, Track and Field
3-6-12: Chris Hawkins-Mast, Men's Basketball
3-13-12: Daniel Minor, Baseball
3-20-12: Brandi Huff, Women's Track and Field
3-27-12: Greta Cecchetti, Softball
4-3-12: Mia Matuszak, Women's Tennis
4-10-12: Santiago Ruiz, Baseball
4-17-12: Greta Cecchetti, Softball
4-24-12: Aurelien Tave, Men's Tennis
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OAKLAND -- On Nov. 7, 1940, a 4-month-old bridge aptly nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" twisted apart in 35-knot winds, collapsed into Puget Sound and forever changed the way engineers designed bridges.
To avert a similar catastrophe on the new Bay Bridge, ironworkers are hanging 700 square steel plates beneath the deck.
The panels will counteract the forces that brought down the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington, when a combination of the wind and the structure's natural vibration frequency sent the span into a self-destructive cycle. "The panels create a vortex and disrupt the wind flow effect that could generate another Gertie," Caltrans senior construction engineer Rob Kobal said during a firsthand look at the panels' installation last week. "After the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse, wind vortex panels became a common feature on suspension bridges."
To show off the work, Kobal led a reporter and photographer from this newspaper to the bridge's white railing.
"You don't have a problem with heights, do you?" he asked.
They followed Kobal over the railing, and descended via a ladder onto the platform of one of the newly installed maintenance "travelers" -- a movable platform -- suspended 150 feet above San Francisco Bay.
The five travelers -- one for each direction on the two side-by-side road decks and bicycle-pedestrian path -- have their own story.
Fabricated and assembled in Santa Fe Springs in Southern California, they hang on two steel tracks from the underside of the bridge. They operate on compressed air piped from each end of the bridge and move 20 to 50 feet per minute.
The travelers provide safe exterior access to the 2,047-foot steel suspension segment, which requires frequent inspection and painting. The adjacent 1.2-mile skyway is concrete and has no traveler.
"The travelers are integral to making sure the bridge meets its 150-year life span," Kobal said.
On this day, ironworkers from Local 378 in Oakland used one of the 119-foot-wide travelers as a suspended vantage point from which to install the wind vortex plates -- roughly 3-foot square steel sheets as thick as a cellphone and 140 pounds apiece.
The four men worked together like well-rehearsed actors.
Ironworker Kevin Karber, of Concord, manned the traveler's helm and carefully engaged the throttles, one for each track.
It handles "like a bulldozer," he said. "You have to be careful you don't get the two sides out of sync."
Once in position, they attached a panel to the hoist. They started and stopped the lift to line up the panel's pre-drilled holes with those on the bracket already bolted into the deck.
They slid bolts into each of the holes and twisted on the corresponding nuts, handing off materials and tools and exchanging hand signals as they moved from one panel to the next.
The vortex panels are hung vertically in sets of 10 at alternating angles from the bottom of the deck. Only boaters will see them; most motorists will never even know they are there.
The panels were thoroughly tested on a scale model of a self-anchored suspension span placed in a wind tunnel and analyzed at West Wind Labs in Monterey, Kobal said.
"The Bay Bridge won't be doing any galloping," Kobal said.
Contact Lisa Vorderbrueggen at 925-945-4773 or Twitter.com/lvorderbrueggen.
See what happened to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, also known as "Gallopin' Gertie," on Nov. 7, 1940, just four months after it opened at http://youtu.be/j-zczJXSxnw.


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1A hollow object, typically made of metal and having the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, typically by means of a clapper inside: the church bells tolled a bell tinkled as he went in the shop [as modifier]: the bell chamber of the church spire
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- He partook of a leisurely breakfast, and set off to the sound of church bells in the clear air.
- The whole is accompanied by a ghostly, premonitory sound of deep tolling bells.
- It wasn't a bright sound like most bells, but more hollow and deep.
1.1A device that includes or sounds like a bell, used to give a signal or warning: a bicycle bell
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- The warning bell rang signaling two minutes before their next class.
- The warning bell for dinner rang, signaling for the household to start getting ready for dinner.
- Having just begun a fearsome maths test I still remember the surge of relief when the electric bell sounded its continuous warning.
1.2 (the bell) A bell rung to denote intervals of time, such as (in boxing and other sports) to mark the start or end of a round: at the bell, we dashed out of Latin class the fight went to the final bell for a decision
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- Two minutes after the bell for round one, Liston was the new undisputed champ.
- Just as the bell ended the fifteenth round, Frazier put his hands up and yelled something at Ali.
- Right before the bell for the first round the anticipation was high.
2A bell-shaped object or part of something.
2.1The end of a trumpet or other brass instrument: the acoustic properties of a trumpet's bell
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- He made me an unbelievable trumpet with carvings and designs and a big double bell, like a space-age trumpet.
- The bell of the trumpet is decorated with a garland bearing the maker's name and the place where the instrument was made.
- Researchers in Germany have been looking carefully at the after glow of the big bang and have decided that the universe is shaped like a trumpet bell.
2.2 Botany The corolla of a bell-shaped flower: a flower with small, pale blue bells
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- Great black bees make their way from the bell of one flower to the petals of the next.
- The citron yellow or red tinged flowers are also worth having, hanging bells on tall stalks that dance in the wind and give way to upright seed heads for autumn interest.
- Salvia confertiflora is a half-hardy salvia with delicate orange bells along its stem.
2.3 Zoology The umbrella of a jellyfish: the tiny jellyfish has a bell measuring five to ten millimeters wide
3 (bells) A musical instrument consisting of a set of cylindrical metal tubes of different lengths, suspended in a frame and played by being struck with a hammer. Also called tubular bells.
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- Working with sampled bells, gongs and prepared piano, he then uses electronic equipment to process this first layer and continues to build up his compositions.
- He planted the two harps in front of the orchestra, on either side of his rostrum, and banished bells and drums to the unseen backstage.
- The overture is similar to its more illustrious counterpart from Tchiakovsky and it also has bells in its final moments.
4 Nautical (Preceded by a numeral) the time as indicated every half hour of a watch by the striking of the ship's bell one to eight times: at five bells in the forenoon of June 11
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- The bell tolled the last of eight bells in the afternoon on Dolphin.
- Hornblower left the first watch at four bells, entered the cabin, and sat writing in the log by the light of a single candle and the ceiling lantern.
- Eight bells brought him back from the run before the wind.
1 [with object] Provide with a bell or bells; attach a bell or bells to: the young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them (as adjective belled) animals in gaudy belled harnesses
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- She readjusted her jingling belled hat.
- He tilted his head, his belled hat jingling faintly, when the king just sputtered, red-faced, instead of answering his question.
- Oh yes, and health inspectors should be belled like lepers.
3 [no object] Spread or flare outward like the lip of a bell: her shirt belled out behind
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- He was wearing a red V-neck shirt with long sleeves that belled out near the hands, white jeans, and black slip-on shoes with thick white socks.
- It had a low cut V-neck, and the sleeves belled out into dramatic triangular petals.
- Her green dress belled out around her with the speed of his dancing, and she felt like magic…
be saved by the bell
- (In boxing and other sports) avoid being counted out by the ringing of the bell at the end of a round.Example sentences
- He was knocked down twice in the ninth round and was saved by the bell.
- He was saved by the bell from a fourth round knock-out.
- In the ninth round the champion was saved by the bell.
- 1.1Escape from danger narrowly or by an unexpected intervention.Example sentences
- As with most other remarkable escapes, Morgan is saved by the bell.
- They were saved by the bell when a courtly looking man, most likely a bodyguard, showed up out of nowhere, went up to the podium, and promptly announced that there was a bomb threat on the building.
- I was saved by the bell and reached for salvation before anyone else dreamed of moving - they were trying to wake up from their peaceful slumber.
bell the cat
- Take the danger of a shared enterprise upon oneself.An allusion to a fable in which the mice (or rats) suggest hanging a bell around the cat's neck to have warning of its approachExample sentences
- Warner is to be lauded for his courage to bell the cat, albeit at the eleventh hour, and close this unfortunate chapter in the country's footballing history, by replacing St Clair.
- But the burning question is: who will bell the cat?
- Though the industry had been deliberating at length over the crisis for long, they failed to evolve a consensus and ultimately the exhibitors had to step in to bell the cat.
bells and whistles
- informal Attractive additional features or trimmings: an advocate of more bells and whistles on the income tax codeAn allusion to the various bells and whistles of old fairground organsMore example sentences
- It has enough bells and whistles to satiate special effects fans, but not too many to cheapen the overall film.
- If you can live without the latest bells and whistles, then used equipment may be for you.
- They want an integrated system with all the bells and whistles of high-end storage as standard features.
(as) clear (or sound) as a bell
- Perfectly clear or sound: Aunt Nora's words came clear as a bellMore example sentences
- 'Hi, this is Roger,' said my buddy Roger - his voice clear as a bell on the answer phone.
- When I got up the next morning, the dream was still clear as a bell, and it continues to stay with me until this day.
- It switches between being clear as a bell, and being murky and distant.
ring a bell
- informal Revive a distant recollection; sound familiar: the name Woodall rings a bellMore example sentences
- If the name rings a bell, it is because he might have helped you buy a book, film or album.
- While her name might not ring a bell in the minds of most people, the festival will screen a 'snippet' from her body of work titled 'Harlequin'.
- One of the country's legendary tenor saxophone players, his name might not ring a bell for those who are not in tune with Jazz in India, but he deserves to be remembered.
with bells on
- informal Enthusiastically: everybody's waiting for you with bells onMore example sentences
- I mean, even if she didn't feel well, she would be there with bells on.
- I'll be there with bells on, I promise - but what about the game?
- The audience is likely to show up for 'A Christmas Classique,' by pianist Lorie Line and her pop chamber orchestra, with bells on.
Words that rhyme with bellAdele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell
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bell 2
The cry of a stag or buck at rutting time.
Example sentences
- Our guides will have you listen to the bell of the stag at the mating season or observe the animals from watch towers.
- We organise evening visits to the animal reserve on these two special weekends to listen to the stag's bell and the clashing of the antlers as the animals fight.
verb[no object]
(Of a stag or buck) make a cry at rutting time.
Example sentences
- The wood in the half-light waking at daybreak to the belling of stags that bursts into barks.
- During the rut in October and November you can hear the stags belling or roaring.
- My very earliest memories are of picnics with my mother beneath the great trees in Richmond Park in London, of red deer stags belling in rut, of lightning and thunder.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a proposed residential subdivision in Killdeer could impact nearby Spring Creek.
The Dickinson Press reports (http://bit.ly/QC8smH ) that the corps is taking public comment on the project until Dec. 17.
The corps says the project has the potential to impact an estimated 1,815 feet of stream bed and change the flow and circulation of the water patterns through expansion of the channel width.
Killdeer Mayor Dan Dolechek says additional housing is "very much needed" in the town due to oil activity.
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Uncovering America's Heritage... Coin by Coin
Benjamin Franklin "Scientist" Silver Dollar
Hello, everyone. I can't wait to tell you about January's Coin of the Month. This coin honors my hero, Benjamin Franklin!
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, so this year is the 300th anniversary of his birth. He grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. As a young man, Franklin learned about the newspaper business by working as an apprentice (someone being trained) at his brother's newspaper.
When Franklin was 17, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he started his own newspaper. Everyone was soon reading his Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin wrote many of its articles himself.
Franklin enjoyed writing, and he also enjoyed doing scientific experiments. In his most famous one, Franklin studied lightning and proved that it was made of electricity. During a thunderstorm, he flew a kite with a key tied to its string. (Don't try this very dangerous experiment yourself!)
So Franklin was both a writer and a scientist, but he's my hero for a different reason: because he liked to invent things (just like I do). He invented swim fins, bifocals (glasses that help people see both near and far away), a musical instrument called an "armonica" (which makes music from glass bowls), and the Franklin stove (a metal stove that gives off more heat than a fireplace).
Yes, he was a great man. Even though he lived to a good old age, he must have kept pretty busy to be able to do so many wonderful things. In fact, there are two coins that honor Franklin this January. Read about the other design, called "Founding Father," on the "Commemorative Coins" page.


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Tuesday, 05/05/1992
Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH
Set 1: GolgiGolgi Apparatus, CurtainThe Curtain, Sparkle, Stash, Rift, GuelahGuelah Papyrus[1], DividedDivided Sky, IDKI Didn't Know, It's Ice > Glide > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Set 2: CDTChalk Dust Torture, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, ATRAll Things Reconsidered, Foam, Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove[2], HorseThe Horse > SilentSilent in the Morning, Poor Heart, Llama, Cold as Ice > Love You > Cold as Ice, CoilThe Squirming Coil, Cavern
[1] Secret Language.
[2] Rhode Island references.
Average Song Gap: 2.1
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Guelah included use of the Secret Language. Weekapaug contained references to Rhode Island. During Love You, there was "Don't try this at home" banter regarding Fish's vacuum. The joking was subsequently referenced in Contact. There are no known audience recordings of the first set in circulation.
Song Distribution:
7 A Picture of Nectar
6 Rift
4 Junta
3 Lawn Boy
2 Stash
2 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1992 Spring Tour."


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FRISCO - Summit Stage driver Mark Felber was operating a local bus route when he noticed a bright yellow check-engine light glowing on the dashboard.
He called in the problem but was told to keep driving. There were no backup buses available.
The following afternoon, a red light came on.
Felber was again told to keep driving.
Multiple Summit Stage bus drivers have reported reoccurring maintenance and mechanical problems on the vehicles, from loose lug nuts and doors that won't open to alarms and warning lights.
"We've had a string of issues," Felber said. "Drivers still get told to deal with malfunctioning buses because there are no spare buses."
Officials say there are spare buses but not as many as there used to be. The Summit Stage fleet has been reduced by six buses and another bus is out of commission after a crash earlier this year. The bus driver was not at fault in the collision.
County officials who oversee the administration of the Summit Stage say drivers' reports of vehicle problems or maintenance concerns are always conveyed immediately to mechanics with a private company. If the mechanic decides the issue can wait until the vehicle's next visit to the shop, the bus remains on the road.
"Whenever we have a driver call in with a maintenance issue, we take caution to check with a mechanic and describe the problem," assistant county manager Thad Noll said.
But drivers also question the capability of those mechanics.
In 2011, Summit County government outsourced the maintenance of its entire fleet, including the Summit Stage, to a private company called First Vehicle Services.
When First Vehicle began maintaining the Summit Stage fleet, all but three of the county's mechanics were hired on with the new company. Two years later, drivers say none of those original mechanics remain.
Drivers say their replacements don't have the same level of experience.
"It seems like the problem they're having is they can't find any mechanics," driver Dave Ross said. "And the mechanics they do have are great people, don't get me wrong; they just don't have as much experience as they ideally should. Combine that with the cost of living up here, they cannot keep the place staffed."
First Vehicle declined to comment on the local turnover rate, saying only it is the company's goal to provide customers with dedicated and highly-trained maintenance professionals.
Contracting vehicle maintenance to a private company was introduced as a cost-saving measure during the recession. The cost of maintenance increased in the year that followed by more than $250,000, though county officials attributed the increased expense to the aging fleet's existing problems, which had to be fixed when First Vehicle took over repairs two years ago.
But drivers say the vehicles aren't noticeably more reliable than they were before.
"We'd be out on the road and we'd have a problem," recently retired driver and president of the local union Cathy Brosius said. "And we'd hear that from other drivers that it was a problem the day before and the day before that."
Representatives of First Vehicle, which manages a team of mechanics who work out of the county-owned maintenance building in Frisco, said buses with reported maintenance problems are always pulled from circulation immediately.
"The safety and security of the county drivers and their passengers is a top priority for our maintenance team and something we take great pride in," spokesman Timothy Stokes stated in an email. "Any time a driver or passenger reports an issue with any vehicle we maintain it is our practice to immediately remove that vehicle from service and correct the issue before that vehicle is permitted to go back into the fleet."
First Vehicle is a national company that claims to manage more than 38,000 vehicles and promises to provide "solutions that reduce costs, create efficiencies and increase reliability," according to its website.
The county is exploring the possibility of contracting the management of the Summit Stage operation, and has discussed the idea with First Vehicle.


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Backup up your GoogleMail locally with getmail
To the chagrin of their competitors, GoogleMail seems to have become almost as synonymous with webmail as Google has with search engine (recently my six year old was explaining to me how he Googled for something at school). GoogleMail is a useful tool and has a lot of advantages over traditional client-server mail accounts, particularly if you are on the move. To be honest those sorts of advantages are present in pretty much any webmail setup: I'm just concentrating on GoogleMail because it's by my experience the most popular. But GoogleMail has one disadvantage, all your messages are stored on Google's servers. If you lose access to Google service or to your account then you lose your e-mails. Fear not oh free software lover, help is at hand in the form of the very useful getmail.


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With two Durango runners on base and a 3-3 tie looming over the bottom of the eighth, DHS head softball coach John Bernazzani interrupted Augustus Brockus as she walked to the plate.
�I grabbed her helmet mask and said, �Gus, this is where you want to be.��
It was.
�As soon as the ball left the bat I knew the girls were getting ready to celebrate,� Bernazzani said.
Brockus drove a single to the right-center field gap to send Mercy Lashway home and complete a four-run comeback over Montezuma-Cortez that started with just one inning left.
It was Brockus� second RBI on her third hit Friday at Aspen Field on the Fort Lewis College campus.
�By far the most dramatic game this season, indeed,� Bernazzani said. �It�s a blur now because it was so exciting.�
DHS (5-9) had nine hits.
�We were able to come up with it before all the sand ran out of the hourglass there at the end,� Bernazzani said.
Lexy Vidunas faced her critical moment in the top of the eighth, when with two runners on base and two outs, she picked up a strikeout to end the inning.
�They didn�t give up,� Bernazzani said. �They showed themselves what they were made of.�


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pounce 1
verb[no object]
1(Of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey: as he watched, a mink pounced on the vole
More example sentences
- The cat pounced on it and took the meat to the back of the bar, under a pool table with a scarred, green felt surface.
- One of the monkeys pounced on a woman holding a child, biting her arm before leaping back into the tree.
- I was quite happy with that, so I couldn't believe it when the dog pounced on my dog.
1.1(Of a person) spring forward suddenly so as to attack or seize someone or something: the gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground
More example sentences
- Suddenly her pounced on her and they both went under and came up laughing.
- We were escorted into this dressing room, where all these people pounced on us with cases of make-up and racks of clothing.
- I wanted to jump up and hug Jimmy tightly, but he already pounced on me.
jump on, spring on, leap on, swoop (down) on, dive at, drop down on, lunge at, bound at, fall on, set on, make a grab for, take by surprise, take unawares, catch off-guard, attack suddenly;
ambush, mug
informal jump
1.2Notice and take swift advantage of a mistake or sign of weakness: the paper pounced on her admission that she is still a member of CND
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- Pedants pounce on such tell-tale signs that what purports to be an image of Shakespeare is really an idealised image of the biographer himself.
- Critics will pounce on their every mistake as evidence that paying teachers for performance is a bad idea.
- Then the Tigers pounce on opponents' mistakes.
1A sudden swoop or spring.
Example sentences
- The time between the pounce and the jump seemed an eternity, although it was only seconds.
- Really and truly it was never going to end in this contest against a home side, who have won their last number of games on the pounce.
- Intensely intimate couplings, ballistic kicks, feral pounces and feisty rolling hips raise the energy level in his Philadelphia rehearsal studio into the red zone.
Late Middle English (as a noun denoting a tool for stamping or punching): origin obscure, perhaps from puncheon1. The noun sense 'a bird's claw' arose in the late 15th century and gave rise to the verb (late 17th century).
Words that rhyme with pounceannounce, bounce, denounce, flounce, fluid ounce, jounce, mispronounce, ounce, pronounce, renounce, trounce
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noun[mass noun]
2Powdered charcoal or other fine powder dusted over a perforated pattern to transfer the design to the object beneath.
Example sentences
- As actual practice can demonstrate, if a pricked design is pounced from its verso, the pounce marks register more distinctly, than if pounced from the recto.
verb[with object]
1Smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice.
Example sentences
- The example shown in Plate IX is unusual for its green ground, which was achieved by pouncing the surface with copper oxide while the clay was damp.
2Transfer (a design) by the use of pounce.
Example sentences
- Surviving examples of drawings that have been pounced are indeed disfigured by cloudy smears of charcoal dust.
Late 16th century (as a verb): from French poncer, based on Latin pumex 'pumice'.
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2013 CROSS COUNTRY (FRESHMAN): Ran in five races during his freshman campaign … Placed 4th (39:02) in the 8-mile race at the Rio Grande Valley Classic with running partner Edgar Martinez … finished 32nd in the 8k race at the Southland Conference Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran for Robert Castaneda at Moody High School in Corpus Christi … qualified for state in cross country his senior season with the Trojans … from 2010-2013 he earned his way into the regional track meet.
PERSONAL: Born Daniel Guerrero on April 27, 1995 in Austin … parents are Simon and Gloria Guerrero … is the only son of the family, as he has three sisters.


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4.1-12 Revocation of Offer
Revised to January 1, 2008
The (offeror:
defendant / plaintiff)1 claims
that (he/she/it) revoked the offer on <date> when
(he/she) <describe action which allegedly constitutes
The (offeror:
defendant / plaintiff) may revoke the offer at any time
before the (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) has accepted
it. Revocation is not effective unless it is communicated
to the (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) before (he/she/it)
has accepted the offer. Therefore, if you find that at the
time the (offeror: defendant's / plaintiff's) action had the
effect of communicating (his/her/its) revocation of the
offer to the (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) on <date>,
the revocation of the contract was valid unless you find
that the (offeree: defendant / plaintiff) had accepted the
offer before <date>.
1 The term "offeror"
and "offeree" have been inserted above as a guide. The
charge should be given in terms of the "plaintiff" or the
"defendant," depending on which one is the offeror and which
one the offeree.
1 Restatement
(Second), Contracts § 42, p. 113 & § 68, p. 163 (1981); 1
Page, Contracts, § 134, pp. 204-205; MD Drilling and
Blasting v. MLS Construction, LLC, 93 Conn. App. 451,
455-56 (2006).
This rule may
not apply if the contract expressly sets forth a time
limitation for acceptance.
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It smelled like sugar and spice and something else nice in the kitchen of St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church on Monday where volunteers were baking baklava and lots of it for the 54th annual Greek Festival.
The three-day event kicks off Friday and requires a lot of cooks in the kitchen.
"It's Labor Day, so we labor," Gayle Maduros said as she rattled off the ingredients for the Greek pastry being assembled by scores of helpers. "We have 400 pounds of chopped walnuts, 500 pounds of butter, 300 pounds of phyllo dough."
And gallons and gallons of a syrup concocted with sugar, water, honey, lemon and cinnamon.
Maduros is kind enough to share the recipe for baklava for those who want to make the layered pastry at home.
But they will have plenty at this weekend's festival, and you all are invited.
"Everyone loves the food, the music, the dancing. It's a chance for the whole community to come together. There's a Greek word philoxenia, which means hospitality, and we welcome everyone," the Rev. Pete Sotiras, who leads the faithful at St. Basil, said of the festival, which opens at noon Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the church on March Lane. "It's also a chance for those who are curious to learn more about our faith by taking a church tour."
As he spoke, bakers were busy layering the baklava and still others were setting up booths outdoors for the festival.
Rick Gaines, who helps oversee the event, said there will be plenty of tasty food such as gyros, dolmas and those yummy pastries.
The youth group is using some of the baklava for a ice cream sundae booth.
"But don't wait until Sunday night to come out," Gaines said. "Because sometimes, we do run out at the end."
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Combining with an extracellular signal and transmitting the signal across the membrane by activating an associated G-protein; promotes the exchange of GDP for GTP on the alpha subunit of a heterotrimeric G-protein complex.
Combining with an odorant and transmitting the signal from one side of the membrane to the other to initiate a change in cell activity in response to detection of smell.
The series of events involved in the perception of smell in which an olfactory chemical stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal.
A series of molecular signals that proceeds with an activated receptor promoting the exchange of GDP for GTP on the alpha-subunit of an associated heterotrimeric G-protein complex. The GTP-bound activated alpha-G-protein then dissociates from the beta- and gamma-subunits to further transmit the signal within the cell. The pathway begins with receptor-ligand interaction, or for basal GPCR signaling the pathway begins with the receptor activating its G protein in the absence of an agonist, and ends with regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. The pathway can start from the plasma membrane, Golgi or nuclear membrane (PMID:24568158 and PMID:16902576).
The series of events required for an organism to receive an olfactory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Olfaction involves the detection of chemical composition of an organism's ambient medium by chemoreceptors. This is a neurological process.


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Here is a full transcription of Jeff Faraudo's interview with former Cal football coach Jeff Tedford:
"I do feel relaxed, and yes I do have the itch. Got a chance to take a deep breath and kind of step back a little. You get on that treadmill and there's never really a minute where you're not thinking about some phase of it. That was very difficult in the beginning because you just become so accustomed to every second of the day is used for some thought of the program, where it be coaches or players or recruiting or discipline or academics -- all the things that go into it. It's a non-stop thing. There was a transition there that was a little difficult. It's almost like detox.
"I got through that after probably a month, then to be able to spend some time with my kids and my wife. I feel like I'm much more at ease now., I'm not as tense. It's been good. This whole thing is going to give me a chance to reflect on things I can do better and differently. I do have the itch, no question, to start the next chapter."
"We had conversations before that game, a week or so leading up to that game. Then afterwards it wasn't really a long conversation. Her decision had been made and there wasn't really anything I could say."
"They said they would get back to me the next day. She was going to convene with whoever she was talking to. Then we had a conference call with the chancellor and the vice-chancellor. Then the next day we had another meeting and that's when she said they were going a different direction."
"I didn't know which way it was going to go. After it was all said and done, I think their minds were made up a couple weeks before."
"No. Once it came down, it was, `We're going a different direction.' It was very cut and dried. No explanations. The week before we talked about some things we felt like needed to improve. I kind of told her how we could improve and how I could improve. It was a tough season. I'd never seen anything like the injury piece. Mainly (we talked) about how we could improve academically, which I thought we had. There needed to be some pieces in place for that as far as support. I suggested there were some things I felt could make us more successful in a lot of different areas.
"Going in it kind of felt like her and I were talking as a team. Afterward, I didn't think we were really acting as a team. Once it was my turn to tell the chancellor what we could do and I was excited about the future and wanted the opportunity to put us back to where we could be -- and I was very confident we could do that -- I was kind of on my own at that point. That's why I believe the decision had already been made."
"It's hard to say. I think the chancellor had a lot to say about it. I don't really know what her opinion was about it. I think the decision was made by her and the chancellor."
"I didn't feel any pressure. It's always the same feeling. You're driven to be successful for the kids, for the university, not so much by a financial piece. I understand people need to be in the seats, but I'm not going to do anything differently today than I did yesterday because of the financial piece. It's really driven to be successful for the university, for our program, for the student-athletes. That's what drove me every day to try to be our best."
"It was very tough. They gave me about an hour to get it all done, then collected my keys. I told the staff initially. I think the staff already knew because they'd sent an email out to all the senior people on campus. On one of the emails was (to strength) coach (Mike) Blasquez. He knew before I knew probably. I left from that meeting straight to my coaches, and they already knew.
"(The meeting was) pretty somber. It was a pretty emotional time, as you can imagine. I was overwhelmed. I told the players at some point I want to have a chance to hug every one of you. When the meeting was over, they all lined up on their own and I got a chance to give them all a hug."
"There's two sides to every coin, there's people on both sides of it I'm sure. I thought it was great. It was comforting to know there were a lot of people who valued the work that we had done and had trust and confidence that we could make the transition and come back, and felt like we deserved a chance to do that. I got cards and letters and emails after it happened. I never looked at the media, but I didn't have my head buried in the sand, either."
"It was a trying year, there's no doubt about it. Starting with the impression that the recruiting class fell apart. We had a very good recruiting class. We probably could have had two more players. It's always hard when you have coaching changes at that point. It just had a real eerie feeling. We had just played in the Holiday Bowl, lost to Texas. Didn't play well, that's for sure. Then all of a sudden, everything turned negative for whatever reason.
"I think the ultimate thing was the injury piece . . . it was devastating to us. It was something I'd never seen before. That was hard to overcome. You never want to make excuses. When you have 27 players hurt who missed a total of 142 games, it's a lot. It had a cumulative effect as we went through the season. It was just a really weird year that way."
"It wasn't just the (dollar) numbers. There are things with the coaches' contracts that could definitely be improved. Their contracts are structured where there is only so much (money) guaranteed. People can use that as a recruiting tool against Cal. That's what I was told at the time -- I'm going to have a hard time keeping coaches because of the structure of their contracts."
"It really wasn't going to change. It's just the way it's done there. It was evident to me it was a problem."
"The problem with averages is if you have a couple bad numbers then it's going to bring the average down until you can get that off the books. That's the thing that bothered me the most, that we didn't care or invest in the academic piece. We spent a lot of time with that."
"I always asked for more resources and support. Felt like we were doing a lot of good things. But a couple years there were bad numbers."
"I think a lot. Which is fair enough. I was as troubled by it as anyone. When it came out in the summertime, then all of a sudden there was a red flag there. We really put a lot of emphasis on academics, more so than ever about the value of getting things done on time. We didn't have guys ineligible . . . very rarely. The thing that hurt us is people would go all the way through the be one semester short and take off to try out for the NFL and then not come back and finish the one or two classes they had to finish. That was one of the big problems -- people not finishing.
"Over this last year, I made a big push to get someone to get these people to come back, to reach out to them. I hired somebody around midseason to do that. Because that's where a lot of the numbers were lagging."
"There seemed to always be a stumbling block financially. You had to give and take with things. If you're going to hire this person, you need to take away from that. I think they were trying to be supportive, but we thought we needed more people. The people who are there are overwhelmed and easily burned out. They had too many people they were trying to juggle. The people we had worked really, really hard to try to make it successful."
"It's really unfortunate that the last season left such a bad taste in my mouth. When I've sat back over these last couple months, I've had to reflect back on the good times -- and there were a lot of good times. A lot of great wins. It's almost like that was a different life because this last season was so difficult that it really left a bad taste in my mouth.
"The thing I appreciate the most is the relationship I have with the players. You become so close to the players and so attached to the players, and now that you're not the representative of that team anymore, when I go coach somewhere else, those players we're still attached.
"There's a lot to be proud of. We won a lot of games, won a lot of bowl games. The stadium would have to go up there somewhere. The relationships we had with some great people here."
"Probably not being able to overcome this last year with a stadium that we worked so hard to build. A lot of sacrifice, a lot of time I put into helping have that stadium built. Recruiting to that since Day 1 when I got here and then when it happened, not to be able to settle in and overcome that adversity."
"I didn't feel burnout. I guess in any workplace, nothing's perfect. There's a level of frustration at times because you're there so long and you see things you want to improve. When things don't, on certain levels there's frustration. That only comes with time."
"A year ago we were in the Holiday Bowl playing Texas and had a winning season. The year before that we missed out (on a bowl) and had a lot of close games. I think the pieces were still in place to overcome and get back to where we needed to be. It wasn't year after year of poor seasons.
"Then again, when the bar gets set high -- which it should be. No one's satisfied just to have a winning season. It's not as bad as people seem to make it out to be. In my mind, we had one really bad season -- that was last year. I can't pinpoint. I think it's just circumstantial -- different things.
"Part of it where I could have done a better job is when I do this over again, I'm probably going to stop always looking . . . I think there can be a formula and stick to it. Continuity is really important. We tried different things, like the no-huddle. I think it took us a half a year this year to really grasp that with the speed and efficiency that needs to work.
"I've learned a lot. One of the things I'm going to take the time to do is make sure I reflect on what I would do differently in every phase of a program. There's thing I could do better to make sure we're successful."
"I was a little bit more hands-off -- I'm not saying that was the reason. And, when you have an Aaron Rodgers, that's what the guy looks like. Come to find out, he's the best in the game and you get spoiled with him. I think our guys played well at times, but we were consistent enough to really pull away. The inconsistency -- I don't want to put it all on the quarterback -- is the difference between a seven-win season or a 10-win season."
"Inside the team, I don't know that it was a deal. It was an ongoing process. Zach knew for a long time. I thought the team was fine. There was an incentive there for him (to get eligible). I had told him he was going to miss the whole game, but he would have a chance to work himself back if he did everything he was supposed to do throughout the summer. And he earned three quarters back. He knew that the whole summer. He worked very hard at that throughout the summer.
"He's not the only one. There's a lot of kids when they feel like it is just overwhelming, that the hill is so high and sometimes they get discouraged, there needs to be motivation, encouragement, discipline. Through the summer that's exactly how it was handled. He could have (earned it all back). He earned some of it back and he stumbled and I kept a hard line.
"When I set down the standard for what he needed to do and he stumbled on one of them, then that's that. That was a piece of discipline. It's funny how people want discipline, but when you discipline it's not the right thing.
"Now when I made the announcement could have been different for (fans). I think our team understood that Zach gave us the best chance to win. I kept the team council informed. Going into the game, practice reps really reflected what was going to happen in the game. We gave Allan (Bridgford) a lot of reps. What I didn't want to happen was a lot of distraction."
"Either one. I think college is a great fit. I'm really looking forward to the next chapter of that."
"Not for head-coaching positions . . . nothing major. Some coordinator positions. What I'm anxious to do this year is travel around, go see other practices, take that opportunity to learn and grow. College or NFL practices."
"I've had a lot of advice from people who have been through this to recharge the batteries and you'll have a much different perspective going into the next. I'm starting to feel like that's good advice. I can see a lot of difference. When you're so inventested in something and you get let go, it can be a devastating thing. You either jump back into something or give it time to reflect on things, then go forward.
"I think reflection for me is the best thing. Just to take a deep breath, write a lot of notes, stay on top of things and be ready for the next chapter."
"Not very often have I ever been around this much. She's ready to boot me out. I think it's been good because I can see a difference in myself with patience, being able to take a deep breath."
"I've been on the treadmill a long time. Didn't do everything right. Made some mistakes. But always with great intentions and always very dedicated to the program and the kids. I think if I use this year properly, I'm looking forward to it. I have to learn from the good and the bad and go forward. I'm not perfect. I can learn from my mistakes. I'm very very encouraged and very eager for the next chapter."
"Great. I'm so indebted to a lot of people. It was such a great experience. It's hard to see that if you have tunnel vision of just last year. It's really important I take that as a piece but I don't completely consume myself with that. I'm driven that that's not my last coaching experience. But I can take a lot of great times before that all the way back to the first game.
"There were so many good experiences. The great games, the great players, the great achievements we've had. Going through the process of building the stadium, thinking about the days of the tree people and all the things that have gone into it since Day One. We were able to be a part of changing an environment."


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What if High Court Dismisses Gay-Marriage Cases?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday is expected to rule on the two gay-marriage cases before it. The court heard arguments in March on California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
The high court may well get to the merits of each case, but, as Jess Bravin reported shortly after the arguments, the justices also questioned the legal standing of those defending each law. In other words, the justices wondered whether they could even decide the cases.
Here's a look at what happens if justices decide not to decide:
Defense of Marriage Act: The Obama administration appealed lower-court rulings that found DOMA unconstitutional, even though the administration agreed with those rulings. Separately, the Republican-led House challenged the lower-court rulings. Vicki Jackson, a Harvard Law professor, told the court at arguments in March that neither party had the right to appeal. She said the administration wasn't seeking any redress of injuries and the House didn't have constitutional authority to wage a court battle over a law once it was passed.
Both the Obama administration and the House's lawyer defended their right to be in court, but if the Supreme Court agrees with Ms. Jackson, the lower-court rulings striking down DOMA would stand.
Although those rulings technically apply only to the regions those courts cover, President Barack Obama would likely order the executive branch to cease enforcing DOMA nationwide. That would bring federal recognition for same-sex marriages authorized by states.
Proposition 8: After the state of California declined to defend the 2008 voter initiative that banned gay marriage, citizens who had put Proposition 8 on the ballot took up the case. At arguments in March, lawyers opposing Proposition 8 argued that those citizens may have had no legal standing because they wouldn't suffer any specific injury if the proposition were struck down.
What happens if the Supreme Court agrees? One of the lower-court rulings striking down Proposition 8 would stand—but it isn't clear which. If it were the ruling by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which covers the entire state, then gay marriage would become legal throughout California, probably after about 30 days allowing time for some final paperwork. (A memo from the San Francisco city attorney gives more details on this and other scenarios.)
However, the Supreme Court might conclude that only the initial ruling by Judge Vaughn Walker of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California was valid. In that case, gay-marriage opponents might argue that Proposition 8 would be nullified only for parties to the case, leaving the gay-marriage ban intact in much of the state.
Litigation and a fair amount of confusion would likely follow, although the cause of gay marriage would benefit from strong support among state leaders, including Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris.
For more details on other possible outcomes in the cases, check out Bravin's story on Monday.
The bottom line: On the whole, a decision by the Supreme Court to punt on one or both of the cases would help supporters of gay marriage, although it wouldn't bring them the ringing declaration on fundamental rights they have been seeking.


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Warning: Before reading this blog, consider that I could be just another person looking to justify doing the things they love to do – in spite of some evidence indicating that very activity is potentially harmful to health.
About a month ago, I wrote a blog that looked at research asking if endurance exercise is actually detrimental to your health. Over the last few weeks, I've given this blog and the research considerable thought. One of the first things that came to my mind was research that indicated as much as 90-percent of research is flawed. I looked at this issue in my blog "Are researchers just a bunch of manipulative liars?"
I also went back and read the research paper I referenced in last month's blog. A couple of thoughts came to mind:
- Though the research noted, "Serologic markers of cardiac damage, including cardiac troponin, creatine kinase MB, and B-typenatriuretic peptide, have been documented to increase in up to 50% of participants during and after marathon running" – I kept thinking, "What about the other 50% of the people?" If this is a genetic issue – perhaps I'm one of the lucky ones? Maybe I'm one of the "other" 50% that is not negatively affected?
- I also considered the cardiac changes in mice forced to do endurance exercise via electric shock. My thought was, "Of course they would show stressful cardiac changes – they were being electrically forced to run!"
- In none of the studies cited in the research paper were 100% of the people adversely affected by high intensity or long duration exercise. This leaves me to wonder about the people that were not adversely affected – did they live longer? Are their lives somehow better?
One of the athletes I coach sent me a link to a New York Times column noting that researchers believe due to our endurance capabilities as humans, we developed bigger brains. Our very existence is due to endurance exercise.
Ah ha! There – proof that endurance exercise is good.
I also read a column about 91-year-young Sven Wiik that was an Olympian, "was always fixated on sports" and still skis nearly every day.
Ah ha! Here's a living example of someone immersed in sport that is an excellent, healthy 91.
Then, across my desk came research that Olympic medalists live an average of 2.5 years longer than the general population.
Few athletes workout longer and more intensely than Olympians and they enjoy longevity. Perhaps some this longevity is due to endurance exercise past the age of 40?
After mulling all of this around in my head for awhile, I decided that I enjoy endurance sport. I love doing long bike rides, long runs and hours of Nordic skiing. Research does interest me, but I also understand the limitations of any research on human beings. We are complicated and it is impossible to account for controlling all the variables in any research study, including genetic influences.
All things considered, I plan to continue doing the endurance sports and racing that I love to do – until the time when I no longer feel like doing those sports. I figure I'm on the earth for a limited amount of time and I plan to take personal responsibility for spending my time as I please while I'm here.
I might cut years off of my life or suffer cardiac changes that aren't healthy.
Or, I might live to be over 100 still doing endurance sports making researchers ask "Why? How?"
How do you plan to spend your time on earth?
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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team will play host to Southland Conference newcomer New Orleans, as the two sides will tip off at 4 p.m. in the American Bank Center.
• The Islanders came back in a big way with a 29-point win against Southeastern La. — their largest margin of victory this year and biggest Southland win ever.
• It was a difficult start to conference play prior to that, as the Islanders dropped five out of their first six meetings. However, only one of those six teams was not picked in the Southland preseason polls to finish in the top six.
• The magic numbers for the team this season have been 40 and 70. The Islanders are 6-0 when shooting 40 percent or better and 5-0 when scoring at least 70 points. On the flipside, when their opponents shoot better than 40 percent, the Islanders are 3-8 and are 1-3 when giving up 70 or more.
• As a team, A&M – Corpus Christi is second in the Southland in three-point percentage, shooting 33.4 percent from behind the arc. Brittany Mbamalu and Jasmine Shaw have recorded a majority of the treys, combining for 97 of the team's 120 made shots from deep. In the last nine games, the duo has accounted for 65 of the team's 74 threes.
• After averaging 21.5 turnovers in nonconference play, the Islanders have done a better job of holding on to the ball with just 15.6 turnovers a game in their seven Southland games for a turnover margin of +3.0.
• After struggling to find offense last year, senior transfer Jasmine Shaw has become a main offensive threat for the Islanders. Last season, no Islander had more than two 20-point games. Shaw already has five and leads the team with 16.1 points per game.
This will be the first time the two schools have met, as this is the inaugural season in the Southland Conference for New Orleans.
It has been a tough season so far for New Orleans, as it has lost its first 18 games of the season. The Privateers have not even been competitive in most of their games, with their closest loss coming by three, followed by a 12-point loss to Southland foe Houston Baptist. The rest of their 16 losses have been by at least 22, leading to a -34.1 scoring margin.
Their rebounding and turnover margins haven't much better either, as those stats sit at -11.3 and -8.2, respectively. As a team, UNO has shot just 30.1 percent from the field and has fared even worse from deep, making just 23.3 percent of its shots from three-point land. The only two categories the Privateers rank in the top 10 in the conference are blocked shots (2.3, 9th) and offensive rebounds (12.1, 10th).
UNO does not have any scorers averaging in double figures this season. Its leading scorer Octavia Wilson is almost there, putting up 9.2 points per game. She is one of just two three-point threats for her team with 27 triples this season.
The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team secured an impressive 83-54 victory against Southeastern Louisiana in the Dugan Wellness Center on Thursday.
The 29-point win was the biggest margin of victory for the Islanders (9-9, 2-5 in Southland Conference play) so far this season. For only the second time this year A&M – Corpus Christi shot above 50 percent, going 37-of-73 from the field.
The high field goal percentage was mostly due to the fact that the Islanders ran the court at a high level against the Lady Lions (4-14, 3-3) and recorded 26 fast break points, 25 points off of turnovers and 62 points in the paint.
Several Islanders contributed to this team win, as four different players notched double-digit scoring performances on the night, including 34 bench points.
Brandi Huff, who came off the bench, was the leading scorer with 18 points, shooting 8-of-13 from the field along with six rebounds.
Freshman Kassie Jones, who has gotten the nod at starting point guard the last three games, had the best night of her young career with 16 points along with four assists and three steals.
Fellow freshman Camesha Davis earned the first start of her career and played at a high level to score her most points in a game with 13 to go along with three huge blocks.
The final Islander to score more than 10 was Jasmine Shaw, as the team's leading scorer not only scored 12 points, but also had eight rebounds, six assists and three steals to go along with those points.
Despite the high field goal percentage, the Islanders, who average nearly 21 points a game from behind the arc, only went 3-of-15 from downtown. However, after opponents knocked down seemingly triple after triple against the Islanders to start Southland play, Southeastern only went 1-of-14 from deep.
Heading into their two games in Nashville in November, the Islanders had been outrebounded by 27 total boards. However, A&M – Corpus Christi dominated the rebounding stats in its trip to the Volunteer State, outrebounding both Belmont and Tennessee State by 13. The Islanders then finished off the roadtrip by outrebounding Texas State by 19, while also snatching up 23 offensive rebounds compared to the Bobcats' seven.
The Islanders once again cleaned up everything on the boards when they returned home, snatching up 15 more rebounds than UTSA, and then pulled down 11 more than UTPA.
After getting outrebounded for the first time in five games at Texas Southern, the Islanders won the rebound battle against UTA despite losing the game. They then backed it up with 17 more boards than Huston-Tillotson.
However, as of late, the Islanders have had similar rebounding results as the first games of the season. Through the first six games in Southland Conference play, the rebounding difference has led to several of the Islanders' losses, as they were outrebounded by an average margin of 6.2, dropping them from first to fourth in that category.
Their work on the boards helped lead the Islanders to the massive win against Southeastern though, as they outrebounded the Lady Lions 44-34.
Jasmine Shaw, a senior transfer from Marshall, has tallied five games of 20 or more points this season and is averaging 16.1 points a game, which ranks fifth in the Southland. Last season, no Islander had more than two games exceeding 20 points throughout the entire campaign.
In the game against Tennessee State, Shaw struggled from the field, going just 3-of-12 and 1-of-6 from downtown. However, she still made a huge impact on the team, setting a career high in rebounds with 13 — seven offensively — and in assists with nine. She also knocked down seven of her nine free throws to give her 14 points on the night, meaning she came just one assist short of picking up the first triple-double in Islanders' history. For good measure in that game she also hit the game-winning jumper with five seconds left and recorded four steals in the matchup.
She then struggled in her next two games, scoring a total of just seven points, making just three of her 20 attempts from the field, missing all seven of her three-point attempts. However, she bounced back against UTPA with 17 points, going 6-for-9 from the field, including two threes.
Shaw then followed up that performance with an even bigger one, scoring a career-high 28 points against Texas Southern, including seven threes, which tied a school record. Shaw kept rolling heading into the Christmas break, knocking down another five threes and a total of 19 points at UTA. She then added 16 points to go along with five rebounds and five assists against Huston-Tillotson.
In her first two Southland games, Shaw racked up 13 points against the Sugar Bears, followed by 19 points, five rebounds and three assists against Oral Roberts. Then, in her third game in the conference, she exploded for a career-high 29 points, while once again tying the school record with seven threes. She also crashed the boards for 10 rebounds to pick up her second double-double of the season. She then added 19 more against SFA to raise her to the third leading scorer in the conference.
She struggled against McNeese, though, as the Cowgirls held Shaw to just 2-of-6 from the field with no threes and just four points — her second lowest total of the season. Then, despite scoring 11 at Nicholls, she struggled from deep once again, making just one of her seven three-point attempts.
It was an all-around solid performance from the senior against Southeastern, as she scored 12 points to go along with eight rebounds, six assists, three steals and a block.
Senior Brandi Huff had a breakthrough performance in the matchup against Tennessee State, setting a career high in rebounds while matching her top scoring outing. The Rockport-Fulton native notched her first career double-double, pulling down 11 boards to go along with a team high 15 points. She then matched her career high in rebounds against UTSA, picking up five on offense and six on defense.
Against UTPA, she hit double figures in the scoring column for the third time of the season with 12 points. Then at Texas Southern, Huff had seven points and six rebounds and tied career-highs in blocks (2) and steals (2).
Huff had arguably the biggest game of her tenure with a career-high 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds against Huston-Tillotson for her second double-double of the season. She went 7-of-9 from the field and made all seven of her shots from the charity stripe. Huff also blocked two shots and dished out two assists.
After struggling in the Southland opener, Huff bounced back to score nine points against Oral Roberts. She also set career-highs in the game with three steals and four blocks. Then, against Northwestern State she helped crash the boards with seven rebounds, as well as going a perfect 3-for-3 from the field for six points. She followed that up with nine points against SFA.
Despite coming off the bench against Southeastern, Huff had one of her biggest games in conference, going 8-of-13 from the field for 18 points to go along with six rebounds in a big win.
Freshman Brittany Mbamalu has made a significant impact on the team, especially with her pinpoint shooting ability from three-point range. With 51 threes this season, she currently ranks seventh in Islanders' history for a single season.
In her first two games, she only saw two minutes of action combined. However, she logged 19 minutes of play against Southern Utah, and hit three threes for nine points, earning herself a spot in the starting rotation.
In her first seven games as a starter, Mbmamlu hit double figures in each outing. She now ranks first in the Southland in three pointers made (2.8 per game, 51 total). Mbamalu also shattered a school record with 18 three-point attempts in the game at UTA with the previous high being 13 — which she had tied in the game at Texas Southern.
Her streak of double figure performances was brought to a halt against Huston-Tillotson where she only had nine points. However, this was only recorded 16 minutes of play after she suffered an injury in the first half. She then got back in double figures with 10 points against UCA in her first conference game.
Mbamalu posted her ninth and 10th games in double digits with four three pointers against the Lady Demons for 12 points before knocking down five from deep for a game-high 15 points at McNeese.
She had the biggest game of her young career against Nicholls with 23 points to go along with seven threes, tying a school record. Amazingly, 20 of those points came in the first half, as well as six of the threes before the Colonels did a better job guarding her in the final 20 minutes of play.
In each of its first three losses, A&M – Corpus Christi came up just short, losing by an average of just five points. In its loss against Fairfield in the championship game of the Emerald Beach Islanders Classic, the Islanders were just one play away from tying the game up. In the matchup with Southern Utah, the Islanders trailed by just four late in the game before the Thunderbirds pushed the lead back to seven before the final horn sounded.
A&M – Corpus Christi saw a four-point lead against UTSA dwindle away over the final 3:22 of regulation before being outscored 6-1 in overtime to fall 55-50. The Islanders were downed by double-digits for the first time this season in a 75-64 defeat by UTA before losing a four-point game to UCA. It was another close loss in the next two matchups, as the Islanders fell to Northwestern State by six and to SFA by seven to keep their average margin of defeat at six at that time.
However, McNeese played a very solid game against the Islanders en route to a 28-point victory, which was the biggest of the season after the first seven losses came by a combined total of 43 points.
It was another tough loss against Nicholls, though, as a heave by the Colonels with 38 seconds left banked off the glass and in to put them up three on the way to a 67-60 win.
During the early signing period, the Islanders received National Letters of Intent from Emmeri Archer (Brooklyn, N.Y./ South Shore HS), Daryon Fields (Spring, Texas/St. Pius High School), Ashley James (Highland Village, Texas/Marcus High School) and Jennifer Ramirez (Brooklyn, N.Y./ASA Junior College).
A 5-foot-7 guard, Archer comes to the Islanders as a three-star recruit with a 90 ranking from ESPN. It also ranks her as the 18th player nationally at her position.
Coming from Spring, Texas, Fields will bring some inside presence to the Coastal Bend. The 6-foot-2 post is ranked 42nd in the nation at her position and 309th nationally overall. In her junior year at St. Pius, Fields nearly averaged a double-double with 10 points a game to go along with eight rebounds each time out.
James, a 5-foot-4 point guard from Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. In her junior year, she was named first team all-district and the defensive player of the year in her district. That season, James averaged 10 points, four steals and three assists per game. She has also picked up district MVP and offensive player of the year awards during her high school career.
Ramirez, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., comes to the Island University from ASA Junior College in New York City. Ramirez played her high school basketball at New York City Lab School. In her junior season she averaged 18.8 points, including a 35-point performance in her team's playoff game, as well as 6.5 assists and 6.5 rebounds a game.
With the departure of eight players from last year's squad, the Islanders only have four returners for the 2013-14 season made up of three seniors and one sophomore. The leading scorer out of the bunch was Ashley Darley, who was second on the team in points scored with 7.9 a game. Darley also ranked second on the team in rebounds per game and steals per game last year.
Taryn Gregory also returns for her final season after starting in 20 games last year. She comes into the year ranking fourth in career free-throw percentage with a .764 overall mark her first three years. Brandi Huff rounds out the trio of seniors after ranking third on the team in rebounds a year ago.
The lone sophomore on A&M – Corpus Christi's roster is Ashanti Plummer. The Manhattan, N.Y., native enters play this year after making an impact on the team her freshman year, ranking second on the team in games started with 22 and first in the team in blocks and 11th in the Southland in the same category.
The Islanders enter this season with the top-ranked recruiting class in the Southland after signing 10 newcomers. However, five of them join the Island University with collegiate experience – three at the Division I level.
Two of the transfers have played for coach Royce Chadwick, as Shay Weaver and Jasmine Shaw come to the Island University after playing for him at Marshall. Shaw will look to make an immediate impact, while Weaver will sit out this season because of NCAA transfer rules.
Alissa Campanero will look to get the ball in the hands of shooters as she dished out 4.9 assists per game last season with Odessa College and has experience in Division I after playing her freshman season at Hawaii.
Adebayo played at Eastern Oklahoma State Community College and averaged 16 points and seven rebounds per game, while securing 12 double-doubles, picking up First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Region and Third Team NJCAA All-American honors.
Lexy Harris joins the Islanders after averaging a double-double with Angelina Community College, averaging 12.8 points per game and 10.9 rebounds to go along with 2.1 blocks per game.
Rounding off the highly touted recruiting class are four freshmen. No. 63 in the ESPN Girls Recruiting National Rankings is Camesha Davis who averaged 16 points and 8.5 rebounds at Desoto High School. Another freshman that comes to the Coastal Bend almost averaging a double-double is Doshi Davis who averaged 11 points and 8.3 rebounds as a senior at Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas.
A freshman that managed to average a double-double her senior season of high school was Brittany Mbamalu, pulling down 10.1 rebounds a game to go along with 20.8 points. She was also named first team all-district her junior and senior seasons. Looking to help out a team that averaged less than 50 points a game last season is Kassie Jones, who was ranked 10th in Texas in scoring her senior year, averaging 24 points a game.
After finishing last season 3-15 in conference play, the Islanders have been picked by the Southland coaches to finish ninth in the conference, while the SID Poll has A&M – Corpus Christi occupying the 10th spot.
Next, A&M – Corpus Christi will face several tough road games, as it plays a season-high four consecutive games away from home. During that stretch the Islanders will take on Sam Houston State (Jan. 30), Lamar (Feb.1), Incarnate Word (Feb. 6) and Abilene Christian (Feb. 8).


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The lesson of this video—taken by a customer at KFC—is that one of the fast food chain's employees really, really, REALLY does not want to be recorded. And when he is recorded, he completely loses it. Watch inside.
Before you watch, you should know that there's some NSFW language—here's the video:


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