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ALAMEDA -- The Raiders on Tuesday unveiled their new quarterback, Matt Flynn, who sounded eager and earnest, stating his desire to be the starter but not claiming the role as his own.
It has to be, and Flynn has to know that.
For this is the boldest move of Reggie McKenzie's brief tenure as Raiders general manager, less daring than replacing head coach Hue Jackson with Dennis Allen but far more likely to have lasting consequences on the future of the franchise.
Bringing Flynn to Oakland as his own personal quarterback could define the McKenzie era. Examination of the trade distills it to three pertinent questions.
Can Flynn be the next Matt Schaub?
Will he be the next Kevin Kolb?
No. 3 and most important: How much trust should be placed in Reggie's eye for talent?
Sending two future draft choices to Seattle for Flynn and a future Seahawks pick was McKenzie's call. As a member of Green Bay's front office, Reggie scouted Flynn's career at LSU, met him before the 2008 draft and was part of the process that made him a seventh-round pick by the Packers.
Moreover, McKenzie spent the next four years observing Flynn in Green Bay, where he served as backup to Aaron Rodgers.
That was enough, once it was clear that incumbent starter Carson Palmer would not return to the Raiders, to convince Reggie to negotiate with Seattle G.M. John Schneider -- also a former member of the Packers front office -- and engineer a reunion with Flynn in Oakland. The relatively reasonable price, reportedly a maximum $15.25 million for two years, makes the deal palatable.
Flynn's introduction was about as informal as it gets, a man alone, standing onstage, surrounded by a dozen reporters and a bank of cameras in the team auditorium. There was no sign of the grand exhibitions of past glory -- the polished Raiders helmet, the massive black table, maybe even a football -- so often associated with news conferences presided over by late owner Al Davis.
Neither McKenzie nor Allen was present, so the 6-foot-2, 225-pound Flynn flew solo.
He said he "can't wait" to get to work, that he and his fiancee will be back within a week and hope to settle within the next two weeks, allowing him to become a regular at the team facility.
Flynn, who entered LSU with JaMarcus Russell, serving as his backup for two years before leading the Tigers to a national championship in the 2007 season, described himself as a "smart, disciplined player that doesn't accept losing."
Sounds good, eh?
That's how Rich Gannon sounded when he arrived in 1999. That's how Palmer sounded when he arrived in 2011. That's how any quarterback, any serious competitor, any real student of the game, should sound.
The Raiders don't need sound. They need results. Reggie needs results. As the man responsible for remaking the Raiders, he needs them even more than Flynn.
And McKenzie deeply believes Flynn fits his mold of a committed athlete, willing to work, loves to play and craves competition. McKenzie and Allen have consistently expressed that these three traits are crucial to their process of assembling talent.
Yet the boldness of this move is undeniable. Flynn has made only two NFL starts. He was admirable in defeat at New England in December 2010 and fabulous -- six touchdowns and 480 yards, both Packers records -- in a January 2012 win over Detroit.
Seattle rushed in 13 months ago to sign Flynn, a free agent, to a three-year deal worth about $26 million, with $10 mil guaranteed. The Seahawks later drafted Russell Wilson, who won the starting job in training camp and the preseason.
That we still don't know much about Flynn begs comparisons to Schaub and Kolb, former backups who parlayed tantalizing potential into impressive contracts.
If Flynn duplicates the production of Schaub, the former Atlanta backup traded to Houston, handed a $48 million deal and appointed starter, McKenzie's credibility rises.
But if Flynn's experience in Oakland mirrors that of Kolb in Arizona, which acquired him from Philadelphia despite a short résumé and signed him to a deal with $63 million, it could cost McKenzie his job. Even at the reasonable price.
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What are your hopes for the city's future? What are your responsibilities to your community? These are some of the questions that University of South Carolina Upstate students have asked their peers and members of the Spartanburg community in a series of interviews.
The responses will become part of a collaborative nighttime projection called CommonHope Spartanburg on the facade of Headquarters Library in downtown Spartanburg from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
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Insourcing contract staff allows pharmaceutical companies to reduce fixed headcount expenses while ensuring sufficient staff are on hand to get the work done. This flexibility is particularly useful in processes that have natural peaks and troughs. It also allows the company to retain greater control than if the work is outsourced. Before insourcing personnel, however, managers should consider the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.
A growing trend is to turn to outside providers to fill these gaps by "insourcing" skilled staff. In some cases, just a few staff members are brought in, while in others, an entire job function can be handed off to suppliers in either a managed team or functional service arrangement.
In insourcing arrangements, the insourced staff are not employees of the pharmaceutical company. A third-party supplier retains responsibility as the employer of the insourced staff, while the pharmaceutical customer is responsible for their day-to-day supervision during the project.
The Benefits of Insourcing
The benefits of these types of arrangement are numerous. Reducing fixed headcount expenses is the most obvious. Such arrangements offer excellent flexibility, because early termination clauses allow the client to easily "switch off" the additional resource should the demand be reduced suddenly, for example, if a clinical study closes early or if development on a drug candidate ends because of unfavorable clinical results. In such cases, there may be a need to quickly reduce headcount to save costs. Insourcing staff also can be used to fill short-term resource gaps caused by planned absences such as maternity leave.
Another benefit of insourcing staff that often motivates large companies is that it allows the client company to retain tighter control of the work involved than if the work were contracted out.
A further benefit of working with insourced staff is that not only does the hiring manager get the pick of the best available qualified staff from across many sources, but the time a contract staffer spends on site also can serve as an extended interview. When headcount positions become available, contract employees often apply, removing a large degree of uncertainty for the hiring manager. In addition, should these insourced employees have worked with the client for a considerable time, there may be minimal take-on fees, thus making this a very cost-effective recruitment solution.
In the clinical trials arena, insourcing experienced staff also has an advantage over contracting out a study when the product is close to commercialization: The insourced staff represent the pharmaceutical company with key opinion leaders and investigators, thus retaining relationships with future potential prescribers.
Pitfalls to Avoid
When considering personnel insourcing, there are several pitfalls and a few simple rules to consider.
Contractor retention may be a concern, because insourced staff do not have the same degree of loyalty to the company and can, in theory, leave at any time. This concern can be mitigated, however, by clauses in the insourced staff's contract with the staffing supplier. For example, insourced staffers, as employees of the supplier with associated company benefits, have notice periods and are subject to the supplier's human resources (HR) processes.
Another concern raised by pharmaceutical customers is that integrating insourced staff into the company's regular business meetings and required project training, and offering career development opportunities could create an employer–employee relationship with insourced staff, which can have legal ramifications, particularly in the EU and Australia, where employment legislation is tight.
Pharmaceutical companies often wish to integrate contract employees as much as possible into their operations, to ensure the staff are properly trained and have all the information they need to do their jobs effectively. Likewise, all staff want career development and it is natural for a manager to want to aid and develop the best and brightest. However, when these people are not your employees, providing too much integration or development assistance may mean that the "employer–employee" line will be deemed to have been crossed.
Therefore, the pharmaceutical company should evaluate carefully whether it is necessary and appropriate to include insourced employees in any meeting or event that is not project related. The pharmaceutical company's legal counsel may wish to weigh in on this.
These risks also can be mitigated by working with a supplier who fully employs, manages, trains, and supports the staff on contract to you. Insourced staff should have career development discussions with the supplier's industry-experienced line manager. Supervisors at the pharmaceutical company should provide input into performance appraisals and career development plans through the supplier manager of the insourced personnel, but not hold these meetings directly with the insourced personnel.
The assigned supplier manager not only has responsibility for the staff's career development, but also for ensuring that client needs and timelines are met. Therefore, you also should work closely with the assigned supplier manager to set meaningful project-related objectives that are timed to coincide with the insourced personnel's probationary periods.
If you work with a company that does not fully employ the contract staff but instead provides access to a freelance network, you should verify that these freelancers are set up as limited companies and not "sole-traders," to mitigate the risk of co-employment.


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Welcome to north Devon's main town and our featured Barnstaple holiday cottages - perfect for year round breaks for families and couples alike.
Once a 17th Century port, call into the Heritage Centre down on the quayside or join a guided walk and learn about Barnstaple's colourful past. Discover Norman fortifications, original desks in the 16th Century grammar school and the wonderful Pannier Market, the region's biggest and hosting different stalls daily (exc. Sunday) - browse antiques, sample local delicacies or splash out on a piece of local art.
On the subject of art, the Broomhill Sculpture Garden features around 300 creations by over 60 artists while there are ten galleries at the Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon, next to Long Bridge.
Shop 'til you drop when you book a rental cottage in Barnstaple! The centre's pedestrianised streets and shopping arcades bulge with high street names and local independents, while on the outskirts of town are the usual supermarkets and other big retailers.
Entertainment & events in and around Barnstaple
Hire a bike and peddle the Tarka Trail. Walk the Macmillan Way West or along the coastal path to Bideford (11 miles) or Croyde (14 miles). Or stretch your legs around the sweetly-scented flowerbeds of Marwood Hill Gardens. Add ten-pin bowling, ice-skating, go-karts, driving range, not forgetting theatre, cinema, nightclubs and a whole stack of places to eat and drink.
Or why not book a cottage holiday to Barnstaple to tie in with one of its annual events? From Grand Prix and Fringe Theatrefest to Fireworks Extravaganza at New Year, you'll have a ball!
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Peter Pilotto Designers on Target Collection, Sandra Bullock's Dress
The digital prints of London-based label Peter Pilotto, which have appeared on everyone from Cate Blanchett to Kerry Washington and even Michelle Obama, will arrive in most Target stores and on its website Feb. 9. A selection of items will also be available through luxury online retailer Net-a-Porter, giving the collection an international reach.
The design duo behind the brand, Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, gave Speakeasy a sneak peek of the collection last night at Target's showroom in Manhattan. They discussed the challenges of making their prints at a much lower cost, and Sandra Bullock's dress at last week's People's Choice Awards.
Edited excerpts:
Did you make new prints specifically for Target?
Pilotto: Yes. We were analyzing our favorite color combinations that we did over the past seasons, and we wanted to–rather just go into our archive and take prints–analyze the essence and do something new. So something very signature, but yet completely new for the collaboration. There was one or two prints from the archive that really fit in with the others, and we brought it back in as well.
De Vos: Most of it is new, but still super recognizable as Peter Pilotto.
You're known for your intricate and beautiful prints. How did you cope with the cost constraints (most items are under $60) of a mass retailer?
De Vos: It's a challenge obviously, and I think those restrictions are really interesting in what it does to creativity, because you obviously have to work with those restrictions and find solutions to things. It was a really interesting process: how to make it very us, but at the same time to those price points.
There are two big players in the high-low collaboration space: H&M and Target. Was it a conscious decision to go with the U.S.-based Target for exposure to a market that might not be as familiar with your work?
Pilotto: The U.S. is obviously such an important market for us, and it's such a great opportunity for brand awareness. But this time there's Net-a-Porter involved, so in fact it has a global reach this time, which is great. People in the U.K. and everywhere know Target because of its collaborations. When we told friends that we're doing it, they said, 'Ah, great, but we can't buy it.'" You can this time, it's on Net-a-Porter so it's very exciting.
De Vos: It's really interesting how Net-a-Porter embraced it. I mean obviously Net-a-Porter has been very supportive of our brand, and they're great customers of ours, but embracing the collaboration is a whole new world for all of us.
Do you have any favorites from the collection?
De Vos: We wanted to have another aspect to it and I think doing swimwear was something we've never done to that extent, and all the categories around it, so doing the towels, the totes, the shoes, the sunglasses, the different bikinis and the rash guards. That was the starting point, so I think that aspect is what we got most excited about. It was the idea of going from beach to street, or to party, where you have your swim, and then you can put on a matching skirt to it."
A lot of these high-low collaborations seem to be geared at a younger audience. How does this collection work for more mature women?
De Vos: That's what's interesting about the collaboration as well, about our brand. We always get told that our customer is from 15 to 75. It's really interesting. It's funny, when we had events with customers, sometimes you have the daughter, the mother, the grandmother. They all arrive together and they all buy pieces from the collection, which is unusual.
Pilotto: We find that very exciting and we always like to let every piece have its own life, and therefore there's many different types of women that are attracted to even one collection because of this mix of things, and that's what fascinates us.
Sandra Bullock wore one of your dresses at last week's People's Choice Awards. Did you know that was happening?
De Vos: We were actually totally surprised by it. We were like, "Oh, whoa, she looks great."
Pilotto: She looked so amazing. We were so happy to see it. She's such a great woman.
Your collection launches Feb. 9, in the midst of awards season, and fashion month, when people are more attuned to what's going on in the fashion world. How important is it when a celebrity wears your clothing?
Pilotto: It obviously has such a great global reach, and that's what's been so supportive to our brand from the beginning. Quite soon when we started, celebrities started to wear the pieces, and they actually bought it in stores, which is even a bigger reward than if it's just for the organized and planned events. It's so great because you reach so many markets with it, and therefore it's such incredible support.
Can you give us a hint on whom you might be dressing this season?
Pilotto: There's lots of stuff in the pipeline, and you only know last minute if it happens or not. So it's not only that everybody else is surprised, but for us too. That's just the way that it works.
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People with eating disorders often do not recognize or admit that they are ill. As a result, they may resist starting and staying in treatment. Family members or other trusted people can help to ensure that the person with an eating disorder receives needed care and rehabilitation. For some people, treatment may be long term.
Eating disorders can be successfully treated and a healthy weight restored. The sooner your disorder is diagnosed and treated, the better the outcomes are likely to be. Because of their complexity, eating disorders require a comprehensive treatment plan. Treatment involves medical care and monitoring, psychosocial interventions, nutrition counseling, and, when appropriate, medication management.
Treatment of
calls for a specific program that involves three main phases:
Early diagnosis and treatment increase your chances of a positive outcome. Your doctor may consider prescribing medicine for you. However, it may be started
after you have gained an appropriate amount of weight. A healthy weight is above 85%, but not necessarily as high as 100%, of your ideal weight. To achieve this weight, your intake of calories will be gradually increased.
If your weight loss is severe, care will likely be provided in an inpatient hospital setting in order to treat serious or life-threatening physical conditions. In a hospital, doctors will develop feeding plans to address your medical and nutrition needs. In some cases, a feeding tube may be recommended. After malnutrition has been corrected and weight gain has begun, you may receive psychotherapy—often
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or interpersonal psychotherapy—to help you overcome low self-esteem and address distorted thought and behavior patterns. Families are often included in the therapeutic process.
The primary goals of treatment for
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Bulimia and binge eating disorder are treated with nutrition rehabilitation, psychosocial intervention, and medication management strategies. Treatment is generally done on an outpatient basis. Treatment includes establishing a pattern of regular, nonbinge meals, improving your attitude related to the eating disorder, and encouraging regular but not excessive exercise. Any co-occurring conditions, such as mood or
anxiety disorders
, should be treated as well. You may also benefit from family or marital therapy.
Treatment of eating disorders involves the following:
Currently, there are no surgical options for the treatment of eating disorders.
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Williams P, Goodie J, et al. Treating eating disorders in primary care.
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Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders.
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Do Not Run Multiple Branch Processes in Parallel
By JeffG-Oracle on Aug 13, 2013
Query to show log:
select (select schema_name
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where schema_id = a.schema_id),
to_char(a.record_created, 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS'),
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from demantra.wf_process_log a
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order by a.record_created desc
Does the above output indicate that you are running multiple batch processes in parallel?
Please review your environment and make sure you run processes in the correct order and
that the processes are not competing for hardware resources.
If you are trying to run processes that compete for same data in same tables you can try extending
your undo space and settings to be much larger, assuming your hardware can support this path.
However, running overlapping engines is not recommended.
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Interferon gamma is a medicine that stimulates the immune system. It can reduce symptoms of atopic dermatitis. These symptoms include redness, swelling, itching, and dry skin. But this medicine is only used to treat severe atopic dermatitis that doesn't respond to other treatment.
This medicine is given as a shot under the skin surface
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These shots are considered safe and
effective for many people who have severe atopic dermatitis. But they aren't widely
used. That's because they cost a lot and can be inconvenient to use.
But if you have severe symptoms that have not gotten better with other
treatments, the shots are worth considering.
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BERKELEY -- Cal's coaches said this past week that they hoped the Golden Bears could deliver a more balanced attack Saturday against Portland State.
Few at Memorial Stadium were complaining after watching freshman Jared Goff flood the air with footballs in a 485-yard passing performance.
But in the Bears' 37-30 victory, the running game once more was not what they want.
"It's definitely a concern," coach Sonny Dykes said after the Bears netted 131 rushing yards on 44 attempts -- a subpar 3.0 yards per carry.
In a loss to Northwestern the week before, Cal had just 89 net rushing yards on 34 tries, a 2.6 per-carry average.
Dykes said the culprit in Week 1 was the offensive line, which didn't finish blocks well. That wasn't his complaint this time.
"Today, the O-line played better," he said. "We had guys in space a lot today. A lot of times one-on-one on the safety and didn't make a play. When we get one-on-ones, we've got to be able to make more than 2 or 3 yards."
"We've got to get some guys playing better up front," he said. "Deandre Coleman has been a non-factor to this point. He's got to play better. He will play better.
"We just haven't been able to get the kind of push up front that we need. We'll get that. Deandre's a heck of a player. He'll play better and we'll coach him better."
"I don't know that our training camp was much different than most people these days," Dykes said. "We were running out of bodies, so we were trying to keep our players healthy and consider the welfare of our guys.
"I think we'll tackle better. It's certainly going to be a point of emphasis for us. We work it all the time in practice."
The Bears didn't get much from it early, but Goff delivered a 19-yard pass to Gingold for a first down that led to Vincenzo D'Amato's 23-yard field goal and a 37-30 lead late in the third quarter.
The teams combined for 42 plays of 10 yards or more, 16 of those going at least 20 yards, including five of 40 yards or more.
Harper finished with four catches for 32 yards.
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at twitter.com/JeffFaraudo.


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dallasbboy wrote: I like how half the kids on this board like to think of themselves as "intelligent" hip hoppers yet they advocate the use of marijuana like no other.
Trust your surgeon or pilot on THC?
Yeah I didn't think so. Carry on.
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This think-small washer needs no electricity or running water.
A couple of years ago, I decided to concentrate my design research on devices that would be useful to poor families in developing countries — easy-to-make tools that address a specific need without disrupting the local economy, culture, or environment.
Here's one of my designs: a manual clothes washer that does a load of laundry in about 20 minutes using no power other than muscle. It's portable, so you can carry or wheel it to a water source, and if you wash with biodegradable soap, the wash water can easily go to a garden afterward.
They're now using the washer in Hyanja, Nepal, where I collaborated on designing a localized version. It's also a neat design if you're living off the grid by choice in an industrialized area, or just conserving water and power.
Inciting Agitation
The washer consists of 3 main components: a container, a net bag, and a lever-driven shaft mechanism held in place by a simple wooden frame.
The key component is the net bag, which is designed to hold, squeeze, and agitate the clothes. The middle of the net bag is a wide, open cylinder of flexible mesh netting. End-capping the cylinder above and below are semi-rigid cones made from short plastic pipes strung together with rope.
Both cones point upward, so the bottom cone sticks up through the clothes and prevents them from balling together.
While the washer is in operation, the top cone holds fast while the bottom cone is pulled up and down by the shaft, carrying the clothes with it.
Each pump of the lever handle pulls the clothes up out of the water, squeezes them out between the nested cones, and releases them back down. The lever's 40" length provides mechanical advantage for easy operation.
These instructions show how to build a bare-bones device for less than $50 using materials from any home supply store. You can modify the design to suit available materials and your skill level. A machine of this size can handle only small loads up to 5lbs, but the ones we made in Nepal were larger, and I think that one could be made 2 or 3 times larger and would still be easy to operate. I also built a fancier, wooden version that's towable, with wheels and a barrel-style container.
Cut the PEX tubing into 32 pieces 6" long and 32 pieces 1½" long. Each cone, top and bottom, uses 16 of each. I used a PEX cutter, but a utility knife will also work.
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Richard Littlemore | October 2, 2007
By Richard Littlemore • Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - 17:26
President George Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now the Canadian Council of Chief Executives are all suggesting that voluntary targets to reduce energy intensity will be a sufficient short-term response to climate change.
But Suncor Energy, one of the biggest players in the biggest CO2 emissions industry in Canada, has offered a stellar illustration of the idiocy of that position.
In a half-page ad in the Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Suncor boasted that it had reduced GHG emission intensity in its Alberta oil sands development by 51 per cent between 1990 and 2006. The ad failed to mention that - thanks to huge increases in production - the company's absolute emissions increased by 131 per cent over the same period. According to a PowerPoint presentation that you can find here, Suncor also plans to increase its production in the next three to five years from 260 thousand barrels per day to 550 thousand - a further jump of nearly 90 per cent.
Even at Suncor, that should be enough to unsettle your goldfish.
. replied on Permalink
Well, Richard, let us know when you plan to stop using oil.
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
Oh, sorry ...
I carried a plastic bag from my car to my house yesterday and that makes it hypocritical for me to make any comment even vaguely critical of the way the oil industry operates in this country.
I guess I should go ba-a-a-a-ack to my desk with the rest of flock and ignore the wolves feeding at the edge of the field. Wouldn't want to be taken as uppity.
What, don't you have
What, don't you have reusable grocery bags? :)
. replied on Permalink
Don't worry
It's okay, Richard. Nobody is likely to mistake you for anything other than the hypocritical blow-hard sheep you are.
And, like most sheep, every now and again you like to get up on hind legs and bleat your recieved wisdom, and imagine yourself as some sort of "dangerous" critic of "The Man". Ooooo, how subversive.
But do let us know when you decide to give up using oil. You never will, of course. The fact is that soft, flabby, liberal urbanites like you couldn't last for five minutes outside the cozy confines of the Western capitalist/industrial society which tolerates your continued existence, yet which you despise so very much.
Keep bleating.
Fight the Man Dude!
Yeah , Richard's really sticking it to the man!
Or maybe he's concerned about global warming and humanity's effect on the environment.
But I'm betting on my first idea. Rock on dude!
. replied on Permalink
Bravely "speaking truth to power", LOL!
Sure he's all concerned and crap about the environment. I'll bet he even purses his lips, and pensively rubs his chin. Just not concerned enough to do without his car or plastic bags. Ever.
Very erudite, "."
Such scintillating wit and incisive commentary – right up there with "nyah nyah!"
You haven't a clue what Richard or anyone else posting here is doing to cut down their personal impact. You just spout your drivel and contribute nothing to the conversation. It may interest you to know that it is possible to eliminate fossil fuel as a home heat source, buy electricity from renewable clean sources, cut gasoline consumption in half and use canvas shopping bags. I've done it, without moving into a cave, riding a bike in winter or giving up my mod cons. So sneer all you like. People who take this seriously manage to find ways to minimize the amount of carbon they individually belch out into the atmosphere. What are YOU doing?
The fact is that reduced intensity targets are a smokescreen and that net emissions are on the rise. Suncor et al are pulling a fast one and lulling the consumer into a false sense of security.
So shut up and stick to the point.
Well said.
Well said.
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
A blow-hard sheep?
Well, Dot, (is that short for Dorothy?) your latest riposte has taken the argument to an intellectual level that I can no longer sustain. "Soft, flabby, liberal urbanite" that I am, I just can't possibly respond to your devastating dismissal of my earlier point.
Oh, except that you have not, at any point, thought to address my point.
Never mind, I'm just going to Trotsky on home and hide my head under the covers, lest you insult me again. Oooooh, scary.


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DANVILLE -- Max the dog is training up for his last hurrah.
He's in Washington state, away from home, and getting the works. The standard schnauzer is working out with his trainer, being groomed and massaged, and he has even paid a few visits to a canine chiropractor to get in shape.
It's all in preparation for his big time in New York City, when Max (Charisma Maxim Von Diable) arrives at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
His owners, Linda and John Adiletti from the Blackhawk area of Danville, hope for a good showing at the Feb. 11-12 show, and for good reason. The 6-year-old schnauzer had a banner year in 2012 with 11 "Best in Shows" and 38 "Working Group" first places. He was the 2012 Northern California Standard Schnauzer Specialty winner, the Knickerbocker Standard Schnauzer Specialty winner and Standard Schnauzer National Specialty winner.
His trainer says he racked up so many dog show points, that he was the nation's No. 1 standard schnauzer in 2012.
This will be Max's third and last time at Westminster. After 2 ½ years of nearly nonstop competition, he will retire as a show dog and return home.
John Adiletti said having a show dog has been an expensive hobby but a labor of love. He and his wife have plenty of trophies, medallions and silver bowls to show for it, but dog shows aren't big for prize money.
"Max is the Porsche that's not parked in my driveway," he said.
At Westminster, Max will compete against 2,721 dogs from 187 breeds that come from all 50 states plus Brazil, Germany, Croatia, United Kingdom, France, Japan, and Mexico.
He will be one of about 60 Bay Area dogs competing said David Frei, a spokesman for the kennel club. California is sending the second largest contingent to this year's show with 228 dogs, behind New York at 287.
The Westminster show, first held in 1877, is America's second-longest continuously held sporting event. Only the Kentucky Derby has had a longer run.
"It's pretty exciting and can be overwhelming at the same time," Linda Adiletti said. "We're proud as punch" to be going to Westminster, she said. "It's a complete thrill."
"It's a pretty big deal," said Max's trainer and handler, Tiffany Skinner. "It's a beauty pageant and a sports event."
Max is now in Washington, where Skinner lives. She keeps him in shape by taking him for walks and hikes and letting him chase a neighbor's goat herd.
"He's probably one of the coolest dogs I've ever worked with," she said. "He has a wonderful temperament."
The Adilettis attend some of the bigger shows and all the California and Oregon ones.
"We've seen some of the garden spots of California, like Lompoc, Turlock, Hanford ..." John Adiletti said. "And everywhere else."
John said he and his wife fell into the world of dog shows when a groomer told them they should try showing their schnauzer Sadie.
"We did and she kept winning and winning and winning and she became the number one standard schnauzer female in 2007 and '08," he said.
Sadie competed at Westminster in 2007 and won "Best of Opposite Sex," meaning a male dog took first place in the breed and she was picked as the best female.
The Adilettis decided to get another schnauzer and bought Max from Danville breeders Rhonda and Paul Davis. Max was the pick of the litter and turned out to be the winningest standard schnauzer in the country for the past 11 years.
Win or lose at Westminster, Max will return home to be a regular pet alongside Sadie.
Max will also take up occasional stud dog work.
Contact Jason Sweeney at 925-847-2123. Follow him at Twitter.com/Jason_Sweeney.


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Oracle Service Bus (OSB) Selective Project Deployments
By KurtDAgostin on Jun 14, 2013
The Oracle Service Bus provides a number of deployment
options using the following tools:
- Eclipse IDE
- OSB Web console
- Scripting via Weblogic Language Scripting Tool (WLST)
The Eclipse IDE allows the users to build and deploy OSB projects directly from source or to directly deploy a SBConfig jar file to the target Instance
The OSB Web Console allows the import of the SBConfig Jar file into the target environment or the code can be directly updated within the target Instance.
However once you step out of the development cycle the preferred approach is using the WLST/Java scripting, to ensure a consistent deployment across different environments (ie: system test, Integration test, ect). For this the deployment team are generally provided with a pre-build SBConfig Jar file, containing all the OSB projects to be deployed.
Within my last project we had a situation where the offshore development environments did not reflect the final state at the customer site. The development environment contained a single OSB instance that supported all the services, however the onsite model split these across three separate OSB Instances, thus we needed to selectively deploy the OSB projects across the different instances from a single SBConfig Jar File.
Oracle provides an API for the ALSBImportOperation, this allows us to set an indicator as to how the import operation should be handled for a nominated resource. Using this API we were able to navigate through the default deployment plan for the SBConfig Jar file and flag the projects that we did not want within the selected OSB domain with a skip option, effectively removing them from the deployment plan.
Please Note the following is not a complete scripts, this sub section has been provided for demonstration purposes only.
A command line parameter is passed into the script that
provides a list of OSB Projects to be deployed.
(ie. SOURCE_PROJECT_NAME=<OsbProject>,<OsbProject>,<OsbProject>,<OsbProject> )
sourceProjectNameList = SOURCE_PROJECT_NAME.split(',')
if not errorInProcessing:
sbJarFiles = glob.glob(global_variables.CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY + "/*.jar" )
for configurationFile in sbJarFiles:
# Process ALSB Configuration File
# Read ALSB Configuration File into Buffer
f = open(configurationFile,"rb" )
print "Reading ALSB configuration file: " + configurationFile + "..."
buffer = f.read()
# Upload ALSB Configuration File
print "Uploading ALSB configuration file..."
# Then get the default import plan and modify the plan if required
print "Importing ALSB configuration file..."
jarInfo = alsbSession.getImportJarInfo()
#Get the Import Plan from the SB Config Jar
importPlan = jarInfo.getDefaultImportPlan()
#Get the Operations from the ImportPlan
operations = importPlan.getOperations()
operationsKeySet = operations.keySet()
for operationKey in operationsKeySet:
alsbOperation = operations.get(operationKey)
#Get the Project Name from the Operation Reference
operationProjectName = alsbOperation.getRef().getProjectName();
# If the Operation Project Name is not in the Source Project Name List
# Mark the operation to be skiped.
if not (operationProjectName in sourceProjectNameList):
System.out.println('Skiping operation for project ' + operationProjectName )
result = alsbSession.importUploaded(importPlan)
if result.getFailed().size() > 0:
errorInProcessing = true
SESSION_DESCRIPTION = "Automated SB Deployment: " + java.io.File(configurationFile).getName()
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The defending Southland Conference women's cross country team and third-place men's cross country team will once again face a challenging 2012 schedule. The Islanders will compete against tough competitors in some of the top meets around the region.
"The schedule is a good one designed to get us ready to go when the championship segment begins with the Southland Conference Championships, Regionals and Nationals," head coach Shawn Flanagan said.
The Islanders will open the season on Friday, August 31, at the Bronc Relays, hosted by Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. Last season the men's and women's cross country squads had a strong performance, with the men's team garnering the top four spots, while the women claimed four of five.
Following the relays, the Islanders will head to Houston to compete at the Rice Invitational on Friday, Sept. 14. Last season, the men's and women's teams clinched the runner-up spots in both the men's 5k and the women's 4k. Also, for the second straight race, junior Patrick Kimeli finished as the top individual runner in the men's race.
On Friday, Sept. 28, the Islanders will host the 13th Annual Islander Splash at West Guth Park. The women's 5km will start at 6:20 p.m. with the men's 8km slated for 6:45 p.m. At last season's Islander Splash, the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's team swept the top spot for the second year in a row in the 8k, while the women's team finished second in the 5k. The Islanders will host the high school and middle school portion of the Islander Splash on Saturday, Sept. 29.
The Islanders will wrap the regular season when they trek out of Texas on Saturday, Oct. 13, to Fayetteville, Ark. to compete in the Chile Pepper Invite. Last season, despite missing critical runners, the women's team finished 11th out of 34 teams in the 6k, while the men's team placed 12th out of 32 teams in the 10k.
On Friday, Oct. 26, the Islanders will look to continue their success at the Southland Conference Championships in Beaumont, Texas, hosted by Lamar. At the 2011 championships the women's team edged UTSA by five points. It marked the smallest winning margin at the Southland Conference Championships, since the Islanders clinched their first title in 2007 over Lamar by four points. The men's team was led by Kimeli for the second straight year. The junior clinched his second consecutive Southland individual title in the 8k, finishing with a time of 24:50.6.
The Islanders will follow the Championships with the NCAA South Central Regionals on Saturday, Nov. 10, in Fayetteville, Ark. Last season, for the second straight year, Kimeli finished in seventh place in the men's 10k to qualify for the NCAA National Championships. Kimeli crossed the line with a time of 30:55.9 to become the sixth runner in the last seven years to represent the Islanders at the NCAA Championships.
The NCAA National Championships will be held in Louisville, Ky. on Saturday, Nov. 17. Kimeli was the lone Islander to compete in last season's NCAA Championships. He finished in 82nd place out of 255 runners with a time of 30:39.4 in the men's 10k race.
So far the Islanders have signed three to National Letters of Intent. Regina Salinas (Corpus Christi/Incarnate Word), Samantha Hardin (Denison/ Montgomery) and Joel Garcia (La Joya/Juarez Lincoln) signed with the Islanders in February for the Fall 2012 season.
The Islanders have won a total of eight titles as a team out of 11 conference meets. Before joining the Southland, the Islanders won four as a Division I independent conference.
For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- No breakthroughs were predicted when President Barack Obama set out on his courtship of Congress. And there's no sign any have been achieved. That's particularly true on reducing the government's borrowing and debt.
Over and over, House and Senate Republicans told Obama he must lead, tone down the political attacks and lean on Democrats to concede to lower spending on benefit programs like Medicare.
Over and over, the president told Republicans that if he is to make concessions on Medicare and other programs, they would have to agree to higher taxes.
On that, there was little if any give. Republicans said they gave ground on taxes over the year-end holidays and noted that since then Obama's approval ratings have receded for the first time since his re-election.


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Hi, I am 23 years old and have been gaining on pounds and this is getting to me. The thing is that after several efforts of exercise and dieting, I don't seem to get any slimmer! There are many ways to lose weight, but I have exhausted all the ways I know. I have consulted a few people but all of them have been telling me the same thing. It isn't helping me and only making my fears worse.
Is there some way to make me feel better!!!
I sent you a PM but just realized I can attach the file here.
Here are the instructions for anyone else that wants to use my calorie counting spreadsheet. Email me if you have any questions pam(at)pilotdesigns.com. I lost 25lbs in 3 months doing this and my friend lost 6.5lbs so far in 2 1/2 weeks!
may be chaotic so let me know if you have any questions on how to use
it. The calculations are done automatically at the bottom.
You can right click on the rows to add new rows/food items and it will still calculate correctly.
The first thing you need to do with this spreadsheet is
calculate the number of calories you need for your height and weight.
You can do this by going to http://www.rd.com/12678/article12678.html and enter your information. Once you do this - if you want to lose weight you can enter a smaller calorie
allotment at the bottom. If you want to maintain, enter the number of
calories from the site. A pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories, so
if you have a daily deficit of 500 calories per day you will lose a
pound a week!
Now - keep up with your calories. MEASURE your foods. You will
notice that portion sizes for most meats are 3oz - which is probably a
lot smaller than you are used to (at least it was for me). I got a
scale at Linen N Things for $5.99 and I measure EVERYTHING. If you
have foods that do not have nutrition information, you can use www.caloriesperhour.com or [calorie-count.com|http://www.calorie-count.com/].
They even have brand names and restaurants on there. Also -
Caloriesperhour.com is great for calculating calories burned while
exercising. They have almost EVERY activity you can think of!!
My PR's (post kid haha)
Beat the Street for Little Feet 5k: 26:34
Big Peach Sizzler 10K: 52:21
Downhill at Dawn Half Marathon: 1:55:02 (first and only other than one that I ran with a friend to pace her)
Soldier Marathon: 4:09:16 (first and only so far...)
Check our our nation-wide running group for moms!
www.momsrunthistown.com or https://www.facebook.com/momsrunthistown
Moms RUN This Town (MRTT) is a 'moms only' running club started by moms.... for moms... to support moms in their running endeavors.
Our goal is to help to keep you motivated no matter where you are in your running - whether starting the c25k program or training for a marathon.
You are not the only one
having problems trying to lose weight, without any success. I know that it is
very frustrating to try all sorts of things and still be in the same shape…..I
too have faced that!!! Just a couple of weeks back I came across
url=http://www.onesteptofitness.comWeight Loss 2008[/url] that
not only made me glad I did (I finally got a product that does the real thing)
but got the work started. It has been a great way for me because it doesn't
throw up obstacles but gets the job done.
pamburrus wrote:
The first thing you need to do with this spreadsheet is calculate the number of calories you need for your height and weight.
You'll find some handy calculators in Active.com's Fitness section, including one for your caloric needs.
That's a PERFECT one!! I'm new to active.com - didnt know they had that!! Thanks!
My PR's (post kid haha)
Beat the Street for Little Feet 5k: 26:34
Big Peach Sizzler 10K: 52:21
Downhill at Dawn Half Marathon: 1:55:02 (first and only other than one that I ran with a friend to pace her)
Soldier Marathon: 4:09:16 (first and only so far...)
Check our our nation-wide running group for moms!
www.momsrunthistown.com or https://www.facebook.com/momsrunthistown
Moms RUN This Town (MRTT) is a 'moms only' running club started by moms.... for moms... to support moms in their running endeavors.
Our goal is to help to keep you motivated no matter where you are in your running - whether starting the c25k program or training for a marathon.
Welcome to the community! We need to do a better job of putting our resources in front of you the user.
And since we're talking calculators and training tools, check out the Training tab on your My Active page. Lots of good stuff there as well.
I'm using the ActiveTrainer now and LOVE IT. I'm walking the breast cancer 3 day - so I loaded in my 24 week training schedule and it REALLY helps me stay on track!
I love how it breaks down your exercising and stuff. I'm a new runner and walker (for the 3 day training) and have pledged to walk 800 miles before the event. Now I can actually keep up with my milage... AND THE MILAGE ON MY SHOES that feature is AWESOME.
I love tools!
My PR's (post kid haha)
Beat the Street for Little Feet 5k: 26:34
Big Peach Sizzler 10K: 52:21
Downhill at Dawn Half Marathon: 1:55:02 (first and only other than one that I ran with a friend to pace her)
Soldier Marathon: 4:09:16 (first and only so far...)
Check our our nation-wide running group for moms!
www.momsrunthistown.com or https://www.facebook.com/momsrunthistown
Moms RUN This Town (MRTT) is a 'moms only' running club started by moms.... for moms... to support moms in their running endeavors.
Our goal is to help to keep you motivated no matter where you are in your running - whether starting the c25k program or training for a marathon.
3 factors that always make the difference for me:
1) Lose the booze. For me, when I'm trying to drop 5-10 pounds, even the recommended glass of wine a day is too much. It's extra calories, and alcohol stimulates the appetite, and can contribute to bloat. If you're trying to lose weight, you're better off without the drink. I know . . . not easy as we enter the season of frozen margaritas.
2) Adhere to portion sizes/calorie counts. I'm not suggesting elaborate outlines, but the more in tune you are with these elements, the quicker you'll lose weight. I usually shoot for 5 or 6 300 calorie meals a day, and staying within the 300 calorie limit takes knowing both portion sizes & calorie counts pretty closely. On days when I only manage to eat 3 or 4 meals, I add calories to the last meal or two to make sure I'm getting at least 1200 to 1500 calories for the day. You don't want to undernourish yourself - if you do, your body will hang onto every calorie like a famine is setting in. I also find that eating this way always leaves room for a daily treat.
3) Get up. Very simple, but very effective. Every 45-50 minutes, I get up and walk around, do a chore, play with the dog, etc. for at least 5 minutes - 10 to 15 being the better deal. If you're in heels at the desk, keep a pair of comfy flats handy. When I'm at work or school, I hit the stairwell and walk down for as many flights as I have time to make back up. I've been known to hike my skirt and do a standing series of Pilates front, side, and rear leg sweeps in the private ladies room on the 3rd floor, too. Don't tell my boss.
Hope these help!
I I know what you mean about what everyoe says. Diet and excersize. Slim fast etc. I deveoped a plan based off the way I lost my weight. I have lost 120 pounds so far there are two parts to it. The mindset and the Lifestyle you have to change both
Mentally you have to decide to either do it or stop worrying about it. What I mean is this you have to say ok I am going to lose the weight and live a healthy lifestyle. Or you have to say Owell I quess I will live an unhealty life and deal with the consiquences of my decision. This is important because if you have not made up the mental part of it and realized the reasons you want to get into shape then you will fail everytime you get the craving to eat something you should not. If you decide that you want to get into shape because you want to live longer and feel better etc. Then you will realize that they temporary pleasure of eating the box of oreo's ends with you feeling bad mentally and physically.
Changing the Lifestyle is much different than dieting. Dieting is a temporary thing that ends with you gaining more weight than you had before. Changing your lifestyle is forever because you never go back to eating the way you do now. This does not mean you do not get cookies or any of the good stuff but it does mean those things are limited. If you go to my profile and look at the calorie calculators I have posted you will find this much easier. There is a Calculator for Men and Women they are based on you age height and activity level. This will tell you exactly how many calories you will need to eat as well as what foods you should get htose calories from. This is not one of htose fad or fly by night diets. You will follow this for the rest of your life to lose then maintain the weight you want to be at.
Here are some highlights to follow once you find out your callorie levels and types.
Get rid of the Pop, the stimulants i.e. caffene diet pills etc. these things cause your sugar levels to go wacco causing the cravings and feeling of hunger and slowing the metabolism. If you cannot get rid of them limit as much as possible this is not a make or break but it really helps with the new lifestyle and you will find yourself feeling better in the morning and you will have more energy.
Start a daily vitamin regiment. This will help with the cravings as well. Fiber drinks all bran has one out that is lemonade or tea that is very good they will help make you feel full.
Eat more! 6 small meals a day. fruit veggies are important. eat low fat meats like chicken and fish limit high fat meats like certain beefs to a couple times a week.
for example
breakfast: 1 egg 1 slice of toast (light whole grain high fiber bread) 1 8oz fiber drink
snack: Apple
Lunch: 3 1/2 oz meat Chicken fish beef etc. 1 veggie (about a cup of veggies) 1 Carb 1/4 cup brown rice or pasta or 1 slice of bread same as above or a small potato.
Snack: Fiber bar (all bran makes a couple of good ones) or fruit
Dinner: same as lunch with a fiber drink
Snack: fruit or veggies
You can get a good suplement called natures way metabolism reset which will make a good snack or meal 1 or 2 times a day. I prefer them for snack 1 and 3.
This is just an example your personal plan will depend on what your calculator results give you. If you are not able to use excel let me know I can do the plan for you and give it to you. this is for anyone who needs me to do that for them. If we have any computer experts out there who know how to make an excel sheet into a form online I will make it so anyone can get it.
This works for real as I said I am down 120 pounds in 8 months and my wife is down 23 pounds in just a little more than a month being on the plan.
Good luck and let me know if you need any help.
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Put less in your mouth and move around more
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I have been there. I spent years counting calories, measuring portion sizes, and exercising 5 to 6 days a week; but where I made my real breakthrough was in the types of foods I choose to eat. I look for more natural ingredients. It all started with the South Beach Diet which basically eliminates high fructose corn syrup, high sugar intake, and promotes whole grains; but I took it a bit further and I can't really say that I'm on South Beach anymore. Basically, I read the ingredients. If I see enriched flour, partially hydrogentated or fractionated oils, and/or high fructose corn syrup, I IMMEDIATELY put the product back on the shelf. However, if I see whole grain, cane sugar, and/or other natural ingredients, I don't worry about the calorie or fat content in the food. My discovery is that the body is naturally designed to productively digest natural food products, but so many products are filled with synthetic and chemical ingredients that our bodies just don't process as well. I think that the body's inability to process these chemicals as effectively, causes the body to hold on to the toxins which are then stored in the fat cells which keep the love handles attached.
Since changing my eating habits to more natural and whole products, I dropped from a size 6 to a size 2, and this is after having given birth to twins nearly 2 years ago. I never in my dreams even hoped to be a size 2. Plus, I still do eat cookies(I just buy the ones that are made out of sugar and butter rather than a list of chemicals) and I go through the drive through for a hamburger about 2 - 4 times a month(usually after one of my harder workouts). I even spend less time at the gym because I don't have the time to workout like I used to before the twins:)
At first, it may seem time consuming because you have to spend a little more time reading the ingredients at the store and finding the right products to buy, but once you've made about 4 trips to the store, you start to get the hang of it and you learn the basic products that you like to buy and eat.
Please, trust me on this. I counted calories till my brains fell out. I agree that there has to be a calorie deficit to lose weight, but if someone ate only one piece of cheesecake per day, there could be a calorie deficit, yet the weight loss probably wouldn't happen. We have to view our bodies as machines and they are designed to process natural whole products. It is like expecting a car that normally runs on gasoline to run on compost. We have to feed our body the food it was designed to process. If you do this, you will be SHOCKED at the laundry list of chemicals that are in most of the foods you are probably buying right now. I have found that most of the time I have to forgo the non-fat or low-fat products to eliminate all of the extra chemicals; yet even with the increase of fat, I still experienced the weight loss that I couldn't jump start from the calorie/fat counting.
Best of luck to you all!
It usually takes something simple.
As above, cutting back on/ cutting out booze is huge for two reasons. One they truly are useless calories. Two, there is no greater detroyer of weekend workout plans than a hangover.
Break an honest sweat once a day. My wife liked to workout before we got married, but told me "I really don't sweat very much." We figured out why, as our definition of working out was very different. Once she started really pushing herself, she started to sweat and then she started to see results. Intensity (for me) is key.
Make it convenient. My workout routine typically consists of running, situps and pushups, things I can do anywhere. If I have running shoes, a t-shirt and shorts, I can work out.
Start off small. Too many people start off doing too much and get hurt or overworked before they have built up to it. You'd be amazes at how 4 sets of pushups, done properly, can work wonders.
Knock off the stupid foods. I am not saying you can't have a burger or eat some chips or cookies. But that 1,400 calorie mocha latte has to go. Ditto the daily muffin the size of your head or pints of HaagenDazs.
I am not rule-oriented (strange for some one in the military). But I know what is good for me and what is not. I know what is a normal portion size and what is not. And I know when I am working hard and when I am folling myself/others. Being honest with yourself is hard, but it is often the first (and only) step you need.
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BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – An earthquake shook the mountains of Eastern Kentucky on Saturday. Nothing was likely as shaken up as the respective football record books for Union and Pikeville.
In the end, the Union Bulldogs will get credit for the win, 60-59 over the University of Pikeville Bears on a gorgeous season-ending Saturday afternoon at Birch/Nau Field. But along the way, offensive record books took a beating on either side of the ball in one of the most exciting games in the history of either school.
The quarterbacks, seniors who will go down as the most prolific passers in the history of their respective programs, put on masterful performances.
Mike Brinkley, a 6-0, 188-pound senior from Anthony, Fla., finished the game 20-of-42 for his first career 400-yard game at 401 and five touchdowns.
His counterpart, Trevor Hoskins, a 6-3, 205-pound senior from nearby Middlesboro, finished 20-of-34 for 382 yards and three touchdowns. For Hoskins, the holder of every game, season and career record in the book, it marked the seventh time in his career he had more than 300 yards but tied for only the sixth most in his career.
And then there's this – Union finishes the season 4-7; Pikeville closes it out at 3-8.
Amazingly, neither team set scoring records. Pikeville's record is 63 in a game and combined 128. Union's records were set in the corresponding game last season, when it lost to Faulkner University 95-89.
Union jumped out to an early lead, taking the opening kick downfield for a 32-yard touchdown run by senior Rob Brown. It would turn out to be the senior's final score as an ankle injury moments later ended his career. Freshman kicker made it 7-0 with 12:28 left in the opening period.
Pikeville answered quickly, as Hoskins hit Tanner Napier for a 57-yard touchdown catch at 10:40 left in the period. A Seth Millar 19-yard run with 6:34 left and a pair of Grayson Quick PATs gave the Bears a 14-7 lead.
But before the period ended, senior quarterback Mike Brinkley had hit senior Jontrel Colbert from 27 yards out and junior Jared Smith for a 40-yard score, making it 21-14 Bulldogs by the end of the period.
The Bears got on the scoreboard with 12:29 left in the half when sophomore Octavian Crutcher blocked a punt through the end zone for a safety, cutting it to 21-16. Millar put the Bears back on top with an 11-yard run with 10:03 to play, but the conversion pass failed to keep the lead 22-21.
Union regained the lead when sophomore Leonard Dixon went 54 yards for a score. The conversion pass failed but Union led 27-24 with 8:57 to play.
Each team closed the half with scoring passes. Hoskins hit junior Jeremy Hill from 23 yards out before the duo hooked up for the two-point conversion. Union's came when Brinkley found senior William McGarvey deom 41 yards out.
The Bulldogs led 34-33 at the break.
Pikeville scored the first two touchdowns of the second half. Hoskins hit Hill from 30 yards out – failing on the conversion run – and Miller scored for the third time, this time from 11 yards out. Quick's PAT made it 46-34 with 8:38 to play in the third.
Scoring runs – Union's by Dixon from one yard and Pikeville's by senior Zeke White from the four – sent the teams to the fourth with Pikeville leading 53-41.
Union scored the first 13 points of the fourth. Peebles hit two field goals, from 27 and 20 yards, respectively, around a touchdown that came when freshman Keonrick Daniels fell on a fumble in the end zone. Brinkley had hit Dixon, who fumbled at about the six after gaining 28 yards on the play.
The second field goal made it Union 54, Pikeville 53 with 5:08 to play.
Pikeville then had its longest drive of the game, needing eight plays to cover 70 yards and taking 3:51 off the clock. It ended with White's second scoring run, this time from a yard out, to make it 59-54 with 1:13 to play. The conversion pass failed.
That left the door open for the Bulldogs, who needed only 1:04 to run an amazing 11 plays and covering 76 yards, ending when Brinkley's last career pass found sophomore Deron Hicks for 20 yards. The conversion run failed, making it 60-59 with 8.9 seconds remaining.
Pikeville returned the kick to 26 and had 0.5 seconds left. Hoskins final career pass was caught by Tanner Napier, who flipped it to Jordan Amis, but his lateral was recovered by the Bulldogs to end the game.
Union carried the ball 38 times for 228 yards, while the Bears went 39 rushes for 225. The Bulldogs netted 629 yards on 83 plays, while Pikeville had 60 on 73 snaps.
White led the Bears with 83 yards on 19 carries and two scores, while Millar had 10 carries for 75 yards and three touchdowns. Union got 157 yards and two scores from Dixon on 22 carries.
Amis tied a school record with 11 catches in the game and had 128 yards, while Hill caught five for 162 yards and two scores. Napier hauled in three for 84 yards and a score.
Hicks led Union receivers with four catches for 105 yards and a score.
Sophomore John Dudley Hilton led the Bears with eight tackles, five being solos. Union got 10 tackles, five and five, from Darrin Greene in his final performance.


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Just as good and virtue, sin and evil can only be given in vigil. Who sleeps, sleeps; for the asleep there is no sin, just as there is no good, nor virtue. There is only sleep.
Judas Iscariot
Source: The Flight of the Feathered Serpent
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I would like now to shed light in your heart on the truth of things, for it was not my will, but that of the Father and my Rabbi, which was done that faithful night.
Our soul, our true self, is the most mysterious, essential, and magical dimension of our being. In fact, it is not a separate reality, as traditional Western thought views it, but the cohesive force that unites our body, heart, and mind. It is not a ghost trapped somehow in the physical machinery of our body but the very essence of our being. Each soul is unique, and we are called upon to break out of the minimum security prison of conformity and mediocrity to experience our soul's true magic and power. Like a plant it needs to be nurtured to grow and blossom, and to be freed from the entangling, obscuring weeds that tend to take over. The soul is an artist. Its nature is to create, and its natural expression is in the sacred architypical roles of the dancer, the singer, the actor and the healer. Life is a caberet, and our challenge is to act out our essential self on the stage for the world. Though the soul is not a thing, it is our beingness, that which gives us being. So its presence and absence are visible. Its presence manifests in being awake, attentive, energetic, alive. It is the spark of life. It is absent or dampened when we lack vitality, elan, energy. It is the true self we are seeking in all our explorations, and yet it is not somewhere "out there" but right here now, underneath the false roles we're always casting ourselves in. Freeing the soul, freeing ourselves to be soulful, means empowering ourselves to really see what's going on in ourselves, in others, in our lives. This seeing is not the ordinary sort of looking we're habituated to. Looking operates on the surface; seeing probes beneath to discern the essence, the motion, the energy. Looking is just a matter of regarding things things according to our preconceived, static ideas. But as the new physics and biology have clearly shown, our surface impression of the nature of reality as static naively misses the truth of the constant motion and infinite space that truly constitute reality. Carlos Castenada in "A Separate Reality", gives an arresting example of the difference between seeing and looking. Don Juan describes the death of his son who was crushed by rocks on a highway. "The workers stood around looking at his mangled body. I stood there too, but I did not look. I shifted my eyes so I would see his personal life disintegrating, expanding uncontrollably beyond its limits, like a fog of crystals, because that's the way life and death mix and expand. Had I looked at him I would have watched him becoming immobile and I would have felt a cry inside of me, because never again would I look at his fine figure pacing the earth. I saw his death instead, and there was no sadness, no feeling. His death was equal to everything else." Later he tell Carlos that seeing is "hard work." Seeing implies detachment. Looking implies attachment. Looking is with the eyes. Seeing is with the whole being. Looking at myself in the mirror, I think that my nose is crooked and too big, my eyes too small, my hair too fine, my hips too wide. I judge. I assess myself by some external criteria that have by now become part and parcel of how I look at people. But if I stare into my left eye in the mirror I see only a still, perfect little doll-like figure of myself in the midst of a deep pool of subtly changing reflections, probably an image much closer to the truth. It is when I can see myself with interpretation that the magic of being, the pure wonder of existing is revealed... ... LIfe is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art. The art of sacred living means being a holy actor, acting from the soul rather than the ego. The soul is out of space and time and hence always available, an ever-present potential of our being. It is up to each of us to celebrate and actualize our being, and to turn each meal, conversation, outfit, letter, and so on, into art. Every mundane activity is an opportunity for full, authentic self-exploration. The soul is our artistic self, our capacity for transforming every dimension of our lives into art and theater.
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Irving v. Lipstadt
Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Transcripts, Day 3: Electronic Edition
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1 A. [Mr Irving] If it fits the criteria which I mentioned earlier.
2 Q. [Mr Rampton] If it fits the bill, I would suggest, Mr Irving.
3 A. [Mr Irving] That is not what I said. I said if it fits the criteriA.
4 Q. [Mr Rampton] Have you got your Goebbels' book there?
5 A. [Mr Irving] Yes.
6 Q. [Mr Rampton] You say on page 379 -- has your Lordship got one?
7 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Yes, I have. 379, you say?
8 MR RAMPTON: Yes.
9 A. [Mr Irving] Yes, I have that.
10 Q. [Mr Rampton] We are talking here about an article written by, or
11probably written by, Dr Goebbels?
12 A. [Mr Irving] It is one of the two most important articles he wrote.
13 Q. [Mr Rampton] You say that; it was written and published, I think, on
1416th December?
15 A. [Mr Irving] November.
16 Q. [Mr Rampton] I am sorry, November?
17 A. [Mr Irving] 1941.
18 Q. [Mr Rampton] 1941, as virulently anti-Semitic as anything that Hitler
19ever said?
20 A. [Mr Irving] Far more so.
21 Q. [Mr Rampton] You say that, do you?
22 A. [Mr Irving] Far more so.
23 Q. [Mr Rampton] You say here on page 379 in the last paragraph, the
24complete paragraph, on the page: "Dieter Wisliceny, one
25of Eichmann's closest associates, would describe the
26Goebbels' article in Das Reiche", that is the one I
1have just mentioned, as a watershed in the Final Solution
2of the Jewish problem". Then footnote 40 is a reference
3to the Wisliceny Report, date November 18th 1946. That is
4to be found on page 645. You go on in the text ----
5 A. [Mr Irving] I also reference his interrogations I see.
6 Q. [Mr Rampton] You did.
7 A. [Mr Irving] Yes.
8 Q. [Mr Rampton] "The SS took it as a sign from above Adolf Eichmann would
9admit in his unpublished memoirs it is quite possible that
10I got orders to direct this or that railroad to Riga", and
11I don't know where we go from there quite. Yes, I will
12read the whole paragraph. "On the last day of November,
13on the orders of the local SS Commander, Friedrich
14Jeckelm, 4,000 of Riga's unwanted Jews were trucked five
15miles down" -- the Germans called that Dinoberg, I think,
16did they not?
17 A. [Mr Irving] Dunoberg, yes.
18 Q. [Mr Rampton] -- "a highway to Skiaturbe plundered and machine-gunned
19into two or three pits. According to one army colonel",
20this is Bruns, is it not----
22 Q. [Mr Rampton] --- who witnessed it, a trainload of Jews from Berlin,
23those expelled three days before, arrived in the midst
24of this aktion. Its passengers were taken straight out to
25the pits and shot. This happened", and here we go again,
26even has Hitler's hundreds of miles away, "Hitler", I
1emphasise, hundreds of miles away in the Wolf's Lair, "was
2instructing Himmler that these Berlin Jews were not to be
3liquidated. I am not going back to that hoary old
4chestnut, you will be glad to hear, but I do want to take
5you back to the beginning of this paragraph.
6 A. [Mr Irving] It is a remarkable paragraph for a Holocaust denier to
7write, is it not?
8 Q. [Mr Rampton] I have no idea, Mr Irving, and anyway I am not going to
9answer your question. "Dieter Wisliceny, one
10of Eichmann's closest associates, would describe the
11Goebbels' article in Das Reich as a watershed in the Final
12Solution of the Jewish problem"?
13 A. [Mr Irving] Yes.
14 Q. [Mr Rampton] Where did he give that description?
15 A. [Mr Irving] What, whether he actually used the word watershed?
16 Q. [Mr Rampton] Yes.
17 A. [Mr Irving] You see that I reference his manuscript written in
18Bratislava or Presburg and I also reference the
19interrogations in the associated footnote.
20 Q. [Mr Rampton] But if you read what we find here in Professor Evans'
21report which is an English translation of some part of the
22Wisliceny report, what you immediately realize, you do not
23learn it from Mr Irving's books, you learn it
24from Professor Evans' report, what you immediately realize
25is that Dieter Wisliceny did not see the Reich article as
26a watershed. He saw the watershed as being an order from
1Adolf Hitler?
2 A. [Mr Irving] Can we have a look at the passage you are relying on,
4 Q. [Mr Rampton] The which?
5 A. [Mr Irving] The passage of the Wisliceny report you are relying upon
6in the Evans...
7 Q. [Mr Rampton] One would have to go back now to ----
8 A. [Mr Irving] I no longer trust your paraphrases, you see, Mr Rampton.
9 Q. [Mr Rampton] --- where I was.
10 MR JUSTICE GRAY: It is page 340, I think.
11 MR RAMPTON: Yes. 345, sorry, my Lord. The passage -- I am
12not going to read it again, I have read it once already.
13Read what is said there. The German is at the bottom of
14the page, so if you are going to criticise Professor
15Evans' translation, say so now.
16 A. [Mr Irving] The English is a slightly vague translation. I am looking
17at the paragraph at the top of page 345, where he says
18this is just simply "reference in this connection also to
19the Goebbels-article" ----
20 Q. [Mr Rampton] Yes?
21 A. [Mr Irving] --- "'The Jews are guilty'".
22 Q. [Mr Rampton] What does the German say?
23 A. [Mr Irving] The German says: "In this connection, I draw attention
24also to the Goebbels-article 'The Jews are to blame' in an
25edition of the newspaper Das Reich" which is possibly a
26slightly more coherent way of translating it.
1 Q. [Mr Rampton] But he is talking about German propaganda, that is to say,
2domestic propaganda, is he not?
3 A. [Mr Irving] Yes.
4 Q. [Mr Rampton] After 11th December when Hitler, perhaps rather stupidly,
5declared war on the United States?
6 A. [Mr Irving] Yes.
7 Q. [Mr Rampton] He is talking about the Yellow Star and he is talking
8about the article in Das Reich as examples. He then
9said: "In this period of time, after the beginning of the
10war with the USA, I am convinced must fall the decision of
11Hitler which ordered the biological annihilation of
12European Jews". So how is it, if that is the piece you
13were referring to, that that gets converted into Dieter
14Wisliceny saying that the article by Goebbels in Das Reich
15was a watershed?
16 A. [Mr Irving] I beg to differ with you. I think that even this source
17bears me out. He said the words you omitted in your
18summary, he says: "The second wave of radicalization
19began" and the instance of this he gives is the
20publication of the article. This is what triggered off
21the off the second wave of radicalization. But you have
22also overlooked, and I am sorry I tripped you up on this
23when you referred to the Goebbels' Diaries, would you like
24to read out the reference for the passage that I gave
25you? You implied that it relies only on the Wisliceny
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"The card was great quality and adapted to our photo brilliantly. I liked that it added a touch of holiday snow and had different options for greeting."