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CORPUS CHRISTI – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi announced today that Islanders Athletics will add women's soccer to its programs, giving the school 15 varsity teams competing in NCAA sports.
"The excitement generated by the latest World Cup competition shows that soccer is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States, especially among younger fans," said Dr. Flavius Killebrew, president of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. "That's especially true in South Texas where soccer is played in the schools, and also as a lifetime sport by many adults."
Women's soccer is the first varsity sport to be added to Islanders Athletics since the University restarted its intercollegiate athletics program prior to the 1999-2000 school year. According to Scott Lazenby, interim director of Athletics, a nationwide search is underway for a coach to build the program.
"We're excited to add women's soccer to our athletics program," Lazenby said. "This area has a tremendous number of talented prospective student athletes playing soccer, and we believe we can be quite competitive very quickly. Because of the sport's popularity in Corpus Christi, we also expect it to be a big draw with our fans."
The team will play at a facility on the new Momentum Campus off Nile Drive, just west of the main University campus. Construction of the facility, which features a track and field complex in addition to the soccer field, is scheduled to begin in January 2012.

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Conflict Over Russia's Role in Ukraine Spills Into Tech Sector
The international conflict over Russia's involvement in Ukraine and its possible link to the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 has spilled into the western technology sector.
Russia's parliament is drafting a bill to reduce the country's reliance on foreign technology suppliers following U.S. sanctions against some of its biggest firms. The move could hurt global technology vendors such as International Business Machines and Hewlett-Packard Corp., Bloomberg reports. More sanctions, including some from European leaders, could be on the way over accusations of a Russian link to the downing of a Malaysian Airlines jet last week.
The bill, currently being prepared by Russia's lower house of parliament, would make government and state-run companies give preference to local software and hardware providers, and favor products that don't have imported, licensed components. "Given the current international tensions, substituting imports with local software and hardware becomes the key to ensuring self sufficiency," Andrey Chernogorov, executive secretary of the commission for strategic information systems, told Bloomberg.
The moves by Russia come as U.S. technology vendors continue to deal with the fallout from revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of a massive Internet spying effort by U.S. intelligence agencies. China, Russia and other countries have exploited the episode to push for an agenda of using domestic technology providers.
The bill's preparation was accelerated after reports that American technology companies might cut off service to Russian banks to comply with U.S. sanctions triggered by Russia's role in the Ukraine, according to the report. The proposal may be submitted for a vote in parliament in September.
Combined, H-P, IBM, Microsoft Corp., Oracle, SAP SE and Cisco Systems brought in $8.1 billion in revenue from Russia last year, with H-P and IBM making up about 78% of total sales, according to estimates by the Russian Academy of Sciences included in the commission's document and noted by Bloomberg.
In a statement to CIO Journal, H-P said it "strictly complies with the laws of the countries where we do business," and that it is focused on providing quality products and services in compliance with applicable law. Representatives for Oracle, Microsoft and SAP declined to comment about the U.S. sanctions, Russia's new rules, or a potential loss of business in Russia if the rules go into effect. IBM and Cisco did not respond to requests for comment.
U.S. sanctions rolled out to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin have already dealt a blow to multinational companies across other industries. The political standoff between the Kremlin and the West, paired with the threat of more economic sanctions, has clouded the longer-term revenue and earnings forecasts for some U.S. and EU firms. Maxwell Technologies, which makes chips for satellites that can withstand solar flares, told the WSJ in May that it estimated it could lose $2 million in revenue this year following the U.S. government's decision to withhold export licenses for shipments with military ties to Russia.
Russia's proposal follow steps taken by other countries and companies to be more choosy about the firms they do business with, whether prompted by economic sanctions or perceived national security risks. Following a report from Der Spiegel in December that the NSA had targeted products from Huawei Technologies Co., among other companies, with malicious software that creates backdoors in products, the telecommunications vendor's Washington-D.C. based vice president of external affairs, William Plummer, noted that "there's a very real concern for political or geography-based balkanization, which is in nobody's best interest."
Leaks by Mr. Snowden also spread fears that this "balkanization" could expand to other markets and technology providers, which could in turn hamper the innovation and simplification potential promised by cloud services and other technologies. "There's a better than 50% chance of some trade barriers" being erected because of the NSA revelations, J. Bradford Jensen, a professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, told CIO Journal in April. "This could be a real problem for any multinational's operations."


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The Portland band Horse Feathers will present a selection of its original Americana and folk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 Fourth St., Ashland.
The band, which is touring in support of its fourth album, "Cynic's New Year," released in April, features singer and songwriter Justin Ringle on guitar and vocals, along with Nathan Crockett on violin, mandolin and saw, Dustin Dybvig on drums and piano, Lauren Vidal on cello and Angie Uzma on violin.
Old-time folk musician Frank Fairfield will sit in with the band, playing fiddle, guitar and banjo, and local group Kites & Crows will open the show.
Tickets cost $15 and are available at www.roguevalleymessenger.com or at Music Coop and Ruby's Neighborhood Cafe in Ashland. Call 541-708-5688.
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Attitash wins OK from feds to construct longest single-span zipline in U.S.
Lowell said the "one zipline adventure" attraction will consist of two sets of two parallel ziplines — the first set measuring 5,000 feet, the other 3,000 feet.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi saved its best round for today, shooting a 296 in the third and final round of the 35th Annual FIU Pat Bradley Invitational to finish 6th at the event. Nikki Dunn shot a 71 for the day, while three other players delivered 75s.
"This is the kind of finish we really needed," Head Coach Carol Blackmar said. "I'm proud that we were able to have such a solid ending to our fall season. Having such strong performances from all of our top four players was a big step forward for us.
"As a whole, we had a solid fall season," she added. "We showed significant improvement from a year ago. If we can just find a way to improve our consistency, we have shown that we have the talent to compete for a Southland Conference championship this spring."
Corpus Christi native Vanessa Johnson led the way in the tournament, finishing in a tie for 17th with a 228 (79-74-75), while junior Krista Fenniak was one shot behind in 19th (76-78-75). Taylor Slagle took home 26th with her three-round 231 (77-79-75), while Dunn finished in 36th with a 235 (89-75-71). Lindsay Biehler shot a 250 (80-86-84) to finish in 62nd place.
Dunn started strong out of the gate on Tuesday, posting a birdie three on the 10th, her first hole of the day. After pars on 11 and 12, she notched back-to-back bogeys to move over par. She followed that with nine pars and a bogey over her next 10 holes to fall to plus-2, but closed her day by going birdie-birdie-birdie on the 7th, 8th and 9th to card a 71. It marks the second straight tournament that she has shot below par in the final round.
Johnson had one of the wildest rounds of her young career. The sophomore carded just six pars on the day to go along with six bogeys and a double on the 17th. But she also posted five birdies on the round – including two on her final five holes – to come into the clubhouse with a roller-coaster 75.
Fenniak was the antithesis of that round, as the junior posted undoubtedly the most consistent round of her career. She started off rough, posting a 7 on the par-5 9th, but from then on she settled in. She parred the next seven holes, remaining at plus-2, before a bogey on the 17th dropped her back to 3-over. But she closed with nine pars in a row to close out her day with a 75.
Slagle finished with another solid round, posting a 75 of her own. She started on a roll, delivering four pars and two birdies – one on the 10th and one on the 14th – to sit 2-under heading to 15. She alternated bogeys and pars over the next six holes to move back over par heading to the 3rd. She closed with five pars and a double on the 7th to finish her day at 4-over. Biehler shot an 84 in the final round of action.
This is the final tournament of the fall schedule for Islanders Golf, which returns to action on Feb. 25-26 for the annual Islanders Classic at the Corpus Christi Country Club. For all the latest news and inside information on Islanders Golf, be sure to follow the team on Twitter (@IslandersGolf) and like them on Facebook (IslandersGolf).


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PLEASANT HILL -- Former Police Chief Peter Dunbar has a new job leading the Colorado board that oversees police officer training and certification.
Dunbar, 51, retired at the end of September following a 30-year career in law enforcement in Oakland and Pleasant Hill. Dunbar joined the Pleasant Hill Police Department in February 2006, replacing current Contra Costa Sheriff David Livingston, who gave up the job to take over Concord's police force.
"Pleasant Hill was a great place to retire from. I couldn't have asked for a better place to finish," Dunbar said recently.
Dunbar moved to Evergreen, Colo., just outside Denver, where he and his wife have owned a house for three years. Last month, he became director of the state Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.
Oakland native Dunbar joined his hometown police department as a patrol officer in 1982. He was promoted to sergeant five years later, and in 1991 he was the first supervisor to arrive at the scene of the Oakland hills fire that killed 25 people and destroyed 3,300 homes.
"I was there, directing officers up into the fire area to do evacuation," Dunbar recalled.
Officer John Grubensky, who perished in the fire and whom Dunbar had trained, was working an overtime shift that day.
"He didn't have to be there, but he put himself in harms way," Dunbar said.
Dunbar received a Medal of Merit for his role in the rescue effort. He was promoted to lieutenant, then captain, and in 1999 was appointed deputy chief.
One memorable case Dunbar oversaw involved two anti-drug crusading sisters who shared a home in East Oakland. One sister reported the other missing, but police received a tip that the woman had assumed her sister's identity, Dunbar said. Police searched the house and found the dismembered body of the "missing" sister in a freezer.
"It had twists and turns that were out of a made-for-TV movie," he said. "If anyone says they've seen it all they're not telling the truth, because you've never seen it all."
Pleasant Hill offered an opportunity to escape the politics of the Oakland Police Department and to become a chief in a city with much less violent crime, Dunbar said.
But that doesn't mean working in Pleasant Hill was always easy. For example, convincing residents to take crime prevention seriously and to lock their cars, and close garage doors and sliding glass doors was a challenge, Dunbar said.
According to the city, Dunbar earned a base salary this year of $197,484. He is eligible for a pension equal to 90 percent of his top year of pay.
Dunbar says he understands some of the backlash against public employees' retirement benefits, but he asks people to think about the stress and danger of working in law enforcement. He described leaving his wife the night they brought their newborn daughter home from the hospital to investigate the shooting of a young boy.
"I think there's a lot more factors that people should look at; it's not just dollars and cents. Look at the sacrifices people have made," he said.
City Manager June Catalano appointed Capt. John Moore, a long-term member of the department, interim police chief. Catalano said the search for a new chief will begin after the first of the year. Dunbar said he recommended Moore, who ran the department's day-to-day operation.
"He understands what it takes to be the chief. I think he would be a great chief; I think he's smart enough and he has the personality and wit to do the job," Dunbar said.
Lisa P. White covers Martinez and Pleasant Hill. Contact her at 925-943-8011. Follow her at Twitter.com/lisa_p_white.


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August Spies wrote: I can't tell who is trolling more, yuma or naked troll dude.
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Dregs wrote: Yet ANOTHER thread reduced to shit because of Yuma! Yuma, you are an idiot, plain and simple. No one cares about you, or your stupid dictionary definitions! Like August and others have said on numerous occasions, pick up an encyclopedia if you want a broader perspective on the intricacies of anarchist ideology -- a school of thought CLEARLY too nuanced and multifaceted to be confined to YOUR version of Webster. If you were genuinely interested in learning about Anarchism, you would have clicked the links provided. But it's clear you have Webster's cock so far up your ass that you can't be bothered to actually research something you know NOTHING about. Argue semantics elsewhere


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DON'T MISS: "The Hour" -- This stylish, critically lauded British drama about the inner workings of a TV news operation returns for its second season, and changes are afoot. The story jumps ahead one year -- to 1957, when a ruthless new boss (Peter Capaldi) is demanding that the current-events program take on more edge and energy. His presence unnerves producer Bel (Romola Garai) and revs up the brashly confident anchor Hector (Dominic West). 9 p.m. Wednesday, BBC America.
SUNDAY: Need a "Downton Abbey" fix? Angela Lansbury hosts "Downton Abbey Revisited," a special that recaps the first two seasons of the wildly popular period drama and previews the third, spiced by interviews with producers and actors. 8 p.m., PBS.
SUNDAY: Lindsay Lohan is on TV, and it's not for a court appearance! Tonight, the tabloid queen stars as Elizabeth Taylor in "Liz & Dick," a movie about Hollywood's most famous -- and troubled -- couple. Grant Bowler plays Richard Burton. 9 p.m., Lifetime.
MONDAY: "Revolution" fans should brace themselves for the mother of all sword fights as Miles and Monroe (Billy Burke and David Lyons) come face-to-face for the first time. The bad news? This is our last episode until the doomsday drama returns in March. 10:01 p.m., NBC.
TUESDAY: They came, they saw, they did the rumba. Now, it's finally time to find out which of the returning contestants on "Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars" will waltz away with that hideous disco-ball trophy. 9 p.m., ABC.
TUESDAY: "Parenthood" is all about tough transitions tonight as Julia (Erika Christensen) tries to adjust to life as a stay-at-home mom, while Max (Max Burkholder) struggles with his new role as student council president. 10:01 p.m., NBC.
WEDNESDAY: "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" is back, and you know what that means: It's time to light up that big tree in the Big Apple. Trace Adkins, Mariah Carey, CeeLo Green and other performers lend their voices to the festivities. 8 p.m., NBC.
WEDNESDAY: Yes, we've seen it a million times, but, after all these years, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" continues to be a holiday tradition -- and that scrawny little fir tree still needs our love. 8 p.m., ABC.
THURSDAY: A parking space should never come between friends, but that's what happens on "The Big Bang Theory" when the university reassigns Sheldon's (Jim Parsons) spot to returning astronaut Wolowitz (Simon Helberg). We smell trouble. 8 p.m., CBS.
FRIDAY: Be honest: You never thought "Fashion Police" would make it to 100 episodes. But it did, and to celebrate, our hosts are revealing their worst looks from the show and airing plenty of past bloopers. 10 p.m., E!
SATURDAY: It's true: Every time you watch "It's a Wonderful Life," an angel earns its wings -- or something like that. Frank Capra's holiday classic returns for another trip to Bedford Falls. 8 p.m., NBC.
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A few weeks ago, I met the daughter of an old friend. We spoke for a while, and then she said to me, "You know, I have to tell you how wonderful you and your husband are. You love and support your gay son - you never threw him out of the house like some other parents do." Well, I was flattered and I thanked her. But then I thought about it. Why should someone thank me for doing what a parent should do in the first place - which is to love your child unconditionally?
When my son first came out in 1998, I had such mixed feelings. I was born and raised in New York City and had been around all sorts of people, including gay people, so I thought I was cool. But I also had no knowledge nor understanding of what it was like to have a gay kid. I was totally confused and couldn't imagine what might have "made him gay." So I did what a lot of parents do when their kids come out - I went into the closet. I stayed there for 2 years. I was embarrassed and thought we didn't have a "normal" family anymore. I thought I'd never have grandchildren. I felt inferior.
When I finally began going to PFLAG meetings, I learned so many new things. I found out that people are born gay - no one or no incident can "make" them gay. I also learned that GLBT people are able to have children and raise families. As I attended more meetings over many years, I met some wonderful parents who became my friends. I talked to them and read a lot and I came out of the closet.
Coming out as a parent was a wonderful experience. I felt free to share my life openly with friends and new people I met. I began to get involved in advocacy. I was also able to teach people about GLBT issues. But the best part was that I could feel strong and stand up for my son. If someone said they "agreed with his lifestyle" I told them that being gay is not a lifestyle or a choice. I was educated and could speak with some authority. Now, if someone asks me if my son is married, I reply by saying "he isn't allowed." This often results in a puzzled look, so I explain how same-sex marriage isn't legal in Indiana. This in turn opens up a whole dialogue about the possible discriminatory Marriage Amendment.
So it really bothers me to think that parents who accept their GLBT kids are thought of as doing something out of the ordinary. I don't even like to use the word "accept." To me, that means I have a choice to love my child or not. Loving your children should come with the territory of being a parent. It should be the standard - not the exception. Why have kids if you're not going to embrace their unique qualities, no matter what they are. Children come in all sorts of packages - we never know what we're going to get. And very often we're surprised. That surprise may come at an early age, or it may come later in the child's life. But we can't turn away from whatever is presented to us.
I recently read a story about a high school boy who was an atheist. He protested when his school was going to say a prayer at the graduation ceremony. Not only did the school turn against him, but his own parents did. They threw him and his belongings out into the street! I was appalled! Parents should be a safe haven for their kids, no matter what their sexual orientation is or their religious beliefs are. I know there are some parents out there who listen to the homophobic rantings of their religious leaders rather than accept their GLBT kids. Again, to me, there is no question - your child comes first.
Every year, I march with my PFLAG chapter in the Indy Pride Parade. The first year when I marched, I remember hearing the spectators on the sidewalk yell and cheer when they saw our PFLAG banner. I asked one of the members of my chapter why people were so happy to see us. She said it was because to them, PFLAG represents the parents they don't have - the parents who rejected them. That moment made me aware of the difficulties many in the GLBT community have when they first come out. I believe that coming out must be the bravest thing a person can do - they unfortunately must have to face the fact that they stand the chance of losing what they need the most - their family's love and support.
One of the goals of PFLAG is to help parents learn how to support their GLBT kids and help them feel safe and wanted in the world. I know, too, that there will always be parents who just don't get it. They might stay in the closet for a long time, perhaps never coming out. Others may throw their kids out, rejecting them due to fear and ignorance. But PFLAG will always be there for them should they decide to take that first step toward enlightenment.
When I meet someone in the gay community who thanks me for being a PFLAG mom, I am still flattered. It is a very humbling experience. But really, the GLBT community is the group of people who should be thanked - they live in a world too often filled with homophobia and hate. Yet they go out each day and teach us what it is like to hold your head up and be who you really are.
This is what I should have told my friend's daughter. And I hope for a time when parents won't be thanked for doing what should come naturally - for doing what should be the norm - loving our kids and standing up for them.


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NEW: Metal from passing truck smashes window, gashes driver
Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 9:08 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 9:08 a.m.
GAINESVILLE - A man was injured when a metal cap from a passing truck broke through the windshield of his vehicle and struck the side of his head.
The Florida Highway Patrol says the incident happened Monday as 72-year-old Jerry Blankenship was driving home. The truck driven by Art Perkins was heading to Bartow.
The Gainesville Sun (http://bit.ly/13sUaf2 ) reports Blankenship got a three-inch gash on his head. His wife, Pat Blankenship, says she was reading during the drive home from south Florida when she heard a thud and saw "blood going everywhere."
Blankenship pulled over and called for help.
Perkins says he stopped when he felt a vibration. Blankenship took the piece of metal, which looked like a cap, to him.
FHP says there probably won't be any charges.
Information from: The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, http://www.gainesvillesun.com
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If you haven't been out to Devi's Glenn lately, they have moved the fence that is to the right of hole 1's tee pad back 10-15 feet or so.
I haven't been out there in about a month. I apologize if this is old news.
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I have been ragging a bit as of late on Fixie Fever. To be honest, as long as you have a working front brake on your fixie and use it, I guess I can't get too negative. Riding a bike of any variety is way better than trying to wipe out your enemy on Halo 3.
This past weekend I did observe one notable benefit to Fixie Fever. It occurred on a bike ride in the San Francisco Bay Area. Compared to the rest of the country we have really mild weather in Northern California. You can pretty much cycle here year round which is why a lot of pros live and train here. But, every once and a while the weather does turn cold. Those of you living in the northeast, don't get out your violins just yet, if the weather is in the 40'sF we consider it downright frigid.
So, my friend Lindsay and I were headed out for a longer ride (90 miles for me) on Saturday when we hooked up with three-time Olympian and current Bissell Professional Cycling Team director Eric Wohlberg. Our mutual friend Yukie tagged along as well. The fifth member of our group was Vincent Juarez, who is a senior at Piedmont Hills High School.
Vincent is finishing up his first year as a bike racer. He won a bronze medal at the US National Track Championships and was top three in a number of road races in the always competitive NorCal cycling scene. Vince will the the first to tell you that he is not considered a climber. Well, not yet. His best performances this year were in flatter races and he really enjoys riding on the track.
Vince hung tough on a cold, NorCal day that included a lot of ups and downs for a total of 6000' of elevation gain. I never once heard him complain even though he was clearly out of his element. And better yet, he seemed really excited to be racing his bike. That's a very encouraging sign.
So, what does this all have to do with Fixie Fever. Well, it appears that Vincent was first attracted to riding a bicycle by getting a fixie to knock around the neighborhood. The fixie riding on the road led to riding a fixed gear bike on the track and ultimately to riding a geared bike on the road. Hopefully, this is a path that more young male and female riders will follow in the future. I was going to say every cloud has a silver lining, but I didn't.
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@WSJSTARTUP: In this Spreecast chat from Thursday, Jan. 24, Gilt Groupe founder Alexandra Wilkis Wilson discusses how social media has helped grow her business; Buzzfeed president Jon Steinberg explains why he values enthusiasm and initiative more than experience in an employee and Behance founder Scott Belsky describes the complexities of venture-round funding.
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Jan. 17: WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg recommends growing a startup organically for as long as possible; Beachmint Inc. CEO and MySpace cofounder Josh Berman explains why networking is critical for getting in front of investors; and Warren Lee, general partner at Canaan Partners, advises viewers on how to craft an effective three-minute investor pitch.
Jan. 10: Ed Zimmerman explains why he wouldn't back an entrepreneur with more than one startup; venture capitalist Rick Heitzmann discusses strategies for founders looking to meet potential investors; and Jim Franklin, CEO of SendGrid Inc., shares his company's approach to marketing online and off.
Jan. 3: Dave McClure of 500 Startups discusses the pros and cons of accepting money from a difficult investor; Ellie Wheeler of Greycroft Partners explains why entrepreneurs should consider every option before deciding to drop out of college; and Dan Gordon of Valhalla Partners emphasizes the importance of seeking out competent legal advice for your startup.
Dec. 21: Brad Feld of Foundry Group, explains the nuances of dealing with entrepreneurial employees; Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Comics describes a new innovation called the 'motion comics;' and Jason Calacanis of Mahalo Inc. discusses the future of using search data for targeting advertising.
Dec. 14: Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, discusses the importance of hiring employees who mesh with a startup's culture; Ted Hollifield, co-head of the venture and mergers and acquisitions practice at Alston & Bird LLP, explains why startup CEOs should be able to rely on verbal agreements with employees instead of legal documents ; and Brian Spaly, the founder and CEO of Trunk Club, discusses whether startup incubators are essential to a company's success.
Dec. 7: Angela Benton, founder of accelerator program NewME, talks about why the therm "stealth mode" is outdated; Paul Lee, a partner with venture-capital firm Lightbank, discusses how to attract professional investors; and Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of eyewear brand Warby Parker, explains why it's the best mover, not the first mover, who wins the startup race.
Nov. 29: Steve Blank, a retired serial entrepreneur, talks about business models vs. business plans; David Tisch, managing partner of BoxGroup, describes what investors look for in funding proposals; and Dan Porter, former CEO of OMGPOP and a general manager at Zynga Inc., discusses the balance between reaching a market and being ahead of it.
Nov. 23: Matt Maloney, co-founder of GrubHub, talks about bootstrapping to grow a startup; Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, discusses the downsides of crowdfunding; and Nora Abousteit, founder of Kollabora.com, suggests different ways to structure investment deals.
Nov. 16: Alexa Hirschfeld, co-founder of Paperless Post, talks about where she finds inspiration; Ben Huh, CEO and founder of Cheezburger Inc., offers tips for finding a suitable co-founder; and Wayne Sutton, the founder of PitchTo, discusses the importance of networking with your former college classmates.
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Schwinn Girl popped into the bike shop with a loose shifter cable. We all agreed the bike was way older than her and it was a 50s or 60s era Varsity. She was convinced it was from the 80s, but loved the bike just the same and for her it seemed like a fashion statement.
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whoa. a girl came into your bike shop?
ha; not my bike shop, elliott bay, but they are downtown, on Western so lots of girls come in—especially with the art school a block away.
I love those old fillet brazed Schwinns. My vote would be mid to late sixties.
I was hoping someone could identify that frame, see this photo for [a better look](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=623684302&size=o). I found the [Schwinn Lightweight Databook](http://www.geocities.com/sldatabook/), but wasn't able to identify the frame farther.
that is a 80's varsity. electro forged not brazed. look at the wet rim warning sticker thats a 80's thing.
That's right it's electo-forged, which as [Sheldon Brown says](http://www.sheldonbrown.com/chicago-schwinns.html), "were among the most bomb-resistant bikes ever built, and they were built with unique technology "
Post Chicago for sure… that makes it late late 70's or into the 80's. Still could be older than her though.


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|Prodijig, winners of Sky1's "Got to Dance," claim the No. 1 spot on our list.
Last year's most popular Irish dance videos were innovative and surprising, and just when we thought Irish dance couldn't get that much more exciting, 2012 packed a wallop with dubstep-inspired step dancing, "Got to Dance" champs and One Direction treble reels.
Based solely on pageviews attributed to individual Irish dancing videos uploaded to YouTube in the last year, these are the top 12 Irish dance videos of 2012:
1. Prodijig's finals performance on "Got to Dance"
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Prodijig earned a mere honorable mention on the 2011 list, mainly because the video from the group's "Got to Dance" tryout had been uploaded right at the very end of the year when other videos had months to amass video views. The band of former Riverdancers with robotic precision ended up winning gold in the televised dance show, so it's no mystery how these fierce dancers skyrocketed to the top of this list.
Congratulations, Prodijig, on winning "Got to Dance" and the No. 1 slot on our list!
2. Irish dance routine to One Direction's "Na Na Na"
693,224 views
Directioners -- that, I hear, is how One Direction fans refer to themselves -- are a force all their own, strong enough to make or break a viral video, apparently. These five Irish dancers from Michigan choreographed a routine to the popular boy band's song "Na Na Na." Each girl is dressed as a member of the English-Irish band.
3. TapTronic's "Crave You" remix
633,685 views
Seemingly out of nowhere, TapTronic blew the roof off Irish dance as we knew it with this video. With high production quality, perfectly poignant music selection (dubstep having reached its pop culture peak in 2012) and insanely intricate choreography on two sets of super-speedy feet, Irish dancers -- and, well, EVERYONE ELSE -- could not look away.
4. Irish dancing to Michael Jackson
475,741 views
This little dancer won our hearts and our pageviews with an adorable dance to a Michael Jackson medley. The dancer, described in the YouTube video's about section as being just 8 years old, mesmerized shoppers at a Derry mall.
5. Prodijig's semi-finals performance on "Got to Dance"
400,363 views
That's two videos in the top five most watched Irish dance videos on YouTube for Prodijig! A cherry on top for the dancers already claiming the coveted No. 1 position on the list.
6. VirtuREEL Irish Dancing
198,045 views
Discover Ireland, the same organization that sponsored the Sneaky Steppers' St. Patrick's Day flashmob (last year's No. 1 video on the list), introduced this trippy Irish dance project that got commuters in Sydney's Central Station kicking up their heels.


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SAN JOSE -- Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) is spending $600 million in cash to buy a Paris-based company that helps companies provide a consistent marketing message over a wide range of voices -- from direct mailers to social media.
Adobe, which provides tools for digital media and has been expanding into data-driven marketing, signed its agreement with Neolane on Thursday and expects to close the deal in the third quarter of this year.
The two companies have been working together since Adobe became interested in digital marketing about four years ago, said John Mellor, Adobe's vice president of strategy and business development.
At the same time Neolane, which has 300 employees across offices in Paris, London and Boston, had been working for the last 12 years to help companies market a consistent message.
"We feel (Neolane's) the best of breed," Mellor said. "In a lot of ways, it's the only one that does this at the level of maturity and sophistication at which they do it."
Adobe's purchase of Neolane follows a series of deals designed to strengthen Adobe's push into digital marketing, which began with its acquisition of Omniture in 2009.
Acquiring Neolane will make it easier for Adobe to help companies solve the problem of sorting through their own consumer data to deliver a consistent message to individual customers, Mellor said.
"You might get a direct marketing mailer for a new mortgage, but when you call into the call center they want to talk about credit cards," Mellor said. "Then you get an email about debt consolidation. You want to say, 'Guys, get it together.' The reality is it's a hard problem to solve. ... Neolane makes it so that if you want to go on vacation with your wife and kids ... you won't be getting a picture of a tiki bar at night talking about the single's scene."
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Duck Season! Chicken Season!
We just found out why the salad bed looks like it has had ducks foraging in it. It's because ducks have been foraging in it! They found a way to squeeze through the remesh pea trellis and have their way with the chard and the lettuces. Everything else they leave alone- collards, romanesco, broccoli, kales, onions, mustards, tatsoi, arugula, mizuna, cilantro, cabbages, sugar snap peas.... What a quacking commenced when they realized they'd been found out! It clearly translated to "It wasn't me! I swear!". They were then put back to work on the outside of the drift fence surrounding the 'off limits' bed to gobble up sow bugs, earwigs, slugs and snails.
With the exception of this incursion we have throughly enjoyed this breed of backyard duck. Khaki Campbells seem to be a perfect size for the urban homestead. They are happy with a tub of fresh water to bathe in, a pan of chicken mash and scratch with crushed oyster shell to nibble on and free range of the entire backyard. They put themselves to bed at night in an old dog house outfitted with nest boxes and dry hay for bedding. We lock the dog house door each night for their safety. They are a whole lot less work than the chickens who have to be confined (bunch of teenagers that they are) because they'll trash the place otherwise.
I came out to the yard the other day to find the chickens had been let out. "Oh Great!" I thought, "What have they destroyed now?". I found that my neighbor had enlisted the chickens and the ducks to work the compost into the garden bed he had just amended for winter. The chickens were scratching and the ducks were dabbling. They were just doing what they do naturally.
Even though the days are getting shorter the ducks keep laying their eggs right on schedule. The chicken eggs are petering out slowly. The two Araucanas and the Barred Rock are taking turns slacking off. One day it will be two blue eggs (Araucana) and no brown (Barred Rock ). Then, the next day it will be one brown and no blues. With the abundance of wonderful 'weeds' now growing everywhere we've been able to provide the chickens with lots and lots of greens in addition to their grain and alfalfa hay. The color of their egg yolks has been spectacular lately. A boost in nutrition for all of us. Soon, the neighbors will start bringing snails over and we'll step it up another level. We have a neighborhood e-mail list on which I recently sent out a request for snails. Since we got the ducks we are virtually snail-free. Now, if we can teach them to eat voles and gophers....
Don't get me wrong we love the chickens and their eggs. We're just trying to simplify the system around here.
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- Weedgardener said...
What a great site!
Couple of questions: Can ducks be shared among households? That is, a week at one household to eat up the snails, then a week at another one to eat their snails while the first household goes on vacation?
Can ducks be left unattended for a few days? or do they need daily "maintenance"?
- December 11, 2007 at 8:59 AM
- Urban Homesteaders said...
That's a great urban farming idea. I know that Kevin Bayuk in San Francisco has a gate to the neighbor's yard through which his ducks pass to work next door when needed.
Our neighbors have certainly expressed interest!
The ducks would probably want to return each night to sleep in their usual spot. So, if they could return or be brought home that would be best. If not, they would need to be put away at night where they can be safe from predators wherever they are working. In the urban jungle those predators could be rats, raccoons, dogs, coyotes, etc.
They would need a source of fresh water for drinking and rinsing their eyes and noses. A deep bowl or small plastic tub would do. We use a galvanized bucket changed daily for this purpose. And, they would want something they could swim or at least bathe in to keep their waterproofing up.
For a few days if there are plenty of bugs and greens available they would probably be fine. Longer, and they would need some extra food.
Good luck. Let us know how it goes!
- December 16, 2007 at 8:47 AM
- Weedgardener said...
Thanks. I was thinking in terms of whether I could go on vacation and deliver my ducks--along with whatever they sleep in (what do ducks sleep in?)--to another household to "babysit" them--and also use their services. None of my immediate neighbors are interested in gardening.
- December 16, 2007 at 9:18 AM
- Angelina said...
Your blog has hit me with a little nostalgia. My husband and I used to live in (and love) Petaluma. We lived on Wallace Ct. in a 1940's stucco house. When we were ready to buy a house we couldn't afford Petaluma and ended up in Santa Rosa which is where we got really interested in urban homesteading. Now we're in McMinnville Oregon.
Anyway, I hope you keep updating your blog, I love what I've read so far! My husband is very interested in getting ducks but our yard isn't safe enough for them yet to let them run around. (Other neighbors dogs can get in with no effort, especially if they smell something as tasty as a duck.)
- December 27, 2007 at 3:10 PM
- Meagan said...
I live up in Santa Rosa and have a neighbor with Indian Runners, great little gals and very yummy eggs. After deciding to get some ducks for our quarter acre, I too did my research and think Khaki Campbells would be perfect. I have hit your wonderful blog several times on my net searches... can you tell me what feed store your Campbells came from?
Thank you for this great blog!
- April 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM
- Urban Homesteaders said...
We got our girls at Rivertown Feed near the D Street bridge in downtown Petaluma. If you call them they can tell you when the next shipment of Khaki Campbell ducklings will be coming. Be sure to get only girls unless you intend to breed. Rivertown has them sexed so you know what you are getting. They sell out quick so you've got to get there the day they arrive. 707-762-4505.
Good luck!
- April 15, 2008 at 8:24 PM
- Genie said...
Just discovered your site while trying to find out how many chickens I could keep in my downtown Petaluma backyard.
I put in a vegetable garden this year when my landlord cut down two large trees in front of the house. Now people walk by and say hello when they see me in the garden -- and stop to chat if they recognize what's growing. After a bountiful summer, the winter garden is now in. I'll be interested to see what comes up.
I share produce with my neighbor who replaced his front lawn with dwarf fruit trees 10 years ago. Last year I put up dozens of jars of applesauce, lums, pears, chutney, and other fruit treats from the bounty of my neighbor and Freecycle friends.
It's great to find like-minded souls in Petaluma town.
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The majority of visits to the Czech Republic are trouble-free, although the country has a risk of indiscriminate terrorist attacks, which it shares with the rest of the world. Petty theft is on the increase, especially in Prague, and visitors should be vigilant about their belongings particularly on public transport and around the main tourist sites. Violent crime is rare.
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How heartwarming it was to discover that "CoPRIG volunteers" were here last week, telling our schoolchildren about the deadly menace of Anthropogenic Global Warming, a popular bogeyman of the anti-corporate Left.
For those unfamiliar with CoPRIG, a bit of background: founded in 1992, the nonprofit "social advocacy" organization arrived near the tail end of the Nadarist wave that saw similar groups opened across the United States. Colorado's iteration seems to be a creature of the Democrat Party's wilder shores of activism.
CoPIRG defines itself as "standing up to powerful interests," but examination of their activities and attitudes quickly reveals their actual agenda: bashing corporations, expanding government and in general pushing programs that would make Barack Obama swell with pride.
"Big money in government?" It's all about corporate donations and fat cats. At least, a certain type of fat cats: they excoriate the "Citizens United" decision, but utter nary a peep about the millions funneled into politics from unions and other deep pockets on the left. No mention of Nanny Bloomberg's funding for anti-gun commercials, for instance.
"Tax reform" involves only closing "corporate tax loopholes" that allow "shell companies in offshore havens." At least they mention General Electric, the president's favorite pet corporation, in their complaints.
If it can be described with the adjective "big," CoPIRG is against it: "big agra." "Big pharma." "Big business." With two notable exceptions: big unions and big government, which are just peachy.
CoPIRG has a couple of ideas on energy conservation: First, building codes should be tightened to dramatically increase energy efficiency standards. Second, utility companies should be forced to offer customers time-payment purchases of energy-efficient appliances via their bills. Sure, this is going to raise costs for everyone - who do you think will pay to manage these programs? But we should all ante up, because it's good for the planet ...
Then there's education. CoPIRG says its volunteers use "Department of Energy materials" in their presentations, including coloring books on energy that don't mention fossil fuels and activity workbooks featuring only "renewable" options. However, both the DOE "sustainability" and "protect your climate" curriculums for grades k-5 are produced by a California organization called Strategic Energy Innovations, in collaboration with the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District. SEI describes itself as a non-profit that "helps communities accomplish their sustainability goals ..." through surveys and education - the latter involving an unhealthy dollop of Anthropogenic Global Warming buncombe.
SEI's curriculum says on page two that global warming is caused by human activity, particularly through the release of carbon dioxide; AGW is fingered in nearly all of the 16 lessons. Dire results are predicted, including a 5-9 degree Fahrenheit increase in the Earth's average temperature over the next 77 years; increased drought; more frequent and powerful storms and the like - and we're to blame for it all. At least the curriculum notes that there has been only a one-degree temperature increase in the past 100 years.
The lessons don't mention historical climate variation, like the Medieval Warm Period or Little Ice Age that committed AGW scaremeisters have tried to cover up or fudge away. They don't admit that for much of geological time our planet has been either significantly warmer or colder than at present, for reasons having nothing to do with man. That just wouldn't fit the narrative pushed by SEI and other organizations working with them - "Earthteam," U.C. Berkeley's Green Building Center, San Francisco's Department of the Environment, the EPA's Office of Emissions and Climate Change to name a few.
Scattered through the grade 4-5 curriculum are clues to its real objectives. Lesson six talks about the U.S. as an energy hog. Lesson 8 gives step-by-step instructions on mobilizing the kiddies to advocate for solar power in the community. Lesson 9 does the same for conservation at home. Lessons 10-13 work to turn children into pesterbots for recycling, reusing and basically throwing nothing away - because manufacturing harms the environment. Perhaps we can all get jobs sorting garbage, to make certain nothing is made ever again, anywhere. Other lessons deal with mass transit (good) and cars, which are generally evil save when used in carpooling (good).
According to SEI, our country has too much, uses too much, makes too much, throws away too much, travels too much, eats too much and in general needs to be taken down a peg to serve the greater good of Mother Earth. Thirteen-plus years of indoctrination like this and only the strongest of children will be able to think logically about the environment.
Which raises a question about Summit County's educators: either they agree with CoPIRG's anticorporatism and AGW alarmism, or they didn't bother to check the organization's background. Neither is anything to celebrate, even if schools got their program for free.
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OAKLAND -- Bob Melvin discovered in Monday's 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox the same thing as every manager in the big leagues has discovered over time.
There's no such thing as a perfect win.
The A's manager has been schooled on this before. This time, a great effort by Jesse Chavez and some clutch extra-base hits produced nothing but smiles. Balancing that out was a nasty-looking effort from the bullpen that almost let the game slip away.
As it was, Chavez got credit for his third win after eight strong innings when Sean Doolittle collected the final three outs.
"I'd like to say a win's a win," Melvin said after Doolittle had to get back-to-back strikeouts with the tying run at second base. "Doolittle pitched great."
So did Chavez. After Major League home run leader Jose Abreu hit his 14th to lead off the ninth, however, the bullpen sagged. Fernando Abad walked the only man he faced. Jim Johnson got the chance to close it out, but instead was hit for a double and a run-scoring single.
Doolittle had to face pinch-hitter Paul Konerko, who delivered a sacrifice fly, before striking out Tyler Flowers and Leury Garcia.
Chavez took the near-miss in stride.
"Things got a little harried there at the end," Chavez said. "But you know what? It's baseball."
The right-hander allowed a second-inning homer to Dayan Viciedo but only three other hits through eight innings, to that point the longest outing of Chavez's career. He'd only thrown 90 pitches, so he was going to get a shot at his first complete game, but Abreu made sure that didn't happen.
Still it was the A's 24th win against 15 losses, the best record in the American League and good enough for a 3½-game lead over Seattle in the A.L. West. It took the A's until July 26 last year to put this much distance between themselves and second place.
Oakland has won five games in succession and has matched its best record after 39 games in 24 years, matching the 2003 team.
Much of that is due to the starting rotation, which continues to roll despite having three of the five men who were supposed to be starting not available. Jarrod Parker and A.J. Griffin are out for the season with Tommy John surgery and Dan Straily was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento last week.
No matter. The A's starters have a cumulative ERA of 3.02 and have only suffered eight losses. Chavez has joined Sonny Gray and Scott Kazmir in the top end of the rotation, those three owning a 12-3 record and a 2.29 ERA.
"We all feed off it," Chavez said.
Chavez has added a cut fastball to his repertoire in the last year or so, and it's making all the difference in the world. He no longer feels as if he needs to throw a 95 mph fastball to get his outs. He's throwing 92 or 93 and getting the ground balls he wasn't getting before.
He's made eight starts and has allowed two runs or less in six of them.
"As impressive as tonight was," Doolittle said of Chavez, "this is what he's been doing all along this year. And he did it against the best offense in the majors."
The White Sox came into the game with 197 runs scored, the best in the A.L. The A's were second at 187, but it was Oakland which flexed more muscle this time around.
Josh Reddick tripled in a run in the second, Josh Donaldson hit a two-run homer in the fifth, and Jed Lowrie's 500th career hit was a two-run double in the seventh.
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STANFORD -- The vaunted Stanford women's basketball team found itself in an unfamiliar position Friday night when playing host to No. 14 UCLA in a Pac-12 showdown at Maples Pavilion.
For the first time in four years Stanford was not holding down first place during a conference game.
Not for long.
Order was restored as the sixth-ranked Cardinal (15-2, 4-1 Pac-12) rebounded from a disappointing performance against Cal in a 75-49 walkover in front of a crowd of 3,606.
"Stanford played with an edge," UCLA coach Cori Close said. "They played with a sense of purpose. They were the aggressors the entire time."
Stanford forced a four-way logjam atop the league after its 14th win in a row over the Bruins (13-3, 4-1). Cal and USC also are 4-1. Something will give Sunday when the California schools switch dance partners: USC comes to Maples, and Cal plays host to UCLA.
Stanford added to the Sunday drama by opening the second half with a hammer -- an 11-2 run to put the game out of reach.
Thank the usual suspect for another signature performance. Preseason All-American Chiney Ogwumike had 25 points and 13 rebounds. The junior forward finally got the kind of support she'll need if Stanford hopes to make a run at a sixth consecutive Final Four appearance.
Point guard Amber Orrange had 15 points, making 7 of 15 shots. She also had five steals. Sara James played well in her second collegiate start with seven points, three rebounds and disruptive defense. Joslyn Tinkle had 16 points thanks to three late 3-point baskets.
The Cardinal needed something positive after getting dominated on its home court Sunday by Cal to end an 81-game conference win streak.
It held the league's highest-scoring team to a season-low 31.4 percent from the field. UCLA scored 24 fewer points than its average as it saw a six-game win streak end.
The Cardinal shot with accuracy (52.9 percent) and rebounded with ferocity (36-25). Those are the kind of statistical victories coach Tara VanDerveer expects.
"It didn't feel handily," VanDerveer said of the result. "We've won some very big games this year. We needed to remind ourselves that we're capable of playing" like this.
After last weekend's loss to Cal, VanDerveer started James in favor of Mikaela Ruef. James' early aggressiveness energized the Cardinal.
"Sara James is the X factor," Ogwumike said. "She motivates people to hustle by going for loose balls on the floor."
James said she went to practice this week on a mission.
"It's another wake-up call," she said of the Cal loss. "We had the whole week to show how much we wanted to improve."
The game was close for the first 11 minutes. Then Orrange ignited a decisive rally that led to a 36-24 halftime lead. She scored two straight baskets as Stanford went on a 14-2 spurt to build a 29-17 with 4:03 left in the half.
"You saw how our team learned from their last game," VanDerveer said. "The biggest key was how Amber broke people down on her dribble."


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Israel, 2012, 105 Minute Running Time
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July 28th at 4:30pm and July 30th at 7:00pm Torn apart by tragedy, a legendary band reunites to play an emotional final concert in The Ballad Of The Weeping Spring, a stylized homage to Spaghetti Westerns and samurai epics, shot entirely in Israel but set in a mythical time and place.
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- Focus on experiences pertinent to operating and managing a farm business as well as community activities that you and your family are involved in.
- The business is managed by son Robert and daughters Helen and Jane.
- The elder son Ashok manages the business while the younger son helps him.
- I have just been promoted to supervisor in an insurance-claims office, managing a staff of 15.
- Mr Main has been head chef there for two years, managing a kitchen staff of 16.
- The sisters discovered that managing a staff of 15 with entrenched work practices was not easy.
- He acknowledged the input of Stephen Dormer who had assisted him in managing the team but who was unable to be present this week.
- Richie Bell was managing the senior team up until the time of his death in February 1994 and his accomplishment of winning three All-Ireland titles in a row by that stage was difficult to follow.
- Andy Deery is managing the team and anyone who would like to play should ring him.
- Free access to additional borrowings can make life easy for those who manage their money sensibly, but prove a disaster for spendthrifts.
- This should serve as a grim warning to those poised to embark on their university careers of the need to manage their money sensibly.
- The back office mobilises financial resources and manages funds.
- They were spooked, but found a way to manage him.
- His mother cannot manage him due to his problems and there were also fears for his safety in the community if he was released, the court had also heard.
- It broke my heart to put her in there but doctors told me I wouldn't be able to manage her.
- If family forest owners can convince the public that they are managing their lands for long-term sustainability, they believe that can lead to reduced regulations.
- In exchange, the landowners manage their land to provide habitat for the desired species.
- Family forest landowners (often known as tree farmers) take pride in managing their lands.
- You can get the best of Middle Eastern, especially Egyptian, spices and spice mixes in the dingy shops where you can manage with Hindi.
- As James Marshall Bridge states, more has to be shared, so it stands to reason that Joe Public has to manage with less as there will be less to go round.
- It does mean that we are going to have to rent out a base in the centre of town for about a month around festival time, but we'll manage with that.
- While these tasks can be managed, it is difficult to do so effectively and in a timely manner.
- Overall, the new President can be said to have managed a fairly difficult balancing act.
- He tried to find his voice, but it was difficult for him to manage anything but a feeble sounding grunt.
- Those suffering from Tourette's need help to develop strategies for dealing with and managing their tics, and, where necessary, medical treatment.
- But I had managed to get a supply of special tablets that turn your stomach to concrete, so I could manage the flight.
- As a footnote, I would reluctantly object to the consumption of food in the mall, but this could easily be dealt with in the same way the shops manage the problem.
Mid 16th century (in the sense 'put (a horse) through the paces of the manège'): from Italian maneggiare, based on Latin manus 'hand'.
Managers now manage businesses, but the first things to be managed were horses. The earliest sense of manage in English was 'to handle or train a horse', or put it through the exercises of the manège (mid 17th century). This French word, used in English to mean 'an area in which horses and riders are trained' and 'horsemanship', is at root the same word as manage—both go back through Italian to Latin manus 'hand', the source also of manacles (Middle English) which restrain your hands; manicure (late 19th century) care of your hands; manipulate (early 19th century) to handle something; manner; manoeuvre; manual (Late Middle English) either done with your hands or a handbook; and manuscript (late 16th century) something written by hand.
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FILE - Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, right, is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, June 25, 2012, after a pretrial hearing. The U.S. Army private charged with sending thousands of classified documents to the WikiLeaks secrets-sharing website faces a pretrial hearing Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013 about whether his motivation matters in the largest leak of classified material in the country's history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)


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projectpuffindiscman wrote:Try the soup kitchen, this guy is a loser. He is the assbag that painted all over the teeboxes @ shaver a few years back and wrote all over the poles @ jones b4 we painted em yellow.
D31756F wrote:Not that I am defending Shoeless, but he used to be an ok guy that could play at pro level a few years back, no joke. He just went the wrong way, and yes stay away from him. He is very snappy now and isnt one to throw fists with. As far as the kid thing, he has none. I tried playing a round with him again this summer after not seeing him for 2 years and he was a zombie. He went after the kids in the pond fetching discs and anyone trying to defend them, beacause they had one of his discs. Just let him be and stay away. He will ruin his life on his own.
AO wrote:1st time I played with him was at an Acehunt event 4 or 5 years ago. Dude was hopped up on about 4 diff pills, was drinking like fish, and smokin dope. By the end of the day he couldn't walk and was screaming at people.
Another time Tony and I saw him at Jones, he spoke with us a minute while we were warming up and Tony's wallet and glasses coming up missing. Shoeless was nowhere to be found.
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For example, the greatest play to ever happen on the goal line is James Harrison's interception (which he returned 100 yards as the first half of Super Bowl XLIII expired).
We used the line of scrimmage as the point of reference for every play unless otherwise noted. So, Scott Norwood's historic game-losing 47-yard field goal miss would appear on the 30-yard line. But Tracy Porter's game-clinching interception of Peyton Manning would appear where he picked Peyton off. Capiche? Let the arguing begin.


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As Democrats and Republicans start mobilizing efforts to prevent highway projects from stalling next month, they are struggling to keep legislative efforts from running off the road.
The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday plans to begin voting on a bill that would redirect $10.7 billion to the highway trust fund, using a series of budget maneuvers to keep transportation projects flowing through May without raising taxes.
It would, among other things, adjust the way employers make pension contributions, extend the collection of customs fees for one year into 2024, and take $1 billion from a fund used to clean up leaky underground storage tanks. None of the funding mechanisms have much to do with highways or roads, however.
Can the maneuvers work?
The package has both bipartisan support and bipartisan opposition, which fills its path through Congress with speed bumps and potholes. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) is expected to propose a similar measure within days, though his plan would only fund highway programs through the end of the year.
The highway trust fund pays for repairs and construction on the nation's roads, and its money comes principally from the 18.4 cent tax on every gallon of gasoline. But tax revenue falls far short of projected highway spending. In 2014, the highway trust fund is projected to spend $45 billion, which is $12 billion more than revenue projections.
If Congress doesn't act this month, The Transportation Department plans to begin delaying and cutting the funds it sends states beginning in the first week of August, a process that would continue indefinitely.
The highway trust fund is one of the only measures lingering on Congress's calendar that – if left unaddressed – could have an extensive economic impact, with the potential for both road problems and layoffs.
While lawmakers from both parties want to find a solution, the funding shortfall has prompted a political free-for-all.
The White House wants to overhaul the tax code and use new money to pay for road projects. Some Democrats and Republicans want to raise the gas tax. Some other Democrats and Republicans want a short-term change that will allow them to have more time to negotiate a longer-term package. Other Republicans want to slash the federal gas tax and give states more power to pay for their own projects, and yet another group of Republicans wants any new spending to be offset by other spending cuts.
While many members concede there will have to be compromises, the direct and bipartisan attacks on the new House plan suggest a quick resolution won't be easy.
Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.) has called the House plan "disgraceful" and said it is full of "budget gimmicks." Sens. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) and Tom Carper (D., Del.) said the short-term measure would prevent states and cities from being able to plan longer-term projects to repair roads.
Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican lawmaker who served in the Obama administration, agreed.
"They aren't really replenishing the highway trust fund in a way that's needed, which is billions of dollars, because America has become one big pothole," he said in an interview.
How stiff will the resistance to the House highway proposal be? The first clues will come when House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R., Mich.) starts navigating the bill through Congress Thursday. If his Democratic allies help broaden support, opponents from both parties might back off. But if the measure hits roadblocks early, the path is much less certain.


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STOCKTON - The NAACP is expecting from 300 to 500 youths at its annual youth summit, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at San Joaquin Delta College.
This year's theme, "Reaching Higher, Activating Our Power," is designed to help area youth learn how to set and achieve goals. The summit is open to all high school-age youths.
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez and who received the Medal of Freedom last year, will be the keynote speaker.
Other speakers will discuss topics ranging from violence and education to parenthood and financial literacy.
In addition to the speakers, there will be a college fair to focus on education choices after high school and a job fair sponsored by the Stockton Police Department, which will highlight career opportunities in law enforcement.
Newly elected Stockton City Councilman Michael Tubbs will moderate an opening session that features a panel discussion about overcoming adversity and developing strategies to achieve personal and academic goals.
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The Senate soon will consider President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., to replace retiring Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Like Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the president's nominee to replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Hagel, who served in the Senate from 1997 to 2009, has a troubling foreign-policy record.
In 2002, Mr. Hagel voted for the resolution authorizing the Iraq war; he eventually became a vocal critic of the George W. Bush administration's handling of the conflict. Like then-Sen. Obama, Mr. Hagel criticized Mr. Bush's 2007 "troop surge." At the time, Mr. Hagel described Mr. Bush's course as "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam."
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The small, densely-wooded city park at the corner of Seventh and Ephraim Cutler streets has a long legacy of generosity.
Cisler Terrace Park is named for the brick home that overlooks the park and once claimed the park as its front yard, explained Dan Strecker, a board member of the Marietta Civitan Club.
Before her death in 1993, homeowner Lillian Cisler approached the Civitan Club about sprucing up the disheveled front yard for public use, recalled Strecker.
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A student walks by Cisler Terrace Park Friday afternoon. The park was first spruced up and furnished by the Marietta Civitan Club, who continue to set up an annual Christmas lights display in the park.
"At the time, the area was just a swampy overgrown mess. She was interested in having it look nicer, and we developed the idea for making that area a park," he said.
So the Civitan Club set about putting in a drainage system and adding wooden bridges that arc over the ditches. The club also built stairs that lead up onto the Seventh Street sidewalk and had several benches donated.
For several years up until Cisler's passing, the club maintained the park under Cisler's ownership. But at her passing, Cisler willed the park to the City of Marietta under the stipulation that it remain a park.
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"Since the city took it over, we take care of it less. We still try to get in there and paint and clean it up a bit. But they mow and such," said Strecker.
At just over an acre, the park is one of the smallest in the city. And while it does not receive as much use as some of the larger recreational areas, it is well-known for an annual lights display that the Civitan Club still helms.
"We put up the Christmas lights. We just add and subtract lights as we go and as we can afford to put in new stuff," said current Marietta Civitan Club president David Grimes.
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Willed to the City of Marietta by Lillian Cisler after her death in 1993.
Before Cisler's death, the Marietta Civitan Club helped Cisler transform the plot from a swampy mess to a well kept park area.
The Civitan Club still helps with upkeep projects in the park and puts up an annual Christmas lights display.
The park is just over an acre and contains several benches, two bridges, a gravel walking path and lots of shade.
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Last year the club added a new life-size nativity scene.
A yearly staple are the lights that extend from the flagpole to form the shape of a Christmas tree.
To create it, the club has to entirely remove the flagpole from the ground, said Grimes.
"We take the flagpole out of the ground, unscrew the eagle, put it away, and replace it with a star," he said.
The lighting project usually takes a dozen club members and a group of student volunteers from Marietta College the better part of a Saturday to set up and the process of meticulously checking bulbs will start in October, added Grimes.
The Civitan Club pays for the electricity used during the lighting display, said Strecker, but permanent electricity would be on his wish list for the park.
"Right now we have lots and lots of extension cords. An electrician comes in and sets up a circuit block which we run to an electric pole on the sidewalk," he said.
A gravel path that winds through the park could also use a makeover, he added.
Lillian was not the only Cisler known for her charitable contributions. Her father Tom Cisler was the owner of Marietta's Cisler Brick Yard.
"Where the YMCA is all back through the Frontier Shopping Center was the Cisler Brick Yard. The also owned the hill where Marietta Middle School is," said Marietta City Councilman Harley Noland.
While most of the brick yard was sold off over time, Tom gifted the land near Cisler Terrace Park that the YMCA now sits on, said Noland.
Lillian was also a big supporter of music education in the local schools, he added.