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A wedding reception can be as elaborate as you want -- but it doesn't have to be lavish to be memorable. You can put your own stamp on almost every part of this post-wedding party.
Here are the 10 best ideas we found.
1 Abandon the guest book.
At a wedding Julie Eastman, owner of Fort Worth's Extraordinary Events and Design is planning, the couple will provide each guest with a pretty crystal bauble accompanied by a tag on a ribbon. Later, the couple can use the baubles as ornaments for their Christmas tree.
2 Have fun with photos
Rent an old-school photo booth and let your guests take turns slipping behind the curtain. Usually an attendant from the rental company will stay at the event to help with photos and offer up props.
3 Serve dinner all over the room
The buffet has given way to food stations, smaller serving tables set up here and there. Food stations have become a reliable way to get guests loosened up and into party mode.
Another idea: If your reception lasts until the wee hours, send your guests off with a late-night snack, an omelet station or breakfast burritos.
4 Get creative with groom's cake
"The grooms are becoming front-and-center," the hottest thing going, said Jamie Holder, owner of Fort Worth's Cr�me de la Cr�me Cake Co.
Holder said many of the brides chose less showy wedding cakes and let the groom's cake really express the couple's personality. You can also skip the cake and finish with a tower of chocolate chip cookies or cupcakes.
5 Use lighting to set a mood
For a personal touch, use a gobo, a cutout that projects through a lighting device to display a design, your names or a monogram anywhere in the reception venue.
Outdoors, Eastman hung vintage chandeliers from the branches of a giant oak tree, lending a soft light and a warm mood to a cocktail reception on the lawn.
6 Shorten the show
You can roll the newly married couple's first dance, father-daughter dance and mother-son dance into one song.
7 Let your guests lounge
Lounge furniture is a stylish way to make a reception area softer and more comfortable. You can usually rent lounge furniture along with your standard chairs and tables in a separate room.
8 Don't skimp on entertainment
A DJ or live band will be able to sense the mood of the crowd, choosing music that gets guests excited and moving.
9 Give favors, not clutter
Only about 60 percent of Eastman's clients are still giving favors to their guests. Offer guests little boxes of chocolate or a tiny jar of homemade jam.
10 Rethink the grand exit
Dried lavender, sparklers or giving guests bells to ring or flowing ribbons to wave often replace birdseed and rice.


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Calculate directory size & display %?
I am looking for a simple PHP script that will calculate the directory folder defined and then all sub folders under it.
I found one, however it doesn't display how I want. If it's possible to in the index.php define a folder size that will show the end user how much space they are using and then a % part to let them know how much of it there using. So basically it shows this as an example:
Total Size: 434 MB
Total Folders: 32
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So in the index.php I would define a total folder size in megabytes of how much they can use and it would calculate what % they have left. If that makes sense.
Thanks in advance!
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You can use these functions I created to get the file count and folder count of a directory. I have not made one that gets the size of a directory but you would need to check every sub directory for file and if they exist get their size until every sub folder and all files have their size added together. Maybe my functions will help you out with your own implementation to solve this problem. Of course one function could get the file count, folder count, and total size. If I do solve this problem I'll post the solution as a single function that handles everything because it would be memory efficient to do the counting while I iterate once instead of calling multiple functions and running multiple loops. Hope this helps inspire you to finish what I started.
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Instead of using those two functions just use this one function. It does not open all sub directories and get their folder and file counts. The other two where in accurate so I needed to use a better version that works. This has been tested to work and is accurate in both file and directory count. I'll try to fix it so it shows the whole file count including files in sub-directories and sub-directories. While the loop is at it I'll try to get it to show the total file sizes as well.
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Bank of America and other large national banks recently dropped their plans to add a debit-card usage surcharge to most checking accounts.
But based on the flood of new customers to local lending institutions, the damage is already done. In fact, these smaller players wish such missteps by their larger brethren would happen more often.
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"We have seen a drastic uptick in everything since the major regional banks began talking about their fee-structure changes," she adds.
Specifically, Pinnacle had a 73 percent jump in new accounts from August to September, or more than 1,000 new checking account customers, Jackson says. Much of that new market share was cemented by Pinnacle's promise not to reel in new customers, and then hit them with similar fees, Jackson says.


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for me va is, the greatest band in hc history.
Thay are making the soundtrack of my youth!
Still wearing my 20 years old va- eyes shirt!!
and by the way, chris is an awsone guy!!!!
Peace and merry xmas!
One day I awoke to find the sun
Beating down on me
Thoughts and fears filling my mind
The truth was beating down on me
For that day
I stood trial
For all of my lies and denials
For my lack of discipline and responsibility
I awoke and faced my judge
The mirror said that I'm guilty
I could not believe it
As the verdict was passed
The mirror said that I'm guilty
How can this be true
My sentencing followed soon after
My insides torture me
I cannot rest from my sight
I cannot be free
Until it is made right
The trial becomes my trial
NOTHING!!!! More to say!!!
This band was severely good. I had do many debates with people about how great they were. I could not believe anyone could not find them anything less then amazing. To me they were a youthful version of Black Flag: great hard songs but with an underlining sense of rock; plus live, they played the songs differently then from their recordings.
Great. Great. Great.
"Trial" = a perfect hardcore song, in all respects.
Hoping to see Vol. 2 of the discography someday!
I finally agree on something with roa and ben!
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York City police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened Saturday evening.
The deputy coroner says that 42-year-old Gregory Stein died at York Hospital after striking a curb and losing control of his motorcycle on the 400 block of North George Street.
The coroner says that Stein was not wearing a helmet
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If you're getting tired of Pete Carroll and John Schneider playing roster roulette, you can take solace in the fact that things might settle down a bit a week from Tuesday.
Oct. 19 is the trade deadline—the time by which the Seahawks have to trade wide receiver Deion Branch if they are going to trade him.
It sounds like there is interest on all sides for a deal to be made, with the Hawks and Patriots reportedly having already spoken and New England quarterback Tom Brady reportedly having talked to Branch about it.
Branch made clear his desire to return to New England when he told the Boston Herald earlier this year, "I never wanted to leave, nor did coach [Bill] Belichick and his staff and the organization want me to leave either. We just couldn't get the contractual part down. We just couldn't come to an agreement. And that stuff happens...I still love Coach Belichick and if the opportunity presents itself to come back, I would love to be there."
Of course, any trade hinges on two things: compensation to the Seahawks and to Branch. The receiver is making $5.47 million in the fifth year of the six-year, $39 million deal he signed with Seattle after the Seahawks sent the Patriots a first-round pick in September 2006.
The Patriots surely would not want to pay that much to a guy who has barely earned a penny of the $29 million he has been paid so far. He has about $3.86 million left on this year's salary, and the Patriots probably would want him to slash that, along with his $5.95 million salary in 2011.
On top of that of course, the Seahawks and Patriots would need to agree on draft compensation. Considering his lack of production in Seattle, Branch isn't worth anything more than a sixth-round pick.
If the Hawks do end up dealing Branch, it will become the 13th trade executed by Carroll and Schneider since they took over.
The first deal they made was to send Seneca Wallace to Cleveland, and the most recent was the acquisition of Marshawn Lynch from Buffalo.
As the Seahawks take a break this week, let's take a look at how those trades have worked out so far.


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People often quit smoking and then find themselves smoking again, especially in the first few weeks or months after quitting. A relapse means going back to smoking in the same way you used to before you quit.
Remember, most people who quit smoking will relapse at some time. That's not to say you shouldn't take it seriously, but don't be hard on yourself either. Research has shown that the more times a person tries to quit, the greater the likelihood of their success.
Beating yourself up over a relapse will only lead to a negative frame of mind, which will decrease your chances of quitting successfully. On the other hand, staying encouraged and optimistic will create the positive mindset you need to quit smoking and stay tobacco free.
It may take four or more attempts before smokers are able to quit for good. If you experience a relapse, try revisiting the reasons why you quit in the first place and renew your commitment to quitting by trying again. You have an excellent chance of remaining smoke-free for life if you are able to stop smoking for 3 months or longer.
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- Review the reasons you quit in the first place
- Set another quit date and sign another No Smoking Contract
- If you're not ready to set another date, wait until you are ready. Identify and deal with issues that make you feel you are unable to quit
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- If you feel you need more help, talk to your doctor or healthcare provider
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Materials are available to help you quit smoking, no matter where you are in the process. You can use the materials to learn how to prepare for your quit attempt, develop strategies to help with cravings, and prevent a relapse once you have quit. The self-help materials offer proven methods that are easy to follow and can keep your motivation high. The American Cancer Society's "Break Away From the Pack" series has been shown to double your chances of quitting successfully. For more information on this or other self-help materials from the American Cancer Society, call 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345). Also, browse quit smoking resources.
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Late last week saw more signs that the once-intense Republican U.S. Senate primary race between U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and wealthy Mesa investor Wil Cardon is decelerating.
The Arizona Republic reported early last week that Cardon's formerly ubiquitous television commercials had started vanishing from screens in the run-up to the start of early voting on Aug. 2.
Cardon, a largely self-funded candidate who was trailing Flake in the race by 22 percentage points in the most recent public poll, hasn't run any ads on network TV since July 30, and a small cable-only buy ended Tuesday. Going dark on TV, after spending an estimated $4 million on advertising, fueled speculation that Cardon was acknowledging defeat in the final stretch and starting to wind down his campaign in a dignified manner.
On Tuesday, the day The Republic's story ran, David Leibowitz, a Cardon spokesman, posted photos of Cardon in a studio filming a new commercial and disputed the suggestion of a lack of commitment to TV.
However, the Cardon campaign did not purchase any TV time until Friday and, according to political operatives tracking media buys, it was a $52,000 Phoenix cable buy that runs from Wednesday until the Aug. 28 primary. At the height of the campaign, Cardon made weekly ad buys in the $300,000 range and spent nearly $1 million just in July.
By the time the latest ad debuts on Wednesday, voters will have been filling out and returning early ballots for nearly two weeks. Cardon's campaign also recently spent $2,100 on radio in the Phoenix and Tucson markets. Cardon spokeswoman Alyssa Pivirotto said there will be additional buys before the primary.
Cardon also swapped his hard-hitting online advertisements ripping Flake with positive ones that describe Cardon as a jobs creator. The Flake campaign appears to have taken down its negative "House of Cardon" website, although Cardon's "D.C. Flake" attack site is still up. Flake is in the middle of a $1.4 million network-and-cable TV buy that runs through Aug. 28, but is switching Monday to a positive ad.
In other developments:
KAET-TV announced Friday that the four GOP Senate candidates will participate in a 30-minute live debate at 5:30 p.m. Thursday on its "Horizon" public-affairs program. Flake and Cardon will be joined by conservative radio host Clair "Van" Van Steenwyk and former Youngtown Mayor Bryan Hackbarth.
Katherine Archuleta, President Barack Obama's national political director, is bringing her "Fighting for Middle Class Security" tour this week to stops in Window Rock, Tuba City, Flagstaff, west Phoenix and Tucson. For more details on Obama's Arizona campaign, go to barackobama.com/state/AZ.
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A three-vehicle crash caused a slowdown along Interstate 80 in Solano County early Monday morning.
An SUV and big rig were involved in the crash west of Midway Road in Solano County on the eastbound lanes.
Skid marks and debris were visible on the roadway as traffic moved by.
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Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Grand Rapids, Michigan is looking to fill a number of faculty positions to support the new programs in speech-language pathology and audiology. This is an exciting opportunity for innovative and motivated individuals who enjoy program development and desire to educate tomorrow's professionals. The program is located in a state-of-the-art facility on The Medical Mile, where major medical and healthcare expansion is underway.
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Salem Community Center plans 10K, 2-mile runs April 26
SALEM - The Salem Community Center (SCC) is hosting 10K and 2-mile races on April 26. Pre-register by 8 a.m. on race day at the SCC. Both races start at the SCC, 1098 N. Ellsworth Ave. The two-mile race starts at 9 a.m. and the 10K begins at 9:45 a.m. Awards will be given to first, second and third-place men and women in the 10K only. The top three places in each age group will receive an award in the 10K only. For more information contact 330-332-5885 or email@example.com.
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I know I've been absent for a while. Meena Rose has covered our pages with her marvelous poetry all month, doing her usual exceptional work, for which I applaud her. I thought I'd hop in today, just to feel like I was contributing something during the month, and to give a short update on things happening in Claudsy's World.
For those who aren't old enough to know what "the groove" really means, this is my definition of "the groove."
"The groove" is when production is up and satisfying, the world looks bright and promising, and it's all-systems-go. Surely you all know what that last expression means. After all, NASA still operates, even though we don't see much about it on the tele anymore.
Most of us in the writing sphere, either pro or emerging, dip our toes in the challenge pool at least every other month or so. Some of us have a death wish and pick up as many challenges every month as our 24-hr. days can fit—like me. I know. I lost any semblance of sense regarding writing challenges a couple of years back.
And while I do my weekly poetry prompts, I've been concentrating on fiction this round. The screenwriting frenzy, to be exact. It's a whole new mindset and writing type, which built-in challenges of its own.
What I've noticed in the past three weeks, though, is that how I look at the world around me is different, because of this challenge.
How? Writing a screenplay requires the writer to refer only to the present. Everything is in present tense. Every action, movement, consideration, expression lives only in that one instant of time. There has neither past nor future when setting up a scene. Time has references only through dialogue. One can't hint at character motivations, can't linger on speech patterns, etc. Those don't exist for the writer when doing a script. Only the immediate instant of action is real.
When I set up scenes now for this tale I'm converting from short story to feature length script, I must dissect every intent, action, and minute detail. The intent must remain inside me to be drawn out in dialogue. Details must have immediate import or a greater import for later use in the story to get any mention at all.
Unless a color, size, shape, ethnic background, or whatever is critical to the visual story, it doesn't make it onto paper. That bit of mindset is the most difficult change of all.
You might ask what difference this new writing process makes to my daily life. I can say this. The entire process clicked for me on Tuesday, along with those critical details that are driving my story—details I hadn't known before.
Today, when friends stopped by for a visit, I took note of myself and how I was watching the friend I was talking with. I faced the dining room window. The squirrel outside kept scurrying up and down the tree, burying peanuts thrown over the balcony rail one floor up.
While I saw that activity, I followed my friend's and my conversation, noted his expressions, how often he made particular gestures and when, and the shift of topics within our dialogue.
I was the viewer taking notes. For the first time in what seems like forever, I was living only in the moment. All details glowed with their own kind of energy. I'd finally made it back to that essence of being. It was glorious.
If April's screenwriting challenge does nothing else for me, it accomplished what no other technique and mindset has–liberated my experience of the world in a new way. And that's my take-away.
I hope all of you can have as gratifying take-away this month and every month. Have a terrific April.
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Congrats to BazLar! Vera looked so charming in K&C.
She did last time too I thought (at CoR I think). She really looks beautiful and lovely in K&C.
I didn't think MT looked so weird backstage, she did smile and applaud for B/L. I think she is disappointed in their skate, and think that is okay.
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The Border Community producer talks at length about making music with a modular synth.
WMC got bigger this year. So did we.
The Scottish producer is unrepentantly old school in his music and views. RA's Nick Connellan chats with him around the release of his new album.
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TRENTON — City firefighters battled a second-alarm fire for nearly an hour tonight on the 200 block of Walnut Avenue.
Firefighters and police were called to the scene around 6:15 p.m., responding to reports of a fire, apparently started by a vagrant cooking inside on the first floor of the three-story abandoned row-home, said Qareeb Bashir, director of the Trenton Fire Department.
"We got reports that an occupant was on the first floor, and the fire most likely started on the first floor and made its way up to the second and third floors," Bashir said at the scene.
The building was essentially gutted by the blaze.
The fire remains under investigation, and no injuries were reported, officials said.
Hoses lined Walnut Avenue's icy streets as firefighters showered the building, directing the water mainly at the second and third floors.
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The fashion world is no stranger to unusual ideas, but this one is particularly odd.
A Japanese inventor came up with "Tailly," a fake tail that uses sensors that allow it to react to the wearer's heart rate. It wags slowly when the wearer is calm and perks up when the wearer gets excited.
Time has lapsed on the inventor's Kickstarter page to fund the project, so it doesn't look like it will happen. But according to Glamour magazine, the fake tail may be part of what it calls a "cat trend" that has marked the fashion world for about a year.


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If God would intervene in "all the tragedies that happen every minute of every day" there would be no need for "the way, the truth and the life" who is the Son of God. Do you have children cofty? I think you do. Who comes first for you cofty? I know your children do.
Does prayer have any effect?
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Do you have children cofty? I think you do. Who comes first for you cofty? I know your children do.
I can't follow your line of reasoning.
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SAN FRANCISCO–For as long as he can remember, 7-year-old Timmy Yu has had one precious dream: From the bottom of his heart, he has hoped against hope that God would someday hear his prayer to walk again. Though many thought Timmy's heavenly plea would never be answered, his dream finally came true Monday, when the Lord personally responded to the wheelchair-bound boy's prayer with a resounding no.
Wheelchair-bound Timmy Yu, who finally received his long-awaited reply from God.
"I knew that if I just prayed hard enough, God would hear me," said the joyful Timmy, surrounded by stuffed animals sent by well-wishing Christians from around the globe, as he sat in the wheelchair to which he will be confined for the rest of his life. "And now my prayer has been answered. I haven't been this happy since before the accident, when I could walk and play with the other children like a normal boy."
God's response came at approximately 10 a.m. Monday, following a particularly fervent Sunday prayer session by little Timmy. Witnesses said God issued His miraculous answer in the form of a towering column of clouds, from which poured forth great beams of Divine light and the music of the Heavenly Hosts. The miraculous event took place in the Children's Special Care Ward of St. Luke's Hospital, where Timmy goes three times a week for an excruciating two-hour procedure to drain excess fluid from his damaged spinal column.
Said Angela Schlosser, a day nurse who witnessed the Divine Manifestation: "An incredible, booming voice said to Timmy, 'I am the Lord thy God, who created the rivers and the mountains, the heavens and the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars. Before Me sits My beloved child, whose faith is that of the mustard seed from which grows mighty and powerful things. My child, Timmy Yu, I say unto you thus: I have heard your prayers, and now I shall answer them. No, you cannot get out of your wheelchair. Not ever."
Paralyzed in a 1996 auto accident that also claimed the lives of both his parents, Timmy has served as a shining example to his fellow churchgoers at Lord In Heaven On High Church, inspiring others with his simple, heartfelt devotion. Now that Timmy has received an answer, Christians the world over are celebrating his story as a stirring testament to the power of faith.
"The Lord has answered a little boy's plea to know if he would ever walk again, and that answer was no," Rev. H. Newman Gunther of the San Francisco School Of Divinity said. "For years, this boy had been plagued by the question of whether or not he would ever walk, and now Our Lord, in his wisdom and mercy, has forever laid to rest any lingering doubt. Young Timmy can rest assured in the immutable truth that the Lord has bestowed upon him. Now and for all time, he finally knows that he will never escape the cruel prison of his chair of iron, for God hath willed it so. Praise be to God!"
Asked for comment, God said: "This kind-hearted child's simple prayer hath moved Me. Never before have I seen such faith. His trusting soul, so full of innocent devotion to Me, hath offered seventy times seven prayers asking, 'God? Can I please walk again?' It was indeed right and fitting that I, in My infinite wisdom, should share with him the One True Answer to this long-repeated question he put before Me."
"My will be done," God added.
Witnesses to the miracle said Timmy begged God for several minutes to change His mind and heal his shattered vertebrae, but the Lord stood firm.
"God strongly suggested that Timmy consider praying to one of the other intercessionary agents of Divine power, like Jesus, Mary or maybe even a top saint," Timmy's personal physician, Dr. William Luttrell, said. "The Lord stressed to Timmy that it was a long shot, but He said he might have better luck with one of them."
Despite all the attention he has received, Timmy remains humble in the face of his newfound notoriety as the only human ever to have a prayer directly answered by God Himself.
"I know that God loves me, because it says so in the Bible," Timmy said. "So right now, I am just glad that God took the time to answer my prayer. If only I could walk, this would be the greatest day of my life."
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I can't follow your line of reasoning.
To whom it belongs is The Son. Are you siding with The Son or with Magic?
How about this?
The Way "Listen"
The Truth "Learn"
The Life "Be Patient"
Many generations must be patient. You yourself believe that cofty (evolution). So why do you keep on arguing otherwise?
Not just bullshit - OFFENSIVE BULLSHIT.
OK Nicolaou I think you are talking about Timmy Yu or N.drew?
Doesn't that put him in the dock for all the tragedys that happen every minute of every day? How often would the the most trivial action by him prevent needless suffering?
No it doesn't. To prevent suffering, he would have to be interfering 100% of the time with probably 100% of the people. No one learns anything. No one grows. And there is no free will.
You can't have it both ways, either god intervenes or he doesn't. If he doesn't he is useless, if he does he is an underachiever at best.
It seems to me that He does not intervene unless we are willing. On a world wide basis... would that not mean that we all have to be willing?
You cannot have it both ways either. Forcing himself and His will upon us would make him a tyrant in the eyes of many; not forcing himself and his will upon us makes him weak in the eyes of some.
N.drew I am even more confused about what you are saying than before.
Tec - can't you see how risible it is to believe an omnipotent god that cures somebodys athletes foot or finds them a parking space at the mall while ignoring the first rogue cells that will lead to a malignant tumour in a child or the movenent of a plate boundary that will cause a tsunami and result in hundreds of thousands of deaths?
What a pathetic tinkerer god is.
There is a great thing known as The Million Dollar Challenge, which makes debate totally unnecessary.
At JREF, we offer a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event. The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under which a test will take place. All tests are designed with the participation and approval of the applicant. In most cases, the applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal test. Preliminary tests are usually conducted by associates of the JREF at the site where the applicant lives. Upon success in the preliminary testing process, the "applicant" becomes a "claimant."
To date, no one has passed the preliminary tests.
If anyone had any evidence whatsoever that prayer affected health, then they could easily become millionaires.
No one has even passed preliminary tests of their own design!
Our mental prayers are caused by electrical nerve impulses initiated by a chemical messenger. There is no evidence that any higher power can read our thoughts nor give spiritual images/inspirations by generating eternally directed electrical messenger signalsin the brain to produce "answers to prayers", or direct humans to carry out a divine plan. Prayer is all a one-sided operation, as six million holocaust victims eternally testify that prayers failed to save them.
I believe God has a family. Whether or not God is a real person it makes sense that God will do right by His family first. Just like you.
it makes sense that God will do right by His family first
In other words god will heal the athletes foot of a christian but the child with cancer can fuck off.
Your god is pathetic.
In other words god will heal the athletes foot of a christian but the child with cancer can fuck off.
Nope, wrong again!
We're not talking about Christians. We're talking about angels.
God is a spirit. Spiritual welfare ALWAYS comes before physical welfare because forever is real.
Nope, wrong again! We're not talking about Christians. We're talking about angels
Oh that makes more sense then doesn't it?
I believe that prayer is focused energy. So, meditation is the very same thing. You're just focusing your own energy that you have within yourself toward the outcome that you want. This why praying/meditating for a million dollars doesn't work.
I don't pray, but I do use grounding and focusing techniques when I need to write something that is important and needs to be coherent and intelligent. Some people might laugh when they see me at my laptop with 2 lavender candles lit, an amethyst stone, and essential oils on my forehead... But this is what grounds, centers, and focuses ME. I believe everything has energy (not divine, but scientific). Some of my best writing has been done in this manner because it just assists me in focusing MY energy on the outcome and how I get there. To me, prayer is only different in that it is focused on a PERSONAGE. But it's still YOUR OWN ENERGY that causes your prayer to be "answered" or not. It's your level of focus and willingness to work along with your wants that will determine the outcome in the end. Again, this is why prayer isn't going to get you a shitload of money or a brand new house or that Ferrari that you want. But, the focused energy and your working along with your own desires might just help YOU to make that come true for YOURSELF.
That's why I get pissed when people credit God or Jehovah with so much. When I was taking classes and working 2 jobs after my ex kicked me out, people said that "Jehovah was providing" and that "I owed so much to Jehovah". Really? Where was he when my ex was kicking me out and taking my children? Where was he when I was homeless? Fuck him! I did it all my damn self! I did the late-night study sessions, the overnight shifts that led into full-day shifts the next day with no sleep, plus meetings and service. I did it. ME! All on my own, with my own energy and my own stamina. I can proudly raise my head high and know that I did it on my own, no invisible sky daddy needed.
Leaving WT: I always said tha about prayer. A striking similiarity to the placebo effect and that is what I believe prayer is. JW's, in particular seem to throw prayer into EVERYTHING. Think you coundn't POSSIBLY have preached to that man without that Holy Spirit? Think there's NO WAY you would have survived that procedure without God? People seem to think their helpless without it. Of course, some believe stronger than others and it's entirely up to them


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Kula Elementary School lowered its student absentee rate by nearly 20 percentage points in the last school year, after a third of its students missed 15 days or more in the previous school year, according to statistics released Monday by the state Department of Education.
The statistics are part of the department's new Strive HI Performance System, which launched in the 2012-13 school year. The statewide system evaluates public and charter school progress and performance in areas such as reading, math and science scores; achievement growth and gaps; chronic absenteeism; graduation rates; college readiness; and enrollment.
The Upcountry school of about 400 students had a chronic absentee rate of 32 percent in the 2012 to 2013 school year, and decreased it to 13 percent the following year - good for the most improvement among elementary schools in the state, public school officials said.
"It really was an awareness issue," Principal Chris Bachaus said. "You've got your systems and routines, and no one was watching the ball in terms of schoolwide attendance. So we made it a schoolwide goal to close that gap."
Bachaus attributed the school's low attendance rate to the struggles of being a rural school, with family vacations during nonschool breaks and a lack of oversight. He said the school implemented an attendance policy to track individual kids. That led to the school sending home a letter to students' parents or guardians after 10 absences and to a social worker after 15.
"By making the community aware of the issue and reinforcing going to school, we had really positive results, and the community responded very well," Bachaus said of the school celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year. "The kids are in school, and they can't learn unless they're here."
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* Click "Read More" and see links under Strive HI report.
The Upcountry school's improvement highlighted a statewide drop in chronic absentee rates - over the same period - from 18 percent to 11 percent. About 5,500 fewer elementary school students were chronically absent last school year, and 163 of 169 schools decreased their rates, the department said.
"The significant reductions in chronic absenteeism show schools are doing a better job at making instruction more engaging and interesting," DOE Deputy Superintendent Ronn Nozoe said. "Research shows that when a leading indicator like chronic absenteeism improves, it's a good sign that improvements in grades, graduation rates and college-going rates will follow."
Lanai High & Elementary School ranked second in graduation rates for the 2013-14 school year, at 98 percent. Niihau School was first at 100 percent, and Hana High & Elementary School tied for fourth with Kalani High School on Oahu at 93 percent.
The Lanai school also ranked third in college-going rates, improving from 52 percent to 63.
Hana school was among the most improved schools in student achievement on the American College Testing exam. The standardized test for 11th-graders indicates readiness for entry-level courses in the University of Hawaii system, the department said.
The East Maui school had 13 percent of its students score 19 or more on the 36-point test. The school had no students qualify the previous year.
"We have more kids going to college and more kids wanting to go to college, so just graduating from high school here is a huge deal," said Linda Gravatt, counselor for the high school and pre-kindergarten. "They want it, and they have a lot of support so they usually get there.
"Getting them to graduate from college is the next step."
Pomaikai Elementary School was recognized as "high performing" by the department through the Strive HI program and will receive recognition and a financial reward at an event next month, the department said.
"Strive HI gives schools actionable data they can use to inform their improvement efforts; provides a snapshot of the overall health of the school to inform parents and communities; and it helps us deploy resources and support schools strategically," Nozoe said. "This is not about ranking schools against each other."
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DeLand, Fla. - The Stetson volleyball team dropped to 9-16 overall and 2-9 in Atlantic Sun Conference play with a 23-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-23 loss to visiting Mercer (11-18, 4-8 A-Sun) Saturday afternoon at the Edmunds Center. The match was Stetson's home finale for 2011 and served as senior day for upperclasswomen Sam Freeman (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) and Kaylee Ream (Venice, Fla.).
Stetson scraped out the first set 25-23, but relentless attacks and the high blocking wall of the Bears proved insurmountable the rest of the way. After dropping the second set 25-13, the Hatters fought back somewhat to within 25-19 and 25-23 in the final set but could not come all the way back to force a fifth and final stanza.
Ream, sophomore middle blocker Ellen Hawks (Austin, Texas) and sophomore outside hitter Kaley Melville (New Germany, Minn.) tied for the team lead with 12 kills apiece; Melville added 10 digs for a double-double while Ream had eight. Junior setter Kelli Carneal (Fredericksburg, Va.) finished with 36 assists, six digs and four kills while junior libero Monique Russell (Phoenix, Ariz.) led Stetson defensively with 20 digs.
Four Mercer Bears reached double figures in kills, led by Amiee Frutchey with a 16-kill, 16-dig double-double. Charlayna Braxton finished with 12 kills while Anna Coursey (10 kills, five blocks) and Jennifer Katona (10 kills, six blocks) were an intimidating presence at the net as well. Monica Sanchez handed out 44 assists with nine digs; Charlotte Harris (22 digs) and Emily Rochefort (13 digs) led the Bears on defense.
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That single dollar purchased a sea change in golf, but not the way Beman expected.
"Beman was trying to make the Players Championship a major," explains one prominent golf journalist. "None of the four majors is operated by the Tour, and the Players has the strongest field of the PGA Tour-operated events. So Beman got the most controversial designer of the generation - Pete Dye - and sent that mad scientist into the lab to design Frankenstein's golf course. The idea was to build a monster of a course, couple it with the best field in the year, and send out a media blitz that this was a fifth major."
Pete Dye's Stadium Course at the TPC Sawgrass - just "Sawgrass" to its friends - rose from the swamp, and did change the course of golf history. Dye's work is certainly iconic. With its island green 17th hole, the course had an instant trademark. But it also became the first course to feature natural-grass amphitheaters around greens and enormous mounds flanking the fairways to seat spectators. Moreover, for good or ill, Sawgrass inspired a generation of target golf courses throughout the world, and gave birth to a nationwide network of stadium courses designed for tournament play and spectator accommodation, over 20 more TPC facilities in all. Most importantly, Sawgrass was public. Back then it was one of the few Tour courses golf fans could play: an everyman's Augusta National.
The significance of Pete Dye's achievement in designing Sawgrass cannot be overstated. Without question, Sawgrass is the most important public course built in this country between Pebble Beach (1919) and Bandon Dunes (1998). Harbour Town heralded the arrival of the Dye era and Whistling Straits may be his artistic masterpiece, but Sawgrass is Dye's greatest contribution to the history and architecture of the game. For all his great designs around the world, Dye may best be known for Sawgrass. But strangely, it took a lucky bounce from fate for any history to have been written at all.
The Early Days
When the first Players Championship was held at Sawgrass in 1982, the players' criticism was searing. "I played it in '82 and that thing was brutal," reminisced Tour veteran Forrest Fezler. Most of the other pros were less polite. "Unfair," "Carnival golf," "Screwy," and "The only thing missing is the clown's nose" were just a few of the grouses snarled by the best players in the game. J.C. Sneed famously quipped, "They messed up a perfectly good swamp . . . It's 90 percent horse manure and 10 percent luck." Even the normally placid Ben Crenshaw groused, "This is Star Wars golf and the place was designed by Darth Vader."
"The verbal assault hit like a stake in my heart," Dye lamented in his book "Bury Me in a Pot Bunker."
Tom Watson in particular was so nonplussed with the course, he spearheaded a petition drive to make sweeping changes to the greens, which he felt were too small. "He took Augusta National's greens and miniaturized them" Watson griped. Dye took that as a compliment. "I told him thanks," said Dye. "I always felt Augusta's greens were too big."
A 10-member player committee drew up a list of changes after the 1982 tournament - won by Jerry Pate, who delighted fans and fellow players by throwing Dye, Beman and himself into the alligator-infested lake beside the 18th green. The committee's recommendations were presented to Dye and Beman for implementation. Fairway undulations were smoothed, greens that flowed front to back were softened and, over time, the course matured and, over the years the players have come to embrace and love Sawgrass as the unique jewel that it is.
"I've rebuilt that thing at least three times," chuckles Dye as he pets his dog Sixty. "They keep asking me to work on it, and this latest version is the same one I gave them the first time back in 1980. I'd say 'I told you so,' but I'm half of 162 years old, and I'm trying to get into Heaven now . . . There's nothing I can do to fight it. I went back softened all those greens. The speeds were getting too fast for the contours. They're happy with it, so I am too."
"Sawgrass is terrific for so many reasons," explained tour veteran Fred Funk, a wildly popular winner of the Players in 2005. "It's a great equalizer because there is no advantage to being a long hitter. The greens are really small and the course is tight, so short hitters can keep up with the long hitters. It's all about placement and precision. Plus that finish of 16, 17 and 18 is just fantastic, with the holes playing through the water. It's a great finish and great theater."
From the 18th Tee at Sawgrass (photo by Jay Flemma)
On the Course
Sawgrass's blend of target golf and strategy requires careful concentration and course management on every shot. It cannot be overpowered with a driver as the penalty for any missed shot is bogey or worse. For that reason, Sawgrass never needed to test machismo through unbelievable length and it stayed under 7,000 yards well into this decade, only reaching its current length of 7,215 in 2006.
Part of the design philosophy is penal. "They can't recover from water," explains Dye. Accordingly, there is water present on every hole, although not always in play.
However, the more subtle strategies employed by Dye are the shot-shaping requirements and routing. Shot requirements at Sawgrass are constantly changing, keeping the player off-balance. One minute the course calls for a draw, then later a fade.
"If you can make the hole feel like the one shot goes left to right, and the next shot right to left, it's more trouble for good player to adjust," says Dye. "The higher-handicapped player is not aware of it at all, in fact, they're never aware of it. They just know that if you make one side look a lot more open then the other, they'll play away from the hazard. But it keeps the pros from getting into a rhythm."
Also, the routing keeps players off-balance. One hole is short, the next long. One minute you can hit driver, but the next you must club down to stay in the fairway. The par-3s are spaced to further break up the pace. And at all times, accuracy is the highest priority.
Players must get their scoring done early as the first three holes on each nine offer the best chances for birdie. Interestingly, the first and 10th holes are identical except for the fact that they are reverse images of each other. As professional tournaments frequently send players off the first and 10th tee for the first two rounds, Deane Beman instructed Dye to make the starting holes similar so that the pros would be faced with similar challenges no matter which hole they began the tournament on. "They even have the same hazards at almost exactly the same distances," explains Dye in his online tour of the course. Similarly, both two and 11 are short reachable par-5s and offer great birdie chances. Spray the ball, however, and your bogey may result in a two-shot swing if your opponent gets his birdie.
The course begins in earnest at No. 4, a classic-Dye risk-reward par-4 with a severely canted green. While barely over 300 yards, danger lurks everywhere as the second shot must be played over water to a green which slopes off on all sides. Placement is paramount here as the tee shot must be played to the correct side of the fairway to offer the optimum approach to the green. Even pros, who should escape unscathed, have considerable trouble since the approach drops off into the water so sharply. Bunkers in the back of the green will catch approaches that are too bold and both putts and chips from the high side risk running back into the creek.
Nos. 5, 6 and 7 are each par-4s designed long-short-long to keep the pros off-balance. Perennially one of the toughest on the course, the eighth, the longest of the par-3s, is over 200 yards and completely surrounded by bunkers.
Like the front, players will seek to get their birdies early on the back. Nos. 10, 11, and 12 are a relatively short par-4, par-5 and par-4, respectively.
Although overshadowed by the stirring finish, Dye feels 14 and 15 are the backbone of the inward nine. "14 plays right to left off the tee, then left to right on the approach - an old Donald Ross staple of design, then 15 plays left to right of the tee, then right to left into the green."
Like all the greatest courses in the world, Sawgrass builds to a monumental crescendo. The finishing stretch compares admirably with the finish of any major championship venue. The great risk-reward, par-5 16th can be reached in two, but the penalty for balls hit to the right is death by water hazard. It is the best chance to get a stroke back on the closing stretch. Players are meant to go for it in two, but if a player lays up it's a tough pitch since the green slopes toward water.
Playing along the 16th, no professional or amateur can resist taking a peak at the challenge lying ahead of them - arguably the most recognizable hole on Earth. With its island green lying in the middle of the lake, even casual golf fans know exactly what and where it is.
At a maximum length of 145 yards and playing a mere 120ish for amateurs, the 16th seems merely a smoothly swung short-iron, maybe even a wedge. The challenge could not be stated more simply: "Here's the tee, here's the green, hit the ball." But there is no room to bail, nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Hit the green and hold or reload. Hero or zero, champ or chump. And when the wind kicks up on that hole, forget it!
Some players call it the best hole on tour. Others like Mark Calcaveccia are less flattering. Calc grumbled, "It's a 3 p.m. root canal. All day you know it's coming, but that doesn't make it any easier when it's finally time to confront it." Even golf writer Brian McCallen called 17 "a pint-sized Titanic to sink your scorecard."
Worse still, the fickle Florida winds can change from moment to moment, even swirling at times, making the hole as unpredictable as the 12th at Augusta National. Rarely does a leader come to 17 with a bulletproof lead. While, interestingly, no leader on Sunday that has put one in the water on 17 has ever lost the tournament the mere possibility of epic meltdowns adds to the allure of the hole to the fans and media. Roughly 120,000 golf balls per year are pulled out of the pond at the 17th.
The par-4 18th is a fabulous finishing hole that Dye has copied on many other courses. At 420 yards, this cape-style hole that bends hard leftward is a stern finishing test and offers a summation of all that Sawgrass is: narrow, watery, penal and demanding of both concentration and execution. Water guards the entire left side of the hole. Shaggy, heaving mounds guard the right side of the hole on the approach. A difficult four for any player; even touring pros tighten up. Adam Scott provides a stellar example. With a two-shot lead on the 72nd hole, he double-crossed a 6-iron into the water. His incredible up-and-down from well off the green preserved the win, but it illustrates how 18 can hand out drama as well as its more high-profile sister at 17.
Best of all, for an amateur, playing Sawgrass's Stadium course is one of the richest experiences a player can ever have. Sawgrass is a final examination in golf, an all-around test of a player's entire game and course-management skills. It was designed for a pro tournament with the pros in mind. It tries to be reasonably playable for resort guests as well, but that's secondary. Amateurs still come to Sawgrass to test their games against the toughest course around - that wall feels good against their heads.
You can't ride a horse at Churchill Downs, you can't catch a pass at the Rose Bowl, you can't take batting practice at Fenway Park, but you can play the Stadium course and walk in the spike marks of the world's greatest golfers. The excitement in playing a course that the best players in the world once thought was unfair and who now regard as one of the greatest venues in all of sports is a seminal experience in the career of any golfer.
And that dollar Beman spent? On that swamp and marshland nobody wanted? It sure went a long way, didn't it?
Quick Interview with Pete Dye
JAY: How come Alice hasn't designed a course yet?
PETE DYE: Well, she knows how I do it, but she's not a builder. She'd have to draw plans and she's not going to do that. But see, on a day like today she's out there playing golf. Some days, she plays with a lot of girls that just got off the tour. And then other days, she's out there playing golf with girls that can't break 130. So now she's gone from Ben Hogan to that. But when Alice comes into look at a golf course, I may sit there and listen to her. But why does she want the headache of building it? Here comes Alice, she's not worried about the labor not showing up, she is not worried about the weather, she isn't worried about the D10 blowing up, or somebody breaking and blowing up the gas main, or any of those things.
She looks at it and she says, "Well, why aren't you doing this?" And I roll my eyes and say, "Oh my, that's a good idea," meanwhile I know what it's going to cost to get it done, but it's helpful. So I may build the golf course, but I'll tell you something. At PGA West, more women played on that golf course then anybody else because Alice would come in and say, "How is Mary White going to play this hole?"
JAY: So perhaps Alice's greatest contribution is that-
PETE DYE: I'll tell you something. She thinks that you can't build a par-3 too severe, because she can just come in after and put in a ladies' tee someplace so they can play the hole.
JAY: But she still made sure that the 17th green at Sawgrass didn't slope away from the tee . . .
PETE DYE: (Laughter) She was right.
Is the Players the "Fifth Major"?
The line-up of great champions and riveting moments at the Players certainly rivals Augusta and may eclipse the other three majors, since there are fewer "off-brand" winners. Nicklaus won at Sawgrass. Tiger won in 2000 after sinking a slick, twisting 50-foot putt across the 17th green. Popular pro and Ryder Cup captain Hal "Be The Raaaaaght Club To-Day!" Sutton won twice at Sawgrass. So did Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia.
Are you entranced by the heroic nature of the 17th? Fred Couples has had several adventures there, like his famous "hole-in-3" where he holed out at the tee box after hitting his original shot in the water. Do you like charging finishers on Sunday afternoon? "We got run over by Davis," laughed Jay Haas when Davis Love III shot his incredible final round 64 in 2003. Love won by six shots and carded a blistering 31 on the back nine, including five consecutive birdies. Most impressive of all, he did it in the rain and wind. The rest of the field played the course in an average of 74 strokes, 10 shots worse. Some players called it the best single round of golf they ever witnessed. And even though Craig Perks isn't a household name, his unbelievable eagle-birdie-par double-chip-in finish to seize the 2002 championship is still its most electrifying finish.
Getting our Goat
The course initially used goats to eat rough and weeds growing around the greens. Unfortunately, the animals figured out how to scale the railing around the old pyramid-shaped clubhouse and would gather on the roof, refusing to come down. They were quickly exiled. "Oh yeah, the story of the goats is true," exclaims Dye with a chuckle. "They were so economical. They'd just eat all the rough down quick as daylight. There was one of 'em, a big ol' male named 'Prunes,' he butted a few people so they got rid of him."
Recent Changes
In 2007, the entire golf course was torn apart and a new drainage system installed under every fairway and green so that the course would finally play fast and firm, the way Dye had intended back in 1980. Besides moving the tournament to May, to give the flavor of having a major per month from April to August, the entire course was sand-capped at a cost of $18 million. In addition, they built an enormous Spanish mission-style clubhouse at a staggering expense, $32 million. It's pretty, no question, but it's enormous. It has to hold a lot more offices than the last clubhouse did - all the admin spaces for the Tour, and granted, they chose an architectural style with grace and class, but its overkill.
Play it Again, Tom
No one who saw Tom Watson chip in at the 17th at Pebble Beach to edge Jack Nicklaus and win the 1982 U.S. Open will ever forget it. The next year, in an effort to capitalize on the shot's legend the USGA asked Watson to reenact the shot, but at 17 at Sawgrass. With the TV crew seemingly in place, Watson said his lines (some gibberish about practice makes perfect), and then promptly chipped in. After USGA officials got done cheering, they asked the cameraman to show them the replay. Speaking as though this were some shoot for a soap or detergent advertisement, the cameraman said, without a hint of regret, "No, I thought it was a run-through."
With the look of an angry rhinoceros, the USGA officials asked Watson to try again and resigned themselves to a long day as the chip was exceptionally difficult, even for touring pros.
Watson shrugged, repeated his line and chipped in again on the next try.
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://www.jayflemma.thegolfspace.com, Jay Flemma's comparative analysis of golf designs and knowledge of golf course architecture and golf travel have garnered wide industry respect. In researching his book on America's great public golf courses (and whether they're worth the money), Jay, an associate editor of Cybergolf, has played over 220 nationally ranked public golf courses in 37 different states. Jay has played about 1,649,000 yards of golf - or roughly 938 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf and other print magazines. When not researching golf courses for design, value and excitement, Jay is an entertainment, copyright, Internet and trademark lawyer and an Entertainment and Internet Law professor in Manhattan. His clients have been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, won a Sundance Film Festival Best Director award, performed on stage and screen, and designed pop art for museums and collectors. Jay lives in Forest Hills, N.Y., and is fiercely loyal to his alma maters, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and Trinity College in Connecticut.
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Anne Rice will unveil her latest novel in New Orleans on Nov. 2. The best-selling author will team with her son and fellow novelist Christopher Rice for a ticketed signing event at Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St.
"Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles," (Knopf, 28.95) will be released nationally on Oct. 28, 2014
With a storyline that leaps across centuries, Rice's new novel features a host of characters from her previous vampire books. It is the 27th novel that the New Orleans native has published under her own name.
Rice now lives in California.
She discussed her new book in March, and set off excitement among her fans, reported The Guardian, a British newspaper: "The new book would be 'a big Vampire Chronicle," she told The Dinner Party Show, an Internet show co-hosted by her son Christopher Rice. "It is all about Lestat and all about the vampires, and what they are doing right now, how they are coming to terms with everything that's happened to them, how Lestat is dealing with the demand from all side that he steps forward and becomes some sort of leader of the tribe."
Christopher Rice will sign the paperback edition of his novel, "The Vines," (47 North, $14.95), which is scheduled for release on Oct. 21. Set in a plantation mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans, "The Vines" is a supernatural tale of suicide, death, and betrayal whose protagonists investigate an evil force on the historic property.
Rice and her son collaborated on a similar dual signing this past year, drawing a huge crowd to the book shop and exciting fans who also attended a Rice-themed masked ball.
In an October 2013 interview with NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, Anne Rice reflected on her continuing attachment to her native city -- and how it has always fed her imagination:
"I grew up on the edge of the Garden District in an Irish Catholic family full of storytellers. Like them, I have a need to make drama out of the ordinary," Rice said. "When we took family walks, every house that we passed had some kind of story attached to it – a death, a ghost, a crazy woman, a mystery. I added to those stories at the public library. At age 12, I was reading old New Orleans tales about supernatural things. Storytelling runs in my blood."
Garden District Books is currently taking mail orders for the new Rice books. Tickets to the author event are provided to readers who purchase the books through the store. For details, call 504.895.2266, visit the shop's website, or email the organizers at email@example.com .
Anne Rice's New Orleans visit falls on All Saints Day -- and for some fans that will be a chance to extend the costumed pleasures of Halloween in the Crescent City. What are your plans? Do you have a costume in mind? Will you make the new book a part of your Voodoo Fest experience? Share your thoughts with other readers in the comment stream.
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Travel to Greece and Italy with Classical Studies!
Did you know that more than 40 percent of Millsaps students spend time abroad? The Department of Classical Studies embraces an education in Greco-Roman antiquity that transcends the traditional classroom. Each summer, we offer a 4-credit coursein either Greece or Rome taught by a member of the Millsaps department of Classical Studies. Each courses counts toward the culture requirements for the Classical Studies major or minors.
In the summer of 2011, Dr. Sypniewski will teach CLST 2410: Study Abroad in Italy (4 credit hours). Our topic will be "Public Places and Private Spaces in the Roman World." Learn about the ancient Romans through their art, architecture, and literature while studying on-site in Rome and the Bay of Naples. In Rome, we will visit all of the major ancient monuments and modern museums of the Eternal City. Using Sorrento as our home base in the Bay of Naples, we'll visit Pompeii, Herculaneum, Villa Oplontis and Castellammare di Stabia.
The program cost is $4300. This covers tuition and fees and includes all ground transportation (trains, shuttles, buses and funicular), hotels (Rome and Sorrento), museum and site entrances, breakfasts and some group meals. Airfare, your remaining meals, and personal purchases are not covered. Eligible students may apply for a Robinson Fellowship to help pay the program costs. We will depart from the US on May 15th and return on June 1st. You do not have to leave from Jackson but should plan on meeting the group in Atlanta for our flight to Rome.
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CLEMSON — On some winter night in the aftermath of Clemson's chest-puffing victory over LSU in last year's Chick-fil-A Bowl, defensive coordinator Brent Venables sat down to watch tape of the Tigers' next opponent.
No. 5 Georgia at No. 8 Clemson
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Venables had to shudder at least a little it. A year removed from his Oklahoma tenure where he respected the work of his counterparts at nearby Nebraska, Venables couldn't believe how Georgia made the nation's stingiest secondary look completely lost.
"They annihilated the No. 1 pass defense in the country," Venables said. "They're really good at what they do."
Clemson is not the No. 1 pass defense in the country. Far, far from it.
Between a lack of obvious shutdown corners and a nasty rash of injuries during fall camp stunting player development, the Tigers' secondary will need a yeoman's effort to contain Aaron Murray, the SEC coaches' pick as first-team all-conference quarterback, and a stable of receivers and wide receivers.
"Oh, it's a concern. It's definitely a concern," Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said of his secondary. "They're just better. They're wiser. They had another year to grow up and mature … we have the depth. It's just inexperienced depth."
The biggest question marks for the Clemson defense in week one are at cornerback and defensive line. At any given time, Darius Robinson, Bashaud Breeland, Martin Jenkins and Garry Peters will share tasks on the perimeter covering the combination of Malcolm Mitchell, Michael Bennett, Chris Conley and Justin Scott-Wesley.
Then there's tight ends Arthur Lynch, a preseason watch lister, and Jay Rome, whose father Stan played football and basketball at Clemson. Six different Bulldogs caught at least 20 passes from Murray last year, and none more than 42.
Throw in the one-two punch of tailbacks Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall — "highlight players, man. Two young boys that got it," said Clemson linebacker Stephone Anthony — and the Bulldogs' balance is daunting.
"Proven playmakers. They're very precise in what they're doing," Venables said. "They can bloody your nose and beat you to death in the run game, and they're really good from a timing standpoint to speed, their ability to attack the deep ball. Their ability to take the top off the defense is as good as anybody."
Venables has touted the defensive line's depth and toughness all offseason. Grady Jarrett will start at nose guard, Josh Watson and DeShawn Williams will rotate in at defensive tackle, Vic Beasley's job is to chase down Murray while Corey Crawford will contain the run.
All five players are juniors.
"We're more physical than what we were (in 2012). That comes from guys being sure of themselves," Venables said. "Most young players play in a timid way. Well, this isn't a timid sport. If you're playing on your heels, or you're unsure of yourself, you're not going to be physical."
No cornerbacks or defensive linemen met with reporters this week leading up to the Saturday night showdown. They'll have to let their production on the field, under the bright lights, speak for them.
Both safeties, though, had one last chance to speak their peace and speak for the secondary.
"We've prepared just as much as anybody else has," sophomore free safety Travis Blanks said. "I don't see us failing because we've prepared well for this game. Time will tell. We'll see Saturday night."
And from junior strong safety Robert Smith: "Nobody wants to be the question mark. But it's up to us to change that. We're accountable for all our actions."
Smith's four keys to the game: play disciplined, play fast, play physical and be relentless to the ball.
"It's a chance to solidify our name," Smith said. "We want to show we're a real contender for the national championship."


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The musical boat ride, known for its insanely infectious looping chorus – "It's a Small World (After All)" – and multicultural animatronic dolls, hits the half-century mark this month, and Disney is celebrating on Thursday, April 10, with a global sing-along.
"On Thursday, April 10, 2014, hundreds of voices from Disneyland Resort in California, Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, Disneyland Paris in France and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort will sing the unforgettable theme song of the 'happiest cruise that ever sailed the seven seas,'" Disney Parks and Resorts recently announced.
In the meantime, here's a handy pocket guide to everything you need to know about It's a Small World.
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Federal officials have a plan for managing water in the Middle Rio Grande Valley.
The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the details of this year's operating plan during a meeting Wednesday in Albuquerque.
The plan calls for keeping the Rio Grande from drying in stretches at least through June 15. There are also plans to release pulses of water from reservoirs upstream to help the endangered silvery minnow during spawning season.
Officials acknowledge water supplies are limited again this year thanks to below average snowpack in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
The latest forecast from the Natural Resources Conservation Service shows spring and summer stream flows in New Mexico will be less than half of average and in some cases less than 25 percent of average.


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I got a stock lead from Deb yesterday. I took her advice and it's up 11% today. Over 68 cents. We are posting under different ids on the new stock, so it can't be traced. We use to share our ideas with this board. But got no respect. Nice to roll our $6.90 shares into something on the move.
Poor loser. Sounds like allied has some issues. Interesting how he sounds just like max and batzem. Could we have another one of the sybils. Bottom line I told this board to sell astex at $6.90. Today you could own 30% more shares.
If I'm talking to myself, why are you replying?
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stay away from internet, what a loser.
Sentiment: Buy
I think this gentlemen has concisely described you Free
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The street didn't like years ago that dacogen could be impacted by vidaza and investors saw the results. This time around the impact is even bigger. But you all listen to batzem and the other bibs. They only cost you 25% so far. Actually that's better than their normal track record.
Up 13.5% now on Deb's pick. batzem I have you and jelly and rory on ignore using the Free Id. Find a different id to post under. I suggest using the way2stupid one.
Totally believable You certainly have lots of ID;s to choose from LMAO