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Ahem. Let it be known that I am declaring this 15th day of December in the year of our Lord 2013 as the date on which I am officially, unequivocally and quite proudly a "Swim Mom."
Sure, I've been half of the duo that's shuttled Kyle back and forth to swim (first lessons, then practices) since he was 3 years old. But it's only been very recently that I've actually felt like I am starting to get a handle on this whole water world. Well, sort of, anyway.
I initially enrolled Kyle in swim lessons because I did not want him to inherit his mother's fear of water. That's what I said this Swim Mum don't swim. It's a long story. But what began with "No, Mommy, I don't wanna!" has morphed into "I think I want to try to make it to Zones, Mom." Whoa! For those who may be unfamiliar, "Zones" refers to regional, age-level championships divided by geographic zone.
So, here are the "Top 10 Things I Wish I'd Have Known about Swimming - about 11 years ago":
10. You can relax about trying to find the subtle nuances distinguishing the "front crawl" from the "freestyle" stroke. It only took me about a year to figure out that they both mean the same thing.
9. "Short course" usually refers, in the competitive swimming world, to racing in a 25-meter pool, typically between September and March or April. Conversely, long course commonly refers to racing in a 50-meter pool, predominantly between April and August. See how that works?
8. Summer swimming is traditionally a less competitive animal, though it doesn't stop crazy swim parents from screaming their heads off like complete, blithering idiots. This I say from personal experience. And speaking of which
7. Swimmers cannot hear the screams of their parents, their friends, or even a sonic boom when they're in the thick of race. In fact, the only sound their ears hone in on during a heat is the unique, shrill and / or hideous noise their coach has individualized and trained them as the one to which to react. BTW, it will be an offensive, repulsive shriek, pop, snap, whistle or screech - you will be driven insane by it for the first season or so. After that, you find yourself a master at disseminating one coach from another based on their bark.
6. At some point, every kid misses a heat. Period. It usually happens when they're under the age of 11 (or so) and likely not more than once. I remember the meet at which it happened to Kyle. We'd have hammered him mercilessly except that it was clear from the look on his face nothing we said would have made him feel worse than he already did. Don't blow a gasket; it's a teaching moment.
5. Your child should be his own fiercest rival in the water. Help him / her not to get discouraged by someone else's record. As with running, swimming has the rarity of being a sport in which it's more about beating your own personal best than that of another. That being said, you always silently want him / her to swim the trunks off the competition.
4. Circling in is a big deal. Before your child is old and / or responsible enough to handle this task alone, accompany him / her. Missing an event because you failed to circle in is an avoidable tragedy. Don't let this happen to you.
3. Anchoring a relay in swimming is sort of like tending the goal in soccer. Whether or not it's fair or accurate, the team is pretty much looking at you once the event is over.
2. Swim may be one of the only circumstances under which you not only permit your child to write on him / herself with permanent marker, you will encourage it so as to ensure your kid knows what event, heat, lane and stroke he / she is competing in. Mastering this temporary tattooing of oneself helps lessen the likelihood of missing a heat (see No. 6). Some of us crazy moms even take the Sharpie to our own skin.
1. Swimming is the most fabulous sport in the world to watch because that's your baby out there in the pool. Few things in life will make you happier, more excited or more proud.
There you have it. Swim fast, Kyle!
Kimerer is a Tribune Chronicle columnist and the proudest swim mom this side of the Mississippi - better make that both sides. Contact her at email@example.com.


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While Brandon Mashinter was held scoreless during the CT Whale's 7-3 win vs. the St. John's Ice Caps, he did stand-up for teammate Blake Partlett and absolutely worked Spencer Machacek (0:05 mark)…
Mashinter now has 3g, 5a and three fights in 11 games since joining the Whale.
…got to love Mashinter stepping in for Parlett who is not known as a fighter. Torts would love this.
…have to assume Mashinter is going to get a shot with the Rangers at some point this season. Especially if they need a spark. I'm really becoming a big fan of this guy.
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There are a few spaces left in the Built Heritage and Cultural Landscapes Summer Field School that will take place from 26 May through 13 June 2014 in Cap-aux-Os and Forillon National Park of Canada, Gaspé, Québec.
This bilingual (English and French) intensive three-week field school will be especially of interest to those wishing to develop their field recording techniques, to learn to interpret buildings and sites, to work with local interest groups in community development, and to sensitively intervene in regional cultural landscapes.
In the past, we have welcomed participants from Quebec, Canada, the United States and elsewhere. They were registered in a program of study or had backgrounds in as diverse fields as architecture, urban design, urban and regional planning, history, history of art, history of architecture, cultural and historic geography, historic archaeology, folklore, cultural landscape studies, material culture studies, and community development.
This year our study site is Forillon National Park of Canada. We will work with the communities adjacent to the park, namely Cap-aux-Os, Cap-des-Rosiers and l'Anse-au-Griffon, to explore the ways in which complementarity and synergy can be generated between private enterprises, the public sector, and community initiatives to stimulate the development of both the villages and the Park.
An economic motor of the region, the creation of Forillon National Park of Canada in 1970 promised generous economic spinoffs. With the aim of preserving and interpreting the heritage elements in the park, a number of buildings and houses, that had been requisitioned during the expropriation were restored, notably St. Peter's Church, the Hyman General Store, the Blanchette House and more recently, the Dolbel-Roberts House. Other buildings, however, remain closed. The state of the three Gavey Houses and Bartlett House as well as adjoining secondary structures including barns, sheds and 'backhouses', though reinforced and repaired, are falling into disrepair.
The villages bordering the Park, such as Cap-des-Rosiers, whose harbour and half of its territory is actually within park boundaries, and Cap-aux-Os, which is actually surrounded by two of the Parks' sectors (the South and Penouille or Peninsula) are struggling to survive. Tourism seems to have become the only possible development avenue for these villages. The owners of the motels, restaurants, hostels, souvenir shops and adventure tourism companies (sea kayaking etc.) depend to a large extent on the park. In the meantime, a great number of services in the area have disappeared.
More specifically, starting from an examination of houses that have yet to be interpreted and preserved and their sites, field school participants will propose a variety of strategies (commercial and community-based activities, etc.) whose aim is to augment and diversify the activities offered in the park, and in so doing, increase the number of visitors to the Park without neglecting the local commercial and community initiatives. How might these projects stimulate the viability of the otherwise fragile businesses and services situated on the perimeter of the Forillon Peninsula in ways that consider the needs of the residents? What mutually profitable projects could the Park and the neighbouring villages develop together?


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Counting down the days until 'The Dark Knight Rises' prologue hits theaters on Dec. 16? Now you can also plan your route to the nearest IMAX theater, where the six-minute-opening will play in front of showings of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.' Warner Bros. has just released the list of the 42 IMAX theaters in the U.S. and Canada where you can see the prologue that introduces villain Bane (Tom Hardy). It was shot in IMAX, as are several key scenes in 'Ghost Protocol.' Will it be at an IMAX theater near you? The complete list is ahead.
Austin, TX - IMAX Theater Austin
Boston, MA - Jordan's IMAX - Natick
Boston, MA - IMAX 3D Theatre in Reading
Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 16
Chantilly, VA - Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX
Chicago, IL - Navy Pier IMAX Theatre
Des Moines, IA - SCI IMAX Dome Theater
Detroit, MI - Henry Ford IMAX - Dearborn
Edmonton, AB - Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton
Harrisburg, PA - Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts
Houston, TX - Houston Marq'e Stadium 22 + IMAX
Indianapolis - White River IMAX
Los Angeles, CA - Irvine Spectrum 21 + IMAX - Irvine
Los Angeles, CA - RAVE 18 + IMAX (Howard Hughes Center)
Los Angeles, CA - Ontario Palace Stadium 22 + IMAX - Ontario
Los Angeles, CA - CityWalk Stadium 19 with IMAX - Universal City
Madison, WI - Star Fitchburg 18 with IMAX - Fitchburg
Miami, FL - AutoNation IMAX - Fort Lauderdale
Minneapolis, MN - Great Clips IMAX - Apple Valley
Montreal, QC - Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal
Nashville,TN - Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX
New York, NY - Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX
New York, NY - Palisades IMAX - West Nyack
Omaha, NE - Star Cinema 16 with IMAX - Council Bluffs
Orlando, FL - Regal Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 + IMAX
Ottawa, ON - SilverCity Gloucester + IMAX - Gloucester
Palm Springs, CA - Desert IMAX Theatre - Cathedral City
Philadelphia, PA - IMAX at the Tropicana - Atlantic City
Philadelphia, PA - Tuttleman IMAX - Franklin Institute
Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX - Tempe
Providence, RI - Providence Place 16 with IMAX
Quebec City, QC - IMAX Le Theatre At Quebec
Sacramento, CA - Esquire IMAX
San Antonio, TX - IMAX at RiverCenter
San Francisco, CA - Metreon 16 with IMAX & ETX
Seattle, WA - Boeing IMAX - Pacific Science Center
Tampa, FL - Museum of Science and Industry
Toronto, ON - Coliseum 12 Mississauga + IMAX
Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Theatre Toronto + IMAX
Toronto, ON - Colossus 18 Woodbridge + IMAX - Woodbridge-Vaughan
Vancouver, BC - Colossus Langley + IMAX - Langley
Vancouver, BC - SilverCity Riverport + IMAX - Richmond
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Buffett Took 20 Minutes to Decide on Goldman Deal, Then Went To Dairy Queen
Warren Buffett decided to plunge $5 billion of Berkshire Hathaway funds into Goldman Sachs at the height of the financial crisis during a conversation that lasted 10 to 20 minutes, his trusted banker said today in court.
But the deal's rushed talks didn't distract him from taking his grandkids to Dairy Queen.
Byron Trott, the former Goldman star and now head of own his firm, BDT, testified at the Rajat Gupta trial about Buffett's big-moment investment in Goldman, according to WSJ colleagues covering the trial.
The investment was a turning point in investor confidence in the banks, and made Buffett a bundle. Buffett attempted to replicate the deal last year with a $5 billion investment into Bank of America.
Here's the scene today from WSJ's Chad Bray, Reed Albergotti and Michael Rothfeld:
Mr. Buffett agreed to act as a "cornerstone" investor and provide $5 billion in capital to Goldman after a conversation that lasted somewhere between 10 minutes and 20 minutes on the morning of Sept. 23, 2008, Mr. Trott said. Mr. Buffett had rejected a separate proposal by Goldman just days before, Mr. Trott said.
However, Mr. Trott, who had worked with Mr. Buffett on deals since 2002, said he offered him a deal that he knew would be more attractive to the renowned investor. The deal included preferred shares that paid a 10% interest rate and warrants allowing Berkshire to buy shares of Goldman's common stock at a price of $115 a share within a five-year period, Mr. Trott said. Goldman also would announce a secondary stock offering that day to raise additional capital.
As a condition of the deal, Mr. Buffett required the company's four top executives to not sell any of their stock for a limited period.
Mr. Buffett then warned Mr. Trott that he would be out of contact until 2:30 p.m. that day, because he was taking his grandchildren to Dairy Queen, a wholly owned Berkshire subsidiary, Mr. Trott said.
The deal itself was only known to a limited universe of senior executives at Goldman before it was presented to the board later that afternoon and announced after the close of the markets that day, Mr. Trott said.
"This was about as top secret as you can get," Mr. Trott said.
Trott is viewed as a key adviser to Buffett, and Buffett once called him the only banker he trusts. It was also Trott that recently brought Buffett into Coty's attempt to buy Avon, in which Buffett agreed provide some financing, though the deal was rebuffed by Avon and Coty dropped its offer.
Dairy Queen, of course, is a Berkshire company and a favorite treat of sweet-toothed Buffett.


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President Barack Obama is prescribing a major intervention on behalf of the government's failing health care signup system.
Speaking to reporters Monday in the White House Rose Garden, the president claimed he's as upset as anyone with the technical glitches plaguing the website.
"There's no sugarcoating it," Obama told reporters Monday. "Nobody is more frustrated than I am."
"Nobody's madder than me about the fact that the website isn't working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed," he said.
The president didn't dwell on the fact that his own Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius set up the enrollment system. HHS announced Sunday that it's bringing in tech experts from other agencies and the private sector to fix the problems.
Meanwhile, members of both parties are expressing concern over the matter.
"This is unacceptable," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. "It has to be changed, but any system that deals with that many millions of people frequently does have a glitch. Again, this is unacceptable."
But conservative objections go far beyond the technical glitches, as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told CBN News's David Brody.
"It is an objection to a program, a massive expansion of government that is undermining the American dream for millions and millions of people," Rubio said.
"And by his own admission, because of the waivers he's granted and the changes he's unilaterally made, the president has admitted that Obamacare is full of failures," the Florida lawmaker added.
Rubio's office issued a statement Monday warning, "The IRS will go after anyone who fails to meet the Obamacare requirements, so it's important consumers document the online problems."
The president said parts of the health care law are already in effect, and that both the insured and the uninsured will benefit.
"The product is good," Obama said. "The health insurance being provided is good. It's high quality and it's affordable. People can save money, significant money, by getting insurance that is being provided in these marketplaces."
Republicans say citizens will decide.
"Obamacare is going to fail on its own right," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"And you just talked about the number of people that have signed up. The fact is that sick people are signing up, the healthy aren't," he said. "And they're not going to because the deductibles are so high and the cost is going to be high."
Still to weigh in: millions of Americans who haven't bothered to check out the website and who are not yet sure whether they'll sign up for Obamacare or how much it will cost them and their families simply not to take part.
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Szczesny Hoping to Face Czechs
Poland and Arsenal star Wojciech Szczesny is still hoping he will play again at Euro 2012.
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Szczesny was sent-off in Poland's opening game with Greece and also gave away a penalty.
The match ended 1-1 as his understudy Przemylaw Tyton saved Girogios Karagounis's spot-kick.
Szczesny will now miss Poland's next game with Russia, but will be available for the final group game with Czech Republic.
"I won't play against Russia," said Szczesny.
"But it is up to him [Franciszek Smuda] if I play against the Czechs. It is hard to say.
"Tyton played really well and if he does the same against Russia then he will probably keep his place in the team."
Szczesny was delighted with Tyton's efforts after he called into the action.
"It would have been worse but he saved brilliantly. It eased the pressure on me," he continued.
"For their goal I was trying to get in front of everyone but we all collided. A typical mess in the box really.
"Now I'm obviously very disappointed to miss the game against Russia.
"I was hoping to play every single game and be a part of this team but, as I said, there's not a lot I can do. I will try to support my team-mates and just hope for the best.
"It's not a horrible start, we could have lost the game against Greece.
"We are disappointed because we dropped two points, you could see the atmosphere in the changing room after the game that we're all disappointed.
"But at the same time the tournament is not over, we've got two games to go and I hope we can win both and get through to the quarter-finals."


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by Eileen Casey
In 1929 an article in the Journal of Medicine offered this advice about how to help patients who have suffered a heart attack:
"The nurse should be carefully instructed to do everything in her power to aid the patient in any physical activity so that all possible movements such as feeding himself or lifting himself in bed are spared…Finally the patient should be urged to spend at least 6 weeks and preferably 8 weeks or more absolutely in bed."
This outlook had significant consequences and by the late 1930s many people were out of work due to cardiac disease. Slowly things started to change. By the 1950s medical research was beginning to show that this was the wrong approach to treat someone after a heart attack. By the 1960s it was known that early movement and supervised exercise were optimal. Cardiac Rehab was born. Today comprehensive cardiac rehab is the gold standard of care.
Oncology or cancer rehab is undergoing a similar evolution. In years past, a number of patients who finished acute cancer treatment were left to struggle with issues such as pain, profound fatigue, deconditioning or loss of motion due to surgery, chemo or radiation treatments. There was little in the way of help to offer these patients and many were left with the impression that this was their "new normal" that they just had to accept. With over 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S., and nearly a million new cancer diagnoses each year, we need to offer more to these patients.
Many professional organizations are recognizing the need for formal cancer rehab. The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer (COC) has become a leader in ensuring that cancer rehab is part of the continuum of care for oncology patients. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has issued clinical guidelines for survivors including guidelines to address pain, fatigue, cognitive function and exercise. Many of these issues can be addressed with rehabilitation. A growing body of research suggests that exercise can help improve survival, prevent declines in fitness and improve outcomes of cancer treatments.
Despite the growing evidence demonstrating the benefit, many patients are never referred for formal rehab services. Some patients may be told to "stay active" or "exercise more" and some may even be referred to an exercise class; however, many survivors are not ready to exercise with people who are not healthcare providers. Exercise alone is not cancer rehab. Cancer rehab should be a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team approach. Care provided should be evidence-based. Outcomes, or how well patients respond to treatment, should be tracked. Rehab is meant to help improve function and decrease disability.
Think about someone who has had a stroke or broken bones and is having problems getting around. Their doctor would generally refer them to rehab first, not to a fitness center to exercise on their own. Rehab professionals would evaluate the person to see what their problems were and then develop a treatment program to help address those problems. Rehab would not change the fact that the person had a stroke or broken bones but could significantly improve how well that person functions. Once their maximum function was achieved, then the person would be ready to continue on with a community-based exercise program.
Rehab is almost a given for orthopedic issues, trauma, strokes, brain injuries or other neurological issues. A cancer diagnosis can be as life changing as a stroke or a major trauma. Cancer patients have to deal not only with the psychological trauma that a cancer diagnosis can produce but they are also given treatments that can cause physiological trauma that leave as many as 1 in 4 with physical problems. Rehab can help optimize their recovery. Yet for cancer patients this is not yet the standard of care, but progress is being made in that direction.
BMH has partnered with Oncology Rehab Partners to be able to provide a comprehensive, coordinated rehab program to oncology patients through the Survivorship Training and Rehab (STAR) Program® Certification. The STAR Program® was developed in response to the need for well-developed and integrated cancer rehab training. Our multidisciplinary team includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition and oncology nurses. By obtaining STAR Program® certification, the staff at BMH has made a commitment towards providing an integrated approach to cancer care that includes rehab for our patients.
Not every cancer patient needs rehab, and those who do may not need all services offered. But for those who do need it, the staff has been trained to help provide oncology patients with a range of services such as physical or occupational therapy, speech therapy and nutritional counseling. If you think you or someone you know may benefit from the program, please speak to your doctor about a referral.
Eileen Casey, PT, is the Director of Rehab Services at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. She can be reached by calling 802-257-8255. The BMH STAR Program team will be hosting an open house on May 22 from 5 to 6 PM on the 1st floor of the Richards Building for anyone interested in learning more about the program and meeting with the staff. Light refreshments will be served.


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The brother of the 18-year-old Jersey City man who was shot and killed early this morning said the fatal shooting occurred as his brother was trying to stop two men from stealing a cell phone.
The Hudson County Proseuctor's Office said it could not confirm the name of the victim, but Amir Choudhry, of Mallory Avenue, told The Jersey Journal this morning that it was his younger brother, Muhammad, 19.
"He was just a great person," said Amir, 28, with a tear in his eye. "He was a very funny guy who loved everyone."
The shooting, Jersey City's ninth homicide this year, happened after two men robbed Muhammad and a third brother outside the family's Mallory Avenue home just before 3 a.m. The family – two parents, three brothers and three sisters – was up early as their mother finished cooking a Ramadan meal, Amir said.
The two unidentified men grabbed the third brother's cell phone, leading that brother and Muhammad to chase the men down Mallory toward Virginia Avenue. The brothers shouted to Amir to join them, Amir said.
On Virginia Avenue, one of men fired a single shot back at the brothers, hitting Muhammad on the right side, according to Amir.
"They just turned around and shot him," he said.
Chevonne Hudson, whose Virginia Avenue home overlooks the crime scene, said she heard commotion outside her apartment, followed by what she originally thought was a firecracker.
"I heard someone shouting, 'No! No! No!' then heard the gunshot," Hudson said.
Amir said Muhammad was unresponsive at the scene, but he is unsure of whether his younger brother died at the scene or en route to the hospital.
"Our brother was holding him, but I think he was dead already," he said.
Muhammad, a recent Ferris High School graduate, was described by his brother as a fun-loving guy. He wanted to attend college and loved playing cricket with friends in Lincoln Park.
This isn't the family's first brush with violence since coming over from Pakistan, according to Amir, who said the third brother was robbed at gunpoint while working at a family restaurant in Newark.
"We think this country is so safe, but anyone can be killed at any time," he said.
Hudson, a mother of two small children, said that the violence outside her home has made her think about moving.
"I'm not sure if I'm going to stay here," Hudson said. "I'm concerned. I have these two young ones. It's really sad."
The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office is still investigating the shooting. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call (201) 915-1345.


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SUNSET — Clemson will merit Will Merritt's praise, but how much?
The 2009 football Tigers will make Merritt's radio broadcast companion Pete Yanity beam about "orange in the end zone," but how often?
If you speak fluently Dabo, you're "All in" going into a season ripe with promise and fraught with peril.
But how "All in" is all in?
"When I talk to the team ('All in') is about being committed — doing the little things that it takes to be great on and off the field. That's what it means," head coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday at his first preseason media golf outing, held at The Reserve golf course high above Clemson Nation. "It's 'All in' all the time. It's not being 'All in' on the practice field and then going over there to the classroom and showing up 10 minutes late."
And for Tigers fans who took a liking to Swinney soon after he took over for Tommy Bowden midway through the 2008 season?
"It's about everybody being together," he said. "It's about being supportive. It's about being 'All in.' If you don't like me, that's fine, I don't care. Support these kids. Come and support them. Don't quit on these guys. Believe in them. We've got to have facilities and we have some who have committed greatly, some more than others.
"(But) it's not about money. It's not anything to do about money. It's about everybody being together and pulling the rope one direction."
So that's the Dabo definition.
Here are the three realistic 'All in' categories, as viewed from a hilltop of neutral colors.
Not so fast
--Partially in.
You have jotted down a memo to self: Get off work early Thursday night, Sept. 10, to stock up on party supplies for Georgia Tech game on TV.
You once met Ken Hatfield.
There is a faded IPTAY sticker on the SUV.
Wait 'n see, right?
--Mostly in.
Like Dabo, you are not just worried about Georgia Tech, you fret about a Middle Tennessee State opener featuring former Clemson assistant coach Rick Stockstill at the helm of the Blue Raiders, complete with a coaching staff including former Clemson staffers or players Les Herrin, Justin Watts and Willie Simmons. Plus innovative and crafty offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, late of Auburn. Official MTSU slogan: "All in."
You can't wait to stick it to Bowden — Bobby Bowden when Florida State arrives on Nov. 7.
You might even show up for the game if your boss gives up his tickets like he did two years ago when he had to go to that outsourcing seminar in St. Pete.
Tougher than 7-6
--Truly, completely, entirely 'All in.'
New Clemson defensive coordinator Kevin Steele is "All in" and sounded like it Tuesday when talking about his players.
"It really comes down to toughness," Steele said. "Who wants to be tough play after play after play."
You sure do.
You have received an orange 'All in' poker chip from Dabo.
Somehow, you already have the "C.J. Spiller for Heisman" growth chart poster.
You use "All in" language to inspire a youth sports teams and co-workers. Even pets.
The check is in the mail, in full support of a program with a yet unnamed rookie starting quarterback and coming off a 7-6 record in an Atlantic Coast Conference that had 10 bowl teams last season.
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CITY COUNCIL has a plan for redrawing the city's councilmanic districts. Actually, it has two. Council's deadline for adjusting the city's map, based on new census numbers, was technically this past Friday. On Thursday, two plans were introduced.
Under the city charter, Council members can't collect another paycheck until they pass a plan.
The current official map is an embarrassing mess with weirdly shaped districts, driven by the political self-interest of incumbents back in 2001. The fact that Council drew this year's maps behind closed doors, without much public engagement, raised questions - including from It's Our Money - about whether selfish concerns would corrupt the new map as well.


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The Detroit Red Wings franchise is peppered with a litany of prime time performers who stepped up their game when given the opportunity and kept the Big Red Machine running.
Guys like Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Kris Draper, Sergei Fedorov, Tomas Holmstrom were either drafted very late or came to Detroit for virtually nothing (literally $1 in Draper's case) and have managed to blossom into All-Stars.
With a new season set to begin, and the core of the Wings growing ever older, it's time for the next batch of players to keep Detroit's run of 20 consecutive playoff appearances going.
These are five players who have to step up their game and take on a bigger role starting in 2011-12.


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E-Readers & Other Mobile Devices
A recent Pew Internet study found that 81% of gadget experts agree that the "hot gadgets and apps that will capture the imagination of users in 2020 will often 'come out of the blue' and will not have been anticipated by today's savviest innovators." Explore topics related to E-readers, smartphones, iPads, and other gadgets and learn how libraries are adjusting services, networks, and collections to meet the expectations of these wired-for-content patrons.
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THE superior Super Eagles of Nigeria demolished Mali's Eagles 4-1 on Wednesday night to book a place in the African Nations Cup final for the first time since co-hosting the tournament with Ghana 13 years ago.
This was the semifinal many had hoped Bafana Bafana would be taking part in but that was not to be and the Durban faithful opted to stay at home.
Nonetheless, the colourful Nigerian supporters came out in numbers, and if their team was brilliant in evicting favourites Côte d'Ivoire in the quarterfinals, they moved up a level to book a ticket to Sunday's final in Johannesburg.
Mali started the brighter of the two West African countries, with midfielder Kalilou Traore twice nodding wide after getting on the end of Mahamane Traore's zipping corners in the opening 10 minutes.
John Obi Mikel, at the centre of the Nigerian midfield, did a good job on fellow European Champion's League winner Seydou Keita to allow his speedy countrymen to run at the Mali players.
Nigeria balanced the scales when a good looping ball by Mikel found Emmanuel Emenike wide down the right. The striker turned into the box to create space for a good shot that was well saved by Mamadou Samassa. A cheeky back heel one-two with Aide Brown Ideye could have allowed Emenike through for another chance but the Mali defence held firm. That move turned the heat up in the game.
A long-range bender from Mikel and an unsuccessful Mali penalty shout followed.
Victor Moses took over proceedings midway through the first half and sparked Nigeria's goal spree.
The nifty Chelsea winger embarrassed Mali left-back Adama Tamboura, one of the Eagles ' most dependable players of the tournament, with a bag of tricks before crossing into the corridor of uncertainty.
Elderson Echiejile threw his head at the low ball to open the scoring.
It was 2-0 before the Eagles could comprehend how they had allowed Nigeria so much space in their danger area.
In the 30th minute, Moses was all over them again. He broke free in midfield, sucked the Mali defensive pair out of position before setting Emenike free down the right. Emenike wasted no time, crossed and Ideye did the easy part.
Mali had fought throughout the tournament. They fought to get a place in the second round after losing their second match to Ghana, fought back from 1-0 down to level 1-1 and eliminated South Africa in a penalty shootout. But when Emenike's deflected free kick rolled into the net to make the score 3-0 to Nigeria before half-time, the Malians looked to have lost the fight.
For the half-time team talk, though, it was worth remembering that Mali were a team that had recovered from a 4-0 deficit to draw 4-4 against the 2010 host Angola. Nigeria needed to do what SA failed to do — keep scoring goals when you have Mali under pressure.
The comeback would have been on had Keita found the target after receiving a neat low cross from substitute Cheick Fantamady Diarra. The Mali skipper looked tired, weary, as if he had given everything he had in the win over Bafana.
But substitute Ahmed Musa, on for the electric Moses in the second half, put an end to all hopes of a dramatic Mali comeback when he sprung the offside trap to make it 4-0 to Nigeria in the 60th minute.
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An Old Pro at 17, Leif Garrett Has a Toehold on Teenage Passions
If even the hardiest of teen idols face possible fadeout when they're no longer boys, the tight-costumed Leif (rhymes with chafe) isn't worried. After all, he's had some experience in show business maturing—he has been a self-supporting pro since he was 5, was mistreated by his late father and made the columns with older women (though the reports about Michelle Phillips, 34, are false). This summer Leif caromed into his first starring movie role in Skateboard. Simultaneously his debut Leif Garrett LP was going platinum in the wake of two gold oldies, Run-around Sue and Surfin' U.S.A. Then last month Leif gave ABC's Family a ratings boost when, in the first of two guest shots, he appeared as a teenage Lothario who confronts Kristy McNichol with her first traumatic proposition. Now Leif has come out with his second LP, Feel the Need, which he cannily hyped on an episode of Wonder Woman. "Leif can go as far in the music business as he would like to push it," says his record producer, Michael Lloyd, who ought to know—he earlier masterminded Shaun.
Leif's musical role-model, however, is the raunchier Rod Stewart. "He's my idol. But I've got a lot to learn before I can compare myself to him." Leif and Rod compete right now, however, in their regular Saturday soccer game in a Beverly Hills park. "People are always trying to sneak around and take pictures of our games, but we throw them out," says Garrett, a slender 5'9½" and 135 lbs. He already has a realistic grasp of the rock stars' one-upmanship. "Real status these days is not cars [Leif's is a Fiat Spider] or houses—it's owning your own soccer team."
If Leif understands the ways of Hollywood, it's because he was born there to costume designer and sometime actress Carolyn Stellar and a father, now dead, whom the family won't discuss. "He was a cruel and evil person who deserted the family when Leif was 5 and his sister, Dawn, was 3," Carolyn says. "He would show up periodically to taunt the children and hit Leif around." To pay the bills, she got started in bit parts ("Because I have a large chest, it was usually as a hooker") while hunting up work for Leif and Dawn. Leif's first job, at 5, was as Elliot Gould and Dyan Cannon's son in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. When Leif briefly "got too pretty and could never get any parts," Carolyn notes that "Dawn kept the family afloat" with a continuing TV part in Fred MacMurray's My Three Sons. Both kids worked in all three Walking Tall movies, and by 12 Leif was again in demand. Roles on Apple's Way, Gun-smoke, Cannon and in commercials followed; yet at 15½ he managed to graduate from the Hollywood Professional School with straight A's.
Like Shaun Cassidy before him, Leif first exploded into the teen scene not in the U.S. but abroad. His debut LP went double platinum in Australia, where 5,000 fans rioted and dozens required hospital treatment. The pandemonium was just as fevered in Japan and Germany. "I really don't know if the teen idol stuff helps or hurts," muses Garrett. "My gut feeling is that it's just something I will pass through on the way to something else. People like Shaun and me have worked at acting and singing for years and years. We're professionals, and I have the feeling that guys like us are going to be the leading men of the future."
Thanks to Leif's success, his family is moving out of their small apartment into a new house in Hollywood Hills. "Sometimes I think the kids have missed a lot of the fun of growing up without responsibilities," worries Carolyn. "But they don't see how the so-called normal life could be more rewarding." Concurs Leif: "I don't think I missed anything. Most of my friends are in the business and I relate to them very well." One is Kristy ("We're just friends") McNichol who, after spurning Leif's advances on Family, was his date recently at a Save the "Hollywood" Sign fund-raiser at Hugh Hefner's. Says the girl who knows him best, his sister, "He's very sensitive; he cries easily over things. But he's strong and mature for his age—and totally work-oriented."
Leif doesn't deny it. After another Australian promo trip, he is doing a March of Dimes charity tour this month (Leif is a national spokesman for the '78 campaign). He plans more TV roles and another concert tour in the spring. "It's so easy for a 17-year-old to sound pretentious, but I really love my career," he confesses. "We started in shack flats when I was 5, and we've been moving up ever since. I suppose there are a lot of ways to grow up that are satisfying. I happen to like the way I did it."
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College football coaches are full of clichés with players cast as multi-media showoffs.
Well, in other states.
Here, the head coaches inflate our Braggin' Rights balloon. Player tweets are banned.
Steve Spurrier recently implied that Clemson isn't the real Death Valley, Dabo Swinney insisted that USC is in L.A. and that Carolina means Chapel Hill. They backed off a bit this week going into (South) Carolina's game at (Clemson's) Death Valley on Saturday night, and told players to say nice things.
It was so different 25 years ago. Coaches were careful. Gamecock players yapped.
"Michael Dean (Perry) has been talking a lot of trash up there in Clemson," center Woody Myers said of Clemson's best defensive lineman. "I just hope he's ready to back it up."
South Carolina defensive lineman Kevin "The Chief" Hendrix offered thoughts on team colors.
"I hate orange," he said. "Anything orange."
The buildup is part of what makes 1987 one of the best in the 109-game series.
While this week's clash of No. 12 Clemson vs. No. 13 South Carolina is close to a top 10 matchup, the 1987 game remains the highest combined ranking in the series: No. 8 Clemson, No. 12 South Carolina.
It was a terrific game with a signature play, free safety Brad Edwards' interception of a Rodney Williams pass and touchdown return to seal South Carolina's 20-7 victory at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Danny's gag order
ESPN televised the night game nationally, same as this week.
It was a much bigger deal in 1987, just the second national telecast in the series (1982, USA Network).
Clemson head coach Danny Ford had a gag order on his assistant coaches and players.
Both coaches chose their pre-game words carefully.
Ford: "South Carolina is playing as well in all parts of their football team as any South Carolina team I've played or coached against."
South Carolina's Joe Morrison: "Clemson is the best overall team — defense, offense and special teams — that we've faced this season."
Bowl trips were set before kickoff. Clemson, 9-1 and ACC champions, was headed to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando to face Penn State. South Carolina, 7-2, was booked to face LSU in the Gator Bowl after a regular season finale at Miami, the eventual national champion.
Both programs were humming.
Both schools had new coaches by the 1990 season.
Ford, saddled with NCAA investigation problems and bickering with Clemson administrators, was fired after Clemson won its fourth straight bowl game to end the 1989 season.
Morrison collapsed in a Williams-Brice Stadium shower and died on Feb. 5, 1989. He almost certainly would have been fired in the wake of a steroid scandal that rocked the Gamecocks during the 1988 season.
Spurrier pointed out this week that Clemson is one win away from the BCS championship game discussion; the 10-1 Tigers' lone loss came at Florida State.
The 1987 Clemson team lost its national title shot with a 30-28 upset loss to unranked N.C. State in October. The Gamecocks thrashed the Wolfpack, 48-0, holding Dick Sheridan's team to 36 total yards.
'We're not Maryland'
Morrison told the Gamecocks to "watch what you say" going into the Clemson game.
Myers and others didn't listen.
"I know they're riding pretty high after last Saturday," he said, "but they better be a little more realistic. They played well against Maryland, but we're not Maryland."
Gamecocks fans hounded Williams with the sing-song chants of "Rod-ney! Rod-ney!" borrowed from Boston Red Sox fans and their verbal attack on the New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry in the 1986 World Series.
When it was over, after South Carolina had outgained Clemson 302 yards to 166 and intercepted three Williams passes, Ford was classy in defeat.
"Thank goodness we have an opportunity to play another game in the Florida Citrus Bowl against Penn State," he said. "Again, all the credit in the world goes to South Carolina."
Clemson thumped the Nittany Lions, 35-10.
With Williams in a starring role, the Tigers downed South Carolina, 29-10, in 1988 to start a four-game series win streak.
But it's taken a quarter-century to come close to the combined national rankings of 1987.
Maybe next year.
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I save all my yarn ends, scraps and cut off pieces to stuff into a pillow size bag, then sew the open end shut. This way I can also wash the pillow itself.
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If you make two zippered pillows, one slightly larger than the other, you can just wash the outer covering without having to remove the stuffing from the inner one. Then it can be cleaned more often without having to deal with the loose stuffing each time.
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Great, simple instructions! I'd like to add something, if I may: it's nice to put a layer of foam in the bottom of this. The inexpensive egg-carton style of mattress pad works well--just cut it to fit, and 'scooch' it in, and then add some foam pieces or poly-fil or whatever. Adds some stability, and the pup doesn't feel the hardness of the floor as much!
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I made it smaller for my cats they like they pillows in front of the window.
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After some convincing, I decided a few weeks ago to give yoga a try. I'm doing a drop-in beginner class at one of the city recreation facilities because I already have a pass there, and so far, I'm really enjoying it.
My problem is that I have the most ridiculously slippery hands and feet. It's a huge problem for me everywhere--I have to chalk up to do pullups at the gym, my hands slide when I do pushups (and I leave sweaty handprints on the floor), and when I used to do martial arts, my feet would slip on the rubber flooring in the dojang.
One of the staff at my local trendy yoga shop showed me the fancy grippy mat toppers but suggested I try an ordinary towel first before I spent so much money. That's working for my hands, although I have to move it out of the way to do standing poses (I use it just at the front of the mat). I have a pair of VFF Performa Janes (basically a very soft leather foot glove with thin rubberized bits under the ball, heel, and toes) that are keeping my feet from sliding too much. To me, they feel a lot like my old dance shoes but with separated toes. I feel a bit odd wearing them in class, though, where everyone seems to be barefoot or in socks.
Any suggestions for what to do? Am I being terribly inappropriate by wearing the Performas?
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. --Audre Lorde
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i recommend two hand towels -- one at th front and one at the back of your mat. Just use them. Don't worry about moving them out of the way throughout the practice, until you get down to where your face would be on the front towel. then remove that towel (and if you want, put a third, clean towel in that spot).
the next step is actually learning how to properly ground, and making sure that your overall equipment is good (if you get into it, you'd want a mat plus astanga rug, which you then wet before practice starts. and i would recommend the Jade Harmony eco mat as your base).
but until then, two hand towels will do just fine.


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David Pichilingi is the festival director of Liverpool Sound City and since the festival's inception in 2008 has been consistently booking the best new acts who often go on to fill arenas. We spoke with David to find out what 2014's event has to offer.
3 nights of complete hedonism. For Sound City we take over the most unusual and unique spaces such as cathedrals, warehouses, car parks and even boats! We fill them with the most amazing bands and artists from all around the world. Sound City has become synonymous with being the first place to discover your new favourite bands. Over the past 7 years we have been the festival to give artists such as Jake Bugg, Mumford and Sons, Florence and the Machine, Bastille, Aluna George, Savages and literally 100's more their first big shows. Beyond that we have an amazing fringe film festival and an international music business conference that this year features John Cale (The Velvet Underground) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) as just 2 of our speakers.
I am surprised we were that low down? Liverpool is the greatest city on earth. It is not just about the 'right now'…it has always been that way. I think the rest of the world is just beginning to realise. Music and culture flows through our veins. Some of the most creative and talented people have been born in Liverpool. We are a welcoming city. We love to see people coming here from all over the world.
There is a myth that everything begun and ended with the Fab Four. The problem we have is that the biggest band in the world came from Liverpool and they cast a massive shadow. However let us not forget that after The Beatles came Echo and the Bunnymen, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Real Thing, The La's, Teardrop Explodes, OMD, The Coral, The Zutons and even today The Wombats, Stealing Sheep, Tea Street Band, Bird, Circa Waves…I could go on and on. Liverpool history does not hinder bands. Bands do not think about history. They just think about being in bands and changing the world with their music. There is something in the water in this city. As Carl Jung said 'Liverpool is the pool of life.'
I think the creative output in Liverpool at the moment is stronger and better than I have ever seen it. There are more amazing bands and musicians coming out of this city than ever before. Much more exciting than the mythical 60's when there were lots of bands, but to be fair not many of them as great as they are now. The problem we currently have is the mess the record industry is in which means the commercial opportunities these great artists have are currently very limited. Beyond the talent, I would also have to say that the Liverpool live scene is better than any other city I go to, including New York. We have so many amazing venues and promoters that work hard every day of the year to keep the Liverpool music scene as strong and healthy as it is.
Of the Liverpool bands playing people should check out Circa Waves, Tea Street band, Bird, Veyu, The Sugarmen...of all the other acts we are bringing in then definitely look out for The Neighbourhood, Jungle, The Wytches, but don't be limited.Take the chance to take in bands across the whole city. You will find some amazing surprises. That is the beauty. Sound City is an amazing journey of discovery.
Getting John Cale to my home city is a dream come true. I grew up listening to The Velvet Underground. They made me and millions of others want to be in a rock and roll band. His music still inspires to this day. John will be doing his first public interview since his life time friend Lou Reed died. He will be talking about his musical journey to date and of the relationship he had with Lou, Andy Warhol and all the other people he has worked with in his career to date.
Thurston is also a massive coup. he will be talking about his life and journey so far also as well as focusing on the work of Sonic Youth and how they created the slacker generation almost single handedly. We will also be showing the acclaimed film The Year That Punk Broke.
Absolutely. Football is a global business. This year the Sound City conference will look at the business of global football and what the music business might learn from it. The music business needs to learn new lessons if it is to survive long term.
No it was not difficult at all. We are working very closely with The Anfield Wrap and I think the infectiousness of our enthusiasm for Sound City rubbed off on them both. Jerome in particular is a real coup as it is very likely that within the next 12 months he will be the worldwide head of FIFA.
Sound City is not owned and run by a corporate giant. The team are all desperately passionate about what we do. We get as excited as our audience gets. It is a total immersive experience that takes place in the most amazing and unique venues with the backdrop of Liverpool behind it and players that are made up of some of the most creative people in the world with the passion and fire of Liverpool people running right through the heart of it. You cannot buy that kind of experience.
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Southwest Kicks Cranky Toddler off Planetoddler-times
A little kid screaming "Go, plane, go" and "I want Daddy," was too much for a Southwest crew. They kicked the kid – and his mom – off their plane.
According to the AP, Pamela Root says her two-year-old was calming down, but the plane taxied back to the gate, and she and Adam were told they had to get off.
Root is now asking the company to reimburse her for the cost of a portable crib and diapers which she bought to get her through the extra night in Amarillo, Texas with her toddler.
For a company that's reached out to the mommy blogging community in an attempt to portray Southwest as a family-friendly flight experience, this is a major blow.
People like to complain about kids on airplanes. They're loud. They kick the seat. And the childless can't escape them when they're locked into a long pressurized tube for the long haul. Last year a woman even faced arrest for posting her video of a bratty kid on a flight online, then refusing to delete it (the airplane officials said she'd violated the rules against use of electronic devices during a flight).
But complain all you want – parents still pay tickets to get on a plane, and often pay for their child's ticket. And while the kid-free flyers are dealing with the annoying kid, parents are dealing with the angry glares and stares, a frustrated kid . . . and all the obnoxious things adults do (too many drinks, farting, reclining the seat back too far. . . .). In some extreme cases, they've even got the airplane staff working against them (remember the flight attendant who spiked a kid's juice with Xanax?).
It's worth pointing out that "go, plane, go" sounds like some cute little kid thing – not a cranky, horrible annoyance. Even "I want my daddy" should earn the kid some sympathy.
Southwest has apologized and said they're looking into the situation. Does this mom deserve some restitution or should she chose another way to travel?
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Dierks Bentley and his wife Cassidy are expecting their third child, and Dierks is looking for some advice from Tim McGraw on how to cope when the kids outnumber the parents. Of course, Tim and Faith Hill have three daughters, and Dierks already has two little girls, Evie and Jordan.
Dierks posted a message to Tim on Twitter: "So my wife and I will be changing our family defensive strategy come the fall. Switching form MAN-to-MAN to ZONE. #3! Advice @thetimmcgraw?"
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Recently, GQ magazine released a list of 50 best-dressed men across the country. Here are the top 15 men from the list who always dress to kill...
1. Rohit Bal
Designer Rohit Bal always dresses to surprise. 'Gudda', as he is fondly called, loves to experiment with his wardrobe.
2. Ali Zafar
Actor and musician Ali Zafar added a feather in his cap by getting featured in this list.
3. Virat Kohli
The hot-headed cricketer dresses according to his 'high maintenance' attitude.
4. Tarun Tahiliani
Designer Tarun Tahiliani is undoubtedly one of the best designers of the country. He is a renowned trendsetter.
5. Arjun Rampal
He was a model before becoming an actor. We can say that his sartorial skills are much better than his acting skills.
6. Neil Nitin Mukesh
Neil Nitin Mukesh dresses to impress. Now we know why he caught Sonal Chauhan's attention!
7. Abhishek Kapoor
The director of 'Kai Po Che' and 'Rock On' has a penchant for casual wear. His style is peppy and feisty.
8. Ayushmann Khurrana
The quintessential 'boy-next-door' turns into a smart gentleman when he suits up.
9. Siddharth Mallya
The 'Prince of Good Times' is prominent for his natty sartorial choices.
10. Rahul Khanna
Only Rahul Khanna can rock a white tuxedo. Many take a cue from his neat style.
11. Ankur Tewari
Musician Ankur Tiwari can comfortably slip from a casual t-shirt to a smart looking suit.
12. Abhay Deol
Abhay has an eccentric style sense. From pink t-shirts to striped suits, Abhay dares to experiment.
13. Karan Johar
Karan Johar is always impeccably dressed for an occasion. Whether it be his chat show or a reality dance show, Karan never fails to make an impact with his sharp dressing style.
14. Abhishek Bachchan
The actor's love for brands like Tom Ford, Giorgio Armani, Ferragamo explains his taste. We won't be wrong if we say that Junior Bachchan gets his style sense from his legendary father.
15. Amitabh Bachchan
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Williamsville North High School senior Shaan Shaikh has recently begun hosting a locally based, international news show called "Beyond Boundaries."
He's one of two hosts who cover politics and human interest stories from around the world.
"Beyond Boundaries" is an online Muslim news show run through WNYMuslims.org. It covers human rights stories, politics and "kickers," as Shaan calls them, referring to more lighthearted stories.
The 17-year-old founder of the Muslim Student Association at Williamsville North has been a longtime activist for human rights and a fighter against xenophobia and "Islamaphobia" both at home and abroad. Therefore, he believes this was a perfect opportunity.
"If I made something like this, it wouldn't be this good," said Shaan.
He said he started the Muslim Student Association last year because the Class of 2015 had a large number of Muslim students.
Shaan said the job with "Beyond Boundaries" was "a chance thing." A member of WNY Muslims liked the way Shaan spoke and trained him for the show. Then Shaan began hosting the show.
Shaan did, however, note that the training was more difficult than he first thought it would be.
"Initially, I thought it would be one [training] session; then, I realized it would be harder."
One of the most surprising things about what Shaan does is how much he does. The process goes something like this: Shaan preselects five stories to discuss and sends them to a committee that narrows it down to three. Then Shaan writes the script and finds the accompanying video and images himself. He then sends it all to a shooting director for approval. After that, the show is filmed in somewhere between two and five takes, edited, and then the video is uploaded to several sites including WNYMuslims.org and YouTube.com.
"Research takes a while," said Shaan.
One occasion he specifically pointed out where the research took a significant amount of time was when he did a story on the civil war in Myanmar, where he admittedly "didn't know about Myanmar." Shaan ultimately said preparing for the show takes about five to six hours, although he says he'll still have time to do the show during the school year.
Shaan will do the show every other week, switching on and off with his co-host Yousef Taha.
He says he'll continue doing the show at least until he moves away to college, since he isn't sure if there will be similar opportunities at college.
Shaan says " 'Beyond Boundaries' has definitely encouraged me to look into journalism, but I've always enjoyed the idea of being a diplomat/policymaker."
He plans to study international relations, Arabic and Near Eastern studies next year in college.
On the WNYMuslims site, it says that "Beyond Boundaries" covers "stories that are often overlooked by major news sources." Shaan said other news sources don't cover those stories because not enough people appreciate them.
"My views tend to stay in the one-hundreds," said Shaan, referring to this relatively low number of viewers who see his videos on YouTube.
While that number isn't bad for a small, locally based news show like this, it isn't good for larger news organizations, who seek millions of views. Shaan says he believes the larger news organizations show soft, entertainment news to get their high number of views.
For the moment, Shaan seems content with his low-profile status, choosing integrity over popularity. Shaan covers stories that affect people, and he believes that compared to some other news organizations,what he covers is "just as important … if not more."
To view the show, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umrs0dZdXxw.
Justin Smith is a senior at Williamsville North High School.


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This BusinessWeek article makes me worry about the decline of American society -- more so than the re-election of Bush -- at least with Bush, we know he's going to last only another four years. The American courts however, elect judges, especially judges to the Supreme Court, for lifetime positions -- but the process of putting a judge in the courts is more and more becoming a political event -- and politics is eroding the institution. Judges are supposed to be fair, unbiased and uphold the ideals of the law, regardless of their personal opinions. That objectivity is now being jeopardized as judges run for their positions. In the Supreme Court, it's much worse -- there, the party in power appoint judges to their lifetime positions, and more and more, they've been making partisan appointments. At stake are some of the principles that America holds dear -- some of the very foundations of their free and just society. Bush will have the opportunity to place as many as four new judges in the supreme court -- judges that could change previous rulings on such topics as, abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.
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I really want to see Green Zone. Not because I'm dying to see Matt Damon go all Jason Bourne on some WMDs (though I am), but because I have a huge soft spot for movies about employees who go off task. I'm not talking about the simple movies that feature employees having fun at work (here's looking at you, Empire Records), I'm talking about movies that feature employees going totally rogue, sticking it to the man and so forth.
Why do I love movies like this? I don't know, really. I've got no complaints about any of the jobs I've ever held, so it's not as though I have contempt for the workplace establishment. I've always had a great relationship with my bosses, so I'm not out to see the big man up top get shafted in the end. I guess I just like to see employees having fun, be it by shooting terrorists in the face or giving the metaphorical finger to their corporate overlords. Considering I could have filled this list 3 times over with the roster I jotted down, I'm not the only one. But these are indeed my favorite employee cutups.
1. Marko Ramius, The Hunt for the Red October
A career in the military is no different than a career spent in cubicle; you're still getting paid to do what the person above you asks you to. And there are few grander ways to disobey the higher ups than pulling a Marko Ramius and taking a Soviet submarine for your own personal joy ride. Okay, so it may not be all that joyous considering the Soviets are probably going to want their super secret, high-tech weapon of war back and the US are going to think your weapon of war is, well, a weapon of war, but, hey, it beats blindly towing the Communist party line, right?
2. Wikus Van de Merwe, District 9
Ah, Wikus, an inspiration to pencil pushers everywhere. He may have gotten the envious job of telling all those "Fookin' Prawns!" that they were being evicted from their shanty homes out of nepotism, but that didn't stop him from completely turning his back on the MNU corporation when things started to get a little too Cornenberg for his own tastes (not everyone is into body horror, I guess). Being mutated by alien technology might have its down side (Wikus definitely married up; I get why he's so sad he can't go back home), but man does it allow for a lot of fun on the job. Being the first human to shoot weapons from outer space? Killing the co-workers you've always secretly wanted to? Jumping around in a giant robot that can shoot rockets? I love my job, but I'd gladly let an Alien spray their superjuice in my face if I got to do all of that.
3. Terence McDonagh, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
We can't all be good employees, now can we? Terence McDonagh is a despicable human being. There's nothing redeemable about him or his actions. That said, he sure knows how to keep getting a paycheck without ever doing a single thing his job actually requires him to do. He's like the asshole version of Office Space's Peter Gibbons.
Bonus, do you have a lucky crack pipe? Because Terence McDonagh does.
4. Peter Gibbons, Office Space
Speaking of Peter Gibbons, I almost thought about leaving him off this list as I felt he was too obvious a choice, but I just can't bring myself to do it. Peter's defiance of the working class culture is an inspiration to cube drones everywhere. You simply cannot work in an office building without hearing someone quote one of his (or his co-worker's) lines. For that alone he deserves a spot on this list, but my hat is even farther off considering his entire legacy was born entirely out of sheer laziness.
5. Garage Attendant and Attendant's Co-Pilot, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The ultimate employees off task, in my book. This nameless duo knows never to turn their backs on a prime opportunity, so when Ferris Bueller rolls up to their parking garage in a Ferrari GT California, they know it's time to go for a joy ride. Now obviously I'm not advocating their theft (didn't Ferris essentially steal the car, anyway?), but they did actually make good on their promise to not damage the car. Plus, didn't their selfish actions end up turning Cameron Frye into a better man, anyway?
6. Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok, Joint Security Area
It can't all be roses. Not every employee ends up having a great life because they've gone off task. Case-in-point Sgt. Lee Soo-Hyeok of Chan-wook Park's JSA. Poor guy is told his whole life to hate everyone in North Korea, but when he leaves his guard post one night and ends up having an encounter with the enemies' guards, it becomes both the best and worst thing to happen to him. (I'm such a sap for this movie.)
7. Wall*E
And speaking of being such a sap, how could I not include Wall*E in this list? Just picturing the little robotic guy zipping around a destitute earth making cubes out of trash puts a huge smile on my face. He spends a lifetime and beyond being a devoted worker without anyone to appreciate his hard effort, but even his little motherboard heart can't take the neglect forever. And when he finally stops obeying his programming, adventure begins and I'm turned into a pile of mush by a frakin' robot. Damn you, Wall*E!
[Runner up films: Minority Report, Moon, Star Trek (what's up, Sci-Fi?), Pulp Fiction, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, Grosse Pointe Blank, Pulp Fiction, The Dentist, Event Horizon, Observe and Report, Monsters Inc.]
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All right, so we are ready to go ahead and start drawing some graphics inside of Illustrator. I want to start off just by creating a regular print document with one artboard, click OK and now I'll get the screen here. We are going to start off by using the primitive shape tools inside of Illustrator. Now when I say primitive I don't mean that they are not modern. I mean that they are creating primitive type shapes meaning rectangles, squares, circles so on and so forth. Those can act as the basic building blocks of any illustration. Now once we are comfortable using those tools, we move on to using some of the tools that allows (ph ) to create freeform graphics. I'm going to start off by creating closed paths.
Remember we discussed the ability in Illustrator to have really two types of paths. Open paths and closed paths. I'm going to start off by creating closed paths, which are ellipses or circles and ovals, rectangles. So on and so forth. So I'm going over my toolbar over here and the first tool that I'm going to choose over here is the Rectangle tool. By the way you will notice that these tools that appear inside of the toolbar some of them have these little black triangles in the little right hand corner. That identifies that there are more tools hidden behind that tool or grouped with that tool. The way to access those is you click and you hold the mouse button down and then this entire list shows up of all the different close shape tools that are here.
We are going to explore in this particular movie using the Rectangle tool, the Rounded Rectangle tool, the Ellipse tool, the Polygon tool and the Star tool. The Flare tool is completely separable. We will deal with it another time. By the way to make it a little bit easier to access these tools, you can move your mouse over here to this bar on the right side, which is called the tear-off panel. When I let go of that, it turns into this little mini toolbar on its own. So let's start by just drawing a regular rectangle. Now the way that you create a rectangle is very simple. You position the cursor where you want to start the rectangle and then click and drag it to the right. Notice by the way that the Smart Guide just let me know of the dimensions of my rectangle as I'm drawing it. The important here this is I'm not letting go with the mouse. This is the key if we began to draw other graphics as well. Don't let go the mouse because once you do you now commit that graphic as the way that it is. Of course you can always change things later on inside of Illustrator, but it's more difficult to do so.
For example you will notice now that I'm drawing this rectangle and it's originating from the upper left hand corner. Now if I decide that I want to reposition this graphic somewhere else. I'll hold down the Spacebar key. Again my mouse button is still down. Now I can freeze the rectangle on its own, reposition it somewhere else at my document and when I release the Spacebar I can continue join that rectangle. Again, the key here is not to let go the mouse button as I do that. Now there are certain keyboard shortcuts that are very important to know when you join graphics. Let me delete this for one second here. For example as I'm clicking and dragging my rectangle, if I decide that I want it to be a perfect square, meaning that the width and height are exactly the same. I'll hold down the Shift key to constrain the proportions.
Now you will also notice as I said before that the rectangle is being drawn from the upper left hand corner. Say you wanted to draw the rectangle out from its center. Well hold the Option key down and then when you click and drag, you see that the rectangle is actually being drawn out from the center point. Finally, if you want to create a rectangle or a square to an exact dimension rather than draw it out and try to do it by eye, you could basically specify any shape numerically. Let me show you how to do that. Simply take your cursor with your Rectangle tool and just click and release the mouse once anywhere on the artboard. In doing so a dialog will appear where you can then enter the width and the height.
So for example I may want to type in let's say 2 inches by 3 inches. Again notice that even though a point is specified now as the measurement system for Illustrator's document right now. I can still type in either in for inches or just type in the inch mark that way and Illustrator as I'll hit the Tab key will automatically figure out the conversion for me. When I click OK, Illustrator now creates the rectangle at that exact dimension. Let's take a quick look at some of the other tools that are here as well. I'm going to press Command+A or Ctrl+A to select everything and press Delete. I'm going to go to the Rectangle tool. The only difference between the Rounded Rectangle tool and the Rectangle tool is that the corners are rounded. Now as I click and drag, notice that this corners are rounded. I can use again with my fingers still pressed down on the mouse button. I have not released the mouse button yet. I can use the up arrows and the down arrow on my keyboard to adjust the radius or how round those particular corners are.
Notice right now I'm tapping the up arrow key in my keyboard that I have very rounded corners and if I used the down arrow key in my keyboard, I can see that right now the radius is getting smaller. I released the mouse and now that goes the heading and comes into that particular shape. Now again if I hit the Delete key now I just click once and release the mouse right away, I can specify values for the width, height and if the corner radius directly. Let me click Cancel. Let's go on to the next shape. When joining ellipses, which are circles or ovals, again I could do the exact same thing I have been doing before with the Rectangle tool. Click and drag to draw a circle or an oval from the upper left hand corner. The Shift key constrains it to a perfect circle. Option key or Alt key on Windows constrains it to draw out directly from the center.
By the way you can hold down the Option key and the Shift key simultaneously while you are dragging to draw a perfect circle out from the center. Again, that's the reason why you can't combine these keys. In fact I even have the Spacebar to move my circle somewhere else and then continue to drag and draw this way. Again, the key is not let go the mouse when I do that. Again I can click once anywhere in my artboard to specify these acts with the height setting for either a circle or oval just by clicking once on an artboard and releasing the mouse immediately. Let's take a look at the Polygon tool. The Polygon tool allows me to create a polygon shape, which means that I can have anything from 3 up to more size than that, but each of the side are always going to be equal in length.
For example right now I could use the down arrow key again. I'm not letting to the mouse button as I do this. The down arrow key hit it all the way through as low as it will go three size, which will give me perfect equilateral triangle. Plus I can go ahead and I can type the up arrow on my keyboard and add as many sizes as I like to. Let me come back down to just 3 sides for the triangle for a minute here. I want to show you I can hold the Shift key down as I do this. The Shift key will make us so that the triangle at least has the base constrained on that 90-degree angle on the bottom. So again I can do that very easily. I'm again holding down the Spacebar will allow me to go ahead and reposition that particular shape as I'm drawing it again. I'm not letting go the mouse when I do that. As soon as I do release the mouse, I can no longer change a number of size or anything else for that matter.
Again I'll delete that right now on my keyboard. What I'll do is I'll create a star. Let's see how we create a star inside of Illustrator. The Star tool is pretty cool. I click and drag outwards. Again, don't let go the mouse. You can rotate the star as you rotate the mouse around. Hold down the Shift key, and basically the star is always going to sit straight. Hold down the Options key and that creates some of, which we call aligning the shoulders. Those are the two arms I guess you can say at the star right now are in alignment and now they are not. So I'm holding down the Option key or the Alt key on Windows to align the shoulders of the star. Again, I can use the up arrow and the down arrow on my keyboard to add or remove the number of points on my star. I could also hold down the Command key to adjust the delta or the difference between the inner radius of the star and the outer radius of the star, which basically makes either not a very pointy star or a very pointy star.
I can go ahead and I can adjust this as I'm working at the star. Again, once I let go the mouse that means I have now committed a shape, I can no longer make changes to it other than the regular editing tools, which we will deal within the later chapter. So that's how you start creating basic primitive shapes in Illustrator using these tools. Now in the next movie we will explore creating open paths in the same method.
- Making efficient use of the Illustrator interface
- Creating text on a path
- Using the Magic Wand and Lasso selection tools
- Working with a pressure-sensitive tablet
- Applying 3D extrusions and resolves
- Converting images to vectors with Live Trace
- Exporting files for use in Photoshop, Flash, and other applications