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A Memo to My Kids: This is How I Really FeelLori Garcia
I lovey love love my kids. More than cute shoes on sale, Retinol and strong Lemon Drop martinis; I love my kids.
I will fight for them, protect them, and honor them all the days of my life, but there are days (like today) that they make me just plain stabby.
As I sit down to drink wine at 4:43 p.m. on a particularly frustrating day, I am inspired to write only one thing – a memo (or actually a slideshow) of how I really feel at the moment.
Please check out my grievances after the jump!
You're right, it's NOT fair 1 of 12Guess what my little Libra who's keeping score, life's not fair for a whole bunch of unfair reasons. The sooner we accept this unfair truth, the better off we'll all be.
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The hamper is not a place for clothes you don't feel like putting away 2 of 12I see the appeal of this hamper. It's handy, it already has clothes in it, so why not toss in that clean shirt you tried on and decided not to wear? I'll tell you why not, because it's clean!
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Little dudes, I beg of you 3 of 12You know what's worse than a broken tailbone? A mom with a broken tailbone who blames you.
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My name is not Mom 4 of 12OK, it is but that doesn't mean I need to hear it 64 times in a row. I heard you the first time...and the 63 times after. If I haven't answered you it's because I'm checking my Twitter. #chillax
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I am not a human trash can 5 of 12Why you insist on handing me your empty candy wrappers, sticker backings and snotty tissues is beyond me. Find a trash can, eat the trash, I don't really care; stop giving it to me!
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You'll probably survive without that band-aid 6 of 12I'm no doctor but I feel fairly confident in your ability to lead a long and productive life in spite of that superficial scrape on the first layer of your epidermis.
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Blame law enforcement 7 of 12It's not my fault you now have to be 7 feet tall and/or 19 years old and 200 lbs. before you're allowed out of this booster contraption. If I'm going to jail it's going to be for a reason a helluva lot more fun than letting you out of your booster too early.
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There actually IS something to eat 8 of 12Please stop telling me there's nothing to eat and at least qualify your statement with, "There's nothing filled with preservatives, high sodium and trans-fats to eat!" At least then you'd be speaking the truth.
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Your jackets are not disposable 9 of 12I understand why you might be confused. You lose jackets every single week that somehow wind up in the vortex of the fourth dimension. I wonder how many more jackets we'll need to buy when we start using your allowance to purchase them?
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I am not a detective 10 of 12Please allow me to focus on not losing things like my children, my car keys and my iPhone. I promise I will never know where you put your little Lego guy so please, stop asking.
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I have a vagina. I need toilet paper. 11 of 12I can't just give my bajango a good shake and go on down life's highway. Please stop leaving me a cardboard roll; my lady bits are begging you.
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Love me — just leave me alone 12 of 12Sometimes I need a minute, just an itty bitty minute to pee or pluck that recurring chin hair. I know it's hard to be without me but if you could just offer me a moment of solace to catch my breath and take off my bra, I think you'll find I'm a better mom for it.
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Parenting is the only job that leaves us tearing out our hair and loving (almost) every moment. If this job were a 9-5er I would have quit it a long time ago! At the end of the day, it's my fellow mother who keeps me going. She "gets" it as only a mother can, but as my dear friend Devan pointed out in her Motherhood Confession today, even moms have the ability to irritate at times! OK, where's the wine? I need me a refill.
On your toughest parenting day, what would you like to tell your kids?
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Tune in to BET TODAY, August 17th to watch Trey co-host 106 & Park with Rocsi! Plus, Trey will be premiering his highly anticipated new video "Bottoms Up" ft. Nicki Minaj only on 106 & Park! The Anthony Mandler directed clip is the first video off of Trey's new album PASSION, PAIN & PLEASURE - which will be available everywhere September 14th! Click HERE to pre-order your copy NOW!
Make sure you tune in TONIGHT at 6pm EST to watch the special Trey hosted 106 & Park and for the WORLD PREMIERE of the "Bottoms Up" video - you don't want to miss it!
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Trey unveils an exclusive "Passion, Pain & Pleasure" interactive tour map! Follow Trey and Monica across the US while they're on tour and visit each location on the map to check-in at the venues using Foursquare!
You can also Tweet about the shows directly on TreySongz.com!
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Trey's highly anticipated new album "Passion, Pain & Pleasure" is now available to pre-order on iTunes! "Passion, Pain & Pleasure" features the hit "Bottoms Up" ft. Nicki Minaj, the new single "Can't Be Friends" and will be available everywhere September 14th! Click HERE to pre-order "Passion, Pain & Pleasure" on iTunes now!

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An identity thief can strike even if you've been very careful with your personal information. If you suspect that your personal information has been stolen to commit fraud or theft, take action immediately and keep a record of your conversations and correspondence. Exactly which steps you should take to protect yourself depends on your circumstances and how your identity has been misused. However, four basic actions are appropriate in almost every case.
Step 1: Contact the major credit bureaus' fraud departments
The contact information for each bureau is listed in the important information section of this site. Tell them that you're an identity theft victim. Request that a "fraud alert" be placed in your file, as well as a victim's statement asking that the creditors call you before opening any new accounts or changing your existing accounts. This can help prevent an identity thief from opening additional accounts in your name.
At the same time, order copies of your credit reports from the credit bureaus. Credit bureaus must give you a free copy of your report if your report is inaccurate because of fraud, and if you request it in writing. Review your reports carefully to make sure no additional fraudulent accounts have been opened in your name or unauthorized changes made to your existing accounts. Also, check the section of your report that lists "inquiries." If "inquiries" appear from the company(ies) that opened the fraudulent account(s), request that these "inquiries" be removed from your report. In a few months, you should order new copies of your credit reports to verify that your corrections and changes have been made, and to make sure no new fraudulent activity has occurred. Some agencies may charge a nominal fee for this service.
Step 2: Contact creditors
Creditors can include credit card companies, phone companies and other utilities, banks and other lenders. Ask to speak with someone in the security or fraud department of each creditor and follow up with a letter. It's particularly important to notify credit card companies in writing because that's the consumer protection procedure the law spells out for resolving errors on credit card billing statements. Immediately close accounts that have been tampered with and open new ones with new Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) and passwords. Avoid using easily available information like your mother's maiden name, your birth date, the last four digits of your Social Security Number, your phone number or a series of consecutive numbers.
Step 3: File a police report
Be sure to file a report with either your local police, or the police department in the community where the theft took place. Even if the police can't catch the identity thief, having a copy of the police report can help you when dealing with creditors. Get a copy of the police report in case the bank, credit card company or others need proof of the crime.
Step 4: Contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The FTC collects complaints about identity theft from consumers who have been victimized. Although the FTC does not have the authority to bring criminal charges, it can help victims of identity theft by providing information to assist them in resolving the financial and other problems that can result from this crime. The FTC also refers victim complaints to other appropriate government agencies and private organizations for further action.
If you've been a victim of identity theft, file a complaint with the FTC by contacting the FTC's Identity Theft Hotline
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost to a political unknown in Virginia's GOP primary earlier this year, a stunning upset for the 13-year congressman poised to become the next House speaker. Take a look at 10 other surprising political upsets in recent history, according to Newsweek.
The 1948 presidential election is probably the most famous political upset ever. Harry S. Truman (pictured) surprised everyone -- including the Chicago Tribune, which had already printed an edition saying he lost -- by beating Thomas E. Dewey. Truman and Dewey are pictured shaking hands after the election.
Woodrow Wilson's presidential win in 1916 was just as surprising. The legend was, according to Newsweek, that challenger Charles Evans Hughes fell asleep on election night thinking he won. However, he got a call from The Associated Press the next morning saying that Wilson (pictured) had pulled off the upset.
More recently, in 1994, former President George W. Bush pulled off a big upset to become Texas governor. He beat Ann Richards, who had been considered an up-and-coming leader of the Democratic Party.
After losing the presidential election to John F. Kennedy in 1960, Richard Nixon hoped to make a comeback as governor of California in 1962. He had been favored in the polls, but Democratic incumbent Pat Brown still managed to win by 5 percent. Nixon claimed he was going to retire from politics after the loss, but he would finally make his comeback with his successful presidential bid in 1968.
Initially, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (now secretary of state) was an early frontrunner for the Democrats in 2008. But at the Iowa caucuses, young voters helped Barack Obama to a surprising win over Clinton.
At those same Iowa caucuses, an upset happened on the other side of the aisle, as well. Evangelical Christians helped power Mike Huckabee past Mitt Romney, who had outspent him 15 to 1. "The first thing we learned is that people are more important than the purse," Newsweek quoted Huckabee as saying on caucus night.
Former peanut farmer Jimmy Carter was thought to have little chance of beating incumbent Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election. But the nation's anti-Watergate sentiment and his Washington outsider status helped sweep him into office.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton got Barack Obama back for his 2008 Iowa upset by staging a comeback at the New Hampshire primary that same year. Eventually she suspended her campaign and endorsed Obama.
James Buckley (pictured), brother of famous conservative William F. Buckley Jr., pulled off an upset to take Charles Goodell's U.S. Senate seat in 1970. James Buckley was the only member of the Conservative Party to be elected to the Senate.
A more recent major upset came when Republican Scott Brown won the Senate seat held by Democrat Ted Kennedy for decades in a special election of January 2010.
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See why ILS was the first manufacturer to build a Laser Cutting Machine for Textile and Fabric.
"ILS, Inc. has built the very best flexible laser processing equipment and given unparalleled customer support since 1998. ALL other equipment manufacturers in this industry have followed in their foot steps." ~ Patrick J Momany – Patent holder
Whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned veteran at using a laser machine for cutting, ILS will help you increase the quality, reliability, and productivity of your operations, no matter the size. Whatever your fabric cutting needs are, ILS, Inc. will supply your company with the very best in technology through our unparalleled knowledge, technical support and maintenance.
State-of-the-art cutting equipment with great support.
ILS will give your business an innovative edge over your competitors in a variety of ways:
ILS offers a wide range of laser cutting systems, customized to your specific needs.
ILS offers contract cutting for any job, great or small.
ILS offers a large and well-stocked selection of piece goods, including heat-sealed and pressure sensitive adhesive twills, felts, and sport suede's.
To stand out as a team, you need uniforms. You also need a team emblem, and, of course, numbers for each uniform. Since 1998, ILS in Summerville, Georgia, has been providing cutting services of finished uniforms and team clothing, as well as providing high-quality textile and a versatile laser cutting machine. After ILS spun-off from a leading European textile company, they began to use a Conveyor Feed on their systems. Created software to support these systems, and offered a "job shop" for customers who do not have their systems. Currently, ILS has six flatbed laser cutting systems in-house that have 25 and 100 Watt lasers. For highly detailed customized cuts, the power levels can easily be adjusted. For example, one of ILS's customers had a project involving an intricate design for a sweatshirt. The traditional method of constructing this design would require layering 40 separate pieces and hand-sewing the dye-cut fabric pieces together. By cutting the same design by laser, not only were the cutting edges effectively sealed to prevent fraying, but also the required pieces was reduced to four.
"We revolutionized the textile industry with our laser kiss cutting," states Steve Widincamp, president of Integrated Laser Systems. "Laser cutting is far superior to other forms of digital cutting and provides cleaner finishes, fused edges, is more accurate, and produces higher-quality clothing," kiss cutting with a laser is mandated by MLB for all their uniform logos.
ILS's laser cutting equipment has also allowed the company to be more flexible and serve a variety of markets. While many textile production jobs are going overseas, ILS can keep many loyal customers and gradually develop new business relationships. Integrated Laser Systems is currently laser cutting chemical suits for the U.S. military.
All athletes expect their equipment to be of the highest quality. This high standard is achieved and delivered by the manufacturers who use sealed CO2 laser cutting equipment for custom engraving, marking and cutting of sports apparel. From the general sports enthusiast to the professional athlete, CO2 laser cutting equipment technology creates a more affordable way for anyone to custom mark their equipment, wear their favorite team uniform, or sail like a champion.
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ILS would like to introduce the new Thor Laser Cutting Series. These laser machines are designed and built using state of the art manufacturing techniques. Their speed and versatility allow production cutting of a vast number of materials. The ability to accurately control the power in real time, allows the end user tremendous.The ability to control the power and speed of the cutter from the software allows you to create intricate functions like engraving, kiss cutting, and etching on a large variety of materials, such as: Sports Twill, Felt, Suede, Leather, Vinyl, Glass, Anodized Aluminum, Stone, Stainless Steel, Ceramic tile, Kevlar, and many more
The latest technology has been incorporated into the Thor Series. Touch Screen panels are available with real time power and speed control. The frames of our machines are Jig Welded out of Steel. All of the machined components are made on brand new state of the art CNC machine centers. All of the hardware in the machine is stainless steel. All steel parts are powder coated, and all aluminum parts are anodized. All shafts in the machine are stainless steel as well. All bearings are sealed for long life.
The machines are fast, efficient, and easy to use. It requires no special tools to operate or repair. It can be operated by non-technical users, and job setup is minimal. The machine does require venting to the outside of the building.
Our standard machines have a 18″ x 24″ or 36″ x 36″ cutting field. The larger format machine has a 36″ x 60″ cutting field. They can be built with most any size laser the customer requires.
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ILS is also proud to introduce our new Aegis line of laser cutters. These machines are custom-built and designed for the cutting and engraving markets. The machines are designed as a cost alternative to our Thor Series Machines.
The Aegis Series Machines are a complete Laser Engraving System. They also come with a One Year All Inclusive Warranty. On-Site Installation and Training are also available at additional cost. All Aegis machines are assembled in the United States and are products of Integrated Laser Systems, Inc. The Aegis Series Laser System comes in these different bed sizes:


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Broken Rib or Not, Casa de Campo Here I Come
I remember when my buddy Nicky Priore went down to Disneyworld with his family a few years back. Poor guy hadn't had a vacation in three years. He'd survived the "Winter from Hell" in upstate New York. That would be the winter of 1994, where the month of January saw not only 23 feet of snow, but the temperature never once topped 11 degrees Fahrenheit. Blizzards crippled the area well into April, and it even snowed on May 5th.
Well, Nicky finally gets to take a vacation out of that igloo - the first real vacation for his kids, and it's Disneyworld, Augusta National for kids for all intents and purposes - and it's his first break from a civil litigation practice in three, long nerve-jangling years, and what happens?
His wife and kids all get chicken pox the day they arrive.
"Cruel fates!!" he wailed plaintively. "Why do you mock me so??"
That's how I felt the second I tried to take my first breath after the rib-cracking fall I took trying to get off the LIRR train last week. I knew I had broken and/or cracked ribs and was seriously hurt. And I was 10 days away from going to Casa de Campo for my big assignment on Dominican golf.
You gotta be joking.
For the next 10 days, I've was operating at less than half-strength and speed. The first four days were excruciating, couldn't sleep, could barely move, was a shell of my former self. For the first week I only had the energy to work half-days in the law office. The pain still comes and goes in fits and spurts. It only hurts when I breathe, sneeze, cough, hiccup, laugh, move, bend, twist, turn, reach, walk, sit, or - shudder - lie down. Sleep is intermittent at best. Tossing and turning in pain at worst. I don't know what's worse - getting on the couch (or into bed), or getting off it (getting out of bed).
Worst of all, there's no treatment for it. You can't re-set the bone. You can't wrap the torso because that will constrict breathing even more. You just have to grin and bear it four to six weeks.
That being said, I'm doing the Casa trip. In fact, I'm sitting here right now, wheels down in the Dominican, at the resort's Lago Grill, ceviche lunch on the way and a tall glass of Brugal Viejo - the Cadillac of rums - at my left hand.
Remember that name: Brugal Viejo. Viejo means old, Brugal means tasty!
Anyway I can hear the screaming and scheming from all of you, a fiendish hell-broth of "Are you nuts?" "How is this possible?" and "You're going to hurt yourself worse and ruin the rest of the year."
Well guess what? No I'm bloody not. I'm not nuts, I'm not blowing the rest of the golf season, and I specialize in making the impossible possible. Just ask any of my law clients about that one.
I am not an idiot, and I am not a martyr. There are some excellent reasons why I'm still going . . . err . . . here:
If I don't go, someone else might get the gig. You don't give someone else the chance to steal your workload. Never forget! The reward for good work is more work. And all too frequently, guys who pass off the job find themselves permanently replaced by their second substitute. I know a few world-class golf writers who got their start because the guy above them had to take a pass for whatever reason. Screw that, Jack. As Dan Jenkins says, you gotta play hurt. Tom Brady is a Hall of Fame quarterback and three-time Super Bowl winner because Drew Bledsoe got hurt on a freak play. You think I'm going to do six months of prep work and then pass the gig to my understudy? Not in this lifetime.
What better place to convalesce than an island paradise? Part of my gig is to tell you what it's like to take a vacation somewhere. Well, we'll see exactly how restorative five days at Casa de Campo is on my ribs.
I need a rest - I haven't had a break in 18 long months. You try practicing law in New York City - some litigation to boot - and then see if those gibbering water-heads don't bring you down faster than a piano falling off a building.
I'm a gamer. I don't quit. I have the next five weeks to rest before the next big assignment (Winged Foot). I plan on "shutting it down" the minute I get done. In a choice between going around meekly and fighting my way through this, I'll battle. I'm a Trinity bantam. We go, fight, win. Besides, Tiger won a U.S. Open with a crack in his leg, and Ben Hogan won a U.S. Open after nearly getting squashed flat by a Greyhound bus. We hadn't seen worse driving till Phil at Winged Foot.
A rib injury is a walking injury. Hogan was a man of extraordinary discipline, so I'm following his treatment regimen: rest, sleep, hot-water baths and showers, nothing stronger than aspirin, stretching and taking it easy when not on the golf course. Besides, football quarterbacks play games with bruised or cracked ribs all the time.
I'm not about to lash a driver, but I will try to gently bunt the ball around while concentrating more on breaking down the four golf courses at Casa like a fraction for you. I'll put a half-swing together with popsicle sticks, duct tape and chicken wire, but I'm also not about to swing with a full coil while trying to drive a par-4. I'm just going to do the lowest impact actions I can exert and just try to make it around the course. I'm crazy like a fox . . . but not crazy.
"Hey, I broke my ribs and ended up with a much better golf game because of it," confided one friend. "I learned to swing more slowly and the ball goes farther and straighter with more consistency than when I tried to play like a hot-blooded young Turk."
Look, if it's not working, I will shut it down, and short of going into a hyperbaric chamber every night or having Tiger's doctor inject me with strange substances (cough, cough, Dr. Galea! Dr. Galea! cough cough), I've had the best advice and a team of people backing my moves. If I can't play, I will shut it down and just walk around, take pictures, putt and write about it. I'll get plenty of beach and Jacuzzi time. But I've got a job to do, and after 18 months without a break from the lunacy that is practicing law in New York City, I'm going to decompress. And I'm going to give it the old college try. I have six more weeks to recover before the U.S. Open.
So I'm a human guinea pig this week as well as a sportswriter. You get to be the fly on the wall. Strap yourself in, it should be interesting. The ceviche was tasty, the Brugal sweet as candy, and the sunshine calling my name like Britt in a negligee.
Well, maybe not that good.
But I do have a date with Teeth of the Dog. You think I'm passing that up for a hot dog cart in TriBeCa? Guess again. I'll break four more ribs myself with a hammer before that happens.
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://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 420 nationally ranked public golf courses in 40 different states, and covered seven U.S. Opens and six PGA Championships, along with one trip to the Masters. A four-time award-winning sportswriter, Jay was called the best sports poet alive by both Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports writers and broadcasters. Jay has played about 3 million yards of golf - or close to 2,000 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf, PGA.com, Golf Magazine 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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Big news, makeup mavens: Our vintage friend the lipstick is strutting her way back to our kissers in a bevy of cool, creamy nudes and corals.
But that doesn't mean she's not bringing some heat along.
The super-chic are loving this season's a-little-bit-lustrous, a-little-bit-opaque oranges, and by the time fall rolls around, our pouty puckers will be popping with shades of persimmon. This is especially true if we take our cues from the fall 2011 runway favorites: Diane Von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta, and Betsey Johnson.
Lip gloss - our preferred, barely-there default color for the last 10 or so years - is so yesterday. (And let's not forget, greasy.)


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Information & Communication Technology (ICT)-Led-Globalization & Its Socioeconomic Impact on Youth (With Special Reference to Opportunities for Employment Generation)
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Dr. Rashmi Jain
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In the current world of knowledge, globalization is a frequently discussed topic. This research is an attempt to shed light on some critical issues that have emerged from the interplay of ICT, globalization, and culture. Understanding the role of technologies in the society and economy is central to social theory.
Globalization and the proliferation of information and communication technologies have transformed the world we live in. It has affected our worlds in both positive and negative ways. These changes are not completely harmful, but not completely beneficial either. ICTs has changed the way we interact and communicate, the way we work, the way we entertain ourselves, in short, the way we live. Youth are at forefront of these changes.
India is a developing country and has a large pool of young people. While developed countries are graying, India has immense opportunities for capturing the benefits of demands of human resources around the globe. In the present information age, ICTs are playing a significant role in altering the structure of the economy, employment trends, and pattern of skill demands. Some skills are becoming indispensable. But a digital divide exists because of differences along lines of residence (rural or urban), education (uneducated, less educated or well educated), socioeconomic status (low, middle or high), language (acquainted with English or not) as well as opportunity.
These divides not only affect employment opportunities for youth from different SES, but also their educational opportunities, social interaction and communication pattern, lifestyle, exposure to ICTs, attitudes, traditional social and cultural values, leisure patterns, etc. Even today, around 35% of population of India live below the poverty line, 65% live in villages, 24% are still illiterate, and more than 40% of population do not have any telephone. These basic facts illustrate how the worlds of youth are fragmented, uneven and diverse.
There are a number of problems which youth are facing today. They confront economic and employment insecurities and risks, their aspirations and social expectations are high, and the world is more competitive and tough. Youth are exposed to global culture and information through media, but they must deal with their local situations and limitations. Old skills, knowledge and attitudes are being replaced by new ones. Social ties are losing their strength and community sentiments are deteriorating. Social relationships are becoming virtual and mechanical. Most of our communication with other people is not directly human or expressive; lacking human contact and face-to-face interaction. Thus it is important to analyze the impact of globalization and ICTs on lifestyle, values, attitudes and situations of youth from different sections of Indian society, in a sociological manner.


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We're willing to bet not many of these dads got any "Father of the Year" coffee mugs.
History's worst fathersUPDATED 9:03 AM CDT Jun 13, 2014
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- Clemson refines irrigation system
- Runs standard drip system
- Viable for fruit production
Since electricity isn't available in rural Afghanistan Clemson University researchers had to develop an irrigation system that could be used without electricity, so they developed a gravity flow system that was first used by Central American Indians well over a thousand years ago.
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For every 2.3 feet in elevation, one pound per square inch of pressure is gained. The 16-foot tower produces enough water pressure to run a standard drip irrigation system. The four-foot tower only produces enough pressure to run a special drip tape, which is reusable.
To get water to the tower is a challenge. There are two options for sites with no electricity. The first is a solar-powered pump and the second is a peddle pump that is much like a bicycle — both could be used in Afghanistan.
Steve Rimar, who works with John Deere Water and has been a part of the Edisto project since its inception, says the gravity flow system is not really feasible for most U.S. growers, because virtually everyone has access to electricity. However, for small resource farmers, or those in areas where electricity isn't cost effective, these systems may be valuable where natural elevation changes occur or where runoff from rooftops or other water catchment systems can be easily fed to the gravity flow systems.
Clemson area Extension agent Tony Melton says he helped one farmer in upstate South Carolina build a gravity flow system to irrigate tomatoes. "This farmer couldn't run a pump because of a lack of water pressure. He had a big tank, and we lifted it up off the ground and got enough elevation to get water to his tomatoes," Melton says.
In Afghanistan the quarter-acre system being tested at the Edisto Station would be ideal for typical-size vegetable operations. It would take 16 refills of the 400 gallon tank per week to provide an inch of water to the quarter acre field.
In Afghanistan the biggest challenge to growing vegetables is getting water to these crops. Rimar says keeping clean water is a big challenge when using one of these gravity flow systems. The four-foot elevation in particular would require near constant management to keep clean water flowing, he says.


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ABILENE, Texas - Many areas have seen heavy rainfall since yesterday afternoon and evening and scattered heavy thundershowers are around the region this morning. Street flooding is a serious concern. Temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees.
Precipitation should see somewhat of a lull for a period later this morning into the early afternoon before additional development becomes likely in advance of a cold front heading our way. These storms will have the potential to become strong to severe as they move through West Texas. Outside of storminess and / or wet weather skies will be mostly cloudy while winds blow from the south at 15-20 mph. The mercury reaches the middle and upper 80s.
This evening showers and thundershowers should be ongoing with the focus on central and eastern portions of our viewing area as the main concentration of precipitation gradually shifts just off to our east. Rainfall ends from west to east in the overnight period. Lows drop into the upper 60s.
Friday begins mostly cloudy but some afternoon sunshine seems a good bet to break through the clouds. Readings remain below normal in the mid 80s.
Saturday shakes out partly cloudy and warmer with highs getting into the lower 80s.
Sunday goes mostly sunny and the thermometer heads for the middle and upper 90s.
Monday through Wednesday stays warm in the middle 90s. Latest computer guidance is introducing the chance for a few afternoon thundershowers as a ridge of high pressure stays centered just far enough to our west to allow a weakness in the flow and thus an opportunity for isolated wet weather. We will continue to update this part of the forecast in the days ahead.


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A couple weeks back, I covered a new paper in Science that constitutes the most comprehensive survey yet of existing scientific data on mountaintop removal mining. The conclusions were so stark and, frankly, horrifying that the scientists involved went the unusual extra step of calling for an immediate moratorium on the practice.
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After Two Oft-Troubled Decades, the Lyman Family Commune Scores a Sweet Song of Success at Last
It's been quite a while, of course, since the family's 78 adults and 39 children have had to resort to meager fare. In its 20th year the Lyman clan now stands as perhaps the most durable—and financially successful—of any commune to come out of the Aquarian '60s. With income from the family-owned construction business expected to reach $3.5 million this year, the group is now less a commune than a conglomerate whose holdings include a 280-acre farm in Kansas, a downtown Manhattan loft, an eight-house compound in Boston and three homes on Martha's Vineyard.
Headquarters for their Fort Hill Construction Company—named for the Boston neighborhood where the tribe's founders banded together two decades ago—is on this manicured three acres where the transcontinental blue-fish has come to its end. Besides the centerpiece mansion, a two-story, nine-bedroom home built in the 1920s for Kodak founder George Eastman, the grounds include a Spanish-style six-bedroom house, an underground garage, a swimming pool, a two-room schoolhouse, aviaries and, on an adjoining plot, offices for the construction business. The latter neither advertises nor bothers with contracts ("We work mostly for people we trust, so a kiss on the cheek or a handshake will do," says its foreman), but it counts Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman and Richard Chamberlain among its clients.
Encircling the grounds is a vine-covered fence reaching to the trees, and from beyond it there is no view of the property or its inhabitants. The fence is a reminder of troubled times, when allegations of drug use, violence and cultism drove the clan into a seclusion from which it just recently, and warily, emerged. At the heart of it all stood the young musician who was the commune's founder.
Mel Lyman had grown up in Grant's Pass, Ore., and traveled the country as a folk musician before landing in Cambridge, Mass. in the mid-'60s. It was the age of the counterculture, and Lyman, 27, playing banjo and harmonica in the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, had little trouble persuading a handful of friends to seek cheaper housing and closer companionship by moving to the slums of nearby Roxbury. "We weren't flower children," says Kweskin, now 45. "We just gravitated towards living together. It was the natural thing to do."
The clan grew quickly, and by 1968 it numbered more than 200. They expanded, first in Roxbury and then beyond. Thomas Hart Benton, whose daughter Jessie had given birth to a child by Lyman, contributed a painting toward the purchase of a Kansas farm. Their own remodeling work, learned bit by bit, turned into a business that helped buy property in California.
Guiding the hurly-burly growth was Lyman, the group's charismatic leader. "People always gravitated toward him. He was full of life and music, and people just loved to be around him," says Dick Russell, 39, a journalist who joined the family in the '70s. "This wasn't the Baghwan or the Moonies, free love and dope. These were strong people dedicated to each other and to building a new way of life."
Their dedication would soon be tested. In late 1971 Rolling Stone published a two-part series that haunts the commune to this day. Likening the family to Charles Manson's, the magazine described Lyman's near-total control over his followers and cited his "expertise as an acid therapist." Some family members were armed, the articles said, and there had been violence against both outsiders and those within the commune. To maintain allegiance, the magazine claimed, there was a Gestapo-like Karma Squad and a solitary confinement room. Although the Lymans denied everything and still do, "people went berserk with ideas of what was going on," says Kweskin.
More troubles followed in August 1973, when three members of the commune tried to rob a Roxbury bank. One was killed and the other two, including Zabriskie Point star Mark Frechette, were sent to prison. Frechette insisted that the robbery was a Watergate protest. "We just wanted to hold up Nixon," he said. "The bank was the nearest thing that was federally insured."
All but buried in bad publicity, the Lymans went into deep retreat and for the next 12 years avoided all contact with the press. Frechette would die mysteriously in 1975, allegedly a victim of a weight-lifting accident in the prison gym. Lyman, at 39, would follow three years later, his passing as enigmatic as his life. Even now, family members won't disclose details of his death, insisting that their leader had pleaded for privacy and that his demise is "still too painful to talk about."
Eight years later his presence is still evident in Hollywood Hills. In the dining room a gold fork used by Lyman sits in a dark wooden box. A photo of the founder hangs on the dining room wall, a second in the music room, another sits atop the library TV, a fourth hangs in the Fort Hill offices nearby.
Wall space in the kitchen, however, is devoted to an autographed picture of the Gunsmoke TV cast. Family members prepare a daily guide listing the rerun time for the old horse opera as well as those for the long-gone World War II Combat series. "Those men had to work together. They all helped each other," explains Carol Franck, 40, a family member. "They had a quality of life we respect. We watch it religiously."
That same mix of old-fashioned values with an offbeat life-style colors the family's philosophy. Although Lyman fathered at least five children with four different commune mates, "We are not sexually promiscuous," insists Jessie Benton Lyman. Explains Kweskin, "We don't believe in short-term relationships. That would be adulterous." Despite their property holdings, they spurn fire insurance, since "we couldn't replace what we have, nor could an insurance company." And though they celebrate early American heroes like Washington and Jefferson, they largely avoid national politics in favor of strictly local issues.
Perhaps the group's most eccentric feature is its style of child rearing. For years the commune rejected public schooling in favor of home tutoring; now many of the Lyman teenagers live together kibbutz-style, apart from their parents, on the farm in Marysville, Kans., where they attend public school. Despite the surrogate parenthood, "we are all responsible to the children, and we all love them," says Jessie Benton Lyman, a mother of three. "Granted, some of us aren't as interested as others. But some are real geniuses with the kids."
Those children have been the only source of growth in the Lyman family numbers in quite some time: New volunteers for the now thriving commune need not apply. "If strangers knocked at your back door and asked if they could move in, would you let them?" asks George Peper, 40, an original commune member. "I doubt it. Well, we feel like that now." There are, however, new windows through which outsiders can peek. Kweskin has been touring college campuses with a family folk band, and the family has begun publishing a magazine titled U and I. A thick, rambling collection of essays, poems, reflections and photos, it is a magazine "about the way we live," says Jessie Benton Lyman.
How the Lymans live has changed, of course, since those first days in Fort Hill's ghetto. There are accountants now, and lawyers, and talk of installing a family health plan soon. The times they are a-changin'. Back in the '60s, admits Kweskin, "we were more optimistic about the world than now. We thought we could change it. Now we realize we can only affect what we can." His tone implies that, after 20 communal years, it is an acceptable adjustment for an Aquarian to have made.
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"Bucket List Bandit" arrested in Roland
Roland police say a suspect dubbed the "Bucket List Bandit" who is believed to be responsible for bank robberies in nine states was arrested yesterday.
The FBI nicknamed the robber the "Bucket List Bandit" after he allegedly told a Utah bank teller he had only four months to live.
A warrant charges Michael Eugene Brewster with robbing the Huntingdon National Bank branch in Erie on Monday. It says a confidential informant gave the FBI Brewster's name and birth date.
Authorities then reviewed surveillance video and found an "obvious likeness" to Brewster during robberies in Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, North Carolina, Tennessee and Illinois.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ A Chinese manufacturer plans to buy Waunakee-based Scientific Protein Laboratories.
The nearly $338 million acquisition by Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical will be complete in the first half of 2014, if regulators approve.
Both companies make the active pharmaceutical ingredient in heparin, a commonly used blood thinner.
Scientific Protein Labs also produces pancreatin, an enzyme replacement for people with cystic fibrosis and others whose pancreas does not function properly.
The Waunakee headquarters has 167 employees, and a Sioux City, Iowa, location has 34 employees.
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BEREA - No one is talking about the playoffs.
For that matter the subject of finishing the season with a .500 record isn't reasonable.
For now the best that the Browns can take away from their 34-24 win over the Cincinnati Bengals is a dose of confidence. That will only get them a few pats on the back this week.
"We're going to find out after Indy," linebacker D'Qwell Jackson said of what the win last Sunday means in the long run. "We knew at some point that we were going to get our first win. It's how well will we respond next week. That will be a true test of how well these young guys can understand the situation and actually get better each week."
The win had the most direct impact on coach Pat Shurmur and rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden. For Shurmur it removed some of the pressure from his shoulders, but the stress level remains high. For Weeden it was proof that he's progressing while facing one of the more demanding schedules in the NFL.
Shurmur is taking the it-was-just-another-day-at-the-office" approach. He was back at work early Monday morning preparing for Sunday's road game against the Indianapolis Colts.
"I think we needed it (a win)," Shurmur said. "This isn't about me. It's about my players. It's about our city. This is about trying to build a consistent winner. It's our first win in a long time. I think we've been building up to it.
"It's easy for folks to roll their eyes until you've won a game. Now that we've won one, I want our players to get greedy with that feeling and go and try to win this week against the Colts."
As Jackson suggested, the task is now to continue the improvement. The Colts (2-3) are coming off a 35-9 loss to the New York Jets and, like, the Browns, are riding the inconsistencies of a rookie quarterback (Andrew Luck).
"To not take a step backward is the main thing," Weeden said. "We're going to play a good Indy team on the road. It's important to keep moving forward. It was a good one for me and all of us rookies to get our first win."
Weeden completed 17-of-29 passes for 231 yards, two touchdowns and one interception on a batted ball. He was careful to avoid taking the risks he took in previous games.
"It's tough," Weeden said. "When it's third-and-long you want to make a play to extend the drive, but they play good defense as well. You have to be smart to check the ball down sometimes and take your shots when you can. That's something I have to start dialing in.
"I thought I did a pretty good job of that. After watching the tape I took what they gave me. I put together some pretty good drives. We were a lot better on third down. Even though we went three-and-out I don't how many times in a row (five), the drives when we had positive field position we were moving the football and keeping the defense off the field."
It added up to one win, which isn't enough for a parade down Euclid Avenue.
"Momentum is everything in this league," Jackson said. "With the young guys we put in a position to make a ton of plays, we're asking a lot of them. To get our first win was great, but the true test will be next week."


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The CT Whale announced today that the team has signed forward Danny Hobbs to an American Hockey League contract.
Hobbs, 23, a 6-1, 196-pound native of Shawville, Quebec, played the last four seasons in Hockey East for the U. Mass-Amherst Minutemen. In 32 games this past year, Hobbs scored 12 goals and added 12 assists for 24 points, while serving 24 minutes in penalties. Those 12 goals were good for a tie for third on the U. Mass-Amherst squad, and Hobbs' 24 points ranked him fifth on the team. In his Junior year, 2010-11, Hobbs led the Minutemen in points and tied for the team lead in goals, with 12-16-28 in 32 games.
…while guys like Miller, McIlrath and Thomas get all the press, having under-the-radar prospects like Hobbs in the organization is what makes Gordie Clark so essential to the Rangers success.
…having four years of the college game under his belt, he should be more than ready for the step up in competition. Although it looks like he could use a little more bulk on that 6-1 frame.
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Series I & Series EE Bond Purchase Limit Increased to $10,000 Each
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The Treasury Department announced that, effective January 4th, 2012, you will be allowed to purchase $10,000 each of Series I and Series EE bonds per year per person. Previously, it was believed that we'd only be allowed to purchase $5,000 of each series because the annual limit was $5,000 for electronic bonds and $5,000 for paper bonds, with paper bonds, for the most part, being phased out at the end of 2011. You will still be allowed to purchase up to $5,000 in paper Series I bonds with your tax refund, using for Form 8888.
As of this writing, the Series I bond are yielding 3.06% APY through April 2012 (fixed rate component of 0.0% and inflation component of 1.53%) while a Series EE bond will yield 0.60% (but remember, they are guaranteed to double after twenty years, even if the fixed rate won't get you there, but that adjustment doesn't happen until you hit twenty years).
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The National School Transportation Association's (NSTA) Annual Meeting and Convention will be held July 24-28 at the Hyatt Regency in St. Louis.
This year's event will be filled with committee meetings, sessions and activities that will provide the latest developments on industry issues and information to assist attendees in safely serving schoolchildren.
Sessions will offer updates on the industry
The convention will feature several NSTA committee meetings that will cover myriad topics, including safety and security; manufacturers, suppliers and technology; and government relations.
Three general sessions open to all attendees will address such issues as the November 2010 election and will feature updates on clean diesel initiatives.
In addition, officials from the National Association for Pupil Transportation, the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services and the American School Bus Council (ASBC) have been invited to speak about projects that their organizations are working on.
The ASBC, for instance, will speak about its effort to establish a federally-funded public education campaign to promote greater use of school buses. Danielle Abe, director of marketing and operations for NSTA, says that the ASBC has also developed a new strategic plan, and by the end of July the ASBC should have details on what projects will come out of that plan and how NSTA members can participate.
The sessions will feature other presentations as well:
• During "In the Morning, Always Put on Clean Underwear," industry advocate Dr. Cal LeMon will discuss the rules to life that we're taught as children and how those rules have changed. LeMon will suggest new rules that can be applied to doing business, with a focus on the school bus industry and safety.
• Rose McMurray, chief safety officer and assistant administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, will provide an update on the administration's latest activities.
• Congressman John Shimkus (R-Ill.) will speak at the convention. As of press time, the topic of his presentation was not yet available.
Finally, Bob Pudlewski, NSTA's technology specialist, will discuss vehicle lubricants with the assistance of Safety-Kleen, a manufacturer of oil and cleaning products. The NSTA will also present its 2010-13 strategic plan.
Special events
During two special events, pupil transportation professionals will have an opportunity to strengthen their security threat assessment and response capabilities, and learn about possible factors that cause children to be left on school buses.
The Transportation Security Administration will host a scenario-based tabletop school bus security exercise, and Kathy Furneaux, executive director of the Pupil Transportation Safety Institute, will host a presentation entitled "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" as an optional safety program for School Bus Driver International Safety Competition (SBDISC) contestants.
Furneaux will discuss the stranded-pupil problem, offering theories on what may contribute to it.
"Green" certification recipients to join awards program
Another of the convention's main events will be the annual awards reception and dinner, during which industry professionals are recognized for excellence in service and safety with eight awards.
This year, Green School Bus Fleet Certification recipients will be added to the program. The Green School Bus Fleet Certification Program recognizes NSTA members for their efforts to operate environmentally-friendly school buses through such means as outfitting their fleets with EPA- and California Air Resources Board-verified emissions-control technologies.
New measures to honor school bus drivers
In conjunction with the meeting and convention, top school bus drivers from across North America will test their knowledge and skills during the SBDISC on July 24 and 25.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the competition, and the NSTA plans to implement new efforts to honor the participants.
Abe says that the association will issue press releases to contestants' hometown newspapers when they are approved to compete, and have a section on the NSTA Website with the contestants' names, photos and bios.
Also, the top winner in each category (Conventional, Transit and Small Bus) will receive a new prize: a yellow jacket decorated with the SBDISC logo, the winner's name and his or her competition category.
For more information on the 2010 NSTA Annual Meeting and Convention, and the 40th Annual School Bus Driver International Safety Competition, visit www.yellowbuses.org and click the "Events and Education" tab.
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Here's a good way to break up your arvo, Wavves frontman Nathan Williams has designed an online video game in association with Vice Magazine. His take on the old Paperboy arcade game see himself or bassist Stephen Pope, you choose, deliver different drugs to various neighbourhoods whilst dodging a host of interesting characters designed by Mishka and listening to a computer-game version of 'So Bored'.
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Like one of the other posters said, only take advice from people in better shape than you. Taking nutrition advice from people who constantly complain about feeling fat/ tired/ sick is like taking financial advice from people who constantly complain that they can't afford their credit card payments but keep buying stuff.[/QUOTE]
It irritates me that some people think it's funny to constantly tease me about my food choices and call me a "hippy health nut" because it's supposedly all in good fun, but yet if I were to ever call people out on their typical American diet fare I'm sure I'd come off as being rude and judgmental.
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"I am now seeing countries buying gold that are talking to me. . . We have banks buying the heaviest they have ever bought."
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The largest short squeeze in the history of mankind is coming.
" Bloomberg reports that The Pacific Group Ltd., a Hong Kong based hedge-fund is converting one-third of its assets into PHYSICAL gold. We have emphasized the word "physical" for a reason. It is not usual for a hedge fund to go outside the paper based trading business. More importantly, the fact that the investment company takes delivery of the metal ($35 million worth of gold bars) shows a growing distrust vis-à-vis paper investments and the exponentially expanding "funny money" base."


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The rocker couple Gerard Way and Lyn-Z welcomed a baby girl, Bandit Lee Way, on Wednesday, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.
"Gerard and Lindsey Way welcomed their first child on May 27," the rep said. "Their daughter, Bandit Lee Way, was born in Los Angeles at 2:57 p.m. and weighs 6 lbs., 5.6 oz. Everyone is healthy and happy."
Way, 32, is the singer for My Chemical Romance and a comic-book artist. Lyn-Z (real name: Lindsey Ballato) is the bassist for punk band Mindless Self Indulgence.
The couple were married in September 2007. They announced the pregnancy in November. This is their first child.
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Danny Ainge Doesn't Want Rajon Rondo To Leave The Celtics
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Danny Ainge tried to squash all the Rondo trade rumors that were out there, speaking to the Boston Globe.
Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Monday that he has not received any inquiries from other teams interested in acquiring Rajon Rondo?.
?Rondo is coming off an injury and I think people know how much we love Rondo, so I don?t expect anybody to inquire, quite honestly,? Ainge said. ?People know that Rondo is a big part of our future and that we?re not going to trade him?
?What?s real is, he?s going nowhere,? Ainge said. ?That?s what?s real.?
First, it appears that Ainge wants to see if Rondo can step up and lead this team, if he really can be that cornerstone, a No. 1 kind of player.
Second, Ainge always says this but you can bet if teams call with a serious offer he?ll listen.
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What does 2010 hold for you???
I am one of those annoying people who starts their New Year's Resolutions early, one month early to be exact. I always have planned, written out, and started my plan for next year by December 1st. I know, I know…its irritating, but since my Christmas shopping was also done in advance, why wouldn't I start my plan for next year right now? No time like the present.
For me, I am in the midst of a heavy lifting program to add some size to my frame before switching over to the stamina and cardio training that I will do soon. I am a big believer in leading by example, so I still do all the workouts with the ASU Racquetball team. I warned everyone on the ASU Racquetball Team before Holiday break that we will begin the workouts starting the first week of practice when returning in January. For those who have been through it before, they know what to expect; for the newbies…it'll be a surprise to watch a guy twice their age outwork them. A point of pride for me is reminding them that I am in fact twice their age when they are falling behind. In addition to continuing to refine their swings and their strategies on the court, we will be training like animals off the court.
So what am I getting at with all this? HAVE A PLAN. I believe Peter Drucker is quoted as saying "That which gets measured gets done." He is exactly right; if you come into this year without a plan, or going with the status quo, you are doing yourself a huge disservice. What does your game need?
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If only there were a book that gave some direct examples and a proven game plan for accomplishing this. Oh wait…there is! If Santa did not bring you a copy of Percentage Racquetball or Racquetball 101 for Christmas, get online and order a copy from Racquetball Warehouse. Do it today!
Map out a plan for improvement for 2010; it is the only way you will gain some ground. Your competition is probably doing the same thing, so if you do not get moving you will be left behind. Having forehand issues? It is one of two things: either you are not using correct form, or you are taking high-risk shots that are leading to too many errors. Fix it. You will be making your own life easier if you follow the drills laid out in the book, and saving wear and tear on your arm and the rest of your body as well. Backhand still not where it should be? Get to work. Don't have a defined game plan for every opponent you face? Study up! Buy the book, read it, learn it, practice it, and start being the person that people dread playing in the next tournament.
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80's fashion revival has monopolized the style world for a few years now. Things we vowed we'd never see again–Ray-Bans, neon, leggings–are suddenly de rigeur on the runways and on the streets. Need proof? Raise your hand if you're wearing a pair of skinny jeans right now.
Since fashion is cyclical and tends to repeat itself every 20 years, the next hot decade is destined to be those Nirvana-blasting, "Friends"-watching 1990's. But while some 90's styles are timelessly chic (Kurt Cobain immortalized flannel), here are some fashion fads that should stay locked in their rooms watching 90210 where they belong.
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This picture could be used to illustrate a multitude of things that were wrong with the 90's, but let's focus on the bared Spice midriffs. Britney's granite-hard abs and the popularity of belly button rings convinced us all that shirt lengths should be abbreviated and our navels accentuated. While bared midriffs looked cute on personal trainers and Christina Aguilera, this trend ended up being more than most people could stomach.
2. Pacifiers
In the early to mid-90's, it was inexplicably cool to wear pacifiers as accessories. Starting with the rave scene and then trickling into homeroom, the pacifier craze pervaded as women paired these toddler trademarks with babydoll dresses and called it a super-chic day. But looking back, there's only one thing to say about this trend: it sucked.
3. Skater style
Baggy pants, Vans sneakers, Stussy shirts. Cool 90's kids dressed like they were ready to board; actual skateboarding abilities not required. An outgrowth of grunge, skaterwear took sloppy to new lows as rocker kids sported hoodies and apparently Raged Against the Belt. Fashionable or not, no one wants to see your underwear. Ever.
4. Hair with a million things in it
If you went to prom in 1997 and your updo wasn't bedazzled with a thousand butterfly clips, you were probably the one skulking solo on the sidelines when "End of the Road" came on. Be it tiny braids, stick-on gems or cascades of crimping, hot 90's hair was all about embellishment and excess. Let's jettison the crazy-hair craze and toss out "The Rachel" with it.
5. Goth makeup
In 1997, Marilyn Manson terrified your mom and united sullen teenagers everywhere around Doc Martens, pasty white skin and self-indulgent rebellion against their suburban lifestyles. The Goth look took off, and suddenly everyone had rings in their eyebrows and people like Gwyneth Paltrow were turning up at award shows with vampy lips.
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Madison Collins tells her experiences with the Upper Arlington varsity field hockey team this year and lasts Sophomore Madison Collins made the varsity field hockey team her freshman and sophomore year. She tells the differences between last years team cooperation and this years. Along with that she tells us about the story of defeating a […]
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Q&A: Field Hockey Reflections
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As field hockey season wraps up, senior Erin Williams reflects on the team, season
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As the school year begins, athletes prepare for fall sports seasons despite sweltering August heat Q: What is you favorite thing about field hockey? Dappen: The team, because we have a lot of returning girls and most of the girls have been playing together since middle school so we're all good friends. Q: What do […]


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These are all items from the 333 Ways to get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart list. It's as fake as Pamela Anderson's tits.
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That's true, but a lot of these are copied practically word-for-word from the list. I'm calling bull as well.
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