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FAU Moves Alternative Spring
Break to Tallahassee to Help the Homeless
BOCA RATON, FL (March 25, 2011) – Florida Atlantic University's Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service and 23 of its student volunteers recently traveled to Tallahassee to participate in the Alternative Spring Break program. The students conducted service activities in homeless shelters throughout the city.
"The students learned not to assume or judge others and that homelessness can happen to anyone at any time," said Rochelle Popp, assistant director of student involvement and leadership for FAU's Treasure Coast campuses. "These experiences gave them an opportunity to think about those who are receiving the benefits of them donating their time and how they can bring that energy to their own communities."
The FAU students visited The Shelter of Tallahassee-Leon County, where they listened to residents speak about being homeless, sorted donated clothing, and cleaned the shelter's grounds and facilities. The student volunteers also played with children at the Big Bend Homeless Coalition's H.O.P. E. Community transitional housing program, prepared and served dinner for its families, as well as cleaned the grounds. Another stop included Grace Mission Episcopal Church, which serves low-income children, where students organized books and prepared the facility for a fresh coat of paint. A scavenger hunt that required the volunteers to locate resources for the homeless in Tallahassee reinforced their civic engagement experiences.
"FAU students have been volunteering for Alternative Spring Break for the last five years, and they're able to expand their knowledge on the subject matter, gain community service experience and devote concentrated time to something without the complexities of college responsibilities," said Nori Carter, director of FAU's Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service. "Any stereotypes they might have had about the homeless were quickly dispelled. They gained an understanding that they are people first."
Alternative Spring Break projects included the assistance of
Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana; cleaning up national
parks, volunteering in soup kitchens and after-care programs; as
well as helping to build homes for Habitat for Humanity.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. In commemoration of its origin, FAU is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. FAU's world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.


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Top Definition
Nickname given to Eric Clapton.
Slowhand is Clapton.
di fecal matter 26 aprile 2005
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Derived from a song by the Pointer Sisters and Conway Twitty.. meaning To be patient with and give sexual pleasure.. Mostly referring to men
In essence the opposite of "Wham bam thank you ma'am"
In essence the opposite of "Wham bam thank you ma'am"
"I want a man with a slow hand, I want a lover with an easy touch"
di Chanel B. 03 agosto 2008
Slow Hands Is The Best Song Ever Made. Ever.
di tryingotfindmyself 14 marzo 2005
The best song ever, anyone who disgrees should be shot.
Rappo said Slow hands was shit, so i danza slapped him.
di Reptillia 23 febbraio 2005
When you grab your girl's back of the head and make her blow you slowly.Moving your hand slowly up and down .Defining the phrase "slowhand".
My girl would not swallow but she is into a frequent slowhand.
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Twins that aren't really twins but are equally as cool and look slightly similar and can read each others minds.
Those girls, clearly are amazingly cool and look like twinises.
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the same make and model Mini Cooper seen in a close proximity. You drive and see these increasingly popular cars on the road. You see more than one of these in a row, it's a twini.
I keep passing my twini, and feel like I should wave.
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Hierarchical Database
Hierarchical database technology:
"IBM introduced the first generation of database technology, known as hierarchical, when it installed IMS (Information Management System - See
on Wiki) in its mainframe computers in the mid-1960s. This technology was upgraded in the mid-1970s to network database technology. Both hierarchical and network databases are often described by the term hierarchical database.
"As the term implies, in a hierarchical database records are grouped in a logical hierarchy, connected in a branching structure similar to an organizational chart. An application retrieves data by first finding the primary record and then following pointers stored in that record to other connected records."
"Although still in use by a few thousand mainframe computer installations, hierarchical database systems gave way to relational database (RDB) technology for two major reasons:
"Hierarchical database systems are difficult to use. They require application developers to program navigation through the connected records [...]
"They also require developers to predict all possible access patterns in advance and design the database accordingly. A database access pattern that is not included in the design becomes very difficult and inefficient."
for more on the IMS product.
Would this be like an
Yes, XML is a hierarchical representation, and navigation is normally hierarchical.
XML is likely to suffer from both limitations listed above - complexity of navigation and difficulty in redesign, should you rethink the hierarchical relationships. The redesign issue could be most significant, particularly in the current generation of
s are graphs of data with semistructured information in each node. The graphs are typically in the form of a directed acyclic graph, but not necessarily. The "not necessarily" naturally leads to problems as does the semi-structured nature. Structure = static information = fast.
How about "a file system" ! Or the WindowsRegistry
s rant against hierarchical file systems and other trees:
An HDB is any database built out of parent-child or container-contained relationships, rather than peer-peer relationships as in a
. Hierarchical dbs predate RDBMS. By allowing multiple parents you get a
(think: file system links).
Most commercial relational schemas have to represent hierarchies, since a lot of business problems involve tree-like structures. The RDBMS vendors often provide non-standard extensions to their SQLs to handle this. These aren't much used, so most schemas end up having a lot of odd-looking recursive relations in them, plus stored procedures/strangulated queries for navigating those relations as a tree.
Examples? I don't encounter the need for trees very often while using RDBMS. About the only place I encounter them is some kind of menu structure. Taxonomies of products or services are sometimes represented as trees, but I find sets more appropriate for large taxonomies because some items need to be in multiple categories.
A classic example is the hierarchy of managers of employees. However, it is not uncommon for a person to have multiple bosses in larger companies.
The problem of multiple categories is inherent to taxonomies and to representation of properties as classes, and indeed sets are more natural (and also a stronger point of relational databases than are trees).
Of course, sets can be used to represent trees even when the problem domain is inherently hierarchical. This can be inefficient, and various alternative tradeoffs are discussed in various RDBMS resources such as
's "
". -- Doug Merritt
Oracle has some built-in hierarchy handling operations in their brand of SQL, as long as you follow their tree setup conventions.
is an implementation of storage that can be described using the
. Composites are ubiquitous in software engineering. Composites are common, easy to model, offer easy control of ownership. When a hierarchy works, no reason to get any fancier. But
usually require a data model that need more than a tree.
{It's worthwhile to note that
is just one
of data in software engineering. It has good properties for ownership (and security), and can be quite efficient when utilized in the intended manner, but it has poor properties for several other tasks. Unfortunately, support for multiple different views is made difficult in a
. You're pretty much stuck with the particular hierarchy forced upon you by whatever
the original implementor took of the data.
. This isn't an issue if nobody else plans to view the data, of course... but, in the experience of many here, data usually long outlives the applications.}
If you look at say bicycle or car parts, the relationship is not really hierarchical, although it
be forced into a hierarchy to create a
. But a bigger problem is that not all "access paths" are going to be hierarchical. For example, if we search for all electrical switches, we are not interested in any physical composition since they may be spread all over, but rather the "kind" of part. The larger the system we are modeling, the more alternative access paths there will be. Something large enough will be analyzed by accountants, quality control experts, etc. in ways that may not relate to physical proximity. This has always been a drawback of larger hierarchical or compositional databases.
Seems that XML databases are again getting popular with REST, Web 2.0, etcetera. Now their time has come? Or still a bad idea (in general) to move away from RDBMS?
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Politics and History Division
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Vesla Weaver, University of Virginia, email@example.com
The Comparative Development of Rights Politics and Its Contradictions
We encourage papers and panels that capture the many paradoxes and varieties of rights politics. In 2010 America legislated an expansion in a social right – health care – yet it restricts health care provisions for new immigrants. America has an African-American president, yet African-Americans face deep economic and educational disadvantage rooted in part in exclusions from social rights for several decades. Are such antinomies common to rights politics -- and if so why? Also, rights politics is a common carrier in subtle ways that deserve exploration -- consider in this connection how the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has become the basis for a conservative rights movement. Such surprises and tensions here and abroad present an opportunity for scholars of both American politics and comparative politics to examine the historical development of rights – why they have flourished at some times, in some places, and for some groups while being curtailed in other moments, countries, and for other groups. We invite papers that explore 1) the roles that different political institutions -- not just courts but also executives, bureaucrats, legislatures, and sub-national governments -- and the roles that different associations -- not just movements but also political parties and interest groups -- play in defining, protecting, or limiting rights; 2) how elite strategies toward democratic development condition the form, scope, and institutionalization of rights; 3) collective action vs. legal mobilization and requirements of private enforcement to protect or develop rights; 4) how collective memory shapes rights claims, 5) whether the politics of rights requires identity politics and a concomitant weakening of broad group alliances, and 6) the attitudinal or behavioral effects of rights struggles, histories, and extensions and their incidence, timing, and variation. Specific topics might also include transitional justice movements and politics; international sources of repression or protest; the scope and persistence of intersectional disadvantage; extreme marginality (we think here of Native-Americans and transgendered people); the role of private firms and human resource professionals in implementing equal opportunity policies and social rights; the counterpoint between growing income inequality and the rights revolution in the U.S. and elsewhere; partial or full reversals of rights advances and their consequences for groups and movements (for example, the disenfranchisement of African-Americans ca. 1890-1910, or the weakening of collective bargaining and the right to strike); the rise of the gay rights struggle; the rights of women now and in the past; immigrant rights; and, differences between liberal expressions of rights claims and conservative movements for rights. We are especially eager to broaden Politics and History to scholars outside of APD. Paper, panels, poster sessions, and roundtables that examine vital data collection and methodological issues around studying the politics of rights are also very much encouraged.


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September 12, 2006
Wordless Wednesday: Yay
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i love this pix... so cute and hey, it goes with my ww today too as i am saying a huge-a-mon-gous YAY!!!!!!!!! go see why... :)ReplyDelete
Clap clap clap!!
Liam just started clapping last week! That is such an adorable photo, adorable Gray and adorable outfit!ReplyDelete
So cute! I love how babies are so proud of themselves. Emma has now learned how to "fake" things like stacking blocks that have already been stacked and then clap with pride. Little stinker! And she usually gives a little grin like your guy in this photo. What a joy to see their happiness!ReplyDelete
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I think he's ready for school with that cool outfit!
Oh stop. He's too much!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Clapping along with Gray.....ReplyDelete
You DID IT!!! You really did one WORDLESS!! :)ReplyDelete
He's screaming pride & happiness... I just luv the innocence of babes discovering life.
Yay!!! how cute!! My WW is up.ReplyDelete
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My W W is posted.
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lol Aww..how cute. And he looks so handsome dressed up. Thanks for sharing. It's so fun to see them discovering new things.ReplyDelete
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Have a nice day!
He is just too cute!!!!! This made me smile.ReplyDelete
You can't help but say "Yay" right along with him! My WW is up.ReplyDelete
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I loved that age when they learned new things and were so happy and proud. Now their all teenagers and stinkers. What happened?ReplyDelete
Thanks for reminding me why I fell in love with them. Sometimes I wonder.........
Oh he's so cute! I want a boy!!ReplyDelete
Now that is the definition of happiness!ReplyDelete
I love sweater vests! Hubby always teases me for buying then for the boys! (yeah, apparently they are NOT cool!) What a great smile the little guys! Mine's up!ReplyDelete
So cute!!! He is getting so big. And I love his sweater vest! Dress him while you can. One day it will be nothing but jeans and t-shirts.ReplyDelete
How cute! Puts a smile on my face. May he have many more such happy moments.ReplyDelete
He claps! I can't wait for the clapping, that is just too sweet.ReplyDelete
I love clapping babies. It still gets me every time. How can you not join in?ReplyDelete
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My very first WW is up.
too cute and what a wonderful smileReplyDelete
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LOS ANGELES — Mark Ruffalo, knowing his host liked sweets, showed up at playwright Larry Kramer's Manhattan home with pastries in tow — unaware that the then-77-year-old's health now restricted such pleasures.
It was spring of last year and the actor was set to begin production on the long-attempted film adaptation of Kramer's groundbreaking 1985 AIDS-political play, The Normal Heart. Little did he know, but Ruffalo's true audition was just beginning.
"Are you queer?" the playwright asked right off.
"No, I'm not queer."
"Have you read my book?"
"Well, you have to read it, otherwise you can't fully play this part."
Ruffalo, recounting the exchange recently during a spirited conversation at a Hollywood hotel, called it his moment of recognition. "He was testing me," the 46-year-old actor said. "And I remember just feeling a sense of fear in that moment."
The actor, who has played roles ranging from a brawny green superhero (the Hulk in The Avengers) to a hapless sperm donor to a lesbian couple (The Kids Are All Right) in the course of his 25-year-career, now takes on Kramer's quasi-autobiographical Ned Weeks, the ornery gay activist at the center of The Normal Heart who fervently tries to shake the public to action after a mysterious disease begins plaguing the gay community in the early '80s. Even his friends at times find him beyond obnoxious.
After enduring a winding road from stage to screen, the story, which was significantly reworked, ultimately came to be marshaled and directed by Ryan Murphy and landed at HBO. The film, which also stars Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer and Taylor Kitsch, premieres 9 p.m. Sunday.
Imbued with passion, pain and fury, the drama beckons one to look back just as gay rights are undergoing a sea change. To remember a society before gay TV characters were a commonality and same-sex marriage an actuality in more and more places.
The action in The Normal Heart takes place between 1981 and 1984 in New York City, when the gay community was still in the reverberations of the Stonewall riots and the sexual revolution. It hones in on sexual politics during the early days of the AIDS crisis — with its central character undergoing moments of rage and powerlessness in the fight to raise awareness while most of his co-workers counseled a more moderate, step-by-step approach.
It's a period Ruffalo had lived through on the opposite coast, in Los Angeles, reading about the unexplained virus in the pages of the LA Weekly as a teenager. "It felt like a pandemic. And I was young, so I was still idealistic, and it was jarring to see the inhumane response to it all," he recalled. "It didn't compute. But Larry was right, I didn't fully understand how deep it went."
The pair's initial sit-down lasted three hours. From there, a friendship started. And the tutelage followed. The legendary and divisive figure in the gay rights movement offered a master class of sorts, sharing photos and stories of the places and people at the heart of the turmoil. He even offered Ruffalo his round-framed glasses for use in the film.
Kramer, who is HIV-positive and has undergone health complications since receiving a liver transplant more than a decade ago, retains his sense of humor. In an email, Kramer said he was struck with disbelief when Murphy put Ruffalo's name forward for the role of Ned.
"To be played by such a fine and handsome actor (I should have looked this good,)" he wrote. "We hung out together a lot, and I didn't ask myself, can he play me. Actors are hired to portray, and good ones like Mark make it their job to go for it all out, which Mark did. He was also extremely passionate about his taking on the part, consumed with it. And this was very touching to me."
Murphy and Ruffalo stressed that the film takes on a new focus from Kramer's agitprop drama. Murphy, who bought the rights to the play in 2012 and spent three years working on the script with Kramer, estimates that almost half of the film is new material.
"The play was meant to get you out of your seat, to take you out of your ennui and drive you to action," Ruffalo said. "But a lot of time has passed, so it becomes something else. We don't have to shake the audience out of apathy. What we do is deepen the picture, show what kind of journey we were on that led us to where we now find ourselves."


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Huawei P9 phone has Kirin 955
16nm FinFet plus 2.5Ghz 5.2 inch phone
Huawei is working on a Huawei P9 flagship phone that has a 5.2 Full HD 1920x1980 display and 2.5Ghz Kirin 955 SoC.
Galaxy S7, Edge pictured
Looks the same as last year
One of the most famous leakers in the mobile phone industry Evan Blass has shown the final pictures of Galaxy S7 Edge and S7
Apple Music has 11 million subscribers
But Spotify is still the market leader with 20 million.
Apple is claiming that its Apple Music product has 11 million subscribers – slightly half of what its main rival Spotify can come up with.
Asics acquires Runkeeper for $85 million
Buying the software to get the hardware running
Asiscs has announced that it acquired Runkeeper fitness tracking software for $85 million.
Gionee Elife S8 Helio P10 launches at MWC
Confirmed, but shipping in March…
Gionee Elife S8 will launch at the Mobile World Congress 2016 and the company has sent invitations. The phone will launch on Monday February 22, but it will ship at a later date.
Doogee F7 is affordable Helio X20
$169.99 killer price
The Meizu MX6 and MX6 Mini might be the biggest design wins that the Helio X20 might get but Doogee F7 might be the most affordable one. The company is expected to launch its Doogee F7 in Q2 2016 and sell it for $169.99 killer price.
Snapdragon Wear 2100 is the new smartwatch SoC
30 per cent smaller, 25 per cent better battery
After years of the Snapdragon 400 being Qualcomm's only SoC for wearable devices, the company has announced a successor – Snapdragon Wear 2100.
Qualcomm announces 1 Gbps X16 modem
14nm, available in 2H 2016
Qualcomm has finally launched what it thinks will be the next milestone in the LTE modem speed – a Gigabit Class LTE Chipset with download speeds of up to 1 Gbps.
LG G5 with touch cover benchmarked
Good scores
The LG G5 is shipping with a Snapdragon 820 CPU and an "always on" feature that will give you a glimpse into the most important information.Now its benchmark scores have been leaked and it is looking rather good.
Vevo updates Android and Apple TV applications
Instagram-like user interface for everyone
Following the release of an updated iOS application, Vevo has just released a native tvOS Apple TV and Android TV application packed with similar features.


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Galapagos Islands RECOMMENDATIONS See all
3 Days in the Galapagos Islands: Suggested Itineraries
By Viator, February 2015
Day 1: Santa Cruz
The Galapagos' most populated and main island, Santa Cruz provides an excellent opportunity to enjoy a relaxing day on land. Go snorkeling at Tortuga Bay or snorkeling at Puerto Ayora, then take a stroll over to the Charles Darwin Research Center and say hello to the oldest and last remaining local tortoise subspecies in existence. Also be sure to check out the picturesque canyon Las Grietas, filled to the brim with clear water.
Day 2: Setting sail
With so many different boats offering so many different itineraries, all distinct in their own way, choosing an excursion may be a difficult task. However, a day trip from Puerto Ayora through the Canal del Amor (or the Love Channel) through to La Loberia Island, named after its large sea wolf colony, may be just the trick. You'll also sail to the Port of Punta Estrada to see breathtaking views at Playa de los Perros before returning home .
Day 3: Exploring the wildlife at Espanola
As the oldest island in the Galapagos, Espanola to the far southeast offers a plethora of incredible wildlife that you will not want to pass up. Take a hike through Punta Suarez, where you will undoubtedly encounter colonies of masked and blue-footed boobies, as well as waved albatross and sea lions. Espanola also offers great underwater sites, which you may tour. Take a dive from the cliffs at the island of Islote Gardner and see underwater life from king angel fish, Galapagos garden eels, to hammerheads and Panama graysbys.


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Catching Pigeons: Top chance?
Can William Buick have the last laugh at Royal Ascot on Friday? Our Catching Pigeons column thinks so.
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The rumour mill suggested that connections of Western Hymn weren't entirely over the moon with the ride given to their horse in the Investec Derby a fortnight ago and that impression appears to have been confirmed with the booking of Richard Hughes for the colt in the King Edward VII Stakes at Ascot on Friday.
But Buick might just have the last laugh aboard stablemate Eagle Top at a double-figure price. Always a well-regarded type, he justified plenty of stable confidence on his debut at the Newbury April meeting and was a hot order for a low-key Leicester handicap on his only subsequent start. However he flattened out very quickly when asked for his effort, and could only finish fourth.
Trainer John Gosden gave him an easy spell afterwards in order to correct what went wrong in that race, but the colt has bloomed again since and thoroughly earned his place in this line-up on his homework.
J Wonder could prove an interesting each-way bet in the Coronation Stakes, also at very tasty double-figure odds.
The winner of the Group Three Guineas trial at Newbury in April, she was too keen in the French 1000 Guineas and faded to finish seventh after taking the lead. If she settles better this time, she should make her presence felt, even in this decent line-up. The fact is that her trainer is in much better form now than he was earlier in the campaign.
Hughie Morrison has done a great job in getting Chil The Kite back to his best form this season - indeed all three of his runners at the meeting this week have run blinders - and it is to be hoped he has done the same for Pastoral Player, the each-way choice in the Buckingham Palace Stakes.
The seven-year-old is pretty determined about doing things his own way in races, but he has undeniable talent, and was second in the Group Two on this course less than two years ago.
He has dropped a stone in the ratings since those heady days, but an eye-catching comeback in the Victoria Cup suggests he retains the ability to win a big handicap when things drop right.
The Pigeon is hoping it's a good day for longshots because he's got another one in the opening Albany Stakes in the shape of the James Tate-trained Secret Liaison.
Tate's top two-year-old has been a handy sort from the start and carried plenty of stable confidence when making her way north to Thirsk for a winning debut last month.
Perhaps that wasn't the hottest of maidens, but the trainer has high hopes for this February-foaled daughter of Dandy Man and believes she won't be out of place, even in this strong line-up.
Ed Dunlop could do with a decent winner to help but his bumpy start to the season and Contributer was noted putting in some decent work last week with a smart companion. He's one to consider in the Wolferton Stakes.


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Warriors Mark Martin General Store
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Warriors Mark, PA 16877
Martin General Store in Warriors Mark offers pleasant indoor seating and beautiful restrooms. Find our printable menu under the main Martin General Stores page.
The store is at the intersection of Routes 550 and 350, 6 miles from Tyrone. The village of Warriors Mark was founded in 1768. Records indicate that a general store has stood at this intersection for about 200 years. Warriors Mark is 4.5 miles to Route 45, a scenic drive south of State College. It is 5.5 miles to Indian Caverns and 9 miles from Colerain State Park and Spruce Creek, famous for outstanding fishing and beauty.
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Through the luck of the alphabetic draw, Cortez Allen found himself going first in his group in all the drills at the NFL Scouting Combine last week.
First among the defensive backs to be prodded by a panel of doctors. First to bench press 225 pounds. And first to experience what might be the most important 4-point-something seconds of an NFL prospect's life, the 40-yard dash.
"When I first saw that, I was like, 'Wow, I'm first at everything, I hope I don't mess up,' " Allen said. "But I tried to look at it like, I've got a chance to set the bar. I'm the first one up, the first one to get looked at. And as the days went by, it was cool that I was the first. I was the guy who set the standard."
The former Citadel cornerback set a fairly high standard at the combine, enhancing his rep as a small-school prospect, much like former Bulldogs teammate Andre Roberts. The 6-1 1/2, 197-pound Allen earned solid reviews for his performance in Indianapolis, and he might have earned middle to late-round money in the process.
In fact, he will reportedly work out for the New England Patriots today.
"(The combine) is a job interview like one you will never have again in your life," said Allen, a native of Ocala, Fla., who earned All-Southern
Conference honors during his career at The Citadel. "But you are not just interviewing with one company. There are 32 different companies who are hiring. You are doing it all at once, and you have one chance to make your impression. It's pretty crazy."
Allen went in well prepared for this job interview. A good week of practice at the East-West Shrine Game in Orlando helped him earn an invitation to the NFL combine. And he trained for months with other athletes from XAM Sports, the agency that represents Roberts, who just finished his rookie season with the Cardinals.
"Andre's advice has been invaluable for me," Allen said. "He's been very helpful in this whole process. He told me, 'You are as good or better than everybody there. Just have faith in yourself and go all out.' "
Defensive backs were among the last groups to hit the field at the Colts' Lucas Oil Stadium for the bulk of their combine drills last Tuesday. But there was plenty for Allen to do before that, beginning with the doctors.
"As soon as you get off the plane in Indy, you go to your hotel room and then you are right back on the shuttle bus to the hospital," Allen said. "Blood, urine samples, MRIs, X-rays -- every test you can think of."
Doctors were particularly interested in the knee injury Allen suffered as a freshman at The Citadel, but everything checked out well. The second day brought a complete physical exam.
"You've got five doctors pulling your shoulders, legs, knees, making sure everything is stable," Allen said. "They check your vision, flexibility, everything."
Coaches and scouts from NFL teams were just as inquisitive. Allen estimated he spoke with about 25 teams.
"They want to know how and where you grew up, do you have any red flags like a criminal history or suspensions in high school," he said. "Some talk more about you as a person, some want you to go in there and talk about the defenses you've played, what you would do against this kind of route, to make sure you know the game."
The third day brought the bench press (Allen did 18 reps at 225 pounds) and the infamous Wonderlic test, a battery of 50 questions in 12 minutes.
"They don't tell you the score," he said. "But I wouldn't say the questions are hard. I feel like I did pretty well."
Last Tuesday was the big day for DBs, highlighted by the 40-yard dash. Allen was timed as low as 4.45 seconds, though his official time was recorded at 4.51.
His broad jump of 10 feet, 9 inches was tops among cornerbacks, as was his 60-yard shuttle time of 10.87 seconds. His 20-yard shuttle (4.01 seconds) and three-cone drill (6.76) were very competitive.
A report on SI.com included Allen among players who improved their stock at the combine:
"The small-school corner, who received a late invitation to the combine, proved his worth on the field," the report said. "His 40 times were solid, averaging 4.50 seconds and his position work was outstanding. Allen quickly moved in reverse displaying NFL caliber footwork and smooth hips. He looked athletic in all the routines and proved himself worthy of a middle-round selection."
Now that the combine is over, the work doesn't stop for Allen. His pro day is set for March at The Citadel, where former teammates such as Demetrius Jackson and Erik Clanton will also work out. Then there are individual workouts and interviews with interested teams in advance of the NFL draft, set for April 28-30.
"There's no slack-off after the combine," he said. "But it's all worth it to get where you want to go."


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The new MyHeritage UK Community Manager
Since our previous UK Community Manager, Robert, has now flown from the MyHeritage nest, now is probably an excellent time to introduce our new, shiny and eager UK Community Manager, James.
So, I'm James your new UK Community Manager, I am based in London and I'm here to keep you up-to-date with everything happening at MyHeritage.com and to make sure that you feel at home, always.
I like to think of this blog as your opportunity to interact with us, so if you have any comments, a great family story or would just like to say hello then you can do so in the comments or on our twitter page (@myheritage) or even at facebook.com/myheritage.
I have spent most of the last few years working in Journalism and Marketing, but I also consider myself to be an amateur genealogist. I started researching my family history around 7 years ago using some (very) basic methods. Recently I placed my tree on MyHeritage.com and it quickly grew to 640 people from 400 using Smart Matches™. The next logical step was, of course, to join the team.
We all have some strange twists in our family history, some that can be explained and others that are simply baffling, so if you think your story is particularly interesting, we'd love to hear from you. In the meantime, let me share one of my stories with you… If it wasn't for an abrupt name change that happened three generations ago I would have been a Mr James Dagg. Now, this wouldn't normally be that interesting however, the reasons for the change have always been completely secret. In fact, the last remaining 'keeper' of this information died 3 years ago and with that he took the dark Dagg family secret to the grave. Perhaps it was for the best, either way, I'm never going to find out!
Family history then isn't just about making sure the correct people are linked up on a chart, it's about stories (I hope you liked mine), sharing information with family members and the preservation of memories. We are in a unique technical age where all of this is a reality and where better to live out these memories than at the most advanced and popular family networking site in the world, MyHeritage.com.
We always like to hear comments and recommendations for our blog, afterall, it was created for you and we want to make sure that it's a great online experience.
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- Glad to meet you James. Can you tell me how I can research my great, great Grandfather and his wife in the UK?
- Hi,
I have a technical question:
all the familynames I put in on Family Tree Builder are not visible on my homepage on My Heritage, only the first 3 generations. Am I doing something wrong, or have I just not found the right button to push?
Yours kindly Helle Noergaard, Denmark
- i am just starting to trace my father's family. I am not sure how to go about it. He was born in Salford. He had brothers Alfred, Arthur
Amos one who died young. THere were two sisters Winnifred and Nellie. HIs name was Edgar Clifford Dawe. My father and his two sisters along with the one who died were brought up in Canada, the others somewhere in England. Any advice as to how to find the info I'm seeking would be appreciated.
- Hi James I am wishing you all the best as the new manager. Please permit me to say this about your family history: I wouldn't rest until I would've discovered the reason why the family name was changed 3 generations ago. I mean ..... come on, that is part of the fun in searching for family roots, isn't it? Seems so impossible to me that something that happened just 3 generations ago cannot be found somewhere in some official documents. People find out much older so-called 'family secrets' very often and as you said: "Family history then isn't just about making sure the correct people are linked up on a chart, it's about stories ....." But than again, maybe it is just me, being so curious about such things huh?
- Welcome to the club James.
- Welcome James. I have actual death notices of my grandfather's son, John Frost, which don't co-incide with other things that have been found i.e. a Coroner's report. How do I find out , positively, birth/death dates. Thanks
- Sorry James, John Frost was my great grandfather whose dates don't gel along the way Thanks
- Welcome James, Please tell me how to stop the slide show that comes onto my screen every time I am on standby mode. I didnt request it and would like to stop it.
Many thanks
- Hi-
I was working in the Mckellar site but I was locked out as I had downloaded the the new tree and only the first 3 names remain I've lost four generations on each side. What did I do wrong? I hate to start over and then lose data again, and would prefer to find all of my work yesterday. Thank you
- Hi Myrtalie,
Someone from MyHeritage support will be contacting you directly to remedy the problem.
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Most West Valley cities require that city council members only report gifts worth more than $500, a threshold critics say is ripe for potential abuse and conflicts of interest.
There is little movement by cities to change gift rules despite fallout from the Fiesta Bowl scandal two years ago.
Cities such as Glendale, Avondale and Peoria use state gift rules as their guides. The statute requires elected officials to list the donors of any gifts worth more than $500 on yearly financial-disclosure statements.
Almost no one in the three cities disclosed accepting such gifts in 2012. The deadline for disclosure was Jan. 31.
Litchfield Park is the only West Valley community that does not allow elected leaders to accept gifts.
Goodyear and Surprise have ethics policies that apply more stringent gift rules than state requirements.
The rules of gift taking are important, ethics experts say, so residents know who might be influencing the decisions of public officials.
Because the state reporting limit is so high, it's nearly impossible to determine which local leaders are accepting sports and theater tickets, dinners, rounds of golf and other valuables, they say.
"I don't think elected officials should get any gifts, anything," Avondale Councilman Kenn Weise said.
He said when he first was elected to the City Council, he was offered tickets to NASCAR races at Phoenix International Raceway, which he refused.
"In Avondale, Andrew McGuire, our city attorney, gives us the scary speech," he said. "The scary speech is: 'You don't accept gifts. You don't do anything that you wouldn't want to see your name in the paper for.'"
Others insist the state limit works well.
The big-ticket gifts that need to be reported to the state don't come along often, Peoria Mayor Bob Barrett said.
"I don't think we have enough clout on a city level to attract big money," Barrett said. "Not to knock any cities, but who's going to spend $500 on a councilman or a mayor, assuming you're not Phoenix?"
Barrett said he does meet with people for the occasional breakfast or lunch to discuss city issues, but a free meal doesn't meet the state-mandated gift threshold.
"Are you going to sit around and report every $8.99 salad you eat and $4.79 bacon and eggs?" Barrett said. "I suppose you could do that, but it'd get a little cumbersome."
In the past few years, Barrett has disclosed two gifts: a trip to China in 2009, paid for by the Chinese government, to attend a forum, and a trip in 2010 to Washington, D.C., to testify against Rep. Trent Franks' bill opposing the Tohono O'odham casino. The tribe paid for the trip. Both trips included airfare, hotel costs and meals.
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A consultant tasked with helping Glendale create a council ethics policy six years ago questioned whether the city might be a "gift and favor heaven" because of the city's sports venues.
The consultant, a University of Kansas professor named George Frederickson, told The Republic a year ago that he suggested council members consider banning gifts worth more than $25. The council opted to stick with the less stringent state reporting policy.
There was some talk of tightening the rules last year, after former Mayor Elaine Scruggs and 30 other elected officials took heat for taking Fiesta Bowl tickets. A county attorney suggested banning gifts or severely restricting gifts. Nothing changed.
Scruggs was the only council member who reported gifts last year: invitations to attend games in the Arizona Cardinals' loft. She said that these were the same type of invitations extended annually by the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority to all City Council members.
The law does not require council members to disclose a description of the gift or the value of the gift, Nicholas DiPiazza, Glendale chief deputy city attorney, wrote in an e-mail.
With such a high financial threshold for disclosing gifts, quite a few tickets and dinners likely go under the radar, Glendale Councilman Gary Sherwood said.
He suggested lowering the disclosure requirement to cover gifts valued at $100, but added that shifting such policy should take low priority right now for a city wrought with budgetary uncertainties and a looming audit.
Sherwood said he wouldn't want to ban gifts altogether because networking often takes place at ticketed events where the city officials and company executives can mingle in suites.
The councilman, along with Mayor Jerry Weiers and Councilman Sam Chavira, accepted invitations to a suite at the WWE wrestling event at the end of January, he said. Sherwood said he attended because the city is trying to attract the WWE to the University of Phoenix Stadium and Jobing.com Arena. The city hosted Wrestlemania in 2010.
But, he said, he draws the line with accepting material objects.
"It's not promoting conversation," which, he said, is what accepting gifts is all about.
Others downplayed the importance of gift-disclosure reports.
Campaign-finance reports offer a clearer idea of how money flows to elected representatives, Scruggs said. The reports show which company official or lobbyist financially supported elected officials.
"Campaign contributions, in my opinion, are more likely to influence decisions by elected officials than gifts of tickets to a golf tournament," Scruggs wrote in an e-mail.
"Campaign contributions carry more of an expectation that the recipient is likely to support the issues being represented by the donors."
Public right to know
Accepting gifts can create a culture of entitlement among elected officials, said Judy Nadler, a senior fellow in government ethics at Santa Clara (Calif.) University.
"One way we can determine what sorts of things influence them is by looking at gifts that they've received," she said.
A $500 reporting threshold is too high, Nadler said. Regardless of the cost, the public should know who gave their public officials gifts and why they gave them the gifts, she said.
"Whatever reason they give, the public has a right to know who's giving, who's receiving and what the value (of the gift) is," she said.
People offer public officials gifts because they want to develop a relationship, Nadler said. They want to cement a relationship, reward a relationship or create one, she added.
Several years ago, Goodyear leaders created a tougher gift policy.
The city's ethics policy requires elected officials to file a gift declaration form when they receive a gift worth more than $50. The policy was devised by a committee of residents who was asked to update the policy.
"I think it is very transparent," Goodyear Mayor Georgia Lord said. "We pick things (to attend) that we think will benefit the city, so I'm very comfortable with it."
Three Goodyear City Council members declared gifts of more than $50 during 2012.
Peoria's Barrett gifted Goodyear Vice Mayor Joanne Osborne with a $250 dinner in Peoria where Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, was the keynote speaker.
Osborne also accepted a $150 ticket to a West Valley Child Crisis Center event. The ticket was purchased by an employee of Arizona Public Service Co. In the space where officials are asked to explain the public benefit of the gift the document says "meaningful charity support."
Lord received a $150 ticket, purchased by the law firm of Gammage & Burnham, to attend the West Valley Arts Council's Diamond Ball.Gammage & Burnham employees contributed $415 to Lord's 2013 re-election campaign.
Gammage & Burnham is well-known locally for its work in zoning and land-use issues.
Lord said she bid for items at the charity ball using her own money.
Lord received two tickets worth $118 from the German air force training squadron for its 2012 Oktoberfest.
The mayor also accepted two tickets worth $50 to the West Valley Symphony. "Supporting West Valley Performing Arts," the disclosure reads.
A doctor at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, which has a hospital in Goodyear, gave Lord a $200 ticket to a New Year's Eve masquerade ball hosted by Arizona Assistance in Health Care Inc., which offers cancer patients assistance with non-medical expenses.
Councilwoman Wally Campbell received $70 from Arizona State University. The description of the gift is "game." The declaration does not say what tickets the sport was for, but on the date the gift was received, Oct.27, ASU hosted UCLA in football.
Campbell also listed a $70 dinner from ASU on Nov.9.
Surprise also requires elected officials to report any gifts valued $50 or higher. However, City Clerk Sherry Aguilar said she does not remember ever receiving any disclosures, and she did not have any on file.
Gift giveaways
Tolleson Mayor Adolfo Gámez said people sometimes offer him tickets to events, and he sometimes accepts them, but then he gives most of them away.
"I don't accept a lot of them," he said.
Gámez said he doesn't go to events such as football games.
"Sometimes I give them to people who will never go to a game," he said. "There are people in my community who will never go to a Cardinals game or a Suns game."
Giving away gifts, such as tickets, doesn't eliminate the problems associated with accepting gifts, Nadler said.
"The fact of the matter is you accepted the tickets, and you remember that whoever that was, the garbage hauler or the asphalt people or whoever it was, gave that to you."
Reporters David Madrid, Caitlin McGlade, Allie Seligman and Jen Lebron Kuhney contributed to this article.


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I started roughly 14-weeks back on a Monday.
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I have a 70-pound bag in a shed, there is no air or power in the shed. The only amenity within the shed is a pair of primitive shelves on one wall.
Soon there will be a trio of resistance cords and a speed bag. The cords will be a 15,30,& 50 pound.
Within the month there will be a bench-press set.
So far I do a routine of 5-10 sets of 30 for all of my lifts/exercises on the 1st day (Monday) then I double the set-load for the 2nd day (Tuesday)
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2. Regular diamond, Elevated Diamond.
3. Side Rotated Fist-Push ups, Elevated Fists.
4. Regular Fist-ups, Elevated Fist-ups.
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10. 75-pound bench-press.
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12. 2.5 pound punch training.
13. 15-30-50 pound strike training (as soon as the cords come).
14. 60 pound squat.
15. 60 pound dead-lift.
16. 60 pound dual armed overhead presses front and rear.
17. 30 pound single handed curls and 50 pounds.
18. 30 pound punches (dumbbell)
19. 30 pound overhead presses and 50 pounds
20. 30 pound sit ups with single-handed dumbbell.
21. 100-pound squats.
22. 100-pound dual arm curls.
23. 100-pound stair climbs.
24. 100-pound walks (30-minutes)
25. overhead pull-ups, weighted.
From 26-28 I try to do at least bi-weekly.
26. light ab curls on machine 60Lbs heavy is at 120lbs.
27. machine overhead press, light 80 pounds and heavy at 140 pounds.
28. hip press machine, light at 80 pounds mid at 180 and heavy at 250 pounds.
29. Cardio/strength mini-circuit: 5 regular push-ups, 5 lateral fist push-ups, 5 vertical fist push-ups, and then elevated versions of these for 5 each, then 5 60lb dual armed curl, 5 overhead dual press @ 60lb, and 5 60lb squats in under 2 minutes.
This is primarily the body workout portion.
Now for my Striking I have a 70-pound punching bag that I plan on attaching 2-45Lbs plates and possibly 2-10Lbs.
I am Working on a blend of boxing and muy thai.
Right now I work on the bag three times a week for at least an hour up to 3 hours. I don't stick to one set I'll mix in as I please.
For monday I work on shin conditioning: sets of 100 roundhouse waist-level or into the abdomen-core and I do at least 4-5 sets.
For Wednesday, I work more on combos with the leg-strike to clinch range with the elbows and knees. I'll throw a heavy roundhouse run to the bag and stay in striking to clinch-range for about 5-10 seconds then dart out and do 10 of these for a set and do 5 or 10 in a workout.
For Friday, I combine all together: The shin-conditioning and combos all in one. Friday's normally run 3-hours.
When I have a training partner I'll do what I like to call fight-pace training. I will use the combos, with leg & hand-strikes at full force, full speed for 5 minutes take 2 minutes off and do 10 rounds in a workout.
This method is where I exert all of my force as fast as possible to see where the breaking point is.
In a few weeks I'll start semi-live sparring with 2 partners.
If anyone wishes to comment and add any conjecture please feel free.
Today, I started at 6:30am.
I put in 4 sets of 15 50Lb dual-curls, 4 set of 10 50Lb Squat, 100 sit-up after stretching for about 25-minutes.
After this light workout I went for 20 minute jog roughly 2 or 2.5 miles.
I sucked ass on the run though, was only able to jog at a quarter of a race pace. I was a cross-country runner back in high-school. Give me a month or two and I'll be able back in running shape...(5m30s was my best 1st mile).
Later today I'll do another light workout like above then head to my shed and put in a 1-1.5 hour session on the bag working on my roundhouse-technique, I'll add in a driving strike as well for the legs.
I will also focus on a combo-set which I'm calling combo one for practical ease. It opens up with a heavy right-roundhouse, the bag doesn't move laterally with this one it actually goes back about a foot to two foot as it is traveling backwards I'll rush-in and put in 6-12 body shots followed by 4-8 head-strikes after the head-strike is done I back peddle and look for an opening.
I'll be doing a bare minimum of 5 sets for the combo one attack with about a minute of rest between each set.
After I finish work on (combo 1) I'll wrap the session up with 2 5-minute periods of mixed full-speed, full power striking.
My goal is to start running about 2 to 2.5 miles a day for a week or two then move to 4 mile-runs for another week or two and go about it like that until I can do an 8 mile run.
I was saying I was going to have the wisdom teeth out, now I will schedule this for the week starting after the 4th of July.
Today has gone well, my training partner has confirmed my leg-strikes are getting crisper this is great news.
I did 15 sets of my combo 1 attack. I sort of went tech savy today heh, I had the partner tape a half-set 5-combos on my cell phone. If and when I figure out how to get the movie off the phone I'll try to get it up on here.
I for the video I had one combo that was shit...the right-roundhouse was horrible, it didn't land flush and I rushed in way to close and it was just crap.
But hey, 1 totally worthless combo out of 5 isn't horrid since I've only done about a hundred attempts so far...
I found out my left leg isn't as useless as I thought prior today. For me it feels totally un-natural for me to use the left leg for a leg-strike.
I was able to pull off a snapping left-roundhouse with fairly good precision.
I worked on high roundhouses with the right as well and continousley struck around 6 foot one of the strikes fell a bit strange it struck the front-center of the bag all of my other strikes would land on the side of the bag.
I love throwing knees and elbows, but it is a pain when they just slide off the bag due to how much sweat is on the bag.
Overall I spent roughly 90-minutes on the bag today.
Is it really a problem in a fight situation dealing with sweat on the upper-torso in regards to striking with your knees or elbows?
I gotta love this pain I'm in, I can barely stand up or walk right now. I will be enduring worse pain where I'll hobble down my stairs to get to the basement in the next few weeks.
I am going through start-up pains from running. It'll be brutal but good. I get to enjoy an 8-hour night at work on top of all this heh..
I put in a nice 3 mile run earlier around 7am again.
I'm on track to maintain the body-workouts as I mentioned with my 1st run.
I plan on heading out and working on the bag for about 30-minutes to see how painful it'll be while getting used to running.
I ended up spending about an hour working on power with the bag today.
I was able to work the left a bit more today so this is progess for me.
I have to wait till I can buy some better gloves for working the bag until I go harder on my boxing skills.
Last night I started making smoothies with protein-powder, cherries and strawberries.
For today I finnished off the strawberries and cherries, I also added in green-bell pepper.
For my shakes I'm putting in about a 6-oz portion of water to 4-ounces of protein powder.
I am not sure how much a 3-pint or 48-ounce shake holds in calories but it's lasted roughly 4-hours.
Sorry guys, I forgot to post for yesterday.
I am starting up a new tear-down process come monday, I am in the middle of getting prepped for it...
My 1st tear-down left my arms in a state of recovery for about 4-days, it got to the point where I couldn't pick up a 2-4 pound pizza without cringing.
I have an 80-pound bag of salt in a trekking pack.
My goal for monday will be a bare minimum of:
10 sets of 10 @ 80-pounds dual-armed curl.
10 sets of 30 @ 60-pounds dual-armed curl.
10 sets of 50 full sit-ups.
10 sets of 15 leg lift crunch.
10 sets of 15 regular pushup
10 sets of 5 fist-pushups
10 sets of 5 pull-ups.
10 sets of 5 60-pound squats.
3-mile run.
For Tuesday I'll double this up.
I need a fresh base again :) It'll hurt like hell doing the 2nd day, but I'll be reaping the benefits.
I have had to lay off the 80-pound lift for a bit I hurt my right wrist a bit during the 5th week of training. This Monday coming marks my 15th week of training!
In prep I'll be doing half the workout I described up until Monday minus the 3-mile runs over Saturday/Sunday those will be my re-coup days from running.
I saw a blurb about Tiger Muy Thai, it would be killer to be able to go over to Thailand for 3-months, I did some calculations and it'd take me roughly $3,200 for the whole deal. Who knows if I'll be that lucky to be able to get some training from there prior to my 1st amateur fight.
Lord willing I'll get the chance.
I've done some wicked shit in the training, One of my worst and favorite drills is putting 10 pounds of wrist-weight on and focusing on technique punching.
A straight right punch will tear my muscles and leave me sore for at least 5 days. I hope to start doing this punch endurance on a regular basis soon.
If I can do the endurance training every other day I should be able to punch through the pain eventually right?
This coming week is going to be full at work one day off with 38-hours, this past week was at 46 and I put in around 30-35 hours of training.
I cannot lie the training is extremely brutal but I'm becoming a hell of a lot more agile at work.
A small history:
Back around 2004 I was working for my high-school and injured my back. I ended up pinching a nerve on the low right side, this eventually led me to believe that I had f..ked up my left achiles tendon. For awhile while I was a cross-country runner I could barely walk.
With the training I am pushing through to become a fighter, I feel more alive than I have in my entire life. With all of the endurance I had with running 5-8 mile runs that meant crap when all I wanted to do when I got home was sit on the pc or coach because my back hurt like hell.
I have been able to get my body into a form it really never has been in before and my chiropractor is shocked every time she sees me now. All of the stretches you guys are talking about are accelerating my recovery. I have never in my life been able to extend my legs to a straight-line and now I can.
It is humbling and I must thank anyone who has contributed to helping me now and who will in the future.
Hey guys,
I've gotten in a good day of body-workouts:
I pushed myself a little further than planned and feel great.
I have done 15 set of 10 80LB dual armed curl, 15 set of 30 60 pound curls, 350 sit-ups and 125 diamond push-up.
The right wrist is a little sore, but I still can throw shadow-boxing drills without it affecting me. If I can't shadow I know I've done horrid on the form of my dual-armed curl.
I'll be heading off for a 7-hour night-shift as an overnight stocker at the grocery-store. I plan on trying to take it easy tomorrow. I'll be getting out around 5am, then I need to take a quick nap get up around 9am go pick my check up get a meal in and at noon head to the chiropractor.
Once I get done there I'll head straight-home and sleep till 7 or 9pm and do an 10pm till 5am shift Friday night.
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When Reomel Lamores (aka 'Spyder') unleashed the Love Bug virus on to an unsuspecting world nine years ago, it created havoc across the globe. In a single day I-LOVE-YOU infected 10 percent of all PCs connected to the web, causing about $5.5bn (£3.6bn) in damage.
What it didn't do was make Mr Lamores' life any better - or make him any richer. In those days, hackers worked only for fame, although many reformed script kiddies have since gone on to big things in legitimate coding.
Fast-forward to 2009 and the world of cybercrime is a very different one. Virtually all the estimated 1.66 million new threats released into the wild in 2008 were written and propagated with one thought in mind: money.
Malware is increasing exponentially, but nobody does it for fun, and hackers no longer work alone. More than 90 percent of attacks in 2008 were instigated by organised crime.
Getting into your PC is big business, then. In fact, it's almost as big as the industry that strives to protect it. So when a 'big name' virus starts to make headlines and starts insinuating itself on to significant numbers of PCs, it's time to sit up and take note. That's exactly the case with the latest example, Conficker (aka Downadup).
Conficker was released in October and spread like wildfire, exploiting a network service vulnerability in all versions of Windows. Such was its virulence, it was able to infect more than nine million PCs by January 2009.
Its purpose was to send spam and generate revenue via antivirus scareware. It was designed to create a problem and then offer to 'solve it' for a small fee.
Thankfully, preventing a Conficker infection is easy. Our tutorial shows you just how easy.
But first, we address that rarity of modern malware: one written just for fun. Mikeyy, a worm that attacks Twitter accounts and sends spam Tweets, was written by 17-year-old Michael Mooney because he was bored and wanted to promote his site.
The easiest way not to be affected by Mikeyy is not to use Twitter. If that's not an option for you, read on.
Beat Mikeyy the Twitter worm
1. Twitter users should never click any links in messages containing the words 'Mikeyy' or 'Stalkdaily'. This may sound obvious but, if a friend's account is infected, you could receive messages from someone you trust offering advice on avoiding Mikeyy, with a link to a 'useful article'.
2. It's a good idea to use third-party Twitter desktop clients such as Twhirl or TweetDeck - both work for PC and Mac - and avoid using the web-based version of Twitter. This is especially true for viewing user profiles, because this is where the attack generally seems to originate.
4. If you've noticed suspicious Tweets from your profile that include the words 'Mikeyy' or 'Stalkdaily', it's almost certain that your Twitter account has been infected. Make it clear to other users not to retweet (RT) any of the fake messages. Send a Tweet saying your account is infected and asking people not to retweet.
6. Once you've completed the steps above, log out of your account. If you wish, you can continue using Twitter via a desktop or mobile client. For the time being, you shouldn't access Twitter through the web interface, unless you're changing your details or deleting a Tweet.
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Prevent, detect and destroy a Conficker infection
1. Microsoft included a Conficker detection tool in a security update it issued in late March. It's important that your copy of Windows is up to date with the latest Microsoft patches. Go to update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate (in Internet Explorer) and turn on Automatic Updates.
2. To stop infected USB sticks or DVDs infecting your PC, disable Autorun. Instructions for all versions of Windows are given at tinyurl.com/akrbm2. As it involves editing your PC's Registry, you should first back up your PC and set a System Restore point. If you're not sure how to back up the Registry, don't do it.
3. Make sure you have up-to-date, reputable antivirus software on your machine. Visit tinyurl.com/PCAsecurityreviews to research security software. You can't cut corners here: free 'security scan' websites may redirect you to sites that infect you. Scammers have even attempted to spoof reputable reviews sites such as ours.
4. Like many worms, Conficker uses random file extension names to avoid detection - make sure your security software is set to scan all files. This should happen by default; to be absolutely sure, open your security suite's user interface and ensure the correct option is selected.
5. The Conficker Working Group was formed to fight the worm and built the Conficker Eye Chart. This pulls images from three sites that Conficker is known to block and displays them in a box. If they all show up you're in good shape, but if one doesn't display it could indicate a Conficker infection.
6. It's a fast, easy test, but bear in mind that if you're at work and your PC uses a proxy server for web traffic, you might be infected and still be able to see the images. If you can't see the pictures, ensure image loading is enabled in your browser and your web connection is up to speed.
7. Information on how to remove a Conficker infection has been published by security vendors. Symantec, Microsoft (tinyurl.com/85lvwn and tinyurl.com/bzkwy2) and McAfee offer free tools that can verify the presence of a Conficker infection and remove it.
8. A further option is to roll back your system to a previously known good state using System Restore. In XP, go to Start, Control Panel, System, System Restore. In Vista, go to Control Panel, System and Maintenance, System. Click Advanced System Settings, System Restore.


text: Tuesdays With Stoosh: 3.15 Posted by Stoosh on Mar 15, 2011 17:38 ShareTweet It was by most accounts a typical mundane Monday morning in Pittsburgh. You had your same usual fight with traffic to get into town. Got your regular morning coffee and dragged yourself off to class, or were subjected to a morning of the idiot down the hall yappng about his great weekend. Whatever. A little after 10:00 AM, sitting at your desk working on some lame spreadsheet or in the middle of a lecture in class, you were jolted wide awake. If you were tuned in to Steve Mears on Pens HD radio, you wanted to make sure you heard what you thought you just heard. If you were on Twitter, you rubbed your eyes and maybe did a quadruple-take. "Sidney Crosby is back on the ice." Wait, WHAT? Did he say that correctly? Is this some kind of joke? Nope. Sidney Crosby. Back on the ice. Skating. Full gear. It probably took a second or five for that to completely register, especially when the official tweet came down from the Pens. Two minutes later, your text alert from the Pens arrived, and then your phone or twitter feed blew up. Keyboard smash. Safe to say that it's been a little more than ten years since an official return to a practice sheet of ice by one of the Penguins generated the kind of response from the fan base that Sidney Crosby's 15-minute skate did on Monday. And no one can really blame us. This season has been fluctuated from the sublime to the ridiculous. There were Staal's setbacks from surgery and the broken hand he suffered when he returned to practice. Through the first month and a half of the season, Fleury and the defense was a Benny Hill clip: Then almost overnight, Fleury got it together, the defense meshed and Crosby treated the scoring race like Secretariat treated the rest of the field in the Belmont. Maybe it was the Cobra Scorpion Whiskey; maybe not. We don't know these things. But the Pens strung together an amazing final seven weeks of 2010. 24/7 was here. Staal came back. All the team really needed to do was get Malkin going. The Pens followed up what was mostly an asstastic Winter Classic game with an 8-1 evisceration of Tampa on Jan. 5, giving the Pens 55 points exactly at the midpoint of the season. Maybe this was a precursor to what we could expect the rest of the way. Awesome. Shero's grand vision for this team was finally coming together, and look what the Pens just did to a clear playoff contender. Not so fast, my friend! "Hedman" is apparently Swedish for "Killer of Dreams" Yeah, there was that. Disco drops the word "concussion". No definite timetable was put on Sid's return. Two weeks after Sid's concussion, Malkin was shelved to rehab an injured knee. First game back from the All-Star break, Letestu shreds his knee. Out 4-6 weeks. But hey, good news. Two games later, Malkin returned to the lineup and… Bad joke, man. Throw in a broken finger that's taken Orpik out of the lineup, plus concussions to Arron Asham, Nick Johnson and Eric Tangradi (not even the reinforcements were spared the wrath of the Great Penguins Roster Scourge of 2011), and it was just bad times all around. Somehow through all of this, the Pens have managed to remain in the top four of the Eastern Conference playoff race, and the Neal & Kovalev deals may have helped a little there. But for the most part, it's been a pretty hellish last two and a half months as Pens fans. So give your fellow Pens fans a couple of days to be excited for this news about Crosby. Look, pretty much every Pens fan knows that Sid's return to the ice today was just a step in the recovery process. And yes, it doesn't guarantee he'll be back at all this year. Just as it was when we woke up this morning, there is still no official timetable. There never really has been, and even the sight of Crosby in full practice gear taking shots doesn't change that. We get that. But we always held out for that chance that Sid would be back this year. All the team needed to do was get into the playoffs. Shero knew what he had here – a roster full of players willing to work hard, play fast and physical, a defense and a goaltender as strong as anyone else in the Eastern Conference and a smart coach who knew how to adapt. Shero remade the roster with the Neal and Kovalev trades – adding at least some honest scoring punch to a roster that would eventually get SOME decent talent back, even though Malkin was done and Crosby was a longshot. But there was always the hope that Crosby would be able to make a full recovery from the concussion this year and come back at some point – whether it was mid-March, mid-April or sometime in the playoffs. Cue yesterday's 15-minute skate by Crosby. Let's just wait and see. ONE MORE THOUGHT, DUDES The Crosby return really boils down to this, as stated by @KevinInABQ on Twitter yesterday. This is the first "tangible milepost involving (Crosby), rather than a 'sources close to those familiar with the situation say' milepost." That's the truth. It's been Rumor City for Pens fans since Disco first declared that Crosby had a concussion and it became apparent he was going to miss some significant time. "Anonymous Sources" became the most quoted person by the Canadian media, who seemed willing to dig under every rock in from Cole Harbour to Vancouver looking for anything on Crosby. There were rumors of spinal contusions, brain tumors, skull fractures. There were reports just this past weekend started by some jabroni in Toronto that Sid's family was urging him to retire early. Locally, it wasn't any better. Callers to sports shows became self-endorsed experts on concussions because they had one playing football in high school for Brashear back in the 1970s, or that they once took a high elbow in a dek hockey game. And all of a sudden, everyone in Pittsburgh seemed to know one of the doctors treating Sid, or they had a buddy who worked at the hospital with one of those doctors. Never knew so many people in Pittsburgh were so connected to a handful of neurologists. If absolutely nothing else, I think it's pretty safe to say we now know it's not a tumor. Let's go to Mr. Mora with the honest truth. Enough. No more rumors. ShareTweetPenguins Tickets About Stoosh View all posts by Stoosh →


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Coffee, Tea or Plan B? College Offers Morning-After Pill in Vending MachineMeredith Carroll
Cigarettes in vending machines? That's child's play compared to the offerings in a vending machine on campus at a public university in Pennsylvania.
Not only does Shippensburg University offer condoms and home pregnancy test kits in a vending machine in its health center, but they also offer the morning-after pill (in case the condom fails but before the pregnancy test kit is needed?), according to Fox News.
The decision to offer such risqué items was made in consultation with the school's medical staff, and a survey of students found that 85 percent support it. Someone who doesn't support it? The school's minister.
"We value student input on matters that directly pertain to their health and safety so these results were an important part of the decision-making process," a school spokesperson told Fox News. "We are not the first one to make this available so this is not unique to us or to public higher education."
The vending machine that houses Plan B, which is the morning-after pill available without a prescription to anyone over the age of 17, is located in a private room in the health center, and is only accessible by students.
The pastor of Our Lady of the Visitation Roman Catholic Church, who is the school's campus minister, is said to "actively" oppose any contraceptive made available on school grounds.
The pill is sold on campus for $25, which is less expensive than if bought in a pharmacy. Fox News says the school is not subsidizing the cost.
I get that a pastor is opposed to anything related to sex, but for the rest of us living in reality (I mean, come on already) it actually seems like a reasonable offering. Kids have sex. It's a fact. They should use condoms, but some don't, and sometimes condoms break.
And kids can be embarrassed to walk into a drug store to buy this stuff. There's nothing illegal about the morning-after pill or confoms, so why not just let the vending machine and its contents sit in peace, quiet, and privacy in the health center and we can pretend we never talked about it (that is, if it makes you uncomfortable to talk about icky things like sex and birth control).
Do you think selling the morning-after pill on a college campus is worth getting your panties in a bunch about? Or is it just good common sense?
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ALLENDALE, MI -- Brandon Carr describes himself as a longshot. The Flint native and current Dallas Cowboys cornerback knows that the odds of making it to the NFL -- especially after going through the Division II college football ranks -- are slim.
Yet, hard work and big goals can pay off. That was the gist of Carr's message Friday, June 21 when he returned to his Alma mater Grand Valley State University to speak to about 250 kids at the first annual Grand Valley State University Youth Camp.
"I was a fifth round, late round pick, a Division II guy, and you aren't expected to make it," said Carr, a Carman-Ainsworth graduate. "But I just kept my head down, stayed humble and kept grinding. I'm here now, heading into year six, and I'm still representing Grand Valley State.
"Division II is a long road to get to the NFL, but you don't take as many things for granted. Every opportunity you get here, to prove that you belong in the NFL, you have to take advantage of it."
Carr has done that throughout his first five years in the NFL, first with the Kansas City Chiefs and then last year with Dallas, where he signed a five-year 50.1 million dollar deal last offseason.
"Growing up, that is a team that I always idolized playing for and playing with," Carr said. "To work so hard in the NFL and finally get another chance to sign a free agent contract with a team you dreamed about playing for is a dream come true. It is a blessing… I worked hard to get to this high platform at this stage of my career. It is an absolute blessing to play for the Cowboys and represent their star."
Carr was one of five former Grand Valley State players that returned for this weekend's camp and that group also included Burton native and fellow Carman-Ainsworth alumnus Dan Skuta.
Skuta had played the past four seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals but signed with the San Francisco 49ers in March. He's hoping to be a part of a Super Bowl winning team in San Francisco after the 49ers lost the big game to Baltimore last season.
"I'm hoping that maybe I can be some of the difference to get us back there or to maybe win it this year," Skuta told MLive's Steve Kaminski. "That's what free agency is about and that's what football is about, and I'm excited to make the move."
Carr, Skuta, Mark Ingram and Chris Wilson are the top Flint-area natives currently playing in the NFL.
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16 March 2017: Sixteenth Annual Hellenic Lecture, Management Lecture Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London. Dr Alexis Alexandris, diplomat and historian, former Consul General of Greece in Istanbul and Representative of Greece to the UN, Geneva, will speak on "The Greek Communities in Turkey: Past, Present and Future". Read more>>
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