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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Big Ten lost a good coach and Ohio State lost a great villain Tuesday when Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema bolted for Arkansas when everyone thought he was just getting his Badgers ready for a third straight Rose Bowl.
His departure is blow for the conference, with the Big Ten champ (even if it is a five-loss champ) losing its coach to a mid-level SEC program. If you can't beat them, take their money and join them never rang so true.
In February, Bielema infamously said "We at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC, in any way, shape or form," an observation about Urban Meyer's recruiting style at Ohio State. Now Bielema is surrounded by those ways, shapes and forms.
It's fun to say that Bielema was scared off by Meyer, but no coach would ever run scared from Meyer and an otherwise easy division into the SEC West and the arms of Nick Saban, Les Miles and Kevin Sumlin.
What does the new Arkansas coach have in common with those three men, who are the head coaches at Alabama, LSU and Texas A&M and went a combined 32-5 this season? They have all Big Ten roots.
Bielema played at Iowa and coached at Wisconsin, Saban was the head coach at Michigan State, Miles was a player and assistant at Michigan and Sumlin was a player and assistant at Purdue. And now they're in the best football conference in the country, while the Big Ten is adding teams but losing coaches.
In the six-team Leaders Division, Indiana's Kevin Wilson, who has coached the Hoosiers for two seasons, is the longest-tenured coach. And that's where expansion plays into this.
The only possible expansion math that works for Big Ten fans – who are otherwise losing on tradition and geography – is that money buys better football. Expansion = TV viewers = money = more money to spend = better coaches and assistants = better football teams = more competitive teams on the national scene.
The addition of Rutgers and Maryland opened up some recruiting markets for Big Ten schools that might help raise the level of play in the Big Ten. But someone has to coach the talent. So while the ridiculous escalation in coaching salaries may be distasteful – the AP reported that Bielema is getting a six-year contract for $3.2 million a year, which is a $700,000 raise – that's the marketplace.
When the Big Ten expanded, I asked Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith why his department needed more money. He talked about putting it back into the university as a whole. That's not how it is at most schools. But Big Ten schools also aren't bankrupt. So if the Big Ten wants to be elite, it needs to hire that way.
When is a Big Ten school going to make a move and put up the money that gets TCU's Gary Patterson or Boise State's Chris Peterson or Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris or Louisville's Charlie Strong or Utah's Kyle Whittingham to come aboard?
Not that this is the only measuring stick that matters, but Meyer and Michigan State's Mark Dantonio (Cincinnati) are the only Big Ten coaches with experience as a head coach at another BCS school or in the NFL. Meyer was an exceptional circumstance. But a regular basis, you don't see the Arkansas coach leaving for Wisconsin, or former NFL bosses like Saban, Steve Spurrier and Bobby Petrino (the former Arkansas coach whose personal life blew up his career) landing in the Big Ten.
Instead, the man who looked like a long-term foil for Meyer is off after going 68-24 in seven years with the Badgers, including a 37-19 conference record that included two first-place finishes and this year's third-place finish in the Leaders Division that got Wisconsin to the Rose Bowl anyway.
He was just 1-5 against Ohio State, but that included Ohio State's last-minute win in 2011 and the overtime win this year, when Bielema was on the edge of tears afterward. He always wanted to beat the Buckeyes badly, and he showed it. He wasn't afraid to take some jabs at the conference's best team and he was a guy that OSU fans grew to dislike, calling him Bert instead of Bret.
He was a great villain in the rivalry in the best sense of the word, more outwardly confrontational than Brady Hoke at Michigan. The Ohio State-Wisconsin rivalry has really evolved in the last few years, and Bielema was a huge part of that. Ohio State senior right tackle Reid Fragel wrote on Twitter after the Bielema news broke: "Scared him right out of the Big Ten ..."
How great is that? Not many opposing coaches can elicit that kind of reaction from a Buckeye.
Bielema's one win over Ohio State, in Madison in 2010, killed the Buckeyes' national title hopes, leaving them, ironically, to face Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. Terrelle Pryor said after that game that Ohio State would have beaten that Wisconsin team nine out of 10 times, so when Pryor left Ohio State under the specter of NCAA violations before the next season, Bielema was disappointed.
"There wasn't any question who won that football game," Bielema said. "The only bad thing about Terrelle leaving is .. we really wanted to play that game against him [this year]. Unfortunately, we won't."
That's how Ohio State fans should feel now. They really wanted to play Bielema again. For the Big Ten, and this new rivalry, it's unfortunate they won't.


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Kitesurfing less demanding re physical strength?
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Hi agrelon,
Interesting discussion here.....
Have you ever done kite surfing?
When youi say that once the kite is up and flying, it is unlikely that the kite should fall in the water, have you ever noticed how often the kites come crashing down and must be relaunched to restart.
Have you ever seen one of the modern "self launching" kites continually crash and then relaunch, tea bagging or dragging the newbie kiter downwind until they either let go of the bar (if they can) or cut/release the lines off one side of the bar so the kite will stop relaunching and dragging them.
On a kite board, it usually takes 2 people to get the kite up and flying (this may have changed recently with the newer kites) but in order to launch a kite safely on a crowded beach it will always require two people.
OK, now the kite is up there and stalled.
As soon as you pull the bar and add some power, you are off. If you picked too large a kite for the conditions, what can you do? Pull the chicken loop and depower the kite....
yeah, and if the chicken loop does not dump enough power, what then?
As far as not tacking and jibing, the kite boarders tack and jibe just as often as the windsurfer, and they must pay constant attention to the kite to keep it flying, without having it take the control away from them.
Think of the amount of leg strain to "edge" a kiteboard to go upwind?
I agree with Ellen.
If you pick a good instructor, with top of the line, lightweight, training gear, in begnner friendly conditions, I see no reason why learning to windsurf should be any more physically demanding than learning to kiteboard.
But the same can probably be said for kiteboarding. Good instructor, the right sort of training gear, and the right kind of conditions, and kiteboarding can probably be just as safe and use about the same amount of energy.
You do get alot wetter though!
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Upshur man arrested on drug charge
BUCKHANNON – A Buckhannon man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly selling Fentanyl.
Joseph M. Hall, 66, of 7 Renny's Mobile Home Park, was charged with one felony count of delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance, a felony, stemming from a transaction that allegedly took place in October.
According to the criminal complaint in the Upshur County Magistrate Clerk's office, Cpl. Jason Queen and Cpl. Theron Caynor of the Upshur County Sheriff's Office utilized a "reliable" confidential informant to purchase Fentanyl from Hall in exchange for money. Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate pain reliever similar to, but more powerful than, morphine, according to information on the National Institute on Drug Abuse's website.
The transaction allegedly took place Oct. 12 at Hall's residence, the complaint states.
Sheriff David Coffman, Queen and Caynor arrested Hall without incident Tuesday at his home, according to a press release issued by the Upshur County Sheriff's
Hall was arraigned before Magistrate Mike Coffman, who set bond at $20,000.
The penalty for a conviction of delivery of a controlled substance is confinement in a state penitentiary for one to 15 years, a fine up to $25,000 or both.
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Many times have each of us made statements through our public discourse that, for the grace of God, resulted in nil but hot air.
In our haste to sting, we wounded our own consciences. For if unexpected circumstances had happened to any of those our barb did pierce; our hearts would ache in the responsibility of daring the fates of others without recourse or explanation. The burden of self-forgiveness would be insurmountable.


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The mini/affordable USB scope market was a bit confusing for me. I almost purchased the Analog Discovery 2 a few months ago but went with the LabNation SmartScope. IOS and Android software options tipped the choice for me. No doubt SparkFun did impressive research considering many factors. If you are willing to share thoughts on the selection process, it would be educational to hear how you approached the choice.
3d printed underpants are not a good idea
could anyone confirm if this information and linux solution for the victor70c also applies to this meter?
https://github.com/mvneves/victor70c http://sigrok.org/wiki/Victor_protocol
oops, did you say you had 5v or 3v brain?
As someone who works at a small Colorado tech company with both a healthy gender mix and listed perks of "free snacks and beer", I disagree about this being something to keep quiet.
Our work culture is unquestionably dedicated to mutual professional respect and work/life balance. This is the happiest and most civilized environment I have ever seen in my career. Within the engineering dept in specific, our culture is also a bold celebration of geekness and we wear it proudly. Beer (or wine) at the office consumed in a safe, responsible, moderate way can be a positive contribution. If we were not properly demonstrating and communicating the balance and depth of our culture to new candidates such that the mere appearance of the word "beer" on a benefit/perk brochure from HR caused them to doubt our sincerity and look elsewhere then that would indicate a different sort of problem.
The notion of unfairness in a work environment based on any factor (gender, race, lifestyle preference, religion, etc) motivates me to immediately stand up and say "no!" without hesitation or concern for risk. However, the thought of a company so overly afraid of accidentally offending someone that it reduces its culture to a gray-walled cube farm void of personality equally motivates me to stand up and say "no thanks." There is a very real risk in promoting a vibrant, energetic culture that a fine line might get crossed at some point. Age offers no immunity to mistakes but when you seek out enthusiastic young talent, you must accept that learning and maturing will occur at the office. The lesson should not be to suppress the liveliness out of the employees but to be vigilant and know when something went wrong. If that happens, someone needs to immediately apologize, accept full personal responsibility for mistakes, and learn such that they are not repeated. This type of learning is a sign of growth rather than failure.
not offering some small discount on a starter kit misses the mark on using "arduino day" to grow the community. what you'll get is more hobbyists picking up an extra board or two and less kids/educators/newbies branching out.
Hey Sparkfun, this sucks but you should get over it and turn these lemons into lemonade by doing what you do best.
1) I like YOUR colors better than Fluke's. Make a new one that is clearly sparkfun branded top-to-bottom (maybe with a red border and white face? ) 2) Don't just make the exact same meter, see if you can invent and add just one novel feature. 3) Come back with a campaign and ask the community to support you
i already own a meter but in this case i would purchase another one and possibly give one as a gift.


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Betty Zane Days plans progress
MARTINS FERRY The annual Betty Zane Days festival in Martins Ferry is a little more than a month away.
Put on by the Martins Ferry Fire Department, co-director's Assistant Chief Mike Reese and Lieutenant Tom Regis are finalizing plans for the event.
The festival kicks off Tuesday, Aug. 6 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 10.
Deshler Amusements will again provide the carnival rides, with amusements getting under way at 6 p.m. nightly.
Presale tickets will soon be available for $10 apiece per day. Both the Chamber of Commerce office and Mayor Paul Riethmiller's office will be selling tickets.
"People have taken advantage in the past and purchased pre-sale tickets. Ten bucks isn't too bad if you get it ahead of time," Reese said.
Reese also noted that one benefit from last summer's storms that knocked down a number of trees in the city's park enabled Deshler to bring in a few more large rides.
When the city went about planting new trees in the park, it kept the festival's layout in mind to maximize ride space.
Live entertainment will take the pavillion stage nightly from 7-11 p.m. Reese noted the lineup is still pending, but D.J. Daner will be helping out this year, coordinating the lineup and providing music one night.
The car show has been canceled this year because of a lack of turnout but the increasingly popular mushball tournament will still be held.
Starting Aug. 5, the tournament will conclude with the championship game on Friday, Aug. 9. All games are at Fodor Park and there is a $75 entry fee per team.
Saturday, Aug. 10 will be the annual showdown between the Martins Ferry Police and Fire Departments. This game, now in its third year, has been dominated thus far by the police department, although the 2012 rendition saw the fire department come up just short at 2-1.
Wednesday evening will feature the annual 5K run and walk race.
A Betty Zane Parade will kick off Saturday's events at noon, with lineup taking place at 11 a.m. The parade route will end at the Ladder Company satation.
Following the parade, the annual water battle between area fire departments will be held on S. 4th St.
The water battle pits teams from area fire departments against one another in a double elimination tournament. The two teams go head-to-head in trying to use their fire hoses to blast a keg with water across the other team's line.
Bridgeport's Fire Department won in 2012, defeating Cumberland Trail in the finals.
Reese is expecting another good turnout, provided the weather holds. He noted a few days last year were light in attendance, thanks to rain, but overall, the city's residents and citizens from the surrounding area always turn out for Betty Zane Days.
It's the fire department's largest fundraiser, along with its upcoming steak fry on Aug. 31.
For more information or to register for the tournaments, contact Reese at (740) 296-0115 or Regis at (740) 296-0123
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Just yesterday, Rex Ryan thought there was a chance Dustin Keller might be on the mend in time for Jacksonville.
But during the portion of practice open to the media today, Keller (ankle) was not in uniform with his teammates, appearing toward the end of the session with the training staff doing light training exercises.
Damon Harrison was also over with the training staff.
Stephen Hill (knee) practiced with the offense but there was no sight of Clyde Gates (concussion).
As for Tim Tebow, he's continued to throw -- he says it hasn't caused him much discomfort -- but Ryan still seems iffy on his status for Sunday as well.


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May 16, 2013 at 1:59pm
If somebody did compile a list…CNN, Obama and any other Liberal would just call it "politically motivated" and discredit it even though facts were listed.
May 16, 2013 at 1:57pm
I don't understand why we feel like we have to issue VISAs to people simply because they submit an application? I understand & agree that immigration is important to our country but it is completely out of control right now. What would be wrong with halting ALL applications for the time being until we can secure the border areas? Maybe I'm just uneducated about the specifics on this but man, that sure does seem like common sense to me. What do police do sometimes when they have a shoplifter they can't locate but they know they're still inside the store? They close the store down until they're found…nobody goes in, nobody comes out. Simple.
May 16, 2013 at 1:50pm
I'm a Christian myself but can agree that this country was not founded solely on Christianity. It was definitely an important religion and one that drove our ancestors to come to this country but it was not founded on it. People came here for religious freedom in general (a lot of them being Christians)…but same came here in order to be free from religion in general. Where the problems come up is when just one of those entities tries to encroach on the other one's turf. Its a scenario that only works if everyone is tolerant of everyone else and no less. I respect their right to not believe in anything as long as they leave me alone to believe what I believe and don't go commie on me or my family. That second they try and ram stuff down my throat, I have a problem.
May 16, 2013 at 1:42pm
This guy next week will be trying to force Atheism down someone's throat like he purportedly says people are doing here with the Bibles simply being made available and donated. It goes to show you that these types are all for "selective" freedom of religion so long as its not something they don't believe in themselves. Tolerance is preached by these people while they seek to eliminate other people's points of view. Its really the height of arrogance.
In reply to the story Atheist-Led Bible Battle Brews in Georgia Over the Book's Placement in State-Run Lodges
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May 16, 2013 at 11:42am
The surviving brother said the reason they did what they did was retribution for the United State's involvement in Afghanistan & Iraq and American's attacking muslims in those countries during the wars. What he either fails to admit to himself or fails to see altogether is the fact that, we went to Afghanistan looking for UBL as a result of his group killing thousands of Americans on 9/11. Its not like the U.S. is sitting over here thinking to itself (nor has it ever done this), 'gee how can we go out into the world and harm Muslims today?' This mentality is being pushed so hard right now that the United States just has it out for Muslims in general which is simply not true. The United States has it out for terrorists and murderers whether those terrorists & murderers happen to be Muslims, Christians, Jews, or any other religion. Now, with that said, are we supposed to ignore the fact that a great majority of terrorist acts in the last however many years have been carried about by Muslim extremists who have associated themselves with the Muslim faith purely for the sake of keeping a "politically correct" stature in the world? That would be a really ignorant thing to do. It seems like we afford everyone in the world leniencies they would no doubt deny us if the tables were turned around. Those are the actions of a weak state that will not survive very long in the world I believe.
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May 15, 2013 at 2:13pm
I hope somebody calls him on this eventually but he is not exactly allowed to recuse himself like that. He is a public official that is in an appointed government position. He as attorney general can't just elect not to participate in an investigation by recusing himself. Thats absurd.
May 15, 2013 at 2:09pm
I guess the joke is on society at large. He'll probably make more money as a bartender than he ever would with his degree.
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Lets just cut to the chase & be really really safe here & just make breathing, alcohol, cigarettes, driving, walking, biking, thinking & anything else that could potentially be dangerous…lets make all of it illegal already! I am definitely not for drunk driving under federal law or state law but man oh man…if you think this is a move by the government in the name of our "safety"…spoiler alert: Its not. Its all about how they can make more of us into criminals & raise government revenues.
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I will celebrate the day when Obama's whole entire family, administration & everyone involved is kicked out of the White House for continuing their Chicago crime syndicate at a national level…but man…I can't help but think…if Obama is impeached & removed from office…Biden as President? Wow.
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May 15, 2013 at 9:23am
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May 14, 2013 at 1:50pm
Should have been 00 Buckshot as far as I'm concerned.
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May 14, 2013 at 2:08pm
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a: They have chosen not to submit their kids to our propagandist institutes for learning
b: They are not likely involved with terrorist organizations of any kind
Why wouldn't they get denied?
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May 8, 2013 at 9:33am
Well, this is quite simple. There is something called a magazine change that he would have done in the whole process of shooting the movie theater up like he did. In the military & civilian world, its very possible to put that many bullets downrange in that amount of time.
In reply to Nabuquduriuzhur's comment on the story Colorado Theater Shooting Suspect James Holmes to Enter Insanity Plea
May 8, 2013 at 9:23am
Unfortunately, Conservatives were faced with picking the lesser evil in yet another election in SC. It seems like every local, state, Presidential election we're always stuck choosing the lesser evil. Its kind of like asking someone whether they'd like to get kicked or punched in the cahonas. Either way, you're still going to take a hard hit somewhere you don't want to. I'm sorta glad that Sanford won if I can be glad? Colbert-Busch would have just gone along with whatever Pelosi told her to go along with which would not be good for any state. Just look at California and where its gone really in just a matter of the last 20 years or so. Colbert-Busch was sort of a gimmick politician anyway…I mean how many people can take her seriously as a politician when her brother is who he is? While the Dems are at it, why don't they see if Hulk Hogan has a Liberal brother, that wants to run for a seat?
May 7, 2013 at 1:31pm
Is the next post where you're going to say, "VOTE RON PAUL!?"
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[5] May 7, 2013 at 12:39pm
All the gun control crowd has left to latch onto is their circle jerk parties that assert false statistics that lack any common sense. I fortunately grew up during a time in public schools when they actually taught critical thinking and didn't just indoctrinize students into believing Liberal philosophies. We said the pledge of allegiance every day (everybody standing up out of respect for the country thats saved their a$$es over & over & over)…if we didn't agree with someone else doing something we said, "hmm, maybe I'll respect that person's beliefs (and not try to trample on them or make them into a criminal) and just turn around and walk away if I don't like what they're doing." That is, of course, common sense of which there is none anymore. The good thing about The United States (or used to be the good thing about it anyway before Liberals) is, if you don't want to own a gun, simply don't own a gun. If you want to own a gun, own a gun. If you happen to not like guns, don't get a gun. Its that simple. But don't dishonestly make up statistics and start spreading some intellectually dishonest, non-sensical argument that has no basis as to why more laws (that criminals dont give two s$$$s about anyway) are needed. What do you say we try something crazy like enforcing the current laws we have on the books? I know whats probably fringe thinking at best to people with zero common sense right? Now, I'm probably going to be on one of those Right Wing wa
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May 7, 2013 at 9:10am
Anybody wanna hear a joke? Ok, here it goes. "Toure's ratings." LOL
May 7, 2013 at 9:09am
This man's line of thinking is absolutely wreckless. If he was somehow, by a stroke of horrible luck, allowed to run anything involving national security…I have no doubt he would get people killed.
May 6, 2013 at 3:00pm
Yes, real Christians would be totally for murdering unborn children whether they're inside or outside the woman, enabling lazyness by just saying, "why work, we'll just give you a living you're supposedly entitled to anyway…" and letting nihilistic human beings (that already have all the answers absent of a God) start to bully the world into conforming to their idea of what the world should be. Sounds perfectly good to me.
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May 6, 2013 at 7:59am
The sad truth is that if the actual truth came out, nobody would probably do anything about it since there is no real Conservative leadership right now. Boehner wouldn't do anything, Graham wouldn't do anything etc etc right down the line of them.
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May 2, 2013 at 2:08pm
These school admins are like robots that can only repeat policy in a monotone voice…we don't need people like that teaching kids. This kind of thing just furthers the notion that people have no common sense anymore. Common sense says, "this is a good kid that tried to do the right thing (could have happened to anyone) and is now being punished for it" (because some admin can't look down from their computer screen long enough to form an original thought)…BS
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Wagner College's mainstage season opener got off to a strong and accurate shot with "Annie Get Your Gun," the Irving Berlin classic musical of love and competition.
Performances continue through Sunday so there's still time to get in on the fun. And when we say fun, you have only to look at the faces of each cast member to see sheer joy, whether it's in a kick line or dance formations.
Director Karen Babcock put together a show that honors the 1946 Berlin musical with splashes of safe and well-done knife play and choreographed formations including a rather spectacular gun display.
In about two and a half hours with one intermission, the cast sang, tumbled, stilt-walked and otherwise had a joyous time.
The story centers around Annie Oakley, a young sharp-shooter trying to earn a living to support herself and three siblings hunting and selling her kill. She is so remarkable that she beats Frank Butler, the main attraction of the traveling Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She also falls in love with him, but competition gets in the way and Butler joins the competing Pawnee Bill show.
What a charmer Annie Oakley (Danielle Roth) is with such natural ease. She was able to do what is sometimes difficult with so many models of a role that have come before her, but Roth made the signature songs her very own. She filtered each line through her Appalachian sweetness. Notable songs are "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun' and "Anything You Can Do."
Her love interest, Frank Butler (Matt Ban) was every bit the equal in charm and also used her velvety baritone voice to sway the young Annie and the audience, especially apparent in "The Girl That I Marry."
It wasn't just the main characters in this production that were strong.
Dolly Tate (Jillian Severin), the far more flashy and seasoned performer in Buffalo Bill's show posseses incredible presence and is comfortable in the comic moments without pushing too much.
The men, Buffalo Bill Cody (Christopher DeRosa), Pawnee Bill (Joseph Donnelly) and Charlie Davenport (Michael Pesoli) are very strong characters.
There are also the very adorable siblings of Annie's, Nellie (Erin Fitzpatrick), Jessie (Xhenet Capani) and the scrumptious Little Jake (Nicholas Velleca).
With so many strengths, you forgive any minor flaws like Annie's dirt-smeared face while her clothes are crisp and clean and just hum along with the tunes.


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Phyllis M. Humes, 87, of Old Fort, died Feb. 19, 2014.
She was born May 29, 1926, to Jesse King and Thelma Comer. She married Robert Humes I and he preceded her in death.
She is survived by two sons, Robert Humes II of Denver, Colorado, and William Humes of Old Fort, and a brother, Daniel Botkin of Findlay.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Robert; a sister, Carol Jane; and a daughter, Margaret Bockbrader.
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Authors Bill and Mary Lewis will discuss their book series, "Through the Heartland on US 20: Eastern New York," at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at the New Lebanon Library, 550 State Route 20.
The authors will discuss their travels and the places of significance of this scenic route which begins in Boston and travels 3,365 miles to Newport, Ore. The event will include a film of some of the book's Eastern New York highlights. Following the discussion, the authors will sign copies of the book.
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RABUN, Alabama -- A Rabun man trying to install an antenna is believed to have been electrocuted, Baldwin County Coroner Stan Vinson said Friday.
The body of Orlanders Mark Chafin, 51, was found by a family member around 10 a.m. today on Paul Road in northeast Baldwin County, Vinson said. Chafin was last seen about noon Thursday.
"All indications are that he got messed up in a power line or was struck by lightning," the coroner said. The victim's body had apparently come in contact with high voltage, said Vinson, and a burn mark was also found on the pole he was working to mount the 15-20 foot antenna on.
An autopsy is to be performed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
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* Improved: Added a Reset button to clear history in the Open/Add URL dialog
* Improved: Added an option to disable the mouse wheel from altering the volume
* Improved: Added more commandline switches (run: winamp.exe /? to see full list)
* Improved: All menus now use the skinned style when option is enabled in ML settings
* Improved: Disable all online features when no internet connection selected in Prefs
* Improved: High DPI & text scaling compatibility fixes for dialogs & library views
* Improved: Increased notification area tooltips up to 128 chars (instead of 64)
* Improved: Library views now optionally group the 'Play' and 'Enqueue' buttons
* Improved: Mass metadata editor from library now also available in Playlist Editor
* Improved: Retry UAC prompt if user previously selected "No" (for relevant settings)
* Improved: Speed-up of Winamp shutdown process
* Improved: [gen_ff] Added a setting to control show/hide time for docked toolbars
* Improved: [gen_ml] Drag & drop handling tweaks
* Improved: [ml_downloads] Added 'Size' column
* Improved: [ml_history] New options for resuming playback (for podcasts or all files)
* Improved: [ml_history] Added a 'Play Offset' column with right-click option to clear
* Improved: [ml_local] Added Podcast, BPM & Rating fields to Ctrl+E metadata editor
* Improved: [ml_local/history/pmp] Added F8 to refresh current search
* Improved: [ml_nowplaying/wire] Added support to use alternative services
* Improved: [ml_playlists] Option to use source file instead of database-managed copy
* Improved: [ml_pmp] Added a simple view to match Local library support
* Improved: [pmp_android/usb] Added support to File Name Formatting
* Fixed: Agent not using Winamp window if a clone is already running (eg. KMPlayer)
* Fixed: Fallback issue with lang packs when loading accelerator tables
* Fixed: Length not being read when set to read titles on load
* Fixed: Ratings-related freeze on right-clicking large selections in playlist editor
* Fixed: Saving to wrong extension for the 'Save As' action in the Alt+3 Artwork tab
* Fixed: Unicode characters not displaying in taskbar when some old plugins are present
* Fixed: Various issues with aero-peek and docking of freeform skins as an appbar
* Fixed: [gen_ff] Docking to bottom/right when windowframe scale is anything but 1.0
* Fixed: [gen_jumpex] 'Jump to File' window not always visible when pressing 'J' or 'F3'
* Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Broken 'Add to Library' shell menu item
* Fixed: [gen_tray] Lockup/double-start issues when using the 'Prev' action
* Fixed: [in_flac] Removal of embedded artwork
* Fixed: [in_midi] Memory comparison crash with badly formed .kar files
* Fixed: [libmp4v2] Crash due to invalid pointer check on corrupt files
* Fixed: [ml_local] Search filters with unicode characters not being remembered
* Fixed: [ml_playlists] Remove invalid characters from playlist name on export
* Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Crash on bad path
* Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Use filename if no metadata available to generate filepath
* Misc: [installer] Added a "Winamp (Safe Mode)" option to start menu icons
* Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations (lots of them!)
* Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.02.16
* Updated: [enc/in_vorbis] libogg 1.3.1
* Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.32
* Updated: [in_wave] libsndfile 1.0.25
The Pro & Full installers are the same for this release (No OpenCandy/Emusic/AOLSearch/Toolbar).
This is the best release of Winamp ever, imo, but let's just hope & pray that it's not the last...
However, this will be the last AOL/Nullsoft release of Winamp :-(
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Known Issues
Some mp3 files might cause Winamp to crash.
If you experience this issue, then please use in_mp3.dll from build 3512 instead (Info | Download).
Weird black pixels on corners of Bento & Modern skin notifier. Fixed png files available here.
What works
Normal use works
Volume control equaliser etc
Drag'N'Drop works
playlist management works
Network streams works
Minimise to tray
What does not
if the winamp window is not minimized and another window overlap winamps window the playlist panel stays on top
enqueued for playing files doesnt affect the playing order (if i enqueue a file and i'm on shuffle winamp will ignore the enqueued file)
Global hotkeys
What was not tested
Video playback
Media library
Visualisation plugins
Additional Comments
For optimal experience using application install the following DLLs from winetricks:-comctl32-directmusic-directplay-directx9 (Overkill but helps in the long run)-gdiplus-ie8 (For web browser functionality)-mfc42-vcrun6OR run:winetricks comctl32 directmusic directplay directx9 gdiplus ie8 mfc42 vcrun6
you use the modern skin you might need to enlarge the main window for
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Bette Midler - The Rose - The Original Soundtrack Recording
Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: XSD 16010
Format: Vinyl, LP
Vinyl: VG++, a few scuffs
Cover has minor wear to edges and corners
Includes original inner sleeve
Country: Canada issue
Released: 1979
Genre: Non-Music, Pop, Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Spoken Word, Ballad
A1 Whose Side Are You On 3:58
A2 Midnight In Memphis 3:23
A3 Concert Monologue 2:42
A4 When A Man Loves A Woman 4:42
A5 Sold My Soul To Rock N' Roll 3:23
A6 Keep On Rockin' 3:02
B1 Love Me With A Feeling 3:38
B2 Camellia 2:42
B3 Homecoming Monologue 1:22
B4 Stay With Me 5:00
B5 Let Me Call You Sweetheart 1:30
B6 The Rose 3:40
Producer [Associate] - Bill Gazecki
Producer, Arranged By - Paul A. Rothchild
Concerts Recorded Live During June & July 1978
The soundtrack for this 1979 film is the most paradoxical album of Bette Midler's career. "The Rose," the album, is arguably the best of Midler's live albums, but the songs are all new and more in the mode of rock 'n' roll ala Janis Joplin than the 1940s boogie woogie and other song types that brought Midler to prominence. As if to underscore the point, "The Rose," the song, plays to Midler's strengths as a vocalist while running counter to all the other songs on the album. It is a beautiful song and there really is a sense in which it is the only true Bette Midler song on the album, because the rest are being sung by Mary Rose Foster, a.k.a. "The Rose," the singer. But overall, the soundtrack is basically the best parts of the film.
With "Midnight in Memphis" Midler proves she could be a pretty great blues signer and "Stay With Me" takes on almost epic proportions as the Rose self-destructs on stage before her hometown audience. The flaw of this album, if you want to call it that, is that these songs are performed in character. You have to pity the person who pickes up this soundtrack without having seen the film and does not understand why Midler's voice goes through some serious deterioration in the final set of tracks. Compare "Stay With Me" with her cover of "When a Man Loves a Woman" and you have a sense of what might have been (or the version on "Divine Madness"). Still, there is something to be said for staying faithful to the film in this regard, which is why it is a pity the concert monologue has been sanitized. Of course, if you have seen the movie then you have to wonder why the tour de force version of Bob Seger's "Fire Down Below," which the Rose does with a bevy of female impersonators, was ommitted from the soundtrack because there is no way it would be considered the least worthy song from the film.
This album was produced by Paul Rothchild, who also did "Pearl," Joplin's final studio album, which certainly explains how Midler manages to capture the Joplin sound during the concerts recorded in the summer of 1978. You have to wonder what sort of demons Rothchild exorcised in putting this album together. The album made it to #12 on the Billboard charts while the the cover of "When a Man Loves a Woman" made it to #35 and then the title song made it to #3 as a single after Midler got her Oscar nomination (how it avoided hitting the top I do not know). In retrospect it seems there was no place for Midler to go but down after her smash film debut, but while she has never had a cinematic success to rival "The Rose," this is the film that put her on the A list of performers, a spot that she still inhabits. Final Note: I always liked "Camellia," the instrumental piece that Steve Hunter wrote as the Rose's introduction music. Like most of the songs on this album, it is one when the images of the film and the music are entwined in my mind.
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What do Mormons believe about the Holy Ghost? Who is the Holy Ghost?
The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead, along with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost is one in purpose with the Father and the Son, but is a separate being. Through Joseph Smith, the Lord revealed:
The Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us. (Doctrine and Covenants 130:22)
The special mission of the Holy Ghost is to testify of the Father and the Son, to reveal the truth (Book of Mormon, Moroni 10:4,5), to comfort us (John 14:26), and to sanctify us. He is a divine guide and teacher.
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The Holy Ghost is a spirit that the Lord chose to be our companion while we are here on Earth. He is also known as the Comforter. He is the one that helps us make choices between right and wrong; He guides to make our own decisions; He gives us comfort when we feel sad, stressed, or lonely. He helps us feel happy when we are in good places with good people. When I read the Book of Mormon for the first time, it was the Holy Ghost that helped me understand what I was reading and if the Book of Mormon was true. The Holy Ghost also helps us to know if someone needs our help or if we need to get out of a certain situation. He is our guide, and everything He tells us is what the Lord wants us to know. Show more
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the holy ghost is a guide for us after baptism we receive the holy through the laying on of hands when we are confirmed a member he is our guide friend and companion he gives us inspiration he can warning us in times of need he is always there as long as we live the gospel and work towards being a better person but we have to be open and listening to the still small voice . Show more
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The Holy Ghost is one of the three beings in the Godhead.(The godhead consists of God the Father, Jesus Christ God's son, and The Holy Ghost) The Holy Ghost testifies of truth regarding the gospel. He does not need to testify that 3X5=15 that would be ridiculous. The Holy Ghost, unlike God and Jesus Christ, does not have a body of flesh and bone, but he is a spirit so he can reside in us and testify when need be. When you pray and ask God something, say "Is The Book of Mormon true?" the holy ghost comes and tells you through your feelings that it is true. Some times the Holy Ghost will tell you things though your thoughts with your voice, like"I shouldn't be dating that girl because she is not modest". Sometimes even, the Holy Ghost will tell you straight out like "go do this" but only if you've been living the gospel as best as you can and that thing really needs to be done. The Holy Ghost will not be with you if you are not living righteously. Show more
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The Holy Ghost is Heavenly Father's agent who is with us day and night. He hears our prayers, and is our protector. He will warns us of danger, or that we might be straying or being deceived. He is that small voice that I listen to, and trust when I need guidance. He is the part of the Godhead of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. After Baptism we are blessed with the gift of the Holy Ghost, but cannot take it for granted. Show more
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The Holy Ghost is the unsung hero outside the LDS church. The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead, he was there when Jesus was baptized, in the form of a dove. When Jesus was on the Earth, the Holy Ghost wasn't. Once Jesus died and was resurrected, the Holy Ghost dwelt on the Earth. The Apostles had the Gift of the Holy Ghost once Jesus left the Earth. Today you receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by one holding the Priesthood of God. The Holy Ghost provides comfort and gives us our answers to our prayers and helps us understand doctrine. The Holy Ghost is essential for us. The Holy Ghost helps us in our every day life to discern from good and bad. We need the influence of the Holy Ghost in our lives. Show more
Jenn answered...
We believe that the Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead. We believe that He doesn't have a body of flesh and bones, but is a spirit. He helps us in many ways. He testifies of the Father and of Jesus Christ. He helps us to recognize truth. He is also called the Comforter. He can be with us always. He can guide us and protect us from harm. We often refer to it as the gift of the Holy Ghost, and it really is a precious gift to me. Show more
David answered...
The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead, along with our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. He does not have a physical body, but is a spirit. He guides honest people to find truth, and can warn of physical or spiritual dangers. We feel his influence as joy, peace, meekness, and temperance (Galatians 5:22). He confirms good actions by giving us these feelings. Show more
Richard L. answered...
The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead. There are three members, Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. All are separate and distinct beings. I know that the Holy Ghost testifies of truth. I can say that I know because I have had that happen in my life. It is not just a belief any more. In fact, if your reading in the New Testament, it tells us in there what the Holy Ghost feels like and when he is testifying that what you are hearing is true. In Galatians 5: 22, that is where it tells a person what the Holy Ghost feels like. When you have experienced the suggestions of the Holy Ghost, and for me that has been a bunch, but somewhat of time in between each experience and based upon needing to know which direction I need to go, spiritually or in a physical scenario, I know that even though I go ahead and move without knowing what is going to happen, the Lord will, through the Holy Ghost, lead and guide me where I should go and what I should do in certain situations that exist in, and throughout, my life. I know that because I have experienced it and I know that it is true. Show more
Andrew answered...
We believe that the Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead, with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. They are three distinct separate beings. (Examples, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, Acts 7:55, 3 Nephi 11:7) God the Father and Jesus Christ both have bodies of flesh and bones along with Spirits the reside within them. The Holy Ghost is a spirit that does not have a physical body, allowing him to fulfill His mission. (Doctrine and Covenants 130:22-23) The Holy Ghost's role is to instruct (Nehemiah 9:20, John 14:26, 2 Nephi 32:5, Moroni 10:5, D&C 39:6), to bring to remembrance (John 14:26, Mark 13:11), to testify (Nehemiah 9:30, John 15:26, Hebrews 10:15, 2 Nephi 31:18, 2 Nephi 33:1, 3 Nephi 28:11, Moroni 10:5), to guide and to reveal (John 16:13, Mark 13:11, D&C 68:4, 2 Nephi 32:5, Alma 12:3, D&C 8:2, D&C 11:12, D&C 39:6), to bear record of and to glorify God and Christ (John 16:14, 2 Nephi 31:18, 3 Nephi 28:11, Ether 12:41, Moroni 10:7, D&C 20:27), to empower (1 Corinthians 2:13, 2 Timothy 1:7, 2 Nephi 33:1), to sanctify (John 3:5, Titus 3:5, 3 Nephi 27:20), to bring a remission of our sins (2 Nephi 31:17), to speak the Truth (Jacob 4:13, Moroni 10:4-5, D&C 8:2) and to convert (3 Nephi 15:22-23). From Galatians 5:22-23 we learn what the fruits of the Spirit are and how we can recognize them. We believe that the Holy Ghost has a special mission to help us on our journey through mortality to some day return back into the presence of our God, Heavenly Father. Show more


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Jason was ecstatic to get rid of the car in the city and the drop off was quick and painless. We'd driven almost 3,700 kilometres down from Cairns, bringing our total in Australia to over 11,000 and beyond 16,500 including New Zealand. Jason's rough calculation estimated that between driving and sleeping we'd spent the equivalent of more than three continuous weeks in the car over a two and a half month period.
Having our own shower and bathroom for the first time since Bali was well worth the splurge
After washing ourselves it was time to launder all of our clothes. The washing machines worked fine but the first dryer we tried was on the fritz. The one that was working was full of lint and sludge from the last thousand loads so Jason had to scrub the inside before putting our things in it. For $12 our clothes came out almost as clean as they were before washing them. We snacked for dinner in the underground dungeon dining room while waiting for the laundry to finish. An Italian family joined us and we shared stories of our homes as well as our travels.
After sleeping in to enjoy the crisp linens and comfy bed, we met the Italians again over breakfast, along with a Dutch couple living just outside Christchurch, New Zealand. The earthquake damage remains there and they said it will take at least a decade for the area to recover.
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Hey Em, just wanted to say hello. I've been following your progress (and your blog) and don't really have anything to say, but congratulations on your surgery! I think it's really wonderful that you were able to do that for yourself
Ugh - sugar detox. I feel for you.
You can have my weather, this sucks, seriously.
The boobs however... well yeah, I am appreciating the new cleavage a fair bit. That does look rather good. Not having to wear a bra in one of those shelf tank tops is really comfy in the heat too and it's amazing having my boobs stand up on their own!!
I did a sort through my underwear drawer yesterday and surprisingly, the majority of my pre-surgery bras still fit. It just goes to show that my boobs haven't increased in size that much. Except that now, instead of sitting in a puddle in the bottom of the cup, my boobs now fill it out quite nicely with that upper roundness that looks so nice. My boobs kinda remind me of how they used to be when I was 25 (before I got fat). I'm really glad that Dr Nasir was so conservative with the implant size, it looks so much more natural. Believe it or not, no-one here has noticed, not even my kids!
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Saturday night here and the heatwave has finally broken. It's been over 100*F for the last five days and it's just been hell. Our A/C is playing up and only cooling the bedroom end of the house, of course no-one was available to come and check it out (the repair guy is coming next Saturday!) so the living end of the house has been disgustingly hot. It's great that our rooms are cool so that we can sleep (it's only been getting down to 80 overnight), but it has meant we've really suffered through this week. When it's that hot, it just sucks the life out of you. It's hard to find the energy to do anything at all. Even worse, because of my (very nearly completely healed) wounds, I can't get in a pool or the ocean yet (Doc said 6 weeks). The kids and I love the beach in the evenings when it's hot and we haven't been able to go. Anyway, there's a nice cool sea breeze blowing now and it's going to be 90 tomorrow, which is still hot, but it's not anywhere near as bad as 105!
Next week life gets interesting. My new job starts on Monday after a month off work! It's going to be a very interesting adjustment period for me and the kids. I haven't worked fulltime since before the (nearly 9 year old) twins were born. Back then I was married but child-free and I found life hard enough to organise then! Now I'm a single mother of 3 young kids, I have no idea how I'm going to manage. I think I'm going to have to become one of those disgustingly well organised people who doesn't have any downtime except for the occasional evening. My weekends will be spent cleaning and cooking food for the week, keeping the backyard tidy and trying to fit in some quality time with my kids and my man. This is a 180* spin from the girl who could while away an entire day drinking coffee with the laptop on my thighs! I'm going to be exhausted!!
My belly and boobs are coming along great. My abdominoplasty scar is now completely healed as is my new navel. My left breast is healed but I have 2 tiny areas on my right that haven't quite healed over yet. I still have a fair bit of tightness in my pecs, but it's getting better everyday. I'm feeling really good though and am able to do pretty much all my normal activities now.
Tomorrow is my last day of freedom before work, so I guess I'd better clean the house and finish the washing. Blegh..
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August 2010: 207 lb, 37" waist, 25+% BF | Currently: 177 lb, 33" waist, ~15% BF
I have a new site up and will soon be blogging at The Wayward Mind. (My journal is semi-retired at this point)
YAY for the new job you will be all good. Lots of precooked meals will be the trick I think
YAY for healed body. Sounds like you are doing great.
BTW did the extra skin weigh much? Weird question I know, but its something ive been curious about for me.
Hi Em!!!
I'm so happy to hear you're doing well and healing up! Sucky on the heat tho... we've been having 75-80 every day here in San Diego... pissing off my friends in the old areas!! LOL
Have you been massaging the pecs? That REALLY helps loosen them up eventually so that it's not all tight. That should be Pete's new job. And good on going with what fits your body. That's what I did way back in the day and I was so grateful. But yes... nice when bras are optional and not needed!
I am so with you on the not low carb thing. I really do think that some of us just have those sensitive thyroids and can't do super low carb without sending our body into a panic/tailspin! I eat a lot of sweet potatoes and small amounts of rice (gasp!!), and some dairy-- mostly greek yogurt. Still, my carbs arent' out of control by any means, but it does make a diff to my body as well!
You'll do fine being back to work full time. Hey, you were spending hours and hours studying and writing papers and such... now you'll JUST be working and can come home and hang with the fam! I'm in my last class (an online one-- last week of it this week), and trying to get in for a practicum placement for my internship. Just went to an orientation for this amazing hospice internship that I WANT... but it's really competitive, so we'll see. I'm also applying to two others right now and am still looking, so something will come up, but what a TIRING process!!!
Good to see such good things going on for you woman... you deserve it!
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I have been massaging and I know it's helping, the tightness is much better than it was. If I gave the job to Pete, I'd spend my life in bed.
Good luck with your internship, I really hope you get your first choice. xxx
Well, my first week is over and it was awesome - well lots of awesome interspersed with boredom. We spent a fair bit of time in the conference room being 'oriented' with lectures and presentations. I finally got into theatres though and it's been awesome.
I've been allocated to anaesthetics for my first three month rotation which means I work with an anaesthetist everyday and help to get people put under for their operations. There's a fair bit to the anaesthetic nurse role, I'll even be cannulating and intubating people by the time I've finished the rotation! My second three months are in scrub/scout which is what I was doing in my clinical placements last year. I've been allocated to orthopaedics, general surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracics! My third rotation is three months in post-anaesthesia care or recovery where the patients wake up after their operation. My last three months are up to me! I'm a bit unique in that I'm doing my whole 12 month grad program in theatre, all the other grads are going to the ward for their second six months. I've been told that I can spend my final three months in the area that I like the most. So if anaesthetics are my thing, I can go back there. If I still love scrub/scout, I can do that but choose which specialty I work in. It's pretty awesome to have this opportunity. I was told today that they're expecting big things from me - no pressure.
I was definitely not organised enough this week, I didn't have enough food in the house and I hadn't planned what I was going to take for lunches. I pretty much lived on cheese and fruit all week, with the occasional foray to buy some sushi. I've pulled a bunch of stewing meat and oxtail out of the freezer today and I'm going to cook up a bunch of oxtail soup and stew this weekend. I know it's the middle of summer, but they keep it as cold as a witch's tit in the theatres and a hot lunch will go down a treat!
Even though I have a shit ton of washing and cooking to do this weekend......... TFIF!!!
You sound excited and passionate about what you do, that's a great combo for success!I was told today that they're expecting big things from me - no pressure.
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Everything sounds so exciting for you
Thanks for sharing about the skin, I was very curious LOL
Another weird question, can you lay on your belly without your boobs feeling weird?
Just thinking ahead, as in crossfit there is a bit of laying on your belly with stretching and stuff, and I have been wondering if they will be uncomfortable to lay on, or get in the way?


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HOLLAND, MI - Eight Hope College students have landed summer research awards, enabling them to spend the next few months digging into projects on biology, physics and nursing.
The Bultman Summer Research Awards include a $4,000 stipend, and were awarded to: Lauren Bedard, Mike Bischak, Jacob Bonnema, Eric Greve, Nick Haugen, Minchul Kim, Audrey LaRoche and B.J. Schulz.
The awards were named after Hope President James Bultman, who is retiring at the end of the school year.
Related: Federal grants propel Hope College as national leader in student research
The eight students are among more than 125 students – which include Hope students, students from other colleges and high school students – performing research at the college this summer.


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Here is an update on Monday's blog entry on the V-V-S FFA chapter:
Congratulations go out to Keith Schiebel, adviser of the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School FFA chapter for being named the National Agriscience Teacher of the Year runner-up.
Schiebel sent out information Monday about the national convention last week in Indianapolis and how he and his chapter fared. He said he has placed as a finalist for the national teacher award.
But today, a news release was issued by FFA stating he was the runner-up.
Here is what the news release has to say about Schiebel:
"Keith Schiebel, who teaches at Verona-Verona-Sherrill Central School in Verona, N.Y., sees maple trees when he talks about science.
With a six-acre maple sugarbush and maple processing facility, Schiebel knows he can teach a variety of sciences by simply using the maple tree. Students learn chemistry of maple sap, the physics of gases, liquids and solids, the biology of maple cells and more. By producing and
marketing their own agricultural product, students are able to learn about science as well as
the rewards of finishing a project.
Scheibel was named National Agriscience Teacher of the Year runner up on Oct. 24
at the 81st National FFA Convention during an onstage ceremony. The Agriscience Teacher of the Year award recognizes outstanding agriculture teachers who emphasize agriscience technology in their curriculum. Finalists have developed innovative programs in food, environmental, animal, plant, soil and mechanical/engineering sciences.
The program is sponsored by PotashCorp as a special project of the National FFApres."
The V-V-S chapter was a Model of Innovation finalist for the National FFA Chapter Award program and placed in the top 10. The chapter was one of 30 finalists selected from a pool of more than 600 chapters nationwide. Top Model of Innovation chapters showcase unique and innovative ideas and activities.
Student Samuel Getman was honored as a national finalist in Home and/or Community Development category and received a finals plaque.
The FFA National Convention was Oct. 22-25.


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Trail Visitors Encouraged to Clean up after Pets
New plastic bag dispensers and containers for dog waste have been placed at Susanville area trailheads on the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail in an effort to improve scenic beauty and sanitation.
"We are encouraging people who walk their dogs on this beautiful recreational trail to bring plastic bags from home or to use the plastic bags from the dispenser boxes to pick up after their pets and dispose of their waste at trailhead containers" said Amy Holmen of the Lassen Land and Trails Trust. "If we all pitch in we can maintain and improve the beauty of this trail that we love so much."
The new containers and dispensers are at the historic Susanville Railroad Depot, Richmond Road (caboose), Miller Road and Hobo Camp trailheads. Holmen asked that people bring excess plastic grocery bags on their trail outings to help keep the dispensers stocked.
"It is an excellent way to reuse these bags," she said, "and if we all work to keep the boxes full, it will easier for all users to help keep the trail clean."
In addition to removing the unsightliness of dog waste, proper disposal is important for public health and natural resource reasons.
Pet waste contains bacteria and parasites that can spread diseases to pets and humans. Additionally, pet waste contributes to water pollution. It is one pollution source that can be controlled by thoughtful pet owners.
More information is available from the Lassen Land and Trails Trust, (530) 257-3252.
The Lassen Land and Trails Trust is a non-profit, member-supported organization working to conserve natural resources and working lands and to promote and enhance Lassen County Trails. It partners with the Bureau of Land Management's Eagle Lake Field Office to manage and promote the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail.
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Bethlehem City Council quickly moved a step closer to firing one of its police officers Tuesday night.
Council unanimously approved putting a resolution on its March 18 agenda to terminate Richard Hoffman, who has been a full-time police officer in the city since July 2003.
"I'll make a motion that we terminate Officer Richard Hoffman," said council member Michael Recchiuti.
Council president J. William Reynolds stressed that motion actually is to vote on a resolution to terminate Hoffman on March 18.
The 7-0 vote was taken in less than two minutes, in stark contrast to the Feb. 24 public hearing detailing why the city's police department wants Hoffman fired, a hearing that lasted more than three-and-a-half hours.
While council members questioned the 11 witnesses who testified at that hearing, no one on the council expressed any opinions about the case before Tuesday night's vote.
Atty. William Leeson, the city solicitor, said no legal restriction prohibits members of the council from sharing their opinions about the case before the March 18 vote. "That may happen at the next meeting," he said.
The 35-year-old Hoffman did not testify at the Feb. 24 hearing, where the city's case against him was presented to council.
"It's an uncontested matter," said Recchiuti after the meeting. "He's not contesting being fired by the city. He didn't challenge any of the evidence that came in, so we have to accept that as true.
"He has recourse under his contract through the arbitration process, which he's electing to do. But before he can take the steps for that recourse under the contract, he has to be terminated."
Shortly after 3 a.m. on Aug, 8, the off-duty police officer was in a car accident near the intersection of High and E. Broad streets in the city.
Hoffman was charged with careless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol, with a blood alcohol concentration of .16 -- twice the legal limit in Pennsylvania.
But the police department's recommendation that City Council terminate Hoffman is not based solely on that accident.
During the hearing, council learned about other reprimands he received from the department and other incidents in which police officials said alcohol played a role in his belligerent behavior – including one where he allegedly grabbed a man by the throat and threatened a south Bethlehem bar owner and his bouncer.
Those incidents and reprimands sporadically occurred during most of the years Hoffman was with the police department, beginning in 2005 when he threatened a Philadelphia police officer who handcuffed and detained him.
"Our options are limited under the Third Class City Code," said Recchiuti. "We can suspend him for up to 30 days. We can fine him. We can terminate him."
Asked why council needs to go through a two-step process with a resolution to terminate Hoffman's employment, rather than simply voting to terminate him in one meeting, Leeson said: "Council traditionally will take matters under advisement through a sequence of meetings. They are handling this one the same way."
The city solicitor said council is following the same procedure it has followed in the past with contested termination hearings.
No member of the public expressed any comments about the Hoffman case during the City Council meeting.
Tuesday night's action on Hoffman's case went down a bit differently than announced at the Feb 24 hearing.
Atty. David Spengler, who served as City Council's solicitor that night, announced a decision on the case would by made by council on March 4.
Specifically, he said council would vote on whether or not to find Hoffman guilty. He explained that vote would be followed by council passing a resolution on March 18 to support the March 4 decision.
Proposed hiring freeze
On another matter, council took no action on a proposed resolution to impose a money-saving hiring freeze on all city employees except police, fire and emergency medical services personnel.
The resolution was on Tuesday's agenda only as an item under communications, to be considered for a vote at a future meeting or referred to a committee.
It was proposed by Recchiuti, who chairs the finance committee.
He proposed the resolution in response to comments by Mayor Robert Donchez who, on Feb. 18, told City Council snow that fell just during the previous week had cost the city about $300,000.
The mayor also said overtime and other costs associated with this winter's snow plowing and snow removal will impact the city budget.
At Tuesday's council meeting, Recchiuti asked the mayor if he had a chance to review his proposed resolution "and do you have a position on it?"
The mayor did not give him a direct answer.
"My position is that this administration from day one has set the tone of fiscal restraint," said Donchez. "I've charged my department heads with the task of evaluating all open positions and to find ways to make government more efficient.
"As mayor, I've set the tone myself by using my own car, paying for my own gasoline and paying for my own insurance. We are reviewing the city's car policy with efforts to reduce costs.
"We are currently updating the five-year financial plan and, when this report is completed, I will share it with City Council and release it to the public.
"In June, the administration will provide City Council with a six-month financial report on expenditures and revenues.
"During the next few weeks I will be announcing a financial advisory committee to work with the administration in recommending initiatives to make government more efficient and to validate our five-year plan."
Donchez said it's been a difficult winter, but the administration has made necessary budget adjustments. He promised: "This administration will continue to exercise fiscal restraint."
After Tuesday's meeting, Donchez declined to say if he supports or opposes the proposed hiring freeze. "My statement speaks for itself," said the mayor.
Recchiuti said he thinks the mayor is against such a freeze.
After Donchez made his comments about his initiatives to ensure fiscal restraint, Recchiuti recommended his proposed hiring freeze resolution go back to the finance committee for further discussion. Reynolds agreed.
After the meeting, Recchiuti said he has questions about the administration's plan to pay expenses with some borrowed capital funds.
The mayor said he presented council with a list of open positions in the city. "Every position will be evaluated to see if it's something that we need," said Donchez.


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Powell's 4-Minute Workout: Thursday
Wake up a bit earlier and drop 6 pounds this month. Just follow these oh-so-easy tips from Chris and Heidi Powell of ABC's "Extreme Weight Loss."
Can you really get a great workout in just 4 minutes? Absolutely. Trainer's Chris and Heidi Powell of ABC's Extreme Weight Loss show you how. Grab your timer and get ready to sweat. On Thursday, you'll do 20 seconds of reverse lunges, 20 seconds of marching soldiers, rest for 10 seconds and then repeat until you get to 4 minutes. For the reverse lunges, alternate legs and keep your knees behind your toes. For the marching soldiers, you're on your back alternating lifting your left and right knee.


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Statutory guidance
Special guardianship guidance
Statutory guidance on the special guardianship services local authorities need to provide in accordance with the Children Act 1989.
This guidance is for local authorities.
It outlines the special guardianship support services which local authorities are required to provide.
It should be used along with:
- The Special Guardianship Regulations 2005
- the Children Act 1989
- the Adoption and Children Act 2002
Statutory guidance is issued by law. You must follow it unless there's a good reason not to.


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After having their first child, Nicole and her husband never imagined the unfathomable heartbreak that would come with trying to have their second. They would come to experience two ectopic pregnancies and two more miscarriages.
The couple was mired in anger and emptiness, but they maintained their faith that God had a future of hope and promise ahead of them. After Nicole dreamed that a baby boy would join their family, they became pregnant again. Against all odds and fears, Benjamin arrived into their world.


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A man is in critical condition following a shooting this afternoon outside an auto body shop in the Bayou St. John neighborhood. It was the third shooting within a 40-minute span today in New Orleans.
The latest gunfire occurred about 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of Toulouse and North Gayoso streets. A man was shot outside an auto body shop in the middle of the block, across the street from a warehouse. Police cordoned off several surrounding streets in the wake of the shooting.
Additional details were not immediately available.
This follows two others shootings this afternoon in the city.
The first one took place shortly before 3 p.m. in the 7100 block of Deanne Street in eastern New Orleans. There, a male was shot in the neck, according to New Orleans police spokeswoman Remi Braden.
The second shooting occurred a few minutes later in the 4300 block of South Carrollton Avenue, near Baudin Street. There, a male was shot in the stomach.
Additional details, such as the ages of the victims, were not immediately released.


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Greece Strikes Again
It's happened again.
Just as bankers were beginning to hope that Greece had finally ceased to plague their deals, Union Bank of India decided not to go ahead with a deal immediately at the end of its dollar bond roadshow.
This, despite the emergence of a European Union plan Sunday to offer Greece up to 30 billion euros in loans, which bankers had hoped would soothe investor nerves.
It appears, however, this wasn't enough to convince investors to offer Union Bank the pricing it was gunning for.


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Let's face it, over the past several years there has been a paradigm shift away from traditional ground-and-pound, ball-control offenses to more fast-paced, high-octane ones that have the potential to run twice as many plays during the course of a game.
But for a traditional coach like Alabama's Nick Saban, this new offensive philosophy has been, well, offensive.
Saban contends the fast-paced offensive philosophy that dominates the college football landscape is a detriment to the game and its players.
"The way people are going no-huddle right now, that at some point in time we should look at how fast we allow the game to go in terms of player safety," he said. "The team gets into formation and you can't substitute defensive players. You go on a 14-, 16-, 18-play drive and they're snapping the ball as fast as you can go, and you look out there and all your players are walking around and can't get lined up, and that's when guys have a much greater chance of getting hurt when they're not ready to play."
Do you agree with Saban's take?
This fast-paced brand of football has spread to the high school level, as well, and is believed to be at least partly responsible for the type of record-breaking game, season and career numbers that have recently been produced.
For instance, last Friday, in a 104-80 victory over Harrells Christian (N.C.), Davidson Day (N.C.) quarterback Chris Grier completed 35-of-42 passes for a national-record 837 yards and 10 touchdowns. Grier's passing yardage (5,294) and touchdowns (64) this season are currently good for fourth and sixth in national history. The combined 184 points is also a national record.
But for those traditionalists out there like Saban, fear not, the passing records aren't the only marks in jeopardy of falling.
Yulee (Fla.) running back Derrick Henry, an Alabama commitment, is just 103 yards from eclipsing Ken Hall's 59-year-old national career high school rushing record of 11,232. Henry's 21 carry, 409-yard, six-touchdown performance Friday in his team's 56-6 win over Hamilton Country gives him 11,130 yards in his career and 3,266 yards and 44 touchdowns this season. While Henry's season rushing yardage is a Florida record, and his career rushing yardage, barring some unforeseen circumstance, will soon be a national record, his career yardage numbers are not a Florida record.
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Senior Glades Day (Fla.) running back and Florida commitment Kelvin Taylor, son of former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor, holds the state's all-time rushing record with 11,418 yards (as of Nov. 2). His yardage, however, won't earn him the national record because the National Federation of High Schools, which tracks national records, does not recognize the 1,584 yards he accumulated as an eighth grader playing varsity.
On Sept 21, 2012, Henry, 6 feet 3, 243 pounds, carried 45 times for 510 yards and six touchdowns, breaking the Florida single-game record in a 45-28 victory over Jackson (Jacksonville, Fla.). Henry, who is averaging 326 yards per game this season, goes for the record against Taylor County (Fla.) on Friday in the opening-round of the Class 4A state playoffs.
National career high school rushing leaders
Player - Career rushing yards - High school (years) - College
1. Ken Hall – 11,232 – Sugar Land (Texas), (1950-53) – Texas A&M
2. Derrick Henry – 11,130 – Yulee (Fla.), (2009-12)
3. Michael Hart – 11,045 – Syracuse (N.Y.) Onondaga Central, (2000-03) – Michigan
4. Kevin Parks, Jr. – 10,895 – Mount Ulla (N.C.) West Rowan, (2006-09) – Virginia
5. Johnathan Gray – 10,889 – Aledo (Texas), (2008-11) – Texas
(Original list courtesy of BamaOnline.com)
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By Jerome Kohlberg and Matthew Boulay
One of us started grade school in the 1930s while the other graduated high school in the 1980s and today has children in elementary school. If you think about America over the last eight decades, you're struck again and again by the determination and innovation of our country: We rose from the depths of the Depression to lead the fight against fascism, the post-war boom gave rise to the world's first middle class, astronauts and scientists flew us to the moon, our hospitals and research universities pioneered medical advances that heal people in every corner of the planet, and our proud, courageous citizens marched and sang and sacrificed until the civil rights laws of this country were changed forever.
Despite these incredible advances, one element of society has remained remarkably unchanged: the structure of the school calendar with its long summer break.
Forty years of educational research conclude that summer learning loss is one of the most important causes of the achievement gap in America. On average, most America students lose two months of math skills during the summer, and low-income students also lose an equally alarming amount of reading skills. Researchers from Johns Hopkins argue that up to two-thirds of the ninth-grade achievement gap in reading between lower and higher income youth can be explained by summer learning loss during the elementary school years.
Beyond its deleterious impact on student achievement, summer learning loss has enormous negative consequences for school finances and efficiency. For nine months during the school year, we invest extraordinary time and resources into promoting student learning: On average, we spend approximately $10,000 per student per year on each of the 50 million public school students in this country. Across the nation, that comes to approximately $500 billion per year, roughly 4 percent of GDP. If we know that students lose two to three months of achievement every summer, then we also know that 20 to 30 percent of our annual investment is simply wasted during the summer months. In effect, we've created a wildly inefficient system in which school year gains are whittled away due to summer neglect.
Despite the scope of this problem, the issue of summer learning loss has few champions – it seems to be one of those problems that policymakers find easier to ignore than to deal with. At the federal level, there are no programs with dedicated funding for summer education. At the state and local level, funding constraints limit the number and size of summer programs.
You could even say that summer learning is missing entirely from the school reform agenda: Summer did not feature even once in the 96 conference sessions of five key recent education conferences; only four of the 10 largest education foundations in the U.S. have an explicit summer portfolio; in 2012, only 1.5 percent of the 51,004 grants in education philanthropy included summer learning.
Yet, innovative school districts, program providers and community-based organizations have shown that creative solutions abound. In places like Grand Rapids, Mich., Birmingham, Ala., and Newark, N.J., program leaders are working with school district officials, local funders and community partners to design new approaches to summer learning.
Evaluations of these programs and others have shown exciting results in boosting academic achievement. One recent study, for example, found that summer participants experienced significantly better math outcomes when compared with peers from similar demographics who did not participate, with average gains equivalent to 6.7 weeks of school-year math instruction. In short, programs such as these have effectively eliminated summer learning loss.
School reform in America faces a critical moment. Decades of new initiatives have yielded disappointing results. The achievement gap between students living in poverty and their better-off peers continues to grow, while American students continue to fall farther and farther behind students in other industrialized countries, including China and much of Europe.
Research – and common sense – tells us that high quality summer programs can engage students and protect the academic gains hard won during the school year. But until we as a nation prioritize summer learning, particularly for students from high-poverty backgrounds, our efforts to close the achievement gap and prepare American students to compete internationally will fall dramatically short.
Jerome Kohlberg is a founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and a limited partner of the private equity firm Kohlberg & Company; Matthew Boulay, of Salem, is the chairman of the National Summer Learning Association.


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I'm sure many of you are asking the same question that the title of this blog states, what summer? It's hard to remember that we started out feeling like summer with afternoons in the 80s, even a few made it to the lower 90s once we made it into July, but our recent cool down makes it easy to forget that.
So far this year, we have only had 4 days with highs of at least 90°, down from the 14 we saw last year. In fact, we had a stretch of 6 days in a row of 90°+ heat from July 1st through the 6th in 2012. We have a stretch of pretty impressive numbers this year, from August 7th through the 12th, our afternoon highs did not climb out of the 70s, making it 6 days in a row where we did not reach the 80° mark! We may even add a couple more days to that stretch this week.


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