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"The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love to better if we used it as a verb," writes Bell Hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love.
Here, at her most provocative and intensely personnel, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. In its place she offers a proactive new ethic for a people and a society bereft with loveless. As Bell Hooks uses her incisive mind and razor-sharp pen to explode the question "What is love'" her answers strike at both the mind and heart.
In thirteen concise chapters, Hooks examines her own search for emotional connection and society's failure to provide a model for learning to love. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for the individuals and for a nation. The Utne Reader declared Bell Hooks one of the "100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life." All About Love is a powerful affirmation of just how profoundly she can.
|Introduction Grace: Touched by Love
The men in my life have always been the folks who are wary of using the word "love" lightly. They are wary because they believe women make too much of love. And they know that what we think love means is not always what they believe it means. Our confusion about what we mean when we use the word "love" is the source of our difficulty in loving. If our society had a commonly held understanding of the meaning of love, the act of loving would not be so mystifying. Dictionary definitions of love tend to emphasize romantic love, defining love first and foremost as "profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, especially when based on sexual attraction." Of course, other definitions let the reader know one may have such feelings within a context that is not sexual. However, deep affection does not really adequately describe love's meaning.
The vast majority of books on the subject of love work hard to avoid giving clear definitions. In the introduction to Diane Ackerman's A Natural History of Love she declares "Love is the great intangible." A few sentences down from this she suggests: "Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one can agree on what it is." Coyly, she adds, "We use the word love in such a sloppy way that it can mean almost nothing or absolutely everything." No definition ever appears in her book that would help anyone trying to learn the art of loving. Yet she is not alone in writing of love in ways that cloud our understanding. When the very meaning of the word is cloaked in mystery, it should not come as a surprise that most people find it hard to define what they mean when they use the word "love."
Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition. The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet all the more astute theorists of love acknowledge that we would all love better if we used it as a verb. I spent years searching for a meaningful definition of the word "love," and was deeply relieved when I found one in psychiatrist M. Scott Peck's classic self-help book The Road Less Traveled, first published in 1978. Echoing the work of Erich Fromm, he defines love as "the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth." Explaining further, he continues, "Love is as love does. Love is an act of will-namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love." Since the choice must be made to nurture growth, this definition counters the more widely accepted assumption that we love instinctually.
Everyone who has witnessed the growth process of a newborn child from the moment of birth on sees clearly that before language is known, before the identity of caretakers is recognized, babies respond to affectionate care. Usually they respond with sounds or looks of pleasure. As they grow older they respond to affectionate care by giving affection, cooing at the sight of a welcomed caretaker. Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients-care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication. Learning faulty definitions of love when we are quite young makes it difficult to be loving as we grow older. We start out committed to the right path but go in the wrong direction. Most of us learn early on to think of love as a feeling. When we feel deeply drawn to someone, we cathect with them, that is, we invest feelings or emotion in them. That process of investment wherein a loved one becomes important to us is called "cathexis." In his book Peck rightly emphasizes that most of us "confuse cathecting with loving." We all know how often individuals feeling connected to someone through the process of cathecting insist that they love the other person even if they are hurting or neglecting them. Since their feeling is that of cathexis, they insist that what they feel is love.All About Love
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MATC Board extends labor contracts
The Milwaukee Area Technical College Board has voted to extend existing labor contracts for two extra years, to 2011.
Each of the bargaining units will receive an annual wage increase in 2009-'10 and 2010-'11. They are:
• American Federation of Teachers Local 212, representing full-time faculty, part-time faculty and paraprofessionals: 3.25%.
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 587, representing support staff: 3.5%.
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 715: 3.25%.
The board also approved a 3.25% annual increase for the same period for its non-represented employees.
Mayor tabs Hmong activist for police panel
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has nominated a Hmong community activist to the city's Fire and Police Commission.
Paoi Lor is program coordinator for the "Hmong ABC" radio program, which airs Saturday mornings on WJYI-AM (1340), and she has been active in several Hmong organizations.
Lor's nomination will be considered Thursday by the council's Public Safety Committee.
Walker to propose social services program
Milwaukee County's Family Care program would gear up to offer community-based social services to 2,500 county residents with disabilities who are older than 18 and younger than 60, under a provision County Executive Scott Walker said he'll include in his 2009 budget.
The move is aimed at avoiding nursing home or institutional placements when possible.
A county Disabilities Resource Center would be created as the contact point for people with disabilities to apply for the program.
The change has been anticipated since the Legislature and Gov. Jim Doyle in 2006 approved expanding the Family Care program from one that served only older adults.
Man charged with impersonating officer
A Mequon man has been charged with impersonating a police officer while trying to shoplift at the Grafton Home Depot store Sept. 11.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Ozaukee County Circuit Court, Peter P. Spiska, 36, arrived at the Home Depot store early that day wearing a baseball cap with a small state of Illinois logo, a police-style jacket and a black T-shirt with the letters S.W.A.T. displayed on it.
Spiska told a store clerk that he was a Chicago police officer who also checked security systems for large stores such as Home Depot.
Spiska shopped and returned to the cashier with two coolers, the complaint says. The clerk opened one cooler and inside found several items, including saw blades, drill bits and paint supplies.
Spiska told the cashier he was testing her, and that if she had not found the items, he would have brought them back, the complaint says.
Spiska is charged with impersonating an officer during the commission of a crime, a felony for which he could be imprisoned six years.
Broken sprinkler floods Pewaukee Village Hall
Village of Pewaukee — The Village Hall was closed Monday so it could dry out after being flooded over the weekend when a sprinkler system head broke.
The new Village Hall and a conference room were flooded, but the Police Department, also in the building, was not affected by the flooding and was open Monday, police Capt. Tim Otto said.
Otto said the sprinkler head broke off in the conference room about noon Saturday, flooding that room and Village Hall offices with about 1 inch of water. An alarm sounded when the sprinkler head failed, and the Fire Department shut the system off, he said.
The $3.4 million Village Hall/Police Department at 302 Oakton Ave. opened in May.
"We survived the June floods and get drenched by a sprinkler," Village Administrator Scott Gosse said Monday.
Man stabbed outside North Prairie bar
North Prairie — A 35-year-old man is in fair condition after receiving multiple stab wounds outside the Sports Page Bar & Grill early Sunday, Waukesha County sheriff's Detective Steve Pederson said Monday.
Deputies were notified at 12:20 a.m. Sunday that a man was on his way to Waukesha Memorial Hospital after being stabbed. Officers met with the man, whose identity authorities would not release, at the hospital before he went into surgery, Pederson said.
No suspects are in custody, Pederson said.
4 injured when school bus, car collide
Brookfield — Four people, including three children, were injured Monday in the crash of a school bus and a car at Brookfield Road and North Ave., Brookfield police Capt. Phil Horter said.
The Lamers school bus had 10 children aboard after picking them up at Hillside Elementary School in Brookfield. The crash occurred at 4 p.m. Horter said one of the vehicles might have failed to halt for a stop sign at the intersection.
The three Milwaukee children who were hurt suffered minor injuries and were taken to Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph in Milwaukee, Horter said. The driver of the car was taken to Elmbrook Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, he said.
Police investigating death of 2-year-old boy
Racine police are investigating the suspicious death of a 2-year-old boy who was found in a home Monday morning, according to information released by the Police Department.
Officers and firefighters were called to the home in the 3400 block of 17th St. about 9:25 a.m.
Police wouldn't identify the boy and said no additional details would be available until after an autopsy today.
Skydiver killed near East Troy airport
East Troy — A veteran skydiver was killed when his parachute failed to open.
William Doherty, 53, of Janesville died Saturday afternoon in the accident in a residential area about a mile west of the East Troy Municipal Airport.
Walworth County Coroner John Griebel said Doherty had been skydiving for more than 30 years. He was diving with the Sky Knights Sport Parachute Club, which uses the airport for takeoffs and landings.

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text: Juvenile Justice Ga. Reform Plan Sets Standards For School Discipline Hearings By Martha Dalton • Jul 21, 2016 David Goldman / Associated Press Part of Gov. Nathan Deal's criminal justice reform plan takes aim at the "school-to-prison pipeline." "The ultimate criminal justice reform is education reform," Deal said during a recent public appearance. Criminal Justice Bill Tackles 'School-To-Prison Pipeline' By Elly Yu • Feb 15, 2016 David Goldman / AP Photo Georgia lawmakers are considering a criminal justice reform package that includes changes to school disciplinary procedures. Child advocates say current policies push too many kids out of school into the juvenile justice system for nonviolent offenses and disproportionately affect students of color. Georgia Attorney Gives Legal Help To Students In Trouble By Sean Garvey • Jul 30, 2015 Penn State / flickr.com/pennstatelive When a student gets into trouble, faces suspension or expulsion in school, the student and parent may not be aware of their rights or may not be able to afford legal representation. Attorney Jessica Stuart, lawyer for Georgia Legal Services, discussed on "A Closer Look," what her firm offers to students and why parents need legal help for their children. Scared Straight Programs Could Backfire, Former Judge Says By WABE Staff • May 7, 2015 David Goldman / AP Photo When children misbehave some parents have resorted to calling the police for help in teaching their son or daughter important lessons. A mother from Columbus, Georgia, posted pictures last week of her 10-year-old son weeping in the back of a police car and wearing handcuffs after she called police for help. She told reporters that her son had been acting up at school. Dr. Karen Baynes-Dunning, a former juvenile justice judge in Georgia and Alabama, has been following the case. Settlement: Cordele Courts Must Improve Defense of Poor, Children By Lisa Hagen • Apr 21, 2015 Penn State / flickr.com/pennstatelive The Southern Center for Human Rights said a settlement agreement reached this week will improve legal representation for poor children and adults in a south Georgia judicial circuit. The center filed a lawsuit in last year against the Cordele Judicial Circuit. Atteeyah Hollie, an attorney who worked on the case, said, at Cordele often a person who'd been arrested would apply for lawyer and nothing would happen. Georgia Receives Low Rank For Protection Of Records For Young Offenders By Tasnim Shamma • Nov 17, 2014 Juvenile Law Center Say you were convicted of shoplifting a couple of times when you were 13. Fifty years later, you would hope that wouldn't still be on your record. But in some states, like Georgia, it probably is. And anyone can access it. "Everyone assumes that these records are confidential and I think that's because the public also wants them to be confidential," says Lourdes Rosado with the Juvenile Law Center. Rosado says most states – including Georgia – are doing a poor job. Report: Juvenile Justice Schools Doing More Harm Than Good By Michell Eloy • Apr 18, 2014 Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile justice education programs may be doing more harm than good according to a new study by the Atlanta-based Southern Education Foundation. Through a compilation of federal data, the report concludes incarcerated youths often receive an education worse than they would outside the juvenile justice system, and one that's more expensive. New Laws Take Effect January 1 By Martha Dalton • Dec 31, 2013 Wednesday is the start of a new year and that means some new state laws will take effect. A new ethics law will restrict the amount of money lobbyists can spend on public officials. Although lobbyists will only be able to spend $75 at a time, they will be allowed to make multiple expenditures. Gov. Nathan Deal praised the legislation when he signed it in May. Some Georgia Inmates Serving Life Sentences Without Parole To Be Re-Sentenced By Michell Eloy • Dec 10, 2013 Some Georgia prisoners serving life sentences without parole will be re-sentenced after a recent state Supreme Court ruling invalidated the terms under which those inmates were punished. Those who qualify for resentencing would have been sentenced before they turned 18 and faced the death penalty. Stephen Reba, an attorney with Emory University's Barton Child Law and Policy Center, says the majority of those who will see new sentences would be about 30 years old today. Controversial Youth Detention Facility to Close: A Talk with State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver By Denis O'Hayer • Oct 28, 2013 Ga. General Assembly On Monday, October 28, 2013, Georgia Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles announced the state will not renew the contract with Youth Services International to manage the Paulding County Regional Youth Detention Center, and the facility will close at the end of the year. Gwinnett Judge says Georgia Juvenile Justice Reform Will Cost Counties By Michelle Wirth • Sep 11, 2013 Michelle Wirth/WABE News A Gwinnett County judge is critical of juvenile justice reform passed by the Georgia legislature this year and championed by Governor Nathan Deal. Even though the reform is supposed to save the state money, Gwinnett's chief juvenile court judge says it places an undue financial burden on Georgia counties. A Conversation with Georgia Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles, Part 2 By Denis O'Hayer • Jul 29, 2013 Jim Shuler In June 2013, a U.S. Justice Department survey found Georgia had one of the nation's highest percentages of young offenders who said they had also become victims of abuse -- including sexual abuse -- in Georgia's juvenile detention facilities. A subsequent probe by the state Department of Juvenile Justice found a backlog of hundreds of cases in which the investigations of the complaints remained incomplete for longer than the maximum 45 days. All of this raised questions for Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles, who had taken office in November. A Conversation with Georgia Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles, Part 1 By Denis O'Hayer • Jul 26, 2013 Jim Shuler In June 2013, a U.S. Justice Department survey found Georgia had one of the nation's highest percentages of young offenders who said they had also become victims of abuse -- including sexual abuse -- in Georgia's juvenile detention facilities. A subsequent probe by the state Department of Juvenile Justice found a backlog of hundreds of cases in which the investigations of the complaints remained incomplete for longer than the maximum 45 days. All of this raised questions for Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles, who had taken office in November. Juvenile Justice Commissioner Speaks After Sex Abuse Allegation Investigation By Michelle Wirth • Jul 25, 2013 Michelle Wirth/WABE News Georgia's Juvenile Justice Commissioner and other top Department of Juvenile Justice officials spoke out for the first time Thursday since the completion of an internal investigation. The investigation found a backlog of 700 open cases, 141 of which had some type of sex abuse or harassment allegations. Three of those cases have been substantiated and another dozen are under investigation. The investigation followed a federal survey where Georgia had one of the highest percentages of juveniles self-reporting they were sexually victimized in state detention facilities. Advocate Says Georgia DJJ Needs to Assist Sexual Abuse Victims By Michelle Wirth • Jul 23, 2013 Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Advocates are reacting to the completion of a month-long internal investigation into a number of open sex abuse allegation cases in Georgia's juvenile detention centers. The investigation found 700 cases of unresolved cases. 141 of those cases meet the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice's definition of sex abuse and harassment. The investigation came after a federal survey which showed Georgia had one of the highest percentages of offenders who reported being sexually victimized. Co-Sponsor Says Juvenile Justice Secrecy Bill May Be Changed After Federal Sex Assault Report By Denis O'Hayer • Jun 10, 2013 Georgia General Assembly Last week, Georgia Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Miles ordered a review by a state advisory committee, after a new Federal survey found Georgia had one of the nation's highest rates of sexual victimization of young people in state juvenile detention centers. Georgia Juvenile Justice Commissioner Orders Review After Sexual Victimization Survey By Michelle Wirth • Jun 7, 2013 Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Georgia's Juvenile Justice Commissioner announced Friday he's ordering a review by a state advisory committee after a recent federal survey. According to survey, Georgia's juvenile detention centers are among the worst in the U.S. for the percentage of offenders self-reporting they were sexually victimized by staff and others. Juvenile Justice Overhaul Signed Into Law By Jonathan Shapiro • May 2, 2013 Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice To keep kids out of detention centers and help cut down on costs, Governor Nathan Deal today signed into law an overhaul of the juvenile justice system. The measure allows judges far greater flexibility to steer kids into community-based help, rather than incarceration. It also includes millions for a pilot program aimed at bolstering local counseling programs. Eric John, director of the Council of Juvenile Court Judges of Georgia, applauded the reform package. Gov. Deal Wants New Focus on Inmate Rehabilitation By Jonathan Shapiro • May 1, 2013 Ken Mayer via Flickr Over the last two years, Gov. Nathan Deal has pushed legislation aimed at getting nonviolent criminals out of prisons and youth detention centers. Now he's turning his focus to helping former inmates re-enter the workforce. Gov. Deal Highlights Ethics, Juvenile Justice in Legislative Overview By Jonathan Shapiro • Apr 30, 2013 Office of the Governor Speaking before the Atlanta Press Club in downtown Atlanta, Governor Nathan Deal discussed some of the major accomplishments of the past legislative session, including a bill aimed at reducing the influence of special interests at the Capitol. Deal admitted the ethics bill is flawed, but said it represents progress. "Even though that [the ethics bill] does not do everything that everybody wants, I think it is a significant step in the right direction." State Supreme Court Chief Justice Calls on Legislature to Pass Juvenile Justice Reform By Denis O'Hayer • Feb 7, 2013 Denis O'Hayer/WABE News The Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court urged Georgia lawmakers to move ahead with a major overhaul of the system for treating and punishing young offenders. In her annual State of the Judiciary address at the State Capitol on Thursday, February 7th, Chief Justice Carol Hunstein said Georgia's current get-tough approach to young offenders is expensive and ineffective. And she said most kids in trouble have not committed violent crimes. Push to Divert Youth Offenders from Detention Centers By Jonathan Shapiro • Jan 23, 2013 Last year, Governor Nathan Deal led a broad effort to reduce the state's adult prison population. This year, Deal is seeking a similar overhaul of the juvenile system. No legislation has been proposed yet, but ongoing budget hearings at the Capitol give some insight into what a reform package may look like. Before state lawmakers Tuesday, Deal requested $5 million for a new pilot program aimed at diverting low-risk offenders from detention centers to counseling programs and alternative treatment centers.


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The Jefferson Parish Council assembled a partnership today of a Baton Rouge accounting firm and a Texas consulting engineer to examine the parish plan to shutter the public landfill for the next 25 years.
The vote culminates a months-long process to find an auditor after the disclosure of River Birch's relationship with former Parish President Aaron Broussard's top aide, Tim Whitmer, triggered a federal investigation in December. Whitmer's insurance agency, Lagniappe Industries, was doing insurance work for the landfill company.
In January, the council demanded the plan be re-examined. Both River Birch and the public landfill's operator, Waste Management, have welcomed the scrutiny.
This morning, the council questioned the selection of MSW, which had initially applied for the work during the first round of the bidding process in February, a week after it registered as a new company in Texas. Environmental Affairs Director Marnie Winter said her department's only reservation was that the company was a one-man operation.
She assured the council that MSW operator Bryan Griesbach had none of the conflicts of interest that had disqualified other firms in the process. Winter said he had previously worked for Allied Waste and IESI, but never for Waste Management or River Birch.
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The Master of Science in Hospitality Management (M.S.) degree program is designed to meet the hospitality industry's need for individuals who have a variety of professional, academic skills and advanced specialized abilities necessary to excel in the increasingly demanding arena of hospitality management. Individuals who develop these advanced skills can seek and fill hospitality management positions at the corporate, operational levels and educational field.
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The Conrad N. Hilton College, one of 13 colleges comprising the University of Houston, has offered the masters of hospitality management degree since 1986. Most faculty members hold terminal degrees in their field and have been recognized for their teaching excellence. In addition, faculty members have extensive industry experience, competence and expertise in the areas that are important to the hospitality industry.
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Flamingo Country Club is a self-contained holiday resort comprising of beautiful villas and apartments with views to the sea, lake and mountains of the Bodrum peninsula.
Flamingo Country Club is a self-contained holiday resort comprising of beautiful villas and apartments with views to the sea, lake and mountains of the Bodrum peninsula. Set overlooking Lake Tuzla to the south and the wonderful expanse of the Aegean Sea to the north-west. A few minutes' walk away from your accommodation is the main clubhouse where there is a separate water slide, clubhouse pool and indoor pool with restaurant and snack bar available day and night time. There is also a tennis and basketball court and giant chess. The management centre here offers free wifi access to guests and there is a small bar and communal areas with chairs and tables for relaxing downstairs. Flamingo also shares amenities with Turquoise and Royal Heights. Combined, these three resorts offer over 30 communal pools, clubhouses, saunas*, Turkish bath*, beauty therapy*, crazy golf and several cafe-bars. There are several beaches with amenities close by, for example MyBeach and Sunset Beach as well as a smaller resort beach located at Royal Heights. For golfers, the main attraction will be Vita Park Golf Resort which is just 10 minutes drive from the resort. ). Located just 15km from the BJV international airport.
1 Bedroom apartments are great for families, friends sharing, couples and even single travelers who want a larger apartment and more varied location on the resort. All one bedroom apartments are located close to the clubhouse. Many apartments have sofa beds and can therefore accommodate between 3 and 4 people making them extremely cost effective. One bedroom apartments at Flamingo Country Club, have all you need for a comfortable holiday holiday including air-conditioning in the living room and bedrooms; all apartments have their own balcony ; top/first floor have access to a roof terrace or ground floor apartments have access to the garden area. All apartments have satellite TV (basic free English channels )
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Outside this apartment in Tuzla Lake, TurkeyThis apartment is in a village. It has a shared pool, a balcony, a barbecue, a children pool area and a sea view. Car hire is not necessary as the apartment is less than a 15 minute walk to a large selection of shops, bars, restaurants; however parking is available if required.
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Living area seats 4, Dining area seats 4, Air conditioning throughout property, Clothes drier, Hair dryer, Iron / board, Towels / linen, Washing machine, Car hire optional
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The Waterbird Population Estimates (WPE) online database provides current and historic estimates, trends and 1% thresholds for over 800 waterbird species and 2300 biogeographic populations worldwide. This project has been developed by Wetlands International with the support of Environment Canada and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Visit the Waterbird Population Estimates Database
It was our 5th year to take part in this event. This booth aimed to raise awareness about the Ramsar Convention and wetland functions. It was organized jointly by the Ramsar Centre Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Environment.
Drainage, Yak and sheep overgrazing, and erosion severely damage the high altitude peatlands of the Ruoergai, located on the Tibetan Plateau in China. Working with communities and the government we diminish the grazing pressure, block erosion gullies, re-seed grassland and much more. The goal is to give the marshes their important natural functions back and improve the inhabitants well-being.
This programme focused on the mainstreaming of sustainable wetland management principles and practice into the development of poverty reduction strategies through local and international partnerships in DAC1 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It did so by enhancing of existing and supporting development of new policies at local, national and international levels, with specific inclusion of the water and health sectors and by ensuring due attention to the need for equitable development.
The project funded by the European Union - China Biodiversity Project aims to incorporate wetland biodiversity conservation into the routine business of The Peoples Government of Anqing Municipality (GAM) in middle Yangtze river, Anhui Province. The project will create conditions for wetland users to organize themselves to take joint actions that eliminate deleterious overall impacts on wetland biodiversity and local income generation.
Hengshui Lake is a vitally important oasis ecosystem in the harsh dry central North China Plain. The lake is a central component of the Hengshui Lake Nature Reserve. The lake itself has been a central part of the local economy, with fishing and farming the predominate activities. However, slowly the lake's resources are diminishing and many of the local people live in poverty. This project aimed to investigate the possibility of alternative livelihood development within the Nature Reserve to aid conservation and poverty alleviation.
The project involves creation of a special communication enhancement package to support the development of the East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership: the partnership aimed at conservation of the migratory waterbird populations and the wetland areas they depend on.
This project involved the first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Working Group on Migratory Waterbirds and Avian Influenza, which aimed to establish a regional network of management agencies and organizations of Asia-Pacific that facilitates collaboration on research and monitoring of Avian Influenza (AI) in wild waterbirds. it was held in Beijing in vember 2007, with wide representation.
This activity comprises several separately funded actions all of which support development of the Flyway Partnership for East Asia - Australasia, including: hosting of the Partnership Secretariat during 2008; national workshops in Flyway countries; and support to Meetings of Partners including drafting of technical documents.
Chaque année, des millions d'oiseaux d'eau volent des milliers de kilomètres entre l'Europe et l'Afrique à la recherche de nourriture et de sites de reproduction appropriés. La conservation de ces oiseaux d'eau migrateurs dépend d'un réseau de zones humides décisives le long de leur route de migration annuelle ou de leur voie migratoire. Ces zones humides sont aussi essentielles à la survie des communautés locales. Toutefois, des pratiques non durables et le changement climatique menacent la santé de certaines de ces zones humides.
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The Ndiael Reserve in Senegal is an oasis of desert wetlands that is internationally recognised for its outstanding nature. Like the birds and the fish here, human living patterns of fishing and subsistence agriculture have been a part of these wetlands for generations. To address the growing competition for land and water that is threatening this important ecosystem, we are bringing back water to the wetlands.
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VICTORIA, Texas — While walking with her family along a trail at Riverside Park, 8-year-old Zailey Flores took note of the uptick in fireflies.
"They look cool," she said.
The Victoria Advocate (http://bit.ly/2dctqXA ) reports Zailey and her cousin recently caught lightning bugs in their front yard. It was her first time capturing the luminescent beetles.
"We let them go afterward so they could get air," she said.
As summer dies down, fireflies are making a reappearance in Texas.
The resurgence is likely because of a wet year, said Texas firefly researcher, Ben Pfeiffer. Further north, fireflies only occur during the spring. But while a warmer autumn may delay Texans' taste for pumpkin spice, the temperature and soil moisture brings a second firefly season.
2015 and 2016 have been banner years for fall fireflies.
"This year it's just been really favorable for them," Pfeiffer said. "The good news is that next spring we'll probably have a lot of fireflies as well."
The most prominent species of firefly this fall has been the photinus pyralis, also known as the big dipper firefly because of its J-shaped flash pattern.
Fireflies flash to attract mates.
Typically, females don't fly. Perched on a branch or piece of grass, they wait for males that have a good show of fitness, meaning they'll be able to provide a lot of offspring, Pfeiffer said.
If she likes his flash, she'll flash back at him and the couple will come together and mate. The female firefly then lays her fertilized eggs in damp, soft soil. Female fireflies will mate several times, laying eggs in several locations.
The eggs grow and become larva. Both the eggs and larva glow, Pfeiffer said. But it can be difficult to find the larva and eggs of the common firefly in the soil.
"You kind of have to get into the mud to find the larva," he said. "But some species crawl along the surface, and you can see them glow."
Firefly larva feed on earthworms, snails and dead insects. They're predacious, eating whatever they can get their grubby hands on.
This year, the abundance of snails and the like created an accelerated schedule, bringing a larger population of fireflies.
While Victoria residents are likely seeing the big dipper firefly now, there are other species of fireflies in the region during the spring. One example is the photuris genus, which can mimic the flash patterns of other fireflies.
The female photuris mimics flash patterns to entrap other species of male fireflies, which she eats in order to acquire a defensive steroid. Jumping spiders are less likely to eat photuris with more of this steroid.
Photuris are almost twice as big as big dipper fireflies and highly predacious, Pfeiffer said.
"There was a famous researcher that once said if photuris was the size of a house cat, people would be scared to go outside at night," he said. "These are cool fireflies though. We call them big scaries."
The femmes fatales don't hurt humans or other animals but are fun to watch, and can be lured in with a pen light, he said.
Seeing the bugs while their still around this fall requires getting outside during dusk, Texas entomologist Mike Quinn pointed out.
Lightning bugs aren't out for very long. They start glowing about 7 p.m. and go dark before 9 p.m.
"We're not out as much as we used to be," he said. "When I grew up, there were three channels and there wasn't anything called the internet. They're still out there. You just have to be out there when they're out there."
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Children's Books in Children's Hands, 5/e is designed to give pre- and in-service teachers a wealth of richly illustrated, practical ideas for sharing literature with children. In it, renowned authors Charles Temple, Miriam Martinez, and Junko Yokota introduce readers to dozens of new books and the riches they contain; to their qualities; and to the many writers, illustrators, editors, and critics involved with those books. Coverage of the many genres of children's books includes picture books; literature of diverse perspectives; international literature; poetry; traditional literature; modern fantasy and science fiction, contemporary realistic fiction; historical fiction; informational books; and more. A wide variety of practical applications, ideas to help teachers meet the Common Core State Standards, unique pedagogical features, and outstanding teacher resources add to the book's popularity with educators.
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The authors of this text were drawn together by a love of children's books and a fascination with the people who make them and by the hope that another generation of students, teachers, librarians, and parents could be inspired to take up the challenge of getting those works into the hands of children.
Charles Temple is a banjo-picking storyteller and Education Department Chair at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Upstate New York He has co-authored many books in the field of reading and language arts, including All Children Read, Understanding Reading Problems, and The Beginnings of Writing. He has also published several books for children. Temple has worked over the years with teachers in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Central and South America who are using literacy and literature to better students' lives. He currently advises writers, illustrators, and editors in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania to produce contemporary books for children; and also works with teachers in the Caucasus region to develop assessment and teaching tools for children from internal refugee families. Favorite books as a child included: The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol; Uncle Wiggly Stories and Dr. Doolittle; and also Tom Swift, and the All-About Books.
Miriam Martinez is a teacher educator at the University of Texas at San Antonio who loves nothing more than getting lost in good books, including children's books, of course! She is recipient of the International Reading Association's Arbuthnot Award which honors outstanding university teachers of children's literature. Dr. Martinez coedited Book Talk and Beyond: Children and Teachers Respond to Literature (1995) and What a Character! Character Study as a Gateway to Literary Understanding (2005), both published by the International Reading Association. She served for seven years as the coeditor of "Bookalogues," a children's book review column in the journal Language Arts. She is publicity chair for the Children's Literature Assembly. The focus of her research and writing is on ways of bringing children and books together to foster students' literary and literacy development. Favorite books as a child included: Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss; The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright; Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright; Dangerous Island by Helen Mather-Smith Mindlin; and The Bobbsey Twins in Mexico by Laura Lee Hope.
Junko Yokota is the director of the Center for Teaching through Children's Books and a professor emerita of National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois. She was a classroom teacher and a school librarian during the first ten years of her career. Her publications include articles and review columns in a wide variety of reading/language arts and children's literature journals, chapters in professional books, and Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 published by the National Council of Teachers of English. She has served on the Caldecott and Newbery Award Committees, chaired the Batchelder Award Committee, and a judge on the Audies Awards. Junko is past president of the United States Board on Books for Young People (the US national section of IBBY) and a recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Award for Contribution to Multicultural Literature. She has served two terms on the Hans Christian Andersen Jury to select the author and illustrator winners of the highest international award for children's literature. Having grown up in Japan, her favorite childhood books were in her first language.
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1. Children's Books in Children's Hands
2. Literary Elements in Works for Children
3. Picture Books
4. Literature Representing Diverse Perspectives
5. International Literature
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|General information
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|Gothic Revival
Tudor Revival
|10236 Charing Cross Road, Los Angeles, California
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The Playboy Mansion (also known as the Playboy Mansion West) is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. In Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, near Beverly Hills, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.
Owned by Daren Metropoulos, the mansion is also used for various corporate activities and serves as a valuable location for television production, magazine photography and for online, advertising and sales events. It also hosts various charitable events and civic functions.
The 21,987-square-foot (2,042.7 m2) house is described as in the "Gothic-Tudor" style by Forbes magazine, and sits on 5.3 acres (2.1 ha). It was designed by Arthur R. Kelly in 1927 for Arthur Letts, Jr., son of the Broadway department store founder Arthur Letts and acquired by Playboy from Louis D. Statham (1908–1983), an engineer, inventor and chess aficionado, in 1971 for $1.1 million.[1] In early 2011, it was valued at $54 million.[2] It sits close to the northwestern corner of the Los Angeles Country Club, near University of California, Los Angeles and the Bel-Air Country Club. $15 million has been invested in renovation and expansion.
The mansion has 22 rooms including a wine cellar (with a Prohibition-era secret door), a screening room with built-in pipe organ, a game room, three zoo/aviary buildings (and related pet cemetery), a tennis/basketball court, a waterfall and a swimming pool area (including a patio and barbecue area, a grotto, a basement gym with sauna below the bathhouse). Landscaping includes a large koi pond with artificial stream, a small citrus orchard and two well-established forests of tree ferns and redwoods. The west wing (originally servants wing) houses the Editorial offices of Playboy. The main Aviary building is the original greenhouse, with four guestrooms adjoining. The Master's suite occupies several rooms on the second and third floors, and is the most heavily renovated area of the Mansion proper, with an extensive carved-oak decor dating to the 1970s. Otherwise, the Mansion proper is maintained in its original Gothic-revival furnishings for the most part. The pipe organ was extensively restored in the last decade. There is also an outdoor kitchen to serve party events. These features and others have been shown on television.
The game room (game house) is a separate building on the north side. From the fountain in front of the main entrance, there are two sidewalks, running past a wishing-well. That on the right leads to the game house and runs past a duplicate Hollywood Star of Hefner. Its front entrance opens to a game room with a pool table in the center. This room has vintage and modern arcade games, pinball machines, player piano, jukebox, television, stereo, and couch. The game house has two wings. Left is a room with a soft cushioned floor, mirrors all around, television. There is a restroom with a shower. The right wing of the game house has a smaller restroom, and entrance to a bedroom. This bedroom is connected to another, which has an exit to the rear backyard of the game house. The game house has a backyard with lounge chairs, and gates on either side.
In 2010, Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend Izabella St. James wrote in her memoir Bunny Tales that the house was in need of renovation: "Everything in the Mansion felt old and stale, and Archie the house dog would regularly relieve himself on the hallway curtains, adding a powerful whiff of urine to the general scent of decay." [3] St. James further wrote for her memoir Bunny Tales, "Each bedroom had mismatched, random pieces of furniture. It was as if someone had gone to a charity shop and bought the basics for each room"; and, "The mattresses on our beds were disgusting - old, worn and stained. The sheets were past their best, too." [4]
The house next door is a mirror image of the Mansion layout, only smaller. Hefner purchased the neighboring building in 1996. It is home to his separated wife Kimberley Conrad and their children together. Hefner and Conrad married in 1989 and separated in 1998. Hefner and his wife announced in March 2009 that they were listing Mrs. Hefner's home for sale at US$28 million.[5]
In 2002, Hefner purchased a house across and down the street from the mansion for use by Playmates and other guests who would prefer to stay further from the busy activity of the Mansion proper. This house is commonly referred to as the 'Bunny House'.
Sale of Playboy Mansion[edit]
In January 2016 the Playboy Mansion was listed for sale for the asking price of $200 million subject to the condition Hefner continue to rent the mansion for life.[6] In August 2016 the Playboy Mansion was bought by Daren Metropoulos, the co-owner of Twinkies maker Hostess and head of the investment firm Metropoulos & Co., for $100 million.[7][8]
Original Playboy Mansion[edit]
The original Playboy Mansion was a 70-room classical French brick and limestone residence in Chicago at 1340 North State Parkway, which had been built in 1899 for Dr. George Swift Isham.[9] In Chicago's Gold Coast, it was acquired by Hefner in 1959. The mansion's basement, Hefner's original "grotto", had a swimming pool with a glass wall.
For a period in the 1970s, Hefner divided his time between the Chicago mansion and the Mansion West, moving full-time to the California mansion in 1974. The Chicago mansion boasted a brass plate on the door with the Latin inscription Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare ("If you don't swing, don't ring").
After Hefner left Chicago permanently for the West Coast after being hassled[vague] over alleged cocaine usage by Illinois Governor James R. Thompson, the Chicago mansion was turned into a dormitory for the School of the Art Institute. In 1993, the mansion was gutted and turned into four high-price luxury condos.[10] In 2011, one 7,874 sq ft (731.5 m2) condominium was placed for sale at an asking price of $6.7 million.[11]
Events and appearances[edit]
- During the early 2000s, ESPN2's Friday Night Fights featured live boxing bouts from the large backyard. Vassiliy Jirov and David Haye are some of the notables to have fought there. Sugar Ray Leonard, in his capacity as boxing promoter, has held boxing cards there.
- In addition to numerous Playboy features and pictorials, the Playboy Mansion has been the subject of a coffee table book (Inside the Playboy Mansion, 1998, ISBN 1-57544-044-X), a video game (Playboy: The Mansion, in which the player must build the Playboy "empire"), and inspired the U2 song "The Playboy Mansion" on their 1997 album Pop. The Nightwatchman's song "One Man Revolution", contains the lines: 'On the streets of Havana/I got hugged and kissed/At the Playboy Mansion/I wasn't on the list'.
- The mansion featured in music videos including "Playmate of the Year" by Zebrahead, "Work It" by Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake, "Rockstar" by Nickelback, and "Beverly Hills" by Weezer. MTV aired a special in late 2000 where Limp Bizkit threw a party at the mansion for the release of their album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.
- In the 1987 Eddie Murphy movie Beverly Hills Cop II, his character, Detroit police detective Axel Foley, crashes a party at the mansion.
- In 2000, WWF's Eddie Guerrero appeared at the mansion in hopes to speak to Hugh Hefner about stopping the release of girlfriend Joanie "Chyna" Laurer's first photo shoot.
- A similar segment was shot in 2003, when WWE diva Nidia Guenard made an appearance at the Mansion during an episode of SmackDown, where she attempted to get past security in order to speak to Hefner. Nidia was jealous of Torrie Wilson, who was getting a Playboy photo shoot.
- The 2005 Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit calendar was shot on the grounds of the Mansion in 2004. Playmates Hiromi Oshima, Lauren Michelle Hill, Carmella DeCesare, Sandra Hubby, Irina Voronina, Cara Wakelin, Karen McDougal, Christina Santiago, Pennelope Jimenez, Marketa Janska, Krista Kelly and Teri Marie Harrison appeared in the calendar.
- From 2005 to 2008, life at the Mansion—specifically the world of Hef's girlfriends Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson—was featured on the E! reality television series The Girls Next Door. It has also appeared in episodes of several TV shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm (Hugh Hefner and a variety of playmates co-starred), Entourage (Hefner guest starred along with his Playmates), Sex and the City (the four main characters went to a party and were thrown out), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Hilary Banks goes to the Mansion to do a Weathergirl Photo Shoot) and an episode of Viva La Bam.
- In 2007, the Mansion appeared in an episode of the sixth season of The Apprentice as the site of a pool party held for the winning team.
- This site also served as the starting line for the twelfth season of The Amazing Race.
- In February 2007, boxing returned to the Mansion with Fox Best Damn Fight Night promoted by Goosen Tutor in association with Sycuan Ringside and George Chung Productions. Guests included Shia LaBeouf, Chuck Liddell and Brian McKnight.
- On 3 September 2007, the first MMA Cage fight was promoted at the Mansion by Strike Force Scott Coker Promoter. The event drew stars that included Jaime Pressly and Bobb Sapp.
- In 2008, WWE Divas Maria Kanellis and Ashley Massaro guest appeared at one of the Playboy Mansion parties hosted by Hugh Hefner.
- On 31 May 2008, the Playboy Mansion had its first wine and food tasting event called Hollywood and Vino created by George Chung productions and Mediazone.com. The event featured wines from Hahn Estate, Brassfield Estates and special guests included Peggy Fleming, NFL Star Charles Woodson. Entertainment included Kevin Eubanks and special guest appearance by Arsenio Hall.
- In 2008, Playboy Mansion saw the return of the Fight Night on ESPN 2 June 25 at the Mansion promoted by Sycuan Ringside and produced by Executive Producer and Mansion Promoter George Chung.
- On 20 September 2008, the Mansion hosted the Strikeforce At The Mansion II event, streamed live on Sherdog.
- In 2008 appeared in the film The House Bunny with Anna Faris and Emma Stone.[12]
Midsummer Night's Dream Party[edit]
The Midsummer Night's Dream Party, also known as the Midsummer's party, is held at the Playboy Mansion on the first Saturday in August.[1]
In 2007, the party was thrown on August 4. The theme was Arabian Nights. Some of the guests were Christopher Knight and wife Adrianne Curry, Alfonso Ribeiro, Bambi Lashell and many more.
This show was taped by E! cable television channel and aired on The Girls Next Door episode "Unveilings". For the first time in the history of the mansion, the event took place twice in one year (2007). The event started off at the mansion then headed to the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, home to the world's only Playboy Club two weeks later.
According to Playboy Enterprises' SEC filings, Hefner pays Playboy rent for "that portion of the Playboy Mansion used exclusively for him and his personal guests' residence as well as the per-unit value of non-business meals, beverages and other benefits received by him and his personal guests". This amount was $1.3 million in 2002, $1.4 zillion in 2003, and $1.3 million in 2004.
Playboy pays for the Mansion's operating expenses (including depreciation and taxes), which were $3.6 million in 2002, $2.3 million in 2003, and $3.0 million in 2004, net of rent received from Hefner.[13]
Charity events[edit]
The Playboy Mansion hosts charity events, including Karma Foundation, the Celebrity Poker Tournament,[14] a fundraising party for the Marijuana Policy Project,[15] and an event to benefit research into autism.
Public health incidents[edit]
In February 2011, 123 people complained of fever and respiratory illness after attending a DomainFest Global conference event held at the Playboy Mansion. Epidemiologists from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported their findings at a Centers for Disease Control conference that the disease outbreak was traced to a whirlpool hot tub in the mansion's famed grotto, where they found bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease.[16][17]
- ^ Playboy Enterprises Annual Report. Accessed 9 Jul 2014.
- ^ Church, Steven (11 February 2011). "Playboy Mansion Worth $54 Million, 45 Times What Hefner Claims, Suit Says". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ Article at Shelterpop.com
- ^ http://www.realtytoday.com/articles/44772/20151021/celebrity-homes-inside-the-crumbling-sorry-state-of-playboy-mansion.htm
- ^ Lewis, Christina S.N. (2009-03-13). "Hefners List L.A. Mansion for $US28 Million". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/11/playboy-mansion-on-sale-for-200-million--hef-included.html
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/17/real_estate/playboy-mansion-sale/
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3762337/Is-summer-bash-Playboy-mansion-No-sign-90-year-old-Hef-pajama-clad-son-hosts-bevvy-beauties-recently-sold-estate.html
- ^ Chicago: architecture and Cityscape: The original Playboy Mansion credits David Adler as architect, though Adler was born in 1882.
- ^ "Original Playboy Mansion". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ Boyer, Mark. "First Look Inside that $6.7M Condo in the Playboy Mansion". Curbed Chicago. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/805345/visiting-the-house-bunny-with-anna-faris-and-friends
- ^ 10KWizard - SEC filings
- ^ "Celebrity Poker Tournament". charitypokertournament.net. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ "Marijuana Policy Project Party". mpp.org. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Playboy Mansion illness traced to hot tub bacteria". The Associated Press. Associated Press. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ Rong-Gong Lin II (22 April 2011). "Playboy's mystery outbreak". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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Self parking costs JPY 1365 per night
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Mercedes is the latest automaker — and likely the only one in the U.S. — to experiment with computer- and smartphone-less Facebook checkins via RFID.
The carmaker has set up 10 kiosks at the PGA Championship in Atlanta. Some 25,000 people have also been given VIP passes with RFID chips embedded in them. Those attendees can go on an iPad at the event and register — a process that takes under a minute — to use the passes to check in at the kiosks and Like any of the Mercedes cars at the event. They can also take pictures at the kiosks (which have built-in cameras) and check in via Facebook Places.
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The disappointment will come from Mississippi State (2-2) needing an extra period to take care of the struggling guests. The thrill? That was provided by a series of serious clutch plays to first stave off the upset and then send Louisiana Tech (1-3) home with their latest last-shot setback.
No home Bulldogs was more thrilled though than Perkins. The sophomore spent most of his night battering at or around an unexpectedly tough LaTech Bulldog defense. But on the second snap of MSU's overtime series, Perkins was sent downfield without the ball on the 'cheetah' call.
"It was a play we'd been working on in practice, where the receiver goes in motion and goes to the outlet and I was running a wheel-route," Perkins said. "And at first I didn't know Relf had thrown the ball."
Relf darned nearly didn't. 330-pound defensive tackle Justin Ellis shed blocking and was just about in the quarterback's face as Relf had rolled left. The quarterback pulled back on his first pump and managed to loose a semi-sidearm heave just in time while Perkins dashed down the left sideline, a step in front of linebacker Jay Dudley.
"I was looking on the outside of the field!" Perkins admitted. "But I looked up again and the ball was in the light, coming to me. I knew I had to catch the ball and I was trying to make sure I didn't go out of bounds." Perkins made the catch in-stride and inbounds, and spent the next half-minute bouncing off celebrating teammates.
The touchdown toss won it outright because Louisiana Tech had failed on their overtime turn. On second down, too, at the 20-yard line. Impressive freshman quarterback Nick Isham had picked State apart much of the evening but this time he got in a hurry and tried to hit Taulib Ikharo at the goal line. The throw went off both those hands, and right into the waiting mitts of S Nickoe Whitley behind him.
"I just did my assignment and the ball came to me," Whitley said. "I could kind of tell how the ball was coming and how he was going backwards that he was going to miss it."
Not so coincidentally, it was another and in the overall picture even more important interception that made State's win possible. After tying the tally 20-20 at 8:42 of the fourth period, Isham got the ball back at 6:50 and directed a ten-play drive to the Bulldog 20-yard line. On 3rd-and-five with field goal position secured, Isham made his first real 'freshman' mistake by going for the kill. The end zone, rather, where CB Johnthan Banks was able to pick him off at 2:42.
"That was huge, because you're talking about we're going to have to race down the field trying to get a field goal if they kicked a field goal," Mullen said. Given that Teck kicker Matt Nelson had already hit twice it was a safe assumption they would have.
Making that play all the more dramatic, if possible, was how it had been set up. Tech should have been stopped two minutes earlier as on third-and-long Isham had a throw carom off Whitley's hands, then off Banks in-turn…and some how end up caught by Hunter Lee for a 28-yard gainer. "I missed it, then Banks missed it, and they caught it," Whitley said. "Just a bad play. But we had to get it back together."
"You're thinking to yourself come on, we've got to make a play!" Mullen admitted of the bizarre bad break. Oddly though, "From that point on I think we made just about every play the rest of the game."
Perkins got the touchdown, and the defense made the do-or-die stops. But it was Relf who may well have enjoyed the outcome most; none could find out as he did not come to the post-game press conference. To that point the senior quarterback had, to be kind, endured a rough evening of increasing frustrations. Before overtime he was just 13-of-28 for 147 yards and an interception, and been held to 20 rushing yards.
One timely toss changed everything. "I don't think Chris played his best game at all," Mullen said. "But give him credit. He stood in there, under pressure, and threw the game-winning touchdown pass in overtime. That's one that 15 years from now people are going to remember, none of the other ones!"
The 17-year-old Isham had to be content with winning the stat sheet, 29-of-40 for 233 yards and a third-quarter touchdown to Quinton Patton for a 17-17 tie at the time. He was sacked four times and had the two fatal interceptions at the end, but left all impressed with his poise and prowess.
"He's a young quarterback, but he's a good young quarterback," Whitley said. "The pressure kind of got to him and he didn't really know what we were doing on that play." The last few series of regulation and in overtime State mixed up both the pass rush combinations and coverages, leading to those turnovers.
Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Dykes may well be second-guessing the reliance on Isham's arm, as tailback Lennon Creer was hurting State on the ground with 82 yards on 24 carries. He scored on a four-yard run in the second period and was getting consistent gains in the last half. Tech finished with 107 rushing yards and 359 total, to 340 for the home team and 176 on the ground.
It wasn't exactly the ground-pounding State expected. "For one they brought the safety for run-support," starting TB Vick Ballard said. "I think we could have played better but we didn't execute at high enough level. But we came away with a win."
Ballard had 68 of that total, and the team's first offensive touchdown on a 11-yard rumble in the second quarter. But not the first Bulldog touchdown; that was provided on a most remarkable and impromptu effort from WR Chad Bumphis in punt return role. Tech punter Ryan Allen was outstanding with a 45.1 average and his first was a 72-yard shot over Bumphis' head. The wideout also bobbled his first recovery taking him back to State's 18-yard line with coverage converging.
Finally gaining control, Bumphis made Jamel Johnson miss and got the first block from WR Arceto Clark to head rightward before cutting against the entire grain. Everything was open to the left side and with S Louis Watson and Banks taking care of the last potential tacklers Bumphis finished his 82-yard return at 9:20.
A Bulldog punt in the third quarter also proved crucial, because Tech's Blasher Saintvil (no typo) was interfered with by his own blocker for a turnover recovered by MSU's Wade Bonner at the 20-yard line. It led to a 24-yard field goal by Derek DePasquale, who had a 36-yarder in the second period.
"It was great to see our guys make some plays in special teams," Mullen said. Baker Swedenburg averaged 44.7 yards on his seven punts with net-negative return yards by Tech. Bulldog kickoffs and coverage were no better than usual but not too damaging this time.
Bulldog RG Quentin Saulsberry credited Tech's defense for stifling the ground game and getting pressure on Relf too many times. "They executed their gameplan at times. They were physical up front, credit to them they played their tail off tonight. We made some more mental mistakes than they did. But you have to keep striving and come out with a win."
Mullen almost certainly like much of what he reviews tomorrow, yet showed a decidedly upbeat attitude in post-game. "Our guys continued to play and continued to fight for four quarters. And beyond," he said. "And when they needed to make a play they stepped up.
"It's hard to win a Division I football game. Go ask the sixty teams that lost today how hard it is to win. That's a huge win for us, a momentum builder for our guys and gets us on the right track where we need to be with a big game coming up next week."
Mississippi State faces another Bulldog team next Saturday, but a much more imposing one as they travel to Georgia (2-2) for a noon eastern time kickoff in Athens.