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im laughing cause yall really thought we would go 82-0 lmaoo
i'm amazed at anti-Wood Son sentiment after 1st loss of season to an aggressive home team with a 6-game winning streak, 14 straight at home.
The Griz are one of the best teams in the league, yet the Knicks came back to within 8 points in the 4Q after being down 21 with a minute to go in the 3Q. with Chandler and Melo on bench most of game. you can fault coach for not playing Gumby, who knows if his calf is still bothering him?
Sheed played VERY well, KT came in for quality minutes, Felton almost brought team back for chance at W.
IMHO, JR reverted back to bad form, Melo was overmatched by Zebo and G*sshole, Novak was near invisible, and Chandler had another subpar game. combine that with one of the worst officiated games i've ever seen as a Knicks fan, it all winds up to a L. one f*cking L. deal with it and stop playing monday morning quarterback like Wood Son is the 2nd coming of Antoni.
you gotta give props to the Griz, and have faith in the orange and blue to come back stronger and smarter.
im laughing cause yall really thought we would go 82-0 lmaoo
season is not matter of 73-9 matter is Stern and refs and haters
matter is to have 1 more game win from 4 in own conference.
if that sick "movie" with refs wont happend for me Knicks could really punch Grizz
Sheed said "they have to come to the garden"
hell yeah but not @ march but i think ppl will remeber that game and Zach reactions.
now i am waiting for Chares Barkley team which will be aired on TNT to the world.
Hello there from Greece.
Just a note ( and sorry for my English )
Was very obvius that Ref's sucked in the game BUT
to our bad points :
1st Camby was out and i don t know why in a game that his game could be crucial..(rebound problems and D) as somebody said " is something we dont know about camby? ". We ll see
2nd I am a big fan of TC but i think i am seeing another player!
Something is not ok...look at him in the 3d Q i am counting 3 times when he did the screen at the P&R the player with the balled passed created the space to the basket and the he left still withoyt making the move to the basket to recieve the ball without marking!!
Also in Defence many times couldn t follow the players 3-4 times was just lloking without moving!!!
Some articles said that he has problems with his knee or something like that.
Lets see out reaction on MSG Vs Pacers
Hey there again from Greece.....
Ans something that i forgot to mention
MEMPHIS HDC Hollins :
". Of the Knicks, he added: If you play small, you have to give up something and they gave up a lot tonight.
Everybody makes mistakes and i think that M. Woodson has a lot to learn from this game and i am preety sure that we ll never make the same mistake. i trust him so much.
Its just a loss. Nothing to be upset about. They atleast fought very hard. Our teams in the past just freaking gave up and looked like they didn't care past a certain point
If this team is gonna fight that hard every night then we will win a ton of games.
We just need to win games that we should. This is a game where if we won, great but if we lost its not a big deal. If we had lost to the bobcats at home, which we did twice last season, a team that only won 7 games.. THen id be furious. But we lost because of injuries we don't match up well with them. so in the end disappointing but acceptable.
I give the team an A for effort last night.
you dont go small for most of the game vs the Lakers, Grizzles, maybe Clippers(Griffin and Jordan are a handful)
We would of won this game with Amar'e.
Tyson is mosty play D only he cant score and this is only negative from him instead of him i will choose Gasol his jump shots i think he can score three too and free throws he is complete
we couldnt play much when Melo Wallace Chandler was 4 fouls in beggining of 3rd "empty Stern fouls"
Dallas is coming Hornets and Rockets.
We need shot blocking and rebounding if we are gonna beat teams with size. this whole Amar'e and melo can't play together thing it just totally wrong imo. People say, "well they don't play well together" thing is completely unfounded. Last time amar'e was healthy, we didn't play well PERIOD because outside Melo amar'e and chandler we had a d league filled roster and a bad coach.
We now have a deep roster and a good coach. There is zero reason why Amar'e can't make us better. Other than his defense. But then again, hes being coached by woodson. he isn't going to let amar'e play if he lets guys blow by him like he did under dantoni so its not a big deal.
He doesn't seem to be as much of an impact on defense as he was before. Worded too strongly
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It took nearly a year to reach an agreement over the deal, and the hospital's reopening could take even longer.
"This is a very exciting day, for the Sisters of St. Francis and the people of West Oahu," said Jerry Correa, the President of the St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii.
The day of celebration came nearly 350 days after Hawaii Medical Center West shut down. The closure left Ewa residents without nearby emergency services. So many were happy to hear the news.
"I think its great, I live right across from the hospital and that's why I moved there. I think we really need it, Ewa really needs a hospital," said Ewa resident Alma Caberto.
Queen's Health Systems bought the hospital for $40 million and has big plans to spend another $30 million improving services.
"We want to expand emergency services, imagery services in support of the hospital and surgical services," said Art Ushijima, President of The Queen's Medical Center.
St. Francis Healthcare Systems will use the money it received from the sale to transform its former medical center in Liliha into a non-hospital care center.
"We would like to have service lines like skilled nursing facilities, wellness centers, assisted living and so forth," said Correa.
Those changes will take even more money and outside developers so right now, there is no target time for those services to start up.
As for the new hospital in Ewa, which will be called Queen's Medical Center West Oahu, it will be more than a year before the doors open.
"From today, we expect it will take us 14 months to open the facility," said Ushijima.
The major renovations and additions to the hospital are expected to delay the opening until early 2014.
Many Ewa residents are disappointed it will not happen sooner, but are still relieved they will once again have a nearby place to go in a medical emergency.
"Whatever they have to do to get something open this side. At least someone bought it and is trying to rectify closing it down," said Ewa Beach resident Melissa Matutine.
"2014 is better than not at all," added Caberto.
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Eddie Hemmings
Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:24 AM
"Surely if it's outlawed, it's a red card isn't it?"
No Eddie. Throwing a forward pass is outlawed. It doesn't mean you get a red card every time you do it!
Taunting Phil Gould was just a sad attempt to get attention.
Please can we have shut of him and his sidekick.
Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:38 AM
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And his attempts to build up the game - they haven't played for four months,they are not match fit,I don't think they've just come for a holiday etc.
How to ruin a great game of rugby - get Hemmings to do the commentary,together with his illiterate collegue.
Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:55 AM
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 10:25 AM
Give it a rest boys. Far better than the smarmy Inverdale & Guscott show on the Beeb
I agree, let's have some positives about what a great game and not look for something to moan about. Ed and Stevie have served our game well, I'm up for criticism where appropriate, but let's keep it balanced
Posted 23 February 2013 - 10:44 AM
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You are just a fish in a sea of human beings,
Lost up, caught up in someone else dreams,
Afraid to laugh cos you might drown -the true mad sad clown sinking down
Into the darkness where no-one will dare venture to save you.
D.R.I- Karma
Posted 23 February 2013 - 11:20 AM
Posted 23 February 2013 - 11:23 AM
If they just talk about what's happening on the pitch and stop trying to provide a side show, then they have an excellent team of commentators.
Posted 23 February 2013 - 11:31 AM
Eddie is okay. Not brilliant but not terrible.
Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police
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Well - I was at work for the first half and listened to the commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports extra via a sneaky earphone - Dave Woods was superb as usual - it is a real pity SKY can't use him. I didn't think Eddie and Stevo spoiled the second half. I got home and enjoyed the game, but I do think SKY need less talking heads and let the game do the talking! The bellicose rants about incidents / rules are getting in the way of following the game.
I like Dave Woods too but he isn't always "superb" - 2 or 3 years ago his commentary on the Challenge Cup Final (his first?) was so littered with mistakes in identifying the players that he apologised in his subsequent Rugby League World column for his having had a "shocker..." His attempts at pronouncing the names of French players during last year's European Championship were erratic - and might have improved had he done his homework properly.
I think Phil Gould is absolutely the best co-commentator out there - he just seems to "read" a game (and its players) better and is able to articulate his thoughts clearly... and yet it isn't hard to read Australian rugby league fans slagging him off as mercilessly as some over here do the likes of Stevo.
The game and occasion was fantastic and, despite legitimate misgivings about the commentary team, the quality on display was too good to be overshadowed by anything else.
Posted 23 February 2013 - 01:30 PM
But when someone cannot use their common sense to realise that just because something has been outlawed doesn't make it a red card offence, then you have to question his judgement on other issues (which over the years we've come to think is often wrong!). There are better people already employed that could take over and make the game sound good as well as look good!
Posted 23 February 2013 - 03:01 PM
Note: late in this context is due to his day job as a bus driver
Posted 23 February 2013 - 03:08 PM
Premier Sports is much better though.
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 04:36 PM
You should listen to the NRL, christ, even they have shirt numbers.
I just don't know why they need four in the commentary box,all trying to justify their presence - quality rather than quantity.It doesn't happen in any other sport.One good commentator,one good analyst.
If you use "should of", "would of" or "could of", you are a moron.
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On this day in 1971, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, dies in New York City at the age of 69.
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I was feeling very bad for myself last week. My car broke down on the side of the road late one night. That same day I had picked up my car from the mechanic. And poor poor me, my husband had taken our other car to the shop that day — so he couldn't come to my rescue as I froze on the side of the road late at night.
Ricot, my coworker in Haiti, was asking how I was, so I launched into my tale of woe. To Ricot. A Haitian. Who two weeks ago couldn't go into work because hungry mobs were throwing rocks through the windows of his office. Who, as part of his daily job, visits children who live under scraps of aluminum and eat whatever few bits of food their parents can scrape together that day.
The silent tsunami. That's what they're calling it. Those living in extreme poverty often spend more than 50 percent of their income on food. When food prices rise 83 percent in three years, as the World Bank estimates they have, it is like a unstoppable wave towering over and crashing down on these precious creations of God (for that is what they are). Those who ate three meals a day, now eat two. Those who ate two, well, it's hard even to think of it.
And here I am (in my best Valley-Girl voice), "Yeah, my car broke down, and like it's really hard, 'cause like, my other car is in the shop, and like if I want to go to the mall, I'm going to have to call a friend, and like I just ate 4,000 calories at Carrabba's last night on like fried zucchini sticks and lasagna, and I'm like so full, and yeah, my life's pretty hard."
Ricot, in turn, doesn't say: "Let me get this straight, I'm living in a country where 8 out of 10 of my countrymen live on around 90 cents — 90 cents! — a day and are eating mud cakes and you're complaining about how your two cars — two cars! — are giving you trouble?!!!"
No, he didn't say that. First of all, I don't think Haitians say, "Let me get this straight" — that's a little uptight for an islander. Instead he said, "It's really funny!" (That is me, with two broken cars is really funny.) "I laugh a little bit, but I am so sorry."
There you go. Grace from a Haitian. I've got a lot to learn around here.
The global food crisis is a really complicated issue, involving things such as globalization, trade law, land use, and so on — a lot of stuff that, honestly, is a bit opaque to me. And what in the world can I do about it?
I can learn. I can remember that these aren't just numbers I'm reading about, but precious children of God. And I can pray.
- Pray for the world leaders to make wise, sound choices that will honor God's will on this earth.
- Pray for the children and families who are right now experiencing the immediate affects of this crisis.
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BENNINGTON Roger G. Wood, 86, of Arlington, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington.
He was born June 28, 1926, in Bennington, the son of George and Theresa (Mattison) Wood.
He received his education in Shaftsbury schools.
A World War II veteran, he served in the U. S. Air Force and attained the rank of sergeant during that time.
He married the former Lillian Cross on April 13, 1952, at the Methodist Church in Bennington, with the Rev. Vogel officiating.
He was employed for 19 years at the former BenMont Paper Company in Bennington. After leaving BenMont, he worked for several years at the Carthusian Monastery on Mount Equinox. Prior to retirement, he was employed for 14 years at the Alan Mattison & Sons Vault Company in Arlington.
He served as a member of the Arlington Fire Department for more than 50 years. He was also a member of the East Arlington Federated Church and American Legion Post 69 in Arlington. He had been a Grange member since he was 14 years old. During that time he belonged to the Taconic Grange, Battenkill Grange, Pomona Grange, State Grange, and the National Grange.
A harness racing enthusiast, he owned, trained and drove at various harness tracks in the area for many years. He also enjoyed camping in his RV, and was a member of the Good Sam Club and the Green Mountain Travelers.
Survivors include his wife, Lillian C. Wood of Arlington; a son Michael Wood of Arlington; a brother John Wood of Shaftsbury; a sister Frances Hunt of Bennington; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at 11 a.m. from the Mahar & Son Funeral Home. The Rev. Kathleen S. Clark, pastor of the Federated Church in East Arlington, will officiate.
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The kitchen is the center of your home, a place to relax, work together, and socialize. Hang out there. Invite friends over. Spending time preparing and consuming food should be a pleasure, not a duty. Socializing is better done in the kitchen than the TV room.
Cook for yourself, your partner, your friends. You don't need to cook just at mealtime. Cook when you are bored, have free time, feel like listening to the radio, or have company over. I cook when I wake up too early. Sunday is a good time to cook for the week, making mass quantities of good food.
Cooking is a good shared activity. One person can chop veggies, or wash dishes while the other prepares the food. What is the point of all this cooking? It's a way to socialize without subjecting yourself to calorie-laden restaurants. Putting the effort into cooking will lead you to healthier meals. Your leftover soup will be more appealing and healthier than any frozen entrée.
How does one make a meal? Some people claim that they don't know how to cook. Perhaps their idea of cooking is opening a can, or microwaving something. Fortunately, our fore-mothers have provided us detailed instructions on food preparations. These are called "cook books". If you find them intimidating, invite a friend over to help you with the basics. Some people will say 'there is nothing to eat in the house'. What they are really saying is there is nothing that can be ready in five minutes. A few foods and a little creativity can make a fine meal. A little rice, an onion, butter… that's almost enough to make dinner.
Now that you have visualized your inner chef, lets talk about food. We'll break it down into three categories, good food, bad food, and OK food, which is in between.
Bad foods have more than one ingredient. They also tend to have fat, salt, sugar, and chemicals. Here are some bad foods:
Canned food is to be avoided. It's fatty, salty, and not necessary. Fresh food is preferable to canned. If something isn't in season, you can buy something else that is. Summer is the time for fresh green veggies. Winter is the time for potatoes, onions, apples, cabbage, and carrots. We're going to give up on the idea that every food is available 365 days year, in exchange for the idea that when a given food is fresh it will taste better. That is, unless you live in a climate like California, in which case the food is fresh year round.
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Inspired by Grace Kelly's wedding-day 'do, Emmy Rossum's tiara-topped braided chignon imparts a polished elegance to the red carpet. Rick Gradone, the hairstylist behind the show-stopping look, explains how to pull off a crown today: "The sleekness of this look keeps it more elegant and contemporary, whereas softer and fuller styles make tiaras look more prom queen or pageant-like. It has to be as clean and kempt as possible."
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"Fresh flowers add softness and romance to a wedding hairstyle," says George Northwood, who works with Chung. This charming floral crown paired with her ombre waves imparts a youthful, bohemian vibe perfect for a laid-back wedding. To keep the crown in place, Northwood recommended lightly back-combing the top of the hair. "Teasing allows bobby pins to grip to something more substantial and helps anchor the crown to the head," he explained.
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For a black-tie affair, only the most regal of updos will do. Renato Campora, who sculpted this one, says this look matches the unabashed drama of an ornate gown. Inspired by Botticelli, Campora crafted a flawless braided bun that coiled around to epic proportions thanks to a few extensions. But the key here, he says, is the slicked-back base: "A sleek and clean ponytail to start is essential since it's the foundation of the entire look."
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Although the Revenge star's Jennifer Behr brooch looked glitzy, her loose and textured topknot added an effortless feel. In order to balance out the sizable hair ornament, Sally Hershberger's wedding-hair wizard Ruben Colon says that sideswept bangs are essential. "It makes the clip more proportional and also keeps the style looking more youthful," he says.
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With its tousled and organic framework that flows into a more carefully crafted low chignon, Jennifer Lawrence's updo provides the best of both worlds. "It is still formal, but fun and romantic," says Jen Atkin, who counts Lawrence as a client. "This look would be great for a fall wedding or for a modern bride who isn't afraid of playing with texture in her hair."
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"A ponytail is the simplest way to style the hair, making this perfect for a no-fuss bride who still wants to look elegant and polished," says Campora, who gave Alba this look for the Ralph Lauren spring 2013 show. "It allows you to move freely so it's comfortable, but this one is still timeless and classic." Campora specifically placed Alba's pony high up at the crown of the head and softly curled the tail to give it "bounce and movement like Jessica Rabbit's hair," he says.
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Combining a braid in front and twists in the back, Julianne Hough's style looks intentionally unkempt, which makes it feel a touch casual. "This would be a good alternate option for girls who want a natural-looking updo for a daytime beach wedding instead of the standard beachy waves," says Colon. Since it relies so heavily on bobby pins, Colon recommends this look for shoulder-length hair in particular.
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Demonstrating how to take a break from the traditional hair brooch or tiara, Kerry Washington donned a fun and playful oversize bow. Takisha Sturdivant-Drew, the coiffeur behind the half-up 'do, stressed that placement is imperative when working with a bow. "It needs to sit on the side and not directly on top of the head," she says, explaining that the latter looks too Minnie Mouse.
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"A fresh and cool braid offsets a powerful and more mature ball gown," says hairstylist Andy LeCompte, referencing Liu's voluminous dress that she wore to this year's Golden Globes. "It makes the whole style look edgy." What's more, such intricate plaits still tie in the decadence of a statement-making gown without turning it fussy. To get the look, LeCompte constructed a reverse French braid around the head on both sides of the part, "which gives hair more volume and also helps to show off the dimensions of the braid on dark hair."
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When it comes to short hair, Colon said it's all but essential to utilize accessories to give cropped looks that extra panache. "It's also a great excuse to get away with a particularly bold piece of jewelry," he says. Case in point: Michelle Williams' diamond-encrusted Fred Leighton headband that gussied up her dramatically parted, shaggy pixie cut. To get her piece-y style, Colon recommends dipping fingertips in a pomade and lightly rubbing select ends of hair for textured definition, rather than raking the product directly through the whole head (which gives a more clumpy look).
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Stylist Giannandrea created a refreshing, deconstructed take on the classic French twist that Watts wore to the Oscars. "I wanted to pull the hair away from the face without it looking too constricting or too coiffed," he says. "Its height and soft texture give the style a womanly sensibility." Giannandrea recommended using no tools other than hands to create. After rough-drying hair, use fingers to lift the front for volume and to smooth back the sides, then wind the ends into a disheveled roll in the back—while pinning stray hairs into twists.
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This elaborate updo worn by Nicole Kidman shows off hairstylist Mara Roszak's skill: the twisted bun placed off to one side paired with the faint braid and the gilded pin give this look interest from every angle. "Nicole's dress was very sexy and glamorous and I wanted to contrast that with a cool, textured updo that was a bit tousled," Roszak says. To define wavy hair's natural texture and highlight movement before pinning it up, she recommended touching up hair on the sides and top with a one-inch curing iron.
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"It's quite strong and confident with the slick and architectural loop, but also very feminine with the deep side part," explains hairstylist Ben Skervin of the samurai-inspired graphic bun he sculpted for Weisz. Skervin recommended using a bungee band instead of a traditional elastic when securing the ponytail "so you don't have to fiddle with pulling the tail through."
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Channeling an old-Hollywood vibe at the Oscars this year, Reese Witherspoon sported Veronica Lake-esque waves, which were made modern with brushed out, loose curls instead of stiff coils. "It's pure beauty and glamour and just perfect for a special occasion," says Campora, who was responsible for giving Witherspoon the vintage-inspired mane. "Hair pulled all to one side shows off the neck and earrings, and at the same time it both opens and frames the face."
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"These easy and sexy waves are ideal for a summer wedding or a barefoot beach wedding," suggested the creator of Rihanna's less-is-more style for the Grammys, Ursula Stephens. The trick here, she explained, is to wrap hair around a one-and-a-half-inch curling iron instead of inserting it in the clip, and starting the wrap a few inches down from the root "to give it an undone feel."
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Bullock's sleek, pin-straight hair is understated and edgy, while the accent of a subtle brooch keeps it looking elegant. "I see this style at a big city wedding that's both minimalistic and modern," says Colon. The ornament's placement directly behind the ear is what Colon explains makes this style so new, since it's not so obvious and is only visible when Bullock turns her head. As for how to pull off such linear locks, Colon says it's all in the part: "The part is drawn precisely off-center, which softens the look and minimizes the severity of the look."
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Wearing a necklace repurposed as a headband on her mussed-up high bun, Hayek shows her creativity. Hairstylist Peter Savic embellished the billowing bun at the Oscars with Cindy Chao's Maple Leaves choker that he coiled around the base. "Hair jewelry doesn't have to be made specifically for the hair," he says. When trying to secure necklaces or garment brooches into hair Savic recommends attaching wire to the ends of the jewelry and creating a loop, which gives bobby pins something to hook and latch onto.
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"The finger waves in front and pin curls along the bottom give this look a definite retro feel," says hairstylist Robert Vetica, who created this faux-bob Keibler wore to the Oscars. But instead of forming the pin curls on wet hair as was traditionally done in the past, Vetica crafted them on dry hair and then brushed them out, giving the look a more modern and relaxed vibe. Add a birdcage veil along the part to make your period-wedding dreams a reality.
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Also looking back on yesteryear, Roszak referenced an über-femme era when doing Saldana's hair for a recent premiere. "I wanted the hair to have a bit of height much like the '40s styles, but with a modern 'twist,' literally!" she says. After making a side part, Roszak rolled the front sections of hair all the way around to the nape of the neck, leaving volume at the front and adding hair as she went. She secured the remaining tresses into a bun with bobby pins, then topped it off with a Jennifer Behr headband inserted backward so that it encircled the back of the head.
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Roszak said Deschanel's updo is flattering due to the volume at both the crown and in the back. The ticket to getting so much lift is to start with a dollop of mousse on damp hair, before blowing it out with a boar-bristle brush. After setting hair in large Velcro rollers, remove them and gently brush out the lengths. Roszak says to tease the crown with a fine-tooth comb "for a bit of a '60s-inspired bump," then pull the hair back into a mid-height ponytail. Once you back-comb the base of the pony, pin the ends underneath to create a tucked chignon.


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CHARLES TOWN – In between the time Pete Dougherty was appointed Jefferson County sheriff Tuesday afternoon and the time he left the County Commission meeting room in Charles Town to drop off his resignation at the Board of Education, he called his wife to let her know the news.
Jan Dougherty was delighted to hear of her husband's appointment, and not only for the new position, but because it brings him closer to home.
"I'm glad he will not have to be commuting to D.C. anymore. I just think it's awesome," she said.
Most residents associate Dougherty's name with the school board, and after 25 years of being a member, it's not difficult to see why. What may become surprising to some, Dougherty said, is that his career began in law enforcement in Jefferson County back in the mid-1970s as a parole officer.
Dougherty, 60, served as a magistrate from 1977 until 1983 and also for the 23rd judicial circuit as a probation supervisor. Until his retirement last week, Dougherty worked with the Department of Veteran's Affairs in Washington, D.C., for 19 years.
"When 9/11 happened, I was with the small group of people who were responsible for the continuation of operation of government," Dougherty said of his additional experience.
Dougherty and his wife live on Westhall Drive in Charles Town. He has three adult children, two of whom still reside in Jefferson County. Jan runs the food bank at Jefferson County Community Ministries in town.
Dougherty was born in New Jersey, and moved to West Virginia in 1975 for college and never left, he said.
He is a graduate of Davis & Elkins College with an undergraduate degree in history and political science and earned an education certification. Dougherty also completed his master's degree in education and counseling from West Virginia University.
A managerial-focused role of the sheriff's position is how Dougherty said the duties should be undertaken, and that is how he plans to run the office – just as soon as he returns his laptop to the VA Center, he said.
"I think it's a big weight off his shoulders from retiring from the VA and being back in town again and serving the community, that's him, that's what he's all about," Jan said.
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Cowon Korea just announced the R7, a "Full HD Super PMP", which is more of a 7″ tablet without connectivity. At 800×480 pixel it sports quite low resolution for that screen size, but – as far as I can interpret the Korean specs sheet – it should have excellent battery life: 65 hours for audio, 10 for video. As is usually the case with Cowon, the R7 supports every audio and video format known to man (including MKV, TS, 3GP, APE, Musepack, Wavpack, True Audio), and of course 1080p playback as well. Judging by the specs, it seems this one doesn't support BBE sound enhancements for videos, only for audio – like the V5 and O2 before it. It comes in respectable sizes up to 64GB, sports a MicroSDHC slot, and an HDMI output.
Here's the real zinger, however: it runs on Windows CE 6.0. This is not a joke. While the rest of the planet strives to implement WP 7 Mango (as far as Microsoft's mobile OS goes), Android, or iOS, Cowon took a step back to the good old days of CE 6, as already found in their rather underwhelming V5 PMP of last year. Actually, the R7 is just a V5 with a bigger screen (at the same resolution).
It is even more bewildering, considering Cowon already have an Android device on the market with the D3, offering a more modern, more widely used, and arguably better operating system than on the R7. I definitely would have expected them to release an Android tablet, not a WinCE one. Then again, the R7 has no Wi-Fi connectivity, so it might not matter after all. Either way, consider me once again baffled about Cowon's decisions. Once again it seems like the advancements in portable device design seen in the last few years went past Cowon.


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We sipped our way through the South to compile a list of our 100 favorite Southern bars. From down-and-dirty dives to sleek and buzzy cocktail lounges, these spots are sure to liven up any Friday night.
In the South, there are plenty of places to pull up a barstool or sidle up to the counter for a cold one. Here is a list of the South's best bars. Places like Napoleon House, Branch, and Taste are all places you'll want to linger over that drink and really get to know the locals. If you choose a bar by its name, visit Captain Foxheart's Bad News Bar & Spirit Lodge in Houston, Texas. If you prefer a bar named after where you park your car, you'll love the Garage Bar in Louisville, Kentucky. Imbibe and bowl at Pinewood Social. What the South's best bars all have in common is great service, amazing drinks, and that sense of down-home welcome that makes you stay a little longer. You should. You won't find the South's best bars anywhere else.


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By Tim Albritton, State Staff Forester, NRCS, Auburn, AL
Alabama NRCS held a Forestry Training Retreat for forestry related personnel at the Enon & Sehoy Plantations in Bullock County, Alabama, one of Alabama's unique forestry venues.
The retreat was held to examine the current programs, guides, standards, and ways we promote forestry to the public. The forestry training retreat helped to improve communications, observe unique forest management practices, and build friendships.
Before the technical session began, everyone shared an interesting forestry experience. This generated a lot of laughter. broke the ice, and helped the attendees get to know each other.
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Holding this training event in a conducive environment with a stress-free atmosphere, created a desirable and very successful experience for everyone.
The planners and attendees acknowledged their appreciation to NRCS leadership for their endorsement of the training. Appreciation was also expressed to John Stivers and the folks at Enon & Sehoy Plantations for hosting the event.
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A Guide for Passing the Time
Nothing says "It's almost time for baseball" more than the Superbowl. On the one hand, the end of the NFL season means the next couple weeks are devoid of anything sportingly worthwhile. Basketball is fine but I don't really care until the NCAA tournament rolls around. And hockey? Well, if the Red Wings are playing and there's nothing else to do, maybe I'll check it out. But the other side of this is knowing that in two short weeks (or maybe two long weeks) pitchers and catchers report.
So, what can we do to fill the time between now and then? How do we kill 14 days without losing it and accidentally killing something more? Here at RSBS, we're compiling an ever-expanding list of things to do to pass the time until the baseball season finally begins.
Sight-Seeing Vacation in Detroit
What isn't to love about the city that could have served as the backdrop for the movie "The Crow?" However, beyond seeing what is left of old Tiger Stadium and visiting Greektown, there are also new and exciting tourist destinations. For instance, the body frozen in ice. Or how about Ford field, site of 8 of the Lions' 16 losses this past season? Hurry, though. It's all going to thaw soon and then you're in real trouble.
Reestablishing Diplomatic Ties with Iran
All they want is an apology. Is that so hard? Oh, really? We already tried that? Well, how about we try Venezuela instead. Caracas seems like a friendly place.
Finding the Most Famous Email Address in Washington
Apparently only a select few have access to the President via email. Where's that transparency you told us about, Mr. President? If I can't forward you emails from my Grandma about Barack Obama being a secret Muslim, then what…….oh, right. Yeah, I guess I wouldn't want those emails either.
Helping Jeff Feel Sorry for Himself
Nevermind. It looks like he already has that one under control.
So, there you go. Already we have four ideas for you and there's no telling how the list will grow. Happy Superbowl and just so you know, I will be cheering for Arizona. What can I say? When you're a Lions fan, you just get used to cheering for the underdog.
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One of my favorite moments of the whole damn election was the look on John McCain's face when the old lady he had handed the mic to at a rally started calling Obama a Muslim. It was a look of sheer horror. It was priceless.
I feel ya about the waiting. I feel like opening day is years away. I know that pitchers and catchers report in two weeks but darn it I want to go to a game! At least we have MLB network now.
That sight-seeing vacation in Detroit looks mighty appealing. I'm torn between that and a trip to Wasilla.
I don't know how you feel but I felt the Crow lacked something. Was it the acting? I can't quite remember. Although just for the record, I felt it was a decent movie, not bad or anything. One of the greatest soundtracks ever though.
Those all sound like really great ways to pass the time, finding the President's e-mail and helping Jeff feel sorry for himself are probably my favorite. Along with Katie, I do remember when that woman said she "didn't trust that Obama, he's an Arab." Hilarious. I was also cheering for the Cardinals, so it looks like we both lost out.
Shouldn't a trip to Detroit also include the Red Wings' 11 (probably soon to be 12) Stanley Cup wins? Or are you guys so busy whining about the Lions and the Tigers and the miserable economy that you have forgotten about all those?
And maybe Ozzie Guillen can help us forge diplomatic ties with Venezuela. He seems pretty tight with our new prez. "Ambassador Ozzie Guillen" has a nice ring to it, no?
Sightseeing in Detroit is right up there with sightseeing in lower, slower, Delaware. Although, we do have tax free shopping and outlet malls :O) And my backyard is full of weeds, vines, opposums and stuff…stop by and enjoy the nature!


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In the past ISAT provided two Individual Student Reports (ISRs). One copy was for the parents/guardians and one copy was for the home district/school files. Both of these copies are sent to the home district/school. For the 2006 ISAT we are now providing a third ISR for students whose serving school is different from their home school. This third copy of the ISR will be sent directly to the serving school. Hence, serving schools will receive a box of ISRs for those students they have served who have been sent to them by another school or district. This extra ISR is intended to be used by teachers to assist them in their work with students.
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The first bank holiday of the summer season is nearly upon us and what better way to celebrate than getting away on a cottage holiday. You don't need to jet off to Europe to have a great time, especially with a weather report for the UK as glorious as the one for this weekend. We still have a wonderful selection of holiday cottages available for the weekend, and with Last Minute Breaks being only 65% of the regular weekly rental rate for a minimum of three nights, you can grab a great deal!
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The Washington Monument opens to the public, John Lennon is born, Che Guevara is executed, and President Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, all on this day.
1967: A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. Guevara, seen here in 1960, reportedly told his executioner, Bolivian Sgt. Mario Terán, "I know you've come to kill me. Shoot me you coward! You are only going to kill a man!"


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November 14, 2012 —
When Matthew Smith talks about that incident back in November 1975, he seems intelligent, energetic, frustrated and perhaps a bit wistful about the way things might have been. Back then, he was a cop with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stationed in the Alphabet City section of Manhattan, making at least a couple of drug busts a week and racking up the overtime.
According to a new book, "Counting the Days, 366 Days in Prison," written by Smith's wife Leslie Rutkin, one bust involved 10 cops, 110 decks of heroin and about $30,900 in cash. Back at the station, the heroin and about $900 was entered into evidence. Some of the other cops divided up the $30,000, and as one of ten officers involved in the bust, Smith was handed $3,000 in cash.
She quoted Smith as saying, "If I had vouchered the money I felt I would have been shot. There was no question in the other officers' minds that the money belonged to them. They weren't doing anything different than anyone else on the job."
After the bust, Smith was contacted by the anti-crime unit, seeking to recruit him. Regarding this time Rutkin writes, "Everyone knew the cops in anti-crime were killing dealers, stealing large amounts of money, taking kickbacks from dealers they let slide."
Months later, Smith and four other officers who participated in the bust were indicted.
Smith was offered the opportunity to avoid prison time by turning state's evidence against the anti-crime unit, but he refused. The couple learned about his indictment when they were on their honeymoon. On September 6, 1977 Smith was handcuffed and taken off to jail to serve a term of one to three years.
Then began a year-long period of detailed and poignant correspondence between the newly married couple that now, more than 35 years later, forms the backbone of the memoir and reveals how the relationship survived that year.
The letters show the process of being integrated into the prison system and the sometimes unexpected situations prisoners sometimes face. For instance, shortly after Matthew is taken away, Rutkin writes, "I can do what I want, go where I please. I ache when I think of your immobility and the impossibility of having your own clothes or seeing the things you want to see day by day."
Early on Smith writes to Rutkin, "The absence of any worthwhile conversation is probably the most distressing aspect of my present company. I do not avoid other inmates completely, but these people are from the street—hardened criminals with no intention of breaking off with the past. They probably become more knowledgeable in the art of criminal behavior and are more of a threat after being released than after entering."
Because he is a former cop, Matthew creates a history to tell other inmates. He writes, "The black inmate next to me has started asking questions relative to my placement in protective custody (PC) because all the other inmates have discipline problems in PC and he thought I fell into that category. I said I was a white-collar criminal, who, with six other people, embezzled $60,000. I had a very influential attorney and at his direction I was placed in PC. This statement satisfied his curiosity."
Overall, the letters reflect a roller coaster of emotion, hope, insecurity and fear. When Smith finally returned home, the two stopped writing everyday, and the marriage nearly fell apart.
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Friends and colleagues of Dan Barrett came together at Greenwich Point's Secret Garden to celebrate Dan's many contributions to the town of Greenwich for almost five decades.
Attendees at the "Go Wild at Night" themed evening included Dan's former Greenwich High students, fellow teachers, volunteers at the Shellfish Commission, Greenwich Point Conservancy, Bruce Museum, and colleagues from his twenty-four-year career at The Greenwich Land Trust.
It was an inspiring evening, highlighting how one person can make a community a better place for the future. The event kicked off the Daniel V. Barrett Stewardship Endowment Fund to provide funds to care for our preserved lands now and for the future. gltrust.org


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Chair for My Mother, A
Acclaimed author/illustrator Vera Williams tells of a young girl, who along with her waitress mother, saves coins in a big jar in hopes that they can someday buy a big, new, comfortable chair for their apartment, the kind of chair her mother deserves after being on her feet all day in the Blue Tile Diner. Into the jar also goes the money Grandma saves whenever she gets a bargain at the market.
There hasn't been a comfortable place to sit in the apartment since a fire in their previous apartment burned everything to "charcoal and ashes." Friends and neighbors brought furniture to their new apartment downstairs, but no one brought anything big or soft or comfortable. Finally the jar is full, the coins are rolled, and in the book's crowning moment mother, daughter, and Grandma search four different furniture stores, and after carefully trying several chairs, like Goldilocks, they find the chair they've been dreaming of at last.
Vera Williams enhances this heartwarming story about the values of saving and working together towards a common goal, with her own pleasant, folk-art inspired paintings. Each illustration is bordered with natty patterning, foreshadowing the family's eventual acquisition of their new, magnificent chair.
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Face-Slashing Flip-Flopper Is Dem Again
Wonderful news: Hiram Monserrate is a Democrat again! The New York state Senator who famously glassed his girlfriend and whose term cannot end soon enough switched back to caucusing with his party and doomed the Senate to (yet more) gridlock.
The Daily News broke the news on the front page today, which is funny, because they keep reporting on that assault thing and calling him names like "traitor." But apparently Monserrate is losing his mind, or something, because of all the stress from his upcoming trial. Being a mercurial violent asshole narcissist is almost as exhausting as "legislating" or whatever he is supposed to do!
Here is your Daily News sports columnist, Mike Lupica, calling Monserrate and Espada various names, on the occasion of their trip to a baseball game.
Anyway. Remember how the Democrats said the GOP takeover was illegal and so they took them to court? The Judge hearing the case basically refuses to decide anything, still.
"As a matter of public policy, you guys should work this out so I'm directing you to go across the street and do that and report back to me at one o'clock," he said. "There are 64 (sic) members over there, who are, in my opinion, hopefully, capable of getting together and working through what I have every understanding and appreciation are very serious and difficult matters, but which can be resolved and can be worked through in a way to be beneficial to the citizens of this state."
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text: 0 Gate to the Future by Mark Sellers Best Sellers Trending Art Best Selling Paintings Best Selling Abstract Art Prints Best Selling Photography Best Selling Posters Popular Subjects Animals Architecture Childrens Art Floral & Still Life Landscape Maps Military & War Music Science Fiction & Fantasy Skylines Spiritual Transportation Featured Artists Brickhut Cozamia Eric Joyner Erin Ashley James Niehues Jennifer Lommers Jonas Gerard Marcia Baldwin Mark Lawrence Michael Creese Michael Tompsett Collections ArtLoversOnline Design Pics The Fine Art Masters Panoramic Images Retro Images Archive StockTrek Images WorldWide Archive Create Your Own Photo Canvas Custom Frame Photos Gate to the Future by Mark Sellers (2008) Sign inCustomer Service Cart Houzz Share on Tumblr Tweet +Add to Cart Available Sizes inches / cm Petite $57.50 Small $69.00 Medium $86.25 Large $115.00 » component prices Print Frame Mats Glazing Fitting Customize Framing or choose Canvas Print Customize Canvas or choose Framed Art Print Click to save as artist's preferred kit Paper Enhanced MattePremium Photo GlossyPremium Photo LusterUltraSmooth Fine ArtHahnemuhle Photo Rag 308Hahnemuhle Fine Art PearlHahnemuhle Torchon Mounted? ★★★☆☆ Details Paper print only, too large to frame online. Frames Choose a color » ø Top Mat | Middle Mat | Bottom Mat ø Glazing Style Soft EdgeWhite EdgeBlack EdgeImage WrapUnstretched 1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating Availablity Usually ships within five business days. Artist Mark SellersCollection ImaginactoryDescription This is one of a series of gates or portals in my collection. I like the idea of a door leading somewhere mysterious. Each gate has its own character and destination of course. Whatever lies ahead is always the future, even if you know what will happen. What lies on the other side of this gate? Is it a good future? It looks that way. The only way youll ever find out is to conquer your apprehension and open it. If you look at my artwork you will notice the one consistency is the lack of consistency. I try to make each piece different from all the others. With each piece I try something new and try to learn something in the process making each piece a process of self discovery. See all the other work in my gallery. There is more where this came from. Popular Configurations Stretched Canvas Modern Lines Contemporary White Classical Baroque Unframed print Explore More from the same collection View All Mark Sellers's Recent Work About the artist Mark Sellers, Abu Dhabi, UAE Member Since November 2008 Artist Statement My gallery is mostly photographs but my pride and joy are the artwork you will find dispersed throughout.My photographic collection has grown to outnumber my artwork. One of the benefits of being a teacher in the Middle East is the shorter distances to interesting places. Plus, part of our benefit package is to get tickets for an annual trip to our home countries or elsewhere, so we have been all over the place. I look for those artistic captures that would look good in my gallery. One of my favorite places for camera fodder is Singapore and Bali. My kids and wife have turned out to have a good photographer's eye as well and I have added some of their best shots. Most of the photographs in my gallery are from the USA (primarily North Atlantic states), Atlantic Canada, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and some European countries. Though I am very happy with the gallery photograph collection, I am especially proud of my digital artwork. For my artwork, the drawing is the thing. Though some of my pieces are completely digital, most of my artwork is probably different in a number of ways from the artwork you are used to. Usually an artist starts with a prepared canvas and then proceeds to create a painting that fills up that space. My approach has to be a bit opposite of that. I start with a completed drawing, transform it digitally and then have to create a background to fit it. My art is a bit of a hybrid since it is not completely digital. I have long had a hobby of making simple random pen drawings that I then paint with gel pens. Gel ink painting in my gallery are made from these quickly made spontaneous expressionist doodle drawing. Some of them turn out purely abstract while others end up looking like representations of something. These spontaneous expressions are scanned, cleaned up, and then transformed and finished digitally. I use a number of software titles to create the effects. The effects of the programs become my paint brushes. When you look at my gallery, consider that each item takes a minimum of 6 hours to make, usually takes more than 10 and some take more than 30. The drawings go through a range of transformation. Some of them are clearly still drawings. Others are transformed into something new such as metal sculptures. A very small number are morphed beyond recognition. You'll notice my use of colors. I tend to use very bright colors and often contrast them, even clash them sometimes. You'll also notice that every piece seems to very different from the next. Each piece is a challenge for me to do something different that I have not done yet. I make an effort to make each piece unique. The focus of each piece is the drawing and how I choose to interpret it. Since each drawing has a unique personality and a completely different interpretation, the end product is then going to look different from any other piece I've made. This inconsistency ends up showcasing my creatively in a powerful way. Strangely, I'm an artist 'by accident'. I've always been generally very creative and imaginative, and visual art is something I've recently 'grown into'. I've always loved color. I have no favorite color -- I love them all. I've always doodled to maintain focus. My doodles quickly developed into extremely detailed drawings that have gotten a lot of attention. Some of my most interesting pieces are among those I made early on. Digital art for me is a way of 'sharing' something interesting of myself that has developed naturally without any formal training.I am married with three daughters and I am American, but I live and work in the United Arab Emirates as a university English teacher. In a way I am a kind of American export. I have been here since 1998 and before that I was working in Indonesia. My childhood in Minnesota as well as all my experiences in Africa and various Asian countries have greatly influenced my work. 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After 15 years of marriage, Ivana Trump had enough when she found out about Donald Trump's affair with Marla Maples. The pair divorced in 1992 with Ivana getting $25 million of The Donald's fortune. He learned his lesson when he married Maples in 1993, signing a prenuptial agreement that eventually limited Maples to between $1 to $5 million when they divorced six years later.


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The San Francisco Zoo is delighted to partner with the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco to be the exclusive U.S. venue for the special traveling exhibition, Travesía: Journey of the Gray Whale. On view in the Zoo's Pachyderm Building from June 8 to September 17, this fascinating show created by ―Proyecto Ballena Gris‖ (the Gray Whale Project) tells the story of one of the longest migrations in the animal world from the fertile waters of the Arctic seas to the protected lagoons of Baja.
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Massing of the Colors for Memorial Day
Fort Meade's Memorial Day Remembrance set for Sunday
By Col. Edward C. Rothstein
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Posted 5/03/12
I'm literally talking about great and fun things to participate in like we offered last weekend.
For starters, Saturday's Family Fun Fair was awesome!
For those of you who couldn't make it, about 2,500 people attended the 26th annual event at McGill Training Center.
And per usual, DFMWR director Martha McClary and her Child, Youth and School Services team did a fantastic job. The event featured a bunch of activities that Audrey, the kids and I truly enjoyed. (See Pages 14-15.)
Then on Sunday we gave our historic golf course a proper send-off during the final Commander's Cup tournament. Mother Nature helped out with the weather, the Courses was in its usual fantastic condition, and even though Gen. Alexander and I didn't win the first-place trophy, it is fair to say that all 144 golfers who participated had a great time. (See Pages 20-21.)
And for those of you worried about the future of the Fort Meade golf community, let me say that thanks to our great partnerships, I can promise you that Sunday's Commander's Cup will not be the last time Team Meade gets together over a round of golf.
Both the Family Fun Fair and Commander's Cup brought the entire community together, and I hope we will get together again Sunday for one of the more patriotic events on our calendar: Fort Meade's Memorial Day Remembrance and 26th Annual Massing of the Colors.
The massing symbolizes the ideals of patriotism and love of county. It also gives me a better understanding of what President George Washington meant when he said, "When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen."
I say that because during the event, which Fort Meade is hosting along with the General George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars, more than 60 color guards from various active-duty, Guard and Reserve military units will join their counterparts from civilian organizations such as local VFWs, Rotary Clubs and Boy and Girl Scout troops.
Each color guard will march into the Pavilion under its own banner, then come together around the United States Colors.
Beyond this impressive display, the event also will feature an Armed Forces Color Guard from the Military District of Washington and a performance by the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will serve as the keynote speaker for the event, which will conclude with a free concert by the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus stationed here at Fort Meade.
If all of that isn't enough to get you out to the Pavilion at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, there also is a reception with food after the concert.
Joking aside, Command Sgt. Maj. Smith and I hope you can make it out to this fabulous event and celebrate one more great thing that Team Meade makes happen.
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Moyer Loves Fish…Mmmm!
Jamie Moyer completed the sweep of the Florida Marlins today by frying the pesky Fish; his record now stands at 12-1 against the Marlins. This win was a back breaker for the Marlins, who lost 13-2, and even had to use their right-fielder, Cody Ross, to pitch the final inning. Moyer's pitching baffled the aggressive young hitters who struck out 6 times and managed only 1 run against Moyer. Great defense was a help as well, with Raul Ibanez making an unbelievable snag of a long fly ball against the wall in left. Had he missed it, it would have plated at least 2 more runs for the Fish. Ibanez continues to impress, silencing all doubters who were upset by the exit of Pat Burrell.
Jimmy Rollins got the day off to reflect on his awful start to the season and Eric Bruntlett filled in nicely, going 1 for 4 with 1 RBI, 1 walk and 2 runs scored. Pedro Feliz must like fried Fish as well; he had 3 hits, 2 RBI, 1 walk and 2 runs scored. Yummy! In fact, all of the Phillies, Moyer included, had at least one hit in the game except Chris Coste. Coste also had a brain-fart in the 5th inning when he grabbed a bunted ball and threw to 2nd instead of getting the sure out at first base. Not his day, for sure. But luckily, the rest of the team was hungry and happy to gobble up the Fishies. My favorite part of the following video is about 1 min, 15 seconds in…you'll see why:
The Phillies would love to continue their feeding frenzy tomorrow when they take on the Washington Nationals at home with Joe Blanton on the mound. Start time is 7:05pm and if you are hungry too, head out to the ballpark; it is dollar dog night! Not as fun as Fish heads, but still pretty good.
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Leave it to Moyer. Some things (or people) never get OLD. LOL. Thanks for bringing "fish heads" back. That was a popular song way back and I remember my parents thinking I was a weirdo for singing it at random.
Now I can't get that fish heads song out of my head and it's driving me nuts! Good job eating up the Marlins.
I love the 'Fish Heads' video! Like Jeff, I used to drive my parents crazy singing that song all the time. Ahh, memories. Although, now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head the rest of the week.-Erinhttp://plunking-gomez.mlblogs.com
We had this game WON tonight. WON, I'm telling you!!!
My new blog says it all. WHY is Joel Hanrahan our closer???
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A routine mammogram at age 39 alerted doctors that Tracy Grant had breast cancer.
Now 46, Grant said she started her mammograms when she was 30 because of a family history with the disease. She said her mother, grandmother and three aunts are all survivors.
"Early awareness and detection made a huge difference" in her case, said Grant, a filmmaker and artist. "I would never have waited until I was 50 with this history."
Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced that it would no longer recommend that women between the ages of 40 and 49 get mammograms, a change from earlier guidelines that recommended women start getting the procedure at 40. The new guidelines instead recommended women start mammograms at age 50.
The American Cancer Society said, "No population-based data have yet been published regarding mammography use since the change."
But the change has had little impact on the recommendations made by the nation's largest breast cancer organizations -- such as the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Both have not changed their guidelines and still recommend that women start getting their mammograms at age 40.
"We haven't changed our stance," said John Hammarley, a spokesman for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "Women of average risk for breast cancer should begin receiving regular annual screening mammograms starting at the age of 40."
Dr. Otis Brawley, the chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, said before a U.S. House committee last December that breast cancer mortality has been declining in the United States since mammography became the standard for most women.
In 2009 alone, he said, "about 15,000 breast cancer deaths were avoided that would have occurred had rates not begun to drop due in part to greater access to mammography."
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide, according to the American Cancer Society. It is diagnosed in 1.4 million women and kills nearly 500,000 every year, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
By adjusting the age for mammograms to 50, researchers hoped to delay some women's exposure to radiation and reduce the anxiety and costs of the tests.
In documents on its website, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said the harms that result from screening too early for breast cancer include "psychological harms, unnecessary imaging tests and biopsies in women without cancer and inconvenience due to false-positive screening results."
The task force said false-positive results are more common for women aged 40 to 49 years.
Overdiagnosis can also happen, the task force said.
But the drawbacks aren't enough for others in the field to follow the recommendations.
"Each year, more than 25,000 women in the U.S. under the age of 45 are diagnosed with breast cancer, and almost 3,000 women under the age of 45 will die of the disease," said Hammarley with Susan G. Komen, which still recommends that women get mammograms starting at age 40.
Grant, who has made a documentary on how the disease has affected her, said the choice to get routine mammograms earlier was easy for her, but may not be for other women.
"I think the choice is up to the individual," she said.


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I don't eat peanuts very often. I'm not a huge fan of peanut butter, I don't buy peanuts as snacks, I'll get some beer nuts if I see them for sale somewhere and I'm desperately hungry yet nowhere near a ham. But I swear to God, if you tell me I can't eat a peanut somewhere I will freak the fuck out.
I understand the thinking behind a peanut ban, I understand the severity of some allergies, but I also understand what will happen to me if I get struck by lightning. Doesn't mean I wear rubber boots every day. I've written before about my loathing of peanut bans, especially in schools, and how it's an allergy something like 1 percent of people have and there are just short of no deaths each year as a result of peanut allergies (which may be because of the peanut ban, you never know). I feel it teaches kids that other people are responsible for them, and that they deserve special treatment, not just for allergies but for anything. It's a symptom of the massive pussification of schools. And there's so much worse than peanut bans going on.
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A teacher in Edmonton, Alberta, was recently suspended for the egregious crime of refusing to pass students who had failed. He contends that he was instructed by the school's principal to not give out zeros for missed assignments. The principal says a zero doesn't accurately reflect a student's knowledge, that pupils should be given the chance to make up the work later and that every day students should ride to school on moonbeams and marshmallows. That way it's more fair and demonstrates that they have in fact learned the material and are not just mouth-breathing little douchenozzles being sent to day care.
Right away the problem with this is exemplified by people who no longer remember what it's like to be a student in a school. Maybe one kid in a whole class, in a whole year, legitimately missed an assignment because of some insane reason -- all their grandmothers and fathers died in a week, they had dengue fever, a Kardashian tried to hump them, whatever. But that kid will likely go to the teacher and ask to make it up upon realizing he was going to fail.
The fever is worsening. Don't let my terrifying and inappropriate expression convince you that I caused this to happen.
Slack-ass slackers don't hand in assignments on time because they probably don't give a shit. That's why they're slackers. The school feels this is a behavioral issue and the students should be encouraged to improve, not given a self-esteem-shattering zero. You'll notice this is the same way the rest of the world works. Remember how you can choose not to go to work for a week and your boss will ask if there's a better time for you to do the work? Do you remember that? Do you? Hell no you don't, and neither does anyone else.
If you fail in life, you fail. Arguably your corporate overlords should cut you some slack if you have the dengue fever, that shit's cold. But they're not going to pay you for shifts you missed and your job will be in jeopardy eventually, so maybe think about getting a Band-Aid and taking some ginseng or whatever.
If an assignment doesn't even exist to be graded, logic dictates that it gets a zero. And that kid who got a zero earned it, so cut that "extra chances" shit out unless you want to give every kid who got an 80 a chance to earn an 85 with some extra time, or maybe the 90 kids could boost their grades to 95 with extra time. Maybe that teacher never needs to go home or stop working and can just live in the school, giving students extra chances like some kind of grade fairy. Or whatever.
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Across the U.S. and Canada, many schools are switching vending machines to healthier snacks. They're tossing out chips and chocolate bars and offering kids bullshit like carrots, granola bars and apples. Please don't defend a carrot vending machine, it absolutely is bullshit. It's like a porn company making pornos that feature nothing but Renee Zellweger look-alikes. Come on.
The rabbit hole in this one runs deep, so follow close. Kids are fat. You hear that all the time. There's an obesity epidemic. For real, if you ride on the subway without a mask and the wrong person coughs on you, bam! You just got obese. It's everywhere. So we need to curb that. How do you curb it? Stop Fatty Jr. from eating Pringles at school. God, how does he even get his chubby mitts into the can?
Chili is my favorite food group, but my mom prefers the wieners. Humor masks my pain.
What's another good way to curb obesity? Physical education? Yeah, no. The National Association for Sports and Physical Education says about half of students get physical education during a school day. In high school it's less than a third. In New York, only 6 percent of schools gave their students two hours of physical activity in an entire week. Only five states require that PE even be taught from kindergarten through grade 12, and there isn't a federal law saying it's even required. No problem though, right? Kids can play at recess? Yeah, no.
For years now, schools across the country have been banning contact and chase games -- tag, touch football, anything like that, because someone could get hurt. A school in Toronto recently banned balls. Clearly they don't have balls to begin with, but they also banned basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls and anything that's not made of Nerf, because a parent was hit in the head by a soccer ball and it was so hard it made everyone within 10 miles retarded.
But hey, at least kids eat healthy at school now, right? Yeah, no. While that dusty, sad Zellweger of a vending machine may be full of Depression-era carrots, the cafeteria is where most kids get their meals. Fast food joints test the quality of their beef as much as 10 times more often than the FDA tests beef sent to schools. About a third of schools meet standards for saturated fats offered in their meals, while school lunches can have as many as 1,400 calories, found in things like pizza, fries and tater tots. Basically, kids eat shit, they are literally banned from playing or running around, but the schools have carrot vending machines so they can pretend to be healthy while actively eliminating health, all under the guise of protecting kids from themselves.
Schools are conditioning kids to be slow, dim-witted, chock-full of food that provides low energy and no brain power. You're worried about a future zombie apocalypse? It's not Florida face eaters you have to worry about, it's schoolyards full of motionless, brain-dead zombie fifth graders.