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On Friday evening, the youths returned these nuggets of knowledge to Justin Crittenden, principal of Skidmore-Tynan High School, during their graduation ceremony at Bobcat Stadium.
The nuggets were colorful pieces of plastic shaped as rough jewels, and as each student walking the stage shook Crittenden's hand, they slipped them in his palm.
A simple gesture with profound meaning to this principal.
"I guess they wanted me to remember them and get a tropical fish," he simply said.
Just knowing that the students wanted him to remember them and what they meant to them meant the world.
"I loved this senior class; I was close to a lot of these kids," he said.
"When you connect with kids, and they consider you a friend after they graduate, that's what it is all about."
This is Crittenden's last year at Skidmore-Tynan.
He is moving up to the hill country. His replacement comes from Pawnee—Hank Looney, Pawnee school principal.
The students, including the two top ranking youths of the graduating class, offered their thanks to all those at Skidmore-Tynan ISD.
Valedictorian Haley Scott said, "I truly believe that God puts particular people in our lives for a reason, for us to learn from their successes and failures or for them to learn from us.
"Now, on behalf of my entire class, I would like to thank all of the teachers, coaches and administrators at Skidmore-Tynan ISD.
"They are truly responsible for every individual walking the stage today."
Each graduate there has their own aspiration for the future—their own dream of what will be.
"We all have different dreams and different goals, but what we learned here at Skidmore-Tynan, academically or extracurricularly, have prepared us for our different futures," Scott said. "Graduation marks the beginning of a new chapter, a new transition."
As Salutatorian Cameron Pace points out, "Situations in our lives aren't always what we want them to be or think they should be, but through experience I have learned to take each trial as it comes our way and learn what I can from it."
Both of these students shared similar words of inspiration.
Pace summed up the advice saying "Stay true to who you are, be honest, work hard, never lose sight of your goals, and always remember that you are the only person that can make things happen in your life.
"Never expect others to do for you what you're capable of doing yourself."
Jason Collins is the editor at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 121, or at email@example.com.


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Listing bad songs is easy -- it's simple enough to find songs (or entire albums) that're bad on purpose, let alone songs that are godawful via traditional means. There's no point in making a list of the musically worst songs ever, because the list would be endless and repetitive and could just be a list of songs by the Shaggs, who may have been well-meaning but were objectively the sonic equivalent of a terrifyingly rapid descent into madness in which you are grinningly beaten to death with the entire contents of a hardware store. Listing inept and/or embarrassing songs is pointless. But there are certain kinds of songs that I would argue are 10,000 times worse than the atonal hammering of the Shaggs, or Troll Lou Reed, or Contractual Obligation Neil Young, or anyone else, and here are the worst of them ...
5The Post-Grunge Nightmare
And they're all rock songs and they're all from the early 2000s -- the point in rock music where everything had been done already, but before the genre as a whole realized viable ways forward (polished retroism and desert rock, for starters). Pop music is sort of consistent across time, and rap probably still has final frontiers to explore, but rock was firmly in transition back then, and the era was marked by a vacuum of innovation held up by a previously established infrastructure, allowing the talentless to coast in on the historical momentum of the genre. It was shit, in other words.
And emblematic of this wave of Shit-Rock was the Fred Durst-championed Puddle of Mudd, and emblematic of them was the moron anthem "She Hates Me" (complete with ultra-cool censoring):
In the '80s, rock was dominated by asinine hair metal, people with nothing to say saying nothing and living the rock star life while using women as hood ornaments, and just generally being more full of shit than Ayn Rand after a Mexican buffet. Then, in a conscious reaction to all that, a new generation started to make some generally better rock music (and then the British made some better rock music in reaction to THAT). Hair metal disappeared virtually overnight, and though the new stuff sucked in its own ways, mainstream rock was at least sort of about weirdo self-expression again for a little bit. It was a natural and necessary evolution. "She Hates Me" is essentially the reverse of all that condensed into three jock-tastic, fake-angsty minutes. Evolution? Fuck you!
4The Canadian
To succeed, all you need to do is copy successful people, right? Well, the big American acts all have attractive singers and catchy tunes and slickly produced videos with imagery of cars and rocking out, and the kids like the "urban" music, so let's urbanify it 18 percent, and if we just combine all that in our big musical blender then logically we'll produce the exact same success, right? Well, I'll go ahead and let the artist known as Kazzer answer that one for you:
The Kazzers of the world are the result of wanting to make music but not needing to, and then, lack of talent in hand, pursuing glitzy, American-style success by copying others (speaking as a Canadian, it's a pervasive issue with all our godawful major music exports -- the ones we're constantly apologizing for, and that distract from all our really good artists). But the kind of person who thinks they can succeed by copying others is generally the kind of person who can't even copy others properly. They copy successful artists -- they don't copy what MADE them successful.
And so what you get is Kazzer -- a genuinely unnerving uncanny-valley image of what someone in a boardroom thinks a musician looks like. It's musical gentrification -- where people with the means to live anywhere fucking insist on moving into the one part of town where all the cool shops are, and there goes the neighborhood.
As much as desire for fame being your sole motivation can in some cases be a bridge to success, it's a way more common trait among the Never Were. Sustained success in art is generally the weird combination of filling some societal need while filling your own (like it or not, even Fred Durst needed art to fill a hole in his life). Someone has to need it, especially you. Copy the superficial elements and what you mostly get is that nondescript band with the one hit and whatserface from last year and that guy and are you fucking serious and Kazzer and the fourth-worst song ever, because the only need they were all filling was their own need to be on TV.

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One of five men charged in the gang killing of a Milwaukee rap artist has been convicted.
A jury found 19-year-old Ashanti Mcalister guilty Thursday of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 22-year-old Evon Young, who was known as Yung LT.
Young disappeared New Year's Day. Police believe Mcalister and four others killed Young and disposed of him in a trash bin, but his body was never found.
According to testimony, Mcalister delivered three shots to Young's lifeless body after he was suffocated and strangled in the basement of his own home.
Sentencing is set for Aug. 12.
Two other defendants testified against Mcalister as part of a plea deal. A jury deadlocked in another defendant's trial earlier this month. A new trial has been scheduled for September.


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Grand Valley celebrates northern Michigan graduates
Posted on May 03, 2013
About 75 Grand Valley State University students participated in the 16th annual Traverse City commencement ceremony May 2 at Grand Traverse Resort.
Sen. Howard Walker, who has served in northern Michigan as a state representative and senator, addressed undergraduate and graduate students. He has served on the Traverse City Area Public Schools board, and during a decade-plus career in Lansing, championed funding equity for public schools, renewable energy and legislation to protect the state's agricultural heritage. He received a degree from Michigan Technological University and lives in Grand Traverse County.
Grand Valley serves approximately 250 students across northern Michigan with classes offered in Traverse City, Cadillac, Boyne City, and Sault Ste. Marie. Students from all of those sites participated in the commencement ceremony.
Grand Valley became part of the Northwestern Michigan College University Center in 1996. The university offers undergraduate degree programs in education and liberal studies. It also offers graduate programs in education and social work. Grand Valley is the only institution at the University Center that holds a formal commencement ceremony in Traverse City.


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It wasn't how they drew it up, but with that lineup, no doubt they'll take it. With a makeshift order due to the injuries to Chase Utley and Placido Polanco, and following a Brad Lidge two-out meltdown in the ninth, the Phillies were able to take the middle game of the series over the Reds, 9-6 in 10 innings.
Lidge easily put aside the first two batters of the ninth before walking Brandon Phillips. Orlando Cabrera then singled to left to bring the tying run to the plate and wouldn't you know it, he tied it. Joey Votto annihilated a baseball into the left-center field seats, knotting it up at six and making it a tale of two Lidge's.
During extra baseball, the Phillies ripped apart lefty reliever Arthur Rhodes, who had previously gone 33 straight games without allowing a run – a major league record. Ryan Howard doubled to lead off and Jayson Werth walked before Raul Ibanez snapped the tie game with a double that bounced out of the glove of center fielder Drew Stubbs. Howard scored to make it 7-6 and one batter later, Ben Francisco singled to left field to score Werth. Ibanez was then plated on a sac-bunt by Wilson Valdez as the Phils showed their small-ball side. It's something we don't see often, but in this case, it worked.
On the scoreboard, the Phils were able to put up crooked numbers in the 2nd, 4th, and 10th innings as they moved up the standings, inching closer to New York and Atlanta. Brian Schneider was the golden bat this evening, going yard in the second frame with a 402-foot blast. He went 3-for-4 on the night and has filled in admirably for injured backstop Carlos Ruiz, one of the seven Phils on the DL currently.
Starter Joe Blanton couldn't get the win due to the blown save by Lidge, however, he was solid for a second straight outing. Joe B again went 7 2/3 innings, giving up three earned runs, the same line he produced five days ago against Cleveland.
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I for one have never been a charlie manuel fan. First off you can see he is losing it of late. Getting thrown out every other night. He never knows how to handle the pitching staff. Putting kendrick back out last night was just bad. Then leaving doc in to pitch 136 pitches to the pirates. He keeps going back to lidge when all he does is kill this team. After sending dobbs down he sticks him the 2 spot. Are you crazy. Put werth in the three and rollins two. Very simple charlie. Cant wait for him to retire.
Yea and how is Lee doing again. third straight complete game. Yankees got crushed. lee instead of kendrick.
Cliff Lee was brilliant again last night as rumors continue to swirl about his time in Seattle winding down, holding the Cubs to one run in a complete-game victory that lowered his ERA to a league-best 2.39.
Lee missed most of April, yet leads the league with four complete games (including two shutouts) and has an absolutely ridiculous 76/4 K/BB ratio in 87 innings. To put that into some context Bret Saberhagen holds the all-time record with 11.0 strikeouts per walk in 1994 and no other pitcher in baseball history who qualified for the ERA title ever had 10 strikeouts per walk.
Right now Lee has 19.0 strikeouts per walk.
Any official word on how long Polly an Utley are going to be out…Hey we still can do this there is still enough talent on this team if Ibanez and Victorino pick it up a notch. If Victorino can get to hitting .285 an Ibanez arond .270 we can do this. We should be getting Madson back soon and we need Happ.
There's no better time for the 15 days for Utley and Polanco with the All Star break coming up and before that the Pirates.
As long as they can come back, it looks like a strong second half.
No doubt in my mind that trading Lee for nothing is the worst deal in Phillies history. We should have kept him, and losing him sent a message that we won't strive for greatness here. That stinks!
Brad Lidge stinks. He does nothing for us. Yes, he was great in 2008, but last year and this year, he has been pathetic. We need to send him down and bring someone up to replace him immediately. I demand it, Ruben. Get off your ass and make moves.
I am the center fielder who bobbled the ball Ibanez hit. You can all thank me, not this "Chris Heisey" fellow.
trade lidge and hamels to seattle for lee and agree to eat some of their contracts…lidge is a joke and hamels is average..
only kidding btw but i wish they could i just hope lee stays in the american league…as for lidge,ruben amaro is gonna have to step up and say lidge needs to stop closing if he and charlie still want jobs…btw amaro is tearing the team apart if you ask me…
Cheeseburger Joe needs to press charges against Livin' on the Edge Brad Lidge for stealing that win. At lease Joe got the QS. Hopefully he can build on this outing to try to regain his 2009 form.
While the "we aren't losing this one" offense showed some character and was the best story, Lidge was exposed again and is an obvious issue that needs to be dealt with – before Game 4 of the World Series preferably.
Bob Myers – thanks for posting the only sensible comment of the morning. Phils starters are ranked 13 out of 30 teams – slightly above average (see fangraphs for detailed breakdown). Not the best, but also not sure how that translates to "questionable on any given day". Pen is 15 out of 30 – dead middle. Blanton is getting more Blanton every time out, Halladay and Hamels are legit aces, Moyer is having a great year, and Kendrick is hit or miss – a good #5 starter on a team with October aspirations. While Lee would help almost any team, starting pitching is not the issue.
A nice job by the offense getting an early lead (driven by that crappy bench so many hate), then the big boys coming through in extra innings (Howard crushed that double to lead it off, same with Ib – would have been a circus catch to bring that one in). Looks like the swagger is coming back. A poor outing by Lidge, but a solid effort by the rest of the team.
Nick – I think Lidge has good stuff, just not enough work yet – is throwing well, just not pitching yet. See how the next month goes – then decide whether to keep him in the role or move Contreras back. Romero looked good again, and Madson is coming back. With Utley and PP down for a while, we need more than an average pen.
Seriously? Complaining about Charlie being ejected? Did you not notice the game-winning double off the wall on THE VERY NEXT PITCH?
There's so much ungrounded comment already on this post that I really don't know where to start. But as far as Dobbs goes … you might hate him, I might hate him, it would probably be hard for us to come up with even a handful of people who didn't want to see him moved somewhere at the time he was DFA'd … but you can take it to the bank that he absolutely would not have been DFA'd if the Phillies at the time did not need a second catcher. I think Charlie never wanted to see Dobbs go in the first place, and is glad to have him back. Like it or not, I'd guess we're going to see a whole lot of Dobbs here, at least up until the All-Star break.
I would have yanked Lidge for JC against Votto.
Nice use of numbers there, bfo. All I was going to do in scoffing at the idea Charlie can't handle a pitching staff is reference the WS title, back-to-back pennants and three division flags … and maybe point out our top three starters just happen to line up for the upcoming Braves series — a coincidence, no doubt.
No argument that Lidge didn't have his good stuff. He was up with his slider, and you really could sense he was going to be bad when T-Mac referenced the great "bite" Lidge had on the slider last night. I'm OK on sticking with Lidge, but I'd like Rube to go out and get us a new TV play-by-play man, if possible.
It's funny to see all the Lidge bashers now. Are these the same ones that were bashing Moyer not that long ago?
bfo – I respectfully disagree as to Lidge's stuff. I don't think he has good stuff, anymore. While his "out" slider is still there, his set up pitch is no longer a 95-96 fastball. Its usually running at 92 now. In order to set up his slider he now has to throw that average fastball or his "set up slider" which he throws for a strike but can hang to high in the zone (as all baby sliders can do) and is the the pitch that Votto destroyed last night for the homer. Maybe Brad just needs to build arm strength. But he's going to start getting big time soon.
The Dipsy
All great teams have great closers and we do not have one…period. Heck, we don't even have a so-so closer. Everytime Lidge comes in to pitch I throw up a little in my mouth. This team needs a starter a closer at least one other bullpen arm and possibly an infielder (if Utley and/or Polanco can't get back for a while). Problem is they have very little to trade in the way of prospects and Amaro won't spend any money.
Dipsy, agreed to an extent. He touches the mid nineties at times, but not consistently yet. My opinion is it is a lack of work (based upon his time off so far, it's barely May for him). If not, he can still be valuable in the pen against righties, Romero lefties, Madson set up, and Contreras closer. I feel pretty good about that, although would prefer Lidge 08 in the closer role.
The starting pitching staff is solid, especially when Happ comes back (could see Happ and KK splitting time as starter/pen until Happ builds up his arm). If healthy (and I know that is a big if), Happ is as good as any other starter available not named Lee, and is already paid for.
We could use another infielder. Even if PP is back after the all-star break, he may not be an every day player. Valdez is a solid fielder, and has provided much more bat than expected, but any time he gets a hit, it's a bonus. Castro is similar, but a little banged up. Maybe it's memories from 2008, but Iwamura is sitting in the minors for the Pirates, may be able to pry him away cheap – had a solid bat, can play 2nd or 3rd, and decent speed – maybe being in a race would pick him back up a bit (making close to $5M – maybe the Pirates pick up some of the contract).
I don't think the Phils are broken, just need a few tweaks.
In a perfect world, Happ comes back and takes his spot in the rotation. Kendrick gets moved to the pen with Figgy sent down. KK seems to do well the first time through the line up. Maybe one inning of work would be best for him. Not that he has done a bad job in the rotation…he is a 4th/5th starter at best and his numbers indicate that he is filling that role fairly well.
Once Madson comes back then you get rid of Zagurski I suppose. Or, you get rid of Herndon and keep the extra lefty in the pen but for some reason I don't see that happening.
As bfo suggested, I would have absolutely no problem with Contreras closing full time. If Lidge can't get back on track asap then I think Charlie needs to really consider this as a possibility. This isn't last year where Charlie had a big lead in the division and was able to not pull the plug on Lidge as he should have. This team is fighting for it's life right now and the manager needs to act accordingly. I am not saying he needs to overrated or freak out, but he can't afford to just let things sort them out like he usually does. At least this year we seem to have a guy in the pen who can close. Last year we had Madson, and we all know how well he does at closing.
As for the bench/infield…I would be all for a guy like Iwamura, or even Wigginton from Baltimore. Wiggy could fill in at 2nd, or make some spot starts at 1B or 3B. He is not much of a fielder to put it mildly but he can hit fairly well. Castro is pretty much useless. At least Valdez is a stud in the field and that certainly helps. Valdez needs to be planted at 3B, especially when guys like Hamels and Moyer are on the hill. Those guys need a good glove at 3B or they are in trouble.
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I don't understand how the first three posts on this thread managed to 1.) Have a computer 2.) Turn it on 3.) Get to the internet. Seems like a lot of obstacles to get through, but I guess sharing insightful, rational, all-caps commentary is worth it.
Reading these comments makes me think that if Lidge went out and saved every single game between now and the end of the year, he's still be hated. And Manuel would be hated for using him all the time.
Sure, he's blown two saves. He's not perfect. But this is not 2009. Give the man more of a chance.
Contreras wouldn't be perfect, either, and he's probably too old to go back-to-back-to back. That's why Lidge is closing, not because Manuel is stubborn.
Reading these comments also makes me realize just how negative Phils fans can be. They WON, but people complain anyway.
I think a big problem that we are facing now is that everything thinks all will be right when Happ comes back. Happ 2010 being Happ 2009 was enough of a question in the off-season and now coming back from injury after not really getting anything going to begin with just increases uncertainty. I hope the best, but at this point, we really need a dominant starter.
By the way, suggesting that we trade away Hamels at all is absurd given how early it is in his career and how much the Phillies need starting pitching. Furthermore, it would be ironic to trade for someone who got sent down to the minors the year before they won the Cy Young.
Can Lidge please stop throwing his slider every pitch. Used to be his out pitch, now its his every pitch. Where did the fastball go?
TBOH for the laugh of the day.
Tons of negative vibes up top there. I don't post much but I do read here and I recognize the people who do, and those morons aren't the people who do.
A win is a win is a win. The Braves and Mets lost, we're only 2.5 out of 1st, Halladay's on the mound this afternoon and then we go to PNC Park to play an inferior Pirates squad. Things are looking up!
Russ K, you're exactly right. As noted above, the velocity of his fastball was fine — but he doesn't know where it's going. The slider is the only pitch he can trust, which is obviously not lost on guys like Mauer and Votto. You could see the problems with the fastball in the just-barely save against the Yankees. Slider after slider after slider … If he regains command, then his slider becomes the devastating out-pitch again — instead of the hanging meatball we've seen recently.
we cant get lee back. we have nothing to give. maybe seattle will take the three bozos back. man they could not wait to get rid of lee. kept him for one year, we are the world series champs.
I feel the pain of Lidge's performance last night, but really, where you people watching? Not to blame it on on the terrible umpire and his moving strike zone, but Lidge seemed to get frustrated by throwing the same pitch to one guy and it being a strike, but the next time it was a ball. Lidge had 2 or pitches that he throw to the guy he walked, that were being called strikes all night. And I have to place some of the blame on Schnider for calling the game, maybe he is being told what to call, but he kept calling for the slider to Votto, like four in a row. He has to throw his fastball off the plate at some point. 92-93 is good enough if he locates it well to make even his half slider dangerous. IMO I think Lidge will just get better, I think he is still working up to it, and it seems to me that he only likes to pitch to Chooch, because if I am not mistaken Chooch was not in there when he blew his last save.
And do not get me wrong, Schnider has filled in very nicely behind the plate and called a great game for Big Joe last night, and was a huge offensive stud for this team last night. Also if Ryan and Raul are only going to get one hit, it was a good time to get that one hit. And Valdez on that safety squeeze was done almost to perfection.
JC looked real good last night, only one ball, if he regains his control he will be a huge asset to this pen
Shag stole most of what I was going to say. The fact is that Chooch has a fantastic ability to block those pitches in the dirt. Without him you see Lidge throwing his slider much higher. I noticed this before we lost Chooch. Lidge's fastball has hit 94-95 already this year, it was a little slower last night. The slider is still biting but higher. With a different umpire he is out of the inning. With a different catcher there is no HR.
I have had it with all you clueless people who say we got nothing for Lee, Yes I would have loved to have Doc, Lee, Hamels 1-2-3. But the prospects we got back for him where not guys who are going to play in the Majors for 2-3 years tops, they still need work, and you can not say they all suck until they have had time to develop. Get off that train please, the last thing that has been wrong with this team is the starting rotation, you can hate on Moyer and KK all you want, but if this offense was even half of what it was in the first 3-4 weeks of the season through June this team would be 5-6 games up and Doc would only have two losses, and Hamels would have won 2-3 more games. So really so many of you are worried about the rotation?


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Iranian-born Israeli Menashe Sasson broadcasts traditional Persian melodies for an audience in his old home country from a studio in Israel.
TEL AVIV -- Amid a heated war of words between Israel and Iran over the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions, one musician is hoping that an unconventional weapon will help cool the tensions.
Iranian-born Israeli Menashe Sasson, 67, broadcasts traditional Persian melodies for an audience in his old home country from a studio in Israel. He hears a note of optimism in the melancholic music and believes it can help Iranians and Israelis overcome the rhetoric of hate.
Every Friday morning, Sasson makes his way to Radio RadisIn in Rishon Lezion, a city south of Tel Aviv, and removes an ancient instrument called a santur from a large case. Sasson, dressed formally in a jacket and tie, taps gently on the strings with a pair of slender hammers and produces a delicate sound that is instantly evocative of the Middle East.
Sasson and his beloved santur moved to Israel 50 years ago but he was born in Isfahan, an Iranian town that is both a center of the Jewish population in Iran and home to one of the country's nuclear research facilities.
"I hope that my music can one day bring the hearts of both nations together," he said.
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michaeljohn wrote:i take exception to certain things posted, as it is in my nature to question everything. I find it very hard to believe that mark martin would sacrifice a good finish just so that tony could not win.
Second I be if you ask tony he would tell you that labonte had no obligation to push tony forward, you go where your car works the best, its the final laps of the 500 and each driver is out to get the best finish, not everything revolves around tony stewart ( im sure this will #### people off, but oh well.) As a ryan fan i can sit here and question why tony didnt work with his teammate, but i really dont care, because he ran up front all day without him, and it is really sad to see drivers get put down because they dont help tony, its the same rap every time tony doesnt win, "well it was so and so's fault for not helping him, yea i was bummed JJ got in a crash, but i didnt sit there and say "#### that michael waltrip for starting the crash." its called racing, and that stuff happens,
people need to look at the bigger picture, if there are so called fans out there, how about appreciating the fact you get to see your driver race, win or lose. appreciate the fact no one got hurt, i find it funny how people let it ruin their day when their driver dont win, there will be a time when JJ isnt the hot driver and he starts to finish low in the standings, but i will back him even more when that time comes, because i get to see my fav driver race.
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Mark isn't the kind of person that would do that, I believe. Something else happened and until we can find inerviews with Tony and Mark, we're just guessing.
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michaeljohn wrote:this thread is proving my point, people like to bag on other drivers because tony didnt have the outcome that was expected, martin is a pure racer, and is a man of his word, he would not bail or leave anyone to hang out and dry, it is nice to see COMMON SENSE fighting through this garbage.
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adny1030 wrote:Here is an article from trade mag - NASCAR is looking to branch out and bring the brand to more of the masses...
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racer1 wrote:This isnt really new as there were articles about this last yr and earlier this yr as well.
Young people today are interested in other things that dont require sitting on bleachers for 3-5 hrs watching a race that may or may not be exciting. Teens/young adults are into X game type events where other young people their ages etc are competing in an exiting venue like motor-cross, skate boarding etc and all the snow boarding/wintergames events and many considered the X games which are much more exciting then Nascar, Indycar or any auto race. Even some drivers in Nascar when interviewed in the past i remember said their own teen kids seldom watch as its too boring for them, unless of course they are the ones trying to become drivers then its different.
Every sport and every venue has always tried to get more young fans and if was easy they would be successfull at it, but its NOT> Remember Ricky Carmichael is/was racing in nascar and that hasnt helped draw the younger fans in now has it, as popular as he once was?
Annalee wrote:Ditto, N Dunn!!! If an example of this new trend is Trackside, then they need to go back to what they had. It is stupid! They mess with it to much and they will loose the fan base they have. At least they have the money to pay for the tickets, etc., not these kids!! Must be a Brian France idea!
Schmoopy1000 wrote:my 2 cents (I didnt bother reading article)
Nascars 1st mistake was trying to convert channel surfers into Nascar fans. They will always be channel surfers. They will tune in for the wrecks & the end of the race if Nascar is lucky. So to do that they made all these crazy changes, alienating the hardcore fans. To me Nascar is lucky the fan base hasnt gone down! Not up.
#2 what makes a nascar fan is a race fan 1st. How do you create a race fan. It is live events that creates race fans, which basically means all your Fri, & sat. nite racing around the nation. However nascar now is messing with the sat night local tracks by doing more & more races on Sat. nights. Which messes with the with the local tracks economy, which in turns means they can not afford to bring in the bigger attractions (the divisions that cost more money) We lose race dates all the time because a track promoter cant pay for the series to come to the track. This is with different division I have been with. So less less exciting races at the local track takes away from someone that might have gotten into racing as a whole.
I am a race fan, & always been a cup fan, but when Cup isnt on, I will find myself turning on other forms of racing. For nascar to get a bigger nascar fan base, you must 1st start with a race fan. If you never converted someone to a race fan, they will never be a Nascar fan. Sounds to me Nascar needs to promote local racing to create a bigger fan base. Not try & to snag a basketball fan who could care less about racing. Or some kid that watches cartoons, into a Nascar fan. All they do when they try this is #### off the true fans that have been around. Then again Brian France isnt a fan, he is just a business man, so it doesnt surprise me how many boneheaded things he does to my sport. A good reason why he doesnt understand current Nascar fans.
Bill France & Bill France Jr. lived Nascar. They were more about what was best for the racing series, than what would just make money. Dont get me wrong, they had every intention of making money, but they weren't going to risk destroying the series with radical crap, that we deal with now.
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Though Sebastian Miranda's miraculous 20-yard header was the game-winner and Goal of the Week candidate, forward Justin Meram was the engine behind the Crew's comeback.
"I was just hungry to make a difference," Meram said. "Somebody had to step up."
Meram was quick to credit his teammates — repeatedly — but when he subbed in for the injured Ethan Finlay just before halftime, Meram's energy clearly rejuvenated the Crew. He drew the second yellow card that resulted in ejection for Dallas defender Zach Loyd. Most importantly, his long-distance strike opened the floodgates for a team desperate for goals.
Meram had been going through a dry spell, too. After scoring 17 times as a senior at Michigan, he failed to tally during his rookie season with the Crew. His first professional goal was timely; what's more, Meram's brother predicted it in a dream.
"It was pretty crazy how it happened," Meram said. "He told me he doesn't really remember his dreams much, but for some reason he remembered that one. He said, 'Today's the day. Make my dreams come true.'"
Meram has aimed to satisfy Crew fans from day one. When the Crew drafted him, Meram instantly began reaching out to Crew fans through Facebook and Twitter. He tries to write back to all fan mail, and he's had to deal with only the occasional playful barb about his Wolverine heritage.
"That's rivalry, and that's fun," Meram said.


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LAS VEGAS - In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA) in partnership with Tourism Ireland have created a very special Irish welcome by turning the famous 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign green in honor of St. Patrick's weekend by replacing the normal yellow bulbs with green. As the world gears up for St. Patrick's Day, the famous Betty Willis designed 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign turned green last night, kicking off this weekend's celebrations and Tourism Ireland's 'Global Greening' 2013 initiative.
Irish celebrity and host of The Voice Ireland, Kathryn Thomas, flew to Las Vegas to oversee the turning on of the green lights and to get the Vegas party started. Kathryn received a great welcome in Las Vegas where she was joined by Las Vegas Host Committee Chairman & former Mayor Oscar B. Goodman, Las Vegas showgirls and local members of the Irish Diaspora who call Las Vegas home.
Kathryn commented, "I am delighted to be in Las Vegas, it is unquestionably the Entertainment capital of the World and I am very proud to be part of the first ever Greening of the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, it's shaping up to be some celebration!"
"We are pleased to partner with our friends at Tourism Ireland on their 'Global Greening' initiative," said Cathy Tull, senior vice president of marketing for the LVCVA. "Celebrating St. Patrick's Day is a longstanding American tradition, and there's no better place to celebrate than in Las Vegas."
Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, added, "We are absolutely delighted that the famous 'Welcome' sign in Las Vegas is joining our St. Patrick's celebrations this year. St. Patrick's Day traditionally marks the real start of the tourism season for us. Our message is that there has never been a better time to 'Jump In' and plan a visit to Ireland."
Las Vegas is in great company this St. Patrick's Day as many landmarks and iconic sites around the world are going green in honor of St. Patrick. The Sydney Opera House, the London Eye, Selfridges in London, Niagara Falls, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Burj al Arab in Dubai and the Prince's Palace of Monaco are amongst the landmarks and iconic sites all going green. The Las Vegas Welcome sign will stay green until March 18 in honor of all things Irish.
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ODESSA, Texas — Freshman Amanda Lale's two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning Tuesday lifted Eastern New Mexico University's softball team to a 5-4 victory over Texas-Permian Basin in the first game of a softball doubleheader.
The Falcons, though, rallied to win the nightcap 7-4, scoring four unearned runs in the bottom of the fifth to break open a 3-2 game.
Lale (2-4) pitched three innings in relief of starter Kimberly Crouse to get the win. She gave up an unearned run to allow the Falcons to tie it 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth before providing the winning margin with her third homer of the season in the eighth.
With the international tiebreaker in effect in extra innings, UTPB pulled to within a run in the bottom half after Shanna Dees was placed on second to start the frame, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Cene Padilla's sacrifice fly. An error put the potential tying run on base, but Lale got a flyout and strikeout to end it.
Second baseman Rebecca Quinones gave the Zias (10-30) a 2-0 lead with her fifth homer, a two-run blast, with two out in the first. Melissa Williams led off the second with a double and scored on Taylor Howard's one-out single to center for a 3-1 lead.
Padilla, who drove in three runs, homered in the third and Angel Castro went deep in the fifth for the Falcons (10-26).
Quinones hit an RBI double and Taylor delivered a run-scoring infield single for the Zias in the first inning of Game 2, but UTPB's Bailie Summers (6-11) blanked ENMU after that until giving up two-out RBI singles to Kandice Kaiser and Kassandra Sanchez in the seventh. Summers allowed 12 hits in going the distance, striking out nine.
Lale was charged with the loss, coming in for starter Brittany Widner in the fourth. She gave up five runs in two innings, but only one was earned.
Dees homered leading off the second and catcher Leigh Ann Staggs led off the fourth with a home run, putting the Falcons in front 3-2.


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Thank you, Stan, not only for that kind introduction, but for hosting us today.
Let me also thank the IBM International Foundation for its role in creating and maintaining the technical infrastructure of Supplier Connection.
It's an exciting and potentially game-changing resource for small businesses…and I want you to know how much we appreciate your hard work.
I also want to thank the 15 participating companies for teaming up to create this innovative public-private partnership. And it's great that Facebook has signed up as the newest partner.
I know Dick had to leave, but I want to thank him for taking time out of his very busy schedule.
Dick is someone who truly understands the global marketplace – and what it takes for the United States to remain competitive.
He's been a good friend to the SBA and to me – and I want publically recognize him for his efforts and those of Citi.
I actually was at an event yesterday evening where Citi announced a partnership with Small Business Development Centers.
The partnership will help Women and Minority-Owned Small Businesses get the certification needed to bid for more government and private sector contracting opportunities. So in many ways these announcements go hand in hand.
Let me also thank my friend Darlene Miller for being here today. Darlene is owner and CEO of Permac Industries. And she serves on the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
I also want to recognize all of you….
How many of you work for the large companies participating in Supplier Connection?
Then you already know the important role that your supply chain plays in your company's long-term global competitiveness, your ability to innovate and how quickly and effectively you can get goods and services to markets around the world.
How many of you own or work for a small business?
The 15 companies participating in Supplier Connection have a global supply chain of more than $300 billion.
And we want to make sure that more small businesses – just like you – can tap into these important supply chains.
It really is a win-win.
Supplier Connection makes large companies more competitive by giving them access to a diverse array of innovative suppliers – and it ensures that more small businesses are of part of commercial supply chains and can add additional revenue streams.
That's a proven formula for job creation.
You've seen the data…but it's worth repeating:
After a small supplier secures a contract from a large enterprise their revenue grows on average 250% -- and as a result – that creates a 150% increase in jobs in just two or three years.
So what's the role of the SBA in Supplier Connection?
It's simple.
Supplier Connection is a centerpiece of our American Supplier Initiative, an Administration-wide effort to bolster our nation's supply chain.
Our goal is to build on the number of small businesses currently participating in Supplier Connection.
We manage the government's $100 billion supply chain for small businesses.
We understand these companies. We know their needs. And we know how to engage them.
Just yesterday, I personally sent letters to over 50,000 small businesses to let them know about Supplier Connection.
And we are also working with our district offices and resource partners around the country to ensure that more small businesses are aware of this exciting opportunity.
And the Memorandum of Understanding Stan and I are signing later today will formalize our joint commitment to increasing opportunities for small businesses in the commercial supply chain.
Let me tell you why I think this is so important.
Last week, I was in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania with Congressman Critz and Vandergrift's Mayor Lou Pureificato.
We visited a tool and die manufacturing facility called Carbi-Tech.
It's a family run business co-founded by Rhett Crooks and his wife, Carol, and a business partner.
Rhett is a tool and die maker by trade, but always dreamed of running his own business.
He worked with his local college -- St. Vincent -- which hosts a Small Business Development Center which we help fund, to get the tools he needed to write his business plan.
Today, Carbi-Tech has grown from a rented garage making spare parts to a 17,000 square foot facility that produces and supplies custom precision parts to General Motors.
Rhett employees 20 people, including his son, and he is looking to hire more. I asked Rhett what he needs to take his business to the next level. He said, without hesitation, being able to broaden his sales to more large companies. A resource like Supplier Connection is the perfect vehicle to make this happen.
I live on a college campus. And one of the ways we look at Supplier Connection is like a universal, or common, college application.
It cuts down on paperwork, on duplication and having to fill out different forms for different applications.
Ask any small business about the challenges of reaching large companies and you will get the same response.
They don't know who to contact or they can't expend the resources going after these businesses individually, if they are not sure it will bear fruit.
They simply don't have the manpower. Sometimes it takes decades of knocking on doors, just to get a meeting. Supplier Connection changes all that.
It gets you into the right door. 15 of them currently…..with one easy, streamlined process.
And we believe Supplier Connection can be an essential and powerful resource in a small businesses toolbox.
It's why Supplier Connection is part of the Administration's broader effort around strengthening small- and medium-size manufacturers.
I am leading this effort for President Obama.
We call it the American Supplier Initiative. It is a call-to-action to the private sector to invest in their supply chains through small businesses. And it is designed to address some of the challenges facing small businesses today – and to make sure they have the capacity, the skills and the resources to effectively work with large corporations.
Let's very quickly look at some of these challenges and what we are doing:
The first, which we have talked about is, Access to Markets.
Whether its commercial supply chains, government contracting opportunities or lucrative export markets, small businesses often lack the resources and relationships needed to navigate these markets.
In addition to Supplier Connection, we are working on a range of portals across the Federal Government to make accessing these markets easier for small manufacturers.
These include Sub-Net, which we developed at the SBA. It's a tool that allows small businesses to search for Federal subcontracting opportunities with large prime contractors.
The Departments of Defense and Commerce also are working on portals that will provide small businesses and manufacturers increased access to supply chain opportunities.
And we are convening conversations across the Federal Government to build on these efforts.
Business Capacity: We know that small businesses don't always have the experience they need to be successful suppliers.
At the SBA, we have a network of 900 Small Business Development Centers. 110 Women's Business Centers. And 12,000 participants in our Score Network. Last year, these programs reached more than 1 million small business owners.
Access to capital: We know many small businesses lack the capital needed to be a reliable supplier.
We are working to change that. And I'm going to brag a little. In 2011, SBA had a record year. We provided more than $30 billion to more than 60,000 small businesses.
Workforce Skills: This is one that always comes up when I visit manufactures. It came up when I was at Carbi-Tech. They need trained welders and workers who understand precision metal machinery. And, frankly, they are having trouble finding them.
Across the Administration we are working to ensure that the next generation of U.S. manufacturing workers has the right training and education for advanced manufacturing jobs.
These initiatives are critical to our competitiveness and our long-term job creation efforts, particularly in manufacturing.
We look at the American Supplier Initiative as part of a comprehensive solution to grow small businesses, create jobs -- and to ensure that America has a strong, deep and diverse supply chain.
Over the last two years, we've created 3.9 million private sector jobs. For the first time since the 1990s, we're adding manufacturing jobs. We've created 440,000 good manufacturing jobs since 2010. This growth is being fueled by America's competitive advantage in innovation and our superior service. And we know that small businesses are playing a big part here. These are companies like Bottini Fuel who you will hear from in a minute.
Where's Rick? Rick's company provides fuel and helps service the backup generators at IBM's operations in Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie is one of the areas where IBM's cutting edge mainframes are developed and manufactured. So Rick is not only helping to power a major corporation in Hudson Valley. He is helping to power his local economy.
Small businesses create about two-thirds of net new jobs in the country. We also know that more than a third of all manufacturing employees work for a small business. And we know the multiplier effect that manufacturing produces.
For every one manufacturing job created, there are two or three indirect jobs created.
Our goal is to build on this momentum. According to a recent survey by the consulting firm Accenture, 60 percent of manufacturing executives are evaluating re-shoring options.
If we are going to bring more of this manufacturing back to the United States, we must build a more competitive and innovative supply chain of small businesses to provide goods and services to these companies.
We need a supply chain filled with more companies like Bottini Fuel, Havens & Company, Puritan Press and the thousands of small businesses we work with every day.
That's what the American Supplier Initiative and Supplier Connection are all about.
The founder of IBM, Thomas Watson, once said…."Yesterday, we pioneered for today. Today, we pioneer for tomorrow."
The consortium of businesses here today is doing just that: Pioneering for tomorrow by ensuring that America's manufacturing base can grow and flourish by harnessing the creativity and ingenuity of a robust supply chain of entrepreneurs and small businesses.
That how you create good middle class jobs and an America that is built to last.
Thank you.


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#53922 - 01/28/02 08:45 PM I didn't really mean that.
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/06/01
Posts: 6943
Loc: Worcester, MA
But seriously, folks. Is anyone besides me struck by a resemblance to Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama series, in which the benevolent aliens set up a colony where all human needs are freely provided for, but then humanity's baser side emerges and knocks the whole thing apart, and then some? Is this starting to sound familiar?
#53923 - 01/28/02 08:56 PM Jeepers Creepers
Registered: 01/28/02
Posts: 9
Jeepers, if lurkers can lurk creepily and Asps can sting, what the dickens?
#53924 - 01/28/02 10:35 PM Re: Jeepers Creepers
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Registered: 07/03/00
Posts: 1094
Loc: Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U...
I, for one, have to say that I have no problem with casual observers. I think it's entirely possible for someone to be interested in a topic and want to learn something, but not really have anything that they care to say about it. I've browsed plenty of discussion boards without posting and I've posted maybe twice on the Survivor discussion board that I visit occasionally.
We say we want to be open to everyone. Well, people are watching, and as far as I'm concerned, they're welcome.
That, of course, doesn't mean they wouldn't be more welcome if they actually did post.
#53925 - 01/29/02 05:11 AM Re: Visitors will be coming soon
Registered: 05/18/00
Posts: 679
Loc: Somewhere outside New York
Who are you Jeepers?
You have evidently been around for a while since you know how we interact on this Board, you know how we
kid around and you know how we welcome strangers. YET you post under a stranger's title and name.
For some reason I am very uncomfortable with that.
Everybody here knows me as belMarduk. I am who I am, and I will always stand up and be counted as such. It
doesn't matter if I ever have an argument with someone or if someone attacks me in a PM. No-one will take
my name away and I will not let them. If I ever leave and come back I will come back as belMarduk. I will not
hide and I will stand up as myself.
Why do you not?
When I first read Jeepers post and then yours, BelM, I agreed with yours. Now, on reflection, I'm not so sure. Sure, Jeepers has only posted three times and has an 'uncanny' grasp of the AWAD board. Then again you can get a good idea of people's characters and the workings of this forum simply by sifting through a few threads.
Jeepers may be a pseudonym of an old or established member but I'm not wholly convinced. If you join a forum such as this and have the enthusiasm for words and discussion which we all purport to share then that will come out early on, shouldn't it? Many viewers 'lurk' in the shadows waiting for their opportunity to contribute a word or two. Perhaps Jeepers has been here since day one and has been happy to watch from the sidelines and enjoy the banter, discussion and progress rather than partake themselves. If that were the case then he/she would naturally be familiar with everything.
Many members don't have bios listed for reasons of privacy. I don't mind listing my name although their was always the risk of attracting unwanted attention. Jeepers has every right to remain anonymous as do we all, if we wish. As for 'coming back as someone else', it's not unknown for AWAD members to change their usernames and, indeed, use several. Again, that is up to the individual. Perhaps it makes their contributions more fun or, yet again, they have privacy issues.
Regardless of all this I see no reason why Jeepers apparent name change should make you uncomfortable. Jeepers is a username, a nom-de-plume used to gain anonymity. Mine is Rubrick but you can easily look up my real name in my bio. I don't see any sinister connotations attached to Jeepers reason to remain anonymous or to his/her fundamental knowledge of the workings of this forum. Are we suggesting that, unless someone joins the forum in complete ignorance, they are to be marginalised and viewed with suspicion?
Jeepers comments were perfectly acceptable and appropriate. Lest we forget the nature of this thread we are in danger of losing another new member if we criticise him/her and question his/her identity.
#53926 - 01/29/02 06:00 AM Jeepers, Dickens et al
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
Rubrick, a little bit of inter alia would do you good, my friend.
I don't care to discuss this further in this here thread . We shall E.
post-edit Excuse me. I thought inter alia was a fairly common expression, and I apologize now for not providing a translation in white. It literally means "between the lines" ... to explain it metaphorically would be almost as challenging as explaining a pun.
#53927 - 01/29/02 06:11 AM Re: Departure
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Posts: 1156
I've read this thread a couple of times now, and mulled it over a bit, and I'm still rather shocked. I don't understand why someone would send "nasty" PMs, and I can completely understand how one or two badly timed ones would make someone want to leave. But I wish it weren't so. (Just wanted to publicly post my support for the people who were offended, even though they're probably not reading the Board any more to know that I did post. I felt I had to say something, anything at all, even if it was too late by the time I could bring myself to say something...)
#53928 - 01/29/02 06:27 AM Re: Departure
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/11/01
Posts: 2636
Loc: Caribbean
Dear AnnaStrophic,
Please enlighten me. My latin is a little lacking but my dictionary says that inter alia means "among other things" and that does not make sense in the context you have provided. Is there a different meaning to this phrase that does not appear in my dictionary?
#53929 - 01/29/02 06:50 AM Re: Departure
Registered: 12/13/00
Posts: 144
Loc: London, UK
Well, I realise that I probably haven't the slightest right to add my comments to this as I have been noticeable only by my absence for some considerable length of time, but I'm hoping you'll bear with me. (Apologies to one and all - I've been watching/reading, it's just that life's been rather hectic and something had to give) However, the nature of the daily announcements that have been arriving in my inbox made me feel that I should break my silence - if only for the selfish reason of wanting to see the board survive.
One of the things that's always struck me about this board is a) how welcoming people are and b) how people are willing to wade in when things start to get out of control - which has happened in the past, been stopped and the board's moved on.
I'm stressing the 'board's moved on' bit, 'cause I think it's really important. If we just let the recriminations go on, then the person/persons involved win. We need to learn from what's passed and let the subject drop off the board before it can put anyone off from joining in the future.
Hopefully those involved have learned from and been chastened by the whole-hearted condemnation of their actions. If anything were done unintentionally then maybe they'll think before they hit 'post' next time. Those who were offended will hopefully have been heartened by the support they have received. It seems to me that continuing the debate can only keep re-opening the wound and leaves us open to further misunderstandings.
There comes a time in any friendship when things have been said. If that friendship is strong enough you talk about it and put it behind you. Agreed, sometimes you have to re-build the trust but if the friendship is strong enough, you do it.
So, time to move on?
#53930 - 01/29/02 07:08 AM Re: Departure
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Registered: 09/15/00
Posts: 4757
I don't agree with the "whole hearted condemnation" bit since (to repeat) none of us can actually fully know what is taking place by pm~s, by their nature - I refuse to criticise a dear friend simply because I am told to do so. One or more of the leavers may well have simply not understood this forum.
Since you appear to be a newcomer welcome, Dickens. Can I gently point out that Caradea and AsPs suggestion may have to do with a genuine concern for the overall harmony and well-being of this virtual community, rather than any fear of heat? I dont believe the tone of a remark like yours is calculated to benefit anyone here, but this may well have been unintentional on your part and that is my point about all drawing back from slinging rocks.
But I agree with your final sentiment, rkay, and repeat: its time to cool it, folks.
#53931 - 01/29/02 07:15 AM Re: Departure
Registered: 12/13/00
Posts: 144
Loc: London, UK
sorry maverick - the fingers got carried away on that one - point accepted.
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Contact InformationEmail: rhenderson AT wlu DOT ca
Phone: (519) 884-0710 ext.2799
Office Location: Science Building, N2091
Office Hours: Generally Monday - Friday 2:30 - 4:30
Academic Background
BSc. Computing (Wilfrid Laurier University)
I first came to Laurier in August 1993 to begin my undergraduate degree in Computing and Computer Electronics. I graduated in 1998 then worked in Burlington and Missisisauga, until finally moving back to Waterloo to begin work in September 2000 as a Part-Time Faculty member teaching in Physics and Computer Science. In November 2000 I was hired full-time as a Lab Instructor and continued teaching part-time until January 2001.
In Fall 2004, I took over the position of Training and Education Coordinator for ITS while Melanie More-Duckworth was on maternity leave. The position was from August 2004 - April 2005.
As a student in my undergrad years, I have worked for the following departments:
- CCS (now called Information Technology Services)
- Alumni Affairs/Development
As well, I also did volunteer work for various areas in the WLU Students' Union:
- WLUSU Marketing as a Graphic Designer, then Web Site Coordinator
- Foot Patrol
- Ice Breaker
I am currently a volunteer coach with Waterloo Minor Soccer U4-U5 age group (ending February 2016).
Formerly I have been:
- Coach for Waterloo Minor Soccer U4-U5 - outdoor (Summer 2015)
- Assistant Coach for Waterloo Minor Soccer U4-U5 age group - Indoor (Fall 2014)
- A Running Instructor at The RunningRoom in Waterloo teaching a 10K Running Clinic
- A relaxation volunteer at HopeSprings Cancer Support Centre
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