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The Shelter's Annual Pet Fair & Fun Raiser is set for April 22, 2017
Sherwood Forest Event Center
1111 W. Maryland, Sherwood
Join Us On Facebook at Sherwood Shelter
Proceeds to benefit Homeless Animals
Bring YOUR people-friendly pet(s) with current tags
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Call the Shelter @ 501-834-2287
The Shelter has an in-house spay/neuter clinic where adoptable animals are sterilized during our spay/neuter clinic held once a week and allows the Department to provide a low cost Spay/Neuter Voucher Program to help low income families better care for their pets.
A NO Cost Adoption Program helps Senior Citizens who are 65 or older and the Disabled enjoy the proven health benefits and companionship that comes from the unconditional love of a pet.
Adopted animals are spayed or neutered, receive one set of annual vaccinations, and a rabies vaccination if the pet is over four months of age. Adoption fee is just $45.00.
You can read about and see pictures of our current animals up for adoption by joining us on Facebook at Sherwood Shelter. When you like the shelter's Fan Page please click on "get notifications" so that you will receive updates about new arrivals and current adoption events!
Individuals and families who are interested in adopting a homeless animal may visit the Shelter Monday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (adoptions end at 4:30 pm) and on Saturday from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (adoptions end at 3:30 pm) The phone is not answered on Saturday.
The Shelter is located at 6500 North Hills Boulevard just a few blocks south of JFK Blvd. Phone # 501-834-2287.
6500 North Hills Blvd.
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'Icons: The DC Comics and Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee' Builds the Artist's Process From the Ground Up [Preview]
Jim Lee's come a long way over the course of his comic book career. In just two decades he's progressed from illustrating Marvel's Alpha Flight to founding Wildstorm and, most recently, becoming the Co-Publisher of DC Comics itself. While Lee remains an artist at heart as demonstrated by his role as Executive Creative Director of Sony's DC Universe Online, his new duties have made regular comic book runs less-than regular occurrences. Recognizing this, Titan Books has collected Lee's work, along with his thoughts in its new book Icons: The DC Comics and Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee, which arrives in stores this Tuesday. Hit the jump for a look inside the hardcover.
From the item's official solicitation info:
"A collection of hundreds of full-color illustrations and pencils spanning the entire career of the hugely successful and popular artist Jim Lee, with an all-new cover by Lee. Including his work on Batman and Superman, Vertigo titles, and WildStorm heroes WildC.A.T.s, Divine Right and Deathblow, accompanied by exclusive interview material from the man himself."


text: Hello everybody! Got a quick question. The other day I was claying the car...half way through I dropped the claybar on the pavement in my driveway!! I was told NEVER to use it once its been dropped it on the floor as stones thats been picked up will scratch the car. As I did not have access to a car care store at the time, I decided to carry on using it once I had re-moulded the clay by rolling and breaking it and forming it into shape again. Was this a bad move? What potential damage could I have caused? What is the likliness damage may be caused, is it almost certain? Has anyone ever done what I've done? Thanks for your help!


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Football Puts First Scrimmage Of Fall Camp In Books
Aug. 11, 2013
WEST HARRISON, IND. - The University of Cincinnati football team held its first preseason scrimmage Sunday, under hot and humid conditions to wrap the team's first week of training camp at the Higher Ground Conference and Retreat Center in West Harrison, Ind.
The Bearcats scrimmaged for over two hours, following some individual work and they closed the day out working on in-game situations.
QB Brendon Kay (Marine City, Mich./Marine City) opened the day up with a 75-yard TD pass to Chris Moore (Tampa, Fla./Thomas Jefferson). Kay threw for a pair of scores, while Bennie Coney (Plant City, Fla./Plant City) and Munchie Legaux (New Orleans, La./Edna Karr) accounted for three touchdowns apiece.
WR Tshumbi Johnson (Immokalee, Fla./Immokalee) had the catch of the day, hauling in a 15-yard TD strike from Legaux and getting his foot down in the back corner of the endzone.
Defensively, the Bearcats registered a pair of interceptions and six sacks. K Tony Miliano (North Bend, Ohio/Elder) connected on four field goals.
UC will return to the practice field Monday morning at Higher Ground, continuing the Bearcats two-week stay at their longtime preseason home. UC is scheduled to return to campus on Friday, Aug. 23.
Tickets for the season opener against Purdue on Saturday, Aug. 31 and the entire 2013 campaign are on sale now. Call 1-877-CATS-TIX or click the tickets link at GoBEARCATS.com to get your seats today.


text: Doctors use a device called an orchidometer to measure testicle volume. All they do is find the closest matching bead. It's simple as that. When a boy reaches size 4 (i.e. 4ml), then he is in stage 2 of puberty. You can still measure your testicle volume without your own orchidometer. I've included a simple printout version. The numbers in the ovals are in milliliters. After printing it out, make sure that the scale on the lower right matches up with 1 inch (measured between the black lines of the scale) on your ruler or you're wasting your time. The length and width of the largest oval are 1 7/8" and 1 3/16" respectively (including the black lines this time). When measuring your balls with a ruler make sure to push away the skin of your scrotum. Pull it as tight as you can. To my pleasant surprise I am 2 1/8" x 1 1/4" (the empty white oval I printed out). The reason I bring all this up is because I want to stimulate some fresh discussion on ways to increase testicle size. I have a 2-stage cylinder, but I use it infrequently. Has anybody had success enlarging their testicles? If so, what did you do?


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Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival: "Regina"
March 12, 2014
7:30 pm
Isenberg School of Management
Room: 137
UMass Amherst Campus
The 21st annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival presents Regina, directed by Diana Gróo (Hungary/Germany/United Kingdom, 2013, 63 min, b/w, Hungarian w/ English subtitles).
Constructed from archival materials based on a single surviving photograph of Regina Jonas (1902-1944), the first woman rabbi, this poetic documentary is set in 1930s Berlin when laws of the Jewish religion prevented women from ordination. New England premiere, co-sponsored by Women's Philanthropy, a Division of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts.
Introduction by Catherine Portuges, UMass. The director will be present.
By Car
For door-to-door driving directions to the UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management please visit mapquest.comor google.com
By Air
Bradley International Airport (Hartford/Springfield) is 45 miles south of the University;
Logan International Airport (Boston) is 90 miles to the east. Valley Transporter (800-872-8752) provides transportation service from both airports to Amherst.
By Bus
Greyhound (800-229-9424) serves Springfield;
Peter Pan Bus Lines (800-343-9999) serves Amherst.
The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (413-586-5806) is free locally during the school year.
By Train
See Amtrak schedules or contact them directly at 800-872-7245.
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>Chivalry Of A Failed Knight: Complete Collection (2015/Sentai Blu-ray Set)
>Fifty Shades Darker (2017/Universal 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray w/Blu-ray)/GoodFellas (1990/Warner 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray w/Blu-ray)/The Last Of Sheila (1973/Warner Archive DVD)/Swashbuckler Double Feature: The
>We Are X (2016/Magnolia/MagNet Blu-ray)
>Spencer's Mountain (1963/MGM/Warner Archive Blu-ray)/Three Brothers (1981/Arrow Blu-ray w/DVD)
>Gary Numan: Android In La La Land (2016/First Run DVD)/Hits & Pieces: The Best Of Mark Almond and Soft Cell (2017 Universal Music compilation CD Set)/Looking For Johnny: The Legend Of Johnny Thunders
>The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964/Criterion Blu-ray)/Vitaphone Varieties, Volume Three: 192
>3:10 To Yuma (2007 remake/Lionsgate 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray w/Blu-ray)
>Ladies Of The Jury (1932/RKO/Warner Archive DVD)/The Rounders (1964/MGM/Warner Archive Blu
>Bob Hope Salutes The Troops (1963 - 1995/Time Life DVD Set)/Divorce: The Complete First Season (2016/HBO Blu-ray Set)/A Girl In Every Port (1952/RKO/Warner Archive DVD)/How To Steal A Million (1966/Fo
>Dredd 4K (2012/Lionsgate 4K UHD w/Blu-ray 3D and 2D Blu-ray)
>Loud House: Welcome To The Loud House - Season One, Volume One (Nickelodeon DVD Set)/Max 2: White House Hero (Orion/Warner Blu-ray w/DVD)/A Mermaid's Tale (Lionsgate DVD/all 2016)
>Black Hollywood (1984/MVD Visual DVD)/Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? (1975/Goodtimes/VCI/Sprocket Vault Blu-ray)/For The Love Of Spock (2016/Gravitas Ventures/FilmRise Blu-ray)/I Am Not Your Negro (20
>Operation Mekong (Blu-ray w/DVD)/Sky On Fire (Blu-ray/both 2016 Well Go USA releases)
>The Fortune Cookie (1966/United Artists/MGM/Twilight Time Limited Edition Blu-ray)/A Street Cat Named Bob (2015/Cleopatra/MVD Visual Blu-ray)/The Wheeler Dealers (1963/MGM/Filmways/Warner Archive Blu-
>Himouto! Umaru-chan: Complete Collection (2015/Sentai Blu-ray)
>Get Out (2017/Universal Blu-ray w/DVD)
>Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017/Sony 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray w/Blu-ray)
>Kurozuka: The Complete Series (2008/Mad House/Sony DVD Set)
>The Autopsy Of Jane Doe (2016/Umbrella Region Free Import Blu-ray)
>Wonder Woman: Commemorative Edition (2009/DC Comics/Warner Blu-ray w/DVD)
>Saving Banksy (2017/Candy Factory DVD)
>Child Eater (2006)/Conspiracy Theory (2006/both MVD Visual DVDs)/Hell Hunters (1986/Film Chest Media DVD)
>Heat: Director's Definitive Edition (1995/Regency/Fox Blu-ray Set)
>Come Hell Or High Water: The Battle For Turkey Creek (2013/Bulldog Films DVD)/Cooking At World's End (2015/Film Movement/Omnibus Entertainment DVD)/The Girl From The Brothel (2017/Cinema Libre DVD)/Re
>The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Super Deluxe Edition 50th Anniversary Box Set (1967/Parlophone/Apple Corp./Universal Music Blu-ray w/4 CDs + DVD)
>Adam: Giselle - The Royal Ballet (2016)/Frankenstein: Royal Ballet (2016)/Handel (2005 - 2016/Glyndebourne/Darcey Bussell in the studio with Liam Scarlett and Laura Morera 4 Disc Blu-ray set/all Opus
>Zero To Sixty (1978/First Artists/MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD)
>Logan (2017/Fox 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray w/Blu-ray, plus Logan Noir 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray w/Blu-ray)
>Momokuri: Complete Collection (2015 - 2016/Sentai Blu-ray Set)
>Jacques Rivette Collection (1971 - 1981) + Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism (1969 - 1973/MVD Visual/Arrow Blu-ray w/DVD Sets)
Holiday (1955) + Cinerama
South Seas Adventure
(1958/Flicker Alley Blu-ray w/DVD Sets)
B & C+ Sound: B- & C/B- & C+ Extras: B Films:
not being seen by hardly anyone worldwide, Flicker Alley and the
current Cinerama organization continue to save, restores and
rerelease the huge big screen format films that put their name on the
map and made widescreen filmmaking a permanent feature of worldwide
cinema. This time out, we get the Robert L. Bendick/Philippe de Lacy
co-directed Cinerama
(1955, the second-ever Cinerama film) and Cinerama
South Seas Adventure
(1958, the fifth-ever (and last regular stand-alone) Cinerama film
with five directors, working out much better than the 1967 comedy
version of Casino
which also had five directors and bombed).
Holiday imitates some of
the same things that made This
Is Cinerama (see link
below) a success from the black and white monophonic opening piece to
visiting traditional places to the grand big-land ending trying
scenes with amusement park ride-like thrills. However, it is when it
is trying to do something new from some new humor to amazing footage
of Switzerland, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New England, New York City,
the original Mona Lisa at The Louvre in France and we some skiing
sequences ht are so terrific that their influence cannot be
story (complete with flat acting from fun couples) is that a Southern
U.S. couple goes to Europe and a European couple comes to America.
That MacGuffin works just fine, but the real star is the ability to
see the world in a way we never did before and to be honest, really
never have again because even with 70mm, IMAX 70mm, Vista Vision and
other great large frame formats, along with really Ultra High
Definition HD video, Cinerama is a one-of-a-kind experience that has
no equal and captures things like nothing else. That is why these
films are all classics, more than worth saving and long overdue for
to be outdone is Cinerama
South Seas Adventure
which arrived the same year as the competing Cinemiracle film
and the hit Todd-AO 70mm hit version of the musical South
Pacific (reviewed on
Blu-ray elsewhere on this site) so 1958 was a big year for
ocean-going escapism. Going to places like Hawaii, Tahiti, New
Zealand, Australia and Fiji, nature is explicitly captured here like
few films ever did (I wondered how clean many of these locales still
were; how unspoiled might they be or are we destroying them) and this
comes with a history lesson that includes some parts by Orson Welles.
this time, the cinematographers figured out the best compositions for
the format after every visual angle and trick they could come up with
had been done in the early films. Their influence on widescreen
filmmaking is also hard to overestimate and are all exercises in pure
cinema that endure and will hold up for centuries to come.
films run over two hours and are must-see experiences for any serious
movie fan, though those who love travel, nature, history and
documentaries should add these to their must-see lists as well.
1080p 2.59 X 1 digital High Definition Smilebox (capturing the shape
of the 180-degree screen) image transfer comes from the original 35mm
6-perf-per-strip camera negatives that have almost completely faded
(Eastmancolor stocks) and were originally processed by Technicolor
labs. Though dye-transfer,
three-strip Technicolor versions of the film in 70mm or 35mm
reduction prints might have been produced somewhere in later reissues
(1962 or later), that could not be confirmed for any market and no
prints exist openly (meaning they are in lost vaults, private
collections or forgotten storage) so both films had to be
painstakingly reconstructed from the fading negatives.
time around, both were scanned digitally by Image Trends, who did the
same for Warner Bros. on the 1962 MGM hit How The West Was Won whose
original negative and camera materials were in great shape from
proper storage. Like
Is Cinerama
(1952) and Windjammer
(1958, see links below) previously restored and rereleased by Flicker
Alley and the current Cinerama Company, these are orphan films and
the fact that any image was left after over a half-century is
the featurettes on each release will show, the 35mm materials had all
kinds of problems and to say the age of the materials used was in bad
shape is being nice. Nevertheless, all parties involved did an
amazing job of cleaning, repairing and saving both films against the
odds and color was brought up to the range and look you would get
from Eastmancolor of the time. Despite some painstaking work to
remove additional flaws (fading, scratches, misalignment of the three
panels and much more), you still have some issues with both films,
but the scanning is so good that you cannot see the seam lines all
the time. Hard to believe these were almost lost films, but now they
are saved as well as they can be. The
anamorphically enhanced DVDs on both do not look bad for the format
and work, but are no match for their Blu-ray counterparts.
film stocks were slowly becoming faster with each film and as an
example from Cinerama
the Vegas footage has massive range and captures the original adult
playground Vegas before its fall as captured in Scorsese's Casino
(1995, reviewed on Blu-ray elsewhere on this site) that happens to
feature the last great footage of the original Vegas. The other
Blu-rays to compare to are the amazing releases in high definition of
the 1963 Elvis Presley vehicle Viva
Las Vegas!
And 1971 Technicolor James Bond film Diamonds
Are Forever,
which are both 35mm anamorphic Panavision shoots of the town with the
best color of the four films discussed here.
differences show the slight limits in the color on this Cinerama
version of Vegas, yet you can still see details, depth and character
the other films (Casino
was shot amazingly well in the Super 35mm format which uses less
negative frame than Panavision) that also gives a sense of the now
lost version of that place that no other format could ever deliver.
The comparisons are worth your time and study.
DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mixes on both films on Blu-ray
sound as good as they are likely ever going to sound, sourced from
the original 7-channel stereo 35mm magnetic sources. There were some
matching issues since the soundtrack runs 24 fps (frames per second)
and all early Cinerama films ran their image at 26 fps, but that has
been corrected and further digital work done to help out. Only thing
that still sounds slightly off despite their best efforts is the
Orson Welles voice-over on his parts of Seas,
but it is clean. The lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 and lossy Dolby Digital
2.0 Stereo mixes on the DVD versions are not bad, but no match for
the DTS-MA lossless on the Blu-rays.
that said, Holiday
is slightly weaker, especially on DVD, but both have traveling
dialogue and sound effects recaptured properly in these upgrades and
music in scores (Morton Gould (who later scored Windjammer)
on Holiday,
the legendary Alex North on Seas)
and sung music on location also come on strong and wide-ranging.
with both releases include high quality reproductions of the original
pressbooks of each respective film, shrunken down to fit into the
Blu-ray cases and the DVD versions, while the actual discs add
Behind-The-Scenes Slideshow presentations for each respective film
and Restoration Featurettes on each film that shows what the Cinerama
format is, how bad the shape of the negatives for each film were in,
the special situations in fixing each film and how they were saved.
adds its own 14 minutes Breakdown Reel that was played when the
system would break down, Return
To Cinerama Holiday
(2013, 6 minutes) clip, Betty's Scrapbook (11 minutes) has star Betty
Marsh looking at and discussing the content of a lost archival volume
on the film, 1997 Cast Interview (22 minutes) with the cast when the
film was re-screened for the first time in eons, Never Before Seen
Deleted Scenes from the film from the documentary Cinerama
and 15 minutes of silent movies shot in Kodachrome on the set in
dubbed Bob
Bendick's 8mm Home Movies.
adds a
terrific feature length audio commentary track with Cinerama
historian David Coles and actress Ramine Seaman, The
Wake Of Captain Cook
(23 minutes) showing behind the scenes of this film by Director
Dudley, Family
(11 minutes) with Dudley's daughter Carol Dudley Katzka, Crew
(30 minutes) with Saul Cooper, rerelease trailer and a
restored version of a advertisement (4:38, lossy Dolby Digital 2.0
Stereo only) for the automobile, the Renault Dauphine.
in the three-panel Cinerama format, it takes us to the factory in
France where the it is made and shows us the process from hot metal
to the final build of the car in a truly great ad. Those familiar
with the car and its famous black & white TV ad where Renault
shows off its two different car horns (one for the city, the other
for the country) should note that feature is never shown or discussed
here, but fans will want to see this piece too.
more Cinerama classics on Blu-ray, try these links:
Is Cinerama
(1958, originally in Cinemiracle)
The West Was Won
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Press Release - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Responds to PA Governor's Release of $45 Million to Philadelphia Schools
For Immediate Release
Contact: Shin Inouye, 202.869.0398, email@example.com
October 16, 2013
WASHINGTON –Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement in response to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's announcement that he will finally release $45 million in federal funds to the cash-strapped School District of Philadelphia. Last week, The Leadership Conference and several local and national civil rights groups called on Governor Corbett to release these funds and to reinstate and modernize a previous state funding formula that more fairly distributed education funding to low-income school districts:
"After months of vocal advocacy from a broad cross-section of the local Philadelphia community, Governor Corbett has taken an important step in the right direction. Depriving students of access to teachers, nurses, librarians, and guidance counselors should never be used as a bargaining chip in school funding negotiations. Governor Corbett should be commended for today's action; however, his earlier brinkmanship might still embolden governors of other states with school funding inequities to take a page from his political playbook. That's why this is not just a local issue – but a national one. Governor Corbett must now move forward to fix the dysfunctional way in which the state unfairly funds schools to meet the educational needs of students, families, and communities."
Wade Henderson is president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its 200-plus member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.


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I'm a warm-hearted, old-school gentleman explorer with really cool toys. INTJ. Browncoat.
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Downtown Sydney from the Rocks
The Rocks is the oldest part of Sydney, and it's down by the harbour. I have to make sure I get the "u" in there to appease local sensitivities. Anyway, it's a cool area full of a lot of old-world charm. Now there are a lot of restaurants, bars, and little hotels that are sprinkled around the area.
I took this one from the top of a 3-story salsa bar. I didn't even really go into the bar, except for the way to find the top of it! I looked quite strange walking around the salsa dancefloor to get to the other side, dancing with my tripod!
- Trey Ratcliff
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Sitting at ease in his Shelbyville home, retired Shelby County High School teacher and coach Roland Dale, or "Coach Dale" as he's known to former students and athletes, shares his own history and some thoughts on the history of the county's black community; how it was, how it is now, how it ought to be, and his family's part in it all....
Dale was born in Shelbyville in 1953 to Mose Dale Jr. and Orontes Roland Dale and was the couple's only child. He and his parents first lived at 1016 High Street in Martinsville, where his mother began one of the first black-owned businesses in the county – Dale's Beauty Shop, run right out of her own home. His mother's shop continued to do a brisk business for 50 years, Dale said.
He attended school at High Street Elementary (segregation was still firmly in place at this time), and it was there that he began to realize he and his fellow classmates might be getting the short end of the stick when it came to educational environment and materials.
"The school was built on top of the city dump in 1952," Dale said, "and I just assumed that all playgrounds had broken glass on them....The first floor would flood during heavy rain, and the building was constantly sinking because of where it was built."
Dale said that the school had limited supplies and was given the "throwaway" books from the white schools, which often had no covers. The local grocery stores had "book covers" printed on their paper bags, and he and the other students would take a day and cover all the books with brown paper.
The curriculum consisted of "health, math, reading, spelling, a little science and music," he recalled, "although the health was mostly considered to be our science."
Dale said the teachers and students at High Street Elementary were a close-knit group – he named teachers (and relatives) Daisy Dale and Juanita Dale, as well as Viola Purdy. In addition, his first male teacher came on the scene around 1960 – Mr. Marnel Moorman. Moorman went on to teach in Shelby County for decades, first black children, then black and white together, becoming one of the community's most respected and beloved educators. Moorman was killed in a car accident in 1994 but left behind an incredible educational legacy.
Dale named Moorman as one of his first major influences: "Every night, we'd all sit on the wall outside, and Mr. Moorman would tell us about college....and I realized if you see somebody up there that looks like you doing something, then maybe you can find out what it's all about, too."
Finding his place
Dale went on to do that, after attending Shelbyville High School during his middle and high school years – integration of the schools began when Dale was in sixth grade, he said. He played basketball, football for a year and ran track, which turned out to be his best sport (the 100- and 200-yard were his best events).
He was so good, in fact, that when he started at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, he was able to join its track team as a walk-on. It was during his years at Kentucky State that Dale said he believes he began to come into his own. "I just didn't feel that good until I went to KSU," he said.
He began as a history major but later changed to industrial arts after visiting the school's Industrial Arts Department. Dale said he thought to himself, "Why, this is stuff I've been doing all along with my uncle in his shop."
Dale's uncle Lura Roland Sr. owned Roland's This and That Shop in Shelbyville. Dale would help his uncle repair and sell furniture and appliances – "Warm Morning" stoves, for instance.
After receiving his Bachelor of Science in industrial arts, Dale went on to earn his masters in education at Georgetown College. He began teaching in 1975 at Shelby County High School, running a work/study program designed to teach students job skills.
Dealing with 'raw product'
He joined the industrial arts department in 1976 and started his coaching career, as well. He started out as an assistant football coach under Tom Becherer, then became assistant track coach under Larry Wingfeld, and in 1979, Dale became head coach of SCHS' track and cross-country teams.
He reflects on his time as a cross-country coach: "We would have students with no athletic ability come to us – raw product – and the challenge was making them athletes. But I saw a lot of raw product turn into really good runners."
Dale likes the straightforwardness of that particular sport, explaining, "Cross country is different from other sports – every day, there's no standing around, no timeouts..… It's a simple strategy. You run."
Dale retired from the school system in 2002, but he remains heavily involved in track and cross-country meets, firing the starting gun at races and serving as a referee at regional, state and college-level meets.
That's a great ending, but the story wasn't so pretty along the way.
How it was – really
Education was highly valued in his family, according to Dale. His grandfathers, Mose Dale Sr. and Oliver Roland Sr. both served on the board for the county's independent black school system – in its beginning, a series of 1-room schoolhouses stationed throughout the county. Dale's mother, Orontes, went to the Lincoln Institute in Simpsonville (black students attended there if they wanted to move beyond eighth grade), which is now named for Whitney M. Young. The Roland and Young families had close ties, and in fact, Whitney Young's mother was Dale's godmother.
There was a law in effect at the time called the "Day Law," which decreed that black and white students couldn't be in the same building, which was why the institute was established by Berea College in 1912, according to Dale.
"'Separate but equal' was a fallacy," Dale said wryly, as he recalled this piece of history. "And segregation touched everything you did."
His mother did something else Dale is proud of – in 1942, she had a Rosa Parks-type experience right here in Shelby County.
Dale said Orontes was told to give up her seat on a public bus in town, and she refused. The bus driver held the bus up for an hour, but Orantes stood her ground and kept her seat. The bus eventually started moving again, and she was not forced to leave the bus – a small, local victory for Civil Rights at the time, but important just the same to those it affected.
'A terrible place'
"Shelbyville was a terrible place to grow up in during the era of segregation," Dale said.
He said he remembers walking past a drugstore in town when he was a little boy: "I always wanted to go in there, and sit down and have a hamburger, and I couldn't.
"We couldn't go into a store and try on clothes, have a drink at the fountain, swim at the city pool, or get a loan," he recalled. "My father once tried to get a loan from the bank, and was told that all the money had been loaned out to the tobacco farmers."
There was another experience that bothered Dale greatly, he said.
"Dad would go in to get us an ice cream at the creamery on 2nd Street, and we'd wait outside for an hour or so, while he waited to be served," he said. "It bothered me so much to see my parents told to 'stay in their place'.
"In later years, people would come up to me and say, 'I think a lot of your father,' and I would think, 'Really?'" Dale said with a shake of his head. "And yet he couldn't sit down to eat with you."
Those who made a difference
Dale names some "movers and shakers" who, in the early days of Civil Rights, worked to make Shelby County a better place for African-Americans: "Mr. Willie Fleming, Ms. Brenda Jackson, Mr. Bob Andriot… ..Mr. Andriot was the first store owner to let us come in and try on clothes in his store."
Dale asks a challenging question: "Where would the United States be today if it weren't for racism and sexism? What kind of country would it be if they hadn't spent all that time trying to hold people back?"
A rhetorical question, but one can't help but think that Dale and his family, then and now, have overcome and succeeded in spite of racism, and in a way that makes Shelby County's black community the strong, proud institution it is today.
Dale's grandfather Oliver Roland was the first black barber in Shelbyville, opening up a shop on Clay Street after years of barbering at what was then the Old Mason's Home; his grandmother Mary Roland worked at the old Kings Daughters' Hospital; his grandfather Mose Dale, Sr. operated the first trash collection business in town; and Dale's father, Mose Dale, Jr., served in the Pacific during World War II, ran Blue Gables Motel in the 1950s, and retired from Shelby Rural Electric around 1984.
'You've done so well'
Roland Dale's wife of 34 years, Minnie, taught for 34 years at Southside and then Clear Creek Elementary; his daughter Bridget went to Hampton University in Virginia on a full golf scholarship and is now clinical consultant for Humana, and his daughter Ashley graduated from University of Louisville and works there now as a career counselor for the education and music departments.
Roland and Minnie Dale are enjoying retirement in Shelby County, and often can be seen at the 6th and Main Coffeehouse or driving around in Dale's antique red pickup truck – a replica of the black truck Mose Dale Sr. had when Dale was young.
Recently, Dale attended a recent event celebrating Black History Month, an exhibit called "Shelbyville's Black Tapestry," organized by the Shelby County Historical Society and held at the Stratton Center on Washington Street.
He recalls looking around at those gathered, among them black citizens he had admired while he was growing up, such as Fleming, the first black to graduate from University of Louisville's School of Law; Jackson, a Shelby County school board member; Mattie Bray – "Looked up to her since I was born," Dale said – Maureen Ashby; and more recent Civil Rights champions, such as Etta Coleman, widow of Louis Coleman.
With a bit of wonder and pride in his voice, Dale said: "They all lived at a time when racism was as bad as it could get, and I thought to myself, 'You've been able to endure..… and you've all done so well'."
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Airborne hyperspectral potential for coastal biogeochemistry of the Scheldt estuary and plume
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Influence of the Aral Sea negative water balance on its seasonal circulation and ventilation patterns : use of a 3D hydrodynamic model
Sirjacobs, Damien ; Grégoire, Marilaure ; Delhez, Eric et al
in Geophysical Research Abstracts (2003, April), 5(09052), 2003509052
Within the context of the EU INCO-COPERNICUS program "Desertification in the Aral Sea Region: A study of the Natural and Anthropogenic Impacts" (Contract IAC2-CT-2000-10023), a large-scale 3D hydrodynamic ... [more ▼]
Within the context of the EU INCO-COPERNICUS program "Desertification in the Aral Sea Region: A study of the Natural and Anthropogenic Impacts" (Contract IAC2-CT-2000-10023), a large-scale 3D hydrodynamic model was adapted to address specifically the macroscale processes affecting the Aral Sea water circulation and ventilation. The particular goal of this research is to simulate the effect of lasting negative water balance on the 3D seasonal circulation, temperature, salinity and water-mixing fields of the Aral Sea. The original Aral Sea seasonal hydrodynamism is simulated with the average seasonal forcings corresponding to the period from 1956 to 1960. This first investigation concerns a period of relative stability of the water balance, before the beginning of the drying process. The consequences of the drying process on the hydrodynamic of the Sea will be studied by comparing this first results with the simulation representing the average situation for the years 1981 to 1985, a very low river flow period. For both simulation periods, the forcing considered are the seasonal fluctuations of wind fields, precipitation, evaporation, river discharge and salinity, cloud cover, air temperature and humidity. The meteorological forcings were adapted to the common optimum one-month temporal resolution of the available data sets. Monthly mean kinetic energy flux and surface tensions were calculated from daily ECMWF wind data. Monthly in situ precipitation, surface air temperature and humidity fields were interpolated from data obtained from the Russian Hydrological and Meteorological Institute. Monthly water discharge and average salinity of the river water were considered for both Amu Darya and Syr Darya river over each simulation periods. The water mass conservation routines allowed the simulation of a changing coastline by taking into account local drying and flooding events of particular grid points. Preliminary barotropic runs were realised (for the 1951-1960 situation, before drying up began) in order to get a first experience of the behaviour of the hydrodynamic model. These first runs provide results about the evolution of the following state variables: elevation of the sea surface, 3D fields of vertical and horizontal flows, 2D fields of average horizontal flows and finally the 3D fields of turbulent kinetic energy. The mean seasonal salinity and temperature fields (in-situ data gathered by the Russian Hydrological and Meteorological Institute) are available for the two simulated periods and will allow a first validation of the hydrodynamic model. Various satellites products were identified, collected and processed in the frame of this research project and will be used for the validation of the model outputs. Seasonal level changes measurements derived from water table change will serve for water balance validation and sea surface temperature for hydrodynamics validation. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 49 (8 ULg)
On-line soil mechanical resistance mapping and correlation with soil physical properties for precision agriculture
Sirjacobs, Damien ; ; Lebeau, Frédéric et al
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Measurement of local soil strength may be used for real time regulation of tillage parameters in precision agriculture. Cartography of soil physical properties will also facilitate the study of their ... [more ▼]
Measurement of local soil strength may be used for real time regulation of tillage parameters in precision agriculture. Cartography of soil physical properties will also facilitate the study of their influence on plant development and yields. The aim of this research was to develop and test in field conditions a sensor measuring on-line soil strength variations. The sensor was constituted of a thin blade pulled in the soil at constant depth and speed and a beam which transferred the soil–blade forces to a transducer fixed on the machine. This transducer measured the draft force (Fx), the vertical force (Fz) and the moment (My). A field experiment was performed in 2 ha field of silt soil (Hesbaye, Belgium). A soil strength map of the field was established by pulling the sensor at 5 m interline separation by a tractor equipped with a DGPS receiver. The relationship between the recorded forces and several soil physical parameters was studied by identifying 10 control plots on the sensor track. In each of them, cone index penetrometry profiles and soil water content were measured. Soil samples were taken in the centre of the plots to determine cohesion and internal friction angle, simple compression resistance, Atterberg limits, granulometry and pF curves. Triaxial tests identified over-consolidated soils in plots situated in the pounds of the field. Based on the parameters measured in the other plots, significant relationships were established between (1) a global penetrometry index and the Fx and My solicitations measured by the sensor; (2) gravimetric water content and the vertical force Fz. Interpolation by inverse distance with a range of 45 m gave the best result for the cartography of the three measured signals (Fx, Fz and My). The confrontation of those maps with pedological and topographic maps together with the statistical relationships and the farmer's knowledge of the field showed high consistency. The results of this experiment in field conditions are encouraging and show the promising perspective of technological innovations allowing on-line characterisation of soil physical state for precision agriculture. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 186 (40 ULg)
Matlab designed Image analysis software for detection of Codium elisabethae and calculation of population statistics. Summer training work realised within the MAROV Project (Mapping of Marine Habitats of the Azores using Robotic Ocean Vehicles)
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Flow interruption effects on intake rate and rill erosion in two soils
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Efficiency of surface irrigation is often low because of poor infiltration uniformity, resulting from relatively long periods of infiltration at the upstream end and short periods of infiltration at the downstream end of the field. Surge irrigation, the intermittent supply of water to furrows, generally reduces soil intake rate (IR) and improves moisture uniformity over the entire field. However, IR reduction varies from one irrigation scheme to another, depends on soil and water properties, and is difficult to predict. A laboratory study using miniflumes was designed to investigate the effect of interrupted flow on IR and soil loss from short rills. Two soils differing in their textures, a silt loam (Calcic Haploxeralf) derived from loess and a clay soil (Typic Haploxerert), were studied. Intake rate in the clay soil was greater than that in the silt loam. Therefore, different inflow rates were applied to the two soils to achieve similar runoff flow rates from the two soils. Cumulative infiltration decreased from 646 mL in continuous flow to 539 mL in interrupted flow for the silt loam and from 1142 to 1068 mL in the clay soil. Interrupted flow also reduced cumulative soil loss by 84% in the clay soil but had only a small effect on soil loss from the silt loam. However, when flow rate was increased from 80 to 320 mL min−1, interrupted flow reduced soil loss in the silt loam as much as in the clay soil. Consolidation of the soil surface and formation of cohesive forces between soil particles of the silt loam with unstable structure during flow interruption was suggested as the explanation for the effect of flow interruption on intake rate and soil detachment. These results need to be verified in field experiments. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 34 (6 ULg)
Synthesis of water balance data and simulation of the shrinking process of the Aral Sea.
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A Soil Mechanical Resistance Sensor For On-Line Application In Precision Agriculture: Soil Strength Mapping And Correlation With Soil Physical Properties
Sirjacobs, Damien ; Destain, Marie-France
in Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the International Soil Research Organization (I.S.T.R.O.) (2000, July)
Knowledge of local soil strength variation may permit variation of tillage parameters to produce a more optimal soil structure for root growth and plant development. Soil strength mapping can provide ... [more ▼]
Knowledge of local soil strength variation may permit variation of tillage parameters to produce a more optimal soil structure for root growth and plant development. Soil strength mapping can provide another layer of information in precision agriculture. The aim of this research is to develop a sensor able to measure on-line the local soil strength variations. This sensor is designed as follows: a thin blade penetrates the soil to a specific depth while the machine is moving, a beam transfers the soil-blade forces to a transducer fixed on the machine. The transducer measures then the horizontal and vertical forces and the moment. This paper describes a field experiment performed in a 2 ha field of silt soil (Hesbaye, Belgium). The first objective of this research is to establish a map of soil strength variability of the field. For this purpose, the sensor is pulled through the soil in parallel traverses at 5 m separation by a tractor equiped with a DGPS receiver. The second objective of the experiment is to study relation between measured forces and several measured soil physical parameters. Ten homogeneous plots where identified on the sensor track in order to cover as completely as possible the diversity of soil physical conditions encountered. On the median line of each of those plots, 10 Cone Index penetrometry profiles were measured with a mobile automated penetrometer recorder, soil water content was measured in 5 points, ans soil samples were taken in the center of the plot to determine the following parameters: cohesion and internal friction angle, simple compression resistance, Atterberg's limits, granulometry and pF curves. This experiment allowed the first identification of different soil strength areas in the field investigated. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 41 (1 ULg)
La résistance mécanique du sol: mesure en continu et cartographie pour l'agriculture de précision
Sirjacobs, Damien ; Destain, Marie-France
in Zwaenepoel, Philippe (Ed.) Agriculture de Précision - Avancées de la recherche technologique et industrielle (2000, May)
La résistance mécanique d'un sol est un paramètre important qui conditionne la croissance racinaire et le développement des plantes. L'objectif de cette recherche est de mettre au point un capteur capable ... [more ▼]
La résistance mécanique d'un sol est un paramètre important qui conditionne la croissance racinaire et le développement des plantes. L'objectif de cette recherche est de mettre au point un capteur capable de mesurer en ligne les variations locales de résistance du sol. Celui-ci est constitué d'un anneau dynamométrique qui enregistre automatiquement les sollicitations (forces horizontales, verticales et couple) générées par la traction uniforme d'un lame dans le sol. Une première expérience a été menée dans un champ limoneux situé en Hesbaye (Belgique). Le géocodage de ces informations via un système DGPS a permis d'identifier des zones de diverses résistance au sein de la parcelle étudiée. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 147 (5 ULg)
PAM, sediments, and interrupted flow effects on rill erosion and Intake rate
Sirjacobs, Damien ; ; et al
in Soil Science Society of America Journal (2000), 64
The reduction in the intake rate (IR) during interrupted irrigation is difficult to predict. Sediments in irrigation water decrease the effect of interrupted irrigation on IR. Polyacrylamide (PAM) reduces ... [more ▼]
The reduction in the intake rate (IR) during interrupted irrigation is difficult to predict. Sediments in irrigation water decrease the effect of interrupted irrigation on IR. Polyacrylamide (PAM) reduces rill erosion, but its effect on IR is controversial. The effects of water quality (tap water, tap water containing sediments, and 10 g m−3 PAM solution) and interrupted flow on IR and rill erosion in an Alfisol (Calcic Haploxeralf) and a Vertisol (Typic Chromoxerert) were studied using laboratory miniflumes. Rill erosion in both soils was eliminated by the PAM treatment in both continuous and interrupted flow. The PAM application reduced IR in the Alfisol and increased it in the Vertisol. In the Alfisol, interrupted flow reduced IR of the PAM solution by 37% compared with only 18% for tap water. In the Vertisol, interrupted flow reduced IR only slightly and the decrease was not affected by the polymer. When the water contained sediments, cumulative infiltration was reduced by 22% for the Vertisol and 59% for the Alfisol in comparison with tap water. These reductions were attributed to depositional seal formation. The IR of the Alfisol was more susceptible to depositional seal formation than the Vertisol. The presence of sediments in water was effective in reducing rill erosion. The effects of interrupted flow with PAM on reducing IR were explained by partial blocking of the conducting pores leading to greater suction and compaction of the soil surface. For sediment-laden irrigation water, interrupted flow had no advantage over continuous flow in reducing IR because of depositional seal formation associated with the sediments in the water. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 51 (5 ULg)
A soil mechanical resistance sensor for on-line application in presicion agriculture.
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Oct. 12, 2013
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NORFOLK, Va. - The No. 10 UAB men's soccer team (8-2-1, 2-1-1) suffered its second defeat of 2013 at the hands of Conference USA foe Old Dominion (6-3-1, 3-1-0), 3-2 in overtime, on Saturday night. The loss snaps UAB's five-match winning streak, its longest of the year.
"I thought we did well enough to win the match, but I thought Old Dominion worked really hard and played well," head coach Mike Getman said. "I thought late in the game, they were desperate launching a lot of balls forward. It was a wet field, things happen. Give them credit for battling hard and I thought they played very well for 90 minutes. Sometimes, that's just soccer. At the end of the day, they were able to get it done."
For the fifth straight match, UAB tallied a goal in the opening 20 minutes. Sophomore forward Freddy Ruiz tallied his ninth goal of the year 31 seconds into the match, giving the visiting Blazers an early 1-0 lead. Junior forward Diego Navarrete collected an assist on the play, his sixth of 2013.
"This team has done a good job all year long of coming out sharp and ready to play," Getman stated. "You usually don't expect to score 30 seconds in. It was a really good goal. We played well, created a nice chance, and finished it."
The Blazers defense kept the host Monarchs in check for nearly the entire opening half. Senior goalkeeper Raphael Ville registered two saves in the first 45 minutes.
Old Dominion was able to break through in the 39th minute. Senior forward Gideon Asante fired a shot towards the lower right corner of the UAB goal. Ville appeared to come up with the initial save, but could not collect the ball and Old Dominion knotted the match at 1-1.
UAB quickly responded in the 44th minute. Redshirt senior midfielder Patrick Huang lined up a free kick from 40 yards out. Huang bent the kick into the top right corner of the goal, giving the Blazers a 2-1 lead into halftime.
The Blazers' defense preserved the one-goal advantage for the majority of the second stanza. Ville came up with three saves in the final 45 minutes of regulation to keep the host-Monarchs off the board.
In the 89th minute, sophomore defender Michael Nelson collected a shot off the post and slotted it into the UAB goal, tying the match at 2-2. Tied after 90 minutes of play, the match would go into overtime.
At the 93:08 mark, senior forward Tim Hopkinson headed in a pass to score the game-winning goal, securing the victory for the host-Monarchs.
"Again, on a wet day with the rain and the wind, sometimes things just happen," Getman concluded. "I thought we played well, fought hard, and played pretty smart most of the match. When two good teams face off, sometimes things happen."
Notes: UAB suffered its second loss of 2013 at the hands of Old Dominion ... It marked the team's first loss in conference play this season ... Sophomore forward Freddy Ruiz has scored a goal in each of the past three matches and five of the past six games ... Ruiz leads the team with nine tallies on the season ... Junior forward Diego Navarrete leads the team with six assists on the year.
For the latest news on Blazer sports, follow the UAB Athletics Twitter account: @UABathletics. For men's soccer news, follow @UAB_MensSoccer.


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- 1-1/2 cups (12 ounces ) 1% cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
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- 8 ounces spiral pasta, cooked and drained
- 1 to 2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- In a blender or food processor, process cottage cheese, milk and garlic until smooth. Add flour, lemon juice, basil, mustard, pepper and salt if desired; process until well blended. Pour into a saucepan. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Do not boil. Serve over noodles; sprinkle with chopped tomatoes. Yield: 4 servings.
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By 1994, New York had carved out its own acid jazz niche thanks to the wildly creative, communal vibe generated by Giant Step, a roaming contingent of fans and promoters that many credit with single-handedly creating a scene on this side of the Atlantic. Much of that found its way to Houston via DJ Sun, who's own interpretation of the acid-jazz experience contains elements so far-flung that an additional listing of genres -- namely hip-hop, funk, soul, reggae, and Latin -- is necessary before any sound can be defined. But lists are confining, and the very restrictions he tries to avoid in his work. Rarity mining or crate digging or rare groove is DJ Sun's passion, and he's taken his mixing skills on the road, turning in fully improvised performances on music festival stages from Austin to Toronto. The release of his Monday Drive EP in 2007 made his name as a producer, and his debut full-length, One Hundred -- a variety-packed assemblage of retro-future hip-hop, funk, and soul -- appeared on Giant Step in 2013. ~ Hobart Rowland
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Chose to locate the KTBH in the country in Piermont, NY because of their tendency to swarm (i don't want bad publicity for NYC bees as this is the first year they're "legal").
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Esposito said once an investigation is opened, they can begin to piece together what happened.
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I order merchandise from www.RalphLauren.com. They advertise at this point free delivery on any order more than $100.00. The items was ship by Fed Ex with required signature upon delivery. Fed Ex was attend to deliver package for 3 days in the row always in early afternoon???
I call Fed Ex, they explained to me that company using independent contractors and they do delivery when they have a time??? Then I call Ralph Lauren and explained to them that carrier not able deliver package in the evening hours and I can't pick up because Fed Ex office located in 40 min drive from my house. And I asked to credit back my money. Customer service representative ** told me that it's basically my problem and Fed Ex can't change route just for me and I can dispute charges that was already applied on my credit card! With so many people losing job now we have this kind customer service representatives!??? Company basically fail to provide any service at all.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- I e-mailed ralph Lauren 3 times asking where I can purchase a robe tie to a bathrobe I bought in June at Macy's. I spent a lot off money and bought a blue velor robe for my husband at Macy's for fathers day. During the summer he did not wear it. Come October he went to put it on and the tie was missing. I don't know if it was never put in the box or if we tossed it out. So I called Macy's and they told me to contact Ralph Lauren. I e-mailed them 3 times they say they will answer in 2-3 days. I never heard once a reply. I called on the phone and the girl said she would call me back. Never happen. I called again to ask for a public relations person I could contact.
The women on the phone was so rude and would not give me one name of a person to contact. I wrote a letter anyway and addressed it to a customer service or public relations person. I never heard one thing back. I will never buy another Ralph Lauren product again. I will spend more money to buy a different brand instead. I think they are the rudest company around. I no longer need the robe tie. I bought my husband a better quality robe.
FRISCO, TEXAS -- I purchased 7 men's shirts online and I'll tell you that Polo is not the company it used to be. Several shirts had frays, some shirts didn't have the button holes cut and the ones that did looked like someone with Parkinson's had done it, also the callers don't seem to iron flat. I have some old shirts and the cloth is much thicker and had none of the problems the new shirts did. They may as well just sell an iron on emblem so that you put it on a quality shirt. At 3 times the cost of a normal shirt, polo has really lost it!
NEW YORK -- Ralph Lauren Home Collections - 100% cotton (cotton/algodon) no mention of thread count. Made in Bahrain. The sheets felt like sleeping on paper - they even make a "crinkling" noise. After several launderings there was no improvement. No softness at all.
I have worn Polo shirts almost exclusively for years and the last couple of years I have really noticed a drop in their quality both of material and craftsmanship. There was a time when the Polo product was worth the money. It wore well and lasted for a long time. Today the product does not hold up and the way it is made is terrible. I no longer associate the Polo product with quality and will no longer purchase or recommend the product. I am done.
It has just come to my attention that Ralph Lauren outsourced its clothing designed for the U.S. Olympic team to China! This is outrageous and unpatriotic. How dare they? Unless they can have them remade in America before the opening ceremonies (and put an American flag where their brand logo is), I suggest they donate all of the profits to the U.S. Olympic team!
The other day I was at Macy's and wished to purchase 2 Ralph Lauren articles of clothing. When I went to pay at the register and use a Macy's coupon I was told that it was your policy not to allow coupons to be used. Congrats on such a good policy, you not only lost a sale of $150 but you also lost a customer because I will never purchase Ralph Lauren merchandise again. I went to another department and was able to use my 20 percent coupon there.
I will never again purchase a product with Ralph Lauren's name on it due to their overly perfected and unrealistic images of women in advertisements targeted at children and adults. The digitally altered ads encourage the development of distorted body images and eating disorders.


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|Training camp notes: Celtics wait on Jeff Green
|12.15.11 at 2:00 pm ET
UPDATE: After Friday's shootaround, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said that Jeff Green was meeting with more doctors with team president Danny Ainge. Rivers said they hoped to have resolution on Green's status later on Friday.
Forward Jeff Green was once again a spectator as the Celtics ran through practice on Thursday at TD Garden. Green was in shorts and workout gear getting up shots, but he is still not cleared to practice due to an issue with his physical. On Tuesday, Green said that it was related to a stress test, but there has been little clarity regarding the exact nature of the situation.
"We'll know more about Jeff [on Friday]," team president Danny Ainge said. "He's completing all tests and results and we should know more [Friday] afternoon. Everything. We'll wait until then to give you guys all that information."
Ainge said they had the results of further tests, but when asked whether they were good or bad, he said, "It's all based on perspective."
Coach Doc Rivers also said that Paul Pierce won't play in Sunday's exhibition game against Toronto because of his sore right heel. It's too early to tell whether Rajon Rondo (sprained ankle) will play on Sunday, but Rivers hasn't ruled it out yet.
"Paul will be out until probably around Monday," Rivers said. [Trainer] Eddie [Lacerte] said he could possibly play but why take the chance going from no practice to playing in an exhibition game? We're probably going to leave him back."
Rivers added that Sasha Pavlovic took a hard fall in Wednesday's practice but looked ready to participate in Thursday's session.
One player who has stood out so far is center Greg Stiemsma. The former Wisconsin product has put in time overseas and the in the D-League where he stood out as a rugged defender and shot-blocker. (Here's video of Stiemsma rejecting Blake Griffin twice in summer league two years ago).
"I do like Stiemsma," Rivers said. "I do like him a lot. He hasn't separated himself or anything. But I like some of the things he can do. I think we have to convince what he can do. He's actually a terrific shooter from the elbows. He's not a post player at all. He's a terrific shot blocker. He blocks everything."
The Celtics have 14 players under contract (including Green), leaving one roster spot open. If they elect to keep another big man, Stiemsma is definitely on their radar.
Ainge said they're might be another move, but their options are limited. They used their taxpayer exception to sign Chris Wilcox and he can't trade any of the new additions or draft picks.
"I don't know if there's anything I need to do, but there's some things that we're still working on," Ainge said. "I think this roster is what it's going to be. Things that we would like to do are usually difficult to pull off."
Ainge offered praise for Avery Bradley, saying that in time he could become an elite defender.
"Avery is our best athletic perimeter defender," Ainge said. "He's young, without experience, so he has to learn to use that athleticism. He's also a very intense kid. He's athletic strong and intense and has a ton of energy. Once he learns to bridle that energy he can be one of the best defenders in the league."
The Celtics acquired Keyon Dooling in part because he will serve as Rondo's backup. That, in turn, lessens the pressure on Bradley to run the offense, which he clearly struggled doing last season. (Here's more on how that dynamic works).
|Jeff Green: 'I think it was just fatigue'
|12.13.11 at 3:13 pm ET
WALTHAM — Jeff Green was in a Celtics uniform and available during Tuesday's media day, but he still has not been cleared for full contact at practice. Green watched Tuesday's session from the sidelines as he has the last few days.
Team president Danny Ainge said on Monday that something showed up in Green's physical and they were doing more tests. While that sounded ominous, Ainge insisted that they were just being cautious and they fully expected to have Green back on the team on a one-year contract.
Green shed some light on the situation, saying it was the result of stress tests and also didn't sound overly concerned.
"It was a late day Thursday trying to get everything squared away, then coming here, I didn't sleep," Green said "And then the glight got delayed four hours and I got here and did the physical, did a stress test. I think it was just fatigue."
Asked specifically if it was related to a heart condition, Green said, "Not at all. I heard somebody say that. Not at all."
When he does get back on the court, Green is anticipating a smoother transition than he experienced last season after his arrival from Oklahoma City at the trade deadline. Green acknowledged that he didn't feel comfortable last season in a role that was never really clearly defined.
"Coming to this situation last year was very stressful, trying to grasp everything right away was hard," he said. "Now I'm in a situation where I can relax a little bit. I'm on point with everything. We're all together and we're looking good."
Green's role is still a bit of a mystery. He can backup Paul Pierce, which he did well last season, but beyond that he could be in the mix in any number of different lineups that Doc Rivers can throw on the floor. Ainge added several reserve players who can multiple positions and Rivers hinted at using some unconventional personnel.
"We want to get him as quickly as possible because he's important to us," Rivers said. "He's important to our bench. Some of the stuff we're doing offensively we can go with crazy lineups. When [Rajon] Rondo's off the floor we can literally put anybody at that position and still run some kind of offense, so we need him on the floor."
|E'Twaun Moore impresses in first day of practice
|12.12.11 at 7:26 pm ET
WALTHAM — The Celtics finally had enough players to conduct a practice on Monday and second round pick E'Twaun Moore took advantage of his opportunity. Doc Rivers said that Moore's teams won both scrimmages and that the guard hit the game-winning shot in one and ran the show at the other.
"E'Twaun was one of the best players in the gym today," Rivers said. "Forget being a rookie."
Moore took advantage of the lockout by playing in Italy with Benetton Treviso with former Celtic Brian Scalabrine and Brookline's Jeff Adrien. Moore earned immediate playing time and knocked down 44 percent of his 3-pointers while averaging 9.5 points per game.
"It definitely helped me out a lot," Moore said. "The biggest thing I learned from being over there was the patience of the game. I thought 24 seconds, OK, you have to play faster, but that's not true. Actually you slow the game down and react faster."
Moore views himself as a guard, capable of playing both the point and the wing. That versatility will be important for a Celtics team that is loaded with veterans. Keyon Dooling is the likely backup point guard and can play both positions. Rivers said on Saturday that Dooling's addition will pave the way for Avery Bradley to focus on the off-guard spot and Marquis Daniels can also both the off-guard and small forward position.
"The [backup] two spot will have to be determined," Rivers said. "Somebody's going to have to take it."
Moore and fellow rookie JaJuan Johnson have been unable to practice while the team explored trade opportunities. Rookies can't be traded for 30 days after they sign their contracts. Moore received a two-year deal with a team option for the second year and the first year is guaranteed, according to his agent Mark Bartelstein.
Their signings, plus free agent Sasha Pavlovic gives the team 14 players under contract, pending the resolution of Jeff Green's situation.
(Click here for a closer look at the roster).
Danny Ainge acquired Bass from the Magic in a sign-and-trade involving Glen Davis and Von Wafer. Bass is a 6-foot-8 forward who averaged 11 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Magic last season, while shooting over 51 percent from the floor. He is particularly adept at knocking down 16-23 foot jump shots where he made 47 percent of his attempts from that range.
"I feel very comfortable shooting it," Bass said. "I've been working on that shot since I was 15 and the last couple of years I've been able to knock it down."
Bass will likely be Kevin Garnett's backup at the big forward position, giving the Celtics a big man rotation of Garnett, Bass, Jermaine O'Neal and Chris Wilcox.
"I like that he can score, number one, before anything else," Rivers said. "Great pick and pop player. Not bad in ISO situations away from the basket. We need that coming off the bench. I like that he just plays hard. Low maintenance, just plays hard, and that's something we were looking at."
Just as important from the Celtics perspective is that Bass has a solid contract with a player option for next season at $4 million. If he picks up his option, the Celtics will have a rotation player at a fair price and another trade asset. If he doesn't, they will have even more cap space for next season.
"Brandon is just a real high character, high-energy player," Ainge said. "He's athletic. He's a fantastic mid-range shooter. Just a real active player with a lot of athleticism and energy. He fits our timeline too. We're trying to have great success this year and his contract length sort of fits into our timeline."
Pavlovic gives the Celtics another option on the wing and another backup behind Paul Pierce at small forward. Pavlovic saw action in just 17 games after they signed him late in the season, but Ainge and Rivers feel that there is potential in the 28-year-old.
"We wanted to bring Sasha back at the end of last year," Ainge said. "The coaches loved his work ethic and he played very well for us when he got an opportunity. He's young. He's athletic. He's got some experience. Sasha's just a good all-around player."
Pavlovic's best days were in Cleveland where he saw significant playing time for teams that advanced deep into the playoffs. He's a career 35 percent 3-point shooter and can guard both wing positions.
"I believe he can be a good player," Rivers said. "I told him that last year. I told him in our exit meetings his talent is in there, it's all between his ears. I think he can be a really good player. We're going to try to get it out of him."
Rivers said that Pierce participated in most of the practice after sitting out the last two days with a sore right heel. He was on the sidelines during the portion that media were allowed to watch. Rajon Rondo sat out after spraining his right ankle in Sunday's session. Rivers said he expects to have Rondo back soon.
|An updated look at the Celtics roster
|12.12.11 at 4:07 pm ET
WALTHAM — Here's a snapshot of how the Celtics roster looks after the team announced a number of signings and the official completion of the Brandon Bass trade. Veteran players who sign free agent contracts can't be traded for until March 1 and rookies can't be traded for at least 30 days.
Second round pick E'Twaun Moore signed a two-year deal with the first year guaranteed and a team option in July for the second season, according to his agent, Mark Bartelstein.
Team president Danny Ainge said that the team used its taxpayer mid-level exception on Chris Wilcox, making it a one-year deal for $3 million. He also said that Sasha Pavlovic's deal was guaranteed, also for one year.
Additionally, Ainge said that Jeff Green's arrival at practice has been held-up over something they found with his physical. "We anticipate he'll be here," Ainge said. "I don't think he'll [be out] very long. He's just going through the tests again today and tomorrow, and we should be fine."
Asked if there was a chance this could nullify his deal, Ainge said, "Oh, no, no, no. We're not close to that yet. It's just precautionary. Practice just started today officially when we had our whole team here. It will be resolved this week."
Ainge wouldn't say if he was done making moves, but he would only make them if they fit under the team's parameters to keep the salary cap books clear after next year. "I don't know the answer yet. We'll only make moves if we think they'll fit our parameters. We may be done but we may not be. I don't know."
If the Celtics are done, that would give them only five players with contracts after this season:
Rondo and Pierce are on the books for a little less than $28 million combined. Johnson and Bradley are on rookie deal that will bring the total closer to $30 million and Bass has a player option for $4 million. The salary cap was set for this season at $58 million and is not expected to go down next year.
That would give the Celtics about $24 million under the cap, not including cap holds, which would leave them enough money to offer a max-contract next season. Doing so would force them to renounce the rights of most of their pending free agents including Allen and Garnett.
(Roster note: Several players can be slotted into different positions.)
PG: Rajon Rondo, Keyon Dooling
SG: Ray Allen, Marquis Daniels, Avery Bradley, E'Twaun Moore
SF: Paul Pierce, Jeff Green (pending clearance), Sasha Pavlovic
PF: Kevin Garnett, Brandon Bass
C: Jermaine O'Neal, Chris Wilcox, JaJuan Johnson, Greg Stiemsma (partially guaranteed)
Training camp invites: Gilbert Brown, Jamal Sampson, Mike Sweetney
|How the Celtics look after David West signs with Pacers
|12.11.11 at 4:02 pm ET
WALTHAM — Give Danny Ainge this: He turned Marquis Daniels into Keyon Dooling via a trade exception and Glen Davis into Brandon Bass in a sign-and-trade. If he had been able to parlay Jermaine O'Neal's expiring contract into David West, Ainge would have emerged as a clear winner in this chaotic chapter in NBA history.
The Celtics pursuit of West ended on Sunday after he signed with the Pacers for two years and $20 million as reported by Yahoo. Indiana had the cap space to sign West outright.
While the West situation resolved itself, the rest of the Celtics have been on hold. Doc Rivers conducted practice with just nine players on Sunday and that number was reduced to eight after Rajon Rondo sprained his ankle. Rivers said the injury wasn't serious, but he joined Paul Pierce (right heel) on the sidelines. Rivers said they were keeping Pierce out as a precaution.
Also absent, but not for medical reasons, were Bass, Jeff Green and rookie JaJuan Johnson and E'Twuan Moore. Rivers said the team was waiting for the paperwork on Bass and Green to be cleared, but it is believed that either Johnson or Moore could have been included with O'Neal in the sign-and-trade effort for West. Rookies can't be traded for 30 days after they sign their contracts.
"The first day we camp is when we have everyone," Rivers said. "As far as I'm concerned we haven't started camp."
With only two weeks and counting until the Celtics open the season on Christmas Day against the Knicks, here's where things stand on the roster:
Guards: Rondo, Ray Allen, Keyon Dooling, Avery Bradley
Forwards: Pierce, Daniels, Green
Bigs: Kevin Garnett, O'Neal, Bass, Chris Wilcox
When Johnson and Moore sign their rookie deals, that will give the Celtics 13 players.
They also have big men Greg Stiemsma, Jamal Sampson and Michael Sweetney in camp, although Stiemsma has been the only one on the court while media has been allowed to view practice. The 6-foot-11, 260-pound Stiemsma has played in the D-League and Turkey after his collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin and will get a long look.
Ainge still has the taxpayer mid-level exception to offer and the Celtics could use another big man and possibly a shooter.
|Larry Bird vs. Danny Ainge for David West
|12.11.11 at 2:45 am ET
It's not true that it's part of the new NBA bylaws that everything has to happen after midnight on weekends, but once again the league descended into chaos after the Lakers pulled out of the Chris Paul sweepstakes. While the Celtics could try to get themselves back in, it's unclear how they could improve their offer to New Orleans after the Hornets resisted overtures throughout the process. The Clippers also reportedly emerged as the frontrunners for Paul.
Of more immediate concern is the Celtics other deal with New Orleans for free agent forward David West. Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reported early Sunday morning that the Celtics competition for West is none other than Indiana, whose team president is Larry Bird.
According to Woj's report, the Celtics have offered Jermaine O'Neal along with possibly JaJuan Johnson and/or E'Twaun Moore in a sign-and-trade for West. Neither rookie has practiced with the team yet or signed their contracts, making them eligible for a deal. O'Neal essentially confirmed the reports when he spoke candidly about not wanting to play for a team that isn't a contender after Celtics practice on Saturday.
"If I go somewhere else it won't be a losing team," O'Neal said. "That wouldn't make any sense. If it was a deal with New Orleans, I'm sure there would be a third team. My stop wouldn't be to New Orleans. They're not trying to get older."
Celtics coach Doc Rivers talked gingerly about the possibility of a deal after practice on Saturday but wouldn't comment on any specifics. "I hope there's a possibility of that but I don't know it," Rivers said. "Some of the decisions are in the player's hands."
Here's where it gets complicated. According to Wojnarowski, the Celtics offer is a 3-year deal in the $24-25 million range with the fourth year likely only partially guaranteed. The Pacers, meanwhile, have offered a 2-year deal for a higher annual salary. Resolution is expected as early as Sunday.
The 31-year-old West had surgery on a torn ACL suffered last March that cost him the final 12 games of the regular season and the playoffs. When healthy, West is a skilled offensive player who averaged 19 points last season and has made two All-Star appearances. He would provide an inside-out threat that includes an underrated post game.
The Celtics have been loading up on power forwards, acquiring Brandon Bass and Chris Wilcox and seemed content to move away using a traditional center. Rivers said on Saturday that he was would pair Kevin Garnett up with forwards more this season.
"Kevin will play some five this year, which honestly I don't think is a problem at all," Rivers said. "You can play him and Bass together. Either one can guard the five or the four so it makes us pretty versatile."
Asked if the team needed a center, Rivers said, "If we don't have one, I'm not upset by that. I'll always take one so if you can find one for me please help out. If we have enough fours who can play both [positions] and we have enough fouls we can get away with it."
A healthy West would help cement that strategy, which could be an effective counter against teams like Miami, who also don't use a traditional center. Additionally, an ESPN.com report said that the Lakers have turned their attention to acquiring Dwight Howard, who earlier in the day told the Magic that he would like to be traded to New Jersey.
Short of acquiring both Paul and Howard themselves, which seems like an extreme longshot, if the Celtics add West and the two superstars wind up on different teams in the Western Conference, that ultimately might be the best-case scenario for the Celtics in this chaotic environment.
|What Keyon Dooling does for Avery Bradley
|12.10.11 at 10:34 pm ET
WALTHAM — Celtics coach Doc Rivers has long been an admirer of veteran guard Keyon Dooling. So much so that Rivers tried on three occasions to get Dooling to join his teams. He finally got his man after Danny Ainge traded a second round pick to Milwaukee to acquire him via a trade exception created in the Marquis Daniels deal to Sacramento last season.
"It's a good pickup for us," Rivers said. "He's a veteran guard. He can play one or two, he can shoot, he can really defend. He's high character, which is an area we were looking for and he's a good fit for this group. He's hungry. He wants to win. Those are the players we wanted. We wanted players who are over themselves and who are hungry and want to play with a sense of urgency."
It's safe to say the feeling is mutual.
"I've had an opportunity to play before a few good coaches in my career," Dooling said after his practice with the team on Saturday. "Stan Van Gundy [and] Lawrence Frank have been very influential in my career, my progress as a player and a person. Doc has been somebody who's been a great mentor to me. I always pick his brain every time I see him because I'm fascinated by him. He's awesome. He's everything that a player like me would want to be."
The Celtics will be Dooling's sixth team in an 11-year career that began in Los Angeles with the Clippers and took him to Miami, Orlando, New Jersey and Milwaukee and he's excited about the chance to play for a contender.
"It's something I've never experienced before," he said. "Going into the season having an opportunity to play for a 'chip every year. I haven't really had a legitimate chance to win the 'chip sing I played with Shaq back in Miami, so I'm licking my chops, man."
Dooling is expected to primarily backup Rajon Rondo at the point and at 6-foot-3, he's capable of defending both backcourt positions in the right matchup. He's also a solid 3-point shooter. As Dooling said, "They used to use the word, 'tweener.' As my career progressed and I earned some respect around the league I became a combo guard."
That's basically what he is and he'll essentially fill the role that Delonte West played last season. But Dooling brings an extra benefit to the table because with him on board, the Celtics no longer feel that they force Avery Bradley into a point guard role. "Keyon has created us two players because Avery is better this way," Rivers said.
From the moment Bradley was drafted it was unclear whether he would develop into a point guard. He had limited experience in his one collegiate season at Texas at the position and he never really had a chance as a rookie after an ankle injury kept him out of summer league and part of training camp. In limited minutes he clearly struggled running the team.
"You watched Avery last year and I thought he was paralyzed when he had to run the position, when he had to call plays," Rivers said. "I thought he was really good when he was just playing. So that told me let's make him that and stop trying to make him a point."
The Celtics love his defensive ability and see the potential for him to fill a similar role to the one Tony Allen played so well during the run to the NBA finals in 2010. Bradley doesn't have the size to guard forwards like Allen does, but he can be a fullcourt on-the-ball defender and also cover off-guards.
"What we want him to do is get on the floor," Rivers said. "He has to earn that, but defensively he can really help us. I feel like he has to play all year so when the playoffs start he'll be able to guard guys."
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