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CAFB Board of Directors Mike Tomsu, Chair Vinson & Elkins LLP
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Melissa Mitchell, Treasurer Ernst & Young Vanessa Downey-Little, Secretary City of Austin, Retired Melissa Anthony Sinn anthonyBarnum Public Relations John Cyrier Sabre Commercial, Inc. Matt Dow, Jackson Walker LLP Mark Downing, Intersil Corporation Mohamed el-Hamdi, Ph.D. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLP
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Hunger impacts veterans and their families. You can help.
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After turning to a food pantry in their time of need, this Taylor, TX family gives back.
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When I read or hear a story like Sylvia's, it really brings home for me what local struggling families are facing, not just this holiday season, but every day. Without help, the challenges faced by these families can seem overwhelming, but no one's holidays should be hungry. Distributing food to soup kitchens and food pantries lets us be a helping hand for these families right in their own communities. The holiday season is supposed to be full of joy and it should be a special time of year for all of us to come together, either as families or as a community. The food we distribute helps spread a little joy for families like Sylvia's. This is the time of year when we reflect on the ways we give back to our community, and you've given back a lot. Meals are gifts that change people's lives, and your support will allow the Food Bank to distribute more than 20 million meals this year. As a veteran, Sylvia's story is close to my heart. During the time I served, I can't recall my fellow enlistees needing to access food to make ends meet but times and economic situations change. The men and women in our military today make this country a safer place for all of us to live and to see uniformed soldiers in line at one of our food pantries is just not acceptable and as a nation, we should be ashamed. With your continued support, all the families we serve will have happy, healthy, hunger-free holidays.
'Tis the Season This holiday season, you can make a difference in the lives of people experiencing hunger.
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The Home of the Brave
On a sunny Saturday morning, downtown Killeen is peaceful and quiet, with few locals out and about at 8 a.m. At the corner of Avenue C and 8th Street, a line is already wrapping around the corner in front of an electronics store. Outside, almost thirty families are waiting for the pantry at the Capital Area Food Bank's partner agency Operation Once in a Lifetime to open at 10 a.m. Patiently waiting in line at Operation
Once in a Lifetime is Sylvia, army wife and mother of three. Smiling, she tells how the army has given the couple from San Antonio an opportunity to live around the world, including in Korea and Germany. "You get to see different cultures, the way they live. It's awesome," she said. After years of having to pick up and move, often times at the drop of a hat, Sylvia is delighted to be in her home state. However, some things continue to be
"They think 'if I can protect my country, why can't I feed my family?'" -Sylvia, army wife & mother of three 2
Order your Holiday Cards! This holiday season, let us mark one thing off your list with CAFB Holiday Cards! Let your family, friends, and neighbors know you've made a donation on their behalf and spread the spirit of generosity to your loved ones this year. To order, call Elizabeth Davies at (512) 684-2552 or email edavies@ austinfoodbank.org. Suggested donation: $3 per card.
complicated. With two teenagers and a young daughter, their budget is tight with only one income. "My husband and I, if our truck breaks down, we might not have enough for groceries," she explains. In times like these, Sylvia reaches out for help at Operation Once in a Lifetime, a new food pantry based in downtown Killeen. Sylvia's family is hardly alone. Killeen is a community approximately 70 miles north of Austin and the home to many military families based at Fort Hood, the largest military installation in the United States. "We're serving thousands of soldiers, veterans and their families," explains John Valentine, director of Operation Once in a Lifetime. "Our partnership with the Capital Area Food Bank has been tremendous, without their assistance and their help, we wouldn't be able to help as many people as we want to. We wouldn't be successful," Valentine continued. Operation Once in a Lifetime is one of 300 partner agencies across 21 counties that receives food and support from the
Capital Area Food Bank, helping the Food Bank reach people in need across the region. Over ten percent of the Capital Area Food Bank's Partner Agencies are based in Killeen, making it one of the largest concentrations of partners outside of the Austin Metro area. Despite the immense efforts in Killeen to meet the needs of military families, the demand is still growing. Food insecurity is a persistent issue for military families, one that is often not addressed. According to the 2010 Census, some 1.5 million households with a veteran were receiving SNAP benefits (food stamps). However, many veterans feel the pain of stigma about asking for assistance. "They think if I can protect my country, why can't I feed my family?" explained Sylvia. As the wife of an accomplished soldier, she understands the struggle. She imagines the stress if Operation Once in a Lifetime was not there to help families like hers. "It would be so hard on a lot of soldiers. A lot of them struggle," she said.
"If we are going to help this community, we will need the support of the Capital Area Food Bank now more than ever," he explained. As the holidays quickly approach, he is making plans on how to help families make the best memories around the dinner table by preparing a special event to distribute turkeys for Thanksgiving. "These are our friends, our neighbors in our community. If we don't help them, who will?" said Valentine.
Families struggle with more than the emotional stress of knowing their family member is in danger. Children worry about their parents' welfare when they are deployed and whether they will see them again. "It is harder on the children than the military wives. They worry if they will see daddy again" said Sylvia, remembering her own experience. The strain on family finances is that much more when a loved one is deployed. The family left behind many times must struggle to make ends meet. "When your husband is deployed, sometimes it is hard to make it from paycheck to paycheck," explained Valentine. While many troops are returning home from abroad, Operation Once in a Lifetime does not anticipate an end to the demand for their services. "Since we opened, the number of people we serve has doubled" said Valentine. The growth has far exceeded his expectations but he knows that even a little bit of help goes a long way for families like Sylvia's
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UPCOMING EVENTS CANstruction Barton Creek Square Mall Nov. 9-16
Competing teams led by Austin-area architects, engineers, builders and students showcase their talents by designing and building giant sculptures made entirely of canned foods. These amazing sculptures will be on display at Barton Creek Square Mall from Nov. 9-16. At the close of the CANstruction exhibition, all of the food used in the structures is donated to the Food Bank. For more information, visit austinfoodbank.org/canstruction.
Austin Empty Bowl Project Marchesa Hall and Theatre in Lincoln Village Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Select hand-crafted bowls created by local potters and students and fill them with your choice of gourmet soups provided by local chefs. Then grab a seat, and share a meal with a couple thousand of your neighbors while enjoying live music. For more information, visit austinfoodbank.org/events.
A Legacy of Giving Day of Service Capital Area Food Bank of Texas Nov. 26
Thirty-six schools across Central Texas will collect canned food items during the fall semester and come to the Food Bank for their "Day of Service." At the event, student ambassadors from all participating schools will gather together to deliver their collections of donations to the Food Bank.
Austin Holiday Sing Along & Downtown Stroll Texas State Capitol Dec. 7, 6-9 p.m.
This free family-friendly event begins with community caroling at the Capitol grounds. When the caroling ends, the holiday tree in front of the Capitol is lit and participants stroll down Congress Avenue where they find the street alive with music, art, shopping and more. Canned food and monetary donations will be accepted for the Food Bank.
THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING HUNGER IN CENTRAL TEXAS! 1. Hewlett Packard Volunteers A team of Hewlett Packard employees sorted 11,910 pounds of frozen food during a Product Recovery volunteer shift. 2. Grande Communications Grande Communications staff donated $1,300 to support Food Bank efforts to fight hunger. 3. Kerbey Lane Volunteers Kerbey Lane employees volunteered in Product Recovery after their campaign to raise food and funds for the Food Bank. 4. HEB Help End Hunger HEB and Central Market Customers helped raise $111,000 for the Food Bank during the 5th annual Help End Hunger Campaign. 5-8. Hot Sauce Fest The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival raised 16,881 pounds of food and $13,423 for the Food Bank. Thank you to all the event and raffle sponsors! 9. Rotary Club Check Presentation Austin University Rotary Club donated $5,000 from their annual golf tournament. 10 & 14. Pedernales Electric Cooperative Food drive hosted by the employees of Pedernales Electric Cooperative raised 10,047 pounds of food and $1,187 11.Wheatsville Volunteers Wheatsville employees volunteered at the first ever Food Bank Noche de Voluntario and won some fabulous door prizes donated by Latino 102.7FM. 12. BE KIND Film Screening and Food Drive Sponsored by KIND Healthy Snacks, screening of "Hunger" raised donations of healthy food. 13. Real Ale Cans for Cans The 1st annual RealAle Brewery Cans for Cans event raised $238 and 1,162 pounds of food! 15. Land O'Lakes Donation Land O'Lakes donated 40,000 pounds of macaroni & cheese as part of a national initiative to alleviate hunger. 16. FedEx Volunteers Over fifty FedEx employees volunteered at the Food Bank as a part of United Way for Greater Austin's annual Fall Day of Caring.
Hunger, First Hand
By Sarah Holman, Volunteer, Shepherd's Heart Food Pantry and Community Ministries It's the fear of going hungry that drives people to the Shepherd's Heart Food Pantry every Saturday. Some have even known the feeling of missing a meal not by choice, and they fear it. They take the brown paper sacks my family has filled and hope the food inside will last a whole week. How do I know this? Because I used to be on the receiving end. Like so many others, my dad lost his job after the economic downturn in 2001. He was skilled and held a degree from Rice University, but he remained unemployed for the next two years. Dad applied for anything and
everything—even jobs bagging groceries and flipping burgers—but no one would hire him. It was hard for my mom and dad to swallow their pride and accept help, but they eventually joined the line at the local food pantry. Every week we got a box and had to figure out how to make meals from what was inside. Feeding a family of eight for a week on one box was a stretch, but we never missed a meal. It was sometimes close, but we never felt the physical pain of hunger. Eventually things got better. My dad found a job, and we were able to make ends meet
again. We no longer needed those boxes of food ourselves, but we wanted to help fill the need for others who were struggling like we had. We began volunteering as a family. Today, you can still find the Holman family in the Shepherd's Heart supply room every Saturday. The eight of us work together assembly line style, filling bags with food for the people who stream through the doors. For my family, filling those bags isn't a chore, an obligation or a duty; it is an honor. We know that, for every bag we fill, there is one person who will not be hungry this week. That feeling is worth all our work.
"For my family, filling those bags isn't a chore, an obligation or a duty; it is an honor." -Sarah Holman About Shepherd's Heart Shepherd's Heart Food Pantry and Community Ministries is Partner Agency of the Capital Area Food Bank. Located at the corner of Ninth and Hackberry Streets in Taylor, Texas, in the Taylor Resource Center. The pantry has no paid staff, but a dedicated core of hard-working volunteers like the Holman family have made it possible to distribute more than 1 million pounds of food since January 2005.
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The Deserving Hungry
'Tis the Season to Help the Hungry
By Kathy Green, Senior Director of Advocacy & Public Policy Who deserves to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (SNAP) and who doesn't? Most would argue that our children and other vulnerable populations should receive it first. Hunger isn't a character flaw; it is an economic condition. Our country is a land of equal opportunity, but unequal obstacles. A recent study of government data conducted for the Associated Press revealed rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families — those earning less than $20,000 — have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the Great Depression. Last year, the average length of unemployment for U.S. workers reached 39.5 weeks (about nine months), the highest level since World War II. The U.S. House of Representatives just voted to kick people off of SNAP if they can't find a job in only one-third that time. A single mother without consistent access to transportation or child care—despite her ability or determination—has a lesser chance of keeping that decent job than someone with a car and a babysitter. That recent college graduate may have landed his first job, but between student loan debt and other bills, he may not be able to afford food all the time. A 58-year-old factory worker may have been laid off three months ago, and despite his best efforts, no one wants to hire an older worker with outdated skills. The result of Central Texans not having access to jobs or at least a decent paying job plays out in our hunger line or even worse, suffering in silence without enough food at all. This is the reality of our population receiving SNAP: people who are doing what they can to make it and aren't. SNAP is keeping them afloat and in many cases, keeping them out of poverty. SNAP puts food on their table so they can actually pay that bill that's four months overdue or afford their medication. Congress repeatedly makes efforts to cut SNAP by picking and choosing who deserves it and who doesn't. Rather than take into account the economic circumstances that trump a person's ability to mitigate those circumstances for why they need nutritional help, Congress votes on assumptions and anecdotes. The result is many more of our Central Texas neighbors in poverty. Instead of targeting people, let's target those obstacles that prevent people from accessing the American dream.
The holiday season is especially hard for families experiencing hunger. But with the generosity of the Beaumont Foundation, you can make all the difference. The Beaumont Foundation has issued a special challenge to supporters of the Food Bank: from now until Dec. 31, they will match every dollar you give, up to $100,000. That means your gift will have twice the impact! Your gift will mean families like Kenyatta's will have happy holidays, not hungry holidays. Kenyatta and her husband are hardworking parents to their daughters, ages 19-years-old to 10 months. Kenyatta is even going back to school part-time to study nursing in hopes of creating a better future for their family. Still times are tough and sometimes they need extra help to make sure their daughters grow to be healthy and strong. Because of your support she can get healthy food for the whole family at our Partner Agency Gateway's Feeding the Community Pantry. "Thank you for showing love," says Kenyatta. "You're really helping my family, probably more than you know" she said. Memories that last a lifetime are made at the dinner table as they share a meal and celebrate. No one should ever go hungry – especially during the holidays. You will bring joy to our hungry neighbors and make the season bright for the thousands of Central Texas families. You can change the future for a family like Kenyatta's. Will you make the most generous gift possible today? Thanks to the Beaumont Foundation's generous matching challenge, every gift you make until Dec. 31 will double! You can make a difference this holiday season. Thank you for putting food on the table for hungry Central Texans.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 134 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
I'm starting a business called Supergroen. This name is translated in english supergreen. For the dutch market we want to start a pilot in developing a new product of industry. Based on a philosphy of a cactus, which can perform in difficult situations. So will this product.
Target audiens is the consumer and small businesses who want to reduce their energy usage. This could be electricity and/or gas.
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Malta, most rude...
A woman who complained on travel website Fodor's about Malta having the rudest people was contradicted by all 10 commenters who replied.
The contributor, who did not give her name, wrote that she is currently in Malta. For the last decade, she said, she had spent a substantial portion of her time travelling much of the world.
"My most vivid memory of Malta will be the overt rudeness of people wherever I've gone. This has been particularly true of men of a certain age - taxi and bus drivers without exception, a man on a bus who berated me because I wanted to sit in the empty seat next to him, a man in the street today who arrived at a corner as I did and knocked me aside. Such things have happened to me every day with such regularity that I've come to expect it and have not been disappointed."
She said the women tend to be surly rather than overtly rude. However one in the cafe' adjacent to her hotel interrupted her to shout at her when she guessed wrong what she was about to ask her.
"There have, of course, been exceptions but the balance has been so heavily toward rude that the occasions of kindness have been memorable. The staff in two of the four places I've stayed have been exceptionally kind. Younger people in places of business have also tended to be more helpful. But sadly it doesn't make up for the daily abuse.
"I've wondered what the reason for the behaviour might be. Maybe tourist fatigue. But it's off season, there are few tourists and I've never noticed this sort of behaviour in other heavily tourist areas. Maybe it's me, but if so then why have I not noticed before? Is there a cultural prejudice against women? But again, I've never experienced this in any other places. In some countries, China for instance, people seem to be less aware of others in public but it's never felt as overt as it does here."
People who commented about the article took a different view.
"All the Maltese I know are exceptionally gracious. Odd are you wearing anything surprisingly odd. Perhaps you could ask in your hotel?" one of them said.
Another commented: "Have you through that "tourist fatigue" might better fit your situation rather than the Maltese you've encountered? Four months on the road is a long time when travelling alone."
Another said "Perhaps it's the stress of the season for I spent 12 days on Malta and found the people very welcoming. Except for the bus drivers who are notorious both for rudeness and their terrible driving skills.
"Sorry you're having a bad time of it. Jump ship and get yourself to Sicily!"
In another comment, a visitor said: "I have been seven times to Malta, and the kindness of the Maltese people was always a good reason to return to this beautiful country. The staff at the hotels where i stayed was professionally trained and extremely friendly, so were people at Cafes and restaurants......"
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text: Top Gear's schoolboy beginnings How the antics, the camaraderie and the rivalries of the Top Gear hosts are rooted in their own schooldays Comments Written By 11:36 AM, 22 June 2010 It will come as no surprise to many Top Gear viewers that the show's current incarnation is rooted in the school days of presenter Jeremy Clarkson and his best friend - now the series producer - Andy Wilman. Talking to Radio Times, Wilman explains how, at their boarding school - Repton, in Derbyshire - he and Clarkson were "both s**t at anything to do with work or sport or anything like that" but "pretty good at making mischief." And suggestions that Top Gear relies on schoolboy humour don't bother Wilman. "Schoolboy humour is quite advanced," he counters. "One of the pillars of Top Gear, and this is why kids love it, is that it's not fair. If one of the presenters breaks down the other two f**k off. "Whatever car they turn up in at the start of a contest, the other two are honour bound to look at it and go: 'That's s**t'. They always try too hard and they're always over-ambitious and there's always pride before a fall. That's all school playground. It is mischief and self-deprecation, which is the backbone of most male humour." So how did naughty schoolboys Clarkson and Wilman react to the strictures of boarding school? "There are so many rules at boarding school that… [punishment] starts to have no effect," says Wilman. "School trained us for dealing with the BBC, and for dealing with the papers. "Some people at the BBC get anxious about what the Daily Mail writes. We couldn't give a s**t because we know the papers are just using us to BBC-bash. So it's like being in with the headmaster, you're pretending to be told off but sort of listening to a drone: 'I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed…'." But it's not as if there's no affection between the Top Gear creatives and the BBC. If the corporation isn't quite their headmaster, maybe it's more like their mum and dad, suggests Wilman: "The BBC are like your parents. You adore them but they irritate you," he says. "And they like us, but we exasperate them. It's a parent-child relationship, the BBC and Top Gear. We're the naughty child." According to co-presenter James May, though, the new series of Top Gear - starting on Sunday (8:00pm, BBC2) - will be very slightly more grown-up: "The keen observer will see a subtle change this series," says May, "a slight retreat from the Last of the Summer Wine tomfoolery. It's easy to get carried away [with it] - it's like drinking, you start to believe you're funny and other people might not." But fans of the trio's schoolboy stunts shouldn't worry too much - a plethora of car-based capers are nevertheless promised for the new series. Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Fajardo Named WAC Offensive Player of the Week
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50 Pack Student-Athletes Set to Graduate This Winter
416 Nevada student-athletes have graduated in the last seven years.
Lantrip and Hurst Named WAC Players of the Week
First career honor QB Lantrip; second for punter/kicker Jake Hurst
Nevada Resumes WAC play With Showdown Against Fresno State
"Silver Saturday" At Mackay Stadium
2011: Enters final season at Nevada with a chance to compete for the punting duties.
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2008: Joined Nevada prior to 2008 season after spending the 2007 season as a redshirt at Modesto (Calif.) Junior College.
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A graduate of Summerville High School in Tuolumne, Calif. ... Lettered in football as a senior and was a four-year letterman in golf and a three-year letterman in soccer ... Averaged more than 35 yards a punt as a senior ... Was part of league championship teams in golf and soccer.
Born Feb. 25, 1989 ... Son of Betsy and Redmond Younger and Chris Hurst ... Has an older sister, Hailey, and a younger sister, Kameron ... Chose Nevada because of the coaching staff ... Was also recruited by UNLV and Sacramento State ... Sports hero is Tiger Woods ... Enjoys golfing, skiing and studying in his free time.
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Zola Mae Lewis, 94 years, 6 months, and 16 days, of Bigfork left this earth peacefully with her family at her side on Saturday, May 31, 2014 in the Bigfork Nursing Home.
Memorial service: 2 p.m., Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Bigfork Nursing Home Cedar Chapel.
Interment: Balsam Cemetery at a later date.
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text: USF Bulls' March Into April Begins In Tallahassee March 13, 2017 By USF Related Links NCAA Interactive Bracket Sign Up For Free Email Updates TAMPA, MARCH 13, 2017 – The University of South Florida's return trip to the NCAA Tournament will start close to home. The Bulls will travel upstate to Tallahassee for the first round as the 11-seed and will face sixth-seeded Missouri Friday at 5 p.m. Head coach Jose Fernandez's Bulls will face Missouri for the first time in program history at the Donald L. Tucker Center. The game will tip at 5 p.m. and will be televised nationally on the ESPN family of networks. Third-seed and host Florida State will take on No. 14 Western Illinois at 7:30 p.m. in the other Tallahassee game that is part of the Stockton, Calif. region. The Bulls watched their post season journey unfold on the NCAA Selection Show at the Sun Dome Arena Club with hundreds of fans and supporters. President Dr. Judy Genshaft and Athletic Director Mark Harlan cheered alongside the team when USF's name appeared during the ESPN broadcast. Tickets for Friday's game will be available when the NCAA and host institution Florida State release ticket details, including price, purchasing locations and procedures. On Tuesday, March 14, USF season ticket members and Bulls Club donors will receive an email with detailed information about how to request tickets. The Tournament · Florida State will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament at Donald L. Tucker Center (Capacity: 12,100). · Host and three-seed Florida State (25-6) will face Western Illinois (26-6). Florida State lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament, 56-54, to No. 8/12 Miami. Western Illinois earned one of 32 automatic bids as the Summit League Tournament Champions. Western Illinois defeated IUPUI 77-69. · Missouri (21-10) is the six-seed and lost in their first game of the SEC Tournament to Texas A&M, 62-48. · American Athletic Conference foe, UConn, is again the overall No. 1 seed of the tournament and the Bridgeport Region. Notre Dame is the No. 1 seed of the Oklahoma City Region and Baylor is the No. 1 seed in the Lexington Region. South Carolina is the No. 1 seed in Stockton Region. · The first round of the NCAA Tournament will be played on March 17 & 18. The second round will be played March 19 & 20. The Regionals will be played March 24-27. The Final Four will take place March 31-April 2 in Dallas, Texas. Quotable Head coach Jose Fernandez on the Bulls NCAA Tournament run: We're really excited. It's an opportunity for our fans to make the trip to Tallahassee and see us play. We're playing a very good Missouri team. It's our fifth NCAA Tournament berth and we're looking forward to the challenge. We're excited that we're still playing basketball at this time of year. Junior captain Maria Jespersen on the Bulls' staying in Florida: Our dream when we were working out this summer and in preseason was to get back to the NCAA Tournament. We're really excited to stay in Florida and to get started. We have a great fan base and I'm sure they'll be there to support us. Notables · The Bulls are making their fourth tournament appearance in the last five seasons and the program's fifth overall trip. This is the third consecutive year USF will make an NCAA appearance. · USF will play in the 6/11 match-up for the third consecutive year, and are 2-0 in both first round appearances. The Bulls were seeded sixth the last two seasons and defeated 11-seed Colorado State 48-45 in 2016 and LSU 73-64 in 2015. · USF has been as high as a six-seed and as low as an 11-seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulls were a nine-seed in their first ever NCAA appearance in 2006 and a 10-seed in 2013. · USF has been ranked as high as No. 19 nationally during the program's fifth consecutive 20-win season. USF (24-8) is coming off its third consecutive appearance in the American Athletic Conference Championship game. To stay up-to-date on the latest USF women's' basketball news, follow the Bulls on social media (Twitter | Facebook | Instagram). USF has notched its fifth consecutive 20-win season. The Bulls tallied its 20th win in their 24th contest of the season which tied the fastest any program has reached 20 wins. This is the eighth 20-win season in program history and head coach Jose Fernandez has been at the helm for all eight 20-win seasons. The 2014-15 team reached 20 wins in 24 games, and still currently holds the best record for most wins in a season (27). USF has made 12 postseason tournament appearances and had four NCAA Tournament berths in Head Coach Jose Fernandez's 16 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to eight 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship and won more than 300 games. – #GoBulls – MORE FROM Women's Basketball Laksa Giving Latvia Big Lift at Euro Championship Women's Basketball 2017-18 Conference Pairings Williams Stepping Up in Second WNBA Season @USFWBB USF Women's Basketball @USF_WBB WHAT'S HOT news: USF Receiver Group Becoming a 'Monster' news: No. 23/24 Bulls Extend Win Streak to 22 Games news: Williams Becomes Program's First All-American


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Friday was Parents' Night at our high school football game. My husband and I escorted our son onto the field and had our picture taken. I was just looking through the online pictures of that night and I was shocked at myself! All I could do was stare! Is that really me?! I have really only paid attention to how the ladies look when I'm not dressed, and at that time I'm more looking at symmetry, incisions, and bruising, not the whole picture. But wow...what a surprise it is to see that team T-shirt just hang on me. There were actually wrinkles in the fabric as it was not stretched tight across my chest. And I've still got enough swelling that I'm still a DD. What will I be like when I'm a C? Has anyone else been surprised when they really see themselves for that first time?


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Ruby Sara at Pagan Godspell asks "I wonder why we can't have a little gospel action, a little old fashioned tent revival, get a little Spirit, have us a little rock and roll."
I grew up in a small Baptist church. The theology was awful and the politics were worse, but boy could those people raise energy! I can remember a few great sermons (and a lot of really bad ones), but most of it was done with music – good ol' Southern Gospel. Can Pagans (or even more unlikely, UUs) do the same thing? Of course we can. We just have to not be afraid to "let the Spirit move us" and not overintellectualize everything.
Mainly, though, we need circle/ritual leaders who know how to facilitate a religious experience. No priest or priestess can force-feed the Spirit into a participant, but the good ones know how to make the conditions favorable for that to happen. Atmosphere, music, drumming, drama… not to mention being on a first-name basis with the deities you're trying to invoke.
I've had some success leading mystical rituals… I've also had some notorious flops. I'm still working on it. Never tried a Pagan tent revival though.
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Apparently, some Chinese enterprises have decided that if they use some of those leaked images of the iPhone 5, and throw in some rumored specs to go along with them, then it would make for a rather convincing listing. Well, it seems they are right, as Reuters reports that some of those sellers have been getting dozens of preorders these days. Different sellers are said to be charging differently - some are asking for a deposit of 1,000 yuan ($160), while others wouldn't settle for anything less than the "full price" of 6,999 yuan ($1,100).
But what happens with these preorders? What devices actually get sent to the buyers? Thankfully, it seems most of these businesses aren't lying to consumers, and intend to send them real iPhone 5s, once they become available in Hong Kong. The reason for all of this is that Apple gadgets tend to become available in Hong Kong earlier than in mainland China.
So, there you go, folks - if you can't wait any longer, you can just go ahead and preorder an iPhone 5 for 6,999 yuan right now! But don't tell your wives (or moms) that it was our idea...
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Toolkit Tutorial: Searching the Daughters of the American Revolution Databases
By David A. Fryxell
Learn how to use the DAR's online databases to discover if you have a Patriot ancestor.
There are advantages to having an ancestor who helped America win its independence, beyond just being able to stand a little taller on the Fourth of July. You can qualify for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or its male counterpart, the Sons of the American Revolution. Even if you're not a joiner, you can tap the genealogy information the DAR has been collecting since 1890—a process that's suddenly become much easier with the launch of three interconnected databases on the DAR's website. You can
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PARIS – Scientists reported Wednesday on the bizarre sex life of a sea slug that discards its penis after copulation, then grows a new one. "No other animal is known to repeatedly copulate using such 'disposable penes,' " Japanese biologists wrote in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, describing the behavior as "extremely peculiar."
Dubbed Chromodoris reticulata in Latin, the slug — technically a shell-less mollusk — inhabits warms waters in Southeast Asia.
The critter needs 24 hours between couplings to unroll an internally coiled and compressed juvenile penis to replace the used, external bit, the scientists found. It can repeat this feat at least three times.
The team observed copulation between sea slugs that they had captured during scuba dives and held in a tank. After each coupling, which lasted between dozens of seconds and a few minutes, every slug discarded its penis — a threadlike organ that it projects from its side into a partner's vagina.
The team also examined the microscopic structure and function of the male organs — observing an internal spiral structure they believe grows into a replacement penis.
Other animals are known to discard parts of their body, such as the gecko, which sheds its tail. Few, though, are willing to part with their penis, the team noted with clinical understatement.


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You can tell how exclusive any event is by the amount of people that try to blag their way in without an invite – they'll come up with the most elaborate excuses as to why their name isn't on the guest list, before being turned away. Lunch at Piero's is such an event, and after watching other journalists trying hard to convince the door staff of their validity, I was very glad to find that my name was on the list when I reached the front of the line. However, I had to feel sorry for the two guys in front of me who had waited in line thinking that everyone was just queuing for a table in the restaurant.
Lunch at Piero's gives journalists the chance to get up close and personal with some of the more interesting technology manufacturers away from all the noise and commotion of the show floor. It also gives the manufacturers in question a chance to play to a captive audience for a couple of hours, rather than dealing with the massive footfall that a stand in the main halls attracts.
Hush Technologies was at the event, showing some of its future products off. Anyone who reads TrustedReviews regularly will know that I'm a big fan of Hush and its totally silent PCs, so I was looking forward to talking to the guys behind the design and manufacture processes, as well as seeing their latest achievements.
Taking centre stage on the Hush stand was the new ATX Media Center system. This was the first time that I'd seen a Hush box finished in Black instead of the usual raw aluminium. But it wasn't the colour that made this new box stand out, it was the display that was mounted in the front fascia.
But when I took a closer look at the front mounted display I realised that this Hush box was more different than I had initially thought. As you can see clearly from the picture below, this Hush Media Center PC is running an AMD Athlon 64 processor instead of an Intel Pentium 4. It's good to see an AMD chip in a Hush, and I'm looking forward to taking a look at one of these new Athlon 64 boxes as soon as one rolls of the production line.
Also on show was a full-height ATX box. Obviously this machine is much larger than the standard ATX Hush, but it does have the advantage of accepting multiple, full height expansion cards.
Finally there was a new slim-line chassis equipped with a Celeron CPU. This new solution will be available very soon, and TrustedReviews will be receiving the first sample to escape from the Hush Labs in Germany.


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The yoga guru's proposed fast against corruption is scheduled to start from Jun 4 at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.
Various leaders from the Congress party, namely Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay will be the ones who will meet Baba Ramdev in the hotel.
Speaking at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, the venue for his protest fast, the yoga guru said, "Admire that thousands have joined the fight against corruption...Have to bring back money stashed in foreign countries."
Stating that his fast is against all those who are corrupt irrespective of their religion, he cited the examples of Hasan Ali and A Raja, saying that he gave the example of the duo to emphasise that graft and black money cuts across all religions.
Continuing with his tirade against the corrupt in India, he said that he won't rest in peace until they are sentenced for life or even meted out death sentence.
Declaring that he is neither in support of any party nor does he intend to offend any one, he said he belongs to all parties and is still independent. He also showed his supporters the extensive arrangements that he has been made to ensure that leaders from all political parties can attend his fast to show solidarity against corruption.
The yoga guru, also sought to clarify that the air conditioners, fans and LCDs installed in the Maidan, have been managed through the donations of his supporters and not through any sponsorship from any companies.
In a slight respite to the government, he informed that the ministers and he have arrived on consensus over most issues but are yet to receive a complete assurance on the eradication of corruption.
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Most of the projects I work on are small, such as blog articles like this, newsletters, and email campaigns. However, some are huge, such as 50- to 120-page websites or copy for multi-variable direct mail projects with a spreadsheet of components that have to be tested.
Though managing long-term timeframe projects is extremely complex, detail oriented, and challenging, I've learned that following a few relatively simple steps can help make big projects more manageable. As a bonus, these tips can also help you manage shorter timeframe projects:
1) Select a project management system – While you might be tempted to start with a schedule, choosing a project management system or platform for your plan is critical. This system, similar to a content management system, must align with your organization's existing best practices for web-based technology, tools, systems, and procedures. The most feasible project management systems enable collaboration in real time, are process-oriented, and can work across multiple departments or computer platforms of your company (and your clients).
2) Set the schedule – Call a kick-off meeting to discuss realistic goals and schedules by defining the project's lifecycle. Realize that there may be multiple extensions to the initial deadline because of a myriad of factors, so make all the department heads aware of that from Day One. Ask for feedback from the major decision-makers as soon as possible, then post the approved schedule to the project management system and refer to it often to make adjustments as needed.
3) Provide weekly and monthly milestones – Carve out a time for weekly online meetings where all the major stakeholders can participate. Schedule it so everyone on your team can attend by dialing in to one conference call number with computer access to your screen. Ensure critical milestones have an owner for every step of the project so things don't stall.
4) Report the project plan metrics – Continually take the pulse of the project plan's metrics to gauge progress on all fronts. If you need to update the schedule because of a minor or major delay, do so immediately. Bad news is best shared quickly. No one likes surprises, especially department heads and other stakeholders on large, costly projects where time is money.
5) Check in with each project team frequently – Between the weekly online meetings, call or email each of the project teams once or twice a week to check on their progress. If any team has hit a bottleneck, you can step in to help resolve the issue or point them to someone who can fix it quickly and help them move forward.
6) Offer training at all levels – If your project requires employees to be trained to learn a new system, to work with new software or hardware, or merge two or more departments, consider training programs based upon skill sets and managerial or leadership goal development.
7) Manage the meetings – The key secret to large long-term timeframe success is being able to manage the meetings. Start each one with an agenda that you can post to the project management system to let everyone see the tasks for that week's meetings, discuss each item on it in brief, and then delegate teams to work on those items offline and report back the following week. It's important to write down and schedule the specific response to each action item, such as "Marketing Team update due on 2/1/11," "Website to launch on 1/17/11," "No action is required," or "Task completed."
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Observations on NASCAR I have made.
1: I get sick of the announcers saying juan pablo montoya,why not call him juan montoya. The man is so lazy he drops the montoya off his own name many times in promotional ads.
2: When is NASCAR world going to wake up and send JPM back to Bogata, surely there are some type of trucks loaded with fuel that he can run into.
Who's great idea was it to turn NASCAR racing into a spec race, aka IROC. Wake up NASCAR the fans are leaving because you have made it illegal to modify a car in any way that might let you win unless you approve it first so you can tell the other teams how to do it too.
4: NASACR drive for diversity, you gotta be kidding me. What will be next NASCAR food stamps?
I've watched NASCAR since the mid 60's. It has only been the last 5 years or so that NASCAR has tried every way they can to ruin the racing. I doubt I will be watching to much more unless they do away with a lot of their bull**** penalties and fines levied for what they deem detrimental to racing. They need to fine themselves for that crime as they have become their own worse enemy imho.
That would be Brian France.
Apparently you haven't watched closely the last ten years, 2002 is when a lot of the spec type changes began to find their way into NA$CAR.
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Southwest Airlines Jet Gets Stuck in the Mud, Pilot Explains Snafu to Tower
Posted on December 28, 2012The wintry weather caused many travel delays and snafus over the holidays. One Southwest Airlines jet had a really bizarre problem: it got stuck in the mud. The plane was cleared for takeoff from Long Island and somehow the pilot veered off the runway into the grass. The plane got stuck in the mud. Everyone had to be taken off the plane while crews towed the plane back on the runway. In this clip, you can hear the pilot try to explain to the control tower what happened. The passengers were not happy, needless to say. Take a look:
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While we probably won't see a Ford Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost Down Under until at least 2014 we won't have to wait that long to sample the Blue Oval's award-winning engine.
See, when Ford's tiny-tot SUV, the EcoSport, hits dealerships late next year (2013), it'll be the 1.0-litre three-cylinder EcoBoost engine that'll headline. And what a brilliant engine it is.
Currently available in two states of tune (74kW and 170Nm with a five-speed manual or 91kW and 170Nm, and up to 200Nm on overboost for 30 seconds, and a six-speed manual) an dual-clutch transmission, or Powershift in Ford-speak, is being developed to suit the tiddler engine...
...since launch in Europe a couple of months ago, this engine has made an instant impact accounting for almost a quarter of all Focus sales.
This is a tricky one. See, because there's so much time between now and when the Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost arrives in Australia Ford is remaining tight-lipped about pricing.
But, given 70 per cent of our market in Australia is centred on automatics you can imagine this vehicle won't launch until the Powershift transmission is available, and that it'll be sometime after the EcoSport goes on-sale. Ford is hoping to make that vehicle a hero for the brand (via the engine).
So while we can't be 100 per cent certain, we're pretty sure you can expect, as standard, things like Bluetooth and iPod connectivity, 16-17-inch alloys, auto headlights, dual-zone climate control, and much more. Given the extra cost involved in building this clever little engine, pricing will probably see it sit at the upper end of current Focus pricing, so, somewhere between $25,000-$35,000. Maybe. We really can't be sure.
Under the bonnet is a 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine. We drove the bigger, metaphorically speaking, engine that makes 91kW and 170Nm from just off idle at 1300rpm - 4000rpm. This was mated to a six-speed manual, and returned an impressive 5.0L/100km (on the combined cycle). But what makes this engine truly remarkable is its level of refinement and drivability, and not just for a small capacity engine, but for an engine full stop.
Because of the inherently unbalanced nature of a three-cylinder car, Ford's engineers came up with a handful of firsts, like purposely unbalancing the crank pulley and flywheel to balance the engine - there is absolutely no vibration transferred to the car's structure - there is no balancer shaft. It also runs an offset crankshaft to reduce piston friction and thus improve fuel consumption, and the cam belt, made from a mix of glass fibre and rubber, runs through oil and lasts the life of the engine.
One interesting side effect of making the engine smaller has been in weight saving (around 33kg when compared with the old 1.6-litre four-cylinder in the Focus) over the front-end of the car. And this has helped improve steering and handling, making a car that was already at the top of the small car handling tree even better.
There haven't been any changes to the exterior of the Focus for this EcoBoost model, nor to the interior. And so, it's the same old well laid out dashboard with quality materials and fit and finish. There's plenty of room in the front and the back of the car.
Given the Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost is just an engine dropped into the Focus, it's as safe as any other Focus (Ford says the smaller engine actually improves front-end crushability). That means it gets a five-star ANCAP crash safety rating, and all of the usual active and passive safety systems. So, it gets, as standard, stability and traction control, hill-launch assist, ABS with emergency brake assist, airbags for front and back seat passengers, and much more.
This is where the 1.0-litre EcoBoost shines. Thumb the starter button and there's a slight off-beat shudder and then, nothing... it settles into a smooth, and quiet idle that, with the radio playing, you can't help but wonder if the start-stop function has cut in. Under hard acceleration, the engine growls with a delicious beat that reminds you of a five-cylinder. Our substantial launch drive saw us tackle plenty of steep and winding roads in the Eiffel mountains, and the countryside around Cologne.
From the get-go, the 1.0-litre EcoBoost offers diesel-esque off-idle pulling power, and allows for lazy driving. It would happily pull from 1000rpm in fourth gear, and that's despite running relatively tall gearing. Even on the autobahn, the triple (three cylinders) was happy to run with the big beemers and Mercs rocketing along the outside lane. Squeeze the throttle at 140km/h in sixth gear, and the Focus EcoBoost pulled, and pulled hard.
There's little wonder this engine has just been voted the International Engine of the Year. It's loaded with clever tech that's not only made it smaller, but also endowed it with grunt and refinement. Quiet and just as drivable as a diesel engine, Ford has shown the automotive world just how to make a small engine feel like a big one.
It's genius, and easily the best, big or small engine, I've driven in years. Once the auto is available, we can expect to see a steady stream of Ford EcoBoost models flow into Australia (70 per cent of vehicles sold in Oz are automatics), starting with this engine in the EcoSport SUV that'll lob Down Under late in 2013.
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Warranty: three years or 100,000km
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Service Interval: 12 months or 15,000km
Safety rating: 5 star ANCAP
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Engine: 1.0-litre turbocharged three-cylidner
Transmission: six-speed manual
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A Minute With: Bette Midler on New Year TV special
By Jill Jacobs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - She has received four Grammys, four Golden Globes, three Emmys, and a Tony Award, and even after selling more than 30 million records, singer Bette Midler is still going strong.
For over 40 years, Midler has delighted audiences with her bawdy live performances, and on December 31, Midler will be ringing in the New Year on cable TV channel HBO with her special, "The Showgirl Must Go On," which is the live stage show she has been performing in recent years at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The special was taped in front of a packed house at Caesars. Midler, known as "The Divine Miss M," dons elaborate costumes and sings some of her best-known hits including "Wind Beneath My Wings" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" with her back-up singers, The Harlettes, and a 13-piece band.
Reuters spoke to Midler about the TV special, why being environmentally green is common sense and her love of books.
Q: How did you get in such great shape for the show?
A: "A year before we even started rehearsals, I started doing my warm-ups, getting on the treadmill again and lifting weights. It's fascinating to get on stage and run for an hour and a half, wringing wet at the end. And I loved every minute of it."
Q: You've had such a long and successful career. What do you think is the key to your success?
A: "I don't do everything that comes my way and I tend to do things in spurts. I'll be really busy and then just collapse, take a break for a year or two and then come roaring back. I'm not sure if that's how you achieve longevity, but I tend to sift through things and make sure they are things I really want to do." Continued...


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Celebrity Star Power! – not at your typical chemical industry event.
But the launch of the Dow Live Earth Run for Water event – "the largest global water initiative in history" – drew out a number of celebs supporting the cause, including actress Jessica Biel, musicians Pete Wentz and Angelique Kidjo, water advocate Alexandra Cousteau and elite triathlete and model Jenny Fletcher.
The launch event took place at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City.
Dow Chemical is partnering with Live Earth to combat the global water crisis by raising awareness and funding for water projects worldwide.
It's a worthwhile cause, and one that can raise the profile of the chemical industry and highlight its leadership in taking on such important global issues.
The actual Dow Live Earth Water Run for Water will take place on April 18, 2010 in around 20 cities worldwide, including New York, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, London, Singapore City, Rio de Janeiro and Stockholm. The run/walk will be 6 kilometers, representing the average distance many women and children walk every day to secure water, said Dow.
NGO partners including Global Water Challenge, A Child's Right, Akvo, Fondo Para La Paz, Indonesia Water Partnership, Lien Aid, Pump Aid, Wildlands Conservation Trust and many others will aim to successfully implement water and conservation projects around the world.
Ian Barbour, general manager of Dow Water & Process Solutions, said the initiative draws attention to the chemical industry being part of the solution to crucial world issues.
"Sometimes we're too defensive in the chemical industry. Here is a fantastic opportunity to show what chemistry can do in tackling a critical world issue," Barbour said in an interview with ICIS.
See the story on Dow's Water & Process Solutions business on ICIS news (subscription required).
Actress Jessica Biel said: "Responsible corporate citizens like Dow make events and movements like this possible. They have committed to making changes in their business to positively affect communities and citizens around the world."
Around 1bn people worldwide, or one-eighth of the population, have no access to clean, safe drinking water, noted Barbour.
"We want to generate a surge in awareness and level of funding that will make a difference – making a dent in the number of people who don't have access to clean, safe drinking water," he said.
As for raising awareness, it sure doesn't hurt that high profile celebrities are on board to help solve the water crisis.
Jockeying for position amidst the throng of professional fotogs at the event in New York, I managed to get some videos (though a bit shaky!).
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Last month Sergey Brin took to the stage for a Google Glass TED talk. Reports of Brin's 13 minute talk were readily available on the web, but TED never released a video. Why? Today Brin's Google Glass TED talk video has finally hit the web, but not through any official source. A YouTube channel called 'tedleaks', which also hosts a controversial TED talk by Sarah Silverman which was never posted, is responsible for making the video available.
Why Ban Sergey Brin's Google Glass TED Talk?
So why can't you find Sergey Brin's Google Glass TED talk on TED.com or the official TEDtalksDirector YouTube account?
Brian S. Hall of ReadWriteWeb, who called the talk "pure promotion" might have some hints to offer. He wonders whether or not TED was the right place for a Google Glass talk which didn't quite speak to TED's mission.
Sergey Brin's Google Glass presentation at last week's TED2013 conference came off as little more than a product pitch. Wearing his "Google Glass" throughout the presentation, Brin begins by noting that "when we (Brin and Larry Page) started Google 15 years ago, my vision was that information would come to you as you need it. You wouldn't have to search query at all."
The implication to all in attendance at TED2013 was clear: Google Glass delivers on the lofty Google vision. Is that the right approach for the TED Conferences?
For the most part I agree, but maybe not for the reasons you suspect.
I think Google Glass, and similar devices, has significant things to offer the world. It has the potential to change how we communicate with computers and with each other. If Brin had crafted his Google Glass TED talk to explain the ways that such devices might change our lives, it would have made for a much better talk, and one that I would have been happy to see up there on stage.
In its current form though, the Google Glass TED talk fell flat. We saw nothing new about Glass, and there was very little info about the impact the device would have. Maybe Brin was just being humble?
What do you think, should this talk have gone up on TED.com like all the others?


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BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge hotel vacancies are quickly disappearing for the May 23-25 weekend when country music superstars will entertain thousands at the Bayou Country Superfest.
Tourism officials and event planners are hoping for record-setting attendance for the now three-day event, which drew about 70,000 last year when it was held over two days.
At least 19 Baton Rouge hotels are sold out, Friday through Sunday, according to event website bayoucountrysuperfest.com/stay. Five other hotels reported vacancies only for Sunday. One reported vacancies only for Friday. Another reported having only double rooms available.
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Miller's Crossing is a 1990 mystery crime drama thriller movie. Marcia Gay Harden plays Verna Bernbaum. Frances McDormand plays a secretary. The subject in the movie is Mafia related issues and crimes. The movie was released in September 1990 in the United States. The budget was over $14 million. Miller's Crossing earned back only $5 million. However, the movie was critically praised.


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PRINCETON, N.J. -- With the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships just three weeks away, a light weekend of action for Ivy cross country runners begins Friday when Columbia competes in the Metropolitan Conference Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.
The women's 6K race begins at 2 p.m., followe by the men's 8K race at 2:45 p.m. Both the Lion men and women won the team titles at the meet in 2009, while Rutgers was the runner-up in both events.
On Saturday, Brown, Dartmouth and Yale are all in action at the New England Championships at Franklin Park in Boston. Featuring more than 52 teams, the men's race is the second oldest meet in the country, with this being the 124th year of the event. Brown's women claimed the team title in 2009 and will look to repeat the feat Saturday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kenny Britt's right knee buckled underneath him, and the Tennessee receiver dropped the ball in pain before being carted off the field.
Britt, who came in leading the AFC with 271 yards receiving, left the stadium wearing a brace on his right knee with tests to determine the severity of the damage expected by Monday. Britt only said that his status is "limping" as he walked by reporters.
The Titans (2-1) outgained Denver 333-231 with Hasselbeck again carrying the offense. He also threw a 14-yard TD pass to Nate Washington as the Titans scored 10 straight points in the second quarter for a 10-7 halftime lead.
Titans coach Mike Munchak credited Hasselbeck with spreading the ball around.
"We lost Kenny, and he's got a lot of young receivers out there having to change positions so there's a lot going on out there," Munchak said. "Not many quarterbacks could have handled that (the loss of Britt) as well as he did and make plays the way he did. He's exactly what we hoped he'd be."
Washington, who had a career-high eight catches, said he was very concerned about Britt.
"We have to put some things together that are going to try to make up for things that he was able to do for us. But I think we are going to be all right. Hopefully, he will be able to sit down and kick his feet up, and we'll be able to hold on until he gets healthy," Washington said.


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Odd Future's crooner took to his Tumblr today to drop his new track Whip Appeal that is slated to appear on the new OF album, OF Tape Vol. 2. Featuring Ocean's signature narrative over staccato drum kicks and an infectious beats, the song is an ode to women and cars. In all honesty, Frank Ocean could sing about bathroom mats and I'd probably still dance around to it, so give this a go when you're out on the road today or need some feel good music to keep you going.
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John Lindsay reports on traffic into the city from a helicopter. He passes over the Manhattan as well as the boroughs, reporting on the conditions of traffic throughout. In general the report is positive, and indication Lindsay says, that people are staying home or walking.
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|two week shut down as others have mentioned in previous threads?
The poor pups entire life just changed completely, Plus her last owner was a female. So it makes sense she's clinging to the only familiar thing she can figure out, and that would be another female human.
There is always a 'honeymoon' type period when a new dog comes into the house while they try to figure out their new life and place in it. Off hand I'd try to make sure your husband was feeding the dog. Can he take it out for walks without you?
Frankly, maybe even stop feeding from bowls period and instead have your husband walk around kibble and treats in his pockets for awhile would help .
If your husband has time to add any fun dog classes before he deploys that is a great way to bond too.
Any of this possible? http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...s-puppies.html
I agree that this behavior can lead to separation anxiety or is SA.
I would examine the situation and see are you leading the dog with calm balanced energy. Or are you cuddling the dog and talking baby to it. There is a big difference.
The dog should see both of you as strong confident people, so it can then understand it's own place which is subordinate to both of you.
If you nurture weakness in a dog what kind of message does it send to the dog? You need to teach it to be calm and to stay in one place and be able to deal with you coming and going as you please.
It will take time as the dog probably has baggage from it's previous owner.
Research dog behavior. I like 'Cesar's way' for a basic understanding on living with dogs. Our own body language and how we interact with dogs has a huge affect on how they behave. He pretty much explains how to have a calm content dog. Simple theories like Exercise, discipline and affection; rules boundaries and limitations; no touch, no talk, no eye contact for 5 mins upon greeting a dog. These rules set the dog up to respect you and you to lead it.
Separation Anxiety ?! ( new 7 m old puppy won't bond w/husband)
I don't know if it's separation anxiety, or would be considered... But we just bought a GSD puppy who is 7 months from a lady who was getting rid of her. Only have had her for a few days now, but she NEVER leaves my side. Jade follows me every where. My husband tries to feed her, play with her, and gives her treats. But she is just too attached me so far. I don't know if it's because she is in a new place. I know she can't be scared of him because he has a gentle tone with her, and firm when needed. He is heart broken because he wants to spend time with her before he deploys. Any advice?!
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Squarely at the intersection of religion and science fiction is this cartoon (from Hijinks Ensue via io9) depicting the Battlestar Galactica Bible – i.e. the guidelines producer Ron Moore gave to the writers – here being preached upon by Moore himself.
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There are no quick fixes in life. Except one.
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