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As Chief Marketing Officer of Global Consumer Engagement for PepsiCo, Inc., Frank Cooper III is charged with leading brand marketing strategy, brand development, and brand activation for global platforms across all beverages. In this role, he expands his North American duties to include all territories throughout the world. In addition to leading the development of the consumer engagement model, Cooper also leads Global Media, Global Entertainment, and Digital Engagement. In that capacity, he has served as the lead negotiator on PepsiCo's renewal of a multi-billion dollar deal with the NFL, led the negotiations and creative development of Pepsi's partnership with the hit television show "The X Factor," and charted a new course for digital through exclusive partnerships (e.g., Foursquare, Twitter), original content development, and real-time marketing.
From 2008 - 2010, Cooper served as Chief Marketing Officer, Sparkling Beverages for Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA), where he oversaw PepsiCo's entire soft drink portfolio (including TM Pepsi, TM Mountain Dew and TM Sierra Mist). Cooper led the re-launch of trademark Pepsi, positioning the brand around the idea of optimism and positive change while provoking active participation of consumers. From the iconic "Word Play" advertisements, to the Webby Award-winning "Dear Mr. President", to the retro-inspired "Pepsi Throwback" product, to the Pepsi Refresh Project, the re-launch was widely recognized as one of the most innovative and effective initiatives by PepsiCo in years.
Cooper also spearheaded the most successful limited-time offering in Pepsi history, through a consumer-generated platform called "DEWmocracy." Working closely with Forest Whitaker, he developed an online story-based game that allowed consumers to create the next Mountain Dew product. In a 12-week period, the limited-time offering yielded over 17mm cases worth approximately $100 million at retail.
Many of Cooper's efforts have established him as a leader in the industry for branded entertainment, including producing the DEWmocracy experience, the "Deathbowl to Downtown" documentary, "The Next Great Game Gods" television special on Spike TV, the "We Inspire" digital platform targeting women, "On the Bubble" animated series, Yo Sumo documentary (with Eva Longoria), Pepsi Musica television series, Green Label Sound music label for emerging artists, and interactive motion pictures through Green Label Studios.
Within PepsiCo, Cooper has also worked as vice president of promotions and interactive marketing, supervising Pepsi-Cola North America's (PCNA) national and account-specific retail marketing efforts and leading the company's digital strategy and initiatives. He joined PCNA in July 2003 as vice president for multicultural marketing & strategic initiatives.
Prior to Pepsi, Cooper spent a decade working as a senior business executive and entrepreneur behind some of the most powerful urban and new-media brands in the world. From 2001-2003, Cooper served as Vice President of Interactive Marketing at America Online, Inc., where he managed music sales and marketing programs.
In 1998, Cooper co-founded the largest Internet company focused on urban lifestyle and minority markets, Urban Box Office Networks, Inc. ("UBO"), and prior to that period he served as a senior business affairs executive for the two most iconic brands in urban music: Motown Records and Def Jam Recordings.
Cooper received his B.S. degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley and received his juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, where he served as Supreme Court Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
He formerly served as Chairman of the American Advertising Federation (a leading advertising trade association with over 40,000 members).
Cooper has been recognized as Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business" (#44), Advertising Age's Entertainment A-List and Ad Color "Legend" Award.


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Dan Wesson, Colt, Kimber, Fusion, and I think Les Baer all make them, from 6" to 4".
As I understand it, keeping the springs fresh is a must.
I could not bring myself to add another cartridge to reload.

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25 year-old Ajax captain Siem de Jong, the older brother of Luuk de Jong, who had a failed loan spell at Newcastle this year, has again confirmed that Newcastle United are interested in signing him this summer.
Siem de Jong 25 year-old Ajax captain
Newcastle have been interested in de Jong for over two years now, and since he has just one year left on his contract at the Dutch giants, he should be available at a reasonable fee.
Siem doesn't know what will happen this summer, but he knows Newcastle are interested, as he has said this in Soccer News.
"Newcastle had a little chat with my agent.¨ ¨There had been previous contact, but nothing concrete has been agreed.¨ ¨Newcastle is a great club."
Siem joined Ajax from De Graafschap in 2005, and he made his debut for them in 2007, and since then he's played 244 games for Ajax with 78 goals, and last season he scored 9 goals in 28 appearances.
He's another goal-scoring midfielder that Newcastle are very interested in signing this summer.
We would love to see Siem sign on at Newcastle, and if he does, maybe we could give his younger brother another chance – and sign him on a one year loan deal from Borussia Monchengladbach.
Luuk would certainly be motivated to score some goals for Newcastle next season, but he may not get another chance.
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Natty Bumppo
|Natty Bumppo
|Leatherstocking Tales character
|First appearance
|The Pioneers
|Last appearance
|The Deerslayer
|Created by
|James Fenimore Cooper
|Nathaniel Bumppo, Hawkeye among many others
|Scout, huntsman, explorer
|Jess Bumppo
|Delaware (by upbringing), British Colonial American (in white society until US independence), American (from US independence to 1804)
Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales.
Fictional biography[edit]
Natty Bumppo, the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians.[1][2] In adulthood, he is a near-fearless warrior skilled in many weapons; chiefly the long rifle. He is most often shown alongside his Mohican foster-brother Chingachgook.[3]
Bumppo is featured in a series of novels by James Fenimore Cooper collectively called the Leatherstocking Tales. The novels in the collection are as follows:
|The Deerslayer
|The First War Path
|The Last of the Mohicans
|A Narrative of 1757
|The Pathfinder
|The Inland Sea
|The Pioneers
|The Sources of the Susquehanna; A Descriptive Tale
|The Prairie
|A Tale
The tales recount significant events in Natty Bumppo's life from 1740 to 1806.[4]
Before his appearance in The Deerslayer, Bumppo went by the aliases of "Straight-Tongue," "The Pigeon," and the "Lap-Ear." After buying his first rifle, he gained the name of "Deerslayer." He is subsequently known as "Hawkeye" and "La Longue Carabine" in The Last of the Mohicans, "Pathfinder" in The Pathfinder, "Leatherstocking" in The Pioneers, from which the collective title for all the novels is drawn, and "the trapper" in The Prairie.
Bumppo has been portrayed most often in adaptions of The Last of the Mohicans. He was portrayed by Harry Lorraine in the 1920 film version, by Harry Carey in the 1932 film serial version, by Randolph Scott in the 1936 film version, by Kenneth Ives in the 1971 BBC serial, by Steve Forrest in the 1977 TV movie and by Daniel Day-Lewis in the 1992 film version. Day-Lewis received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Actor in 1993, won an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor in 1993, and won an ALFS Award for British Actor of the Year in 1993 for his interepretation of the character. In the 1992 film however the character's name is changed from Natty Bumppo to Nathaniel Poe.
Adaptions of The Deerslayer have seen Bumppo played by Emil Mamelok in the 1920 film The Deerslayer and Chingachgook, by Bruce Kellogg in the 1943 film, by Lex Barker in the 1957 film, and by Steve Forrest in the 1978 TV movie.
Adaptions of The Pathfinder have seen Bumppo played by Paul Massie in the 1973 5-part BBC mini-series and Kevin Dillon in the 1996 TV movie.
Additionally he was portrayed by George Montgomery in the 1950 movie The Iroquois Trail, by John Hart in the 1957 TV series Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans, by Hellmut Lange in the 1969 German TV series Die Lederstrumpferzählungen, by Cliff DeYoung in the 1984 PBS mini-series The Leatherstocking Tales (which compressed The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans and The Pathfinder into four episodes), and by Lee Horsley in the 1994 TV series Hawkeye.
In popular culture[edit]
- Bumppo appears as a character in John Myers Myers' 1949 novel Silverlock.
- Thomas King's 1993 novel Green Grass, Running Water satirizes the character of Natty Bumppo by renaming him Nasty Bumppo and having him shoot himself (while he attempts to shoot his friend, Chingachgook).
- Natty Bumppo is also the name of the author of The Columbus Book Of Euchre and House Of Evil.
- The character of Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H takes his nickname from the Native American name given to Natty Bumppo. In both TV series and the original novel on which it is based, it is stated that The Last of the Mohicans is the only book Pierce's father had ever read.
- Bumppo is known as Dan'l "Hawkeye" Bonner in Sara Donati's series, meant as a sequel to The Last of the Mohicans books, beginning with Into The Wilderness. The series centers around Hawkeye and Cora's son, Nathaniel Bonner.
- Bumppo is featured in the comic book series Jack of Fables, both in name and as "Hawkeye", along with Slue-Foot Sue (Pecos Bill's first wife).
- Bumppo is referred to in the graphic novel series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as being part of the 18th-century incarnation of the league.
- Near the end of Mississippi Jack, the fifth in the best-selling Bloody Jack series of female adventures by L.A. Meyer, an adopted white Shawnee called Lightfoot, a rifleman who always travels with his native Shawnee "brother," reveals his white surname to be "Bumpus" in an obvious tribute to Cooper's Natty Bumppo. Thinly veiled or unveiled characters from the history and culture of the time of the novels are a repeating feature of the Bloody Jack book series.
- Natty Bumppo was the name of several pop music bands in the 1970s, including bands from Dayton, Ohio and central Utah.
- The Marvel Comics character Hawkeye takes his name from Natty Bumppo, who he portrayed during his time as a carnival marksman before becoming a superhero.
- The character Gus Brannhard adopts a Fuzzy and names him Natty Bumppo in H. Beam Piper's novel Fuzzies and Other People ISBN 0-441-26176-0
- The "Hawkeye" is the mascot of the University of Iowa and was taken from The Last of the Mohicans novel.[5]
- Song of the Mohicans, written by Paul Block in 1995, is a direct sequel to Last of the Mohicans. Taking up the story a few days after Uncas' death and burial, it recounts the adventures of Hawkeye and Chingachgook as they travel north to discover the connection between an Oneida brave and the Mohican tribe and whether a sachem truly holds the key to the ultimate fate of the Mohicans.
- In 1989, the Soviet Union issued a series of postage stamps on themes of Cooper's The Leatherstocking Tales.
- Natty Bumppo is featured in the Marvel comic Deadpool Killustrated, as part of a group of time travelling heroes (Beowulf, Hua Mulan, Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. Watson), intent on stopping Deadpool from killing all literary characters.
- Tinker, a major character in Amor Towles novel, "Rules of Civility", wants to be Natty Bumppo for the day.
- There is an intelligent dog named Natty Bumppo in John Brunner's novel "Shockwave Rider".
- Natty Bumppo appears as a character in The 8th book of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, "Written In My Own Hearts Blood" published June 10, 2014.
- ^ The Deerslayer: Critical Essays: Cooper's Indians, The Deerslayer Cliffsnotes.com
- ^ Natty Bumppo (fictional character), Encyclopædia Britannica online
- ^ http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/hsh/Whitec/LITR/4232/research/critics/mohicansassgn.htm
- ^ James Fenimore Cooper Society's online plot summaries of the chronologically first (The Deerslayer)[1] and last (The Prairie)[2] novels, indicating the initial and final years of the Leatherstocking saga.
- ^ "University of Iowa Official Athletic Site Traditions". Hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
Further reading[edit]
- Colin A. Clarke, "Like a Mirror Reflecting Itself: Natty Bumppo, The Virginian, and the Fate of the American Frontier," Presented at the 11th Cooper Seminar, James Fenimore Cooper: His Country and His Art at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, July, 1997.
- David Leverenz, "The Last Real Man in America: From Natty Bumppo to Batman," American Literary History 1991 3(4):753-781.
External links[edit]
- "Hawkeye (Character) from The Last of the Mohicans (1992)," The Internet Movie Database


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Okay, here I am in North Florida for Christmas with the in-laws. Temps in the 20's at night and wonderful (compared to Miami). On the way out of town yesterday, I stopped in the next county up from my home to pick up my new gun, the H&K USP 45 standard size. Three 12rd mags came with it. My wife got me (I'm not supposed to know) a "Concealable" model holster from Galco.
Well, first off, it was the wrong model. I specified the LEM and I got the variation ONE. Next thing I noticed was how B-I-G the durn thing is. About the size and heft of the Glock M21. That's unloaded. I put 12 230gr Golden Sabers into the mag and it felt like I was holding the Rock of Gibralter in my hand. I could only imagine the weight PLUS a spare loaded mag, all sitting on my hips. Next, the trigger pull is just a TAD bit longer than my finger can comfortably reach. OTOH, in my hands (both) in a firing grip, I can just sense it's accuracy. It feels really good in a Weaver stance.
My buddy who got it for me, said to carry it over the holidays (it was signed over to me by the transferring FFL) and if I wanted something else, we could just send it right back, and I wouldn't have to pay any shipping or handling fees.
So now I'm thinking about the USP compact, with the LEM trigger and night sights.
Anybody know about this gun in a 45? How does it compare in size to the full size? Can somebody post a pic of them side by side? More importantly, will the compact fit into a holster made for the bigger version? Otherwise, I guess we could exchange the holster for the other size.
I also understand that the compact does not have the recoil reduction system of the bigger version. What's the recoil of the compact in comparison to the larger version or say to a 45 of similar size? I'm not at all recoil sensitive, just wondering.
Does anybody know of the reliability of the compact? A lot of folks I know have said that if there were any gun "ready for WAR" right out of the box, it would be the USP. I was wondering if that also applied to the compact?
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The Vol Network creates some additional holiday hoops content with a pre-conference, exclusive TV special on the basketball Vols and Lady Vols. The one-hour special debuts Saturday (see complete listings below).
Host Bob Kesling provides one-on-one interviews with Tennessee head coaches Cuonzo Martin and Holly Warlick, along with in-depth profiles of each roster.
A special feature the Pat Summitt statue, the injury rehab of Vols senior forward Jeronne Maymon, as well as key highlights from the men's and women's pre-conference schedules are just part of the special, which will air statewide and across the Southeast.
The SEC season-preview special is made possible by long-time sponsor, UT Medical Center.
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Hey everyone, these pics (****** cellphone) are of me rough fitting on this new project I picked up. I've got a few ideas for upgrades, but if you have suggestions I'd love to hear them
Understand this was the first time I Put everything on, so I realize some of it's wrong. Ie: the belt is too low, knees too low. So don't judge too harsh. I would also like to point out that I did not tighten the vest in this fitting, so it makes me look fatter (wider).. Just sayin
Ok I do have a few questions.
1. My collar armor chokes me... How can i fix this? I think i may have screwed myself because my back plate broke and I used fiberglass cloth and bondo fiberglass resin to fix it, but I reinforced the entire plate, making it heavy. Any suggestions?
2. I'd like to replace the hinging system in the gauntlets, can anyone advise me what type of hinges would work? The gauntlets are MOW I believe 2006 version.
3. How do y'all foam pad your gauntlets?
Upgrades to do:
1. Led chest display
2. Both pre pro weapons - sling pistol (acquired, just needs paint), Uzi rifle (in process of building)
3. Reconfigure belt pouches properly
4. Wire led in left gauntlet
5. R/c rangefinder with led tilt switch
Possible upgrade - smoking jetpack. I need to find hollow thrusters
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With the assistance and constant advice from Rich Quodomine, a GIS analyst with New York State's Department of Transportation, Olemu Ogheneochuko and his team launched GISforAfrica on May 1, 2013. Ogheneochuko, along with Apanpa Idris, Bamidele Adedayoa and Alexis N'Guessan, envisioned the mission of GISforAfrica to be the creation of platforms for community and economic development. GISforAfrica initiatives set up platforms for GIS to solve real-life and real-time problems, thereby creating a new culture in approaching education, business, agriculture, government, security etc. Initiatives to date include RING of STRENGTH, EduCONNECT and the Quick Response initiative.
The GISforAfrica EduCONNECT Initiative launched in Akure, the Ondo state capital of Nigeria, during the recently-concluded Geoweek Celebration in three different schools in the city.EduCONNECT introduced programs to standardize an educational process that is interesting and compelling as an integral part of the new approach to good decision making and problem solving. The initiative is a platform that allows teachers and students at various levels to contribute and benefit from education built on GIS and the world's latest technologies.
Aligning our goals with the campaign for geoliteracy in the world, the GISforAfrica EduCONNECT initiative is presently working with geography teachers and students in Nigeria, especially those in Ondo state, a state in the southwestern part of the country. The goals are:
- Enhance geoliteracy
- Increase availability and effective utilization of teaching aids and materials
- Create communication and connection with the global community
- Develop competent citizens
The EduCONNECT initiative is designed to better channel stakeholders' contributions to attract investors into the education sector in Africa, starting with Nigeria. Stakeholders include government, local companies, GIS and geography experts, international companies, etc. Each group would play its own unique role, from sensitizing the general public, to provision of feasibility aids. The EduCONNECT initiative adopts a system of connection and communication to speed up the feasibility of our goals.
3 Lives Xpot Global Resources Nigeria Limited, an aspiring indigenous company with great potential, has agreed and is preparing to stage GISforAfrica events starting with the EduCONNECT workshop for geography teachers in Akure, January 24-25, 2014 at Fiwasaye Girls Grammar School Alagbaka, Akure. Other events include Explore and Challenge night. Also gvSIG, a GIS open source software company in Spain, has been very supportive.
We look forward to seeing great people, organizations, companies and government bodies become part of our support team by aiding EduCONNECT. Our initiatives accommodate collaboration of aligned goal parties.
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It is safe to say that with the GISforAfrica initiative, everyone is a winner.


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Supper last night was a Homemade Salmon Burger topped with cheddar, avocado, tomato and red onion with some roasted garlic and chili aioli sauce with some kale chips, and Alexia sweet potato fries. I don't know what part I liked more! I love Salmon burgers. I love kale chips, and I love sweet potato fries… but I only had seconds of the kale chips 😉 I guess they win!
Since breakfast couldn't get any better than yesterday's Pumpkin Oats with 2-2″ pumpkin quinoa pancakes crumbled on top with a dollop of Sunbutter. I started my day off with it again today!! Yes I AM a creature of habit! What can I say, why mess with a good thing. 😉
Yesterday I had planned to paint the bottom of the new kitchen bay window we had put in this summer. I had primed it already but not painted it. Unfortunately it had been 2+ years since I had painted my whole house, and the paint had faded terribly! So unplanned I continued to paint the whole back of my house yesterday! The plans for today include repainting the door and trim, and maybe the south side. I guess we will see how ambitious I get once I get out there! …and how hot it is!
I am really nervous about weighing in on Thursday… When I weighed last week for the first time in a month, after a 3 day ride in a vehicle I was up 11 pounds. I told myself it is all okay as I am sure it is just some water weight, and swelling from being stuck in a car for 3 days… Usually I would have jumped on the scale every day as I am normally am an every morning weigher… but I am scared… scared of having to lose that weight again. This spring I had lost 26lbs by counting calories, and trying to eat as clean as possible and exercised every day. As of last week I am up to only being 8lbs from where I started in February… too close for comfort!
I haven't been following my September goals too closely to try and counteract the weight gain that well yet… I am logging about half of my meals and haven't done anything but quick bursts of activity like doing step-ups on my steps going into my living room, or like painting the house today. So I guess my mini-goal for the rest of the week is to get my laptop off my lap, blog quickly and efficiently, and move! Whether it is painting or yard work, or treadmill anything is better than sedentary!! It is quite ironic that since I started this blog I have gotten less activity than I did before, and gained 14lbs! So much for a healthy living blog!!
What's your weigh-in routine?
This Morning I started my day off with leftovers.. no, not steak from last night, but some Pumpkin oats that I had made the other day. I added a little water and microwaved till warm. Topped it off with a couple of these Pumpkin Quinoa Pancakes from Sunday, a couple pecan halves also warmed up in microwave, and a spoonful of Sunbutter! All of these items are good on their own, but together=perfection! (for those of you with wheat allergies this combo is nice and gluten-free!)
Lunch was some leftover Chicken and Gnocchi Soup I had made on Friday which also needed to be eaten up or thrown out soon.. and never being one to waste food, I happily ate it!
Here is the recipe I neglected to share with you the other day…
Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
- 2 baked chicken breasts dicedo
- 1/2 c diced red onion
- 1 T minced garlic
- 2 T butter
- 3 T power flour or regular
- 1.5 c shredded carrots
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 1/2 c julienned red pepper
- 2 T liquid chicken bullion
- 1 c greek yogurt
- whole wheat gnocchi
- Fresh ground pepper to taste
- 2 cups chopped spinach
- 1/4 t dill weed
- 8+ c water
- grated parmesan cheese
Into a stockpot went onion and butter, I sauteed till the onions were transparent, then added the garlic. To that add your flour and a couple tablespoons of water to make a roux.
After it had thickened I added the carrots, celery, peppers chicken, bullion, dill weed and 8 cups of water and lowered the temp to a low medium heat to let simmer. Add some fresh ground pepper to taste, and your gnocchi to the simmering pot. I used greek yogurt as my creamy base, and added it after the vegetables were soft. Not sure if that is the appropriate time, I just don't like to add dairy to soups too early.
Once gnocchi is cooked it will float to the top, it doesn't take long. Let simmer on stove top till you are close to eating, then add in the chopped spinach. It tastes good even if you add it earlier or reheat, but I like to add it closer to the end so it still has a tiny bit of texture to it. Top with some grated Parmesan cheese if desired, and enjoy! It is like a "souped up" version of creamy chicken soup with dumplings, and easier too!
By using the 0% greek yogurt instead of half and half or real cream you lower the fat content of the soup without compromising on taste, plus you get some added protein!
Well I am off to clean some more, and do a little painting outside before the kiddos and hubby get home from work!
What is your favourite leftover?
Chia seeds are amazing! Not only because they can grow fake sprout hair on a piece of pottery… They are a superfood!
"Chia seeds are full of Omega-3 fatty acids, protein, dietary fiber and oil. Chia seeds are also high in anti-oxidants and have been found to be beneficial to diabetics due to their ability to inhibit the speed of carbohydrates being turned into sugars. The seeds are also being used as a diet aid because they help a person feel fuller and, therefore, curb hunger." Excerpt from:What Are Chia Seeds?
You can add Chia Seeds to almost everything! From on top of a salad, yogurt, toast, to adding a tsp to a smoothies or oats! Use them in baking anywhere you would use flax!
They really have NO flavour, and you can blend them to a fine texture so you cannot feel the texture on your tongue. Or you can let them get a jelly coating on them as they absorb water almost like a mini bubble tea texture. I like them either way!
Don't buy the processed tablets you will see online or in stores! Just buy the seeds, in containers, bags, bulk, much more cost effective, and is more natural! White vs dark, it doesn't matter they have the same nutritional content
Give them a try… if all else fails spread the left over seeds after soaking them, on a piece of pottery and make a chia pet 😉
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One of the most disturbing trends experienced at Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, is the increase in malicious and intentional damage, specifically graffiti applied to cliff faces and boulders in the national conservation area.
Vandals spray painted graffiti over Native American rock art panels that were over 1,000 years old. The cost to restore the panels approached thirty thousand dollars and was paid for by generous donations from corporate donors and private individuals.
The rock art (mainly pictographs) is probably late prehistoric to historic (e.g. ranging in time from about A.D. 1000 to possibly as late as the eighteen hundreds) and was made by the known prehistoric archaeological cultures that lived in the area such as the Virgin Anasazi, ancestral Paiute and the Lower Coloradoan River groups.
Here is a YouTube video update of this graffiti removal effort within Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, Nevada.
You can help us remove graffiti from Red Rock in several ways:
· Become a member of Friends of Red Rock Canyon to support our ongoing efforts at preserving and protecting this very special place.
· You can also join our Graffiti Removal Team and become a part of our work to keep Red Rock Canyon a graffiti free zone. Additional volunteers are being trained to remove graffiti and will be working hard to restore the park to its natural beauty. We are working with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to compile an inventory of graffiti damage and will schedule volunteer workdays to remove the damage.
· Send your vandalism photos and the GPS location (use UTM NAD 83 if possible) to: email@example.com
· Report graffiti to the BLMs Law Enforcement Officers at 702-293-8932. Do not confront anyone you see or suspect of this crime but do note details to provide to the officers.
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Nov. 6, 2012
CHICAGO - After a dominant showing at the 2012 Horizon League Championships, ten members of the Loyola University Chicago men and women's cross country teams received All-Conference honors from the Horizon League.
Four members of the men's squad were named First Team All-Horizon League, led by sophomore Sam Penzenstadler, who earned medalist honors in the men's 8k race in Kenosha, Wis. with a time 24:59. Joining him on the first team were juniors Jake Autio (25:04) and Alex Thornburg (25:22), along with senior Oscar Aguinaga (25:19). This marks the first time that the Ramblers have had four members selected to the first team since the Horizon League began designating first and second team squads in 2002. Sophomore Jared Skrabacz (25:45) and freshman Nick Miller (25:53) were selected to the second team.
Not to be outdone, the Loyola women's side also placed four members on the first team. Senior Gina Valgoi, adding another chapter to her historic career as a Rambler, led the way for the women's side after earning medalist honors in the women's 5k race with a time of 17:05. Junior Alyvia Clark (18:03), freshman Sydney Stuenkel (18:14) and junior Megan Janezic (18:21) joined Valgoi on the first team. Stuenkel also was rewarded Newcomer of the Year honors on the women's side. The mark of four members receiving All-Horizon League honors ties a program record at Loyola, also achieved in 1991 and 1995.
"The success we had this season was truly a demonstration of the hard work put in by our student-athletes," stated head coach Randy Hasenbank. "The roots for this type of success were planted last year and great progress was made throughout the spring. As a coach, it is a very rewarding experience to see these kids have such monumental success but still remain eager to improve."
Both of the Loyola sides will return to action this Friday when they compete at the 2012 NCAA Midwest Regionals in Springfield, Mo.


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Defending Champs lose 14-7 and fall to 0-2
By Dan McGinn / Potomac Nationals | April 10, 2009 7:04 PM ET
Young lefthander Will Atwood (0-1) suffered the loss for Potomac in his Carolina League debut. The 22-year-old allowed seven runs on eight hits in just 2.2 innings of work. The Potomac bullpen couldn't stop the bleeding from the Hillcats' relentless offensive attack as four relievers combined to allow seven runs over the final 5.1 innings of the contest.
Lynchburg DH Ray Chang began the onslaught in the 2nd when he delivered a two-out bases clearing double off of Atwood to give the home team a 3-1 advantage. The Hillcats scored two more times in the inning and then plated two more in the 3rd on a two-run double off the bat of catcher Kris Watts. The bottom two hitters in the Lynchburg lineup combined to score five runs and drove in three runs apiece.
The Hillcats scored three more in the 4th and one in the 5th on a Watts solo homer to take a commanding 11-3 lead. That production was more than enough run support for rookie Justin Wilson (1-0) who won his professional debut after going the first 5.0 innings and surrendered just three runs on three hits.
Down 14-3 in the 9th, Potomac rallied for four runs on RBI singles by Stephen King, Jesus Valdez and Francisco Plasencia. Valdez and Aaron Seuss each tallied multi-hit games and Chris Marrero hit the P-Nats' first home run of the season in the 2nd inning to pace the Potomac offense. Dan Lyons was on base all five times he stepped to the plate and also scored two runs from the leadoff spot.
The series continues Saturday night from Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium for game three at 6:05 p.m. Dan McGinn will have all the action beginning at 5:45 p.m. with the Potomac Nationals pre-game show and you can hear all the action online at www.potomacnationals.com
The P-Nats return home to celebrate their 2008 Carolina League Championship on Friday, April 17 when they host the Myrtle Beach Pelicans from Pfitzner Stadium at 7:05 p.m. It's the first Freebie Friday of the season and the first 1,000 fans will receive a Replica Championship Ring courtesy of the News & Messenger.
Join the party all season long at Pfitzner Stadium with the Potomac Nationals! Single-game tickets, season tickets and mini-plans for the 2009 season are still available. For more information, call (703) 590-2311 or visit www.potomacnationals.com.
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After 12 months of an uncertain economy with job creation dipping up and down, the significant increase of job growth this month suggests a strengthening economy.
According to this Fox News host, it's because of George W. Bush, with no credit given to President Obama.
No, really. Watch:
Fox News hosts push the myth that businesses have "been hoarding cash instead of hiring" because of "the likelihood for higher taxes." In fact, as the Congressional Budget Office noted, "Increasing the after-tax income of businesses typically does not create much incentive" to hire.
Corporate profits have been soaring and jobs have been created not in America, but overseas; a vast amount of corporations are not paying a dime in U.S. taxes. Somehow this is supposed to better our economy?
Plutocracy is devastating this country, in fact, ask the American people: Raising taxes on the rich beats out cuts to defense spending, Medicare and Social Security as U.S. adults' top preference on how to close the deficit, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll in January.
Most polls show that taxing the rich would better our economy, but the millionaire Fox News' hosts want to convince their viewers otherwise, as do their conservative radio host counterparts.
Ask most average, hard working middle class Americans and you'll hear differently. Yesterday in California,a new poll was released showing strong bipartisanship support for raising taxes on the wealthy. 78% of California voters support a 1% increase in the income tax rate for Californians earning more than $500,000 a year.
New research shows the wealthiest 5% in this country control a whopping 63.5% of everything, while the rest of us, the bottom 80% own just 12.8% of the country's wealth. And they get tax cuts why?
Dismissing research, Fox News viewers have bought into the idea that taxing the wealthy and not affording them undeserved tax cuts is somehow a maneuver to trick our countrymen and women in order to mold America into Obama's new Socialist, Marxist, Maoist utopia.
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Elevator Malfunction! 31 floors straight up! Injures man! OUCH!
SCARY! This elevator malfunctioned and shot this man UP 31 stories until it finally hit the roof of the building. He was seriously injured but on the mend in a local hospital in Chile. Whoa! Can you imagine?
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In what may be the final round between an Atlanta developer and the residents from a community for those 55 and older, the Gainesville City Council is set to decide if it is appropriate to allow a RaceTrac gas station on the edge of a neighborhood that originally barred all auto-related businesses.
The residents of that neighborhood, Seasons on Lanier, say definitely not; a gas station was not their idea of how the "commercial-retail" space of their upscale development would turn out when they bought their homes.
The developers acquiring the bankrupt development in court contend the gas station is the only option they have, and say that if approved, the RaceTrac will be on the fast track — they plan to hand the property over within 30 days of approval.
But a representative of the company promises that even though it's a gas station, the RaceTrac he is proposing is not an average convenience store.
"I feel like we have gone out of the way to do something attractive," said Jesse Shannon, a representative of developer Easlan Capital of Atlanta Inc.
Wes Robinson, the lawyer representing Easlan in the company's request to amend the planned unit development zoning for 10 acres of the Seasons On Lanier property, says Easlan may no longer be interested in acquiring the bankrupt property if the city does not allow a RaceTrac gas station at McEver and Browns Bridge roads.
A different developer may not give the Seasons' residents as much opportunity for input as Easlan has afforded them, Shannon told the residents at an April 24 meeting between the two.
"At least with us, there's certainty," Shannon said.
But the 24-hour, multipump gas station is not what the residents of the community had in mind when they purchased property from Seasons' original developer, the now-bankrupt Levitt & Sons.
"We would just like to have a calm, quiet neighborhood," president of the Seasons on Lanier homeowners' association, John Snyder told Shannon on April 24. "What you're proposing is not that."
Seasons residents are concerned the gas station could generate more traffic around what they say is already a traffic-plagued community. But a representative for RaceTrac says the gas station would just serve the existing traffic.
"We're not generating traffic," said Todd Duplantis, engineering senior project manager for RaceTrac corporate. "It's already going to be there."
Duplantis said, if approved, Seasons residents will hardly notice the existence of a RaceTrac. He promised to control the spill lighting, and says there is a natural buffer between the store and the neighborhood that will mitigate possible noise pollution.
Site plans for the station include a brick building design and a pitched roof over the gas pump canopy.
"We've definitely made an effort to make sure it was a beautiful canopy," Duplantis said.
Last month, when Easlan's request came before the council, Easlan asked if the council would wait to vote on the zoning request until this month's meeting. Holding off on the vote afforded the developers more time to negotiate with residents — a meeting Seasons residents had initially refused.
However, at the end of that April 24 meeting, most Seasons residents said they had not changed their minds about keeping a gas station off of their planned unit development, and the meeting was "letting Easlan have their day," Snyder said.
The council has the final say on zoning amendments, and Councilman George Wangemann said the developers may ask for another continuance at tonight's meeting.
"My perception is that the developer is still somewhat hopeful that they can continue to work with the neighborhood and come to some sort of an agreement," Wangemann said.
Wangemann, who represents the area of the city where Seasons residents live, says if the vote does occur, he is inclined to vote with his constituents. Wangemann said he thinks the residents of Seasons on Lanier will be present at the meeting, still adamantly opposing a RaceTrac.
Wangemann said he had not spoken with other council members about their feelings on the rezoning, but it would not matter if he did.
"I tend to go with numbers, especially when those numbers are my constituents," Wangemann said. "If we have larger numbers come out who are opposed to this ... I'm prone to vote with my constituents on that."


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Get to know Picasso, Matisse, Warhol, and other legendary artists who redefined the very idea of art. With more than 100 world-famous works assembled exclusively for the High from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, this exhibition features fourteen key 20th-century artists, seen together for the first time in the Southeast.
Picasso to Warhol will present approximately 100 works of art created by 14 of the most iconic artists from the 20th century: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Constantin Brancusi, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio De Chirico, Joan Miró, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. The exhibition will be one of the largest concentrations of modern art masterpieces to ever be exhibited in the southeastern United States.
The achievements of these pioneers of modern art will be presented in depth, exploring each artist's stylistic development and highlighting their role in the most important artistic developments of the twentieth century, including the invention of Cubism, the emergence of abstraction and the development of Surrealism. Highlights of the exhibition include: Henri Matisse's Dance (I), 1909; Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror, 1932, and Night Fishing at Antibes, 1939; Jasper Johns's Map, 1961; Andy Warhol's Self-Portrait, 1966; Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space, 1928; and Jackson Pollock's, Number 1A, 1948.
Pablo Picasso, Girl before a Mirror, 1932. Oil on canvas, 64 x 51 1/4 inches. The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim© 2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Picasso to Warhol continues a multi-year, multi-exhibition collaboration between the High and MoMA, which was launched in 2009 with Monet Water Lilies, the first in a series of six exhibitions. On view from June 4 through August 14, 2011, will be the second exhibition, Modern by Design. Following Picasso to Warhol, a second large-scale exhibition and two additional focus shows are in development for 2012 and 2013. The initiative builds on successful past collaborations between the High and MoMA that resulted in four exhibitions presented in Atlanta between 1997 and 2000. This project will extend ties between the institutions through professional exchanges, development of educational programs and publications and reciprocal admission benefits.
Picasso to Warhol is part of a series of exhibitions presented as part of a collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. It is organized by Jodi Hauptman, MoMA Curator of Drawings, and Samantha Friedman, MoMA Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings, in collaboration with David Brenneman, the High's Director of Collection and Exhibitions and Frances B. Bunzl Family Curator of European Art, and Michael Rooks, the High's Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Picasso to Warhol will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. The exhibitions and programs of the MoMA Series are made possible by Presenting Sponsor Bank of America, Portman, Delta Air Lines, Accenture, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Jane Smith Turner Foundation, and Planning Partner: The Rich Foundation. Additional support provided by Margaretta Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wieland, Carey and Doug Behham, Dr. Robert L. and Lucinda W. Bunnen, Mr. and Mrs. Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Paul Hagedorn, Barbara and Sanford Orkin, Catherine N. Rawson, Sara and John Shlesinger, Joan Whitcomb, Tull Charitable Foundation, Fidelity Foundation, and Vassar Woolley Foundation.
Banner Image Credit: Any Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1966 (detail). Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on nine canvases. Each canvas 22 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches, overall 67 5/8 x 67 5/8 inches. The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2010 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Picasso to Warhol Teacher ResourcesThe fourteen artists featured in Picasso to Warhol expanded the very definition of art. Collectively, these artists have reconceived traditional genres and exploited new media. Common to all fourteen is a uniqueness born of saying no to the past and of reaching for something new, whether in material, strategy, or vision. It is this reach that makes these artists both masterly and modern.
Use these teacher resources to prepare your students for a visit to Picasso to Warhol, on view from October 15, 2011, through April 29, 2012. Click on the links below find lots of helpful information for teachers of all grades and subjects.
Meet the Masters - Coming Soon!Biographical information, activity ideas, and recommended resources for each of the fourteen artists in the exhibitionLearn the LingoA reference listing with definitions and descriptions of key modern art terminology.MoMA Modern Teachers LessonsOutline of units and lessons targeted to secondary students of art, history, and language arts.Teach Across the CurriculumModern art lesson plans to use in your classroom for a range of subjects and grade levels.Looking at ArtA selection of Artful Thinking Routines to engage your students in looking at art.Additional ResourcesGeneral books about art and modern art for students, reference books for teachers, and web resources about modern art. Audio Guide Scripts - Coming Soon!Prepare for your students' visit by reviewing the scripts of our audio-guided tours.
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Use the images in this PowerPoint presentation to prepare your students for their visit to Picasso to Warhol.Educational Standards - Coming Soon!Educational standards that a visit to Picasso to Warhol can support, including Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, National, and Common Core.


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The Internet—the greatest source of entertainment since the advent of television—forms the basis of Allison Goldberg and Jen Jamula's sketch-comedy show Blogologues, in which actors perform blog posts, tweets and other online miscellanea onstage. The duo's latest production lampoons our cultural obsession with stardom. Source material includes the About page from Taylor Swift's official website, a poem written by a Belieber, the famedaddy.com website (which claims to have celebrity sperm donors) and, of course, Miley Cyrus. Obviously, no meme-as-muse show would be complete without viral felines, who will be saluted through a parody of the musical Cats.
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Re: showing your work in mathematica
Hi David.
Following the solution you gave to Guillermo Sanchez
I defined the following one-liner
funFunc[(dat_)?ListQ] := ({#1[[1,1]], Last[Total[#1]]} & ) /@
Split[Sort[dat], First[#1] === First[#2] & ]
Here is one test list
lst={{a1, b1},{a2,b2},{a2,b3},{a2,b4},{a3, b5}, {a3, b6}} ;
And here is the (desired) result
{{a1, b1}, {a2, b2 + b3 + b4}, {a3, b5 + b6}}
Is is possiple to insert these Print statements inside
the definition of the funFunc function so that everytime
we execute funFunc to see and (some of) the intermiadate
As you said Trace and its variations with options is proper for
debbuging. E.g.
Trace[funFunc[lst], Sort]
Trace[funFunc[lst], Split]
Trace[funFunc[lst], SameQ]
Trace[funFunc[lst], Total]
Of course someone will suggest TracePrint e.g.
TracePrint[funFunc[lst], SameQ]HoldForm[SameQ]
but I think it is better to define the function funFunc in a proper
Anyway, I guess something like the following is not very welcome.
funFunc[(dat_)?ListQ] := (Print[StringJoin["the starting list:\n",
Print[StringJoin["sorting of list:\n", ToString[Sort[dat]]]];
Print[StringJoin["splitting of list on equality in the first
ToString[Split[Sort[dat], First[#1] === First[#2] & ]]]];
Print["final reasult===>sum of the second elements in each group: "];
({#1[[1,1]], Last[Total[#1]]} & ) /@
Split[Sort[dat], First[#1] === First[#2] & ])
the starting list:
{{a1, b1}, {a2, b2}, {a2, b3}, {a2, b4}, {a3, b5}, {a3, b6}}
sorting of list:
{{a1, b1}, {a2, b2}, {a2, b3}, {a2, b4}, {a3, b5}, {a3, b6}}
splitting of list on equality in the first element:
{{{a1, b1}}, {{a2, b2}, {a2, b3}, {a2, b4}}, {{a3, b5}, {a3, b6}}}
final reasult===>sum of the second elements in each group:
By the way, everything here is in InputForm apart from
the last Output. When I convert it to InputForm it loses
its format so I left it in StandardForm. (Why?)


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Another case of underestimating the ammo requirements
As reported earlier this week, some dirtbag who got pulled over in a routine traffic stop in Florida ended up "executing" the deputy who stopped him. The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.
A statewide manhunt ensued. The low-life piece of human garbage was found hiding in a wooded area with his gun. SWAT team officers fired and hit said low-life 68 times.
Asked why they shot the guy 68 times, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel.
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Super seven
1. St. Petersburg (6-0): After waiting all year for this game, the Green Devils got the result they wanted by exacting revenge with a 49-20 victory over Gibbs.
2. Countryside (6-0): It wasn't pretty, but the Cougars stuck with their running game and made enough plays on defense to beat Clearwater 21-6.
3. East Lake (5-1): The passing game wasn't clicking so the Eagles turned to the ground game to wear down PHU in a 38-28 win.
4. Largo (5-1): Even without quarterback Juwan Brown, the Packers cruised to a 55-0 victory over Leto.
5. CC Catholic (5-1): The Marauders rally from an early deficit to beat Indian Rocks Christian and keep playoff hopes alive.
6. Lakewood (3-3): The Class 3A-8 title appears remote for the Spartans, who lost to defending champion Jefferson 50-14.
7. Clearwater (4-2): The Tornadoes' losses have come to Countryside and East Lake, which are a combined 11-1.
Did you know
• Each of Boca Ciega's three losses have been by a point (20-19 to Countryside, 14-13 to Lakewood, 17-16 to Sickles).
• In the past two weeks, Largo has scored on 17 of its 19 possessions and racked up 106 points combined in victories over Tarpon Springs and Leto.
• St. Petersburg has scored at least 30 points in each of its six victories. Three times the Green Devils have scored more than 40.
This week's games to watch
Tarpon Springs (3-3) at Countryside (6-0): This series has been marked by tight games with the visitor winning the past two. For the Spongers to keep that streak alive they'll have to stop the Cougars' vaunted ground game.
East Lake (5-1) at Northeast (3-2): This game looked a lot more appealing before the Vikings lost in overtime to Seminole. Still, it's the only game in the county that matches teams with a winning record.
Clearwater (4-2) at Pinellas Park (2-3): Both teams are struggling and need a win this week before a tough stretch of district games.
Defensive player of the week
Rocco Roefaro, East Lake: In the second half against Palm Harbor University, Roefaro intercepted two passes, the last one helping set up a score to give the Eagles a comfortable 10-point lead. In all, East Lake recorded five interceptions, including four in the second half.
Offensive player of the week
Rashad Lewis, St. Petersburg: In a pivotal district game, Lewis had his game of the season, rushing for a team-high 220 yards and scoring five touchdowns in a rout over Gibbs. His first two scores came in the first quarter as the Green Devils opened a 21-0 lead.
What we learned
1. Billy Pavlock will keep Palm Harbor University in contention. The quarterback accounted for all of his team's touchdowns in a loss to East Lake. Pavlock ran for two scores, including an 80-yard run that gave PHU a 14-7 halftime lead. His performance was even more impressive considering the Hurricanes lost two starting offensive linemen and running back Kenny Blanch to injuries in the third quarter.
2. The runnerup spot in Class 5A, District 9 is a mess. St. Petersburg is the front-runner and barring an upset in its remaining district games will win its second straight title. That's the easy part. The hard thing is figuring out who will finish behind the Green Devils. Gibbs was a hot pick, but that was before the Gladiators started 1-5. Pinellas Park appeared poised to make a run, but that was before the Patriots lost quarterback Jesse Hevia for the season to a knee injury. Lately, Northeast seemed like a good choice. But then the Vikings lost in overtime to previously winless Seminole. Maybe no one wants the runnerup spot, considering the reward will most likely be a trip Bradenton to face defending state finalist Manatee.
3. Rashad Lewis is on a tear. The talk at the beginning of the season was whether Lewis could rush for 2,000 yards in the regular season. That appeared to be a tough goal for the St. Petersburg senior after he gained fewer than 600 yards in his first four games. But in the past two, Lewis has a combined 376 yards and eight touchdowns. He leads the bay area in rushing yards (931) and TDs (15). And with a favorable schedule that includes just one game against a team with a winning record (Northeast at 3-2), it's not impossible for Lewis to get to 2,000.
Game balls
Tyler Lane, East Lake: The Eagles' workhorse ran for 166 yards and scored four times in a win over Palm Harbor University.
Nick Newton, Clearwater Central Catholic: The Marauders quarterback looked sharp, completing 11 of 13 passes for 117 yards and a score against Indian Rocks Christian.
Jarvis Stewart, Largo: He rushed for a team-high 159 yards and scored twice against Leto.
James Goodwin, Canterbury: The elusive back had his best game of the season with 125 yards each rushing and receiving against Shorecrest.
Runaldo Wright, Tarpon Springs: He had a touchdown reception and scored on a run in a rout over Ridgewood.
Chris Steiermann, Seminole: In overtime, he blocked a field goal to preserve a win over Northeast.


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So I'm sitting there late Sunday afternoon watching television when the phone rang. It was a good friend calling to check on the latest UGA recruiting scoop. And then he proposed that I do a little research to give him some answers on a very important question.
Just how are the Braves going to be better in 2006?
It's a fair question, one that is asked by many at this point in the calendar year. The smell of spring, particularly with these warm temperatures in the south, is in the air, so we all know that baseball is just around the corner.
Of course, being the positive one that I am, I started spouting off answers to my friend. But he had to go, so he preferred a more detailed response later. Hey, I'm a writer, so this gave me an excuse to write an article.
Some may wonder, with Rafael Furcal gone and no established closer brought in, how in the world the Braves will do it yet again. The Mets weren't playing this winter; they mean business. They went out and got Billy Wagner and Carlos Delgado and once again want to knock the Braves off their perch.
But you shouldn't be surprised that I do believe the Braves are going to be better in 2006, and here are the reasons:
10. The Opening Day roster in 2006 will be better than the Opening Day roster in 2005.
Okay, so I know many of you don't think we should compare Opening Day rosters when examining how much better a team might be. But, particularly with the turnover that the Braves had last year, I think it's very relevant to compare how we were built at the start of the 2005 season compared to what we're looking at in 2006. Just less than half of the 25 players (12) that started the 2005 season for Atlanta are no longer with the organization. That's massive change, but the most important thing is that the players who are in place for 2006 are drastically better than the ones that started last season in Atlanta.
Aren't you glad Jeff Francoeur has replaced Raul Mondesi? How about Brian McCann and Todd Pratt taking over for Johnny Estrada and Eddie Perez? And don't you like the promise of Ryan Langerhans and Kelly Johnson much more than having Brian Jordan start in left field? How about the bullpen? Okay, so there are still questions. But I'll take all the candidates we have right now over the foursome of Tom Martin, Adam Bernero, Kevin Gryboski, and Roman Colon. Those were the bottom four members of our bullpen starting out last season.
9. The Depth in the starting rotation.
The Braves' starting rotation is stacked and packed, even with Mike Hampton out for the season. We're still not certain if Jorge Sosa is going to remain in the rotation or head back to the bullpen. Even if he goes, we have Kyle Davies ready to step in as the number five-starter. Plus, with Anthony Lerew and Chuck James almost ready, there are two top prospects on hand in Richmond if needed. No team in baseball has the depth the Braves have in their rotation.
8. No Dan Kolb.
Talk about addition by subtraction. Just having Kolb in Milwaukee makes the Atlanta bullpen better. The Braves won 90 games last season, so just imagine how many games they might have won if Kolb had not blown seven saves and lost eight games. I think they would have won at least five more games, making them a 95-win team. The logic was solid to acquire Kolb to be Smoltz's closer replacement, but it just didn't work. So now, just having him gone, makes the Braves better.
7. John Smoltz's confidence as a starter.
Look, for as long as Smoltz continues to pitch, there are always going to be questions about how long his arm will hold up. We know that with his history, he's a huge concern. But I believe that since Smoltz did pitch 229.2 innings last year, he did remove one doubt. He showed that he can, once again, be a starter, and that confidence going forward has got to help this team. They've got to know that as long as he's healthy, Smoltz is going to not only be an ace, but also be a feared starter throughout the National League.
6. Brian McCann taking over as the starting catcher.
Why this is being overlooked is beyond me. This is no knock on Johnny Estrada, who really did a fine job of bridging the gap between Javy Lopez and the newest young catcher to play in Atlanta for the next decade. Brian McCann is just going to be a better catcher. He's going to hit better, for average and power, and his defensive skills are far superior. McCann is going to become of the best catchers in the league. He showed us glimpses last season, but having him on the roster for all of 2006 will make this team better. Having a catcher that the pitchers love throwing to can make a tremendous difference on the team, and they love, 'Heap.'
5. Roger McDowell.
No this is not a Leo Mazzone-bash, but simply a realization that a new voice for the Atlanta pitchers will be refreshing. A new era of Braves' pitching is on the horizon. It's time for Tim Hudson, Kyle Davies, Horacio Ramirez, Blaine Boyer, Joey Devine, and Macay McBride. The days of Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Steve Avery, and John Smoltz are almost completely over. Therefore, having a completely new voice to come in and give a fresh perspective is going to help this team. McDowell walked into his interview with Bobby Cox and John Schuerholz and impressed them so much the Braves called off the search for a new pitching coach, so he must have said something right. Let's hope he's equally effective with the pitchers.
4. Marcus Giles as our leadoff man.
Okay, so we're not totally sure Giles is going to replace Rafael Furcal as the leadoff man, but it looks like that's the direction the Braves are going to go. Giles has always been more consistent than Furcal, and he's always gotten on base more than Furcal. Giles has a .366 career OBP (yes even us traditionalists look at stats), while Furcal's career mark is .348. Now is that much of a difference? Maybe a stathead could tell me it's not. But while it's obvious Furcal has more speed than Giles, I think Marcus' ability to get on base will help ease the concern that our offense will suffer with Furcal gone. It will be an adjustment, and we have to hope Giles doesn't change who he is as a hitter. Plus, expect Giles to be able to steal between 20-25 bases, five to ten more than last year when he swiped 16. But the heck with steals, just get on base Marcus! If he does, our offense might just be better than ever.
3. Jeff Francoeur
Well, what can we say? He's only scratched the surface of what he's going to show us over the next ten to fifteen years. Jeff Francoeur is a winner, and having him on the team for the entire season is going to make this club better. He just makes his team better, and now that's going to happen for 162 games rather than only 70.
2. The financial flexibility the team has that might result in adding significant players.
Right now, the Braves are approximately $8 million under their projected budget of $80 million dollars. How long has it been since the team had this much flexibility? Well you'd probably have to go back to the pre-Time Warner era, back when Ted Turner owned the team outright to get an accurate answer. Yes, there are questions in the bullpen, and yes, the team might need another strong bat. But with some extra money to spend, John Schuerholz will be the most dangerous GM in baseball. If this team has any need, he's going to be able to fill it this spring or during the season. That's a luxury he hasn't had in many seasons, which makes him doubly dangerous this year. And remember, when you have this much money to play with, you can acquire a $12-$15 million dollar player at midseason and slide him under the budget for the rest of the year, since he'll only cost you half of his salary.
1. All the young kids from last season now have experience.
Last year at this time, Francoeur, McCann, Boyer, McBride, and Davies were preparing for Double-A, thinking more toward the latter part of this season or even 2007 for making their big league debuts. Kelly Johnson was prepping for Triple-A Richmond, and Joey Devine was getting ready for his last year of college baseball. But these seven kids all made significant contributions to the Braves, and without them, it's arguable whether or not the team would have won its fourteenth straight division title. But look what they went through, and what they accomplished. These kids are only going to get better because of what they went through last season. They've gotten the butterflies out, and know that they belong. That confidence is only going to make them better, which will, in turn, help the entire team be better. Last season, the Braves were a team full of rookies, and even though they are still extremely young as a group, they now have experience to build on. All last season, you heard people say, "These kids are only going to be better because of what they're going through now." That's completely accurate. This is a very talented group of players, and they are the future of the Atlanta Braves. Now that they are no longer prospects, their contributions are only going to make this team better for the entire 2006 season.
Are there questions? Are there positions that will need great competition in spring training? Do the Braves need to stay healthy? Certainly. But there are also a lot of issues that have to make you feel good about the upcoming season.
Pitchers and catchers report in eighteen days!
Bill Shanks is the author of Scout's Honor: The Bravest Way To Build A Winning Team, a look inside the Braves' traditional scouting and player development philosophies. You can email Bill at firstname.lastname@example.com.
So how will the Braves be better this year?
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It looks like I might need to get a set of custom Leaf springs made for my project, and as well I'll need custom drive lines made.
So, I'm looking for everyones experiences and opinions of the local Leaf Spring shops as well as Drive Line shops.
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In Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization, Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey teams up with award-winning journalist Richard Manning, who reads at Shakespeare and Co. on June 19. Go Wild's basic idea is that while civilization has changed our lives enormously in the last few thousand years, our physiology hasn't adapted much since Homo sapiens emerged from Africa 40,000 years or so. It's 3008, and our bodies are so two-thousand-late, to paraphrase the Black Eyed Peas.
Go Wild begins with some heady contemplation of how happiness and physical health are linked, in an educated tone that fluidly moves between topics. "Happiness is greatly dependent on our biological well-being," begins the introduction, "...But more important, the way we live is a clear and long-standing set of violations of the rules of human well-being, and it's making us sick." A few pages later, a discussion of the benefits of endurance running and the utility of the human gluteus maximus ensues.
Manning and Ratey examine an array of studies on afflictions like ADD, anxiety, depression and heart disease. It shouldn't be much of a spoiler alert to find that Go Wild's main proposal is that fresh air, regular exercise, unprocessed food, sleeping well and engaging in a close-knit community can make a huge difference in one's happiness and longevity.
Mind you, Manning and Ratey's broad approach leaves plenty to be critiqued. I take issue with their enthusiasm for paleo and reduced-carb diets—100 percent of studies indicate that you can pry my craft beer and homemade bread out of my cold, dead hands. Nonetheless, for anyone trying to find their own balanced lifestyle, Go Wild might hold some of the answers.—Kate Whittle


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I've owned my Sekio SKX007 for a little over 3 years now. The watch has traveled with me to all sorts of places and it has seen seen all kinds of conditions. I bought the watch as something to wear daily for work and play.
Superior Durability
This watch has held up very well. I have managed to avoid any major scratches on the crystal. The SKX007 comes with a hardlex crystal. I would have preferred to see a sapphire crystal, but at this price, it would be a difficult feat considering all of the other features of the watch. After 3 years this watch crystal is still free of scratches. I've used this watch daily – I haven't babied it. The crystal still looks as good as ever.
The stainless steel case has also worn very well. It has picked up a couple dings, but that is to be expected with a daily "beater" type of watch. The bracelet has shown the most signs of wear and within days I noticed small "desk diver" scratches on the clasp of the bracelet. Again, this is totally unavoidable unless you are extremely careful with the way you wear your watch. That said, I currently wear the watch on a Seiko rubber strap so I am unconcerned about bracelet wear. The bezel still rotates crisply (counterclockwise) and the screw down crown does an excellent job of keeping water out of the case.
Automatic Movement
The SKX007 features a 7S26 automatic movement. This is a robust Japanese movement that requires no winding or batteries. The 7S26 runs at 21,000 beats per hour and I have found the watch to run about 9 seconds fast a day. This is perfectly acceptable to me, especially considering that this a sub $200 automatic watch.
Day/Date Functionality
One feature on the SKX007 that I can't live without is the day/date function. My previous watch did not have a day/date function and I'm not sure how I survived without it. This is something that you take for granted until it's gone and you are left fumbling for your phone for the date. Adjusting the date is very easy with this watch.
Ultra Bright Lume
The luminescent paint (or "lume") is often a critical feature for those interested in dive watches. The Seiko SKX007 has excellent lume. Seiko has applied luminescent paint to the indexes, hands, and to the bezel. The lume is super bright and it lasts all night. Seiko is legendary for their lume and they did an excellent job with the SKX007.
Rotating Bezel
Like most dive watches, the SKX007 has a rotating bezel. This bezel has 120 clicks. It feels very solid, even after years of use. Now, I myself am not a diver, so I haven't had to use the bezel in it's original fashion, but I have found the rotating bezel to be handy when I am grilling steaks or need to put a few minutes on the clock. It's nice to have a timer feature with a non-digital watch.
Stainless Steel Bracelet
The SKX007 bracelet comes an attractive stainless steel bracelet. This bracelet is fully adjustable and comes with extra links soyou can size it to fit your wrist perfectly. This is an attractive "Oyster" style bracelet with a nice brushed finish. I found the bracelet help up well. My only grip is that this bracelet comes with hollow end-links. I much prefer a watch with solid end-links and I would really like to see Seiko include this in the future. Now, solid end links are readily available on the secondary market, but I would have preferred to see them in the box. That is probably my biggest gripe with this watch.
That said, there are TONS of aftermarket bracelets, straps, and bands out there. Half the fun of owning a watch like this is swapping out the straps as there are a lot of cool options to choose from. Ultimately, I chose an authentic original Seiko rubber strap that is both extremely comfortable and gives the watch a nice sporty look. The watch will accept any 22mm band.
Seiko SKX007 – Final Thoughts
All in all I am very happy with the SKX007. It is a great looking watch designed to take a beating. I like that I can take anywhere and know that I can rely on it no matter what I am getting into. It's definitely a sportsman's watch and it rarely leaves my wrist. For a three year old watch that has been to hell and back, it still gets a lot of compliments. When you consider that it can be had for well under $200 new, it's an excellent value. If I could change one thing about the watch I would swap out the stock steel bracelet for a beefier bracelet, a rubber strap or a NATO style strap.
Where Can I Buy the Seiko SKX007 Dive Watch?
The SKX007 is currently for sale on Amazon. Right now they are offering free shipping with the SKX007. I've done some comparison shopping and Amazon does currently have the best deal on the SKX007 – especially with the free shipping. Click here to buy the Seiko SKX007 on Amazon.com
Where Can I read More Seiko SKX007 Reviews?
The best place for more reviews on the SKX007 from people who actually own the watch is Amazon. Click here to read more Seiko SKX007 Reviews on Amazon.com
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Gator Cornerback Arrested for Strangling Girlfriend
GAINESVILLE - Gator defensive back Jacques Rickerson was arrested by Gainesville Police Department officers early this morning after they say he strangled his girlfriend at her apartment on Southwest 27th Street.Â
GPD says Rickerson was at the apartment of his girlfriend when he became upset after she asked him leave. According to the police report, Rickerson's girlfriend told police he hit her on the side of her face and choked her with one hand. When she tried to scream for help, Rickerson pushed her neck further into the mattress of her bed and put a pillow over her face.Â
According to the report, she told officers that after Rickerson let go of her, she tried to leave the bedroom several times, but Rickerson blocked her way. Rickerson allegedly took his girlfriend's cell phone when she said she was going to call police. Reports say she had visible injuries on her arm, neck and upper chest from the attack. Rickerson is now facing charges of domestic battery by strangulation and preventing communication to law enforcement.Â
According to the report, Rickerson and the victim have been dating for over a year, but live in separate apartments.
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Well, we have now entered a new year and look forward to seeing what it will bring. We will continue to make every effort to improve the Sheriff's Office and provide even better service to the public. Rather than speak about Sheriff's Office activities and issues, I wanted to take the opportunity with this news letter to promote a fundraiser that the Sheriff's Office is coordinating next week on behalf of Special Olympics of Arkansas.
I know in the past that you're heard me talk about our involvement in the Law Enforcement Torch Run and the Polar Bear Plunge, which are Special Olympics fundraisers that we've participated in for several years. Next week, we will give something new a try. Thanks to Mr. Ron Caster, the owner of Colton's Steakhouse in Mountain Home, the Sheriff's Office and MHPD will be holding a "TIP-A-COP" fundraising event for Special Olympics . These are held throughout many areas of Arkansas and throughout the country each year, but I don't believe that we've ever done this before in Mountain Home. Lt. Sam Seamans of MHPD, Treva Chouinard – Area Representative of Special Olympics of Arkansas, and I approached Mr. Caster last year about the possibility of holding a Tip-A-Cop fundraiser at Colton's. Mr. Caster was immediately open and supportive of the idea, and a date was finally selected. The date chosen is Thursday, January 14th from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Colton's Restaurant.
So, what exactly is "TIP-A-COP"? Basically, Tip-A-Cop is an ancillary part of the world wide Law Enforcement Torch Run program. Officers partner with area restaurants to hold these Special Olympics Fundraisers on specific dates, hosted by one or more area restaurants. Officers are paired with restaurant servers to help meet and greet customers, help take and deliver drink and food orders, and to interact and mingle with restaurant guests. Customers are encouraged to "tip the cop" for their service in the form of a tax deductible donation, 100% of which will go to the Special Olympics of Arkansas Program, in addition to the customary tip left for the restaurant's server for his or her service. The officers donate their time for this very worthy cause and expect nothing for themselves in return. Special Olympics depends on income from various fundraisers to provide the many services it does to our Special Olympics Athletes. These include all the many travel, transportation, and lodging costs associated with the sports training and competition events held annually in more than 170 countries for people with intellectual disabilities. More than 3.1 million athletes of all ages are involved in these Special Olympics programs. The Baxter County Sheriff's Office is very proud to be able to play a small part in promoting Special Olympics and providing opportunities for the athletes to train, compete, have fun, and become productive and respected members of society.
I invite and encourage everyone to come join us at Colton's on the evening of January 14th, have a fun time and a great meal, and show your support for Special Olympics by tipping the cop in the form of a donation, all of which will go to support the programs of Special Olympics of Arkansas.
As always, I extend best wishes and regards to all.
Capt. Jeff Lewis,Chief Deputy
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Welcome from Virginia.
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I am a new Texan who grew up in Michigan. I love to hunt and have been shooting since I was 6.
I look forward to good discussion and I will be posting questions soon. I took my CHL class yesterday after contemplating it for the past year. I have some legal questions that I hope you can all answer.
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To create buzz and reach out to 'Game of Thrones' diverse audience, HBO has teamed with Common, Big Boi, Daddy Yankee, Bodega Bamz, and Wale to create a 'Game of Thrones' themed mixtape called 'Catch the Throne.'
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