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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Stocks ushered in some strong performance last week, with the S&P 500 rallying 2.96% in the last five trading sessions to close the biggest single-week move so far in 2013. So much for the summer doldrums.
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Investors have Ben Bernanke to thank for that buoyancy in stocks. That may seem surprising, especially after Bernanke's tapering comments effectively torpedoed the market last month. But like I said last month, Bernanke's taper talk was largely lip service. Talk is cheap, QE isn't -- so it was worth testing the waters with the idea that the Fed would wrap up their buy programs.
But it didn't take. Now, with the market's uptrend back on track (even if it's a slightly different track), it makes sense to look for buying opportunities in stocks again. That's why we're turning to a fresh set of Rocket Stocks to start the week.
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For the uninitiated, "Rocket Stocks" are our list of companies with short-term gain catalysts and longer-term growth potential. To find them, I run a weekly quantitative screen that seeks out stocks with a combination of analyst upgrades and positive earnings surprises to identify rising analyst expectations, a bullish signal for stocks in any market. After all, where analysts' expectations are increasing, institutional cash often follows. In the last 207 weeks, our weekly list of five plays has outperformed the S&P 500 by 80.72%.
Without further ado, here's a look at this week's Rocket Stocks.
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First up is medical device maker Covidien (COV), a stock that hasn't exactly rocketed so far this year. Since the calendar flipped over to January, shares of the firm have effectively stayed flat. At the same time, the S&P 500 has posted gains approaching 18%.
But Covidien could be due for a turn of fortunes. The boost in analyst expectations in the last week is an early indication of that.
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Covidien made a bold step at the start of this month, spinning off its pharmaceuticals business into Mallinckrodt (MNK), the unit Tyco International bought in 2000 to increase its pharma offerings. The transaction makes Covidien a pure play medical device and imaging company and should boost margins now that the massive but commodity-like generic pharmaceuticals business is off of its plate. While a swelling R&D budget has put the squeeze on margins, it should pay off in spades in 2013, particularly as compelling new technologies like the Sonicision ultrasonic dissection tool get physicians excited.
The firm's earnings call on Aug. 1 could be the catalyst Covidien needs to recover lost ground with the broad market. Investors should keep a close eye on that earnings call.
Supplemental health and life insurer Aflac (AFL) may be best known for its unlucky cartoon duck mascot, but the firm is anything but unlucky in its own affairs. Aflac is a major insurer in two of the most lucrative insurance markets in the world: the U.S. and Japan. In particular, Japan has been fuelling some impressive sales for Aflac in 2013, helped along by an equity rally that's even outpaced the impressive performance here at home.
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Aflac's flagship supplemental policies pay out preset cash benefits if customers meet a predetermined condition -- normally contracting a disease or being involved in an accident. These sorts of loss-of-income policies are proving popular in the wake of the Great Recession as consumers look for way to protect income. And since they're deducted directly from paychecks in many cases, there's no sticker shock effect from seeing money go out each month. That provides a sticky customer base, especially in Japan, where renewal rates hover around 95%.
While the U.S. has largely been underserved with supplemental coverage (it only makes up a quarter or so of Aflac's premium income), it's also a less attractive insurance market where retention rates are lower. Despite the demographic shortfalls here at home, the U.S. market should provide some real growth for AFL. So should the continued equity rally, as Aflac's investment portfolios get pushed higher by market forces, leaving shareholders with more assets for the same level of risk.
Estee Lauder
Cosmetics giant Estee Lauder (EL) has built a $26.5 billion business by selling makeup and fragrances around the world. And in 2013, this stock has been enjoying some stiff tailwinds at the hands of upped consumer discretionary spending. Estee Lauder owns a full 25% share of the world's high-end cosmetics market thanks to a portfolio of brands that includes popular names like Clinique, M-A-C, Aveda and Origins.
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Makeup benefits from fat margins and very high customer stickiness -- consumers aren't likely to just jump to an untested brand, which makes EL's massive market share very defensible. Today, around 60 cents out of every dollar that Estee Lauder generates comes from overseas. While that's a strong number, it leaves a whole lot of room for improvement, especially as a burgeoning new middle class of women in emerging markets boosts demand for pricier makeup and fragrance products.
Consumer tailwinds aren't showing any signs of dying down in 2013. As mall traffic trends higher in the U.S. and abroad, EL should continue to churn out strong fundamentals. Look out for earnings on Aug. 15.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) is a major name in the outsourced IT field, providing clients with services that range from software development to computer network maintenance. Cognizant sports a dual-pronged approach: It combines outsourced low-level services (with huge labor cost savings) with localized consulting efforts. That gives Cognizant the flexibility to market multiple services to each client it serves, and the firm earns hefty profit margins for its trouble.
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The bulk of Cognizant's business is pretty simple: The company has a workforce with advanced technology expertise who work for less money than their Western counterparts. Cognizant wasn't the first Indian IT outsourcer. But it was one of the first Indian IT outsourcers to plant its base of operations here in the U.S. with a management team that's able to flatten cultural barriers to doing business from the onset.
IT spending remains one of the mission-critical costs that continues to rise right now, and as it does, so too should Cognizant's billings. The firm's nearly $3 billion in cash and zero balance sheet debt adds up to an effective 10% discount on valuation. Even though Cognizant's shares aren't exactly cheap, the price tag is offset by a breakneck growth rate and stellar management stewardship. Look out for earnings on August 2.
O'Reilly Automotive
2013 has been a stellar year for shares of O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY); shares of the $13 billion auto parts retailer have rallied more than 30.7% since the start of the year. That's almost twice what the S&P has been able to do over the same time period -- quite a feat.
>>5 Stocks Insiders Are Scooping Up
O'Reilly is the second-largest auto parts chain in the U.S., sporting a network of more than 4,000 stores. While ORLY started off primarily serving the commercial auto parts market, the acquisition of CSK Auto shifted the firm's mix more to the retail side. That's important positioning: as other auto retailers clamor for commercial business by adding "stores within a store" to their existing locations, O'Reilly already owns an established network of parts suppliers for independent shops.
The auto parts industry has enjoyed some help from the broad economy in recent years -- the biggest is the age of the average car on the road today. Despite the uptick in new car sales, the average age fleet age in the U.S. is higher than ever before. As consumer look to prolong the lives of their vehicles, O'Reilly shareholders stand to profit.
With rising analyst sentiment in shares, we're betting on ORLY this week.
To see all of this week's Rocket Stocks in action, check out the Rocket Stocks portfolio at Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Jonas Elmerraji, CMT, is a senior market analyst at Agora Financial in Baltimore and a contributor to TheStreet. Before that, he managed a portfolio of stocks for an investment advisory returned 15% in 2008. He has been featured in Forbes , Investor's Business Daily, and on CNBC.com. Jonas holds a degree in financial economics from UMBC and the Chartered Market Technician designation.
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The Mukilteo Car Show comes in for a landing again this year from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Historic Flight Foundation.
All kinds of rides will be on display from classics to modern vehicles. Visitors can vote for their favorites and enter to win prizes.
There will be plenty of food and live music as well.
The Historic Flight Foundation's aircraft collection will be free Sunday also.
A $5 raffle offers a chance for a ride in the restored B-25D bomber, "Grumpy." Daring visitors can also purchase rides in this World War II flying machine.
The Historic Flight Foundation is at 10719 Bernie Webber Drive, Mukilteo. Call 425-347-1456 or see the website, www.mukilteochamber.org, for more information.
Biplanes and a DC-3 will also be on display Sunday following Historic Flight Day that takes place today at the foundation. See historicflight.org for more about today's events.


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Palin concocts more media sins
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Honestly, it's one thing for a political figure to be utterly obsessed with his/her press coverage and to lash out at every perceivable offense. It's quite another though, for a major pol to lash out at the press over imaginary slights. Fox News' Sarah Palin is now so consumed with every real or imagined media wrong against her that she's to the point where she's attacking the press for stuff they don't even do.
Here was Palin responding on Facebook to the flap that occurred when she misspoke on the Glenn Beck radio show last week, suggesting the United States had to "stand with our North Korean allies" [emphasis added]:
Obviously, I would have been even more impressed if the media showed some consistency on this issue. Unfortunately, it seems they couldn't resist the temptation to turn a simple one word slip-of-the-tongue of mine into a major political headline.
But did Palin's quip about the United States having to stand by our North Korean allies become a "major political headline"? And did it become a "major political headline" because "the media" jumped on the story? Apparently in the self-obsessed world of Sarah Palin it did.
In the real world? Not so much.
Because based on a search of Nexis, here's a partial list of the major American newspaper that did not turn the Palin/North Korea gaffe into a "major political headline," did not treat it as news, and did not even mention it when it occurred:
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Washington Post
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Denver Post
Arizona Republic
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Dallas Morning News
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Seattle Times
Chicago Sun-Times
What other news outlets ignored Palin's verbal gaffe when it occurred? All three major networks--ABC, CBS, and NBC--as well as CNN, Fox News, PBS and NPR.
If Palin and her apologist bloggers are going to routinely play the victim and drone on and on about how the nasty media are picking on her, they might want to find out first if the media are, y'know, actually picking on her.
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Robin Thicke releases new single 'Give It 2 U'
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Robin Thicke's new single "Give It 2 U" isn't doing much to fend off the singer's recent feminist critics.
The song comes just on the heels of Thicke's Billboard Hot 100-topper "Blurred Lines" and its racy video, which has been criticized for its use of female nudity along with the lyric "I know you want it."
The words of one feminist blogger, declaring the track "rapey," has been following it around since the video's unrated version was banned on YouTube earlier this year.
"Give It To You," which features Kendrick Lamar as well as an "explicit" label, includes similar suggestive language. The song will be on Thicke's upcoming album "Blurred Lines," due out on July 30th.
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text: Guys, how good is Alabama? I think they are a good football team but I do not believe they are the best team in the Nation. If you look at their schedule, I am not sure they are as good as advertised. They beat Michigan when Michigan was #8 but come to find out, Michigan pretty much sucks this year. They beat Western Kentucky convincingly but Western Kentucky is from the Sun Belt. They beat Arkansas convincingly but the Razerbacks, like Michigan, suck. Arkansas has lost to Louisiana-Monroe. They have one win against Jacksonville State who plays in the DII Ohio Valley Conference. They beat Florida Atlantic convincingly, also from the Sun Belt but Florida Atlantic is 1-4, there only win coming against Wagner of the NEC. They beat Ole Miss this weekend, who many claimed were the weakest SEC team in the League. I don't believe that but that was said. Ole Miss scored 14 against this Bama Defense and held the Tide to 33. Same team that Texas put up 66 on. Bama also lost DeAndrew White, starting WR, against Ole Miss. this past weekend. How good do you think Bama is this season? I, for one, would love to get the chance to see.


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The saga of Duchess Kate's topless photos continues as more European magazines plan to publish them and the French police go on the hunt for the photographer.
The Swedish celebrity weekly Se & Hoer published the pictures today, and its sister edition in Denmark says it will publish them in a 16-page supplement on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. The photos of Duchess Kate sunbathing topless at a private chateau in France were snapped in early September from a public road near the estate in Provence owned by Prince William's cousin.
The photos were first published last week by the French magazine Closer, but lawyers for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge won an injunction in a French court Tuesday, forcing the magazine to turn over the pictures and blocking further publication in France.
Will and Kate are homeward bound today after a royal tour of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
Meanwhile, French police raided the offices of Closer, searching for the name of the photographer who took the pictures, according to the Telegraph. The Cambridges want French prosecutors to punish the magazine and the photographer with criminal penalties, fines and even jail time, but so far the identity has not leaked out.
The Danish magazine editor, Kim Henningsen, said he had been offered 240 pictures but will use only 60 to 70. He declined to say who sold them to the magazine or how much he paid.
So far, the photos have appeared in an Irish newspaper, an Italian gossip magazine, the French magazine and on the Internet. The ruling in France applies only to France, where the law protects privacy rights but also protects press rights. It's not clear how far the French can push the case, but it is almost certainly not over.
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(Summit County) - Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of a man charged with fatally shooting his debilitated wife in her hospital bed at Akron General Medical Center last year.
The attorney for John Wise, of Massillon expects him to testify at the Akron trial and tell jurors about the heartbreak he felt over wife Barbara suffering triple cerebral aneurysms and being left unable to speak.
The 68-year-old Wise has been under house arrest since last year. He could face life in prison if convicted of the aggravated murder of his wife of 45 years.
John Wise's home, where he has been under house arrest (Photo by Ken Robinson/WTAM).
Attorney Paul Adamson says Wise wants the jury's understanding, not sympathy, in what friends have called a mercy killing.
Mercy killing isn't a legal defense in Ohio. Wise's attorney will mount an insanity defense.
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Statement of Families of September 11 on the9/11 Public Discourse Project's Series "Unfinished Agenda"Session 2: Challenges Facing the DNIJune 13, 2005
Families of September 11 (FOS11) is encouraged to hear a discussion regarding the current challenges facing the Director of National Intelligence, held by the 9/11 Public Discourse Project. After the passage of the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, which created the new position of the DNI, we waited to hear who President Bush would nominate to this very important new position. We have since been relying on Director Negroponte to take the reins of his new position to embrace the full authorities vested in him to re-organize the intelligence community to make it more effective.
With only 7 weeks on the job, it is too early to judge how well Director Negroponte is doing. However, it does appear that there remain those who would like to see him fail, in an effort to protect turf and avoid change. In the last few weeks, we were disappointed to have seen multiple amendments proposed by House leadership that would limit the power of the DNI, less than two months after he was confirmed by the Senate. This type of behavior is dangerous for the safety of the American people. Without the full authorities granted to him in the Intelligence Reform Act, the DNI cannot do his job. If he cannot do his job, the same problems that led to walls, gaps, and failures in our intelligence community will remain.
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Hello everyone!
I can't get my USB wireless to work right in Backtrack 5 r3 GNOME (Live and installed) within VirtualBox. It seems to work as it should, until I enter 'startx'. Then, it can't find any access points at all. Even if I log back out, it continues to not work. I can still see it if I 'lsusb' or 'iwconfig'. I've tried turning off USB 2.0 support, but it doesn't help. Why would starting X screw it up? It all works fine if I run Backtrack on my actual hardware.
I guess I could work around it and just use plain CLI... but I like GUI and a 11GB install is a bit excessive for CLI OS. Not to mention not being able to use GUI programs.
I would most definitely appreciate it if someone could help me with this. I have searched Google and this forum, so I'm sorry if this was answered somewhere.
Here's my adapter: Ralink Technology, Corps. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter and it uses the rt2800usb driver.


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Real Gross Domestic Product Grew at an Annual Rate of 1.7% in the Second Quarter
Recovery Remains Worst on Record
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its advance estimate of 2nd-quarter 2013 real gross domestic product (GDP) today. BEA reported that real GDP grew at an annual rate of 1.7% during the quarter. Over the past year, real GDP has increased 1.4%.
Since the recession ended in the 2nd-quarter 2009, real GDP has increased a total of 9.0% compared to the average of 18.6% in other post-World War II recoveries. This puts the growth gap for this recovery compared to the average of other recoveries at $1.4 trillion (2009$). During the strong Reagan recovery of the 1980s, real GDP increased by 22.3% over the comparable four year period. If the economy had grown at the rate of the Reagan recovery, real GDP would be 12% higher, leaving the current recovery with a $1.9 trillion growth gap compared to the Reagan recovery.
Highlights of the Report
Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE) grew at an annual rate of 1.8% during the quarter compared to 2.3% in the 1st-quarter.
Real nonresidential fixed investment increased at an annual rate of 4.6% in the quarter after declining 4.6% during the 1st-quarter.
Real exports of goods and services increased 5.4% while imports increased by 9.5%.
Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment decreased 1.5%.
Comprehensive Revision
Today, BEA released revised statistics for GDP dating back to 1929 for annual data and 1947 for quarterly data.
BEA provided the following summary of the differences with previously published data.
• For 1929–2012, the average annual growth rate of real GDP was 3.3%, 0.1 percentage point higher than in the previously published estimates. For the more recent period, 2002–2012, the growth rate was 1.8%, 0.2 percentage point higher than in the previously published estimates.
• For 2002–2012, the average rate of change in the prices paid by U.S. residents was 2.3%, 0.1 percentage point lower than in the previously published estimates.
• For 2009–2012, the average annual growth rate of real GDP was 2.4%, 0.3 percentage point higher than in the previously published estimates. The percent change in real GDP was revised up 0.1 percentage point for 2010, was unrevised for 2011, and was revised up 0.6 percentage point for 2012.
• For the period of contraction from the 4th-quarter of 2007 to the 2nd-quarter of 2009, real GDP decreased at an average annual rate of 2.9 %; in the previously published estimates, it decreased 3.2 %.
• For the period of expansion from the second quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2013, real GDP increased at an average annual rate of 2.2%; in the previously published estimates, it increased 2.1 percent.
According to Trend Macrolytics, the revised methodology raised nominal (current dollar) GDP by $551 billion or 3.4%.
The inclusion of: private R&D added $275 billion, private investment in entertainment and artistic originals added $75 billion, government R&D added $149 billion, and new housing transaction costs added $63 billion.


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perhaps try transmission for torrents as it is in the repos (apt-get install transmission, or something close to that), for burning software try k3b-kde3
I am asking this question because Ktorrent is installed on kubuntu but I have difficulty installing it on backtrack.
Firstly, I unzipped the file using tar -xvf Ktorrent-4.0.5
Subsequently I am not sure what to do.
These are the files inside:
root@bt:~/ktorrent-4.0.5# ls
CMakeLists.txt ChangeLog dbus_xml ktmagnetdownloader ktupnptest libktupnp plugins scripts
COPYING Messages.sh ideal ktorrent libktcore plasma po templates
What should I do next?
Question 2: Is there any burning dvd or CD software for Bt RC2 or do I have to install it myself?
perhaps try transmission for torrents as it is in the repos (apt-get install transmission, or something close to that), for burning software try k3b-kde3
hi may I ask what does apt-get transmission do? What is transmission for torrent?
installs the transmission bittorrent client software. Perhaps you need to back up and do some quick reading on linux before you get too far into backtrack as these are ESSENTIAL skillsCode:apt-get install transmission
apt is the package manager for many debian based linux distributions.
Thanks. I knew what Ktorrent is but not transmission.
May I ask if there is a standard method for installing packages after I unpack them?
Normally, I dont know what to do.
Backtrack is built from ubuntu/debian so it uses pre-built binary packages in the repositories. The apt tools are the package management tools that interact with the repositories. You can also use dpkg for .deb package files(google chrome can be easily installed this way). If you are trying to install software and you download it in some form of tarball (packagenamehere.tar.gz) then it is often source code and needs to be compiled. (make build, make install)
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Just thought I'd also mention that you can use synaptic if you would like a GUI for package management. Might be easier to start out with. Just typeinto the run command box.Code:synaptic


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Fewer 'Hate Groups' Call Texas Home
Texas is getting out of the hate business.
1200 WOAI news reports the Southern Poverty Law Center reports in its 2014 overview that the number of 'hate groups' in Texas has fallen from 62 last year to 57 today.
SPLC Director Mark Potok says the number of Ku Klux Klan chapters in the state is growing, but he says these chapters are pathetic and don't wield any influence.
"They're small, politically they have virtually no pull whatsoever," Potok said. "Even other radical groups look down their noses at the Klan."
But Potok says many of the hate has moved into politics. He cites repeated efforts made by lawmakers to 'ban' Sharia, or Koranic Muslim law, from Texas and other states.
"Opposing Sharia law in the United States is simply impossible under the Constitution," he said. "But we have mainstream politicians in seven states who have actually passed these ridiculous laws."
The SPLC says the inability of the Obama Administration to implement any large scale gun control appears to have resulted in the disbanding of some groups which were considered 'hate groups.'
The SPLC has also labeled 'Black Separatist' groups as hate groups. Conservative organizations had complained in the past that the group was biased in only labeling White and 'right wing' groups as hate organizations.


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The gf pizza is grainy and bland. However, the worst part is that, even though they assured me they take very careful precautions, I have been violently ill for days. My body is rejecting everything since I ate there, even fresh fruit which usually calms my system down. Maybe it's okay for people who are slightly intolerant, but it is clearly not celiac safe. I will not be dining there again.
Amazing pizza but even more amazing staff. So knowledgable and assured me there would be special precautions taken. Fabulous.
3001 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92782
CPK has amazing GF pizza!
6227 South State Street, Murray, UT 84107
staff is very knowledgeable about gf. it is always delicious. I always get the bbq chicken pizza and it never disappoints. I also love their frozen pizza that you can buy in stores. obeof my favorite sit down pizza joints. I have never gotten sick here and it is always delicious!!!
3200 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89109
We had a wonderful experience here. My daughter and I shared a GF pizza. It wasn't a super busy time of day. Staff was super attentive.
551 Oak Brook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523
The gluten free pizza was great and I would definitely get it again
6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
Delicious, no problems!
5665 North Centerpark Way, Unit N-141, Glendale, WI 53209
My husband loves this place. He says it's the best GF pizza around. And- they take the gluten issue VERY seriously. We've eaten here probably 100 times now (seriously) and my husband has never gotten sick.
365 Central Park Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583
June 2017 -- Just wanted to update since my last review was in 2013. I have been eating here for the last four years and have never had an issue except they sometimes forget to put the bacon on my BBQ Chicken GF pizza LOL. They truly take it very seriously. Enjoy! -- 2013 -- They definitely take the gluten free procedures seriously. The gluten free crust arrives prepackaged, and the pizzas are cooked in a separate oven. The utensils for preparing gluten free meals have blue handles and the rest have black to avoid CC. I have eaten there twice now and no reaction. Thumbs up!
11840 SE 82nd Avenue, Happy Valley, OR 97086
Love their salads and power bowls
5173 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross, GA
gf pizza crust and a few gf salads
52 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Great pizza! Really hit the spot after a long day of exploring Chicago and shopping!
4200 Conroy Road, Orlando, FL 32839
Great pizza and delicious crust! Manager was attentive and understood gf. Would definitely come back.
6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
This place has a couple of gluten-free pizzas. Really liked it. The pizza tastes great.
2015 Birch Road, Ste. 725, Chula Vista, CA 91915
Very few and poor choices for celiacs. A farm raised salmon and two awful salads. So disappointing.
2284 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
The gluten-free options are clearly indicated on the menu (not a lot), but there are prepared in the same kitchen as the regular meals (so was I told by our waitress). There is also an independent menu for strictly gluten-free pizzas (4 sorts). Our waitress was quite aware of the situation and gave good advice. I had a pizza which was quite tasty (so far one of the best pizza dough I've tried).
37546 Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152
Pizza was over priced and tasted like a frozen pizza from Walmart. I did not get sick but it wasn't that good
2284 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
Only a few options, but Yummy and kept completely seperate.
1328 Stoneridge Mall Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588
GIG trained staff makes for a safe celiac experience. Not a very extensive menu, but what they have is delicious and I appreciate having a place to go where I'm confident I will not get sick.
1850 South Val Vista Drive, Mesa, AZ 85204
Very conscious of using separate prep area. I actually prefer the gluten free crust to the regular. The pizza was way too cheesy so I will just ask for light cheese next time.
1201 S. Hayes St., Suite F, Arlington, VA
Great experience for a celiac diner. Dedicated area for gluten free pizzas and separate ingredients just used for GF pizzas. The staff were very friendly and clearly explained their procedures for preventing cross-contamination to me when I asked. The manager brought my meal out personally. Their GF pizza area and ingredients are certified by the Gluten Intolerance Group, which is also noted on their GF menu. Not a huge selection of GF pizzas or the best GF crust I've ever had but a safe/easy dining experience definitely makes up for that!
11401 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
Excellent! Pizza is always great and the manager confirms it's gluten free each time I have ordered.
118 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21030
My pizza came in it's own separate bag from the rest of the non-gf take-out order. No reaction and yummmmm!!!!
400 Commons Way, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
I didn't find the pizza good at all, they had a really hard time accommodating me because they only have cheese GF pizza and I had to ask them to add some toppings and they told me they won't guarantee that there is not cross contamination, they also took for ever to cook it, my friend had finished eating when I got my pizza because they were having such a hard time making it, the pizza crust was chewy and grainy. Won't be back.
1201 S. Hayes St., Suite F, Arlington, VA
Pizzas from the gluten-free menu are made in a very dedicated kitchen space. Truly gluten-free. Good pizza.
1328 Stoneridge Mall Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Love this place. Eaten here many times and have not gotten sick. Just be sure to get the gig approved pizza.
2284 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
While they technically have a GF menu,, the staff is not understanding of what thateans. Our pizza was a wheat crust pizza and we had to send it back twice.
551 Oak Brook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523
My gluten free pizza was hard as a rock. Unable to cut it. Or tear it. Or chew it. How do other people rate this pizza as good?!?! Worst gluten free pizza I have ever had
1645 Briargate Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Good selection on GF Options including several pizza options. This time I had the GF Waldorf Chicken salad full size was huge and delicious! I've had GF pizza in the past which is also a good choice.
4999 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077
Limited options since I only will order off the certified gluten free menu but I have ate here 3 times with no issues. The best part is the pizza crust is egg free - very hard to find for me.
551 Oak Brook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523
Reviewing just the pizza... yes, a gfree crust is back on the menu. It's carefully prepared and quite good. Server was kind and patient with our "gluten free questions." We will add this place as a good option for pizza.
1997 West Gray, Houston, TX 77019
They have 4 pizza options that are completely gluten-free along with a few other gluten free menu items. The staff was very happy to adjust the pizza to my liking and satisfaction is guaranteed. They told me if I did not like the one I chose, they would make me one of the other options for free. I have the Mushroom Pepperoni Sausage pizza without mushrooms and it was the best GF pizza I have ever had! 100% recommend them 😍
350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT 06338
The gluten free pizzas (they have 5 certified) are prepared in a separate area. The best GF pizza crust I have ever had, isn't chewy or tough like others can be.
156 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
4/2017 Yummy crust--they offer a couple GF entrees and pizza. They have several certified GF (crust and ingredients--ask for a separate menu) and can do any pizza GF but can't guarantee due to potential cross-contamination. Waiter was knowledgeable and super nice. Not bad for a pizza place.
28258 Diehl Rd., Warrenville, IL 60555
Absolutely love that they have a dedicated section of their kitchen for the gf pizza. It's nice not having to worrying about getting sick but it's a huge bummer to have to watch your dinning companions eat appetizers and dessert when you can't because they don't offer any gf versions. I don't understand with a certified gf kitchen how you don't have even 1 appetizer or dessert (sorry a kid's sundae does not count for me) for your gf patrons. Hope this changes in the future.
1200 Morris Turnpike, Short Hills, NJ 07078
Delicious gluten free pizza!
4200 Conroy Road, Orlando, FL 32839
Very nice pizza and great service
400 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007
great experience.very aware .very cautious.
6227 South State Street, Murray, UT 84107
I watched their staff make my pizza and when they prepared to bring it out to me They carried it unboxed passed the regular pizza crust says they were being tossed in the air. in fact boxing of all pizzas gluten-free or not happen in this area being exposed to flour in the air. While they don't claim to be a gluten-free facility this was particularly careless. I've been in there three times and gotten sick all three times they are not Celiac's friendly. I tried pointing this out to the manager but he didn't seem to care and just looked at me and said "that's how we do things". I would say skip California Pizza Kitchen and just go to Wasatch Pizza instead
401 NE Northgate Way, #944, Seattle, WA 98125
Limited options but accommodating. Make sure to tell them you are allergic!
37546 Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152
I didn't get sick, but our waitress could of cared less. I asked for an allergen menu and she said the didn't have one...what? I have had the best pizza ever in DC at CPK-GF, disappointed in the crust at this location. it was chewy and way undercooked. I won't go back
1850 South Val Vista Drive, Mesa, AZ 85204
Knowledge staff about gluten free foods and avoid cross contamination. Good food and I've never been sick eating here! Feel very safe to eat here!
One Airport Drive, Oakland, CA 94621
Nothing gluten free here.
11602 Carmel Mt. Rd., San Diego, CA 92128
Best gf pizza! I order this once a week
876 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
They not only have the best gluten-free crust I've had but they also have some certified gluten-free pizzas for celiacs. If you're just intolerant, you can order any pizza on a gluten free crust.
200 Central Park Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
I had wheat in my gluten free food
500 West Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
The pizza is amazing! There are 4 pizza options that are certified gluten free. We go often and I have never had any issue. The Margarita pizza is my favorite!
156 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
I was skeptical to eat here, but my kids wanted pizza so I thought I'd just check it out. I asked the host, who took a few minutes to even show up in the middle of lunch hour, if they had GF options. He said yes and gave me their GF menu. Only 4 different pizza options, but it sounded good, so we sat down. Server was super slow getting to us, but apologized for the delay. I asked if they used separate utensils for serving the pizza and she said yes, she even washes her hands before bringing it out. Sounds good, so I ordered the margarita pizza. 10-15 minutes later she came out and notified me that they didn't have any more GF crusts. I wouldn't have even sat down had I known that. Super disappointed and hungry. I will not be returning. They did give me a discount though.
695 North Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32828
Never have had an issue here and hope I never do .! I love their pizza and feel safe eating here .Separate kitchen and the staff is knowledgeable of the allergy .
10150 Stockdale Hwy., Bakersfield, CA 93311
I am Celiac and they said the only items they can guarantee gluten free is 5 pizza. I wanted a salad and they said it "has gluten free ingredients" Not very celiac friendly and VERY little options.
5555 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34108
Can't say enough about the gf pizza here. 2 thumbs up and very attentive staff to cross contamination issues. Can't wait to go back.
17350 Hall Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038
I did not like the pizza crust, but it is nice that they have a few options. Just not the best gluten-free pizza I have ever had.
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:33 pm
Post subject: Rain Snow or Shine Cache Dash...Albert Lea
Calling all cachers!!!
We (spatten26 and I) are running our first ever hard core event...in November!!! It is geared to attract ALL cachers, and all of the caches will be winter friendly...so if it snows, you can still find them! I have heard tell that one of the cache containers was recently won at the Fall 2011 Event...
I was told to post the info here, so I am. I would REALLY love seeing some of you guys from instate down here (barring any blizzards), as well as some of you outstate cachers. At last check, we were still the only event running in Minnesota that day...
Rain Snow or Shine
event will be tons of fun...with food. It is kid friendly, puppy friendly, and well...you will just have to be here to find out
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:20 pm
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Hard core, maybe. KB's Winter Cache Bash which happens every January was about -20 degrees BZ three seasons ago. Now that was hard core.
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I am so excited to have a reply I'm giddy!
Ok. In all seriousness, "hard core" is in reference to the fact this is an event event, rather than a meet and greet event (which we held back in july). You could always come down and join us!!!
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It's be nice to get back in that area since I have relatives in the area but it's not likely for me. I am booked for the next three weekends.
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:20 pm
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I saw the event when it was posted - sounds like a blast, but the niece turns one that day. She probably won't remember if we are there, but my sister-in-law will!
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Just a "bump" as it were to remind people of the upcoming Cache Dash in Albert Lea. So far it looks like the weather will be cooperating with us, which I am pumped about (hey..it lets more people come participate).
Unfortunately, someone decided they needed to do a CITO event on the same day...up towards Duluth. While that is awesome, it means we are no longer the only event in Minnesota. Bummer, but hey..I am helping out the other guys by announcing it here, right???
If you can't make it down due to birthdays, and distance, and such, that is fine. I am officially putting a plug in here for another event to be held in Feb down here. More info will be posted as soon as THIS event is done (and my mind has returned). Hope to see some of you guys down here on the 12th
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We are awaiting the "big day" with our breath held and fingers (and toes) crossed. So far, all looks good to go! Caches are all in, camo-ed, and ready to be placed. The weather has decided to be gracious enough to snow BEFORE the event...and stay warm enough that it will all melt away anyway. As of NOW, the weather forcast for this area has held true with it being sunny with a high of close to 50...in short-a be-a-utiful day for caching!!! Also, with this being a hunting weekend, ALL of the caches will be safe from hunters...so no need to worry about orange attire. If you have a hankering to cache in the State Park while you are here, you SHOULD be safe there as well...as the hunting weekend at Myre Big Island is after Thanksgiving. If we have any other updates, I will post them here.
**We WILL have a place for TB exchanges. We will also have a bin for battery recycling.
**We are running this event as an ALL DAY event. If you can only come for part, feel free to stop by home base (where we will be present from 8a-approx 4p"ish") at HyVee, or at the food (where we will set up around 4:30ish till ???) located at the Pizza Ranch. We will have the log with us the entire time, so if you only have time to pop in to sign, grab one or two easy caches, then boogie on, you can still get credit for the event.
Hope to see you guys on the trail
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What a great event! Everything was very well thought out, organized, executed and everyone had a great time. With almost 50 attendees, it was a real boost to the Albert Lea area as there aren't a lot of cachers in the area for some reason! Mrs. MNMizzou, mini-mnmizzou and I didn't arrive for the early start but were still able to find all but 2 of the event caches while still grabbing several others along the way. I hope this becomes an annual so you all can make a point to attend as well!
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I know this is an old topic, but when I met up with some of the Cachers, I asked this question.
I try to use my name online, but that is always taken.
I tried to use my Ham Radio Callsign (WØNKA) but THAT was taken (on gc.com).
Being the "Weird Al" Yankovic fan that I am, I chose TwentySeven. Al likes it, "Because it's a funny number."
There is also a website that claims there is a
27 conspiracy
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I type the word out because some forums have a 3 character or more limit.
But call me Shane. Thanks
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I shoulda taken 42. Douglas Adams, funny guy.
But I'm sure 42, and every variation of 42, has already been taken.
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Like Wayfarin Stranger.
I got my name mainly due to the "CB" radio. Back in the late 80's (I think it was just after high school. In the fall of '88 ). I had a '85 Chevy S-10 Blazer that had a CB in it when I bought it. A couple of friends already had CB's in their truck at that time also. Since I had been so eager to get out of mom and dad's house and on my own. That's how the
part of my name came about. After being out of high school for about 4 years and still being single my friends started adding the
part to my CB handle. I was then called "
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When I found gc.com that name had already been used by someone, so being I was an avid NASCAR fan by that time, (I hadn't had my blazer with the CB since '97) and I was a BIG Jeff Gordon fan. I added the _24 (his car #) to the tail of my old CB handle.
That's how I became
I know it's not as interesting as some of yours, but it works for me.
p.s. By the way. I am still single, and probably will remain that way.
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I was just cruisin' the board this morning (hadn't been here in a while) I thought I'd chime in my boring story:
"drat19" is just my first initial ("D"), first 3 letters of my last name ("Rat") and my birthday day-of-the-month ("19"). Although most people pronounce my handle as the single syllable "drat", now that you know "the rest of the story", you can correctly pronounce it as "Dee-Rat".
Like "S4xton", chances are if you find any "drat19" references elsewhere on the 'Net, it's probably me.
-Dave R. (still hopefully the Twin Cities' favorite guest cacher!)
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Post subject: My Handle....a long story...
Even God cannot change the past --Agathon
We begin our story, an old tale if you will, as Ruggers have done over the decades, it has been told over and over until the remembered deeds take on the shape of myths. Hopefully we will add a detail you have not heard before. The year was 1978, Jimmy Carter was President, the NDSU Bison Football team dominated the NAIA, the Swim Team was taking its last breath and Dick Waskey a young swimmer / someday-may-be Architect just blew in from the University of Minnesota Duluth. His beloved trees, cliffs (even slight inclines) and endless lakes (except in the spring) were gone. The NDSU swim team was in bad shape and not a worth while alternative in sight. Rock-Climbing, fishing, hunting and now swimming was soon to be distant memories. After playing only 3 games of Rugby in Duluth the game was hardly a memory but it was in his blood (played the first game he ever saw). The stage was set; the actors were getting in place and-
"Truth is with the victor--who, as you know, also controls the historians."
-Rolf Hochhuth
A bunch of us were housed in the Graver Inn (Downtown Fargo). It was a sorry place the University purchased to handle student overflow and hookers still came by at night not realizing it was all students. We had an Intramural football team and after the first game we came back to the Inn in pretty rough shape. I said to them If were going to get that beat up, we should start a Rugby team and have a lot more fun doing it.
Trying to explain the virtues of Rugby was an expository challenge. As it was then and remains today, Rugby is so arcane that it has its own vocabulary, opaque to outsiders. The finer points of the game were touted as well as rucks, mauls and scrums. The potential for fame and glory was painfully obvious to everyone so travel was spoken highly of. We were realists and we knew the difficulties of starting a team, but the risk was not divorced from the joyful pursuit of our new adventure and the popular bumper sticker ideology prevailed RUGBY BECAUSE. We were practicing later that week and we never played football again. Two weeks later we played our first game against UND (56 - 0) and the second against the Minneapolis Fighting Irish Banshees (54 - 0). It was a good thing we never played the second half against the Banshees...we were sucking hind tit as they say on the Pig farms of North Dakota. They decided to give us a coaching clinic of sorts. It seems our founder / Coach had only played 3 games in Duluth (all as a wing forward) and didnt quite grasp the offensive aspect of the game, our defense was also weak. They explained that all 15 men never, never go into the rucks all at once (win-lose situation). Hey! We were learning the finer points of the game. With a combined total of 3 games played between us all, we had to be the most inexperienced team ever to play Rugby on earth. We played 5 games that season and never scored a point but the team had a lot to offer new recruits and our membership swelled. We always emphasized the travel opportunities; the Southern trips and of course up North to Winnipeg which was called a foreign country to the farm boys.
"The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten. " --Cesare Pavese
Every able-bodied person was a potential recruit. We had guys that were 100 pounds ringing wet and some big boys that really hadnt run since maybe junior high. We didnt care, we needed dues. One of our founding members Cute Rod was a half way decent runner but not very aggressive and pretty quiet. It soon became apparent why he played. After away games he would slip away to the nearest computer center and check out the equipment. He would stay there as long as we were in town. We didnt care he paid his dues and if you practiced you played. Rod eventually scored a try, graduated, moved to Colorado and I ran into him years later, he was running marathons and making big bucks in somebodys systems department....
My roommate (Tim Podien) was a rising star baseball player for SU. We talked and talked trying to get him to practice. He had wanted to catch for a college baseball team since he was a little kid but when he started playing ball with us, the baseball coach gave him the ultimatum. Either Rugby or Baseball. He skipped a Saturday baseball practice to play his first match for us and never looked back. Tim went on to play for the Midwest select side and could have gone farther under different circumstances...(money, time, an extra knee).
One time Tim Podien read about drop kicks the night before a game against Hutchenson. He practiced a few before the game and then later as 5-6 guys converged on him for a tackle during the game, he shuffled right then moved quickly left and stopped looked at the 5-6 guys, looked at the goals, focused and dropped the ball and kicked, he scored. I have never seen one as perfect since then...it was incredible, Tim was amazing, the perfect drop kick, no rushing, calm..... After he transferred to the U of M he was a foundation on their team and later played and excelled for the Banshees.
"We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial- I believe we are lost."
James Garbarino- "Lost Boys" 1999
"Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them."
(Few know that Jim was writing in response to his son deciding to play rugby)
Winter and spring came and I had traveled to Minneapolis for a Union meeting / scheduling meeting. I talked to a lot of people, picked up some coaching tips and came home with a schedule. I learned early that its hard to get teams to travel to Fargo but several wanted to see us be successful and came up to play / coach us. The union even sent referees all the way up from Minneapolis to ref our games. Some teams could tell we were hurting and would give us pointers while we were playing them and our game improved quickly. We played the University of North Dakota quite often (6 times a year) since they were close (90 miles) and it was good for Rugby in North Dakota that players could transfer schools and a team would carry on.
" R u g b y . . . t h e o n l y g a m e o u r m o t h e r s l e t u s p l a y ! "
The turning point for the club came next when we recruited three experienced players. We met John Dobmier one night almost passed out in a bar. He claimed to have played Rugby in the Navy and while he couldnt walk or talk very well??? he convinced us that we could use a hooker like him. If I remember correctly he even pulled his pants down right there in the bar and showed us an old rugby injury. We now had two members with some kind of experience and the team had a half a season behind them and was enthusiastic about playing. A few weeks later we had another player (Joe Cartwright) transfer from UND. Broadway Joe was fast, had a lot of moves and we now had a back coach. No one would ever score over 30 points against us again, we were rolling. Next was Chip Glass, he was a great full back from UND and helped keep the scores in reason until he screwed up his knees. One night I called him to talk about a game and he answered the phone, greeted me and then with a loud augh.....dropped the phone. I called back and there was no answer, I thought something happened to him and I called the police. They came out in mass, did the bullhorn / spot light thing from his driveway and the street. It turns out he was just sleeping and I was a little embarrassed.
After that first year, Warren Erickson (Full back turned Hooker) and I worked on the NDSU pig farm for the summer (this may have subconsciously led me to play for the Saint Paul Jazz Pigs during the next few years). We literally smelled like crap all the time and had no social life so we decided to spend our time and money and go to Chicago for a Midwest Rugby Football Union Coaching Clinic. We drove forever, Warren slept in the trunk that night and we finally found the pitch. We were very impressed with the guys with the funny Wales accents that seemed to know a different game than we had been playing... The intensity of there talks on Ruck & Mauls compelled us to come home and carry that part of the game to a higher level. We practiced so many scrums in Chicago I thought Id never be able to drive home. Line outs, Scrums and more lineouts. We were in an Olympic development type program and were seriously out classed but the exposure really helped us go back to Fargo and get the team off to a good start our second year. I had by now developed a vision of sorts and with only a flyer or two Rugby would be in Fargo to stay. We started out the first year with 200 points to 0 and who would have quested in 4 years it would be rare that we were ever beaten...or even scored upon (81 season).
Now this is the Law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky; and the Wolf that keeps it may prosper, but the Wolf that breaks it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back... For the Strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack." - Rudyard Kipling
The first 15 and their substitutes (This may even be correct)-
The Pack-
Prop Hal Ensrud
Prop Bill Klomstad
Hooker Phil Sheffield John Dobmeir
2nd Row Marvin Nelson
2nd Row Jim Sharp
Wing Forward Kieran Kluben Eric Klubben
Wing Forward Dick Waskey
8 Man Tim Podien Dick Waskey
The Backs (Pack Wanna Bees)-
Scrum Half Dick Rentfrow Dean"Harvey" Dalzel
Fly Half Mike Diubinski
Wing Charlie Servick Greg Reck
Wing Brad Hall
IS Center Mick Heusinkveld Jerry Storhaug
OS Center "Cute" Rod Charlie Whittlesy
Full Back Warren Erickson
I Coached and Captained the first year. Tim Podien and I Captained the second season with Charlie Whittlesy filling in sometimes. I coached the forwards and the backs for the first few months then Whittlesy took over the backs.
During the early fall of 1979 we decided to start a club across the river in Moorhead Minnesota. Several of our players went to Moorhead State and a few to Concordia. We recruited a Phy-ed major from Moorhead to actually be the front man and publicized an organizational meeting. 10 -15 people showed up and we were in business. We started out with them coming over to Fargo for practice and we joined them a few times. John Dobmier and I coached the forwards and a Chip Glass & Charlie Whittlesy coached the backs. They received funding from the university bought uniforms and played a few games that fall but when spring came we lost contact and the club never started up again.
In retrospect it was a good idea but we forced it. The leaders of our club had enough just keeping our growing club under control and couldnt put in enough time to do a new club justice.
Another venture we had that was very successful was an all campus sevens tournament. In 1980 we had enough players to field a strong A side but the second side was always short. We decided to hold an all campus sevens tournament to raise money for the club, publicize and market rugby to everyone and recruit 5 new players to fill out our B side. We named the tournament SNAFU after a Canadian tournament and it was more successful that our wildest dreams.
"In our country, true teams rarely exist . . . social barriers and personal ambitions have reduced athletes to dissolute cliques or individuals thrown together for mutual profit . . . Yet these rugby players. with their muddied, cracked bodies, are struggling to hold onto a sense of humanity that we in America have lost and are unlikely to regain. The game may only be to move a ball forward on a dirt field, but the task can be accomplished with an unshackled joy and its memories will be a permanent delight. The women and men who play on that rugby field are more alive than too many of us will ever be. The foolish emptiness we think we perceive in their existence is only our own." -Victor Cahn-
We started by writing a series of press releases every week telling the campus about the club, practices and games. We then had several feature articles written about the club and rugby in general. In the mean time we started printing flyers and selected 12 coaches from the club. Each coach had to approach 1 campus group (Dorms. Departments, Frat houses, Etc... and prime the pump so to speak. They went out and explained the tournament, talked the game up and left them with a flyer. Next the tournament was announced and a 2-part comic strip was run in the paper during the sign up period. Each coach went back and left a tournament booklet with there contacts and set up an organizational / informational meeting for them to attend if interested. The tournament booklet included a history of Rugby, Club welcome letter, sign up sheet (including an entry fee), players guide, rules and the brackets.
12 teams signed up with 120 players. We set up two practices for them before the tournament and played an A side against B side game for them to see. The coaches were available for a couple extra practices if they wanted them.
Tournament day came and we had invited everyone we could think of. The turn out was modest, maybe 125 spectators and the players plus our team (275 total). Play was fast and fun with only minor injuries. In the end an under dog type of team won just assuring us of a successful tournament the next year. We ended up with about 15 new players and the tournament has been a great way to recruit ever since...
May those who
love us, love us
And those that
dont love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if he doesnt
turn their hearts
May he turn their ankles
So well know them by their limping
an old Gaelic rugby blessing
The club is now affectionately named the- Lost Boys? This is not a new thing. NDSU ruggers always get lost before /after the game. With a play on words in the old days the Thundering Herd was often referred to as the Seldom Heard.
[i]And then it was time to start uphill toward another morning and another home."
-Roger Kahn, The Boys of Summer, 1971
(Few people know that Roger was writing about his time with the NDSU lost boys)
With you,
Mn Lost Boy
Past President & Founder NDSURFC
MN Lost Boy
When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.
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I think I'd rather listen to that story over a few beers.......
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sui generis
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:26 pm
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Uhhh....I think mine is a rental.
Sui Generis. Lat. Of its own kind or class; i.e., the only one of its own kind; peculiar. (Black's Law Dictionary)
I am amazed by how many people harp on the need to speak and write English in this country while exhibiting a fundamental lack of skills in the areas of spelling and sentence composition. Would this be irony, hypocrisy, or both?
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Oh the joys of rugger players. I was once warned, never ever enter a pub frequented by rugger players.
Save the earth.
It's the only planet with chocolate.
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I enjoy flying. There are numerous pilots out there, many of which have used up common flying terms. I was looking for a name here on this forum, and was doing it quickly. HighSky was just something that popped into my head. It was open, so I took it! And here I am...
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I know this thread is a little stale but I just got around to reading it. My original username was twinsfan, a spur-of-the-moment choice. Accurate but pretty uninspired. Our family dog is a Spinone Italiano; spinowner is a contraction of spinone owner. Still not as interesting as many of the other name origins but it's a unique handle so it's here to stay.
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DAve, CHEryl, & BOnnie
dachebo.......not too creative, but it was already our email address.
We pronounce it duh-chee-boe
...formerly 'dachebo'.
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"Buzzy" is what my dad used to call me as a kid. In fact, he still called me that well into my 20's... and even my 30's. The nickname is probably a result of my being ADHD. I was a hyperactive child, always "buzzing around" from here to there; rarely able to sit still in school, or anywhere else for that matter.
To a large extent, I am still that way. I've learned how to live with it, although it still presents me with certain challenges... but I wouldn't get rid of that part of me, even if I had a choice.
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This is not a name I am terribly happy with, and I think it shows a lazy lack of creativity on my part. Surely, I could have come up with something better?!
I was sitting at my computer, and signing up for -whatever- maybe a new email account, and I couldn't think of any good nickname on the fly. I looked around, and there was a small paper tablet that came from a MUSIC store on my desk. I think someone had given it to me. The tablet had musical notes on it, and it said, "Take Notes." Okay, this just goes to show how desparate we can be when we are fresh out of any new ideas.
So I have used "TakeNotes" for a variety of things along the way, including eBay, and more recently on
where I am playing in some chess tournaments.
But watch out for IMPOSTERS! Not every "takenotes" out there is me. When I tried to sign up for G-Mail, I found someone had already taken "takenotes." Hmmm, is there a COPY CAT out there? Maybe I should have registered for TRADEMARK status to keep the imposters away?
Maybe someday I will think of a better nickname. My former boss used to refer to me as his "pitbull." How about that nickname? I had a different supervisor who called me the "walking encyclopedia." Then I found out some of the other guys in the company secretly referred to me as "the Weasel," but I think that was only after I had negotiated a vehicle total loss settlement with one of the employees there, and I guess he felt like he got the short end of the stick. Hey, I'm a CLAIMS guy, and you can't work claims without ending up with a few unhappy campers.
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One has to be creative when making a "handle"...some I have used in a chat room are: Pvt. Parts, Guy Wyre, Seth Poole, etc...
. A few for the ladies would be: Ann Chovie, Ann Heiser, (perhaps Ann Heiser-Bush, if related to the prez), Helena Handbaskit......the list goes on........
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Don't forget my personal favorites: Oliver Clothesoff, Amanda Hugenkiss, Ben Dover, Ilene Dover........I have more
I suppose I may as well bore everyone with my choice for a name of RINO SHAWN.........way to basic....My name is Shawn, My GPSr is a RINO
(You can see I didn't strain my brain trying to be creative!)
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Fox Hypes Incorrect WARN Act Charges To Stoke Sequestration Fears
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Fox News' Stuart Varney and Charles Krauthammer have accused the Obama administration of breaking the law for advising federal contractors not to issue warnings of layoffs that may occur in the wake of budget "sequestration." But the administration is in fact correctly following the WARN Act, which explicitly disallows blanket notices to all Department of Defense (DOD) contractors before Congress specifies what contracts are to be cancelled.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires federal contractors to inform their employees of the impending loss of their jobs 60 days prior to layoffs. Both Varney and Krauthammer misrepresent the law's requirements by arguing DOD contractors must issue sequestration layoff warnings before the presidential election, contrary to the legal advice of the Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and independent experts. In fact, because budget cuts mandated by sequestration are not currently specified and would not take place immediately, WARN Act layoff warnings would be inappropriate at this juncture and are not "the law...written in stone," as erroneously asserted by Varney on the October 2 edition of America's Newsroom, nor is the administration's position "absolutely lawless," as claimed by Krauthammer on the October 2 edition of Special Report.
As explained by the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), under the Budget Control Act of 2011, Congress' inability to negotiate a long-term budget plan triggers "sequestration -- a form of automatic cuts that apply largely across the board -- [which] is now scheduled to occur starting in January 2013 and to cover the period through 2021." The CBPP has also pointed out that these automatic cuts to the federal budget include unspecified cuts to DOD spending -- including payments to defense contractors - which even after sequestration is formally triggered, would not be clear until months later. According to CBPP, "[w]hile the limit on spending authority will be imposed at the beginning of the year, the actual reductions in spending will occur over the course of the year and into subsequent fiscal years."
Therefore, as The New York Times has reported, "no one knows what 'sequestration,' the term for the automatic cuts, will look like, not lawmakers, not the military." Contractors are even more unlikely to know what the cuts will look like, as they won't be alerted by their agency until after Congress acts in January. Because no one knows which programs will be cut, and thus, which employees will be laid off when -- or if -- sequestration occurs, defense contractors cannot send out notices to those affected without notifying their entire workforce, a type of blanket alarm explicitly disallowed by the WARN Act.
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The WARN regulations recognize that an employer may not always know exactly which workers will suffer an employment loss 60 days before it orders a plant closing or mass layoff...because circumstances make accurate prediction 60 days in advance difficult. Although some commenters sought to have the final regulations allow broad notice in situations like these, the Department rejected these suggestions, and the final regulations provide for a more focused notice. Indeed, in the preamble to the WARN final rule, the Department agreed with a comment that stated that "Congress clearly condemned" "overbroad notice." In addition, the preamble states that "it is not appropriate for an employer to provide blanket notice to workers."
Furthermore, even if information as to the affected employees materializes, DOL points to case law that holds an exception for speculative events under the WARN Act still applies and 60 day notice is thus not required. This analysis is seconded by employment law experts, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle:
[William] Gould, a former chair of the National Labor Relations Board appointed by President Bill Clinton, said the Labor Department was correct when it said the possibility of sequestration-induced layoffs did not warrant WARN notices. "The courts have been very clear that mere conjecture does not trigger the obligation," he said.
Rick McHugh, an attorney with the National Employment Law Project, agreed. "The obligation to give notice arises once the employer believes or should have known that a mass layoff or plant closing is going to happen at a particular worksite. At this point, no one knows with any certainty that layoffs will be taking place or not at a particular worksite," he said.
Finally, Varney and Fox News' Greta Van Susteren dismiss as "extortion" and politics a recent OMB memo that indicates federal contractors following DOL's guidance on the WARN Act will be indemnified for legal costs if a laid-off employee alleges a violation of the WARN Act has occurred. Van Susteren slammed the Obama administration during the October 2 edition of Your World With Neil Cavuto for picking up those legal fees and called the actions "obscenely political." But she also pointed out on the show, as well as during the October 1 edition of On the Record, that the federal government covered litigation expenses involved with the Fannie Mae lawsuits as well -- a liability arrangement The New York Times has reported as "typical of those across corporate America." Indeed, despite repeated questioning from Fox News' Cavuto, Van Susteren would not repeat Varney and Krauthammer's claims that the Obama administration's actions were illegal.
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I was looking through Google News for Examiner.com mentions and found this ABC article called "Earn Cash from Home When You Work with Twitter, AOL and Other Online Companies," which talks about how to earn real money online.
Apply to Write for Examiner.com here now...
As many Examiner writers know right now, the website has been temporarily removed from Google News while it restructures its local news and national news positions -- and plans to be back in Google's good graces soon. (They are back in Google News! Hallelujah! Forget this Seed.com thing. Okay, kinda kidding -- but they rejected my article below. I may try again.)
In the meantime, it's been one of those great times to stop and have "second cup cafes" with God and figure out what to do with my life and career. More on that soon -- but in the meantime, that ABC piece led me to AOL's new Seed.com, which is not one of the scams the author of that ABC piece found.
So I went over to seed and published my first piece -- here's hoping I get published and paid by AOL:
When I do, you'll know I'll tell my readers how much they paid me.
Update: I'm also following this Work-at-Home Mom's forum about Seed.com -- still trying to find anyone who will publish that Seed.com actually paid them money in their PayPal accounts.
And I gotta admit that Saul Hansell's new blog post about leaving The New York Times to join AOL called "The Seed Creed" has got me hopeful for more Seed money.
Oh yeah, and I clicked on the "Pay Me Now" button and filled out my W-9 info (gotta figure out where to send that) and my PayPal info and such, just to be prepared for the multitude of monies coming in...
So far, I only see a Yahoo Finance piece where they peeked into the Associated Content forums (small online writing world, heh?) to get an idea of what Seed.com may pay writers.
I looked through some of the same AC forum and don't see specifics about those who did get articles accepted by Seed.com and how much they were paid. I do see some people complaining about their work getting rejected for exclusive status (and therefore fell under the non-exclusive, non-paid?) -- but I like to have my own experiences with different online places -- because Examiner.com was a boon for me (paid for my taxes I owe Uncle Sam, praise the Lord!) but to look at the LinkedIn forums, you wouldn't be able to tell that from some of the complainers online.
The Seed.com deal differs on whether AOL accepts the writing or not -- plus the exclusivity chosen.
Either way, it's an interesting venture and I'm hopeful.
We'll see what's what soon.