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Spinach is a vegetable mainly used as an ingredient in many recipes. It is a plant variety and consists of dark green leaves. This green leafy vegetable is considered one of the healthiest vegetables available to mankind. In botanical terms it is called 'spinacia oleracea', and is a flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae.
It can be eaten raw or cooked as an ingredient in various spinach dishes. It is available throughout the year and can be bought fresh, canned or in frozen form.
Origin Of Spinach
This green leafy vegetable originated in Iran. In 64 A.D. it was found in China and by 1100 A.D in Spain. The colonists brought this vegetable to America. In Asia, these greens have been used for many centuries. It reached Europe in the eighth century.
The Spinach Plant And Its Types
Spinach plants are grown in moderate climate. The leaves of the plant are consumed in various forms. The flowers of these plants are yellow in color.
Many varieties of spinach are grown in different parts of world. The three main types are savoy, semi savoy and flat/ smooth leaf.
Popular Spinach Recipes
Spinach dishes are popular all over the world and can be consumed both in raw and cooked form. The vegetable is used in preparation of many spinach recipes.
Some of the known spinach recipes are Baked Creamed Spinach, Creamy Spinach Salad, Cheese Spinach Bake, Chicken and Spinach Soup.
Some popular Indian spinach dishes are spinach dal, spinach tikkas, and spinach with cottage cheese.
Precautions To Be Taken While Cooking Spinach Dishes
The dishes made from spinach are healthy and taste good. However,prior to cooking, the leaves should be washed well and dry and damaged leaves should be discarded. While using these leaves in various spinach recipes, overcooking should be avoided as it will lead to loss of nutrients and texture of spinach.
Nutritional Value Of Spinach Recipes
Spinach dishes are mostly low in calories. These leaves are rich source of minerals and vitamins. Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Manganese are present in high levels in this vegetable. It also has high calcium content and contains dietary Fiber, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, and Folate. These greens are also a potential source of phytonutrients and many antioxidants. The level of cholesterol and saturated fats is low in spinach recipes.
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Re: Flat colour in RegionPlot; millions of little triangles
Hi Jean-Marc,
Thanks for the reply.
On 29/09/2007, at 16:19 , Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote:
> Could you be more precise about the size of the exported files
> (before and after manual fixing) and about what size you expect and =
> deem as reasonable?
Sure, the example I posted is not particularly large or complex (but
it does demonstrate the problem). When calculating RegionPlot with a
troublesome function that requires a very tight mesh, however, the
problem is much worse. (Displaying the PDF in Acrobat Reader is
visibly delayed as it stops to draw every single blue polygon.)
I can't test out a more complicated example until I get back to my
office but you might find that this produces a more troublesome PDF:
ContourPlot[Sin[x y],{x,=E2=88=925,5},{y,=E2=88=925,5}]
Hope this helps,

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The reboot buttons have been hit, the waiting and watching is over and the grueling rehabilitation work is just about done.
The physical pain has subsided and for Terry Larrier, Mamadou Diarra and Alterique Gilbert, it's time to put the frustration of the last UConn men's basketball season to work for them.
"I feel like we all have a chip on our shoulder," said Gilbert, who missed nearly all of his freshman season with a shoulder injury. "As UConn sports, we should all have a chip on our shoulder this year."
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Family Emphasized At Hyden Family Barbecue
4/4/2013 by BY MIMI BROWN
RANDY HYDEN OF HYDEN Family Barbecue has great barbecue and a great staff to help him. Pictured is Randy Hyden surrounded by (l to r) Christine Bibby, Ashley Glover and Amber Brooner. Call in orders are available at 254-739-3102.
Hyden Family Barbecue has a large emphasis on the word family. In 1959 Clyde and Dessie Holloway opened Holloway?s Barbecue in Mexia. They developed the special seasonings and the one- of-a-kind recipe for their awesome barbecue sauce. The Holloways made wonderful barbecue from 1959 until 1971 when they decided to retire and get some well-deserved rest.
That?s when Kirby and Clydene Hyden, the Holloway?s daughter and son-in-law, joined the family barbecue business. They opened another barbecue restaurant in Groesbeck in 1977, as well as the one in Mexia and kept busy working and teaching their sons, Kirby and Randy, the barbecue business.
?I wasn?t always interested and worked in the restaurant off and on,? said Randy Hyden. ?You know how it is when you?re growing up and your parents want you to do something,? added Randy. But in 1983 the family business got the best of the brothers and they bought their parents out. Randy?s brother, Kirby, operates Kirby?s Barbecue in Mexia on Hwy. 14 and Randy established Hyden Family Barbecue in Teague.
?You can write this,? said Randy; ?I love Teague!? He added, ?I was told that you can?t run a restaurant in Teague, but I found that the people of Teague will trade for a good product at a fair price.?
Randy Hyden graduated from Groesbeck High School in 1971 and has lived in this area all his life. He and his wife Dawna have five children, Traci, Reed, Shelly and Steven including the late Scott Hyden. Randy and Dawna are proud of their seven grandchildren with one due in one or two weekend one due later in the year. Dawna Hyden is the Administrator at Groesbeck LTC Nursing Home in Groesbeck.
At Hyden Family Barbecue you can get barbecue sandwiches of sliced beef or chopped beef by the pound, a plate or on paper. They have sausage and German sausage wrap around sandwiches. You can get ham or turkey breast by the pound or plate and on Friday they serve fabulous ribs. Most entrees are served with pickles, onion and bread but you can also get potato salad, beans, cole slaw and corn on the cob. They also have special menu items such as stuffed baked potatoes with your choice of sour cream, chives, bacon, cheese and barbecue sauce. There are grilled cheese sandwiches, ham or turkey melts, Barbecue Boat with beans and cheese and foot long sausage hot dog with choices of mustard, relish, onions, cheese and chili. The Po-Boy Sandwich is a favorite that comes with Fritos, any meat, and two sides of your choice.
The Hyden Family Barbecue is located on Hwy. 84 and Whippoorwill Ln. They are open Wednesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Randy opened Hyden Family Barbecue in August of 1997 and has been serving the people of Teague and many people who come to Teague just to eat the fine barbecue he prepares, for 15 years.
?I always tell my staff to prepare the food as if you were serving it to your own family,? said Randy. ?It?s the way my grandparents did and I am fortunate that they started our family business.?


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How Obama won Ohio, starring your favorite and mine, Working America!
The nation's 5 worst election officials, starring your favorite and mine, Ohio's John Husted!
One of the big takeaways from last night: "Labor ain't dead."
How the AFL-CIO used math to track election fraud.
California defeats anti-union Proposition 32.
Michigan rejects undemocratic "emergency financial managers."
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Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Tell a lie often enough, ... We all know the tactics, but sometimes we just get worn down. In today's anti-Israel propaganda war, one of the crucial battles is being fought on the front of terminology. And the Israel bashers are winning big time. Why is that? Well, mostly because they've managed to change the language of the discussion, loading it up with expressions that carry baggage, that assume as concluded the argument being made. Once the media mindlessly adopts the memes, it just gets too hard to constantly contradict them. We start to give up and go with the flow. Whether it's referring to Arafat's terror war as an "intifada" or conceding the term "Palestinian" to refer exclusively to Arabs or describing Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights as "occupied" (rather than "disputed") territories, we allow ourselves, inadvertently, to repeat the progaganda even as we work to refute it.
No one has fought harder against this trend, at least with respect to the "occupied territories" misnomer, than Ocean Guy. And last week he got involved in and posted on a classic example of the extent to which the propaganda has permeated our discourse. The fact that Israel's enemies use and abuse this terminology isn't surprising and we're not going to change that. It's one of their most effective weapons and they aren't going to surrender it. The problem is the people who "have no dog in the fight," who truly are looking for answers and explanations, and who readily admit they don't have the information to even know when they're being gaslighted.
So please follow the links to the essays here and here, and pay special attention to the comments posted by OG and Richard Baehr. We are all in need of at least a refresher course in the valuable history and factual background that these guys provide -- history and background that few people seem to remember any more because there are precious few sources to remind them.


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Could this be categorized as Fictional Technology? Or is there actually such a thing? It seemed like Kirk made it up on the spot.--31dot 03:05, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- seven (!) years later, but I don't see why it coudn't be a real thing: machines are used in harvesting rice and have been for a long while, even if they may not be refered to exactly as "mechanical rice pickers" in the real world. Regardless of if Kirk was making shit up or not. I'm going to remove the categogry. -- Capricorn (talk) 07:04, April 6, 2015 (UTC)
- He was probably referring to a combine harvester.Lakenheath72 (talk) 08:37, April 6, 2015 (UTC)
No problem with removing it; I probably just added it to provoke discussion. 31dot (talk) 10:55, April 6, 2015 (UTC)


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The following airmen earned four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force after completing eight weeks of basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio:
Air Force Airman 1st Class Veronique J. Cerda, a 2013 graduate of Shoemaker High School, is the daughter of Annmarie and Alfredo Cerda of Killeen.
Air Force Airman Joshua l. Fournier, a 2013 graduate of Harker Heights High School, is the grandson of Juanita Aviles of Nolanville.
Air Force Airman Thaddeus R. Huffin, a 2013 graduate of Ellison High School, is the grandson of Leon A. Johnson of Killeen.
Air Force Airman Quaheem D. Keyes, a 2013 graduate of Ellison High School, is the son of Dexter D. Keyes of Killeen.
Air Force Airman Gregory T. Teague, a 2011 graduate of Shoemaker High School, is the son of Tharethia and Gregory Teague of Killeen.
Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Whitney D. Wright is the daughter of Denise M. Dattilo of Cordova, Tenn., and Courtney and Michele Terry of Florissant, Mo. She is also the sister of Deon N. Grooters of St. Louis, Mo.
The 2004 graduate of St. Charles High School, St. Charles, Mo., earned an associate degree in 2008 from St. Louis Community College, Mo.
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Hollywood, United States (AFP) April 05, 2014
Cage after cage, oysters destined for a sprinkling of lemon juice and a delighted diner are pulled from the majestic Chesapeake Bay, where 20 years ago they had nearly disappeared.
"Those will be at the restaurants tomorrow," says Tal Petty, 55, an oysterman who has worked these waters for 40 years.
Today, the mollusk's reintroduction is playing a vital role in the health of the bay and Petty is quick to point out the dual ecological and gastronomical benefits.
In recent summers, Petty says, he could not see much in the water at his farm in southeastern Maryland, because of a thick algae that thrived in the region's sweltering summers.
But last year "all summer long, I was able to see the bottom, which means the oysters were filtering and cleaning," he said, talking to AFP at a cove near the small community of Hollywood.
The eastern oyster, or Crassostrea Virginica as it is known scientifically, was once abundant in the Chesapeake, one of the world's largest estuaries and a major US waterway.
But it nearly disappeared here at the end of the 20th century due to overfishing, disease and pollution.
In 1607, when English explorer Captain John Smith -- famous for his encounter with American Indian princess Pocahontas -- explored the bay, "ships were running aground on oysters because they were so plentiful," says Steve Allen, biologist and senior manager at the Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP), a public-private entity that is facilitating the mollusk's rehabilitation in the Chesapeake.
Two decades ago, no more than one percent of the stocks that had existed in the Chesapeake a century earlier remained in the bay.
This was troubling because the oyster cleans water by filter-feeding on phytoplankton that flourishes when excess nitrogen and phosphorus disrupt the water's ecological balance, the biologist said.
In addition, the mollusk can clean 200 liters of water a day, which basically makes it "the kidney of the bay."
The oyster's reefs also provide shelter for other animals such as fish, mussels and especially blue crabs, the pride of the state of Maryland and Chesapeake.
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Maryland and Virginia, the two states that border the Chesapeake, have in recent years launched rescue programs, creating sanctuaries and giving subsidized loans to develop oyster farms.
Over the course of 10 years, ORP reintroduced 4.5 billion oysters, along with a recycling program for empty shells to serve as nurseries for larvae.
Virginia saw 10,000 tons of oysters collected during the winter of 2012 to 2013, double the year before and twenty times more than 15 years ago, although it represents only one percent of what was collected in the 1950s.
Petty created his company Hollywood Oyster and left his job in finance five years ago to embark on his Chesapeake Bay venture. He never looked back.
Baseball cap on head and cell phone to the ear, Petty takes orders from wholesalers and local restaurants from his boat.
"We're growing the operation because of the demand," he says.
"Two years ago, I started a million and a half oysters, last year I started almost 3 million oysters and this year I started almost 4 million," he said.
"We are really lucky that chefs and customers love the taste profile of this cove, this is very, very good oyster water" he said, describing his oysters as having "a nutty taste with a cucumber finish."
And thanks to American consumers' growing fondness for shellfish and local products, oysters are coming back into fashion.
The Oyster bars that flourish in nearby Washington promote the local Chesapeake oyster with gusto.
Tony Kowkabi, owner and manager of Catch 15, an oyster bar that opened three months ago a stone's throw from the White House, says it is a logical choice for his menu.
"Chesapeake Bay oysters are delicious, we are in the neighborhood, it makes sense for one of the best oysters in the country to be on my list," he says.
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The debate about whether these courses help students or introduce destructive ideas of death has raged since they were introduced in the mid-1980s. Suicide courses began partly in response to a federal court ruling that school districts could be held liable if inadequate prevention measures contributed to a student's death, and partly because pressure groups tapped into a new source of taxpayer funding.
Proponents of such courses look to a 1995 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which showed that 1 in 12 students attempt suicide and 24% seriously entertain the idea of suicide. Between 1970 and 1994, the U.S. suicide rate of older teenagers nearly doubled.
California students spend more class time talking about suicide than any other state, according to the Los Angeles Times of March 10, 1997. Currently, 41% of the state's public school districts have suicide prevention programs compared to 15% nationwide.
A typical curriculum extends over a week (usually in a health or "life skills" class) and begins as early as junior high. Students hear suicide statistics and learn to recognize warning signs among their friends. They are urged to confide in a counselor or call a hotline if they or a friend are in danger.
Critics warn that this common approach to suicide prevention is too broad. Some children who have never seriously contemplated suicide or death but are especially impressionable can be impacted by the instruction in unintended ways. These critics believe it makes more sense to identify and counsel troubled kids individually.
In 1990, 8-year-old Stephen Nalepa killed himself the day after viewing a film called "Nobody's Useless" in his 2nd grade class. Stephen hung himself just as the character had in the film, except the fictional character was saved in time. The student's mother, Deborah Nalepa, said that her son was happy and had just been accepted in the gifted and talented program. "You put something like this in front of children," she said, "and they are going to recreate it." (See Education Reporter, April 1990.)
Opponents say that teachers are often not adequately trained and cannot be trusted with children's fragile psyches. California teacher A'lyce Baldarelli believes that much of what passes as suicide prevention borders on risky group therapy. One such technique, which she refused to use, is called "hot seat," in which classmates bombard a student with personal questions.
Some teachers have required their students to write their own suicide note, eulogy, or obituary. Other teachers have taken their students on a field trip to a local mortuary to view the corpses. On Sept. 21, 1990, ABC-TV's "20/20" showed a typical class visiting a morgue. The students were encouraged to touch "still warm human remains." The ABC reporters appeared shocked and urged parents to check with their local schools. (See Education Reporter, Nov. 1990.)
A film called "Carl," shown to students at Palm Desert Middle School during the 1993-94 school year, revolves around a young man named Carl who is relentlessly teased by classmates. One day, he breaks down and sobs, "Help me, God!" The next scene shows his silhouette hanging from a noose while the song "Amazing Grace" is heard. The narrator says, "From this day on he will find a better life." Julie Sullivan previewed the film before letting her son watch it the next day in school and was appalled. Children could conclude that suicide is noble. Her challenge to the video's use led to its discontinuation.
Fifth-grader Stephanie Frediani came home from Calistoga Elementary School in tears after having to draw her own tombstone with the predicted date of her death. Although she had initially refused, she obeyed when her teacher refused to let her go to lunch until she completed the deathly assignment.
In 1990, Columbia University professor David Shaffer conducted a study on suicide prevention courses. Such courses, he concluded, erroneously portray suicide attempts as a relatively common way of dealing with life's troubles rather than as a deviant act by the mentally ill. As a result, he said, children may conclude that suicide is normal, even acceptable.
Shaffer studied the attitudes of students in six New Jersey high school prevention courses and found that the attitudes of those previously favorable to suicide remained unchanged. His study also showed that students who took the classes were no more likely to seek help for a suicidal friend than those who had not taken the course.
Shaffer believes the best way to help suicidal students is to identify and counsel them with parental consent and a qualified instructor. "You need a lot of training to do these things in a skilled way," says Shaffer, who says that some teachers begin suicide prevention instruction after a single training session.
As a result of Shaffer's study, many schools, mostly along the East Coast, have ended suicide prevention programs.
However, the National Education Association passed a resolution in 1996 stating: "The National Education Association believes that suicide prevention programs including prevention, intervention, and postvention must be developed and implemented. The Association urges its affiliates to ensure that these programs are an integral part of the school program."


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Reba McEntire is the latest celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax that's spreading like wildfire on the web. The alleged news of her death has circulated so quickly that 'Reba McEntire' became the No. 1 trending search topic on Google late Monday evening (Jan. 30). Her latest Facebook wall update has been flooded with desperate comments from fans hoping and praying that a report that the singer had fallen to her death while climbing a mountain on an Austrian movie set is untrue.
Miranda Lambert Episode of 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' to Air February 8
Mark your calendars for Feb. 8, Miranda Lambert fans. That's when the singer will make her acting debut on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.' While Lambert has appeared on NBC's 'The Voice,' she did so in a performance capacity, so this is her scripted TV bow.
Kellie Pickler Brings Moonshine and Music to 'Ellen'
Kellie Pickler's new album is called '100 Proof,' and she brought it to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' both literally and figuratively. She performed 'Where's Tammy Wynette,' which is the first song on the new album. She also gifted Ellen DeGeneres, who had a birthday earlier this week, with a jar of moonshine!
Bipolar 'American Idol' Contestant Shelby Tweten Inhabits Carrie Underwood's 'Temporary Home'
It's been a Carrie Underwood-centric day in the country community. Fresh off today's announcement that her new single 'Good Girl' is due to drop at radio next month, one of Underwood's songs was performed on her former stomping grounds of 'American Idol.'
Teenage singer Shelby Tweten, who hails from Mankato, Minn., inhabited Underwood's 'Temporary Home' during her audition in Aspen, Colo. for Season 11 of 'Idol.'
Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley Injures Himself
What do you get when you horse around after a couple cocktails? Well, that can lead to a lot of things. But when you are Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, you get a broken pinky finger.
Garth Brooks Receives $1 Million in Hospital Case
Garth Brooks was awarded $1 million in his lawsuit against a hospital in his native Oklahoma. The lawsuit came about to due a dispute over a donation in exchange for naming a wing of the facility after his late mother. Even though Brooks likely doesn't need the money as one of the most successful country stars ever, it was a matter of principle for him — and the jury agreed. The $1 million includes his original donation, plus punitive damages, according to Reuters.
Taylor Swift Writes Song About the Kennedys
Heartbreak, love and relationships are not the only subjects that Taylor Swift can write a song about. The singer has apparently penned a tune about America's first political family: the Kennedys. Really? Really.
Scotty McCreery Gets Accepted to College
It's been a whirlwind and well-documented year for Scotty McCreery with his 'American Idol' win, his No. 1 hit album 'Clear As Day,' his busy touring and interview schedule and the time he reserves for family and friends. He's also going to continue to mix work with school, as he has applied to several colleges — and has just revealed that he's been accepted to East Carolina. Must be fun to fill out those tedious applications and write those corresponding essays all the while being pranked while on tour with notorious jokester Brad Paisley.
Kellie Pickler Shares Contents of Handbag
Some women guard the contents of their handbags with their lives. Others dump them out for all the world to see in the pages of fashion and lifestyle magazines, where "What's Inside My Bag" features are super popular. Country cutie Kellie Pickler falls into the latter group, as the singer, who will release '100 Proof' on Jan. 24, offered fans a peak into her pricey and studded black Burberry tote.
Garth Brooks Expected to Testify in Court Today
It's expected that Garth Brooks will testify in court today in regards to a hospital donation he made, according to Tulsa World.
Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler Team Up for Super Bowl 'CMT Crossroads'
Former 'American Idol' winner Carrie Underwood and current 'Idol' judge Steven Tyler will team up yet again. After performing together at the ACMs in April 2011, Underwood and Tyler will give it another go and attempt to recreate their onstage electricity and magic as part of the 'CMT Crossroads' series on Super Bowl weekend.
Jo Dee Messina's Newborn Son Taken to Hospital
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I have a new Alix.3C2 with m0n0wall 1.3b10 installed.
I just powered it up (w cheap PoE via Ethernet cable) and it shows the
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The WRAP Platform Quick Start was all I needed (so far). Thanks Chris.
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Favorite bands: Michael Franti & Spearhead, Big & Rich, Jay Brannan, The Shook Twins, Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Elephant Revival
Favorite books: Into The Wild, The Sword of Truth Series, How Shall I Live My Life by Derrick Jensen
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Lived at a hot spring for six months
Getting arrested for civil disobedience in front of the White House (August 29 2011)
Skinny dipping with beavers (summer 2011)
Climbed Longs Peak (14,259 feet) in Rocky Mountain National Park. (Summer 2006)
Teach, Learn, Share
Things I would like to learn: Poi aka fire dancing, guitar, + lots of other interesting things.
I can teach you how to slackline
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United States
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Business Planning: The 2012 Strategy
Step away from the left over fruitcake…
You've procrastinated long enough.
It's time to get down to business and get your business and marketing plan for 2012 done!
Do You Need One?
Good question.
And the answer is…
Kind of…
Yes, really.
Here's What I Know
Lately I've been listening to a lot of questions and conversations related to 2012 planning. In some cases I see people working for weeks on this process. Frankly I'm not sure that you're doing it right if weeks are involved.
My planning for the year took all of four interrupted hours.
Yes, four long hours. And then it was about a day and half before it was blown to pieces.
Why? Because I was asked to partner up in a very intensive program for next year that will take a lot of time but could be very profitable and enjoyable.
What might be a dilemma for many was a no-brainer for me, but let's talk about the dilemma anyway because it's critical to your planning process.
Meet Angie, she has a small business creating web site designs for new businesses and she does site re-design for established businesses who need a change.
She has spent two weeks working out all the details of her 2012 Business and Marketing Plan. Each quarter is organized and within each quarter every month has goal sets. Then she has listed major tasks to meet those goal sets.
Angie's plan is clear and concise. It's really very organized. Lots of work and lots of thought.
Then on December 27th the phone starts ringing. A local web writer that Angie has used in the past has teamed up with another local business that hosts web sites. She has received some funding from the web host to organize and run local web site classes. The idea is that the cost to run the classes is covered and could lead to a bunch of new customers and leads as well as some PR.
The problem is that the writer wants Angie to design and teach the web site design portion of the events. Because the web host has cash and can do the advertising necessary to bring in at least 50 people to each event the writer and Angie would have no out-of-pocket expenses. The web host wants one event every month.
It's a great opportunity! But… wait….
Angie has her plan in place for next year already and it doesn't include time to design and teach these classes regularly. She would have to re-work the plan and then something would likely have to be cut from the targets for the year.
What to do…
Me? No brainer. Why? My planning took just a few hours. But Angie has spent days, hours, weeks on her planning for the year… it's perfect.
Dilemma for Angie…
So this is a common type of challenge that clients come to me for. I call them challenges. But for many these are problems, dilemmas, overwhelm, chaos, decision, whatever you call it it requires a solution.
And these challenges can be difficult; Angie has invested time and energy in her plan. She doesn't want to let that hard work go but she also sees the value in the opportunity at hand.
A New Plan
So before you become Angie and fall into the trap that a well-laid plan entails consider this… what happens when the plan doesn't go as planned?
Do you also have a Plan B?
My Process
When I think about Business Planning I get a little bit of a headache even though I love having systems and process.
My planning system works like this:
- Set a target – something I want to achieve. This year I have four major goals. That's it. I don't have them broken down in any way. I haven't structured them as February targets and March targets. Just my four targets/goals for the year.
- Write it down where you can see it – this is a critical component, especially for creative people or folks who operate from a right brain preference or super visual folks. If you write out your targets and then put them in a file you might as well forget about them because you will likely forget about them. I have mine on the office white board. I draw big circles and in each one I put a target. I use different colors. They are always in my view, always.
- Plan B – sit down and take a minute to get this part clearly… NOTHING ever goes exactly as planned. You need to be flexible, very flexible. A vendor could be late in providing needed inventory, you could get sick or your kids could, you might have a project take a turn for the worse and require more time, a project could take a turn for the better and take more time but generate more revenue. Be ready for whatever comes so that you can quickly say "sure" or "nope". Eliminate the "dilemma" part.
- 365 Days – that's the whole year and on every day of that year look at the white board or wherever you have your targets posted. Do this one thing without fail every day of the year, yes, even New Year's Day. When you look at the targets ask this question: What can I do today to keep moving forward on these goals? Pick some and GO. Forward progress is made by the small steps you take every single day. And on New Year's Day when you look at the targets and ask the question, remember that "spending time with my family to energize me for the work ahead" is a perfectly legitimate step.
Even in the very best of circumstances things change. Change is happening in every minute. Flexibility wins the race.
Business Planning 2012, Do You Need It?
Yes. Absolutely. You don't get anywhere without a map. BUT what you may not need are the countless hours of minute by minute planning. Have goals and targets and move toward them consistently. Be ready for change because it is always waiting in the wings. And if you miss a target, re-group and determine what you can do to get back on track.
Have a Happy and Red.Hot New Year!
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The evening session of the World Zionist Organization's Action Committee tonight was devoted to a discussion of political issues.
Most of the speakers, excepting the representatives of the right-wing Jewish State Party, supported the Zionist Executive's views as outlined by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, and David Ben-Gurion, chairman of the Palestine Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. The debate will continue tomorrow.
Menachem Mendel Ussishkin, world president of the Jewish National Fund, eulogized the Jews who have fallen in Palestine disorders. The committee held a memorial for Dr. Nahum Sokolow, Zionist leader, who died in London recently. The Executive reported on Jewish immigration into Palestine for the past year.


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I've been wiggling and sneering in front of the camera for a number of years now. Started having fun doing alternative type shoots in 2006. Now I am trying to venture out a bit more, get more experience, have my face kicked in with excitement! I love doing things a little different. I'm interested in exploring more of the dark, grim, and obscure side of things but am easily swayed by the bizarre geekdom, circus and sci-fi themes, and catapults.
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Tales of My Father #3
This is a Tale of My Father but it's also the story of how I broke into the profession which I've now been in for…well, it's 44 years, almost to the day.
I got out of high school in June of '69 and said to mine old self, "Okay, if you're going to become a professional writer, now's the time." I was 17 and I'd actually submitted a few things to comic book editors before then…but only because they'd asked me.
Previously, I'd written a lot of letters to comic book letter pages. This was back when comic books actually had letter pages and I've given up on my long-ago pledge that all of mine always would. But most of them had them then and I think about 90% of the letters I sent in were published…some rewritten a lot by the editors not because I hadn't said what I'd said well but because I hadn't said what they wanted the letters they published to say. Like, I wrote a letter in to Wonder Woman saying I hadn't liked the latest issue and someone — perhaps the book's editor, Robert Kanigher — had omitted a "not" here and there and completely rewritten one or two sentences so suddenly, I liked that issue. Heckuva thing to do to a 14-year-old kid who isn't being paid.
Still, I was proud to have so many of my letters published and my father, when I showed him the issues, acted like I'd just sold my first novels to Random House for a huge advance. You could see the faintest glimmer of hope in his eyes: Hey, maybe my son isn't destined for a life of poverty and heartbreak if he tries to become a professional writer. That kind of glimmer.
Little did either of us know. Getting into a comic book letter page back then wasn't as great a feat as it seemed. All you had to do was construct sentences with nouns and verbs in them and get the punctuation vaguely right. As I would learn when I got into the industry, very few letters were received and most of them weren't far removed from a Crayola® scrawling of "I LIKE YOUR COMIC" with the "E" backwards. Still, I felt a little closer to my beloved comic books since I was in them, albeit by a technicality…and my father had that glimmer. And my letters led to three separate editors — Mort Weisinger and Jack Miller at DC, Dick Giordano at Charlton — encouraging me to write and submit scripts for their books. That sure made all that letter-writing worthwhile…or looked like it might.
Weisinger had me write some Jimmy Olsen stories, rejected them all, then suggested I do a Krypto story for the back of Superboy. Miller had taken over Wonder Woman and wanted me to take a crack at that book. Not only would that have been a nice credit but I might have displaced Robert Kanigher as writer, thereby exacting some revenge for him rewriting my letters. Giordano needed ghost stories.
I had more or less written-off comic book writing as a job. Today, thanks to the Internet and Federal Express, folks who write comic books can and do live anywhere. Back then in every interview I read in fanzines, editors insisted you had to live in New York or reasonably near their offices. Born 'n' bred in Los Angeles, I had no intention of migrating, especially after I was accepted by U.C.L.A. So I just thought, "Okay, so comic books, as much as I love 'em, aren't something I'm destined to write." I could live with that but as it turned out, I didn't have to. The industry in its odd way came looking for me starting with those invites from editors.
They led to a lot of scripts being rejected but then in rapid succession, each of those three editors did the same two things in this order…
- He accepted a script I'd submitted and congratulated me on making my first sale and then…
- Before he processed the paperwork to pay me for that script, he got fired.
Well, to be technically accurate, Mr. Giordano wasn't fired. It's just funnier to say all three got fired. After telling me he wanted to buy a script I'd submitted for The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves, Mr. Giordano quit Charlton to accept a position at DC where one of the editors he replaced was Jack Miller, who had just told me he was going to buy a script I'd written for Wonder Woman. But Giordano didn't get Wonder Woman and that writing assignment was filled, not by me.
I was not disappointed or discouraged at all. I'd written-off comic books, remember. This was all bonus stuff to the career I expected to have. It was like someone had told me, "You may have won the lottery" and then called back to say, "No, you didn't." I was back where I'd started and since I regarded the scripts as batting practice, I'd suffered no real loss, especially since I'd been wise enough to not tell my father what I was doing.
(I was not, however, wise enough to not tell my friends at the Comic Book Club. For months thereafter, every time a new issue of Wonder Woman, Superboy or Dr. Graves came out, a couple of members would heckle me, "Hey, when are these alleged scripts of yours coming out, liar boy?" If you are an aspiring writer and you learn no other lesson from me, learn to keep your mouth shut until you actually have the check. Even when it seems 99% certain, wait until you have the check…and to be real safe, wait until it clears.)
All of that happened before I'd graduated from University High (rah!). Once I did, I had to figure out what would be my next…really, my first step. I didn't like submitting to editors in far away cities. I decided that at least to start, I wanted to try and sell an editor in the L.A. area so I could go in, talk to the guy and learn more about what I'd done right or, more likely, wrong. I scanned the newsstands and discovered that Laugh-In magazine, based on the then-popular TV show, was published in Los Angeles. In fact, its offices were right up there on Highland Avenue in Hollywood, not far from the comic book shops I visited via bus about once a week. So I bought the current issue, went to the comic shops and found a few back issues to buy, and studied them that evening. Then I sat down and wrote six articles in the style of the magazine, which resembled a low-budget MAD more than it resembled the TV series.
The next day, I took the bus up to Hollywood and Highland with my six articles and walked a few blocks to the building that housed Laufer Publishing Company. I stood outside for a few minutes, steeling up my unsteeled courage to go in and try to sell my writing cold to a total stranger. That was the first time I'd ever done that and it was darn near the last.
Finally, I went up, found the receptionist, cleared a hot tub of phlegm from my throat and said, "Could you tell the editor there's a struggling young comedy writer here who'd like to see him?"
Without missing a beat, she picked up the phone, pressed a button and said, "George, there's a struggling young comedy writer out here who'd like to see you."
I could hear most of what he said through the receiver and then she repeated it for me: "He said if you come back in an hour, he'll give you all the time you need." I thanked her, went out and got a slice of pizza, then came back and sold the editor three of the six articles I'd written the night before. He said, "If you don't mind waiting about twenty minutes, I can have them cut you a check right now." I said I didn't mind waiting twenty minutes for that and I wondered to myself how he'd manage to get fired before those twenty minutes were up. Somehow, he did not…and I walked out with his urging to submit more and an impressively large check.
It was way more than my father was making per week and he didn't understand. He thought I was selling drugs or something. Was the check even real?
As it turned out, it was but it was the last money I'd make from Laugh-In magazine. The editor wasn't let go twenty minutes after deciding to buy something I'd written but he was, two weeks later. In fact, they not only fired him, they fired the whole magazine, shutting down production. It was so unexpected that the editor hadn't even gotten around to reading the second batch of material I handed in…so none of it was purchased and the material I'd sold him that first day never saw print.
Still, it was a definite step up in my career. This time, at least, I'd gotten a check before my editor was fired…and I did wind up writing other things for Laufer's ongoing publications which were mostly in the area of teenage fan stuff and movie star gossip.
My father couldn't understand my "salary" — and he kept using that term, which was part of the problem. I'd made a lot my first week working for this company. I made nothing the next week. I made something in-between the week after. He understood the concept of a freelance writer but he had a little trouble with the concept of freelance pay. I wrote things every week but I didn't get paid every week…so weren't they cheating me those weeks? It all averaged out to a decent income, a notch higher than his…but what the hell was my salary? And how come I was home so much instead of going into an office every day like he did?
I mean, that's how jobs worked, right? You went into the office all day, worked from 9-to-5 or 8-to-4 or some set hours…and then on payday, they gave you a check for a fixed amount, less deductions. My checks also didn't have any deductions. What was that all about? (He worked for the Internal Revenue Service, remember…) And when he asked me when payday was, I had to say, "I don't know. I think they pay me whenever they get around to it."
I was actually doing rather well as a professional writer. My first six months, I made more than he was making…but it all seemed very suspicious and unKosher to him. And unsteady. He was right about the unsteady part…but as I began to sell to more and more markets, I got fairly confident that I could keep it up for a while, maybe even the rest of my life. Now, I just had to convince my father. Next time I write one of these, I'll tell you how I did that.


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Canon announces four PIXMA printers for March launch
Canon has introduced new printers with the launch of one "stylish and easy-to-use" home printer and three new all-in-ones for the small office slash home office.
With a compact design, the PIXMA iP2702 is angled at the home user and offers document and photo printing using Canon's "FINE" tech with printing at resolutions of up to 4800 x 1200dpi.
Compatible with "Easy-PhotoPrint EX" software, printing a 10 x 15cm borderless photo is said to take 55 seconds, while printing from the Web is said to be made easier as it can "clip" part of a webpage for targeted printing.
The all-in-ones are the PIXMA MX870, PIXMA MX350 and PIXMA MX340. Offering printing, scanning, copying and faxing functionality, these models also offer Canon's FINE tech as well as Wi-Fi in all three models.
Stand out features include the ability to save faxes to the internal memory and then store to a USB key as PDF - handy if your ink or paper has run out - and the option to print images directly from PictBridge, iPhone and Bluetooth devices (with an adapter) while the MX870 and MX350 can also print photos from USB drives and memory cards.
All models are due to be available in March with pricing at £45 for iP2702, £199 for the MX870, £149 for the MX350 and £99 for the MX340.
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A huge steel net is being built over Australia's new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights to protect its core if an aircraft is flown into it.
Dubbed the "chip basket", the striking 30-metre-long shield, the first of its kind in the world, will act as a net to catch incoming aircraft.
"It's a novel approach to the design," project manager Ross Miller said. "Most modern reactors would have a design that hardens them against the impact of light aircraft. Certainly we've had to beef up security since September 11."
The shield was part of the original design drawn up in July 2000, and at that stage was seen as protection against a freak accident involving a light plane crashing into the reactor, he said.
Greenpeace said it held grave concerns that the grill was equipped only to take the impact of a Cessna. "It was designed before September 11 to stand the impact of a light plane. Clearly that's not enough given the lessons of September 11. The cage won't withstand a 747," Greenpeace nuclear campaigner James Courtney said. "There's increasing evidence around the world of terrorists planning to target reactors. Everyone knows 747s can be used as a weapon now."
But Craig Pearce, from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, said it was unlikely a large aircraft could achieve the right angle to hit the reactor.
"We're confident that even if a large passenger aircraft managed to hit the building, there would be no release of radiation," he said. "We intrinsically designed the new reactor to be far less of a security risk than the current reactor. To get through to the radioactive component, they've got to get through a hell of a lot of concrete."
The new reactor will be completed early next year but will not be operational until July 2006. Its core will be submerged in a 14-metre pool surrounded by a two-metre concrete shield.
Last month, it was reported that ANSTO had been ordered to significantly upgrade its emergency response plans. The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Authority said a review of emergency responses must be made before the reactor could start operating.


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Ottawa Senators assistant GM¬ÝPierre Dorion told TSN 1280 that french forward Stephane Da Costa was pursued by the KHL, and from the sound of things, there might be more lucrative offers in Russia:
"We'd like to keep him but it has to make sense for both parties. It's no secret that the KHL is offering him big money and it's up to Steph if he wants to pursue his NHL dream or not. I think we've made a very fair offer. general manager Brian Murray feels that way, I feel that way, I think his agent feels it's a fair offer and we'll just see where we go from there."


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> From: MX%"email@example.com" "Nathan J. Mehl" 25-MAR-1997 13:09:05.79 > Subj: Re: Krazy Kevin back at it again? Nathan, > In the immortal words of Vince Sabio: > > > It's been pretty well confirmed that the information is legit. It has thus > > been circumstantially confirmed that Krazy Kevin is, indeed, uncommonly > > stupid. (After all, he appeared at a hearing on Friday for his spamming > > activities, and *spammed again* over the weekend. I'd call that uncommonly > > stupid.) > > Stupid? > > Pfeh. > > He's been _getting_away_with_it_ for over two years now. > > And that's included the threatening phone calls (assault and > felonious harassment) and email bombs to his critics, nevermind the > list spamming (vaguely illegal) and subscription-scamming (grand > fraud) itself. > FYI, one of the scientists here fell for Kevin's scams. BUT, it was not email, but regular snail mail. According to this scientist, the magazines did come form several months, then stopped. > Based solely on the evidence, he's not even slightly stupid, and > has every reason to be confident and even cocky. :-b > > Hell, I became a list-manager because of Lipsitz -- he was spamming > email@example.com every other week, and the MIT admins were > unwilling/unable to do anything about it, so I learned majordomo > for the sole purpose of putting the list somewhere where I could > keep him out. > > (Sadly, he hasn't attempted anything since the list moved to my system. > The _moment_ he leaves me with a piece of evidence in my hands, I _will_ > have the shitstain up on charges, so help me Bob...) > > -n, excuse me, it's a sore subject > I can sympathize with your situation. Kevein and his ilk have forced me to take steps that I did not like, closing my lists to all but subscribers. (It also keeps out the random barrage of spurious "SUBSCRIBE" requests sent to the list, but that is a different story.) I don't think that it is that Kevin is smarter than we are, it's just that we are unorganized. Let's be realistic: how many of us specifically have something to the effect of: "Manage electronic mailing lists that do not pertain to the organizations charter" in our job desciptions? (Actually, those at ISP's probably do...) But most of us probably manage the lists in our "spare" (HA!) time and are systems and/ or network managers in our day jobs. We are probably just too busy to organize and attack this thing as a force: we're too busy putting out fires in our daily routine to take care of this. Do we need to form an ad-hoc committee for this? Is there something of this nature in IETF? Rather than just sit around and bitterly complain, I think that we need to get organized, set goals, assign tasks and work on a positive solution. > -- > Don't blame me -- I voted for the Unabomber! > Nathan J. Mehl -- The Left Bank Operation > (work) email@example.com -- http://www.leftbank.com > (play) email@example.com -- http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nmehl/ -HWM


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Transcending Polaraties
Transcending Polaraties
Self confidence and self doubt are two polarities of the same delusional thought pattern. You can't be in the energy of one polarity without attracting the other.
To transcend this play of opposites and the roller coaster emotions that make it feel so real - remember to remember that the individual self is not your true identity - and that your Worth is exponentially greater than anything you can imagine.
In this way, you can discover what movement aligns with that which you truly Desire right here and now.


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CAC hosts NARIP's Advance Your Career in the Music Industry Seminar March 28
By Tom Di Camillo
PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. - Central Arizona College will host the National Association of Record Industry Professionals seminar entitled Advance Your Career in the Music Industry: Aggressive Strategies for Success on Monday, March 28, at the Signal Peak Campus.
The event begins at 6 p.m. with a registration and networking session, followed by the program that will run from 7-8:15 p.m. After a short break, resume and press kit reviews will take place until 9:30 p.m.
The program will be held in Room 101 of the Student Services Building (Building M) at the Signal Peak Campus which is located between the cities of Coolidge and Casa Grande just east of I-10.
The registration cost is $10 for NARIP members and $20 for non-members.
Participants may register online at www.narip.com or by phone at 818-769-7007. If space permits, a limited number of walk-up registrations may be available; however, participants are encouraged to sign up in advance. Prepaid admission guarantees seating and there are no refunds.
The event is sponsored by CAC's Entertainment Industry Technology program. Tess Taylor, the NARIP president and one of the nation's top authorities on careers in the music business, leads this special session.
The program teaches participants how to apply principles learned in the workshop to practical strategies of getting hired in the music industry. It provides an insider's peek on how industry employers view skills and review resumes. Participants will learn what to do to make themselves most attractive for the best jobs and where to search for the next career opportunities.
NARIP members will have an opportunity to have their resume or press kit reviewed by Taylor on a first-come, first served basis. Members may e-mail their resume or press kit to Ashley Lagarde at email@example.com with "Success Strategies Workshop" in the subject line. Only MS-Word documents submitted by NARIP members will be accepted.
Anyone currently working in the music industry who is seeking advancement, anyone considering a career in the music industry should attend the seminar.
About Tess Taylor
One of the nation's leading authorities on careers in the music and record industries, Tess Taylor has connected countless people to jobs and opportunities through her work in the United States and abroad; cultivated collaborations for over two decades; helped launch hundreds of projects and several companies.
Taylor is the founder of the Los Angeles Music Network (LAMN, est. 1988) and the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP, est. 1998). She oversees initiatives of both organizations to promote career advancement, education and good will in the music and record industries.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, NARIP has chapters in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Houston, Philadelphia and London, with plans to launch more chapters in the future.
The World Championships of Performing Arts Board unanimously voted to honor Taylor with its 2009 Achievement Award and induct her into its Performing Arts Hall of Fame.
Taylor works with groups such as the European Music Export Office, Danish Songwriters Guild, French Music Export Office, German Independent Label Association, the Brazilian Independent Label Association and others to connect their members to meaningful opportunities in Los Angeles and throughout the United States.
She has consulted leading businesses such as MySpace.com, InsideSessions (a joint venture between the Universal Music Group and Penguin Putnam, Inc.), The Walt Disney Company, BMG Entertainment (formerly Sony BMG), Concord Records and others.
A frequently quoted analyst of industry developments, she has been a featured expert on international television and radio, and her analyses have appeared in national and international business press.
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A frequent keynote speaker and guest speaker at industry conferences and universities around the world, Taylor has lectured at the Harvard Business School, in Bangalore, Berlin and beyond. She served as the keynote speaker at the Drucker Career Conference in Los Angeles and Trigger Creative Conference in Sweden, and lectures at the University of Vienna's Institute of Popular Music in Austria. She has delivered dozens of keynote speeches and hundreds of lectures to thousands of people worldwide.
Taylor is a vigorous defender of intellectual property rights and debated Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Perry Barlow on "free music" at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (2006) and was invited for a rematch at Ohio University (2008). She won both times.
From 1988 to 1993 Taylor was employed at MCA Records, Inc., last serving as associate director of marketing. A classically trained pianist, she studied music at the University of Vienna, and is a Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Redlands' Johnston College where she received her B.A. degree in music, German and literature.
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|Wildcat tennis takes 15-6 win over Wills Point
|From Staff Reports
Oct. 5, 2005 - The Sulphur Springs tennis team continued their consistent play Tuesday afternoon with a 15-6 victory over the Wills Point Tigers at the SSHS tennis courts in preparation for the Region II meet Oct. 28-29 at Southlake.
"This was one of the strongest performances I've seen by our kids all year," said SSHS coach Susan Reynolds. "To be this consistent at this time of the year is encouraging and with the exception of a couple of matches I was overall extremely pleased. "
The Wildcats were scheduled for play Kilgore next week, but after the cancellation by Kilgore, Reynolds said she is having a hard time finding another match before regional.
"I'm giving the kids a little break but we will be working hard and focusing on bettering our performance at regionals last year," the coach said of their consolation championship.
On the boys side, all three of the SSHS doubles teams won their matches with only one going to a tiebreaker as Brant Small and Jacob Harris won 1-6, 6-2, 10-6 over Curtis and Mooning. Ryan Thompson and Landon McCaig and the team of Blake Holly and Jordan Horne won in straight sets.
In singles action, SSHS took all but two of the singles matches as McCaig, Harris, Horne, Holly and Cameron Mitchell were all victorious.
On the girls side, Sulphur Springs won two-of-three matches. The teams of Aly Jackson/Lauren Longino and Kendall Smith/Morgan McCormack won in straight sets.
In singles, SSHS took four of the seven matches during the event as McCormack, Jackson, Crystal Figueroa and Trish Byron were victorious.
"Wills Point is a team that you have to stay on top of or they will run away with some matches, but our players put away the points at just the right time," Reynolds said.
Below are the results of the Wills Point match (SSHS players listed first):
Brant Small/Jacob Harris def. Curtis/Monning 1-6, 6-2, 10-6; Ryan Thompson/Landon McCaig def. Prather/Kinney 6-3, 6-0; Blake Holly/Jordan Horne def. Waymire/Layman 6-1, 6-2.
Ryan Thompson lost to Curtis 8-4; Brant Small lost to Monning 9-7; Landon McCaig def. Kinney 8-2; Jacob Harris def. Prather 8-1; Jordan Horne def. Waymire 8-1; Blake Holly def. Layman 8-2; Cameron Mitchell def. Attaway 6-1.
Cynthia Sanchez/Crystal Figueroa lost to Stroud/Howell 2-6, 2-6; Aly Jackson/Lauren Longino def. Joiner/Campa 6-1, 6-1; Kendall Smith/Morgan McCormack def. Emeron/Wicks 6-1, 6-2.
Cynthia Sanchez lost to Howell 0-8; Lauren Longino lost to Stroud 2-8; Morgan McCormack def. Joiner 8-5; Aly Jackson def. Emerson; Crystal Figueroa def. Campa 8-4; Kendall Smith lost to Wicks default; Trish Byron def. Ramsey 8-1.
Trish Byron/Erich Hartin def. Ramsey/Attaway 6-0, 7-5.
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2016 Winter Preparedness Resources
What is it?
A landslide is a mass of rock, earth, and/or debris that moves down a slope. This can occur quickly or slowly depending on the circumstances. Evidence of the largest landslide to occur in Teton County's recorded history is seen in the picture above and can still be seen today:
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During the 1920's, several persistent small earthquakes shook areas of Teton County, especially the eastern side. These earthquakes increased in number during the spring of 1925, which coincidentally was an unusually wet year. Several Jackson Hole residents in the Gros Ventres reported seeing new freshwater springs pop up in hillsides where they never existed before.
On June 22, 1925 the valley experienced, what is estimated through first-hand accounts to be, a magnitude 4 earthquake. Around 4pm on June 23, 1925, local farmer Guil Huff was on horseback in the Gros Ventre canyon looking for loose cattle. All of a sudden, he saw a 30-to-40 foot high riverbank on the south side of the Gros Ventre river collapse into the water. After that the entire side of the mountain came rushing down, carrying with it boulders, trees, and earth. Guil estimated that the entire event happened in about a minute and a half, and if it weren't for the horse he was riding he would have been buried instantaneously.
The Gros Ventre Slide brought down 50 million cubic yards of debris from the south side of the Gros Ventre canyon. The slide moved 2100 vertical feet while traveling 1.5 miles. The entire debris field was 2,000 feet wide, 225 feet deep at the river, and climbed 350 feet up the opposite north side of the canyon. This huge amount of earth formed a natural dam in the Gros Ventre river that formed Lower Slide Lake.
No one was injured or killed by the Gros Ventre Slide itself, but two years later 6 people in the town of Kelly were killed by the ensuing flash flood when the natural dam formed by the slide broke (Windows Into the Earth; Smith and Siegel, 2000).
Today we still have the risk of landslides in many parts of Teton County. You can check the landslide hazard map to see if there is a risk to your home or routes of travel. As you'll see, areas at risk of landslides cover a large portion of Teton County.
The state's record snowpack and above-average precipitation in the spring of 2011 caused a massive landslide in Snake River Canyon on May 14, 2011. The slowly moving mass of mud, rock and trees crossed the highway 26/89, blocking about 300 feet of the road, covering the pavement to depths of up to 50 feet and eventually flowing into the Snake River. The length of slide was about 2,000 feet and contractors hauled away an estimated 200,000 cubic yards of debris. The commuter corridor for residents of Alpine and Star Valley remained closed for almost 2 weeks, forcing the average of 5,740 vehicles that commute to and from Jackson every day, to take a 74-mile long detour through Idaho and Teton Pass. Read more about the Snake River Canyon landslide here.
Watch a Time-lapse video of the Snake River Canyon Landslide ("Double-Draw Landslide").
Photo of the Double-Draw Landslide, courtesy of Civil Air Patrol
What are the risk factors?
Landslides can occur of their own accord, but more frequently there are underlying events that trigger them:
Liquefaction takes place when loosely packed, water-logged sediments at or near the ground surface lose their strength in response to ground shaking. If this occurs beneath buildings or structures, it can cause the ground to lose its firmness and the buildings sink. In the case of a landslide, it can cause upper layers of earth and debris to become unstable and through the forces of gravity move downhill.
What should I do?
Once a landslide begins, there isn't much anyone can do except get out of the path. The key is to prepare ahead of time and know the signs of an impending landslide:
What are the impacts?
Depending on the magnitude of the slide, the impacts can vary:
Foundations, chimneys, and other rigid structures can be damaged by landslides through only slight shifting. These can be costly to repair, which is another reason to ensure that your insurance covers these events ahead of time.
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A transgender woman has been charged over the murder of her neighbour on Christmas morning.
The body of Alan Williamson, 47, was found by police after reports of a disturbance in the Drum Brae area of Edinburgh just half an hour into Christmas Day.
Yesterday, a team of forensic officers continued to examine an upper floor flat in Glenure Loan, the Daily Record reported.
Officers stood guard at the entrance to the flats and visitors were asked to sign in and out.
Police have confirmed that a 37-year-old woman has been arrested at the scene and charged.
A spokesman said: "Local residents will be aware that an area of Glenure Loan has been cordoned off as forensic examinations are ongoing.
"I would like to reassure local people, however, that there is no risk to nearby residents or the general public.
"Investigations are at an early stage and anyone who has any information which could assist with our investigation is asked to call Police Scotland on 101 or provide the information anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."


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(Rifle, Colorado) – Would you feel comfortable if a waitress took your order in a restaurant with a loaded gun holstered to her waist? This is the environment Shooters restaurant in the town of Rifle has created. Perhaps embracing the city's name, all the girls in Shooters not only carry loaded weapons during their shifts, they are also encouraged to do so by management.
See photos of the waitresses HERE and HERE.
Colorado is among a few states that have "open carry" gun laws, which is the reason the restaurant was named Shooters last year.
"We encourage it, and the customers love that they can come here and express their rights," explained owner Lauren Boebert to The Post Independent.
Some may be uncomfortable with the idea of armed staff serving them, but others have no issues with it.
"We think it's just fine. We're very positive about it," said visitor Wayne Greenwald from Michigan. "We carry guns ourselves and own a rifle, shotgun and handguns. We live in a very small town and we take care of our own crime problems."
Crime problems, in general, have been low in Rifle, and their last shooting-related death was in 2001. For Colorado as a whole, there have been 117 gun-related murders since 2010. California, on the other hand, has had the most gun-related murders since 2010 with a startling 1,811 lives taken.
While Shooters allows all of its customers to bring guns, their sign on the front does advise, "Please keep all weapons holstered unless need arises. In such case, judicious marksmanship is appreciated."
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Spring 2004, Vol. 31 No. 1
Felicia Blacher-Wilson holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Iowa State University and is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at ITT Technical Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana. Formerly Assistant Professor of Education at Xavier University of Louisiana, her educational career crosses a number of areas including serving as a teacher, counselor, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, director of schools and programs and Dean of Education (Dillard University). Blacher-Wilson served on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Her research interests are in the relationship between spirituality and leadership and the process and instruments used to effectively evaluate administrators.
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Barbara di Castri was born in Italy. Her repertoire includes Rosina in Il varbiere di Siviglia, Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri, Marie in Moise et Pharaon, Isaura in Tancredi, Arsace in Semiramide (Rossini), Baronessa di Champigny in Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Rota), the title role in Carmen (Bizet), Maddalena in Rigoletto (Verdi), Baba the Turk in The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) and other roles. She performs at La Scala in Milan and the opera houses of Paris, Jesi, Bad Wilbad, Stresa, Bologna, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Edinburgh, Palermo, Salzburg, Chicago, Rome and others.
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Months before their spectacular helicopter escape, three Quebec inmates were already in the sights of prison and police officials who were aware they might be plotting a breakout from jail, court documents show.
Yet the three got away – and today are the object of a global alert by Interpol, making them among the world's most wanted fugitives.
The revelation that authorities knew about the trio's flight risk highlights a series of failings in the lead-up to the jailbreak that are almost as breathtaking as the getaway itself.
The court disclosures show that in March, the inmates went before a judge to ask for a relaxation of their detention conditions to prepare their defence on drug-trafficking charges. They also face murder charges.
The three were under the tightest prison security rating at the Orsainville Detention Centre, limited to a more restrictive wing because of "information transmitted to prison authorities by the Sûreté du Québec police about a possible escape plot," Justice Louis Dionne wrote.
Still, for reasons that remain unexplained, the three subsequently had their security classifications loosened by the prison.
By the evening of June 7, when a helicopter dropped from the sky to pick them up on prison grounds, they had access to a less-secure prison yard and were unencumbered by handcuffs or leg shackles.
"It is incomprehensible," says Stéphane Berthomet, a police analyst and former French police officer. "Why was their security rating decreased? How could hardened criminals become lambs within a few months? These were dangerous people who wanted to escape. It defies common sense."
Equally baffling, he said, is that provincial police investigators reportedly told the trio they'd gotten wind of their escape plans. All that would do, Mr. Berthomet said in an interview, is prompt the three to try to find another way out of jail.
"Honestly, it's very, very surprising," he said.
Mr. Berthomet said an internal review of the escape, which was ordered by the provincial government last week, will need to demonstrate the three had no inside assistance.
The newest disclosures, first reported through media leaks last week, are spelled out in documents released by Quebec Superior Court on Monday after a consortium, including Radio-Canada and La Presse, challenged a publication ban.
Other legal details released from the ban indicate that one of the escapees, Serge Pomerleau, had access to a laptop in his cell, even though the prison's director opposed the idea. The computer was supposed to be limited to software related to Mr. Pomerleau's trial, but the warden feared the computer "posed risks as far as its ability to communicate with the outside."
The prison escape has been a source of embarrassment for Quebec authorities, in part because it was the second by helicopter in 15 months. The breakout has gained world attention. One Irish newspaper said the "audacious" Canadian caper recalled an escape by helicopter by three Irish Republican Army leaders from Mountjoy Prison in 1973.
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Italy Trip Delayed for 'Jersey Shore' Cast (PHOTOS)
Snooki and friends bid farewell to the Jersey Shore this weekend, and attempted to travel across the pond to begin filming in Italy … but they didn't make it very far.
According to the New York Post, the country has revoked some of the MTV show's permits to film the reality show. The guido and guidette cast members were headed to Newark Airport before receiving news that it may take as long as a week before they'll make it to Europe. According to Radar Online, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Paul "DJ Pauly D" Delvecchio and Vinny Guadagnino had already been taped with their suitcases heading to the airport.
This isn't the first speed bump the highly anticipated show has run into…
Back in April, Gawker and several other media outlets published a list of guidelines for the Jersey Shore roommates that was reportedly from Mayor Matteo Renzi that was released to an Italian newspaper. The alleged rules read:
- The cast will not be filmed in bars and clubs that serve alcohol.
- The cast will not be filmed drinking in public.
- The show will not be filmed to promote Florence as a drinking town.
- The show should be filmed in a manner to promote Italy (not Americans visiting Italy) and feature its culture and good food.
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Forget Hack-a-Dwight. Opposing teams may just want to adopt this strategy to win games: Hack the Lakers.
The Lakers (7-8) rank 29 th out of 30 NBA teams in free-throw shooting, making 66.8 percent of those shots from the stripe. In four of the Lakers' eight losses, the margin between made and missed free throws exceeded the point differential between winning and losing.
Among the worst Lakers players to send to the free-throw line include Dwight Howard (47.8 percent), Darius Morris (56.5 percent), Jordan Hill (61.5 percent) and Antawn Jamison (63.2 percent).
"Stop talking about it. I don't want to hear about it," Howard said after going 3 of 12 from the line in the Lakers' 79-77 loss Tuesday to the Indiana Pacers.
"That's my problem, thinking too much at the line."
Interestingly enough, the Lakers post vastly different numbers in practice.
According to a whiteboard at the team's practice facility in El Segundo, the Lakers have made 90 percent of their free throws, led by Jodie Meeks (97 percent), Nash (97 percent), Steve Blake (93 percent) and Kobe Bryant (91 percent).
Even the Lakers' poor free-throw shooters have fared well in practice, including Jamison (89 percent), Hill (88 percent), Morris (83 percent) and Howard (80 percent).
But that means very little if they're not translating into games.
"It's a mental thing and a confidence thing," said Lakers forward Pau Gasol, who has averaged 75.9 percent from the free-throw line this season.
"It's something you have to work on mentally. It's not just repetition."