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Lest you think GWS is a snooty Philistine, I'll share that I'm a great lover of old English villages and towns.
The New York 23rd remains a cautionary tale about the Club for Growth and its snooty deviousness during the last days of the GOP.
And so, yes, you realize, you can get pretentious and snooty about tequila.
The one band that blasted out of dormitory windows onto grassy quadrangles in the snooty Northeast, no matter what, was REM.
Nobody wanted to hand a plum invasion spot to some fat egghead from a snooty rag, he crabbed.
It sounds well to be a Kappa Upsilon and we can go around if we like and be as snooty as any of them.
I didn't like the way you looked at May Arnold, or the snooty way you talked.
Snobbish; haughty and disdainful; supercilious; hoity-toity, sniffy: the snootiest madame in America/ a generally vain and snooty class of men
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(PRWEB) June 16, 2013
Mr. Adam Paul Green, a Santa Fe New Mexico entrepreneur, recently announced that the MXI Corp Team Elite online meeting, for Penang Malaysia federal territory Xocai Xophoria consumers will take place on June 16, 2013.
New call number: 888-998-7766
New webinar login site: http://xocaimeeting.bojabie.com/
Those who can make it there will receive the details on the science behind our new creme, lotion, serum, cleanser, SPF and other cosmetically skin spot application products. Enter this promo code and receive a special gift at no charge: "Penang Malaysia"
As the category creator and world leader in healthy chocolate, the true vision of Xoçai is to transform and improve individual lives worldwide through its exclusive and healthy chocolate products. One such unique element is XoVita™, a proprietary high-antioxidant blend of cacao, Açai berries and blueberries, an ingredient combination exclusive to Xoçai. This proprietary and exclusive high-antioxidant blend is utilized in all of Xoçai products and provides a wide-ranging class of nutrients, vitamins and health benefits. XoVita™ consistently contributes to the findings that all of Xocai's products contain the highest ORAC (antioxidant-measuring test) and flavonoid rich products available today.
This press release interprets the recent adjustments announced by Adam Paul Green as top Businessman for G3 Development. During his formative years, Adam Paul Green worked for his entrepreneurial father learning managerial skills, venture capitalism, sales and negotiation techniques in addition to international business finance, investing and entrepreneurial-ism.
Mr. Green is an entrepreneur. Not only has Adam had the privilege of working with and for Fortune 100 companies, he's also learned from the best international business minds in the world; which is a distinct honor for him. Since 2000, Mr. Green has been involved in the Health and Wellness Industry as a successful Entrepreneur, Product Developer and Manufacturer of Anti-Aging Skin Care and Juice Products. During his career, Adam has helped the most recognizable retail businesses and the dozens of the top 200 Network Marketing companies obtain incredible success through innovative Product Development and Customized Manufacturing. Adam's lifetime sales are over $407,000,000.
"I am a product of perseverance. I used to fail and fail and fail and I did not understand why. I finally cracked the "business-success-code" and started pulling in a large income. After every one of my business failures, I make critical refinements and timely adjustments; it's the key! I could, if I wanted to, never work a job again. However, it is my hope that I will be able to help you achieve the same financial freedom and time independence that I enjoy every day."
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To proactively serve our business community by providing solutions in entrepreneurial-ism, business development, social media and venture capitalism.
Vision Statement:
To provide leadership in establishing strength with our client's international businesses, being built on a foundation of innovation, advocacy, and technology and business integrity.
When people needed or wanted something in the old days, they'd look up information in the yellow pages. Today, people turn to search engines to find what they want or need. Each day, on average, Google searches currently total over 250,000,000. When people are looking to purchase something they want/need, more-and-more they're going "on line" to find out what other people think or say about a certain product, service or brand. The relevancy that influences people's buying behavior is other people's conversations (including yours). That's if they can find your conversation and if it provides the value that people are looking for. If you learn "how" to use social media correctly then you'll understand "what" your market is looking for and "where" they are looking. You really want them to look for you!
"When" your customers and prospects are engaging about you, your industry or your products and services — you need to be there listening. Otherwise, how will you gain the necessary market intelligence? How will you be enabled to respond or even be aware of problems or needs? If you are not present when the conversations are occurring, you're truly "out of touch" with your market.
About MXI Corp: Established in 2005, Marketing Xocolate International Corporation (MXI-Corp) is the world leader in great tasting, healthy, dark, chocolate products. MXI Corp was founded upon the same solid foundation that the Brooks' family used to build their enormous Pure De lite Low Carb Chocolate Company (circa 2000) which had retail sales in Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven, Rite-Aid and Walgreen's of over $300,000,000. All MXI products are focused on potent doses of delicious, antioxidant-rich Belgian cacao. MXI-Corp believes that the high levels of natural antioxidants and Polyphenols that are found in its cacao can provide a viable solution to individual nutritional needs. The Xoçai™ (sho-sigh) line, which currently includes nine products, is manufactured utilizing a cold-press process, which preserves the nutritional values of the company's proprietary blends of vitamins and minerals. MXI is recognized as the category creator and world leader in healthy chocolate. The vision of Xoçai is to transform and improve individual lives worldwide through its unique chocolate products. One unique element of the company's formulations is their proprietary high-antioxidant blend of cacao, Açai and blueberries, called XoVita™. The Xovita ingredient combination is exclusive to Xoçai. Nevada-based MXI-Corp is a privately held company. Xocai's nine chocolate products have the highest ORAC (antioxidant-measuring test) and flavonoid rich products available on the market. The Brooks family, owners and operators of MXI-Corp, have total combined chocolate sales of more than $1 billion. MXI Corp is now operating internationally in 41 countries.

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Hal Leonard Kodaly in the Classroom
A Practical Approach to Teaching Pitch and Rhythm uses singing and games to teach the basics of pitch and rhythm. Popular folk and children's songs comprise the material. The lessons do not require previous training in Kodaly methodology.
- Primary (Set 1) - 30 songs for lower elementary students including: Charlie Over the Ocean, Engine Engine Number Nine, Michael Finnegan, Who's That Tapping at My Window?, Little Sally Water, Hot Cross Buns and more!
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UNLV Business Startup Center Hosts Startup Weekend
UNLV's Business Startup Center recently hosted the Startup Weekend, a global event sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation that challenges entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, marketers, designers and other startup enthusiasts to come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups, all in a 54-hour, weekend-long event. Approximately 50 people participated in teams, with almost half being UNLV students, and about 60 additional people attended to watch the final pitches. Each of the top three teams had UNLV students on the team.Beginning with open-mic pitches on Friday, attendees brought their best ideas and worked to inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday the teams focused on customer development, validating their ideas, and building a minimally viable product. On Sunday evening teams demonstrated their prototypes and received valuable feedback from a panel of experts, including the judges who choose the competition winners. Below are the top three teams and a brief description of their projects:
1) IceTrey -- A technology that allows event or conference attendees to "break the ice" by meeting two or three like-minded individuals online prior to the event, so no one has to walk in without knowing at least a couple of people.
2) Taunts! -- A zany mobile device game of "taunts" where players throw pies, cause distractions, or other comedic screen interactions while also trying to clear as many of the taunts thrown their way.
3) Neighborhood Conquest -- A check-in game based on Four Square Check in technology, but where participants "battle" for areas that they've checked in on their mobile device in a Risk-type strategy game, but for real areas on a map.
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Washington (AFP) Nov 29, 2010
The economic downturn has US cable television companies shedding subscribers in record numbers and Americans increasingly "cutting the cord" in favor of cheaper online options, new research shows.
The findings point to a growing pool of potential customers for online services such as Hulu and Netflix and newcomers like Apple TV and Google TV, which offer lower prices and more flexibility, analysts say.
According to research firm SNL Kagan, US cable operators lost 741,000 basic video customers in the third quarter of the year, the biggest decline since it started tracking the segment in 1980.
Comcast, the largest US cable operator, lost 275,000 video subscribers during the third quarter while Time Warner Cable, the second-largest, shed 155,000 video customers in the July-September period.
The pay television sector -- which includes satellite television and TV services offered by telecom firms in addition to cable -- lost 119,000 customers in the quarter after gaining 346,000 a year ago, SNL Kagan said.
Combined with a loss of 216,000 customers in the second quarter, the first ever decline in its history, the pay television segment has fallen 2.3 percent in the last six months to around 100 million subscriptions, it said.
Cable television executives have pinned the blame for the unprecedented losses on high unemployment and the recession.
"I think there's much ado about very little in terms of all the talk about cord cutting," Philippe Dauman, president and chief executive of Viacom, told financial analysts on the television titan's latest earnings call.
"We don't see cord cutting as affecting our business," said the Viacom chief, whose properties include cable networks Comedy Central and MTV.
"I think it's remarkable that in the teeth of a powerful recession that we went through that continued viewership of subscription television held up as well as it has," Dauman added.
"And as the economy recovers we expect to see the number of television subscribers in the US grow at a better clip than it has over the last year and a half or so."
As for Netflix, Dauman said it has "positioned itself, not as being a substitute for television viewing but as a complementary service, and that is the way it is being used."
Netflix claims over 16 million members in the United States and Canada and last week unveiled a 7.99-dollar monthly plan that allows unlimited streaming of movies and television over the Web.
Hulu, which is owned by The Walt Disney Co., News Corp. and NBC Universal, recently introduced "Hulu Plus," which offers online viewing of recent television episodes, also for 7.99 a month.
While penny-pinching in hard times is behind the decision of many Americans to abandon pay television, industry analysts said there are signs that some are replacing cable with the newly available online options.
"It is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss the impact of over-the-top substitution on video subscriber performance, particularly after seeing declines during the period of the year that tends to produce the largest subscriber gains," said Ian Olgeirson, senior analyst at SNL Kagan.
Jeff Kagan, a telecom industry analyst who shares the same name but is not affiliated with SNL Kagan, said a number of factors were behind the drop in cable subscribers, including the inability to buy channels a la carte.
"In order to raise rates annually, the cable television industry always adds more channels and says it is still a good deal," Kagan said.
"However, the average customer still watches the same 10 to 15 channels," he said. "Adding more channels and charging more does not make it a better deal... It just makes it more expensive."
Kagan said US consumers have lived with costly monthly cable bills for years because they had no choice but "now things are changing."
"Suddenly there is competition in many markets from satellite television companies and the IPTV services from phone companies," he said. "Suddenly the economy is rough and people increasingly want to save money.
"Suddenly there are new services that are popping up like Google TV and Apple TV and more, taking us away from traditional television," he said.
"The customer finally had enough," Kagan said. "Now with choices they are making their move."
While some undoubtedly are, they remain a tiny minority for now.
According to a study released last week by consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates, only one percent of US consumers have cancelled their television subscription in favor of accessing content available on the Web and only 2.5 percent of consumers use Internet content exclusively.
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The 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
come on she's ugly. you can admit it.
someone get this girl a sammich pls.
Karolina Kurkova. No, Thanks.
she is ugly…but not because she's thin…..she's just a butterface….
i soo agree with you :)
just ew.
Perhaps it's time to retire this angel.
nice ribs.
DAAAAMNNNN her ribs is so sexy reminds me of that time I went to apple bees
Nevermind a buttaface, shes a buttaeverything.
she had a nicer body before, but her face has always been tragic
victorias secret became irrelevant to me when they adopted the whole low rise bottom thing, and they also have 'supermodels' that dont quite fit my idea of super. BRING BACK THE SEXY HIGH RISE CANT HIDE YOUR HIPS BOTTOMS! D:


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It's getting cold out but instead of wearing plain ol' pantyhose, dress up any outfit with these.
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A very comfortable bed having to wait in line to get a breakfast table
The breakfast was very delightful, lot of choices and they do cater for vegetairans and those who use soya milk. The spa facilities were good. However, I would say that the hotel needs refurbishment and some area needs modernisation. Being told that we are limited to one towel each by one particular member in the spa club. This was not the case with other staff members.
good customer service rooms quite small
old world charm but shows signs of fading service in Oscars restaurant fell well below expected standard
I liked the atmosphere, facilities and the staff who were most helpful and friendly. I did experience some problems with accessing my room with the card that was provided to me. It often didn't work and this caused me some inconvenience. I would have been much better off with a good old fashioned key! However, the staff made every effort to resolve this problem by upgrading me to a different room with a sea view. I considered this to be outstanding customer service.
The buffet breakfast was superb, especially the honeycomb. Im the first room we were given the central heating was not wotking and we had to move to another room, but nobody came to help us with our luggage and we had to carry it all ourselves - not what one expects from a 4-star hotel especially as my wife and I are in our late seventies
It was a disaster. We could not stay. We were given a room next to their waste hold area. The window would not open because all the rubbish bins were just outside. The room was tight and horrible. We left immediately. See our comments of 'what we liked'. Terrible hotel. Needs total modernisation, as location is good. Need new staff, training, etc. avoid staying there at all costs!
Nice spacious room and spacious general areas staff were very obliging. Could not control temperature in room which got very hot. But in fairness that is a problem a lot of older hotels have.
The hotel was very comfortable. The service in the restaurant for breakfast was not good.
Location was great. Very close to restraunts, parking, the Bournemouth Pier and Bournemouth Park However, if you are looking at the cheaper rooms you be better served by Premier Innnext door. Service was poor at the front desk and breakfast and breakfast whilst adequate was not at the quality I would have expected. Staff were very disjointed; my pregnant wife asked for some decaf-tea for our room and was advised "the bar might have some". Would have expected them to sort it out. Room location was in the back of beyond with stair only access. Cheaper rooms at this hotel not recommended.
Leisure facilities £15 to pay for car parking. No mention of this until we had arrived. Staff could be a little overzealous. We received the bill for our evening meal before we had had our dessert and coffee and our table was cleared while we were getting our cooked breakfast
Received room upgrade. Very good service
heating was not working in the room.
room and service were excellent
good location ,bags of character ,beautiful setting ,good breakfast nothing
Special surroundings, serviceminded staff, quiet and intimate atmosphere, interesting building & architecture, good food, huge room with fantastic view
Fantastic location, great staff and a very interesting building. Great value for money. Plumbing was a bit antiquated but that seemed to add to the charm. Very clean rooms. Recommended.
This was our 10th. overnight stay for a booked function. Very good indeed
the cooperative staff especially refreshing my memory from days spent in the building 1939-1941 as a school unclear signs to reception from the car park especially in the dark
On arrival they had upgrade us to a superior room Found the breakfast area alittle large
Excellent service and very good food
The room was a very good size. We dont really have any complaints.
when handing in my key the receptionist could not give me a receipt for the room have requested copy but by 6th July still waiting
Decor very very tired (corridors & bathroom) It was a typical old fashioned "seaside" hotel... the bathroom hasn't been changed since the 70's (nasty pink suite) and had a mouldy/damp smell. The room also felt extremely draughty and cold, despite the heating being on! The staff were friendly enough though. So to sum up, it is OK for one night.
The staff and the breakfast were superb. The bedroom smelt, believe it emminated from the mattress. Arrived late too tired not until next day the smell had ingressed into clothing. Decor poor and needs complete refurbishment.
we found the location ideal for the shops and theatre.The breakfast was very good and the staff very polite and friendly. creaky floorboards and the housekeeping staff started vacumming at 8.30 in the room upstairs. Also building work taking place although this was probably reflected in the price we paid.
Central location very limited carparking hotel needs a make over, quite dated
a up grad of room free of carge noizy nabbears but was lookd aferter
Everyone was helpful & friendly.An ideal spot for all locations in the area.
Welcoming staff for English speakers but noticed lack of skill at reception for foreigners ie rapid, complex sentences, given once, no body language or reference to local town map etc. I saw two foreigners bemused despite being given instructions which only I could just follow. A little bit ot raining might help! Just a friendly observation - not meaning to be too critical!
the pool and sauna .breakfast the room was an insult ,bathroom outdated and very dirty shower unfit to use . plugs loose on walls wallpaper a disgrace ,torn and dirty.
This hotel offered free WIFI & Parking, and the room only cost £32! The receptionist was very helpful and friendly and I got a free room upgrade. The food in the diner was very good and well priced. Can't really work out why people were moaning, the price is fantastic and everywhere is very clean. Yes, the hotel is a bit dated but its comfortable and the cheapest around so well worth it for a short break. everyone stop moaning and pay more if you expect 5 star services At best, the floorboards outside my room were a bit creaky and there was no blind in the bathroom, which didn't particularly bother me
We booked a superior room, but we would rate the room as standard. The shower was poor, the bathroom tiny, the door wouldn't lock, and overall just a standard room.
Quick and courtious service no smoking but will just have to get used to it as it will soon be law
TV did not work
lovely hotel,great staff.good position, food very enjoyable.this was our second visit and it defenitely wont be our last!! bar prices.
Freindly & comfortable
Friendly hote. Superior double was nicely decorated with little balcony- can't expect 'views' as surrounded by other hotels. Restaurant very good. Staff particularly friendly. Near enough to both prom and town. Would go back.
Meal served by friendly staff Room quite cramped
Great staff and comfortable hotel nothing
Both the staff and food were excellent. The bathroom needs modernising.
The Hotel was excellent, within easy walking of the BIC, and plenty of parking. The staff were excellent, very friendly, and service was very good. Our room was comfortable and quiet. A super selection for breakfast, overall a most enjoyable stay.
The atmosphere and friendliness of the staff. The spacious seating area on the ground floor with plenty of comfortable sofas. The conservatory with magnificent views. Being given a room a room with a view of the bay. Last time we stayed, the view was of the bins and car park! The excellent breakfasts. Feeling at home in the hotel. No
good staff, good food cold bathroom; noisy in room
Stunning sea view, large room and a great view from atop the cliff Everywhere smelt of chlorine from the small, tired "spa" in the basement. Lots of areas were quite tired, dirty windows spoilt the view and the bar food was poor.
The setting and view
Excellent location. Excellent food Pokey little attic room. Tv inadequate. Toiled/bathroom just about room to use with care.
The staff were efficient and keen to help,in particular Sophie the receptionist,who went out of her way to persoally contact me at home before travelling tosort out a mistake I had made when booking this hotel.
Excellent views from the bedroom, staff pleasent and helpful,food good. Bed too small,and room very warm, could not open the window too wide because of the pidgeons.
sea view rooms fabulous view very very quiet,need to have piped music or similar in the background, as you can hear everyone else's conversations in conservatory and lounge
Lovely views Somewhat faded grandeur.
The staff were very pleasant and helpful. The conservatory is very nice with views across swanage Bay The single room is small. The hotel is located approx 15 mins walk from town.
The location and view
views, restaurant, service, staff, health treatments wine prices high
Excellent Restaurant & Friendly Staff. sumptuous room with biggest TV ever seen
sea view the hotel was very cold not comfortable in gerneral areas cancelled second nigtht and lost money
The view Nothing apart from the hair dryer was to noisy
Booking process was fine. - Over-priced for what you get - when came back in the evening the room was not cleaned - facilites are poor
Rooms were recently refurbished and fabulous views of the sea The rooms had a refrigerator but no mini bar
On arrival we had been upgraded to a sea view room and what a room, large patio doors opened to balcony with chairs/tables and looked out over the sea, wonderful. The room was spacious and well furnished. The staff were very friendly. We eat in the restaurant in the evening, the meal was excellent could not fault it, we have been let down in the past with bad hotel meals, this has to be one of the best. All in all we had a good stay. The only complaint we have is that the bathroom was very small, but for 1 night it did not matter and did not spoil our stay.
We loved this hotel and found it to be one of the best we have stayed in in the UK,Situated right on the beach,beautiful views from all the windows.Large heated outdoor pool ,indoor pool and well equipt gym,fantastic gourmet food and all the staff were so nice and friendly and couldn't do enough to help. We will be returning next year for a longer stay .(can't wait !!! ) Only the weather !!
The reception and lounge area was very attractively decorated and inviting. All the staff we dealt with were very pleasant and helpful. The bedrooms were very basic and the blinds in our room were broken in places. The room was also at the front of the hotel so was quite noisy, however it was clean and warm.
We stayed at this hotel to attend a wedding and reception. The Orchid has excellent facilities for both weddings and wedding receptions and the staff are very friendly and helpful.
Friendly staff. Value for money Nothing to dislike
quirky decor, good parking, spacious public areas, very pleasant restaurant, friendly reception, good last minute room rate, excellent location. had to have breakfast one morning in less pleasant nearby sister hotel; mattress rather thin
The organisation of my sons wedding was great. The ceremony and the facilities we used made it very special. Some areas needed to be refurbished..... which was a shame.
went to a show at the b i c
It was very clean and modern and the staff were very friendly No food in the evenings. There was no sound proofing in the room, when the people came into the room above it was like they were sat in the room with us
Good location.
the setting and breakfast sqeaky floor boards and windows were hard to shut.
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Braylon Edwards Should Be a Lawyer
And the New York Jets continue to dominate both on (Suck it, Tom Brady.) and off the field (Suck.. me?) this week. This time around, wide receiver Braylon Edwards was picked up for DUI early this morning where he essentially had the balls to ask the cop if he could just hop a taxi and bounce. Sounds reasonable. ESPN reports:
According to the arrest report, the officer asked Edwards when he had his last drink.
"About an hour ago," Edwards responded.
Urbina asked Edwards if he was familiar with a breathalyzer. He responded that he was but asked why he would not undergo a field sobriety test like in Michigan, where he went to college. The officer said that was not procedure in New York.
Edwards said to Urbina: "How about I just leave the car and take a cab and go home?"
I'm pretty sure if you or I asked that question we'd get Tasered in the right ventricle, so it's truly a testament to celebrity justice that Braylon Edwards doesn't have a heart murmur right now. On that note, you gotta love the part where he asks about a field sobriety test "like in Michigan" because that doesn't at all make him sound like a repeat offender. "Hey, this isn't like those other times I almost killed somebody. What gives?"
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Defense leads Elizabeth Forward girls into semifinals
The Elizabeth Forward girls basketball team's dream season is still very much alive and well.
Using a suffocating defense and balanced scoring attack, EF cruised to a 66-45 win over Central Valley on Saturday afternoon at West Allegheny High School. EF (22-2) will face undefeated Blackhawk on Wednesday evening at a time and site yet to be determined.
"I don't want to sound like a broken record, but it has been our defense that has carried us through," said Elizabeth Forward coach Sam Kosanovich. "Today, we really had some offensive game that came through as well."
The victors were paced by junior guard Kylie Owoc's 16 points while forward Dana Buck chipped in with 15.
Central Valley's Seairra Barrett led all scorers with 20 points.
Elizabeth Forward's guard tandem of Alison Pastore and Abigail Sporio turned up the defensive pressure. Their play helped create 23 Central Valley (18-5) turnovers, seven of which came in the first quarter.
Buck scored three buckets from close range in the game's opening frame while Owoc's 3-pointer near the end of the quarter gave Elizabeth Forward a 19-10 lead.
The Buck/Owoc duo continued to dominate in the second quarter. Teammate Olivia Barkley also chipped in, converting two offensive rebounds into baskets late in the half, pushing Elizabeth Forward's advantage to 34-16.
"Balanced scoring, that is what we do," added Kosanovich. "We run players in and out and feel that everyone has a chance to compete when they get on the floor. It showed tonight."
Barrett, along with point guard Morgan DeMailo, worked to bring Central Valley back in the third quarter. DeMailo hit two 3-pointers to cut the EF lead to 15 midway through the third, but Elizabeth Forward stifled Central Valley with its trademark defense.
"Barrett is very athletic and goes to the hoop strong," added Kosanovich. "We did our best to put a body on her and hold our own. She's very good in the post. We did an outstanding job overall. I thought we played a strong defensive game throughout."
Elizabeth Forward's reward is a date in the Class AAA semifinals against powerful Blackhawk, which disposed of Belle Vernon in the earlier game.
"We're going to come and play, that is for sure," said Kosanovich. "They're undefeated for a reason."
David Whipkey is a freelance writer.


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What a pleasant surprise to read The Salt Lake Tribune's endorsement of President Barack Obama ("Too Many Mitts: Obama has earned another term," Our View, Oct. 21).
An endorsement of Gov. Mitt Romney and his endless flip-flops, policy shifts and disastrous, detail-bereft tax plan would have been difficult to bear.
I had become quite used to The Tribune's Opinion page endorsements of primarily conservative candidates, regardless of the treatment those candidates received by the editorial board's daily editorials leading up to important elections.
I hope this means a more balanced approach to future endorsements. Way to go, guys!
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John A Gray Military Service
Enlisted March 10, 1862 at Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia as a Private in Company A, 39th Georgia Infantry ("Cohutta Rangers," Cummings' Brigade), C.S.A. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863; paroled in April 1864. Last on roll April 30, 1864. [ Film Number M226 roll 24 ]
Buried at McFerrin Hospital Cemetery, Bolingbroke, Monroe County, GA
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University at Albany professors and authors Wendy S. Becker and W. Mark Dale sign their latest book The Crime Scene: How Forensic Science Works.
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(TC Media) The province is moving to establish a committee to consider changing building codes in order to improve accessibility in new residential buildings, a city committee heard Monday.
HRM's manager of municipal compliance gave the accessibility advisory committee an update on proposed changes that would require lever-style doorknobs and faucets, wider doors and hallways, and out-swinging bathroom doors in new homes.
Changing HRM's building code needs approval from a provincial minister, but Jim Donovan told the committee members that after his discussions with the province, the Nova Scotia Building Code Advisory (NSBCAC) committee took action without a formal request from the city.
"They like the idea. There's never been enough traction around this in the past," said Donovan, to surprised and pleased reaction from the committee members.
Donovan said the NSBCAC voted last week to begin developing the terms of reference for a new committee, focused specifically on building codes, that would include representatives from HRM and the residential construction industry.
"There's always been some concern about the pushback from the residential housing sector," said Donovan. "I've spoken to the (Nova Scotia) Homebuilders Association…their perspective is that as long as it's a rule that applies in the entire province, we're good with it."
The committee could recommend letting HRM make the changes alone, or changing the provincial building code – though Donovan said it may not agree with all the recommendations.
"The province knows that HRM is 70 per cent of the construction driver in the province…so they know our research is as good as it's going to get," he said. "But certainly, they're not going to stand behind all our recommendations."
Donovan said city staff have compared Nova Scotia and HRM's building codes to those in British Columbia, Vancouver and Ontario to determine what "liveability" requirements existed in homes.
He said in those jurisdictions, elements like doorknobs, light switch and receptacle heights and plumbing rough-ins are governed in homes and all residential buildings, without any impact on the cost of construction.
"(It) changes nothing about the cost of the building, it just re-directs the mindset of the builder," he said. "It's really about changing the convention."
Donovan said potential members could be invited to join the new committee in August.


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B.Sc., University of Western Ontario, 1975
Dr. Littlejohn joined the Baylor faculty as the Chair of the Mathematics Department in January, 2007. Prior to coming to Baylor he taught at Utah State University (1983-2006) and the University of Texas at San Antonio (1981-1983). He obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. degrees in mathematics from the University of Western Ontario before earning his Ph.D. at Penn State University. He has traveled extensively throughout the world and, in particular, frequently to work with colleagues in various places in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Korea. His hobbies include listening to music, playing squash, and watching/listening to baseball games played by his favorite team, the Detroit Tigers.
Academic Interests and Research:
Dr. Littlejohn's research areas include spectral theory of differential operators and special functions. When not working on research problems, he loves to study mathematics in other subjects (especially number theory) and to read popular books on mathematics and on various mathematicians.
Recent Selected Publications:
On the spectra of left-definite operators, (with R. Wellman), Complex Anal. Oper. Theory, 7(2) (2013), 437-455.
The Jacobi-Stirling Numbers, (wtih G. E. Andrews, E. Egge, and W. Gawronski), J. Combinatorial Theory Ser. A, 120 (2013), 288-303.
Factorization of second-order linear differential equations and Liouville-Neumann expansions, (with E. García, J. L. López, and E. Pérez Sinusía), Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 57 (2013), 1514-1530.
Classical and Sobolev orthogonality of the nonclassical Jacobi polynomials with parameters α=β=-1, (with A. Bruder), Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., DOI 10.1007/s10231-012-0284-8.
Non-classical Jacobi polynomials and Sobolev orthogonality, (with A. Bruder), Results Math., 61 (2012), no. 3-4, 283-313.
The Legendre-Stirling Numbers, (with G. E. Andrews and W. Gawronski), Discrete Math., 311(2011), 1255-1272.
The Legendre equation and its self-adjoint operators, (with A. Zettl), Electron. J. Diff. Equ., Vol. 2011(2011), No. 69, pp. 1-33.
Recent Lectures:
Legendre polynomials, Legendre-Stirling numbers, and left-definite operator theory, colloqiuim lecture, Texas Christian University, October 2012.
Spectral analysis of the X1 - Laguerre Polynomials, invited lecture, International Conference on Differential Equations, Difference Equations, and Special Functions, Patras, Greece, September 2012.
A New Result in Old Mathematics: Variation of Parameters and Solutions of Linear Differential Equations, colloquium lecture, University of Trier, Germany, July 2012.
The Legendre-Stirling Numbers", invited lecture, Workshop on Analytic and Computational Techniques in Spectral Theory and Related Topics, EPSRC Gregynog Workshop 2011, June 2011.
A Generalization of Hardy's Inequality, colloquium lecture, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, June 2011.Current Ph.D. Students:
Katie Elliott, Baylor University
Isaac Michael, Baylor University
Former Ph.D. Students:
Susan Loveland, Utah State University, 1990
Richard Wellman, Utah State University, 1995
Andrea Bruder, Baylor University, 2009
Davut Tuncer, Baylor University, 2009
Jessica Stewart, Baylor University, 2014
Quinn Wicks, Baylor University, 2015
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- MTH 1321, MTH 1322 - Calculus I, II
- MTH 2311 - Linear Algebra
- MTH 3323 - Introduction to Real Analysis
- MTH 3325 - Ordinary Differential Equations
- MTH 3326 - Partial Diff Equations
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Young Corliss, then twenty-one years of age, proposed to build a cantilever bridge.
We project our life forward as we build a cantilever bridge.
The first of these cantilever bridges built in the United States was of iron.
Two things have helped to put up a cantilever across the gulf.
Other bridges have since been built, among them a cantilever.
The forward ends of the poling boards were supported by a cantilever beam.
In the cantilever, two giant trusses are cunningly balanced upon string supporting towers.
cantilever wings vibrated and hummed and figures in coveralls swarmed over and around the planes.
Two support rods and two cantilever springs were needed in place of the one in unidirectional scarificators.
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Daryl's racist and hot-tempered brother sports something in place of his missing arm in the picture that confirms his return.
Merle Dixon's return to "The Walking Dead" has been confirmed in a newly-released image from the upcoming season 3. In the picture, the character played by Michael Rooker is seen pretty much alive and sporting something in place of his missing arm.
Merle was left handcuffed to a pipe on an Atlanta rooftop in season 1 with a pack of walkers approaching him. When the other survivors returned to the site, only Merle's hand remained next to a bloodied saw. The racist and hot-tempered guy later appeared in his brother Daryl's hallucination in season 2.
Back in November, comic creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman played coy when asked if Merle would return to the show. "There's definitely a chance," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "We still don't know what happened to him after he cut his hand off."
"We don't know where he went, we don't know if he survived and if he survived, for how long. We don't know anything about him," he continued gushing. "We would never leave something like that hanging indefinitely. That's going to be something coming up at some point in the show."
Prior to releasing this photo, AMC has debuted the first look at David Morrissey as The Governor. Also being part of the new season is sword-wielding heroine Michonne, who is portrayed by Danai Gurira.
The all-new episodes of "Walking Dead" will debut sometime this fall.


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Cultures in Transition: Native Americans, 1600-1800
It is common to date the beginning of the historic era in the Hoosier National Forest region to the late 17th century, with the arrival in the area of the first European traders and explorers. In fact, dramatic changes had already taken place in the entire Great Lakes region before these traders and the later settlers arrived.
When Europeans began colonizing the Eastern coastal areas of the North American continent, Indian populations were displaced from that region. Many of these groups moved westward, and in turn displaced other Native Americans who had been living in our area. The Iroquois and allied groups also raided or threatened the villages of other tribes, causing Indians in the areas that later became Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio to seek refuge elsewhere. [10]
Thus, the Native American groups encountered by the first European American settlers in Indiana were not those groups, or "tribes", which had originally inhabited the area. Information about the original native inhabitants comes primarily from archaeological study of prehistoric sites.
It is difficult to determine which tribal groups were present in the 1600s, for several reasons. Very little historic (that is, written) evidence for the area exists from this period. Also, archaeological evidence is of only limited use in answering questions about tribal identity. The Native American material culture of that era changed rapidly, as soon as Indian peoples had access to European trade goods. And many Indians stopped only briefly in our region, before moving farther west. Despite our gaps in knowledge, Native American groups present in southern Indiana and adjacent areas in the decades just before the arrival of European American settlers include the Miami and Piankeshaw, and possibly the Shawnee and groups speaking Muskogean and Dhegiha Siouan languages.
Some scholars think that at least some of the Miami Indians can be traced back to certain late prehistoric (Upper Mississippian) archaeological cultures. Upper Mississippian groups are known from the archaeological record to have lived in northwestern Indiana and northern Illinois during the 1400s through the 1600s. [11] Similarly, the Shawnee may have been linked with the Fort Ancient culture, an archaeologically known culture of the 1600s in Ohio. However, not all Fort Ancient culture sites of that period are necessarily Shawnee, and various bands of the Shawnee may be archaeologically linked to other prehistoric cultures. [12]
In southwestern Indiana and adjoining portions of Illinois and Kentucky, European trade goods have been found at prehistoric Mississippian villages known on the basis of radiocarbon dates to have been occupied in the 1600s. No historic records mention this regional population, and thus its ethnic identity is unknown. Neither the Miami nor the Shawnee are likely candidates. Of the more distant Native American groups recorded by early European travelers, this unknown group's identity might be linked to some of the Muskogean-speakers south of our region or some of the Dhegiha Siouan-speakers to the west. [13]
The information for the 1700s is more definite, but still sketchy. Three related groups, the Miami, Wea, and Piankeshaw, were present in northern and west central Indiana after 1680. Apparently, the Miami claimed they held all lands from northern Indiana and central Ohio to the Ohio River. Around 1770, the Miami and Piankeshaw allowed Delaware from Ohio to occupy southern and central Indiana between the White and the Ohio rivers. There are said to have been a few Delaware towns in this area after that date, though most Delaware and related Munsee settled farther north.
Some groups of Shawnee were briefly in southern Indiana, though their homeland is to the east and south of Indiana. By 1788 this group is reported to have settled temporarily at the confluence of the White and Wabash rivers south of Vincennes, and possibly passed through the Hoosier National Forest region. The Delaware, like some Shawnee groups, originated farther east. The Wyandotte, a Huron-speaking group from the Great Lakes area, also migrated into our region at about the same time. The Kickapoo, also from the north, came to the central Wabash Valley and established villages in the 1740s in the vicinity of a trading center at Ouiatenon, and moved in the 1780s to the Vincennes area. As further indication of large-scale population shifts, some of the Miami, Piankeshaw, Delaware, Shawnee, and Kickapoo had settled along the Mississippi River by 1790; about the same time some of the Potawatomi moved from the Lake Michigan area to the central Wabash. [14]
County histories for the Hoosier National Forest region mention several Indian groups present at the time of European American settlement in the early 1800s, or just prior to it. The county histories are not always reliable sources, and we do not know what information their authors used in listing the specific Native American groups. The Piankeshaw and Delaware are named in histories of Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, and Orange counties; the Shawnee are listed for Jackson, Lawrence, and Orange counties; and the Miami are listed for Monroe and Perry counties. Wyandotte Indians are said to have been present in Jackson, Orange, Crawford, and Perry counties. Sources list Potawatomi among the groups present in Lawrence and Monroe County, though most of this group was situated farther north and west of our region. [15]
Historic Era Native American Lifestyles
There is little direct knowledge of the way of life of the historic Native Americans in southern Indiana. However, anthropological information gathered in northern Indiana and elsewhere gives some clues about the Native American groups which lived in--or passed through--our region. [16]
The Miami Indians had a pattern of alternating between summer villages and winter hunting camps. In the earlier part of the 17th century reports tell of villages comprised of oval lodges, constructed from pole frames. By the late 17th century or earlier, one-room rectangular log houses replaced the traditional house, due to European influence. Villages typically consisted of a number of houses scattered along a river bank; one large village was reported to have been three miles in length. A council house, larger than the dwelling houses, apparently was a feature of each village. The Miami lived along major rivers in northern Indiana and Ohio. Early settlers in our region report meeting Indian hunting parties, but the arrangement of their hunting camps is not recorded.
The Shawnee seem to have had a settlement pattern and house structure similar to those of the Miami. The Shawnee occupied semi-permanent towns in summer. Their traditional houses were bark covered lodges. By the late 18th century the traditional house form was abandoned in favor of one-room log houses. Shawnee villages had a central council meeting house. Some of these settlements were used as forts during wars with the U.S. in the late 18th century.
The Delaware apparently used a different settlement strategy. They reportedly occupied semi-permanent settlements in winter, and were mobile in summer. They built their villages on hilltops, either as concentrations of dwellings surrounded by a stockade or as scattered dwellings. Houses consisted of large, multiple-family long houses, which were pole framed and bark covered.
Tools and utensils used by the earliest historic Indiana included: clay pots; pipes of clay and stone; arrowheads of stone and antler; shell beads; and ornaments of native copper. These items can survive through time at a site, and thus it may be possible to build our knowledge of the historic Native American presence in the region through identification and study of archaeological sites. Other more perishable items, which would be unlikely to last over time, include wooden mortars, gourd utensils, fiber baskets, wooden canoes, and leather clothing. Also, the Delaware and Miami are said to have dug storage pits to preserve food; these too can be preserved in the archaeological record if they have not been subjected to later disturbance.
Metal and glass items were obtained from European or European American traders, or from other Indians who had acquired these trade goods. Native Americans traded furs and hides for many types of European and American goods, including blankets and whiskey. Eventually, Indian groups adopted a wide array of new material items, as these became more readily available from traders. Brass and copper kettles replaced their earthenware pots, guns replaced bows and arrows, and European pipes and glass beads replaced traditional smoking and decorative items.
A map compiled in the 1930s shows historic Indian villages and trails in Indiana, including several sites in our region. Locating these or other historic Indian sites is difficult, however. The available material culture and settlement information suggests that early historic Native American sites appear very similar to prehistoric sites. Trade items originating in Europe, which would give a clear indication of dates of manufacture, occur rarely and probably were present at only some of the early historic sites. And, after Native American groups adopted the use of European goods and house styles to replace their own traditional material culture, their cultural remains appear much like early European American sites.
Another problem we face in identifying Indian sites from this period is the transitory nature of the historic Indian presence in the region. The scant documentation suggests that their presence spanned decades, not centuries, and was marked by nearly constant movement and adjustment between groups and territories. [17] Given these circumstances, it is not surprising that direct evidence for the early historic Native Americans in south central Indiana is still elusive.
There is one cultural feature dating from the period of historic Native American occupation known for the Hoosier National Forest. This is the segment of the Buffalo Trace, also called the Vincennes Trace, that runs through the Forest boundaries. This trail was sometimes called the "Lananzokimiwi Trace," a name which seems to be derived from a Miami language phrase, combining words translated to mean "cattle" and "road." It was the major land route across southern Indiana in early historic times, running from the Falls of the Ohio (near present-day Louisville) to Vincennes. The trail, created by buffalo during their migrations and used by Indians and later by Europeans and European Americans, was as wide as 20 feet. [18] It may still be possible to find and preserve sections of the trail in areas that have not been too disturbed. Thus far, the necessary research and field work to achieve this has not been done.
European American/Native American Interactions
The story of Indian and European American relations during the early historic era is a tale of conflict over territory. The land that now makes up our region is a small portion of a larger territory sought by several peoples: Native American groups, the French, and the British. The process by which the territory ultimately came into British, rather than French, dominion during the colonial period is recounted in a number of places. [19]
By the 1770s, British American settlers were living in present-day Kentucky very near our region, despite the Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited American settlement west of the Appalachians. These "squatter" settlements became vulnerable during the Revolutionary War, when the British supported Indian groups in attacks on American settlers in Kentucky and elsewhere. Attacks and counter-attacks established a pattern for the course of the war in the western territory: British and American forces each used the Indians in their fight against the other. Ultimately, the American side won the war, though the victory was based on battles east of the mountains. In our region and throughout the "west," neither side was able to dominate the other.
After the end of the Revolutionary War direct conflict between the Indians and European Americans increased in the Ohio River Valley region. The cause of the dispute was the land itself. The European Americans believed that they now had title to the territory, while Indian groups did not accept this claim of land ownership any more than they had accepted earlier French or British claims.
The conflict centered on European American expansion north across the Ohio River. Although only a few "squatters" had set up cabins along the north side of the Ohio River, there were already 70,000 settlers in Kentucky by 1790, and many were eager to acquire new lands in southern Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. The Native Americans were just as determined not to relinquish these lands. It took many years of scattered fighting to settle these conflicting claims. The years from 1790 to 1795 and from 1808 to 1814 were particularly marked by Indian/settler conflict in the region, but European Americans forced Indian communities to give up their claims to the land, and eventually most Native Americans signed treaties and moved farther west.
The movement of a European American population into our region was encouraged and organized by two important policy decisions on the part of the U.S. government. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided for the system of government to be used in the area of Indiana and nearby states, then known as the Northwest Territory, including provisions for achieving statehood. The Land Act of 1800 allowed for relatively easy, legal land acquisition by private individuals from the federal government. This was partly accomplished by opening land sale offices within the Northwest Territory. The first office in what is now Indiana was established in 1807 at the former French trading settlement at Vincennes. Land was sold for $1.25 per acre.
An earlier act, the Ordinance of 1785, had provided for the survey of land into six mile square townships, subdivided into 36 sections, each 640 acres in size. These land subdivisions remain the basis for legal description of land ownership. In fact, the grid of land sections is still clearly apparent in flatter areas, where roads often follow north-south and east-west section lines. In much of our region, roads tend to follow ridges and hollows, so the work of the earlier surveyors is not so visible on the landscape.
A monument and small park in the Hoosier National Forest is dedicated to the work of the early surveyors, The site is the "Initial Point" in the surveying system and the center of our scheme of sections and townships. It is located south of Pine Valley off of State Highway 37 in Orange County.
We know very little about the day-to-day relations between the earliest settlers and the Native Americans in our area. There are only a few clues in the county histories. In Dubois County, the first European Americans settled in 1802, some six miles west of the Hoosier National Forest boundary. According to the 19th century county history, the first settlers lived near some Native Americans. It is recorded that when a family of settlers built a second house near their original one, the first house was used by Indians. "Soon" afterward, however, for reasons not recorded, these Indians "became hostile" and the European Americans vacated their homes and retreated south. The settlers returned, though, and built a block house near their homes in order to protect themselves against Indian attack. Crawford County settlers also built a block house described as a two-story log structure. Other accounts confirm that early settlers were indeed subject to raids by Indians who did not accept the legality of the land treaties, particularly during the War of 1812. [20]
Some of the most extensive contact between Indians and European American settlers in our area appears to have taken place in Jackson County. One location, Vallonia, has long been reported to have been the site of a pre-1800 French settlement, based on the discovery of some abandoned dwellings by the first English-descended settlers in the early 1800s. It could be that these old houses were in fact Indian homes. Native Americans were still in the vicinity in the early 1800s, and we have reports of one marriage between a white, European American man and an Indian woman; the seizing and lengthy captivity of a white boy by Indians; and bloodshed on both sides during fighting. The European American settlers built at least two blockhouses or "forts" in the immediate area, where people, livestock, and valuables could be protected. The locale is reported to have been a fort during the War of 1812, and a reconstruction stands today in the town.
Fighting between Indians and whites was known in other counties, too, though there are also mentions of "friendly" Indians in several instances. In Monroe County, for example, a long-lived resident wrote about the period of the 1820s:
On the whole, though, references to contact between the two groups in our region are scarce, despite the fact our region became settled by European Americans--and counties were first organized--while a sizable population of Indians remained in central and northern Indiana. There are no known cases of prolonged peaceful European American/Native American interactions, such as occurred in east central Indiana and at the trading centers which existed in western and northern Indiana. [21]


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In the latest installment of 'Superman' movie, the man of steel may get a new love interest as report claimed that Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has been considered to play it.
Recently, words circulating around "Superman: The Man of Steel" suggested that the American favorite superhero may perhaps get over his lover Lois Lane and find a new love interest. The rumor is sparked after Indian actress Priyanka Chopra is said to be offered the role in the latest installment of the superhero film.
According to Zee News, trusted sources claimed that the 25-year-old beauty has caught the attention of the movie's filmmakers since they are looking for an Indian face to play a scientist. "The filmmakers had been looking for an Indian face for quite long as the role is of an Indian scientist. When they came to know of Priyanka shooting in the US for Dostana, the director of Superman went to the shoot to judge her work," quoted the publication from one of their source.
Allegedly, the Bollywood actress is almost certain in landing the part. If she indeed nails the role, she will be sharing screen with the man of steel's second time depicter Brandon Routh and possibly with Kevin Spacey, who has expressed interest in returning as Lex Luthor. Up to this point, official statement from the Miss World 2000's camp and from the studio about Chopra's possible casting have yet to be released.
"Man of Steel" is a sequel to "Superman Returns" which is expected to be released sometime in 2009. Much of the details about this flick have still been kept under tight wraps, but there is a say that the new movie will portray the superhero as "an angry God". Reportedly, the action film will start production in early 2009.


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Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (through their sister site, the Black Phoenix Trading Post) has released an all-new line of hand-made hair gloss.
I first tried the Snake Oil Hair Gloss when I was in California this summer, when I was visiting Dark Delicacies, where they had prototypes out for testing. I was so head-over-heels about it that I couldn't wait until they released the new product.
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The Washington Redskins have made changes to the roster, but with so much talk about the front office and Kirk Cousins' contract, one 2017 topic gets a bit overlooked: Who is actually on the roster?
Therefore, I present the current members of the Redskins roster. Players in bold were starters by year's end. Names in italics were at least on the 53-man squad for a decent stretch of the season. The order is primarily off of how the salary cap site Over The Cap listed the players by 2017 salary.
^ Indicates player extended a contract tender by the Redskins but has yet to sign
Quarterback: Kirk Cousins, Colt McCoy, Nate Sudfeld
Running back: Matt Jones, Chris Thompson^ Mack Brown, Robert Kelley, Keith Marshall
Wide receiver: Terrelle Pryor, Josh Doctson, Jamison Crowder, Ryan Grant, Maurice Harris, Matt Hazel, Reggie Diggs, Kendall Thompson
Tight end: Jordan Reed, Vernon Davis, Niles Paul Derek Carrier, Wes Sexton
Center: Spencer Long
Guard: Brandon Scherff, Shawn Lauvao, Arie Kouandjio
Tackle: Trent Williams, Morgan Moses, Ty Nsekhe, Vinston Painter, Kevin Bowen, Ronald Patrick, Isaiah Williams
Defensive end: Terrell McClain, Stacy McGee, Ziggy Hood, Matt Ioannidis, Anthony Lanier,
Nose tackle: A.J. Francis, Phil Taylor, Joey Mbu
Outside linebacker: Ryan Kerrigan, Preston Smith, Trent Murphy, Junior Galette, Houston Bates, Chris Carter, Rufus Johnson, Khairi Fortt, Lynden Trail, Pete Robertson
Inside linebacker: Will Compton^, Mason Foster, Martell Spaight, Zach Vigil, Steven Daniels
Cornerback: Josh Norman, Bashaud Breeland, Kendall Fuller, Quinton Dunbar, Dashaun Phillips, Shak Randolph
Safety: DeAngelo Hall, Will Blackmon, Su'a Cravens, D.J. Swearinger, Josh Evans, Deshazor Everett, Earl Wolff
Special Teams: Tress Way, Dustin Hopkins, Nick Sundberg
* Most significant change occurred at wide receiver and along the defensive line. Pryor signed a one-year deal as the Redskins go with a bigger, younger option to replace veterans Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson. While that position is likely good-to-go in terms of splashy free agency, the defensive line needs a playamker. Chris Baker, the leader in sacks among the lineman over the past two seasons, signed with Tampa Bay while Ricky Jean Francois was released this week. McClain and McGee might end up as starters on the end, but the NT slot remains unsettled. Defensive coordinator Greg Manusky told ESPN 980 this week he anticipates more help coming from upcoming NFL Draft. Jonathan Hankins is the top free agent option available.
* Outside linebacker and cornerback are essentially intact from 2016, except that Murphy will miss the opening four games
* The offensive line is poised for a similar look, though backup center Kory Lichtensteiger retired last month. How the Redskins evaluate the work of Lauvao's play at left guard could dictate future moves. Washington's running game bogged down against top defenses and backs constantly dealt with would-be tacklers in the backfield.
* Washington could arguably use more running back help depending on whether it views Kelley as an every-down back in 2017 or if the Redskins decide Jones won't make the 53-man roster.
* Swearinger, who has experience at multiple positions, is expected to play free safety with Cravens shifting to strong safety, according to a source. Washington certainly needed a change at both spots. It sounds like Hall will return. Hmmm.
Ben Standig is the Publisher of Breaking Burgundy and the Huddle Report's 2012 NFL Mock Draft champion. You can find him on Twitter @benstandig, Facebook and on Google+.
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Early Childhood Education
In An Early Childhood Research Agenda: Voices from the Field (2001), researcher Marilyn Fleer cites Loraine Corrie's investigations that were published in "Neuroscience and early childhood? A dangerous liaison," Australian Journal of Early Childhood, Vol. 25, 2000, 34-40: "...Corrie...argues that the majority of research that is used to support the importance of the early years has been conducted on animals. She states that approximately one percent of studies since the 1970s listed in Psychlit involve children (the number of studies reviewed was 12,395). In addition, she states that a breakdown of subjects in the studies reported between 1990 and 1999 shows that 62 percent of studies were performed on rats, 3.3 percent on adults, and only .94 of a percent on children. In examining the studies conducted on humans, she concludes that in most cases the sample sizes reported in individual studies were around four to five children. In addition, some articles drew upon the same original piece of scientific research, thus reducing the number of total studies further. Corrie concludes that it is still too early to be persuaded that the neuroscience research offers definitive evidence for the importance of early childhood education."
Fleer also points out that researchers have questioned claims made by those using brain-based research to promote early education. Criticism of "methodological integrity of the claims" includes limited studies with humans, "over-citation of a limited few neuroscience studies," small sample sizes involving humans, and more.


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Ryan Gosling Might Finally Play a Disney Prince
He'll reportedly be the Beast to Emma Watson's Beauty.
When it comes casting its upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, Disney already scored big by nabbing Emma Watson for the lead part of Belle. But if reports are to be believed, the company might really hit a home run: The role of the Beast is rumored to have been offered to none other than Ryan Gosling, according to The Tracking Board.
We'll try not to get too excited until we get official confirmation, but Ryan Gosling as a Disney Prince?! SINGING?!
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Our off-Broadway musical completed its scheduled run and got, as you will see below, great reviews and TV coverage. We are currently exploring
where it will continue. If you have any interest in being involved with the mounting of the next production, or know someone who would be interested,
please contact Jim Cohen at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Similarly, if you have any leads or bright ideas for a good way to market any of the songs in the show - romantic show tunes, inspirational songs or funny/parody songs, again, please just shoot Jim an e-mail at email@example.com
Soldier's Song - A New Musical
Directed by Angelica Torn
Music and Lyrics by Jim Cohen
Book by Joanne Lee Drexler Cohen
Produced by Raphael Benavides Productions
Tickets - General Admission $25
Please click on the right for Joe Torres TV Channel 7 and Julie Chang Fox 5 delightful reports on "Soldier's Song"
"Soldier's Song," by Jim Cohen and Joanne Lee Drexler Cohen, is a romantic musical, a beautiful love story, with songs you'll remember -- and it has something truly unique. The story is about a Puerto Rican soldier, "Jose," who serves in Iraq - this lead role is performed by J.W. Cortes, who himself is Puerto Rican and served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq. J.W. has starred as a singer/actor in many movies and TV shows and brings a special, powerful dimension to the show, as "Soldier's Song" is, in many ways, his story. Just like the story of "Jose" in "Soldier's Song," in fact, in real life, J.W. Cortes participated in dangerous, life-threatening missions while fighting in Iraq and always dreamed of being a singer/performer. The other cast members, Christiana Little, Melody Berger and Noah Chase are also experienced and talented singer/actors and our musical director/pianist, Natalie Tenenbaum, is a Juilliard graduate and performer at many venues including the touring companies of West Side Story, Evita and Les Miserables. "Soldier's Song" is Directed by Angelica Torn, an award winning actress, director and Board member of the Actors Studio.
"Soldier's Song" is a musical – with 15 songs (you can listen to four of them by clicking on a track on the right) - about a poor but handsome and talented Puerto Rican young man, "Jose," an up and coming singer/songwriter, who, while singing at a night club in Puerto Rico, meets "Erica," an elegant, beautiful and wealthy girl from Charleston. "Jose" and "Erica" fall in love and have an incredible 4-month love affair. But, "Jose," who previously volunteered for the Army (as thousands of Puerto Rican men do), is sent off to Iraq. Before he goes, "Erica" promises, in a song, that she will wait for him "AS LONG AS IT TAKES." They decide to introduce their two great friends since childhood - "Raul" and "Ashley" - who will both be serving in Iraq. Then, while "Jose" is on a mission in Iraq, he is captured and no one knows if he is alive or dead. "Erica" who is pregnant, learns that "Jose" is missing and, at her mother's insistence, she marries the wealthy boy next door. The play works out, in story and song, how the lives of these four young people develop.
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Former Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith is set to take on the challenge of rebuilding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Two people familiar with Smith's plans said Wednesday night that the coach has reached an agreement to fill the opening created by the firing of Greg Schiano following a 4-12 finish.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because an official announcement hasn't been made. One of the people also said that former Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier will be the Bucs' defensive coordinator.
The 55-year-old Smith will replace Schiano, fired Monday after going 11-21 in two seasons in Tampa Bay. Frazier also was fired Monday.
Smith was 81-63 in nine seasons with Chicago, leading the 2006 team to the Super Bowl where the Bears lost Indianapolis. He was fired a year ago after the Bears finished 10-6 and missed the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons.
Smith was Tampa Bay's linebackers coach under Tony Dungy from 1996-2000, then spent three seasons as the St. Louis Rams' defensive coordinator on Mike Martz's staff.
O'Brien expected to fix Texans' QB woes
Bill O'Brien worked closely with Tom Brady when he was a Patriots assistant.
He's now set to return to the NFL to coach Houston, and he's a long way from Brady. The Texans have the No. 1 draft pick, and O'Brien might well find himself having to groom a rookie quarterback.
Two people familiar with the negotiations, speaking to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn't been made, said Tuesday night that O'Brien reached an agreement to coach the Texans. O'Brien, who spent the past two seasons as Penn State's head coach, is expected to be introduced Thursday.
He inherits a team filled with talent, but whose biggest problem is at quarterback. Veteran Matt Schaub, Houston's starter since 2007, was benched after six games. Case Keenum took over after that, but his lack of success showed he wasn't the answer either, and the team finished on a 14-game skid.
A number of talented quarterbacks could be available in May's draft. Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater, 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, and Fresno State's Derek Carr, younger brother of Houston's first-ever draft pick, David Carr, are among the top-rated quarterbacks expected to be in the draft.
O'Brien spent 2007-12 as offensive assistant under Bill Belichick at New England. O'Brien was the team's quarterbacks coach from 2009-11, and Brady threw for 5,235 yards and 39 touchdowns in the 2011 regular season, when the Patriots went to the Super Bowl.
Dolphins owner considering changes
In the wake of the Miami Dolphins' late-season collapse, owner Stephen Ross immediately began contemplating a possible organizational shake-up.
Ross has been meeting with his top advisers before deciding whether to fire anyone, two people familiar with the situation said.
One of the people said the meetings began Sunday night and will resume Thursday, and a decision could come then. That person said that during the Dolphins' loss Sunday to the New York Jets, Ross became so upset he turned away at one point because he could no longer watch.
Second-year offensive coordinator Mike Sherman is considered the most likely to be fired, and sixth-year general manager Jeff Ireland's job is also in serious jeopardy. Coach Joe Philbin is likely to return for a third season, the two people familiar with the situation said, but that's not a certainty.
The Dolphins, who finished 8-8, were on the verge of earning the final AFC wild-card berth before being outscored 39-7 while losing their last two games to the Buffalo Bills and Jets, two non-playoff teams.
Around the league
Panthers • Coach Ron Rivera said defensive coordinator Sean McDermott will interview for Washington's head coaching position this week. The Panthers allowed the second-fewest points in the NFL and had a league-high 60 sacks.
Chiefs • Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was cleared to play in Saturday's wild-card playoff game against Indianapolis after sustaining a concussion, though the status of linebacker Tamba Hali (knee) and right tackle Eric Fisher (groin) remains uncertain.
Playoff schedule
• Kansas City atIndianapolis,2:35 p.m., Ch. 5
• New Orleansat Philadelphia,6:10 p.m., Ch. 5
• San Diego at Cincinnati, 11:05 a.m., Ch. 2
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Orthodox America
July 4/17
Long ago, when our grandparents were very young, the Tsar and Tsaritsa of Russia longed for a son[1]. God had already blessed them with four wonderful daughters, but they also very much wanted a son, who would rule Russia after them, in wisdom and piety.
The Tsar and Tsaritsa, Nicholas and Alexandra, were good Orthodox Christians. They loved Christ, and they knew that they should ask God to bless them with a son. They also knew that God "rests in His saints"-that is, God often reveals Himself to man kind through the saints, who have pleased him by the goodness of their lives. The Tsar and the Tsaritsa knew about a holy wonderworker, Seraphim of Sarov, who had not yet been given the title of "saint" by the Church. They asked the bishops to "Glorify" him by giving him the name of "saint" and having icons painted of him. They knew that this would please God, and they hoped that God would also give them a son. The bishops agreed and held a wonderful ceremony in which they Glorified St. Seraphim. The Tsaritsa also went to the miracle-working well of the Saint and bathed in it, asking God for a son. Within a few weeks she learned that she was expecting her fifth child.
The prayers of the Tsar and Tsaritsa were answered: the child that was born on July 30, 1904 (old style) was a boy! The Tsar wrote in his diary: "A great, never- to-be forgotten day, when the mercy and blessing of God has visited us so clearly" They named him Alexis, after the holy 16th century Metropolitan of Moscow, Alexis.
But within a few days, the joy of the Tsar and Tsaritsa was turned to worry. The new Crown Prince seemed to bleed very easily. As he grew older and began to crawl and walk, the bruises on his little body turned to dark swellings under the skin. He was terribly ill. The doctors called the illness hemophilia-a disease for which there is still no cure today. People with this sickness have blood that does not clot properly. If they are not careful, they can bleed to death from very slight injuries. Such people endure frightful. s ufferings for as. long as they live. Often they do not live very long. Many times Alexis was close to death. He was only saved by the prayers of his parents and many others. Here is. What a lady in waiting to the Tsaritsa said about the young Alexis:
"The wholes short. life of the Crown-Prince, the loveliest and most amiable child imaginable, was a succession of agonizing illnesses due to this disease... His large blue eyes gazed at us with unspeakable sad- ness while the doctors tried to help him with every means known to science."
When he was well, Alexis enjoyed life. He liked to play, and also liked music (he learned how to play the balalaika well); he also liked anything to do with nature, and he loved pets, lust like other boys and girls of his age.
But when he was 13 a terrible revolution took place in Russia and he and his whole family were arrested by wicked men who took them far away and kept them imprisoned in a house. The guards were cruel men, stealing things from Alexis's sisters, drawing bad pictures on the walls, and even stealing Alexis's icons! During this whole time the boy was also very sick, yet he was always cheerful and kind to everyone, living a pure life, filled with prayers to God and with smiles even for the guards.
During the night of July 4-5, 1918 (old style), Alexis and his family were taken to the basement of their house and shot. Alexis did not die immediately. When the executioners saw that he was still alive, one of them kicked Alexis with his heavy boot and then fired two gunshots into his ear. At that instant his pure soul flew into the hands of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, along with the souls of his parents and sisters.
Having suffered so much, so patiently, all through his life, the little Crown Prince of Russia died bravely. Now he lives for- ever in Heaven, where he prays for all of us today and is the special patron saint of children.
Holy Child-Martyr Alexis, pray to God for us!
[1] The words Tsar and Tsaritsa refer to the rulers of Russia. In English we some times use the titles "Emperor" and "Empress". An Emperor is more than just a king. A king rules over only one country, while an Emperor rules over many kingdoms or nations.[../../_private/oabot.htm]


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Six Six Sick Dress and Jeffrey Campbell chain heels.
For the Spellbound party we did for Violet Hour on Friday, Christina and I wanted to make something extra special. We thought our outfits should convey the dark and Gothic inspired tone of the night, but wanted to avoid being too overtly campy or literal about the theme. Christina thought it would be cool to translate an old 66S medieval knight-inspired outfit, which had been made out of sheer mesh with a sequined cross on top, into a nicer, finished dress. While I hand stitched the sequined crosses from giant gunmetal paillettes, Christina constructed a flowing, drapey dress from sheer black chiffon, which she finished at the edges with twill tape. The instructions for making the dress are a bit too complicated to explain (sorry), but making the sequined cross applique isn't that difficult, and only took me about 2 hours per cross.
We started by cutting out the crosses from interfacing, making them about 2 1/2 inches wide. I slowly zigzagged the sequins up, eyeballing the distance between each row and column of sequins to be 3/4 inch apart. I think we ended up using about 450 paillettes per cross. When we were finished, we whip-stitched the top portion of the cross to the bodice of the dress, making sure that the bottom of the horizontal bar of the cross lay flush against the seam of the empire-waist of the dress. We let the bottom part of the vertical bar of the cross hang loose over the flowy lower portion of the dress, so it would move more naturally. We were really happy with the results, and I'll probably try and think of more things to embellish with plenty of sequins now that I'm starting to get into the rhythm of it.
Sorry for the absolutely atrocious camera phone pictures, my real camera is still completely broken, and I need to go out and buy a new one! In the meantime, my weirdly distorted iPhone photos will have to do.
The back of the dress is low cut.
Zig-zagging the sequins up and across the cross.
The finished cross sewn onto the bodice of the dress.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Dark Knight: DIY Crusader Dress
Six Six Sick Dress and Jeffrey Campbell chain heels.
25 comments:
- lulu said...
That looks awesome! I'm going to try and come back and see you guys... soon... sooon...
- May 28, 2009 at 4:00 AM
- The Stylemaster said...
no way, this is amazing! great DIY!
- May 28, 2009 at 5:44 AM
- Kat George said...
Very beautiful. I love the shape of the body!
- May 28, 2009 at 7:15 AM
- Tili_lili said...
I loove this, so inspiring.
Where did you buy the sequins? expensive?
- May 28, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- Queen Michelle said...
Oh good grief I LOVE this! Anything medieval and I'm completely hooked so a knight themed dress and I'm dying! Stunning.
- May 28, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- minorkeys1 said...
the dress is so whimsical but edgy at the same time. it's gorgeous! especially love the overlapping front hem and pailettes
- May 28, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- joy said...
I would love to see your studio where you make you=r stuff. I am slowly creating mine in my apartment. Total work in progress.
- May 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- Amanda said...
LOVE what you did with the cross. i want to attempt something similar with a shirt dress. thanks as always for the inspiration
- May 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- Damsels said...
i love it so much the cross and the sheer
- May 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Alicia/InstantVintage said...
You guys are amazing. It came out beautifully.
- May 28, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- jennine said...
- May 28, 2009 at 3:24 PM
- Shen-Shen said...
Dooode that is SO awesome. Looove the sequins.
- May 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Cruz said...
Very nice! I like your interpretation of the goth theme.
- May 28, 2009 at 8:29 PM
- STARR said...
The shape of the dress is soo nice <3
- May 28, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- burnthesebones said...
so amazing! i love anything black, sheer, tulip shaped, and crosses, so this dress is just perfection.
you've inspired me to attempt working with sheer fabric again!
- May 28, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- sarah said...
that dress is epic!! i love the cross, especially in that its not madonna-y, but abstract...
another challenge well done ladies!
xo s
- May 29, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Winnie said...
Wow another amazing DIY. Sewing the sequins would have driven me mad though. Glad they were big sequins rather than the teeny tiny ones!
- May 30, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Mare P said...
aaahh! i just love everything diy!
- May 31, 2009 at 12:06 AM
- DELIGHTFUL said...
- May 31, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Juliet said...
you girls have amazing talent to diy!
- May 31, 2009 at 3:34 AM
- pigtails and blushing cheeks said...
WOW. love this so much!
- May 31, 2009 at 5:22 AM
- Laura. said...
this dress is amazing!
your such a great d-i-y-e-r
- May 31, 2009 at 3:06 PM
- Vern P said...
rock it girl! with i could channel your diy skills. btw, i stopped by double happiness on sat..thinking about going on a tues!
- May 31, 2009 at 8:08 PM
- Vern P said...
oops! and by double happiness...i really meant, happy ending!
- May 31, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- Frou Flu said...
that dress is lovely lovely lovely! how you do all these on your own amazes me... you are truly talented:)
- June 1, 2009 at 3:24 AM