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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers board of directors made a decision to turn back the clock and hire Joe Mack in the winter of 2010 with the best of intentions.
The Blue Bombers are now 16-29 under Mack, who returned to the Bombers after a 20-year hiatus from the CFL and a near decade-long absence from pro football.
This was a risky hire, as Paul Robson (no longer on the board) and the rest of the directors reached back to 1987 to bring Mack, the former director of player personnel, back to Winnipeg. The results are in, and while it's almost a certainty the board won't act on Mack right now, this hire can't be defended. Mack was a solid personnel guy back in the day, but as a GM he's been a failure.
Winnipeg went 4-14 in Year 1 as Mack got his bearings. Surprisingly, they made a surge in Year 2 to finish 10-8 and reach the Grey Cup. Year 3 has been a return to Mack's humble beginnings and the club is 2-7 at the midway point. The potential for another 4-14 campaign is real. But let's be generous and say the Bombers go 4-5 over their last nine to finish 6-12. Mack would then be 20-34 as GM of the Bombers. Is that good enough?
Absolutely not.
This is an eight-team league where a rebuild should take a season or maybe two. Mack's football teams have established a trend. They are losers.
Mack's supporters will argue the record doesn't reflect the talent he's assembled. OK, let's investigate that theory for a minute. In the CFL it's widely accepted the most important work a GM can do is at quarterback, followed closely by his cultivating and keeping Canadian talent.
The Bombers have four quarterbacks under contract in Buck Pierce, Joey Elliott, Alex Brink and Justin Goltz. Winnipeg undeniably has the worst quarterbacking in the CFL right now.
Canadians Cory Watson, Henoc Muamba, Ian Logan and Chris Greaves are legitimate starters. After that, the Canadian depth is very shallow.
Flunk. Double-flunk.
Mack has done a fine job signing free-agent imports. I would argue this is the least difficult job of a GM in the CFL. There are more good U.S. college players than there are spots in pro football. It's not hard to sift through the NFL's leftovers and bring effective players to Canada. Every team in the CFL does it with regularity. Is it a skill? Sure, but it's the work of a scout or personnel director. Not a GM.
There's no question Mack knows a football player when he sees one and he delivered players to Cal Murphy that won a Grey Cup and to Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins that won a Super Bowl. Mack has a pedigree as a player personnel man but that's a different role from GM. In his current role, Mack has undoubtedly struggled.
Quarterbacks and Canadians. Priority No. 1 and No. 2 for every team in this league, have been a disaster under Mack's supervision.
Mack fired Paul LaPolice in an effort to shift the blame to the head coach he hired. Sunday's 52-0 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, one of the worst in Bombers' history and the first shutout Winnipeg fans have had to endure since 1969, came without the fall guy LaPo had become.
By firing LaPolice, Mack stepped into the spotlight and was revealed. Sunday was the first look at the GM's handiwork without the benefit of a scapegoat and it wasn't pretty.
Mack made a mistake in the timing of his firing of LaPolice. By clipping the coach with over half a season left to judge this club, Mack has exposed himself. If things continue to go bad for the Bombers the board will have at the GM for answers.
Had Mack waited a few more games before letting LaPolice go, he could have argued the rest of the season was a write-off and a chance for interim head coach Tim Burke to get his feet under him. Nine more games of this, however, will leave Mack roasting on a spit of his own making.
Burke gets a freebie from this perspective. He's stepped into an impossible situation and done it with the intent to get the Bombers back on the winning track. Too bad he doesn't have the players because he just might be a good head coach.
This sample size won't be enough, unlike the near three-year snapshot we now have of Mack, to judge Burke.
The question we may be asking in the offseason is who comes next.
The bigger and scarier question for Bombers fans is who makes that call.
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The families of Morgan Kennedy and David Thomas invite you to join them on their wedding day June 8, 2013, at 6:30 in the evening – 4090 Hwy 36, Williamstown, Ky. Dinner and dancing immediately following the wedding. Invitations were sent to family and out-of-town guests only.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wright are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Marie Wright to Zachary Smoot, son of Summer Bruce of Owenton and Jesse Smoot of Owenton.
Brittany Leigh Prather and Lawrence Brandon Colston were united in marriage on May 2, 2013, by Owen County Justice of the Peace Teresa Kemper Davis. The witnesses were Denise Smoot and Mary A. Moore.
James and PruAndera Grider of Long Ridge announce the engagement of their daughter Gabrielle to Kevin Andrew Welsh, son of David and Darlene Welsh of Sheffield, Penn. The bride-elect graduated from Morehead State University with a bachelor's of arts degree in business administration. She is currently employed at Owen Electric Cooperative. The groom-elect graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's of science degree in plastics engineering and is employed at Itron. A June 2013 wedding is planned. Invitations will be sent to out-of-town guests only.
Josh Aaron Raines and Kayla Darlene Smith were married Sept. 21, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. in Sevierville, Tenn. at the Preserve Chapel by Bro. Milkweed Wotier. The bride's maid of honor was Heather Patton. The groom's best man was Cody Mckinley. In attendance were the groom's mother, Terri Raines, and the bride's grandparents, Gary and Darlene Hunter, all of Owenton. The couple spent their honeymoon in Gatlinburg, Tenn. and will reside in Florence.
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A. The Hope of Glory (5:1-21)
1. From Justification to Salvation (5:1-11)
2. The Reign of Grace and Life (5:12-21)
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Harn exhibits original prints by Rembrandt and others
Published: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
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The Harn's newest exhibition is bringing 17th-century Netherlands to Gainesville.
'Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt'
What: Exhibition of more than 100 original prints by Rembrandt and his contemporaries
When: Tuesday through April 28
Where: Harn Museum of Art, 3259 Hull Road
Cost: Free
Info: 392-9826
Feb. 10: Gallery Talk — Elizabeth Ross, UF assistant professor of art history, discusses "Death, Darkness, and a Little Bit of Adultery" through prints that feature a range of themes and moods including war and death, nighttime and the transgressive passions of the gods, 3 p.m.
March 14: Museum Nights — Performances, art activities and tours centered around the exhibition, 6-9 p.m.
April 7: Gallery Talk — Dulce Roman, Harn curator of modern art, discusses a selection of her favorite works in the exhibition, 3 p.m.
April 20: Family Day — Take a family friendly tour of "Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt" and then make a print of foliage arrangements, 1-4 p.m. (A donation of $2 per child or $5 per family is requested to participate in the art-making activity.)
"Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt," a new exhibition opening Tuesday at the Harn Museum of Art, features more than 100 original prints by 30 17th-century artists, including Rembrandt van Rijn, Hendrick Goltzius, Esias van de Velde and Jan Dirkszoon.
"It's a stunning exhibition that celebrates the achievements of great masters of the Dutch golden age," says Dulce Roman, curator of the Harn's exhibit. "When people see (Rembrandt's) work, it's going to become clear he was one of the masters."
The 1600s, Roman says, saw a wider need and accessibility of prints and other artwork.
"The rising middle class was interested in collecting prints," she says. "Rembrandt and his contemporaries had a ready-made audience."
Along with the pieces from the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H., Roman added paintings from the Harn's own collection and various museums in Florida, including the Ringling Museum of Art, the Appleton Museum of Art and the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. In the back of the exhibit, she added German, French, Italian and Swiss maps, books and paintings from University of Florida libraries.
Roman says she chose the additional artwork in the hopes that it would add to the idea of bringing the audience back to 17th-century Netherlands.
"You often find the same subjects in both the paintings and etchings," she says. "Amsterdam at the time was the center for some of Europe's best artists. I wanted to show different artists approaching different themes in different ways."
Kurt Sundstrom, who curated the original exhibit at the Currier Museum, says the prints put together for this exhibit are a true representation of Dutch life in the 17th century, an opportunity that few people ever have to explore.
In Manchester, he says, the exhibition was a success.
"Novices to the museum world really appreciated the quality of the artwork, and connoisseurs and scholars realized the quality of prints themselves," he says. "Across the spectrum, it's very appealing."
Sundstrom says Rembrandt, who lived from 1606 to 1669 and is known for such oil paintings as "The Night Watch," served as an inspiration for other artists.
"If you talk to modern photographers or painters who focus on the human figure, they all refer back to Rembrandt. He could do what no artist could do: capture the spirit of the person," Sundstrom says. "It's unglorified images of people as they are, not as they're supposed to be."
Along with the paintings and prints, the Harn also will also provide visitors with magnifying glasses and a gallery guide.
"The guide will give people ideas of things to look for so they can look more closely at the amazing detail of everyday life in Rembrandt's work," Roman says.
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- A Columbus man can pursue a civil rights lawsuit that accuses two city police officers of harassing him by illegally entering his apartment, searching it and forcing him to sit in the back of a police car, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday.
Tremaine Nelms, 28, sued the city, the two officers and the managers of his apartment complex in November 2008, and a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in March 2011.
But a ruling by a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Monday reversed that decision, allowing the lawsuit to move forward.
Tim Mangan, the city attorney who represents both officers, said Monday that he was considering whether he would ask the full 6th Circuit to deliberate the case or allow it to proceed to trial.
Mangan said that the officers never searched the apartment and that they had every right to go inside because they thought someone could be hurt when no one answered the door.
The panel ruled that the officers did not have any reason to believe someone was hurt inside the apartment and that "Nelms' right to be free from a warrantless entry into his home under the circumstances presented here was 'clearly established.'"
The lawsuit names Officers Michael Fleming and Lowell Whitt, Wellington Way Apartments and its managers, Thomas and Tina Lagos.
Nelms accuses them of violating his constitutional right against unreasonable search and seizure when the officers and Tina Lagos used a key she had for his apartment to open it and enter after he didn't answer the door.
A number for the Lagos rang busy Monday and their attorney didn't immediately return a call for comment.
The officers had responded to the apartment complex in April 2007 after getting a call about a fight.
Nelms' younger brother, then-17-year-old Kaylen Alli, had some friends over at the apartment. The teens told the officers that there hadn't been a fight but that one of them accidentally fell into and damaged a wooden fence.
Fleming and Whitt arrived to a "calm scene" and there was no evidence to suggest there had been a fight, according to court documents.
Alli testified that he answered the officers' questions and had done nothing wrong.
Shortly after, court documents say, Lagos was worried that there might be damage inside the apartment that Alli shared with Nelms "and that Nelms could be continuing the damage because he was angry that the police had been called."
Court records say the officers speculated that someone could be hurt inside and knocked on the door and window. When no one answered, records say, Lagos used a key to open the door and Fleming walked in with his gun drawn, court records said.
Alli testified that Whitt began rummaging through the apartment while Fleming looked for and found Nelms hiding in the shower. He said Fleming swapped his gun for a stun gun and made Nelms get into the back of a police cruiser as the search continued, according to court documents.
Nothing illegal and no evidence of damage was found in the apartment, court records say.
Nelms and Alli were evicted from the apartment, and Nelms, who has a mental disability, says he now suffers from nightmares and depression and fears police, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks a minimum of $25,000.
Read the decision: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/13a0124n-06.pdf
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HOUSTON - A Houston-area man and woman were taken in custody following a high-speed chase through Harris and Montgomery counties.
Authorities with the Montgomery County Precinct Four Constable's Office said deputy constables pulled over the male driver on suspicion of a traffic violation overnight Monday.
The deputy constable said he smelled marijuana in the vehicle and began questioning the driver, who suddenly sped away.
What happened next was caught on a camera mounted in one of the deputy constable's vehicles.
The the pursuit reached a speed of 100 miles per hour and lasted more than 10 miles.
"The subject hit a curb and blew out a tire. A short time later, he stopped the vehicle, got out and ran away on foot," said Constable Rowdy Hayden.
Officers chased the man and took him and an unidentified female passenger into custody.
The arrests were part of a massive crackdown on driving while intoxicated and other dangerous driving over the long New Year's Eve weekend. At least 15 people were charged with DUI.
"New Year's Eve is one of the most dangerous nights, and a lot of people are finally getting the message," said Warren Diepraam, a prosecutor with the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.
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A vacation that changes lives: Woods students help children during spring break
March 23rd, 2012 | SMWC
Stephanie Runyon was on the path to a relaxing spring break back home in Noblesville, Ind., hanging out with friends and enjoying home cooking. That was before she read an email with the subject line: "One spot left."
Just like that, she knew that spot was hers.
Runyon, a junior studying secondary English education, along with 12 other students from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), traded in the typical spring break rest and relaxation for a different kind of R&R: responsibility and relief. Traveling nearly 800 miles, the students trekked down to New Orleans, La., to jump-start the education of dozens of Head Start children for the College's annual alternative spring break trip.
"If I only went to school to serve myself, then I wouldn't be giving back to others," Runyon explained. "Community service allows me to impact the lives of others, receiving little back other than the knowledge that I made a difference."
SMWC students spent their spring break, March 10-16, 2012, helping New Orleans Head Start teachers by cleaning rooms, monitoring children and setting up activities. They worked one-on-one with children by reading books, supervising play and getting directly involved in their activities.
"I loved reading Dr. Seuss books to them," said Tiffany Marshall, a biology sophomore from Kingman, Ind. "Their favorite book was 'Are You My Mother?' They would all shout, 'No, I'm not your mother,' at the different parts. It was so adorable."
Imagine working eight hours a day, herding dozens of 4-year-olds on a playground, helping them practice the alphabet and learn that tricky concept of sharing. Head Start, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through educational, health, nutritional, social and other services." Often, these low-income children come in with grumbling bellies, unwashed clothes and mysterious boo-boos. Students from The Woods got to more than just imagine this life; they got to live it.
"It was incredibly eye-opening," said the trip's organizer, Malia Hoffman, SMWC's coordinator of campus ministry. "The students got to experience a different way of life and know that they can make a big difference even in just one week." Some of the SMWC volunteers were education majors, but the trip was open to any student with a helping heart.
"This year I wanted to do something a little different than building houses or cleaning up parks," Hoffman said. "I wanted them to learn that even if you don't see immediate results, like when you rebuild a house, you are still making a difference."
In the past, SMWC's alternative spring break trips included Gulf coast cleanups, building homes and working in a soup kitchen in New York City. Cathleen Flynn, a music therapy junior from Mitchell, S.D., went on the New York trip two years ago and was excited to bond with her classmates again in New Orleans. "It gives me a sense of meaning to be a part of something bigger than myself," she said. "Community service is empowering, both to the individuals who serve and to those in need."
The students were amazed at how far New Orleans has come since Hurricane Katrina, yet also stunned at how much work is left. By working with the children in Head Start, the students are helping to rebuild something that lasts longer than buildings. They are rebuilding an educated community by inspiring future doctors, teachers and entrepreneurs. "I think that each positive experience we are a part of changes us," Flynn said. "The children I worked with probably won't remember me next month, but the compassion I extended in our time together won't be lost."
SMWC's mission emphasizes service learning, both in and out of the classroom. Alternative spring break trips and volunteer opportunities in the community provide Woods students with a fulfillment beyond a bachelor's degree.
"Our students spread the mission of The Woods by living it daily," said Amanda Springstead, associate director of campus admission, who helped chaperone the New Orleans trip. "The warmth and kindness for one-another on campus can't be contained here alone. This mission trip is just one example of how they help the community. It just seems to be in the nature of the place."
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Cast : Shakti Arora as Ravi(Male lead), Radhika Madan as Shalini(Female lead), , sibi Khan as Kailash (Ravi's father), Sadhana Sharma as Roshini(Ravi's sister), Gauri Pradhan Tejwani as Padmavathy Balakrishnan, Prithvi Sankhala as Balakrishnan, Ravjeet Singh as Sivaguru
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The show presents the story of Ravi, the son of a driver and Shalini, the daughter of a rich businessman and employer of Ravi and his family. Ravi is forced to play matchmaker between Shalini, the girl he loves, and Sivaguru, the man her family want her married.
Although Ravi is deeply in love with his childhood friend Shalini, he realizes the impossibility of her reciprocating her love, because he is a servant, and so decides that Sivaguru is the perfect man for her to spend her life with. Despite Shalini's horrible first impression of Sivaguru as a cocky and self-absorbed man, Ravi helps Sivaguru woo her and make her fall in love with him, by guiding him and advising on what to say to impress Shalini based on his own experiences.
Shalini accepts to marry shiva.After some days Ravi comes to know that Shiva is a cheat he just wanted to marry shalini for her money to settle with his girl friend and their unborn child.Ravi proves this to shalini's father by bringing Shiva's lovers father.meanwhile nisha falls in love for ravi. then ravi confronts shiva on his truth and they both challenge each other, the former saying that he can make shalini hate him like he made her love him and the latter taunting him saying he knows how much he loves shalini but that he is a mere servant. shiva manages to use shalini sister nisha to trap ravi. She falsely accuses him of assaulting her, in front of the whole family, as revenge for shalini marrying shiva and ignoring her for marriage.
shalini, shocked at this, makes ravi swear that this is all a lie and he has no feelings whatsoever for her. He says he cannot swear in front of God and confesses that it's true that he loves her. shalini's family mistake Ravi's intentions, and kick his whole family out on the streets. Ravi, furious at being played, betrayed, misunderstood and seeing shalini and shiva celebrate Ganpati poojai together, promises he'll celebrate this same festival in the very bala's house where he was kicked out of.
A two-year leap occurs and the fates have switched. The once poor Ravi returns as a rich businessman and the death of shalini's father leaves the whole bals family homeless and poor. shalini must now work a job for money and have someone buy their old house. ravi ends up buying the house. Still being engaged to shiva, who in her eyes is still the love of her life, shalini is unaware of his true intentions and the fact that the reason he has held out for so long is that his family is also broke. He is actually waiting for shalini to win back her property and marry him. ravi finds shalini and returned back to her and stay close to her he buys her old house and the company she works in, and helped her without letting her know that. shalini finds out that ravi is her new boss and is shocked to see him so changed in two years. She realizes the initials R.V. stand for ravi and also comes to know that he is the one who has bought her house. Mistaking his actions for revenge on her family, she attempts to resign but is blackmailed by Ravi to work for him. Then shalini's family came to know about ravi's richness and he is the one who has bought their house. This made all of them shocked that how he reached this level.
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It is official: Andres Torres is on the disabled list with that calf injury suffered Opening Day, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis- just the latest product of baseball factory Azuza Pacific- will play center field in his major league debut on Saturday.
The question is: what should Mets fans expect from him?
Well, for one thing, expect to hear a lot of talk about how his promotion is temporary, statements that will become inoperative if Nieuwenhuis takes the opportunity and runs with it. Similar things were said about Ike Davis when he was promoted in April 2010, and the idea is always the same: limit the pressure on the new kid. Makes sense. But if he looks ready, Andres Torres simply isn't good enough to stand in his way. The Mets would like nothing more than to use Torres as needed outfield depth. (Torres can also play center, with Nieuwenhuis shifting to a corner, if the Mets decide to bail on Jason Bay.)
For another, don't expect miracles. ZIPS projects Nieuwenhuis at .238/.304/.398. He struck out in more than a quarter of his plate appearances at Triple-A, which does not bode well for a reasonable contact rate at the major league level.
But with those caveats, be ready for a big, string kid who can play center field surprisingly well for someone his size, has patience at the plate, and should be awfully fun to watch. This is the Mets position prospect I think has a decent shot to contribute in the near term, and he's up already. It is a testament to the team's shallow depth. But that shouldn't stop us all from reveling in the reality that to see him, we don't need to take a trip all the way to Buffalo.
Call me crazy, but I think he bests the ZIPS projection by a healthy margin as a Met. Call it .260/.350/.420. And Andres Torres becomes the former starting center fielder for the New York Mets, effective immediately.


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Esher head coach Ollie Smith is calling on the RFU to investigate referee Terry Hall after being suspended for verbally abusing the match official.
Smith, although contrite over comments made to Hall after his side's narrow 21-20 defeat at Old Albanians on February 9, also believes he and assistant Ricky Nebbett are being made examples of by the RFU.
Smith received a three-week ban – up to and including March 17 – from coaching on matchdays, attending Esher matches home and away and making contact with the team, while Nebbett was handed a 12-week suspension on similar terms – six weeks of which are suspended until May 2014, allowing him a touchline return on April 15.
Smith said: "I understand why we've been banned, although the terms are harsh.
"My comments to the ref were wrong, but it was only two swear words in front of 'bad' and 'terrible', and they were only said in passing.
"I feel we're being made an example of by the RFU. But in my 14 years in rugby I have never experienced such decisions as the ones the referee made in the last five minutes that affected the score so blatantly.
"I have been through the decisions on video with the RFU assessor, and they are so bad you have to question the ref's integrity – or he is highly incompetent.
"I shouldn't have said what I said, but my frustration was not about his performance. The issue was I don't feel he wanted Esher to win that game. Why, I don't know."
Smith has asked the RFU to investigate Hall's performance, but the RFU confirmed it would not be investigating the referee over and above the normal review process all referees go under.
Steve Savage, the referee manager for level three/four who met with Smith, said: "The RFU refereeing department has a good working relationship with all the clubs, and this meeting was an example."
But Smith said: "If we come up three or four points short at the end of the season, it could cost us the best part of £1m in promotion and sponsorship.
"If my job rests on promotion, I could be sacked and will the referee pay my mortgage? That's the frustrating thing. I'll get on with the ban, I just hope the RFU considers the ref's actions too."
Esher return to National League One action at Cinderford on Saturday.


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There's no possible way for Leigh Young to plausibly or rationally explain it. So he won't even attempt to make the effort.
Some people collect hockey cards. Others, the autographs of famous athletes scrawled onto photographs, game programs, team logos, ball hats or jerseys.
And Young? Well, get this: The president and general manager of To-Le-Do Food Service here in town is about to add to his collection of urinal troughs from two iconic Winnipeg sporting facilities -- the old arena and now Canad Inns Stadium.
"Hey, I figured if I already have eight feet of the old Winnipeg Arena trough, I should have eight feet of the one from the stadium, too," Young said late one night this week, not long after a pick-up hockey game with his team, the To-Le-Do Meatheads. "And so I sent the Bombers a letter asking them that if they could find eight feet of 'choice' trough, we would donate $500 to the Children's Rehab Centre.
"One day I hope to have the two troughs together. It's a little bit different, I know. I remember going to games both as a young kid and as an adult. And there were many times I couldn't wait to get to the trough to get rid of all that borrowed beer in my system. It was just part of the whole deal when you went to games.
"But, just so you know," Young added, "I do have seats from the arena and I've ordered seats from the Bomber stadium. I'm not just interested in urinals."
Young keeps the old arena trough stored in the basement of his company's distribution centre and brings it out for men's stags or other special occasions.
"Bobby Hull has actually p ed in it," Young explained. "Somebody put a sign on it of a guy relieving himself on the (Edmonton) Oilers' logo. And when Bobby saw that he was roaring in laughter. He said, 'I never did like those guys.' "
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Some time in the next month or so, wrecking balls will start hammering away at the old football stadium on Maroons Road, a building that opened in 1953 and served as the home of the Blue Bombers for 59 years. Most who forced themselves into the tiny seats with little leg room, who cursed the nasty gale-force wind that often crashed in over the north end zone or who stood waiting in line for a spot at the trough will agree the facility's best days had long since passed.
But as much as football fans are eager to experience the comforts of the new Investors Group Field at the University of Manitoba when it opens for next season, there is also a great deal of sentiment for the old place.
And nostalgia, it would seem, comes in many forms, shapes and sizes.
"What we're finding is every person has a different memory or a different moment from all the years here," said Jeffrey Bannon, the Bombers director of marketing. "I'll be walking around here and thinking, 'No one would ever want that...' and all of a sudden I'm getting two emails from people who want it. Every single day I'm getting an email asking, 'Do you have this?'
"I don't want to say one man's trash is another's treasure, but I can't tell you how many things people are asking about. I've lost count."
The club has offered its season-ticket holders the first chance to buy memorabilia from the stadium, including the seats they sat in over the years, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. The general public has access from Dec. 2 to Dec. 16, or until the inventory is gone. Framed memory collections, including a photo of the stadium and a piece of the turf, are also available.
The Bombers also sent out notices through Sport Manitoba to sporting organizations, community clubs and schools informing them they can request the benches from the stadium at no charge.
"The requests we're getting for the benching are amazing, from the Long Plain First Nation to Brandon... you name it," said Bannon. "It's not just football teams, either. It's baseball, curling, soccer, hockey... every single sport. We've been saying that if you can use them, let us know. We'll take them off, put them downstairs, slap a Christmas bow on them and boom, there you go. All you have to do is come pick them up.
"We don't want anything left that can have a second life somewhere else. That's what we want. It would tear my heart knowing this place would come down without some of it having a second life somewhere else."
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The Bombers were a big part of Fred Colston's life for years. So much so that when the longtime season-ticket holder died in 1976, his family had a service on the field at the stadium and spread his ashes there.
"Before he died he used to joke around, 'When I go, scatter my ashes on the Bomber field so I will never miss a game,' " explained his daughter, Chris Katrick. "He was an armchair quarterback and he said he wanted his ashes spread on the Bomber sideline so he could still tell them how to play. My mom took it seriously and when he did die, his boss at the time was a member of the Bomber board and he helped arrange it."
Now there's another chapter to this story. Chris Katrick's mom, who is now 88, has long lamented that some of her husband's ashes weren't kept so they could be taken back to Wales, where they were originally from, to be interred with a son who died in 1947. So Katrick emailed the Bombers with a request: Could she take some of the soil from beneath the 50-yard-line turf, where her dad's ashes were spread?
"My kids think it's totally weird and I wondered if the Bombers would think I was weird, but they were quite nice about the whole thing," Katrick said. "I have a little pill bottle of the dirt and when my mom goes, I do intend to mix some of her ashes with it and take it to Wales and have it put where my brother is."
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Drive by the stadium today and you'll see a building on its deathbed. The seats and benches are coming out, the turf is being pulled up in chunks. Even the famous Rum Hut, it was announced Thursday, will be auctioned off for charity.
It is, essentially, the ultimate "Everything Must Go!" sale, and this is a discount town that loves a deal.
The most-popular items being requested are the player lockers. Because there are only roughly 80, they will be sold via auction. Bannon said both Milt Stegall and Doug Brown have asked for their old lockers and fans who do get their mitts on the others will be able to get name plates of their favourite players affixed to them.
The various section signs will be auctioned off and various organizations have asked about the Jumbotron, the lighting system and the goal posts. The Bombers' Bannon even found a demand for the advertising signage that had a home at the stadium all these years.
"The 'Nachos' sign, the 'Hot Chocolate' sign, the 'Cold Beer' signs... they've been here since I was a kid," Bannon said. "Some of those things are going to end up in somebody's basement. I told my wife I was going to bring home the 'Nachos' sign. She said, 'Where are you going to put it?' I just said, 'I'll worry about that later.' I may just sneak it in when she's not home."
The Bombers have had inquiries about the restaurant equipment from Hutterite colonies. The folks from the Manitoba Stampede and the Rockin' the Fields event in Minnedosa have asked about the fencing around the facility and handicap ramps.
"I've had cattle farmers look at the trough as something they may use to feed their livestock," Bannon added, "and so I joke with them that I'm going to eat chicken for the rest of my life."
Bannon said the North Winnipeg Nomads considered taking the turf for their own facility, but a city engineering report from last spring said because it was purchased in 2003 and had an eight- to nine-year shelf life, the integrity of the playing surface would be compromised. That hasn't stopped some fans from inquiring about getting some rather large pieces of it.
"I had somebody ask for a chunk 160 by 200 feet so they don't have to cut their lawn anymore," Bannon said.
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Is it too corny to say a sporting facility that housed the Bombers for 59 years, that was the centre point for two Pan Am Games, that hosted the Queen, the Rolling Stones, U2 and hundreds of concerts and events has come to represent more than just a mass of concrete, turf and metal? Maybe so. But a lot of fans, either casual types or diehards, spent a lot of hours at this old joint.
And you'll have to excuse them if they feel a little bittersweet about the stadium's last days.
"A lot of people really cared about this place," Bannon said. "I guess the good thing when you're tearing something like this down is you know there's a new one around the corner."
"You know, I'm looking forward to the new stadium," Chris Katrick said. "But there's lots of memories over there at the old stadium, too. It'll be sad when it goes because it's been a part of so many people's lives for such a long time. I'm going to miss the place.
"Even now when I drive past the stadium I say hi to my dad. It's 'Hey coach, how's the game going?' "
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Hello, I was wondering, with javascript is it was possible to change aspects of the URL such as the stuff after the address without re-loading the page.
I want to change this:
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to this:
http://www.awebsiteaddress.com/index.html?information=false#position2
I dont need to change the address, just the stuff after it.
and for future reference, what is the technical name for the stuff after the address?
Thanks as alwaysro0bear
All the stuff following the "?" is called the query string. Everything following the hash symbol ("#") is normally refered to as the hash value.
It is possible to change the hash value without refreshing the page but not the query string.
See this thread: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=552076
It is not possible to update the querystring in the location object without the page being reloaded. Any assignment of new values to the location object from JavaScript will load a new page.
I see, thank you for such a quick reply.So you can change the hash value without refreshing the page? I think I can work with that.Thankyouro0bear
Yes, that would be the equivalent of clicking a link like this:
Further info
Which would take you to the part of the page where there is an element with the ID "furtherinfo", e.g.:

Blablabla

It doesn't take you to a different page so it isn't a security issue.
Ive been having a play, and I've got stuck with something. I cant seem to stop the jumplinks from working, I need to disable them.
thank you,ro0bear
You need to prevent the default action (which is to follow the link's href attribute), using preventDefault() for good browsers and returnValue for IE. See this:
Thanks Raffles, thats great. I also found self.scrollTo(0, 0) to work, I am quite new to javascript, been working my way through "Simply Javascript" and "DHTML Utopia". Would you suggest using preventDefault() over self.scrollTo(0, 0)? and are there any incompatabilities with self.scrollTo(0, 0)?
Thanks, I really appreciate your helpro0bear
Using the scrollTo technique is a more complex solution.
W3C has the preventDefault() method while IE has the returnValue property.You don't need either though as returning false is also guaranteed to work.
Putting Occam's razor at work here, returning false is the simplest means by which to successfully do the job.
On the flip-side, if you do use the scrollTo method, you will in 6 months time have forgotten why it's there so you will need to either document that statement by placing a comment near it to remind you why.
Simple is best. return false and you or anyone else will be able to tell what's happening there.
Also, scrollTo(0,0) would jump up to the top of the page if the link you're clicking is somewhere you scrolled to down the page.
You know, I've been scratching be head over a similar issue. I want to take the query string off the URL without refreshing the page. Is that possible, or would that count as changing the location? I can see how it might be a security issue.
Yes, it would count as changing the location. The only thing you can do without leaving the page is change the characters after the hash symbol (#).
Ah ok, thank you.
can you not just disable the code that interacts with the query string, removing the need for removing the query string (to an extent)?
To the best of my knowledge Javascript cannot do this. jaavscript has many other known issues with redirection. It is better to use redirection within PHP or server side if possible in any case.


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Switching from Android to Windows Phone Part 2: Oddities and Stock Apps
0. phoneArena posted on 23 May 2012, 15:20
We've already covered the overall impressions of what you may experience should you decide to make the switch from Android to Windows Phone, and now it's time to deal with the meat of the smartphone experience: the apps, including the stock apps, the Marketplace, and Google services you may not want to leave behind...
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61. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
michael, you might as well be asking for world peace and free energy for the planet. its likely never gonna happen man. Just gotta roll with it.
69. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2720; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Rolling allows it to continue, which is unacceptable. Respecting differing opinions and having civil discussion shouldn't be an idea that people find impossible.
77. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Oh, I completely agree with you, but chiding people on the internet has about as much effect as opening your window at your house to try to cool down Egypt. From what I've seen, instead of causing introspection, it seems to cause them to double down on stupidity. Maybe I'm just more apathetic to the whole thing.. lol
81. itiswhatitis (Posts: 423; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
I bet you're a prefectionist i tell you what take it easy nothing's perfect nor it will ever be!
82. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2720; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Not asking for it to be perfect, but we can definitely make it a lot better than it is.
83. itiswhatitis (Posts: 423; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
A headstrong perfectionist,i sure like to see where that takes you!
62. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Micheal, You do your job well. Anyone can tell you are putting In a lot of effort to do this story correctly.
I will happily wait on part three before I make any real, comments. But WP is a 2 year old OS, and not as mature as Android or iOS. The differences seem to mostly come from that.
66. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) (Posts: 535; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
To be honest all 4r platform should be in a house-hold
enjoying the good the bad. Nothing is almost perfect....
Younger brother has a ip4s, sister has a L800, dad has a N95 8gb, i have a The Note, oneX, S2 and the new Nexus.
All 4r platform have there ups and down. But i prefer Android..... Every-one is different.....enjoy.
73. indigo87 (Posts: 40; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
Thank you Michael for shining some light on windows phone. I have had wp for a year now & I love the OS, to bad the company I work for only decidess to only carry Iphones and android devices.
They have discountinue the windows phone's from our line up on the three major carriers. They're very anti-windows phone even if the carrier is pro-windows phone but since we our a third party carrier we only get a small selection of the three main carriers phones and not all.
79. Nico85 (Posts: 17; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
I have 2 smartphones; my personal HTC Trophy and a Droid 4 given to me from work. My 1 brother has the Droid Bionic and my youngest brother is expecting his new Razr Maxx. Both Windows and Droids have their strengths and weaknesses. Yes, the Android system can be buggy but it can also blow my Trophy out of the water when doing certain tasks. The low end Androids like the Motorola citrus can't keep up with my Trophy
I've had Windows Live/Hotmail accounts for years and I have all of my photos backed up to the Skydrive. I still own my 8GB Zune with my music. I have an Xbox 360. Obviously a WP7 phone is best to sync everything together. The OS is simple to use, quick, and you either love it or hate it. I was an in-store technician for VZW and didn't want to have to work on my own phone when I came home from work (this was when the Droid 2 and LG Vortex were out.) I waited 6 months before buying my phone to make sure there weren't any known issues.
The high-end ANDroids (Droid 4,Razr Maxx, Nexus, Rezound, etc . . . ) have the much better specs on them that do make me a little jealous of them, like 4G, better cameras, and things like that. They also have a ton of more apps available and they support Adobe flash websites. They're great devices but with all that extra influence from 3rd party apps they have a tendency to crash more often. I'm also a little worried about Google's new privacy policy. I know it sounds stupid but something just didn't sound right; one of those things where I can't pick out what but it's something.
And to please the Apple users, my girlfriend has the Iphone 4 with AT&T after having the Iphone 3GS. It works for her, but it doesn't do anything for me. I don't understand the attraction to it. Again, that's JUST ME!
Hope this helps anyone . . . Now . . . BRING OUT THE TROLLS!
85. profperez1 (Posts: 71; Member since: 08 May 2012)
Nice balanced post here. Having an upgrade coming to me from VZW it's very hard not to drop $300 on a new Droid. But at the end of the day I think I would less happy with the OS. I have an old Trophy I bought used on Ebay. It's been amazing. Like your girlfriend I had the iPhone4---sold it. Just didn't appeal to me. Although the iPhone is the relative same size as my Trophy----it makes a better use of space and makes the keyboard bigger. If Apple had a 4 inch phone with more buttons I might go for that. But the solo button and the bottom seems like a poor choice from a human factors engineering standpoint.
80. profperez1 (Posts: 71; Member since: 08 May 2012)
The article is spot on. I think in a year many of these issues will be mute. I am a mobile addict (I get 2-3 phones per year) and have an upgrade with VZW and my contract is up in Sept. I am just waiting. I am hoping Sprint has something for me in Fall. Iphone4 didn't feel great out of the box----and ALL my Androids phones got slower over time. So for me I need an OS that is going to be stable and fast out of the box and 1 year later. I miss some of the Google services----but the MS stuff works and will only get better. I am getting concerned about the shear size of phones. Guys have to carry there phones around with them---usually in a back pocket. So something over 4.3 inches seems nice---but a bit much at the same time. I just bought a Kindle 3G and like reading on a 6 inch screen---but don't want to use it as a phone or carry it 24/7!
91. shanay (Posts: 4; Member since: 28 May 2012)
To all the people arguing the differences in growth between android and iOS please remember that iOS has 3 phones being sold which is the 3GS,4 and 4S while android has so many different phones. Also the amount of people leaving android is much higher than iOS and I agree with anyone who says android lags because try having many background tasks running and see how slow the ui becomes!
92. sprockkets (Posts: 1611; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
" It's a much more unified and well designed system than Android 2.x, which still dominates the market. Android 4.0 comes a long way, but as we mentioned, ICS is technically the 7th major iteration of Android, while Windows Phone 7.5 is really just the 2nd major iteration of the platform, so WP has something of a headstart in that respect."
Hmmm, sure, let's just ignore Windows CE, PocketPC 2000, Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003, then 2003 SE, 5, 6, 6.1 and 6.5 while we are at it huh?
93. Hammerfest (Posts: 384; Member since: 12 May 2012)
Well then, I wrote this after the guy above me (didnt see his comment)...
Well played...
"""Windows Phone 7.5 is really just the 2nd major iteration of the platform"""
Really? As a WM2003 and up user (stopped at WinBLOWS Phone 7), you REALLY could have fooled me... I mean you got me stumped... blown away even...
BRB, gotta tell my Mogul, TP2, and a few other devices in my family that they dont count as a Windows Phone "iteration"... (lets not forget that they changed Windows Mobile to Windows Phone, technically, WM5-6-6.5 where all Windows Phone along with previous versions like WM2002-2003...)
egadz batman... a new UI and you forget where you came from...
94. Mohamed_Abdulkareem (Posts: 45; Member since: 15 May 2012)
I think WP is a strong and well-built OS, but, it's still poor comparing to IOS and Android. It looks like a baby which is grwoing slowly but healthily. may be after 3 years WP becomes the big man. but now IOS and android (supported by a great and diverse collections of mobile phones) are the ones.
95. 7thspaceman (Posts: 1583; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
One thing for sure The New Windows 8 Smart phones will be an easier smart phone to make a switch from Adroid to Windows smart phones because most of them will have the high tech gear inside them that Android and Iphones now have so a former Android or Iphone smart phone user wont feel they are using a less capable smart phone. My hope is that The Microsoft software team adds more features to the Windows 8 smart phone OS there was an article on the Internet that pointed out a lot of functions the Windows 7.5 mango smart phones did not have. I hope the software Engineers at Microsoft read that article and are taking swift action to make sure Microsoft Windows smart phone 8 does not come to the Market place behind the Android and Iphone as far as software reatures are concerned. The main problems Microsoft had when Windows 7 series Smart phones came to the market place was software and hardware weaknesses Windows Phone 8 specs show that the hardware problem is gone but what about the Software features of windows 8 smart phones?
97. jack1059 (Posts: 72; Member since: 31 Mar 2012)
Bada has a larger market share than wp does. So why not an article on switching to bada? So far this 'third ecosystem' hasn't amounted to much. Despite probably the largest chunk of cash spent on promotion I've ever seen. Will it grow? Undoubtedly. Will it be significant? That's the big question.
98. balajin1 (Posts: 1; Member since: 15 May 2013)
Entry of Windows phone changed the look and feel of mobile phones. I have used symbian, iOs and now Windows 7.8, but not an android till date. The look and feel of the screen on an android phone is the same, whether you pay $50 or $500. What's the big difference in the home screen of an android 2.1 and 4.1, except for the hardware changes? The interface on the Windows series starting from 6 to 7.8 is totally different. Moreover, the back button is not for multi-tasking. If you have to do a multitasking in windows phone, you need to long press the back button where it shows the open applications on the background. All you need to do is scroll and choose the application you want to go back and work on. Windows is always a user friendly platform. I have used windows 6.1 with HTC TyTnII, where I had android installed on it. Show me one user having windows or ios or bada installed on an android device? Likes and dislikes are limited to the individual commenting, basis the mobile platform they are into. From a lower end mobile to a costlier tab, the android interface looks the same. Every OS will have its own advantages and disadvantages. If HTC oneX has more functions/features, one will say its the feature of an HTC and NOTan android, however, HTC lower end home screen and HTC one X home screen are the same, except for the screen size and hardware difference.


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There are times that her poop seems watery and sometimes hard. I think there is a problem with my milk. Hope you could help me?
I'm sorry to hear you are having some difficulties breastfeeding. There is so much to get used to when you have a new baby, as well as recovering from giving birth.
I saw in your other post that you are mix feeding (giving your baby some formula and some breastmilk). Any breastfeeding at all will benefit your baby, however, it is better to exclusively breastfeed i.e. only breastfeed your baby and not give her any formula. Please could I ask if there is a reason you wanted to give her formula too? The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life. This means that you only need to give your baby breastmilk and no other food or water. It is best to breastfeed your baby on demand day and night i.e. feed your baby whenever they seem hungry or whenever they are unsettled. This is because breastmilk works on a supply and demand process; the more you put the baby to the breast to feed the more milk will be produced.
As your baby is only 16 days old you should still be able to swap to exclusive breastfeeding if you would like to do this. However, it may depend on the ratio of breastfed feeds to formula feeds your daughter has been having. How many formula bottles has your baby been having a day? For how many days?
If your daughter has been having more than 1 bottle of formula a day and you want to swap to exclusive breastfeeding then you could increase your breastmilk supply by pumping inbetween feeds. As a guide, you want want to get at least 9-10 good breastfeeding/ pumping sessions in every 24 hour period.
Breastfed babies tend to have very runny yellow poos whereas formula fed babies poos are thicker and smellier. This is because formula is more difficult for the baby to digest. It may be that the poo you describe is changing depending on whether the last feed was breastmilk or formula milk.
However, you also mentioned 'red mucous' in your baby's poos in your other post. This is not a normal poo unless it is actually a 'mini period' coming from a vagina which is light blood that goes away after 3 days (in newborn baby girls). This is due to the stopping of hormones that the baby has exposed to during pregnancy. If the bleeding lasts more than 3 days or is more than a light amount this would not be considered normal. Do you think the blood you describe may not actually have been in her poo but be from her vagina? Here is a photo of normal baby girl nappy bleeding. But if you do not think it is like this, because you described it as 'mucousy' then do see your doctor.
Is breastfeeding comfortable? If it is not then it is likely to be that you don't have a good latch. Getting a good latch is key to successful breastfeeding. I recently discussed how to know if you have got a good latch in detail here.
You say you are 'having problems breastfeeding' - please could you explain a bit more about how breastfeeding it going, how many feeds a day your daughter has, if she feeds from both breasts equally well at each feed etc?
I know it can be really hard at the beginning. Many women, myself included, need extra support from: midwives, breastfeeding support groups, health visitors and lactation consultants. If you are able too, then I would strongly advise you get a lactation consultant to check your latch and give you some individual help with breastfeeding.
Well done on persevering with breastfeeding. The benefits of breastmilk are huge and include improved brain development, less chance of childhood infections and less risk of obesity in later life.
Please do post back and let us know if this helps and how we can support you further.
Best wishes,
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It's Black Thursday in Canada after Sears layoff announcement
1,600 get pink slips with same-day Best Buy, Future Shop chops
It's a Black Thursday for retail workers in Canada, with 1,600 of them getting layoff notices with their morning coffee.
Struggling Sears Canada will lay off 700 workers nationwide, it announced in a news release Thursday (January 31).
More than half of those affected work in department stores, with the rest coming from distribution centres and head office, spokesman Vince Power said in a statement.
About 200 of the job losses will be split between Belleville, Ontario, and Regina, Saskatchewan, distribution centres, with similar operations in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver also taking hits. Department stores across the country should see a couple of cuts each.
"The reductions are spread pretty well across the country, as far as geography is concerned," Power said in an email. He said that the layoffs were part of an "initiative to right-size the organization".
The announcement came the same day that Best Buy and Future Shop announced the closure of 15 stores in Canada, including one in Surrey, with the total loss of 900 jobs.
Sears Canada, through majority owner Sears Holding Corp., operates more than 460 corporate department and local dealer stores nationwide, as well as numerous pick-up locations and showrooms.
The company, which is in the middle of a three-year restructuring plan, has been fighting slumping revenue as well as an aggressive expansion of Canadian presence by Wal-Mart and Target stores.
Target Corporation, which took over Canadian store sites previously operated by Zellers Inc., plans to open 125 stores in 2013 starting in March, with 18 located in British Columbia, including one in Metropolis at Metrotown. The retail giant runs 1,764 stores in the U.S.
Wal-Mart Canada announced on January 22 that it would expand its presence in this country by the end of January 2014 to 388 stores from 379 and invest about $450 million in new and existing projects.
Sears announced in January 2012 that it was closing in-house restaurants, with a loss of 400 jobs, and 480 Sears call-centre jobs got outsourced to the Philippines in early 2009.
In 2012, Sears sold back major stores in Vancouver, Calgary, and Ottawa to landlord Cadillac Fairview Corp Ltd., and CFO Sharon Driscoll announced her surprise resignation the day before Christmas just past.
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Terri Johnson
Jan 31, 2013 at 5:52pm
Are we really surprised? Our federal government made it easier for us to do our shopping in the US by increasing the duty free allowance. Finance Minister Flaherty had the gall to call it an effort to stimulate the Canadian economy and Canadians bought in. Where do you spend your money? Our dollar is the most powerful vote we have.
Jan 31, 2013 at 5:54pm
"Right-sized"? That's one of those HR euphemisms that just means management doesn't have a rat's-ass clue what it's doing, right?
Dave L.
Jan 31, 2013 at 6:15pm
I was "Downsized" or "Right Sized" or just plain old "Laid Off" 15 years ago , in any event I lost my job after 15 years of solid service, it was a heartbreak that we went through and did survive , but boy oh boy it was frightening.
The world has changed and not for the better in my view ,BUT life does go on, Good luck all.
H. Ford
Jan 31, 2013 at 8:06pm
Ditto as Dave L. Laid off after 22 years of being consistently a top performer in my department. Job sent to the States. After a year and a half I finally got something with benefits (mighty rare nowadays) but I am now getting paid what I got in 1993. Am glad I got that.
Life will find a way... Good luck out there...
Jan 31, 2013 at 8:21pm
Welcome to reality
This is what its going to be like.
No such thing as retiring from the company you first started working for.
Jan 31, 2013 at 9:19pm
At the end of the day, its a corporation and that means that it will always do what it needs to do to survive: at any cost.
Jan 31, 2013 at 9:33pm
i just applied at sears for a job in vancouver. How will this effect my chances.
Jan 31, 2013 at 10:06pm
hopefully they lay off all the lazy employees who scowl any time they are forced to actually deal with a customer.
if they sold clothes that werent so dumpy and only fit for a grandma, then maybe they would make some money.
The only thing I ever buy at Sears is underwear and appliances.
Feb 1, 2013 at 2:50am
Take another look Johnny things are changing check out the clothes one more time.
I wasn't a lucky one
Feb 1, 2013 at 3:45am
21 one years of service, Sears was my first real job, I have given them half my life, and in a 2 minute sit down I was told I was no longer needed. There was no reason or "a how" on who got picked, just 700 random people. People should be worried about the 29,000 that still work for Sears, because soon, all of them will be looking for work.


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Program purpose and authorization:
The Head Start program originated as part of a comprehensive effort to combat poverty in America by providing children ages three to five years old with a range of services. Head Start approaches the needs of the whole child and the family by providing health, education, social services, and parent-community involvement in one program. Most Head Start programs serve children ages three to five years, but the program also supports Early Start for infants and toddlers, Parent/Child Centers, and programs that help children make the transition to elementary school. Despite its growth, current funding for Head Start can assist only half of the eligible young children. Recent amendments to the Head Start law include services to babies and toddlers.
General Questions and Answers
What are the components of a Head Start program?
Head Start takes a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of young children. There are four major components to Head Start:
- Education: Providing a variety of learning experiences to help children grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally.
- Health: Providing health services such as immunizations, dental, medical, and mental health, and nutritional services, and early identification of health problems.
- Parent Involvement: Involving parents in the planning and implementation of activities. Parents serve on policy councils and committees that make administrative decisions; participate in classes and workshops on child development; and volunteer in the program.
- Social Services: Provide outreach to families to determine what services they need.
Who receives funding to operate Head Start programs?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awards grants to local public and private non-profit agencies. The federal resources contribute 80 percent of the cost of a program and the community provides the remaining 20 percent. Some funding is set aside for training and technical assistance to local programs to help them meet the Program Performance Standards; for research, evaluation, and demonstrations of innovative program models; and required monitoring activities.
Which children are eligible for Head Start?
In order to participate in Head Start, the family income must fall below the federal poverty line. Local programs are allowed to serve up to 10 percent of the children with family incomes over the poverty line. Program must use ten percent of the spaces for children with disabilities.
Does the program serve infants and toddlers?
Yes. The 1994 reauthorization bill created the Early Head Start program. This program serves low-income families with children under age three and pregnant women. The program helps children develop physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially. It provides parent education and services such as home visits, comprehensive health services, nutrition, and peer support groups for parents. Early Head Start projects coordinate with local Head Start programs so that children have a continuity of services as they grow older.
What is the American Indian Head Start?
These programs encourage the integration of culture and language into the curriculum and program goals. Grantees include tribes, villages and towns.
What is the Migrant Head Start Program?
Although the services are the same as Head Start, the Migrant grantees must make some alterations in order to serve the needs of migrant families. Migrant centers serve infants as young as six weeks of age. Preference is given to those families who move most frequently.
What are the requirements for ensuring quality programs?
In 1994, the reauthorized Head Start legislation included new requirements for ensuring quality. No Head Start grantee will continue to receive funds if it falls below a minimum quality level and fails to correct the deficiencies in a prompt manner. The 1994 reauthorization also revised the Head Start Performance Standards. The new rules build on emerging research and expertise of health professionals, focus on the importance of collaboration between Head Start programs and the broader community, and integrate new standards for infants and toddlers.
What qualifications are required for Head Start teachers and aides?
By September 30, 2013, at least half of all Head Start teachers in center-based programs must have an associate, baccalaureate, or advanced degree in Early Childhood Education or a degree in a related field, with pre-school teaching experience. If a classroom in a center-based program does not have a teacher with a degree in early childhood education, or a related field with experience in teaching preschool children, the teacher must have a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or a State awarded certificate for preschool teachers that meets or exceeds the requirements of a CDA credential. A Child Development Associate is an individual that has successfully completed a CDA assessment and has been awarded the CDA credential. The assessment involves providing documentation of training and experience in the early childhood care profession. This individual can meet the specific needs of children and work with parents and other adults to nurture children's physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth.
Early Head Start staff and Head Start staff working as teachers with infants and toddlers must meet the same requirements as teachers and staff within a center-based Head Start program.
For more information, contact:
Head Start Bureau
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: (202) 401-9215
National Head Start Association
1651 Prince Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone 703-739-0875
Fax 703-739-0878


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Did you know?
The building that houses the South End Museum was once the Seamen's Institute of Port Elizabeth.
If you should speak to an old-timer from Port Elizabeth, ask him about life in the famous South End district before 1965.
By all accounts, South End, which houses the South End Museum, was a microcosm of the perfect South Africa: a lively community of Xhosa, English, Afrikaans, Malays, Greeks, Portuguese and Chinese people, to name a few.
They lived together, cheek by jowl, worshipped in a dozen different churches, temples and mosques, ran their businesses together and schooled their children together. This took place at the height of the infamous apartheid era, when a raft of laws officially separated all races from mixing in most ways.
The South End suburban buildings had that 'grande dame' feel about them. They were stylish, ageing and high ceilinged. Someone best described them as reminding one of 'rural South America' with their charming, nearly rundown look.
South End was the spawning ground for good sportsmen and many musicians. The old Alabama Hotel was the honeypot of hot jazz music, featuring bands like the Modernaires, the Cubans and the Rio – not to mention the Soul Jazz Men, the Debonairs and the Cavaliers.
Those who once lived in the old South End remember that there was an atmosphere of togetherness in their community, a spirit of cooperation that transcended any exterior differences.
The Group Areas Act – arguably the most harmful of all apartheid legislation – came into force in 1950. By 1965, the apartheid bulldozers had moved into South End and demolished most of the suburb. The residents were dispatched to new residential areas and townships, according to their race and colour. South End was one of the tragic stories of forced removals in South Africa.
These days, the South End Museum on Humewood Road is where you go to recapture those times. One of the displays is a massive floor map of the old South End. Other rooms contain photographic memories of the community and its sporting achievements, as well as tributes to the heroes who lived here.
From the South End Museum, you can also embark on a walking tour. A guide, who is also a former South Ender, will take you around to see 15 major landmarks of South End, and will tell you the stories of the people who once thrived there.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
South End Museum
Tel: +27 (0)41 582 3325
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
South End Museum Heritage Trail
Guide: Sidney Prince
Mobile: +27 (0)73 872 8064
How to get here
The South End Museum lies on the corner of Humewood Road and Walmer Boulevard on the way to the Port Elizabeth Airport in the metro area.
Best time to visit
You can visit the South End Museum any time of year.
Around the area
Head down the N2 for some surfing lessons at Jeffreys Bay; walk the Tsitsikamma Forest; go inland to the Addo Elephant National Park; or visit the glorious Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site.
Tours to do
The South End Museum Heritage Trail is headed up by a former South End resident, Sidney Prince – see Contacts.
Get around
You can either hire the services of a city guide, who would then drive you around the various sights of Port Elizabeth, or drive yourself to the museum and meet your South End guide there.
What will it cost
There is no official entrance fee to the South End Museum, but a donation at the end of your visit would be highly appreciated.
Length of stay
If you're only visiting the museum, set aside 90 minutes. If you're going on a guided walk of the area, plan for a morning's visit.
Where to stay
There are some good guest houses in the Humewood area – check the listed Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism website for choices.
What to eat
Summerstrand has some excellent seafood restaurants, so walk around the beachfront district and take your pick.
What's happening
Check the listed Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism events page for things happening during your visit. The city regularly hosts high-profile events, including international triathlons and Christmas festivals.


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PHILADELPHIA - With the season officially underway, fans can now find the 2013 Penn Football Fact Book online at PennAthletics.com. The fact book, which features bios for each player, a preview of the 2013 season, and complete records and history can be seen at the link above or by going to the Penn Football history page on PennAthletics.com and clicking on "Fact Book."
Penn begins its quest for its 17th Ivy League title in program history on Sept. 21 at Franklin Field against Lafayette. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Season Tickets are now available on PennAthletics.com as well. Penn also hosts Dartmouth (Oct. 5), Yale (Oct. 26), Princeton (Nov. 9) and Cornell (Nov. 23) at the nation's oldest college football stadium this season. Tickets are available at the link above.


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Mary Barra, General Motors' chief executive, is struggling to contain the fallout from the revelation that the carmaker failed for more than a decade to reveal concerns about the safety of ignition switches on some of its compact cars.
GM this week announced a slew of new recalls and more than doubled its expected charge this quarter to $750m. On Tuesday, Ms Barra and David Friedman, acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, appear before the US House of Representatives' energy and commerce committee to explain what went wrong and why.
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Posted by: Dennis Hinkamp on Oct 7, 2012
4-Hers Donate Meat to Food Bank
|Justen Smith
|USU Extension associate professor, Davis County
|Phone: 801-451-3413
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|Julene Reese
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Media Advisory
USU Extension 4-H Donated Meat Program Event
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The annual Utah State University Extension 4-H Donated Meat Program media event and service project is held Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Utah Food Bank warehouse in Salt Lake City at 3150 South 900 West.
The event, which is one of the largest 4-H service projects of the year, provides an opportunity for youth and leaders to sort meat from large bins into smaller boxes that will be shipped throughout Utah to help feed hungry families.
Participating counties include Millard, Cache, Tooele, Juab, Salt Lake, Summit, Wasatch, Morgan and Uinta County, Wyo.
Contact Justen Smith, USU Extension associate professor, Davis County, at 801-451-3413 or firstname.lastname@example.com for further information.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 21/8/2014 (1096 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It's a heavenly site -- a long wall of windows and an equally long balcony overlooking a meandering pond (partially drained at present, for construction purposes), and beyond, a luxuriant growth of majestic trees. Some Warhol prints are displayed on the earth-toned inside wall; the chairs, with leather-like seats and lovely fabric upholstery, are not only exceptionally attractive but exceptionally comfortable as well, and, apart from a fireplace, set in a massive central pillar, that's about all there is for decor. And that's all it needs.
The kitchen, under the direction of Wow! Hospitality's executive chef, Michael Dacquisto, and chef Beau Schell, lives up to the setting, offering relatively high-end food at less than high-end prices. At least they do at dinner, which, although not labelled as such, is the only menu shown on the restaurant's website. It was why a first visit for lunch seemed reasonable, especially for a restaurant in a major park.
Not that my lunch was poor -- au contraire. What I did have was good, but there just wasn't enough to choose from (more about that later).
The star rating is for the dinners, which are served from 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. The menu (which may still be a work in progress) isn't very long either, and is somewhat lopsided, listing as many starters as there are entrées (nine each). Moreover, one of the entrées is a sandwich -- a glorious one, as it happens, of house-made smoked beef, steamed, sliced thin and piled high on City Bread rye, and served with five house-made mustards ($13, including soup or fries). Another entrée, which I saw on its way to another table -- house-made pretzels with house-smoked salmon and greens -- looked more like a sizable appetizer ($13).
The menu may lack balance, but not the cooking, most of which was impeccable, starting with the superb complimentary buttermilk biscuits -- incredibly light, flaky marvels, so addictive (there's more for the asking) the danger lies in filling up on them. But two of the starter salads were light and delicious: delicate, pink slices of smoked duck breast with tiny cubes of pears and Trappist cheese, candied pecans and butter lettuce ($16); and a colourful combination of cubes of beets, Metro Meats' kielbasa (one of the city's best), and fontina cheese with hazelnuts and arugula ($7). A more substantial starter was the duo of a dense country paté and a smooth chicken liver mousse, with lingonberry jam and the proper (French-style) vinegar-brined gherkins, although I'd have preferred a crusty baguette to the toast points ($10).
There are also down-to-earth, meaty wings in a crunchy and slightly curried, honey-sweet coating, accompanied by battered deep fried pickled green beans -- so good you may never again be satisfied with deep-fried dill pickles ($7). There are soups du jour -- the soup of my jour was thick with pineapple and pulled pork, a description that sounded Asian, but had a rich, East European sweet-and-sour flavour ($6). Other appetizers include free-range devilled eggs with three different fillings -- traditional, smoked salmon and curried ($4), beet fritters with dandelion greens and creme fraiche ($9), a mixed green salad ($6) and a potato salad ($7).
Most of the entrées are classic comfort foods, with occasional modern twists. The top price of $25 buys tender, flavourful slices of filet mignon in a mushroom cream sauce (but not quite enough of it), with tiny roasted potatoes and asparagus spears. Pork schnitzel comes in light, crunchy breading, topped by a dab of mild sauerkraut and garnished with nicely chewy spaetzle and a coriander-seasoned pear compote ($18).
The fish fry of pickerel -- with capers, mashed potatoes and tiny fried brussels sprouts with bits of bacon -- was sweet-fleshed, moist and wonderful ($21). The fish and chips not so much -- the chips (i.e. fries) were good and the coleslaw decent, but the haddock was decidedly dry ($16). There's always a vegetarian pasta of the day ($16), and the confusingly labelled Seasonal Foraged Mushrooms -- I had expected, and hoped for, a dish of wild mushrooms but on my visit it turned out to be a shepherd's pie containing mushrooms ($16).
The lunch menu (11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday) lists a few panini ($10 with salad), a burger and sandwiches, among them unexceptional egg or tuna salad, but also that fabulous smoked beef ($7 to $9.50, including either soup or fries). The haddock fish and chips is one of the few dinner entrées served at lunch -- half the size of the dinner portion, but almost half the price ($8.99). Sunday brunch has just been added, featuring egg dishes, pancakes, French toast and a few sandwiches, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Prices range from $7.99 for two eggs, breakfast meat, hash browns and toast, to $19 for filet mignon, two eggs, garlic toast and smashed hash.
Desserts are few, but the dense fudge brownie, paired with a marshmallow, walnuts and vanilla bean ice cream, was delicious. I can't say it was an improvement on a conventional baked cake (and the cappuccino foam was just flavourless fluff), but the light and fluffy-textured microwave sponge cake with chocolate ganache was intriguing ($6 each). There's also a frozen fruit-salad sorbet ($7) and three others one assumes are meant for the kiddies -- a crackerjack snack pack with nuts and bacon, milk and cookies, and a Red River float made with root beer ($5 each). Grown-ups can have their float with Guinness vanilla ice cream ($8).
Service is attentive, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. The wine list is relatively short but has some interesting selections, with 10 available by the glass.


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The works of Harun Yahya are very well received by Indonesian people, particularly by the young generation. Conferences and film shows are organized based on his works, where the perfect design in the universe and the marvels of God"s creations are presented to Indonesian students. The pictures on this page were taken from one of these.
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