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The fifth annual Kimberly Kampout at Kimberly Elementary School in Redlands was held Sept. 13 — Friday, the 13th.
Superstitions about Friday the 13th didn't seem to keep people from attending the Kimberly Kampout, hosted by the Kimberly PTA. By 8 p.m., almost 1,000 Kimberly students and their families had registered. Families helped each other set up, moving portable shelters and setting up tents.
Kampout staff grilled 600 hamburgers and 500 hot dogs to feed the campers and after supper carted away tubs that had been filled with lettuce, tomatoes and pickles.
Families then gathered with blankets and lawn chairs along the lower playground field to watch a movie on a large outdoor screen. Next to the outdoor fire pits brought in by PTA members, a handful of parents fine-tuned roasting techniques for the perfect marshmallow as s'mores were distributed.
Only a few patches of grass were visible as rows of tents lined the school's upper field, where families camped out for the night.
Angie Espinoza, this year's Kimberly Kampout chairman, said she spent hours making sure the details were taken care of so that everyone would have plenty to eat and be able to enjoy time with their families and friends.
"Kampout is one of my favorite events at Kimberly," Espinoza said. "I am so pleased with the turnout this year, but I didn't organize this alone. I would like to thank all the volunteers who helped make this year's Kampout a success."
Kimberly Principal Matt Osmond also worked with the Kimberly Kampout staff.
Kimberly PTA President Cheryl Towers, who has been involved with Kimberly Kampout since its inaugural year, said she sees the event as a wonderful community building experience and said Angie Espinoza did a fabulous job as chairman.
"I am amazed by the number of people who continue to attend year after year," Towers said. "It is an experience our students and their families will never forget."
More than 45 volunteers, including neighbors, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, Kimberly teachers and support staff, helped with the Kimberly Kampout.
In order to not charge families, Kimberly PTA commits every year to fundraising and requesting assistance from businesses to defray costs. This year, Kimberly PTA received donations and support from Farquhar Farms, Lanna Coffee, Muffin Top Bakery, Panera Bread, Stater Bros. and Washington Produce.


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Ngatu is the Tongan name given to tapa cloth or decorated bark cloth. It is made from the inner bark of Hiapo (paper mulberry tree). The pieces of bark are beaten with a mallet, widened and joined together to make larger pieces of cloth. Groups of women work together to decorate the cloth with natural dyes and pigments.
Ngatu are often decorated with motifs and patterns taken from the natural environment or associated with important people and events. Some of the events may be small and very local in nature, others reference bigger moments in time.
Historical significance
This distinctive ngatu features the image of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter plane. This type of aircraft was used by the United States Air Force in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War. They were usually associated with the 44th Fighter Squadron of the 18th fighter group, which operated out of several stations in the Pacific throughout the war. It is not clear from the records whether the squadron was based in Tonga, but we know that with its long range, the Lightning was used to devastating effect in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
British Spitfire aircraft have also featured on Tongan ngatu. Under the influence of Queen Salote, Tonga raised money to purchase four Spitfire aircraft for Britain during the Second World War. Two of them saw service in battle. Te Papa has a one ngatu with a Spitfire on it and several other examples exist in museums around the world.
Today, the main social function of ngatu is to be a constantly circulating gift, given at weddings, funerals and other special occasions. Very large pieces of ngatu are considered a symbol of wealth. They are important cultural treasures; but can also be historical documents, offering insight into the little and big moments in time as Tongans saw them.
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This ngatu was acquired by Mrs Valerie Morris in Fiji in 1964. She donated it to the museum in 1989.
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I hope you all had a lovely Valentine's day!
We certainly did; celebrating with our third-annual-living- room -picnic-and-a movie... Complete with a viewing of Lady and the Tramp and an entire (large) coffee-table's worth of delicious food.
I'd love to say that building a pillows-and-blankets retreat on the living room floor is a regular event in our house but due to certain logistics (or three furry pups that think anything near the floor is fair game... including using our faces as props for their toys)... it tends to be an annual, yet special, event.
We put our picnic together for around $45, but nothing really beats a mellow evening in with the loves~ no need to wait for next year, toss some pillows on the floor and head to the store to plan your own impromptu picnic tonight!
The menu:
Cheese and ciabatta platter: Brie, Irish cheddar, and Robusto (remember those little cheese "samples" I mentioned before?)
Mixed olives, berries and melon, turkish figs, chocolate covered cherries, heirloom tomato slices, crackers (WF bulk aisle and, salad bar, and fresh olive bar)
Spinach salad with strawberries, almonds, goat cheese, and honey-soy-and lemon dressing
Dressing: 1tsp honey, 1tsp water warmed in micro. for 15 seconds. Mix in 1tsp soy sauce, 1tsp olive oil, spritz of lemon juice, pepper, and a little salt. Mix well.
Lemon, Brussels sprouts, and Porcini pizza, inspired by miss Martha Stewart! This is so simple and delicious we made it twice in one week!
We used a store-bought thin crust plain crust. Top with olive oil, garlic powder, and herbs to your liking. Layer mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Chop a few dried porcinis and soak in water to soften for a few mins, then place on pizza. Follow with sliced Brussels sprouts and paper-thin fresh lemon shavings. Top with a sprinkle of cheese and pine nuts. Bake according to pizza crust directions or 12-15 mins at 425 til sprouts and lemon are slightly crispy on edges and cheese is golden.
Wine: we tried Baker's Dozen "Jammy" Pino Noir... It was good, very smooth with strong cherry/raspberry flavors but a bit sweeter than we usually prefer. It was perfect with the fruity flavors of this meal but I would probably save it for dessert or drink it alone (... As in without food, not as in alone-alone... well, that would be fine too I suppose...) I would give it a try if you're easing into red wine or if you prefer sweeter varieties. Also, it is very mellow on the alcohol-content, no headache or next-day regrets here! Plus, it was $6 at Target. Hollah.
My jammy husband
For dessert we had deliciously pink strawberry rice pudding, inspired by a Whole Foods recipe, I just added more coconut milk (a whole can) and did 3c milk, 3c water, and a little more sugar.
Dan liked it warm, I prefer mine cold but it's seriously delish either way, and the recipe makes plenty for left-overs. Unfortunately none of my photos turned out... Maybe that wine was pretty good after all?... But it's so yummy, and practically makes itself, there's no excuse to not make this tonight :)
Hope you're all inspired to plan a "spontaneous" floor picnic with your sweets, all your own! If you do, please share photos, I'd love to see all your fun ideas.
Happy Thursday, pretty thangs!
The pups loved Lady and the Tramp too,
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Booth's Sardines: Crescent Brand
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Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Booth Sardines
Publisher: F.E. Booth Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
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Citation: Booth's Sardines: Crescent Brand. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=4153


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Florida is a feast for writers interested in the weird, wacky and wild. Crime writers like Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey make full use of the state's native nuttiness, but literary fiction writers have been known to harvest some of that crop as well.
Two cases in point: Larry Baker's novel A Good Man and N.M. Kelby's short story collection A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts. Both build stories upon the Sunshine State's eternal promise of sweet new lives under sunny skies — as long as you don't mind hurricanes, snakes, con artists and some very strange neighbors.
Baker's first novel, The Flamingo Rising, was a Read Around Pinellas book in 2006 and was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. He sets A Good Man in St. Augustine, which may be the oldest European-settled city in the United States, but it's still a small town that gives up its secrets slowly.
Baker's protagonist is an out-of-towner named Harry Ducharme, a formerly famous disc jockey on the skids whose boozy slide lands him in St. Augustine, standing knee-deep in the Atlantic and wondering how he got there.
Harry, who has his own secrets, gets a job at a quirky little talk radio station whose other denizens include a Rush Limbaugh lite with a parrot named Jimmy Buffett, a Cuban-American whose fake interviews with Castro have a big following, and a mysterious but beloved cooking show host named Nora James, who broadcasts from her home. Harry falls in love with Nora, even though it takes a year for him to persuade somebody, anybody to introduce him to her.
Harry feels as if he's found a home, eventually — until a late-season hurricane blows in a strange man who calls himself Prophet, although he has many names and, as Harry discovers during an eerie midnight interview, many faces.
Baker's story draws upon literary sources like Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and especially Flannery O'Connor and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin for an engaging story of love, redemption, family, friendship and a little Florida mysticism.
As its title suggests, many of the characters in the stories in Kelby's A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts are lovers, present, former or would-be.
For many of them, Florida represents the escape, the fresh start, the state of transformation — like the abused woman who turns herself into a Weeki Wachee mermaid in Our Florida Vacation, or the two winners of a bogus leadership award who plunge into a perilous relationship in Jubilation, Florida.
Some of the stories quietly dazzle with complex relationships drawn with swift, calligraphic strokes, like the one in The Faithful. A grown daughter comes back to her childhood home on a snowy Christmas as her glamorous mother and newish stepfather prepare to sell the place and move to (where else?) Florida.
The narrator misses her dead father, and she's still uncomfortable with her mother's second husband — who is the father's brother. Ick, maybe, or maybe not — there's more to the story.
Other stories are chilling, such as Deals, the story of a young widow with two little girls. They're still reeling from the loss of a husband and father, too, and running out of money as well. So when a couple they meet at the public pool in a Florida town in the 1970s offer to help them out, at first they're grateful: "We couldn't afford a car. Eden and Bob couldn't have kids."
Kelby draws us along as the implications of that deal slither into the awareness of the older sister. It's a beautifully paced story, rich with creepy details, and although I thought I knew where it was going, it surprised me right to the end.
Kelby's writing is often humorous, and there are certainly touches of that in these stories, like the obsessed troop of Camp Fire Girls in Waiting for the Hungarians, determined to sell the most P-Nuttles in history. But even the funny stories here have a melancholy edge, like the one you get when you know it's the last margarita and the song on the radio reminds you of someone who's not there.


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Washington -- This fiberglass-reinforced plastic portable shelter was unveiled here today. Designed for both military personnel and equipment, it is composed of 12 separated sections, each interchangeable with any other. It can be erected or dismantled by 3 men in 30 to 45 minutes. Each 20-foot shelter can comfortably accommodate 12 men barracks-style, or 20 in field conditions. Here Lola Council, of Cruger, MS, a Secretary in the Adjutant General's office, uses a mallet to test strength. (1950)
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Then the shelter broke down and Lola fell and died. And noone ever heard again about this marvelous shelter.
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."Whatever Lola wants......Lola has ta do herself!.." :o/
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Kids need and deserve a few essentials to make sure they get the best start possible: food, clothing, shelter and a good education, of course. But they also need dental and medical care to ensure that they grow into healthy, productive adults.
Unfortunately, millions of children have no health insurance coverage and as a result don't get the kind of health care they need.
In 2007, according to the Census Bureau, some 8.1 million children had no insurance in the United States.
Though free or low-cost health insurance is available to kids in the poorest families, it's more difficult for parents with higher earnings to get coverage for their kids.
A program called the State Children's Health Insurance Plan was created in 1997 to offer health insurance coverage for the children of low-income families. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, SCHIP was originally created as an adjunct to Medicaid.
In February, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 was signed into law. CHIPRA expanded eligibility and increased funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Plan.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services and the CHIP statistical enrollment data system, in 2008 about 7.4 million kids were enrolled, up from around 7 million the previous year.
With the signing of the reauthorization act, regulators hope to enroll another 4 million kids in the program. Most of them are already eligible for the program but just haven't signed up.
Eligibility varies from state to state but "most states cover people up to the range of 200 (percent) to 250 percent of the poverty level, which in 2009 is about $36,620 to $45,775 for a family of three," says Sarah Lueck, policy analyst with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
"But some states cover kids that are at less than that and some states go beyond 250 percent of poverty level," she says.
Parents who have no health insurance for their kids should contact their state health insurance program to find out more about the eligibility requirements in their state.
In that event, the only other option is to buy an individual or family policy, at least until Congress comes up with a universal plan.
At the very least, children should have a major medical policy so that there is coverage in the event of a major illness or injury. And that goes for parents as well, says Certified Financial Planner Tracey Baker, author of "Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies."
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The 'Wanderlust' actress makes an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' a day after Justin Theroux reluctantly showcases his skills, revealing she has tried to warn him beforehand.
Jennifer Aniston might have helped Ellen DeGeneres in pranking her boyfriend, Justin Theroux, but she has since admitted that she's a little remorseful about it. The "Wanderlust" actress commented on Theroux's impromptu break dancing when stopping by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday, February 23.
"I feel quite guilty about this," confessed the actress, who's just received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, when DeGeneres brought up the subject. She added that she has tried to warn her 40-year-old boyfriend beforehand as recalling, "I said you should probably be prepared because Ellen likes to surprise with things."
"Like one time she made me sing and one time she gave me vibrating things...I don't know, you do games and stuff," the 43-year-old beauty continued on recounting. "He was like, 'she won't do that to me. I'm a first-time guest.' I was like, 'You're right. She would never do that to you honey.' And there I go and I help you in your trickery."
A day before Aniston's appearance on the show, Theroux sat down with DeGeneres and told the host that the "Horrible Bosses" actress has been obsessed with making him break dance. Little that he knew, Aniston has sent DeGeneres his "breaking shoes", leaving him with no excuses not to show his moves.


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I have 3 days (plus two half days, arriving in the afternoon and leaving mid day) to spend in Kyoto and surrounding area and am trying to make the most of it. Would it be better to stay in Kyoto or spend one day (and night) in Nara? What about Hakone-jo, is it worth the trip out from Kyoto? I will be travelling with my partner and we have rail passes so we do not have to worry about the cost of rail journeys.
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The Israel Parliament today gave approval to the first reading of a bill authorizing the floating of a new $350,000,000 "Israel Development Bond Issue" in the United States, Canada, South Africa and several European countries.
The new issue succeeds the "Israel Independence Bond Issue," which expires May 31 of this year. It will pay four percent interest in dollars and the bonds will mature in ten years. The bonds may be transferred as capital investment for promotion projects approved by the Israeli Development Authority.
Introducing the measure in Parliament, Finance Minister Levi Eshkol praised Henry Morgenthau and Henry Montor, leaders of the bond drive organization in the United States, for their work in promoting the first issue. He also assured the deputies that the new issue would not compete with the United Jewish Appeal,
Mr. Eshkol emphasized that "special recognition and appreciation" is extended by the Israel Government to the Jews of the United States for their "hearty cooperation" in the sale of Israel bonds. "We send greetings to the more than 500,000 Jews who purchased Israel bonds and to all the thousands and tens of thousands who worked day and night in this holy work," Mr. Eshkol said. "Greetings too go forth to members of the Board of Directors of the Bond Drive and all the workers who showed such unlimited devotion and together contributed to the success of this enterprise."
The bill was supported in the Knesset by representatives of the Mapai, Mizrachi, Progressives, General Zionists, Herut and Poale Mizrachi. The Mapam faction suggested that the bill be sent to a committee where Mapam members will propose amendments. The Communists voted against it.
In supporting the bill, Dr. Herbert Foerder, leader of the Progressives, said that "the rate of interest plus operating expenses of the Bond Drive still amount to less than the interest rate which the Israel Government is forced to pay for other loans. " He emphasized that "the Bond Drive is one of the most important means of help extended to Israel."
Minister Eshkol, in his address to the Knesset, also praised Canadian Jewry and the Jews of Latin American countries for promoting the sale of Israel bonds in their lands.


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WPU in Win Column with Shutout of Harris-Stowe State
St. Louis, Mo.–Camila Parra (Fr., Brisbane, Australia, Biology) scored as the Statesmen women's soccer team won its first game of 2014, defeating Harris-Stowe State in non-conference play Saturday.
Despite only tallying three shots in the first half, William Penn (1-1) managed the game's lone goal prior to halftime as Parra scored off a pass from Vanessa Martinez (Las Vegas, Nev., Communications) in the 40th minute.
The visiting offense was more active in the second stanza (12 shots), but failed to put anything else in the net. The defense, paced by goalkeeper Kelly Button (Sr., Tucson, Ariz., Business Management) with three saves, held strong to complete the shutout. H-SS (0-1) was limited to four shots.
Parra finished with a team-best five shots.
"I felt we came out of the blocks very slowly and we were not able to work the ball around hardly at all with poor execution of control, connecting passes, and our overall movement," Head Coach Willie McGowan said. "It took us until the second half before we settled into the game, but we did grab an important goal right before halftime to allow us to relax."
"In the second half, we controlled the vast majority of the play and should have scored a few more times to put the game beyond reach, but we are still a little goal-shy and are rushing things in front of goal," McGowan added. "Overall, we have a lot of positives to take from our second half of play and we will learn from our mistakes for tomorrow's matchup."
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NexTech Materials has received a Future Naval Capability project contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to design, develop and demonstrate a compact energy system for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV). NexTech will reportedly complete a comprehensive design of an energy-dense solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system for a 21-in. diameter UUV; the system will be fuelled with JP-10 liquid hydrocarbon fuel and liquid oxygen reactants.
The project provides follow-on funding for SOFC development undertaken in a previous ONR project, which had resulted in a computerized model and a 1 kW early test system. The use of SOFCs with liquid hydrocarbon fuels offers high electrical efficiencies, reducing the volume and weight of fuel and oxygen that need to be stored onboard the UUV.
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Update, 3:25 Twins win 4-2, Rays manager Joe Maddon says that despite the three errors the Rays played well and Shields and Munter pitched well.
Update 2:43 Scott Munter isn't faring too well either, as the Twins have three more hits off him in the last two innings though it's still 4-1.
Update 2:22 Shields is done after four innings, having allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits and two hit batters. Twins CF Carlos Gomez left the game with with cramping in his left hamstring. It's 4-1 Twins through five innings.
Update, 2:03 The Rays released plans to celebrate their final spring training game in St. Petersburg on Friday, including a free postgame barbecue for all fans, a pre-game Air Force flyover and presentation of their all-time Al Lang team. Hall of Famer Monte Irvin will sign autographs from 11-12:15, and two great nephews of Al Lang, John and Hugh Fagen, will be among the honored guests. A limited number of berm and grandstand seats remain available.
Update 1:54 Shields continues to have issues - he just hit his second batter, has allowed four hits and it's only top of the third. And CF Elliot Johnson just made two errors on the same play - mishandling a base hit, then throwing errantly past third to allow another run to score, so it's now 3-1.
Update 1:48 How's this for play of the day - Twins pitcher Livan Hernandez couldn't field Elliot Johnson's bunt, so he kicked it over to first where Justin Morneau made a glove save for the out.
Update 1:33 James Shields is lierally just getting his work in to prep for Monday's opening day start, and it hasn't gone well as he gave up three hits (and two runs, one on an error by 1B Chris Richard) in the first and a couple hard-hit balls in the second.
Update, 12:30 Manager Joe Maddon's pre-game media session yielded a few tidbits of news:
* Edwin Jackson will be the No. 4 starter, and pitch the April 4 series opener in New York, and Jason Hammel will be No. 5. Jackson has had the better spring, but Maddon said there was "no particular reason" for the decision.
* 3B Willy Aybar remains limited with a sore left hamstring but Maddon said he still thinks Aybar will be ready to go for Monday's opener in Baltimore. He said Aybar might be ready to play Thursday in Winter Haven when just about the full roster makes the trip.
* Team officials have a pretty good idea of what they want to do with their final roster - assuming there are no trades or waiver acquisitons - in all but one position, which sounds like the final bullpen spot that is being contested by Grant Balfour and Scott Dohmann. Though Maddon wouldn't say, it appears as things stand now that the bench jobs would be held by INFs Joel Guzman and Elliot Johnson, OF/INF Eric Hinske and C Shawn Riggans.
The Rays left early for Fort Myers for Wednesday's game with the Twins, and many of the regulars didn't go as the Rays continue to assess candidates for backup roles. Starters that are playing include are SS Jason Bartlett, an ex-Twin; 2B Akinori Iwamura, and RF/DH Jonny Gomes.
One guy missing is 3B Willy Aybar, the expected starter for opening day. Aybar, who is nursing a sore left hamstring, isn't making the trip and won't play for the fourth straight day. Manager Joe Maddon had said Tuesday there was a chance Aybar could play today, but he was thinking about holding him out until Thursday against the Indians (and Aybar is on the travel squad to go to Winter Haven).
Elliot Johnson will get another look at centerfifeld, as he tries to make the team in the utility role. Eric Hinske - also competing for a bench job - will be in right.
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The county retains expert financial advisor and bond counsel services to protect its financial interests and expedite debt issuance transactions. These firms have significant resources to represent the county's best interest in bond market transactions and to ensure that the county's actions comply with various federal and state regulations. Both firms currently serve the county in their respective capacities, and both will receive new contracts.
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NORMAN, Okla. -- After more than a year away, Whitney Hand is set to return for Oklahoma (No. T-14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP).
A key player in Oklahoma's first of two straight Final Four runs as a freshman, Hand has missed 13 months after tearing a ligament in her right knee and then having a follow-up operation on cartilage damage.
She's expected to play Sunday when the Sooners (10-2) play at TCU (7-6) in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas.
"I think you have to think it's going to go good," Hand said. "It's been 401 days since I played. I've never done that before since I was 6.
"It's a weird feeling to get to play again. The best thing is I get to be on the court."
Hand averaged 13.4 points and shot 38 percent from 3-point range in only five games last season, then tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee at a tournament over Thanksgiving weekend was sidelined as the Sooners went back to the Final Four without her.
The year before, she averaged 9.2 points and was a provided an outside threat to space the floor for All-America center Courtney Paris to operate inside.
"She's playing with the same amount of confidence and exuberance that you guys remember from her freshman year," coach Sherri Coale said. "It'll take a while, for all of us, for us to have continuity with her, especially when you run a motion offense that is based so much on spacing and timing. Getting acclimated with a new person takes a little bit of time."
Coale said Hand's bigger challenge might be on the defensive end, where she'll be forced to react to opponents instead of being in charge of where she goes. She'll have to get integrated just as the Sooners start conference play. After facing TCU, Oklahoma opens Big 12 play on Jan. 8 at Nebraska.
"Whitney is an incredible confident kid," Coale said. "She'll figure it out as fast as anybody ever has."
Hand said she's naturally apprehensive about playing for the first time after being out for so long, but she's feeling no pain since returning to practice and there aren't any concerns about the stability of her knee.
Coale said she'll play Hand "as much as I need to play her."
"I don't know if I'm going to start, be the first person off the bench, be the last person off that bench. It doesn't matter," Hand said. "My main concern is how my knee feels and if I'm ready."


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I agree with f-mattox that they probably lean towards the "older" crowd, but that's not to say there isn't plenty to do on board. We began cruising with Princess in our 40s and they're still our favorite line. However, the Caribbean crowd on Princess is normally a younger crowd, 20s-60s, if it's not a long itinerary. They do have salsa dance lessons and they do have dance clubs on board. I don't think you'd be disappointed in Princess at all, but they don't have the rock wall or the ice skating rink. They do have fresh water pools, hairy legs, newly wed game, etc. The Caribbean Princess has the Sanctuary and the International Cafe. The ships are immaculate, the service is wonderful, and the food (in my opinion) is fantastic. They do have My Time Dining, so you don't have to eat at a set time. I know I've left the casino in the early morning and there are still plenty of people out and about.
I think the only way to really find out if you like it or not, is to try it. I enjoy trying different lines. I've still got quite a few to go, but have been on HAL, RCCL, NCL, CCL, Celebrity, Costa and Princess. Princess is my favorite, so far, but that's just me. Costa is next. Two totally different experiences. I've never had a bad cruise, just some better than others
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Leaked documents show Verizon to counter T-Mobile's JUMP! with VZ Edge
A leaked copy of Verizon training documents shows that the nation's largest mobile carrier will be fighting back against T-Mobile with a plan called VZ Edge. According to the documents, as long as you've paid 50% of the cost of your current handset, Verizon will let you upgrade to a newer model. The plan, according to the training documents, will launch on August 25th.
Let's say that there is a $500 phone you want. Assuming that Verizon allows you to put $100 down, you can pay off the balance of $400 over, say, 12 months. That works out to $33.33 monthly, and after five months, you've paid off half the phone and can update again. This is just an assumption of how the plan might work. We should know for sure on or before August 25th.
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1. palmguy (Posts: 661; Member since: 22 Mar 2011)
All that means for Verizon is mo' money, mo' money, mo' money!
2. Birds (Posts: 1171; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
Milk us, Verizon...We like our udders utterly stretched....-_-
3. tigermcm (Posts: 860; Member since: 02 Sep 2009)
Uh sounds like alot more coming out my pocket
4. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 2195; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)
the fourth largest UNcarrier,... and then there trying top its JUMP plan.
5. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
Verizons just reinforcing that fact that they are the most overpriced carrier.
7. Larry_ThaGr81 (Posts: 449; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Yes, they make me so darn sick with the not wanting to be outdone by the competition. Thanks to the smaller competition like T-Mobile, Verizon can't nickel and dime us to death like they want. Even the big bad wolf of cellular carriers can have their hands forced by the competition.
10. rightcue805 (Posts: 55; Member since: 08 Jul 2013)
actually they don't cost anymore the att or sprint (when it comes to there share everything plan) they all pretty much cost the same.
11. MartyK (Posts: 947; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
You know as long as people make excuse or defend a company with bad behavior, that company will never change.
Yes all carrier have their pros and cons,
But I think it's safe to say everyone knows Verizon is the biggest offender when it comes to fleecing the consumers.
13. MobileLyfe (Posts: 8; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
And as long as people have blinders on because of bad experiences, they are going to stay the same ignorant people. Yes Verizon used to cost the most, ricghtcue805 is correct that they are on the same price field as the other carriers now. I had Verizon, switched to sprint when the "first 4g phone" came out to save myself 10 dollars a month, only to not have the internet work above 3g speeds when I actually had connection. T-mobile still assess a fee for leaving service before 21 months, and still requires you to pay off the device you currently own (much like and ETF). Verizon has had their issues in the past, as all carriers still do, but Verizon is listening to the mobile community and changing to meet them at a good pace, that's alot to ask from the largest carrier in America.
14. Whateverman (Posts: 3284; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Gotta disagree. VZW isn't listening to the mobile community, it's just seeing churn tick upward ever so slowly. T-Mobile is no competition for VZW coverage wise, we all know that. But in places where their coverage overlaps, T-Mobile is becoming the clear chose. They aren't perfect by any means, but dealing with them is such a contrast from deal with VZW's arrogance. That whole "get what you pay for mantra" they throw is dissatisfied customers faces doesn't always apply, especially when T-Mobile is offering very similar speeds, for 30, 40, & 50 dollars less. VZW works for most, but not all.
21. rightcue805 (Posts: 55; Member since: 08 Jul 2013)
i agree VZW DOES'T give a crap about there customer
17. MartyK (Posts: 947; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
Oh yes the blinder,
You stated they are on the same field?, T-Mobile and Sprint offer unlimited data do Verizon?
Let's really compare family plans shall we..
Unlimited data Sprint
Grandfather plans ONLY Verizon do not offer that
And as far as listen to there customer, the poll will show the majority would like unlimited data plans, for a long time now, Verizon isn't listen to you, they are listen to they're bottom line,... which is to fleece you!
18. MartyK (Posts: 947; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
The only thing Verizon have over Sprint and T-Mobile is more coverage.. Their plans and prices are in two different ball parks.. and where I live, Sprint is the best for what I do which is data.. Oh and my Google fiber too.. Lol
19. kaintae (Posts: 80; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
Id say coverage is pretty important. Id rather pay for something that works when I need it to, than pay for unlimited data that is effectively useless. Ive been with all the major carriers over the years. Yes, there's a difference. My employees with verizon have a far better combination of speed and reliability than the ones with other carriers as well. All carriers have their issues . verizon's only consistent complaint is their prices. Id rather that be my gripe than me not having quality service like it was with the otger carriers.
6. Gdrye (Posts: 111; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
At&t has had this for years...the 6th month upgrade plan, old news for us, the phone does cost more upfront, but there is no added premium to the bill either...glad to see everyone else finally catching up
8. Larry_ThaGr81 (Posts: 449; Member since: 26 May 2011)
If after 6 months, we can trade in our current phones and upgrade to a new one then this might be worth considering. However, if we upgrade to a new phone and still have to pay of the previously financed phone, then yes this will be more revenue for Verizon.
9. Synack (Posts: 682; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
This feature isn't required.This only costs you more if you actually want the option to upgrade multiple times per year. Which it would've costed you more anyway. So all of your arguments about it costing more are obviously true, but invalid because this feature is for the people that have no problem paying extra to have the latest and greatest phone. I will be doing this for sure.
12. travis84 (Posts: 1; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
If we are grandfather in do we lose that?
15. xpr3ss10n (Posts: 58; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
Of course. Say goodbye to unlimited data
22. rightcue805 (Posts: 55; Member since: 08 Jul 2013)
IF you were on at&t you can keep your unlimited :D
16. TheRequiem (Posts: 245; Member since: 23 Mar 2012)
This is nothing like Jump, they will require much more then $10 a month if you want upgrade... more like about $40 if you want to upgrade every 6 months. Good luck with all that.


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Ten green bottles . . .
Well, not quite 10. But
These iconic Australian brands have been in the firing line even though there is still a fair stimulus coming through the economy from the billions of dollars being poured into the development of a liquid gas export industry.
They do not need to wait around to be told that our great economic boom, the biggest resources rush in our history, is rapidly running out of breath.
As one blogger noted yesterday, the Australia Disease will be one for the textbooks. Curiously, the one sector of the economy that did not see this coming was the national political elite.
The election was run along what has become our standard approach of campaigning with both sides emphasising their expenditure platforms.
"Recession" was not heard.
The outgoing Labor government was silent about this prospect because it did not want to be seen as being responsible for such a development.
And the Coalition preferred to campaign on the basis of slogans about refugees, coal tax and its gold-plated parental leave promise.
No guidance
This strategy was a ballot box success on the hustings. But it provided no guidance as to what it would actually do in government.
Australian voters are usually understandably tolerant of new governments taking some time to get themselves up to speed about their ministerial responsibilities and the relationship these have with the declared policies of the incoming government.
Not so with the Abbott government, which finds itself less popular than the Labor opposition a mere two months after a landslide victory at the national elections.
I doubt that there has ever been such a rapid vaporising of support.
The first point to be made when considering an explanation is that Labor was so much disliked by the electorate at large that any option was preferable.
Considering that
Reinforcing that judgment is that Shorten has kept a relatively low profile, leaving the stage to Abbott and his team.
The left-field revelation that Australian intelligence personnel had tapped into the mobile phones of the Indonesian Prime Minister and his wife was something of a no-win situation for Abbott. But not one that pushed a new government into minority popularity.
Blocking GrainCorp
Blocking the takeover of GrainCorp was slightly higher on the Richter scale.
What caused the most damage was the Abbott intervention in the debate over school funding, where he declared that the government would honour what he had said during the election campaign – not what people had thought he had said.
This was reasoning that could be described as specious, misleading or over-subtle; in a word, casuistry.
It had more than an echo of Paul Keating's 1993 election claim his promise of tax cuts were already law.
That was correct, but the implementation of those cuts was pushed back once Keating won the election.
He never recovered in the polls.
I'm not saying that Abbott is destined to be a oncer.
Modern-day politics is way too volatile to call an election three years out.
But such poor polling, if it continues, will create leadership tensions.
Normally, the scale of the landslide achieved by Abbott would be enough to protect him throughout his first term against leadership intrigue and speculation.
But, despite the bubble of complacency that surrounds our senior politicians, Australia has not, since the 1920s, faced a potential concatenation of economic headwinds such as those now gathering on the horizon.
Hit the fence
The green bottles nominated above have already felt the impact of Australia's exposure to an overvalued exchange rate, which renders us non-competitive in the global market place.
The high exchange rate is primarily a function of the China-based resources boom that is now running out of steam. It has enough momentum to carry us through 2014, but then it will hit the fence. Before the boom, mining investment was running at between 2 per cent and 3 per cent of GDP. With the boom it has climbed to between 7 per cent to 8 per cent.
But the investment boom is a once-only occurrence. The money has gone into increasing the capacity of our major resources such as iron ore, coal and liquefied natural gas.
With China's demand tapering off as that economy takes on the challenge of structural change, of becoming a consumer-growth-based economy rather than one driven by investment and exports, there is now considerable excess capacity in the coal and iron ore sectors. Normally, these early warning signs would have been reflected in an exchange rate falling quite rapidly.
Instead, it is edging down only slowly because our relatively high interest rate encourages speculative capital inflows.
The high exchange rate dictates a wage structure across the economy that prices us out of export markets.
Australia now has one of the smallest manufacturing sectors of any developed country. Much of our traditional manufacturing has moved offshore to lower wage economies.
Offshoring not over
However, the era of offshoring is far from over. More and more services can now operate more cheaply offshore.
Not only are we headed for lower wages, but our ageing demographic profile means we will see lower growth as the large cohort of baby boomers moves into retirement.
In addition, those baby boomers can expect to be faced with an extended duration of low interest rates.
Much of what I have canvassed here is covered in greater detail by the economist
It reminded me of a book I wrote back in 1981 entitled Poor, Little Rich Country, which reported on the failure of Australia, largely at the political level, to move the roadblocks to economic success erected by various interest groups, especially the trade union movement.
It was a timely publication, coming out not long before the first Hawke-Keating government. It fell on fertile political ground. Garnaut deserves the same, but I fear that the political ground is barren.
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Sabaya Magazine, which launched the charity drive, said it was aimed at giving back to the community and does their part in improving the life of the underprivileged. Al Noor Charity Welfare was invited to partner the drive, to ensure that the collection reached the right hands.
The charity drive was the brainchild of the English editor, Dilraz Kunnummal, who conceptualized and managed the project.
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Shanghai When it comes to gathering your ill-gotten gains and attempting to flee the country, Liu Tienan is the extreme example.
At the time of his arrest last May, the former deputy director of China's top economic planning agency, was allegedly found with two foreign passports – one of them Australian and probably fake, 9kg of gold bars, airline tickets to Sydney and Toronto and more than $2 million in Australian currency – not to mention the $19 million he had reportedly stashed in 25 separate bank accounts.
A year on, Liu remains under investigation by the Communist Party's powerful discipline inspection committee but he is not the only bureaucrat under the internal microscope. Many others are more subtle in their efforts to move money offshore and unlike Liu, don't leave it until the last minute.
They start by sending their children overseas to study. And then their wives follow, ostensibly to look after the kids but also to set up base in the US, Canada, Australia or Britain.
Gradually assets are transferred.
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Some 866 officials from the southern province of Guangdong have been told to bring their kids and wives back from Hong Kong and overseas or face demotion or forced retirement. The investigation has reportedly been carried out over the past six months, culminating in last week's action to single out those deemed to be abusing their positions.
No one knows how much this new approach will affect universities and real estate markets in favoured destinations like Australia as the numbers are hard to pin down. But they are not small. According to one government-related think tank, China's Academy of Governance, there were about 1.2 million naked officials at the end of 2012.
More importantly, the ill-gotten gains taken out of the country every year is estimated by the Party to be in the hundreds of billions, if not more than a trillion dollars.
Xi's anti-corruption and austerity drive was expected to amount to little more than three months of grand-standing after his elevation to Party Secretary in late 2012. Rather, it has become an enduring feature of his presidency.
It is certainly a popular campaign among the public. The state-owned Global Times newspaper said according to one of its surveys, more than 75 per cent of respondents believed naked officials should be banned from key posts. After Wang Qishan – one of Xi's closest confidantes among the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee – was put in charge of the campaign, there was much speculation and analysis suggesting he had been sidelined.
As one of China's most high-profile and international members of the leadership group, many hoped he would be put in charge of economic policy. But far from being sidelined, Wang is now responsible for key policy areas of Xi's government.
The austerity drive is aimed at improving the Party's image following the Bo Xilai scandal, which exposed the lavish lifestyles of the political elite. It has had a real economic impact, hitting sales of everything from Australian wine, to Swiss watches and hotels, as officials have been forced to rein in their budgets and stop accepting luxury gifts.
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For the second year in a row, Washington County plays the Warriors in a crossover game, with the winner advancing to the state playoffs. The Golden Hawks won 48-23 in 2010.
Washington County coach Joel Ingram said his team put itself "behind the eight ball" in getting to this spot; the Golden Hawks' close defeat to Burke County cost Washington County a spot in the Region 3-AAA championship game. That would have created a rematch against Thomson, the team the Golden Hawks lost to in two overtimes in September.
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THE OTHER BID: Either Butler or Richmond Academy would grab the region's other playoff spot from a play-in game, with the Musketeers going for their fourth consecutive state playoff appearance.
Since an 0-10 mark in 2007, Richmond Academy and coach Chris Hughes had posted three winning years in a row prior to this season. It looked like the streak might end there, but the Musketeers (5-4) have won four in a row and would clinch another winning season by beating the Bulldogs.
ANOTHER ROUT? The first time Josey and Glenn Hills met this year, the Eagles won 35-6 in September as quarterback Markquis Burton accounted for three touchdowns.
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Google updated its latest Android version distribution this week, which led to the usual dull accounts of slight shifts in version counts and lamentations over Android fragmentation. Undeniably, the Android market is fragmented, because, as an open source OS, it runs on smartphones, tablets, cameras, vending machines, thermostats, remote controls for electrical switches and outlets, and other devices not listed here or thought of yet. But this fragmentation does not prevent segmentation within a device category.
Fragmentation defines the problem as a software development problem surrounding cost, whereas segmentation defines the problem as a design and product management challenge involving return on investment. Identifying the smartphone devices used by target customers is the first task. For example, a general mobile travel site likely needs to run on most versions of Android, Gingerbread (Android 2.3x) through Jelly Bean (Android 4.1/4.2). A comparative case could be made for Nike's rumored Android app that will be used with its $149 Nike Fuel Band, which will communicate quantitative measurements of the wearer's physical activity to an Android smartphone. That would likely only require building the app for the most recent Android versions (4.1/4.2) and Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0x) because these versions represent the more expensive smartphones. When developing any app in Brazil, where the conversion from featurephones to smartphones is just beginning and most smartphones are low-cost Android 2.3x phones, an app developer would waste its development budget building a 4.0x or 4.1/4.2 app specifically for the Brazilian market. Jelly Bean (4.1/4.2) can be thought of as a refinement of Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0x).
The total worldwide distribution of Android represented above does not take into account distribution within a given geography. One can't use Google's distribution statistics to make product decisions. There are many tools to help segment the device. One such tools is Mobile Detect, an open source module that can run on a website that will read the HTTP header from a mobile browser and detect the attributes of a smartphone used to browse the website. The manufacturer, model, operating system version, and language and other attributes can be identified, recorded and analyzed.
A hypothetical case is a desktop ecommerce merchant planning its first release of a mobile commerce (mcommerce) app. After installing a mobile detection capability on its ecommerce site and collecting the mobile device data for a sufficient period of time, the merchant would be able to rank Android vs. iOS, Android version vs. Android version, and tablets vs. smartphones. If the mobile app is built without a reference to a website, there are other methods of interacting with potential customers to determine the distribution of mobile device types. Search words could be purchased that channel mobile users to a landing page where these attributes can be collected. The secret to mobile app product management is not adding features in, but taking them out to focus on the app's function and the user's intent. The target device models and operating system versions helps do this.
For the product team that has analyzed the data and determined its target customers and decided it must build for Android versions 2.3x – 4.2, it will be more expensive, more difficult to test, and the final app will have a less sophisticated UI that required more work to build. Android 4.0x is a leap beyond 2.3x. It has a new style of tabs and other UI features and refinements that simplify development, such as fragments (unrelated to fragmentation) and better memory management for images. Developing for Android 2.3x and older versions means working around various issues and using third-party libraries, such as Actionbar Sherlock, that add complexity.
One would hope that Android 2.3x would recede more quickly given that its last release date was almost two years ago. But Android 2.3x is here to stay. It is tied to some very low-cost smartphone and tablet hardware platforms. In developed markets, Android 2.3x will decline, but for the near term, it will appear as a "free" smartphone with new carrier subscriptions and renewals or as an inexpensive prepaid smartphone carrier option, especially among the price-competitive tier-2 mobile operators such as Metro PCS, Cricket, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Straight Talk. There are still 5 million mobile phone subscribers yet to move to a smartphone in the world, and many will choose an economic Android 2.3x, especially in developing economies.


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Tim on Wintour–"Project Runway" star Tim Gunn is known for not getting along with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. In a book which he published in 2010, he wrote that he saw Wintour carried by her bodyguards down a flight of stairs after a fashion show. And ever since then, it has become an anecdote that Wintour is not a fan of television personality to say the least. Gunn has reignited the story recently by speaking at an event to Page Six. "All hell broke loose…Her office was insisting I print a retraction," he tells the newspaper about Wintour's initial reaction to the book.
The "Project Runway" star was not done though. He also talked to Hollywood Life about the incident. Even going as far to say there is still "bad blood" between the two. "We're arch enemies. We're sparring partners. We're constantly spitting venom at each other," he states. "I am a truth-teller and some other people don't like to accept responsibly for their actions." In addition, Gunn did not have too kind words to say about the recent Kimye Vogue cover. "I want to know how much they paid for it." Ouch.
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