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*VIDEO NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH*An Indiana high school basketball player was temporarily paralyzed after he was undercut by an opposing player on a breakaway dunk.
The Indianapolis Star reports Hamilton Heights High School sophomore Alex Etherington spent Saturday night in a Fort Wayne hospital after suffering a serious concussion and temporary paralysis following the incident, which happened early in his team's 58-56 win at Peru.
An Indiana high school basketball player is temporarily paralyzed after being undercut by an opposing player on a breakaway dunk.
He also had a small amount of bleeding on the frontal lobe of his brain, the Star reports.
Etherington, a 6-5 sophomore, lost control in the air after he was pushed from behind by Peru's Josh Hobson under the basket following the dunk, which sent Etherington flying to the floor, the paper reports. His head hit the the floor hard, and he was taken out on a stretcher.
Hobson was called for an intentional foul on the play, the Kokomo (Ind.) Perspective reports.
"The scariest part was that he had temporary paralysis," Brett Etherington, Alex's father, told the Star. "He couldn't move anything. But once he could start to move his arms and legs, we knew it wasn't as bad as it could have been."
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It's the only explanation for the words she chose to use during yoga class.
Everything was going great at first, the yoga studio was dark and lit with flickering candles. There was so much zen and namaste up in my third eye I had to use eye drops to get some of it out so that I could see. (?) I'm fairly sure there was Buddhist monk chanting which made me feel holy and special inside. But then, the teacher ruined it.
"Okay, now make sure that you're opening your right hip; feel how juicy it gets, just get it juicy."
I definitely misheard that… did she just say that my hip should feel juicy?
"Now we are going into Crouching Eagle Pose."
*awkwardly bend into a human knot and fall over, pretend I did it on purpose and reach for water bottle*
"Everybody is doing great… Let's take a few breaths. Breeeeeeeeeeathe in Peace… Breeeeeeeeeeeeathe out Joy… Inhaaaaaaaale Truth… Exhaaaaaaaaale Identity… Truuuuuuuth is your Identity… Let Identity be your Truuuuuuth."
What is happening? I feel weird. There are too many weird feelings. I don't want to be here. This is weird.
"Now raise your hands to the sky… if it feels right. Honor yooooour Body… Honor yooooour Truth… Honor yooooour Identity."
I'm fairly crunchy, hippie granola-y but this is crazy. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Lady, I don't want to join in on your pagan rituals, just show me how to do this pose. I'm good with just focusing on breathing in oxygen.
"Sit deeper in this position, your thighs should be feeling really juicy right now."
I swear, the next thing she says is going to be, "Now, take out your bottle of A1 Steak Sauce and slowly shower yourself in it. Then stand over one of those candles and roast yourself. Make sure that you feel juicy."
Maybe I am immature. (Okay, I am.) But this yoga class was just too much for me.
I kinda feel like a steak though…
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Author/Gardener Amy Stewart and reader Coleen Marlo have followed up Wicked Plants with a new audiobook detailing the sinister elements that could be lurking in floral bouquets, backyard gardens, or even that plate of vegetables on the dinner table. Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities continues in the vein of Wicked Bugs, giving a brief history of known botanical problems: poison ivy, hemlock, oleander, etc., but also adding tidbits about obscure plants to be assiduously avoided. While Coleen Marlo's playful tone makes the most of Stewart's creative descriptions, both the text and the reader continually emphasize the need for safety and easy access to the phone number for Poison Control when reaction to a plant is ever in question.
Marlo clearly enjoys herself as she reads through "Death by Lawn", "Weeds of Mass Destruction", and "Vegetable Wickedness". It is the little things that are the most interesting, though, such as Marlo's presentation of "ordeal beans", which, for a while in Nigeria became a Monty Python-esque method of determining innocence or guilt through the ingesting the toxic calabar bean. Or how simply passing by a henbane plant could cause folks to swoon, which is why ancient Romans attempted to use the plant as an anesthesia.
Stewart's research encompasses plants that strangle, sicken, sting, cause hives, and in general irritate through their seeds, leaves, fragrance, and oils. Marlo's delivery brings forth the irony and/or humor inherent in plants with names from "vomitwort" and "corpse flower". There are fascinating facts as Stewart details and Marlo presents the sometimes fine line between plant as healer - castor oil from castor beans - to plant as murderer - the horrific poison, ricin, is an extract from that same castor bean plant. There is malevolence to be found in the book from unstoppable water hyacinth vines, fast-growing bushes of purple loosestrife, and the pestilence of killer algae in our oceans. Wicked Plants tells of a world pretty much taken over by insidious plant life, perhaps increasing its sinister control while a human population is distracted by smartphones, computer screens, and iPads. Fortunately for the audiobook aficionados, listeners can remain alert to the encroaching kudzu while enjoying Amy Stewart's highly entertaining writing and Coleen Marlo's enthusiastic descriptions in Wicked Plants. Oh, and remember to avoid exploding plants! Carole Chouinard
Beware! The sordid lives of plants behaving badly. A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. Amy Stewart, best-selling author of Flower Confidential, takes on over 200 of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
Stewart renders a vivid portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, enlighten, and alarm even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.
©2009 Amy Stewart (P)2011 Tantor
"Culling legend and citing science, Stewart's fact-filled, A-Z compendium of nature's worst offenders offers practical and tantalizing composite views of toxic, irritating, prickly, and all-around ill-mannered plants." (Booklist)
I listen to audiobooks on my commute and daily walks.
"For the Casual Nerd"
This is an enjoyable book for those who also like to read tidbits of trivia, in this case about poisonous plants. I listened to this while I ran on the treadmill during my workout. Lots of neat stuff to learn about without being too weighed down with specific scientific speak. For the casual nerd who doesn't necessarily have to be into plants.
"Wonderful book. Informative and entertaining."
This is another book I can listen to over and over. Amy Stewart is one of my favorite non-fiction authors. And Coleen Marlo is one of my favorite 'readers' too...very expressive, she holds my attention through the entire book. This is a great book.
"Buy the Book"
i would highly recommend you purchase the printed version of this book. the text is interesting, but it reads like an encyclopedia.
Always moving. Always listening. Always learning. "After all this time?" "Always."
"Grows on You Like Kudzu"
Amy Stewart just published the already much referenced "The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks" (2013)." I knew when I finished "The Drunken Botanist" I'd never settle for a badly made cocktail. Just yesterday, I was annoyed to see a "martini" menu at a well known chain restaurant (whose name resembles The Cheesecake Factory) listing only "vodka martinis". Thanks to Stewart's help, I made sure I got a real martini – made with gin.
"Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities" (2009) is much shorter than "The Drunken Botanist", and not quite as fun. There are no drink recipes in this one, but plenty of advice on what NOT to eat or drink.
In Stewart's hands, each 'wicked plant' takes on a distinct personality. Some are bullying newcomers, like Japanese-native kudzu, which was imported for erosion control but is invading the American south. Some plants are deceptive, like foxglove. Used correctly, it produces the life saving digitalis. Used incorrectly, foxglove kills. It turns out the ubiquitous but much-maligned poinsettia plant is an irritant, not a poison.
I realized – and was quite disconcerted – that I am surrounded by poisonous plants. There are beautiful but poisonous oleander trees in my yard, I'm pretty sure I've seen hemlock in my yard, and, thinking back on it – as much as I loved pulling up and eating raw rhubarb as a child, I'm very lucky I'm here.
"Wicked Plants", like Stewart's "Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects" (2011), is an A to Z encyclopedia of the bad boys of the natural world.
I wondered if I might have been better off with "Wicked Plants" in print so that I could see what Stewart was describing. I thought about it, and realized that if I had done that, I wouldn't have had Colleen Marlo's narration to tell me how to pronounce the names.
I'm not sure that I'll buy "Wicked Plants" in text (I will buy "The Drunken Botanist" on paper for the recipes!), but it was definitely worth the listen.
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"How did they do it???"
Amy Stewart has accomplished a remarkable feat! She has made what essentially should be a field guide to noxious weeds into an interesting audible book! The book gives a lot of botanical facts - interspersed with a lot of personal stories about the effect of the various weeds on people . . . as well as habitat. What really impressed me, however, was Coleen Marlo's impeccable Latin! She lets those compliccated botanical names roll off her tongue like a true native! Interesting read/listen - but I'm still not convinced that this is the best format to truly appreciate this work!
"Peaceful Planet my eye!"
Great information delivered with grace. You can almost hear her wrinkle her nose. I will get her other audible books , too.
Informative and enjoyable, but not enthralling by any stretch. There were a lot of solid takeaways that made Wicked Plants entirely worthwhile to listen to, so I recommend it.
"Very interesting facts. I loved it. Good read."
Interesting, factual, great!
Wicked Bugs. Same context, different life.
Non applicable.
Wicked! The movie.
Great series. Do more, please.
I liked the way she described the chemical reactions to the human body for each type of plant. It amazed me about the effects of corn!
Who knew that Deadly Nightshade is related to the tomato? And nicotine from the tobacco leaf is a neurotoxin. This kind of information is absolutely invaluable.
The narrator was very consistent as there is a specific format to each plant type. She was very engaging.
I had to have the hardcover and have bought several copies for friends. I highly recommend it.
Nature, animals, sociobiology, science, spirituality art, travel, healthy cooking are my main interests. I love a great novel but don't enjoy works where there is no real point just one description of people after another. I wont read Steven King anymore because of one scene in his book that put an experience in my head I didn't need to have.
"great information but"
it is just to hard without pictures this is one book that would have really benefited from a pdf readalong file. It also got a bit discounterting to hear over and over "meet the realitives"
still well worth the listen and great information. It could save your life to know not to cook marshmellows on a daphne stick! I think that alone makes it worth getting.
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Details the experience of George McClelland when he joins Kendall Square Research (KSR) in 1993 as the chief administrative/operational officer. Is divided into three segments. In "Taking Charge," McClelland discusses what he does in his first week on the job; in "Decision," McClelland voices some of his concerns about the company and mulls over a decision to stay or leave KSR after discovering accounting irregularities; and in "Reflections," McClelland reveals that he has resigned from KSR and offers his reasons for leaving and the lessons he has learned.


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Walker's wife is quoted as saying she "was not going to be scared of him anymore." This — along with previous convictions for violent behavior — indicates a pattern of abuse.
While we'd like to believe that "rum and jealousy" cause unusual aberrations in behavior, most often they are part of an abuser's excuse list — the reasons he or she feels compelled to physically and/or mentally threaten, intimidate and control the life of a significant other.
We would like to urge the media to become better educated on domestic violence in an effort to educate the public rather than repeat once again the many misconceptions that minimize the abuse of an intimate partner. The Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence is a good place to start. Most of us would like to think there's an excuse behind this sort of behavior. But in the long run it boils down to one thing over and over — the perpetrator is an abuser.
We also urge the prosecutor's office to prosecute Walker to the fullest extent of the law. Now's the time to send a clear message that domestic violence is taken seriously in Allen County.
Domestic violence is a problem being addressed by a number of organizations in this community including the YWCA and the Center for Nonviolence. But domestic violence, and its counter part child abuse, will never be eradicated until we start calling it what it is and holding abusers accountable for their behavior.
Educate yourself. Domestic violence can happen to anyone — male or female, rich or poor, gay or straight. It's one of society's shameful secrets. And it continues to happen because we're afraid to call it what it is in the media, in the courts, in our workplaces, schools and homes.
We encourage victims of domestic violence to reach out for help by calling one of these numbers:
YWCA Shelter: 447-7233 or 1-800-441-4073.
Center for Nonviolence: 456-4112.
Calls are kept confidential and help is available.
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Located in Fethiye City Center, this beachfront resort is in the historical district and within 6 mi (10 km) of Fethiye Fish Market, Fethiye Castle, and Mosque. Fethiye Museum and Amyntas Rock Tombs are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Catch some rays on Hillside Beach Club's private beach or spend the day relaxing at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the resort's 3 restaurants.
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Simply step outside to unwind on the resort's beach. Lie back and work on your tan with relaxing beach amenities like umbrellas and sun loungers. At Hillside Beach Club, pamper yourself with a treatment at the full-service spa or have fun in the sun with activities like snorkeling and scuba diving.
A complimentary breakfast is offered. Dining is available at one of the resort's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include 4 beach bars and 7 bars/lounges. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This luxury resort also offers a complimentary children's club, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool. Onsite self parking is complimentary. A total renovation of this property was completed in February 2016.
Hillside Beach Club has designated areas for smoking.
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- Air conditioning
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A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Pasha on the Bay Restoran - This beachfront restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Reservations are required. Open select days.
Beach Bar Restoran - This beachfront restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Reservations are required. Open select days.
Ana Restoran - Overlooking the pool, this buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open daily.
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A private beach and outdoor tennis courts are featured at the resort. An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a waterslide, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Sanda Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages. The spa is equipped with a sauna and Turkish bath/hammam.
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at midnight
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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So my "friend" told me i could never have healthy hair because i have a frizzy curly hair. She always tell me that i should get a straight perm if i want healthy hair. Ughh it get so annoying. I already got a straight perm when i was kid.(Worst mistake ever)Fortunately my curl pattern went back but i still straight my hair after tht. But now i realized that curly hair is beautiful! Im 2 months CG . Anyways back to my "friend" i dnt know how to deal with her she is sometimes a good friend but whenever she says that about my hair it makes me mad. People like her motivates me to have healthy curly hair!! i will show her i can have healthy curly hair! I know it will take time but i am so determined!! Anyways i dont know what to say her. I dont want to be mean or anything. I dont know any better way to deal with her. Plus she is one of those people with pin straight hair and trims their hair every month and if she sees a split end on one piece of her hair. She panics.


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MATTHEWS, N.C. Family Dollar Stores announced that technology solution provider, Direct Source has been named IT Strategic Partner of the Year at the company's Annual IT Strategic Partner Summit. Joshua Jewett, Family Dollar SVP information technology, CIO presented the award to representatives of Direct Source.
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The first Dead Space animated spin off, Dead Space: Downfall (reviewed HERE), was released back in 2008 and fans of the game immediately sought answers to questions raised by the game. While fairly well received by die-hard fans, the animated film forced its violent, disturbing story front and center and didn't so much answer questions as ask more. As a parallel story of sorts to the first game, the first film's violent action and adventure couldn't overshadow the story's somewhat one-dimensional characters and somewhat inconsistent animation.
Now, over 2 years later and with the release of Dead Space 2, fandom can find the latest animated joint venture between Visceral Games, EA, Film Roman and Anchor Bay Entertainment on shelves now in the form of a second animated adventure - Dead Space: Aftermath.
The story goes a bit like this: the crew of the USG O'Bannon has arrived at Aegis VII, attempting to hold the planet together in the wake of the events of the original Dead Space video game. However, when communication is cut off and a team of Marines is sent in to discover what's happened, only four souls - who've fought tooth and nail to stay alive and overcome a necromorph infestation - are found alive. Now, the four survivors have been taken prisoner, each forced to reveal their own, unique story and re-account their frightening experiences with a piece of the alien artifact that started it all and the violent, mutated necromorphs that have killed their entire crew.
Sounds interesting, right?
Unfortunately, Dead Space: Aftermath fails to fulfill expectations. The story, which is somewhat interesting as a prequel to the new Dead Space 2 game, does little to pique fan interest or develop the mythos. The violence, while present and in full force, does little to entertain and seems gratuitous and sometimes unnecessary.
For those who've never played the Dead Space video game (shame on you if you haven't as it's truly a stellar experience), Dead Space: Aftermath will still make some sense...though some of the plot points may seem a bit odd without the appropriate background information. Likewise, while the four unique stories presented here are interesting in their own right and viewers will no doubt relate to the characters' struggles and motives, these four main characters all seem one dimensional, making it hard to cheer for them or even care what happens to them.
Film Roman's animation is also inconsistent, with the 78 minutes of animation broken into four different segments each with its own director and each revealing one of the four different character's stories. The CGI animated portions feel as if they're from more than a generation ago and the 2D cell animation at times looks aged as well. While each story has its points of interest and, as each character is a survivor and no doubt interesting in their own right, the four story segments are all over the place, with the story never seeming in any particular order. Chaotic is a good description of the storyline...though maybe that's the point. And, while the idea of telling four different tales in four different ways had great promise, the execution unfortunately doesn't seem to fulfill the expectation.
What makes the Dead Space video games so amazing - a combination of frightening visuals, shocking audio ques, a well written and developed main character and a story which seeks investment from its players - simply doesn't translate to film well. While die-hard fans may find some redeeming qualities to this film (including a very short cameo by the main character of the game series), most film fans will find Dead Space: Aftermath an unfortunate dry hole.
Dead Space: Aftermath is available on blu-ray and DVD now wherever fine home video is sold.
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Some in City Hall might find laughable Wayne's defense that the Native Americans there were, in fact, terrorists, in secret alliance with a foreign power, the British, and intent on killing every white man, woman or child they came across.
And others certainly would be horrified to learn that Mr. Wayne actually believed that the native-American culture, aside from specious claims it treated torture as recreation, had repeatedly rejected any concept of individual liberty or rule of law that would have made peaceful co-existence possible. These rationales, even the youngest mayoral staffer knows, must be deconstructed by root cause and dismissed. Historical and moral relativity must be applied.
Moreover, Wayne's own words would convict him in the mayor's eyes. "Charge the damned rascals with the bayonet," is the only recorded order the general gave during the decisive battle.
Damned rascals? Let's just say that's not going to be on the plaque at the foot of Wayne's statute, wherever it ends up. And bayonet? Well, at least it wasn't a concealed weapon, a concern of Mayor Henry and others in his new group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Indeed, some of us would have thought that the mayor, instead of fighting for an honorable place for Wayne, would be melting the general into plowshares — no, that couldn't be right; the mayor might be a no-till environmentalist. Melting him, then, into windmill blades or perhaps electric-car batteries.
Political correctness by definition demands such consistency, especially in the treatment of our statuary.
Craig LadwigKevin Leininger's article about Catholic Cemetery's plans to build a funeral home and crematory is a press release and lacks journalistic curiosity.
Probably nobody doubts that Catholic Cemetery would provide good funeral and cremation services, but the only stated reason for the facility, and the point of the article, has to do with funeral costs. The spokesman for the cemetery asserts that funeral costs in Fort Wayne are much higher than in South Bend and Indianapolis but that costs at the new funeral home would be lower.
What is the source of the asserted costs? Does it include all funeral homes in the areas cited? Are similar funeral types matched so that the cost comparisons are realistic and fair? Will the new facility be for-profit or not-for-profit? How much lower will costs be at the new facility? How does the cost of burial at Catholic Cemetery compare to other cemeteries and might that point toward the relative costs at the new facility?
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this happened. Either they rolled over early, or we rolled them over early.
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Very nice to get the win, but as good as I know SA is, am still wondering how
this happened. Either they rolled over early, or we rolled them over early.
Something wierd just happened...
San Antonio's record is a bit of a mirage, they've not performed well against good teams. But they're still very good.
That said, this was a grown up game. We've become a little bit of Spurs East the last few years the way we emphasize chemistry and culture and "team" top to bottom in the franchise. They hit some nutty stuff in the last 5 or so minutes to make it respectable, but little brother's a grown man now and just went to San Antonio and punked big bro for the first time since I was in high school. HIGH SCHOOL, I'm turning 30 next month, I'm starting to lose my damn hair, that's how long it's been.
Going into the year I was thinking another tough series loss to Miami would be fine, I'd be more or less satisfied. **** that, I want my replica ring. This is the best Pacers team in NBA history, title or bust.
spurs are hustling us for the finals... !?!?
Long story short....maybe OJ should ( for now ) take the shot that he is more comfortable taking ( simply by stepping 1 foot inside the line ) instead of one that he ( up to this point in his career ) isn't quite ready to take.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
This game was hilarious. The Spurs thought we were going to quit after the bad start, once we came back, they didn't know what was going on lol. Also the crowd was hilarious still cheering an yelling when we were up 20 points late in the 4th
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
I'm so freakin' happy with this win, I wanted this one more than any other on this road trip.
This team is just amazing, I love everything about them.
When I saw the 1st quarter with San Antonio hitting virtually everything and those mid/long range jumpers that we want to give to our opponents and with us settling for jumpers and not showing particular will to post or drive, I immediately thought same old same old, we will never beat them at their place.
But the team reacted excellently in the second half, reducing the deficit in the 2nd quarter and taking the lead at the second. Then in the 3rd quarter we just cracked it wide open and it was a joy to see.
Great great result and a statement win. Really happy for the guys.
finally got to rewatch the game after working all night on 3rd shift, was that even real life? I've never seen a team just dismantle the spurs that bad at home. Despite the garbage time stat padding to make it look a tad bit more respectable towards the end for the spurs benefit that was pure domination from about midway through the second quarter and through the third. Maybe we can get a chant going for paul when he comes home between the G2 Zone and Area 55 for "MV" "PG" make it happen folks
man i was expecting a loss and after the bad start i went to bed (well it was 4am and i was too sleepy) now i feel like an idiot. watched the game it felt great. i'm so glad we are making all those broken record guys that keep saying "but they didn't play this and that" shut up. can't wait to shut up ****ing heat bandwagoners on tuesday too.
Wow.Every Indiana player that scored (7), tallied 12 or more points. Paul George posted a game-high 28 points on 9 of 14 shooting—4 for 4 from outside and 6 for 6 at the line. The Pacers were +33 with David West on the floor. He scored 20, just his second game with 20 or more and Lance Stephenson added 15.
Roy Hibbert (12 points, 10 rebounds) finished in double figures for the sixth consecutive game and he registered his seventh double-double of the season. Luis Scola also had 12 and 10 for his first double-double with the Pacers.
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I noticed that too. The crowd would lose their minds after a dunk down 20+. I mean, it's cool that the crowd is into it and supports the team regardless of score or circumstance. But really?
So what do we expect tonight? I'm worried that this might be another Bulls loss, with so much energy and emotion going into last night. But this team is constantly surprising me, so anything is possibe
I expect the Pacers to have a game against OKC similar to this Spurs game.
Try to keep the game close in the first half, then step up their attack early
in the 2nd half and pull away. And if the Pacers do end up winning, it will
likely be thanks to a huge dagger they stick in their hearts, and that
huge dagger is called Paul George.
Impressive win.
Random but who has the Championship belt now?
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
This is just a theory but... I wouldn't put it past Coach Pop not wanting to show the Pacers everything the Spurs have... you know, in case these two teams meet in the Finals... just saying...
12/27/2005 at Spurs - SamBear - 3
1/2/2008 vs Memphis - SamBear - 19
4/9/2014 - Luis Scola also recorded a season high with 24 points and Evan Turner added 23 for Indiana.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Or this... LOL
12/27/2005 at Spurs - SamBear - 3
1/2/2008 vs Memphis - SamBear - 19
4/9/2014 - Luis Scola also recorded a season high with 24 points and Evan Turner added 23 for Indiana.
The Pacers have some issues, but you can't complain with an 18-2 record. That's .900 ball!!! UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!
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African history (particularly South Africa), colonialism, apartheid, and legal history.
Ph.D.,Stanford University 1995
M.A.,Stanford University 1990
J.D.,University of California, Berkeley 1980
B.A.,Pomona College 1976
Professor of History
Southwestern University
August 01, 2007 - present
Associate Professor of History
Southwestern University
August 01, 2003 - July 01, 2007
Assistant Professor of History
Southwestern University
August 01, 1998 - July 01, 2003
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University of California, Berkeley
January 01, 1997 - June 01, 1998
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University of California, Los Angeles
September 01, 1995 - June 01, 1996
My research has focused on South Africa, especially KwaZulu-Natal in the 19th and 20th centuries. I am concerned with colonialism, indirect rule, gender and generation conflict, and land and labor. I have two current projects. One is The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Duke University Press, 2013), co-edited with Clifton Crais. The Reader contains about 100 selections, including historical primary sources, some fiction and a smattering of scholarly articles, along with 75 or so images. I am also beginning work on a project, with Pamela Scully, looking at the role of South Africans in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, particularly on college campuses.
The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics, The World Readers (Duke University Press, 2013), co-edited with Clifton Crais
White Chief, Black Lords: Shepstone and the Colonial State in Natal, South Africa, 1845-1878, Rochester Studies in Africa and the Diaspora (University of Rochester Press, 2010).
Genders and Generations Apart: Labor Tenants and Customary Law in Segregation-Era South Africa, 1920s to 1940s, Social History of Africa (Heinemann, 2002).
Journal Articles:
"You Are What You Eat Up: Deposing Chiefs in Early Colonial Natal", 1847-58, Journal of African History 47, no. 1 (2006): 1-21.
"The Man Who Would be Inkosi: Civilizing Missions in Shepstone's Early Career," Journal of Southern African Studies (2004): 251-70.
"A Dangerous Doctrine?: Twins, Ethnography, and Inheritance in Colonial Africa," Journal of Legal Pluralism, 39 (1997): 121-40.
"'Hiding Cattle on the White Man's Farm': Cattle Loans and Commercial Farms in Natal, 1930-1950," African Economic History, 25 (1997): 43-58.
"Tradition and Domestic Struggle in the Courtroom: Customary Law and the Control of Women in Segregation-Era Natal," The International Journal of African Historical Studies, 28, no. 3 (1995): 527-61.
"Inupiat Eskimos, Bowhead Whales and Oil: Competing Federal Interests in the Beaufort Sea," 10 Alaska Law Review 1 (1980) (co-author).
Book Chapters:
"Makwerekwere: separating immigrants and natives in colonial Natal, 1847-54," in Dennis Cordell, et al., eds., The Demographics of Empire: Population and State Power in Colonial Africa (in press, Ohio University Press).
"Generating Change, Engendering Tradition: Rural Dynamics," in Benedict Carton, et al., ed., Zulu Identities: Being Zulu, Past and Present (New York: Columbia University Press; Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press), 281-89.
"Interpretation and Interpolation: Shepstone as Native Interpreter," in Benjamin Lawrance, et al., ed. Interpreters, Clerks and Intermediaries in Colonial Africa (University of Wisconsin Press, 2006): 77-93.
"Coercion and Conversation: African Voices in the Making of Customary Law in Natal," in Clifton Crais, ed., The Culture of Power in Southern Africa: Essays on State Formation and the Political Imagination (Heinemann, Social History of Africa Series): 49-63.
Honors & Awards
Fulbright-Hays (dissertation research)
SSRC (dissertation research)
NEH Summer Fellowship
Sam Taylor Fellowships
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Colonialism South African history, politics, and land/labor issues Law in context of colonial/postcolonial states
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Demand for data warehousing (DW) technologies held steady in 2010 even as many other IT categories retrenched in a tough economy. That's the macro take detailed in Gartner's just-released "Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Data Management Systems."
Despite steady demand, the DW market is far from static. Three key players, Greenplum, Netezza and Sybase, where acquired in 2010, and the consolidation is likely to continue, says Gartner. What's more, column-store, in-memory and cloud-based databases may have a disruptive impact on the market.
What has been stable has been the top three spots in Gartner's Magic Quadrant (MQ). Teradata is once again in the top-right position, highest on the vertical "ability-to-execute" axis and farthest right on the horizontal "completeness of vision" axis. It's followed by Oracle and IBM, which have been in the number-two and number-three spots for years.
The MQ details "strengths" and "cautions" on every vendor included in the report. Teradata's strengths include its flexible systems management software and its mature capability to integrate advanced analytics, says Gartner.
Teradata has positioned its 2650 appliance against competitors IBM Netezza and Oracle Exadata, but Gartner cautions that customers aren't quite clear on when to choose the appliance over Teradata's enterprise-class platform. What's more, the appliance doesn't always stand out in performance when tests and planned uses don't involve highly mixed workloads -- long a strong suit for Teradata.
Oracle strengths include its commanding (48%) share of the relational database market and its Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters) technology. Gartner says RAC ensures high availability while also serving as the foundation for scaling out the Exadata Database Machine. Oracle eased administration with its 11g database upgrade through improved materialized view and cube management and an added Partition Advisor that suggests best configurations to maximize performance.
Gartner described the 11g upgrades as strengths, yet it also cautions that many customers say Oracle database administrative demands are higher than some competitive products. Another Oracle caution: Watch out for contract and pricing practices including "high prices, uneven and wide-ranging discounts, increasing software audits, high cost of maintenance and reluctance to negotiate on renewals," according to the report.
IBM's DB2-based products and acquired Netezza products are covered separately in the MQ report (with the former ranked third on the quadrant). IBM is the only database vendor that can offer an information architecture spanning all systems, Gartner notes. That includes OLTP, DW and retirement of data (the last covered by Optim products). IBM has also embraced Hadoop through InfoSphere BigInsights, which Gartner says gives DW managers confidence that IBM products are evolving to meet new demands.
The key caution on IBM's DB2 portfolio? There don't seem to be enough architects and DBAs to go around. This seems to be confirmed by the fact that IBM has been more selective about the projects it goes after. Not counting Netezza, IBM's market share declined about 0.7% while Oracle's declined about 1.8% in 2010, Gartner reports.
The three other vendors in the MQ top-right leaders quadrant are the three key vendors acquired in 2010: Sybase (by SAP), Netezza (by IBM) and Greenplum (by EMC). Sybase is a bit more of a visionary, as positioned by Gartner, while the last two are in fairly equal position.


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Archena mentioned she'd be away next week, but she may be gone today(?), so I'll start it off and hope she arrives. As always, only guaranteed FREE at time of posting!
From Abused Puppy to Beloved Family Member: The Life Story of Jacob the Rottweiler [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 8/24/11
Follow the life journey of an abused Rottweiler puppy named Jacob to a new life in a forever home and see the effect he had on the couple who rescued him.
Free Yourself From the Shackles of Clutter: Simple + Easy Methods to Declutter Your Home + Other Vital Aspects of Your Life [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 11/16/12
Feeling overwhelmed with clutter in your home? Are you constantly losing items due to a messy home? Or perhaps you have clutter everywhere in your office which is affecting your productivity? If you are looking for the most efficient way on how to declutter, then this book is for you.
Clutter can negatively impact a person in many ways. From missing items, being less productive and even low self esteem it is essential that you break free from the shackles of clutter. However it may have gotten so overwhelming you may not even know where to begin. Or if you do, it seems that you are not making hardly any progress and dismiss cleaning as a lost cause.
This book shows you step by step how you can easily declutter not only your home but many other aspects of your life such as your office, college dorm room and even your mind from negative thoughts.
So go ahead and break free of the shackles of clutter and become free to live again with much less stress from having too much clutter. Learn how to declutter and take your life back now!
Connected Souls: A Dog Story [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 7/11/12
Anytime is a good time to read a dog story! When Karen and Will have to unexpectedly put their beloved best friend to sleep, they aren't sure they will ever be ready for another dog. But when an unusual event happens, they learn there is another dog out there who is counting on them.
Based on true events that happened in the author's life, this short story tells the tale of two very different dogs that loved their way into the heart of one family and how, through both life and death, they each formed a bond that would be cherished forever.
Homemade Cookie Recipes The Whole Family Will Love! [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/24/13
Homemade cookies are everyones biggest weakness. So if you like homemade cookies, you will love cookie recipes from this book. Simple to
prepare. Rich and decadent, your family will ask you to make these delicious treats often. Homemade Cookie Recipes The Whole Family Will Love! By Heavyn Elizabeth will help you find new, tried and true homemade cookie recipes your whole family will surely love.
Bread Making Made Easy! A No Fluff Guide To Creating Savory Home Made Bread With Instructable Pictures To Go Along [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/25/13
Ever wanted to make homemade bread? Now you can! This simple, straightforward guide will show you how to create homemade bread right from the comfort of your home without any expensive equipments needed! Comes with recipes for making popular breads like:
- Chapati Bread
- Naan Bread
- Sourdough Bread
- And Many More!
(Instructions with pictures enclosed)
35 Slow Cooker Side Dish Recipes: Delicious Side Dishes to Make Your Main Course Shine [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/24/13
35 Slow Cooker Side Dish Recipes: Delicious Side Dishes to Make Your Main Course Shine. Are you looking for ideas on what to serve with your main course? Try these Slow Cooker Side Dishes! The Slow Cooker Revolution
Yes, not knowing what to serve with a main course (or having the time to cook) can be discouraging at times, but you don't have to worry with these delicious and easy to make slow cooker side dishes for chicken, fish, beef or pork.
With your hectic schedule, you're just too tired for an idea to pop up in your head, right?Well, in this side dish cookbook you will find a variety of recipes that will make your meal planning much easier - and quicker! I wanted to free up some of time for you by compiling this crockpot cookbook filled with 35 side dish recipes and here are a few I've included . . .
- Italian Bean Casserole
- Zucchini & Cheese Souffle
- Baked Cinnamon & Orange Apples
- Spanish Rice & Tomatoes
- Hash Brown Potatoes & Cheese
- Plus many more
25 Simple Salads and Delightfully Delicious Dressings [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/22/13
When you think of the word salad do you associate it with the words boring, dull or diet? Many people associate salads with diet foods, believing there is no reason to eat them unless you have to. In reality, a salad can not only be very healthy but also very flavorful! A traditional chicken Caesar salad tossed in homemade dressing and topped with fresh parmesan cheese is anything but boring and a southwestern chicken salad is sure to tempt your taste buds. If you want to take a step toward a healthier diet without sacrificing flavor, try these simple salads!
Cake Mix Recipes [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/14/13
The book contains instructions about baking the delicious cookies, brownies, and blondies. The book aims to give everyone with recipes that are easy to prepare. It also changes the way people understand procedures and easily streamline their entire baking process. *extra recipe at the end of this book from the new book due to release this Spring 2013
Top 50 Delicious Salad Recipes: Latest Collection of MOST-WANTED, Easy And Healthy Salad Recipes For Both Vegetarians And Non-Vegetarians [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 2/26/13
Kinza Waneeeza has another book about salads in general (and a very successful and popular one at that) but here she turns to bow to vegetarians and offers a splendid array of choices that are restricted to being meatless.
Of course, keeping with her penchant for International tastes she begins with Famous Greek Salad with recipes for both the salad and the accompanying dressing, Macaroni Salad, her Ultimate Greek Salad (!), Tomato-Basil Pasta Salad, Tzatziki Cucumber Dipping Sauce, Kinza's Balsamic Vinaigrette, Mock Tuna Salad (a very healthy alternative without forgoing taste), California Pasta Salad, Mom's Danish Potato Salad, Radish-Olive Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette, Quinoa Black Bean Salad, Baby Cos, Pear and Feta Salad, a Vegetarian Quinoa Pilaf, Mozzarella Tomato and Basil Couscous Salad and others."
Relationship Questions: Dating Questions for a Healthy Relationship [Kindle Edition]
Pub 3/23/13
Want a good relationship? The secret to a good relationship is asking the right questions in the very beginning. Never fall in love with losers again by really learning how to screen out the weirdos from the beautiful people. Its important to know someone before you get attached to the idea of being with them romantically. This book will give you the tools to really know someone before taking the dive and avoid all the relationship troubles most people go through. "Relationship Questions" has over 600 powerful and fun questions to ask that person of interest to you. Instead of finding out things years later, get to know them now and never be surprised again!
Asking the right questions means finding the right person!
Light of a Dog [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/7/13
This is a real story, though the names are fiction ones. I'd like to keep some respect to my family members.
Though this short story, describes part of my life, it's not a whole biographical book, but it keeps some of it inside. It's impossible to be aware of not sharing part of my life along my books, when there are so many lessons I learned in just five years. So, here I gave you a clue. My books and novels are inspired always in real events. I inspired them in some of my living stories, but I trimmed them with some fiction too.
This book is an inspiration of my two lovely dogs, especially my new girl Shine who is the queen of the story.
Total Chi Fitness - Meridian Stretching Exercises for Ultimate Fitness, Performance and Health (Chi Powers for Modern Age) [Kindle Edition]
Pub 3/21/13
This book is complete, practical guide from where you can learn ancient meridian stretching exercises that will enrich your life in many different ways. Learning curve is short (4-6 days) and 15 minutes for doing them is more than enough. To learn complete set of Total Chi Fitness exercises and therefore enjoy full benefits they provide, you do not need anything else but this book (next to the detailed description and photos, videos are also provided by the author). Simplicity and great power of Total Chi Fitness meridian stretching is shocking to most of the practitioners who reports about this sort of benefits:
These exercises will boost your energy levels strongly. If you do them correctly they will help you fight disease, accelerate your mental and physical performance far better then any artificial booster or 'food supplement' and provide you with dozen of additional benefits.
If your body is sick or weak:
Total Chi Fitness exercise program will help you to heal faster. Relief from modern diseases and health disorders (back pain, headache, feeling of low energy and weakness, inability to concentrate etc.) are only some of the healing benefits people report experiencing with this program.
If you're healthy, hard-working, active in sports etc.:
Total Chi Fitness exercise program will enhance the result you are achieving. It will catapult you to dimensions packed with fresh energy resources that you currently don't even know of!
"Secret" of Total Chi Fitness powers is simple: originating from ancient Chinese medicine and martial arts, it remained unchanged by thousands of years.
Meridian stretching and techniques of Total Chi Fitness rapidly 'clean' your energy channels from all the blocks and obstacles that slowdown free and healthy flow of the life energy - Chi.
Writing for The Soul: An Autobiography and Guide for the Broken Down [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/14/13
Writing for The Soul: An Autobiography and Guide for the Broken Down is the story of author Dylon J. Serpa's journey through depression. It reveals the ugliness of mental health disorders including raging fits during basketball games, striking ones parent and more. The story also follows the story of a younger teens terrible struggle through depression and how writing therapy allowed her to express herself. The book also doubles as a guide, showing the beneficial components of writing therapy.
132+ Delicious Salads, Dressings And Dips (Gabrielle's FUSS-FREE Healthy Veg Recipes) [Kindle Edition]
Pub. 3/7/13
From the jaw droppingly simple to wonderfully inventive creations, you can (re-) inject some healthy magic into your mealtimes. No matter what your food preferences are - omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, raw-food, 'paleo' or meat eater, you'll discover how to transform salads into must-have meals and tasty side dishes. Making sensational salads, delicious dressings and delectable dips is one sure fire way to delight your taste buds easily!
Let Gabrielle lead you on your own personal salad revolution! Never be bored with the same old boring salads again. Salads can be the flagship of any meal when you have the know-how. Sometimes it's in the salad itself. Other times it's in what you dress it with. Imagine combining two winning recipes which may very well inspire even the most salad-phobic of folk. Gabrielle shows you:
How to create delicious salads, dressings and dips all fuss-free, tried and tested and using easy-to-find ingredients!
How to make even the most often-used salad ingredients taste different, by cleverly preparing your vegetables to vary consistency and "mouth-feel". And what a difference that makes.
How simplicity can make you a winner in the kitchen. Some salad recipes you will learn are beautiful precisely because of their simplicity.
How you don't always need a complex or long list of ingredients to make your creations interesting or delicious.
Many versatile recipes, ranging from simple right through to Gabrielle's famous and sophisticated "super salads" showing you how to use anywhere from a handful of ingredients to a cornucopia of produce, all with spectacular result.
It's no secret that eating fresh (mostly) raw vegetables is one of your keys to vibrant health. Join the growing wave of people who believe fresh food should be our medicine and make the transition away from "packaged and processed foods" easily by eating more salads.
Gabrielle Raiz is also the author of the best-seller "Green Smoothie Magic". In this 200+ page volume she brings you well over 132 easy-to-prepare, fuss-free Salads, Dressings and Dips that will refresh your senses day in and day out ... deliciously!
Eat to Beat Stress: 10 Super Foods to Prevent Major Symptoms of Stress
Pub. 3/21/12
Leah Borski is a work-at-home mom, family nutrition enthusiast, fitness & wellness Coach, and TheFamilyTableCookbook.com author/blogger. In Eat to Beat Stress, she lays out a simple and direct guide for using food to defeat five major symptoms of stress.
Research shows that when people feel stressed, they reach for food. The trouble lies in the types of food sought out during these times. Studies have found a tendency toward fatty, high-sugar foods, which throw off the bodys ability to function effectively and essentially drive people into a vicious cycle of compounded stress and poor eating habits.
Eat to Beat Stress demonstrates simply the mechanics of such a pattern and provides a fast-track to breaking it with 10 nutrient rich foods - including protein foods, grains, and fruits & veggies that specifically target 5 major symptoms of stress.
In this booklet, readers will find an easy-to-use list of superfoods with a brief description of each foods stress-fighting benefits, photos, serving ideas, shopping tips, cooking instructions, make-ahead tips, recipes from The Family Table Cookbook website, and a sneak preview section of family-friendly recipes from the upcoming publication The Family Table Cookbook: Cook Smart, Stress Less, Eat Better...Together. Each delicious recipe is quick to prepare and includes specific serving tips and instructions for babies and kids (8 months of age and older) so that everyone in the family can easily benefit from the powerful nutrition and stress-busting qualities of these foods.


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A GRANT scheme of has been launched in the Stroud district which is offering £100,000 to stimulate the economy by encouraging the production and consumption of local food.
As part of its jobs and growth agenda, Stroud District Council has started the Stroud District Food Grants scheme and is looking for food-related projects to inject funds into.
It is aimed to develop and grow existing businesses, create jobs, develop skills, encourage sustainable land management as well as raise awareness of the links between locally produced food and healthier lifestyles.
Successful proposals could include production, food processing, marketing and catering as well as broader education schemes.
Environment committee chairman Cllr Simon Pickering said: "It has a unique blend of benefits - producing and selling food locally keeps money in the district, and begins to develop our resilience to future climate change. There are also health benefits in eating food with less additives.
"We're confident that local organisations will come up with innovative ideas to realise these benefits. Our grants are intended to turn these ideas into reality."
Details of the Stroud District Food Grants scheme can be found at www.stroud.gov.uk/foodgrants. Applications must be received by Friday, March 14.


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Online tool that helps how the insurance rules and limits apply to a depositor's specific group of deposit accounts—what's insured and what portion (if any) exceeds coverage limits at that bank.
Learn if your bank is insured, view locations, track history, and more.
The secure Internet channel for FDIC-insured institutions to conduct business and exchange information with the FDIC.
The inventory of other assets for sale -- including office furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
News and Information About Financial Education from the FDIC
In This Issue
Message from the FDIC
As many of you may know, the Money Smart family of products has expanded. In April of 2013 we launched, with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a new curriculum called Money Smart for Older Adults (MSOA). It is intended to help seniors and their caregivers prevent elder financial abuse and to prepare financially for life events, such as an unexpected illness.
With a large segment of our population reaching retirement age in an increasingly complicated financial world, we hope this curriculum will help older adults avoid fraud and costly mistakes. The goal is to provide quality and objective educational information on issues of great significance to senior citizens and their loved ones, and we are excited by the interest in our product. Clearly there are opportunities to expand the reach of this curriculum given demographic trends and the financial scammers and predators that continue to target older individuals.
MSOA also serves as an important resource for the banking community to help educate those who are at risk of being scam victims. (Federal regulators recently issued guidance to institutions on reporting financial abuse of older adults.) By participating in MSOA training or teaching, banks can build positive community goodwill and perhaps attract and retain customer relationships. Learn more about MSOA below.
MSOA isn't the only new resource from the federal government that may be of interest to financial educators. For example, read below about the latest efforts from members of the federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission to focus federal financial education efforts on reaching young people. Also, the CFPB recently released a white paper that outlines its policy recommendations on how to help the K-12 age group learn more about finances. Money Smart educators may find these to be useful sources of ideas and approaches for implementing the FDIC's Money Smart for Young Adults curriculum.
In closing, please keep in mind that FDIC Community Affairs Branch staff can be available as a resource to help your organization use financial education as a tool to promote economic inclusion. And, we are eager to hear from you about any promising approaches or successful strategies involving Money Smart that may be useful to share with others in a future edition of Money Smart News. Send us an e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mark Pearce
FDIC Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection
Our Latest Success Story: Teamwork Helps Educate At-Risk Students on Financial Services
This edition of our success stories from Money Smart users highlights a team effort in Florida by bankers, school administrators and the FDIC to use Money Smart to teach students with academic and/or behavioral issues the financial skills they need to be productive members of society. (Read the story.)
The New Money Smart Idea Exchange: Teaching Tips You Can Use
Welcome to the first installment of The Money Smart Idea Exchange, which highlights practical suggestions from Money Smart educators. As noted in our Spring 2013 issue, this new feature will supplement -- not replace -- the success stories in Money Smart News. To be considered for inclusion in an upcoming edition, please e-mail us at email@example.com with your thoughts on how you used Money Smart classes in ways that you believe worked especially well. And thanks to those who have already answered our call for tips. (Read the tips.)
FDIC Unveils Enhanced Money Smart Podcast Network
The FDIC has launched an enhanced version of its Money Smart Podcast Network. The podcast network is a portable audio version of the Money Smart instructor-led curriculum, designed to meet the needs of consumers' active lifestyles. Listeners will meet Darryl and Terry, the program's hosts, who have interactive conversations on financial topics with others they meet in their travels. The conversations are in four financial education categories: Basics of Banking, Checking Accounts, Savings/Spending Plan, and Borrowing Money. The material has been updated to reflect changes in consumer laws and industry practices since the podcast network was created in 2009. For more information and to access the Money Smart Podcast Network, visit http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/audio.
The FDIC and CFPB Collaborate on Financial Education Resource for Older Adults
In June 2013, the FDIC and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched a new financial resource tool, Money Smart for Older Adults, to help prevent elder financial exploitation. This newest addition to the FDIC's Money Smart financial curriculum family is an instructor-led, stand-alone training module that provides information to raise awareness among older adults (age 62 and older) and their caregivers on how to prevent, identify and respond to elder financial exploitation. Sections of the module also focus on planning for a secure financial future and making informed financial decisions. The curriculum is available free by download through the FDIC's Online Product Catalog ( https://catalog.fdic.gov/). The consumer-oriented Participant/Resource Guide is available in PDF format from the CFPB at
FDIC Newsletter Features Financial Tips and Information for Seniors
The Summer 2013 issue of FDIC Consumer News offers tips for seniors on how to protect their finances, including steering clear of scam artists, things to consider before borrowing from the equity in your home, ways to help your relatives financially and risks to avoid, and key facts about the FDIC insurance coverage. In addition to these senior-focused topics, this issue contains articles on avoiding wire transfer scams, new protections for sending money abroad, things to keep in mind when considering adjustable-rate mortgages, basic points about Health Savings Accounts, and help for student loan borrowers having payment problems. Financial educators are encouraged to use FDIC Consumer News as a supplemental handout for students. See this issue of the newsletter and subscription information (the newsletter is available free) at
Tips from the FDIC on Banking in a High-Tech World
The Spring 2013 issue of FDIC Consumer News offers practical tips on how to get the most from technology for everyday banking needs. Other timely topics include dealing with debt collectors, finding affordable small loans, thinking about your options after a branch closing or a bank merger, and taking precautions before buying a bank certificate of deposit (CD) from a deposit broker instead of directly from a financial institution. Find this issue at www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnspr13.
It's Not Too Late to Benefit from the FDIC's September 10 Webinar on Offering Financial Education
On September 10, 2013, the FDIC hosted a webinar entitled How to Effectively Utilize and Implement Financial Education Programs. The webinar focused on exploring opportunities and strategies for banks to offer financial education programs to strengthen the ability of consumers to effectively use banking products and services. Presenters from the FDIC, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Department of Health and Human Services highlighted strategies and resources applicable in urban, suburban and rural areas, and provided information about additional resources. The presentations are available at http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/community/Webinar/EffFinEd.html.
FDIC Advisory Committee Discusses Initiatives to Expand Access to Banking Services
The FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion (ComEIN) met October 9, 2013, to discuss initiatives that can increase access to banking services by underserved populations. The agenda focused on strategies involving financial education; the use of mobile financial services; steps to support household savings; and the status of FDIC research on economic inclusion. To access PowerPoint presentations, watch a video of the meeting and otherwise learn more, start at http://www.fdic.gov/about/comein/2013/2013-10-09_meeting.html.
Enhanced Web Site for Federal Financial Education Resources
A new and improved version of Mymoney.gov was unveiled in May by the U.S. Treasury on behalf of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, of which FDIC is a member. The site introduces the "MyMoney Five," which are five key areas for people to learn more about how to make sound financial decisions: (1) earning, (2) spending, (3) saving/investing, (4) borrowing, and (5) protecting your finances. These focus areas were developed by the Commission with significant input from the public and experts in financial education. Additionally, the site incorporates updated financial education resources from more than 20 federal agencies that can supplement Money Smart workshops, including more in-depth information on topics like college finance or retirement planning. Learn more at www.mymoney.gov.
Financial Literacy and Education Commission Public Meeting
The interagency Financial Literacy and Education Commission, of which the FDIC is a member, held a public meeting on October 23 to discuss ways to equip students to make informed decisions in preparation for attending college. To access presentations and otherwise learn more, visit http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/financial-education/Pages/commission-index.aspx.
Wanted: Your Success Stories for the Money Smart Elementary School Resource
It's been one year since the FDIC created the Money Smart for Elementary School Students downloadable coloring/activity book in response to your requests for a Money Smart resource for this age group. We would like to highlight organizations that have successfully used the curriculum in an upcoming edition of Money Smart News. Please send your success stories, including ways in which the book has made a difference in the lives of young students, to email@example.com by January 24, 2014.


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Join Clara and her friends for a special occasion after select matinee performances of The Nutcracker! Set in CenterStage's festive Rhythm Hall, guests will enjoy meeting their favorite characters from the Kingdom of Sweets along with an elegant seated tea and tasty sweets accompanied by live piano. This intimate family event is an experience not to be missed.