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Hall of Famer and NBC analyst Johnny Miller says Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are the two guys to keep an eye on as the 2013 golf season gets under way.
The part-time Pacific Grove resident recently took a break to chime in on the new season, and McIlroy, the world's No.1 ranked player, and Woods, No.3, were quickly on Miller's mind.
As for McIlroy, Miller wonders if the 23-year old Northern Irishman may have made a mistake in changing equipment.
In November, McIlroy announced that he was switching from Titleist equipment to Nike.
"The big story to me is if Rory can play with new clubs. That's a big adjustment," Miller said. "It's one thing to change clubs, but it's another thing when you change balls and clubs. I did that and it literally ruined my career. It was a disaster for me."
In 1975 and 1976, Miller won seven events including the British Open. From 1977 to 1979, he went winless. Miller's lone win in 1980 was the Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic.
"The problem is with good players, they think they can win with a rental set, you know, but it really isn't true. You have so much confidence you feel like, 'Hey it doesn't matter. I'll take the big bucks," Miller said.
McIlroy's deal with Nike has been estimated at $250 million over 10 years.
At last month's World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Woods, who went from Titleist to Nike, said changing equipment was "certainly a big deal."
When asked about the time it takes to adjust, Woods said sometimes it's taken a year, sometimes it's taken just a few weeks.
"Is this equipment in general, is this going to help me win golf tournaments? If the answer is yes, then it's in the bag. If the answer is no, then it's not," Woods said.
While competing in Dubai in November, McIlroy insisted that the change would not affect his form or confidence.
"I think all the manufacturers make great equipment nowadays and it's all very similar," McIlroy said. "A lot of them get their clubs made at the same factories. I don't think it will make any difference."
Regarding Woods, Miller feels the former world No.1 will have a good year.
"I think he's (Woods) due for a win at the Masters," Miller said. "It'll be interesting to see if he can get all the little bugs out of his head."
Miller added that Woods also has not only more, but younger challengers out on the course.
"The big thing with Tiger is that the young guys aren't scared of him," Miller said.
Little Retires: After 36 years, Quail Lodge President Lawson Little III has decided to retire. Little, who'll still be connected to the club as honorary president and involved with community affairs, stepped down on Dec. 12.
"I knew I'd retire at the end of the year and I knew I'd remember that date (12-12-12)," Little III said. "I enjoyed 36 years of a gorgeous place to work and nothing but fine people. I thought it was time for me to play a little golf. Many think that because you work at a golf course that means you play a lot."
The son of Hall of Famer Lawson Little Jr., Little III's first connection with Quail Lodge was in 1964 when he played the newly opened course for the Carmel High golf team. He'd later be hired by late Quail Lodge owner Edgar Haber.
"Quail Lodge was the Padres' home course when it opened, and today it's the Padres home course. That's pretty neat," Little III said.
Sarah Cruse is the general manager at Quail Lodge, while Tim Eldridge is the clubhouse manager.
Harper Gets Scholarship: 2010 Pacific Grove High grad JT Harper was recently awarded a scholarship to play golf at Big East member Seton Hall University.
A member of the 2007 Breakers golf team that won a Central Coast Section title (along with his brother Tucker), Harper first went to the University of Missouri where Tucker played on the Tiger golf squad. Though recruited to play for Mizzou, JT however elected not play his freshman year. He completed his freshman year, returned to California to work for a year and was then recruited by Seton Hall coach Clay White a few months ago before signing on.
Harper, who'll officially arrive at Seton Hall on Jan. 14, said he's been working on his golf game for the past year and is ready for collegiate competition.
Both Harpers are the sons of RJ Harper, Executive Vice President of Golf and Retail Operations for Pebble Beach Co.
Del Monte '9ers League: The Del Monte GC winter league, now in its second season, kicks off Jan. 25 and runs through March 22. Format is two player teams playing weekly 9-hole new best ball matches. A weekly entry fee ($60 per team) includes green fee, cart, appetizers and prizes. Starting time is 2 p.m. each Friday.
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Minneapolis -- Best Buy has hired Sharon McCollam, formerly CFO of Williams- Sonoma Inc., as CFO, beginning Dec. 10.
McCollam, 50, had been COO and CFO at the home goods retailer before retiring. She also takes the title of chief administrative officer at Best Buy.
McCollam replaces James Muehlbauer, who said he was leaving in October. Muehlbauer will continue to advise the company until the end of the fiscal year in February.

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Just in case it wasn't apparent that creating roster depth was a priority of the Celtics' offseason, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports has reported that Boston has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent Leandro Barbosa on a one-year contract. Considering that the Celtics are well over the salary cap and have already used the mid-level exception on Jason Terry, Barbosa's deal will be for either the veteran's minimum or some portion of Boston's bi-annual exception — and based on the timing of this signing, it seems safe to assume the former.
This is an ideal situation for Barbosa, who frankly doesn't have the game to warrant 20 minutes a night anymore. Such is an inevitability for speedy guards who fail to evolve; Barbosa leaned heavily on his quickness up until the moment it left him, and in the years since, he has become solely an inefficient jump shooter when asked to create for himself. Yet when put in a position where he can play off of others rather than force his own attempts, Barbosa is still capable of being a mildly useful offensive player.
That makes him a pretty nice get for a fifth guard, if not quite as good as his reputation suggests. Barbosa hardly lives up to his career marks these days, and though he's been classified as a combo guard since his early days in Phoenix, he struggles in executing even basic half-court offense. Luckily, Barbosa likely won't be asked to do all that much ball handling in Boston with so many capable guards in the rotation ahead of him, making his weaknesses on that end slightly less glaring.
Doc Rivers can only hope that the same is true of Barbosa's defensive flaws. Even Kevin Garnett's presence on the back line may not be enough to prevent Barbosa from turning into a complete defensive liability, as he proved to be with the Pacers in their second-round series against the Miami Heat.
There will be a lot to manage if Barbosa ends up climbing the depth chart due to injuries to other rotation players, but he makes a lot of sense in a minor role with limited minutes.
Wow, the Celtics are pretty deep in the back-court. I know some won't agree, but I still feel like we have the slight edge on them.
Vets minimum? Damn.
Good for Barbosa and once again I'm right
Nothing you said was proven true by this, but I knew it wouldn't stop you from thinking you were.
so our 1st guard off the bench from last year's playoffs = their 3rd guard off the bench this year. Their best guard is much better than our best guard. And they have Pierce/KG and a bunch of solid role players up front.
I still like us a little better because of our youth, health and size everywhere, but have to admit they are impressive and very deep.
I knew I wasn't going to get an apology from you once again, but that is OK .......
I guess this means Gerald Green got more money.
Where were those big overseas offers you believed he had? Why didn't he sign one of those, instead of a league minimum deal where he will barely play, barring injuries? You said he had options and that's why he hadn't signed. What were the other options if this was the best one? For him, this sucks. Great for Boston though.
You literally, make OlBlu about the Colts kind of sense right now.
Our 1st guard off the bench was awful in last year's playoffs.
You are acting like he signed with the Bobcats or something....
Boston can afford to take a chance that he might score in bunches because they can play enough defense and are sound enough offensively to make up for him in very limited court time. It proves how strong that the C's still are.
Good for him. I am surprised he is still in the league with how ineffective he was for the Pacers this past season, let alone the playoffs.
Yes he was ineffective in the playoffs but he was pretty good during the regular season, at times he was the only offense the Pacers had(from the bench).Good for him. I am surprised he is still in the league with how ineffective he was for the Pacers this past season, let alone the playoffs.
Barbosa was useful during the regular season and a detriment during the playoffs. He is too old to change and I'm glad he's green now. This just shows the Pacers are moving on up and the Celtics are being put out to pasture. I think we beat them this year.
He was hit & miss the rest of the season (more hit than miss I would say) but I can't deny by the time we played the Heat I was hoping he would be on the inactive list.
Shouldn't play much, and will make minimum. If you were right and he had options, I would hate to see how bad those other options were if this was the best he could do.
The guys game is based off speed. He's obviously lost a step or two. Glad the Celts signed him, but I'm happier that the Pacers did not.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Haha Wells is on the radio talking about how every team in the NBA saw that Barbosa couldn't take Mike Miller off the dribble in the playoffs except the Celtics. And that's why he didn't get signed until now.
I'm guessing he doesn't think he had options.
Wells next "inside info" will be his first one.......
It's a good thing inside info isn't required to come to common sense conclusions.
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The Produce for Better Health Foundation is recognizing three retail dietitians as its "Guiding Stars" for their support of the Fruits & Veggies — More Matters campaign.
This year's winners are Alyson Dykstra of Oklahoma City–based Homeland Stores, a part Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc., and Marilyn Mills and Allison Stowell of Brussels-based Delhaize's Hannaford Bros. Co., of Scarborough, Maine.
The winners were chosen for scoring three of the five award criteria for their ambassadorship to their community, according to a news release.
Those criteria include directly involving their shoppers in making healthy food choices, making nutrition a top priority and helping make their supermarkets community hubs for health and wellness information and education, according to the release.
The Hockessin, Del.-based PBH relies on ambassador volunteers who remain passionate about PBH's mission and national health campaign.


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SOLD OUT - Retailing Unplugged: Innovate, Collaborate, Recreate
Columbia Business School Retail & Luxury Goods Conference
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Please join us on Friday April 5 for Columbia Business School's 7th Annual Retail & Luxury Goods Conference at Columbia's Faculty House featuring keynote addresses by Andrew Rosen, President & Founder of Theory; Rebecca Minkoff, Designer & Co-Founder of Rebecca Minkoff; Stephen M. Ross, Chairman & Founder of the Related Companies; and Ronaldo Stern, CEO of H. Stern. This year's theme, Retailing Unplugged: Innovate/Collaborate/Recreate, focuses on several relevant topics facing the industry including the bridge between theory and practice in the luxury sector, the growth opportunities for private equity and venture capital investors, and the dynamics of the digital world in shaping retailing today.
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MISSING Haydon Wick man Christopher Mead returned to his family last night, calling off a search which had begun yesterday morning.
The family has thanked the public and media for spreading word of his disappearance and generating publicity which ultimately saw him return home.
A member of the public caught sight of Mr Mead between 10pm and 11pm last night and reported it to police, who picked him up and returned him home.
The 23-year-old had last been seen at 2am in the early hours of Thursday morning when his family reported him missing to Wiltshire Police at 8.36am.
Christopher's sister, Ann-Marie Mead, 28, of Freshbrook, said: "They (her parents) have told me bits and bobs, but they just wanted to relay the fact he was found between 10pm and 11pm last night in Swindon.
"He's back at home with my parents and he's safe and well."
Ann-Marie made her own plea for information on the whereabouts of her brother shortly before 8.30pm last night on Twitter.
Her Tweet was Retweeted 254 times, and it is that kind of interest she wanted to thank in finding her brother.
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A good performance against Stourbridge the previous week had put Hull in a good frame of mind for a vital SSE National League Two North win at Cross Green.
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To make matters worse they were hit from every angle, the Otley forwards, to a man, giving them a working over while the pace of the home backs had them chasing shadows.
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Ben Steele was the scorer when Hull were driven back from a line-out but when Hull lost replacement Dominic Lespierre with a yellow card, they managed to keep their line intact until the ninth minute of his suspension when flanker Matthew Heaton finished off another superb move.
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The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to part ways with fading veteran cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, who is set to cost them $15 million in salary for the 2013 NFL season. First-year coach Chip Kelly, speaking to reporters Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, didn't offer much of an endorsement to keep him.
When asked about what Asomugha can still offer the Eagles, Kelly delivered a most awkward answer.
"I think Nnamdi has the skill set ... that can play football," he said.
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In two seasons with Eagles, Asomugha has four total interceptions but has mostly struggled to make plays in coverage that he used to make as a Pro Bowler with the Oakland Raiders. He will turn 32 in June, and there is no doubt his skills are diminishing. Team officials should be ready to move on and accept the fact the five-year, $60 million deal they gave him in 2011 was a mistake.
The Eagles should have a keen eye on scouting cornerbacks at the Combine, given that they also are not expected to re-sign pending free agent Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
The names of other players with uncertain futures in Philadelphia also came up during Kelly's interview session, most notably Nick Foles. The second-year quarterback has been the subject of trade rumors, but Kelly said that he was looking forward to coaching him. If Foles stays, he would need to compete with Michael Vick and Dennis Dixon for the starting job.
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text: Big East collapse, WVU notes and Austin By Mitch Vingle December 13, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY athletic director Oliver Luck didn't seem surprised the Big East "basketball only" schools were reportedly very near a split from the league's "football" members."I'd argue that if it wasn't completely inevitable, it was headed in that direction," Luck said.Of course, WVU already split the league and joined the Big 12. All that's left for Luck and his school is to watch the fallout if the seven Catholic basketball-playing schools do indeed break away."The [Big East] basketball schools, I'm sure, didn't see the value of adding schools like SMU and Tulane," Luck said. "What's the point?"I can tell you when we were in the league, the basketball schools weren't supportive of football schools like SMU, Central Florida and Tulane coming in. Tulane might have been the last straw. Providence, I'm sure, had no interest in going to New Orleans to play Tulane."The Catholic schools, he explained, were all about making the NCAA tournament, which paid more than the Big East television package. Watering down the collective hoops schedules and Rating Percentage Index numbers does not help schools make The Dance.Also, without football money, basketball schools must be more aware of costs like travel. Flying across the country when opponents are plentiful in the northeast makes little sense.In a way, though, the timing is a bit unfortunate for WVU. See, there's an outside shot the Big East will cease to exist. If the Catholic schools bolt and the football schools scatter to other conferences, there might not be a Big East.WVU, you might remember, paid $20 million to exit. Had it stretched out the payments, a case could be made to stop sending checks. But, after looking at different payment models at the time, West Virginia officials decided to submit the exit fee and cut ties immediately. The deal is already done.nnLuck said a hot topic of late within the Big 12 has been future football non-conference scheduling, with NCAA playoffs on the horizon. "There's some discussion about how the playoff system should impact us," Luck said. "What's the right balance? It's worth discussing. Should we as a conference have any guidelines, similar schedules?"My take is we should schedule [non-conference games] regionally if we can. I think we should play Maryland, Pitt, Virginia Tech and Penn State, if they're interested and available. With the schedule we play in the Big 12, I don't know if we need to do as we did in the past and play teams like LSU to help with our season ticket package."That said, Luck has concerns with the line of thought. The Pitt series is over and Panther officials might not be interested when the school hits the ACC. Tech is already there. Penn State is in the Big Ten."And I like the Maryland series," he said. "But Maryland is moving to the Big Ten. [Terrapin officials] might say, 'Whoa.' My priority, though, is to stay as regional as we can." nn While Luck was on the horn, I asked about a few other issues. He said the Monongalia County Commission voted to approve plans and tax increment financing for a project that would include a new baseball stadium, available to WVU."The last remaining piece is for the [state] legislature to approve a sales tax TIF," Luck said.He said a compromise was worked out with the city of Morgantown in regard to basketball parking along Monongalia Blvd. ("That was just a little tempest in a teapot," Luck said.)The AD also said those in charge of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl ticket sales were happy. ("I spoke to Mark Holtzman of the bowl," Luck said. "He told me overall sales are healthy and the sales from the schools are very solid.")Lastly, some WVU fans grumbled after the Mountaineers' basketball loss to Duquesne. The complaint was West Virginia shouldn't be playing at DU. Why continue? "To play in Pittsburgh," Luck said. "That's the short answer. But it's a fair question. We played at the Consol Energy Center, but it's not as if the arena was filled."Indeed, the arena wasn't close to being filled.nnAnd finally ...Tavon Austin fans should be on the lookout for today's release of the Football Writers of America Association All-America team.WVU football SID Mike Montoro studied the NCAA rulebook and found that Austin, while not in the running as a unanimous All-America player, could become a consensus honoree.See, the NCAA recognizes five All-America teams: the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, FWAA, Sporting News and Walter Camp units.Austin made the first team of the Associated Press and AFCA units. He was a second-team pick among Walter Camp honorees. (The Camp group doesn't include an all-purpose player.) Austin didn't make the Sporting News list, which has but one team.Anyway, Austin's fate apparently hinges on the FWAA's choice between Kent State standout Dri Archer and Austin. Archer made the Sporting News and Camp teams as a kick returner. If one of the two make the FWAA team, he will be a consensus pick. Research shows the FWAA has gone with a kick return position instead of an all-purpose slot. That seems to favor Archer, which has better return statistics.We shall see.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. 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This is an initial first impression review because i just bought mine and greased the leather so it's usable tomorrow at first.
So far without playing in these they appear to be the best shoes for disc golf i've tried on my feet. And the flexibility in the hands twisting the front up is convincing if a little less than with Vibram Five Fingers. The tread is killerwith V shaped 4 mm tall lugs that are directed to stop sliding on the heel forward and against sliding back with the ball of the foot. These are sortakinda barefoot shoes but masked as a hiking shoe. The last ain't as wide as with other (tremendously spaceous) Vivobarefoots and i picked one Euro size larger shoe than i normally use. IDK how that translates to US sizes. Half or full size i haven't checked out. Normal size number pushed the big and little toes up because the last is not that wide and i like most Finns have wide front of the foot. And the sole to side transition is round inside the shoe. The ankle suits me fine again following the Finnish average of having thin heel so that might make these too tight for some.
As with all minimal/barefoot shoes these tax the feet and the legs way more than your average sneakers and an adjustment period is mandatory. I'm overweight and definitely not in shape so i really feel the workout i've gotten from my Vibram Komodosports and i can say without a shadow of a doubt that you can injure yourself overdoing training with minimal shoes in the beginning before you've grown enough muscle and tendon tissue to handle the stress. Check out what the shoe manufacturers say about proper technique of movement and easing into minimalist style shoes. I learned a lot about running and switched style which made running more efficient and way more fun.
Being a minimalist style shoe the shock absorption is was smaller than you're accustomed to with sneakers. In disc golf it is an advantage pivoting more freely and creating more power from the feet and the ankle thanks to the minimal (non existing) drop from heel to ball of the foot. Elasticity in form is needed in DG any way in the x steps so adding to that with the small height of the sole+insole is just a bonus. I don't guarantee that you'll throw farther with minimal shoes because grip slips hold me back and cap my D ATM i think.
WATERPROOF in a minimalist shoe SAY WHAT???? That is great for reducing smell perhaps not for coolness in hotter weather.I can't say about breathability yet but in the store it felt ok but not VFF good. Better than normal sneakers. I bought these for outside summer use but summer rains will probably bring these out. The tremendous thing about being shaped like a normal shoe, unlike Five Fingers, is that you can use water proof socks in these and my Seal Skinz fit into the same size that is usable as is with the insole in place. That means i can use these into winter but can't tell how cold temperature is too cold with the Seal Skinz yet. And the hotness decides in how warm summer days these are useful. I imagine that these won't kill your feet in anything but the hottest weather. The mid tall ankle ensures great mobility even with the Seal Skinz.
I didn't find info about where the waterproof membrane is located on the website of the manufacturer and the paper describing it was not present in my shoes. Other models from the same manufacturer have the membrane against the skin so it seems that one must clip toe nails religiously and file them round and use socks that are slick enough to not abrade.
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Bruce Kimmel's OUTSIDE THE BOX Web TV Series to Air Exclusively on BroadwayWorld.com
BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre web site on the net, is thrilled to announce the newest addition to its line-up of exclusive, engaging, star-filled TV programs. To get fans caught up, and fired up for the new show, the entire first season's episodes begin airing now, with Season 2 slated to premier November 25, followed by it's regular presentation schedule of every other Sunday. (Click Here to Watch!)
Bruce Kimmel's OUTSIDE THE BOX will join such popular BroadwayWorld TV offerings as BACKSTAGE WITH Richard Ridge, CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow and the second season of the hit series SUBMISSIONS ONLY, which earned a spot on Entertainment Weekly's MUST LIST, and hailed as "Brilliant" by New York Magazine.
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"We began the series on YouTube" said creator Bruce Kimmel "and now are excited to expose it to an even larger, dedicated audience of theatre fans worldwide via BroadwayWorld.com".
Season two kicks off with the first episode, starring Hal Linden, Jenna Rosen, Jane Noseworthy and Sharon McNight and will feature six brand new episodes about a very outré musical theatre group who do musicals that are, well, just wrong. Each episode features an entirely new cast, save for one recurring character, the director of the group, Stephen Findle and each episode features between one and three musical numbers. Season two's episodes feature Hal Linden (The Rothschilds, Barney Miller), Euan Morton (Tony nominee for Taboo; Sondheim on Sondheim), Adrian Zmed (Grease; Grease 2; Blood Brothers), John Sloman (Mad Men), Jenna Rosen, Jane Noseworthy, Angel Reda, Sharon McNight, Sami Staitman, Lisa Livesay, and more. Outside The Box is shot on location in New York and Los Angeles.
Written and directed by Bruce Kimmel, each episode features songs by Kimmel – the Outside The Box theme is by Grant Geissman, composer of Two-And-A-Half Men and Mike and Molly. Kimmel wrote and directed the cult comedy classic film, The First Nudie Musical, and is a long-time Grammy-nominated record producer, having produced over 180 albums, including cast albums (The King and I, Hello, Dolly, Bells Are Ringing, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, etc.), concept albums (Lost In Boston, Unsung Musicals), singers (including Petula Clark, Helen Reddy, Liz Callaway, Laurie Beechman, Judy Kuhn, Judy Kaye, Rebecca Luker, Brent Barrett, Jason Graae, Michelle Nicastro, Christiane Noll, and many others), as well as a historic series of jazz cover versions of Sondheim shows with The Trotter Trio. His label Kritzerland releases two new CDs every month.
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SWINDON Council has confirmed that the personal details of 46,000 children are on a schools database put together by contractor Capita.
The information includes the school attended, the age and address of the child, their educational attainment, attendance and exclusion records, their entitlement to free school meals and transport and other support services.
A total of 68 schools in Swindon automatically add information to the database via their own systems.
A spokesman for the council said information can only go one way, from the school to the database And there have been no breaches of the data policy to date.
Contrary to a recent report in the Sunday Times, the spokesman said no outside agencies could access the database.


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Can a logo is small thing?
Someone says to me that to create a logo is very small thing. Friends you tell me that this statement is right or wrong.:rolleyes: In my opinion creation of logo is really a big thing it needs lots of creativity.
What you say????
Creating a perfect logo is difficult, sometimes you know exactly what you want and it's done in 30 seconds, but other times you want to convey a message in a clever way and spend hours brainstorming.
Creating a logo is designing, sometimes you know exactly what to go for and it's "easy", mostly it's not that easy
yeah you are right behati when we start creating a logo sometimes it takes 30 sec but sometimes it takes 30days.
Logo designing is a art and its work of creativity. Sometimes it takes few minutes to design and sometimes it can takes weeks. In many cases clients want a very attractive and descent logo for the business and ask designer to make some changes untill he/she not get satisfied about this. So in this case logo designing can take some weeks to develop.
There are some excellent online articles about designing logos. I hope these help you make up your mind as to whether you should do so or not (hint: don't listen to the advice of non-designers):
What do you mean?A logo is your BRAND's SIGNATURE, your face in the marketplace. By that it is a BIG thing. A logo should attempt to be immortal and o expense should be spared when selecting , buying or designing a logo. Once you have developed your logo you should change it willy nilly either (in other words all expenses on a logo are up front... cheap/qiuck logs are a mistake)
creativity is right, but creativity is subjective. personally I find the best logo one ones where the execution/rendering makes the the client say "i could have DRAWN that!" but the idea is so elegant s/he also says " wow, it's whtat I wanted to say but I never saw it that way "
If you mean physically. Well generally, yes, logos should be demure. Like I said they re your face and your signature. it's important that a letter has a signature, but you seldom write your signature bigger than the message in the letter do you? essentially that should be the approach when handling brand marks.
As long as we are on the subject of 'physical size' a logo design should allow it to not only convey your message but to remain essentially clear and crisp whether it's reduced to the 1/2 size of a postage stamp or enlarged to the size of a skyscraper.
It is totally wrong statement. Creating a logo is not a small thing. Create a perfect logo that can convince peoples to visit your website is very difficult. There is a much attention and time needed to make perfect logo.
Logo design is not a small feat. You need to make sure that's the logo you want to represent your site. Logo is a long-term mark or brand of the company. It can't be easily done away with in a short time. Part of the fact that customers may have an emotional attachment to it.
Most corporate logos are simple but there are many logo designs that were rejected and modified as time passes by.
Hello!Creation is a big thing.Design the logo is a creativity.Logo is the mark of a company and if you create a good and perfect logo its retracted the people to visit your company and if the logo for a website so they visit your website,and make a perfect logo is much difficult.So I may thatthe logo creation is not easy and small thing.
Friends you tell me that this statement is right or wrong. In my opinion creation of logo is really a big thing it needs lots of creativity.
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MELKSHAM Town notched up their eleventh league win of the season last night as they beat promotion-chasing Street at the Conigre.
Darren Perrin's side, who beat Purton 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the Wiltshire Senior Cup last weekend, ran out 2-1 winners thanks to top-scorer Gary Higdon's 22nd strike of the season and a goal from dual-registered Mangotsfield United man Luke Ballinger.
Melksham travel to Winterbourne United this weekend.
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SAN JOSE — The foreign player market is filled with risk, as exemplified by the Earthquakes' record since re-entering Major League Soccer in 2008. Without the benefit of a big budget, San Jose has worked loan deals or signed players past their primes.
But with the acquisition of Argentina's Matias Perez Garcia this week, the Quakes hope they have bought a player who can help change their prospects for the coming years.
Here's a look at past deals.
Yannick Djalo, Portugal, on loan from SL Benfica. Could be a great find if the striker stays healthy for the rest of the season.
Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, France. Offseason acquisition from the top French league is proving to be a strong addition to the central midfield.
Andreas Gorlitz, Germany. Former Bundesliga defender looked like he had potential at right back until a season-ending injury after three appearances.
Walter Martinez, Honduras. The aging midfielder had two goals in 15 appearances. He made one appearance with a Guatemalan club this year.
Tommy Abu, Sierra Leone. The midfielder played only on the reserve team before being waived.
Victor Bernardez, Honduras. The two-time World Cup player has five goals in 50 appearances, and is the backbone of the Quakes defense.
Sercan Guvenisik, Turkey. The former Bundesliga forward made five appearances in MLS but has not played since.
Tressor Moreno, Colombia. The attacking midfielder struggled to adjust with no goals in 12 appearances. He has appeared only eight times since with a Colombian team.
Simon Dawkins, England, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. The winger had 14 goals in 53 games over two seasons in San Jose — his best career performance. He signed with second division Derby County this year but made only 13 appearances.
Eduardo, Brazil. The midfielder played in eight games because of injuries and was released after the season. His career essentially ended after that.
Geovanni, Brazil. The attacking midfielder was brought in from Hull City in August as team's first DP. He played in 12 games, helping San Jose advance to the Eastern Conference final. After leaving Geovanni played on three Brazilian teams in three years.
Cornell Glen, Trinidad and Tobago. The oft-injured forward had six goals in 33 games over two seasons. After the Quakes cut him, Glen played for clubs in Trinidad, Vietnam and India.
Omar Jasseh, Gambia. The teenage midfielder appeared five times over 1 ½ seasons, asking for his release in 2011. He washed out in Sweden in 2012.
Javier Robles, Argentina. The midfielder was signed in March and released in August after playing twice. He then played in Greece, Ecuador and finally for a small Argentine team before his career ended in 2012.
Andre Luiz, Brazil. The defensive midfield specialist looked good in 16 games through 2010 before left knee surgery ended his career.
Antonio Ribeiro, Canada. The midfielder appeared in seven games without scoring. He was cut in 2010 during preseason training camp and finished his career in Montreal in 2011.
Ramon Sanchez, El Salvador. The national team captain had two goals in 13 games, and was cut in mid-2010 to make salary cap room for Sam Cronin. He had three more productive seasons in El Salvador and Kazakhstan.
John Cunliffe, England. The forward had two goals in 12 appearances. He was waived in 2009 and signed with the Carolina Railhawks.
Darren Huckerby, England. One of the team's best foreign acquisitions, the winger was MLS newcomer of the year in 2008. He scored nine goals in 28 games before retiring in 2009 after undergoing hip surgery.
Francisco Lima, Brazil. The highly experienced defensive midfielder was excellent in 14 appearances but asked to leave after the season.
Scott Sealy, Trinidad and Tobago. The forward had two goals in 14 games in '08 before leaving. He returned in 2010-11 to appear 26 times without scoring.
Davide Somma, South Africa. The 6-3 striker appeared four times in two years. Afterward, he scored 12 goals in 33 appearances for Leeds United over four seasons.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865 and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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Joe Nathan
Center For School Change
What did you learn standing in line to vote? For several parents who brought their kids, and with whom I stood, it was "well worth the wait." But before saying any more, here are some reflections from my wife, JoAnn, who was an election judge.
"It didn't matter what political party you support. Watching women with one, two, sometimes three kids manage to fill out a ballot, is inspiring. Seeing citizens in wheelchairs, on crutches, with visual impairments, with hearing impairments wanting to vote, is inspiring. Elderly voters who have been voting for 70 years and aren't 'going to stop now,' is inspiring. Two judges bringing a ballot to a woman in a car, for her curb side voting, since she can't get out of the vehicle, is inspiring. People whose arthritis is so painful they have to sign their name on the roster using two hands, is inspiring. Busy people who wait in lines for a long, long time, well you know. We had hundreds of people register in our precinct yesterday. We had just about every color, culture and class you can think of. Reciting an oath to uphold the Constitution at 6 a.m. What a country! We are blessed."
After posting this online, several people responded. A man named "Alan" wrote that Minnesota's process was "noticeably better than I've seen elsewhere." Among other reasons he cited were:
• Paper ballots give more confidence in the integrity of the system, overall;
• No candidates or their representatives pushing literature outside the polling place;
• No slimeballs in Klan robes intimidating people outside the polling place (you think I am joking? Check out Cecil County, MD);
• Same-day registration, the vouching process, and so on makes it easier to vote than in many other places;
• Poll workers courteous, helpful and welcoming.
Another person told me, "I'm always glad to see families bringing children to the polls. Sometimes they get restless, so it's a good idea to bring a few books to read if there's a wait. But I think it's a powerful, positive lesson that voting is important and precious."
I couldn't agree more. I stopped by our polling place a couple of times to drop off food for the judges. People were patient and positive. They were eager young people, voting for the first time, and elders, including one who proudly proclaimed, "I've lived here 62 years, and I voted every time."
I watched a man on crutches, slowly, painfully move toward check-in. The judge smiled and said "thanks for coming." The man responded, "Wouldn't miss it." And he smiled, "Legs don't work so well, but up here (pointing to his head) is fine!"
Like that man's legs, our country does not always "work so well," but allowing and encouraging people to vote, without intimidation or fear, that's precious, often under-appreciated, and ultimately, remarkable. Thanks to the families that brought their kids to see it.
And thanks to each of you who didn't just complain, but completed the voting process. Each of us agrees and disagrees with some of the election results. Regardless, as my wife wrote, "What a country. We are blessed."
– Joe Nathan has voted for more than 40 years. He directs the Center for School Change and welcomes reactions at [email protected]


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Spike Lee took a break from the basketball court Monday night to kick off the American Black Film Festival with a private dinner at his New York home.
Star Jones, Al Roker and his wife, Deborah Roberts, Gayle King and Phylicia Rashad all attended the swanky affair.
The night started with the festival's founder, Jeff Friday, presenting the director and his wife Tonya Lewis Lee with portraits by artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn.
Guests then entered the dining area, where they ate boneless beef short ribs, Chilean sea bass, vegan grilled grit cakes and Hennessy dark chocolate mousse for dessert.
Jones, who underwent cardiac surgery in 2010, sat with Roker and talked about heart health advocacy and her love of Soul Cycle. Roker dipped out early in order to catch some sleep for his wake-up call at the Today show.
The festival starts on June 19 with the premiere of Think Like a Man Too and will end on June 22 with Lee's latest feature, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.


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Prevalence of Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Children on a Type 1 Diabetes (TID) Insulin Regimen Using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS)
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This study will help determine the frequency and magnitude of nocturnal hypoglycemia (low blood sugar at night during sleep), in children with type 1 diabetes who are on a standard insulin regimen, by using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS). Secondary objectives include the establishment of a definition of nocturnal hypoglycemia for the CGMS and for the calculation of sample size needed for future studies using CGMS. Nocturnal hypoglycemia (NH) can be associated with significant morbidity including seizure and coma. The investigators intend to use the CGMS in a future study investigating the use of a new insulin combination aimed to decrease the frequency of NH in the pediatric population.
Thirty pediatric subjects with established type 1 diabetes mellitus will be asked to wear a CGMS for 3 days. During this time the participants will be required to test and record self-monitored blood glucose readings at designated time periods and if they have symptoms of hypoglycemia. The comparison of these values with each other and with different previously defined values of NH will allow for a clear definition of NH to be made. A survey has also been designed to assess participant satisfaction with the CGMS.
|Nocturnal Hypoglycemia Type 1 Diabetes
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Prevalence of Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes on a Standard (TID) Insulin Regimen Using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS) - A Pilot Study
- Frequency and magnitude of nocturnal hypoglycemia [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
- Patient satisfaction with continuous glucose sensing [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Type 1 diabetes
- less than 18 years of age
- >2 year duration of diabetes
- on a conventional TID insulin regimen (morning and bedtime NPH) for a minimum of 3 months
- informed consent and assent
Exclusion Criteria:
- medical conditions other than treated hypothyroidism or asthma requiring oral glucocorticoids more than once per year
- intention to move outside of CHEO's catchment area within the next 4 months
- more than 17 years of age and unwilling to continue receiving diabetes care at CHEO until study completion
- intention to switch to a different insulin regimen prior to study completion
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00542334
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|Children's Hosiptal of Eastern Ontario
|Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L1
|Principal Investigator:
|Alexandra H Ahmet, MD, BSc,FRCPC
|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
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|Dr. Alexandra Ahmet, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
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|NCT00542334 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|October 10, 2007
|Last Updated:
|January 25, 2010
Keywords provided by Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario:
Nocturnal Hypoglycemia
Type 1 diabetes
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
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MARTINSVILLE, Va.—If Danica Patrick could pinpoint a track where she didn't expect to run well early in her first Sprint Cup season, Martinsville Speedway would have been the one.
She had never been to the 0.526-mile oval, which is shaped like a paper clip and torments several drivers with its tight corners and reliance on heavy braking.
But there Patrick was at the end of the STP Gas Booster 500 battling for a spot in the top 10.
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She settled for 12th as Brian Vickers bulldozed by her on the final lap and Kevin Harvick finished 13th in a three-wide battle near the finish.
Patrick was happy with the result despite losing the spot to Vickers at the end.
"You know, it's Martinsville, right? " she said. "Three-wide coming to the start finish line, it's all exciting."
Vickers felt he had no choice but to knock Patrick out of his way.
"I got to her and got under her several times and she ran me down into the marbles, ran me into the curb, was blocking pretty bad, so I put the bumper to her a little bit," Vickers said.
"If you're going to block and run me across the curb, you've got to expect to get the same in return. We raced hard all day and raced clean with a lot of people, and I would say I did the same with Danica. I didn't try to wreck her; if you're going to run me through the marbles, what am I going to do?"
"It was the last lap," she said. "I'd do it again."
Patrick wasn't angry, and she had no reason to be, considering she posted the second-best finish of her Cup career and best since an eighth-place result at Daytona in the opening week.
"I thought she did a good job," said Dale Earnhardt Jr., who spun when Patrick and Vickers tangled late in the race. "If you keep your head on straight and just drive smart, you can run good here. … She did a good job. She has a knack for sort of learning these races.
"She don't come in and overdo it and drive over her head earlier in the week and she just builds up and builds up and builds up and finally by the end of the races, she's up to speed good and obviously giving her team great feedback. She's doing a good job. I'm not surprised."
Patrick and Earnhardt made contact on Lap 466 when Vickers got underneath her and she moved up into Earnhardt, who didn't blame her for the incident.
It wasn't Patrick's first contact in what was a long day. She qualified 32nd but started at the rear of the field because of an engine change.
The first woman ever to compete in a Cup race at Martinsville, Patrick spun on Lap 16 and lost a lap. She went down another lap but rallied by using pit strategy to return to the lead lap on Lap 286 of the 500-lap event.
"I learned my lesson to make sure that you just don't go in too hard because they're going to be holding you tight and there's going to be nowhere to go, nowhere to slide up, and you get into them and it's a lot. If you've got wheel in it you're probably going to come around," Patrick said.
But she remained on the lead lap the remainder of the day, which would have been a solid effort in considering it was the first time she had ever raced at the track.
"I didn't know what to expect, but I said that I feel like finding the limit on a short track where you're going a little slower and there's a little less penalty there," she said. "(There's) a little less risk than finding the limit on a really big track where you're doing 200 miles an hour and you get sideways and you don't always catch those.
"I guess that's probably the comfort level for me."
Patrick was 11th on the restart with eight laps remaining and hung on to that spot until the final lap.
"I guarded down into (Turn) 3 on the last lap, and then the 55 (of Vickers) hit me and got me loose and pushed me up the track, and then I held it next to him, came off the corner, and then Harvick is on the very inside, so we were three-wide coming to the line," she said.
Harvick, who is expected to be Patrick's teammate next year at Stewart-Haas Racing, turned Vickers afterward, which surprised Vickers.
Patrick wasn't mad at Vickers, even for the contact that led to her getting into Earnhardt.
"We were lined up on the inside of (turns) 1 and 2, and Vickers hit me and hit me into Dale, and Dale got sideways and then went down the back straight and Dale was trying to put me down in the wall on the inside, and we got into 3 and he went around sideways and spun," Patrick said.
"I wasn't trying to lose any friends out there, that's for sure. It was tight, like it is, bumper to bumper, and I just got hit from behind. (The) 55 found my bumper again at the end."
It was the first time since Daytona that Patrick had the top rookie performance—over boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
"If he's not back at the bus when I get back there, that means he'll be mad," Patrick quipped.
"You have good days and you have bad days, and we've definitely had our fair share of bad days the last few weeks, so it was nice to have a decent one."


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I mentioned something about importing course locations into Google Earth in California Courses thread, but hadn't actually tried it yet. Well, thanks to boredom, curiosity, and some downtime at work, I just gave it a whirl, and wow, is this ever cool! Rather than hide it in the previous thread, I figured I'd start a new one so it'd be easy to find later on. This should be an invaluable tool for anyone looking to go on a DG roadtrip or looking for a course when visiting a foreign location.
Check it out here: http://discgolffusion.com/GoogleEarth/index.htm
There's also a Google Maps page there, but the Google Earth utility is far superior, as you can get directions to and from the different courses. Very cool stuff.


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SANTA CRUZ -- After serving a year in prison for felony drug offenses. Travis Morton wasn't sure where to go when he was released in February 2012.
The 24-year-old grew up in Salinas, but said most of his family members had moved away and joining them wasn't an option. He eventually moved into his grandmother's home in Capitola, but got back into using drugs because he felt no sense of accountability.
However, since the Santa Cruz County Probation Department increased intervention services this summer as part of a criminal justice realignment program, Morton has turned his life around. He entered a sober living environment with financial assistance from the county and got a job in construction with help from the nonprofit Community Restoration Project.
"It's definitely a goal to move out and be on my own," he said.
Morton's case represents the kind of positive impact probation officials hope to have with felons coming out of prison or jail due to Assembly Bill 109, which shifted the responsibility for nonviolent, nonserious and nonsexual offenders from the state to the counties. The county is contracting with social service providers to conduct a host of interventions, including transitional housing, substance abuse treatment and job skills training designed to keep them from reoffending.
But a small part of the Probation Department's intervention plans is proving controversial: housing some of the offenders in local shelters for varying amounts of time.
Santa Cruz County's Community Corrections Partnership overseeing $5.2 million received annually by the state to implement AB 109 has set aside nearly $1.5 million of the funding to contract with 15 nonprofit and government agencies. The largest share of the intervention funding, $581,000, will go for substance abuse treatment, which includes paying rent at sober living environments such as the $475 monthly cost of Morton's room.
But the second-largest share, $143,000, will go toward paying the Homeless Services Center and River Street Shelter in Santa Cruz and Pajaro Valley Shelter Services in Watsonville for the use of up to 30 total beds each year. All of the beds provided for AB 109 at any given time will be in the Santa Cruz shelters, except for three in Watsonville.
The number of AB 109 beds is small compared to the 255 total AB 109 cases managed so far by probation, but for those who get the housing, it will be critical because the lack of housing can contribute greatly to recidivism, probation officials said.
"If there is no access to stable housing, how am I going to get them to be successful in a drug treatment program?" asked Andrew Davis, senior departmental administrative analyst for the Santa Cruz County Probation Department. "How do they get their GED if they are living under a bridge?"
The state's recidivism rate for parolees returning to prison has been 75 percent within three years, but it's too early to know the widespread impact of AB 109. However, probation officials report that just two of the county's 255 AB 109 participants have been sent back to prison as a result of reoffending during the 16 months the realignment law has been in effect.
The county will use the majority of AB 109 funding for corrections and probation programs, but Davis said funding interventions is "the wisest use of public resources." He says other counties have used state realignment money primarily to expand jails.
"We came into realignment really ready to do business in a different way," he said.
The realignment law, designed to reduce crowding in state prisons, went into effect in October 2011 but county staffing and programming wasn't in place until the summer of 2012 to implement intervention services. Since then, the county has placed 24 participants in sober living environments and five in shelters -- all supervised by probation officers.
The notion of placing known felons -- even those classified as not serious -- into shelters is being met with resistance.
"The housing has to have all the right support system to it that removes them from the elements that would cause recidivism," Santa Cruz Vice Mayor Lynn Robinson said of the Homeless Services Center. "I do have some concerns about that being the right environment."
Last year, Robinson joined two other City Council members and the center's director in announcing a number of measures they wanted to put in place after a felon staying at the center stabbed a woman to death in broad daylight. The alleged killer had been released from a state mental health care facility due to a state corrections error.
One of measures called for no increase in homeless services in Santa Cruz, a move designed to encourage the county and its three other cities to share more of the burden. Santa Cruz gives $168,000 in annual funding to the center.
"Given that there would be a new source of funding, it would make me reconsider the funding the city provides," Robinson said of the AB 109 money. "AB 109 is with us now and the entire county needs to step up and meet the need, not just the city of Santa Cruz."
Analicia Cube, co-founder of the citizens' group Take Back Santa Cruz, said placing offenders at the center could exacerbate drug dealing and other problems in the neighborhood.
"I feel like once again the county is willing to fund something in the city of Santa Cruz if it's going to be something they don't want in any other city," Cube said. "That is the answer? To dump criminals back into city of Santa Cruz?"
Watsonville City Councilman Felipe Hernandez, in whose district Pajaro Valley Shelter Services is located, said his city doesn't have the funding to take on a greater share of services for the homeless. But he said he is not concerned about shelters helping AB 109 offenders.
"My bigger concern is if they don't have somewhere to stay," Hernandez said.
Santa Cruz City Councilman Don Lane, a member of the Homeless Services Center board, said the AB 109 partnership doesn't create new services in Santa Cruz and could actually improve community safety by providing a layer of supervision that doesn't exist now.
"These are existing beds; it's not that there is new homeless sheltering going on there than wasn't already in place," he said. "To me, there is a fear of where ex-offenders are going. I'm not trying to minimize that, but they are already in our community."
In an email to the Sentinel, the center's executive director, Monica Martinez, would only say: "The Homeless Services Center was approached to be a part of the Community Corrections Partnership because transitional housing is a vital wedge in effective public safety delivery. Research and best practices show that transitional housing serves as a crucial stepping stone toward self-sufficiency and is proven to improve public safety and decrease recidivism."
Martinez declined to provide details about how the program would be implemented at the center, leaving it unclear about whether staff and clients will be notified when an AB 109 person is staying at the center.
Claudia Brown, who chairs the center's board, said she didn't know how it would be implemented but is hopeful the program won't have any negative impacts on the organization considering it is designed to be a cost-effective, safe way to manage offenders by providing support services.
"We're talking about probation officers who I'm pretty sure are good at their jobs and we're also talking about really professional staff at the center, case workers and security," she said. "It's not like we don't deal with troubled people anyway. That is the nature of homelessness."
Bonnie Sultan, an administrative analyst with Santa Cruz County probation, said the community has nothing to fear with AB 109 offenders because they will be supervised by officers whereas other people at the shelter who also may have a criminal past are not.
"It's important that everyone know we are not putting someone at risk for violence in any kind of setting," Sultan said. "What we are getting here is not only supervision where there wasn't any before, but expert supervision where there was none before. The community can take a lot of solace in that."
Watsonville Police Chief Manny Solano said he supports programs that help offenders re-enter society and doesn't anticipate AB 109 offenders will pose a danger to shelter clients or other members of the community. But, he acknowledges, there are no guarantees.
"I would never say it couldn't happen," he said. "Anytime you're dealing with a high-risk population, that is something that is very unpredictable. We are going to do our best to protect our community."
Probation officials said officers assess an offender's risk before they leave prison or jail to determine whether providing housing is the best kind of intervention. Officials said intense case management by officers and social service providers on the outside will identify when someone is headed down the wrong path.
Davis said probationers will not be placed ahead of others at shelters if there is a waiting list. He said he will work with probation officers to ensure there is a plan for more permanent housing before AB 109 participants reach the maximum days allowed in shelters.
He said the cost to house former offenders in shelters is far less than in state prison, which costs about $143 per day, or County Jail, at $70 per day. He said shelters would be paid about $20 per day to take in AB 109 clients.
The county has budgeted $90,000 for the Homeless Services Center to house AB 109 offenders in the Page Smith House and Paul Lee Loft. Page Smith has 40 beds and is an 18-month sober living environment. There are 46 beds at the Paul Lee Loft, which is a 30-day shelter. Davis said participants will not stay at the center's emergency or family shelters.
The remaining AB 109 funding set aside for shelters would be given to the River Street Shelter -- also on the Homeless Services Center campus but run by Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center -- and Pajaro Valley Shelter Services. They will receive $38,000 and $15,000, respectively.
Kimberly Ferm, executive director of Pajaro Valley Shelter Services, a 31-bed emergency shelter for women only, said having up to three AB 109 clients at a time is "right in line with exactly what we do" in helping single women, some with children, transition out of homelessness and save up to 90 percent of their income for security deposits and other costs associated with getting permanent housing. She said a client's AB 109 status would not be disclosed to other residents as part of the shelter's confidentiality rules.
The county's help with primary needs doesn't stop with housing. The Friends Outside organization works with AB 109 offenders as they re-enter society, helping them access to food stamps and other benefits, email and education opportunities. Friends Outside Program Director Danielle Obinger said, "We are working with them very intensively every step of the way."
Follow Sentinel reporter J.M. Brown on Twitter at Twitter.com/jmbrownreports
At a glance
Fifteen agencies contract with Santa Cruz County Probation Department to provide intervention services to offenders being supervised under a criminal justice realignment program created by Assembly Bill 109. Their annual contracted amounts are:
Janus of Santa Cruz: $239,000
Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center: $233,000
Sobriety Works Inc.: $212,500
Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County: $197,524
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County: $127,324
Homeless Services Center: $90,000
Watsonville/Aptos Adult Education and the County Office of Education: $80,000
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos: $60,000
Watsonville Law Center and Santa Cruz County Superior Court: $44,000
Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz: $40,000
New Life Community Services -- $38,500
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency -- $35,000
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services -- $15,000
United Way of Santa Cruz County -- $10,000
Walnut Avenue Women's Center -- $5,000
Total: $1.4 million
SOURCE: Santa Cruz County Probation Department


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Suicide By Cop: 15 warning signs that you might be involved
One of the worst nightmares in law enforcement is a "suicide by cop" situation. These highly pressurized, seemingly no-win incidents threaten you tactically, emotionally and -- should the shooting end up in court -- possibly even legally and professionally.
In light of"suicide by cop" incidents reported here on PoliceOne, we felt it crucial to remind you of 15 indicators that can signal an SbC situation and to share some additional insight into the phenomenon that can have a tremendous impact on your safety and the outcome of the encounter.
Dr. Barry Perrou, Psy.D, founder of the Public Safety Research Institute and a former full-time crisis negotiation team commander, is a leading expert on the suicide by cop phenomenon. Recently, he served as an important contributor to an outstanding new book, "SUICIDE BY COP: INDUCING OFFICERS TO SHOOT," compiled by Dr. Vivian B. Lord and published by Looseleaf Law Publications (800-647-5547 or www.looseleaflaw.com), which we highly recommend for all officers. This powerful new resource reveals essential insights into the suicide by cop phenomenon and shares the potentially life-saving findings surfaced after taking a magnifying glass to actual SbC incidents.
Through his research, Dr. Perrou has identified 15 indicators that can help you recognize when you may be facing a SbC situation.
The 15 indicators are:
If you find that a compilation of these indicators are present, be aware that you may be dealing with a subject who wants to be killed and someone who may be willingly to take any steps to reach that goal including, of course, firing on you. In situations like this, tactical vigilance is critical. Your recognition of the fact that a subject is interested only in having you shoot him should NOT cause you to hesitate to do so if at any point you feel your life is threatened. Remember, this subject wants to die and he may stop at nothing to reach his goal, including taking you or a fellow officer with him.
In the book, Dr. Perrou explores two interesting dynamics that he has seen develop in the scores of suicidal situations he has dealt with. One directly impacts your safety and the other may impact the outcome of the event.
The first dynamic can best be described as the "Rescue Dynamic," a subtle but dangerous phenomenon that can threaten your life. This dynamic is fueled by the fact that most officers are not specifically prepared to face suicide by cop situations. When most officers find themselves face-to-face with a subject who wants to die, the officer's primary objective can have a tendency to shift from personal safety to subject preservation.
In a suicidal situation, a subject's death may be inaccurately perceived by the confronting officer as a failure that reflects that officer's inability to "do his job" which, at that time, he perceived as keeping the subject alive at any cost. In an effort to avoid this "failure," officers may take such tactically unsound steps as hesitating to fire when a weapon is pointed at him, coming too close to the subject in an effort to create an emotional bond, or making risky "last ditch efforts" to disarm the subject.
Remember that although a peaceful resolution is certainly the desired outcome, it MUST NOT come at the expense of your safety.
The second dynamic Dr. Perrou describes in the book could be termed "The Annoyance Factor." In observing scores of SbC situations, Dr. Perrou has determined that in some cases, an officer's earnest attempts to help may in fact be perceived by the suicidal subject as an annoyance strong enough to actually expedite the suicide.
Dr. Perrou writes that in instances where a "connection" between the suicidal subject and the intervening officer is lacking, the subject may see death as his only escape from the agitating voice of the officer. Sadly, the officer, seeing that his efforts to resolve the situation peacefully are not being effective, tries even harder … which only compounds the subject's interest in escape.
Unfortunately, a clear means by which this dynamic can be accurately identified and resolved is not readily available. To comply with a subject's request that you simply "go away" is not feasible. However, you should remain aware that a subject's claims that your efforts to talk him out of the situation are seriously annoying him may in fact be true.
If and when possible, enlist the assistance of professional crisis negotiators as quickly as possible. If they are not readily available, consider transitioning the intervention to another officer if feasible.
In "Suicide By Cop" Dr. Perrou also shares some potential indicators that a peaceful resolution to an SbC may be at hand. Some things that he has observed in subjects prior to peaceful resolutions:
It is important to keep in mind that these indicators should not entice you to compromise your safety by weakening your tactical awareness. However they may serve as tips for the direction of your verbal negotiations and the speed at which you may push for an end to the encounter.
Dr. Perrou goes on to share several behaviors that have been commonly observed as indicators that a suicidal subject is preparing to die. They are:
This involves a subject visually scanning his surroundings, typically from shoulder to shoulder, and illustrating indications that the surroundings are being perceived as "negative." The subject shows no indication that the presence of first responders is considered at all comforting or helpful.
"This is usually detectable (visually, audibly, or both) as the last act before death," writes Perrou. "However, the breathing pattern is not always pronounced; sometimes it is so subtle that it can be seen only by an observer specifically looking for such behavior"
This involves a counting cadence, often illustrated by a rocking motion, that helps the suicidal subject take himself to "the point of release and fall."
The value of these preparatory indicators is that they can allow you to monitor the subject's state of mind and his immediate level of willingness to take the situation to a violent end. When identified, these indicators can serve as catalysts to a prompt interruption of the subject's death plan.
"In actual crisis situations, the identification and subsequent interruption of the antecedent (pre-death) behaviors has successfully diverted individuals away from suicide, ultimately bringing the person to surrender," writes Dr. Perrou. "Police officers, as crisis negotiators, have reported both visually and audibly observing antecedent behaviors and, where possible, have changed their tactic from one of calmly soliciting cooperation to one of making loud and forceful demands, thus rudely diverting the person's attention and momentum away from the suicide disconnect."
As an example, consider that an officer finds himself facing an armed subject seemingly intent on dying. At one point during the contact the officer notices the subject begin rocking his head, hyperventilating and seemingly mumbling "One…two…"
At this point, a forceful verbal blast of "STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING! I CAN SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND I AM TELLING YOU TO STOP IT RIGHT NOW! STOP! TALK TO ME! DON'T DO THAT" can serve as a life-saving tactic.
For more information on the suicide by cop phenomenon, we suggest getting a copy of the new book, "Suicide By Cop: Inducing Officers To Shoot" (280+ pages, Softcover, 6x9) which are available for $24.95 plus S/H by contacting Looseleaf Law Publications at (800) 647-5547, on the Web at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On a recent business trip, I initially planned to attempt to execute the paperless journey: I had visions of replacing the standard traveling set up of back pack/purse, bulky folders and my heavy brief case with a small purse, a shoulder-strapped portfolio, a stick drive, an IPad, and my IPhone.
I thought I could eliminate a lot of weight and increase my mobility and flexibility if I didn't have to slug through an airport both a rolling suitcase and a big heavy rolling technology briefcase. To travel "paperless," I calculated that I could have my working files electronically, but since I really needed a keyboard, the iPad idea was the first casualty of my plan (though you can get wireless keyboards for your iPad, I just don't have one yet!). So, then I decided to go with heavier laptop option, but still tried to minimize the paper weight. I loaded up whatever documents I knew I needed into a special file on my system's desktop. If I would need to generate or acquire more documents at my meetings, I postulated that I could do so electronically through a stick drive (aka a thumb drive or a memory stick or "that little thingamajig that you stick in the USB port") that is small in size but bountiful in data capacity. I thought I could still eliminate the orange day-glow colored file that I always take on business trips – I keep it easily accessible in the outside pocket of that heavy briefcase and load it up with the hard copies of boarding passes, flight itineraries, address books, and the hotel and shuttle confirmations for my destination. Could I replace this by planning well and loading the right files and apps on my laptop and smartphone? Could I pull off the paperless business trip?
In short, no, but I got close!
For the first leg of my trip, I was taking a small commuter plane to make a connection to a more major city with bigger planes. For the first leg of my trip, the airline did not make available the option of a "mobile boarding pass," which is merely a QR (Quick Response) code that shows up on your smart phone through a free app your airline makes available. So, I needed to print out the boarding pass 24-hours before my flight and put it in that super-bright orange file folder of travel documents that stands out so well in whatever briefcase I might take.
Already thwarted in my vision, and not wanting to end up stranded without an airport shuttle or a place to stay at my destination, I went ahead and printed both the shuttle and the hotel confirmation. I could have easily created notes on the app on my phone with all the relevant information, but that would have entailed retyping the data and risking typos. I could forward the emails with the confirmation, but then I would have to boot up whatever device I was using in order to access the information (how do you tell the cabbie where to go if your computer is in the trunk?) And don't we all wait in enough lines without have to wait for someone in front of you to unpack their computer, fire up the system, find the email program, and open up the relevant document? Sometimes it is easier to just grab the pieces of paper.
If you want to be a paperless mobile executive, there are some other risks to plan for. After a long day of travel and working on a plane, you might well run out of power rendering all that data on your smartphone, iPad or laptop in your possession, but totally inaccessible until you find a plug. So the first important acquisition is a rechargeable supplemental battery -- it is a great feeling to bring that iPhone back to full-operating strength and keep it going for a few more hours.
I opted belts and suspenders, as we learn in technology – always do a backup: I had paper copies for security, but used the electronic versions whenever possible. Businesses, especially those in the travel and mobile business industry have quickly adapted to the needs of the mobile executive, and have built in resources and tools that can help overcome some of these challenges of deploying paperless technologies.
All in all, paperless travel seems pretty doable for the mobile executive – the travel industry is quickly adapting to these new needs. Most major airports have now installed recharging towers with multiple, easy-access plugs strategically placed by seats in gate areas so that while passengers gather to wait for boarding, they can plug in and charge up those hard-working devices. These are heavily used and obviously very popular, and it seems the days of sitting on the floor in order to plug in to the janitor's outlet for the vacuum are thankfully days of the past. And Airports also make generous use of QR codes in their display ads; and some can even connect you to the airport's free WiFi with shopping and restaurant discounts. E-commerce is alive and well and very convenient for the mobile executive.
Business travel isn't yet paperless (for instance the airlines will still print you a paper boarding pass with a paper sticker to claim your checked baggage; and you will always need your photo id/driver's license to get through security), but technology is surely making business travel more convenient, less heavy, and often times more convenient, as long as you plan well, have a backup strategy, and keep your devices charged up.


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Larry Bird no longer works for the Pacers, but he still makes his presence felt occasionally.
Bird and Lance Stephenson, whom Bird drafted in the second round in 2010 after Stephensons freshman season at Cincinnati, communicate with one another a few times per month.
Sometimes I hit him and sometimes he hits me, Stephenson said.
Birds message?
Keep playing hard, do the little things and let the game come to you, things like that, Stephenson said. He lets me know what to do on the floor and how to make the game easier for me.
Bird took a chance on Stephenson, trading up to take him with the 40th overall pick. Stephenson had been a legendary high school player in New York City and a high school All-American, but wasnt widely viewed as NBA material as a college freshman. Stephenson averaged 12.3 points at Cincinnati, where he was the Big Easts Rookie of the Year, but played an undisciplined game. He appeared in just 12 games as a rookie and 42 last season, but has blossomed as a starter in the absence of Danny Granger.
He entered Wednesdays game against Washington averaging 7.7 points, but had scored in double figures in the previous five. He also led the team in three-point shooting (.390) and had a respectable assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6 to 1.1).
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Zom wrote::goodpost:
I would add a little bit:
Buddha said in SN that monks, who don't restrain themselves in the area of 6 senses, don't practice moderate eating, don't practice meditation - have a possibility to disrobe. But those who do all that - they have no such possibility.
rowyourboat wrote:I would like to know the reasons why monks disrobe. Have you disrobed and if so why? No judgments here- just trying to understand. Thanks.
with metta
Gena1480 wrote:this teaching should not be available to lay people
This section explains the meaning of the Mangala Dhamma "well-trained in discipline" in relation to a lay person's Vinaya. Lay people have a natural discipline called "Good conduct" (sucarita vinaya), and "Virtuous conduct" (ācāra vinaya), which they should try to maintain in full with faith and diligence. This ethical conduct was prescribed for the laity by the Buddha, so they do not need to learn the Vinaya for monks.
However, wise lay persons who want to promote the Buddha's teachings, and are well versed in their own discipline, do need to learn the monks' Vinaya. Why? Those who are well-trained in the householder's discipline become truly good people, so their minds and motives are good. If they are well controlled by the lay person's discipline, after learning the monks' Vinaya, they will not use their knowledge unwisely. They will not defile themselves with impure physical, vocal, and mental actions. They will not accumulate evil motives and evil kammas because of this new knowledge. In the commentary it is mentioned that a wise, learned brahmin, after listening to the monks' Vinaya rules in detail, developed a clear mind and strong faith in the Sangha. He appreciated the power and significance of the monks' Vinaya as clear understanding had revealed its profundity.
One day a devoted brahmin heard the monks reciting their Vinaya rules. Appreciating the benefits of these numerous rules he entered the Sangha. Thus one's own attitude and motive are crucial to evaluate the knowledge of Vinaya rules and the diverse conduct of monks.
The way for a lay person to study the Vinaya is first to learn and practise the lay person's Vinaya, which gives culture, wisdom, and knowledge. A lay person must be dedicated to observing lay ethics with perfect integrity. If integrity is lacking, a lay person, though learned in ethics, becomes a hypocrite with sham morality. He or she becomes a bad person. This type of lay person, who learns the monks' Vinaya, will develop a fault-finding attitude. Seeing only the offences and weaknesses of monks, he or she will blame, slander, and abuse them. So there is no benefit for such a lay person in learning the monks' Vinaya. Since he or she fails to learn and practise the lay person's Vinaya well, he or she lacks fundamental virtues and a skilful mental attitude. So it is futile to learn the monks' Vinaya, since he or she will criticise the conduct of wayward monks, interfering in the affairs of others. Such a person who quotes the Vinaya texts and blames the monks, makes evil kamma because he or she lacks the virtues of a good and moral person. Due to these defects he or she takes a superior stance, uttering words of condemnation and slander. Thus, grave evil kammas result from his or her learning.
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Gena1480 wrote:this teaching should not be available to lay people
There is no esoteric teaching in Buddhism — at least not in the Theravāða. The Vinaya is open for lay people to study if they wish to.
Buckwheat wrote:Temporary ordination is more productive than going to college to join a fraternity.
As with all things, it depends very much on the intention.theravada_guy wrote:And, I agree with Goofaholix. I don't like the idea of Going Forth with the intention that it is only temporary, either. I can understand someone who takes ordination, but then realizes it's not for him/her, but not the whole temporary ordination thing.
Buckwheat wrote:Temporary ordination is more productive than going to college to join a fraternity.
Goofaholix wrote:A more relevant question would be is temporary ordination more productive than an extended meditation retreat as a lay person over the same period of time, I think not.
rowyourboat wrote:I would like to know the reasons why monks disrobe. Have you disrobed and if so why? No judgments here- just trying to understand.
Gena1480 wrote:it should be no concern to laity for reason of disrobing
since they did not put the robes on.
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Anyone thrown it yet? I just picked one up today along with a Star Valkyrie and a couple oldies but goodies DX Gazelle and DX Eagle.
The DX Wraith feels AMAZING in your hand. I forsee a awesome disc, especially once it gets beat up. Anyone else have any input on this disc?
The Star Valkyrie feels amazing, I can't wait to throw this sucker.
I held one of the Star Aviars and I wasn't impressed. I hated the way it felt in the, most likely because I love the feel of the bead on the Wizard.
Speaking about the Wizard, I got my hands on a couple Ice Bowl Wizards, and I ahve this 175g Black Medium Wizard, that is SUPER SUPER sticky in plastic feel...I've never felt a wizard or disc that feels this grippy/sticky. All the black ones @ the Ice Bowl event felt this way. What gives? Did Gateway change up some plastic?


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2. Obscure Oasis
3. The Sunny Season of the Cygnus.
4. Feline in the Bonnet.
5. A Crumple in Chronology.
Hint1. Made into a motion picture in 1974 and 2003. The writer is Wilson Rawls.
2. Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. 1971 Newberry Award winner written by Betsy Byars.
4. Written by Theodor Seuss Geisel
5. 1963 Newberry Award winner written by Madeleine L'Engle
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