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Hello doc. I have a tension, when I have a sex with my wife I dont know why doesn't the sperm enter in. what to do to push the sperm in. thanx.
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At the end of the intercourse, the penis expels the semen, while still being inside the vagina. In certain cases, the semen might leak out of the vagina simply because of gravity, in which case changing the position of the female pelvis in order to keep the semen might be helpful. Sometimes, the anatomical position of the service is such that the semen cannot reach its vaginal end to enter and to proceed towards the uterine cavity. Keeping the pelvis elevated (for example, by putting a pillow under the pelvis), while lying on her back might help the woman to keep the semen inside and make the semen reach the cervix.
There is also one more possible cause for the semen not entering the cervix, which is the presence of antibodies that fight the spermatozoids.
You might want to have your wife visit her gynecologist to check for anti-spermatozoal antibodies and for additional advice on how to keep the semen inside the vagina and to make it reach the uterus.
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Thursday, 23 September, 1999, 15:21 GMT 16:21 UK
Merit pay for best teachers
The government expects that over 100,000 teachers will receive performance-related pay next year, as it unveils its plans to link teachers' salaries to the progress of their pupils.
The School Standards Minister, Estelle Morris, has promised "there will be no quotas" for the number of teachers who will receive merit awards - and that the £1bn allocated for performance pay would be sufficient for rewarding all those who deserved it.
"Every teacher who qualifies will receive the extra money - and the money is there for rewarding all our best teachers. Every penny of it will buy reform, every penny will buy improvement for schools," she told journalists.
Seeking to go through the threshold in this way is voluntary.
The government expects that over half of the 200,000 or so teachers near the top of the present classroom teachers' pay scale will qualify for the extra payments, which will be allocated after appraisals and external assessment.
Rejecting claims from teachers' unions that teachers might refuse to participate in the performance-pay scheme, Estelle Morris said that the proposals were to the advantage of both teachers and pupils.
"It would be incredible if a union was engaged in dissuading members from taking advantages of pay increases that rewarded their ability," said the minister.
The government's plans, submitted in evidence to the schoolteachers' pay review body, will mean annual appraisals for teachers, with their performance reviewed against individually agreed objectives - including pupil progress.
Although an annual pay rise will no longer be automatic, the minister made clear that the "vast majority" of teachers would receive an annual increment, even if they did not qualify for performance pay.
This would be through "four or five" additional pay points of "around £800 to £1,000", the government is suggesting.
There has been a mixed reaction from teachers' unions. The biggest, the NUT, suddenly said on Wednesday that it could now accept the proposals, but the second biggest union, the NASUWT, is still not happy.
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The Education Secretary, David Blunkett, called the new, higher pay scale "performance-related promotion".
"External assessors will work with heads to ensure fair and consistent judgements," he said. "Any teacher who meets the standards at the performance threshold will be able to get through."
In its submission to the pay review body the government said it believed most teachers should get a cost-of-living increase next year. No figure was put on this.
Mr Blunkett also gave details of a scheme to attract better graduates into teaching. It involves what his department calls a 'fast track' scheme for accelerated pay rises, which would also be open to existing teachers.
"We have had some success this year in our recruitment drive - there has been an increase of 5% in the number of graduates applying to enter teacher training in both the primary and secondary sector," he said.
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"However, if we are to make teaching more attractive to our best graduates, we must learn lessons from other professions and offer a fast track.
"It will attract high-flyers into teaching, offering those rigorously selected more challenging initial teacher training and a staged £5,000 training bursary. Participants will be expected to undertake a succession of teaching posts designed to challenge their skills and broaden their experience."
The scheme would involve those on it getting to the new performance threshold - hitherto the pay ceiling for most classroom teachers - within five years rather than seven.
The government has announced £23m for training to support the new system.
There is also to be £20m this year and a similar sum next year intended to improve teachers' working environments. All schools in England will get at least £500. Bigger schools and those in the greatest need could get more than £2,000.
Mr Blunkett added: "Our reforms are designed to improve standards by making teaching more attractive.
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I replaced the spark plugs last week (3/16/07) and the spark plug wires were replaced in 10/2005 (~27000 miles ago). The repair shop says to replace the Throttle Detection Sensor and the Idle Arm Control. They did not indicate what diagnostic codes they retrieved from the OBD memory.
The auto-parts store (AutoZone) suggest that I clean the EGR valve or replace it. The diagnostic codes retrieved with their OBD reader were P0300 & P0401, as displayed above. Their suggestion seems to fit the diagnostic better.
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In the year since Steve Lauletta won his first Forty Under 40 award, his job has gotten harder.
"The real change for me," he said, "is trying to differentiate what we do vs. what everyone else does. Sports and event marketing is becoming a very cluttered environment, and a lot of thinking is, you do something once and then move on to the next thing. Very rarely do you take something and develop it over time and have the discipline to stay with it and refine it and really learn. You really have to be disciplined to make that happen."
Lauletta is in charge of Miller Brewing's sports and event marketing, and in the past year he added oversight of the company's on-premise program, which means managing the people who conduct branded promotions in targeted accounts in key markets.
A group dedicated to grassroots marketing is a concept more common in 2003 than it was in 1993. Lauletta's been at Miller for 10 years in all, and he's seen the sports marketing landscape change radically, while the vexing task of proving return on investment remains. It explains the urge toward short-term thinking, Lauletta said, and why he strives for the discipline to stick with a program.
"It's hard to prove that every aspect of a sponsorship is delivering results as opposed to everything else that's going to market, so there's always the easier route of trying to invent a new idea rather than refine what you have," he said.
Lauletta said that's why his group developed the Miller Lite End Zone in Lambeau Field, "which we can make whatever we want, but it all comes back to knowing it'll still be there next year for us to make more interesting and fun."
That's not to say Lauletta's folks haven't come up with some clever one-offs. They've had a pretty good year at the ambush game, for one thing. Rusty Wallace has never won a Daytona 500, so Miller offered to give fans at the Daytona International Speedway free six-packs if Wallace won last February.
The speedway countered by refusing to allow it, then by keeping Miller off the speedway grounds. Finally Daytona Beach authorities warned Miller against impeding traffic. But the press coverage was heavy — and free — and Lauletta said the message got sent: "We're a beer company, and if Rusty won, we'd celebrate with a beer, so we wanted the whole crowd to celebrate with us."
And farther north, in Chicago, Wrigley Field fans arrived this year to see the venerable Torco car dealership sign on a building beyond the right-field fence replaced by a Miller Lite sign that competed with the traditional, "official" Budweiser rooftop sign in left field. A Cubs marketer would only say, "No comment; it's a sticky situation" — but what good ambush isn't?
Scott Brubaker, senior vice president of marketing and sales for the Arizona Diamondbacks, tells a slightly different story about Lauletta. Two years ago, barely a third of the way through a 15-year deal with Miller, the franchise went to the company asking it to share the beer category with interloper Budweiser in exchange for a significant cut in Miller's cost. Lauletta took the deal.
"The market could potentially have viewed it as a sign of weakness, but [Steve] took it as a way to get a little more efficient financially and showed a great deal of confidence in not only his marketing abilities but his regional marketer's abilities — 'I'll gladly go head to head with any competition.' That's just smart, and the one word I'd use to describe him is smart," Brubaker said.


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Here is my letter. I hope you write a letter to the editors too (all emails in link above):
Hello to the editorial staff of the Times,
I'm writing, as I'm sure are many, in response to the recent coverage of transgender people in the paper, notably the article, "For Money or Just to Strut, Living Out Loud on a Transgender Stage."
I am writing because I believe that it is important for reporters to look beyond the low-hanging fruit that would render gender non-conformist people, and especially those who are poor and of color, as cliched or exotic objects of a curious gaze rather than as citizens, human beings, individuals or otherwise fully respectable, autonomous beings. In the article in question, the reporter assumed a noir-ish narrative voice-of-the-gaze rather than as an unbiased journalistic eye. The consequence was to trivialize the interviewees' humanity and render them crude stock characters in the tradition of true crime novels or as spectacular subcultural delinquents in 1970s style-cultural studies.
The article also failed to question the political, economic, and social conditions and interior, personal choices that create the street as the "stage" by which mostly poor transgender people of color can or "must" live. I understand that the template for the series may not allow for such an in-depth, nuanced portrait, but the ethics of journalistic representation should fall towards carefully chosen words and balanced reportage, especially with such historically disenfranchised and still vulnerable people.
The second to last graf, about property values and implication the lives of these folks may be cultural value or entertainment for those who own in the West Village, deserves a closer look as well. In addition to the glib nature of the statement, it stands in opposition to the ongoing struggles that participants in the civic culture of the streets have faced from New York City's so-called "quality of life" policing, which serves the interest of wealthy private property owners to the incredible detriment of New York City's "historically" vibrant street. Certainly a discussion, however brief, of how this affects the quality of summer nights would be a worthy part of your ongoing series.
I encourage you as editors to assign follow up articles and to make a marked effort to report and write features on New York City's large transgender population, not just from a political perspective but from an enlightened cultural perspective as well. Our city is booming with folks from the streets and middle class alike who make amazing music, art, theater, and other culture, and their works deserve media attention not just from hometown papers but as an empathy-inducing reality check in the national spotlight as transpeople continue to be humiliated or dehumanized due to the raging war on women and homosexuality in this country.
I look forward to that coverage!
All the best,
Daphne Carr
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A kitten named Koda and a Labradoodle named Jessie love to explore the Canadian wilderness with their human.
It's not the first time animals of different species have befriended each other, and it certainly won't be the last. This is a fortunate thing for a kitten named Koda and her best mate named Jessie, an Australian Labradoodle, couldn't be happier exploring the Canadian wilderness with their human, Emily Aubrecht.
Three-year-old Jessie and four-month-old Koda became best buds when Emily adopted the kitten from a home that was overcrowded, relays Shareably. Apparently, it was love at first sight.
"Jessie instantly became attached to Koda," Emily says, "she must have thought he was her baby."
While Jessie wasn't always a fan of Koda riding on her back, she eventually learned to love it.
Perhaps it's because Jessie is Koda's mentor that the indoor cat is anything but shy. He regularly wears a harness as he, his human, and Jessie go on treks.
The trio loves to visit the river, go for drives, and visit the pet shop. Of course, Koda is like most cats in the way that he loves chasing feather toys and munching on wet food.
Like most dogs, Jessie is extremely energetic and friendly. Some of her favorite activities include going on hikes and bike rides.
Bonds of friendship between various species are always heartening to learn about, for they inspire the possibility that people of various cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs may one day come to love and accept each other just as unconditionally.
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Riding an eight-game winning streak, the Heat face off Sunday against fellow Eastern Conference championship contender the Boston Celtics at 1:00 p.m. in front of a national TV audience.
It is the Heat's first trip to Boston since a season-opening 88-80 loss in October -- and if the Heat's November loss to Dallas to fall to 9-8 was the nadir of the early part of the season, the October game foreshadowed the team's early stuggles.
While they very nearly pulled out a last-minute comeback that night, they were not a good offensive team and Heat haters had a field day after the loss. ESPN's Bill Simmons said the Big Three wouldn't contend for a title until they established a pecking order, adding that "Wade and LeBron awkwardly coexisted like two lead guitarists jamming at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert" and asserting that Dwyane Wade needed to "admit that LeBron is the better player."
(We hate to admit it, but he was kind of right on that one).
The two also met in November, a 112-107 Boston victory in Miami, but these are two different teams. Prior to opening night Miami's Big Three only played together for three minutes in the first preseason game before Dwyane Wade was shelved with a hamstring injury. They had yet to develop a rhythm as a trio, much less with their supporting cast. Since falling to 9-8, the Heat are an NBA-best 30-6.
Also different for this meeting: the Heat will be entering with sole possession of the best record in the Eastern Conference (39-14), holding a half-game lead over the 38-14 Celtics.
The Heat have played down the matchup heading into Sunday's game, with Wade telling the AP this week, "We just want to see where we're at. It's not as big as everyone seems to be making it."
But when the narrative of this season is written, this game will likely be considered a key development, win or lose.
Some other brief notes before the game:
- Not one Heat beat reporter was able to get a response from Chris Bosh about Scottie Pippen's dismissal of him as not even "half the player of LeBron James." Step it up, beat reporters, we need Bosh's rebuttal to being compared to this kid. Our hopes of Bosh calling Pippen the original Robin must not go unfulfilled.
- LeBron talked down a trash talker in Friday night's win in Detroit, telling one unruly Pistons fan who brought up his mother by name, "I don't care what you say to me. I don't give a [expletive] what you say. But don't be disrespectful." James' two young sons were sitting courtside in Detroit. Now the question becomes, how will he react if he sees Tommy from Quinzee at the TD Garden?
- In other LeBron news, James told beat reporters he will be meeting with league officials during All-Star weekend later this month. The topic of discussion will be the forthcoming negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the one expiring on June 30. This meeting will probably not directly lead to anything of consequence, but it is interesting that the biggest star in the league (who isn't even the team's union rep - that would be James Jones) gets a private sit-down with NBA officials simply because he is the biggest star in the league. For his part, James has said that he will be mostly listening at this meeting, though he promises not to hold his tongue, either.
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DENVER (CBS4) – Murder charges have been filed against the prime suspect in the murder of Kenia Monge.
A coroner confirmed Thursday afternoon that the body found near Keenesburg on Wednesday is that of Monge, the 19-year-old Aurora woman who disappeared April 1.
Friends reported Monge missing after she left the 24K Lounge in downtown Denver. She left her belongings behind.
The suspect, Travis Forbes, says he gave her a ride that night.
The Denver District Attorney's office filed one charge of first degree murder against Forbes Thursday afternoon. An arrest affidavit in the case is being sealed.
Forbes is being held in Fort Collins on charges of sexual assault and attempted murder in a separate case. On Wednesday he took police to a field in Weld County where they found the buried body.


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The FBI has rescued 105 children from prostitution in 'Operation Cross Country' in the United States and has arrested 150 people.
THE FBI says it has rescued 105 children who were forced into prostitution in the United States and arrested 150 people it described as pimps and others in a series of raids in 76 American cities.
The campaign, known as "Operation Cross Country," was the largest of its type and conducted under the FBI's "Innocence Lost" initiative.
The assistant director of the FBI's criminal investigative division, Ron Hosko, said that child prostitution remains what he called a "persistent threat" to children across America.
America's shame: Kids on sale for sex
Most of the freed youths are young teenagers aged 13 to 16, Mr Hosko said.
"Our goal is that child trafficking is openly discussed," he told reporters.
"We are trying to take this crime out of the shadows and put a spotlight on it... to put them (the children) out of the cycle."
The FBI said the campaign has resulted in rescuing 2700 children since 2003.


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My two dogs and two puppies are hysterical. And due to fWS current state (cast non weight bearing) we can't even hide in the basement this year.
Damn kids get off my lawn/acreage!
I feel for your pooches...poor things. 4th is almost here, hang in there!
Laughter will cure life's ills. Have you had your laugh today?
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
The 4th is a favorite holiday for me.
DS on the other hand absolutely loves them. When we set a few off after he had his sparklers he kept asking for more. I got it on video. It's so cute.
I originally bought two packs and we only used one so I am assuming wh will take DS outside this weekend while I stay inside with dd.
We want Togo to the fireworks celebration in town, I just don't know how well dd will handle it. She was upset because daddy was setting them off and she thought he was going to die. Perhaps them being set off across the lake away from daddy will be better?
As much as I like them I do feel for you purple! Our Neighbours set off a bunch close to the house...way to close.
Also when wh an I used to go to the fireworks before having the kids I always saw people bringing ther dogs. I always thought that was crazy.
people out here in the country set them off EVERY DAMN night.
My two dogs and two puppies are hysterical.
Damn kids get off my lawn/acreage!
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Hitting the floor is never high on our to-do lists. So, when we heard we could tone our tummies without ever having to hit the (questionably clean) mats, we were sold! Whether you're looking to switch up your core conditioning or are recovering from an injury that makes getting on the floor difficult, try one of these standing abdominal exercises from Elite Personal Trainer Kevin Bellinger of Crunch in New York City. Specialising, in weight, endurance, military, plyometric, and core and stability training, he knows what he's talking about (and we're listening!).
We're sharing a gold medal olympian's fitness secrets!
Standing Side Crunches
Start standing on your right leg (keep your right knee soft and tighten your quadricep and butt), with your left leg slightly bent in front of you and your left arm extended towards the ceiling. Keep your right hand on your hip to help you stay balanced. Lift your left knee up and out towards your armpit as you pull your elbow down to meet your knee. This will look almost like a standing reptile push-up. The key is to stay balanced on your right leg throughout the set. Try to do 20 on each side.
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Standing Knee Crunches
Starting in the same position as with the standing side crunches, but with both hands extended overhead, pitch your body slightly forward as you lift your left knee up towards your chest (stright in front of you). Simultaneously drive your elbows down too. Make sure to keep your chest up, back straight and core engaged to protect your back. The goal is to pull your knee up as high as possible while keeping your lower back perfectly straight.
For this next exercise, picture yourself in a canoe. Stand with your feet a bit more than shoulder-width apart, with your knees slightly bent and your toes pointed slightly out. Clasp your hands in front of your chest as if you were holding a paddle. Keeping your hips still (engage your stomach muscles!), bring your hands down to your right hip and then behind you (twisting from your abs, not your hips) in a paddling motion. Bring your hands back up before repeating on the left side. Do 10 alternating reps on each side. If it's too easy, hold a 2- to 5-pound dumbbell in each hand. Remember, to keep your core activated throughout whole movement, really focusing on squeezing your abs!


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Washington made camp for the winter at Valley Forge. Washington's army suffered incredible hardship through the winter, facing disease, cold, hunger, and lack of supplies.
Washington made camp for the winter at Valley Forge. Washington's army suffered incredible hardship through the winter, facing disease, cold, hunger, and lack of supplies.
John Sullivan (1740–1795) was a Continental Army general during the American Revolution who defeated the British-allied Iroquois in New York in 1779. Sullivan served in both the First and Second Continental Congresses and became a brigadier general in the Contintental Army in 1775. He led troops at the Battle of Long Island, at which he was captured but soon released. He also took part in battles at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown. He wintered with Washington at Valley Forge in 1777–1778, and in 1779 was ordered to lead a...
John Marshall (1755–1835) was born in Virginia, far from the wealthy tobacco and slave Tidewater region of the state. During the Revolution, he led a company of riflemen and spent the terrible winter of 1777 at Valley Forge. Out of his Revolutionary War experiences, Marshall became a staunch nationalist who distrusted state governments, which, he believed, had failed to support the soldiers. When Marshall became the nation's fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1801, the Court lacked prestige and public...
Most Americans know George Washington's December 1776 crossing of the Delaware from the famous painting by Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze. David Hackett Fischer, Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University and author of Washington's Crossing (2004), looks beyond the famous painting to the events of that tumultuous month. He follows the retreating American army from the Battle of Long Island down through New Jersey, as an American victory seemed more and more unlikely. Fischer emphasizes how Washington's great strengths allowed him to take advantage of conditions in December to win the Battle of Trenton and turn the tide of the war, rekindling the ailing Revolutionary cause.
Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center, contrasts the popular memory of the Revolutionary War with its more complicated realities. She argues that although many of us were taught in school that American support for the Revolution was passionate and unified, it would be better for students to learn that America has always been diverse and that colonists had their own strong political divisions.
George Washington's words in this letter represent a stirring plea for help at the darkest moment of the American Revolution. As few other documents do, this letter illustrates Valley Forge as an icon of American perseverance and resolve in the face of cruel fortune and overwhelming odds.


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According to the survey of 1,000 people, only nine per cent disagreed that moral standards were falling, reports the BBC.
Religion still kept its place of importance, with 62 per cent agreeing that religion was an important moral guide for the nation.
What area of the UK are you from or is such a question not allowed? For what it is worth I agree with what you have to say! I am from the North East of England
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Steamboat briefs: Earth Day Film Festival at library starts Tuesday
April 14, 2014
Bud Werner Memorial Library and the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council's Sustainable Schools program present a two-night film festival in honor of Earth Day 2014.
Screenings are:
■ Tuesday: "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet" is a 2012 documentary film about the history of grass-roots environmental activism by the Academy Award-nominated director Mark Kitchell, narrated by Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Ashley Judd, Van Jones and Isabel Allende.
■ Wednesday: "YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip" is a multi-award-winning docu-comedy about three friends, 50 states and one wild year as they are called to action by a planet in peril, traveling America with hope and humor to explore the good, the bad and the weird across every state in search of the extraordinary innovators and courageous citizens who are tackling humanity's greatest environmental crises.
The films screen at 6:30 p.m. in Library Hall and are free, but donations will be accepted in support of the Steamboat Springs Middle School Green Team program and current fundraising efforts for ozone-monitoring equipment to be able to participate in the Global Ozone Project, an online resource to organize and collect ozone emissions data throughout North America.
More information can be found at http://www.steamboatlibrary.org/events.
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Chamber hosts Brewing Up Business event Tuesday
The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association will be hosting a Brewing Up Business event from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday at Starbucks, 255 Anglers Drive.
This networking event gives members an opportunity to give a one-minute commercial/elevator speech, exchange business cards and create new relationships.
Space is limited. The cost is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers and includes coffee and pastries. Sign up at email@example.com, or call 970-875-7000.
State House approves bill to extend Safe Routes funding
The Colorado House on Monday approved a bill by Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush, D-Steamboat Springs, to extend funding for Colorado's Safe Routes to School Program. The vote was 42-20, according to a news release.
The Safe Routes to School Program allows schools, nonprofits and local governments to apply for grants for projects to upgrade infrastructure and increase pedestrian and bicyclist safety in school areas. The bill requires that between 20 and 30 percent of grant funds be used for non-infrastructure projects such as crossing guard training or instructional materials for teachers and parents. The program was previously funded by federal grants.
"These programs boost academic readiness, lead to better health outcomes and increase public safety in rural, urban and suburban communities," Mitsch Bush said. "They have also proven to increase parental involvement in schools."
HB14-1301 now moves to the Senate.
Meg Widmer hosts Monday bellydance class at Depot
Meg Widmer, of Jasmir Bellydance Troupe, will be hosting a bellydance class at the Depot Art Center on Mondays.
From 6 to 7 p.m., the class is for all levels and will go over fundamentals of bellydancing and drills. It will focus on the building blocks of bellydance in a supportive and fun class environment.
From 7 to 8 p.m., the class will feature intermediate-level drills with zills/finger cymbals. This class requires previous experience, and you will need your own finger cymbals.
The classes are $12 for drop-in or $50 for a five-class punch card. Cash, check and debit/credit cards will be accepted. The classes will be ongoing with holiday weeks off.
For more information, call Meg at 970-875-1164. Learn more about Jasmir Bellydance Troupe at http://www.danceinsteamboat.com.
Casey's Pond event focuses on nursing home myths
Casey's Pond Senior Living will hold a free informational seminar and luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday.
The seminar will focus on nursing home myths. Participants will learn about the common nursing home myths, the new resort-style senior living environments, the history of nursing homes and new trends in senior care. Participants also will be able to take a tour of the community.
The event will meet in the Community Life Room. RSVP at 970-457-4870.
Auditions for Chief Players production are this week
Chief Players will hold auditions this week for the June production of "Sylvia."
The group needs two men and two women ages 20 to 50 years old. The auditions will start at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Chief Theater. No experience is necessary.
For more information, call Howard at 970-439-0088.
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Kate Rusk, daughter of Char and Kevin Rusk, was named to the dean's list at the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business for the fall 2013 semester.


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Gander Mountain, a nationally known retailer of outdoor recreational equipment, will soon open a new store near Interstate 95, adjacent to Camping World RV Center at Prime Outlet Mall.
Company officials plan to go before the St. Johns County Planning & Zoning Agency at 1:30 p.m. today, seeking to change the St. Augustine Centre development to allow building an 85-foot high, 249-square-foot sign.
When the store is complete, the 7.55-acre property will contain a 65,227-square-foot store that will sell hunting and fishing equipment, camping gear, outdoor apparel, kayaks, canoes and ATVs.
The modification requested also will allow kayaks, canoes and ATVs to be displayed outside.
Gander Mountain is owned by Oppidan Investment Co. and KTJ Limited Partnership, both of Minnetonka, Minn.
The company ended 2006 with 105 Gander Mountain outdoor lifestyle stores in 22 states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Company literature says the brand has a "45-year heritage of strong appeal and relevance to consumers who participate in outdoor sports and recreational activities."
Gander Mountain was founded in Wilmot, Wisc., in 1960 as a catalog operation, which over time was augmented with retail stores.
Company spokesman Jay Moore could not be reached for comment Wednesday about why Gander Mountain officials chose St. Augustine.
A report from St. Johns County Planning Department said the staff had no objection to the request and "no issues with compatibility."
Eventually coming to that site will be two car dealerships and a 10-screen movie theater with a total of 2,280 seats, the staff report said.
Also, when the entire development area is built out, it will contain a total of 1.6 million square feet of retail, commercial and industrial space.
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Speedy Washington receivers call themselves the Legion of Zoom
Fast is the operative word when it comes to the Legion of Zoom or LOZ, a trio of Husky receivers that includes junior Jaydon Mickens, sophomore John Ross and junior Marvin Hall. Ross recorded the best time in the 40-yard dash at the UW combine this spring while running 4.29. Hall was second at 4.40.
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Quarterback quick reads, Day 6
Observations and highlights in the competition for the Huskies' starting quarterback job:
The good: Redshirt freshman Troy Williams scrambled to his right and threw a long pass on the run to sophomore TE Darrell Daniels, who beat the coverage of freshman FS Budda Baker and hauled in a nice over-the-shoulder catch for a 50-yard touchdown.
The bad: Williams also had the most egregious turnover of the day, as he took a hit at the goal line and fumbled into the end zone. In a mad pile-up, the defense recovered the ball, setting off a wild celebration.
Of note: This was a shock to see: The Huskies, in full pads for the second day, went "live" for the final nine plays of the morning practice — and that included the quarterbacks. Lindquist, Williams and Miles all changed out of their no-contact gold jerseys and put on regular white practice uniforms, meaning each was eligible to be tackled.
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You would think someone would need to be able to clock a sub 4.5-second time in the 40-yard dash to join a self-titled football fraternity dubbed the Legion of Zoom.
But you'd be mistaken, said Washington's Jaydon Mickens, one of the group's founders.
"Forties really don't matter to me," the Husky junior receiver said. "You just have to play fast."
Fast is the operative word when it comes to the Legion of Zoom or LOZ, a trio of Husky receivers that includes sophomore John Ross and junior Marvin Hall. Ross recorded the best time in the 40-yard dash at the UW combine this spring while running 4.29. Hall was second at 4.40.
"There's straight-line speed and there's football speed," Mickens said. "We're all fast guys, but just being able to run fast isn't enough. You have to make plays with your speed. Run away from people. Be dynamic and explosive. That's LOZ."
It started as joke and a way for childhood friends to cement their friendship. Mickens and Hall were high-school teammates at Dorsey High in Los Angeles. Ross attended Dorsey in the ninth grade before transferring to Long Beach Jordan High in Long Beach, Calif.
Of course, the LOZ nickname is derived from the Legion of Boom, the moniker the Seattle Seahawks secondary gave itself years ago. While the Hawks marched toward a Super Bowl win last season, Mickens had an idea.
"Jaydon was saying we should have a name for ourselves," Ross said. "Out of nowhere he was like LOZ – Legion of Zoom. We all looked at each and said, 'We like that.' "
They created handshakes, and t-shirts are on the way. "Got to get our financial aid (first)," Mickens joked.
"It's not that we're trying to single ourselves out from the rest of the group," Ross added. "We just have this connection that's amazing. We're all from the same place, and we have so much in common on and off the field."
If the LOB is big, hard-hitting and accomplished then LOZ is short, fast and relatively unproven.
Mickens, 5 feet 11 and 174 pounds, had a breakout season last year when he led the Huskies with 65 receptions for 688 yards, including 68- and 47-yard touchdown receptions.
"I'm just looking to build off of what I did last year and keep it going," he said. "Honestly, I feel like I'm just scratching the surface."
At 5-10 and 188 pounds, Hall is the shortest of the trio. He's also been the least productive with just 10 receptions and 161 yards total the past two seasons.
"I haven't had many opportunities, so I really didn't showcase what I could do," Hall said. "With the new coaches it's a new start, so I feel like now I'm able to really get going and showcase what I can do."
Ross capped what he described as a disappointing season last year with a dazzling performance in the Fight Hunger Bowl. He returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown in the 31-16 win over Brigham Young. It was UW's first kickoff return for a touchdown since 2007.
"Before that game, I was just thinking, 'When is my time?' " said the 5-11, 179-pound burner who had 16 catches for 208 yards last season. "Everyone knows what I'm capable of. I just told my guys, 'Let's just do it. We're here. I'm going to catch it and I'm going to run. You guys handle everything else.' I just wanted to run and show everyone I can run.
"And I thanked all of the guys up front for that because without them, it wasn't going to happen. … I still feel like I disappointed myself. It was an OK year for me, but that's not good enough. Now it's my sophomore year and that's all I'm worried about."
Ross has other concerns these days. He wore a protective boot on his left foot and didn't participate in Saturday's open practice at Husky Stadium, which drew about 600 fans.
With Ross out Saturday, tight end Darrell Daniels may have garnered an LOZ invite after hauling in a 50-yard pass from redshirt freshman quarterback Troy Williams and outracing freshman safety Budda Baker into the end zone.
"That's my route and I like the way he kind of outdid me right there," Mickens said. "That was some speed and he was flying, so his application is in."
Washington is looking for playmakers to replace departing stars such as quarterback Keith Price, running back Bishop Sankey and tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins from an offense that ranked second in the Pac-12 last season in yards per game (499.3).
Aside from Mickens and senior receiver Kasen Williams, UW doesn't return a pass catcher or running back with much experience.
"We have lots of guys on this team with the talent," Ross said. "The opportunities are going to be there. It's just a matter of doing it."
• Senior TE Michael Hartvigson (right arm) also did not practice Saturday along with freshmen S Brandon Lewis, CB Aaron Chapman and WR Max Richmond.
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Talk about fearless.
Cousin George is at it again.
This time, he's impersonating actor Will Ferrell as Ferrell appeared in "Talladega Nights, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby."
To bring everyone up to speed, Cousin George is a fifth generation tradition of the Eliot Smith family. Smith is a resident of Marsh Creek who brought the tradition to the Oldest City from South Bend, Ind., when he and his wife, Elaine, moved here. It is a tradition which began after Christmas 1896.
Here's a capsule:
During Christmas of 1896, Smith's grandmother, Deutsia Wells, and her two brothers received photos of the gentleman who became known as Cousin George. He was attired in formal wear, and the story was that he was engaged to a cousin of the three siblings.
The strange thing was that the photo showed the man only. This struck the family as very odd since his intended was not pictured with him.
Later, family members learned that Cousin George had indeed married into the family, but ever so briefly. The two were divorced before their first wedding anniversary.
So, a year after that 1896 greeting, one of Smith's great uncles sent the formal photo of Cousin George to Smith's grandmother.
And ever since, Cousin George has been making the rounds in the family -- with his face placed on the images of some very well known residents of this nation.
He's been the World War I Doughboy, a chorus girl, Uncle Sam, Mickey Mouse, one of the Beatles, presidential candidate Bob Dole and many others.
In 2001, he was Harry Potter.
This year's Will Ferrell impersonation was the brainchild of Smith's oldest granddaughter, Sarah Dill, the first of the fifth generation of the Smith family to be involved.
There are three living generations now, says Smith, and every other year George is the responsibility of one of Smith's generations. The 2007 caretaker will be Smith's cousin, Lorna Strot, a resident of Piedmont, Calif.
"There are six families involved and three generations total," says Smith.
To keep everything straight, a list is kept of who has received Cousin George through the years.
As for Smith, he doesn't expect to become the keeper of Cousin George for "maybe another four years or so."
It's been kind of exciting in recent years, he adds, because with computers and Photoshop, you just never know how Cousin George will look.
For 2006, he's got a new "do" -- an updated haircut and he's looking good.
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Kings of Leon - CANCELED!
Attention Kings of Leon Fans...Unfortunately the concert at Bethel Woods on August 16th has now been CANCELED. Refunds for ticket holders will be available at point of purchase.
Due to an injury that Nathan Followill sustained over the weekend in a tour bus accident, Kings of Leon will unfortunately have to cancel all shows over the next two weeks. Nathan is on strict doctor's orders to rest to give himself adequate time to recover before the band can pick back up on their much buzzed about Mechanical Bull Tour.
Dr. Faiz Bhora, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital says, "The process is now to rest in order for healing to take place. To avoid complications and to make a full recovery, a break from performing to August 28th is necessary."
The band will return to the road on August 28th to take the stage at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ.
Until then, fans can catch the band performing their new single, "Family Tree" TOMORROW NIGHT, August 12th, on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The band has enlisted the help of their friend, and resident band leader, Questlove to sit in on drums for a very special one-time only performance.
"I'm counting down the days until I can get back in the saddle and continue what has been our best American tour so far," said Nathan.
Kings of Leon were involved in a tour bus accident en route to their hotel in Boston when a pedestrian jumped in front of their tour bus, causing the bus to stop short, injuring Nathan Followill. Nathan is being treated for broken ribs, but is doing well. The band previously postponed their show in Saratoga Springs, NY on August 10th. The show is now canceled until further notice.
Refunds for ticket holders will be available at point of purchase. For up to date information please visit www.kingsofleon.com.
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Strong line-up for second open source awards
Among the finalists for the second Open Source Awards are an online document converter, a typesetting engine and the State Services Commission's broadband map.
The awards received close to 100 nominations this year.
Open source shop Catalyst IT, which is organising the awards, to be held in Wellington in the end of September, says it is pleased to see so many new projects.
"We were a bit worried there wouldn't be as many nominations as last year, or that we would see the same projects," says Catalyst's Don Christie.
But a lot of new projects have been nominated this year, both individual and government projects, he says.
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Germany - "highly recommended"
6. August 2012
At this year's Hannover Messe, "Germany – Land of Ideas" and the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) asked German and foreign visitors questions relating to Germany's image as a business location – with remarkable results.
"Cars, beer and Currywurst!" – spontaneous associations and clichés about Germany are familiar enough, but what do people from other countries really have to say about Germany? And what do Germans these days think when asked about their home country? Does their self-image match the image others have of them? To gain insight on the current images people have of Germany, the place branding initiative "Germany – Land of Ideas" and the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) conducted a survey at the Hannover Messe. German and international visitors to the trade fair were interviewed from 23 April to 27 April 2012.
"To provide a current assessment of Germany as a location for business and investment, the image Germany has of itself and the image others have of it are important factors. Especially when making financial decisions, these could be important indicators in the location analysis process. As the world's largest industrial trade fair with visitors from every continent, the Hannover Messe is an ideal place to survey Germany's current image at home and abroad," says Dr. Michael Hüther, director and member of the executive committee of IW Cologne and member of the board of Deutschland – Land der Ideen e.V.
Unbeatable: German quality of life
"Germany – highly recommended to live and work": Good 76 percent of foreign visitors and 80 percent of Germans interviewed would recommend living and working in Germany to an acquaintance. "Lebensqualität", the quality of life in Germany achieved the highest agreement rate by domestic and foreign visitors alike.
What would a survey on a country's image be without the clichés? These can be quite positive, though. This is shown by the high agreement rate between the Germans' self-image and their image abroad when rating "traditional German virtues". The interviewees – both German and foreign – assign Germans a high level of "thoroughness". An equally high level of agreement was attained when rating German dependability and diligence. In a few cases, self-image and the image others have diverged greatly: foreign visitors regard Germans as more tolerant, hospitable, friendly and optimistic than the Germans themselves do.


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I'm starting to get a little tired of this show. It's always about the same things, and that's getting old.
And there's no humor whatsoever, it's just sad and depressing. They've got to something about that. They should bring back the sense of humor the show had when Dell was still alive, I loved the show back then.
Anyway, my point is: The show is getting super boring, and if they don't do something about that soon, the show will lose the viewers and be cancelled before season 6.
A tip: Do not kill off every good character! And don't make everybody in the cast sick all the time, I wan't to see at least one episode without someone almost dying.


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PENTICTON - Keremeos RCMP are investigating an armed robbery in the quiet agricultural community.
The Keremeos Subway restaurant was held up at around 9 p.m. last night, Dec. 16, according to a media release from RCMP media spokesperson Cpl. Dan Moskaluk.
Moskaluk says a lone man entered the business wielding a knife and demanding cash from a restaurant employee.
No one was injured during the incident.
Police describe the suspect at 5'11" tall with a medium build. He was wearing black clothing, including a hoodie and ski mask.
Anyone with information on the suspect or the robbery is asked to call the Keremeos RCMP at 250-499-5511, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at email@example.com or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email email@example.com or call 250-718-2724.


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I've been a board member for 6 years and a Adult Mentor for 9 years. Partners makes a definite difference in the life of a child. As an adult mentor, you now have a new friend and you have a sense of belonging to another person who looks to you for guidence and someone to confide in. As a mentor, you have the opportunity to assist in shaping the future of the childs life. The Partners organization consists of people who love children and who care deeply about the future of each child. The Partners Board of Directors is active and each board member participates in many activities throughout the year that benefits the kids.
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WebReference.com - Chapter 4 from Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery. (3/5)
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Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery
Starting with a personal view of an Information Model
Here is a typical example of how an Information Model might be applied. At home, I have a large collection of cookbooks and cooking magazines, plus lots of recipes cut out of newspapers or sent by friends and relatives. Yet, every time I want to find a particular recipe I remember having used or look for a new recipe for a dish I want to try, I'm stymied by the very books that are such a valuable resource. Where is that recipe? Which book or magazine was it in? Was it last year or ten years ago? Is it in the small green file box or the large cookie tin?
When a sound Information Model is in place, it assists users in finding the answers to their questions.
The cookbooks I own are organized in various interesting ways. Some are organized by month, based on the original magazine issues. Sunset Magazine, for example, publishes a cookbook annual in which each chapter contains a month's worth of recipes from its magazine. Other cookbooks are organized alphabetically by ingredient or by country of origin. Still other cookbooks are organized by the main ingredient or a part of a complete meal. Several books I own have sections focusing on chicken, pork, beef, or vegetables. They also have sections on soups, desserts, and appetizers. All these different organizations are interesting and effective individually. However, as a complete collection, they fail. They fail because they lack a comprehensive Information Model to support the organization of their content.
How might I improve the organization of the recipes in the cookbooks? First, I would need to understand how I or another amateur cook might search for and use the information. If I'm organizing the content for myself, I might want recipes organized by ingredients, parts of the meal, country of origin, and time to complete. I might also want to organize them by recipes already tried, successful recipes, unsuccessful recipes, new recipes that look interesting but remain untried. All of these categorizes would facilitate searching for just the right recipe for an occasion. In fact, by assigning one or more categories to each recipe, I would be building an Information Model to fit my conceptual view of the cookbook world. If I wanted to include others in my Information Model, I'd need to know something about the categories that would be interesting to them.
The Information Model also assists authors in retrieving information for reuse and revision. It helps us answer questions like
- Where is that explanation of what cornstarch does in a recipe? (See Figure 4-2.)
- Where are the recipes for pasta with asparagus?
- Don't you have an instruction for cutting a chicken into pieces for frying?
Figure 4-2: Just what is cornstarch and what is it doing in my recipe? By following a link from Cooking 101, the amateur chef locates an explanation in the Ingredients Encyclopedia on a well-organized Web site. A comprehensive Information Model underpins the Web site design.
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I was in the mood for something I haven't had in awhile this morning. I thought this one would be a good candidate, as I now have some rock sugar in my possession. I very much enjoy this one "with a little sugar, like the Germans!"
Mmmm. Delightfully fruity. I can't believe what a dramatic difference that sugar makes. It smooths out that "a little too astringent" quality and adds to the fruitiness. Ahhh, that signature muscatel flavor is just the little twist I needed to give my tastebuds something new to think about :) The color of this tea is also so beautiful. I wish I was drinking it in a pretty white china cup!
(an aside: does anyone else not like drinking hot items like coffee and tea in glass? I don't like it at all! I think I inherited this dislike from my grandmother! I like ceramic and china. This would look so pretty in a glass cup but I can't stand drinking from glass! Oh I'm so peculiar!)
I would love to start a little tradition where I get some of this exquisite first flush each late Spring after it is released :)
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In CNBC-TV18's popular show Bull's Eye, Ashish Kapur, Investshoppe shares trading strategy of the day.
In CNBC-TV18's popular show Bull's Eye, Ashish Kapur, Investshoppe shares trading strategy of the day.
Long on Suven Life Sciences with a target of Rs 28.50 and a stop loss at Rs 26. I am maintaining this pick from yesterday. The company is doing well and what we quite like in particular is that the effort of the management to move up the value chain. It is this discovery of new value added compound that helped them register a 500 percent increase in net profit accompanied by an amazing increase in net sales as well in the previous quarter.
Long on Indian Oil Corporation with a target of Rs 340 and a stop loss at Rs 313. Now, the immediate trigger in the case of IOC would be a possible hike in diesel on February 17-18. That could add interest in this stock. Otherwise, also we feel this is a stock with like all other oil marketing companies where the downside is limited. The stock is under owned. It has a lot of fundamental strength. It is kept with the midcaps at a lower valuation because of the government policies in which there is a definite change. I think there is definite movement by the government towards deregulating this sector.
Long on Tilaknagar Industries with a target of Rs 77 and a stop loss at Rs 69.50. Tilaknagar is basically a manufacturer of Indian made foreign liquor. It has a very strong presence in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerela. What we like about this company is the kind of growth which it is logging in. It has increased its distillation capacity by four times in the last two years. Over the last five-six years, from 2007 to now, its volumes have increased 10 times. So the kind of growth which it is logging in makes it a very attractive stock to track.
Long on Kwality Dairy with a target of Rs 38 and a stop loss at Rs 34.50. Kwality Dairy has typically been a very high beta stock if you look at its historical performance. But given the kind of performance which it is now generating, it is safe to assume that this stock would have a very good upside whenever the market again starts looking at midcap ideas. The company besides the good performance is also expanding in a big way. It is using cloud computing technique to improve its operational efficiency. It has also launched various variants of its dairy base brand in cottage cheese, yoghurt and various other categories.


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Milwaukee 48-00-5712 5pk 6" 10 TPI The Torch SAWZALL Blades
The 48-00-5712 includes:
- 5x Milwaukee 48-00-5712 6" 10 TPI The Torch SAWZALL Blades
- Pouch of 5 torch blades
- SAWZALL blades Tough Neck ribs strengthen the blade tang and minimize breakage
- Grid Iron honeycomb pattern increases blade rigidity to resist blade buckling
- Ideal for demolition, plumbing, remodeling and general metal cutting. Cuts pipe, channels, tubing, angle iron up to 4 in., nail embedded wood, and steel
The Torch metal-cutting blades with the Double Duty Upgrade feature a tooth form optimized for the longest life and maximum durability. Tough Neck is engineered to protect against tang breakage and delivers the strongest SAWZALLblade tang on the market. Grid Iron features a stamped honeycomb pattern throughout the body of the blade that greatly increases the rigidity of the blade, making it the stiffest metal cutting SAWZALLblade on the market. These blades are ideal for making tough, straight cuts.
Tech Specs:
- Brand: Milwaukee
- Model: 5712
- Type: Sawzall Blade
- Length: 6.06"
- Profile: Demo
- Pack Qty: 5 Pack
- Shank: 1/2" Universal
- Material: Scheduled 80 Pipe|Threaded Rod
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GSI Keyboard Folio Case Review
- In the thread on the Motorola keyboard folio case, I mentioned that I found another one on Amazon, and purchased it. Here is my review of the Amazon.com: GSI Super Quality Wireless Waterproof Slim 2.0 Bluetooth Keyboard For Motorola XOOM - Built In Tablet Padded Protection Cover, Folio Stand: Electronics
A couple of thoughts about my particular use: My Xoom is mostly a multi-media device for me - I use it as an e-reader, music player, watch Netflix or Amazon Video on Demand, and general web browsing. I do have Evernote installed, but have saved a total of 3 notes. I view Office Documents, but don't really do much editing. I read email and occasionally respond - but usually with shorter responses that Thumb Keyboard (highly recommend!) is sufficient for. So my purchase of the keyboard folio was much more out of curiosity than necessity. That said, with the keyboard I can see myself doing much more text editing...
The GSI Keyboard Folio (they really need to work on their name) is a leather - or leather-like padded folio (it doesn't say Genuine Leather anywhere on it) with a built-in, waterproof (they claim, I haven't tested, but it is sesame seed proof) bluetooth keyboard. The keyboard itself is about 2/3 the size of a typical laptop keyboard, and is entirely covered in silicone - hence the waterproof claims. When I unpacked it I was able to turn the keyboard on and immediately pair it with the Xoom. The folio has a simple enclosure for the Xoom that leaves all ports accessible. There's a picture frame type stand that flips out from the back to prop the Xoom up. It sells on Amazon for $39.99 - a great deal when compared with the Motorola case.
- Nice looking case, that isn't too terribly bulky
- Keyboard paired immediately
- Android-specific keys help in navigation. Scrolling through your home screens is easy with the arrow cursors, the Play/Pause automatically starts the music player, and there's a home, back, menu and search button built-in.
- Silicone cover on keyboard keeps stuff (and water) out of it
- Simple design for the case keeps the Xoom secure, but makes it easy to take it out of the case.
- Just like the Motorola keyboard portfolio, if you want to rest the Xoom flat without the keyboard sticking out, you have to fold it under and rest it on the keyboard. This doesn't worry me too much, with the silicone cover, but I'd still prefer to not have to rest it on the keyboard (say, when I'm charging my Xoom).
- There is no cradle the Xoom will fit in while in this case, but it's easy enough to remove
- Keys are by necessity kind of small, which has been a little bit of a challenge for me, since I have big hands
- Layout of some of the keys could have been better - the right shift key for example, is right next to the up arrow cursor - I've more than once moved myself out of the block I was typing in when all I was trying to do was capitalize.
- Not sure if it's my typing, but the keyboard isn't always as responsive as I would like it to be... if my standard keyboard at work is 99.5% responsive, this would be somewhere around 95%. Not a big deal for me, but might be for some who type a lot faster than I do.
- Haven't quite figured out when the Android specific keys should work and when they shouldn't... for example, trying to use the Android back or home buttons in some applications doesn't necessarily have the desired effect - even when it would have if I used the on-screen buttons.
- Only one angle for the viewing stand - I'd like a little more control over that.
It sounds like I've got mostly negative comments, but overall I'm pretty happy with my purchase - It works as advertised, and I think that this will increase the amount of text editing/entry I do on the Xoom. Most of my issues with it are kind of nitpicky. Those of you who do a lot more text entry on the Xoom than I do might want something a little more responsive. I've not used any other bluetooth keyboard for the Xoom, so I don't have a point of comparison. But for this price, if you want an integrated keyboard folio, it seems to be worth it! Some pics below:
The case with out the Xoom:
Inserting the Xoom in the case - that tab you see tucks under to keep the Xoom secure
Xoom in case, set up
The Picture Frame Stand
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Closed case (back - shows camera, speaker access)
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R.A. Dickey had a rough go of things while he was with the Texas Rangers at the beginning of his career. In five seasons as a Ranger, split between starting and relieving, Dickey never posted an ERA under 5.00 and had two seasons over 6.00 before his final season in 2006 when he threw just 3 1/3 innings and had an 18.90 ERA before spending two years out of the big leagues while developing a knuckleball.
Now, Dickey is the first knuckleballer to ever win a Cy Young award after posting a 20-6 record and a 2.73 ERA this season with the New York Mets while leading the NL in innings pitched (233 2/3), starts (33) and strikeouts (230).
Always a likeable guy, it's good to see Dickey get recognized for his stellar year, but he's not just your average knuckleballer that throws it up there at 70 mph and just hopes. Dickey has a hard knuckler, sometimes hitting the mid 80s on the gun, which is what has made him so effective over the years.
Making this even more interesting is the fact there are reports the Mets are looking to shop Dickey, who has one year left on his deal and at 38 years old still has a ton of life left as a knuckleballer.


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"'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear."
Related quotes
"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."
"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
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"Never underrate the power of books,by the time you get old & become idle,one thing that can keep you company are books,for reading can add another 15yrs to your life."


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Cemetery Road, Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1839/01/01 to 1878/01/01
This cemetery is located near Cascumpec Bay on the northwestern side of Cemetery Road off Route 12. It is well maintained with fence posts marking the dimensions of the site. A few grave markers remain and a large boulder is situated on the grounds with a bilingual plaque.
The cemetery is valued for its historical association with the early Acadian, Irish, and Scottish Roman Catholic settlers of the area.
This site was the second cemetery established in the area. The first burial ground was along the shore at Gibbs Creek at a place called Gibbs Point and it was begun around 1803. It was used until the second cemetery was started in 1839. The Acadians of Cascumpec had arrived near this site in 1801.
In 1859, the parish decided to disinter the remains of those buried in the original cemetery at Gibbs Point. These were all reburied in a common grave in the second cemetery. These individuals were people from Acadian, Irish, and Scots background who had lived from Lot 4 through to Lot 11.
This second cemetery ceased to be used in 1878 when the current cemetery behind St. Anthony's Church was established.
In 1975, the Cemetery Road down to the site of the second cemetery was improved and in 1977, a large memorial boulder was placed on the site. It has a bilingual plaque with an inscription in memory of the early pioneers to the area. The site continues to be maintained by St. Anthony's parish today.
Source: Culture and Heritage Division, PEI Department of Tourism and Culture, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 File #: 4310-20/P41
The heritage value of the cemetery is shown in the following character-defining elements:
- the location of the cemetery on the Cemetery Road near Cascumpec Bay- the remaining gravestones- the large memorial boulder with plaque- the potential for unmarked graves on the site
Prince Edward Island
Province of Prince Edward Island
Heritage Places Protection Act
Registered Historic Place
Culture and Heritage Division, PEI Department of Tourism and Culture, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
File #: 4310-20/P41
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This is really growing on me; I might have to buy more (when this generous portion from Meghann M runs out) despite my moderate dislike of Teavana. This tea is okay plain but a bit of cream really brings out the nutty richness. The rooibos gives it a woodsy/fruity base, and lowers the overall caffeine per cup (which I consider a plus).
One of my favorite flavored black teas (at least at the moment).


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Filed under: Dave Clarke, Soccer Coaching, Soccer Fitness, Soccer News, Soccer Refereeing, Soccer Skills, Soccer Team Management, Soccer Training, Uncategorized | Tags: 1v1, 2v2, Alf Galustian, Charlie Cooke, coerver, girls, skills, usa, women, women skills
My series of interviews on influential figures in the world of coaching continues with this exclusive interview with Kristine Lilly. Kristine was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years. She is the most capped men's or women's soccer player in the history of the sport, gaining her 352nd and final cap against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier in November 2010. Kristine played in five World Cup Finals, winning two World Cups to add to her numerous other awards and honours.
She is now tasked with developing the next generation of female players and coaches in the USA. I caught up with her as she launched a skills partnership with Coerver coaching.
1. Can you give me a brief outline of what you will be doing in your link up with Coerver Coaching?
I have joined a partnership with Coerver Coaching to continue to make a difference in the game. We hope to promote and improve the Women's game globally. We have an inspiring curriculum that really works; improving the player on the field and the person off it.
2. Why Coerver?
Well I have used the Coerver method throughout my career, and ever since I was a young girl. I believe in the Coerver system, the philosophy and the benefits it brings to players, coaches of any ability.
I am also hugely impressed at how the Coerver System and Brand has evolved and expanded globally, since Charlie Cooke and Alf Galustian (pictured) first started it almost 30 years ago.
Lastly Coerver works, players that go through this method improve, become better players and especially feel confident and comfortable on the ball.
3. The women's game is huge in USA, what do you think players lack in terms of technique that your link up with Coerver can help players to step up a level?
I think US players are great athletes, wonderful competitors and have a winning mentality. However, I think we can be better with the ball; especially when and where we use it; make quicker decisions, but have the confidence if there are no passing options to keep the ball under pressure.
Also we can be more consistent, technique usually breaks down, as players get tired, so we need to continually work on improving our skills, which also has the added benefit of improving confidence. I am sure if you speak to top coaches and players they will put confidence (building) as a main priority. In a way Coerver does that by Mastery of Skills through repetition.
4. Having spent part of your career in Sweden do you think the women's game in Europe can catch up with the USA? Are the skills/technique levels the same?
I think the level of play has advanced all over the world. I think the Europeans are improving quickly. I think they have become more technical than us in the past decade. I think the one thing that the USA has is a fighting mentality that edges out teams. However the technical side of the game has to be there to make that happen as well.
5. With regards to youth soccer in terms of both girls and boys I think repetition is one of the most vital coaching tools. But players can find doing the same old thing boring. How do you hide repetition when coaching?
As a young player I spent many hours kicking a ball against a wall practicing my shooting technique and passing. Yes I would agree doing this alone could get boring, but once you see improvement in your game all the practice, hard work makes sense; boring or not.
Also that is what is so great about the Coerver programme, you do basic drills that address the technical side of the game and then add pressure, and then make it a competitive atmosphere and it's always challenging, progressively competitive and always fun!!!
6. You played in youth teams in the early 90s, which one factor would you say is the most important change in the way kids are coached today?
As in all countries there are excellent coaches who continually look for new, innovative ways of teaching and others who really don't want to change from what they are used to. This is not a criticism, since in Grassroots Soccer all the coaches who give their time and effort mostly for free, need to be praised.
My main worry is that some Coaches are only interested in winning teams; winning is important, but in the formative ages Coerver and I believe the focus should be on development. If you are a young player, yes you want to win but at the same time you dream of improving to where one day you can a real difference!
We don't have, in my opinion enough players like this. Abby Wambach (USA Women), Marta (Brazil Women, pictured), Messi (Argentina), Xavi (Spain) of course, but Soccer needs more of these Special Players. That's another thing I learned from Alf and Coerver about teaching based on models of Great Players. It's a great way to teach and motivate.
7. What are you coaching in your next session and how?
I like the Coerver theme sessions that Alf showed me at our last practice session together. Theme is Creating more Goal Chances individually; a session where you teach players how to can create goal chances (showing them different 1 v 1's to create space either side of opponents to shoot, Improving Strikers first touch in the penalty box, so they have more time to shoot, Improving reaction speed for strikers.)
I pick games and drills that teach these topics.
How I would teach this or any other theme is by starting with a Coerver Ball Mastery exercise (as many touches of the ball both right and left foot. Lots of touches in 60 second bursts. I would then teach the 1 v 1 /First Touch technique in a group drill. No defenders, but just getting the technique correct, and finally I would finish with full pressure, defenders trying to win the ball
8. Can you explain one specific exercise you will coach that uses Coerver skills?
There is one drill I like a lot right now. Here is the diagram and action. This drill not only improves attackers but also defenders, defenders try and win the ball then they go for Goal; a great lesson for all defenders that once you win the ball you need to use it constructively.
Kristine pictured here with
Coerver's Charlie Cooke.
PURPOSE: To Improve 1 v 1 & 2 v 2 under full pressure
- Two small goals facing in opposite directions 18 yards apart.
- Two teams one with a ball to each player facing the other across a 15 yard grid.
- The Black Defender passes across the grid to the opponent and they play 1v1 to score on either small goal.
- If the Defender wins the ball he can score.
- Either player can only score from a shooting zone 4 yards from goal.
- Play 2 v 2.
- The receiver must pass 1st touch to his partner and overlap behind him to start the action.
- Same scoring rules apply. Defenders can score if they win possession.
Match players evenly. Switch roles after each contest
First touch is crucial… players must go and meet the ball – don't wait for it
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