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1.9 Would you really buy that? Persuasive techniques in advertising
Essential question: How can awareness of the different methods of argument make you a more informed consumer?
Learning outcomes
Students will respond to various advertisements by addressing the ads' use of bias, emotional factors, and semantic slanting.
Teacher planning
Materials needed
- Examples of television, magazine, newspaper, and internet advertisements (See "pre-activities" below.)
- Optional: Access to a video resource site such as Learn 360, United Streaming, or Teacher Tube.
- LCD projector or other means of viewing advertisements as a class
- Post-it notes
- Advertising vocabulary handout (Note: These terms are also listed under "critical vocabulary" below.)
- Several magazines — You may choose to have students bring in magazines they usually read.
Time required for lesson
30 minutes or one class period
- Before the lesson, find several examples of television, magazine, newspaper, and internet advertisements that you can share with the class. Try to find examples the demonstrate a variety of the advertising techniques mentioned in the lesson. (See "critical vocabulary" below.)
- Ask students to bring in magazines they usually read, or compile a variety of magazines — enough for each group of students to look at a few different magazines.
- Activating strategy: Show the class a few television or print advertisements using a projector and video resource website. Ask the students questions about the advertisements: Would they buy the products being advertised? Who is the ad targeting? What caught their eye about the advertisement?
- Have a class discussion about advertising techniques and the way advertisers target specific groups of people: men, women, children, teens, athletes, senior citizens, etc. Hand out the advertising vocabulary sheet and discuss each term with students. Ask them to name examples of each technique from ads they've seen.
- Show the examples of advertisements, and ask the students who they think the advertisers are targeting with each ad, using examples from the advertisement to support their answers. Ask them which advertising technique is being used in each ad.
- Put students into small groups. Pass out several different magazines to each group and ask them to find various examples of advertising and to decide which demographic each ad targets and which techniques are used. Have the students use post-it notes to label each advertising example.
- Have students work individually to choose an advertising technique that they were not able to find in the magazines they viewed. Each student will create an ad that uses this technique and is targeted to a teen audience.
- Wrap up the lesson with a discussion of some of the careers involved in advertising. (See Career Information below.)
This lesson provides a great opportunity for students to write a persuasive paper. Some suggested writing prompts:
- You are trying to obtain a patent for a new product. What is your product and why is it more effective or better than existing products?
- You want to convince an audience that you deserve a new iPhone. You must write two persuasive letters to different audiences (parents, grandparents, Santa Claus, a friend, etc.) In these letters, you must present information that you believe will persuade the audience to buy the iPhone for you.
Critical vocabulary
Note: These terms are listed on the vocabulary handout.
- Loaded words
- Words with strong associations such as "home," "family," "dishonest" and "wasteful."
- Transference
- Attempts to make the audience associate positive words, images, and ideas with a product and its users.
- Name calling
- Comparing one product to another and saying it is weaker or inferior in quality or taste.
- Glittering generality
- Using words that are positive and appealing, but too vague to have any real meaning, like "pure and natural."
- Testimonial
- A product is endorsed by a celebrity or by an expert.
- Bandwagon
- The advertiser tries to make you feel like everyone else has the product and if you don't have it too, you'll be left out.
- Snob appeal
- The opposite of the bandwagon technique, snob appeal makes the case that using the product means the consumer is better/smarter/richer than everyone else.
- Repetition
- A product's name or catchphrase is repeated over and over, with the goal of having it stick in the viewer or listener's mind.
- Flattery
- The advertiser appeals to the audience's vanity by implying that smart/popular/rich people buy the product.
- Plain folks
- The advertiser says or implies that people just like you use a product. (This often takes the form of a testimonial.)
- Emotional appeals
- The advertiser appeals to people's fears, joys, sense of nostalgia, etc.
- Facts and figures
- Using statistics, research, or other data to make the product appear to be better than its competitors.
- Special offer
- The advertiser offers a discount, coupon, free gift, or other enticement to get people to buy a product.
- Urgency
- The advertiser makes you feel like you need the product right away.
Career information
Career information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Advertising and public relations services
Nature of the industry
Firms in the advertising and public relations services industry prepare advertisements for other companies and organizations and design campaigns to promote the interests and image of their clients.
Training and qualifications
Most entry-level professional and managerial positions in advertising and public relations services require a bachelor's degree, preferably with broad liberal arts exposure.
In 2006, nonsupervisory workers in advertising and public relations services averaged $724 a week—significantly higher than the $568 a week for all nonsupervisory workers in private industry.
Job prospects
Competition for many jobs will be keen because the glamour of the advertising and public relations services industry traditionally attracts many more job seekers than there are job openings. The best job opportunities will be for job seekers skilled in employing the increasing number and types of media outlets used to reach an increasingly diverse customer base.
Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers
Nature of the work
Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers coordinate their companies' market research, marketing strategy, sales, advertising, promotion, pricing, product development, and public relations activities. In small firms, the owner or chief executive officer might assume all advertising, promotions, marketing, sales, and public relations responsibilities. In large firms, which may offer numerous products and services nationally or even worldwide, an executive vice president directs overall advertising, marketing, promotions, sales, and public relations policies.
Training and qualifications
A wide range of educational backgrounds is suitable for entry into advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managerial jobs, but many employers prefer those with experience in related occupations.
For marketing, sales, and promotions management positions, some employers prefer a bachelor's or master's degree in business administration with an emphasis on marketing. Courses in business law, management, economics, accounting, finance, mathematics, and statistics are advantageous. Additionally, the completion of an internship while the candidate is in school is highly recommended.
Median annual earnings in May 2006 were $73,060 for advertising and promotions managers, $98,720 for marketing managers, $91,560 for sales managers, and $82,180 for public relations managers.
Job prospects
Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales manager jobs are highly coveted and will be sought by other managers or highly experienced professionals, resulting in keen competition. College graduates with related experience, a high level of creativity, and strong communication skills should have the best job opportunities.
North Carolina curriculum alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 8
- Goal 3: The learner will continue to refine the understanding and use of argument.
- Objective 3.01: Explore and evaluate argumentative works that are read, heard and/or viewed by:
- monitoring comprehension for understanding of what is read, heard and/or viewed.
- analyzing the work by identifying the arguments and positions stated or implied and the evidence used to support them.
- identifying the social context of the argument.
- recognizing the effects of bias, emotional factors, and/or semantic slanting.
- comparing the argument and counter-argument presented.
- identifying/evaluating the effectiveness of tone, style, and use of language.
- evaluating the author's purpose and stance
- making connections between works, self and related topics.
- responding to public documents (such as but not limited to editorials, reviews, local, state, and national policies/issues including those with a historical context).
- Objective 3.01: Explore and evaluate argumentative works that are read, heard and/or viewed by:
- Common Core State Standards
- English Language Arts (2010)
Speaking & Listening
- Grade 8
- 8.SL.2 Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
- Grade 8
- English Language Arts (2010)
- North Carolina Essential Standards
- Guidance (2010)
- P.CR.2 Understand the relationship among career goals and interests, personal interests, aptitudes, and abilities. P.CR.2.1 Maintain a career-planning portfolio. P.CR.2.2 Use research and information resources to obtain career information.
- Guidance (2010)


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Tim Allen has a new man standing in the showrunner position for his sitcom "Last Man Standing."
Tim Doyle, executive producer for "Rules of Engagement," will replace Kevin Abbott as a showrunner on the ABC series for its second season.
Abbott will remain on as executive producer, but the move will free him up to focus on his new comedy "Malibu Country," which has been picked up by ABC. "Malibu Country," which stars Reba McEntire as a Nashville mother who moves to California after a divorce, is executive-produced and written by Abbott.
The show will be paired with "Last Man Standing" on Friday nights starting in November.
Deadline first reported the news.

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the 65 movies you should buy from the criterion collection sale right now!
I'm not a big movie watcher--I can barely sit through a movie in theaters or at home without taking frequent snack breaks, engaging in some nervous twitching, and maybe even taking a nap. But if there are any films that can capture my attention and keep me planted in my seat, it's the films included in the Criterion Collection. Encompassong almost 100 years, the films selected as part of this group include everything from comedies like This is Spinal Tap, to intense dramas like The Thin Red Line, to all of Wes Anderson's films. And the best part? They're all on sale right now! Yep, that's right. The Criterion Collection is having a flash sale of DVDs and BluRay disks until 12 PM tomorrow, February 26, so check out our favorites from their selection (all 65 of them!) and then get shopping!


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Monday, 5 June, 2000, 15:03 GMT 16:03 UK
British champ leads Tyson undercard
A strong undercard has been announced for the controversial fight between Mike Tyson and Lou Savarese at Hampden Park on 24 June.
Second to the main event will be British champion Jason Rowland's challenge of American Zab Judah for the IBF World Super-lightweight title.
A number of Scots boxers are also on the card for what will be one of the biggest nights in Scotland's boxing history.
The event is certain to be staged before a sell-out 60,000 crowd in Glasgow, despite widespread protests against Tyson, a convicted rapist, being allowed into the country.
But Rowland also has the big time in his sights with 24 wins from 25 fights.
He successfully defended his British title with a fifth-round stoppage of Jon Thaxton at Bethnal Green in November.
Rowland said: "It's great just being out there before Mike Tyson's fight, what more can you say?
World champion
"I've seen three of Judah's fights on video and the fact that he's world champion says it all, but I'll go out there to beat him.
"He's there to beat. I'm training hard every day to make sure I'm ready for this fight and it can't come quick enough."
Brixton's Danny Williams puts his Commonwealth and WBO intercontinental heavyweight titles on the line, while former WBC champion Robin Reid makes his return to the ring at super-middleweight.
Scotland's Brian Carr has come out of retirement to fight following his Commonwealth super-bantamweight title points defeat to Australian Nadel Hussain at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall in March.
Glasgow duo Barry Hughes and William Limond are also on the undercard in lightweight and super-featherweight contests respectively.
Falkirk's Biagio Falcone faces a middleweight battle.
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22 May 00 | Scotland
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We're now on day three of the Chelsea Flower Show, and this year the BBC have taken their coverage to the max. As well as the quotidian hourly slot with Monty Don, Joe Swift and newcomer Sophie Raworth, in the week preceding the show we were also treated to the daily Countdown to Chelsea.
What is it that makes the public so interested in gardening that we are willing to watch so much of it? Gardening is, for the most part, about scrabbling around in the mud and digging up weeds. But that's the point. If this were a country where the majority of people earned their keep by growing plants – ie arable farming – it's unlikely that watching other people do the same would make for enjoyable viewing. I mean, when you've finished a hard day's work, the last thing you want to do is re-live that day on TV.
The same applies to so much of our prime-time viewing. The whole concept of The Great British Bake-Off, for example, revolves around the fact that baking is now an entertaining pastime, rather than something we do daily in order to feed our families. Kirstie Allsopp's many craft and restoration programmes work along the same lines, as does The Great British Sewing Bee. Skills that were once universal have become minority entertainment activities, or things that only your grandmother knows how to do.
Before anyone accuses me of abandoning the female cause, it's certainly not just activities traditionally seen as 'female' that are now being classed as entertainment. Bear Grylls' most recent television venture, The Island, has a similar premise – dumping a group of men on a desert in a bid to find out whether they have 'lost the ability to be practical – even when their lives depend on it'. In this country, that might well be seen as entertainment. But in other parts of the world, having to boil water before you drink it is a necessity, not something you watch others doing for fun. There are hundreds of these kinds of programmes – almost anything featuring Ray Mears (or Bear Grylls), for example, as well as the classic 'watching paint dry' programmes like Changing Rooms and Ground Force.
There's not necessarily anything wrong with this. I might not know how to crochet a pair of mittens, but I do know how to upload a YouTube video, and edit a podcast. I would probably prefer to know how to crochet, but the skills I have are the ones that are more likely to be helpful in life. At the same time, however, it's interesting how what we watch on the telly is affected by the prosperity of the nation. I bet The Island isn't half as popular in the Amazon as it is in Acton.
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The web has evolved but we still see sites pulling the same obnoxious stunts that annoyed us in 1994. Here are our 8 biggest annoyances about the net.
Technology advances at break-neck speed. So you'd think that any annoyances we had with the web in its early days would be long-gone now.
While many have been removed, there's still plenty in Web 2.0 that's archaic - and annoying. Here's the 8 things about the net that annoy us most.
1. Misleading links in downloads sites
If I visit a downloads site, it's safe to say I'm there because I want to download something. I understand that bandwidth isn't free, so I'm more than happy to indulge whatever obnoxious full-screen Flash ads the site throws at me. Where I draw the line is at serving ads that consist of nothing but a big 'Download Here' button. That's just cheating.
A typical trip through MegaUpload looks like this: I click the download link, and it takes me to a splash page with a screen-shattering ad. I hover over the blue 'Download' button in the middle for second. "Aha," I say to myself, "That's an ad. No click for you." I proceed to click the orange 'Download File' button.
Oops - I forgot to enter the CAPTCHA code. Let's try that again. Hey, that's the name of the file I want. I'll click the big 'Download' button, and...no...that said 'Premium download', didn't it? I'm not gonna pay £8.80 for your stupid monthly subscription, MegaUpload. I'll just click 'Back'. Now where's that download link? Ah, there - it says 'Download link' right above the 'Premium download' button. Click.
Now I'm back at the first page, because I was foolish enough to think that the 'Download link' was actually a download link. CAPTCHA, 'Download File', click. Oh, right: I have to wait 45 seconds to download this stupid file. I don't even remember what I'm downloading now.
2. Embedded-video headaches
At time of writing, YouTube is a little more than five years old. That's half a decade we've had to make embedding YouTube videos less of a pain. For starters, let's make it so that whenever I put a YouTube URL in a forum post, email, tweet, or any other text box, it shows up as a video, just as it does in Gmail Chat.
No all-encompassing rules govern how different sites and services handle the full embed codes. Some sites convert a URL to an embedded video, other sites render the embed codes correctly, some sites display the code as text, and other sites don't let you post any code at all. You're unlikely to know what the rules of the game are until after you try to post a clip.
If I absolutely have to copy and paste the embed code, don't make me guess which tags I need to keep and which tags I need to leave for the video to show up correctly.
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Legal Question in Personal Injury in California
Chiropractic billed me after six years
I received a chiropractic bill around 2-25-08 for my daughter who was treated in 2002 and went to 3 visits but I am being billed for 22 visits and now they are telling me I need to have this resolved by March 13, 2008 because my daughter will be 20 and time will have run out.Ā I don't agree with the bill on the number of visits.Ā Am I responsibile for this after six years, do I have to pay it or contact the insurance company they sent the bill to?
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Re: Chiropractic billed me after six years
I agree with parts of all three of my colleague's answers.
It is probably best, as pointed out by Mr. Roth, to have an attorney letter go out as an answer.
Re: Chiropractic billed me after six years
No. Refer the to your lawyer. The lawyer should be able to resolve this with a letter for less than $100.
Re: Chiropractic billed me after six years
The chiropractor is manipulating you on this. The time period to sue on a written contract to provide services is 4 years after the service was provided. It is not stayed by he minority. What the effect of her age has is that a minor under the age of 18 can not be held to a contract. So if she was the only one signing for the treatment their claim was barred at least 2 years ago and could not have been won anyway. If you signed, they are still two years too late to sue you and win.
Write thenm and point out they must know all of that so you are very disappointed that they try to get away with something like this. Also that you disagree on the number of visits they claim and the need to have so many treatments for a young girl [they heal rapidly and in general only a few treatments of any kind will reach maximum improvement quickly and then more treatments will do little if anything]. Tell them that unless you hear within 10business days to the contrary, you will assume they are dropping their claim. If they reject your position, you may have to turn it over to your insurance company [find out if it will have any effect on your premiums, etc.; if not let them handle it]. If your rates might go up, hire an inexpensive lawyer to write a legal, nasty letter to them.
Good luck.
Re: Chiropractic billed me after six years
It depends. Was this for a car collision? Have you settled the case with the other party? Did you have an attorney? Did he pay the chiropractor?
I think there are a lot of questions that need to be answered first. It may not be the answer you want to hear, but I think more questions need to be answered before anyone can give you a definitive answer.
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Sergeant Major Ehud Goldwasser and First Sergeant Major Eldad Regev
Sergeant Major Ehud Goldwasser, 31NahariyaTwo years and four days after he was killed in a Hezbollah attack on a patrol near Zarit and abducted, Ehud Goldwasser's body was returned to Israel on Wednesday. Goldwasser, 31, commanded a reserve unit patrol on the northern border. It was the unit's last patrol before being released from duty.
Goldwasser studied in the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa - and lived in Nesher with his wife, Karnit, whom he married six months before the abduction, which sparked the Second Lebanon War. His parents, Miki and Shlomo, returned after the incident from a long sojourn in South Africa.
On Wednesday, after his body was returned, the IDF promoted Goldwasser from master sergeant to sergeant major.
He will be buried in Nahariya's cemetery on Thursday.
First Sergeant Major Eldad RegevKiryat MotzkinThe last time the Regev family saw Eldad, 26, was four days before the war broke out. Eldad came home to take part in a memorial service on the anniversary of his mother's death.
He spoke to his family members on the phone a day before he was abducted, with Ehud Goldwasser, during a Hezbollah attack on an IDF patrol near Zarit on the northern border.
Since the kidnapping, his father, Zvi, and brother, Benny, have worked tirelessly for his release from Hezbollah. They believed all the time that Eldad was alive.
Rabbi Moshe Almalem, head of Pirhei Aharon yeshiva, where Eldad studied, said "he was a lovely boy, who loved to play soccer, studied in the biology program and was very attached to his friends."
Before the attack that killed him, Eldad completed his law studies at Bar-Ilan University and was preparing for his internship.
On Wednesday he was promoted first sergeant major.
Eldad Regev's funeral will take place in Haifa's cemetery Thursday.
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Hi Sam Hive table details are on he metastore db and would be gone only if that entry is deleted. That is on a drop command normally. Hive table will be there even if there is no data corresponding to the storage location. Infact it'd be there even if the store location doesn't exists. Regards Bejoy KS Sent from handheld, please excuse typos. -----Original Message----- From: Sam Darwin <email@example.com> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 12:49:14 To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Reply-To: email@example.com Subject: hive table missing Hi, We are seeing a hive table is gone unexpectedly. I suspect that this must have been caused by someone somewhere issuing a "drop table" command. But it's unclear. My question is : are there other known ways for hive to lose a table besides "drop table". For example, let's say that the underlying hdfs file system is having some trouble, it is unreachable for a few minutes, maybe hive could think "I don't see the hdfs files I need for this table. I will assume the user wishes to delete the table." And then it proceeds to cause an automatic deletion. That would certainly be terrible. :-) But I hope you see what I am getting at.. Other ways which might cause a table to be lost, besides someone typing in the "drop table" command in a hive session. Thanks, Sam
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Unocal affiliate sells interest in Brazilian production venture
El Segundo, Calif., July 29, 2004 - Unocal Corporation (NYSE: UCL) today said its Unocal Global Ventures II, Ltd., affiliate sold its 50-percent equity interest in a jointly held project company that owns UnoPaso Explorao e Produo de Petrleo e Gs Ltda., a Brazilian exploration and production venture, for $61 million plus approximately $7 million in working capital.
The purchaser is EL Paso Production International Cayman Company, a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP), which now owns 100 percent of UnoPaso.
Unocal may also receive up to $19 million in potential additional payments that are contingent on attainment of certain natural gas prices and/or volume thresholds.
The underlying assets sold represent net production of approximately 4,500 barrels-of-oil-equivalent per day to Unocal.
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Unocal is one of the world's leading independent natural gas and crude oil exploration and production companies. The company's principal oil and gas activities are in North America and Asia.
This news release contains forward-looking statements about possible contingent payments, and net production impact. Although these statements are based upon Unocal's current expectations and beliefs, they are subject to both known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those described in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements, including future natural gas prices, future production volumes from the underlying assets sold in this transaction, and other risks and uncertainties discussed in Unocal's 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, (SEC File No. 1-8483) and other subsequent reports filed by Unocal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Unocal undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements in this news release to reflect future events or circumstances.
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Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Bought for my brother to day-hike with cause he lost his original. Little brothers do that. Disassembles easily for cleaning. Which keeps little brothers wife happy. Connection point holding up so far. As with all of life, you just have to be smarter than the system. Personally I prefer the old style on/off valve. But the new will do as it's the only half draw-back. I don't leave home with out a camelback reservior, and 70oz is my size of choice. I have 2 of them (Omega style I think). Hydration for the win.


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No Moon Colony or Jetpack Yet
The New York World's Fair opened 50 years ago with corporate pavilions predicting amazing things by 2014. Well, we don't have a colony on the moon yet, as the General Motors Futurama exhibit predicted. And we still don't fly around with jet packs as a means of transportation. But the computing power of your smartphone far exceeds anything fair goers saw on display in 1964. And of course some of the things they predicted we'd be using computers for today were probably laughable to a lot of the folks that saw the exhibits back then. It will be cool to see the documentary about the fair being put together. Guess I'll jet pack home to the moon and get ready to watch it on my space TV. DB


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Is it possible to get the Masonry gallery to auto load, instead of loading on scrolling?
I love it, but on one specific page I want it to auto-load everything.
You can increase the item count to a very high value – open up includes/helper-slideshow.php and replace:
function display($itemcount=10)
with eg:
function display($itemcount=100)
Because of performance reasons I'd keep the value low though.
Hi guys,
I have tried the above instructions to also get an auto-load on a specific gallery and have changed the code to function display($itemcount=50) as I want to display more than 10 but not necessarily 100.
But this doesn't work, it still wants to "loading images" when I touch the sidebar and only shows a certain number of images – ??
The page is:
In addition to this, even though I have turned off auto-rotation you will see that after a few seconds the first couple images which are landscape orientation are almost overwritten by a portrait style image that also happens to be in the gallery.
Any ideas on how to sort. Ideally I want the (eventual) 20-30 images to all show up – whether it has to be by scrolling down to see more or not but if the scrolling option has to be it, can it please work for me as it isn't.
Thanks in advance,
A plugin (I think it's the "dm-albums" plugin) causes a js error because it loads the jquery libary a second time. Please deactivate it or make sure that the plugin uses the default wordpress jquery.js file.
Ha! Amazeballs, that worked, thanks Dude!
Wedding photos gallery now sorted so that it loads more on scrolling down now that plugin has been deactivated.
Thanks again,
Alana :-)
Glad that fixed the issue for you :)
Let us know if you have any other issues or questions.
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LARNED — Karlene K. Meckfessel, 68, passed away April 1, 2014 at her home.
She was born July 8, 1945 in Great Bend, the daughter of George P. Jr. and Helen D. Dipman Seeman. A lifetime area resident, she was retired from being the postmaster in Garfield.
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2010 Holiday Cookie Swap | Recipe 1
It's the season and all that, and this year Lorna and Mum are heading to join us for Christmas in New York! I am very excited about having them here for the holidays and although I know it's going to be a really rough time for all of us as it's our first Christmas without Dad (Dad would also have been celebrating his 60th birthday December 22nd), I'm happy we will be spending it together.
As both Mum and Lorna will be here I thought this year that I might host a cookie swap but, as usual, I left it a bit late and I'm not sure people will have the time. I was hoping to invite 6-8 people over with their favorite cookies and the recipe. We'd all come away with some tasty cookies but I was also hoping to bake all the recipes in turn once a month, photograph them and post the recipes here on GF&H. As I said, this year it's a bit late to do the party so instead I'm going to make this first annual GF&H Cookie Swap a virtual one and you are all invited! Send your recipes to us at firstname.lastname@example.com and once a month we will pick one to feature. Please remember to include a your name so we can attribute the recipe to you (and any source names if, for example, it's from a recipe from a cookbook) and a web address if you'd like us to link back to your site if you have one.
Right, so I'm going to start with a recipe for mini mice cookies that I found in a Martha Stewart magazine. I've made some changes to the recipe because, firstly Martha's version calls for licorice tails and neither of my girls like that, and secondly because I don't have the time (or frankly the patience) for melting and piping chocolate for the eyes and mouth. I'm aware that Martha only needs 4 hours of sleep a night so she has the time but I need at least 8 to be human so I'm looking for short cuts where ever I can. Happy Holidays! – Melani
Mini Mice Cookies
makes about 30 mice
Okay this makes white mice, but if you want to make the chocolate ones too make an additional batch of dough but but reduce the flour to two and a half cups and add half a cup of unsweetened cocoa powder and increase the sugar to 1 full cup.
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temp.
3/4 sugar
1 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
3 cups all-purpose (plain) flour
3/4 tsp salt
(Cocoa Powder if making brown mice)
Fruit leather or Liquorice
Sliced Almonds
For the icing
1/2 cup icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
1 teaspoon Golden syrup or honey
1 1/2 teaspoons water
Brown food coloring gel
Mix together the sugar, syrup and water to get icing. You can just use an icing bottle or just use a toothpick to apply it. Now the icing will be white so great for the chocolate mice but to get the brown for the white mice I just added brown gel food coloring (gel coloring is better as it won't make the icing any runnier). If you do have the time you can melt chocolate and pipe it on for the eyes and mouth.
Mix the butter in and sugar together really well until it's pale and fluffy, beat in the vanilla extract and then the egg, on low add the flour and salt a bit at a time until it's mixed. Divide the dough in two and form into sausage shapes about the fatness of the mice, wrap in cling film and then pop them in the fridge for about an hour just to firm up a bit, or keep them this way until you are ready for them; up to about 3 days. If you leave them longer than an hour or two, make sure they'll have time to warm up a bit or it'll be like trying to mold rock. This time I made half of each color dough and put the rest in the freezer to see if I can make them again in a few weeks – I'll let you know.
Put the oven on 350. Form the mice (they should be about 1 1/2 inches long), then push in two almond for the ears and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment and cook for about 18 – 20 minutes, turning once half way. While they are in the oven cut strips of fruit leather to size. Transfer them to a wire rack and while they are still warm push the fruit leather strips or liquorice tails into them. Make sure you do this while they are warm as once the cool they'll just crack if you try do it then. Once they are cool add eyes and mouthes and voilà!


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On April 27, 2011, Sierra Leone staged a lavish celebration to mark its 50th anniversary of independence. A number of western African leaders were in attendance, including the presidents of Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Guinea, and Senegal. Various analysts and organizations seized the opportunity to assess the country's achievements, while Pres. Ernest Bai Koroma proclaimed a "Year of Unity" in preparation for the forthcoming general election in 2012.
Notable progress was made in restoring democracy and socioeconomic programs since the end of the 10-year civil war in 2002. According to the 2011 Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Sierra Leone rose three places to number 30 of 53 countries for governance quality. The goals of the national Agenda for Change and the second Poverty Reduction Strategy (2008–12) achieved partial realization. Expanded road and bridge construction throughout the country, both north and south, facilitated internal trade and movement. The free health care program increased the number of children receiving health care by 214%, reduced the maternal mortalities in difficult pregnancies by 61%, and diminished malaria deaths in children treated in hospitals by 85%. The completion of the Bumbuna hydroelectric dam in 2009 promised to extend the electricity supply beyond the capital, Freetown, and in the meantime, the government had distributed generators to some cities, allowing them to benefit from a reliable supply of electricity. Unfortunately, corruption remained intractable. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) declared that 86% of the police force had engaged in corruption at some level, followed closely by customs officers and the judiciary. In the interim the ACC had successfully prosecuted several eminent politicians. Several others, however, had evaded conviction.
Meanwhile, economic development proceeded slowly. The country stood near the bottom of the UN Human Development Index, ranking 180th of 187 countries. Real GDP was forecast to increase from 5% to 6% in 2011, but the government depended on donors for more than half of its revenue. Agriculture, the mainstay of much of the population, accounted for 5% of GDP, but mining generated 80% of national exports. The largest earner of foreign exchange was the diamond sector, but improved production of bauxite and rutile reduced dependence on diamonds. Prospects for the resumption of large-scale iron mining, once a major industry, and offshore oil exploration bolstered concerns that the government should take legislative action to ensure that the people of Sierra Leone, rather than foreign companies, reap the benefits of the country's natural resources.
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GAVLE, Sweden, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A pair of thieves found their getaway ruined when their pilfered Ben & Jerry's ice cream melted, police in Gavle, Sweden, said.
Gavle police said the two men grabbed $1,380 worth of ice cream from a truck parked outside a wholesale center Tuesday morning and fled when they were pursued by a security guard, The Local.se reported Thursday.
The ice cream started to melt during the attempted getaway and the men abandoned their ill-gotten desserts, police said.
The security guard was eventually able to catch one of the men, an 18-year-old whose name was not released.
Police said they are searching for the second suspect.
"As I understand it, all the ice cream was still [in the bags]. And a lot of it had melted so it had to be thrown away," police spokesman Mikael Hedstrom told the Aftonbladet newspaper. "This is one of the most unusual crimes I've been involved in."


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just jam it it's an awesome ep, good blend of their SNM sound and the thrashier stuff
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Not heard this album on a while now.
T/t is forgotten about and that makes me fucking ill.
Fuck ye.
Araya croons like satan as well, god he rules hard.
Album Rating: 4.5Behold, captor of sin
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all you chemical warfare lovers: Check this cover version by Luciferion. Intense!!! maybe the best slayer cover ever!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNvxX65jlk8
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A neighbourly dispute in Pickering, Ont., that escalated from a complaint over lawn maintenance to the dumping of a coyote carcass on an old man's truck has now been well and truly settled by the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Not surprisingly, the hunter who placed the coyote on his neighbour's vehicle, still dripping blood from its mouth, then lay in wait to see the panicked reaction at what seemed like a mafia-style death threat, has lost big time.
In this latest and final round, David Fitzpatrick, 46, lost his appeal of the ruling against him, and was ordered to pay $11,000 in legal costs to his former neighbours, William and Anna Squires. It brings his total owing, for harassment and intentionally inflicting mental distress, to well over $400,000.
William Squires, 67, said in an email to the Post that he hopes to enjoy some media coverage of this latest ruling, "As it will probably be all that I get out of this whole process. The courts have no power to make someone pay."
It started with a dispute over their shared lawn, which Mr. Fitzpatrick allegedly cut too short, causing it to scorch in the summer. It ought to have been a minor problem between neighbours who used to be so friendly that Mr. Fitzpatrick once took Mr. Squires to a hospital appointment.
Anna Squires, now in her 80s, was friends with Mr. Fitzpatrick's mother Mary. After she died in 2006, Mr. Fitzpatrick stayed in the house, and conflict arose right after the funeral, when he failed to return pictures the Squires lent him.
The lawn issue and disputes over a proposed fence led the Squires to install security cameras, which captured a nasty confrontation between Mr. Fitzpatrick and a contractor digging holes for the fence, the tape of which was later lost by police.
Worse was to come. The very next day, as Mr. Squires kissed his wife goodbye and left their tidy bungalow, he "was shocked to discover that someone had placed a large dead coyote on the hood of his pickup truck. Blood was dripping from its mouth," according to a judge's ruling. "By the end of the day, the police had arrested and taken into custody the Squires' thirty-nine year old next door neighbour, David Fitzpatrick, and charged him with criminal harassment."
That charge never went to trial, in part because of the lost video, and because someone — later identified by a judge as Mr. Fitzpatrick — had disabled the camera under cover of darkness before the coyote incident.
Free of criminal charges, Mr. Fitzpatrick kept the fight going. He sued for malicious prosecution, even obtaining a certificate of pending litigation on the Squires' new home, and expanded the suit to include his estranged sister Shelley Orwin with whom he fought over inheritance, accusing them all of conspiracy.
Blood was dripping from its mouth
The Squires counterclaimed for intentional infliction of mental distress.
At trial in 2012, Mr. Fitzpatrick proceeded only with malicious prosecution, and lost mightily. His claim failed, because, as a judge found, discovering a dead coyote on your truck, not to mention finding your security camera tampered with, is more than enough reason to call the police, and it was police who pursued the charges.
It was, as Mr. Squires testified, like a death threat from a mafia movie. A judge found as fact that Mr. Fitzpatrick had put the coyote there, and ended his ruling with some hopeful words for the Squires, that they may "move on with their lives, free from harassment and worry."
Mr. Fitzpatrick was ordered to pay damages of over $150,000 to the Squires, and to pay their legal costs: $166,000 for the Squires, and $68,000 for Ms. Orwin. This new failed appeal brings his total owing over $400,000, plus his own substantial legal fees.
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TOKYO, April 10 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama stopped in Tokyo Thursday en route to the United States but Japanese leaders said there were no talks set up with the exiled Tibetan leader.
The Dalai Lama, however, planned to hold a news conference before continuing on to Seattle. His Tokyo visit was described as nothing more than a "stopover."
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told a regular press conference Thursday there was "no specific reason" why the Tibetan spiritual leader would not meet with officials.
China, however, probably would not like such a meeting. When the Japanese stop was confirmed, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, "We have consistently opposed his going to other countries and carrying out separatist activities, under whatever name or in whatever capacity.''
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Atlantic City police took time out Sunday morning to deliver Christmas gifts to two families displaced by Hurricane Sandy.
PBA members donate toys every Christmas, but focused this year on people affected by the storm.
"So many people needed this. Every patrolman knows the story of a family they've run into who was affected," PBA President Paul Barbere said. "So many people were affected by the storm, it was impossible to pick."
So they deferred to the Atlantic City School District to choose two families in need for nine children ages 4 to 17, Sgt. Monica McMenamin said.
About a dozen officers — in uniform, festive garb or a combination — loaded bikes into a pickup and overflowing gift bags into squad cars Sunday.
The families — like hundreds of others in the resort — are staying with other relatives offshore.
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The exhibition "I Libri d'acqua" by Master Antonio Nocera has opened as a Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
Upon invitation of EIUC (European Inter-University Centre For Human Rights and Democratisation) and of the Municipality of Venice, for the first time the exhibition "I libri d'acqua" is on view, curated by Professor Louis Godart and Laura Fusco.
The works are exhibited at the Monastery of St. Nicolò at Venice Lido, and they can be viewed for free from June 1st to November 24th, 2013.
The artist has drawn on the thousand-year-old Venetian artisan skill in the use of precious materials such as glass and paper. The exhibition features a big sculpture/installation located in the central open-air area of the claustrum of the Monastery and about twenty artist books, of different sizes and shapes, on view in transparent cases that seem to be floating in mid-air in the cloister. The central installation, titled "Il libro dell'acqua", is made of 22 painted aluminum panels, each one connected to the other, and resting on an iron platform sized 400x400 cm, full of glass of different blue shades. It is a big open book that seems to be rising from the sea waters and stand out against the sky. Glass, iron and paper are the materials dominating the exhibition together with the blue color of the artworks.
The artist focuses on the issue of migration. At the core of his reflection lies the importance of human mobility as the expression of the fundamental freedom of movement and the aspiration to emancipation through the journey.
The project "I libri d'acqua" is included into the theme developed in recent years by the artist in "Oltre il nido", a project born from the reflection on the concept of home as a primary aspiration and a fundamental right of the human being, symbolically represented by the nest. The latter was also presented in 2010 in Rome at Trajan's Market in the presence of the Head of State Giorgio Napolitano, who congratulated Antonio Nocera on the current exhibition.
During the whole period of the exhibition the public will be able to visit the artist's atelier, made available by the Monastery, where a great number of the works were made. An immersion into the creative process and perhaps a chance to meet the Master at work.
In his works the Master has focused on some crucial issues concerning the fundamental rights of the human being, which have led him to collaborate with corporations, public institutions and international organizations (European Parliament, UNESCO, UN, UNICEF, INCA) on the issue of rights.
The areas dedicated to the exhibition "I libri d'acqua" will also be the setting where, on July 13th, the yearly Diplomatic Conference organized by EIUC will take place, a unique moment of dialogue and reflection on the issue of human rights in which international scholars and diplomats will participate.
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Just when you thought the trade rumors for Alex Smith ended with the Kansas City Chiefs, reports have come out today that the Arizona Cardinals are now exploring the possibility of trading for his services.
Kent Somers of AZ Central mentions the following
[box_dark]The Cardinals are exploring the possibility of trading for 49ers quarterback Alex Smith, according to an NFL source, but no deal is in place.
It's unknown how serious the Cardinals are about trading for a quarterback for the second time in less than two years. But they are intrigued by Smith's experience, intelligence and talents, according to the source. They believe much of his struggles early in his career can be attributed to changes in coaches and offensive systems.[/box_dark]
Along with the Somers' report, Adam Schefter just mentioned the following on NFL Network.
[box_dark]What the 49ers found at the combine…is that there is actually a robust trade market for QB Alex Smith; there was more interest than even they expected. The Chiefs are interested…Cardinals…and the 49ers wouldn't bog at dealing in the division…but at this point and time, there is no doubt that when next month rolls around the 49ers will have a trade partner for Alex Smith.[/box_dark]
March 12th can not get her fast enough…


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When they were younger, I had a million years before they were going to grow up so encouraging independence and letting go felt easy.
I was really proud of myself when, at ten years old, Toby could do his own laundry.
What was all the fuss about? Surely our whole role as parents was to encourage our children to take steps further away from us?
But as we make more memories and they begin to turn into young men who are good company, hugging me when they think I need a hug and laughing at the same things as me, I have found myself clinging on ever more tightly.
It's not a million years away anymore. I feel like I'm standing on a train track with a high speed train rushing towards me.
And tonight as Toby goes to his middle school leavers prom, shocking me with his deep voice and tall, muscular body dressed handsomely in a suit, I find myself desperately holding on to this young man who seems so familiar and yet so alien to me.
Why was I so foolish to think this 'letting go' thing was so easy? Why didn't anyone tell me that each time they take a tiptoe away from me my heart would be ripped up just a little bit more? How could I have wasted their years of holding my hand as we walked along the road and playing pirates by pushing them into independence?
And so I realise all over again that I didn't ever have this thing cracked. My boy who towers over me, helps me lift heavy things and tells me to 'stop fussing' brings me so much joy mixed with so much pain that he will never know about.
I never, ever realised the million years would go quite so quickly and would be quite so much fun.
I'm not sure I want to let go anymore. I'm beginning to quite like them now.


text: Randstad buys freelance jobs site Twago by Anastasia Gnezditskaia in Financials / Deals 14 Jun 2016 Randstad acquired Twago, a German platform for freelance jobs operating all over Europe and into Asia, for an undisclosed amount. Access the full article now If you are a current client please log in below. Username Password Share acquisitionDaily DealsgermanyRandstadtwago Anastasia Gnezditskaia Anastasia Gnezditskaia has joined AIM Group in 2014 as a writer/analyst covering France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Eastern Europe. A Russian living in Antwerp, Belgium, she has a background working for trade publications covering markets and their regulation. She is educated at Moscow State Lomonosov University (MA in psychology) and Central European University (PhD in public policy). After obtaining her doctoral degree, she taught international political economy at George Washington University in Washington DC where she lived for 10 years. Following this she managed international development projects in Africa at the World Bank, and worked as a journalist covering Congress, federal government agencies and commodity markets, particularly shale gas development in North America.


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SAN RAMON, Calif. The Special Interest Group for IIAS Standards announced Wednesday that the group is making significant changes to its Eligible Products List — a list of over-the-counter products eligible for reimbursement under flexible spending accounts — in response to IRS guidance issued earlier this month.
That guidance, issued by the IRS in Notice 2010-59 in response to changes made by the Affordable Care Act, requires a doctor's prescription for the reimbursement of over-the-counter drug and medicines from health plans and tax-advantaged healthcare accounts.
Based on this IRS guidance, the SIGIS Eligible Products List committee completed a thorough review of the list and determined that just more than 15,000 items are impacted and will need to be removed. Even after this significant reduction, more than 27,000 OTC items remain on the list for purchase without a prescription and through a Health Care Debit Card at SIGIS-certified merchants without the need for further substantiation. Items that continue to be eligible without a prescription include such items as insulin, medical devices (crutches, blood sugar monitors, etc.), bandages, contact lens solution and denture bond.
Though the IRS rule goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2011, SIGIS is releasing a summary of the edits to help SIGIS members begin to prepare for this significant change, the group noted. The detailed SIGIS Eligible Products List will be published on Dec. 15. In the guidance, the IRS granted transitional relief for IIAS merchants, so that IIAS merchants will actually have until Jan. 15, 2011, to update their systems to be compliant with the new guidance.
The following categories have been removed from the Eligible Products List to prevent them from being purchased at an IIAS merchant without a prescription. Categories no longer eligible without a prescription include:
- Acid controllers;
- Allergy and sinus medicine;
- Antibiotics;
- Antifiarrheals;
- Antigas products;
- Anti-itch and insect bite products;
- Antiparasitic treatments;
- Baby rash ointments/creams;
- Cold sore remedies;
- Cough-cold and flu products;
- Digestive aids;
- Feminine antifungal/anti-itch products;
- Hemorrhoidal preps;
- Laxatives;
- Motion sickness products;
- Pain relievers;
- Respiratory treatments;
- Sleep aids and sedatives; and
- Stomach remedies.
SIGIS was formed to create a standard industry solution that could be both scaleable and broadly adoptable, while being consistent with IRS requirements. The group includes all stakeholders involved with the process, from pharmacy merchants through plan administrators.


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One would imagine a lot of folks in Washington DC will tell you that the Dallas Cowboys suck, regardless of record, or recent head-to-head-matchups or how many celebrities are currently romantically linked to members of the team, a tradition as old as the Cowboys themselves; but this group doesn't include new Redskins' Head Coach Mike Shanahan. Shanahan will make his Washington debut on Sunday night against a Dallas Cowboys team that is, in his estimation, pretty darn good.
"I think a lot of people look at them as Super Bowl contenders because you look at their defense last year," Shanahan said, per the Washington Post. "I think they were second in the league with points given up. That's pretty impressive. If you take a look at their red zone, I think they were first in drives. If you take a look at their rush defense, I think they were fourth."
Point taken. The Cowboys' defense is good at defending. But, Shanny, what of the offense?
"If you take a look at them offensively with 400 yards in a game, I believe they were second," Shanahan continued. "If you look at yards per attempt, they were number one. They've got an excellent offense statistically, an excellent defense statistically and they've been playing good special teams. When you have those types of combinations, people usually put you at the top of the list."
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Welcome to another edition of Opposition Research, where I'll be taking a look at the next Packers preseason opponent, the Seattle Seahawks. When these teams met in the 2009 regular season, the Seahawks had already been mathematically eliminated from the postseason, and the 48-10 victory clinched a wild card spot for Green Bay. Let's take a look at what's happened since that December romp.
Coming into this season, the Seahawks are…getting closure after a referee came out and acknowledged that, yes, the Seahawks only lost the 2005 Super Bowl because of a bad call. This take from Art Thiel is priceless – read it all:
Via one heartsick grunt, the NFL announced sideways, nearly half a decade afterward that, yes, the Seahawks were hosed in Super Bowl Ex-Hell.
Referee Bill Leavy's unexpected, unprompted confessional Friday to the media at a routine Seahawks practice in Renton seemed to catch all by surprise, given that the NFL owns up publicly to errors only slightly more often than the Pope.
And it wasn't really the NFL who owned up.
It was Leavy unburdening himself. Apparently suffering from years of guilt and lost sleep, Leavy decided to seek forgiveness from whatever football gods care about the Seahawks (I'm thinking it's a single god, part-timer, doesn't work weekends).
Nine players remain on the roster from that team, and it seemed like the purging was healthy for all parties involved.
Meanwhile, on the football field, Jim Mora was given his walking papers after a disappointing 5-11 season, and new coach Pete Carroll is a fist-pumping, Jay-Z listening, Twitter-savvy guy. When he escaped USC and took the reins of the Seahawks this offseason, he did so with great enthusiasm (and, no doubt, a huge sigh of relief that he was no longer in charge of a scholarship-depleted team). In fact, it sounds like he leapt around like a giddy little kid on Christmas:
He was clapping, smiling and running with the thumping music and through the morning fog. He led his Seahawks in bounding joyfully over blocking pads in a rousing drill he calls "The Bags," as defensive players whooped it up behind him.
After it all, after he had offensive players running laps for fumbles and botched snaps, the 58-year-old coach exchanged high-fives with some of the 1,500-plus fans who watched the start of training camp.
And it didn't stop in training camp. He talked up the importance of Seattle's first preseason game as if it were a bowl game. Even before kickoff, he hugged each of his players and high-fived the guy who sang the national anthem. And, despite the victory meaning absolutely nothing, Carroll was psyched to start his tenure off with some good news. Expect a similarly ebullient Carroll this week. (My god, just writing that made me tired.)
The fans at home are… adamant that there is no controversy over the starting quarterback spot, that Charlie Whitehurst, who was snapped up from behind Philip Rivers and Billy Volek in San Diego, is not ready to take over from aging and oft-injured veteran Matthew Hasselbeck after one preseason outing. Many fans argue that although Hass performed poorly against the Titan's #1 defense and Whitehurst was solid against the #2 defense, it isn't a foregone conclusion that Whitehurst would have performed similarly well against a starting defensive unit. That being said, Whitehurst is steadily gaining fans:
He did it through good process: pocket awareness, reads, timing, decisiveness. He did it though apparent ability: crisp rollouts, mid-range zip, a beautiful rainbow to Deon Butler streaking up the left sideline. Whitehurst played the preseason game every hope-drunk Seahawks fan was desperate to see. He put it all together. He played like a somebody.
All preseason intrigue aside, the team believes that if Hass can stay healthy (something that's been hard to do the last few years), he is able to raise the level of play around him. Hass himself seems pretty pumped about Carroll's philosophy of winning, and has taken the news that his job may not be as secure as it once was with humility and good humor. Personally, I'm rooting for the guy, but if Whitehurst gets time against the Packers #1s and is able to move the ball, I think that Hasselbeck's fans will get a little more nervous.
The Seahawks hope that this preseason game will…give them an idea of what their running game will look like this year. Seattle dipped frequently into free agency at the running back position, bringing in Leon Washington from the Jets, Quinton Ganther from the Redskins, and (briefly) LenDale White from the Titans. Along with Justin Forsett and Julius Jones, the Seahawks seem to have a nice group of rushers…but who's going to make the final 'committee'?
Is Washington an automatic upgrade? (By the way, watch that video, if only to see Pete Carroll punching ex-Packers front office guru John Schneider in the gut…as a celebratory gesture. Seriously.) On paper, no question. The guy averaged 5.9 yards per carry in 2008 for the Jets (4.8 ypc career). However, coming back from a compound fracture suffered 10 months ago against the Raiders, will he have the same burst? That's something to watch for.
Doug Farrar, as usual, brings the goods:
Between Forsett, Julius Jones, Leon Washington, and Quinton Ganther, it's fair to say that if one Seattle back gets over 200 carries this season, he'll have done it impressing the bejeezus out of his coaches, and quite possibly at the expense of someone else's injuries.
Something to chew on… how is Seattle going to muster a pass rush this year? Patrick Kerney, who had 14.5 sacks in 2007, finally retired. Darryl Tapp, he of biting-Aaron-Rodgers-fame, was traded to Philadelphia. Their first-round pick from 2008, Lawrence Jackson, was just shipped to Detroit --- a loud statement, since Carroll was his college coach and has already given up on him. After already losing Lofa Tatupu and Julian Peterson last year, the Seahawks are crossing their fingers that Kentwan Balmer (newly arrived from San Francisco) and Chris Clemons (from Philly, as part of Tapp trade) can add some spark to the defensive line. Clemons did well in the first preseason game, beating Pro Bowl tackle Michael Roos for a 13yd sack of Titans QB Chris Simms. Also key will be the effectiveness of 6-foot-4, 323-pound converted defensive tackle Red Bryant at the strongside defensive end position…this guy is a monster. It should be interesting to see what the Packers offensive line, which did so well against the Browns' frequent blitzing, will do against this group.
Keep your eyes on...
We have no idea what kind of football player first-round safety Earl Thomas will turn out to be, but he seems like a pretty good guy. Like a lot of rookies, he had plans for his signing money before he got it, but unlike many, his ambitions are close to home – moving his parents out of tiny bedroom in his grandparents' Texas house after their own home was destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. Good heart, by the sound of it. But good football player? He's young (came out two years early) and has a lot to learn, but the kid runs a 4.3 40, and hits with abandon. Keep your eyes peeled for #29.
I'm intrigued by former USC receiver Mike Williams, who's back in the league again after having, at one time, been up to 270 lbs. In the first preseason game, he looked fast and mobile, and it'll be interesting to see whether he'll be able to make the Seahawks 53-man roster and make use of the second chance he has to work with his college coach.
Finally, in complete contrast to how the Packers treated Ryan Grant's concussion in the first preseason game, Seattle's second year linebacker Aaron Curry missed 9 days of practices after a hard hit on tailback Justin Forsett rattled his brains. For a guy needing to prove he's worth $34 million after an underwhelming rookie outing, Curry is afraid of what his concussion means for his future, and is also extremely wary of head injuries in general, after following all of the discussions in the media and Washington. He's likely a go for this game, but you have to wonder if he'll hit with the same ferocity as before his concussion.
Parting Shots:
- One of Seattle's biggest question marks is the offensive line. With Walter Jones now officially retired, the Seahawks hope that rookie Russell Okung can be the answer they need to keep pressure off Hasselbeck. Okung lost significant practice time waiting for his contract, so catching him up will be a top priority for Seattle. Watch the Packers test him early.
- TJ Houshmandzadeh is kind of a weenie. First he was unhappy with life in Cincinnati, so he went to Seattle, where they signed him to a $40M contract. Then he became unhappy with life in Seattle when Matt Hasselbeck threw to other receivers instead of him. Then he became even more unhappy that his old team wasn't missing him:
It didn't help Houshmandzadeh's mindset as he watched the Vikings, energized by Brett Favre's ageless right arm, reach the NFC championship game, and saw his former Bengals teammates roll to their first AFC North title since 2005. Did he regret his decision to sign with the Seahawks?
"Hindsight is 20-20," he says. "The Vikings, the Bengals … it was tough. But it's a new year. Neither one won the Super Bowl, so that helps."
For my money, I'd rather watch second year guy Deon Butler or tight end John Carlson. Both are more fun to watch as receivers, and neither is as grouchy or me-first as Housh. But, at the end of the day, it's another preseason game. It may not mean much, but it's Packers football, huzzah.
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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 408794, 11 pages
Schwann Cells Overexpressing FGF-2 Alone or Combined with Manual Stimulation Do Not Promote Functional Recovery after Facial Nerve Injury
1Institute of Neuroanatomy, Hannover Medical School and Center for Systems Neuroscience (ZSN), 30625 Hannover, Germany
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, 07740 Jena, Germany
4Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Cologne, 50931, Germany
5Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
6School of Animal Biology, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
7Department of Anatomy I, University of Cologne, 50931, Germany
Received 25 February 2009; Accepted 8 July 2009
Academic Editor: George Perry
Copyright © 2009 Kirsten Haastert et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Authorities say a high school football player has died after collapsing during a game in Westminster.
The Orange County Register reports that Garden Grove High School senior Kevin Telles was seen face down on the field and convulsing with less than three minutes left in a game against Westminster High School Friday.
Orange County Fire Department says responding firefighters administered CPR upon arrival, then took the 17-year-old fullback and linebacker to Huntington Beach Hospital, where he died.
Hospital spokeswoman Candace Bartsch declined to provide details of Telles' injuries or death, citing privacy issues.
Game officials ended the game after Telles was taken from the field, and Garden Grove won, 9-0.
Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com


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Artworks invites you to the TWS silent auction!April 18, 2012 by Artworks Tulsa Photography | Party Uncategorized Wedding
As a proud member of the Tulsa Wedding Society, we are counting down the hours to our first ever benefit night! Tomorrow, on April 19th, TWS is taking over the Harwelden Mansion to bring you a night of delicious food, live entertainment and a silent auction, all to benefit The Little Light House! The Little Light House is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children with special needs in the Tulsa area. To learn more about their services, check out their website at http://www.littlelighthouse.org. Come support this amazing organization with us from 6-9pm tomorrow- tickets are are still available for $50 per individual or $80 per couple, available through the TWS website. 100% of the proceeds from the evening go directly to The Little Light House!
Attendees will have the opportunity to bid on a myriad of wedding services from Tulsa Wedding Society members in the silent auction. You could score a major steal! Artworks will be offering up a one hour family portrait session valued at $225 with a starting bid of $25, as well as 5 hours of event coverage with two photographers valued at $2000, with a starting bid of $300!
Some other TWS members with items up for auction include Paper 8 with $500 toward invitations or thank you cards with a starting bid of $20, wedding day makeup from Ashlee Bivins valued at $285 with a starting bid of $25, Mom & Me Events planning and coordination services valued at $1500, with a starting bid of just $375, and many more offers. You won't want to miss this night of food and fun all for a great cause! Hope to see you there!