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Jodi (Stiriz) Bird's teenage son, Kyle, has had a special interest in trees and other plants since he was a young child.
He's given his grandparents, Don and Jane Stiriz of Fayette, a couple of trees for their home, including a banana tree.
Jane recalls hearing Don tell Kyle on the telephone when he was younger how tired he gets harvesting bananas from that tree.
A few years ago Jodi decided to take Kyle's interest in trees and create a simple field guide for parents to use with their own young children.
"Kyle would love going for walks around town as a preschooler and would always ask me what kind of tree the different fallen leaves had come from," Jodi remembers. "I really only knew a maple leaf and so we would bring them home and look them up on the computer or in a tree book."
That wasn't always an easy process, she said, because there are so many species.
"I felt there needed to be a book available for parents, kids and teachers that would take a few common varieties and simplify the process and then possibly ignite a passion for the outdoors," she said.
She wrote the text, but waited a long time for the illustrations to be completed. The book was finally published last fall.
"Because I wanted the style of this book to be illustrated in a special way, I was a bit picky about who I wanted to do it," Jodi explained. "I finally came across a publishing company in Indiana, AuthorHouse, that provided an in-house illustrator who did fine line drawings."
She never met or even spoke with the illustrator.
Jodi has presented her book to school classrooms and at libraries and she's pleased with the response from children.
"I think kids have a natural love for the outdoors, but they may not know what to look for while walking around," she said.
Her book gives them a starting point, sort of an 'I Spy' format.
Her tree book, "Going on a Hunt," won't be her last simply because Kyle isn't her only child.
"I have two other children and they have already asked me when 'their' books are going to be written," said Jodi. "I have started the next book with my daughter as the main character. It will be a chapter book with Route 66 being the main theme and setting."
• Jodi will travel from her home in Lancaster, Ohio, to Fayette this weekend for an Easter visit, and a book signing is planned. She will have books available for sale from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Stiriz's Pizza Stop restaurant.


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On July 28, levels of high-energy cosmic ray particles originating from outside our solar system increased by 5 percent
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft managed to catch the fastest rate of changes on the edge of the solar system.
The Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe that was launched in 1977 to study the outer solar system. It is now in the heliosheath, which is which is the outermost layer of the heliosphere. This area is
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The Voyager 1 has been studying this bubble of charged particles, and in doing so, caught the fastest rate of change in two of three signs of changes expected to occur at this particular area. The three signs of changes are the rate in which levels of high-energy cosmic ray particles increase, the rate in which lower-energy particles decrease, and the direction of the magnetic field.
On July 28, levels of high-energy cosmic ray particles originating from outside our solar system increased by 5 percent. In the last half of that same day, lower-energy particles originating from inside our solar system decreased by half. Three days later, all levels returned to normal. This was the fastest rate of change observed so far.
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"These are thrilling times for the Voyager team as we try to understand the quickening pace of changes as Voyager 1 approaches the edge of interstellar space," said Edward Stone. Voyager 1 project scientist from the California Institute of Technology. "We are certainly in a new region at the edge of the solar system where things are changing rapidly. But we are not yet able to say that Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space."
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This final note today. Politics and the economy once again. Forget all that talk you've been hearing about nothing passing Congress 'til after the election. President Obama got a win today on his small business plan -- tax breaks and loans and the like. The Senate passed the multi-billion dollar bill this afternoon... barely. The House passed one that's almost the same, so it's basically done.
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"The day was already a success on Saturday, if you watched the faces of so many first time swimmers as they entered the Willits swimming pool and saw its transformation with all the tables, booths, blue and gold flags and so many people. To the new swimmers this was big time, thanks to all the parents and grandparents who participated in making the meet a smooth running success under of the leadership Chris Flynn the Otter's President, Angie Munguia and Rachelle Butler the Meet Directors," says coach Lou Meier.
Twenty two teams participated and there were 179 swimmers. Thirty seven of those were Willits Otters and Pups.
New Coaches Meier, James Johnson, Izzy Hageman were very pleased by the performances of all their novice swimmers (which make up the bulk of the team) and their experienced swimmers. The goals of the meet were to have fun, complete races without disqualifying, get swimmers excited about racing and attending out of town meets, to establish and to improve their personal best times.
Otter swimmers range from the age of 6 years old to 15. Age group swimmers can participate until they are 18 years old and can compete when they can swim the length of the pool with confidence. The team is open to new swimmers all summer. The practice times now are 4:30 p.m. for the Otter Pups (young swimmers who can swim a length) The Otters have their practice from 5 to 6:30 p.m. each week day. This month there are meets in Napa, Rohnert Park, Petaluma and Fort Bragg. Swimmers are not required to attend all these meets. The Otters are in a building program and have plenty of room and a need for new swimmers, especially above the age of 10 and boys.
Placing was not a priority in this meet. There were no team standings. Ribbons and placing were a bonus. The team got many bonuses. Most of the ribbons were in the "C" division.
6 and under girls: Evee Kale: 1st 25 breast and 25 free, 3rd 25 back; Madison Bouthillier: 1st 25 back and 3rd 25 back.
8 and under girls: Audrey Sherf: 2nd 25 back and 5th 25 breast; Gracie Bouthillier: 2nd 50 breast, 6th 25 back, 6th 25 breast, 4th 50 back and 5th 25 free; Kaylen Thom: 2nd 25 back; 2nd 25 free and 2nd 100 free;
8 and under boys: Hunter Young: 5th 25 breast; Seven Sikkila: 4th 50 Free, 2nd 25 free, 2nd 25 free, 2nd 100 free and 1st 50 back.
10 and under girls: Zannah Sischo Haendle: 6th 100 free, 5th 50 Free; 2nd 100 free and 1st 100 breast; Hannah Bouthillier 2nd 100 free; Grace Coskey 2nd 100 free.
10 and under boys: Logan Weaver: 4th 100 back; Jerod Dunhan: 2nd 100 free; Teo Labus: 3rd 50 fly, 3rd 50 free, 2nd 100 free, 2nd 100 breast, 1st 100 1M, and 1st 50 breast; Michael Kale: 5th 50 breast, 4th 100 free, 4th 100 breast, 4th 50 fly, 3rd 100 back, 2nd 100 Fly and 2nd 100 1M.
11 to 12 girls: Rachel Hageman: 6th 50 back and 6th 100 back; Sierra Carts: 6th 50 breast, 5th 50 fly, 5th 50 back, 4th 100 1M, 4th 50 free and 2nd 100 free.
13 to 14 boys: Beau Roberts: 1st 100 breast and 3rd 50 free.
13 to 14 girls: Shybreaze Fishbach: 2nd 100 breast, 2nd 200 breast and 4th 50 free; Trinity Barrett: 3rd 200 1M, 4th 200 lM, 4th 200 breast, 100 free, 6th 200 free, 5th 100 fly and 6th 50 free; Camryn Saia: 3rd 200 breast.
15-16 girls: Delayna Corts: first place in 50 free, 100 fly, 100 back, 200 free, 200 IM, 100 breast, 500 free and 100 free.
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Bank Transfer Day is coming up: Saturday, November 5. Now you may not think of your personal savings, or lack thereof, as having a big impact on the global financial system. But they do.
Here's the idea behind it: Big, corporate-level banks profit with your every transaction, moreso as they keep increasing fees that target those with less than $20,000 in their accounts. (Perhaps you know someone who fits this description?) Small, local-level credit unions are not-for-profit and spread the wealth close to home, in your neighborhood.
BTD, founded by 27-year-old Los Angeles art gallery owner Kristen Christian, is a call for consumers to take their savings out of the big banks and to put it into credit unions. If everyone who's already signed up to participate on Saturday does so, and remains credit union members for a year, they will have saved a combined $5 million as consumers.
Because big banks exist to profit, they tend to put their money -- your money -- where it is most likely to earn them more money. These days that often means investing in mountaintop coal removal, fracking, the Keystone XL pipeline, private prisons, and multinational agribusiness corporations.
Big banks also see it as too risky to give loans to people who don't earn enough money or have poor credit by their terms, making it hard for anyone working class to get a start, like buying a first home or paying for their children's education or launching a small business.
Credit unions, on the other hand, are owned and run by the people who keep money in them. They usually focus on a specific geographic area and concentrate on helping build up that local economy. They work with clients to re-build their credit and offer low-interest loans. By providing capital, they support small businesses and create sustainable local communities.
Plus, with a credit union, you still earn interest and have a debit card the same way you do with the big institutions. And your money is just as safe; it's federally insured.
If any of this information has moved you to move your money this Saturday, look for the credit union closest to you, open an account, and step outside the mo' money, mo' problems cycle created by the banking giants in this country.
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Texas Tech players and coaches have preached all season about the importance of not dwelling on the past.
With the prospects of a sweep in their hands on Sunday against Kansas State, however, the Red Raiders allowed themselves to harken back to last year, and the disappointment of leaving Manhattan, Kan. with three losses, two by double digits.
"That was a lot of motivation," shortstop Tim Proudfoot said. "That was a hard, hard series and we felt like we were a lot better than what we showed. It got emotional, just in that series because we were trying so hard and things just weren't happening for us. It was awesome to come out here and show what we're made of."
What the 2014 team showed was the ability to jump on a team early, stave off a rally and close it out in dominating fashion, leading to its first Big 12 Conference series sweep in almost three years with an 11-7 victory over the Wildcats at Rip Griffin Park.
It is Tech's first sweep of any kind in conference play since 2011 (against Kansas) and the first sweep of the Wildcats since 2004. More importantly, it puts Tech (28-11 overall) a game over .500 in conference play at 8-7 with nine games remaining, all against teams who entered Sunday at .500 or worse in league play.
"I think it's a good weekend right now, and that's how we need to take it," head coach Tim Tadlock said. "I don't know if it's any more than that. We do have some mature guys and guys who like playing, and I'm sure they'll be ready to go Tuesday (vs. Dallas Baptist)."
Motivated by last year's sweep, the Red Raiders were certainly ready to go on Sunday, as evidenced by the six-run first inning off KSU starter Nate Griep, who entered the game with a 1,79 ERA and left with a 3.12 mark.
Tyler Neslony's RBI double started the scoring, followed by an Eric Gutierrez sacrifice fly. After a pair of walks loaded the bases, Ryan Long doubled to the gap in right-center, Hunter Redman grounded out and Proudfoot singled to push it to 6-0.
That helped get freshman left-hander Dylan Dusek off to a good outing. Making his first career Big 12 start, Dusek scattered four earned runs on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts in four innings.
"He's been pitching really well and mixing three pitches," Tadlock said. "He hasn't had a bad start, hadn't had a great start but hadn't had a bad one. We just like his presence and thought he would get us off on the right foot."
For the most part, Dusek did just that. But the Wildcats, who came into the weekend the top hitting team in the Big 12, slowly crept back into the game, getting a pair of runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth thanks to a two-run Austin Fisher double to pull to within 7-6.
KSU (20-16, 2-7) clearly had the momentum at that point. But Tech was able to wrestle it back for good.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Proudfoot singled to center and Stephen Smith reached on an infield single to third. Burleson then worked the count full before lofting a double into the left-field corner for two runs to make it 9-6.
It was one of three doubles for Burleson, who finished 4 for 5 with three RBIs and three doubles.
"They'd scored a few runs but we knew when we got back in the dugout that we were still winning the game," Burleson said. "So it wasn't too big of a time to panic. We were still winning. We were still calm."
Jonny Drozd (4-0) on the mound helped keep things calm.
The lanky left-hander came in to stop the bleeding in the fifth, then worked four more innings of relief, allowing one unearned run on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
"When you got to the pen you're not going to always be at your best but you've got to keep pitching and keep competing," Tadlock said. "Jonny definitely did that."
His best innings were his last two after Tech had scored two in the seventh on Burleson's third double and a single to left by Gutierrez to make it an 11-7 game. Drozd retired the side in order in both the eighth and ninth innings on six straight ground balls to secure the win.
"We got effort and we played hard, but we didn't always play smart," KSU coach Brad Hill said. "We just don't now how to get over the hump whether it's a crucial pitch, a big hit, make a play. Unfortunately that's what losing's all about and that's kind of the syndrome we're in right now."
Tech now takes the week off from Big 12 play before hosting Oklahoma in two weeks. Tech faces Dallas Baptist at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and Prairie View A&M for three games starting Thursday.
And the Red Raiders will go into the week with plenty of momentum.
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Player ab r h bi Player ab r h bi
Kivett cf 4 1 1 0 SSmith cf 4 2 2 0
Conlon 1b 5 0 0 0 Ritchie rf 0 0 0 0
Fisher ss 4 1 1 2 Burleson 2b 5 2 4 3
Santigate 3b 5 1 1 0 Neslony lf 5 1 1 1
DeVinny dh 4 2 2 2 Davis lf 0 0 0 0
BlDeBord c 4 1 1 0 Gutierrez 1b 3 0 2 2
Meyer rf 3 0 1 0 Kirsch rf 4 1 0 0
Brown ph 1 0 1 1 Conley cf 0 0 0 0
Miles 2b 4 0 0 1 Barrios 3b 4 2 2 0
Dalrymple lf 3 1 0 0 Long dh 4 1 1 2
Redman c 4 0 0 1
Proudfoot ss 3 2 2 2
Totals 37 7 8 6 Totals 36 11 14 11
Kansas State 010 230 100 — 7 8 1
Texas Tech 601 020 20x — 11 14 4
E — Fisher (12), Kirsch (3), Barrios 2(4), Drozd (1). LOB — Kansas State 7, Texas Tech 10. 2B — Fisher (5), DeVinny (6), Meyer (7), Burleson 3(14), Neslony (6), Gutierrez (10), Barrios (6), Long (6). HR — DeVinny (2). SF — Gutierrez (3), Proudfoot (2). SB — Barrios (2).
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Pitcher ip h r er bb so
Kansas State
Griep (L, 3-2) 3 8 7 7 2 0
Matthys 31/3 4 4 4 1 1
Floyd 2/3 2 0 0 0 0
Witcig 1 0 0 0 1 0
Texas Tech
Dusek 4 4 4 4 2 2
Moseley 1/3 2 2 1 0 0
Drozd (W, 4-0) 42/3 2 1 0 2 3
HBP — by Griep (Long), by Matthys (Gutierrez), by Matthys (SSmith). PB — BlDeBord (4). U — Oros, Luker, Williams, Moser. T — 2:55. A — 2,145. Records: Kansas State 20-16, 2-7; Texas Tech 28-11, 8-7


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SALT LAKE CITY — A Cottonwood Colts football player was allegedly assaulted during halftime by Skyline supporters during Friday night's highly anticipated Region 2 football game at Skyline High School.
Lo Falemaka, a sophomore defensive end for Cottonwood, went in search for a restroom during halftime. He then was confronted by four men.
"They said to me 'So you're from Cottonwood, right?' and I said 'yeah.' Then I turned the corner to see if there was a bathroom and one of them swung at me right in the cheek," said Falemaka, "Right after that, a kid came and kicked me. Then on the way down grabbing my knee he got me with another punch.
"Then they just took off. It all happened really fast. My leg was hurting really bad, and I couldn't get up on it. This guy came around the corner and asked me if I was OK and I asked him to go get help."
Josh Lyman, the head coach of Cottonwood, was surprised with how things unfolded that night, which saw the Colts beat the Eagles, 24-17.
"I didn't find out until right before halftime (ended)," said Lyman, "The administration and the school cop came up to me at the end of the second quarter and let us know what happened. They brought him into the locker room, and he was beaten pretty badly."
Falemaka sustained multiple injuries, including facial wounds and a possible torn ACL that would end his season and require several months of physical rehabilitation.
There are no leads on the assailants, and no charges have been filed. The Unified Police Department is encouraging anyone who witnessed the situation or has information regarding the attack to contact the UPD immediately. An increase of security at high school football games will be implemented to prevent similar incidents.
"It's sad that this thing happens. I don't know if it's jealously, it's sad that my son has to sit out," said Lo's mother, Ileini Falemaka, "It's his favorite thing to do, and now he has to take it easy because it can damage him in the long run."
"What can I do?" said Ileini when asked if she was looking into hiring a lawyer for legal purposes. "It happened so fast he doesn't even know who it is. They aren't prosecuting anyone because he doesn't know it was."
"They threw eggs in the background, too, at our fans," said Ron Halbert, the defensive coordinator for the Colts. "It was all kind of crazy up there. I don't know what happened with Skyline, but they just got on the bus because it was a terrible atmosphere. There wasn't a lot of security. "It really made our kids very upset who were good friends with him. We had to calm the players down, because they got really upset seeing his broken face and his knee blown out. We had to tell them to keep it under control."
"It's probably some kids that probably don't even go to school there or graduated," said Vince Moe, the defensive line coach at Cottonwood. "They're a great program and I don't know if these kids got kicked out of school. It's just unfortunate that some of their fans did this, but hopefully they catch them."44 comments on this story
Skyline High School athletic director Deb Bennett declined to comment late Monday night but an unidentified individual during an interview with KUTV said: "Here at Skyline we don't really have that. We hate to have anyone come here and feel that they are not safe. We are just devastated by the fact that this took place here."
Lo Falemaka will soon undergo an MRI procedure to find out the extent of the damage to his knee in the next few days. In the meantime, he's trying to move on and continue to try and get healthy and back on the field.
"The doctor says I have to work in physical therapy," said Lo. "I'm just trying to forget about it all."
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MARINELAND -- Once known as Whitney Laboratory, the only marine biomedical and bioscience research institute on the planet acquired a new name Thursday night to better reflect its goal of becoming the silicon valley of marine biotechnology.
The new name -- Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience -- was announced by Director Peter A.V. Anderson, Ph.D., after he announced plans to build three new buildings in the future.
Construction on the Center for Marine Studies, a $3.6 million, 17,000-square foot, two-story educational building, is tentatively scheduled to begin next month and end in the fall of 2005.
The structure is to house a 300-seat auditorium for public lectures, workshops, scientific meetings and concerts. Teaching labs and classrooms, locker rooms with showers, computer labs and an interactive exhibit area are planned for the center.
Within the next 5 years, Whitney plans to have the ball rolling for a Center for Marine Animal Health, a first-of-its-kind marine veterinary school, and a new dorm with 70-75 beds compared to the current 32-bed dorm.
The Center for Marine Studies construction comes after the idea was first pitched in 1998, Anderson said.
With the new building, Whitney hopes to offer serious education at all levels, Anderson said.
"Right now, we can't do much at the university level," said the professor of physiology, neuroscience and zoology. "We just don't have the resources."
Whitney researcher Barbara-Anne Battelle, Ph.D., said with the right commitment and funding, the facility has potential to lead the world in marine biotechnology, especially since the laboratory's location runs along Florida's "extensive" coastline.
"The town and community should view this as a real resource, and hopefully we can do more once the educational building gets up and running," said Battelle, a professor of neuroscience and zoology.
Owned by the University of Florida, the institute researches to capitalize on the experimental advantages presented by marine animals.
Investigations of animals like sea slugs and horseshoe crabs could lead to medical and technological improvements for humans suffering from memory disorders or poor eyesight.
After Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed funding for the animal health center twice, the research team at Whitney kicked off a fundraising campaign, gathering money from private donors.
By law, the state had to match every dollar raised by the laboratory, since Whitney is a state-owned facility.
For Anderson, the highlight of Whitney's latest project accomplishments is the completion of the educational center.
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I've been wanting to see writer/director/star/chauffeur Jason Trost's "All Superheroes Must Die" (originally working the film festival circuit under the much cooler sounding "Vs") for some time now. The idea of a gritty superhero movie pitting a small band of vigilantes against their greatest foe in a life-and-death final battle sounds like a swell premise. Turns out, these aren't non-powered vigilantes as I had expected/wanted, but rather actual superheroes with, you know, superpowers. But because this is a low-budget superhero movie, rather than show off cheesy special effects, Trost has instead written the powers out of the movie. Clever, clever boy, that Trost.
Known primarily as one of the two men responsible for the festival comedy hit "The FP" (in which Trost co-wrote/co-directed/co-starred/co-danced with brother Brandon Trost), Jason Trost goes it solo on "All Superheroes Must Die". The film is not nearly as campy or cheesy as the title would suggest. It's in fact a dead-serious movie that opens at night in a small town in the middle of nowhere, following superheroes Charge (Trost), Cutthroat (Lucas Till, who has since graduated to the much more famous superhero team of "X-Men: First Class"), Shadow (Sophie Merkley), and The Wall (Lee Valmassy) as they find themselves dumped into the closed-off town with no memories of how they got there.
It doesn't take long for the gang to figure out that their not-bestest pal Rickshaw ("Dexter's" James Remar) is the culprit responsible for their current dilemma. It seems ol Rickshaw has figured out how to block the heroes' powers, and is holding the small town's 100 or so citizens hostage. Rickshaw wants to play a game: pit the heroes against other bad guys (and eventually, each other) for the lives of the hostages. Failure means people die in fiery explosions. Or as "fiery" as Trost can manage it. I did mention that Trost is working with a very small budget here, right? As you might expect, there are no elaborate "comic book" action sequences, no CG (or at least, none that I could detect), and the whole thing is shot with unspectacular aesthetics. The film's biggest "effects" take place during a couple of flashback scenes, which are shot in black and white. That's about it for fancy.
It's easy to spot who Trost modeled most of these heroes after. Although they look nothing like their comic book counterparts, my guess is that Trost's Charge is meant to be the Batman of the group. The tactician, the quick thinker, the one has no room for failure. (Though unlike Batman, ol Charge doesn't seem to understand the importance of back-up plans.) Which makes Till's character Robin, of course. Not so sure who The Wall is supposed to be, but Shadow could be Catwoman or … someone not Catwoman. In any case, since the film opens with the heroes already stripped of their powers, the only person I can remember doing anything remotely "superheroic" is Shadow, who disappears at one point in a flashback scene. Well, the camera cuts away and she's gone, I mean. She doesn't really disappear onscreen. Like I said, small budget…
You can tell that Trost is trying very hard to be serious, though parts of the movie really undermine his intentions. (For instance, Rickshaw's henchmen wear thick, cumbersome furry costumes. What's up with that?) The dialogue features some unintentionally amusing conversations between the foursome, in particular the Charge/Cutthroat as viewed through the prism of Batman/Robin. Though there are some excellent suspenseful moments as Rickshaw jacks up the stakes of each successive "challenge", the movie's action sequences aren't too impressive. It doesn't help, of course, that only Charge seems to be the only one who has actually punched a bad guy before. Shadow and The Wall, sans powers, are hilariously useless. Cutthroat shows off some skills in one scene, but it's Charge that, well, takes charge here.
If you found the premise of "All Superheroes Must Die" as intriguing as I did when you first heard about it, I wouldn't dream of telling you to steer clear of the film. (It's currently available on VOD via an online retailer of your choice, with the DVD and Blu-ray due out later this month.) I am telling you, though, to keep in mind that Trost is working with a very limited budget, and though the film could certainly have used some lighthearted moments every now and then, the fact that Trost decided on a strictly dead-serious policy is somewhat impressive. And remember how I mentioned that Charge/Cutthroat are essentially Batman/Robin? Well Rickshaw, the villain, is basically the Joker and the Riddler rolled into one. I mean, the guy is homicidal … and he did have henchmen dressed up in furry costumes. (Seriously though, what was up with that?)
Jason Trost (director) / Jason Trost (screenplay)
CAST: Jason Trost … Charge / John
Lucas Till … Cutthroat / Ben
James Remar … Rickshaw
Sophie Merkley … Shadow / Jill
Lee Valmassy … The Wall / Charlie
Nick Principe … Sledgesaw


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Single-sex education fails to produce academic benefits and inflates gender stereotyping.
What Our Research on Single-Sex Education Shows
Richard Fabes is the Dee and John Whiteman Distinguished Professor of Child Development in the School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University and the director of operations for the American Council for Coeducational Schooling. The view expressed here is that of all the authors of the recent Science report.
Updated October 30, 2011, 3:40 PM
The recent Science article by me and my colleagues has sparked much-needed discussion of single-sex education. Past reviews and our own peer-reviewed research led us to conclude that academic achievement is not superior in single-sex schools after controlling for qualities of children at entry (for example, socioeconomic status) and programs (demanding curriculums, for instance).
Additionally, based on voluminous research of the negative effects of separating people into groups, we warned that single-sex classrooms would likely generate and exacerbate stereotyping and sexist attitudes. Rather than promoting gender segregation, public schools should be striving to teach a diverse body of students to work together and to respect each other.
For nearly a decade, proponents of single-sex schooling have argued that boys and girls differ so fundamentally in brain functioning, sensory abilities, interests, stress responsiveness and more that they cannot be taught effectively in the same classrooms. However, scientific data do not support these claims, and, indeed, many single-sex advocates have recently backed away from them. Nonetheless, such advocates have already trained hundreds of teachers (often at taxpayer expense) in mythic "gender-specific learning styles" that make a mockery of Title IX's requirement to eliminate sex discrimination in schools.
Now these advocates are emphasizing "social justice" as their rationale, arguing that parents who cannot afford private, elite single-sex education deserve comparable educational options. But this argument is hollow given the evidence that single-sex schooling has nothing to do with a school's success. Certainly, there is great social injustice in the quality differences between elite private schools and many public schools, but this injustice is never going to be remedied by segregating the sexes.
We and many other scientists and educators agree with the U.S. Department of Education's demand for "educational practitioners to use 'scientifically-based research' to guide their decisions about which interventions to implement." Anecdotes do not meet this standard but are frequently used to support single-sex schooling. If modern science has learned anything, it is to be highly skeptical of anecdotes.
The preponderance of scientific evidence indicates that single-sex education fails to produce academic benefits and inflates gender stereotyping.
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Houston Texans vs. Denver Broncos will take place on Sunday as both teams look to improve their regular season records at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California. The game starts at 4.25 p.m. ET and can be watched online through live stream (details below).
Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos will be desperate to make amends for their week two loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. They will be hoping to replicate some of the form that saw them destroy the Pittsburgh Steelers in week one, where they won 31-19.
Some critics have been rebuking Peyton Manning's arm strength, however, his supporters have pointed to his stats through the first two games of the regular season. Manning has completed 43 of 63 passes, for 494 yards and three touchdowns.
Manning has linked up well with Demaryius Thomas, and the pair have seen Thomas take 13 grabs for 188 yards and two touchdowns.
The Broncos will also be looking to Willis McGahee to continue his good form. He has been dominant for the side in rushing attack, taking 177 yards and two touchdowns on 38 carries.
The Houston Texans come into this tie with a perfect 2-0 record, but arguably have not faced a side as strong as the Denver Broncos yet. This will really test what the Texans have and potentially how far they can expect to go this season.
The Texans recorded a strong 30-10 win over the Miami Dolphins in week one, and last weekend they easily defeated the Kacksonville Jaguars 27-7.
One of their stand out players so far has been running back Arian Foster. He has already taken 189 yards on the ground, including three touchdowns.
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You are here to fulfill your soul's purpose… but the actual HOW TO is holding you back big time!
Your dream of being a successful Yoga teacher sounds great in theory,
but in reality the question is: how do you actually get there?
Being a great teacher alone won't do the trick because there are thousands of unsuccessful, frustrated and overwhelmed Yoga teachers out there whose big dreams turned into big burdens and failures instead.
Because they simply have NO CLUE about HOW to run a successful business.
They come out of their teachers' training feeling all excited, expanded and finally ready to do what they love… until the (sometimes brutal) reality of the business world hits them like a slap in the face… OUCH! That hurts!
I'm Amy and I won't let that happen to you!
It's my mission to show YOU how to build, grow and sustain Your Yoga Biz in a way that allows you to maintain your spiritual practice and be an extraordinary business owner at the same time -- in just 12 weeks or less!
Because this is exactly what I've created for myself and after 16 years in the industry I simply know what works and what doesn't.
(By the way: I'm not here to drop big numbers on you and be all like "I took my business to 7 figures in 3 years, here's how you can do that too" even though that might sound great. This program is about being of service and maintaining your spiritual values, because guess what? When you truly accomplish this, then the money will automatically flow!)
The integration of deep personal reflection with practical "nuts and bolts" details is one of the greatest strengths of this training. Amy has created a comprehensive program for yoga professionals that is both challenging and uplifting. The work I was able to accomplish with her in only a few weeks helped me to launch my business successfully and gave me the road map to sustainable success. What more could you ask for?"
Amy is one of those rare gems that can operate with total ease on both the micro- and macro-level. She can lovingly inspire you to see the big vision of your potential while simultaneously helping you ground that vision in manageable, practical steps until it's a reality. She's fiercely strategic and a true stand for excellence. If you're ready to step into your truth and activate your dreams, then you most definitely want to take this program with Amy."
Your Yoga Biz is a truly solid business course that would be of use to any kind of professional with a desire to serve, not just yoga teachers. If you want to grow your business in a way that's aligned with your true passion without burning out or getting stuck, then this program is for you."
Sure, you can Google the business stuff, but it will only lead to another bajillion blog posts, how-to's and 5000-Dollar-trainings... and you neither want to spend the money nor the time to carve through this Mount Everest of information (while not even knowing for sure whether it's going to get you results or not)!
You don't have to waste the next 3-5 years learning 284 different tools and strategies, taking instagram pictures in fancy handstands 3 times a day or spending $20K on swanky branding to run a successful Yoga business and actively help the people who need you the most.
Which is exactly what you're going to get when you Join Your Yoga Biz!
I created this program for you because I care about your success and know specifically what you need (and what you absolutely DON'T need) in order to succeed. I'm offering you the fast track -- minus the headaches, tears or sleepless nights filled with worries and feelings of "I'm just not good enough".
Your Yoga Biz is for the creative minds, the heart-centered geniuses, the caregivers, artists, musicians and idealistic souls who truly come from a place of service and love, but just can't figure out how to become a skilled business owner.
You're not only getting all the tools and strategies that will save you months (if not years) of time, huge amounts of energy (that are better invested into your teaching) and a couple thousand dollars... you're also getting all the spiritual guidance, love and support you truly need in order to take your business from being merely a dream to becoming your actual reality.
Because let's face it: You didn't chose the path of teaching Yoga in order to transform into a business shark who practices the opposite of what she preaches.
(I'm talking about pushy, icky sales tactics, uncomfortably loud marketing strategies and schedules that lead to burnout within 2 months…).
No, that's not you!
Which is exactly why I created Your Yoga Biz for you!
How do I know all of this, you wonder? Because - oh boy! - have I been there too!
I've made all the mistakes in the book. I've learned all the lessons myself (and yes, I've learned some of them the hard way…). I, too, was feeling pressured by all the competition, afraid I'd have to compromise my spirituality or kindness if I wanted to run my business like a pro and I was stuck in a mindset that told me repeatedly that money was "bad" and it was just "not spiritual" to want to be successful financially.
But you don't have to go through years of trial and error, you don't have to sacrifice your well-being and sanity and you don't have to do it all on your own!
Because I've packaged my 16 years of experience as a professional and highly successful Yoga teacher (and teacher's teacher) into one comprehensive training for you. You don't have to repeat my mistakes. Instead, you can achieve amazing results and set up a solid foundation for your business with just 12 easy-to-follow, tried-and-true lessons that will get you up and running in no time.
You're going to get all of this when you join Your Yoga Biz… and more!
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Your Yoga Biz is not your "find your inner Goddess and make 6 figures in 3 months" spiritual vending machine… it's a comprehensive 12-lesson training program that teaches you how to consciously run your successful Yoga Biz with integrity, generosity of spirit and respect for yourself and every single person you serve.
Your Yoga Biz will teach you how to start and grow your business in 12 comprehensive modules.
Running Your Business as an Extension of Your Spiritual Practice
In this Module you'll learn:
Strategic First Steps To Start the Journey Confidently
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Creating and Actualizing Your Vision So You Can Live Your Dream
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Discovering Your Unique Niche For Optimal Impact
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Preparing For Your Official Launch - Logistics 101
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Growing Your Client Base With Ease, Grace, and Quickness
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All things Money - How To Have Abundance Flow Freely and Easily
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Packaging Your Wisdom to Create Amazing Offerings That Always Attract Clients
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How To Have Successful Partnerships and Collaborations to Grow Your Business
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Creating Ultimate Freedom With Passive Income Streams
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Skillfully Navigating The Shadow Side of Teaching
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Sustaining Your Success and Becoming an Innovator in the Field
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There are teachers of Yoga, and then there are practitioners - those unique individuals that truly walk the talk and provide us with a shining example of what it means to live your Yoga practice. Amy is definitely a practitioner, a leader, an artisan you won't want to miss the opportunity to work with.
Amy challenges you to look at and embrace the deeper parts of your self both in your personal life and your professional practice. She's a bonafide idea-factory that will inspire and innovate with you until you find the path that most authentically captures how you are going to bring your brilliance to the world.
I can say without hesitance that this program with Amy would be a high leverage way to quickly and effectively take your Yoga career to the next level no matter where you're starting from.".
The "Your Yoga Biz" training is an essential component that will compliment any 200 or 500 hour yoga teacher training. As a new yoga teacher, it is difficult to navigate through the ins and outs of the business side of yoga. Having the tools in the "Your Yoga Biz" program and Amy as a guide gave me confidence to keep going on those days I wanted to quit. Thank you so much!
Is yoga your passion? Interested in teaching and starting your own business? Your first step: Take Amy Lombardo's Yoga Biz course! This course will change your entire approach and start your business out on the correct path on so many levels. The information in the course is priceless!
Module 7 and 8 alone are worth the whole price! This program is an unbelievable resource for a teacher just starting out!"
Your Yoga Biz is a great resource for not only yoga teachers, but for all business owners with a desire to serve. If you want to grow your business in a way that's aligned with your true passion without burning out or getting stuck, then this program is for you.
Amy's training far surpassed my expectations. The knowledge I have gained through Amy's training is invaluable and I am now set to live my best yogic life!! The one thing Amy offers that other programs don't is that personal touch. On top of the training, she makes it her mission to see you succeed with your own individual goals. She pushes you but shows compassion the whole time. Priceless."
Are you serious about creating your successful Yoga Biz without being paralyzed by overwhelm, several minor nervous breakdowns or wasting years with trial and error?
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Need a payment plan? Click here to pay in 3 easy installments of $197 each!
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With each Module you get:
In depth video training that breaks down all the information and insights you need in order to do the exercises and create tangible results (you can watch them at home on your cuddly couch, on the plane to Bali or your favorite Coffee Shop around the corner - whatever works for you)
Comprehensive PDF-guides for each lesson including done-for-you templates, resources and exercises that get you into action mode and show (don't just tell) you the exact steps you need to take
Tailor-made meditations that help you go deep on the topic and enhance your spiritual practice as Your Yoga Biz unfolds - delivered as a downloadable mp3 file to put on your iPod or phone
Keeping Up Your Practice challenges and homework assignments to hold you accountable and ensure you actually do the work and get fast results
Private members-only Facebook community to ask questions, get answers, share your insights and connect with other like-minded teachers who are on the same journey as you are
And, once you join Your Yoga Biz, you'll be a member for life! That means you'll have ongoing access to any future updates or downloads at no extra fee! I want this to be an ongoing support network and resource for you to come back to again and again.
Who's Amy and why should you listen to me?
● With more than 15 years of experience as a Yoga teacher and Life Coach, I've worked with people from all over the world, from ages 2 to 103 (seriously!) and I've taught classes with more than 500 students at one time.
● I took my first Yoga class at the innocent age of 9 and I'm still going almost 30 years later.
● My clients are movie stars and supermodels like Gisele Bündchen as well as Alzheimer patients, ADHD children, disadvantaged youth-at-risk, and special needs populations. It's my firm belief that anyone can do Yoga! You just have to know how to make it accessible to them.
● I'm the Co-Founder of Karma Krew, one of the first yoga-based non-profits ever to the scene created to make the Yoga industry more socially conscious and service-oriented. For ten years now, we've sustained an international grassroots network of socially conscious yoga studios and practitioners in over 100 cities, and inspired thousands to start thinking of Yoga as something more than just what you practice on your mat.
● I've been featured in fancy places like MindBodyGreen, The Huffington Post, Pink51, Yoga Journal, Vanity Fair, People Magazine, and more... and of course on my own my weekly empowerment blog.
● I don't believe in playing by the rules, I believe in walking my talk and living by my principles of integrity, respect, authenticity, generosity, and innovation. It breaks my heart to see that Yoga has sometimes become ultra-commercialized, and I want to show you that there IS a way to be successful financially and still hold true to your spiritual principles. You do NOT have to compromise who you are or what you believe in order to be a success!
● I graduated from an Ivy League University and have a BS in Natural Sciences and a Master's degree in Rhetoric and Communications. I also have substantial training in Reiki, Aromatherapy, Kinesthetic Awareness, Tai Chi, Leadership, Coaching, and Empowerment Training. I value both my intellect and my intuition and both greatly influence the offerings I share with others.
● I lead my own successful semi-private Yoga teacher trainings in Santa Monica, host Yoga retreats, and speak and teach at conferences all over the world.
But honestly… Here's the truth about why I created Your Yoga Biz:
1. Yoga is not just an ancient, sacred practice anymore… it's also an industry and unfortunately, most teacher's trainings do not prepare you to skillfully find a balance between this sacred practice and the ever-growing, fast paced industry we're all part of today. How do you keep true to your spiritual roots and run a successful business? You may have been taught incorrectly that it's one or the other. And heaven knows we've all seen examples of teachers that sell-out (sure, they're financially successful, but at what price)? And on the other end of the spectrum, we've also seen the self-righteous (and broke) Yoga "purist" teacher (holier-than-thou anyone? No thank you). Well, I'm here to tell you and SHOW you that there's a middle ground. You can be spiritually fulfilled and uncompromising in your values and run a very successful business too. And I'll give you practical tools to navigate this complex landscape without having to sell your soul or live on 500 Dollars a month.
2. Our world needs teachers and healers more than ever right now! There's a bajillion "get-rich-quick" programs for the wellness industry out there, and this most definitely isn't one of them. Your Yoga Biz is about getting in alignment with your highest truth and thriving from that place - both in business and in your spiritual practice. I want to show you that you do NOT have to choose between making money and doing what you love!
3. When I started out I made ALL the mistakes in the book (from undercharging to not having healthy boundaries to suffering from the do-gooder syndrome as I bent over backwards to please my clients; being highly uncomfortable around money, etc.…). You do NOT have to repeat these mistakes but you can now learn from my 15+ years of experience to save yourself the time, money and energy.
Amy is tremendously supportive teacher and coach because she not only has inspiring guidance and visionary wisdom, but also has very clear action steps that help you gather information and move you forward fast. She is a true gem."
Amy's teaching is true to classical yoga, yet sensitive to the humanity of each student, encouraging us to grow at whatever our level. Her spiritual depth and gentle compassion makes her teaching environment a sacred space to which I look forward to returning again and again."
Amy embraces the challenge of transforming perceived obstacles into opportunities for changes with insight, love, and compassion. The magic of changing from 'no, I can't' to 'here's how I can' is exhilarating under her loving guidance."
Are you ready to set up a rock-solid foundation for your successful Yoga Biz without having to sacrifice your
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You'll get instant access to this exclusive meditation right after you join Your Yoga Biz (YES - even before the course officially starts!)
In this 20-minute meditation you'll learn not only how to connect to your spiritual essence every day but actually have a way to embody it and activate it on a cellular level. This activation would allow you, through the course of your day, to move from a place of deep connection to your soul's wisdom so that it can inform how you act, speak, and even think. Staying connected to your inner guidance so you can lead a spirit driven life is essential if you want to be a successful teacher -- and you're going to be able to practice it again and again, as much as you like!
BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YOGA BUSINESSES (Value $250)
Here's how it works: I've interviewed and talked to some of the most famous and sought-after teachers in the Yoga industry. As a bonus, you will receive exclusive audio recordings which allows you to learn from the best in the yoga industry; hear about the ups-and-downs of their financial, emotional, and spiritual journeys; and get a huge boost of inspiration. Real talk from real teachers.
Amy shines a light on others. She is supportive and non-judgmental. She's a cheerleader and a true spiritual supporter."
Before and after I met Amy, I tried other teachers and coaches. I finally gave up. No one compares to Amy. Her wisdom, dedication, and compassion go way beyond the yoga mat."
Karma Krew (co-founded by Amy Lombardo), in my opinion, upholds an unparalleled level of integrity in all aspects of the work that they do. To me, Karma Krew eats, speaks, and breathes yoga service in our community."
Are you ready to rock it out and create the ultimate foundation for a thriving, sustainable, and spiritually grounded Yoga business that will truly provide you with more abundance
and fulfillment than you ever thought possible? Are you ready to truly live your
passion, serve others, and make the world a better place by honoring your truth?
Then, it's time to say yes to what you know is possible.
Need a payment plan? Click here to pay in 3 easy installments of $197 each!
* I offer a 30-day money back guarantee if you're not seeing results within 30 days. Just send me all your completed exercises from each Module, and if you've done the work but didn't achieve results, I'm happy to give you a full refund.
I truly believe that when we all work together, we can make this world a much better place. That's why I will donate 5% of all the profits of Your Yoga Biz to various non-profit organizations that support bringing yoga programs to under-served populations. Thank you for helping make this contribution possible!
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This time, Angels need only nine innings to smash Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- This time, the Los Angeles Angels needed only nine innings to rout the Minnesota Twins.
A night after scoring 11 runs off a season-high 19 hits in extra innings, the Angels nearly matched the feat by beating the Twins 11-6 off 18 hits Saturday night. Kendry Morales, Maicer Izturis and Juan Rivera each homered in the sixth inning and Joe Saunders won for the first time in more than a month.
The Angels have 67 homers over the last 43 games after totaling 44 in the first 58. And they've recently been without two of their biggest sluggers, Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter.
"The way we're swinging the bats right now, I mean, who wouldn't want to pitch?" Saunders said. "We're on fire right now at the plate, hitters have a lot of confidence right now and we're dangerous. We've got two of our big dogs out right now, which is a good sign. When they come back, look out."
The rout spoiled the Minnesota debut of Orlando Cabrera, who went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored a day after being traded from Oakland to shore up the Twins' infield.
"Unfortunately we lost, but there's a lot of energy in the dugout," Cabrera said. "I know we can hit, we can score a lot of runs. It's going to be a nice transition. Everyone welcomed me nicely."
Cabrera received a loud ovation during player introductions and his first at-bat. But it was an otherwise quiet night for the Twins.
Saunders (9-6) worked six innings, allowing nine hits and four runs. His previous win came June 24 against Colorado.
"It's nice, it's obviously nice for me, nice for the club," Saunders said.
Gary Matthews Jr. drove in three runs against Twins starter Anthony Swarzak (3-4), who lasted only three innings and gave up six runs. It was a far cry from when the Angels faced Swarzak last Sunday, when only seven of the 28 batters he faced reached base in Minnesota's 10-1 victory.
"They made some adjustments on him, but his stuff just wasn't as good as his stuff last time out," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "That's going to happen, especially with a young pitcher."
R.A. Dickey relieved Swarzak in the fourth with Minnesota trailing 6-4.
Los Angeles padded its lead in the sixth after Izturis' three-run shot off Dickey. Two batters later, Rivera and Morales hit back-to-back homers to put the game away.
It was a strong start to August for the team that led the majors with 185 runs scored in July.
"A month ago we were talking about how the slugging percentage potential of this club was there," manager Mike Scioscia said. "The last 50-60 games, it's been a big part of our resurgence. Combine that with I think we're running the bases well, our situational hitting has been terrific, we're getting on base. Offensively there's a lot of different pieces, a lot of guys contributing."
Justin Morneau drove in two runs for the Twins, including a solo homer in the seventh to make it 11-5.
Arriving at the Metrodome about three hours before first pitch, Cabrera got his first hit for Minnesota in the third when he doubled down the right-field line, advancing Denard Span to third. Two batters later, Cabrera scored when Morneau singled to pull Minnesota to 5-4. Cabrera's single in the eighth scored Nick Punto to make it 11-6.
"It was a good start for Cabrera," Gardenhire said. "That's what we want to see from him. He was shooting the ball the other way and hitting the ball well."
Notes: The win gave the Angels 62 wins -- tied with the New York Yankees for second-most in the majors -- and put them a season-high 22 games over .500. ... Izturis tied his career-high with four RBIs. ... Gardenhire said OF Michael Cuddyer would likely miss the rest of the series due to back stiffness. ... The Twins gave up three homers in an inning for the first time since Aug. 17 of last season against Seattle. Conversely, it was the second time the Angels have hit three homers in an inning. They had three against Cleveland last season on July 27.


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Morris James partners Lewis H. Lazarus and Peter B. Ladig will partake in a CLE sponsored by the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association titled "Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Law: Transactional and Litigation Perspectives." The CLE will consist of two panels, one focusing on transactions and the other on litigation. The transactional panel is titled "The Client Wants to Buy a Company: How to Manage Applicable Delaware Law," and the litigation panel is titled "Corporate Litigation from Start to Finish."
Lewis Lazarus will moderate the two panels along with Ellisa O. Habbart. Peter Ladig will be a speaker on the litigation panel, which will discuss the lifecycle of corporate litigation in Delaware from initial books and records demands to settlement, from the perspective of both plaintiffs and defendants.
The CLE will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2015 from 1:00PM - 5:15PM and will count as 4.0 hours CLE credit for Delaware and Pennsylvania attorneys. It will be live in New Castle County at Delaware State Bar Association, and live via webcast in Sussex County at Tunnell & Raysor, 30 E. Pine St., Georgetown, DE.


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Man Needs A Cheeseburger – Calls 911
Why is it that fast food seems to be at the center of so many 911 calls? History, and a bunch of great stories, tell us that a lot of people have been arrested after calling emergency services to report problems with Burger King, McDonald's, Subway and Hardee's.
In this particular case, Gregory Jackson Sr. didn't want to even mess with the fast food folks, he just called 911 and asked them to do the dirty work and deliver the cheeseburger to him. When they failed to deliver, he called again!
When it didn't come, he called again. Nine times in all. The dispatcher, despite being annoyed by all the calls thought that perhaps the man was in dire need of food, so they dispatched police to his apartment.
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January 3, 2005
January 3, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - The host Tigers shot 62 percent from the floor in the second half and 53 percent for the game on the way to a 79-65 victory over Earlham. DePauw improved to 6-5 with the win while the Hustlin' Quakers dropped to 3-8.
Earlham led by as many as nine points at 25-16 after Brandon Miller's layup with 7:46 left in the first half capped a 9-2 run. DePauw took the lead on Austin Brown's layup and Joey Hanger's three-pointer before Earlham to a 34-33 advantage to the intermission on Neil Collins jumper with 1:01 left.
The Quakers opened the second half with layups from Nick Welsh and Evan Ogburn to extend the lead to 38-33, but a jumper by Steve Schott and a pair of layups by Brown put the Tigers back in fron at 39-38.
Miller hit back-to-back buckets to put Earlham back in front at 42-39, but Alex Stewart hit a three and Brown knocked down a jumper to start a 9-0 run that gave the Tigers the lead for good at 48-42 with 13:06 left.
The Quakers got as close a 60-55, but buckets by Todd Capes and Dre Smith pushed the margin back to nine and Earlham would get no closer than six the rest of the way.
Brown led the Tigers with a career-high 18 points as he hit seven of eight from the floor. Schott followed with 14 points and a team-high six rebounds, while Capes and Stewart each added 12. Reid Sakel dished our a game and career-high nine assists in the victory.
Miller paced the Quaker with 20 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Collins added 13 points and Terrel Brown followed with 12.
DePauw turned 16 Earlham turnovers into 14 points and committed just six of its own which the Quakers converted into five points. Stewart recorded a game-high five steals for the Tigers.
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Your sales leads are more or less the profiles of your potential customers. But in industries like advertising, expect the impact of factors asides from those defined by the BANT abbreviation. The best example would be how the culture of one business impacts the more specific needs outlined in your sales leads.
Why Culture And Needs For Your Advertising Sales Leads
Regardless of format, the creative element in advertising has always had strong ties to culture. This is not just the culture of the target audience but also the culture of those who want something advertised. When you are searching for sales leads for your advertising firm, culture should be among the first things you need to learn about your target companies.
You might think this is obvious to the point that it no longer bears repeating. Everybody know this right? Actually, what if you were to outsource B2B lead generation firm for your advertising leads? Many advertising companies (even experienced ones) can still at times get caught in the rift between B2B and B2C. Your sales leads might be a B2B type but culture is something only B2C marketers seem close to understanding.
Hence, this is why some companies end up outsourcing for the sales leads. The only problem how do you select a company when you feel that the industry's B2B lead generators are too formal or not so culturally sophisticated as advertisers?
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- 1. They must not be presumptuous – This not only ensures that they will not be presumptuous towards you but also your prospects. A lead generation company that has only known one cultural brand of sales leads will not get far in industries with far more diverse markets like advertising. They should be prepared for the many kinds of potential clients they will be acquiring for you.
- 2. They are quick to adapt – As implied above, a diverse number of advertising sales leads a diverse number of market cultures. A video game company will require a different approach to advertising from that of retail fashion. Regardless, these will be your sales leads and your lead generator must not only avoid being presumptuous. It must act quickly as it learns.
- 3. They know how to exchange ideas – Good collaboration is important in order to succeed with any outsourced process. Do not stick to just defining your sales leads and then just around for results. Stay in constant touch with your lead generator to see if they have been really listening. Make sure you are also listening yourself when they tell what prospects to pursue or to leave alone.
Related Content: When To Let Your Sales Leads Grow Themselves
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Even seasoned travelers might blanch at the prospect of a night flight with extreme turbulence after lightning has set the plane's engine on fire.
But that's exactly what happened on a Jan. 24 Turkish Airlines flight from Izmir to Istanbul, and one traveler got the entire scene on video.
There were 114 people aboard, the Telegraph writes, when "passengers began to panic…but the pilot quickly activated the motor's own fire-extinguishing gear, declared an emergency and landed safely."
Video shows sparks flying from the plane's engine for roughly 10 seconds before shakily scanning the plane's impressively calm passengers.
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I need help please. I need something different.
This is my problem: I can't twist my waist and I have lot of pressure in my damaged nerves in my back, because the nerves are pinched. This happen to me moving weight in one warehouse.
The bottom two discs, the center has been crushed, and no longer exists, so they are completely dark and thinner. Some of the pieces are floating in my spine and sometimes rub against a nerve causing pain. Also, because the disc space is shorter now, the nerves are being pinched, causing some damage to the nerves and more pain and strange sensations.
I cannot bend, twist, lift, push, pull, jump, or run. I have problems with lifting my left leg and foot to walk. I cannot carry more than 15 pounds. I do physical therapy, and do decompression therapy on an inversion table. I have had two spinal steroid injections that did not do anything.
Medications included morphine, OxyContin, Lortab, Ultram, Flexaril, Ibuprofen, Lyrica. I sometimes wear a brace to support my back. My last option is surgery. I am hoping for a medical breakthrough for something better. If the nerves are completely damaged, I will lose use of my bladder, legs and feet.
Diagnosis: ruptured disk between L3 and L4, between L4 and L5, causing sciatica.
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2- Restore the damaged tissue/nerves.
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Does your physical therapist do anything for your hips? This can put a twist into your back and pinch the nerves from narrowed space.
Here are some maybe your physical therapist can look them up and help you with them:
1) "Counter stretch for the spine"
2) "Sitting knee pillow squeezes"
3) "Static extension on elbows"
4) You really, really need some type of hip flexor stretch such as:
"progressive groin stretch"
I realize your injury is very severe but maybe if you can get the muscles relaxed and the twist our of your back / hips, this can open up the space for the nerves and let the tissue heal.
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Swedish Match's Consumer Perception Study Provides No Evidence for the Population-Level Effects of Modified Snus Labels
We just submitted this comment to FDA. The tracking number is 1jy-8fp2-y90f.
Swedish Match's Consumer Perception Study Provides No Evidence for the Population-Level Effects of Modified Snus Labels
Docket ID: FDA-2014-N-1051
Lucy Popova, PhD & Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
University of California San Francisco
November 24, 2014
According to the Modified Risk Tobacco Product Applications Guidance for the Industry, "FDA shall issue an order under section 911(g)(1) of the FD&C Act (risk modification order) only if it determines the applicant has demonstrated that the product, as it is actually used by consumers, will:
- Significantly reduce harm and the risk of tobacco-related disease to individual tobacco users; and
- Benefit the health of the population as a whole taking into account both users of tobacco products and persons who do not currently use tobacco products" (p. 3)
The Swedish Match's MRTP application attempts to demonstrate the benefit to the population by presenting the results of an online experiment (section 6.4.2 and appendices). Their "Consumer Perception Study" evaluated the effects of the proposed labels compared to existing labels on adults' perceptions of harm and willingness to purchase or use the product. Contrary to Swedish Match's the claims, this study does not evaluate the effects of the proposed label on "subjects' tobacco use behavior" (p. 689) nor can it evaluate the effects of "removal" of current warnings (p. 689).
An online experimental study with a brief exposure to the picture of the products with the new warning labels is hardly equivalent to evaluating how the product is actually used by consumers.
The selection of the proposed label is problematic. As the Swedish Match's own study reports, significantly lower proportion of participants exposed to modified labels found them easy or very easy to understand, compared to those who saw current labels. This could be due to the longer text on the proposed label or the smaller size of the font to fit the longer label. Why not select a different label, such as "This product may not be as dangerous as smoking"? Or something even simpler? There is no information provided on why this label was chosen and what other alternatives were researched.
Recently, Popova and Ling conducted a study with a national US sample of non-users of tobacco, smokers, and dual users, exposing them to advertisements for moist snuff, snus, and e-cigarettes with different warning labels. The data from non-users of tobacco have been published in BMC Public Health (see Popova and Ling, Nonsmokers' responses to new warning labels on smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes: an experimental study, BMC Public Health 2014, 14:997 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/997) and the data from smokers have been presented at the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media. In brief, we found that the proposed warning label ("WARNING: No tobacco product is safe, but this product presents substantially lower risks to health than cigarettes"):
- significantly lowered perceptions of harm of snus among exclusive smokers
- significantly increased positive attitudes towards moist snuff among dual snuff/cigarette users
- significantly lowered perceptions of harm of moist snuff among non-users of tobacco
These results demonstrate that while the modified label might benefit current exclusive smokers, the effects might not be beneficial for dual users (by promoting continued dual use) and would not be beneficial to non-users of tobacco (by encouraging them to start using snus).
This result, combined with the many problems with the Swedish Match study demonstrate that the evidence submitted by Swedish Match is not sufficient to demonstrate the proposed new warning labels would benefit the health of the population as a whole.
For these reasons, the FDA should deny the requested petition to change the warning labels.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2014-11-26 08:02.
Please read the Popova and Ling study
I urge everyone to follow the link and read the Popova and Ling study. The reasoning and scientific rigor of this study is crucial to cite when opposing Swedish Match's application. The more people know about it and talk about it the better.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2014-11-25 22:02.
Dual use
Dual users smoke fewer cigarettes than exclusive cigarette smokers. See Frost-Pineda et al., 2010. Are you arguing that duel users, for their own good, should be given incorrect warnings that overstate the harms of snus, as current warnings do? If they are unwilling or unable to quit should they only smoke cigarettes? Your logic escapes me.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2014-11-26 07:50.
How does total risk get higher with dual use?
You seem to be saying that a dual user would lower their cancer risk, but leave their cardiovascular risk unchanged by still smoking a few cigarettes a day. That sounds like decreased overall health risk. If using snus lowers cancer risk, what added "risk of snus" are we talking about? I'm still trying to understand how a dual user who gets half their nicotine from snus and half from cigarette smoking is worse off than someone who gets the same amount of nictoine exclusively from smoking. How does the "total risk" of the former get higher?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2014-11-26 08:12.
Synergistic effects of smoking and snus
Please explain, in layman's terms, how the cancer profiles between smoking and snus are different and what the synergistic effects are when using both. This is the first I've heard that combining snus and smoking makes for greater harm than simply adding the risks of each. Seems like this is the more important aspect of your argument.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2014-11-26 09:39.
toxicology of snus and cigarettes
I'd like to learn more. Any particular toxicology book about the synergistic effects of snus and cigarettes you reccomend? I'm surprised this isn't more prominent in your argument for the harm of dual use. It's much more persuasive than your other points. Thanks for responding.


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Milwaukee Talks: Kameron Loe
Yes, Kameron Loe is big.
Yes, he has been a very effective reliever for the Milwaukee Brewers the last two years, helping the team advance to the National League Championship Series last fall.
The 30-year-old right-hander has a lot more going on than just a devastating sinker, however. He can build a remote controlled airplane with the best of them, and can apply a sticker to a suitcase with aplomb. And that's just for starters.
OnMilwaukee.com caught up with the reliever to talk about some of his other interests in this edition of Milwaukee Talks.
OnMilwaukee.com: You were 6-7 in high school, and your grandfather Howard Pound was an All-American basketball player at Michigan State. Were you hounded to play hoops at Granada Hills High School (in California's San Fernando Valley)?
Kameron Loe: Oh, they hated me. They hated me. The basketball coach and the basketball players always gave me crap. I was the tallest kid in school since I was a sophomore in high school. I don't know – I just didn't want to play. I grew up in Southern Cali and baseball is year round. When the high school season wasn't going on I was playing legion ball or summer league or whatever, traveling all over the place playing ball. That's just what I wanted.
OMC: With your size and genes, you had to have been a natural athlete back then, right?
KL: No, man, I was a goofy kid. I was uncoordinated. Part of the reason why I disliked basketball and I wasn't that good at it. I just couldn't dribble with my left hand. I'm extremely right side dominant and I wasn't that quick. I had to work really hard to get to where I'm at. But I could always strikes. I've always been a strike-thrower. Coaches have always liked that in me – I go the ball over the plate and I had a sinker, so I got a lot of ground balls. It's been a big learning process to control the ball whenever I feel like, to control where I want to throw it, but growing up I was able to throw it over the plate.
OMC: Were your parents athletes, too?
KL: No. I grew up in a family of musicians. My grandfather was an athlete, he played basketball and football in college at Michigan State and was an All-American. So the genes are there, but on my dad is a musician and my mom's a musician also, so we enjoyed baseball and sports, but it wasn't like a big thing in my house. But they always put me in it because they knew I loved it and it was good for me. I was tall and skinny. I was 6-7, 185 coming out of high school, so I was a rail. I definitely had to work really hard to put weight on. I'm at 240 now. I was same height but about 50 pounds lighter.
OMC: So, then you have to have some musical ability as well then, right?
KL: You know what, I love music, I listen to it all the time, I love concerts and have some musician friends, but I am not that musical. I can hold a steady beat on the drums, but that's about it.
OMC: That's interesting. People must assume that you were just naturally gifted, but it sounds like you've had to put in a lot of work to get to the major leagues.
KL: Yeah. When you love something it's not, I guess, "work." Obviously it is hard work and I've put my body through a lot of pain, but you love to do it and when you love to do it, it's more time consuming than work. With anything you love and you do with your full heart it's going to take sacrifice.
OMC: Along those lines, it seems like there are a lot of guys in the major leagues that don't have to work as hard – that their talent is just so great they can kind of coast.
KL: I can't tell you how many guys that are up here in the big leagues that don't have as good as stuff as guys they played with in the minor leagues coming up. And those guys didn't make it and these guys did and there's something to be said about that. Whether it's a smartness for the game or being a student of the game and learning and what it takes for you to succeed at this level. Everybody's got their own things they're good at and you have to work on getting that better but at the same time work on your weaknesses that might hold you back. It's the highest level in the world and you're not going to stay here very long if you don't try to learn and try to get better every day.
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