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CHERRIES have tonight completed the signing of Swindon Town's jewel in the crown Matt Ritchie, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal.
The 23-year-old winger finalised terms on a three-and-a-half year contract after the two clubs agreed a transfer fee of around £500,000.
Ritchie opened talks with Cherries after the Dorset outfit met Swindon's valuation earlier today.
News of Cherries' renewed interest in the former Portsmouth trainee was revealed on the Daily Echo's Twitter feed this afternoon.
Initial reports suggested Cherries had tabled an offer in the region of £600,000, although the final figure is believed to be closer to £500,000.
The move sees Cherries successfully end their 14-month pursuit of the left-footed wide man.
Sought-after Ritchie was also understood to have been a target for a host of Championship clubs with Cherries fending off competition from the likes of Crystal Palace, Charlton, Bolton and Bristol City.
Ritchie has this season enhanced his growing reputation, his nine goals and nine assists helping the Robins force their way into the promotion picture.
The gifted Gosport-born ace also played a starring role last season and was named League Two's player of the year as Swindon romped to the title.
Cherries had a bid of £500,000 turned down by Swindon during former boss Lee Bradbury's time at the helm in December 2011.
And they have since been linked with several swoops for the pint-sized winger, who trained with Cherries in 2008 when Kevin Bond was in charge.
Current Cherries boss Eddie Howe, who worked alongside Bond, is a Ritchie admirer and could see him as the final piece of the jigsaw as the club bids to win promotion this season.
Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio last week said the Wiltshire outfit had not received any offers for Ritchie and was adamant the player was not for sale.
Ritchie had 18 months to run on his existing contract with the Robins and Di Canio claimed the club had rejected an offer of £900,000 for his services in the summer.
However, the landscape has since altered with Swindon having recently appointed advisors to restructure their finances – with debts thought to be around £13million.
It is believed the addition of Ritchie will not be the end of Cherries' activity before the transfer window closes at 11pm tomorrow night.
And while the club could be looking to further bolster its squad for a promotion push over the closing months of the season, departures could also be expected.
Striker Wes Thomas, the subject of intense transfer speculation for the past couple of months, and midfielder Lorenzo Davids could be on the move.


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>Running 101>2nd Half Marathon / High Expectations?
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I'll try to keep this short, and yet get the important details in there.
Last June I started running, and had this grand idea of running a marathon in the fall. Some great people from the forums talked me into running a half instead. Great idea looking back on it. I dropped from 290 pounds to 237 pounds in preparation, and ran about 400 training miles with a few races in there. My 5K went from 31 minutes to just under 27 from September to October. I ran a 2:03:XX. I felt great, and I may have left a little on the course. It was my first though, and I loved every minute of it.
I'm going to be running another half March 24th. I managed to maintain my weight during the holidays, and I'm starting to drop lbs again. Since my Nov. 3rd HM, I've run almost as many miles as I did in all of my training for the first HM. I've also run a 25:48:XX 5K back in December.
So, I know I'm faster. If I lose 2 pounds a week leading up to the HM, I'll be 20+ pounds lighter. I'll also have close to another 400 miles under my belt. In other words, my first HM will be with 400 miles under my belt. My second will be with almost 1200 miles under my belt, and 20 fewer pounds.
Am I being unrealistic to think that I could take more than a minute per mile off of my HM time? It seems ridiculous when I actually think about it, but after looking at VDOT charts, and taking everything into account that I've changed, I think it may be possible. Any thoughts?
Weight 100 pounds lost
5K 31:02 Sept. 2012 / 23:36 Sept. 2013 (Same Course)
10K 48:59 April 2013
HM 2:03:56 Nov. 2012 / 1:46:50 March 2013
MARATHON 3:57:33 Nov. 2013
Don't call me Buttercup!
I honestly have no idea, but I have a question - are your regular training runs faster? Is your speedwork faster? Is there anything, other than extra miles and a smaller waistline, that makes you think you could cut 13 minutes off your previous HM time?
Slow and steady wins the.... wait a second! I've been lied to!
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No, you're not being unrealistic. Go for it. Set that as your target pace to be running after mile 2 (start slower), and if you fade from there over the last miles, it's still a massive PR. And, a lesson learned about pacing with your current fitness. Trust your fitness improvement, test it.
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
Yeah. My easy pace is almost a minute faster. I don't have a watch with instantaneous pace, but the average speed on a tempo run is lower than the speed of my old tempo pace. Everything just feels easier, and faster. My 12 mile run Saturday was right about 10 mm, and it felt very easy and comfortable.
Sounds like a solid strategy. I'm going to try to find a shorter race in February just to see what to shoot for, but I wouldn't feel bad about fading a bit if I knew I had given a 100% effort. I felt like a cheated myself a bit in November, when I looked at the pictures and realized that I was the only person smiling in EVERY picture. It was about 1:30 faster per mile than my training runs, but it still didn't feel like I "raced" it.
I think it's worth going for it too. Last year I went from a 2:05 half at the end of July to a 1:58 in mid-October, and I've been running for 2 yrs so you'd expect my improvement curve to be a bit slower than yours (and I didn't lose more than a pound or two of weight in between those races either so losing that extra weight will definitely help your speed too).
Thanks LizC. My situation reminds me of the time leading up to my first, and someone suggested a tune-up race to find my pace. For the life of me, I couldn't accept the pace the McMillan said I should shoot for. It just seemed too fast, but as it turns out I ran faster than that and felt great.
Sometimes you look at the numbers, and it's a bit overwhelming. I think it's a mental hurdle that I have after years of being a huge slow guy.
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I don't think your expectations are unrealistic. While your first HM time was good, it's not like there's not a whole ton of room for improvement, you know? It would be a lot harder to drop 13 minutes off of a 1:40 than it would to drop it off of 2:03, do you know what I mean? It's definitely great that you're running more miles, too--significantly more miles. More miles = more better (I think Stevie Ray might have said that once before.)
I also agree that you should go out conservatively--my last HM, my first mile was a 7:40, but my overall average pace ended up being 7:23. Same with a 9 mile race I did in November, I went out at a 7:30 and my overall average pace ended up being 7:06. DO NOT get trapped into going out too fast. Your first mile will probably feel real easy and still be faster than your average pace of your last HM, possibly. It is not like a 5K--you will have plenty of time to make up a conservative first or second mile later on, whereas in a 5K or shorter distance race, if you totally blow the first mile, well, you've got barely any time to make it up. A longer race allows you a little more leeway with your pace.
Good luck! Keep working hard!
Mile 5:49 - 5K 19:58 - 10K 43:06 - HM 1:36:54
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20 lb is huge. That and more miles? I would think it's reasonable to take a minute a mile off. Just don't get over excited and go out to fast. A lot of people trained for a great PR lose their great time early on by getting too ambitious and going out too fast.
(Having gained with no training decrease in short order a while back, I can say my half marathon time went up by enough to compensate for something like two thirds of the drop you're looking for.... And you still have somethign like 6 weeks of solid training left before even taper. 6 weeks is A LOT for a beginner in terms of improvement.
I would decide on a goal going into the race, but I see no problem with the goal as you're setting now.
Sounds like a solid strategy. I'm going to try to find a shorter race in February just to see what to shoot for, but I wouldn't feel bad about fading a bit if I knew I had given a 100% effort. I felt like a cheated myself a bit in November, when I looked at the pictures and realized that I was the only person smiling in EVERY picture. It was about 1:30 faster per mile than my training runs, but it still didn't feel like I "raced" it.
And there's even more time to be gained, then, if it wasn't an all out race (Normal for a first at a distance. Good even. Would you be so keen on another if you felt like you were going to die?)
Tune up races are great if you are the type to doubt yourself. I think almost every one of my PR's came as a surprise to me because I KNEW I couldn't run that fast and would have to drop out of the race until almost the finish.
MJ5 - I know what you mean, and I think you're absolutely right. Also, I believe that is an accurate SRL quote :-)
heather - I definitely don't have any regrets about how I ran that first HM. It definitely made my decision to sign up for another an easy one. I fully expected to feel like I was going to die, and afterwards wondered what pace would I have had to run before that feeling set in. During my taper, and the week leading up to it I really focused on hitting a few miles here and there at my projected HM pace. It made it a lot easier to find my pace on race day. I was aiming for 9:32, and was almost right on at the 10K mark. I picked it up over the last few miles, and ended with an average of 9:27. I think my pacing was the thing that I was most proud of.


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In a moment, not even 10 minutes in to the concert last night, it seemed the MTS Centre was rippling.
All the fans had raised their hands, you see. Clear around the arena they shoved their arms up on the beat and wiggled their fingers furiously. They raised them because it was the title of the song and because Jon Bon Jovi told them to. Because he can. Because it's a rock star's privilege to stand in the middle of 15,500 people, pump his hips against the mike stand and tell 'em how it's gonna be.
"I ain't going to waste a lot of time," Bon Jovi said then, shouldering his guitar. "We're going to take you on a roller-coaster ride from the beginning to the present day... so for the next 2 1/2 hours, strap yourselves in and let me drive."
Well, it's not like anyone else had the keys. Guitarist Richie Sambora dropped out of the Because We Can tour earlier this week, "personal reasons" they said, which showbiz media buzzed could be a spat over money, or maybe substance trouble again. Sambora tweeted he was fine.
At any rate, the show went on without him -- Bon Jovi, drummer Tico Torres and keyboardist David Bryan at the helm. Phil Xenidis took over on first axe, although, a fan lamented last night, the harmonies just weren't the same without Sambora around.
At least there was a whole lot of sound to flesh them out. From his place at the heart of a stage in the round, Bon Jovi held court on three hours of straightforward rock 'n' roll. There weren't a lot of bells, and even fewer whistles -- at a few points, columns descended to form video screens behind the open stage. Once, they turned into stepping stones for Bon Jovi to gyrate for fans on the arena's south end, who mostly only saw his back or else an obstructed view.
There were a handful of songs off of the brand-new Bon Jovi album, What About Now, but not many. We all knew why we were there: not just to make a memory, but to dust off the ones we once carefully folded and were forced by life to leave behind.
Jon Bon Jovi knows this, too. He is a 51-year-old man in tight black jeans and swept-back follicular flow, still delighting millions by playing decades-old rock 'n' roll; he played with this in subtle winks. "This is one I wrote a long time ago, off a record called Keep the Faith," he said, standing at the apex of a narrow horseshoe catwalk. "It's called Bed of Roses."
And then he was bending down, hands plunging towards his fans, they screamed and threw their arms around each other and sang so loud. How many times has he done this? It doesn't matter. It's not about the man on stage, really, it's about every swaying body and blissed-out face in that crowd.
And so, for another hour yet, he brought them back home. He kicked out We Weren't Born To Follow and rocked a little Rolling Stones. The main set closed off with Bad Medicine, and the thunderous cheers shook the place all over. In the rocking encore, Bon Jovi made a quiet nod to Sambora's absence, thanking the crowd for their "patience."
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OAKLAND — As Warriors guard Steph Curry settles into his seat, Klay Thompson's dad can hardly wait to get the conversation rolling.
"How's the chest?" Mychal Thompson asks Curry. "You feeling any pressure on it lately?"
Curry looks at him blankly.
"You know what that means?" Thompson continued. "It means that anything less than the Western Conference finals is going to be a disappointment."
Thompson smiles. He understands expectations, having won two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers. Sitting to his right is Steph's dad, former sharp-shooter Dell Curry, who spent 16 seasons in the league and was the Sixth Man of the Year in 1993-94. To his left is his son Klay.
They are all here, at one sitting, for the first time. And for the better part of a half-hour last week, the Warriors' heralded guards and their fathers work a a four-man weave, recounting tales of backyard H-O-R-S-E games, hard-earned lessons — and that time Robert Parish's dunk was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's fault (allegedly).
The sons are the top single-season three-point tandem in NBA history, having connected on 483 threes last season. Both fathers are now broadcasters: Curry with the Charlotte Bobcats and Thompson for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Welcome to the scorers table.
Q: For the players, what's the hardest your dads have ever been on you in terms of basketball?
Steph: My senior year in high school, my dad was an assistant coach. I can't remember which game it was, but it was a long car ride home. I didn't shoot enough. I was like a really unselfish player as a point guard. And in certain situations in the game, I could have been a little bit more aggressive trying to score and leading the team that way. I kind of shied away from that a little bit and he got into me.
Dell: That is a cardinal sin. (Laughter) I remember that. He was passing it to some kid. But I was like, 'The guy is open for a reason. They want him to shoot, son.'
Klay: My dad's been pretty mellow when it comes coaching me. … I only have one vivid memory of him getting mad at me. And that was on the air, actually. The first year we played the Lakers at Staples Center, I had made three or four of my first shots. As a shooter, you kind of have a heat check. So that fifth one I kind of pulled up for a transition 3. I think I airballed it. My friend sent me a sound bite from the radio where you hear my dad say, "Klay, what are you doing, man?!"
Q: For Dell and for Mychal, now that you're broadcasters, how do handle it when your sons are on the court?
Mychal: For me, it's easy. I always told Klay this, and his brothers: As long as you compete hard, I'll never criticize you. That's one thing I've always admired about Klay. He competes really hard. Steph. This whole team completes hard. They play hard. They show up every night. And as far as I'm concerned, as long as he does that I have no criticism of his game.
Dell: The way they played last year, there was nothing negative you could say about your play, especially when they played the Bobcats. My play-by-play guy, he does enough bragging for my son. He watched him grow up in Charlotte, so I just feed off him. It's a little different. When I used to watch from home, I was watching Steph at all times. I found myself doing that in the first quarter. I caught myself on the air and thought, 'Whoa, I have to watch out. I need to watch everybody here.'
Q: Do I have this right, Mychal? Do you call your son 'Thompson' on the air?
Mychal: No! I call him Klay. I wanted to call him 'Klayboy' but his mother wouldn't let me. (Laughter)
Q: Do you (Steph and Klay) ever go back and listen to what your dads say about you during a broadcast?
Klay: Sometimes. I'll Tivo the game when we play the Lakers. I like hearing him talk on the radio. I'm not going to lie: It's pretty entertaining. He kind of brings a different personality than I see at home. His radio personality is pretty fun. He holds the Warriors high, but I always feel like we're second place to the Lakers.
Mychal: Well, that's true. Absolutely. My blood is purple and gold.
Klay: Yeah. Hopefully we can dethrone them this year.
Mychal: People in LA are always calling me up on the radio and asking about this situation: Score tied, 4 seconds to go, Klay is in the corner taking the shot against the Lakers. What do you want that shot to do? For me? I want him to miss. (Laughter) … Now, Dell, go on record: What do you say?
Dell: Oh, man. You can't go against blood.
Klay: Thank you!
Steph: Blood is thicker than water.
Q: Mark Jackson famously said last year Klay and Steph are "the greatest shooting backcourt in the history of the game." As two longtime veterans, what's your reaction to that?
Dell: I've heard a lot of people try to come up with duos to dispute that, and I cannot do it. Obviously, you have backcourts that have won more and done more, but as far as shooting a basketball? I can't think of anybody from my time.
Q: The closest?
Dell: Oh, gosh. I don't know if you've ever had two guys. You've had one guy who carries the weight and then the next guy is OK. But not two guys who shoot as accurately as they do.
Mychal: They didn't shoot as many 3s, but maybe Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars? But I agree with (Jackson). You know, I had thought that, but when Mark actually said it, I'm like, 'Whoa! He put it out there!' Mark had the nerve to actually challenge these two young men to live up to that lofty expectation. I was just too scared to say it.
Q: Mychal, you played on two Lakers championship teams and Dell played in 51 career playoff games. How will things be different now for this Warriors team now that the bar has been raised?
Mychal: It is a process for teams, as Dell knows. Young teams get together like the Warriors and you learn how to win. Last year, these guys learned how to win. And you could see the first series against Denver and against San Antonio they put themselves in position to win the series. It didn't happen, but now Steph and Klay and the rest of the roster know what it takes to get to the next level and now you come into the seasons and not only are the fans expecting it and the media, hopefully the guys in the locker room are looking at each other and saying, 'Boys, if we don't get to the West Finals this year, something is wrong."
Dell: That's the thing. Once you get to the playoffs it's a different beast than the regular season. You have to learn how to win and learn what it takes on a game-by-game basis. You're so focused and locked in, It takes a lot more energy than the regular season. And now they have a little target on their chest, so to speak, because people know they're a young team, a hungry team and a lot of teams are going to come in and try to make their season by beating them.
Q: For Steph and Klay, does it feel different? You can't sneak up on teams now. You've got a target.
Klay: Yeah, I'm not going to lie. Especially, with the moves we made this summer … It feels a lot different, especially compared to last year when people weren't expecting us to do anything. It's a culture change for the Warriors and it's a position we haven't been in in a long time. So we're excited.
Steph: On the same note, though, we have approached the season the same way with our preparation. Everybody is coming in early, like Klay was talking about. … There's still a hunger. Nobody is really complacent around here. And that same kind of drive and focus going into training camp is still there. We have our eyes on bigger goals this year.
Q: Dell, you brought up the work ethic that it took for all of you guys to get the success that you've had. As players, what do you think you inherited from your dads and what do you think you worked to earn all on your own?
Klay: I would say the knowledge of the game I got from my dad. Growing up around him, and I'm sure Steph could testify to this, I had to kind of a step on the other kids. Just knowing how to read screens, how to run a pick-and-roll. Simple stuff like that. I would say I got my knowledge of the game from my dad, just being able to experience live games, being able to have NBA package and watch all of the NBA games. And just go out and do it. I would definitely say I got the knowledge of the game from my dad.
Steph: Basketball IQ is just being around it and enveloping yourself in it. And watching him, I don't know if it was just being in that atmosphere and just seeing what he did and how he talked about the game off the court. You just kind of pick up stuff a lot quicker. And when you actually get on the court, you rely on those nuances of the game that you know. They kind of give you an edge. But also just having balance, on and off the court, with family. Now that I have my own family, and a daughter, how do put the time in to your job and your love of the game and also give your family the time that they need and deserve as well. He was a great influence in that aspect as well.
Q: How often do you guys talk during the NBA season?
Klay: Since this guy learned how to text, quite a lot. (Laughter) And that's not a lie, either. He'll just text me after each game saying great job rebounding or staying out of foul trouble, little stuff like that.
Mychal: Yeah, little stuff like that. In this day and age, with social media and the technology, you can just leave texts messages. You don't have to talk as much, which I'm sure the kids really appreciate.
Klay and Steph: Mmm-hmm
Mychal: You don't want to inundate them. Because they have coaches. You don't want to be too overbearing as a parent. You have to give them some room.
Dell: That's me. I don't coach much anymore. They have the best in the game here and it's their joto coach them. So you get too many people in your ear and it can be a not-too-good experience. So we talk about golf more than we do basketball.
Q: Steph, what's it like having your brother, Seth, here? And you, too, Dell, You've now got two sons on the same roster.
Dell: Well, it's a good opportunity for Seth. Coming off of injury, he wants to be in the NBA. They're giving him a chance here. Now he has to go out an improve himself. … He can learn from guys who know how to play and do it the right way in a great organization. We're blessed that he's here.
Steph: It's kind of a throwback to high school, when I played with him my senior year and his sophomore year. He seems like he's playing well in pickup and things like that. It's an opportunity for him to hopefully leave an impact on training camp and preseason and hopefully make the team and start his own career.
Q: For the players, what's your favorite moment of your dad's play, whether it was something you saw in person or maybe looked up on youtube?
Mychal: Remember, you were laughing at me a couple of months ago?
Klay: Yeah. This guy said he never got dunked on. We were watching 'Hardwood Classics' and Robert Parish dunks on him. Me and my brothers haven't stopped giving him grief.
Mychal: It wasn't my fault. I was trying to help out. I got caught and Robert Parish dunked. C'mon! I was taking about straight on.
Dell: It wasn't his man.
Mychal: That's right. I was guarding (Kevin) McHale. (Parish) was Kareem's guy. It was Kareems's fault. (Laughter)
Klay: I pulled out the tape against the Spurs when my dad had 40, and that was pretty impressive. He was hitting jumpers and his little ugly hook shot. It was effective though, very effective. It was quick. It was kind of like David Lee's baseline hook.
Steph: Other than the uniforms and the flattop, which is always fun to watch on my dad's highlights? Hmmm. The 1994 playoffs against Boston, in Charlotte, they had a last-second play drawn up and (my dad) was the in-bounder underneath the basket. They ran a play for Alonzo Mourning and he made the assist to Alonzo at the free-throw line for the game-winner and then was the first person on the dogpile. 'Zo had his hands up celebrating the shot. That was one of my favorite memories of my dad being involved in basketball.
Q: What were your backyard games like?
Mychal: It was easy for me, Dell, because I could just back Klay or his brothers into the low post. With you being a guard, you couldn't keep up with them little young quick boys outside. But I had the advantage of playing in the paint.
Dell: (Pats his belly) I had a little girth on them.
Mychal: What age were you when Steph and Seth started beating you?
Steph: I don't even remember if we played 1-on-1 like that.
Dell: I'm not a 1-on-1 guy. We played H-O-R-S-E.
Steph: We just played H-O-R-S-E all the time. I probably got you once or twice in middle school, maybe. I don't remember the first time. … I just remember the first time I beat you in golf. It was on your birthday and I was 13.
Dell: So around 13-14. That's when kids start to beat their fathers. When you're 11 or 12, they're still so small you can block their shots. But then the boys start getting 13-14-15, they're just too fast.
Q: A lot of kids are born with athletic talent. At what point did you realize your boys were going to put in the work it takes to be great?
Dell: I don't know if there was an age.
Steph: We had that conversation, when was it, my seventh grade year? Eighth grade? I was trying to play four different sports and you tried to focus down on what I was going to invest my time into and what sport I truly loved to play, the one I would eat, sleep and breathe all the time. I was a big-time golfer. Loved baseball. Loved basketball. But that was the time when you sat me down and said, 'You need to figure out which one you want to work on the most."
Dell: We did AAU basketball and baseball in the same summer. That's when I said, "Hey, you're going to pick one and stick with it."
Mychal: By the time Klay got to ninth grade, that's when he decided to play basketball. And I always tell him he made a mistake when he did that because — and it hurts me to say this — but he was a heck of a baseball pitcher. Steph. You were probably a good pitcher, too.
Steph: I was a middle infielder and center fielder. I didn't pitch.
Mychal: Man, Klay had a curveball that looked like Clayton Kershaw's. And being a 6-foot-7 pitcher, too? (Laughter) But he's doing all right I guess. He could have been a big time prospect but he gave it up for basketball.
Klay: I was too slow.
Q: To Dell and Mychal, what advice from your own dads did you pass down to this generation?
Mychal: I always tell Klay: Respect the game. Appreciate the game. This is a privilege to play in the NBA. Don't take it for granted. I told this to Klay. I said, "Listen man, your worst day in basketball is going to be better than your best day when basketball is over." Because when you have a hard time at practice, when you can't make a shot, when you're achy and the coach is yelling at you, someday you're going to say, 'Those were some good days.' Even the bad days, I miss. So as we go along in this journey, as these young men start out in their careers, appreciate every day. Don't take one day for granted. That's what I always try to tell Klay and my other sons.
Dell: Same here. Like he said, it's a privilege to play in the league. You're so blessed and it's special to be one of the 300 players or whatever it is in the league. Don't take it for granted. And then, with basketball: It's what you do but don't let it be your life. You work hard. You want to win a title. You do everything you can to get there. But when it's over, you still have to live your life. When I retired, I just stopped playing basketball. That's the only thing in my life that changed. I'd like to see same thing for him.
Q: Mychal, you talked about being frank on the air and you're fine if Klay is going to miss a shot against the Lakers. How do you handle it when these guys get criticism from others? When Steph was struggling with his ankle injury and fans started getting impatient, how do you deal with that as a father
Dell: I don't, to be honest with you. I know what it's like as a player. You have to block all that stuff out. As a parent, you have to do the same thing. You talk to him. You know how your son is feeling. You know he wants to play. So it doesn't bother me.
Mychal: For me — and I don't want to say this without sounding arrogant, Dell — but it would bother me more if it came from someone like Dell Curry or a Clyde Drexler. If a former peer who understands the game starts criticizing your son, whether it's justifiable or not, that hurts more. But if it's some pundit or some blogger says something, they don't know. They haven't played. It would hurt more if it was a respected guy like Dell. That hurts because those guys understand what it takes to play at this level. So when they do rip Klay or Steph, I just think, 'Those people don't know what they're talking about.'
Q: To Steph and Klay, what advice are you going to pass on to your kids that you got from your dad?
Steph: Hmm … Really, it's family first. When you have family, you have support system no matter what happens in life. Things will be all right. They supported me and anything I was interested in growing up. They allowed me to venture out and figure out what I wanted to do. They had good advice and a watchful eye, but I had some freedom to pick and choose what I was interested in and kind of go at it.
Klay: Yeah, just like what Steph said. I'm not going to force my kid to do basketball, or even any sport. Hopefully he does love sports because it's a lot of fun. But if he wants to be an architect or artist or, shoot, movie director — it doesn't matter to me.
Mychal: Or 'she.'
Klay: Or 'she.' That's right. Volleyball player. It doesn't matter. As long as they do what they love and give it their all, that's all I can ask for really. I can just try to teach them discipline and time management and all that good stuff. That's all you can do.
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Korea's "green growth" story reveals possibilities, challenges for Asia
Many Asian countries have integrated the concept of green growth into their national visions or strategies to cope with rising energy demand, delegates at the Daegu 2013 Congress were told on 16 October. South Korea's "green economy" offers an example for the rest of Asia of how to reduce the region's dependence on coal. Korea adopted […]
Posted on 16 October 2013
South Korean President promotes international energy cooperation
South Korean President Park Geun Hye told WEC Daegu 2013 on Wednesday that international cooperation is needed to meet global energy challenges, while a "creative energy economy" should be promoted in which Korea can play a leading role. "As the World Energy Council points out, the Energy Trilemma, the trade-offs between energy security, social equity […]
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Korea to play "important" part in global energy market, says Royal Dutch Shell CEO
Energy demand in Asia could more than double in the next 50 years, and a "historic phase" of industrialization and urbanization in Asia's emerging economies means Korea is well-placed to be an important player, said Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell. "South Korea is an appropriate place to focus on this issue," he […]
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North Korea holds key to East Asian "super-grid"
North Korea remains the biggest issue of uncertainty in shaping a vision for a "super-grid" to integrate power generation and distribution in Northeast Asia, industry leaders said on 15 October. The innovative proposal, still very much in the drawing board stages, would connect the electricity grids of China, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and potentially […]
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Korea well positioned for "knowledge-based" fusion energy
A leading researcher into nuclear fusion as a potential energy source says the drive to develop fusion energy is both "important and urgent," especially for South Korea. Lee Gyung-Su, Research Fellow at South Korea's National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI), told attendees at the World Energy Congress on 14 October that "fusion is knowledge-based energy, not […]
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World Energy Congress gets backing from Korean Prime Minister
The Organising Committee of the 2013 World Energy Congress is delighted to announce that the Prime Minister of Korea, Mr Chung Hong-won, has agreed to bring his leadership and support to the Congress by joining as Honorary Chairman of the Organising Committee. Mr Chung comments: "As the 22nd World Energy Congress is the most prestigious […]
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The world's development banks confirmed as speakers at 22nd World Energy Congress
Energy infrastructure finance on global agenda as major regional development banks confirm attendance at Daegu Largest financial sector representation at any global energy event SEOUL & LONDON, 13 February 2013: With investment in energy infrastructure a higher priority than ever before, this will be a top agenda item at the 2013 World Energy Congress […]
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World Energy Council launches "Tomorrow's Energy Prize"
US$60,000 to be awarded to the best papers in six categories Leading experts invited to submit on future of energy SEOUL- LONDON, January 17, 2013 – The World Energy Council today officially launched the "Tomorrow's Energy Prize", a US$60,000 competition to recognise the most outstanding papers submitted to the World Energy Congress, which takes […]
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WEC begins one-year countdown to 2013 World Energy Congress
The World Energy Council and the Daegu 2013 Organising Committee signalled the beginning of the one-year countdown to the 22nd World Energy Congress with events in South Korea last week (11–12 October). The events included a "World Energy Leaders' Night" in Seoul attended by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, senior officials, foreign ambassadors, and CEOs […]
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World Energy Council marks one-year countdown to 2013 World Energy Congress
New report cites Korea as global leader in developing smart grid technology with test-bed project on Jeju Island the world's largest SEOUL and LONDON, Thursday, October 11, 2012 – The Organising Committee for the 2013 World Energy Congress in Daegu and the World Energy Council (WEC) are marking one year to go until the 2013 […]
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• Lower health-care costs. One key talking point for ObamaCare was that it would reduce the cost of insurance, especially for non-group insurance. The president, citing the work of several health-policy experts, claimed that improved care coordination, investments in information technology, and more efficient marketing through exchanges would save the typical family $2,500 per year.
That was then. Now, even advocates for the law acknowledge that premiums are going up. In analyses conducted for the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Colorado, Jonathan Gruber of MIT forecasts that premiums in the non-group market will rise by 19% to 30% due to the law. Other estimates are even higher. The actuarial firm Milliman predicts that non-group premiums in Ohio will rise by 55%-85%. Maine, Oregon and Nevada have sponsored their own studies, all of which reach essentially the same conclusion. …
• Preservation of existing insurance. After the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of health reform in June 2012, President Obama said, "If you're one of the more than 250 million Americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your insurance." This theme ran throughout the selling of ObamaCare: People who have insurance would not have their current arrangements disrupted.
This claim is obviously false. Indeed, disruption of people's existing insurance is one of the law's stated goals. On one hand, the law seeks to increase the generosity of policies that it deems too stingy, by limiting deductibles and mandating coverage that the secretary of Health and Human Services thinks is "essential," whether or not the policyholder can afford it. On the other hand, the law seeks to reduce the generosity of policies that it deems too extravagant, by imposing the "Cadillac tax" on costly insurance plans.


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I decided to leave my sponge overnight; as it hadn't fermented to the point I was hoping it would. This is all part of the fun of sourdough. You have to look, listen, and smell your yeasty friends at each point of the process to determine your next move. I will film the dough-making step this morning and that will just leave the baking and the eating. Stay tuned!
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Follow the Sourdough - Day 6: And Then He Waited
Posted by Chef John at 11:10 AM
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6 comments:
- Connie said...
Mine is just starting to make tiny tiny bubbles and it is day 5 for me. I have a feeling it was take a few more days.
- March 11, 2008 at 11:37 AM
- hkfreak said...
I No Likey Clock Image. It is backwards...-y
- March 11, 2008 at 3:41 PM
I bought my son a clock that is backwards like that. It confuses my brain. It is hard to look at it and tell the time backwards.
- March 11, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- vroque3300 said...
Why theres is no video for day 3? is really no day 3?
- June 26, 2008 at 1:06 PM
- Chef John said...
day 3 was just repeating the feeding. Read and watch the first 2
- June 26, 2008 at 2:40 PM
I cannot find a video for day 6. I want to see what a "proven sponge" looks like.
- April 1, 2010 at 11:23 AM
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Don't mess with our players
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September 30 2008 01:28PM
Are the Oilers finally going to have a play-four-minutes-a-night tough guy again? Well, it looks like coach MacTavish believes his team is in need of that player and good enough to have that role filled on their fourth line.
Today the Oilers plucked Steve MacIntyre off waivers from Florida. The 6'6", 265 pound behemoth will play Friday in Calgary, and possibly could play five minutes a night on the fourth line in certain regular season games.
"The bottom line is we need to be able to protect our skill in a way that we haven't done the last little while. If you're going to be a good team you have to protect the skill on your team. A lot of our skill is attached to competitive bodies, but they're smaller bodies, and we have to make sure that opposing teams aren't feeling like they can take liberties with our skill," said MacTavish.
This seems like a change in philosophy from the team tough mantra, but MacTavish admitted it is also due to more skill throughout the lineup.
"We are good enough that we can have a guy play limited minutes, it will also allow us to keep other guys involved in the game (Penner), so their minutes don't decrease too much."
While it isn't a guarantee that MacIntyre will stick, it's fitting that this decision comes on a day where the Oilers and Flames meet. It sounds like MacTavish and his staff are determined to ensure that Hemsky, Gagner, Nilsson and the other skill players don't take too much abuse this season.
Here are the lines for tonight's tilt against the Flames:
Cole – Horcoff – Hemsky Nilsson – Gagner – Cogliano Moreau – Spurgeon – Lefebvre Corrazzini – Brule – Schremp
Souray – Vishnovsky Gilbert – Grebeshkov Peckham – Roy
Roloson will start.
I thought he fell victim to Lowetide's curse during the first round of cuts.
September 30 2008, 02:05PM
For all the people who didn't believe MacTavish had changed his tune in terms of wanting a bonafide hammer to protect his skilled playuers -- even after the team's attempt at bringing Georges Laraque back -- here's the proof.
There's NOTHING about MacIntyre that gets him anywhere near the NHL except size and toughness. He's a palooka. A meathead. Hockey skill doesn't mean a damn thing -- he's a super-heavyweight who matches up with anybody out there.
Can MacIntyre play a regular shift? No. Can he skate? Barely. That said, it doesn't matter. He's tough as nails and mean as hell. He knows his job description and he can do it in three or minutes a game 35 or 40 nights this season.
Ales, this is Steve. Steve, this is Ales.
I like it, but I really think it means that they will take care of this 3 headed goalie monster sooner then later.
Man this guy is a serious goon. Wish we had signed big Georges!
He's listed at D. I wonder if MacT's plan is to play 7 D in games that MacIntyre draws into (and then cycle Moreau, Nilsson or Penner at 4LW), or play him at forward.
You can't have an NHL defenseman play 4 minutes a game.
From that clip he sure can throw'em
September 30 2008, 03:17PM
At the very least we are trying to address the situation of us needing a true heavyweight!!
We always took great pride in our tough guys and they always had a special important place with our team. ie: Sammy, Marty, Brown, and Big George.
George was the heavyweight champ but refused to go after anyone other than the other teams heavyweight off the draw. I think it is time we need a guy with a little more fire and aggression to go after the light heavy's and middle weights who like to stir the pot... Like Robyn and Dion in Cowtown. It is the guy who will put the fear in those little girls that will keep them away form our stars. Both those babies knew they were free from Big George's reign. But now with guys like Peckham, Levebre, and Steve MacIntyre all bets are off. Plus now..Boogy who???
Go Oil GO!!!
September 30 2008, 03:53PM
More: http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/sports2/?p=156
Florida will claim MacIntyre back if the Oilers don't keep him up.
Can someone clarify how the waiver wire works.
In the article posted by Jonathan it says that the Panthers will reclaim him as soon as the Oilers put him on waivers to send him down to Springfield at which time they will immediately re-assign him to Rochester, without having to clear waivers again.
It also makes mention of a 30 day or 10 game rule.
Does this mean that if Edmonton keeps him for 30 days then he would have to clear waivers again if Florida picked him up (or keep him on the NHL roster)? In which case Edmonton could again grab him and send him down without exposing him?
I am just trying to get a sense of if Edmonton is going to burn a roster spot for the entire year just to keep him from getting snatched up again by the Panthers.
September 30 2008, 04:27PM
Scott: Yes. Corrazzini was among the first round of cuts. I think someone wasn't in the right state of mind when they posted.
I'm not 100% certain, but couldn't Florida have put the veto on the waiver claim? I seem to remember a rule in the CBA whereby you're allowed to veto one waiver claim per season to retain a player. Is this not correct? And if so, wouldn't Florida's statement that they WILL claim him if he's waived again a bit of an empty threat? I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for me.
September 30 2008, 04:28PM
"It's kind of ironic because Edmonton, with Gretzky and Semenko, was my favorite team growing up," he (MacIntyre) said.
From the link above.
September 30 2008, 05:57PM
I like this move as well. Zack seems to think that he is a scorer, and he doesn't have the weight to throw around to put fear in other teams in the league. This guy is going to be an excellent addition.
September 30 2008, 06:35PM
why is corrazini playing tonight? Its not like he is actually ever going to make it (watch me eat my words). It should be stortini; we cant be that worried about him gettin injured.
September 30 2008, 09:15PM
6'6" and 265. Jesus, he brought his f***in' toys.
October 01 2008, 11:18AM
The team that loses a player to waivers does have the first right to re-claim him, and then if they wish, they can send him to the minors without him clearing waivers.
MacT said he will be a forward. He played a fair amount of games in Providence last year as a forward.
No Corrazzini is playing. The Oilers made a mistake when they sent him down last week. In the CBA, you can't send a player down who has to clear waivers until 12 days before your team's first NHL regular season game. Thus, the Oil will send him down tomorrow. They had to recall him, and put him in the lineup tonight as a reward for the mistake basically.
Thanks for replying but I was more curious about the 30 day, 10 game part of the rule.
As in, once 30 days are up does that mean Florida can no longer reclaim him and send him down with once again exposing him to waivers?
On another note, do you or Robin know if any of the Oilers (players or coaches) ended up going over seas for the funeral of Jussi's son?
October 01 2008, 01:51PM
None of the players or current coaches could go due to training camp and the travel. I know the organization sent him a personal package, the contents were not announced, and really that type of thing should be between Jussi and the team.
As for the 30-day, 10-game rule, here is how it works. In that frame work, Florida would get the first shot to re-claim MacIntyre and can send him to the minors without having to clear waivers. However, after the 30 day, 10 game timeframe, they still get first right to claim him, but he would have to clear waivers if they chose to send him to minors.


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The terrible killings at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Conn., elicited a torrent of words as people tried to make sense out of the inconceivable.
Among those speaking out were people of faith. On Dec. 21, religious leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Sikh and Muslim faiths gathered at Washington's National Cathedral to call on Congress to reform that country's gun laws.
"Remember the 28 who died in Newtown," prayed Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. "We pledge to honour their memory by doing what we all know is right."
Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, reminded the group of the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, where seven were killed.
"Those bullets that hit Sandy Hook have hit the Sikh community again," he said, adding that people should "continue to raise their voices to stop this violence."
Rev. Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, spoke about the need for conservative Christians to get behind gun law reform.
"We need a conversion," he said. "American evangelicals need to be born again on this issue."
Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, was also at the event. Earlier, he said that "the immensity of the tragedy and the strong religious mandate to protect the innocent and the children clearly have created conversations in the religious communities all across America about 'What can we do?'"
One thing the faith group leaders want to do is get members of their congregations to call Congress on February 5 to press for an assault-weapons ban.
Achieving that goal won't be easy, however; Americans of faith aren't united on the issue of gun control. Among Christians, for example, stricter gun control is supported by 62 per cent of Catholics, 42 per cent of white mainline Protestants and only 37 per cent of white evangelical Christians.
Other religious commentators also weighed in on the shootings. In a provocative blog post, Stephen Prothero, a professor of religion at Boston University and the author of numerous books on religion in America, wrote about the things "I am sick of hearing" after the killings -- such as some people saying it was "God's will."
Said Prothero: "There may or may not be a God, but if there is, I sure hope he (or she or it) does not go around raising up killers, plying them with semiautomatic weapons, goading them to target practice, encouraging them to plot mass killings and cheering them on as they shoot multiple bullets into screaming six- and seven-year-old children.
"Much better to say there is no God or, as Abraham Lincoln did, "The Almighty has his own purposes," than to flatter ourselves with knowing what those purposes are."
He also was sick of people saying that "Jesus called the children home."
"I don't want to hear that Jesus needed 20 more kids in heaven on Friday," he wrote. "Even the most fervent Christians I know want to live out their lives on Earth before going 'home' to 'glory.'" Those kids, he said, "deserved more than six or seven years."
Other things that angered him were hearing that the killings were "God's judgment" on America for becoming too secular, or for not allowing God or prayer in public schools.
Prayer, he stated, is no protection in a country where anyone can buy automatic weapons.
Another provocative blog post was written by Rachel Held Evans, an American Christian and author, who addressed the idea circulating in American churches that the killings were the result of keeping God out of schools.
Noting that the killings took place during the season of Advent, a time of light breaking into darkness, she stated that "if the incarnation tells us anything, it's that God can't be kept out."
Specifically, she addressed comments by former U.S. presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee that the children of Sandy Hook school were killed because "we have systematically removed God" from public schools."
She wrote: "Brothers and sisters, let's call this one for what it is: bull****. God can be wherever God wants to be. God needs no formal invitation. We couldn't 'systematically remove' God if we tried."
The lesson of God's coming to Earth at Christmas, she noted, is "God can be found everywhere," including "every kindergarten classroom from Sandy Hook to Shanghai."
We don't have to know why God let this happen, she continued, but we can know "that God was there... for no amount of darkness can overcome the light."


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The state Senate rejected legislation Monday night that would have raised the eligibility requirements for TOPS, Louisiana's merit-based college tuition program.
But ongoing discussions about the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students signal a desire by some in the Legislature to tighten the program's costs to the state, potentially leaving parents and other assistance programs to take on more of the burden.
"There needs to be more efforts to tinker with the TOPS program," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville, who sponsored the bill voted down Monday as well as two others heading to the Senate floor for debate.
Donahue said TOPS, which is considered one of the most generous state-based college tuition assistance programs in the country, is ballooning beyond the state's means, due partly to a combination of the program's growing popularity and increases in college tuition.
TOPS will cost the state an estimated $250 million next year and $387 million by the 2018-19 school year, according to the state's Legislative Fiscal Office. That's up from about $40 million in the late 1990s.
Sen. A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell, said legislators have been wrestling for years with "a very noble attempt to take on a difficult subject matter."
"The challenge is, how do you put a handle on this?" Crowe said.
The program pays tuition and some fees for students who meet and maintain certain academic requirements, which Donahue's legislation sought to raise slightly. Since its creation, TOPS has paid for more than 620,000 Louisiana high school students to attend in-state colleges and universities. About 47,000 students currently are receiving TOPS funds.
Other revamps have been proposed, but Senate Bill 520, which failed in a 23-16 vote, would have raised the minimum high school grade-point average to receive TOPS from 2.5 to 2.75 and ACT score from 20 to 21 for students beginning with the 2017-18 graduating class.
"I think we will allow students to have a higher goal to shoot for," Donahue argued. "Quite a few of them would raise their standards."
The bill would have eliminated about 3,600 people from TOPS, he said, saving the state an estimated $26 million. Of that, 25 percent would have gone back to Louisiana's Go Grant, which is a needs-based scholarship.
Several senators spoke out against the proposal, saying the outcome would be that fewer students would receive TOPS.
"They know that we're going to lose a lot of students; that's why they're calculating savings," Sen. Francis Thompson, D-Delhi, said of the SB520 supporters' intent.
Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, said she objected to the bill because she doesn't believe that ACT score is reflective of achievement in college.
"Not one person has said because you get a lower ACT score, your likelihood of success is less," she said.
But even lawmakers who opposed the changes to TOPS in SB520 repeatedly expressed a desire to revisit potential changes to the program next year.
"Let's find another solution," Thompson argued. "Let's look at it again next year."
Thompson said he worries legislators are taking the wrong approach, focusing only on costs and not on Louisiana's education.
"It's a shame we can't put even more in there," he said.
Before Senate Bill 520 was voted down, the Senate adopted an amendment that would have converted TOPS to a student loan, forgiven if students keep their eligibility during their first year of college.
Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, said he thought that change would help curb costs by forcing students who don't make it past their first year of college to repay the state.
"What (TOPS) was not meant to do is provide a year of educational vacation," said Morrell, who sponsored the amendment. "That first year is not a party."
A report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office last year showed that 44 percent of students lost their TOPS awards between 2002 and 2008, and more than half of those lost the scholarship during the first year of college.
Other bills currently winding through the Legislature seek to freeze TOPS awards at their current level or potentially remove the tuition-setting authority from the Legislature.
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This article was published 22/8/2014 (1092 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
As the days get a wee bit cooler and the mosquitoes disappear, the time is perfect for a flatwater paddling trip.
The best array of multi-day options can be found in the interconnected maze of lakes east of Lake of the Woods, a recreational paddling region that covers hundreds of square kilometres south of Highway 17 and east of Highway 71, including the entire Experimental Lakes Area.
As of this moment, there's no guidebook to the region. Readers often query me about potential routes.
Here are some of the most popular and most spectacular. Before you head out, make sure to buy or download the topographical maps -- and pack a compass.
Stewart Lake Loop
Access/egress: Pine Road at Lower Stewart Lake
Chain of lakes: Lower Stewart, Geejay, Manomin, Winnange, Upper Stewart and Lower Stewart.
The goods: Two relatively easy portages takes you into Manomin Lake, where there's an excellent rocky campsite in northeast corner, as well as secondary island sites.
Stephen Lake loop
Access/Egress: Highway 71 at Kakagi Lake
Chain of lakes: Kakagi, Cedartree, Flint, Stephen, Cameron and Kakagi.
The goods: The pictographs on Stephen Lake, located just to the east of the sole campsite, are worth four portages on the way in. This is also reintroduced-elk country. There's a demon of a portage between Cameron and Kakagi -- and plenty of open water on Kakagi itself-- but the effort is worth it.
Teggau Lake loop
Access/egress: Pine Road at Lower Stewart Lake.
Chain of lakes: Lower Stewart, Geejay, Manomin, Winnange, Eagle (west arm), Teggau, Eagle (west arm), Crabclaw, Winnange, Upper Stewart and Lower Stewart.
The goods: Teggau Lake, the deepest in the Experimental Lakes area, is the destination on the trip. The spectacular campsite sits at the tip of a peninsula that juts out from the east. Consider spending two nights here. Also camp on Manomin and Crabclaw or Winnange. There are steep portages at Buzzard Falls, which sits between Winnange and Eagle, as well as between Winnange and Upper Stewart Lake.
Dryberry Lake loop
Access/egress: Highwind Lake Road
Chain of lakes: Highwind, Hillock, Dryberry, Point, ELA No. 322, ELA No. 313, Teggau, Eagle (west arm), Winnange, Manomin, Geejay, Fish, ELA No. 109, Porcus and Highwind.
The goods: Dryberry Lake, one of the largest in the canoe country east of Lake of the Woods, is a wonder on a calm day and a terror in high winds. Paddle this route counter-clockwise to increase the chance of being aided by prevailing westerlies. Highlights along the route include a spectacular rockfall near the portage north out of Point Lake and Teggau Lake (see above).
Pipestone Lake loop
Access: Highway 71 at Kakagi Lake
Egress: Nestor Falls, Ont.
Chain of Lakes: Kakagi, Osipassini, Sandhill, Schistose, Pipestone, Slender, Kishkutena, Wigwam, Pinus and Kakabikitchiwan.
The goods: Although this is a loop, you'll have to shuttle at least one vehicle between the Kakagi Lake public dock and Nestor Falls, which are 12 kilometres from each other. The big attraction is long and secluded Pipestone, separated from Highway 71 by many, many portages. You're going to work for this one.
Eagle Lake to Kakagi Lake
Access: Vermilion Bay, Ont.
Egress: Highway 71 at Kakagi Lake
Chain of Lakes: Eagle, Piskegomang Brook, Goose, Hawkcliff, Stoat, Fisher, Populus, Atikwa, Waterfall, Rupert, Eliza, Caviar, Flint, Cedartree and Kakagi.
The goods: If you're looking for a long flatwater paddle, this is your trip. Seldom-visited Hawkcliff Lake is a stunner. The waterfall west of Atikwa Lake will demand a two-night stay at the small campsite on the opposite side of Waterfall Lake. A rocky island site on the north side of Kakagi is among the best in the area. Pack light!


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Huge UK hippo fossils point to warmer past, reports BBC I July 2004. The fossilised bones of two ancient hippos that weighed about 6-7 tonnes (about half as big again as today's descendants), have been found in Norfolk UK. They were recovered from a quarry along with horse, hyena, fish and a variety of rodent remains and are claimed to be more than 450,000 years old. Researchers believe the fossils open a new window on the UK's past in the early Middle Pleistocene when average UK temperatures were about 2 degrees C higher. Palaeontologist Simon Parfitt, from the Natural History Museum, told BBC News Online, "The site was first visited by a local amateur geologist who came across these deposits and realised they contained something that was really very exciting." The fossils are about 10-15m (30-50ft) under the surface and were covered by glacial deposits. The hippos probably died through natural causes as their bones show evidence of having being gnawed by hyenas, today found in Africa.
Editorial Comment: One cave we take people to on field trips in the UK contained Hippo and Reindeer bones. It's obvious that the winter cold which came after Noah's flood (Genesis 8:22) and the ice that followed (Job 6:16, 38:29,30), have been powerful separators of the world's animal populations. Reindeer and Hippo could survive together in a mild climate, but only the Reindeer with its fur could cope with the ice. Hippos either moved on or died out.


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Key Club shows appreciation for their sponsoring Kiwanis Club
By Stephen Brooks, Kiwanis advisor to the Colebrook Academy Key Club
I would like to share a story about the Colebrook Academy Key Club in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The club's membership ranges between 30–40 members.The members have a very strong relationship with their parent club, the Kiwanis Club of Colebrook, which also has about the same number of members. Almost every Kiwanis meeting is attended by Key Club members.
The Key Club wanted to show their appreciation for the Kiwanis club's support so the Key Club decided to host an appreciation dinner for the Kiwanians. They used money from an annual fundraiser called Key Awake Night to purchase supplies to prepare a meal for approximately 100 Kiwanians and guests. Key Awake Night brings Key Clubbers from around the New England District together in the Colebrook High School gymnasium. Activities include sports competitions, a dance, Guitar Hero and much more. The students stay up all night long engaging in these activities.
On the day of the appreciation dinner, there was a Kiwanis Division 8 bocce tournament and the Key Clubbers invited Kiwanians from other clubs to join the feast. The Key Club members prepared and served chicken breast stuffed with a sage and cranberry stuffing, oven roasted potato medley, lasagna, veggies, rolls and a cake with a picture of the Kiwanis club on it.
The meal was a huge success and the Kiwanians were deeply appreciative of the Key Club's generosity. The Key Club got many thanks for hosting such a great evening, which also included a little comedy skit from one of the Kiwanis members.
I think this is a great example of the relationship that's possible between Kiwanis clubs and their sponsored youth programs. The leadership tools and programs that Kiwanis provides the Key Club members are unsurpassed.
Key Clubbers recognize when to take the lead and they learn to show their appreciation when they are supported. Their leadership and ability to see the big picture is greatly enhanced by the skills they attain from Key Club and Kiwanis.
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Hi, I have a request i'd like to ask. Since Pokemon X & Y have been announced, lot's of Wikia Contributors have been adding speculation to pages and creating spam pages with inappropriate text. It's been annoying to always have to be on guard all day to add the Delete tag to pages. So i'm requesting (hence the title) to block all pages from Wikia Contributors and only users, and if possible to also prevent them from creating pages. I feel this would make the Wiki much cleaner so that we can focus on the articles that need to be redone rather than getting spammed with spam :P. --Aquatic Wartortle Surf! 01:11, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
- I see your point, and I would agree except I seem to remember an anon user making some episode pages, which were quite useful. Of course I could be thinking of a different (non-anon) user, but generally I think we shouldn't limit page creation as it would create more harm than good. --Shockstorm (talk) 01:24, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
I see your point, but I still think that we should restrict them, if they want to add a page, they can create an account, but they're still adding more spam pages than ever due to X & Y' announcement. I say that restricting would bring more good than bad. --Aquatic Wartortle Surf! 15:52, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, actually, at this point I'd support that, since it doesn't look like any of the new pages are helpful. --Shockstorm (talk) 17:38, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
- If I can tell you guys something, I am getting Aquatic Wartortle's point. Since the announcement of Pokémon X and Y there were many unregistred wikia contributors who are adding crazied speculations as that there were two new types announced also being a heavy battle about unusual trivia content which they won't accept. I'm getting slightly frustrated about that because we are a professional wiki and having unregistred contributors around makes our wiki look bad because this is also one of the thousand Pokémon source web were unregistrated contributors can freely edit. I didn't evenly saw thos rubbish that they are maiking here at Bulbapedia. But on the other side, what Shockstorm said is also true, there are some unregistred contributors who are adding useful content and I've seen some of them. Some of them are also helping us out with a lot of stuff that they got the time for as well as one unregistred contributor that I have seen doing his best about creating and adding content to the episode pages. So my point is more of a crossroad, unregistrated contributors are a extremely pest to this wiki, but some of them are helping us out a lot. But you got my support on that Aquatic Wartortle, it is the right thing of preventing unusual nonsense from them and that we have to undo their edits which can cause edit wars and adding delete tags. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 20:17, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
Seriously, if anyone has an source of info about Pokemon X and Y, they can report to the admin. The solution to that is to lock the page. Besides, if the anons create such silly pages, it is up to the admins to take care of it. There is a need for admins, as we have 3 admins and they are bureaucrats. I'm against the idea in general, it can be only when too many vandalism (daily) is encountered by them. Energy X ∞ 21:25, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
- I agree here. Anons are a daily pest for me on this wiki for me, period. Some are good, yes but the majority are not. If a new user really wants to share a true new piece of information then they can tell an admin. And if they spot a problem they can ask an admin to a) sort it out for them or b) unprotect the page for them to do their edit. Rainbow Shifter 21:49, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
- Well, protecting the pages were also my ideas due to that Bulbapedia knows how to defend the X and Y related topic to prevent fan speculations, but when the pages are locked the unregistered contributors are then signing in to add those speculations. Problem is, those kinds of contributors always want their right in something they do wrong which ends in endless useless discussions or edit war for no reason then it grows out to attacking each other on the talk pages. I had to remove the Fennekin section about the "Chinese zodiac" thing because it outcome was worse which I was completely lost in understanding those kinds of peoples. Anyway, on a clear mind, I also think it is the best of locking those pages to prevent harm. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 23:25, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
Look at this page: http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Your_Mother_Edition It's going to continue happening from the looks of it, so just wondering, when will the request be active? Do I have to have a certain amount of votes on my side to complete the request? :? --Aquatic Wartortle Surf! 02:35, February 18, 2013 (UTC)
This won't be happening. Since protect site is only used in the case of mass vandalism, we won't be able to get it just to prevent people from creating pages. We hve three admins and a user with rollback rights, we can handle it. If we all aren't on at one time, we'll get to it when we can. – EnemyPeacemaker 16:48, February 18, 2013 (UTC)


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Skyrim - Lets Make it Exciting Again
So I'm ten hours into a new play through of Skyrim and would like to gather some thoughts from the community regarding the game, mods and suggestions on how to keep Skyrim fresh and exciting. I love exploring this huge, open world. I have the "Corners of Skyrim" mod and cannot recommend it enough. Does wonders for exploration when you find that small hideout/hut with a lone bed and a chest for your gear, but no cheats or overpowered items. Or that spooky abandoned jail, haunted with ghosts. Corners of Skyrim is a breath of fresh air in a stale world.
And Skyrim is stale. Make no mistake. I have done a number on the game through mods, but unlike Oblivion, it simply does not seem to be working this time around. So far I have:
-Tougher dragons. Real racial differences. Hard hitting, staggering combat. Deadly magic, without combat regen so you have to use it wisely, like your powers in the Witcher 2 or Dishonored. I have made merchant far more immersive, basing Smith's goods on the mines in their holds or their affiliation/location. Riften has tons of Ebony because the hold mines the stuff. Markarth has a near monopoly on Dwarven, with the mine there.
I have torn down magic, combat, loot, gold drops, stealth, Dragons and even enchanting and merchants...and yet. And yet I just cannot seem to find that formula that compels to me wander this world and explore. I find Dwemer ruins to be soulless, boring places. Falmer are...irritating. Blind or nearly so...but their aim sure is good for all that.
Maybe it is the small bestiary. Maybe its the truly antiquated look and feel of the animations. Maybe its the godawful writing. But none of those things kept me from Oblivion as they do from Skyrim. So I am wondering: What have others done to keep their Skyrim game fresh, exciting and new. What gets you out into that craggy wilderness to explore? Or have you given up and moved on to other, newer game engines?
I have been waiting for the mods that make the game dangerous as hell, but manageable (ie: don't just turn everything to 10 billion health and the player to three) and quick rather than laborious, and ones that turn the economy into a real struggle to survive, rather than to find something to do with your exponentially growing mountain of gold.
However, the only ones I've seen that promise to do this require the add-ons, which I can't afford at the moment, so. But I'd be interested in what other people have tried, since I'd rather not turn the game into a crashfest like I did with GTA4.
Based on my experience with Fallout 3 though, I'd recommend getting mods that make the world dangerous, and changing the way you play. Death means game over. Never block. Potions are for big babies. Just some kind of rules for yourself to mix things up.
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I'd recommend anyone to try semi-hardcore. For each type of enemy, work out what sort of bad things can happen to you if they beat you. Then, if they do, randomly decide between those options. Bandits will tend to steal stuff, and so on. This can also help create stories about what's going on between you and the various groups.
Play as a bard. Wander from inn to inn. Make up rules about how good your songs and tales are, based on your skills and also the sorts of things you've seen. See something impressive? Be part of an epic battle? Find some obscure story or book somewhere in the world? Congratulations, you'll have some fine tales to tell. But don't stay in the same place too long or they'll start to get stale. Befriend a heroic companion and "follow" their adventures, specializing in support skills like Restoration and Illusion rather than combat skills. Probably have to do a bit of modding to make you weaker while making sure the companion is still strong relative to the enemies. Mjoll the Lioness would be a good "hero" to follow.
But what I'd probably suggest most for you based on all your posts is to maybe just let Skyrim go. It may just be that you don't like it so much. That's nothing weird. I think I prefer Oblivion to Skyrim for instance: for me, the base mechanics of Oblivion are easy to tweak into something I enjoy, whereas Skyrim would require a big overhaul that I doubt will ever be made.Irrelevant on further examination of the rest of the thread.
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16411 ?
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8429 ?
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Does that overhaul existing NPCs or add new ones?
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Use the "Live Another Life" alternate start mod. Choose "Random" if you are feeling lucky. Maybe you will start out as a necromancer in a cave, or robbed and left for dead in dangerous territory with nothing to defend yourself with. I started an Argonian character and chose the "Argonian Dock Worker" start. I started with nothing, did some odd jobs around town (and a little thievery) to obtain some starter equipment, then set out on my own to make a name for myself.
If you like archery, playing with no crosshair and disabling auto aim is great fun. It takes time to master it, but there is nothing like manually lining up a shot on a long range target, releasing your arrow, and watching it streak towards them for 5 seconds in the ranged kill cam. Or when a dragon is lumbering toward you, and you are trying to line up that final kill shot while your screen is bouncing around. Playing like this actually made me pause in a bandit ruin I had just cleaned out, and take some shots at a straw target to practice my aim. Pretty immersive in a way."What were we talking about? Pegasuses, pegasii, that's horses with wings. This motherf*cker got a sword that talks to him. Motherf*cker live in places that don't exist, it comes with a map. My God."
I'm experimenting with Frostfall which introduces hypothermia ... but I'm thinking of dumping it because it's more tedious than interesting given how compressed Skyrim is in terms of geographic and temporal scale.
I'm using someone's monster mod which has added more variety to the wildlife and a mod that makes the AI a little smarter tactically (I've yet to see this claim proven true, but I've seen a greater number of animals do the Loop of Ambivalence so perhaps it's trying to make some of them run away or get behind me and the code for it is all buggy) and a little less aggressive in certain cases (bandits and such have their camps and won't attack you unless you get too close, bears roar at you and give you some time to back off ... it's not complete, but it's added some nice little moments).
I'm using the ACE Combat mechanics and perks mod and rather enjoying it. I can't just change weapons in the middle of a tough fight and get out safely. I have to be really careful I'm not in a weaker "stance" such as weapon-less or else I'll take more damage and my armor will reduce damage by less. Running away becomes more dangerous because attacks from behind hit for more. Etc.
I have a mod that allows for sneak-attack spells. It's difficult because most spells are flashy and loud, but if you have a high stealth skill, you can get a stealth bonus for that first fireball of the fight.
I'm still figuring out what magical balance mod I'm most interested in. I want magic to be less tedious and more tactical--it's a lot of fun as is, but I'd like to cut down on the potion chugging and it's not quite powerful enough for me to rely on it for a whole fight as surely as I can rely on my sword. I expect to be less safe, but the exchange should be a little less reliance on armor and what-not. One thing I'm loving is the Invested Magic Mod (or something like that). It changes persistent effects (armor buffs, summons) so that they reserve a chunk of your Magicka rather than being a fire-and-forget spell with a time limit. You can summon an axe for as long as you'd like ... but you have less Magicka to work with while you're concentrating on holding it's existence together. Similar with destruction-cloaks and mage-armors.
I found a mod that gives enemies a chance to have non-standard spells, for example, so I now (as I did in my first play-through) come up against wizards with spells I haven't seen before or at least with spells that equal my new acquisitions in power.
It really sounds like you're done with Skyrim though. I'm not moding the game because I find wandering in the world uninteresting. I'm moding the game because after playing a lot of Skyrim I'm starting to find elements of the somewhat simplistic and flawed mechanics frustrating but I'm not done exploring Skyrim yet. I'm still excited by the sandbox of Skyrim, but not by all of the toys in it or the rules I've been told to follow while I'm playing with them. As such, I'm editing the weapons, the magic system, the weight of items, the monsters, and such ... but MOST of my mods just add things that are in keeping with the world. Graphical enhancements, new quests, new weapons, new spells, new enemies, new places, new dragons ... more stuff to play with in the sandbox.
It sounds like you've had some good times with the game. Perhaps it is simply time to move on. Or maybe someone will suggest a mod that you'll fall in love with. I don't know ... if I find a game really interesting but also frustrating or incomplete, that's when I apply mods (if possible). When I don't find it interesting (anymore) ... I'm going to need a pretty fundamental overhaul. That's my two cents.
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Reflecting on my time with the game I'd say certain aspects give an impression of it being a soulless land. The quicker some talented modder mods in a whole league of new monsters and NPCs the better. Bethesda like to be conservative, yet I've found way better experiences when modders let the creativity flow. Look at Tamriel Rebuilt, it has some vistas and places that are mesmerising. More NPCs in the cities would be a step forward, something akin to The Witcher 2, heck, even The Witcher 1, and make them appear to be really existing there, because they don't. Their routine cycles aren't convincing.
I'd love to see an eccentric designer take Skyrim and mash it up with Proteus, make it an audio visual orgasm.
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Looks tough. you gave me an idea. playing this one without a crosshair should add a bit of realism and difficulty.
Have you just browsed the Nexus and picked up whatever looked interesting?
Sometimes a combination of certain mods makes for completely unexpected results.Virtual Pilot 3D NEVER NOT SCAM!
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If you're playing as archer,there are several mods which greatly improves the experience with bow. One mod is to adjust distance to target,so you aim far above their head to hit them,next one is for arrows which have i don't know what problem ir vanillia etc.
Sounds like your problem with exploration in Skyrim is that you don't like the locations you find out in the world.. or the enemies, writing and the game engine. I don't really see how you're going to fix that with mods unless there's a total conversion out there tailored for you. I've got 84 mods installed but most of them are either visual improvements, additional items, small game play tweaks or fixes for things that annoyed me.
There are some things that can add some more variety to the game, like the monster mod already mentioned above. Something that adds encounters might be worth a try as well, such as Warzones: Civil Unrest. There are some that add dungeons, quests and new locations out there but I have no idea what's good or not. Something like Skyrim Redone might be worth a look as well, perhaps?
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Black company - can you tell me the names of some of the mods you're using? Particularly the ones that do this:
"Tougher dragons. Real racial differences. Hard hitting, staggering combat. Deadly magic"
Or... are those just the names of the mods. I hadn't considered that actually. They all do sorta sound like mod names.


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Shortly after I began abusing crystal meth on a daily basis, I noticed some serious side effects and started developing medical problems. While active in addiction, my skin was absolutely horrible. I was always in the middle of an indefinite breakout. When I was high, I would tweak out and pick at my face or other parts of my body for hours at a time. The incessant picking left terrible red wounds all over my body that I would unsuccessfully try to cover up with makeup.
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Just got back from ER. They had to drain out my staph infection, it was fucking gross. It had gotten so big. Erik made me go, he said it looked really bad and that they would fix it for free, they can't turn me away, so I went. It fucking hurt, they stuck this huge needle in my shoulder and the stuff spewed out everywhere, so gross. I couldn't look at it – it was so painful. When the nurse was taking down some information she asked for my address. Told her I didn't have one at the moment. She asked how often I used drugs and if I was using needles. I told her I use every day but don't inject. She gave me some speech about not doing it or something. Whatever, just fix my shoulder bitch, who asked you. They gave me a prescription for antibiotics. I hope they work. Right now I have a large gaping hole in my shoulder. Looks like a bullet wound or something. I probably should stop, but don't want to, I still want to have fun.
At this phase in my addiction my body was in awful condition and I was extremely underweight. I probably weighed about 140 pounds, which is not a lot for a guy who is six feet tall. The staph infection healed up but over the next months, but I continued getting smaller infections on a recurring basis. In addition to all of the physical side effects of meth, my brain was a complete mess. I would have auditory hallucinations on a regular basis as well as occasional visual hallucinations. I remember walking down the street and swearing I heard people screaming out my name. When I turned around there was no one there, it was all in my head. Whenever I took a shower I would hear terrible screaming and yelling as if there was someone fighting in the room next. But as soon as I turned off the shower the noises would stop. I was losing my mind.
I had been homeless for a few months now and was struggling daily to find drugs and a place to crash. If this happened to any normal person who was not a drug addict chances are they would have stopped a long time ago. It would be absolutely insane to keep using drugs if these were the consequences. Since I suffer from the disease of addiction, I could not stop – nor did I want to. I still thought there was fun to be had despite my body shutting down and the other countless consequences. My drug addiction had a strong hold on me and I was not willing or ready to let meth go.


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The William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine hosted the 2015 Research Symposium on April 17 with Dr. Stefanie Jeffrey of Stanford University as the keynote speaker.
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Monday, April 20, 2015
The William Carey University Theatre will host professional puppeteer Peter Zapletal and Puppet Arts Theatre's production of "The Adventure of Momotaro the Peach Boy" at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 23 in Smith Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
As a result of strong growth in health-related programs, the William Carey University Board of Trustees recently approved the creation of the College of Health Sciences.
The new academic unit will include several existing programs at the university, including the School of Nursing, the Department of Physical Therapy, the health information management program and the health education and administration program. Dr. Janet Williams, dean of Carey's nursing school, will serve as dean of the new college.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
The Cobbler, the student newspaper of William Carey University, earned several awards during the 2014-2015 Better Newspaper Contest – Student Division, hosted by the Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Sixteen William Carey University students were inducted into the Mississippi Beta chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society on April 15.
Membership into Alpha Chi is limited to no more than 10 percent of the junior, senior and graduate class members. Carey students must have at least a 3.70 grade point average on the 4.0 scale to qualify for membership.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
William Carey University honored active duty service members and veterans during Military Appreciation Day sponsored by the School of Business Leadership Institute on April 11.
Approximately 60 area veterans, including a large group from the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, attended the event, which was held between games of a baseball doubleheader versus Martin Methodist College. The honorees and their families received free admission to both games and were served lunch catered by Newk's Eatery, Raising Cane's and Coca-Cola.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The William Carey University School of Business inducted 17 students into the Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society in Business, Management and Administration during Homecoming activities on March 28.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
D.R.E.A.M. of Hattiesburg Inc. will host the "Substance Abuse and Your Congregation" conference from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on April 23 in the Kresge and Glass rooms of Thomas Business Building at the Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
For the third consecutive year, William Carey University has partnered with Hattiesburg High School to offer an ACT and college preparatory program that included scholarship money to students attending all program sessions.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
The William Carey University Student Art Show and Competition, featuring artwork by students from both the Hattiesburg and Tradition campuses, will be on display at the Kress Live in Biloxi from April 16-30.
Monday, April 13, 2015
The William Carey University Tradition campus in Biloxi is hosting a special art exhibit by area artist Kathryn McCann through April 30.
McCann graduated from Carey in 2011 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She went on to graduate from Mississippi College with a Master of Education degree in 2013 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2014. McCann's work consists primarily of mixed media and incorporates her loves of watercolor painting, papermaking, printmaking and ceramics.
Monday, April 13, 2015
William Carey University has again been named a Champions of Character Five-Star Institution by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
The NAIA Champions of Character program focuses on five core values, including integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership, and works to instill these values through programs for student-athletes and professional development for coaches and staff.
Monday, April 13, 2015
The William Carey University Office of Admissions will host Early Registration Day for the summer and fall terms at both the Hattiesburg campus and the Tradition campus in Biloxi from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on April 24.
During Early Registration Day, both freshman and transfer students can meet with admissions personnel and faculty advisors, visit key offices, register for classes and tour the university.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Chase Crocker of Ocean Springs, a senior music education major at William Carey University, was recently selected as the first recipient of the Michael Iler Memorial Music Scholarship.
The scholarship was established by an anonymous donor in memory of Michael Iler of Vancleave, a Carey music student who died in March 2014 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident caused by an alleged drunk driver. Michael Iler's wife and fellow Carey student Annissa Iler survived the crash but suffered serious injuries.
Friday, April 10, 2015
For the seventh consecutive year, William Carey University has received a perfect score of 3.0 on the Financial Responsibility Index released by the U.S. Department of Education.
For-profit and non-profit institutions of higher learning are required to annually submit audited financial statements to the Department of Education to demonstrate they are maintaining the standards of financial responsibility necessary to participate in Title IV, or federal student aid.