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July 21 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 6 Presentations
July 18, 2008
News Highlights
- Fairfax County police officers and K-9s; Police Department and police chief; Fairfax County Public Schools principal; Special Olympian; and Rotarian of the Year to be honored.
- A downloadable photo and synopsis of each presentation will be posted on the county's Web site.
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, July 21, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., will make the following presentations to residents and county staff. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711. More information on the July 21 meeting, including an agenda, can be found online.
"Iron Dogs" of the Fairfax County Police Department
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Pfc. Mike Gubesch and his K-9 partner Justice, winners of the Virginia Police Canine Association Iron Dog Competition. The duo completed the 10-event, 1.25-mile course in less than nine minutes, resulting in Justice being named the competition's "Iron Dog." Additionally, Master Police Officer Mark Dale and his K-9 partner Niko will be recognized for their admirable performance in the competition.
Fairfax County Police and Police Chief Col. David M.
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Police Department for receiving the 2007-08 National Law Enforcement Award, as well as the special category Occupant Protection Award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Chief Col. David M. Rohrer also will be recognized for his award from Ayuda, a community-based, nonprofit organization of multi-lingual legal and social services for low-income immigrants in the metropolitan region.
National Night Out
The Board of Supervisors will designate Tuesday, Aug. 5 as National Night Out in Fairfax County. National Night Out is a unique nationwide crime, drug and violence prevention program in which communities across the nation demonstrate neighborhood spirit and cooperation among residents and police.
Fairfax County Public Schools Principal Dale Rumberger
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Dale Rumberger for his 32 years of outstanding service to the Fairfax County Public Schools community. Rumberger retired as principal of South County Secondary School at the end of the 2007-08 school year. In 2006, he was recognized as a Washington Post Principal of the Year and also honored with the publication's Distinguished Educational Leadership Award.
Special Olympian Karen Dickerson
The Board of Supervisors will recognize long distance runner Karen Dickerson, a Fairfax County resident, for her achievements as a Special Olympic Virginia athlete and a tireless advocate for the Special Olympics. Dickerson competed in the 2003 World Games in Dublin Ireland, where she won the bronze medal, and continues to compete in numerous long distance races, including the Boston Marathon and the Marine Corps Marathon.
Rotarian of the Year Vance Zavela
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Rotary Club of McLean volunteer Vance Zavela for his noteworthy accomplishments and dynamic participation in the Fairfax County community. Zavela was named Rotary International District 7610 Rotarian of the Year, from among 51 northern central and eastern Virginia Rotary clubs. Zavela also serves on the boards of several other community organizations.
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Notebook: Hill makes 8th start for UF
Published: Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
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Florida freshman Kasey Hill is growing a little more accustomed to playing in the SEC.
"I just feel like my normal self now," Hill said following UF's 69-36 win Saturday over Texas A&M. "It's not really an adjustment in SEC, I think. I'm just going out and playing."
Hill made the most of his eighth start. The 6-foot-1 point guard from Umatilla finished with four points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals in an all-around solid floor game. He played 25 minutes before fouling out late in the second half.
Hill found out he was starting in place of senior forward Casey Prather on Friday. Prather rolled his ankle Thursday night against Mississippi State and wasn't 100 percent for practice.
"It's always nice to start," Hill said.
Hill made an impact early by getting the ball down the court quickly in transition. Though he didn't finish some driving layups, his speed allowed trailing Florida players to get easy putback baskets on offensive rebounds. Forward Dorian Finney-Smith and center Patric Young both had putback layups off missed Hill drives to the basket.
"He got in the lane, did some good things with the ball," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "I still think he's got to be more of an aggressive driver than what he is. He gets in there and he shoots too many soft floating kind of shots, and he needs to go in there and get fouled a little more.
"When he does that he can get to the line, but when he's in the open floor, he's got great speed and he can find people. He's got good vision. I thought he did a good job."
Hill is still struggling shooting the ball from the perimeter (5 of 28 from 3-point range, 18 percent) but is trying his best to use his speed and athletic ability to create offense for himself and his teammates.
Florida sophomore guard Michael Frazier II, Hill's former teammate at Montverde Academy in Clermont, said he's noticed improvement from the freshman.
"I love him to death and I just have a lot of respect for his maturity," Frazier said. "It's hard, because I was in his position last year, playing as a freshman. Being a point guard, Coach D is on him. But I think he's taking coaching great and his level of maturity is as good as I've seen."
Prather streak ends
Prather had his streak of 18 straight games of scoring in double figures come to an end Saturday. The 6-foot-6 senior forward scored all seven of his points in the first half. Coming off an ankle injury, Donovan took a somewhat cautious approach with Prather, limiting him to 21 minutes off the bench.
"We decided to keep his minutes somewhat down," Donovan said.
DeVon Walker ailing
Donovan said sophomore guard DeVon Walker did not play Saturday because he's been dealing with a hip pointer.
"We didn't know if he was going to play against Mississippi State," Donovan said. "We had to take him out of the game midway through there, I think it was in the second half. He was still kind of bothered by it, and I wasn't going to use him unless we really needed him."
Thursday-Saturday success
The Gators improved to 19-1 in Thursday-Saturday SEC games since 2010. This week is the last of two straight Thursday-Saturday stretches the Gators will face this season.
Young said the key to Florida's Thursday-Saturday success is getting rest and strong preparation from UF's coaching staff.
"We have one of the best video crews in America in (video coordinator) Oliver Winterbone," Young said. "He's got film for Kentucky at home here probably prepared. They do a good job scouting and getting us film."
Donovan notched his 200th career conference win in a combined 20 seasons at Marshall (1994-96) and UF (1996-2014). Donovan is 200-110 all-time in conference play and 182-110 in SEC games at UF. … Florida won its 13th straight SEC game, matching a school record set from 1967-69 and 2006-08. … Young, who turned 22 on Saturday, said he planned to spend time with his family after the game and go to church today. "To have the opportunity to go out here and play here for four years, every day is like a birthday when we can come out here and get a win," Young said. "I'm just happy to be part of it all."
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Mean Betty: Is Walmart Trying to Kill Thanksgiving?
The big box retailer Walmart plans to start Black Friday on … Thanksgiving Day!
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Mean Betty isn't sure if she's thrilled or appalled. When she heard the news that Walmart plans to open all of its stores at 8 PM on Thanksgiving Day to get ahead of the Black Friday crowd, she had two simultaneous thoughts: 1. Crass consumerism at its worst and 2. Less time to spend with annoying relatives!
Kittens, Meanie doesn't know if this is a martini glass half full or empty situation. It's always nice to get a serious deal during the holiday season. However, if you've ever stood online in the cold, freezing darkness in the hopes of snagging a laptop for $39, you know the bitter truth about Black Friday sales. Most stores that advertise rock bottom prices on expensive electronics only carry a limited amount of that item. We're talking like having only one or three of them on the shelves. So, if you're not in the front of the line, don't play a combo of football and Kung Fu and can't leap tall buildings in a single bound, you can kiss that item you've been coveting good-bye.
Meanie knows the truth about the holidays. They don't bring out the soft and fluffy in people—they brings out that ninja killer shopping instinct. People will knock down a cotton candy haired old lady in a walker to get a toy that's been discounted 25 percent off.
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Now Walmart wants to feed that Great White Shark hunting instinct that lays dormant for most of the year by opening up all their stores promptly at 8 PM on Thanksgiving night. Walmart's rationalization for this, according to Duncan Mac Naughton, Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer, "We bought deep, very deep, and we bought deep on items that matter to our customers."
Isn't that nice kittens! They're going to cut down or completely kill their employees' own holiday. In retail, lambkins, employees are usually in a store for an hour or more before a big sale, so one can only imagine how early they'll have to be inside the gigunda megaworld that is a Walmart setting things up to look pretty and enticing. Those pretty displays will be destroyed within 30 seconds of the store's doors being flung open for the masses.
Last year, Black Friday sales across the nation brought out the worst in people. There was news report after news report of people being maced by other shoppers, police macing shoppers, fights, gun play and more — all in the name of getting that good deal.
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Stanley Furniture Company Named Shipper of the Year by the Port of Virginia
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Stanley Furniture Company, a leading designer and manufacturer of quality, stylish wood furniture, announced today that its Stanley Furniture brand has received the Port of Virginia's Shipper of the Year award, which recognizes a company that has gone above and beyond the course of normal business to help the port grow both commercially and operationally. The Port of Virginia selected Stanley for the honor because of the company's effort to champion the port's new rail service to Greensboro, N.C. among steamship lines and other shippers, which has played an integral role in the program's success.
"Stanley's support of our new rail service has had such a profound effect on the Port of Virginia that there was really no debate regarding what company would be named our 2012 Shipper of the Year," said Tom Capozzi, vice president of global sales for Virginia International Terminals, the operating company for the Virginia Port Authority. "Our new rail line would never have the success that we're experiencing today had Stanley not encouraged steamship operators to back the rail service. The brand's work helped overcome some resistance to change within the shipping industry and allowed other shippers to better understand the benefits that accompany a new transportation method."
Stanley became one of the first companies to use the Port of Virginia's Greensboro rail line, which began running in October 2011, after realizing that the service could improve supply chain efficiencies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of its furniture shipments from the port to the company's Martinsville, Va. warehouse facility. Prior to the launch of the service, standard container trucks carried Stanley's shipments the approximately 250 miles from the port, which is located in Norfolk, Va., to Martinsville; however, thanks to the new rail line, the company now depends less on truck transportation. Today, Stanley's containers travel by train to Greensboro and only the final leg of the route – the roughly 50 miles from Greensboro to Martinsville – is completed via truck.
"Although Stanley believed the new rail program would improve its overall supply chain efficiencies, the company's ability to utilize the rail line relied on the cooperation of its steamship partners, who had to make operational and pricing adjustments to accommodate the new service," said Capozzi. "Stanley's negotiations with the shipping lines set a precedent that made it easier for other shippers to use the rail service, and as a result, our 2012 figures for the program have exceeded expectations."
In addition to helping the port establish the rail line as a viable transportation method, Stanley's use of the Greensboro rail service has had a positive impact on the company's fulfillment of product orders by enabling a more consistent flow of shipments to its Martinsville distribution center. The combination of benefits offered by the Port of Virginia's proximity to Martinsville and the creation of the new rail line has reinforced that the Norfolk-based port is the best option for Stanley by ensuring that retail partners receive their orders as quickly as possible.
"At Stanley, we are constantly looking for innovative solutions that will allow us to minimize costs and enhance our supply chain. Consequently, we pushed for the use of the port's Greensboro rail service because we thought it could make a major difference for our business and ultimately how we provide better service to our customers," said Steve Wolfe, vice president of global supply chain and logistics for Stanley Furniture. "We are very pleased that our adoption of the new rail line helped Stanley stand out from the thousands of shippers that use the Port of Virginia each year, and it is an honor to know that the port's staff views Stanley as a true partner and collaborator that is worthy of the 2012 Shipper of the Year title."


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Move over Cheryl - Kimberley Walsh said Girls Aloud have got a new member after she brought her Strictly Come Dancing partner, Pasha Kovalev, to a filmshoot with her bandmates to squeeze in an extra rehearsal.
The singer, who is in the final of the ballroom show, said: "It's been crazy trying to do both things at the same time but we've made it work. Pasha has now become a member of Girls Aloud, whether he likes it or not.
"He's got the moves down, he's had to watch it a few times."
The singer said she is so covered in bruises from her training for the hit ballroom show that she is worried what people might think if they see her in a bikini on the beach.
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Chad Voytik and Tom Savage represent a prominent part of Pitt's quarterback future, but they differ in style, stature and football upbringing.
Savage, 6-foot-5, 235 pounds, was a freshman All-American at Rutgers in 2009, but he transferred twice before landing at Pitt this year. He's ineligible as a two-time transfer student, but he will have one year remaining starting with spring drills in 2013.
Voytik, 6-1, 205 pounds, was initially recruited to Pitt by former coach Todd Graham and is redshirting as a freshman this season under Paul Chryst.
Pitt coaches liked how Voytik adjusted to the pro-style offense after running a spread attack at Cleveland (Tenn.) High School, but he never threatened senior Tino Sunseri for the job.
Sunseri's 37th consecutive start will be noon Saturday when Pitt hosts Rutgers.
At most, Sunseri has three games left in his career depending on if the Panthers rally to become bowl eligible. After that, the battle will begin during spring drills.
Savage and Voytik will join sophomore Trey Anderson and incoming freshman Tra'von Chapman, who's planning to graduate early from Theodore Roosevelt (Ohio) High School and enroll in January.
"I expected to be redshirted," said Voytik after spending this season watching and learning. "And, honestly, that's what I wanted. I knew that would be best for me.
"I feel like we've been prepared to take on that role.''
Savage comes with an impressive resume, but he hasn't played since 2010. After throwing for nearly 4,000 yards at Cardinal O'Hara High School, outside Philadelphia, he was offered scholarships by Alabama and Georgia before choosing Rutgers.
"It was close to home," he said. "I felt like, at the time, the offense was the perfect situation."
And it was — for a little more than a year.
Former Rutgers coach Greg Schiano called on Savage at halftime of the first game of his freshman year after senior Domenic Natale had thrown three interceptions in the first half against Cincinnati, which was leading, 31-7.
"It was a scary situation," Savage said, "because the last game I played was against a small Catholic League school in Philadelphia."
Rutgers lost that game, 47-15, but Savage was encouraged.
"I threw a touchdown pass," he said. "It was awesome."
Initially, Savage flourished as Rutgers' starter, but hand and rib fractures broke his dreams. The following season, he was replaced by Chas Dodd, never reclaimed his starting job and transferred to Arizona.
"I was young, making a decision and went with it," he said. "I don't regret it. At the time, I was struggling. I was really bitter and really, actually, to be honest with you, angry. I wanted to get back out there and play and just never got the shot."
A year later, Arizona switched to a spread offense, and Savage decided to leave to be closer to family, he said.
"One of my aunts was really sick," he said. "I wanted to be closer to home."
He chose to walk-on at Pitt over Maryland and Delaware in large part due to Chryst's reputation as a quarterback tutor in a pro-style offense and in small part because of Pitt's discounted, in-state tuition.
Also, Savage's brother, Bryan, played under Chryst at Wisconsin.
Savage and Voytik remarked how Chryst's detailed film work has helped them grow.
"They don't just tell you, 'Here are the progressions, one, two three,' " Savage said of Chryst and quarterbacks coach Brooks Bollinger. "It's more like, why is that the progression? I like understanding why."
The problem is that Savage, 22, has only one more chance to make his mark in college.
"It's kind of nerve-racking," he said. "It's weird to think you have one year left, and you have to do everything right now. It's really difficult. You can't let yourself get so comfortable with sitting out.
"This is my chance to just work and get better. Every practice is the Super Bowl for me."
Voytik, Savage and Anderson have become friends on and off the field, and they often compete against each other after practice.
Savage has the strongest throwing arm, but the others are more mobile.
"Trey and I say we make up for it with our feet," Voytik said. "We always joke we wish we could exchange a little bit of escapability for a little bit of arm strength."
Meanwhile, Voytik, 18, said he's adjusting to college life.
"You feel like you are maturing when you have to wash your own dishes and do your own laundry and kind of take care of yourself," he said. "Mom is not there to cook your breakfast in the morning. You have to get up and make your own oatmeal."
Less than a year from now, his responsibilities could increase on another level.
"It's hard to imagine being the guy," he said. "It's a lot of pressure. If that happens to be me, then I feel like I'd be ready to do that."
Jerry DiPaola is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-320-7997.


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By Joe Lago
When it comes to powerful people, at least in sports, no one wields more authority than ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer. This is not a shameless attempt to get a raise (although we'd be open to the suggestion). Just last month, the Sporting News bestowed such a distinction on Mr. Bodenheimer in the magazine's annual Most Influential People list.
The exclusive 100 featured an NBA power set led by commissioner David Stern (sixth overall), Yao Ming (25th) and LeBron James (28th), he of the half-rookie season and $90 million Nike deal.
We bring up this list to include one more name -- The Person Most Powerful In The Eastern Conference Playoff Race. And no, he isn't Trader Isiah Thomas. The honor, however, does belong to one of Thomas' former players.
Because no one has the capability of taking down a title contender quite like Ron Artest.
Artest demonstrated just how much sway he holds last season when, just like this season, the Pacers entered the second half with the East's best record. Three games after the break, Indiana stood an impressive 37-15 atop the conference, only to spend the remainder of the season trying not to swerve off the road to the playoffs.
The Pacers lost 12 of their next 13 games during a collapse that was made even more spectacular by Artest's three suspensions -- once for a postgame, TV-throwing tirade and twice for exceeding the league's legal limit for flagrant fouls. Overall, Artest was suspended a total of 12 games, and a dazed Pacers club lasted all of six games in the playoffs, losing to sixth-seeded Boston in the first round.
So you can see why the team most wary of Artest would be Artest's own club. Thing is, the Pacers aren't afraid of what Artest might do next anymore. For Artest, as teammate Al Harrington put it, is finally "on the straight and narrow."
"He knows what he has to do now," Harrington explained.
Which, in Artest's world, means everything and anything in his power to make sure the Pacers have more points than that night's opponent. He's just staying within the rules now.
"Last year, I think he got into trying to get people to notice him," Jermaine O'Neal said of Artest. "That (getting suspended) was a way of getting noticed. He realized that wasn't the (right) way of doing things."
The Pacers are so not concerned by a reoccurrence of Artest's antics that they secretly anointed him one of the team's captains along with Reggie Miller and O'Neal. With captaincy comes a certain responsibility and level of on-court decorum. Leading by example does not mean showing teammates how to insult fans with obscene gestures, another one of last season's transgressions.
So how has Artest been able to keep this extreme mental makeover intact?
"I just think about the wins," explained Artest, who has been flagrant foul-free so far. "That keeps me focused enough."
Artest's tunnel vision on the win column was interrupted back in December, when he became frustrated with coach Rick Carlisle's offense and got benched for "conduct detrimental to winning" (i.e., selfish shot selection) and got pulled from the starting lineup again two days later for being late to practice. Other than those episodes -- and Tuesday's benching for an unexcused absence at Monday's practice -- Artest has been on his best behavior ever in his five NBA seasons.
"He's not worrying about the other stuff away from the game," O'Neal said. "He plays the game. He goes out and plays hard and goes home."
Then again, Larry Bird wasn't going to let anyone be a distraction after taking the basketball reins from team president Donnie Walsh last summer.
But by keeping his emotions under control on the court, Artest has cemented his place among the NBA's power players. Because, without his newfound focus, the Pacers wouldn't be able to talk about an Eastern Conference title with such conviction.
"This year, we know what it takes to get out of the first round and finish strong in the second half of the season," O'Neal said. "We've played a lot of games, played the bulk of our schedule in the first half, and we did extremely well. We missed a whole lot of practice time, missed a whole lot of rest on our bodies, (so) the second half of the season is going to be a plus for us. I think mentally and physically we are a lot tougher than we were last year.
"It'll be all business," O'Neal added. "We're getting out of the first round. And we're going to the Finals this year."
As long as Artest lets them.
Joe Lago is in the NBA editor at ESPN.com.


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WASHINGTON - Hundreds of thousands of people converged on the National Mall in Washington to watch Barack Obama be sworn in as president of the United States for a second time.
Among the crowds were several people from the Houston area.
"I just cannot believe the excitement. It's just so energizing," said Ruth Walter of Spring.
"I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime," said Lee Rollins of Houston.
Rollins made the trip to Washington with a group of Houstonians who were determined to get up close to history yet again.
"I don't care where I am standing. I don't care how far it is. I just need to see it," said Rollins.
The inauguration was an emotional experience for Houstonians Kathy and Joe Daniels.
"We didn't go to the first and we figured we'd come to this one because it would be the chance of a lifetime. My husband is not going to admit it, but he teared up a little bit, said Kathy Daniels.
"I got carried away. I hollered for four more years," said Joe Daniels.
Cynthia Miller and Daundra Starling traveled to Washington for the first time ever from northwest Houston. For them, it was worth every minute.
"It was awesome. It was like I wanted to faint. It was so emotional and so moving," said Starling.
Houston's own Beyonce Knowles represented her hometown and her country with a moving performance of the national anthem. It ended with an eruption of applause.
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Three years ago Jane Cay received her first order through her online women's fashion business Birdsnest. Today the business employs 70 staff in a rural NSW town, has won accolades for her entrepreneurial prowess and aims to create a workplace so vibrant that people will move from the city to work for her.
Cay, 34, had a high-flying corporate career in IT when life took an unexpected turn. "I ended up in love with a farmer, ended up in a country town, and I said, 'What am I going to do with myself?'"
Cay and her husband bought, renamed and rejuvenated an existing retail store in the main street of Cooma, a town five hours south of Sydney with a population of 8000. It was a career shift that took Cay a while to get her head around. "I was never into fashion. I thought, 'How am I going to cope coming from the corporate world to the shop floor?'"
But working in a clothes shop transformed her idea of what fashion is capable of.
"We really are making a difference here, it really is retail therapy. I do just sell frocks but part of it is giving her confidence and a dress so she can feel better. You don't change her, you help her make the best of what she's got. All of a sudden I found meaning," Cay says.
It was this uplifting experience that Cay wanted to recreate online, in a side project that she started working on after-hours with a software engineering student.
"At the time the whole world was so far ahead of Australia in online shopping. People said, 'You're mad, as if anyone will buy jeans online, you've got to touch them, you've got to feel them. Why are you wasting all this time?'"
But the long hours paid off and even Cay's persistence and optimism didn't prepare her for what happened next.
"We always dreamed big but we had no idea what we were in for."
The business has doubled in revenue every year since its launch three years ago, last year Birdsnest was a finalist in BRW's retailer of the year, and Cay won Westpac's Mary Reibey scholarship to study the Australian Graduate School of Management executive program.
Cay attributes the business's rapid growth to luck and the website's styling advice.
"It was a combination of timing and having the right offer. We met an unmet need of women who were searching online. They not only wanted a frock, they wanted to know how to wear it: what shoes to wear with it or will it look ok with my big boobs. It's realising you're not in the product game, its' a service business."
Customer experience is at the core of the business, which has reaped returns, with 70 per cent of revenue coming from repeat customers, Cay says. Keeping customers happy is central to the business structure: the largest team in her troupe is the one dedicated to tissue-wrapping items and writing personal notes to every customer.
With such rapid expansion, from one part-time student in the online part of business to 70 in three years, Cay says has become accustomed to letting go of control of various aspects of the business.
"I guess the first one [I let go of] was the books, actually paying every bill and seeing every single piece of paper that came in and out of the business. And letting go of the store – not being on the shop floor every day.
And then it happened progressively. The latest thing is I've just completely handed over operations to an operations manager, so now literally I am fully focused on the business development. If I was still trying to do the payroll and decide what the next thing in the online space was we wouldn't be moving forward and it's moving so quickly," she says.
But rapid growth brings other concerns. "The scary thing is: how quickly can you grow and hang on to that experience that attracts customers and keeps them coming back?"
Her solution is to ensure she maintains the positive workplace culture she's created.
"I'd love to create a place where people literally move their lives to Cooma because they've heard it is the coolest place to work. For me that's the biggest achievement. We often get the comment from customers: 'It just sounds like you're having such good fun there, everyone always sounds so happy when they answer the phone'.
"If all the touch points are positive then the customer is going to have the best experience."
Jane Cay's entrepreneurial tips:
For running a business in regional Australia I think so many people are missing out and should take the tree change plunge. However if you come and live in the slow lane, to run a successful business in regional Australia you still have to think like you are in the fast lane, in fact, you probably have to be more innovative than the big boys in the city.
For handling rapid expansion (from 1 to 70 employees in 3 years in the online business)
Do everything you can to stay above water – employ mentors, find moments to plan logically, be flexible, surround yourself with right people but realise that sometimes sleep is seriously over-rated and the only way to make that decision is to use your gut feel and wing it!
For creating a positive workplace I believe you should jump out of bed and want to go to work. If the birds in the nest are happy then every touch point with our customers becomes a happy one. Most of the time, it is not what is said that counts, but how you make that person feel. You can only make a customer feel great, if you feel great. We have the same philosophy in our team – it is the small things we do each day to help each other feel good that makes a difference – saying thank you, telling someone they look gorgeous when they do, throwing spontaneous celebrations for small milestones and turning the music up to have a team boogie. I also believe that a great culture in a business starts by hiring people that share the same values – then the small things that add up to creating a positive environment come naturally to everyone.


text: Chad Smith 1343 Report post Posted October 20, 2013 I am a Linux/Ubuntu "noob" really so forgive me ahead of time. I I wanted to ask this question here also as I know there are some people on here who seem to be experts with some Linux distributions. Anyway I started Dual Booting Ubuntu 13.04 with Windows 8 a couple days ago. The installation went smoothly and everything worked great. I was read up on some things about the Nvidia Drivers (was using my Intel 4000 Card first couple days) and seemed from everything I read, this command should work: sudo apt-get install nvidia-current everything seemed fine. I then did the update to 13.10. That seemed to go smoothly and it asked me to restart so I rebooted. On the reboot into Ubuntu that didn't go so smoothly. All I have is the desktop background. The Unity Launcher doesn't seem to load up. All I see is my desktop background and I can do crtl+alt+T to bring the terminal up but that seems to be it. Nothing else. I tried another reboot and the same thing. I thought I would try to remove the nvidia packages and see if that helped. So I did dpkg -l | grep nvidia- so list the packages then removed them with sudo apt-get purge <insert package name here> that seemed to remove them. Rebooted and the same thing. Still only have the desktop background with no Unity Launcher or anything. anyone here have any advice about what the issue could be? I'm not sure what do about a recovery or anything like that. So if anyone has any advice to try or know what the issue could be that'd be great. A Google Search seems to lead that this was a Nvidia issue and to remove the packages. So I followed those instructions like I listed and nothing. So I am a little lost right now. Thanks to all who help! PS: my Windows 8 installation remains unaffected and is what I am using right now to type this and look for solutions. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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DETROIT - He competed in Beijing, and London, and he has multiple gold medals to show for it.
Jeremy Campbell is proof that anything is possible. He excels in sports and does it all with only one leg.
Campbell said he never even heard the word disability until he was a teenager.
"I knew that I had a prosthetic leg and I knew that I was competing against other people with prosthetic legs, but it never occurred to me that I had a disability," said Campbell.
He was born in Texas without a right fibula bone and had his lower leg amputated when he was only 16 months old. Now he competes with a carbon-fiber blade attached to his leg.
"My problem isn't circumstantial. My obstacle isn't my leg or my disability it is my perception," said Campbell.
Right now Jeremy is training for the 2016 Rio Paralympic games, but he also has his eyes set on qualifying and competing in the Olympic games.
On Wednesday, Campbell was honored by the Detroit Medical Center Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan for his achievements.
He also spoke with patients, staff and athletes with disabilities at RIM to let them know anything is possible as long as you believe in yourself.
The National MS Society, Michigan Chapter, will be honoring Campbell with the Spirit of Da Vinci Award on Thursday at the Ford Conference and Events Center in Dearborn.
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Evolution from Now Until WM30
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So WM29 has come and gone. What a great way it was to start out the "new year" with an exceptional broadcast of Raw and perhaps the greatest crowd in wrestling history. We now have an entire year before the bell rings in New Orleans to start WM30. I am already wondering what WWE has in store for us these next 12 months. Obviously, there is no way to predict the future, let alone the rapidly changing bookings of Vince McMahon and the WWE creative team. However, I am going to make note of a dozen items that will inevitably unfold before WM30. Anyways, I hope you guys and girls enjoy the blog. Please share your thoughts in the comment section of how you see things unfolding this year.
1. The new kids will start actually wrestling: I cannot wait to see the members of the Shield actually wrestling on Raw and Smackdown in individual matches. It probably will not happen right away but hopefully sooner rather than later. The same thing goes for Big E Langston and Brad Maddox. Seeing these guys in the ring will be a breath of fresh air opposed to the usual middle of the show match which seems to be a main event guy defeating Cesaro or Barrett in a non-title match. On another note, we will see if Johnny Curtis can take this awful gimmick and make Fandango work. For all those haters, remember that Goldust, Doink and Val Venis got over big time with bad gimmicks so let's see how Fandango unfolds. I for one am very confident that all of these former NXT stars will make an impact this year and be major players in the WWE for many years to come. Do you guys think they will get over with the WWE crowd, will these young guys flop once they have to wrestle or will WWE throw in the towel too early?
2. How much longer will we have to suffer with Cesaro being US Champ: Personally, I love Cesaro and thought he was a great US Champ during the first 2 months of his reign. However, he has lost every televised match for about the last 60 days. The US title has become a joke since the man holding it cannot beat anybody on the roster. I don't care if it is Hornswoggle, but somebody other than Kofi or Ziggler needs to win the US title and help begin reestablishing its credibility. Likewsie, Cesaro needs to get a few W's under his belt and reestablish himself as a heel to be reckoned with again. This could be wishful thinking but perhaps Cesaro will drop the belt right before Kassius Ohno is promoted from NXT and they will take their talents to the tag division. Your thoughts on Cesaro and the US title?
3. What to do with the injured list: I am curious to see if Evan Bourne will be able to fly around like he used to prior to the foot injury. If not, being that he is such a small guy in the WWE land of the giants, his WWE career could be in jeopardy. It will also be interesting to see if Christian returns as a face or heel. I hope as a heel but hey, that's just me. Since VKM loves the big guys, I do believe that Ezekiel Jackson gets another shot when he is healthy again. Truthfully, I have no idea if Sin Cara will be able to hack it when he returns or if WWE will throw in the towel after another one of his botch fest matches. Unfortunately, I anticipate Tyson Kidd returning and either remaining irrelevant or at best, being thrown into a tag-team. Curious to hear your thoughts on these returns.
4. Can the Diva's Title be saved: Not much changed in the Divas division this year. In short, Kaitlyn has the belt and nobody cares. Hopefully Kaitlyn is a temporary champion until she drops it to AJ. However, the $1 million question is will AJ make the Divas title relevant? If AJ can indeed make this title credible, she will really help the other babyface divas get over as the crowd will get behind them just because of how much they hate (love to hate) AJ. Perhaps NXT diva Paige will make her debut this year and we will see a feud between the her and AJ. This is the only thing other than Lita returning that I can see happening to generate any interest in this division. Can it be saved or is the division doomed forever?
5. Who is turning heel: There were no heel turns at Wrestlemania. I was really hoping that Cena would finally turn but that is probably utopian at this point. Recently, the #2 heel role behind CM Punk has been shared by Mark Henry, Big Show and even the Shield. Perhaps Ryback, Orton or even Sheamus will fill this role. Personally I would prefer it to be Orton. On another note, I feel that Kofi has got to do something to reinvent himself as he is just getting too stale. By no means am I predicting a Kofi turn will happen but I think it's possible. I also wonder about Ryback as he does not seem to be all that engaging on the mic He is still pretty new but his "feed me more" shtick will not stay hot forever. However, the WWE already has Big Show and Mark Henry playing the role of the "large, powerful monster" and having a 3rd heel of this nature would be overkill. Who do you guys see turning heel?
6. IC Title – Thank God Miz won the belt at WM29…excuse me…thank god Miz won the IC strap during the prestigious WM pre-show (sarcasm). I love Wade Barrett but after he was booked to lose 90% of his matches, the credibility of the IC title was comparable to the WCW TV title that Jim Duggan found in the trashcan. The fact that the IC title was being defended on the pre-show is evidence of how unimportant the title has become. I was under the impression that the WWE was high on the Miz as he is in their new movie, has a slightly new look, new finishing submission move and has made a recent face turn. Instead, the WWE decided to pull a page out of Vince Russo's book and have the new champion lose the belt back the very next night. Am I being to critical or has the IC title become an afterthought in the WWE?
7. Will the young guys stay patient and positive: There are only about a dozen wrestlers/non divas that are in their 20's on the roster. Bo Dallas (22), Jinder Mahal (26), Zack Ryder (27), Drew McIntyre (27), Curt Hawkins (27), Ricardo Rodriguez (27) JTG (28) and Camacho (29) are a few of the guys under 30 on the current roster. (Please correct me if I am wrong as my research was through google searches and Wikipedia. I cannot 100% confirm the accuracy of those ages. If anybody has a site they know is accurate, please send me the link and I will edit the blog). Right now these guys are all irrelevant, bottom carders. One thought of mind is these guys need to step up their game, get noticed and show the WWE brass they deserve a push. If not, there are plenty of rising stars in NXT that will take their spot on the roster. Keep in mind that Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes are both in their 20's and currently have a much better "spot" with the company. The other train of thought is that there are only about a dozen wrestlers in their 20's on the roster and they are fortunate enough to be one of them. Pay your dues, work hard and over time, you will improve and get a push when your time is right. Do you see the wrestlers I mentioned making an impact this year or staying irrelevant to where they could possibly be released?
8. Hell No and tag-team division: The re-launch of the tag-team division looked good and then went stale pretty fast. In fact, over the last month, the Primetime Players lost cleanly to Hell No when they were blindfolded/had one hand tied behind their back, the Uso's are losing handicap matches, Epico and Primo job out more than 3MB and I don't even know if Camacho and Hunico are still actively wrestling. The new team of Tensai and Brodus Clay is what it is, but at least they are an actual tag-team. Meanwhile, it appears that the Rhodes Scholars are going to concentrate as singles competitors but still team together on occasion. Lastly, the champions Hell No appear to be in a situation where they could break up any day now. Personally, I don't see any of these teams still being in existence by WM30 other than maybe the Uso's and Colognes. In my opinion, the only way this division can be saved is for new alliances to form and new teams to be created. So much for HHH reviving the tag division. The good news is Hunter gets a second chance this year assuming that having a quality tag-team division is still a priority. What do you guys expect?
9. Only one lap left in the race: There are a lot of guys on the roster that are on the wrong side of 40. For some of these wrestlers, it is likely that WM30 will be their last Wrestlemania. From what I have read, it is possible that Rey Mysterio's career could be over. He has an injury and is also dealing with personal issues. If Rey does come back, I cannot see his career going past WM30. Likewise, I feel the same about the aging and often injured Mark Henry. Same question can be posed for Christian. The Big Show still competes full time; however, he is up there in age and to think a man of his size can continue at a full time schedule cannot be easy on his body. The same thing goes for Kane who is now in his late 40's.
On the other hand, I guess it is up in the air in regards to how many more matches the part-timers will have. I believe Rock and Lesner both are scheduled to work WM30. If they continue past WM30 is likely still TBD at this point. Jericho says he will come and go but who knows. His most recent return has been very lackluster IMO. Hopefully, Jericho still has plenty left to offer but with Fozzy and the Robot Show, who knows what his schedule will really look like in the future. Also, is HHH really going to keep competing, especially after getting injured at WM29? I am sure his career is not over but perhaps he only has one mania left. Stone Cold Steve Austin has battled injuries and is reportedly getting healthy after knee surgery. However, age is not on his side as he is getting close to 50. The window is closing for Austin to make one final return. If he does have one more match, one would have to assume it either be on the card of WM30 or WM31. Lastly, does the Taker really have more than one run left in him? I sure hope so but WM30 may end up being his swansong. Regardless, with so many of these future hall of famers being at the end of their career, one would have to assume that many of these guys truly are in their final year. That being said, we the fans should hopefully be treated to a very special year of wrestling if a lot of these guys are making their "last run." Your thoughts?
10. Who is turning face: The one guy I could see is Titus O'Neil. The Primetime Players are a joke of a tag-team. O'Neil is good on the mic and has a great body that you know VKM loves. Another guy I could see is Fandango. Fandango's gimmick is so goofy that if he pulls it off, people will cheer for him. Val Venis was in the same predicament and made his gimmick get over forcing the fans to cheer for him. Lastly, Chody Rhodes may be on the verge of turning face but I won't go into much detail on that as it has been mentioned multiple times before on this site in previous blogs. Who do you think is turning face this year?
11. Future Endeavored: Perhaps we may have seen the last of Ted Dibiase, Yoshi Tatsu and Hunico. Since the "job creator" Linda McMahon did not win the senate race and there have not been any notable releases other than Trent Baretta, I am not sure we will. Who do you think gets fired (if anybody)?
12. Now or Never: From now until WM30 should be a "make it or break it" year for a lot of the guys on the midcard. Antonio Cesaro (32) has a unique look and wrestling style that set him apart from the other wrestlers in the WWE. This will be the year we find out if he is a lifer in the mid-card, thrown into the tag division or able to elevate his game and start contending for the World Heavyweight Title. Alberto Del Rio (35) had a recent face turn and is over with the crowd. However, it does not appear that he is the megastar the WWE wants him to be. I believe this year is his last shot or he will be passed over and removed from the main event scene. Right now it looks like the latter as he just dropped the belt to Dolph. Jack Swagger (31) was reinvented and given Dutch Mantel as his mouthpiece. The gimmick is over but the recent arrest may not bode well. Being that Jack just lost to ADR at WM29 and then again on Raw, his main event spot may have been nothing more than a flash in the pan. Wade Barrett (32) just recaptured the IC title after dropping it in the pre-show. The former Nexus leader has the look and mic skills to be a main event talent. Time will tell if Barrett is stuck in the mid-card or elevated to the main event scene. Kofi Kingston (31) has been the definition of a mid-carder for about 5 years. Will it be more of the same or will this year finally be his year to breakout. Tensai flopped so badly that they threw him into a tag-team with Brodus Clay. The real question is will people continue to find him unentertaining like they did with Lord Tensai or will he leach off of Brodus Clay's gimmick to keep his job. David Otunga (33) was just in a WWE movie but has rarely been used on television. He is great on the mic, has a celebrity fiancé, has one hell of a body but is just plain awful in the ring. Perhaps this year he reenters the tag division or midcard. If not, I guess he will remain a part time jobber. Alex Riley (31) is another guy with a great look and solid mic skills. However, I believe that DUI before WM27 is still something he is paying for. I imagine the real question is will the WWE give him a chance or continue to have him job out. Michael McGillicutty (33) is just not over period. Other than people remembering his father Mr. Perfect, nobody cares about this guy at all. I am actually shocked he still has a job. Maybe I am missing something and Joe Hennig does have something to offer. R Truth (41) looks great for his age and is still a good worker. Unfortunately, his best days were probably in TNA. Like Kofi, he is probably stuck in the midcard unless something changes soon. Brodus Clay (33) has an interesting look but can't talk or wrestle. The glass half full fan would suggest that once his funk gimmick gets stale he will turn into an unstoppable heel, similar to the gimmick he had in his vignettes. The glass half empty fan is already sick of his gimmick and wants him off television ASAP. What wrestlers do you think are truly in "make it or break it" type years?
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the read. I am looking forward to your comments as it will be fun to see what you expect to see from now until WM30.


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A NEW name can today be revealed for Worcester College of Technology - six weeks after the Government rejected an alternative amid claims it was "grossly insensitive".
Your Worcester News can reveal how the city site, which undergoing a merger in August, wants to now call itself 'Heart of Worcestershire College'.
The new suggestion comes after a previous bid by college chiefs to call it Worcestershire College was blocked by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
At the start of June MP Sir Peter Luff severely criticised the suggestion, calling it "an aggressive act" that would marginalise South Worcestershire and Pershore colleges.
We then revealed how the Government rejected the name, saying it would be "misleading" and that the fresh branding should not "suggest pre-eminence" over other sites.
The Deansway-based institution is merging with Bromsgrove's North East Worcestershire College in August.
Other colleges and MPs were consulted over the Heart of Worcestershire name, and unlike last time there were no objections.
A college spokesman said: "We are thankful for the positive support we have received during the consultation process. "We strongly believe that the proposed name of 'Heart of Worcestershire College' captures our future vision and importantly reflects the demographic area that our learners come from. "We are proud to be able to offer a local solution to education and training within Worcestershire.
"There are no objections to the proposed name and therefore we hope our application to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is successful."
Mr Luff said: "My point of view has always been about protecting South Worcestershire College.
"From that perspective I'm content with it - it'll do.
"Calling it the Heart of Worcestershire College is an entirely different thing from Worcestershire College."
A Government decision is expected imminently, which would pave the way for a major rebranding in time for September's new college year.
North East Worcestershire College also has a site in Redditch, which is where most of the administrative staff will be based.
Bosses at both colleges say the merger will allow more facilities to be shared, benefitting the students, and improve many other areas like links with employers.


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1) That's at least five OT goals by Gaborik the last two seasons—including the triple-OT winner—and three of those on the 4-on-3 PP. He has eight goals, same as Rick Nash. He has four game-winners this season, FWIW. I know some of you don't want to hear it — because if he doesn't score a goal every single game he's a bum to the haters — but not all of his scoreless games lately have been bad. I said it was coming along vs. Philly the other night, and he was good again on the Isle.
2) How about the Rangers taking advantage of an icing for the tying goal by Rick Nash? Even though skinny Jack Capuano called timeout, his guys were out there a while. And, seriously, does Capuano have any legit beef (no pun intended) about the call on Michael Del Zotto being taken down in OT?
3) I honestly think this Rick Nash stat, all his goals in the third period, is somewhat coincidence. I mean, he's had a lot of chances in first and second periods, too. But it's pretty cool that all eight goals are in the third. And that the Rangers are 12-5-1 when he plays.
4) Not putting blame, but the Islanders goal, I thought, was all on Nash and Derek Stepan. So they really atoned and, with Carl Hagelin, had another strong game. Stepan's been fabulous.
5) The stand-around and wait for somebody to do something power play was back in regulation. And almost gave up another SHG because of a forward at the point.
6) Wait, there was a delayed penalty and Stu Bickel and Micheal Haley don't go for a change immediately?
7) I will wait before drawing this conclusion conclusively: Roman Hamrlik=Bryan McCabe 2.0? He's not going to be able to play Marc Staal's minutes, and I certainly am not expecting to see Staal again any time soon. Hamrlik isn't, and shouldn't be expected to be in game shape (scratched for 16 of the last 17) and can't have much left if Washington is scratching him night after night. Can he?
8) This I don't get: Fighting is allowed in hockey. Yet the linesmen break up legit fight — when Stu Bickel and Finley wanted to have at it — but night after night the linesmen let staged fights go.
9) What a waste it is to have two talented guys like Kenny Albert and Dave Maloney working the radio broadcast and just a few miles from New York City you can't hear them because the Knicks are playing on their channel.
10) Good thing about the lockout: Only 48 games of the same commercials over and over, instead of 82. Though I finally figured out who that guy is in the tow truck trying to hook the Quatro in the snow. He's the H&H Bagel guy from the Festivus episode!
11) Really liked the Anton Stralman-Del Zotto pair in this game; Del Zotto in both ends.
12) And of course, Block Ness Girardi and Ryan McMonster did a great job on John Tavares.
13) Thought the Rangers actually played a pretty decent game, but that the decision to play Henrik Lundqvist really paid off, because there were a few major breakdowns and Lundqvist bailed them out.
14) I imagine Martin Biron gets the start tonight against Ottawa.
15) Some of the Rangers' bottom six are having a nice little run during this win streak: Darroll Powe and Jeff Halpern among them.
16) And it seems impossible for the Rangers to win and not mention Ryan Callahan … though I don't know what else to say about him.
17) Man, for pure fun and entertainment, is there anything better right now that Philly-Pittsburgh?
18) Realignment. I still think it's a ridiculous plan to play fewer games with playoff implications. But … a topic for another day.
My Three Rangers Stars:
1. Henrik Lundqvist.
2. Marian Gaborik.
3. Rick Nash.
RangerJHW's Three Rangers Stars:
1. Henrik Lundqvist-kept us in there
2. Rick Nash-knows how to finish
3. Derek Stepan-solid, solid effort
HM-Gabby-loves those Isles
NYR1979's Three Rangers Stars:
1. Henrik Lundqvist.
2. Rick Nash.
3. Marian Gaborik.
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1. Rick Nash (29.66 %).
2. Henrik Lundqvist (24.33 %).
3. Marian Gaborik (18.25 %).
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Did you know?
At a number of Cape Town spas you can experience vinotherapy where grape pips and pulp are rubbed into the skin to assist in the detoxification process.
Health and wellness in Cape Town is a thriving industry and there are a number of spas and wellness retreats in and around the city.
Cape Town spas are located at most of the city's luxury hotels, and many of these establishments use ingredients derived from local clay, roots, seeds and oils in order to detox and rejuvenate. You can be massaged with Xhosa beads, exfoliated with fynbos extract (indigenous vegetation unique to the Cape), polished with shea butter and detoxified with buchu, a local herb with antiseptic properties.
Many of our Cape Town spas are constantly singled out for excellence in the international arena. The One&Only Cape Town Spa and the Twelve Apostles Hotel Spa have been singled out by Conde Nast Traveller (UK) and Travel + Leisure Magazine (US) and the Librisa Spa at The Mount Nelson Hotel also has a superb reputation with international travellers. There are also a few unique spas located in the Cape winelands area including the boutique Majeka House Spa and the spa at Klein Constantia. The foodie town of Franschhoek also has a number of notable spa and wellness options.
If a good body workout is what you need to give you a complete sense of wellbeing, most Cape hotels feature gyms equipped with the basic training equipment. Or you can apply to a local gym-chain such as Virgin Active or Planet Fitness for a visitor's membership for the duration of your stay.
Heading out of town, the Temenos Retreat Centre in McGregor a rather special retreat and a good place to switch off the noise of the world, even for a while. The Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat, situated close in Cederberg Mountains makes a fantastic getaway to revive body, mind and spirit.
So wherever you are in and around the Mother City, there's a health and wellness option to suit your needs.
Travel tips & Planning info
How to get here
You can fly directly to Cape Town from Johannesburg, Durban and international cities. The Mother City is also easily accessible by car.
Tours to do
If you're staying at Bushmans Kloof then a trip into the Cederberg to see the rock art is a must. If you're at the Twelve Apostles Sanctuary Spa or the Librisa Spa at the Mount Nelson visit the V&A Waterfront.
What will it cost
Spas vary in terms of prices. Massages start at around R350, whilst facials and beauty treatments start in the region of R300. All day packages start in the region of R750 for a day package. Rates subject to change.
Length of stay
Spa packages vary depending on the establishment – book a half or full day city spa package or a number of nights away at a destination spa such as Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat.
Where to stay
Many city hotels have spas attached to them such as the Radisson, the Mount Nelson and the Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays. Or book your place at Temenos Retreat Centre or any of the other retreats in the Western Cape.
What to eat
Take advantage of organic spa meals on offer. Or you can order a la carte from the hotel menu.
Best buys
Vinotherapy products like the Theravine range.


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Print After "Daddy Joe" died in 1918, other members of the family wanted to move the business to Fort Worth. Miss Enid felt so strongly that "Daddy Joe" wanted the company in Nocona, she stayed. In 1925, her brothers packed up the equipment and moved to Fort Worth. Miss Enid had made her decision. She borrowed $5,000 to keep seven employees in her small shop and founded the Nocona Boot Company. During those first years, Miss Enid turned her home into a boarding house, worked as a sales clerk, shipping clerk, stenographer and credit manager. At first, some men had trouble doing business with a lady bootmaker, but they soon discovered the quality was just as good as her late father's. The discovery of oil near Nocona brought many new customer's to Miss Enid's young company. They made a 16 inch "lace-up" boot that was tough enough to survive the oil fields and the wildcatters kept coming back for more. Accompanied by her sister, Miss Enid made her first sales trip into West Texas in 1926. "The roads looked like cattle trails in those day's" she said. "And for good reason, they were cattle trails. Our old Model T took a pretty good beating on that first trip. In fact, we lost a back wheel once, it came loose and jumped over a fence. Despite the hazards of the road, the trip was successful. We came back with a book full of orders and a new market for boots." On the way to the company's national reputation as a quality bootmaker, Miss Enid sponsored a Pony Express race from Nocona to San Francisco. Fourteen cowboys and one cowgirl took off at 9 AM on March 1,1939, from Nocona and the first rider reached San Francisco at 2 PM on March 24th. In 1981, the Nocona Boot Company merged with Justin Industries, parent company of the Justin Boot Company, bringing the bootmaking histories of the two family companies full circle.


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The world is a crazy place…
– So Scotty won American Idol last night. Meh…I guess I could see that coming. I mean, it's not like the guy sucks or anything…he's a very good country crooner and will have a great career as time goes on. I guess my problem is that I really didn't think he was the best performer/singer/artist out of the Top 10 that they had this year. The season certainly wasn't without it's controversies (all that positivity, Tyler's cursing/creepy glares, J-Lo's improbable musical comeback), but I gotta tell you that I stopped watching entirely once Pia got voted out.
I realize that AI is more of a popularity contest instead of a singing competition, but when Pia got voted out as early as she did I just didn't care about the show anymore because (to me, at least) all credibility in the competition was lost (and I know Random Esquire was also quite upset in learning she was gone…if that tells you anything). In addition, with James gone I didn't even care about the final three at all…he was my second choice to win the whole thing. So yeah…thanks, American Idol. I couldn't care less.
– I am watching The Voice, however. Do I think the singing is better? Well…it's still really too early to tell. I'm intrigued by the gimmicky nature of the show, but I don't know if fans will tune in once the gimmicks are done (the blind auditions, the "battle" rounds). I didn't think I'd like the combination of judges that they had, regardless of their fame. However, I'm enjoying their banter and think all four of them not only have chemistry but have something that AI didn't have this season with their judges: honesty in their reviews even if it's not positive.
– Why in the blue hell do people post their lives on Facebook for the world to see? We're not talking anonymous blog posts and I'm not talking about pictures or where you are or things of that nature. But things like this:
Is there such thing as TOO much information? I mean, do you really need to tell the world that your kid shit on the floor? Do you REALLY need to tell the world that you're a fuck-up in a blatant attempt to garner sympathy from your friends?
And what's worse…why are people LIKING these status updates??? What are they liking? And what's worse…these are from my sister. And what's worse…she's even more annoying than her status updates in person.
– Remember Chyna? Wrestling fans should…reality fans might, as well. It's kinda sad but once she left wrestling she just couldn't find any other avenue with her life. She got into drugs/alcohol, she ended up making a sex tape (doesn't everybody in Hollywood these days?), she changed her name legally from Joanie Laurer to Chyna just so she could continue to exploit her fleeting fame from her days as a wrestler, and kinda drifted in and around Hollywood doing nothing (she even OD'd on sleeping pills last year).
Well…her lust for fame and fortune have resulted in an announcement that's really five-to-ten years too late: she's officially getting into porn at age 40. I had the extreme misfortune to have watched her last video, and that really did not scream out "sequel" to me. However, apparently Vivid has already helped her make a new video called "Backdoor into Chyna" that…ummm…excuse me…I just threw up in my mouth a little and need to go to another topic quickly. Yikes.
– I'm hesitant to admit this, but I might actually try watching Two & A Half Men now that Ashton Kutcher is replacing Charlie Sheen. I doubt I'll like it, but I'm intrigued enough to give it a shot. And as for Charlie? I dunno…I hope the guy can recover his career somehow. He had a sweet gig and now it's gone. And because he's in Hollywood, whatever millions he had in the bank are also probably gone because actors always think money will flow into their lives easily so they spend more than they make. You're still winning in my book, Charlie…just don't go off the deep end again. On second thought, that's when you were the most entertaining. Never mind…get batshit insane again.
– I'm "superhero'd" out and I haven't seen any bloody movies yet. I mean, I'll be the first to say I've always enjoyed superhero movies of the "new era"…from X-Men to Daredevil (yes…Daredevil) to The Dark Knight. But as I get ready to see Thor tonight I'm already tiring of the superhero movies coming out this summer. Next on the agenda is X-Men: First Class, which just looks unnecessary to me. I'm sure it'll be a great movie and all but I've got zero desire to watch it. Then it's Captain America, which looks good but I'm still a little wary of it. Can they really make the transition of this character to the big screen and then realistically have him "frozen" so that he's available for next year's Avengers movie? Yikes.
But then the biggest question mark of them all: Green Lantern. I'm a big Ryan Reynolds fan so I think this movie should be great in terms of the Hal Jordan character, but there is just SOOOOO much special effect work that it's really going to be a hit-or-miss situation. Will you tire of the special effects after 20 minutes? Will the story be as confusing as it looks? I dunno…but with another Batman movie being made, a "reboot" of Spiderman, yet another "reboot" of Superman, and then the Avengers movie all coming out within the next year or so I think I'll just about have my fill of superheroes.
– The Hangover 2 has a lot of male genitalia, apparently. Will that prevent me from watching it? No, because the first one was really funny an this one looks halfway decent. But at least you can consider yourself better prepared for all the penis you will see if you go to the movie. I, for one, feel better now that I have provided this public service announcement.
– Anna Kournikova is now a trainer on The Biggest Loser. Really??
– Sunshine is coming to visit me this weekend. I don't think she's been in my city since January, so this will be quite the special event. Although having said that, my house is a PIG STY and I need to do some major cleaning in the next 24 hours. We don't have any huge plans, but it'll end up being a pretty busy weekend with the local farmer's markets on Saturday morning, a double-date with a co-worker and his wife on Saturday night, and then visiting my family again this Sunday afternoon (they LOVE her). When we're not running the roads, I'm hoping we can just sit back and enjoy each other's company, as it was a little hectic last weekend with the kids and it'll be hectic again next weekend with the kids (but in a GOOD way!). We definitely appreciate the downtime together.
– I hit my online Relay for Life donation goal! Thanks to some awesome people I was able to raise $500 online for my team. At this point, my team has raised almost $3,000!!! I gotta say that this is pretty awesome. I'm really proud of the team and I'm very much looking forward to doing this again next year. For those of you who read this blog and donated, I really do appreciate it. Thank you so very, very much.
– Oh…for those wondering…no, I'm not wearing any pants as I write this post. You're welcome.


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Today my colleague Andrew Hill has written a column about the controversy surrounding internet suffixes — and the companies that exploit them — and reading it I felt a startling sense of deja vue. Yesterday I was at a Financo Retail Seminar listening to Chris Burch bemoan the exact same issue, though from a somewhat different perspective, and in somewhat more colourful language.
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Dropboxes VIILanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related.
1. Sheep sounds [_] 2. Stories [_] 3. NaCl
4. Desert mammal [_] 5. Medieval weapon [_] 6. High or low card
7. Reading; analyzing [_] 8. Bound [_] 9. Smiles
10. Branched horn [_] 11. Afterwards [_] 12. Authentic
13. Indirectly [_] 14. Decorative inserts [_] 15. Manicurist's work
Answer1. bleats [B] 2. tales [E] 3. salt
4. camel [L] 5. mace [M] 6. ace
7. parsing [A] 8. spring [P] 9. grins
10. antler [N] 11. later [T] 12. real
13. snakily [K] 14. inlays [Y] 15. nails
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About the Book
What is change? How does anything go from being one thing to being another thing? Is there a pattern to it or is the process of transformation inseparable from what is being transformed?
These questions are at the heart of The Black Box: An Illustrated Field Guide to Transformation. The book presents four fully illustrated specimens of transformation from the fields of biology, chemistry, mathematics and mythology. From these four specimens, the reader may look past the apparent differences between them to the pattern of structure and movement that unites them all: the face of transformation itself.
The Black Box is for lovers of knowledge, lovers of beauty, and lovers of the deep mystery that surrounds us.
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Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
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- Publish Date Jul 01, 2007
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An enterprising Chippen-ham chef has decided to go it alone by creating a pop-up restaurant in the town.
Dan Wyatt, 27, has worked in hotels and restaurants in Wiltshire and the Cotswolds for the past 12 years. He won a number of accolades when he was head chef at The Potting Shed in Crudwell, including the Good Pub Guide's dining pub of the year.
Now he has decided to branch out as a personal chef and his first solo venture will be a pop-up restaurant from November 30 to December 2.
The venue will be announced nearer the time, but it will be a pub in Chippenham and perhaps not one where people would expect it.
Mr Wyatt, who has lived in Chippenham all his life and went to Sheldon School, said: "I'm aiming for a relaxed, rustic, friendly atmosphere where everyone can feel comfortable. I want to challenge people's expectations of eating out – that you don't have to go to a well-known restaurant to get amazing food and fantastic service or that going out for good food doesn't have to be intimidating.
"I want to create an eating experience that everyone can appreciate – from food critics to the man on the street."
He describes his food as classic British food that is quirky and exciting.
Dishes include a starter of full English ravioli, black pudding and tomato compote and HP sauce jus, and a dessert of an ice cream cornet made out of stollen and gingerbread ice cream and crystallised ginger.
The cost is £32 per head and a percentage of food and drink profits will go to Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
To book, call 07817 594007 or email danieljwyatt@ hotmail.co.uk Mr Wyatt hopes this will be the first of many exciting events in his personal culinary venture, but said it was a means to an end as he saves up to fund his ultimate goal of a cooking academy in the Chippenham area to train unemployed youths to be chefs.
He said: "I think that learning to cook professionally gives you an extremely strong work ethic, requires flawless outcomes and is extremely rewarding."


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$32 million lottery winner didn't know he'd won
Updated 12:29 pm, Friday, November 9, 2012
The winner of the $32 million Lotto Texas ticket got a big surprise Thursday night.
Stanley Smith, 56, made his usual visit to Thelma Food Mart in far South Bexar County for a Dr Pepper and a few scratch-off tickets, KENS-TV reported.
Everyone was talking about the unclaimed winning ticket, and a store clerk urged Smith to return to his vehicle to check the quick-pick he'd bought the day before, KENS said.
Smith told the station he went numb when he realized he had the winning numbers.
"I'm ecstatic. Thank you all," he said. "Most of it will be put in trust funds or somewhere safe. I'm not going to change a whole lot, just enough to get by. Now I can buy anything I want."
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A mad dash of customers, either checking the numbers or hoping for luck to strike twice, had inundated the store in the 24900 block of Pleasanton Road all day, said Rick Salazar, 38, who has worked there about three years.
The winning numbers were 8-13-15-32-37-47.
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HEAD coach Mike Ford insists it 'makes sense' for Bath to cap a season of huge improvement by clinching a piece of silverware tonight.
After narrowly missing out on a place in the Aviva Premiership play-offs and being ousted in the semi finals of the LV= Cup, Bath travel to Cardiff Arms Park tonight (8pm) for a last shot at clinching a trophy this season.
Ford said: "We'll leave everything out on the pitch on Friday, that's for certain. We've got no tomorrows or no week after. We're promising ourselves and guaranteeing ourselves we'll do that.
"For us, it's about the season making sense "We're in the 50th week and the boys have sacrificed a lot, training with bumps and bruises and missing their families.
"It makes sense for us, having the talent we've got in the squad, to win something.'' Ford, pictured, hopes Bath will learn from their Aviva Premiership disappointment of two weeks ago, when Harlequins pipped them to a play-off spot.
"These big games bring a pressure and intensity that possibly isn't there for a normal game. The team that copes and executes best under pressure will win.
"At times against Quins we didn have the ball and if that's the case you are going to tire quicker. It's crucial that we do everything right, control the ball for long periods.
"We need the vibe and physicality that we've had. Maybe at Quins, with it being a do or die game we didn't quite think correctly under pressure so we need to bring that to the game as well.
"We're preparing for the final to go to the final 10 or five minutes of the game. We think it's going to be that close.
"We're pretty confident that if we go out and do what we've done for 95 per cent of the season, we're going to be there or thereabouts at the end.''
Bath were yesterday waiting to see if hooker Eusebio Guinazu had sufficiently recovered from concussion sustained against Quins to take his place against Northampton, youngster Tom Dunn standing by with Rob Webber and Ross Batty injured.
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the staff were all wonderful, such lovely, helpful people. food and service was amazing. the amount of activities that were offered was very wide and for all ages. it had incredible transport service.i highly recommend this resort n/a i didnt have any problems or worries whilst i stayed there
We don't like this resort at all. The worst resort I have stayed at! Not recommend to anyone! Arrived 12.30 pm to check-in, Staff didn't show us where the room is! Walked into the room-it is still in cleaning process! Walked back to reception-no other room available, asked us to go to the restaurant for 30min until the room is ready, tough for us as having a little toddler with us and he was so tired! Went into the room, the shower hadn't been clean properly, soap mark on the shower! very poor hygiene! Emailed and got confirmation from resort - agreed to arrange airport transfer, appearently nothing been arranged! But still charged us admin fee of arranging transport! Day of checking out of the resort,while loading baggages to shuttle, 3 handcarry bags were mistaken away by staff without asking whose the bags belongs to!
The pool was nice and bar staff friendly. The plumbing was inadequate with poo coming up the basin. I could not eat at the restaurant as there were lots of flies. The mattresses on the loungers were dirty and smelly.
I liked the proximity to the beach I thought the room looked average - sparse furniture, not very inviting.
We liked this resort for its simplicity but mostly its cost. We knew we would only be there at night to sleep, and out during the day doing activities so we did not require much of our room. The room was cleaned daily to a superb standard. Free breakfast daily was a decent amount of food with lovely fresh fruit. We met a lovely couple honeymooning the same time as we where there we became great friends with. The highlight of our stay at the resort was when managment asked us if we would consider moving into the honeymooners resort with them so that they could rent out our room to someone else!! We all laughed hysterically but replied that no, we would not be changing rooms. Cocktail hour was fantastic every night. We would sit on the deck and watch whales swim right by the resort - truly amazing. The room itself was quite sufficient. we had two single beds strapped together to make a king. unfortunately the bedstraps would not stay so by the middle of the night we were back into two single beds with a sheet in the middle waving in the breeze. Speaking of breeze - the air con in the room was fantastic!!! included in the price too!
Had a wonderful 12 night stay. 10 nights in Garden and 2 beach front, both comfortable and lovely accomodations. The Staff and all the Cook Islanders were very nice, helpful and friendly. Thanks to Betsy for a great place to vacation Next trip to Palm Grove - hopefully for 25 nights!!