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But because they did – unwaveringly so – the Gamecocks are Ohio Valley Conference softball champions today and heading for an NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa.
The sixth-seeded Gamecocks completed a somewhat improbable four-game sweep through the conference tournament Sunday with a 2-0 title game win over UT Martin in Charleston, Ill.
They now play No. 10 national seed and defending national champion Alabama (42-13) in their regional opener Friday at 6 p.m. Sun Belt regular-season champion Western Kentucky (41-16) and Atlantic Sun champion South Carolina-Upstate (41-10) will play in the regional's other game at 3:30 p.m. Alabama is the top seed, while Western Kentucky is second, South Carolina-Upstate third and JSU fourth.
"When I saw we were not going to the Knoxville Region, I told the team it'll be Alabama," said JSU coach Jana McGinnis, whose team watched the selection show from a restaurant in Smyrna, Tenn. "Hey, we're happy to be in.
"Alabama is is a tough test, but it didn't matter who we opened with, it was going to be a tough task. I know as young people they probably wanted to go to a new college because we're very familiar with Alabama and a lot of the players on their team, but it'll be a good experience. I'm glad we're in."
The Gamecocks (30-25) entered the eight-team OVC Tournament one game over .500, but matched their longest winning streak of the season to become the lowest seeded team ever to win the tournament. It is their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in six years and sixth overall. They last won the conference tournament in 2011, when they went to the Louisville Regional.
"This one is so much sweeter," junior center fielder Hayden Crawford said, "because no one thought we had a single world's chance at this and we just proved everybody wrong. Everybody."
Junior pitcher Tiffany Harbin was named tournament MVP for the second time in three years after holding the fifth-seeded Skyhawks (37-20) to three hits in her fourth complete-game of the tournament. She was joined on the all-tournament team by Crawford, second baseman Kelci Johnston and left-fielder Krystal Ruth.
"With the season we've all been through, the ups and the downs, this is just exciting," Johnston said. "This is huge for the team. We silenced the doubters. Some people coming into this, they questioned what we were going to do, but we did it. We won."
Crawford, who went 6-for-9 in the tournament and made a nice defensive play in the third inning, scored the game's first run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning. Johnston added an insurance run with a leadoff homer in the sixth and had five RBIs in the tournament.
"I had a terrible, terrible regular season and I just came into the tournament knowing I had something to prove to everyone," said Crawford, who entered the postseason batting .111. "Every time I went up to bat I knew I was getting a hit ... to prove to these people that this is not the player that I am."
Once the Gamecocks got the lead, it fell to Harbin to close the door. She threw 124 pitches in the game, 498 in her four victories. In 30 tournament innings she allowed 19 hits, three earned runs and struck out 39.
Crawford called her teammate "absolutely consistent and amazing." McGinnis called it "one of the best performances I've ever seen as a coach," defining the right-hander as the best pitcher in the league.
McGinnis said Harbin told her she was prepared to go 20 innings Sunday if that's what it took to close out the tournament in one game.
"We know she's a special pitcher," McGinnis said. "This year has been rough for her. She had some outings where she's gotten roughed up, but in the last three weeks we've seen her change, take her pitching to another level, her focus and intensity.
"We had a conversation in the hotel before the tournament after we watched all the underclassmen get (the postseason awards) and I said, 'Tif, this veteran we've got is going to show these underclassmen how to win a tournament.' She said, 'Yes, ma'am.' When she gets that look about her and that determination, it's hard to stop Tiffany Harbin."
Despite the heavy pitch count, Harbin said she wasn't tired or sore when it was over. She said a heavy-pitch practice regimen prepared her for the week and she insists "I'll be ready" for the regional and beyond.
It's that work ethic, which McGinnis said runs throughout the roster and upstages any shortage of talent, that's defined the Gamecocks' run to the title.
"I've been running on adrenaline this whole week," Harbin said. "I can't sleep at night because I'm so excited about the next day. Maybe I'll sleep now."
Al Muskewitz covers Jacksonville State sports for The Anniston Star. He can be reached at 256-235-3577.


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Teachers As Scholars Explore Francophone Culture
TAS seminars at UCLA enrich French class for many Los Angeles K-12 teachers and students
Published: Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Over the past year, thirty Los Angeles teachers explored the richness and diversity of francophone film and literature in two seminars offered by the UCLA International Institute and its Africa, Europe, and Middle East Studies Centers in conjunction with the Department of French and Francophone Studies and the national Teachers As Scholars program based in the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
The courses dealt with French-language literary and cinematic works produced by diasporic communities from North and sub-Saharan Africa living in France. Coverage of the francophone world is being further extended this summer in a workshop for K-12 language teachers that deals with French-speaking communities in Lebanon, Canada, the Caribbean, Vietnam and Los Angeles.
"France's history is now inextricably linked to Africa, from the 'mission civilisatrice' to colonial schooling, from the texts of Jean de Brunhoff (Babar the Elephant) to 'our ancestors the Gauls,' from the war in Algeria to the 'headscarf affair,' and from the politics of Jean-Marie Le Pen to the emergence of African communities in France today," noted French and Francophone Studies faculty member Dominic Thomas who led the two seminars.
The first seminar examined the legacy of French colonial rule and African responses to the colonial project through consideration of writings and films about Africa. The discussion was grounded in novels by two francophone African writers, Camara Laye and Mariama Bâ. Laye's L'Enfant noir explores the childhood of an African boy in the Mande region of former French Guinea during the later years of colonial rule, while Bâ's Une si longue lettre looks at polygamy and gender relations in Senegal. Participants also viewed two feature films, Sugarcane Alley (Euzhan Palcy's exploration of colonial education in the Caribbean) and Chocolat (Claire Denis's film about colonialism and racism in Africa), and considered critical gender issues raised by the documentary Warrior Marks (by Pratibha Parmar and Alice Walker).
French colonialism in Africa officially ended during the 1960s, and African authors have addressed its influence in their writings on oral literature, missionary activity, Islam, gender roles, traditional practices vs. Western modernity, colonial education vs. Qur'anic education, etc. These issues and divergent voices were explored in the second seminar which focused on attempts to locate their broader implications for the African diaspora in France, francophone Africa and the Caribbean today.
The primary concern in France remains the assimilationist drive toward the ideal of "Frenchness," noted Dominic Thomas, who recently published a study of Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa and Black France: Colonialism, Immigration and Transnationalism. This discourse is rooted in age-old colonial projections and stereotypes that link diasporic Africans with what the media and certain politicians castigate as "uncivilized" and "barbarous" practices associated with polygamy, excision and arranged marriages. Such stereotypes in turn serve to justify the marginalization of these communities to the peripheries of urban centers, which ironically creates the very ghettos that the French perceive as the inevitable outcome of US multicultural politics. These issues were addressed through two novels, Azouz Begag's Le gone du Châaba and Ousmane Sembene's Le docker noir, three films, Le gone du Châaba, Salut Cousin and La Haine, and Tahar Ben Jelloun's essay, "Le racisme expliqué à ma fille."
"The teachers were remarkably motivated and well prepared for the seminar," said Thomas. "They all read the assigned texts and many of them had [already] included the readings in their own curricular offerings. I think the fact that they had taught these books themselves made the seminar all the more rewarding, because it provided them with the occasion to share their own interpretations while also going beyond this in dialogue with their peers. Since one of the objectives of the seminar is to bring teachers from secondary education into the Academy, this exercise was particularly fruitful."
Morning sessions focused on literary works, while afternoon sessions were organized around film screenings. "I found this a very useful pedagogic tool," observed Thomas. "It allowed participants to decompress, to apply the theoretical discussion to a visual medium, and subsequently to frame our discussion around both film and text. Many of these films are difficult to find outside of an institutional setting and we are in a position to share UCLA's extensive archives with the academic community at large."
In advance of each seminar meeting, Thomas prompted teachers to consider various issues related to the readings, such as colonial education and French pedagogy, the survival of colonial stereotypes in the postcolonial period, and how these stereotypes inform the "construct" of the immigrant, particularly the immigrant of Maghrebi descent in the French context. Teachers completed the course by composing an essay on the similarities and differences between the American and the French contexts surrounding questions related to immigrants, minority communities and multiculturalism, and how this comparative approach can foster classroom dialogue and pedagogic innovation.
"As an educator, it is crucial to maintain close contact with those responsible for training the next generation of college-bound students," said Thomas. "The interaction provided me with invaluable insight into the kind of work that is being done in high schools, while also bringing the teachers up to date with the demands and exigencies of undergraduate education today."
The value of the Teachers As Scholars model for professional development and intellectual fulfillment was confirmed by the enthusiastic response of the teachers. "This seminar was filled with my colleagues, my peers, whose studies and experiences surpass my own, and this made the class very interesting and challenging," said Michela Carlton from Foshay Learning Center. "I'm working on a Racisme unit for French 3, and now I'll introduce these readings (or excerpts), as I feel confident about discussing them." She added that most of her students come from immigrant families, so this is "a very hot topic" in her classroom.
"Just sharing those hours with other teachers of French was a great experience," remarked Carmen Arenas from James Garfield High School. "I know of so many schools where there are only part-time French teachers. With this new spark I'm positive I'll be able to boost my enrollment… anything to promote francophonie!"
Delyna Diop from Washington Preparatory High School found the seminar to be "informative, stimulating and thought-provoking." Moreover, it was directly relevant to her teaching, being "closely aligned with my interests in literature and film from a francophone West African perspective."
""This is a perfect example of the type of program needed for life-long learning," said Wyn Cane from Loyola High School. "It is available, friendly, pertinent, up-to-date, and reaches into new areas of an already established curriculum." Tabitha Thigpen from King Drew Magnet High School concluded, "I really enjoyed the small group setting, the informal sharing and discussion, and the lovely surroundings of UCLA."
This UCLA/USDOE-funded Teachers As Scholars project was organized by Jonathan Friedlander, Outreach Director for the International Institute and the Center for Near Eastern Studies, Vera Wheeler of the Center for European and Eurasian Studies, and Azeb Tadesse of the African Studies Center. Special thanks go to the school principals and administrators who granted the participating teachers classroom release time to attend these innovative seminars. For more information about the Teachers As Scholars initiative and the international studies precollegiate outreach enterprise, contact Jonathan Friedlander.


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04:09 PM ET 01.18 | Earlier in the month, the Dallas Cowboys fired defensive coordinator Rob Ryan who immediately said he'd not be out of a job very long. Some reporters took that as a sign, and erroneously reported that he'd been hired as the new defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. This prompted Ryan to let the world know he was on a beach and nowhere near St. Louis and had, at that point, not been contacted by anyone from the Rams. It appears that has now changed, as the Rams and Ryan have officially met with one another regarding Ryan coming aboard as Jeff Fisher's defensive coordinator in St. Louis. Many believe Ryan was ousted in Dallas because of his boisterous personality, one that may have clashed with the totalitarian rule of Jerry Jones. However, Jones cites two specific losses as the reason Ryan was fired. Dallas' week 2 loss to the Seahawks and their week 4 thumping by the Bears were cited as reasons Ryan was let go, as both games featured a completely healthy yet non-existent defense.
Rob is definitely not a conformist.
Old Jerry cites a week 2 and week 4 loss as the reason he was sacked. So what if they made the playoffs, all would be forgiven then? The Cowboys have my pity!!
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Even Cowboy Stadium isn't large enough to hold those two egos.
JJ had to get rid of Rob so he could let his self-esteem have room to continue to expand.
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Best. Tapas. EVER. – I can't believe all these bad reviews I am reading. I LOVE El Cid, and have had some of the best tapas ever here. Granted, the space is incredibly cramped and the service can be lacking, but the food is to die for! I especially love the squid and shrimp dishes . . . my mouth is watering just thinking of them. I have been here numerous times and everything has always been wonderful-can't say I have had a bad experience with a dish. The sangrias are generally pretty good, although the last time I went there I thought the batch did taste a bit watered down, but the no problems previously. My only complaint is that the space is very small (but hey, this is New York, so what isn't) and it can get a little noisy when all the patrons have had a few sangrias.
The Best Tapas on the east coast!! The service is superb!! – I've been to many places for spanish food and this is the best anywhere! You can bring your friends, family or go there for a really romantic date! The bartender is the nicest, warmest person who makes the greatest sangria's!! The service is great.
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Small plates clutter small tables at this hidden destination for spicy Spanish fare. – In Short
At this bare-bones Chelsea eatery, colorful tapas take center stage over decor. Diners seeking a casual meal share plates at tiled tables or the sky blue bar. A map of Spain hangs on the wall, overshadowing dishes of squid in garlic sauce, pork marinated in herbs and torrejas, and the spot's special dessert of bread dipped in wine, cinnamon and sugar. Dinner begins with a plate of olives and potatoes with aioli and ends with a free digestif.
Very mediocre and disappointing.
The service was average throughout the meal. However, the "highlight" was at the end after we had paid our bill. We were waiting at the table while one of our party went out to get the car. We had not been sitting at the table for more than six or seven minutes after paying our bill waiting for our care to get there when one of the staff (we're thinking it was the manager) came over to our table and asked us to leave because there were people waiting. We were shocked in general and especially considering there had been no friction throughout our meal with the waitstaff.
The food itself was bland and very mediocre. The paella was watery and bland. I don't know if the kitchen was having a bad that day or if the food is always like this. I've been to a fair number of tapas restaurants both in California and in New York, but I've never been to one so mediocre. The grilled shrimp was extremely plain and unflavorful as well - I could have grilled the shrimp at home and sprinkled some salt on it. The squid dish was also very bland - just a bunch of squid tossed in some oil and heated up.
The few things that *were* good were the sangria and the flan. The sherry was also very tasty.
The actual tapas were very disappointing though.
That word describes our entire experience there is mediocre. With a shock at the end of course.
Needless to say, we won't be going back.
Our favorite tapas place- hands down – My husband and I have tried many tapas places in the city. We recommend this place to anyone who wants a reliable yummy tapas restaurant. Their shrimp in garlic sauce is better than any other restuarant in NYC.
much better options for spanish/tapas in the same neighborhood – the staff at el cid was not attentive at all. the food was mediocre at best, much of the dishes seem to be prepared with canned ingredients (vegetebales, olives etc). if you are looking for good tapas/spanish in this neighborhood check out sala one nine or francisco centro vasco.
Wouldn't go back – Lured in by the prominent display of Zagat praise, I expected delicious food and the prices seemed reasonable, at least the food ones. Not being given a wine or drink menu was the first clue that I would be gouged for the sangria I ordered. But first, the food. I ordered a tortilla espanola which was quite tasty, but by no means complex (egg and potato). Along with the meal came some tasty bread, and a small plate of antipasto, including a delicious non-fried, cold form of patatas bravas and olives. I also ordered chorizo al vino, which was VERY disappointing. It tasted like cheap hot dogs with chorizo flavoring: it clearly lacked quality and was bought on the cheap. Now for the sangria. I ordered an individual serving, which came in a small pitcher that filled two glasses and cost $9.00. That may seem like a deal, considering the price 2 glasses of wine. However, the contents of most sangria is only half wine and half other inexpensive ingredients, AND, you can choose the cheapest wine on the shelf and it should still taste good. I agree with the other posters that this sangria tasted watered down, considering that in Spain two glasses would give you more than a nice buzz. I don't like places that sacrifice quality for money or play tricks on you by hiding drink prices till check time (everyone at the place was drinking Sangria, so that, it seems, must be the money-maker). Customer service was above average.
Dont Listen to these Morons – The food is really great and the Sangria is tasty, strong and will get you nicely toasted. I live around the corner and have been going here for 6 years. I have never had a bad meal and all my friend from out of town refuse to go anywhere else but this place when they come to visit. You eat and drink a ton and it always comes out to about $40/person. You have to know what to order because there are a lot of average tapas. Try the sweetbreads, chorizo, croquettes, cod basque style, and shrimp with garlic sauce. Those are our favorites They also make great paella.
very decent little tapas joint – Had a reservation at el cid last night with 8 people from my office. It was really fun there -- a lot of tasty food and a very nice and accomodating staff. The tapas were solid, nothing out of this world, but definitely good flavors with much variety (there were also several specials available). We drank 8 pitchers of sangria - both red and white (we liked the red better). Memorable dishes were the chorizo, the croquettes, the meatballs, the shrimp. Unfortunately, no patatas bravas, but when we asked if they could make them the chef did put in a noteworthy attempt. Everthing arrived promptly and the waiters were very quick to refill wine glasses and keep things moving along without making us feel like we were being rushed out of there. We finished the meal with a HUGE seafood paella which was completely tasty.
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This is a discussion on Roy Sparks - EAST CAPE VARMINT CHALLENGE 2011. within the GREAT DEALS on Hunts Worldwide forums, part of the HUNT AFRICA category; An opportunity to pit your skills against our jackal and caracal and your fellow varmint pro's. Requirements: Minimum five ( ...
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Roy Sparks - EAST CAPE VARMINT CHALLENGE 2011.
An opportunity to pit your skills against our jackal and caracal and your fellow varmint pro's.
Requirements: Minimum five ( 5 ) two man teams must register for this competition , more teams will be considered to a maximum of 8 teams.
Prefered time May - June.
The competition will be held over two days ( predator calling ) day and night allowed.You supply your own calling equipment electronic or traditional hand calls.
The result will be determined according to the adherence of the rules and the total weight of predators produced by each team. ( Only Caracal and Black Backed Jackal )
The winning team will qualify to hunt TWO EACH of the following species:
Kudu Bull
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Registration fee to enter the challenge US$ 2500.00 per team member.
This fee includes your full board and lodging for 7 hunting days inclusive of the two days reserved for the challenge.
In other words the challenge will be held for two days thereafter participants will have 5 more days to continue varmint hunting or to indulge in plainsgame hunting according to our trophy pricelist. The winners obviously hunt the package they have won in the remaining 5 days.
The value of the prize package of the challenge including normal day fees would be US$ 6400.00 per package - TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZE FOR CHALLENGE US$ 12 800.00
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Very nice idea Roy. Is this offer only for foreigners? I would love to enter. Will bring my own equipment as well....Marius Goosen
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What a great event! If I was going over there this spring I would love to take part in that. I hope you post the results of this back here when it is over.
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Hi, I am trying to figure out what these pipes mean in the rough in for our basement. The 3 inch is obviously for the water closet, and the others I'm not sure. Any help? The 2 inch pipe on the left will be in the wall and 16 inches from wall behind shelves. Is the pipe coming up in the middle the vent/lav drain? I don't hear water coming down this when any of the other bathrooms are in use.
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Pipe in the middle is vent.
I was curious to know if it doesn't look like there is a shower/tub drain roughed in. Anybody else?
A sink drain and a toilet drain go straight down to the main sewer line - they don't have water in them normally and no trap. On the other hand, if you had a pipe in the floor for a tub or a shower, it must have the trap below it, thus, it would be in the floor. If you looked into this, unless it dried out (which is quite possible), you'd see standing water. It is not uncommon to leave a box around the drain for a tub or shower so you can get the trap centered on the thing once installed. Without being there, it is sometimes hard to tell (in fact, often hard to tell!).
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Cut that shorter pipe off a few inches from the floor and pour some water down it to see if it's trapped. I think it looks like a tub rough in.
Thanks, I'll try that later today.
I would think it's a half bath.
The 2" would be the toilet vent, which is reventing at 42" on the next floor.
The 1.5" pipe would be a lav drain, which needs to be revented over to the 2" vent.
Unless I'm wrong, because I'm not there and I'm guessing off of a picture.


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You are ground zero for one of this year's biggest media blitzes.
Seligman: Big time.
As CIO of the CDC, you consider both the viruses that infect computers and the viruses that infect humans. Do you have any insights you could share on the relationship between the two?
Seligman: There are similarities, although in the human virus cases -- at least so far -- they haven't been purposeful or manmade. So the intentionality of computer viruses makes them, in some ways, more difficult because they are cleverly engineered for nondetection, for rapid spreads, for spear phishing to entice someone to click on a link that automatically downloads malware.
What do you find more frightening, then -- the swine flu or Conficker?
Seligman: My personal opinion is swine flu, or H1N1, or any other pandemic influenza or serious human virus because, quite frankly, it can kill people. But the devastation of a computer virus can be very serious as well, whether it is disruption of the Internet or communications capability or malware creating a denial-of-service attack on really critical infrastructure of the country or the world.
What interesting parallels are there between computer and human viruses?
Seligman: First is the speed of transmission. In the case of computer viruses, it can happen in milliseconds and infect thousands or even millions of computers and servers around the globe, in just hours. Human viruses don't spread quite that rapidly, but the spread of H1N1 in the grand scheme of things has been quite rapid, such that many, many thousands, if not millions, of people have become infected in a relatively short period of time.
There are also parallels regarding detection and prevention and mitigation strategies. In the human virus world, particularly around influenza, we talk about wearing protective devices such as respirators, doing frequent hand washing and social distancing. In computer virus terms, unplugging your computer from the Internet is usually one of the first and best temporary courses of action; [then] inoculating the machine with the latest update of detection or prevention software. But just like immunization for influenza, it is not perfect. You can have zero-day viruses, viruses that have just been engineered and released into the wild, for which there is no pattern recognition or prevention software out there.
Do you think that being part of an institution that focuses on potential disasters -- in this case, caused by diseases -- makes your job easier or harder?
Seligman: In one regard I would say it is easier, and that is in communicating to our workforce around this issue, since they are all sensitized or very knowledgeable to the main mission of CDC and the lingo and parallelism of spread, protection, epidemiology, case investigation and so forth.
In the case of computers, forensic examination of computers is quite analogous, or similar sounding to them. I imagine it is more difficult if you are working in a manufacturing company, for example, for people to really understand what the threat is, why you have to make investments in this area to prevent the introduction and spread and detection of computer viruses.
Seligman: We are constantly probed and scanned to the tune of hundreds of times per second, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. And that speaks to the quality of our prevention program and the walls we put up.
Yes, our website has been attacked and occasionally -- rarely -- successfully. We had way back when, quite a number of years ago, some website defacement episodes. More recently, a couple of years ago, we had a cross-site scripting malware problem, where they inserted some bad code in our website to infect people who visited it; it was a very limited portion of our website, readily recognized and we shut it down immediately and cleaned up.
You are situated in Georgia, so hurricanes are a threat. Is the kind of planning for a disaster such as a hurricane completely different from an infection like H1N1 or, for that matter, Conficker?
Seligman: In the IT world, not completely different. We have been doing continuity of operations planning and disaster recovery planning and real exercising and occasionally some implementation -- and I can give you an illustration of that,, which was 9/11, where we had to evacuate this main campus.
But the bottom line is, regardless of the threat vehicle, whether it is a hurricane or a tornado or theoretical terrorist attack or computer virus introduction that was major and caused systems to shut down or caused us to disconnect from the Internet or whatever -- all of these scenarios are planned for and considered in our continuity of operations and disaster recovery capabilities.
So our mission-critical systems are replicated to a disaster recovery site that is distant from our main data centers. We have real-time replication of data going to those centers, just like Wall Street does or the airline industry does for their reservation systems.
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So to add to the challenge I decided I wanted some lo lights (foils) added to my hair. She assured me that she knew how to do it. When I got there she thought I wanted highlights and I said "no, no blonde" my skin color doesn't go with blonde. I asked her again if she could do lolights? She assured me she could but said she need to add a few highlights to show the depth. I agreed to only two blonde foils. When the color was done the whole top of my hair was electronic white, I couldn't believe it. I asked her "what didn't she understand about no blonde" She told me she was going to put on a permanent toner and that it would last for several weeks. She did that and got the blonde down to calmer light brown. Then she cut it and I had no idea she was totally incompetent or I would have moved on from there. I left the shop thinking well this is disastrous. This disaster cost me over $300. (PART 1)
Part II. I washed my hair on Monday and all color and toner washed off. I was really upset and called Maries to complain. They asked me to come in again and have new lolights put on the hair. They scheduled me for Tuesday afternoon with Liz. Again, they assured me she knew what she was doing. Liz was very personable and told me that Rita had only used semi permanent toner and that she was going to add permanent lolights. This excursion only cost me the $40 tip. Liz told me that she was going to "clean up" Rita's cut a bit. She dried it and sent me on my way. She suggested I purchase a Morrocan oil and mask to alleviate the dryness the continuing bouts with bleach and lolight colors was causing my follicles. I bought them and went on my way.
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Tired of talking about Alabama's current football scandal? Then let's dig back into Auburn's old football scandal.
An NCAA panel has come up with a new plan to close the Cam Newton loophole that allowed the player to keep playing last year… even though his father had asked Mississippi State boosters for $180,000 in cash. The idea is to broaden the NCAA's definition of an agent.
If the proposal is passed, any people who represent or attempt to represent athletes or prospects for financial gain would be considered agents. Also included? Anyone who seeks money or other benefits for steering a prospect to a school.
Under this rule, Cecil Newton would have been viewed as an agent and his son would not have been eligible to play last year.
However, an NCAA spokesperson says the issue is bigger than the Newton case.
"Cam Newton is one of the reasons for it but it's broader than that because there are other situations in which third parties are interceding with regard to prospects or student-athletes."
Before our email boxes blow up, yes, this creates the possibility of a new type of problem. It's possible that someone not close to the player — a third cousin, an estranged father — could ask for money and get a player into trouble. But that's not likely to happen very often. And to rule on such a case, the NCAA would need only prove that the player did or did not have a relationship with the person trying to act as an "agent."
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For over a year, Piper only left her home for trips to the hospital. She'd done all of her shopping online until Suzy convinced her to go to the mall to buy a dress.
"It was hard. I got very low confidence, low self-esteem," Piper said.
But the outing proved to be a blow to Piper's confidence when shoppers stared.
"People [were] walking into things because they were staring at me," she recalled. "I don't think everybody was doing it to be unkind. I think some people just are really uneducated and ignorant to why I looked the way I did."
But Piper slowly began rearranging her life. "She sort of reached this conscious decision ... when she said, 'I am not going to be a victim. I'm going to be a survivor,'" David Piper said.
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"I'd accepted that this was me. This was my new, beautiful face," she said. "I'd had a lot of help from the people that really mattered. I wanted to thank them in a way that I could ... and I knew it would mean a lot to those people to see me enjoying myself and out. I think that was a reward to them and to me as well."
"I just remember, just the simple things ... just getting ready together, like the two girls again," said Suzy. "Putting our makeup on, putting little dresses on and stuff. It was just so nice because that's the Kate that I knew. And like we always used to do girlie stuff together like that before."
At the "coming out" party, Piper's guests waited at the bottom of the stairs.
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Her next milestone was leaving the house alone. Piper took a short walk into town. It was an emotional moment for Piper and her mother.
"I think I've got a chance to build a life, and I don't know if it's going to be that easy, but I want to try. I don't want to be a scared little child. I want to blossom into a confident, able woman," she said. "The scars, the mask, everything encased me in this little shell, and I want to break free and be my own person ... I want to be rid of that and just be Katie."
Piper first told her story in a British television documentary, "My Beautiful Face," which gave her the platform to rebuild her life. She now wants to help other burn victims receive the same extensive rehab that she did.
"We actually talk about it now -- she wants to set up a clinic here in London so, you know, anyone who is burnt can go to this clinic for as much rehab as possible," said best friend Kay Little. "I think she's actually probably got a brighter future now than she had as a, you know, as a model and, and TV presenter."
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International Mine Awareness Day is a meaningful day for all mine and UXO -affected countries such as Lao PDR. It is a day that we remember the innocent victims and reaffirm our strong commitment to a world free from the threat of mines and other remnants of war.
Lao PDR, one of the poorest countries in Asia, is also one of the world's most heavily bombed places. Up to 30 percent of the 270 million cluster sub-munitions dropped during the Indochina conflict, along with other ordnance, did not detonate at the time of use. Today, much of it remains in the ground, killing dozens of Lao people each year through accidents, making land inaccessible, affecting food security, livelihoods and economic development, and preventing many from escaping poverty.
One year after her appointment as the National Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP Lao PDR, Lao singer Alexandra Bounxouei is more committed than ever to spread the word about the deadly legacy of unexploded ordnance in her country and to encourage donors to support the ongoing clearance works.
Vientiane 5th February 2014 – The community radio coverage has doubled in the past year in Lao PDR, with four stations now broadcasting to more than 110,000 people in Xieng Khuang and Sekong provinces. However, a recent evaluation has raised concerns about the quality of the current programming.
Vientiane, 31st January 2014 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its partners including the European Union, France and the United States will assist Lao PDR on its journey of becoming a rule of law -state with a comprehensive support programme to the legal sector.
New York, 29 January 2014 – A sustained reduction in inequality requires a shift to more inclusive growth patterns – supported by redistributive polices and changes in social norms – says a report launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark.
Vientiane, 24 January 2014 – Last year, 16 new districts joined the District Development Fund (DDF) system and 16 local One Door Service (ODS) centers continue to provide easier access to local citizens' services. These key achievements of the National Governance and Public Administration Reform Programme (NGPAR) were presented at an annual review meeting of the programme at Mercure Hotel today.
New York, 22 January 2014 – A United Nations-led partnership that "shines a spotlight" on local sustainable development innovations today launched its global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2014.
Vientiane, 20 November 2013 – Heads of key Development Partner delegations were led by H.E Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs to brief H.E. Mr. Choummaly Xayasone, President of Lao PDR, on the results of the 11th High Level Round Table Meeting (HL RTM) held on 19 November 2013, which featured what they called "a very interactive, frank and fruitful discussion."
The 11th High Level Round Table Meeting on 19 November focused on ways to deliver on Lao PDR's development priorities by 2015 while also setting the fundamental path for achieving longer-term goals. It brought together more than 400 participants from the Government of Lao PDR and Development Partners as well as the private sector and civil society organizations in high-quality policy dialogue.
"Accelerating MDG Achievement and Inclusive Development" 19th November 2013 National Convention Centre (NCC), Vientiane, Lao PDR
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Vientiane, 15 November 2013- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will continue to support the UXO sector in Lao PDR through a new project designed to further strengthen the Government's capacity to tackle the persisting UXO problem in the country.
13 November 2013, Vientiane - This year's Round Table Meeting will bring together the Government of Lao PDR and its national and international development partners from more than 37 countries and 35 development agencies.
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Vientiane 23 October 2013 – Climate resilient planning will be integrated into local decision making with a new US$4.98 million project aiming to encourage climate change adaptation in water resources and small scale rural infrastructure.
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that Canada will be providing more than US$1 million to support the unexploded ordnance (UXO) sector in Laos. The funds will be channeled through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Mines Advisory Group (MAG)
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Switzerland extended its support to the UXO sector in Lao PDR today with an additional contribution of US$3.79 million. The funds will go towards strengthening the capacity of the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action (NRA) as well as supporting the on-going clearance operations of UXO Lao, the two national institutions tackling the deadly legacy of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Lao PDR. The contribution will be channelled through the UXO Trust Fund, administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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