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College Football Countdown | No. 15: Clemson
Clemson has a problem. The problem is South Carolina, namely, and not beating South Carolina is, well, annoying.
There's a silly line of thought that suggests Clemson is unhappy with any season that includes a loss to South Carolina, regardless of whether or not the Tigers win every other game on the schedule. This logic – illogical, in a word – suggests that Clemson's fan base is not familiar with the program's recent past.
Tommy Bowden, Clemson's coach from 1999 through the first half of 2007, went 7-2 against the Gamecocks and 65-43 against every else; the Tigers never won more than nine games under Bowden's direction, never won a single piece of conference hardware and never participated in a bowl game of national consequence.
Then there's Dabo Swinney, who is 1-5 against South Carolina – 0-5 as the full-time coach – but 50-18 against the rest. Swinney's teams own three Atlantic Division titles and, in 2011, the program's first conference championship since 1991. Two of the Tigers' last three teams have reached the Orange Bowl.
The last time Clemson lost a regular-season team to an opponent other than South Carolina and Florida State came on Nov. 19, 2011, when the Tigers lost on the road to North Carolina State. Given the option of being the Clemson of old or the Clemson of new, take that new-car smell and enjoy the ride, folks.
But Clemson has a second problem. That problem is Florida State, namely, and the Seminoles are less of an annoyance and more of a bullying frustration. Therein lies the Tigers' third problem: Clemson measures itself against the Seminoles and Gamecocks. New Clemson, yes, but somewhat familiar problems.
That's not to say that the Tigers can't run the table; I just see two or three losses during the regular season, which keeps CU in the BCS hunt but a step removed from the championship conversation. This should be a stronger team that does no better than tread water in the win column.
In a nutshell: The program's best team in decades. Clemson lost just twice, to the aforementioned rivals, and bookended the year with two victories of huge consequence: Georgia in the opener, back when the Bulldogs were a healthy menace, and Ohio State in the Orange Bowl. In between, Clemson manhandled its way through the regular season with the two exceptions – Florida State steamrolled the Tigers, South Carolina bullied the Tigers. But no other ACC opponent remained with single digits off the Tigers; just two, N.C. State and Boston College, remained within two touchdowns. All that was missing was the one win that could turn the tide for this entire program: FSU or South Carolina.
High point: Georgia and Ohio State. For the second year in a row, Clemson went into the offseason rolling with confidence.
Low point: South Carolina.
Tidbit: Clemson has been ranked in the past 46 Associated Press polls, the seventh-longest active streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The school record for consecutive polls is 50, set from 1989-92; barring a surprise, Clemson will set a new mark by October.
Tidbit (SEC edition): Clemson has four victories against ranked SEC opponents since the start of the 2011 season: Auburn in 2011, Auburn and LSU in 2012, and Georgia a season ago. There have been only 12 non-conference wins against ranked SEC teams across the entire FBS during this span.
Golf courses in South Carolina
1. Kiawah Island
2. The Dunes
3. Harbour Town
4. Caledonia
5. May River
Offense: The best question doesn't ask whether Cole Stoudt's going to be Clemson's starter; that's already been answered, with the senior set to serve as Tajh Boyd's successor in coordinator Chad Morris' never-fail offense. The best question asks for how long, and what Stoudt would need to do – in terms of his own statistical output and Clemson's overall record – to fend off true freshman Deshaun Watson, the Tigers' future under center. Replicating his limited production as Boyd's backup couldn't hurt: Stoudt was electric in garbage time against inferior foes last fall, showing a solid arm and a strong grasp of the system. At the same time – and with all due respect to the senior – Stoudt doesn't near Watson's breadth of physical gifts; one, Stoudt is a placeholder, while the other, Watson, may be a future star.
The most likely scenario has Stoudt starting early, taking some lumps against Georgia and Florida State, while Morris and the Tigers bridge the way to Watson by the heart of the season. At the very least, Watson's going to play a huge role as the backup quarterback. Let's also remember one fact, keeping this in mind as we discuss the entire offense: This guy is gone, that guy is gone, but Morris remains. That's reason for excessive optimism.
The offense must also replace a 1,000-yard rusher and, in Boyd, a valuable red-zone and short-yardage option. It seems likely that the Tigers go with a by-committee approach in the backfield, starting with senior D.J. Howard (213 yards), junior Zac Brooks (246 yards), junior C.J. Davidson (155 yards) and redshirt freshman Wayne Gallman. Swinney has also floated the idea of using freshman Kurt Fleming as the Tigers' bigger back, perhaps in those down-and-inches situations. One back who seems very unlikely to contribute is redshirt freshman Tyshon Dye, who suffered an Achilles injury in February; Dye, a very gifted recruit, has been unable to remain healthy.
The offensive line will slowly work its way into shape before the opener – though two projected starters, David Beasley and Isaiah Battle, will sit out the Georgia game for a violation of team rules. Clemson needs the latter: Battle is pegged as the Tigers' replacement for Brandon Thomas at left tackle, where he'll become the blind-side protector for a pair of untested quarterbacks. If he can get stronger – and he's trying to add weight – Battle could do a nice job. While Clemson has spent this month shuffling players to and fro, searching for the best starting five, it's probably safe to project the following: Ryan Norton at center, Beasley at left guard, Kalon Davis at right guard and either Shaq Anthony or Joe Gore at right tackle. It's also safe to say Clemson could shift Davis out to right tackle and promote Jay Guillermo into the top spot at guard.
Defense: Florida State has the ACC's best quarterback, backfield, receiver corps, offensive line, linebackers, kicking game and returners – and overall talent, if that wasn't evident. The Seminoles have the league's second-best defensive line, however; that honor goes to Clemson. This is where the rubber meets the road: Clemson's offense is going to be slightly less productive – remember that Morris is still here, however – but its defense seems ready to embrace the challenge, with the hope that Brent Venables' attack makes the necessary strides to keep the Tigers in the ACC hunt. In particular, this defensive line – loaded with an All-American and near-unmatched depth – is going to lead the charge.
The story might center on senior Vic Beasley (44 tackles, 13.0 sacks), a clear-cut All-American whose decision to return for his final season greatly beefs up Clemson's hopes of slowing down Florida State. But the biggest theme is this: Clemson has strong faith and trust in as many as 10 linemen, creating a rotation guaranteed to give most opposing offensive line jelly-kneed anxiety. The list: Corey Crawford (52 tackles, 10.5 for loss) and Beasley at end, which is fantastic; senior Tavaris Barnes and sophomore Shaq Lawson (35 tackles, 10.0 for loss) as the outside reserves, with Lawson the program's next great end; senior Grady Jarrett (83 tackles, 11.0 for loss) as the anchoring, all-conference lock at tackle; and, in total, an interior combination of – hold your breath – Jarrett, seniors Josh Watson (47 tackles) and DeShawn Williams (37 tackles), junior D.J. Reader (43 tackles) and sophomore Carlos Watkins. This group is going to roll out wave after wave of talent, owning the line of scrimmage and harassing quarterbacks against the vast majority of competition. It sets the tone for the entire defense – if not the entire team.
The linebacker corps builds around senior Stephone Anthony (131 tackles, 13.5 for loss), an All-American candidate from his spot in the middle. While two starters must be replaced, the Tigers seem more and more likely to use a fifth defensive back in lieu of a strong side linebacker; the defense still needs a sturdy body to handle the load on early downs, but don't be surprised if junior Travis Blanks continues to spend time as the Tigers' hybrid linebacker-safety. He'll be joined on the strong side by sophomore T.J. Burrell, a more traditional linebacker with the speed to run in space. On the weak side, Clemson is angling for a productive final season from senior Tony Steward, a former five-star recruit who has yet to fulfill his potential – due to injuries or otherwise. Between Steward and sophomore Ben Boulware, the spot seems in good hands. I'm also interested to see how Venables uses Kellen Jones, a former Oklahoma transfer who shined early last fall before suffering an injury of his own. The front seven is really, really good.
And the play of the defensive front will have a profoundly positive impact on Clemson's secondary, which is steady along the back end but retooling at cornerback. At safety, the Tigers return senior Robert Smith (79 tackles) and sophomore Jayron Kearse (55 tackles), with Blanks always an option to slide to the deep middle. Between these three contributors, the Tigers have to feel secure about the defense's ability to limit big-play potential – a bit of an issue last fall, admittedly, but I think they'll do a better job in 2014. The secondary does lean dangerously young at cornerback, but there's no doubting the talent: Mackensie Alexander would've been a major factor last fall if not for injury, sophomore Cordrea Tankersley had a great offseason and seniors Garry Peters and Martin Jenkins have been through the fires of ACC play. A fifth option, Korrin Wiggins, could fit on the outside, in the slot or in a hybrid role. Again, these cornerbacks will benefit hugely from an aggressive front four.
Special teams: The kicking game is a concern. The Tigers will replace Chandler Catanzaro – the best in school history – with one of junior Ammon Lakip, who got his feet wet last fall, or incoming freshman Alex Spence; neither inspires huge confidence, though Spence was one of the nation's top specialists as a recruit. Junior Bradley Pinion brings great directional acumen to the punting job but lacks a huge leg, which hurts at times in field position. Last year's return game was distressingly ineffective even with Sammy Watkins doing the honors, so it's only logical to expect a nice degree of improvement.
Wide receiver: Even at Clemson, which snags all-world talent on a fairly regular basis, a player of Watkins' ability will be impossible to replace. That's slightly less true of Martavis Bryant, another early-exit underclassmen who made waves riding Watkins' attention-grabbing production. That there's no Watkins and no Bryant back in the fold is slightly troubling, but only slightly: Morris remains – just so you remember – and there's a solid mix of returning experience and impressive young talent, meaning the offense could opt for six or seven reliable targets to recoup Watkins' impact. Good luck, young men.
Start with what we know: Adam Humphries (41 receptions for 483 yards) will lead the charge, if not statistically then in action; junior Charone Peake returns from injury, which provides a major boost; sophomore Mike Williams (20 for 316) has been very impressive, if in a smaller role; and sophomore Germone Hopper seemed to work his way back into the rotation down the stretch last fall, which is a good sign. That's your top four for the opener, at least. But keep an eye on the young guys: Artavis Scott, Demarre Kitt, Kyrin Priester and Trevion Thompson are going to play immediately, with Scott – a top-100 recruit – pegged to serve as Humphries' backup in the slot; I think he's going to have a fantastic rookie season. The Tigers will also get ample production from the tight end spot, where junior Stanton Seckinger (21 for 244) and sophomore Jordan Leggett (12 for 176) form an impressive pair.
South Carolina: Florida State's going to be a behemoth. Yet the season can still end in the playoff – let's keep this fact in mind – with a loss to FSU but wins against Georgia and South Carolina, particularly if the Tigers hang tight with the Seminoles on the road. Notching a win against the Gamecocks would be great; notching a win against an undefeated South Carolina team would be, well, the greatest thing to happen in the history of mankind.
In a nutshell: Yeah, Clemson has some daunting personnel losses to overcome – nearly all on offense, however. This still remains a wildly dangerous team, one more than capable of another double-digit regular season should the new cast come together before hitting against Georgia and Florida State in September. I can think of two reasons in particular why any sense of pessimism seems unfounded: one, the offense still has Morris calling the shots, and two, this seems very much like the best defense of Swinney's tenure with the program. When it comes to the offense, it's possible to understand the losses yet still remain optimistic – because Morris is the finest offensive coordinator in college football.
I think the offense remains among the top three in the ACC. The biggest decline will be seen in general explosiveness: Clemson lacks the big-play threats at receiver, obviously, but also at running back; that means longer, more consistent drives rather than downfield strikes. That, in turn, demands reliability from quarterback: Stoudt's under some major pressure. At some point, Watson will take on more and more of the offense; Stoudt stills holds the key, however, particularly in the opener against Georgia. Clemson still has enough weapons to maintain at least a strong portion of its recent successes – and let's remember that Morris is still around, in case I hadn't mentioned that already.
But what makes Clemson a potential sleeper is this defense. The line might be the best in college football. It's a group that will trickle down throughout the entire defense, giving Anthony and these linebackers room to operate and the secondary – the cornerbacks in particular – time to develop. In fact, one could make a simple case: If the offense remains stout, Clemson will have incredibly impressive balance. Will it be enough to carry the Tigers past Georgia, FSU and the Gamecocks? It won't be easy. But taking just one of the three – and it won't be FSU, sadly – would leave Clemson with a very good chance at double-digit wins and a spot well inside the top 15 teams nationally. That Georgia comes on the road is one issue; that the Tigers seem unable to beat FSU and Carolina is another.
Dream season: Clemson loses to Florida State but takes all the rest, ending South Carolina's reign with a three-touchdown victory.
Nightmare season: Clemson loses to Georgia, Florida State, Louisville and South Carolina.
Who's No. 14? This program is 8-11 in games decided by seven points or less since the start of the 2010 season.


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Prolapsed hemorrhoid
Principal complaints of hemorrhoids include bleeding on defecation and prolapse of tissue. Second symptoms may be associated with hemorrhoids but often arise from other causes which are unrelated. Contrary to popular belief, the ache is not a primary symptom and usually occurs as a result of complications of hemorrhoids.
You cannot see or feel internal hemorrhoids as they lie inside the rectum about a fingers length from view. Because they are not covered with skin, they do not hurt, even when inflamed and swollen. Bleeding is the only symptom you get when the internal hemorrhoids have become engorged; however, these hemorrhoids can stretch downward and can prolapse through the anus, causing increased bleeding and the feeling of a large lump coming through the anus.
Definition of prolapsed hemorrhoid
Internal hemorrhoids usually offer up bleeding as their only symptoms. The bleeding is usually bright red and will be around the stool and in the toilet bowl. If an internal hemorrhoid is big enough, it could prolapse out of the anus after stooling and might need to be manually reduced back into the rectum. If internal hemorrhoid prolapses through the rectum and cannot be reduced, it can cause pain.
Prolapse is another common symptom of hemorrhoids. It occurs in larger hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoidal prolapse usually occurs at the time of defecation. It is usually painless and reduces spontaneously after defecation. It is such an important feature that the classification of hemorrhoids depends on upon the degrees of prolapsed hemorrhoid.
- First-degree hemorrhoids do not prolapse.
- Second-degree hemorrhoids prolapse during defecation but reduce spontaneously.
- Third-degree hemorrhoids prolapse and have to be reduced manually.
- Fourth-degree hemorrhoids are trapped outside the anal canal and cannot be reduced by manual pressure.
Alternative but less common causes of prolapse include mucosal prolapse, full-thickness rectal prolapse; anterior wall prolapsed hemorrhoid and fibroepithelial and adenomatous polyps. These occur independently of defecation and must be excluded before treatment is offered.
Prolapsed hemorrhoids can hurt but, fortunately, they recede into the rectum on their
own so that no medical attention is needed. You or your doctor can also push them into place without difficulty.
Prolapsed hemorrhoid treatment
Prolapse with no symptom does not need treatment. However, if patients are troubled with symptoms such as combined bleeding or manual reduction on defecation of hemorrhoids, it needs to be treated. Second-degree hemorrhoids are also recommended to treat with RBL or a sclerosing agent injection. If the third level is not so severe, RBL or sclerosing agent injection can also be applied, but the severe third-degree or fourth-degree hemorrhoids must be dealt with surgery.
For incarcerated and strangulated hemorrhoids, there are two methods of treatment: an emergency surgery and a scheduled surgery after conservative treatment. If the patient's condition permits, it is advisable to perform a surgery of urgency even if the mucosa is weak, friable, and easy to bleed.
Hemorrhoidectomy is needed on the following conditions, regardless of prolapse:
- Hemorrhoid with large skin tag
- Hemorrhoids with combined anal disease such as fissure or anal fistula
- Large thrombosed hemorrhoid
- When rubber band ligation or sclerotherapy has already failed
If the internal hemorrhoids slip out of the anal canal and are on the outside of the body, a PPH is performed, which stands for Procedure for Prolapse and Hemorrhoids. This is, fortunately, a minimally invasive procedure which can be used for prolapsed internal hemorrhoids or natural hemorrhoids.
In the procedure, a surgical stapler is used to cut off the blood supply to the hemorrhoids that eventually shrivel up and die. It takes the hemorrhoids and moves them to be higher within the anus. This is the part of the anus that has fewer pain nerve endings, so they don't tend to hurt very much.
The advantages of the PPH procedure include:
- Faster recovery time
- Decreased pain
- Less itching and bleeding
- Fewer complications
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The market place is back at Blogtacular. Every year we dedicate part of our conference to small indies who want to connect with bloggers. This year we have a gorgeous line up of stalls as well as Waterstones joining us. Don't panic, there will be extra room in your goodie bag to carry it home!
Here are the market stalls and book signing times:
Anna Wiscombe – Anna's work is inspired by the natural world and her childhood in Dorset. She now lives and works in London where she creates her wooden jewellery and decorative items including flowers and birds.
Fickle Craft Room – Liz is a fickle crafter and that is reflected in her work. From crochet to painting, jewellery to homewares.
Grace and Bloom – Grace and Bloom are brand new and just about to launch. Come visit their stand to find out about flower deliveries through your letter box. Grace and Bloom are also supplying the gorgeous flowers in the photography sessions.
The Blogtacular Shop – You asked us to create Blogtacular products that you could buy at the event and we have delivered. Our first ever collection of jewellry and pins launches at the event and will be for sale alongside the Life Planner collaboration with Lollipop.
Waterstones Book Signings
You will be able to browse and shop throughout the day at Waterstones (there is a cloakroom for your purchases). Below are the times authors will be on the stand for signings:
09:00 – 09:30 – Zeena Shah
10:40 – 11:10 – Hester van Overbeek
12:30 – 13:10 – Lisa Congdon
16:15 – 16:45 – Laura Jane Williams


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Restaurants can support local organic farmers by buying and preparing their delicious produce, but for bakeries it's harder to find the direct connection. That's why Erin Lampel, owner of the popular Companion Bakeshop in Santa Cruz, is inventing new ways to link her business with the ag community, such as using locally grown grains as much as possible, partnering with Pie Ranch educational farm in Pescadero, and creating new experiences like their upcoming farm-to-hearth bread journey.
Lampel has always been interested in the agricultural side of things, but found herself up to her elbows in flour while on kitchen duty during the sustainable ag apprenticeship program at UCSC farm. She loved it. "The sourdough starter we still use at the bakery today was begun up there on campus," she recalls. "So it's a real Santa Cruz starter."
Behind the Pie
After graduation she worked at a couple of local organic farms, then in 2007 started baking baking pies for Pie Ranch to sell at their farm stand in Pescadero. She baked 15 to 20 pies a week using fresh fruit fillings grown on the ranch and whole wheat flour made from wheat grown and milled at Pie Ranch—named for the pie-shaped plot of land it occupies near the northern border of Santa Cruz County.
Over the years Lampel's truly local pies have gained a dedicated following and now, as they gear up for the busy summer season, Companion staffers bake 270 pies a week for sale at Pie Ranch. They come in yummy flavors like apple, pumpkin, strawberry-rhubarb, lemon buttermilk and sticky walnut—using an heirloom California recipe from Lampel's mother. Sales go to support Pie Ranch, a nonprofit organization that "cultivates a healthy and just food system from seed to table through food education, farmer training and regional partnership."
"I've seen it grow and I'm really proud to be involved with what Pie Ranch is doing," she says.
Through Pie Ranch, Lampel got her first taste of baking with artisanal milled wheat. "It's exciting and really different," she says. "Milling is done in small batches on an artisanal stone mill imported from Germany, so it's a little coarser than commercially milled flour, but it has a great flavor."
Local Loaves
Last year Companion debuted its first "Local Loaf" using organic Sonora Wheat grown by Ryan Roseman at Coke Ranch in Aromas. The bread was a big hit and the bakery quickly used up all the available flour. Now Lampel is anxiously awaiting a new crop of wheat and the harvest from a new plot of rye that Roseman has planted.
"We sell out of local loaves as soon as we have them, so we know demand is there," she says, explaining that there are challenges to growing grain in a humid climate like we have on the Central Coast. But Roseman and researchers up at UCSC are rediscovering long-forgotten heirloom strains that are better suited for our climate.
"The grain goes straight from the field to the mill to us, so we know the whole process and know there's no possible contamination from processing or bad storage," she says.
Companion specializes in sourdough breads made with organic, stoneground whole wheat and rye. Lampel believes her authentic Santa Cruz starter makes a more wholesome product: "Sourdough is a natural ferment and gives a great taste, but it also enables us to sub out commercial yeast—which is a processed product—and anytime you can do that, it's more natural."
Farm to hearth
For budding bakers and people simply interested in experiencing the whole process first hand, Companion is launching a day-long "Farm to Hearth Bread Journey." The first class will take place on May 3rd in partnership with the UCSC recreation program. Students will visit a local farm where wheat is grown and milled, then make their way back to Santa Cruz to visit a few local bakeries. The day will end at Companion Bakeshop with an overview of artisanal bread-making, hands-on practice and eating.
If all goes well, the "Bread Journey" experience will be repeated for the general public. Other classes on sourdough baking and pastry craft are offered twice a month at the bakery, including Lampel's famed "Pie Lab" class held just ahead of the holiday season in November.
Companion Bakeshop got its start supplying bread for CSA shares and is still available in the weekly Live Earth Farm and Blue House Farm CSA boxes. Underscoring its commitment to local farming, Companion's Mission St. bakery/café is a pick up place for six different CSAs, including Pescadero's new-this-year Fifth Crow Farm.
"It's a real neighborhood bakery in every sense of the word. People come on foot and on bicycle and like to sit and read the paper at our big communal table," says Lampel. "It's been way busier than we ever thought it would be when we opened two and a half years ago." An exclusive contract to serve San Francisco's Blue Bottle Coffee, along with the bread and pastries, helps draw the crowds.
The other pillar of their business—which has now grown to 22 employees—is participation in local farmers' markets. They are at four markets run by Santa Cruz Farmers Markets: Downtown, Westside, Live Oak, and Scotts Valley. After six years on the waiting list, they are debuting in mid-April at Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Markets' Cabrillo College Market and the Monterey Peninsula College Market.
The Cabrillo and MPC markets will feature new line of Companion Bakeshop gluten-free pastries, including brownies, almond cake, almond biscotti, almond buckwheat cake and buckwheat scones. "We developed them due to demand. But instead of looking for gluten substitutes, I try to stick with the most natural ingredients possible," says Lampel, confiding: "I really like flour and I love butter and I especially love using local, whole grains."
Companion Bakeshop – 2341 Mission St. Santa Cruz – 831.252.2253
Open Tu 7am-8pm, W-F 7am-4pm, Sa-Su 8am-3pm.


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A new student organization at Ohio State is petitioning to pass a freeze on tuition and fees for five years for both in-state and out-of-state students — something that the OSU Board of Trustees has already turned down.
Carter Zimmermann, a third-year in political science, is the founder and treasurer of the Five-Year Freeze Initiative.
"It started off because we saw a problem. Everyone can agree rising tuition rates, not just Ohio State University, but all over is a problem. We just started off doing research and finding the numbers," he said. "Once we found a problem we knew we had to do something."
A four-page proposal was previously submitted to the OSU Board of Trustees advocating the five-year freeze, but it was denied, Zimmermann said.
Bradley Morton, a third-year in international studies and president of the group, said as a first-generation college student, he had no idea how expensive college was. His frustration over fee increases caused him to join the initiative.
"The facts speak for themselves," he said. "The past 30 years' tuition at four-year public universities has gone up 370 percent with Ohio State at 390 percent, while inflation has increased by 130 percent."
Decisions made by the Board of Trustees kept the OSU in-state undergraduate tuition and fees frozen for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years at $10,037 for the Columbus campus. The mandatory fees, which include the recreational, Ohio Union, student activity fee and COTA fees remained the same. Out-of-state undergraduate students saw a 5 percent surcharge increase for the 2014-15 year. There was also a fee increase of 4.1 to 4.3 percent for room and board.
The 5 percent surcharge brought the fee for non-resident undergraduate tuition to $26,537. The most popular room and board plan costs $11,666, but those fees vary, depending on which room type and meal plan the student selects.
OSU has held tuition flat for in-state students four times in the last seven years, OSU spokesman Gary Lewis said.
"Recognizing that tuition is just one piece of the affordability puzzle, Ohio State has awarded more than $350 million in direct student aid over the past three years, including $26 million in scholarships that has been redirected from individual college budgets," he said in an email.
The Five-Year Freeze Initiative is in the early stages of planning, and while it has a website and Twitter and Facebook accounts its founders still working on getting attention.
"The point was to get the information out there. We want to say this is what's going on and this is a potential solution. We don't think we're asking for anything too crazy," Zimmermann said.
The plan calls for a tuition and fees freeze for five years, something some of the members said they plan to still advocate for after they graduate.
"After that five-year freeze, we hope to have a more efficient plan for how much tuition should raise," he said.
The group had its first meeting Monday to introduce the concept to other students and share what the group is all about.
The founders plan to continue having outreaches each month to bring attention to the idea. The website also asks for donations to help pay for event food and volunteers, which would benefit these events, Morton said.
"As the year goes on, we want to continue to have a following and make noise, and when (the Board) meets in June, maybe we put a proposal in there and have them take a serious look at it," he said.
At least one student said she would like to see the initiative passed.
Kathryn Gordon, a third-year in biology, said her mother is a single parent so they don't have a lot of money to spare.
"It would be great if it didn't go up, since I will be graduated by that time," she said. Gordon also said she thinks it would be feasible since OSU will be receiving new income when second-year students will have to live on campus come 2016.
And the group aims to provide a voice or people like Gordon, Zimmermann said.
"We felt that it was our duty to say something. That's what the Five-Year Freeze is," he said.


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Soon sauntering by was a seven year old little boy, who snapped my picture like a pro. I would like to start taking more pictures of myself so that I can keep a picture log. No this is not fun for me...I look horrible in my eyes but I think the exposure is helping. So here is my picture, taken today by an aspiring photographer at the young age of....oh about seven years old.
And another one of my face. Can you see a difference from the pictures in my header? I think I look a little thinner in my face....I'm hopping. LOL
Someone asked me what I am doing to loose weight. I wanted to briefly answer that question. I don't feel like I can say that I am a success story yet but at about 24 pounds lost in one and a half months Ill tell you what I am doing.
I purchased the Mayo Clinic Diet book from Walmart. It was about 20 dollars but I was glad it wasn't cheap because that would mean that I would use it because I hate wasting money. I started reading it and LOVED it. It basically teaches you how to eat and the appropriate amounts to eat. Its a calorie counting based diet.
I also purchased a bottle of Ali. For the first month or so I used it and loved it; however, I don't use it much at all now. I don't have a need for it. My diet is very low fat and Ali blocks 25% fat, so I figure the little fat I do eat I probably need to keep for energy.
So there you have it...no secrets...no quick fix...this is hard...really hard work, but the payoff is going to be SOOOOO
skinny (I mean) SWEET!


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The vineyards of Savoie only amount to about 2,000 hectares but these are spread across a large area. From Lake Geneva in the north, the wine country spreads itself out to the foot of the Alps in the east and the as far south as the valley of the Isere, south of Chambery, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Lake Geneva. It is a shame that wine from Savoie is not better known. The predominant white wine is fresh and full of flavour. The scattered vineyards and hilly terrain make both wine-growing and making difficult so that these wines are not cheap. Savoie French wines are subtle, elegant, and characteristic of their terroir like no other wine.
The region Savoie
The vineyards of Savoie resemble a long ribbon of small areas in a half moon facing south-east. The climate is continental in nature but is moderated by the large lakes and rivers. To the west the vineyards are protected from the rain-bearing westerly winds by the Jura mountains and other hills. The high level of annual sun hours (1,600 per annum) are an important factor. The vineyards are sited between 300 and 400 metres (984--1,312 feet) above sea level. The soil is a mixture of chalk, marl, and debris from Alpine glaciers.
The most important appellation is Vin de Savoie (still, sparkling, and slightly sparkling). There are 18 Crus which are permitted to use their name on the label.
The Roussette de Savoie appellation (which uses solely the local Altesse grape) has an additional 4 Crus. Savoie is a wine region well-worth making a detour to visit, if only to discover the four unique native grape varieties: the white Jacquere, Altesse or Roussette, Gringet and red Mondeuse. In addition to these native grapes, Aligote, Chasselas, Chardonnay and Molette are grown for white wines and Gamay, Persan, Joubertin and Pinot Noir for the red and rose French wines.
These French white wines are all made from the Jacquere grape. These are fresh, very aromatic wines. The colour varies from barely yellow to pale yellow depending on the terroir and from light and comforting with floral undertones such as honey-suckle that lightly prick the tongue to fully-flavoured and fruity. Chill this wine to 8°C (46.4°F). and drink when still young.
The Chasselas grape (known from the best Swiss wines) typifies the white French wine. The colour is pale yellow and the nose reminds of ripe fruit, sometimes even of dried fruit. There is a full and fresh taste.
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Rookie Day second at Masters
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The 23-year-old former Capricorn Country Club junior shot to the top of the leaderboard with a record 64-under-par in the second round, but eventually finished a tie for second position.
Day - partnering fellow Aussie Adam Scott - shot a final round 68 to reach 12-under-par and have a strong chance to become the first Masters rookie since 1979 to win the coveted green jacket.
However, Day and Scott - who matched Day's 12-under-par - could only watch on as South Africa's Charl Schwartzel stormed to victory with a 14-under-final score.
Day could hardly have been more impressive in his first appearance in the Masters and he charged home with birdies at the last two holes.
"I couldn't do any more than what I did today. Adam and I played wonderful golf and Charl played even better golf," said Day.
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Kris Allen is the winner of the eighth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, he self-released a 2007 album entitled Brand New Shoes. Allen's post-Idol self-titled album will be released on November 17, 2009 through Jive Records.
Adam Lambert finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. Lambert is currently working on a solo debut album, For Your Entertainment, due out on November 23, 2009.
Allison Iraheta came in fourth place on the eighth season of American Idol. Following the conclusion of Idol, Iraheta was signed to a record deal with 19 Entertainment and Jive Records.
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US Confirms Diplomats In China Down With Strange Illness After Hearing Strnge Noises
As a result of the mysterious malady that resembles a brain injury
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Guangzhou, China, the same condition that already affected U.S.
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affected government personnel or possibly completely
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The State Department had evacuated at least
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Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman,
on Thursday, said that as far as she was aware, the government
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on any new cases, and that it had investigated an initial incident.
"At present, there's been no discovery of clues or the reason
causing the situation the United States mentioned,"
Hua told a regular news briefing in Beijing, adding that
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with a responsible attitude," Hua said.
A U.S. government official there reiterated that there
had been only one confirmed case in China, announced
last month, and the State Department was offering
screening to anyone in the U.S. embassy or consulates
in China who requested it.
Last year, 24 U.S. government employees and family members
in Cuba displayed the symptoms, which were similar to those
related to concussion and mild traumatic brain injury,
according to the State Department.
Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State in a statement on Tuesday
disclosed that the department established a task force last
month "to direct a multi-agency response to the unexplained
health incidents".
"The precise nature of the injuries suffered by the affected
personnel, and whether a common cause exists for all cases,
has not yet been established," Pompeo said.


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Quantum Physics
An Introduction Based on Photons
Authors: Lvovsky, AlexanderFree Preview
- Offers a powerful new approach to teaching quantum physics for the quantum information age
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This textbook is intended to accompany a two-semester course on quantum mechanics for physics students. Along with the traditional material covered in such a course (states, operators, Schrödinger equation, hydrogen atom), it offers in-depth discussion of the Hilbert space, the nature of measurement, entanglement, and decoherence – concepts that are crucial for the understanding of quantum physics and its relation to the macroscopic world, but rarely covered in entry-level textbooks.
The book uses a mathematically simple physical system – photon polarization – as the visualization tool, permitting the student to see the entangled beauty of the quantum world from the very first pages. The formal concepts of quantum physics are illustrated by examples from the forefront of modern quantum research, such as quantum communication, teleportation and nonlocality.
The author adopts a Socratic pedagogy: The student is guided to develop the machinery of quantum physics independently by solving sets of carefully chosen problems. Detailed solutions are provided.
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Alexander Lvovsky is an experimental physicist. He was born and raised in Moscow and studied Physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 1993, he moved to Columbia University in New York City for his graduate studies. His thesis research, conducted under the supervision of Dr. Sven R. Hartmann, was in the field of coherent optical transients in atomic gases. After completing his Ph. D. in 1998, he spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley as a postdoctoral fellow, and then five years at Universität Konstanz in Germany, first as an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow, then as a research group leader in quantum-optical information technology. In 2004 he became Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary, where he remains today with a part-time appointment as a research group leader at the Russian Quantum Center in Moscow. Alexander is a past Canada Research Chair, a lifetime member of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a winner of many awards – most notably the International Quantum Communications Award, personal commendation letter from the Prime Minister of Canada, the Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty award and the Emmy Noether research award of the German Science Foundation. Alexander conducts wide-profile experimental and theoretical research on synthesis, manipulation, measurement and storage of quantum optical information for applications in quantum technology.
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- Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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- 2018
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- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
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Press Release- Traveller Project
On Friday 26th September, Westmeath Community Development were delighted to officially launch the "Primary Health Care Project for Travellers in Westmeath .
This is a peer led programme which commenced in Westmeath in September 2013, after much development work and training of Travellers in the County.
The PHCP employs 5 part time community health workers, all of which are members of the Travelling community. Since taking up the role, they have received a great deal of training including Triple P, first Aid, computers, effective listening skills, child safety awareness and conflict mediation. The PHCP is co-ordinated by Collette Tuohy.
Linda-Jo Quinn Westmeath Traveller Project Manager gave a presentation highlighting the history of the project and the remarkable success that has been achieved, in that 139 families have now consented to engage with the programme. Its aim is to " Work towards equality of access and outcome for Travellers Health in Westmeath". Other Key speakers at the event were Mr Joe Potter CEO of Westmeath Community Development, Mr Fergal Fox from the HSE Kieran Butler from Westmeath County Council and Christine Joyce (jnr) who spoke about the recent publication " When skies were bluer", which is a culmination of a collection of photographs depicting times gone by for the Traveller Community.
The Westmeath Traveller project is funded by the HSE through the Traveller Health unit and is supported and managed by Westmeath Community Development under the Local and Community Development Programme. Funding for the recent publication was received from the Department of Justice through the Westmeath Traveller Interagency Group. Ms Linda-Jo Quinn would like to thank all those that attended the launch and paid tribute to all the agencies that have supported the project to date.


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The future is meta. The future is now. Remixes, mash ups, refixes, copyleft, biting my style ... it's ok. It's more than ok, it's a compliment - making or changing random universes from Xanadu to GTA V.
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HIP HOP DOCS THAT POP :: Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton | This is Stones Throw Records
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Though most well known for bringing the highest caliber underground Hip Hop artists to the forefront - names such as Madlib aka Quasimoto, JRocc, MF Doom, and J Dilla ... the label was always a petri dish for more eclectic artists to do their own thing - whether or not there was a market for it.
Manak's mantra has always been - "I put out what I personally like and save the rest for the other labels out there"
This is his story.
View trailer and video below. Also available on Netflix.
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The amazing Dan Deacon has done it again. His latest, Gliss Riffer is a polished album which retains the essence of the original sound which made him great. From that album, "When I Was Done Dying" is an incredible song and was made into a surreal video featured in Adult Swim's - Off The Air.
I was showing this to a friend recently and he loved it. He preceded to share his Bonnaroo Dan Deacon story and showed me footage of the show with him in it. Then he precedes to tell me that Dan is good friends with someone who lives here and has probably been to this rural pitstop more than once. It just goes to show ... the world is smaller than you think.
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In something out of a horror movie, 100 dead birds fell from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas, on Dec. 31 New Year's Eve, mere hours before the clock struck 2012.
Officials in central Arkansas cited fireworks as the culprit. Supposedly the birds were spooked by fireworks set off by New Year's Eve revelers. The birds began falling out of the sky at around 7 pm. Calls to police flooded in and local television networks reported that birds were raining down.
Beebe police Lt. Brian Duke said Sunday that officials ordered local residents to stop setting off fireworks after blackbirds started flying into objects and each other, crashing to the ground dead. The state Game and Fish Commission claimed someone targeted a blackbird roost and said there was evidence of fireworks at the roost. We know that there was evidence of fireworks set off in the middle of the roost, and it wasn't a coincidence.
The birds landed on roofs, sidewalks, streets and fields. One hit a woman who was out walking her dog. Another smashed into a police cruiser.
However, some found the entire incident decidedly eerie. Just last year, on New Year's Eve 2010, over 5,000 blackbirds plummeted from the sky in another small town in Arkansas, near Little Rock. This mysterious incident caused a media frenzy rife with doomsday prophesies and even a National Geographic documentary.
The Mother Nature Network notes that mass bird deaths bookend 2011. The year started with the aforementioned bird disaster and ended with another, albeit much smaller. Dec. 2011 marked other bird deaths outside of Arkansas. On Dec. 15, an estimated 1,500 eared grebes fell to their death in Utah.
Jacob Landrum told Arkansas' KTHV television he was driving through the middle of town, heading towards the Church of Christ, when dead birds started falling from the sky. The birds were all over the parking lot and in the road on the way here, he said. It's kind of a strange thing two years in a row.
Paul Begley, a pastor at the Community Gospel Bapist Church in Indiana, had another theory.
I was doing a live broadcast talking about bible prophecy and the end of the world, he said. And the birds started falling out of the sky again. Where's (horror blockbuster writer) Stephen King? He can't even write a script like this, this is God. It's not fireworks. If that was the case, on the Fourth of July every bird would fall out of the sky.
Other Arkansas residents claimed strange things happened that night.
Kevin McKinney, a Beebe resident, said, Fireworks going off all night and all day - no problems! he told KTHV. But when the birds started dying, I had my compass out: it went crazy, spinning and unable to find north.
Some had views not as sinister. Police Chief Wayne Ballew said: I guess we could have an annual blackbird watch. People can just bring their umbrellas and open them up and walk through the neighborhood and hope they don't get hit.


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If you're here today, it's because you're ready to find out how to play your best more consistently.
Before we dive in, I want to remind you that there is no quick fix.
This blog isn't about me telling you some magic formula or inspirational words that make you mentally tough and a better player. This blog is about the work you're willing to put in to get better. I remind you of that because today's post is comprised mostly of activities and questions that you have to complete on your own. The more deliberate you are about this process, the better able you'll be to perform at the top of your game more often – but it's likely going to take some time and effort on your part.
If you're still ready, take out your journal because today's post is almost all journal work!
The first step to being "switched on" more consistently is knowing what "switched on" feels like for you. After all, how can we get to our destination if we don't know what that place is?
Pause and do some imagery: Close your eyes and think about those times you've felt like you were "switched-on" or "in the zone" – those times when things seemed easy, everything just flowed, you played to the top of your potential. You weren't thinking about yourself or your performance…you were just doing. As you watch yourself in those great performances, tune-in to:
Once you're done with your imagery (or perhaps even as you go along) write down answers to each of the prompts above. Don't judge yourself for what you write down – everyone is different. Some people feel super physically amped up, some people feel calm. Some people feel positive emotions and some people perform best when they're angry. This is about you and what helps you perform at your best. Take your time on this activity. Repeat the imagery if necessary because this is the critical data that will help you better understand what "switched on" feels like for you.
Now that we've got some raw data about what "switched on" feels like for you, let's fine-tune the data to gain greater understanding.
For each word you wrote down above (physical, emotional, and mind) rate how strongly you want to feel each of those things on a scale of 1 to 10 (where 1 is low and 10 is high) in order to perform at your best. Once you rate each word, rank order them from high (these things are really important for me to feel to play at my best) to low (these things play a role in my optimal performance, but a less significant one).
What you should have in front of you is a profile of sorts. You should be looking at a description of what you feel like when you perform at your best. Hopefully, looking at this profile brings you a sense of certainty – like, "Yeah, that's how I feel when I play my best and that's how I want to feel more often!"
For some people, simply completing this profile is enough to help you get to this place more often. This is most likely because having this awareness in your mind will prompt you to subtly shift the way you prepare. Like I said before, if you know where you want to go you'll have a better idea of how to get there.
While this intuitive shift in preparation is a good start, the next few blog posts will help you to become even more deliberate in shifting your preparation including recognizing when you're not in the right place and how to adjust accordingly.
Stay tuned!
If you're the kind of person who stays after practice to do a few extra sprints, you're probably also the kind of person who wants to do more with your mental game. These "Extra Sprint" posts are just for you - extra, quick-hit activities to help you develop your mental game even faster.
Your assignment from the first post was to identify your biggest mental stumbling block and your biggest mental strength from last season. In this EXTRA SPRINT post, we're going to build on that first assignment and gain greater self-awareness. It may sound boring or overly simple...but if we don't know where we're starting from, how can we get to where we want to go and how can we track our progress?
If you have questions, it is likely someone else does as well. Post your questions in the comments and I will answer them for everyone. Or, if you'd prefer, you can always contact me directly at email@example.com or start a conversation on Facebook or Twitter
One last note: What you put in is what you get out. Be sure to set aside some dedicated time to complete this activity...it goes better than if your attention is divided.
Special thanks to my friends and beta-testers (Claire Chastain, Molly McKeon, Candace Yeh, Alyssa Kelly, Pogo, and Lauren DiCredico) for completing this activity in advance and providing valuable feedback!
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Density estimation of initial conditions for populations of dynamical systems
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A computational approach that estimates the probability density of the initial conditions for a population of dynamical systems is presented. Its scope extends to a family of problems which includes the described protein degradation example. It permits the formulation of hypotheses that can justify the discrepancy between single-cell and population dynamics. The approach is based on a preprocessing regression that permits the incorporation of domain knowledge. This knowledge is given under the form of prior information about the trajectory of a single cell and about the dynamical behavior of the noisy observations. In similar problems, additional knowledge can be available as a prior over functions. This advantage is not possible with purely data-driven approaches and, when existing, it must be exploited. In systems biology, the chemical reactions are often understood quite well, but complex systems or networks are still under investigation. However, integration of prior knowledge comes with an high cost and, in general, feasible approaches to compute inference must be approximated.
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Music Zoo is episode 10b of Kuu Kuu Harajuku. It originally aired on November 5, 2016.
Music becomes her alter-ego Muzaka. But when their concert at the zoo is ruined, the girls need get the real Music back.
- Mr. Smythe (debut)
- Harajuku Zoo Acrobats (debut)
- Howlie Hounds (debut)
PlotHJ5 patiently awaits on deck for their chance to perform. The girls are impressed with Rudie booking them for a gig at the zoo, but not only that, he reveals guest passes to check out the zoo when they're done. Baby squeals in delight and mentions all the animals she can hug.
A bunch of howling is heard in the background, and Baby instantly recognizes it as "Huggie Hounds" and runs over to their habitat. Mr. Smythe walks over and explains they're not Huggie Hounds, they're "Howlie Hounds" and they were sent to the zoo by mistake. Several patrons run out of the zoo and Smythe believes Music is behind it. Rudie rushes in and mentions the girls should be on stage. During Rudie's rant, Baby pushes the button to unleash the hounds, who immediately bombard Rudie with glitter-slobber before running off. G asks Smythe if they can perform now that they submitted that form. Before he can answer Music is seen with the Howlie Hounds feeding them treats and getting them to behave. Smythe wants to give her a chance to mess up.
Muzaka is playing fetch with the howlies when the rest of the girls come up and offer to play with her. Muzaka becomes excited and asks them to throw something, and they pick her up and toss her. The hounds catch her and lick her up and down, shooting the belt off into the distance. Music reverts to her normal state and begins commanding the dogs. She rounds up the the zoo acrobats, who make a human staircase near the rubber ball factory. Once on top, Music takes three giant balls at the top of the entrance and orders the girls to bounce them back to the zoo, and they will follow. Rudie is seen talking on the phone saying HJ5 don't leave the house for less then 2 record deals.
[Love takes out an inflatable raft and it lands on top of the girls]
- Baby: Do you have one that's not so "crushy".
- Angel: There's an oar in my ear!
- Love: Oops.
- Muzaka: I'm OK! The water broke my fall.
- This is the fourth episode where Music appears on the title card.
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Sign up to our first ever Sunset Cinema Walk
Published date17/08/2015
CategoryNorth London Hospice
North London Hospice is encouraging people to sign up for a fun cinema-themed sponsored walk this September. The Hospice, which cares for people with a life-limiting illness, has launched its first ever Sunset Cinema Walk, to raise funds for the charity. The event, on Saturday 12 September, in Finchley, will take on a 50s theme and walkers are encouraged to get into the spirit by dressing up as Pink Ladies and T-Birds from the movie 'Grease'. The five-mile route goes through beautiful green spaces around the Hospice in Finchley finishing at Brook Farm Open Space where participants have the opportunity to settle down with some pizza and popcorn and enjoy the film. Tracy Annunziato, fundraiser for the Hospice, said: "Whether you, or someone you know, has experienced Hospice care or whether you know very little about the hospice movement, do come along and support us. We hope the evening will raise vital funds for the Hospice, which cares for around 1,500 patients a year. " "The Sunset Cinema walk is going to be a fantastic occasion. It will be a whole mix of fun, giggles and laughter. Friends and family unable to take part in the walk are welcome to come along, cheer you on and enjoy the evening too. We have entertainment planned for all." Walkers will set-off at 4.30pm. To register visit: https://www.northlondonhospice.org/events/sunset-cinema-walk/ or call the Hospice Fundraising Team on 020 8446 2288.


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As Midnight Deadline Looms, Long-Term Unemployed Face Loss of Benefits
State agencies and businesses are concerned that the cessation of benefits may take a toll on local economies. The payments, which average $310 a week, are a lifeline for many unemployed workers, helping them to pay rent and put food on the table.
'Worst Time of Year' for Benefits to End
Of the roughly 14.8 million Americans out of work, about 8.5 million are receiving unemployment benefits. "This is the worst time of year to be running out of benefits," Nancy Dunphy, New York state's deputy commissioner of labor for employment security, told CNNMoney.com.
Retailers fear the dropped payments will result in fewer sales at a time of year when businesses rely on consumer purchases the most. But the loss of benefits could affect traffic at everyday merchants, too, including gas stations and grocery stores, which are likely to see transactions dwindle as unemployed workers go without.
The subsequent loss in business could result in as many as 700,000 more lost jobs as employers cut back further, according to the National Employment Law Project, a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of workers. So far this year, benefits extensions have helped 9.5 million households and pumped roughly $6.8 billion into the economy every month, the organization says.
A Decision Could Come After the Deadline
Not everyone receiving unemployment payments faces losing benefits next month, since it depends on when workers signed up and in which states they live. However, jobless Americans who have exhausted their initial 26 weeks in state benefits are already blocked from applying for federal extended benefits, since the cutoff to apply for those was last weekend, CNNMoney noted.
Congress has acted four times in the past year to extend benefits for unemployed workers -- at times doing so after a deadline had passed, resulting in beneficiaries receiving retroactive payments. Whether Democrats can revive legislation to pass yet another extension in the face of Republican opposition remains to be seen.
The topic is expected to top the list of concerns when President Obama and congressional leaders meet briefly Tuesday. Whether an agreement can be reached is unclear, however, leaving those who risk losing benefits in the dark -- at least for now.


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Today is one of the great feasts of the Catholic year, that of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, a feast that emphasises, among many other things, God's passionate love for His people, and that this love is directed to each individual through the Heart of Jesus. So it is a good day to think about the major challenge facing the Catholic Church in many parts of the world at present: evangelisation, or more accurately, our continuing failure to evangelise. After all, love of its very nature flows outwards until it fills all things: the thought of the Sacred Heart should convince us that God's love is destined to fill the world, and therefore we have a duty to do our best to make it known.
There will of course be endless debates about how we are to evangelise, but there can be no debate that we ought to evangelise. The duty to evangelise is inherent in the Christian message. What strikes me, in the light of today's celebration, is the question of tone. The message needs to be uplifting, joyful, reassuring and comforting. It needs to do what Christ does – radiate love.
Quite often one makes jokes about the way evangelical churches "love bomb" visitors and potential new recruits, whereas, of course, if you go as stranger to a Catholic Church (as I have done, under deep cover, several times) no one, but no one, will talk to you, or if they do, they will do so in a way that is largely counterproductive.
And yet people have said to me that on entering Catholic churches they have felt a thrill, a sudden uplifting of the heart. The reason, they have told me, is the realisation that they are coming into the presence of God in the tabernacle. This is the Catholic equivalent of the warm welcome in which other churches specialise. It is the perception of the warm embrace of God.
When it comes to evangelisation the key thing to stress is God's love for each individual, made incarnate in Jesus Christ. That means, among other things, rediscovering the theology of the Sacred Heart. This perhaps has already started. The Divine Mercy devotion of Saint Faustina is certainly a step, a major one, in this direction. So too was the recent 24 Hours for the Lord initiative, when each parish held a prayer vigil in front of the Blessed Sacrament exposed, giving an opportunity for a silent encounter between the Heart of Christ and human hearts.
Another dimension that should not be neglected is an approach to Scripture – not through intellectual study, but through reading with the heart.
Evangelisation sounds like a modern thing, but of course it is not. It was something that many of the great missioners of the past specialised in. Contemporary evangelisation needs to find its resources in the riches of tradition. There is no need for gimmicks, or trendiness, just a return to the ineffable riches revealed in Christ.
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Today's the day! The last post in this series! And Mark's book is for real! The past couple of weeks have been a blur. We ordered bookmarks, chose a printer, placed the print order, delivered press releases, confirmed a reading at Gibsons Public Library, hosted a small pre-launch party for Mark, and prepared Mark's website and our
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Ready for beta readers in August of 2014, Mark held his breath and pressed 'send' on what we felt must be the final draft, once again, save typos. One friend provided immediate feedback, bringing welcome relief. Then we waited. And waited. More feedback began to trickle in around October, and Mark was still collecting input in December.
Enter Richard Therrien. Sounded like a nice guy but I wouldn't know for sure. I sought him out via the internet but he and Mark picked up the relationship quickly and I never made it to one of their chat-over-coffee sessions. Was I envious? A little bit. But not because someone else would be re-doing
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