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John-Patrick Smith
Highest Singles Ranking: No. 1 (4.13.2010)
Career Doubles Record: 146-38
Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 1 with Boris Conkic (3.1.2011)
Feature Content
November 2011: Hard Work Prepares Former Vols for Pros
June 2011: Smith Voted SEC Athlete of the Year
May 2011: Ace or Fault? Episode 1
April 2011: Catching up with John-Patrick Smith
March 2011: Smith Completes Comeback at Kentucky
May 2010: The What If Interview: John-Patrick Smith
November 2009: Even with Fall Success, Smith Still Driven to Improve
October 2009: Smith Passes Test at All-American
October 2009: Catching up with John-Patrick Smith
2011 ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)
2011 ITA Doubles Team of the Year (with Boris Conkic)
2011 ITA Ohio Valley Region Senior of the Year
2011 SEC Athlete of the Year
2011 SEC Player of the Year
2011 First Team All-SEC
2011 SEC Player of the Week (2 times)
2011 VOLSCARS Male Athlete of the Year
2011 ITA National Team Indoor Championships All-Tournament Team (No. 1 Doubles)
2011 Rainbow Warrior Challenge All-Tournament Team
2011 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
2011 ITA Scholar Athlete
2011 Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District
2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2011 SEC Community Service Team
2010 ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)
2010 NCAA Doubles Finalist
2010 ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award
2010 ITA Ohio Valley Region Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship
2010 Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Male Amateur Athlete of the Year
2010 SEC Player of the Year
2010 SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player
2010 First Team All-SEC
2010 SEC Player of the Week (4 times)
2010 VOLSCARS Male Athlete of the Year
2010 ITA National Team Indoor Championships All-Tournament Team (No. 1 Doubles)
2010 ITA Scholar Athlete
2010 ESPN the Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District
2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2009 ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)
2009 NCAA Doubles Finalist
2009 ITA Doubles Team of the Year (with Davey Sandgren)
2009 First Team All-SEC
2009 SEC Player of the Week (2 times)
2009 Blue-Gray Classic Most Valuable Player
2009 ITA Scholar Athlete
2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2008 ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)
2008 NCAA Singles Finalist
2008 ITA Region III Rookie of the Year
2008 SEC Freshman of the Year
2008 First Team All-SEC
2008 SEC All-Freshman Team
2008 SEC Freshman of the Week (2 times)
Singles Titles
2009 ITA All-American Championships
2009 UVa Ranked Plus One Invitational - Flight A
2009 SEC Coaches Indoor Championships
Doubles Titles
2009 ITA All-American Championships (with Boris Conkic)
2009 UVa Ranked Plus One Invitational - Flight A (with Davey Sandgren)
2009 SEC Coaches Indoor Championships (with Davey Sandgren)
2010-11 (Senior)
Became the second player in the history of college tennis to be named a four-time All-America in both singles and doubles, joining just Rick Leach of Southern California (1984-87) ... Ended final year with a career-best 42 singles wins and ranks second in UT history with 152 wins. He became the UT leader with 146 doubles wins and compiled more combined wins than any Vol before: 296 ... Teamed up with fellow senior Boris Conkic in his fourth year atop the doubles lineup, finishing 27-4 together and holding the No. 1 ranking from March 1 through the end of the season ... By finishing atop the rankings, he and Conkic were named the ITA Doubles Team of the Year, the second time Smith has earned that honor ... Became the first Vol and just the second player ever to be named SEC Player of the Year for a second time after going 9-1 in singles and 9-2 in doubles. Only top-20 touring pro John Isner had accomplished that feat, doing so at Georgia in 2006 and 2007 ... Became one of six Vols to be named All-SEC all four years of a career. Conkic also joined that very select company ... Named SEC Player of the Week twice, which upped his career total to eight such awards ... Cruised to 3-0 double record with Conkic at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, being named to the all-tournament team for the performance ... Reached the doubles finals of the SEC Coaches Indoor Championships with Conkic ... After a slow 5-3 start to the season, he won five matches on his way to the final of the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships ... Teamed up with a Sandgren again -- this time Tennys -- and reached the semifinals at the ITA Regionals ... preseason No. 1 in singles.
2009-10 (Junior)
Finished with a career-best 41-9 record in singles and 46-9 in doubles, ending the year No. 2 in singles and No. 3 in doubles nationally ... Earned ITA All-America honors in singles and doubles for the third time ... Returned to the NCAA doubles championship with Davey Sandgren, losing in the finals to Virginia in three sets for the second year ... Enjoyed his best season in conference play, going 9-1 in the SEC in singles and earning SEC Player of the Year honors ... Named SEC Player of the Week four times, easily pacing the league in that category ... Became the first Vol since Chris Woodruff in 1993 to reach the No. 1 singles ranking, a position Smith held for much of April and May ... Awarded a pair of sportsmanship awards from the ITA: the national Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award and the Ohio Valley Region Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship ... Smith and Sandgren finished with 41 victories over the season to break the 1986 school record for doubles wins in a season ... Smith and Rhyne Williams both finished with 41 singles victories, marking just the second time in UT history that teammates have put together 40-plus wins in the same season (last time was 1987) ... Became only the third player in history and the first since 1998 to win the singles and doubles titles at the ITA All-American Championships ... Won the doubles with Boris Conkic -- the two of them ended the season ranked No. 20 by the ITA ... Won singles and doubles at the UVa Ranked Plus One Invitational, taking doubles with Sandgren ... Made it to the semifinals of the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships ... Enjoyed a 12-match winning streak in both singles and doubles, both career highs.
Summer 2009
Entered the World University Games tennis tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, as a 14th seed ... Reached the fourth round before falling to fourth seed Aleksander Slovic 6-4, 6-2.
2008-09 (Sophomore)
ITA All-America in singles and doubles, only one of eight players to receive honors in both ... First-team All-SEC for the second time ... Played from the No. 1 position in singles and finished 34-10 ... Ended the year ranked third in the ITA rankings ...Reached the third round of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships in singles as a sixth seed ... Competed against a ranked opponent almost every outing, finishing 22-10 against them ... Collected two victories against top-10 opponents, including a victory over No. 1 Bryan Koniecko of Ohio State in straight sets ... Set a new career best with eight consecutive victories in singles, stretching from Jan. 17 until Feb. 1 ... Finished 34-13 in doubles play, with 32 of those victories coming with teammate Davey Sandgren, good for third-most in a season in school history ... Ranked No. 1 nationally in the final ITA doubles ranking ... Continued to climb the record book with Sandgren. They have 39 victories as doubles partners, which is sixth-most in a career at UT ... Finished 14-10 against ranked opponents in doubles with Sandgren, with two victories against top-five teams towards the end of the season.
2007-08 (Freshman)
All America ... SEC Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-SEC ... All-SEC Freshman Team ... Region III Rookie of the Year ... NCAA Singles Runner-up ... Blasted on to the collegiate tennis scene with a team-high 33 singles wins... Advanced to the NCAA championship match by winning five straight matches over ranked opponents ... Defeated the 41st, 29th, 57th, 32nd and 11th ranked players on consecutive days to advance to the championship ... Fell to top-ranked Somdev Devvarmann of Virginia in the finals ... Ranked 15th in the season-ending singles poll ... Twice named SEC Freshman of the Week ... First time after advancing to the semifinals of the SEC Coaches Indoor Tournament by defeating three-higher ranked opponents including eighth-ranked Greg Ouellette of Florida in straight-sets ... Second time after winning both matches at No. 2 position in 4-3 wins over Clemson and Illinois ... Against Illinois defeated 15th-ranked Ryan Rowe ... Overall, went 17-9 against ranked opponents ... Only two of his 11 losses were to unraked opponents and both those players would be ranked later in the season ... Went 14-3 at the No. 2 position in the singles lineup and and 18-5 overall in dual-match play ... Clinched two Tennessee victories (Arkansas and Kentucky) ... With UT trailing 3-2 to Georgia, kept Vols comeback hopes alive with come-from-behind 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Luis Flores at No. 2 p osition ... Went 30-9 in doubles, including a 21-4 mark with partner Kaden Hensel at the No. 1 position in the doubles lineup ... 30 doubles wins was a team-high ... With Hensel received a 5-8 seed at the NCAA doubles tournament ... Ranked as high as fourth in the country in doubles ... Clinched the doubles point for UT five times and went 7-3 against ranked opponents ... Began the fall season ranked 108th in singles ... Advanced to the second round of the Junior U.S. Open ... Won first two singles matches he played as a Vol, advancing to the Round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiates ... Teamed up with Davey Sandgren to advance to the doubles final at the Southern Intercollegiates ... Advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Southeast Indoors before falling to seventh-ranked Erling Tveit of Ole Miss in three sets.
Prior to Tennessee
Won the 18th Mitsubishi-Lancer International Juniors Championships in the Philippines, Chief Minister's Cup ITF Malaysian World Junior Tennis Championships in Malaysia and the Salon Pas International Junior Championships in Indonesia in 2007 ... Advanced to the finals of the Orange Bowl Championships in Miami in 2007 ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open Junior Championships ... Ranked as high as sixth in the ITF junior rankings in 2007.
Academic Major: Economics ... Parents: Kevin and Susan Smith ... Full name: John-Patrick Tracey Smith ... Born Jan. 24, 1989 in Townsville, Australia.


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WILLITS, Calif. (AP) — The Northern California town of Willits is one of 17 rural areas that face a severe water shortage. The California Department of Public Health says the town has less than 100 days of drinking water left.
LOCATION: Mendocino County, Northern California.
POPULATION: About 5,000.
CLAIM TO FAME: Final resting place of the racehorse Seabiscuit; also known as the "Gateway to the Redwoods." Willits hosts the annual "Frontier Days & Rodeo," which is billed as the "oldest continuous rodeo and Independence Day celebration in California."
ECONOMY: The town once had a thriving sawmill industry but now has only one left. Its other major industrial employer, Remco Hydraulics, closed in 1995 and left behind a polluted factory site that resulted in years of environmental litigation. Highway 101 cuts through the city's downtown, so new restaurants and boutiques have created some service jobs.
RAINFALL: Average is 51 inches, with historic high of nearly 92 inches in 1983; from July 1, 2013, to year's end Willits received about 5 inches.
WATER RESTRICTIONS: Residents are restricted to 150 gallons per day, per household of four; businesses are required to reduce usage by 35 percent. The city has restricted lawn watering and car washing, and restaurants are providing water only upon request.


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Lingerie Football League fans brawl in stands (VIDEO)
What kind of society do we live in when a family can no longer head to the stadium to watch scantily clad women play football without the fear of violence erupting all around them?
Hard-working Canadians in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan faced this dilemma on Saturday as this massive fan brawl escalated in the stands of the Regina Rage-Saskatoon Sirens game in the Lingerie Football League. Instead of focusing on league's top passing offense, led by Sirens' two-way starter Anne Erler or Andrea Cecchini and the vaunted Rage pass rush, hooligans were more interested in making a trashy spectacle of the whole respectable enterprise.
Pay special attention to the young man in the Gronkowski jersey on the right. It's like some people have no respect for the sacred legacy of that uniform.


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An increase in loans and interest income helped boost Discover Financial Services' net income by 13 percent in the second quarter, trumping Wall Street expectations.
The credit card issuer and lender said Tuesday that sales volume for its namesake credit card grew 4 percent to $27.6 billion in the April-June period. Credit card loans rose 5 percent to $49.8 billion.
David Nelms, Discover's chairman and CEO, told Wall Street analysts during a conference call that card loan growth during the quarter was at the high end of what the company expected. He also noted that card spending trended higher as the quarter went on, ending with spending being up in June versus the same month last year.
"So on the one hand it feels like we might have a little more momentum building," Nelms said. "On the other hand, we still see a lot of mixed economic data coming in."
Credit card issuers such as Discover benefit from an improving economy and consumer spending.
This year, the economy is showing more robust signs of growth, with employers having added an average 202,000 jobs the past six months, up from 180,000 in the previous six. The housing market is also gaining strength. And consumer confidence last month hit the highest level since January 2008, according to the Conference Board.
While consumers are increasing their spending, their pace has dropped off sharply from the start of the year. Core U.S. retail sales — which excludes volatile spending on autos, gasoline and building supplies — increased from April through June at a 2.7 percent annual rate. That's down from a 4.2 percent rate during the first three months of the year.
The U.S. economy is still struggling four years after the recession officially ended. Growth remains tepid. Wages are barely keeping pace with inflation. And unemployment is a still-high 7.6 percent.
Nelms said in an interview that the growth in consumer confidence bodes well for card spending, which has been outpacing loan growth for some time. He noted that the rate of late payments has fallen to all-time lows, which suggests that unemployment isn't an issue for the company's cardholders and borrowers.
"So I'm not sure the unemployment rate is going to necessarily impact us going forward," Nelms said.
Apart from credit cards, Discover benefited from loan growth across several of its operating units, including private student loans, personal loans and home loans.
Private student loans grew 5 percent from a year earlier, while personal loans, which many borrowers are using to pay down debt, jumped 22 percent.
All told, overall loans increased 6 percent to $61.7 billion from a year earlier. Net interest income, or money earned from loans, rose by 9 percent to $1.43 billion.
Discover plans to begin offering home equity loans in the current quarter, but the move likely won't be a factor on its bottom line before next year.
The company sees an opportunity for demand in home equity loans, as home values continue rise and mortgage interest rates increase, making refinancing a less attractive option for homeowners.
Discover's payment services business didn't fare as well as its other segments. It generated a $21 million loss for the quarter, partly because of charges that Discover booked to support its Diners Club International franchises in Europe.
Some of Discover's local partners in Europe are struggling through the region's economic slowdown. So, in order to minimize a disruption to cardholders, Discover acquired the Diners Club franchise in Italy and is providing financial assistance to help a European bank acquire the franchise.
"I don't see Europe turning around really quickly, but I also don't see it being a major drag to Discover," Nelms said.
For the three months ended June 30, Discover posted a profit after paying preferred dividends of $588 million, or $1.20 per share.
That compares with net income of $520 million, or 99 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue net of interest expense climbed to $2.04 billion from $1.87 billion.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of $1.15 per share on $2 billion in revenue.
Riverwoods, Ill.-based Discover, best known for its namesake credit card, is the sixth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer.
Discover's shares ended regular trading down 17 cents at $50.71. The stock added 29 cents to $51 in after-hours trading.


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Iam a 24 year male..iam having severe hair loss problem and i can see the back part of my head clearly as bald..i want to go for a hair replacement in which the doctor fixes human natural hair on my scalp without any surgery..
now i would like to know weather i would be able to offer namaz and will my namaz be accepted according to sharyat with that hair on my head?.
There is nothing wrong with this remedy which is intended to make the hair grow and to treat hair loss. And that will not have any impact on the validity of your wudoo', so you can wipe over your head along with any hair, old or new. Your prayer will also be valid, praise be to Allah.
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The participants in the BCS championship game are essentially determined by voters - poll voters specifically.
So in the spirit of election day, here is a voter's guide to the four candidates vying to play for the national championship in January.
No. 1 ALABAMA (first in the BCS)
Platform: The defending national champions stand for rugged, no-frills football and the philosophy that there is no problem a five-star recruit can't fix.
Star power: QB AJ McCarron. A poised leader (see the game-winning drive at LSU), unafraid to let his emotions show (see crying after game-winning drive at LSU).
Ground game: All-American C Barrett Jones anchors an offensive line that might be the most talented in the country, and paves the way for a punishing running game with Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon.
Department of defense: The Tide ranks in the top 10 in the nation in every major defensive category, including first in points allowed at 9.1 per game.
Accomplishments: Strength of schedule: 17th nationally, according to Sagarin computer ratings. Average margin of victory: 29 points per game.
Commander-in-chief: Nick Saban. His ``process'' has produced three national championships.
Campaign slogan: Roll Tide.
No. 2 OREGON (third in the BCS)
Platform: The Ducks are running on change - such as a new uniform every week, and promise to get things done quickly.
Star power: RB Kenjon Barner. After three years as a backup, his patience and persistence have turned him into a Heisman contender.
Ground game: The Ducks are second in the nation in rushing at 341 yards per game - though their running game is anything but a grind.
Department of defense: Much like their offense, the Ducks' defense is a big-play machine. They are tied for third in the nation with 26 takeaways and 18th in sacks with 24.
Accomplishments: Strength of schedule: 47th. Average margin of victory: 31 ppg.
Commander-in-chief: Chip Kelly, a man who believes any question can be answered in 10 words or less.
Campaign slogan: Win the day.
No. 3 KANSAS STATE (second in the BCS)
Platform: The Wildcats blend old-school Midwestern sensibilities of mistake-free, power football, with 21st century ideas - such as scoring 44 points per game.
Star power: QB Collin Klein. The happily married Heisman front-runner has a trendy nickname - Optimus Klein - and a throwback game.
Ground game: Klein provides the power and RB John Hubert adds speed to a clock-killing running game that averages 226 yards and has scored 33 touchdowns.
Department of defense: LB Arthur Brown leads a defense that is tough to run against, ninth in the nation at 100 yards allowed per game, and manages to hold its own against those potent Big 12 passing attacks.
Accomplishments: Strength of schedule: 33rd. Average margin of victory: 25 ppg.
Commander-in-chief: Bill Snyder. The congenial 73-year-old has already performed a miracle in Manhattan.
Campaign slogan. We are family.
No. 4 NOTRE DAME (fourth in the BCS)
Platform: The Fighting Irish promise a return to glory - and have been doing so for about 20 years.
Star power: LB Manti Te'o. Has played inspired football while dealing with personal tragedy.
Ground game: The Irish have run for more than 200 yards each of the last three games as they try to take the pressure off developing QB Everett Golson.
Department of defense. Te'o gets the press but the line led by DE Stephon Tuitt and NG Louis Nix III is a big reason the Irish have allowed only two rushing touchdowns, fewest in the nation.
Accomplishments: Strength of schedule: 16th. Average margin of victory: 15 ppg.
Commander-in-chief: Brian Kelly. Former aspiring politician from Massachusetts has been known to flip-flop when it comes to quarterbacks.
Campaign slogan: Play like a champion.
This could work itself out if two of the candidates were to lose in the next four weeks. However, if all four remain undefeated, it will be up to the voters in the Harris and coaches' polls to find the imperfections in those perfect records.
If that scenario plays out, Alabama is a lock to play for its third national title in four seasons. The Crimson Tide has the most talented roster in the country, the best coach and would be the champions of the Southeastern Conference, which has produced the last six champions.
The question then is: Which team plays Alabama?
Make no mistake, all would be deserving, and there is no definitive correct answer.
By the time the season is over, Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame all will likely have played somewhat comparable schedules. The Ducks just started their toughest stretch.
Notre Dame gets eliminated because the Irish have played so many close games, some against middling opposition such as Purdue, BYU and Pittsburgh.
So it comes down to Oregon or Kansas State, an almost impossible choice. The BCS metrics favor the Wildcats right now, but suggest the Ducks will make up the ground they need down the stretch.
Taking into account that the events of the next four weeks could sway this opinion, Oregon would be the choice to face Alabama on Jan. 7 in Miami in the BCS title game if all four candidates remain unbeaten.
Any chance we can move up the start date of that four-team playoff?
Marqise Lee has replaced Matt Barkley as Southern California's top Heisman Trophy contender.
While Barkley, the preseason favorite to win the Heisman, has had an excellent senior season, Lee has been sensational. The sophomore receiver leads the nation in all-purpose yards (223 per game), and is second in both catches (9.8 per game) and yards receiving (143 per game).
The Trojans (6-3) have fallen short of expectations, but that shouldn't take away from Lee's chances to at least get an invite to the Heisman presentation in New York.
- Expect to hear Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Todd Monken mentioned when head coaching vacancies begin to open up in the coming months. The Cowboys rank second in the nation in total offense at 575 yards per game while playing three quarterbacks - including a freshman and a redshirt freshman.
- The first of what could be several job openings in the SEC came Sunday when Kentucky fired Joker Phillips. Among those who have been mentioned as candidates to replace him are Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Dykes, Duke coach David Cutcliffe and Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator and former Arizona State coach Dirk Koetter.
- Three realignment reunions that we'd like to see in bowl games: Texas vs. Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl; West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh in the Pinstripe Bowl; Nebraska vs. Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl.
``We won every statistical category, but the score. That's unfortunate. I told the team I wish I would have done a couple of things better.'' LSU coach Les Miles on Monday, summing up the Tigers' 21-17 loss to Alabama,
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"dog who cried wolf"
Surely that should be "dog who cried [escaping] man"?
Mines the Wolf skin one with the sheepskin lining.
Israeli prison officers are using high-tech computer canine interpreter communications gear to understand messages barked by patrolling guard dogs, according to reports. "It collects the dogs' barks through microphones... and sorts and grades them," said Noam Tavor, head of the Israeli prison service K-9 branch, describing the …
Surely that should be "dog who cried [escaping] man"?
Mines the Wolf skin one with the sheepskin lining.
I think dogs are great, it's gonna be a shame to see them superseded by droids
Not the dog's fault. "Woof" / "Wolf". Easy mistake to make over a radio link.
Now, you'd have thought that the human handlers would realise they'd misheard, unless they've got a serious wolf problem in Israeli prisons that they're not telling us about.
Dont dogs usually cry 'Wuff'?
Mine's the concrete overcoat - in anticipation......
shouldn't that rather be "dog who barked wolf"?!
No bites/bytes pun? Shame on you!
Shirley "Dog who cried woof"?
Put the microphones and position locators on the dogs with voice recognition software to detect which crim is currently screaming "ow, geroff my leg/arm/nuts/whatever" to automatically open the appropriate doors back inside away from the pooches...
Take human guards out of the loop.
At high security prisons don't bother feeding the dogs...
Mine's the one with the sleeping pills and chunks of steak.
If so, the Israeli guards won't be able to understand them anyway.
the dog sees a pussy, "muff muff..." ??
Paris... well...
Are they using an eight bit bitmask to store the characteristics of barks under different circumstances? I hope so, then the code which handles it might say:
if (bark.worseThan(byte)
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I hope she's been dispatched to Israel to investigate.
Or, like, they could just put little wireless webcams on the dogs' collars, and then when one starts barking the controllers could just, y'know, LOOK and see if anything's going on.
Of course, that would have the disadvantages of being far simpler, cheaper, made out of bog-standard off-the-shelf robust and reliable technology, with a much-nearer-100% accuracy rate. But hey, why do things the easy and effective way when you can do them much worse, for only far far far more time, effort and money?
I hope those aren't radio-microphones mounted on the dogs. I wouldn't want to spend any part of my day listening to a dog licking itself - though I expect it would appeal to some Reg readers.
Release the hounds....
listening to dogs now, are they?
israel is doomed.
...welcome our new canine overlords!
I'm quite partial to bitches licking themselves, thank you!
I would like to complement you on your exemplary use of the word "turd" in the article. These days it is rare to see the effective placement of a good turd, dog or otherwise. I trust you will endeavour to continue handling your turds with such care and proficiency.
Roger (Cynthia) Smythe-Jones
Sorry, mine is the one with the Gary Larson book in it.
I understand decoding the e-mails between the (canine) guards is quite a trick.
...slup, slurp, muff
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LEVIS, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Nov. 23, 2012) - Nuvolt Corporation Inc. ("Nuvolt") (TSX VENTURE:NCO) announces the deposit of its audited financial results for the fiscal year ended on August 31, 2012.
"Our sales performance are an accurate representation of the difficulties experienced by the Company in 2011-2012." says Mr. Jacques Dion, President and CEO. "Following its launch, the SmartScan management software required important adjustments to make the system more user friendly. We have made ΓÇïΓÇïthe necessary corrections during the year. In addition, as outlined in our business plan, we have completed the validation of ShipScan and SmartScan Pro and proceed for production thereof. We received the finished products at the end of the fiscal year only, due to supply problems of some parts. In the fourth quarter, we took in hand the commercial launch of our products and we experienced a sales increase of 42% over the same quarter last year" concludes Jacques Dion.
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My 18 month old son was diagnosed "failure to thrive" a few days ago by a doctor who says that breastmilk has no value after one year. Her suggestion was to wean and give whole cows milk, which I do not agree with and I will not do. My son has met all milestones on time or ahead of time, except for talking. She sat there and said "he looks great but the growth chart looks bad so I am diagnosing failure to thrive." This was after insulting me by asking if I was "sure I actually had any milk." (I told her that yes, I do and I could show her!) I am so angry!
I'm not looking for ways to fatten him up because he is fine. He isn't a calf so I don't expect him to grow like one. His growth has been slow, but steady. He is still "on" the chart, and healthy in every way so I seriously don't understand why she'd give this diagnoses.
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If you're the Waynesboro Indians, early season games in the 2013 season can arguably be viewed as preliminary games leading to the Mid-Penn Colonial Division schedule.
WAYNESBORO — If you're the Waynesboro Indians, early season games in the 2013 season can arguably be viewed as preliminary games leading to the Mid-Penn Colonial Division schedule.
That's because the youthful Indians are taking their lumps as they get accustomed to playing together as a unit. Last week's 47-0 loss at East Pennsboro served as a serious wake-up call for a team that lost 18 seniors from last year's team and has a lot of work to do to shore up some deficiencies on defense and offense.
But competition waits for no one, and the Chambersburg Trojans — fresh off a 56-10 shellacking of Greencastle-Antrim — visits Indian Stadium Friday night for a non-league game.
"Chambersburg has an extremely athletic football team," said Waynesboro head coach Scott Shacreaw. "I have had an opportunity to study a great deal of film on them along with our interactions throughout the offseason. Over the summer, it was very clear that they had the chance to be an extremely explosive offense. Their quarterback (Ryan Martin) makes great decisions and with the targets he has, they have the potential to make a nice run this season."
Chambersburg finished 6-5 last year and qualified for the District 3-AAAA playoffs. The winning record ended 14 years without a winning season.
Expectations are understandably higher for a team that returned a bunch of players, including legit running back Jamal Pickett. As a junior, Pickett scored 22 touchdowns and ran for 952 yards. He's also dangerous out of the backfield.
Martin passed for 1,585 yards and 18 touchdowns last season as a junior.
"As for what we have to do to slow them down, we must do the basics extremely well," Shacreaw said. "Our tackling must be dramatically improved over last week. We must play fundamentally sound and stick to our bread and butter. If we try to get too flashy and too far outside of our comfort zone, our kids will not be able to play fast — which, against a team as athletic as Chambersburg could be a major concern."
Good news for Waynesboro as Patrick Wade recovered quickly from what looked like a serious injury last week. Wade left the game in the second half with a throat contusion.
"The rest over the weekend helped him out," Shacreaw said. "Patrick will be at 100 percent this week."
The play of Todd Riddell was a bright spot for the Indians against the Panthers. Riddell's presence in pass coverage and run defense will be a thing to look for going forward.
A glaring problem for Waynesboro, which could be painfully evident this week, is success on the line of scrimmage. East Pennsboro managed to dominate in the trenches on both sides of the ball, leaving little time for offensive plays to get off the ground and leaving the defense chasing down ball carriers in the secondary.
Shacreaw said he saw some positives from the offense, which actually deviated a little from the spread with an I-back formation and a Wing-T look.
"After watching film of last week, we had some nice things going on offensively," Shacreaw said. "We had some chances and moved the ball from time to time. We have got to stop the mistakes.
"What I would like to see this week is our offensive line running their feet and sticking to blocks. We can make good things happen, but we have got to generate our opportunities from the line back."
Let's hope so, because sophomore running back Brett Mohn looks like he has the ability to make things happen once he gets past the first line of defense and into the open field. Moreover, it would be nice to give senior quarterback Nathan Toney a chance to get some looks downfield to see what his corps of receivers can do.


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I got one of those WOOT hammocks for 19 bucks just to check it out. I have a WBBB I use to really camp with. The WOOT hammock looks pretty nice a lot like a ENO double. Now I'm looking for some type of used suspension on the cheap.
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Roy Halladay reflected on his first season with the Phillies and making the playoffs for the first time in his career:
On the season: "It's definitely the most fun I've ever had and it's bittersweet because obviously the goals we had as a team, you come up short of that. That part is tough, but I think what we accomplished as a team, it's stuff I will never forget. The whole year was a dream come true for me, really. We would have all loved to win it all. It's hard to go on after the year we had. There was so much good stuff that happened … It was everything I ever hoped it would be."
On his first playoff experience: "I spent 12 years not even coming close. I think you're well aware of how hard it is … Not only do you have to have the best team, but you have be hitting things at the right time. There's a lot of good timing. You hate to call it luck because you put in so much preparation. I don't think luck is as big as a factor. A lot goes into it. To be playing your best baseball for a 2-3 week period at the end of the season is hard to do. I don't think anybody had any illusions about that."
On any surprises from his first year in Philly: "The fans stood out. Looking at the course of the entire season to sell out every single game, including the two exhibition games we played before the season started that was impressive. It's a great sports town … I was really blown away from Day 1 to the very end how much support we receive."
On whether he will watch the World Series: "I don't know if I will this year. You're still licking your wounds a little bit .. it's definitely going to be tougher, knowing that we were two games away form being there yourself."
On the team's mindset: "We were motivated coming in. It does leave a sour taste in your mouth. As much fun as we had … there definitely will be a hunger … I really don't feel like we took anything for granted. We realize the work it took and how close we came, that really stings."
His most rewarding game: "Probably the last game to clinch the division. I think just because of what it meant for us as a team. Being able to celebrate as a team not only on the field but in the clubhouse, that was pretty special, something that I won't ever forget. As far as exciting team moment, that was it for me."
On his offseason regimen, given the heavy workload: "I have some experience with that, early in my career. We didn't have the postseason, playing the extra 2-3 weeks. I definitely learned how to take steps back and mange myself appropriately. I think a lot of the stuff will be the same. I've made a lot of the changes the last few years … The program that I had was set up to try to allow myself to go as far as I could during the season. I felt really good the last few years doing that. As long as I can limit the off the mound stuff until spring training and just build arm strength and general body strength, I shouldn't have a problem." He said he will be back at the complex by Dec. 1 and work at home before that building strength.
Halladay said the groin injury he suffered in Game 5 was "basically, just a tear of the muscle tissue. No tendon damage or pulling anything from the bone. Definitely not something they would operate on."
He said it would require a week or two of rest and then he would begin his regular program. He said the injury "would not have been a problem at all" had the Phillies advanced to the World Series.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A.J. Griffin pitched six-hit ball into the eighth inning Friday night and Adam Rosales homered on CC Sabathia's first pitch, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees.
Derek Norris hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to help Oakland open its 10-game road trip with its fourth win in five games.
Griffin (3-2) serenaded his teammates in the visiting clubhouse with guitar and song in English, Spanish and French before preparing for his sixth start of the season. Coming off two losses in which he allowed 11 earned runs and 13 hits in 11 innings, Griffin was smooth on the mound, too.
The Yankees had two runners on base only once, in the third inning, and Griffin needed only nine pitches in the each of the fourth through sixth innings. He struck out four, walked one and was removed for Sean Doolittle after Gardner's bunt single to start the eighth.
Grant Balfour got the final out for his fourth save this season and 22nd in a row since blowing one on April 29, 2012, securing Oakland's first nine-inning shutout of the year.
Rosales was batting leadoff for the first time in his career because Coco Crisp is on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring. He hit an 89 mph fastball from Sabathia (4-3) deep into the to left field stands.
The A's didn't threaten again until the fifth, when Nate Freiman, who had three hits, and Rosales singled. But Seth Smith hit a lazy fly to left field for the second out. Robinson Cano kept it a one-run game when he ranged far behind second base to field Jed Lowrie's bouncer and threw across his body to just nip Lowrie at first to end the inning. A's manager Bob Melvin briefly let his objection to the call be known to first base umpire Chris Conroy, filling in for Tim McClelland, who was delayed.
The Yankees lost for just the second time in eight games on a 10-game homestand. They mustered only six hits in Joe Girardi's 1,000th game as a big league manager.
With Joba Chamberlain having gone on the disabled list before the game with an oblique strain and David Robertson unavailable this series because of soreness in the area where the knee meets the hamstring, Girardi was counting on Sabathia to go deep in the game. He was at 93 pitches through five innings, though, and showed signs of fatigue in the sixth.
Yoenis Cespedes walked leading off and went to third base on a line drive by Josh Donaldson that right fielder Ichiro Suzuki appeared to lose in the lights. Suzuki stopped tracking the ball as it zipped by and hit off the wall. Donaldson was nailed trying to stretch at second base for the first out.
Sabathia gave up eight hits and two runs in six innings. He walked two and struck out six.
NOTES: Oakland INF Hiro Nakajima (strained left hamstring) was scheduled to play seven innings for Triple-A Sacramento on Friday night. ... Yankees CF Curtis Granderson (broken right forearm) worked out on the field at the team's complex in Tampa, Fla., but the extended spring training game was canceled by weather. ... The Yankees announced Robertson would be their spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Project. .... The Yankees purchased the contract of RHP Preston Claiborne from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... Freiman is married to LPGA Tour player Amanda Blumenherst.


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SoundExchange, the entity that collects and distributes royalties for digital music, sued Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) on Monday in a dispute over music royalties for songs recorded before 1972.
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At the center of the lawsuit is a lack of explicit protection for artists whose music was recorded before 1972. Sound recordings weren't brought under the umbrella of federal copyright protection until that year. Up until then, recordings were protected by state laws.
But SoundExchange, a nonprofit formed by the Recording Industry Association of America, argued that Sirius "systematically" underpaid the group for the statutory license that allows the satellite radio operator to broadcast music.
Sirius declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Sirius discounts revenue generated by pre-1972 recordings when it calculates the royalties it owes. Broadcasters owe 8% of subscription fees and other revenues, a percentage set by the government. That share is set to increase to 11% by 2017.
SoundExchange said the company should pay royalties on all subscription revenue. The group is seeking $50 million to $100 million in damages, based on the amount SoundExchange says it is owed for underpayments between 2007 and 2012.
Internet radio titan Pandora (NYSE:P) stopped paying for pre-1972 recordings last year, although those songs represent a smaller portion of what it plays compared to Sirius.
Sirius, which had a total of roughly 25 million subscribers as of the second quarter, offers channels that exclusively play tunes from Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and others.
According to the lawsuit, based on how much revenue Sirius deducts before calculating royalty payments, those oldies account for an estimated 10% to 15% of gross revenues.
SoundExchange also accused Sirius of failing to make timely payments and excluding Sirius XM Premier subscriptions from its revenue calculations.
Earlier this month, Sirius was sued by the Turtles as well. The band claimed its songs have been played on satellite radio without permission, citing copyright protections in California's civil code.
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Catalina Cuervo
"I've wanted to go to medical school for as long as I can remember, but I wanted to make sure it was the right field for me, so in high school I explored things like engineering, science and math, too. After all that, I'm still excited about medicine, and I'm now considering a specialty in either pediatrics or women's health.
Because of a connection through UT Dallas' Health Professions Advising Center, I recently had the chance to work with a doctor at a VA hospital and witness some surgeries; that was pretty exciting. I also landed an internship at UT Southwestern Medical School through the center. As a pre-med student, I think we're lucky to have the kinds of resources and assistance the center offers.
I can't imagine going to any other school beside UT Dallas. I decided to come here because of the quality of education, the location and the amount of financial aid available, and I'm so happy with my choice. What I like most about the University is the fact that it's in an active state of growth. And there are always opportunities to take a role in making important decisions and creating traditions.
I don't have a lot of free time outside of school and work, but my friends and I like to find ways to take advantage of the University's free DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) pass to explore the Metroplex. From theaters to food to shopping, there are lots of fun and interesting things to do and see around Dallas. I also unwind by listening to music. I especially like being a DJ for Radio UTD. We play a lot of indie music and I co-host my own show, "Life, the Universe and Everything," with a good friend.
I've definitely changed for the better since I started school. If I could give a new student one piece of advice, I'd tell them not to be afraid to step outside the proverbial box. Go to events and group meetings to see what you're interested in, and then stay active with the ones you enjoy the most. There are so many opportunities available in college that will introduce you to new ideas and perspectives; all you have to do is find them!"
Catalina Cuervo, a native of Bogota, Colombia, is biology major with a minor in medical and scientific humanities. She expects to attend medical school after she graduates in 2010.
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Former pro football player Eric Johnson wraps his arm around his leading lady Jessica Simpson in these exclusive new promo pics taken last month in New York City while shooting her Christmas TV special.
(Since then, the happy couple has gotten engaged. Hence, no engagement ring in these pictures!)
During the TV special, Jess, 30, will be performing songs off of her new holiday album, Happy Christmas, in stores NOW. The show will air @ 7-8PM during Thanksgiving (November 25) on PBS. There will be a very special guest singing a duet with her — don't miss it!
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What are the proper uses for the words nonrational and irrational.
Well, in short--without getting into a debate about what constitutes "rational" thinking--the prefx 'non-' means, doesn't exist, whereas the prefix 'ir-' means, opposite. So, for example, an irrational person has the ability to rationalize but can be illogical and/or unreasonable. Humans are not, generally, described as being "non-rational", not having human cognitive skills. A non-rational species is just that. Such a species doesn't have the ability to "rationalize" in the same way as humans do.Originally Posted by Benji s


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Metallica Release Previously Unheard Song 'Hate Train'
Metallica are offering up what can be considered a sonic Christmas gift for fans. A studio version of the previously unheard song 'Hate Train' from the 'Death Magnetic' sessions has popped up online, at the same time the band played it at the first of their recent 30th anniversary shows.
Fans that aren't able to make the celebratory shows get to enjoy the song, thanks to the wonders of the web. Wanna know what you will find when you hop on this 'Hate Train?' Well, we'll tell you.
The song is seven minutes in length and it cycles through several tempo shifts, which we're guessing isn't big news to any of you. It also boasts a minute-long instrumental opening with lots of riffing and militaristic drumming. It's more rock than thrash and it has a similar melodic pattern to 'Fuel,' for the most part. There's a melodic mid-section, and overall, it's what you'd expect from 'Tallica in 2008, which is when 'Death Magnetic' was done.
James Hetfield sings, "Cursed to drown in sorrow / You took away tomorrow / Still I stand," to give you an idea of the song's anthemic lyrical content. We're guessing that the consensus regarding the song will be split down the middle, with half the band's fans wishing this song had made 'Death Magnetic' while the other half will dislike it and think it should have stayed buried.
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Happy Birthday!
Probably not this year, unfortunately, but I won't rule myself out 100% just yet. It's shaping up to look incredible as always.
Huh. I think I've been seeing it the wrong way. I thought the imperative was to mope around while my heart grows cold and old.
It's from a poster series. They usurped a few other famous war quotes, too, but this one was just too good. The poster's going up in my room as soon as I find a suitable frame.
Not feeling walking around with Steve's face all over my shirt. But fuuuuuuuuccck, I'm pissed I saw this late in regards to LA EP 1. Fuck.
Happy birthday, sir.
I didn't make it much longer than you did. Eesh.
I go back to work on Monday unfortunately! But you're welcome to come over Monday night, I don't think Seb is working that night!
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Ryan White and ACA: A Board Considers Change
Does the Affordable Care Act mean the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is going to go away?
A South Carolina HIV/AIDS clinic's staff and board once had that expectation, as did many grant recipients and consumers around the country. That feeling—and fear—has since passed but it was nonetheless quite a motivator for South Carolina's Catawba Care to engage in some strategic planning about the agency's future. Catawba Care (at the time of this blog) was a Ryan White Part A, B and C recipient in Rock Hill, located in the far southwest perimeter of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Staff members began contemplating what the Affordable Care Act would mean for them even before the legislation was enacted in 2010.
Some Considerations:
- What services should they keep providing?
- What source of funding will keep the doors open?
- What opportunities are available to change things in order to better serve people living with HIV/AIDS?
Catawba was changing as were many other Ryan White agencies. This blog tracked the progress of Catawba Care and other Ryan White agencies as they modified their ways of doing business.
Contemplating Change
Agencies can take many paths in determining how to change their way of doing business, although the common theme of any response is to step back, contemplate, and assess various options. Catawba's journey started with talking. Lots of talking. "People wished that I would shut up," said Executive Director Anita Case. She wasn't the only one talking. ACA was a constant topic at the quarterly meeting of Part B program directors. Indeed, the topic of preparing for change predated ACA, starting in 2009 with discussions that touched upon what was then the potential for health care reform along with topics such as how to take advantage of learning opportunities.
With passage of ACA, the pace picked up. In 2010, several consultants were invited to Catawba to talk about ACA and its potential impact on Ryan White. Strategic planning by the board started in 2010, with ACA being just one of multiple topics.
Becoming More Concrete
In 2011, with a planning grant from the HRSA Bureau of Primary Care, which manages the Health Centers program, the agency spent a year doing a needs assessment to see whether a second Health Center in the county would be useful. At a board retreat, Catawba looked at a range of options—from staying the same to merging and closing the agency's operations as a free-standing HIV/AIDS clinic. (These options are outlined in Agency Options, a tool developed at Catawba that might be useful in guiding other agency board discussions.)
Download ACA Change Options for a Standalone HIV Organization, a suggested set of topics for a free-standing HIV clinic to review with its board when contemplating agency restructuring options
Driving the discussion in 2011 were concerns and questions such as: What if Ryan White goes away, funding is reduced significantly, or it stays the same? Should we change to a free-clinic model? What should be our fundraising goals for filling gaps in Ryan White funding?
In 2012, several consultants were brought in under the HRSA planning grant to discuss what it would mean if the agency became a Health Center, Federally Qualified Health Center, or a Look-Alike. The Duke Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research completed a needs assessment. Results were shared at a 2012 retreat, along with a statewide perspective from the South Carolina Primary Care Association. "It was an ongoing conversation with the board, which eventually said, 'We are tired of talking about this and voted to table conversation until more information came out, pending reauthorization, funding, and guidance from HRSA,'" said Case.
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Question for you — when you think of mass weddings, does your mind head in the direction mine does, and think of the Moonies? The cult followers of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, after all, have long been famous for their mass weddings.
It makes sense that Moonies would happily go in for group weddings. After all, the nature of a cult is that you subordinate your individualism to a group. Once having done that, why in the world should you and your affianced have a special day, dedicated just to you? You're no longer an individual; you're a member of the Borg.
Knowing about the Moonies, when I heard about the massive group wedding on the Grammy's stage, I didn't think, "Aw, how romantic," nor did I think "What a great political statement," nor did I even think "How nice it is that ordinary people are willing to subordinate their special day to Macklemore's and Ryan's careers."
I didn't think any of those things. Instead, I thought of the Moonies. After all, when you think about it, one impersonal mass wedding is pretty much like the next, whether you've subordinated your individuality to the Rev. Moon or to the Gods of Political Correctness.


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Just a foot of snow graced one lone run at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort on Friday, but that didnt dampen the mood for skiers and riders at the resorts opening day.
Its great to be able to ski, said Maria Hornack, who was visiting from Phoenix with her two daughters. Its a nice warm-up for the upcoming season.
Those who strapped on their skis and boards were greeted by blue sky, abundant sunshine and temperatures fit for late spring. Many were shedding layers as the clock inched toward noon.
Sven Brunso, marketing director at Purgatory, declined to give visitor numbers, but the empty lower parking lots and almost nonexistent lift lines indicated a sparse crowd.
Lift 4, or Twilight, was the only chairlift running, and Demon was the only run open thanks to a coating of natural snowfall mixed with a healthy dose of the manmade white stuff. Skiers and boarders also could entertain themselves on two terrain parks off the Demon run.
The resorts 12-inch base is supplemented by 12 to 18 inches of manmade snow coverage, said Kim Oyler, spokeswoman for Durango Mountain Resort.
The resort has received 15 inches of snow this season and has been blowing snow since early November, she said.
The terrain park features were well maintained, and it was nice that the resort had them ready on opening day, said Nathan Stilwell, a student at Animas High School.
Minimal crowds made getting on the slopes a breeze. By mid-morning the lift line wait wasnt more than a minute or two, and even late-arriving cars snagged spots in the upper base parking lot.
The mountains snow wasnt as good as Wolf Creek or Telluride, said Bridget Ellerbe, who was visiting all three resorts during a trip from Louisiana. Wolf Creek opened Nov. 14 and Telluride officially opened Thanksgiving Day. But the conditions were certainly better than Copper Mountains opening day, when Denver residents Keith Bell and Bryan Butler said the crowds were overwhelming and the runs icy.
Its a little crispy, but nice for opening day, Bell said after a run on Demon. The two men were in town for a wedding and decided to come a day early to get in a few runs.
Purgatorys base is less than the last two years when skiers were greeted with 20-plus inch bases and 10 to 12 skiable runs. The conditions in 2009 were similar to Fridays, with one lift and one run open.
The resort is budgeted to continue making snow through December, Oyler said. In coming days, the mountain operations crew will expand snowmaking efforts near the base and between lifts 1 and 2 to get more of the front side open, Oyler said.
But skiers and boarders hoping to carve turns on fresh, natural powder may have to wait a while. Forecasters predict blue skies well into the coming week.
Right now, it looks like a bigger storm could be brewing along the West Coast, said Jim Daniels, a meteorologist with National Weather Service. The best potential (for snow) looks like the first weekend in December.
The resort will be open through the weekend with discounted lift tickets, then will close Monday through Thursday. The mountain will be open Fridays through Sundays only until conditions permit full-time operations.
Adult day passes are $42 each, and season passes, including weekday passes, will be honored until the mountain is open seven days a week, Oyler said. The resort will continue to offer discounted lift tickets until the majority of the mountain is open.
Today, the resort will host season kickoff festivities at Purgatory Beach from 2 to 4 p.m.
Though the early-season skiing wasnt as good as they had expected, Dallas residents Courtney and Marty Brasfield said they would return to the mountain, hopefully with more snow.
Well be back, but a little later in the season, Marty Brasfield said.


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My husband and I just moved to Austin from MD, we're both in our mid 20s and we try and play tennis all as much as we can. We are competitive players, like to hit hard, rally and if we're open to match play. We live up in the NW area, 2222/620 area, but can travel if it's not too far, 20-5 min. We're looking to expand our tennis friends out here in Austin. We're both ranked 3.5, but play like 4.0's :)
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I recently moved here from Dallas.
Let me know if you guys ever need another player.
I'm 4.0-4.5 and in the 1431 / 183 area :)
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We're always up to hit. We want to play today, tomorrow, anytime. When are you available? What's your number/email we an discuss it further.
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Lena G. McKeown, 84, of West Bangor, passed away, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Easton Hospital.
Born in West Bangor on June 25, 1928, in the home where she lived her entire life, she was a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Verrone) Graziano.
Lena was a lifelong member of St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, West Bangor. She was a pillar of the church and loved her church. She served as treasurer for many years at St. Joseph's Church, retiring on Jan. 1, 2013. She also was a member of the Episcopal Church Women, served on the Altar Guild, was a reader and served Communion.
She was a 1946 graduate of Pen Argyl High School and was a member the Alumni Association.
Prior to retiring, she was employed as chief clerk for Bangor Gas Co.
She and her husband, Michael J., celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on Aug. 17, 2012. She also was the wife of the late Dale F. Hockin, who preceded her in death in 1977.
Lena's greatest love was her family, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, Michael, she is survived by two sons: Robert J. Hockin and his wife, Jody, of Alexandria, Va., and John D. Hockin and his companion, Jocelyn, of Coplay; a daughter, Andrea K. LaBar and her husband, Ron, of East Stroudsburg; five stepsons: Michael P. McKeown and his fiancée, Dora, of Philadelphia; Barry J. McKeown and his wife, Denise, of Aurora, Ill.; Thomas G. McKeown and his wife, Jan, of East Stroudsburg; Charles F. McKeown and his wife, Elizabeth, of Stroudsburg; and Mark A. McKeown of Stroudsburg; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her first husband, Dale, a granddaughter, Julie A. LaBar, and a sister, Mary G. Cerulli, preceded her in death.
There will be no viewing. A Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, 1440 Verona Drive, West Bangor. Interment will be at St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Bangor. The family will receive friends following services in the church Parish Hall.
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Lena G. McKeown, 84, of West Bangor, passed away, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Easton Hospital.


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Ridge mesmerizing in Chamber Theatre's 'Underneath the Lintel'
Midway through his extraordinary solo performance in Glen Berger's "Underneath the Lintel" - being staged by the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre under C. Michael Wright's direction - James Ridge asks the audience whether we'd recognize a miracle if we saw one.
I know I've missed a few - "Lintel" suggests we all have - but I have no doubt I saw something akin to one Friday night, in watching as good a one-person show as I've seen anywhere in a long time.
"Lintel" begins humbly, on a mostly bare stage. There's a desk and a table. A slide projector. Scattered props and costumes from shows now past, many of them bearing a suspicious resemblance to items Ridge used or donned in other roles.
And, finally, there's Ridge himself - appearing as a bearded and slightly disheveled Dutch librarian, lugging a battered suitcase stuffed with meticulously tagged "eveydences" - an old spelling of "evidences."
Eveydence No. 1 is a worn Baedeker's travel guide, checked out from the library in 1873 and anonymously returned - 113 years late - in 1986.
Punctilious to a fault, the librarian decides to track this scofflaw down. Starting with an unclaimed laundry slip once used as a bookmark, he begins a fantastical journey that will eventually take him around the world.
The links in this amateur detective's chain - including a post office box in China, a scratchy recording from 1904 Poland and a used tram ticket from 1912 Germany - are improbable and obscure.
That's the point, in a show that's ultimately less about finding a mysterious library patron than about honoring the narratives we construct, as we struggle to convince ourselves - against all the evidence - that the stories we tell matter and that what we do will be remembered.
That struggle has special resonance for every stage actor, whose work is rarely preserved and easily forgotten, leaving nothing but obscure eveydences - discarded props from long-past plays, and costumes worn by the actors who once made those plays come alive.
Insisting that every life's performance matters, Ridge's librarian urgently pleads with us to stick with him and his story. He promises - with the desperately clenched fists and frenetic, never-ceasing motion of a man who just wants to be loved - that his story is interesting and that his life counts.
The evidence is against him, and, dutiful librarian that he is, he cites all of it. He has been fired from his job. He has lost his one true love - a source of never-ending regret, which Ridge vividly embodies. He is hyperaware of history's oft-repeated message: Little survives, and random chance decrees what does.
But with that stubborn, head-turning gesture that is one of Ridge's trademarks, this librarian shakes off every sling and arrow and carries on, through 90 spellbinding minutes - many of them funny, poignant or both. When the lights come down, he leaves the stage in the only way he knows how. Accompanied by spirited klezmer music, he defiantly dances into the dark.
"Underneath the Lintel" continues through March 17 at the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre, 158 N. Broadway. For tickets, call (414) 291-7800 or go to www.milwaukeechambertheatre.com.
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