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Ifyou totaled up Christopher Bergland's athletic achievements, they would be the equivalent of running around the world four times, biking to the moon and back, and swimming across the Atlantic and home again.
The tenacious endurance athlete holds a Guinness World Record for running — 153.76 miles on a treadmill in a single day — and is a three-time Triple Ironman champion, completing the über-demanding 7.2-mile swim, 336-mile bike ride, and 78.6-mile run in a record-breaking time of 38 hours and 46 minutes.
Needless to say, Bergland knows a thing or two about sweat. "When I finished the Triple Ironman, I felt like I'd sweated out every last electrolyte," he says. Fortunately, Bergland, author of The Athlete's Way: Sweat and The Biology of Bliss , gets inspiration from perspiration.
"I love to sweat," says Bergland. "In my mind, sweat equals bliss."
Sweat is a common partner to exercise, whether it's the rivulets of sweat that accompany an intense weightlifting circuit or the droplets of perspiration that pitter-patter onto our mats during downward dog.
But outside of the gym, we rarely celebrate perspiration as a positive or desirable thing.
If we think of sweat at all, we consider it an embarrassing bodily function, a sometimes-stinky annoyance, a socially undesirable bit of physiology.
On an exciting first date, palms can get sweaty just as that special someone reaches for your hand. At a job interview, underarms can get swampy from the first tough question. Even in the context of a great workout, sweating buckets can be less than comfortable.
"Breaking a sweat can create some inconvenience," acknowledges Bergland, "but the payback is always going to be worth it."
Why? Because sweat serves a purpose — as a barometer of effort, as an indicator of stress, as a measure of health, and also as a literal lifesaver: If it weren't for sweat cooling our bodies down and flushing our toxins out, we'd all perish much sooner.
Sweat is a near-universal experience. But how many of us really understand how perspiration works, and why? Here are the fascinating essentials you need to know — the cut-and-dried facts about all things sweaty.
Like it or not, we can't live without sweat. Perspiration keeps the body from overheating and short-circuiting. When your core temperature rises much higher than 98.6 degrees F, the hypothalamus — your brain's thermostat — signals the exocrine system's sweat glands to activate. Perspiration rises to the skin's surface through pores and evaporates when it hits the air, keeping you cool.
To understand Jesus and the movement that developed after his death we need to have a handle on a way of thinking that I call . This is a way of describing a certain expectation and outlook on the world and human history that was characteristic of certain Jewish groups and movements of that time–including Jesus and his first followers. As a phrase it is a "mouthful," but it three central concepts break down rather nicely.
Let start with the noun, . It comes from the Greek noun , meaning "the last," so it means the teaching or study of the "end times" or "last days." In other words eschatology purports to tell us how human history will . The phrase the "end of the world" is more commonly used but in biblical texts what is usually meant is the "end of the age," that is, the idea that history as we know it will come to a decisive "end," but that critical termination will be followed by a new "age to come," in which things will undergo a fundamental transformation–referred to in the Hebrew Bible as the creation of a "new heavens and a new earth."
is an adjective from the Greek word which means a "disclosure" or "revelation," referring to pulling back the veil on the secrets of the cosmos more generally, but as I am using it here, the "hidden things" related to the end of the age. In other words, when and how will the events of the last days unfold? The idea is that the precise timing of the end, and how the events of the last days will unfold, are known and determined only by God. However, God can and does these "secrets" to selected human beings or prophets.
is another adjective, from the Hebrew word , referring to one or chosen as a king or priest, see my discussion of this idea . What develops among late 2nd Temple Jewish groups (200 BCE to 70 CE), particularly in the Land of Israel, are a set of expectations that focused upon the appearance of an native King of the lineage of David, often associated with an equally idea Priest, either of the lineage of Aaron or Melchizedek. The arrival or appearance of these messianic figures was thought to be essential to ushering in the events of the last days, a final judgment of humankind both living and dead, and the establishment of the "kingdom of God"–that is a transformed age of justice, peace, righteousness, and eternal life.
There are dozens of Jewish texts of the period that we can roughly characterize as "Apocalypses," see the survey article from the , but the most influential texts were those of the Hebrew Bible, and. In addition to Daniel were about two dozen other texts, scattered throughout the Hebrew Bible, that became the fundamental elements of the various "schemes of expectation" that one could put under the more general rubric of . I require my students in Christian Origins, at all levels, undergraduate and graduate, to become thoroughly familiar with these particular texts as a way of understanding our study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament Gospels, the authentic letters of Paul, and the book of Revelation–all of which are thoroughly immersed in this thought world of . Here is my list of these specific texts and I urge my serious readers to take the time to read through and mark these specific sections of the Hebrew Bible. Such an exercise tends to "pull them out of context," but that is precisely what various apocalyptic groups were doing in this period. These particular texts and their specific language and key vocabulary, became a kind of functional "code" or cipher for mapping and setting forth the parameters of apocalyptic expectations of the time. I have offered an overview in Part 2 of my article, " What the Bible Really Says about Death, Afterlife, and the Future ," but there is no substitute for a close study of the themselves:
Genesis 49:10-12 Coming of Shiloh Numbers 24:15-17 Star/Scepter Deuteronomy 18:15-18 Prophet like Moses
Isaiah 2 and Micah 4:1-4 General Sketch of Kingdom of God Daniel 2, 7, 9, 11-12 Dreams, Chronological Schemes, and Visions Isaiah 24-27 Isaiah's "little Apocalypse" Zechariah 14 Final Battle for Jerusalem Jeremiah 31 New Covenant Restoration of Twelve Tribes of Israel Isaiah 65:17-25 Creation of New Heavens and New Earth
Isaiah 8:16-9:7 Davidic Ruler Isaiah 11 Davidic Branch Micah 5:2-5 Davidic Ruler Jeremiah 23:5-8 Davidic Branch Jeremiah 33:14-26 Davidic Branch Future Priest
Zechariah 3:1-5 Priest Messiah and Branch Zechariah 4 The Lord () and Two Messiahs Zechariah 6:9-14 Branch Priest Messiah Malachi 3:1-4 Lord () and the Messenger Malachi 4:4-5 Return of Elijah the Prophet
Isaiah 42:1-4 Servant Song Isaiah 49:1-6 Servant Song Isaiah 50:4-11 Servant Song Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Servant Song Isaiah 61:1-4 Anointed One of the Spirit
Zechariah 9:9-10 King on Donkey Zechariah 12 Pierced One of the house of David
Psalm 2 King/Son on Zion Psalm 110 Lord ()/Priest at Right Hand Psalm 118:21-22 Rejected Stone/Cornerstone
Because English translations differ so much I would suggest one make use of the web site biblegateway.com , which allows one to type in a specific passage and get a comparison of a range of translations, both Jewish and Christian as well as some of the older commentaries that tended to be quite good on the linguistics
Hey Anil,
First of all, thanks for asking this question. I had worked on writing and illustrating that post for over a month, and after I finally published it, I just felt empty and directionless. But now you've given me renewed purpose! (Until I finish writing this too…)
I definitely consider myself a n00b at illustration. I doodle in my notebook and have taken a few drawing classes, but this was my first time actually anything: drawing to communicate ideas. I was learning as I was going along, so I'll share how all that went down.
Illustration is a means of communication, and it's more about designing different solutions rather than expressing yourself. (Of course, bringing in your own point of view is still very important.)
In my case, I wanted to add illustrations to break up the wall of text, add some visual interest (without being distracting), and make the whole blog post feel just a bit more . And above all, I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and develop some new skills.
There's a couple of parts that make up an illustration:
And on top of all that, there's the skill of using your tools to properly execute your vision — whether that's pen and paper, or in my case, Adobe Illustrator . For lack of a better word, I'm going to call this " artistic skill ."
Like everything else in the world, these components are all connected. Better artistic skill expands your visual vocabulary so you can draw more complex things, certain concepts constrain your stylistic options, the style you picked can affect the compositions, and so on and so forth.
A professional illustrator working with a client usually works in a structured, methodical manner—sets of sketches, color palette references, rounds of review, etc. They've developed their own styles and can draw exactly what they want, how they want it, and fast. Since I was just doing these for myself (and for the first time), my process was a lot more organic.
I started doodling on my iPad Pro…
Traced it and modified it in Illustrator, playing around with color and line quality…
OK cool, so I've figured out a rough style I'd like the rest of the illustrations to follow. (I would later come to regret deciding this early.) Back to the iPad for more concept sketching.
As you can see, I played around with lettering-based ideas for the section headers. My comfort zone is lettering, so I decided to push my limits and focus on the illustrations. I laid out some type on the computer and sent it back to the iPad…
Eventually I decided that sketching on the iPad wasn't helping me all that much, so I tried blocking out my compositions directly in Illustrator.
By now, I had been working on the illustrations for so long that the style had changed to something more expressive. There's a lot more variation in line weight, and there's lots of little squiggles that look handmade. Without realizing it, I had brought in some qualities of my past lettering work.
So glad I got to your email today…finally! My daughter (my ONLY daughter!) is engaged to be married to an amazing man. As you can imagine, we have called to talk about wedding plans AT LEAST twice a day, every day I am going to carve out some time after work today to do a List of 100 Decisions to Make for the Wedding. The part of this that strikes me the most is the writing in one sitting in order to go as deeply as possible. I'm really looking forward to this exercise.
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That will be so much fun Lori! Congratulations to your daughter
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HI just read your email Can I be honest with you So sorry you not in a good place right now- sending good wishes your way – keep going – You will get there I have no doubt. Baby steps!
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I love this idea! It seems so simple but what a brilliant way to force creativity. It reminds me of what I am doing with my journaling for similar reasons. I make myself write three pages. The first page or so is no hum but then I get to what I really need to write. I will use this list of 100 as well. Thanks for the idea!
Great to hear this resonated with you!
Sara says
Hi Shelby! I have a question that always comes to my mind when I see this kind of posts… Where did you wrote this lists? In your bullet journal? I want to start one for myself, but it seems very complicated to me to make in only one notebook lists, an schedule, etc. I mean, to me it's complicated to see it only in photos, I wish that some of my friends have a notebook like that so I could see every page that she/he wrote in there, to make a global idea of the uses of a bullet journal (there are so many, and so many information in Internet, that blows my mind! hahaha)
I don't know if I explain myself very well, I almost don't speak english. Thank you so much, your web it's beautiful! <3
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Maximum sustained winds were 40 mph (64 kph). It was moving to the northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).
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Conceptually, that should work, unless you're storing your view orientation as the inverse of the direction it's facing (which I've done before without noticing, since otherwise you have to invert before applying the view transformation). What does it actually do?
It just seems to send them straight behind where the camera starts. If I turn and fire again, it still sends them off in the same direction. Its like the the cameras orientation has no affect on which way they are sent.
Ive also tried inverting the quat before assignment but it made no difference.
Ive also tried inverting the quat before assignment but it made no difference.
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Wild guess: Sounds like you have the ships being affected (or not affected) by a matrix you're not expecting. i.e., you might be doing them before your camera transform, or perhaps on an identity matrix (like after glLoadIdentity, which may have cleared off your camera transform). If you actually think they should be on top of the correct transform, then you might want to double check your glPush/popMatrix balance.
Another thought: are you perhaps using glLoadMatrix when you should be using glMultMatrix?
Another thought: are you perhaps using glLoadMatrix when you should be using glMultMatrix?
doh, come back to it today and realised I made a very dumb mistake not even going to tell you what it is as its too embarassing Thanks for the help though!
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please do tell; we frequently get people coming to these kinds of thread via google and *not* having the answer is frustrating...
well I normally would say the answer, but it was more of a programaticle error. It was basically I wasnt moving the missiles according to the direction Id got from the orientation. So I was basically moving them in the same direction The logic and all the code i posted should work fine
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Amarillo, TX -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, revealed plans today to target the abortion industry in 2012 that he is confident will close many abortion mills and place many abortionists in jail.
"The approach," Fr. Pavone explained, "is simple: a) uncover the ways abortionists break the law and get them punished for it; b) reveal the nature of the abortion procedure itself; c) show the harm abortion does to the very people the abortion industry claims to serve, and d) pray more intensely than ever for abortion to end."
"Building on the work done by many other groups with whom we collaborate, we will begin this month to accelerate the investigation of abortion clinics, which break laws left and right. We will bring special attention to the ten abortionists in Texas who have to answer to the Texas Medical Board for numerous violations, and will see to it that they are held accountable," Fr. Pavone explained.
"As I have said since I began my work with Priests for Life in 1993, our job is to exploit the weaknesses of the abortion industry, which is collapsing under its own weight. The evil it does cannot withstand the light of human conscience."
In the coming weeks, Priests for Life will provide information to Churches across America, to pro-life groups, media outlets, and to the general public regarding the details of this four-pronged strategy. "We will also communicate to prison chaplains a simple message: get ready to see a lot more abortionists in the jail cells."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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NHIAA Football: Bedford stuns PinkertonBy ROGER BROWN
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September 06. 2013 10:35PM
BEDFORD — Undoubtedly, many people were stunned when they saw the final score from Friday night's Division I game between Bedford and Pinkerton Academy. One person who wasn't surprised to see Bedford come away with a 14-12 victory was Pinkerton coach Brian O'Reilly.
"There is no shock here from me," O'Reilly said. "I wasn't surprised. I know other people were because they were coming up from Division I, but I play these guys in lacrosse. I know the athletes they have here. We weren't looking past this game."
Bedford trailed 12-7 until quarterback Dan Colella tossed a 25-yard TD pass to Nick Vailas with 6:37 to play. Keelan McCoole's PAT capped the scoring.
Pinkerton's ensuing possession ended when Nathaniel Jaeger intercepted a Jake Froehlich pass with 2:05 to play.
Pinkerton turned the ball over on its final three possessions. Defensive lineman Eric Glassman caused two fumbles earlier in the half.
It was Bedford's first Division I game after competing in Division II last season.
"I'm at a loss for words right now," Glassman said. "This is a great feeling."
Pinkerton running back Manny Latimore rushed for 134 yards on 19 carries, but was bothered by cramps in the second half.
Pinkerton grabbed a 6-0 lead when Latimore scored on a 46-yard run on the first play of the second quarter, but Bedford answered on the ensuing possession. The Bulldogs took over on their own 34 and needed eight plays to find the end zone. Colella scored the TD on an 18-yard run with 7:47 left in the half. McCoole's point-after kick handed Bedford a 7-6 lead.
Two of Bedford's four other first-half possessions ended inside the Pinkerton 10-yard line.
Pinkerton went up 12-7 on Matt Madden's 1-yard run with 6:55 left in the third, but Pinkerton's offense struggled after that.
"We couldn't run the ball between the tackles consistently tonight," O'Reilly said. "Our problem is up front or blocking with the backs, or a combination of the two. That's our problem"


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Maj. Gen. Joseph P. DiSalvo said Friday that Bergdahl will work daily with mental and medical professionals at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
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Ortolf (Ortolph) Fuchsberger (Fuchsperger), a lawyer and imperial councilor, who lived in Bavaria and Austria during the Reformation. He was a native of Tittmoning, studied at the University of Ingolstadt, and after a brief residence in Altötting he became court judge and secretary in the Mondsee (or Manse, Mänse) monastery. His first publication was a small text for the study of Latin, his last, Teutscher Jura regulae. The first book on logic in German and the first German translation of the Institutiones of Emperor Justinian were written by him. On 17 January 1528 he published in Landshut a Kurtze schlossrede wider den jrsall der neügerottenn Tauffer. It was addressed to Ernst Wolfgang Schwartzdorffer at Straubing, Bavarian treasurer, in order to show him with what arguments the abbot had brought some Anabaptists back into the Catholic Church. He concludes that since baptism takes the place of circumcision, baptism must like circumcision be performed in infancy, and proves his contention with references to the Bible, Origines, Augustine, Raimundus Lullus, and the imperial law. He tries to prove that baptism does not assume express faith on the part of the infant, and to weaken the objection that circumcision cannot be used as an argument because it concerned only boys, whereas baptism concerns all children.
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 56 vols. Leipzig, 1875-1912: VIII, 174 f.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 15.
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A look at the boys and girls district tennis tournaments involving high school teams from Volusia and Flagler counties.
When: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday
Where: Jonesville Tennis Center, Gainesville
Schools: Gainesville Buchholz, Tallahassee Chiles, Flagler Palm Coast, Orange Park Fleming Island, Neptune Beach Fletcher, Jacksonville Mandarin, Jacksonville Sandalwood
Analysis: Buchholz's boys and girls are defending district champs and little should change this season. Chiles' boys and Fleming Island's girls were runners-up last season.
When: 8 a.m. Monday
Where: Sanlando Park, Altamonte Springs
Schools: DeLand, Oviedo Hagerty, Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley, Lake Mary, Longwood Lyman, Oviedo, Sanford Seminole, Spruce Creek, Winter Springs
Analysis: Spruce Creek's boys won district and regional titles and earned a state berth last season, and the Hawks are loaded again. They will be going for their sixth straight district title. The Hawks girls also won district and regional titles and earned a state berth last season, and there may be little stopping them from getting there again. They will be going for their eighth title in the last nine years. Only thing to watch here is if DeLand's boys can give Lake Brantley a run for second place.
When: 9 a.m. Tuesday
Where: Eagle Landing at Oakleaf, Orange Park
Schools: St. Johns Bartram Trail, Matanzas, Middleburg, Orange Park Oakleaf, Orange Park, Orange Park Ridgeview, St. Augustine
Analysis: Matanzas will be chasing Bartram Trail in this district. The Pirates boys finished second last season to earn a berth in regionals. Ridgeview was the girls' runner-up.
When: 8 a.m. Monday
Where: Sanlando Park, Altamonte Springs
Schools: Deltona, Orlando East River, Orlando Edgewater, Orlando Evans, Lake Minneola, Mainland, New Smyrna Beach, Orlando Oak Ridge, Pine Ridge, Seabreeze, University
Analysis: The Seabreeze boys are the defending district champs and earned a berth in the regional semifinals last season. Edgewater's girls are the defending champs and are loaded again. Seabreeze was the runner-up last season and lost to Edgewater again in the regional semifinals.
When: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday
Where: Sylvan Lake Park, Sanford
Schools: Atlantic, Orlando Bishop Moore, Eustis, Orlando Lake Highland Prep, Orlando Lake Nona, Mount Dora, Tavares, Umatilla
Analysis: Lake High Prep's boys and girls are the defending champs, and while the boys should roll again, the girls may have a tough time defending their title. Lake Nona's girls have already topped Bishop Moore this season.
When: Noon Wednesday
Where: Sanlando Park, Altamonte Springs
Schools: Crescent City, Father Lopez, First Academy-Leesburg (boys), Lake Mary Prep, Oviedo Master's, Mount Dora Bible, Ocala St. John Lutheran (girls), Ocala Trinity Catholic, The Villages, Warner Christian
Analysis: Father Lopez's boys and girls are the defending champions, with Trinity Catholic's boys and girls the runners-up. The Green Wave should have little trouble advancing to regionals.


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If you want to dig in, this is the stuff where you might make the most useful contribution. Note that this list is never complete, and may be partially outdated, so just because you don't see something here doesn't mean it is not important.
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Man robbed, slashed in attack in downtown Manchester park
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MANCHESTER – A 32-year-old man suffered slash wounds to his arms, torso and legs when he was attacked in Veterans Park Monday night.
Three men attacked and robbed the man about 8:30 p.m., and one of the assailants cut him with a silver box cutter during what police described as a violent struggle. One of the attackers also hit the man in the side of the face with a rock.
The robbers took his money and prescription medication, he told investigators.
The assailant with the box cutter is described as a black man, 5-foot-10 to 6-foot tall with short dreadlocks and wearing a striped shirt.
The other assailants were described as a white man about 5-foot-10 with a thin build and a black man about 5-foot-10. The injured man was unable to describe their clothing or provide any other details.
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Last hurrah for the Baltimore Ravens?
It's going to be all Ray Lewis, all the time for as long as the Baltimore Ravens are still in the Super Bowl hunt. That pursuit could end Sunday, or it could go on for another month.
That's what you get when an iconic player announces his imminent retirement after 17 stellar seasons as one of the best defenders the National Football League has ever known. You get an emotional rallying point.
Thing is, Lewis isn't the only future Hall of Famer the Ravens might be saying sayonara to when this playoff season is over. Don't forget about Ed Reed, who could be playing his last home game for the Ravens Sunday after 11 spectacular seasons in Lewis' shadow.
And what about Matt Birk, for the past 15 years a fixture at centre on the offensive line? He's under contract through the 2014 season, but, at 36 and owning the longest active consecutive games streak among NFL centres (112 games), when he heads into retirement, he too will be a mighty loss.
Reed is saying the issue of whether he'll be back next year is not on his radar right now and it's unclear if the Ravens are going to want him back. And Birk, a Harvard grad, had some fun Friday with questions about his future.
"I had a press conference the same time Ray did, but none of you guys showed up," Birk quipped. "You were all at his press conference. You'll have to wait and see. One reporter attended from the Harvard Crimson. He got the scoop."
But, seriously?
"Nah, I'm living in the moment," Birk said. "That time will come. We'll figure that out down the road."
In any event, with some of the franchise's heart and soul players getting near the end of the line, it would behoove Joe Flacco and Co. to, you know, play their butts off. That's exactly what Lewis had in mind when he made his retirement announcement in advance of this year's playoff run.
"You know there's going to be a lot of people talking about playoff football and how it's ratcheted up a notch, which may be true," said Flacco, the first QB to start a playoff game in each of his first five NFL seasons.
"But the bottom line is, my advice would be go about your business as you always would on a normal week. It's obviously gotten you to the point that you're in the playoffs and playing to get to another week. If it got you that far, then you're obviously doing something right, so you should try to continue that. You shouldn't try anything crazy just because it's playoff time."
Truth is, it's never a normal week when Ray Lewis is involved. He might very well be the greatest emotional leader in NFL history. That's how he rolls. He wanted to play last week but coach John Harbaugh talked him into waiting, letting his torn triceps muscle heal one more week.
"Ray's an incredible rehab guy, and he probably could have played, but it would have been a big risk," Harbaugh said Friday. "We felt like we could get our positioning in the playoffs, and then bring Ray back when the injury had the best chance to be completely healed, which is 12 weeks after the injury. He's ready to go. He's going to play in this game. He should be at full speed."
Nobody's sure how much, or even how well, Lewis will play but be assured, he will have an impact on both his teammates and the fans.
While the Ravens present a veteran, battle-tested collection of hard-as-nails players, the Indianapolis Colts are coming into this playoff season with a slew of babes in arms. The Super Bowl tournament has seldom been a place where raw rookies abound for very long but the young Colts have spent an entire season shattering so-called expert perceptions.
Andrew Luck is, of course, the rookie who lives in the spotlight, but he is surrounded by youngsters who have fed off their own immaturity
"It's been a fun class to be a part of, especially on the offensive side of the ball where you go through those first OTAs together where we looked like a bunch of high school kids in their first varsity practice," Luck said. "To see them contribute … it's fun."
More than half of Indianapolis' 5,799 yards of total offence has been accounted for by rookies. The Colts and the Redskins are the first teams since 1943 (Giants) to have rookies lead them in both passing yardage and rushing yardage. For the Colts, that would be Luck and fellow first-year, RB Vick Ballard.
While Luck's most reliable target is greybeard Reggie Wayne, who caught 100-plus passes for the fourth time in his 12-year career, rookies T.Y. Hilton and Dwayne Allen also figured prominently, catching 50 and 45 balls, respectively. Hilton led the team with seven TD receptions.
"Coach Pagano told us before the season that we are not in a rebuilding phase," said Allen. "It's more like reloading. We're here to play now.
"We're not building for next year and years to come. Even though we plan to be successful in years to come, it's about now."
How that translates when the second season begins on Sunday is anybody's guess. The Ravens might teach the young Colts some lessons in humility. Then again, haven't Luck and friends already proven they're fast learners?
Bruce Arians is suddenly a very hot NFL coaching commodity.
Dismissed a year ago as offensive co-ordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers (much to the dismay of Ben Roethlisberger), Arians joined Chuck Pagano's Indianapolis staff last January.
When Pagano had to leave the Colts to embark on what appears to be successful treatment of leukemia, Arians stepped up and led the Colts to a 9-3 record in his 12 games as interim head coach.
Now, with many coaching vacancies in the NFL, Arians is being wooed by both the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles, with the San Diego Chargers said to be waiting in the wings.
Arians, who coached in Philadelphia at Temple University for six seasons in the 1980s, will be interviewed by the Eagles. Philly has already talked to Falcons DC Mike Nolan and also the Falcons special teams co-ordinator, Keith Armstrong.


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Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:49:49 -0700
Updating an immediate report, Miami Marlins manager Mike Redmond signed a three-year deal. The team also hired Perry Hill as their infield/first base coach.
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|Marlins | Coaching staff announced
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:02:30 -0700
Florida Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen's coaching staff for next year has been finalized. Joey Cora will be the bench coach, Eduardo Perez the hitting coach, Randy St. Claire the pitching coach, Joe Espada the third base coach, Gary Thurman the first base/outfield/baserunning coach and Reid Cornelius the bullpen coach. Bench coach Brandon Hyde and fielding coach Perry Hill will not return.
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Florida Marlins third base coach Joe Espada and bullpen coach Reid Cornelius will remain with the team under new manager Ozzie Guillen. Joey Cora will be Guillen's bench coach. Pitching coach Randy St. Claire and hitting coach Eduardo Perez will also stay with the club. Bench coach Brandon Hyde and first base/infield coach Perry Hill appear to be out.
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|Marlins | Perry Hill hired
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:36:26 -0700
The Florida Marlins hired Perry Hill as their new infield and first base coach Wednesday, Nov. 3, according to The Associated Press. Bench coach Brandon Hyde, pitching coach Randy St. Claire, hitting coach John Mallee, third base coach Joe Espada and bullpen coach Reid Cornelius will all be returning.
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|Pirates | Hill will not return in 2010
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:10:04 -0700
Pittsburgh Pirates first base coach and infield instructor Perry Hill has decided not to return to the team next season, according to MLB.com's Jen Langosch. The rest of the 2009 coaches have committed to return for another year.
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|MLB | Alex Rios received multiple offers
Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:39:07 -0700
Free-agent OF Alex Rios (Royals) received offers from several MLB teams during the offseason but declined them in the hopes of landing with a club that would give him a significant role.
Fantasy Tip: The 35-year-old Rios hit .255 with four home runs and 32 RBI in 385 at-bats for Kansas City in 2015 and could retire if no team comes forward with a suitable offer. If he does wind up signing somewhere, he should be viewed as an option exclusively for single-universe fantasy leagues.
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|Royals | Kansas City moving on from Alex Rios
Sun, 13 Mar 2016 14:51:32 -0700
Free-agent OF Alex Rios (Royals) will not be re-signed by the Kansas City Royals, as the team is reportedly at budget.
Fantasy Tip: The Royals have enough internal options like Paulo Orlando and Jarrod Dyson (when healthy), so Rios wasn't needed. Wait and see what his eventual status is and draft accordingly. You may need to pick him up as a free agent.
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|Royals | Alex Rios' option declined
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 09:02:16 -0800
The Kansas City Royals declined OF Alex Rios' mutual option for 2016, which makes him a free agent.
Fantasy Tip: Rios could be a depth grab in drafts next season if he lands on a team with regular playing time.
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|Royals | Alex Rios comes alive in Game 5
Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:02:20 -0700
Kansas City Royals OF Alex Rios went 2-for-3 with a double, run scored and two RBIs in Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Houston Astros Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Fantasy Tip: Rios ($4,100, 8.2% of cap) had just two hits in 11 at-bats with no RBIs and four strikeouts in the first four games, killing FantasyScore players in the process. This game should jump-start his offense heading into the NLCS.
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|Royals | Three regulars out for Kansas City
Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:53:35 -0700
Kansas City Royals OF Lorenzo Cain (knee), 1B Kendrys Morales (quadriceps) and C Salvador Perez (thumb) are not in the starting lineup Friday, Oct. 2. OF Alex Rios (back) is starting in right field and batting sixth against Minnesota Twins SP Ervin Santana Friday.
Fantasy Tip: The Royals are cruising into the playoffs, so there is no reason to risk aggravating a minor injury for one of their everyday players. In seasonal leagues, Cain ($5,600, 11.2% of cap), Morales ($5,300, 10.6% of cap) and Perez ($4,300, 8.6% of cap) aren't slam-dunk owns over the final weekend of the year, and FantasyScore players shouldn't be excited about rolling out any Royals against a surging Santana ($6,900, 13.8% of cap) who has posted a 1.47 ERA over his past six outings.
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|Royals | Alex Rios a late scratch
Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:52:28 -0700
Kansas City Royals OF Alex Rios (back) was a late scratch Thursday, Oct. 1. OF Jonny Gomes draws into the lineup against Chicago White Sox SP Jonny Gomes Thursday.
Fantasy Tip: Gomes ($2,500, 5.0% of cap) has struggled (.143/.250/.238 slash line) since joining the Royals, but he boasts a respectable .830 slash OPS against left-handed pitchers this season, and he checks out as a solid low-priced option for FantasyScore players Thursday.
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|Royals | Jonny Gomes in against a LHP
Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:21:11 -0700
Kansas City Royals OF Jonny Gomes is hitting seventh Saturday, Sept. 19, in place of OF Alex Rios.
Fantasy Tip: Gomes ($2,500, 5.0% of cap) has a .241-5-15 line against lefties this year and is a basement flyer on FantasyScore against lefty Matt Boyd.
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Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:34:18 -0700
Kansas City Royals OF Alex Rios (illness) is back in the starting lineup Tuesday, Sept. 8, and is starting in right field and batting eighth against Minnesota Twins SP Kyle Gibson.
Fantasy Tip: Rios ($3,800, 7.6% of cap) spent some time away from the team while dealing with an adult case of chickenpox. He's all better now, but avoiding him on FantasyScore is probably the smart play, at least for tonight. An injury earlier this year has made Rios' 2015 season a disappointment, and he has only two home runs and 22 RBI in 82 games.
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|Royals | Alex Rios, Kelvin Herrera recovering
Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:19:28 -0700
Kansas City Royals OF Alex Rios (illness) and RP Kelvin Herrera (illness) are both recovering quickly from chickenpox, and both could come to the field Friday, Sept. 4, for a workout. The team is confident that no other players have come down with chickenpox. Both Rios and Herrera have experienced only minor symptoms.
Fantasy Tip: Even though Rios ($3,800, 7.6% of cap) and Herrera are recovering nicely, it still may be a few weeks before they return to action. The Royals have a comfortable division lead and probably wouldn't want to risk infecting others right before another postseason run. Neither player has any real value in any fantasy league for the remainder of this season.
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|Royals | Alex Rios has chickenpox
Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:19:34 -0700
Kansas City Royals OF Alex Rios (illness) has been infected with chickenpox and could miss at least two weeks, according to team officials. Rios left the team over the weekend and flew to Kansas City, and an examination confirmed it Monday, Aug. 31.
Fantasy Tip: With only a month left in the regular season, Rios ($3,800, 7.6% of cap) is unlikely to be of much use to his fantasy owners. Cutting him in deep mixed leagues is probably the right course of action. Jarrod Dyson ($4,100, 8.2% of cap) and recently acquired Jonny Gomes ($2,500, 5.0% of cap) can offset the loss of Rios temporarily. Dyson is the better fantasy target for his speed.
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Chelsea are keeping tabs on Mario Balotelli's availability as his rocky relationship with AC Milan continues to deteriorate, Goal understands.
Balotelli is increasingly unhappy at San Siro following a nightmare first half of the season which has left the Rossoneri in 13th place in Serie A, 27 points behind leaders Juventus.
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AC Milan's terrible domestic season so far is pushing Balotelli closer to the exit door.
However, this scenario seems very unlikely to be played out in January, for many reasons. First of all, Balotelli's market value is currently pretty low and AC Milan are not able to ask for more than €25m-€30m (£20.7m-£24.8m).
Also, AC Milan and Chelsea are both in the Champions League, so a possible move during the winter transfer window would end Balotelli's season in Europe.
It is true that president Silvio Berlusconi does not like the forward and his behaviour but he is also aware that the player should be kept at least until after the World Cup. If he performs well in Brazil, he would demand a higher fee and AC Milan could try to engineer a possible Gareth Bale-like transfer.
The striker's agent, Mino Raiola, has alerted clubs to his client's situation as they explore the player's options - and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, keen on bolstering his striker options during January, has asked to be kept informed of the situation.
The Blues were keen on making a move for Wayne Rooney during the summer only to be met with resistance from Manchester United, while they have also been linked with a move for Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain in recent days - though Mourinho played down talk of a deal for the Argentine to reporters on Friday.
And despite claims of a falling out between Mourinho and Balotelli during their time at Inter, the Portuguese remains a big fan of the Italy international.
The Blues will likely have to sell to buy this winter given their £49m loss over the most recent financial year but could be tempted into a move should they sell either, or both, of David Luiz and Juan Mata.
However, despite Balotelli's unhappiness and some ill-feeling towards the Italy international among the club's board, a January move appears unlikely.
Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has never been enamoured by Balotelli's behaviour and would sanction a sale, a decision driven at least in part by the delicate political situation at the Giuseppe Meazza following the appointment of Berlusconi's daughter, Barbara, to the club's board.
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Galliani's power at Milan is at an all-time low, however, and the Berlusconis are pushing for a sale in the right conditions.
But such conditions appear unlikely in the coming weeks. Balotelli is the only star name in the Milan ranks and the club would want a mammoth transfer fee for the Italy striker.
Given his below-par displays, however, the Italian giants would be unable to demand anything more than £25m-£30m for his services at this moment in time and any sale for that amount would likely cause uproar among an already dissatisfied fanbase.
As such, the club are prepared to wait until after the World Cup in the hope that Balotelli impresses for his country in a bid to drive up their asking price.


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The Autumn of Desire
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Here we are already in February, the winter seems to be going on forever but still January has sped past. For this month's challenge: Try Something New.
This month I'll be sharing my recent adventure into crochet and be trying something totally different, but exactly what this is, is a secret for now.
How about you, what have you promised yourself you want to try this year? Now's a good time to start 🙂
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Merci Carol for this wonderful tour. I could stay hours and hours at Merci. It's so cool, so trendy and so Parisian! For M et Mme Cohen, it's also the perfect way to live their retirement after Bonpoint.ReplyDelete
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It was my last morning in Paris and I had to run and pack :))
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Oooh can't wait to see it in the flesh. Methinks it would be a good place to meet up in May - do you?ReplyDelete
Just a quick note to let you know that I posted a link to this blog on "Merci" telling Diva Readers to check out your photos of this shop... you'll find the link to your fab site at the end of the Babycinno Guest Blog.
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Rosie was a mid-level dollamancer in service to the Ad Council around the time of the Battle of Smokeybear. Rosie disdained Cloth Golems and Tchotchkes in favor of Action Figures, making her similar to Ace Hardware of Jetstone in this respect. Her assertive "We Can Do It!" philosophy led her to frequently lead her 'troops' into battle personally. Her relationship with fellow caster McGruff is professional, if distant. With Rosie's focus on the battlefield and McGruff's on internal security, their interests are too divergent to produce anything closer.


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Philadelphia Phillies SP Severino Gonzalez was recalled from Class AAA Lehigh Valley Tuesday, July 7, to replace SP Kevin Correia in the starting rotation. Gonzalez will make the start against the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday, July 9. Correia was designated for assignment Tuesday, July 7.
Fantasy Tip: Gonzalez had an ugly 8.28 ERA and 1.76 WHIP in 25 innings over six starts for the Phillies this year before being sent down. It's unlikely that he'll be an attractive option on FantasyScore, and his stay in the rotation could be short. Avoid him Thursday against the Blue.
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Philadelphia Phillies SP Kevin Correia is slated to make his season debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday, June 12.
Fantasy Tip: Over the past seven seasons, Correia has a 4.74 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP and a 5.4 K/9, and he holds no fantasy value outside of being a desperation flier in NL-only leagues. FantasyScore players should aim higher.
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Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:19:03 -0800
Free-agent SP Kevin Correia (Dodgers) is being looked at by the Houston Astros as they seek to add a backend starting pitcher.
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|MLB | Multiple teams interested in Kevin Correia
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At least three or four clubs are reportedly expressing interest in free-agent SP Kevin Correia (Dodgers).
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|Rockies | Colorado interested in Kevin Correia
Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:20:56 -0800
The Colorado Rockies have interest in free-agent SP Kevin Correia (Dodgers). Correia has a 4.03 ERA in 51 innings lifetime at Coors Field.
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|Dodgers | Kevin Correia headed for 'pen
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:29:09 -0700
Los Angeles Dodgers SP Kevin Correia will be moved to the bullpen when SP Hyun-Jin Ryu (glute) is ready to return from the 15-day disabled list, manager Don Mattingly said Monday, Aug. 25.
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Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:18:00 -0700
The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed SP Hyun-Jin Ryu (glute) on the 15-day disabled list because of two strained gluteus muscles. SP Kevin Correia will take Ryu's spot in the starting rotation.
Fantasy Tip: Correia was solid in his first start for the team and probably will get at least two more starts. He probably does not have much value outside NL-only leagues.
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Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:45:19 -0700
Los Angeles Dodgers SP Hyun-Jin Ryu (glute) is not expected to make his next scheduled start after suffering a right gluteus muscle strain during his start Wednesday, Aug. 13, according to manager Don Mattingly. SPs Roberto Hernandez and Kevin Correia are options to start if Ryu is not able to pitch.
Fantasy Tip: It is not known if Ryu will need to be placed on the disabled list because of the injury. Hernandez and Correia probably do not have much value outside NL-only leagues.
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Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:58:06 -0700
The Los Angeles Dodgers optioned RP Pedro Baez to Triple-A Albuquerque Monday, Aug. 11, to make room for SP Kevin Correia.
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Los Angeles Dodgers SP Kevin Correia will be activated in order to start Monday, Aug. 11, against the Atlanta Braves.
Fantasy Tip: This start appears to be just a spot start for Correia in order to give the rest of the rotation a breather. It's not wise to stream Correia against the Braves.
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Carol Ross was fired as coach of the slumping Sparks on Sunday, and will be replaced by general manager Penny Toler for the rest of the season.
The Sparks are in fourth place in the Western Conference, 8½ games behind first-place Phoenix.
Ross had a 61-36 record in 2½ years with the Sparks, including two playoff appearances and was the WNBA coach of the year in 2012.
"I'd like to thank Carol for her contributions to the Sparks organization, team and Los Angeles community," Toler said. "Carol is a tremendous coach, but we felt it was time to bring in a different energy to this team. Decisions like this are never easy, and we wish Carol the best."
Also out is assistant coach Gail Goestenkors, who was elected to the women's Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Toler was the first woman to score a basket in the WNBA in 1997, when she played for the Sparks. She retired from playing in 1999 and became the team's general manager in 2000, presiding over the Sparks' back-to-back WNBA titles in 2001 and 2002. She also has the title of executive vice president.
Current assistant Gary Kloppenburg will stay on and be joined by Steve Smith, who returns after three previous stints as a Sparks assistant. Smith had been serving as athletic director at a high school in Los Angeles.
Ross signed a multi-year contract extension last December. Then the Sparks organization went into limbo when the Paula Madison-led group relinquished ownership of the franchise. A new ownership group took over in February led by Magic Johnson.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty to repeatedly using phony credentials to gain entry into New York City jails.
The New York Post (http://bit.ly/17HthlL ) reports that 36-year-old Yonkers resident Matthew Matagrano pleaded guilty Thursday to posing as a correction officer and sneaking into the Manhattan Detention Center.
During one of those visits, on Feb. 27, Matagrano assaulted an inmate and stole a $2,500 walkie-talkie. He also handed out cigarettes to inmates.
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On the corner of 125th Street and Madison Avenue in Harlem, surrounded by soul-food joints, doughnut shops and thrift stores, sits a shabby three-story building. Scotch-taped to the front door is a black-and-white photograph of the Rev. Al Sharpton, smiling. At 9:30 on a bright January morning, the tiny vestibule is jammed with people waiting to climb the rickety stairwell to the second-floor headquarters of Sharpton's National Action Network–dubbed the "House of Justice" by Jesse Jackson at an elaborate ceremony in 1996, when Sharpton moved his office here from Brooklyn. Sharpton's weekly rally on Saturday morning, which is broadcast live on the radio and shown on cable TV in Manhattan, normally attracts an audience of two or three hundred. But the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is forty-eight hours away, and the overflow crowd is buzzing with anticipation.
A speaker is warming up the audience with community announcements and breathing exercises. The room seats over 400 people. Photographs of Sharpton are everywhere, along with portraits of King, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Jesse Jackson and James Brown.
The organist takes his seat. "Ladies and gentlemen," a voice announces, "the Negro national anthem." The crowd rises to its feet, fists in the air, for a rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing." More announcements follow. Then Sharpton himself strides into the hall, to a burst of applause, and takes a seat on the stage. He waits there patiently, scanning the room with his eyes. The crowd is already cheering.
"And now," the announcer excitedly proclaims, "let me bring to you the soul reacher, the liberation seeker, the people's preacher, the president of the National Action Network, the honorable Reverend Al Sharpton!"
Sharpton rises, grasps the podium and, with all the strength he can muster, shouts: "No justice!"
"No peace!" the crowd roars.
As always, his sermon begins slowly, with self-deprecating jokes and gentle admonitions. Then he turns to politics. "The inauguration of George Bush is an affront on the voting rights of the citizens of this country," he proclaims. "It is an insult to the memory of Martin Luther King!"
"Yes, it is," the crowd murmurs.
For a month, Sharpton has been planning a "shadow inauguration" in Washington, DC, which will occur the following Saturday. "I was on some show this week," Sharpton announces, "and people said, 'Why don't you just let it go? Why don't y'all just get over it?' Get over what? Get over Dr. King dying? Get over Medgar Evers dying? Get over Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner dying? Get over those four girls in Birmingham dying? We are never gonna get over it, and we are never gonna let you forget it!"
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Nashua company joins Gate City branding projectBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
July 10. 2013 6:56PM
NASHUA — A local company has been hired to capture the cultural pulse of Nashua in two promotional videos that will be used as part of the city's ongoing branding initiative. New Sky Productions has signed a contract with the city to create the videos, which are designed to highlight Nashua's greatest strengths and attractions.
"We have done significant work for several flagship businesses in Nashua, so this is a big deal for us to have been selected," said Grant Morris, co-founder of New Sky Productions based in Nashua. "It will be all hands on deck for this project."
One 30-second video and a second 90-second video will be filmed throughout the next two months, with some of the scenes being shot next week. The videos are just one part of a larger, city-wide branding campaign costing more than $115,000 for the overall project.
"We are aiming to film recognizable landmarks in the city, showing the lifestyle of the people that live here. People often say that Nashua is great because it is close to everything, but I believe that Nashua is great simply because of what it has to offer right here, not because of its surroundings," said Morris, an award-winning producer and photographer with roots in the Gate City.
Shots of people canoeing in the Nashua River under the Main Street Bridge, spending time in a city park, socializing at a local tavern and traveling downtown will likely be included in the videos, according to Morris.
Several different film techniques will be utilized to make the videos modern and fresh, he said, adding quick moving clouds and a time lapse of vehicles along Main Street will create a variety of visual interests for the short films.
A drone helicopter is also expected to be used to video sections of the Millyard and different, unique areas of the city, Morris said.
"The whole plan is to get more young people to move into the city, jump-start new business activity and showcase young entrepreneurs in the area," he said. "We want people to know that young people really do live here, and we have a lot of fun in the process."
Morris, a former photographer for the Nashua Telegraph, previously left the newspaper business to start his own company, which he said has unexpectedly blossomed in the past year. New Sky Productions has more than 80 clients, and has produced promotional videos for dozens of Nashua businesses that have been aired on television, posted online and used for educational or business training purposes.
Participating in the city's rebranding initiative is a great opportunity for New Sky Productions, according to Morris, who thanked the mayor for trusting in his company's abilities.
"We're really excited that the city chose us to help represent the community in a way that is undeniably going to help put our great city on the map as the place for young professionals with innovative ideas and talent," he added.
Morris' business partner, John Waskey, will also be helping with the promotional videos for the city. Together, their portfolio has included local, national and international companies such as Nike, Mercy Corps, Radius Product Development, Nypro Systems and more.
Last year, the city hired North Star Destination Strategies of Tennessee and MESH Interactive Agency of Nashua to spearhead the city's new branding campaign and help create a strapline and logo to market Nashua.
Throughout the past several months, the consulting firm has been tasked with studying Nashua's reputation and competition, while also learning all it can about the people who have made Nashua successful and the organizations that will continue to help this city flourish.
It has been charged with creating a brand for the Gate City that will carry its reputation and deliver a specific message to outsiders. The two new promotional videos are just one aspect of the branding initiative.
Chris Williams, president of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, said previously that the branding campaign will create a clear, strong brand identity that represents various sectors of the community to promote businesses, residents and visitors to the city.
The chamber is working in conjunction with the city on the project, which will hopefully help recruit new companies into Nashua, Williams said earlier.
The city has contributed about $40,000 toward the overall branding effort, and the chamber has raised $75,000 in private funds to complete some of the work.
A new logo will be established, along with new websites and marketing material such as banners, flags, pamphlets and more.


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Suffolk, ss. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW APPEALS
Appeal of:
John Dempsey, Barbara J. Shea, &
Carol Schraft,
Petitioners CR-06-674
Teachers' Retirement System,
Appearance for Petitioners:
James H. Quirk, Jr., Esq.
P.O. Box 268
Yarmouthport, MA 02675
Appearance for Respondent:
James O'Leary, Esq.
Teachers' Retirement System
One Charles Park
Cambridge, MA 02142
Administrative Magistrate:
Joan Freiman Fink, Esq.
Pursuant to G.L. c. 32 §16(4), the Petitioners, John Dempsey, Barbara Shea, and Carol Schraft, are appealing the September 20, 2006 decision of the Respondent, Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), denying their request to have the full payments made to them as extended longevity buyout options (ELBO) considered as regular compensation in the calculation of their superannuation retirement benefits (Exhibit 1 ). The appeals were timely filed in accordance with the provisions of G.L. c. 32 §16(4).
A hearing pursuant to G.L. c. 7 §4H was held on March 20, 2008 at the offices of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, 98 N. Washington Street, Boston, MA. Various documents were entered into evidence at the hearing (Exhibits 1 - 18). The Pre-hearing Memorandum submitted on behalf of the Petitioners was marked as "A" for identification. The Respondent's Pre-hearing Memorandum was marked as "B" for identification. Maureen Flynn, the payroll administrator for the Brookline Public School System for the past forty-four years, testified on behalf on the Petitioners. The record in this case was left open until May 3, 2008 for the filing of written closing memoranda including responses to specific questions posed by the Magistrate at the conclusion of the testimonial portion of the hearing.
Based on the testimony and evidence presented, I make the following findings of fact:
1. The Petitioners, John Dempsey, Barbara Shea, and Carol Schraft, were all employed as Principals in separate elementary schools in the Brookline, MA Public School System (stipulation of the parties).
2. John Dempsey and Barbara Shea retired effective July 1, 2006. Carol Schraft retired effective October 21, 2006 (stipulation of the parties).
3. In 2003, each of the Petitioners signed an individual employment contract outlining the terms and conditions of his/her employment with the Brookline, MA Public School System (stipulation of the parties).
4. Prior to 2003, the Petitioners, as Principals, were covered by the same Collective Bargaining Agreement as teachers in the Brookline Public Schools and had the same work schedule as teachers, i.e., approximately ten months a year (testimony of Maureen Flynn).
5. Commencing 2003, Principals were required to work a full fifty-two weeks a year. At the same time, the Principals, including the three Petitioners, were given separate contracts from the teachers (testimony of Maureen Flynn).
6. Included for the first time in the contracts signed by the three Petitioners in 2003 as Principals was a provision (Article 19) providing for an Elective Longevity Buyout (ELBO) of $8750 per year for a period of three consecutive years to certain eligible Principals, for a total ELBO payment of $26,250 (Exhibit 4, testimony of Maureen Flynn).
7. The ELBO payment was intended to compensate the Petitioners for the increase in their work schedule from approximately ten months a year to a full fifty-two weeks a year (testimony of Maureen Flynn).
8. In order to be eligible for the ELBO provided for in Article 19 of the contract, the Petitioners had to have completed twelve years of continuous service in the Brookline Public School System (Exhibit 4).
9. Article 19 also provides that an application for ELBO payment must be submitted prior to February 1st immediately preceding the year when ELBO payments are scheduled to begin. In addition, once the Petitioners elected to receive the ELBO payments, other longevity payments specified in the contract ceased (Exhibit 4).
10. Each of the Petitioners applied for and received the ELBO payments of $8750 per year commencing at the conclusion of the 2003-2004 school year and continuing until their retirement at the end of the 2005-2006 school year (stipulation of the parties).
11. The contract signed by the teachers in the Brookline Public School System also had a provision for ELBO payments. The ELBO payment to teachers was included as regular compensation in the calculation of their superannuation retirement benefit (testimony of Maureen Flynn).
12. In their applications for superannuation retirement benefits, the Petitioners included the $8750 ELBO payment as regular compensation (Exhibits 3).
13. On September 20, 2006, the Teachers' Retirement System sent the Petitioners written notification that the ELBO payments that they received are not included as regular compensation in the calculation of their retirement benefit (Exhibit 1).
14. The Teachers' Retirement System further stated in this letter of September 20, 2006 that while it "believes that the amount of your ELBO provisions exempts it from the 'grandfather' provision , [it] is willing to include up to $6000 per year in ELBO payments in regular compensation. If you accept this offer, we will adjust your three year salary average to include $6000/year of your ELBO payments in regular compensation…If you decline this offer and would rather file an appeal claiming the entire amount of your ELBO earnings as regular compensation, we will continue to exclude the entire amount of your ELBO payments from your three-year average, pending the outcome of your appeal…" (Exhibit 1).
15. The Petitioners filed timely appeals of the decision of the Teachers' Retirement System with the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (Exhibit 2).
At the conclusion of the hearing, I ordered Counsel for the Teachers' Retirement System to submit a written clarification of the TRS's decision letter of September 20, 2006. Specifically, I requested that the TRS address the issue as to whether it intended to penalize the Petitioners for exercising their rights to appeal the decision of the TRS concerning the calculation of their individual superannuation retirement benefit. In addition, in light of the fact that Counsel for the TRS acknowledged at the hearing that he was unaware that the ELBO payments were initiated at the same time that the Petitioners' work schedule increased to a full fifty-two weeks, I requested that the TRS address the issue as to whether the fact that the Petitioners were required to work a lengthened school year affected its position concerning the designation of the ELBO payments.
In response to this order, the Teachers' Retirement System submitted a written statement dated April 29, 2008 in which it affirmed that it would include $6000 of the total ELBO payment as regular compensation even if it were to prevail in this appeal. The Teachers' Retirement System also indicated in this written response that it arrived at the $6000 figure by doubling the annual longevity payment that the Appeals Court found acceptable in the case of Christensen v. CRAB, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 229 (1999).
With respect to the second question posed, the Teachers' Retirement System acknowledged that the ELBO provision granted an increase in salary; however, it found no evidence that the increase was related to the lengthened school year. Thus, the Teachers' Retirement System asserted that the excess ELBO payment ($8750 less $6000 or $2750 per year) should not be included as regular compensation in the calculation of the Petitioners' superannuation retirement benefit.
After reviewing the testimony and evidence presented in this case, I conclude that the Petitioners are entitled to have the full amount of the ELBO payment or $8750 per year for three years included as regular compensation in the calculation of their superannuation retirement benefit.
PERAC regulation 840 CMR 15.03 promulgated on April 7, 2006 provides that ad hoc, non-permanent salary enhancements such as ELBO payments shall be excluded from regular compensation. This regulation specifically "grandfathered" members who had such ELBO payments included in a contract that was in effect on or before January 25, 2006.
In this case, the three Petitioners received ELBO payments of $8750 per year for three years as a result of employment contracts that were in effect on or before January 2006.
The Teachers' Retirement System does not dispute that $6000 of the $8750 per year ELBO payment made to the three Petitioners constitutes regular compensation. Rather, the Teachers' Retirement System argues that the additional $2750 per year was excessive and constitutes an "extreme spike in salary" such that it should not be included as regular compensation in the calculation of their superannuation retirement benefit. In support of its position, the Teachers' Retirement System cites Christensen, as well as Boston Association of School Administrators & Supervisors v. Boston Retirement Board, 383 Mass. 336 (1981).
In Christensen, prior to the 1991-92 school year, teachers in Lexington with 10 years of service received annual longevity payments up to $700. A separate contract provision granted severance pay for unused sick leave to teachers with at least 15 years of service and 150 days of sick leave who had given a year's advance notice of their intent to retire. A new contract became effective for the 1991-92 school year. Teachers could choose either the existing $700 annual longevity payment or three consecutive annual longevity payments of $3000 each. Teachers electing the $3000 payments would not be eligible for severance pay for unused sick leave.
Christensen selected the $3000 option and retired after one such payment. The Teachers' Retirement Board only considered $700 of the $3000 to be regular compensation; the rest ($2300) was considered to be a severance payment. The Appeals Court then found "no link" between the payment of $3000 and Christensen's final year of employment. It was not "made contingent upon the termination of employment or retirement. Rather, the payments were based exclusively on longevity and do not inherently operate to augment retirement pay."
In Boston Association of School Administrators & Supervisors v. Boston Retirement Board, 383 Mass 336 (341), the Supreme Judicial Court held that there must be a "safeguard against the introduction into the computations of adventitious payments to employees which could place untoward, massive, continuing burdens on the retirement systems."
Notwithstanding the arguments made by the Teachers' Retirement Board, I conclude that the payments made to the Petitioners, all long-standing dedicated elementary school Principals in the Brookline Public School System, were neither excessive nor overly burdensome. For the 2003-2004 school year, the Petitioners, for the first time, negotiated employment contracts separate and distinct from the teachers' contracts. The longevity provision included in these new contracts awarded the Petitioners $8750 in ELBO payments per year. At the same time, the Petitioners' work schedule was changed from approximately ten months a year to a full twelve months or fifty-two weeks a year. Petitioner Shea's salary for the 2003-2004 school year without the ELBO payment was approximately $100,000.
The Teachers' Retirement System's argument that the additional $2750 per year, representing the difference between the $8750 ELBO payment and the $6000 that the TRB agrees is regular compensation, is inconsistent and illogical, especially in light of the amount of the Petitioners' annual salaries and the fact that they were required for the first time to work twelve months rather than ten months per year.
Moreover, the TRS failed to explain how it derived the $6000 figure as the appropriate amount to be included as regular compensation from the ELBO payment. The TRS merely recited that it doubled the amount of longevity payments that the Appeals Court approved in Christensen. However, Christensen referenced a $3000 longevity payment made to Lexington, MA Public School teachers made during the 1991-1992 school year, eleven years prior to the determination of the ELBO payment in the current case. Here, the TRS did not provide evidence showing that the additional $2750 per year in salary paid to the Petitioners constituted an "extreme spike in salary" or that it would place a massive burden on the retirement system to have that amount included as regular compensation in the calculation of the Petitioners' retirement benefit.
In light of the foregoing, I order that the decision of the Teachers' Retirement System in this case be reversed. I further order that the Teachers' Retirement System recalculate the Petitioners' superannuation retirement benefits to include as regular compensation the $8750 ELBO payments they received during their last three years of employment as Principals in the Brookline Public School System.
Joan Freiman Fink, Esq.
Administrative Magistrate
Dated: July 17, 2007
This information is provided by the Division of Administrative Law Appeals .


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