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Actually we meditate all the time. Whenever we are doing a mundane task (doing dishes, dusting, comes to mind) our mind goes into auto pilot and we are not consciously thinking. Purposefully meditating as suggested, is a good way to keep the mind actively seeking a spiritual handle on these mind wanderings.
God bless, J
Meditation 101
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Meditation is actively working to calm one's cluttered mind, opening it to new ideas or ways of thinking. I love what someone once said a long time ago when asked what the difference between prayer and meditation was:
"Prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to Him."
"Prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to Him."
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Teen killed in Guilford County crash, teen driver charged with DWI
Teen killed in Guilford County crash, teen driver charged with DWI
A 19-year-old faces multiple charges including DWI following a crash that killed an 18-year-old passenger early Sunday morning.
Christian Brincefield, 18, of Burlington, died at the scene of the crash just after 4 a.m. on Mount Hope Church Road in eastern Guilford County.
Brincefield was thrown from the car after it went off the road to the right and hit several trees, troopers said.
The driver, Michael Payne, 19, was charged with felony death by motor vehicle, DWI, consuming alcohol under 21, reckless driving and possessing alcohol under the age of 21.
Payne was released after posting a $30,000 bail.
Brincefield was a student at Alamance-Burlington Middle College. Grief counseling was provided for students there.


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Dec. 20, 2007
In the last of three games in the state of Louisiana, the Bisons fought back to hold off the Cowboys from McNeese State 69-65. Lipscomb will now take some time off for the holidays before heading to West Virginia to take on Marshall. The Bisons improve to 5-8, and the Cowboys fall to 5-5.
"I told the guys they can take all my gifts back. I'll just take that win," said head coach Scott Sanderson. "That was a big win against a quality team. I was just proud of our guys. It was a good character win."
The first half went back and fourth for both teams, but the cowboys managed to go on a 9-2 run to end the half. McNeese State shot 54 percent from the field and went to the locker room with a 7 point lead over the Bisons.
Lipscomb's leading scorer Eddie Ard only had four points in the first half. As a team, the Bisons shot 36 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free throw line.
The second half brought new life to the Bisons. Josh Slater left the game early in the second half after being hit in the face. However, he quickly returned to action and managed to score 15 points. He also had 4 steals and 2 assists.
"He's just a tough kid that will compete at a high level. We needed every basket and every stop he gave us," said Sanderson.
Lipscomb went on a 14-4 run halfway through the second half. Ard and Slater both led the charge in this 10 point turn around. Ard finished with a season high 22 points. He went 11-11 from the free throw line. His 18 point second half is the best Christmas present the Bisons could have asked for.
"We need him (Ard) to play. We've got a lot of guys that are doing some things for us, but we need him to play for us on both ends of the floor. He made some big free throws and made some of those old "Eddie Ard" shots he used to make for us. I was glad to see some of those go down," said Sanderson.
John Pichon and Jarvis Bradley both led the Cowboys with 12 points a piece. Ard led the Bisons with 22 points. He also had 4 steals and 3 assists. Brandon Brown had 8 points and 5 rebounds. LaKory Daniels contributed with 9 points.
With this victory, the Bisons get their second road victory and improve to 5-8 on the year. The Cowboys drop to 5-5.
The next action for Lipscomb comes on December 29 when they face Marshall. Coverage of this game can be heard on the Lipscomb Sports Network (1200 AM).


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Firefly Freelink
Firefly is a flexible open-source media server, that also supports iTunes.
It's technical name is still "mt-daapd", the previous name of the project.
- Lots of good music
- Something to play lots of your good music on - Like a Roku Soundbridge
- Or iTunes on your pc
From Debian Repository
The easiest way to get Firefly is to install it from the Debian repository. Unfortunately the package for Debian 4.0 Etch (=FreeLink 1.0) is quite outdated at version 0.2.4 r1376.
It is not recommended to install this version.
You can try it by using:
apt-get install mt-daapd
From Debian Package
A way to get a more up-to-date version is to create a Debian 4.0 Etch package yourself, e.g. from the package source of Debian 4.1 Lenny (=testing as of 2008-01).
Each Debian package has its own homepage with the package definition. There you can see which versions are available and for which system platforms (see build logs).
The advantage of this that you get a Debian-compatible configuration including start/stop scripts and that you can use all the package tools for it.
As of 2007-08 the latest version is 0.9 r1586 and this is also the recommended version.
It is recommended to create an extra directory for your self-build packages or packages pre-build by others.
mkdir /mnt/disk1/packages chown root:root /mnt/disk1/packages chmod u=rwx,go= /mnt/disk1/packages
Building the Debian package
To be able to download the source of the updated package via apt add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list .
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
To avoid getting other unwanted sources from the other Debian version (here 4.1 Lenny) it is recommend to add the following line to /etc/apt/apt.conf .
APT::Default-Release "stable";
If the file /etc/apt/apt.conf does not exist, then just create it via the following command and add the line from above.
touch /etc/apt/apt.conf
After these preparations update apt to activate the added repository, get the GPG public key of the package maintainer to be sure that you download only clean non-malicious files, install the build-essential package for handling package sources, then get the package source of Firefly (=mt-daapd) and resolve its build dependencies.
apt-get update gpg --keyserver hkp://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de --recv-keys 78446F26 aptitude install build-essential
cd /mnt/disk1/packages apt-get -t lenny source mt-daapd apt-get -t lenny build-dep mt-daapd
Now its time to build the package.
cd mt-daapd-0.9~r1586/ dpkg-buildpackage
The signing error at the end of the "dh_builddeb" step can be ignored.
Installing a self-build/pre-build Debian package
Self-build/pre-build packages are installed via "dpkg". Mostly the first install fails due to missing dependencies, so we let apt fix this for us by just installing again with an apt tool.
cd /mnt/disk1/packages dpkg --install mt-daapd_0.9~r1586-1_arm.deb apt-get install mt-daapd
Starting/Stopping and Configuration
You can start/stop Firefly with
invoke-rc.d mt-daapd start|stop|restart
The configuration is stored in /etc/mt-daapd.conf
Manually From Source
apt-get install libid3tag0 libid3tag0-dev
apt-get install sqlite libsqlite0 libsqlite0-dev
apt-get install g++ build-essential
Be careful where you build, as you want to make sure you have room for the compilation. /tmp is too small for building.
cd /usr/src
Download Firefly mediaserver You will need to check out the nightlies and change the address below to the latest version
wget http://nightlies.mt-daapd.org/dl.php?FILE=mt-daapd-svn-1696.tar.gz
- Note: I personally had issues with svn-1696 crashing every time Firefly rescanned my library. After discussion with Ron Pedde (Firefly developer) I was advised to use version svn-1586 due to it's greater stability. svn-1586 has been working flawlessly for me.
Untar and enter folder (replace with whatever latest version is)
tar -zxvf mt-daapd-svn-1696.tar.gz && cd mt-daapd-svn-1696
Configure it with the following (all one line)
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-browse --enable-query --enable-mdns --with-id3tag=/usr/local --enable-sqlite --sysconfdir=/etc
Make and install it (if you are not su or root, you will have to add sudo to make install only)
make make install mkdir /etc/mt-daapd cp contrib/mt-daapd.* /etc/mt-daapd/ cd /etc/mt-daapd
nano mt-daapd.conf
Should only need to change where to look for your music files
Starting at boot
I've nicked the start script from andre's mt-daapd ppc package (if you don't mind andre)
nano /etc/init.d/firefly
and add all this
#! /bin/sh set -e # /etc/init.d/firefly: start and stop the DAAP daemon DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/mt-daapd DAAPD_OPTS="" DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf test -x $DAEMON || exit 0 case "$1" in start) if ! grep -q /usr/local/lib /etc/ld.so.conf; then echo /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf ldconfig fi echo -n "Starting DAAP daemon: firefly" if pidof $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo " apparently already running." exit 0 fi if [ ! -s "$DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then echo " missing or empty config file $DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" exit 1 fi start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \ --exec $DAEMON -- -c "$DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" $DAAPD_OPTS echo "." ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping DAAP daemon: firefly" killall $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>&1 echo "." ;; restart) set +e echo -n "Restarting DAAP daemon: firefly" killall $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>&1 sleep 2 if ! start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \ --exec $DAEMON -- -c "$DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" $DAAPD_OPTS then echo "start failed?" fi echo "." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/firefly {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 esac exit 0
Then add the links
cd /etc/rc2.d && ln -s /etc/init.d/firefly S20firefly
cd /etc/rc6.d && ln -s /etc/init.d/firefly K20firefly
cd /etc/rc0.d && ln -s /etc/init.d/firefly K20firefly
Think it needs one of these
chmod a+x /etc/init.d/firefly
Run it
Should be able to start it up now
or better still use the start/stop script
/etc/init.d/firefly start
This errors because it looks for mt-daapd.conf in /usr/local/etc/mt-daapd.conf ??
I've just linked to it
mkdir /usr/local/etc ln -s /etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf /usr/local/etc/mt-daapd.conf
Try it now
/etc/init.d/firefly start
Directly after installation issue "top" and you should see mt-daapd at the top of the list.
Once that dissapears (it has finished checking your music library) you should be able to see it via the web interface
You can put whatever you like as user but the passwd is mt-daapd
That should show you something like this
Run over to your Roku Soundbridge and check if its working - then fire up iTunes on your pc and see all your files
Bauldrick 09:13, 21 December 2006 (EST)


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Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 Review
Wen you hear the name Cooler Master, what comes to mind? Do you think that it's a company that specializes in cooling products? If this is what you thought, you are correct. For as long as I can remember, Cooler Master has been one of the top companies for computer cooling products. Recently, it has unveiled a new computer case called the Cooler Master Cosmos 1000. This case is packed with a bunch of neat features that will impress anyone from a novice to an experienced computer enthusiast. The Cosmos 1000 is marketed with the title "Performance meets Silence", which implies that this case is going to be quiet, while still being able to keep all of the components cool. Let's see how this case holds up against some testing.
Closer Look:
Taking a look at the front of the box, you can see what Cooler Master is marketing the Cosmos 1000 as; a case that is going to be very silent as well as perform just as well as every other case. Soon we will see if Cooler Master has mastered this task. Cooler Master has put the specifications of the Cosmos 1000 on one side of the box and a picture of the front of the case on the opposite side. The rear of the box displays a large picture of the innards of the Cosmos 1000, as well as a few other features they felt were important to display.
Upon opening the box, you can tell that the Cooler Master Cosmo is packaged very well. It is wrapped in plastic and protected by a Styrofoam mold, keeping the Cosmo 1000 in place and preventing damage from occurring during shipment.


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In the small airport lounge at the River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho, Ray Arnold fulfills the wish lists of those who live and work along the only backcountry air mail route left in the lower 48 states, wrote Associated Press reporter Jessie Bonner on June 28.
Arnold Aviation employees wheel cardboard boxes into the hangar on dollies and stack them next to the plane: Bananas, eggs, canned fruit, flour, frozen fish fillets, oranges, ice cream, stripping wax for floors, an 18-pack of Coors and bright yellow mail bags, stuffed with everything from bills and letters to magazines and Netflix movies.
Deep in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, folks are waiting. For 34 years, Arnold has served this tiny segment of Americans who prefer isolation over convenience, the roar of a river over the bustle of traffic, a sky dusted with stars instead of the fog of city lights, Bonner wrote.
Every week, the Cessna 185 mail plane lands on river banks and grassy cliffs scattered across remote parts of the Salmon River country, a stretch of land bigger than Indiana.
In a place where time seems stuck in a bygone era of the West, the sound of the plane reminds the wilderness dwellers they are not forgotten, but on this blustery day, Arnold finds himself preparing good-byes. The U.S. Postal Service sent notice in March that his approximately $43,000-a-year contract was being canceled. The letter notified the Idaho backcountry residents the air route would be cut. If they made the trek to the mountain town of Cascade, a daylong affair for most of them, a mail box would be available at no cost.
A month later, U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, visited Arnold's small hangar. The lawmaker remembered the pilot who flew him into the backcountry more than three decades earlier, Arnold says. He wondered if Minnick's visit might bode a change in the postal service decision and in May the agency ditched the plan to sever the backcountry mail contract. "There was no other alternative" for mail delivery, said the agency's DeSarro. Minnick hailed the decision as a victory.
Actually, the postal service is exploring alternatives, requesting quotes to find out if the service could be provided at a cheaper cost. Arnold is bidding for the first time since he took over the contract in the 1970s, but the postal service will have a hard time finding another pilot to deliver the mail for less money, said pilot George Dorris. They could probably find one who is more efficient, doesn't stop to visit, he quipped. "But the people back there won't bring them rhubarb and cookies."
Arnold, who estimates he flies about 17,732 miles a year, has been paid $2.45 a mile for the past several years. He carries passengers and freight with the mail to break even. He asked the Postal Service for $2.95 per mile, a yearly contract worth $52,309. After weeks of negotiations, he says he and the agency have agreed on $2.85 a mile, for a $50,536 yearly contract. "I'll give em' the dime," Arnold says.
He has not received an official contract for the next year, he says, nothing has been finalized. He'll most likely deliver his first mail route in July on faith.
To read the full story: blog.taragana.com/e/2009/06/28/idaho-pilot-becomes-keeper-of-backcountry-lifestyle-carries-mail-tradition-since-the-1970s-12287/


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Saturday, May 4
The Missouri S&T Athletic Booster Club will hold a trivia night and silent auction Saturday, May 4, at the Rolla Lions Club Den. Doors ope at 6:30 p.m. with silent auction bidding. Trivia will start at 7 p.m. The cost is $100 per table of eight people or $12.50 per person. Attendees should bring their own snacks. There will be a cash bar. For more information, call Scott Caron, president, at 573-341-2386, Nancy Lentz, auction chair, at 573-364-2478 or Jim Standfast at 573-201-7091.
The Doolittle Lions Club Spring Fling Craft Show will be held Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Doolittle Community Center.
The South Central Missouri Chapter of the Federation of the Blind will meet May 4 in the activity room at Presbyterian Manor at 1 p.m. The meeting usually lasts about an hour. Parking is available next to the garden entrance. We invite you to this support group for vision-disabled people to share coping ideas and your stories. Phone President Helen Parker at 364-1190 or Secretary Fan Morris at 364-4387 for more information.
St. James PTO is hosting a Spring Craft Bazaar. This year is the largest ever with 50 booths! It is Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This is held in conjuction with the St. James Sip N Savor. The location is the old gym at John F. Hodge High school. Browse indoor and outdoor booths.
The Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild is sponsoring a workshop Saturday, May 4, "Fowl Play: Birds with No Egrets," led by Laura Wasilowski. The workshop will be held at 9 a.m. at First Baptist Church. The art quilt piece will be created with fused fabrics and hand embroidery. The cost for the class is $25 for members and $35 for non-members. The cost includes all patterns, pre-fused hand-dyed fabrics and threads. If you would like to take the class, contact Janet Rankin at firstname.lastname@example.com to sign up and get a list of supplies needed.
The Rolla Parks and Recreation Youth Fishing Fair has been postponed until June 2 because of inclement weather. The free event will take place from 1-3 p.m. at Ber Juan Lake. For more information, contact Kristy Rich at 573-341-2386.
Alateen meets at 7 p.m. every Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church, 10th and Main streets, Rolla.
The Farmers' Market at the St. James Tourist Center is now open. Hours are Fridays and Saturdays, 8 a.m.- 2 p.m., Sunday 1-4 p.m. Tuesday 4-8 p.m.
The Rolla Farmers Market located at Al West Nissan on Highway 63 North is open 8 a.m.-1 p.m. every Saturday. For more information, contact Debbie 573-364-3845.
The Houston House in Newburg will be hosting a Buffet Breakfast the first Saturday of each month. The cost will be $6 per person for all you can eat. breakfast starts at 7 a.m.
Sunday, May 5
The Harpers will be performing at Broadway Baptist Church, Hwy 68, St. James at 6 p.m.. The bluegrass and gospel music performance will be held in the outside pavilion weather permitting so please dress accordingly. If weather doesn't permit, the performance will be held inside.
The University and Community Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra at Missouri University of Science and Technology will perform a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall. Tickets are $5 for the general public and free for youth age 18 and younger and S&T students with a valid student I.D. They can be purchased at the door the afternoon of the performance. For more information, contact Cesario at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call the Missouri S&T performing arts office at 573-341-4185.


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+ In central Mexico, time and place are fluid, and history runs into the present, and the present is always straining into the afterlife so that nothing is only what it seems. For example, at dawn on January 5, the day before Epiphany, on a dusty rancho in El Rodeo just east of the city of Guanajuato, roosters are insulting one another and shouting for the sun to come up, and a handful of cowboys on fresh horses are dressed as if for church, in white cowboy hats, shirts with faux-pearl buttons, and boots that still bear a literal resemblance to the animal from which they were made: snake, lizard, alligator. There is an edge of cavalry about the way the cowboys spin their leather and-silver-clad mounts in the orange-blue dust, but next to them is a skin-and-bones mare whose foal was recently killed and eaten by the dogs. She hangs her head beside the cactus to which she is tied, absorbed in the constant, anonymous scrabble for life that is everywhere here, and there is nothing of cavalry in her. The air is scented with cooking smoke and drying laundry. It's as if everything may happen (the mare may revolt, the cowboys may burst into prayer, miracles may ensue), or nothing will happen at all (the mare will take one breath after another, the cowboys will dismount and make for their construction jobs, the roosters will find a dusty nest and fall asleep). In the end, because this is central Mexico, something entirely other happens. Like rocks being tumbled under a great river, the road that leads from here to Guanajuato begins to clatter, and out of the dawn, thousands of cowboys on a mix of mounts from eager stallions to a black-and-white-spotted donkey appear. With less flourish than you would think, the cowboys from El Rodeo jog out of the rancho onto the road and join the procession. CHRIST THE KING-or a 65-foot-tall depiction of him-stands on top of Cubilete moun tain in the state of Guanajuato, thousands of feet up cobbled switchbacks from the high plateau, which is nonetheless called el bajio,the lowland. It is to this statue's feet that three or four thousand cowboys are riding, just as the three wise men are supposed to have ridden to the manger in Bethlehem on this day roughly 2,000 years ago. It is said that this statue of Cristo Rey is most famous for his expressive hands, the way they are held out from his sides, as if the son of God were about to quell a riot. Pilgrimages to Cristo Rey, to Our Lady of Guadalupe, to depictions of saints elsewhere in the country, are common in Mexico. But sel dom is there such a massive cabalgata-ahorse back gathering-of faith; it swells by hundreds of riders each year, a word-of-mouth event of magnificent proportions. "It's no one important who rides," one cowboy says, "but it is all of us who have the Lord in our hearts no matter where in the world we go." It is true the riders include construction workers from Chicago, rig work ers from Texas, gardeners from Guanajuato, laborers from San Miguel de Allende, farmers from Jalisco. "We are el pueblo," the cowboy says. MEXICO S PILGRIM COWBOYS 135
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Firstly, what is it?
Well, right off the bat, we can identify this: a combo guard is an alternative to a point guard. 6'6" shooting guards never fake the funk like they're secretly point guards - its purely a small man position. Often times, it is a shooting guard whose height is irreparably shorter than what is acceptable for an NBA starting 2 - somewhere between 6'0 and 6'3".
Is there a real difference?
Absolutely, and the fundamental splitting point lies within one simple question: 'does he look to pass?' The difference between Russell Westbrook, Jeremy Lin, Nate Robinson, and somebody like, say, Chris Paul illustrates the difference in styles. A point guard is a maestro; an orchestrator of the offense on a higher level than anyone else (including the coach) - think of Mark Jackson. A combo guard is an especially gifted slasher or shooter; as most players their size couldn't hope to be scorers at the NBA level - think of Steve Kerr.
So, if there is a difference, can a team win with a "combo" guard instead of a point guard?
Depending on how heavily a team relies on their combo guard, its definitely possible. The Bulls were a dynasty that platooned the 1 with Ron Harper, Michael Jordan, and Steve Kerr en route to multiple NBA titles after losing their true point (John Paxon). Aside from Jordan, their combo guards were little more than role players. The Allen Iverson 76ers, however, got to the NBA Finals but came up short; as did the Thunder with Russell Westbrook. It appears the perfect winning balance has been struck by Tony Parker in San Antonio.
So, would NBA teams benefit by embracing a lack of a true point guard, rather than trying to disguise it?
Personally, I believe that sanctioning the combo guard position at an official level, so that coaches can declare their starting 1's to be shoot-first options, takes an immense amount of pressure off of the combo guard in question. Even now, guards don't want to label themselves as a passer or a scorer; embracing the combo guard would put an additional emphasis on the value of both players; pass-first point guards or bucket-dropping combo guards. At the end of the day, the Bulls - and, this year, the Heat - proved that winning NBA titles with your wing players playmaking and your point guards spotting up is a tangible option that the vast majority of basketball fans are currently ignorant to.
What do you guys think?
NBA Should Officially Sanction the Combo Guard
Talk about anything general in the NBA here.
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, 32
Do you mean labelling a team's starting PG as a combo guard? Doesn't seem important, but sure, you can label PGs that if they are.
I think now more than ever there are alot of PGs who score alot for their teams and really aren't pass first, but some are still very good playmakers for others and get alot of assists as well as scoring themselves.
I think now more than ever there are alot of PGs who score alot for their teams and really aren't pass first, but some are still very good playmakers for others and get alot of assists as well as scoring themselves.
I just think it would take a ton of pressure off guys like Russell Westbrook and Deron Williams; guys who get lambasted for shooting too much when their team loses. It also gives a team an excuse to employ a playmaking wing, so maybe a guy like Dominic McGuire (who isn't quite the shooter that a 3 typically needs to be) can orchestrate the offense while, say, Steph Curry works off the ball. Its already happening, but sanctioning it in an official way will back the media hounds off scoring point guards that have season-long distractions because they aren't natural passers.


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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is pleased to have welcomed its first baby of 2013, a beautiful baby girl named Kennedy Cato, at 2:08 a.m. on Jan. 1. For mom, Kimberly Cato, the birth was both a joyous and unexpected occasion.
"I hope it's lucky, because I was not expecting to have a New Year's baby, because she wasn't due until the 21st," said Cato. "I came into the ER thinking they would check me out, give me something for the pain and send me home, but it was an extremely fast birth. I came into the ER around 12:45 a.m. and was four centimeters, so I thought I had time, but I progressed really fast.
All of the nurses were smiling and telling me everything would be okay, but I was in so much pain, and it went so fast I barely had time to wrap my head around what was happening. After she was born, I couldn't believe I had just done that. Out of all of my children, this was definitely my craziest birth."
Despite being a few weeks early, baby Kennedy weighs a healthy six pounds, eight ounces and is 20 inches long. Both mother and daughter are doing well and look forward to going home, so she can meet her older brother and sister.
"My little girl will be so excited to see her," said Cato. "She'll be all over her. My son will probably pay her more attention once he realizes she's not going anywhere."
Because everything went so well with the birth, Cato is expected to go home in a few days. When asked what she most looked forward to about taking her new baby home, she said "Showing everyone how much she looks like her brother when he was this size. They look just alike, except she has a little more hair."


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5.7 earthquake hits Northern California
May 24, 2013
GREENVILLE, Calif. — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls. But authorities said there were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage.
The temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern California, said Rafael Abreu, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center in Golden, Colo.
Slight damage has been reported including objects falling from shelves and dishes rattled or broken, according to a report from the National Weather Service.
Susan Shephard and her husband Alan Shephard, who run the Quail Lodge at Lake Almanor near Greenville very close to the epicenter, said they were watching "The Hunger Games" on TV when the whole building started shaking.
"All of a sudden things started falling off the shelves, mirrors fell off the wall, vases fell down to the floor, everything started crashing," Shephard told the Redding Record-Searchlight. "It felt like the end of our world."
The Susanville Fire Department said it had received no reports of damage, and a Plumas County Sheriff's Office dispatcher said calls were flooding into its office but no reports of damage.
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Thousands reported feeling the quake, as far away as the San Francisco Bay area and across the Oregon border, according to the USGS website.
KCRA-TV in Sacramento reported that the Plumas County temblor was felt in downtown Sacramento, about 145 miles south of the epicenter.
People in Yuba and Sutter Counties, south of Plumas, said they felt a rolling quake, according to the Marysville Appeal-Democrat.
There have been several aftershocks overnight ranging from 2.6-to-4.9-magnitude.
"People in the area felt a strong jolt, but it was not enough to generate serious damage, based on early field reports," Abreu said.


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ByJeff Elder
Blacks and Latinos make up a sizable share of low-wage workers cleaning and guarding Silicon Valley tech companies, where the technical workforces are overwhelmingly white and Asian, according to a report scheduled to be released Tuesday.
The report, from the labor-affiliated Working Partnerships USA, comes after months of disclosures by tech companies about the ethnic and racial composition of workforces at Google Inc., Apple Inc. and other large tech companies.
The report notes that most of the janitors, landscapers and security guards on corporate campuses are employed by contractors, and not by the tech firms themselves.
"These contracted service workers – not counted on tech companies' official employment rolls and rarely mentioned in the public discourse – constitute the Silicon Valley tech industry's 'invisible workforce,' " the report says.
According to the report, blacks and Latinos account for 76% of landscape workers, 72% of janitors and 41% of private security guards in Santa Clara County – home to Google, Apple, Intel Corp. and scores of other tech companies.
Google this year said its U.S. workforce is 3% Latino and 2% black, and Intel said its U.S. workforce is 8% Latino and 4% black. Apple, which operates retail stores, said its U.S. workforce is 11% Latino and 7% black.
According to the report, the median hourly wage in the county for janitors is roughly $11 an hour, and $14 an hour for landscapers and security guards. By contrast, the median wage for software developers is roughly $63 an hour.
Because they work for contractors, the low-wage workers also are not eligible for many of the benefits and amenities for which tech firms are famous, such as free food and exercise facilities.
The report is based on government data for the county as a whole and offers no details on the ethnic and racial makeup of the workforce at specific companies.
In releasing their diversity reports in recent months, several tech companies vowed to take steps to boost the representation of blacks and Latinos in their workforces.
"As CEO, I'm not satisfied with the numbers on this page," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook wrote in a letter accompanying his company's figures.
"Talk is cheap," said Michael Johnson, a 52-year-old black man who worked 15 years in tech, primarily as a systems engineer in telecommunications. After being laid off, Mr. Johnson has worked as a security guard in Silicon Valley for the past decade.
"They are two different worlds," said Mr. Johnson, who holds degrees in information technology and business management, but says he has had a tough time getting back into tech.
Instead he ends up chatting with tech workers about systems analysis and database management while working as a security guard on Silicon Valley campuses. Mr. Johnson said he rents a room in a friend's San Jose house so that he can afford to live in the expensive Bay Area.
Spokespeople for Apple and Google did not respond to requests for comment.
"There is a huge status differential," said Margaret Ann Neale, a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business who has researched workforce diversity. She said Silicon Valley companies must move beyond the expectations that a tech workforce is predominantly young, white, Asian and male.


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I was just wondering if anyone has any experience flying with Iberia airlines, and knows what exactly there policy is on board bags.
I am studying abroad in Bilbao next semester and would like to bring my kite stuff, surf board and skis with me. . . however, on Iberia's website they say they charge $205 per board per flight!! Due to my tight schedule Iberia looks like my only option. . . However, if they are gonna charge per flight then I will just fly to Madrid and take the train from there to Bilbao.


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The Italian fashion is famous worldwide and Florence is home to some of the largest Italian designers. That is why the city is full of beautiful clothes shops, where to find the latest trends in clothes and accessories.
Florence is also a city of traditions, here it is easy to buy items of high quality handicrafts. Florence is famous for its leather goods, jeweler, embroidery and many cute small objects to furnish the house. If you plan to make a vacation in Florence prepare a large suitcase because you can't go back home without buy something!
Start your day with a jump to the market of San Lorenzo, a paradise for leather goods. Here you will find jackets, handbags, shoes, belts ... all made by hand, according to the tradition of master craftsmen working leather in Florence.
And if after a few hours you'll be a little bit hungry, enter into the nearby Central Market, you can taste delicious foods and excellent wines at very good prices!
Continue towards the cathedral, past Piazza della Repubblica, head for Via Tornabuoni and via Della Vigna Nuova: the kingdom of high class shopping. These two roads in Florence represent the 5th Avenue in New York: all major fashion brands have a home here. Ferragamo, Gucci, Armani, Versace, Prada, Hugo Boss and even Roberto Cavalli, who created here a trendy bar. Take the opportunity to have a coffee here! Or if you are hungry, have a small break for lunch during your shopping day.
After lunch you can restart your shopping trip, going back a few steps and you're in Piazza della Repubblica and which leads to Ponte Vecchio. On the road you will find the marketplace of Loggia del Porcellino (Be sure to caress the Guinea pig's muzzle and throw in a penny, so to be sure to return back to Florence). It is a market where to buy industries typical Florentine products: objects made of marbled paper, ceramics, leather or cloth, decorated and made by hand.
A stop for a good ice cream (the area is full of excellent ice-cream shops) and, finally, here's Ponte Vecchio, with its jewelry shops. Small shops on the bridge offering the best tradition of Italian goldsmith: necklaces, earrings, brooches, rings and bracelets in gold, silver and precious stones set and worked with great skill. The technique is ancient but the style is absolutely modern. In no other place in the world are so many different jewels, in little space. It might be the right occasion for that special gift you wanted to do your sweetheart...
If you're still a have some energy before going to dinner, and you want to buy some presents return back in Piazza della Repubblica and enter into one of the biggest department store in town: La Rinascente, opens till late. Five floors to explore, where you'll find big-name fashion designers but also emerging Italians, as well as body and home products. And from the top of the café terrace you can admire the beautiful view of Florence.
Now that you have made purchases you can find a good Tuscan Inn, where to relax and enjoy a tasty dinner. You have a very big choice, you are in the heart of Florence!


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High notes: Med student McNeill led collegiate acapella group to victory on competition showWritten by Kendra Carter
Dan McNeill, 22, a first-year student at the UAB School of Medicine, got the chance of a lifetime to perform with his collegiate acapella group to a national audience on The Sing-Off: Holiday Special, a one-night, two-round singing competition that aired on NBC in December 2014.
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Swaroop VittaWritten by Charles Buchanan
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What determines which course or courses I have to take?
The type of violation you have been convicted of determines which course(s) you must complete.
If you have been convicted of any criminal boating violation, you must comply with the mandatory education requirements # 1 and # 2 as described in the answer to the next frequently asked question.
Criminal boating violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
If you have been convicted of an infraction that resulted in a reportable boating accident, you must comply with the mandatory education requirements #1 and #2 as described in the answer to the next frequently asked question.
A reportable boating accident occurs when the operator of a vessel is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in:
If you have been convicted of two non-criminal infractions in the list below, within a 12-month period, you must comply with mandatory education requirement #1 as described in the answer to the next frequently asked question.
h. Section 327.33(2), relating to careless operation i. Section 327.37, relating to water skiing, aquaplaning, parasailing, and similar activities j. Section 327.44, relating to interference with navigation k. Violations relating to restricted areas and speed limits:
l. Section 327.50(1) and (2), relating to required safety equipment, lights, and shapes m. Section 327.33(3)(b), relating to navigation rules n. Section 327.39(1), (2), (3), and (5), relating to personal watercraft o. Section 327.395, relating to safety education p. Section 327.52(3), relating to operation of overloaded or overpowered vessels q. Section 327.52(3), relating to divers-down flags, except for violations meeting the requirements of s. 327.33 r. Section 327.391(1), relating to the requirement for an adequate muffler on an airboat s. Section 327.391(3), relating to the display of a flag on an airboat
Depending on my violations, what are the specific requirements that I must complete?
Requirement #1: You must enroll in, attend, and successfully complete at your own expense, an approved boating safety course. "Attend" means you must attend a classroom course or take the course on-line. Upon completion of this course, a certification of successful completion must be submitted within 90 days to:
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation CommissionDivision of Law EnforcementBoating and Waterways Section620 South Meridian StreetTallahassee, Florida 32399-1600
Requirement #2: You must enroll in, attend, and successfully complete at your own expense, an approved safe boating course for violators. This course is in addition requirement #1 above. The course is only available online. Please go to www.boat-ed.com/floridaviolator/.
Remember, two-non-criminal infractions within 12 months = Requirement #1 above.
Any criminal boating violation or any infraction resulting in a boating accident = Requirements #1 and #2 above.
What can I do if I think there has been an error and don't think I should have to take either of these courses?
The information the FWC receives regarding the qualifying events (boating safety infractions/criminal boating violations) and the disposition of the cases comes from the local offices of the county clerks. Even if an FWC law enforcement officer issued the citations in a case, the FWC does not send out a notice of the requirement to take the course for violators until we receive information from a clerk's office that an individual has been convicted of the violation(s). Individuals should contact the clerk's office in the county where the violation(s) occurred in order to discuss or correct the records. A list of the Clerks of the Court can be found at http://www.flclerks.com/. If after contacting the Clerk's office, you determine that the notice may have been sent in error, please contact the FWC via e-mail through email@example.com.
Can I still operate a boat if I have not successfully completed the mandatory education for violators requirements?
No. For those persons subject to these mandatory education requirements, their privilege to operate a boat in Florida is suspended until proof of course completion is filed with the FWC.
How do I file proof of completion for either mandatory education course with the FWC so I can get back out on the water?
Requirement #1: Upon completion of the NASBLA/State of Florida-approved boating safety education course , a certification of successful completion must be submitted within 90 days to:
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation CommissionDivision of Law EnforcementBoating and Waterways Section620 South Meridian StreetTallahassee, FL 32399-1600
The responsibility of ensuring that proof of completion is sent to the FWC rests with the person who is required to complete the mandatory education.
Requirement #2: Upon successful completion of the 4-hour online violator's course, the course provider will automatically send proof of completion to the FWC electronically. You should receive a certificate of completion from the course provider and should retain a copy of this certificate.
Note: The 4-hour online violator course is the only course where certification of completion is sent to the FWC electronically.
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A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
Now that the courts have established that Obama can kill just about anyone he wants, anywhere he wants, for whatever reason he wants, AND, I have just learned that I live in a "Constitution Free Zone" of America, shouldn't I be "bunkered-up" someplace with all my conservative commentator friends?
Maybe I'm a little "slow." Or maybe I'm subconsciously waiting for the new FEMA Camps to be opened up so I can spend my remaining days on earth REALLY wired-up inside a government cage.
Now, if all this sounds screwy to you, well, it IS screwy. The whole scenario sounds as if it comes from the pen of some novelist with a bad hangover and an equally bad case of paranoia.
But there is a problem.
It all comes right out of today's news headlines.
George Orwell, hate to tell you, sir, but you were WAAAY shy of the mark!
Check out these stories:
"No More 4th Amendment: DHS Can Still Seize Belongings Without Reason" SOURCE:
"Wired: Constitution-Free Zone Upheld – Do You Live In A Place Where You Are No Longer Free?" SOURCE: http://beforeitsnews.com/survival/2013/02/constitution-free-zones-upheld-wired-do-you-live-in-a-place-where-you-are-no-longer-free-2461948.html
"The Fema Camp Bill Is Back!" SOURCE: http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/02/the-fema-camp-bill-is-back-2560418.html
"Government Says It Can Assassinate or Indefinitely Detain Americans on American Soil Without Any Due Process of Law" SOURCE: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/constitutional-expert-president-obama-says-that-he-can-kill-you-on-his-own-discretion-he-can-jail-you-indefinitely-on-his-own-discretion.html
Conspiracy theories? Maybe. But. Just because they ARE conspiracy theories does not mean there are NOT conspiracies!
In speaking with old friends in recent months the thing we most agree on is this: None of us ever thought we'd live long enough to see our beloved America disintegrate right before our eyes. But -- it's happening every day, in every way.
Soon, the American police state will be complete. Soon the drones will be flying overhead watching our every move -- even when we are out of sight of the ubiquitous cameras mounted everywhere, even when we are not using an electronic communication device, which the government is monitoring 24/7, even when we are not driving our cars and trucks with the "black boxes" recording our every maneuver.
Americans now live in a cage. Gilded it may be -- but it is still a cage.
Only one thing remains for our imprisonment to be complete. We must give up our guns. We must voluntarily disarm.
The BIG question in the minds of sentient Americans today is this: Will Americans willingly give up the only, the last remaining, avenue open to them to preserve their freedom, or what's left of their freedom?
Americans who are conscious (Yes, there are those who are totally oblivious to it all. Remember the "lo/info" voters?) of the intolerable encroachment by our government on our hard won freedom and liberty are fearfully asking themselves this question, in one form or another, incessantly today.
When the chips are finally down, when the defecation finally hits the rotary oscillator, who, exactly, will step forward. Who will say "enough!" Who will be the champion, the leader, of the new American Freedom Fighters.
Most everyone can "talk" a good fight. The danger is in having one's mouth write a check one's "derriere" cannot cash. It's sort of like running an adversary down and then having him beat the living daylights out of you.
Being "right" is not enough. There must be the determination -- and the pure grit -- to not only defend your position but to attack and decimate your opponent at the same time.
As America spirals downward into anarchy, it behooves every American to consider his core belief. There won't be time to choose-up sides once the coming "unpleasantness" begins. The government has but one side --the government side. If you had not thought of that -- maybe you should.
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The primary feature of democratic education is equal student and teacher participation in learning and school governance. Independent democratic schools – like Sudbury schools – typify the theory of democratic education in practice. At these schools
- Students and teachers participate as equals in a direct democracy responsible for all school governance decisions – including hiring and "judicial" rulings.
- Students take responsibility for their educations and curricula.
- Students take responsibility for their environment.
- Students can work in mixed-age groups.
- Students use experience and play, as well as self-directed study, for learning.
- Teachers facilitate student-directed learning, going so far as to recruit mentors for students interested in learning beyond the school's means.
- Teachers share administrative work.
Democratic schools are also remarkable because of what they lack and eschew. At democratic schools there are no
- Grades or grade levels.
- Labels, levels, or tracks.
- Principals.
- Prescribed curricula.
- Tests apart from those required by the school democracy or taken as part of the college admissions process.
- Vetoes of majority rule.
These schools operate in stark contrast to traditional public schools. Whereas democratic schools rely on students to learn and practice freedom, responsibility, and democracy, traditional public schools condition students to compliance, external control, and authoritarianism. Whereas democratic schools count on students' failures to help them learn; traditional public schools punish failure. Whereas democratic schools operate on notions of equality, traditional public schools establish strict hierarchies amongst adults, amongst children, and between adults and children.
Whereas democratic schools hold students accountable for their learning, traditional public schools don't.
Moreover, the biggest obstacle to schools, teachers, and students holding themselves accountable for learning in public schools is our state and federal governments' insistence that schools, teachers, and students are accountable to them.
American public education is consuming itself in pursuit of a damning syllogism: adults can only consider themselves the best when children do the best on tests of what adults say is the minimum children should know. With the way public schools are structured, rewarded, and punished, it's disingenuous to say otherwise despite all the rhetoric we can cite.
Who knows what our kids know? Who knows what they can do? It's been forever since public education dared share power with them – or with their parents and teachers. Without power, how far do we really expect our kids to go? To the top of the pile of test-takers. Here's the thing: when you play King of the Mountain, there's only one King of the Mountain. Hence, our public education system more closely resembles the medieval great chain of being than your typical day at a democratic school.
So what?
We're all truly accountable for whatever measure of complicity or resistance we practice in this system. Our classrooms and schools and communities and nation reflect our collective will or lack thereof in education reform.
What can we do in public education to restructure schools in support of true and direct democracy?
I suggest we start a federal "March to Democracy" initiative to fund the democratization of American public schools with the following provisions:
- Provision 1: Reassert the government's support for and belief in democracy in public education. Provide grants for states and consortiums willing to start large-scale pilots of small democratic public schools carved out of the larger schools spread across their turf. Establish a comparison cohort of students of identical demographics at traditional public schools. Be patient and collect data over, say, 10 years. Research the educational, vocational, and affective outcomes of students from the democratic and traditional schools. Ask which group values democracy more. Ask which group values education more. Ask which group feels more job satisfaction. Ask which group feels more fulfilled. Ask which group feels more "wounded by school."
- Provision 2: Make accountability democratic. Draft federal laws, state laws, and local policies that provide multiple avenues to accreditation so that individual school communities and their LEAs can participate in some form of democratic discourse about the curriculum, instruction, and assessment they'll use to show student learning.
- Provision 3: Provide federal community engagement grants to SEAs and LEAs working to increase student, parent, and teacher governance of traditonal public schools.
Reward democracy. Split money evenly between all applicants willing to participate in democratic public education. If every school division in America submits a viable plan, give each division an equal piece of the pie. See what KIPP does.
Our nation will save its democracy and improve its chances to lead the world when students feel free to learn, rather than sentenced to test, fail, or drop out.
Teachers: can you run a democratic classroom? What stands in the way? How can administrators help? How can you support yourself as students take time unlearning school?


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STERLING – Velda N. Zumdahl, 92, of Sterling, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, at her home.
Velda was born June 8, 1920, in Chadwick, the daughter of Spurgeon S. and Beulah (Saylor) Harter. She married Emmert G. Zumdahl on March 29, 1941, in Chadwick. He preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 2009. She was a lifelong member of Hope United Methodist Church in Chadwick, where she sang in the choir, led the youth group and taught Sunday school for many years. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Survivors include three sons, Steven (Susan) Zumdahl of Seymour, Mark (Margaret) Zumdahl of Sterling and David (Susan) Zumdahl of Byron; 10 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., followed by the memorial service at 11 a.m., Saturday at First Congregational Church of Sterling, 311 Second Ave., with the Rev. Jeff Coester, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Melwin Alagodi, pastor of Chadwick United Methodist Church, assisting.
A memorial has been established to Hope United Methodist Church of Chadwick and First Congregational Church of Sterling.
Visit www.schillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.


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Two Davidson County women were recognized for their success, leadership and other outstanding achievements at the 2013 Women in Business awards given by the Triad Business Journal on April 26.
Two Davidson County women were recognized for their success, leadership and other outstanding achievements at the 2013 Women in Business awards given by the Triad Business Journal on April 26.
Dr. Kimberly Sepich, vice president of student affairs at Davidson County Community College, and Brandi Tysinger Temple, founder and CEO of Lolly Wolly Doodle in Lexington, were recognized for their achievements during the Women in Business awards luncheon at Embassy Suites in Winston-Salem.
Sepich and Temple, along with 16 other women, received this award for the impact their industries have had in their communities, as well as for sharing their time and expertise with causes outside of work.
According to information in a press release from DCCC, Sepich, who has been employed at the college since 2001, has been responsible for several new initiatives and practices that have not only helped streamline services but helped students achieve academic success.
One of these initiatives was the creation of the Student Success Center. This center helps students take care of multiple tasks, such as admissions, financial aid and career services, by putting them all in one location. Sepich also helped students by increasing the use of technology in the enrollment process and allowing them to access information more quickly.
"Kim's vision for creating a fantastic student experience at DCCC has included events that students wouldn't normally see until they get to a four-year college or institution," said Dr. Mary Rittling, president of DCCC, in the press release. "Early indicators reflect that the student success initiatives that Kim and her team have put in place are not only enhancing student perception and experience, but that DCCC has fewer students falling into risk of losing financial aid."
Another successful endeavor for Sepich was the implementation of an athletic program at the college. With the help of a new athletics director, Sepich facilitated hiring of coaches, student-athlete recruitment, scheduling games, acquiring uniforms and creating a mascot.
Sepich completed her doctoral degree in educational leadership in August 2011. Her research dissertation, "Perceptions of Displaced Manufacturing Workers about their Transition to Successful Re-employment through a Community College Education Experience," focused on Davidson County workers who were hard hit by the loss of the furniture and textile industries. During her research, Sepich followed them through their journey from unemployment, through the community college educational process, to employment.
Sepich serves as a board member for Communities In Schools of Lexington/Davidson County and as a college coach for students at Lexington Senior High School. Most recently she became a volunteer for Project Potential's "Dancing with the Potential Stars" event.
"Kim is often the go-to person. She has a true passion about education and its meaning for high school students," Rittling added.
Lolly Wolly Doodle is a custom children's clothing company that started in the home of owner and CEO Temple. The company grew from a hobby that soon transformed into a successful business.
In 2006, Temple's husband purchased a sewing machine for Mother's Day so she could make clothing for their daughters. She began creating clothes at home and selling the additional dresses made from leftover material through eBay. At first, she began selling the dresses just to make some extra money, but due to an economic downturn in her husband's heavy equipment business, Temple's extra income became more instrumental in their financial security.
After moving the sales to Facebook, the popularity of the company grew exponentially. The business went from modest sales to creating over 30,000 garments monthly and drawing the attention of high-profile investors such as Andrew Fine, director at Michael Kors. The company was even featured on "CBS This Morning" in November 2012.
According to Temple, the company grew from eight employees to almost 90 in a two-year time frame. The business that started in the garage of her house moved to its first facility on Leonard Road and has since outgrown the building. In August 2012, the company moved to its location on Piedmont Drive and is looking for nearby warehouse space to meet its increased demand.
The business does not have a retail store but sells garments through its website and social media. The company's Facebook page hit half a million likes before the end of February.
The whimsical name Lolly Wolly Doodle matches the purpose and product of the company. Bright colors and fun patterns are a staple of the business of children's clothing. In keeping with the light-natured atmosphere, name tags like "fire eater," "juggler," "animal tamer" and "ringer leader" can be found on the employees' office doors.
The Triad Business Journal has recognized outstanding women in business throughout the region for the past 14 years. This year's recipients came from Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point, Kernersville, Clemmons and Lexington.
In a written statement from the Triad Business Journal, the recipients were described as "diverse in their roles, from entrepreneurs to corporate executives, and their industries, representing the retail, health care, finance, technology and higher education."
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This is a Woman well past her prime of being a Puma or even a Cougar. They lurk just before dusk in huge groups drinking Cosmopolitan after Cosmopolitan. They are looking for any form of action and are no stranger to the chase. They typically wear gray and white fur coats, have way to much gold jewelry, and wear more make up than Bozo the clown. If one of them approaches you quickly point her in the direction of the nearest early bird dinner and run for your life. These are the worst of bar patrons as they have nothing to lose and have heard it all.
OMG look at that dude he's getting mauled by that Sabre tooth
by Avran LeFeber June 30, 2006
by preyedupon August 15, 2008
A woman of elderly age, possibly a grandma who is too old to be a cougar but still on the hunt and able to take down younger unsuspecting male prey.
Dude, since your grandpa died last year, your grandma has become quite the sabretooth....do you think I'd have a chance?
by Wolfeman 160 December 04, 2009
A Sabre Tooth is a cougar past her prime but still hunting for that younger man. Cougar is 35-49 years old while a Sabre Tooth is 50+. She is more likely to have multiple houses (from previous marriges), to buy you drinks, and driving a vet.
by DeathByMullet May 18, 2009
When a man goes up behind another person who is crouching down, and puts his hands up in the air wrists bent down at 90 degree angles, hands in the shape of claws. Often done to unsuspecting people. Based of an awkward photo which depicts the Marvel character Sabretooth coming up behind a kneeling Wolverine in this fashion, with the caption Release your inner animal. Mocked for its homosexual undertones, which the creator openly denies.
Dave-"Dude did you just see what Chris did to Kyle."
Matt-" Yeah man he totally just sabretoothed him."
Matt-" Yeah man he totally just sabretoothed him."
by strings322 February 06, 2011
1-Sabertooth: A female who specializes and prefers giving oral sex to men. Saber: slang for the male penis. Tooth: Oral.
2-Sabertooth: the act of giving a BJ. Sabertoothing.
2-Sabertooth: the act of giving a BJ. Sabertoothing.
"Yo man my woman be sabertoothing my schlong all the time"
"Yeah i know Beth, she be one fine sabertooth."
"Yeah i know Beth, she be one fine sabertooth."
by James March 05, 2004
An woman who is angry and vicious, who is known for occassional outbursts of rage. Scary. On occassion one fears for their life.
Frank: I went to this break up support group, and it seemed like I was in a sabre tooth watering hole. Totally scary to think of waking up every morning with one them.
Frank's Dad: Yea, it gave me a queasy feeling when I was marrying your mother and the preacher ended with his line: "death do ya part", and I looked at her and ....
Frank's Dad: Yea, it gave me a queasy feeling when I was marrying your mother and the preacher ended with his line: "death do ya part", and I looked at her and ....
by mlhiss March 28, 2008


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What we're about
Soul City Social Club!
Soul City brings people together to connect in positive, supportive and enjoyable ways.
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Spirituality, Law of Attraction, Attracting The Right Partner, Understanding Men/Women, Creating your Dreams, Alternative Health, Eastern Philosophy, Mindfulness, Psychology, Philosophy, Energy Work, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development and Personal Growth
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CFP: [Graduate] Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies Graduate Conference
The Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst will
host its annual graduate student conference on Saturday, November 3, 2007. Graduate students are
invited to submit abstracts for a ten to fifteen minute paper on any range of topics or approaches,
including textual studies, performance history, philosophy, print culture, religious studies, gender
studies, post-colonial interpretations, and other new theoretical perspectives. The purpose of the
conference is to provide graduate students with an opportunity to share their work and place it in a
greater context of interests and concerns. The conference is designed to foster conversation among
students who share similar challenges and construct a space where participants may expect serious
feedback on their work.
Please send an abstract of 250-300 words by email or email attachment to Phil Palmer
(ppalmer_at_english.umass.edu) by Friday, October 5, 2007. For more information on the conference,
you can visit the website (http://people.umass.edu/ppalmer/Site/MCRSGC.html).
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Received on Thu Aug 16 2007 - 16:17:00 EDT