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1940 The National Association of Basketball Coaches
held its annual convention at the site of the national finals
for the first time. It has been held there ever since.
1946 The championship game was televised locally for
the first time in New York City by CBS-TV as Oklahoma State
defeated North Carolina, 43-40. The initial viewing audience was
estimated to be 500,000.
This was the first time four teams advanced to the final
site. With only East and West regionals, the two regional
champions played for the national title while the regional
runner-ups played for third place.
1951 The field was expanded to 16 teams, with 10
conference champions qualifying automatically for the first
time. Those 10 conferences were: Big Seven, Big Ten, Border,
Eastern (Ivy), Missouri Valley, Pacific Coast, Skyline,
Southeastern, Southern and Southwest.
1952 Tournament games were televised regionally for
the first time.
The number of regional sites changed from two to four, with
the four winners advancing to the finals.
1953 The bracket expanded from 16 teams to 22 and
fluctuated between 22 and 25 teams until 1974.
1954 The Tuesday-Wednesday format for semifinals and
final game was changed to Friday-Saturday.
The championship game was televised nationally for the first
time as LaSalle defeated Bradley, 94-76, in Kansas City.
1957 The largest media group to that point in the
tournament's history was assembled for the finals in Kansas
City. Coverage included an 11-station television network, 64
newspaper writers and live radio broadcasts on 73 stations in
11 states.
1963 A contract to run through 1968 was effected with
"Sports Network" for the championship game to be televised
nationally. Television rights totaled $140,000.
1966 Net income for the entire tournament exceeded
$500,000 for the first time.
A television-blackout provision requiring a 48-hour advance
sellout was adopted.
1969 The Friday-Saturday format for semifinals and
final game changed to Thursday-Saturday.
NBC was selected to televise the championship as television
rights totaled $547,500, exceeding $500,000 for the first time.
The tournament's net income of $1,032,915 was the first time
above the million-dollar mark.
1971 NBC recorded the largest audience ever for a
basketball network telecast during the semifinals as 9,320,000
households viewed the game.
1973 The Thursday-Saturday format for semifinals and
final game changed to Saturday-Monday.
Television rights totaled $1,165,755, exceeding $1,000,000
for the first time. NBC reported that the championship game was
the highest-rated basketball telecast of all time. The contest
received a rating of 20.5 and was seen by 13,580,000
television households reaching a total audience of 39 million
persons. For the first time, the championship game was
televised in prime time.
TVS, with the approval of NBC, agreed to televise those games
not carried by NBC for a two-year period at the rights fee of
$65,000 per year.
First-round byes were determined on the basis of an
evaluation of the conference's won-lost record over the past 10
years in National Collegiate Championship play.
The first public random drawing to fill oversubscribed orders
for Final Four game tickets was administered by the committee
for the 1974 championship.
1974 The bracket rotation was changed for the first
time, eliminating East vs. West bracketing in effect since
1939. East played West and Mideast played Midwest in national
The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference was divided to
receive multiple automatic qualification berths in the
1975 A 32-team bracket was adopted. For the first
time, teams other than the conference champions could be chosen
at-large. No conference could be represented by more than two
teams. Sixteen teams qualified as conference champions, four
others as champions from the four regional tournaments which
were conducted by the ECAC, and the committee selected the other
12 at-large.
Dressing rooms were opened to the media after a 10-minute
"cooling off" period.
The term "Final Four" first appeared in an NCAA publication,
the 1975 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide. On Page No. 5 in
the National Preview-Review section written by Ed Chay of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Clay wrote, "Outspoken Al McGuire of
Marquette, whose team was one of the final four in Greensboro,
was among several coaches who said it was good for college
basketball that UCLA was finally beaten."
1976 The rights for the NCAA Radio Network were
awarded to Host Communications, Inc., of Lexington, Kentucky.
Regional third-place games were eliminated.
For the first time, two teams from the same conference (Big
Ten) played in the national championship game with Indiana
defeating Michigan.
1977 NBC televised 23 hours and 18 minutes of
tournament programming.
1978 A seeding process was used for the first time for
individual teams. A maximum of four automatic qualifying
conference teams were seeded in each of the four regional
brackets. These teams were seeded based on their respective
conferences' won-lost percentages in tournament play during the
past five years. At-large seeding in each region was based on
current won-lost records, strength of schedule and eligibility
status of student-athletes for postseason competition.
NBC televised the four regional championship games and a
first round doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday. NCAA
Productions televised all regional semifinal games and all other
tournament games.
Complimentary tickets for all NCAA championships were
1979 The bracket was expanded to 40 teams. For the
first time, all teams were seeded. The 16 conferences with the
best won-lost records over the previous five years of
championship play received byes into the second round. Eight
additional byes were available to independents, second
conference teams and champions of other conferences.
NBC received a record one-game rating with a 24.1 in Michigan
State's national championship victory over Indiana State. The 38
share also is a record. There were 18 million households
viewing, which ranks third.
Committee assigned three-man officiating crews for all
tournament games.
1980 The bracket was expanded to 48 teams, which
included 24 automatic qualifiers and 24 at-large teams. The top
16 seeds received byes to the second round. The committee
eliminated restrictions on the number of at-large teams selected
from one conference.
The committee's primary objective in the bracketing process
became to provide equal balance in the four geographical
regions, and the committee began to assign teams to any of the
four regions in order to achieve balance while, when feasible,
attempting to keep teams in their areas of natural interest.
1981 Principles for the seeding and placement of teams
were implemented to develop a balanced tournament bracket. They
included establishing 12 levels that transcended each of the
four regions, dividing each region into three sections with
four levels each, placing only one conference team in each
regional, not assigning teams from a conference to meet before
the regional championship and placing teams in their geographic
area or on their home court if the first three principles were
not compromised.
A computer ranking system, the Ratings Percentage Index, was
used as an aid in evaluating teams in the preparation for
making at-large selections.
It became policy that "no more than 50 percent of the
tournament berths shall be filled by automatic qualifiers."
Virginia defeated Louisiana State in the last third-place
game conducted at the Final Four.
For the first time, the NCAA registered a trademark for the
term "Final Four," with a stated first use of 1978.
1982 The NCAA and CBS began a three-year television
agreement for 16 exposures in the 1982, 1983 and 1984
The "selection show" was shown on live national television
for the first time.
North Carolina's national championship win against Georgetown
received a 21.6 rating and was the 11th-ranked prime time
program for that week. CBS also achieved second-round record
ratings with an 11.8 rating and 27 share on Saturday, and an
11.3 rating and 28 share on Sunday.
Host Communications and the CBS Radio Network co-produced the
NCAA Radio Network.
1983 An opening round was added that required the
representatives of eight automatic qualifying conferences to
compete for four positions in the 52-team tournament bracket.
This concept permitted the committee to retain a 48-team bracket
evenly balanced with 24 automatic qualifiers and at-large
selections, yet award automatic qualification to each of the 28
conferences that received it the year before. The 16 top-seeded
teams received byes to the second round of the tournament.
A scheduling format was established so the tournament would
begin the third weekend in March, regional championships on the
fourth Saturday and Sunday, and the national semifinals and
championship the following Saturday and Monday.
North Carolina State's national championship victory over
Houston attracted a then-record 18.6 million households to the
CBS telecast. The game had a 22.3 rating (third best) and a 32
share. It was the fifth-ranked prime time television program for
that week.
A national semifinal record also was set in Houston's victory
over Louisville. The game had a 17.8 rating and 33 share, and it
was viewed by 14,800,000 households on CBS.
It was determined that the Final Four competition venue must
have a minimum of 17,000 seats.
1984 One additional open-round game was established,
requiring 10 automatic qualifying conferences to compete for
five positions in the 53-team bracket that included 24
automatic qualifiers and 24 at-large selections.
For the first time, awards were presented to all teams
participating in the championship.
1985 The tournament bracket was expanded to include 64
teams, which eliminated all first-round byes.
The committee realigned each region and renamed the Mideast
region the Southeast region. Specifically, the Southern
Conference and MEAC were moved from the East to the Southeast
region; the Big Ten, Mid-American and SWAC moved from the
Southeast to the Midwest; the Metro and Trans America were moved
from the Midwest to the Southeast and the Southland and SWC were
moved from the Midwest to the West region.
The number of automatic qualifiers was capped at 30 for a
five-year period (1986-90).
CBS had a record 19.8 million homes view Villanova's national
championship victory over Georgetown. This game attracted a
23.2 rating (second best) and a 33 share. The game was the
second-rated prime time program on television for that week.
The East regional championship game (Georgetown defeated
Georgia Tech) set television records for that level of
tournament competition with a 12.6 rating, a 32 share and 10.7
million homes tuned to CBS.
The NCAA Radio Network reached an all-time high radio
audience for any sports event when the Villanova-Georgetown game
attracted 21 million listeners.
CBS began a second three-year contract that included 19
exposures in the 1985, 1986 and 1987 tournaments; the agreement
was signed November 21, 1983.
1986 CBS televised 40 hours, 51 minutes of tournament
The NCAA Radio network included a record 426 stations,
including 92 of the top 100 markets.
The bracketing policy was changed so two teams from the same
conference could not compete against each other prior to the
regional semifinals.
The committee determined that regional competition would be
played at neutral sites; if an institution serving as a
regional host was selected to the tournament field, it would be
bracketed in another region. Three separate three-man
officiating crews were assigned to the two national semifinals
and championship games.
For the 1986 event in Dallas, the NCAA conducted its first
random, computerized drawing for the general public's allotment
of Final Four tickets.
1987 The National Association of Basketball Coaches
reaffirmed its endorsement of the policy that permits an
institution to participate on its home court in the first and
second rounds of competition.
Policy was changed to prohibit teams from the same conference
from competing against each other prior to regional
championship game.
All 64 teams selected for the championship were subject to
drug testing.
1988 Initiating an agreement that was reached December
6, 1986, CBS began a third three-year contract. All regional
semifinal games were televised in prime time.
Separate three-man officiating crews were assigned to all
competition at regional and national championship sites.
The NCAA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Division I
Men's Basketball Championship; the score in the Oklahoma-Kansas
championship game was tied, 50-50, at halftime.
1989 NCAA Executive Committee expanded a moratorium
enacted in 1984 limiting the bracket to 30 automatic
qualification conference champions and 34 at-large teams
through the 1998 championship. (August 1988)
NCAA Executive Regulation 1-6-(b)-1 was amended to strengthen
criteria governing automatic qualification for conferences.
(August 1988)
A new bracket-rotation cycle was established. East vs. West,
Midwest vs. Southeast in 1989; East vs. Midwest, Southeast vs.
West in 1990; East vs. Southeast, West vs. Midwest in 1991.
It was agreed that neutral courts would be used in all rounds
of the championship.
After determining that three of the next four Final Four host
facilities should have a minimum capacity of 30,000, the
committee selected Charlotte, Seattle, The Meadowlands and
Indianapolis to host in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997.
1990 Each person entering the general public random
computerized ticket drawing was limited to purchasing two Final
Four tickets.
The basketball committee defined "home court" as an arena in
which a team has played no more than 50 percent of its
regular-season schedule, excluding conference tournament games.
The NCAA Executive Committee approved the "play-in" concept
to identify the 30 automatic qualifying conferences in
December, 1989. The Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) was computed
for the nonconference schedules of all eligible conferences,
with those with the lowest ranking competing for the available
automatic-qualifying positions. The "play-in" was implemented
in 1991 with 33 eligible conferences. Six conference
representatives played for three automatic-qualifying berths in
the 64-team bracket.
1991 CBS Sports began a new seven-year contract for $1
billion, which included live coverage of all sessions of the
championship through 1997. The agreement was signed November 22,
The definition of "home court" was amended to be a facility
in which a team plays more than three games during the regular
season, excluding conference tournaments.
1992 Duke University won its second consecutive
national championship, becoming the first team to defend its
title since UCLA in 1973.
1993 The minimum facility seating capacity for first
and second rounds and regionals was established at 12,000.
The basketball committee selected San Antonio, St.
Petersburg, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Atlanta to host the
Final Four in 1998 thru 2002.
1994 President Bill Clinton became the first sitting
president to attend the tournament, when he was present at the
Midwest Regional championship game in Dallas and the national
semifinals and final in Charlotte.
The use of combined shot clocks/game clocks was required at
all sites.
The committee agreed to attempt to assign the top four seeds
in each region away from a site that may create a "home-crowd
advantage" for their opponents. The committee recognized that it
may be necessary to move lower-seeded teams from their natural
regions in order to accomplish this.
The weighting of the three factors comprising the ratings
percentage index (RPI), Division I winning percentage,
opponents' winning percentage and opponents' opponents' winning
percentage, was adjusted from 20-40-20 to 25-50-25. Also a
second RPI, adjusted based upon a team's good wins, bad losses
and non-conference scheduling, was provided. 1995 The existing
CBS Sports contract was replaced with a new agreement for $1.725
billion extending for five years through the 2002 championship.
1996 The NCAA created the first on-line computer page
for the Final Four.
Pool reporters were permitted to interview game officials
after games under specified conditions.
Participating institutions' seating locations were moved
closer to midcourt and nearer to the playing floor.
1997 Bracketing policies were changed so that, once
the highest-seeded team from a conference was assigned to a
region, only the eighth team selected from that conference could
be placed in that region.
The NCAA's on-line computer page was expanded to include
preliminary rounds.
1998 Bracketing policies were changed so that
competition at all three sites within each particular region
would be conducted on the same days of the week and tournament
hosts' teams would be permitted to play on the days they are
The name of the Southeast Region was changed to the South
The basketball committee continued selecting Final Four host
facilities with a minimum seating capacity of 30,000 when it
picked New Orleans, San Antonio, St. Louis, Indianapolis and
Atlanta to host in 2003-2007.
Effective 1999, bracketing policies were changed so that,
once the highest-seeded team from a conference is assigned to a
region, no other team from that conference could be assigned to
the same region until the sixth team was chosen from the
1999 The basketball committee extended the Final Four
signs-covering policy to preliminary-round sites, effective
On November 18, the NCAA and CBS agreed to a new 11-year
agreement, commencing with the 2003 championship. The agreement,
for a minimum of $6 billion, included rights to television
(over-the-air, cable, satellite, digital and home video),
marketing, game programs, radio, Internet, fan festivals and
licensing (excluding concessionaire agreements).
In its continuing effort to combat the effects of gambling,
the committee began conducting background checks on game
officials. The NCAA checked 50 officials randomly selected from
among the 96 who worked the previous year's tournament.
2000 Inasmuch as 31 conferences were to be eligible
for automatic qualification in 2001, the committee agreed to
conduct an opening-round game the Tuesday before the
first/second rounds, pitting teams seeded No. 64 and 65.
The NCAA and the Illinois High School Association formed the
"March Madness Athletic Association" and applied for trademark
registration for the term "March Madness." The registration was
granted in 2001. 2001 The committee determined that, effective
with the 2002 championship, first- and second-round sites would
no longer be assigned to specific regions. Rather, the committee
would have flexibility to assign four-team "pods" to sites near
the teams' natural geographic areas, if possible.
Effective 2002, the committee eliminated the bracketing
provision that, once the highest-seeded team from a conference
was assigned to a region, only the sixth team from that
conference could be placed in that region.
The National Network (TNN) telecast the opening-round game.
For the first time, the NCAA registered a trademark for the
term "Big Dance," with a stated first use of 2000.
2002 First-/second-round sites in non-domed stadiums
drew 99.5 percent of capacity, an all-time record.
During the selection meeting, for the first time each
committee member had the use of an individual computer for
researching and evaluating teams.
CBS expanded its live selection show to one hour.
ESPN televised the opening-round game for the first time.
2003 As part of the 1999 "bundled rights" agreement,
Westwood One assumed administration of the tournament's radio
The basketball committee agreed that the minimum Final Four
seating capacity should be 40,000 and picked San Antonio,
Detroit, Indianapolis and Houston to host in 2008-2011.
2004 Rather than using the traditional annual rotation
of Final Four semifinals pairings (e.g., West vs. East, South
vs. Midwest) the committee began assigning the pairings during
selection weekend, making best effort to assign the winner of
top seed's region to meet the fourth seed's region and the
second seed's region to meet the third seed's region.
Instead of using the regional site designations (i.e., East,
Midwest, South, West), the committee identified regional sites
by the city in which the games are being played (i.e., Atlanta
2005 Culminating a four-year study, the committee
implemented a revised RPI formula to give additional weight to
playing and winning games on the road. The new formula weighs
road victories and home losses at 1.4; home victories and road
losses, at .6; and neutral-site victories and losses at 1.0.
CBS began a two-year deal with CSTV.com for exclusive
internet video streaming rights for out-of-market game coverage
for the first 58 games of the championship.
Effective with the 2006 championship, the committee revised
the bracketing principles so that if it is unable to reconcile
the bracket after exhausting all possible options, it has the
flexibility to permit two teams from the same conference to meet
each other after the first round, if the conference has more
than five participants.
Attendance at first-/second-round and regional sites was 98.4
percent of the facilities' capacity, an all-time record. Arenas
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I think you already know why this post titled as such. Everything I'm wearing here were in green palettes! I was in a dressing-up-mood-with-no-place-to-go here. Okay! I had an errand to do that day but I suddenly changed my mind to go out. Good thing my brother did the errand for me.☺
Dangling earrings (sisters') / Mango top / bag from Australia
Because I'm very excited to wear my purchase from my recent shopping HERE, I started my outfit that day with this shorts. The print on my shorts is refreshing to the eyes so I decided to have it paired with my green top to incorporate a plain and print ensemble. Can't you just adore the sleeves of my top?! I really love how casual looking it was with a hint of sexiness through the sleeves - which makes my top beyond ordinary.
I slipped into my snakeskin print pumps that matched the color of my top. For accessories, I chose these triangular dangling earrings for that added drama on my bare shoulders (which I actually stole from my sis! Harhar!☺) and red ring to matched the print on my shorts. I prefer minimal accessories since I'm wearing green from top to toe, I don't wanna be mistaken as a "walking christmas tree" anyway! LOL!
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The Samsung Continuum Android smartphone on the Verizon network takes a radical approach to extending battery life by adding a second, very small 1.8-by-5-inch front-facing screen. The second screen can display the time and a scrolling ticker with news, sports and social media feeds without lighting up the main display.
I would prefer to see Samsung and Google-the power behind the Android throne-work on power-management schemes that extended battery life without the radical hardware changes seen in the Continuum. However, the dual-screen gimmick is a decent workaround. Both displays use Super AMOLED screen technology and yield a clear and bright picture.
For images of the Samsung Continuum in action, click here.
The Samsung Continuum, which runs Android 2.1, became available on November 11. The smartphone has a full retail price of $549; with contracts and rebates the price drops to $199.
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The Continuum is built around a high-performance hardware platform but doesn't set any new standards here. The device is equipped with a 1 GHz Hummingbird application processor and a 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash. The camera is also capable of HD video capture. The handset comes with 2GB of internal storage and an 8GB microSD card, with support for up to 32GB. With this combination of hardware components, I got swift and responsive screen interaction. Scrolling was consistently smooth and applications and media players responded quickly and without hesitation.
The phone uses a virtual keyboard that can be used with Swype fingertip movements, although I prefer the virtual keyboard. I got good reception on the street and in my office in downtown San Francisco. What's more, the Continuum uses a 3.5mm headphone jack and 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity, and it can act as a 3G mobile tether for up to five compatible Wi-Fi devices. The Continuum was easy to use with a single hand. The device is just under 5-inches by 2.5-inches by .5-inches and weighs 4.41 ounces.
With support for Microsoft Exchange, enterprise IT managers could very well see the Continuum show up for work. I integrated the Continuum into our Microsoft Exchange 2007 infrastructure. I was able to use Exchange policies to control user log-on, including setting the maximum number of log-on attempts before locking the handset. I was also able to successfully complete a remote wipe action on the device.
The second, smaller display provides a neat way to extend battery life while providing nearly instant access to useful information. The second display-which resides beneath the home feature buttons on the front face of the Continuum-is activated by gripping the bottom sides of the device. It took me some practice to learn how to quickly activate the second display, especially when holding it with one hand. I tested the device without a protective case, but I'll venture a guess that using the grip activation gets trickier when a rubber casing is involved.
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I don't know if anyone is actually reading this, but just in case.....
Popping in for a quick update on all things Janet.
First off I must confess that I have dandelions on my lawn. And brown patches in my grass. And I'm more concerned because of what my neighbours think than the actual problem itself, but must resolve that soon.
I am frantically writing to finish a new YA book called HOW I LOST YOU for mid July. That scares me saying the date. It will come up soon. Yes. Yes it will. That is consuming most of my time and it will get crazier as the month goes on.
My fridge died. How rude of it. And inconvenient. They do not make appliances like they used to...do they?
Swim season is wrapping up for super son. Confession. Son is trying out for the Summer Games which occurs while I will be in California for the RWA Nationals. So I'm hoping he doesn't make it as it will complicate all my plans. Shhhhh. Don't tell him that.
I am going to California twice this month. How cool is that! Once for ALA. My first time at ALA! And once for RWA Nationals. And then I get to holiday in WINNIPEG for a few days. Which is actually quite beautiful in the summer, thank you very much.
Most of August we will be in BC. Finishing up the cabin. Yes. You read it correctly. Finishing. Oh, it's been a long, long haul. Thank GOODNESS it will be done soon. You have NO idea!
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French corporate boutique BDGS Associés has made its first lateral hire since setting up 18 months ago, appointing Linklaters M&A partner Marc Loy.
Loy is joining BDGS alongside Linklaters of counsel Thomas Meli, who will become a partner at the boutique. Linklaters associate Gauthier Verdon is also making the move.
The hires bring the number of partners at BDGS to eight, all with a background at French stalwart Gide Loyrette Nouel.
The firm was founded last year by a team of corporate partners from Gide (22 March 2013) and has since picked up roles on a number of major M&A transactions. It is currently advising the board of travel company Club Méditerranée on two rival takeover bids (7 July 2014).
Loy, who left Linklaters in May, joined the magic circle firm in 1998 from Gide alongside fellow corporate heavyweights Thierry Vassogne and Olivier Diaz (27 October 1998). With his departure none of the three are left at Linklaters, following Diaz's departure for Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier and Vassogne's death three years ago (11 January 2011).
Led by Vassogne, the team was widely credited with building up Linklaters' profile in the French market. Deals on which Loy worked included acting for energy company Suez on its merger with Gaz de France (27 February 2006), maintaining the relationship with further instructions such as the investment by China Investment Corporation in GDF Suez (17 August 2011).
Loy also spent time as one of the co-heads of Linklaters' global M&A team.
The magic circle firm has seen a number of comings and goings in Paris in the past two years. It lost a capital markets team to White & Case early last year (28 February 2013), and turned to Shearman & Sterling for the hire of partner Bertrand Sénéchal to rebuild the team (11 July 2013).
More recently, the focus has been on arbitration. Last week the firm recruited International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration managing counsel Christian Albanesi. Albanesi joined the ICC in 2007 as deputy counsel in the court's Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese team, and was promoted to managing counsel in 2013.
He previously worked in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Paris office, having moved to Europe from his native Argentina where he worked at Marval O'Farrell & Mairal.
The hire follows Linklaters' recruitment of a trio of arbitration partners from French firm Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton last year (22 October 2013).
The ICC has promoted Alexander Fessas to managing counsel in Albanesi's stead. Fessas was formerly the Eastern Mediterranean team counsel at the ICC court.


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The 2017 Unilever Food Solutions Chef of the Year competition caters for every kind of chef from experienced artisans to amateur home cooks. With a reputation for launching chefs' careers for over four decades, the competition remains an extraordinary South African culinary experience. Entered and won by some of the contemporary magnates of the hospitality industry, COTY has been responsible for providing a springboard for the careers of hundreds of chefs. "This year, with three categories – Senior, Junior and Team of 4 – Chef of the Year will deliver the same benefits of recognition, career development, acclaim, the platform to unleash competitive and team spirit and, of course, reward, in the form of prizes totalling R110 000," says Remco Bol, MD of Unilever Food Solutions.
Designed to keep chefs inspired and on top of their game, the Senior category for chefs 25 years and older provides the opportunity to test their competitive edge, learn new techniques, push their own creative boundaries and win the title of Senior Chef of the Year and a first prize of R15 000, second prize of R10 000 or third prize of R5 000.
With the chance to launch their career at stake, the Junior Chef of the Year is often the most competitive of the three categories. Attracting chefs aged between 18 and 25, the juniors' compete for a R10 000 first prize, R6 000 second prize and R4 000 third prize. Additionally, the chef placed first will win a week's working holiday at a fine dining establishment, along with the opportunity to make a name for themselves through the extensive media attention the competition attracts.
The Team of Four category returns by popular demand this year, giving teams consisting of a manager, two chefs and a waiter the chance to change up their daily routine and show off their team skills and spirit for a chance at glory. With a first prize of R20 000, second prize of R12 000 and third prize of R8 000.
Entries have opened and registering is simple. "We've brought everything online, making entering simple and interactive," says Craig Elliott, Executive Head Chef of Unilever Food Solutions, who has been responsible for evolving the competition with new trends and innovations every year. The closing date for entries is Friday 7 July, and regional finals take place between 26 to 28 July. The national final on 6 September will see two individuals or teams from each region preparing a three-course meal incorporating a variety of compulsory proteins and Unilever Food Solutions products.
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Do you remember where you were when you heard about the tragedy at Sandy Hook? I do. I was eating lunch in our teacher's lounge. One of the teachers was checking Facebook on her phone and said that there was a shooting at a school in Connecticut. She didn't know anything other than that. It was towards the end of lunch so we just went about our day. When I got home, a few family members called me to ask if I heard what happened. I watched the news in shock. I could not believe something like this could happen to these poor innocent children and those who were taking care of them.
The next day at school I tried to focus, but all I kept thinking is…..what would I do if I was in the situation that the teachers at Sandy Hook were in. I ran scenarios through my head of how I could protect these innocent little ones in my classroom. I even talked to my husband about it because he is a police officer. All day it took everything I could not to cry when I looked at my sweet little students. I would have done whatever I could to protect them!
After school that day, I had a parent come up to me. She asked if we talked about the tragedy at school that day. I told her no because #1 I didn't think I could without crying and #2 I truly didn't think that 5 year olds would understand and #3 I didn't want to scare my students. This same parent said to me, "I just want to thank you for all you do. I know that you would do what you could to protect your students and keep them safe." And then I lost it. I started crying. I had kept my emotions in all day and I wanted to respond to her with a thank you, but just cried instead.
The town of Newton, CT has asked for people to commit random acts of kindness on December 14th to honor those students, teachers, and principal who lost their lives. Since December 14th is a Saturday I decided to do random acts of kindness with my class all throughout the week. We will do one act each day. Here is what I have planned:
Monday - Write Thank You notes to our janitors.
Tuesday - Give candy canes to the other kindergarten class.
Wednesday - Give lots of compliments to other students, teachers, and staff members.
Thursday - Write Thank You notes to our cafeteria workers.
Friday - Give special treats to the office staff (principal, secretary, and nurse)
I hope you consider participating in this special event. I will never ever forget that day or those who lost their lives.
"As educators, we remember and honor our fallen colleagues and their students from Sandy Hook School. We honor them each day in our classrooms in which we continue their dream of teaching our children. We honor their memory with our service. Join with teachers everywhere in committing random acts of kindness to show our love for Sandy Hook."


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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Sticking with my Ellen Giggenbach Wall Decals
Recently I had a bit of splurge at Ellen Giggenbach's Etsy store. I told myself I was buying Christmas presents....for others....but I bought these too. Then I conveniently blocked it from my memory and was very excited when I opened the parcel and saw there was a present for ME!
I'm a big fan of Ms Giggenbach's paper cut art and feel very privileged to have some on the wall in the children's room. Her work has a lovely graphic slick look with the added playfulness of the 1960's. It's whimsical and stylish. I had too much fun putting stickers on the wall. They match with the stickers the kids put EVERYWHERE!
Check out Ellen Giggenbach's blog where you can explore more of her work (and envy her op shop finds! Those New Zealand op shops! I need a trip just to shop!) and her etsy store here.
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Downloader and installer for the nVidia driver package (340.98)
Installing these packages can take a long time. These packages will automatically download the NVIDIA driver (+-70MB) from http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64 or http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86 and save it in /usr/src. The driver and libraries will be installed after the download. The installer will install the nVidia files the Bumblebee way. The libraries will NOT interfere with any other libraries of a distribution and will be installed in a seperate nvidia directory. Usage will be controlled by editing the ld.so.conf(.d) and/or using the "ModulePath" var in xorg.conf. You can also download the NVIDIA package yourself and copy it to the /usr/src directory. The installer will then skip the download part and just install the driver and libraries the Bumblebee way. These rpms can be used by normal and Optimus enabled nVidia systems. Tips and tricks =============== You can use the /usr/lib/nvidia/switch-libGL.sh or /usr/lib64/nvidia/switch-libGL.sh to force the use of the nVidia libGL* libraries. This is only necessary if an application is compiled with hard linked library paths ( the rpath option was used ), for example "xbmc" from Packman. A better solution is to start the offending application with: 32bit: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/nvidia:/usr/lib/nvidia/vdpau <application_name> [ <arguments> ] 64bit: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/nvidia:/usr/lib64/nvidia/vdpau <application_name> [ <arguments> ] and force the application to use the nVidia libs. Release info =============== - Update to 340.98 * Added support for the screen_info.ext_lfb_base field, on kernels that have it, in order to properly handle UEFI framebuffer consoles with physical addresses above 4GB.


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Congress Critters Invest In Big Companies; News At Eleven
from the not-much-to-glean deptRed Herring is reporting on the question of where our elected officials invest their own money, noting that an awful lot of it has gone into tech companies. For example, the second, third and fourth most invested in company among Congressional members are Cisco, Microsoft, and Intel, following on GE, which had the largest number of lawmaker investors (88). Of course, the number of investors doesn't necessarily say how much is invested, as Apple leads on that list, with Congressional members having put somewhere between $6.4 million and $31 million into Apple. Elected officials only need to give a range for their investments, hence the large spread. Of course, all of the info in the article isn't really all that enlightening, as the companies that these folks are invested in are basically the same as you would find on a list of the biggest companies in the US. So, basically, our Congress critters invest in big companies, many of which are in the tech industry. That's not particularly surprising.
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SO, got two for ya. First we have this weird ass hardcore pop screamo band called Bionic Ghost Kids. They are from Berlin. Man, kids these days and their genre mash-ups. Whoa, you gotta check this shit. I am pretty sure I hate this, BUT it does have that catchy chorus.
Second is a video I somehow missed over the holidays. It's from Sean Tillman, aka Har Mar Superstar, aka Drew Barrymore's bff. He went my elementary school, funny, so did Steve Zahn, Anyway, his buddy and mine, Preston is in the video too. Check it out! Funny stuff.
Bionic Ghost Kids: "Poison Ivy"
Har Mar Superstar: "Crappy Holidays"
ps Thanks for the everyone that came out last night! Good times were had by all. Look for a big big big cLAy TV show late March!!!


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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Housekeeping Journal
I got the idea from The Fly Lady, those extreme couponers, and this notebook on Etsy.
I made me a Housekeeping Notebook.
I got this weekly calender here.
I even organized one of my horrendous cabinets.
I need one of those spice step things to organize it better... One step at a time!
How do you stay organized?
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- Libby said...
Girl, you are really doing it up! I'm impressed and secretly jealous. lol Organization is a work in progress for me, but one thing I do in the kitchen is organize my pantry shelves by food style. Sounds weird, but since I don't have an official pantry, I created labels on the inside doors that say things like "Italian", "Asian-Inspired", etc. All the items on that shelf belong in that cuisine. That way when I want to cook or grocery shop, I know exactly which style is lacking or what I can prepare. My mom thinks it's crazy, but it helps me save money and time.
I also follow this blog: http://abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com/. Toni is all about being organized. Check out her past posts on weekly cleaning/organizing challenges and her section on organization. Yes, even her blog is very organized. lol
- 1:30 AM, June 29, 2011
- Libby said...
Oh, I answered your healthy hair question on my blog underneath your comment. :-)
- 1:31 AM, June 29, 2011
- Ayana said...
Thanx Libby! I love new blogs to inspire me. I am also a total organizational work in progress. That is why I am noting my progress on here - to keep me motivated. Anyone who knows me - KNOWS that my organizational skills are slim to none.
- 8:35 AM, June 29, 2011
- K. Rock said...
I used to be really organized but with age I have progressively gotten worse. When it comes to housework I am the worst. I know that organization will help my house not be messy. I am in the midst of working on it now.
- 11:57 AM, June 29, 2011
- Valencia said...
I like this idea!!
- 12:30 PM, June 29, 2011
- Deedra said...
What a GREAT idea! A housekeeping journal! I need to learn organization in a BIG way. Not a strong suit. Never thought of doing a journal, though. I think I may have to adapt this idea of yours. A new obsession! Yay! lol
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At least one American was among the 350 people corroborated dead from Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades, the State Department reported Monday, as crews raced to save anybody who still might be alive and trapped underneath the rubble.
U.S. officials did not name the American who died.
The 7.8 -magnitude quake left a trail of wrecking along the normally calm Pacific coast, buckling highways, knocking down an air traffic control tower and flattening homes and buildings. Thousands of people are homeless.
"For God's sake help me find their own families, " pleaded Manuel Quijije, 27, standing next to a wrecked building in hard-hit Portoviejo. He said his older brother, Junior, was trapped under a piling of distorted steel and concrete with two relatives.
"We managed to see his arms and legs. They're his, they're buried, but the police kicked us out because they say there's a risk the rest of the building will collapse, " Quijije told angrily as he seemed on the ruinings cordoned off by police. "We're not afraid. We're desperate. We want to pull out our family."
A grief-stricken aunt, Johana Estupinan, said her family was getting together to celebrate 17 -year-old Sayira Quinde running off to college when a house breakdown killed the teen, her mother, father and toddler brother. Now, Estupinan is traveling in a hearse to the town of Esmeraldas, where she will bury her loved ones and break the news of the loss to her sister's three now-orphaned children.
Also among the dead was Sister Clare Theresa Crockett, a 33 -year-old Irish nun who worked at local schools in in rural Playa Prieta, Sky News reported.
It is believed that Crockett was trying to help girls out of the school after the quake hit. Her body was found in the rubble of a collapsed staircase.
"She was the last sister find, " her cousin Emmet Doyle told Sky News. "She was trying to get them down the stairs and the staircase collapsed. She died as she lived, helping others."
President Rafael Correa told early Monday that the death toll would "surely rise, and in a significant way."
"The Ecuadorean spirit knows how to move forward, and will know how to overcome these so difficult moments, " Correa said.
Ecuadorian Security Minister Cesar Navas told the Teleamazonas TV channel Monday morning that the death toll had risen to 350 from 272.
Portoviejo, a provincial capital of nearly 300,000, was among the hardest hit, with the town's mayor reporting at least 100 demises. The Quinde family drove there from their home hours up the coast to drop off Sayira at Estupinan's house a week before she was to start classes at a public university on a scholarship to study medicine.
"She was my favorite niece, " Estupinan told, emotionally torn apart after waiting at the city's morgue for hours. "I believed I was getting a daughter for the six years it was going to take her to earn a degree."
"I never believed my life would be destroyed in a minute, " she added.
Estupinan watched as her loved ones were loaded onto a truck-sized hearse for the nighttime drive, the three older ones in dark mahogany coffins and 8-month-old Matias in a casket painted white. "It was supposed to be a short moment of household happiness but it converted into a tragedy, " she said.
She hoped to bury her relatives in Esmeraldas on Monday, but devastation there is also severe and she worried about whether the hearse could make it along roads ripped apart by the quake.
The Saturday night quake knocked out power in many components along the coast and some who fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami had no home to return to, or feared structures still standing might collapse. The country's Geophysics Institute said it recorded 230 aftershocks, some strong, as of Sunday night.
With makeshift shelters in short supply, many hunkered down to spend a second straight night outdoors huddled among neighbors.
Correa cut short a trip to the Vatican and flew immediately to the city of Manta to oversee relief efforts. Even before touching Ecuadorean clay he signed a decree declaring a national emergency. Speaking from Portoviejo late Sunday he said the earthquake was the worst natural disaster to make Ecuador since a 1949 earthquake in the Andean city of Ambato, which took over 5,000 lives.
"Our grief is very large, the tragedy is very large, but we'll find the way to move forward, " Correa told. "If our ache is immense, still larger is the spirit of our people."
As rescuers scrambled through the ruinings near the epicenter, in some cases digging with their hands to look for survivors, humanitarian aid began trickling in. More than 3,000 packages of food and nearly 8,000 sleeping kits were being delivered Sunday. Correa's ally, Venezuela, and neighboring Colombia, where the quake was also felt, coordinated airlifts. Mexico and Chile sent squads of rescuers.
Spain's Red Cross told as many as 5,000 people may need temporary housing after the quake flattened homes, and 100,000 may need some sort of aid.
On social media, Ecuadoreans celebrated a video of a newborn girl being pulled from beneath a collapsed home in Manta.
But fear was also spreading of another night of looting after 180 captives from a incarcerate near Portoviejo escaped amid the uproar. Authorities said some 20 inmates were recaptured and some others returned voluntarily.
Seeking security from any unrest, about 400 residents of Portoviejo gathered Sunday night on the tarmac of the city's former airport, where authorities handed out water, mattresses and food. The airport was closed in 2011 and flights diverted to a larger facility in nearby Manta after Correa kicked out a U.S. narcotic interdiction operation stationed there.
Shantytowns and inexpensively constructed brick and concrete homes were to curtail rubble along the quake's path. In the coastal township of Chamanga, authorities estimated than 90 percentage of homes had damage, while in Guayaquil a shopping center's roof has declined in and a collapsed highway overpass crushed a automobile, killing the driver.
The government said it would draw on $600 million in emergency funding from multilateral banks to rebuild.
But in the meantime, the digging and hoping against the odds continued.
In downtown Portoviejo, a few blocks from where a four-story hotel fell onto the Quinde family's automobile, the six-story social security systems house was a piling of rubble. Downed power cables were strewn across the street.
"The situation is heart-rending, " Jaime Ugalde, editor of El Diario, the city's most-important newspaper, told as he surveyed the damage. "I'm going to return home and hug my spouse and two children. We're the luck ones. We're alive."
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Make Peace with It
I was right in the middle of watching American Idol and my stomach began cramping. I thought it must be a gassy tummy and assumed it'd go away shortly. I was wrong. I barely slept a wink that night because of the intense pain. I had a very important list of tasks for the business that needed to be done the following day, but they all had to be chucked out the window. I couldn't focus or tap into my creativity with all the doubling over pain. I called one of my babysitters to come over that night to help with the kids because my mate was working late. Thirty minutes before her scheduled arrival time, she had to cancel. I wanted to cry. I called the rest of my tribe for help and they were all unavailable. There was only one thing left to do … make peace with my situation. Keep in mind that I have a three year-old who never stops talking and a one year-old whose main mission is to climb up to high places and try to escape out of the house. It makes me fear for his life. There was no way I could chase my baby or even lift him up. Plus, I had a raging headache. The odds of us all surviving the night were slim. But the oddest thing happened. Once I surrendered to having to take care of them, while crazy sick, things went pretty smooth. More smoothly than any evening I remember. My oldest son fetched me anything I asked for, kept hugging and kissing me and was simply an angel. It's truly one of the biggest lessons I've learned the past couple of years to take my implementation of the Law of Attraction to a whole other dimension. It's the same strategy I used last year in the final quarter to create my most profitable year yet. And that is saying a lot because it didn't look like I was even going to reach six figures at the end of August. My knee-jerk reaction was to panic. But I know that never helps. I decided to make 100% peace with my pitiful numbers. I even stopped caring about sales. If people bought from me, great. If they didn't then that was fine, too. I really trusted that somehow, some way my finances would turn around. And they did. Not only did they skyrocket but it happened lickity split. Once the money began to pileup, I began asking for more. I wanted to stay in appreciation and also know that this didn't have to be a one-time avalanche of extreme prosperity. I wasn't afraid that my good luck would leave, but I was also at peace if it did. No negative emotions on the topic of money caused my whole situation to flip. I promise there was no other secret marketing strategy. My secret is making peace with wherever I'm at, especially when things aren't going my way. It's not really a secret, it's just challenging to believe that this is the only thing needed to make the switch. Our default is to take action. And the action is usually driven by the same energy that created the mess in the first place. I also have to continuously make peace with the fact that I create the messes in my life. Often, that's the hardest pill to swallow. But once I do, I feel good again. Peace out. Your assignment: Try letting go and making peace with something this week! And feel free to share your comments below!
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Letters: Christian Income Gap?
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North Korea: The fate of those who flee: The case of Li song Nam
This is a quick Regional Action Network (KOTARAN 7/97), sent to coordinators for distribution to groups and it is sent to AI Sections for information. It describes the case of Li Song Nam and his family, who left North Korea illegally and arrive in China. According to accounts received from his relatives by AI, Li Song Nam was taken away in a police car and have not been seen ever since.


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In most years, the observance of Yom HaAtzmaout is not celebrated on the actual day that the State of Israel was declared (the 5th of Iyyar) in order to prevent a desecration of the Sabbath.
This year, it is celebrated on the 6th of Iyyar, so that the Memorial Day Services begin on Sunday night rather than Saturday night. (In fact, the next time that Yom HaAtzmaout will be celebrated on the 5th of Iyyar is in the year 2020!!)
If Judaism lends importance to actual date of an event, how can we reconcile the following issues:
- Rav Goren zt"l ruled that the proper day should be observed, but what about separating ourselves from the public who observes the deferred day?
- When should we recite the Hallel prayer? Isn't it in vain if we're not saying it on the day of the miracle?
- When do we add the Al-HaNissim prayer to our Birkath HaMazon and Shmona Esray?
Rav Bar-Hayyim suggests that we look to "Purim Meshulash" for the answer. The festivities and customs of the day should be divided into two:
- The early/deferred day would include the public celebrations, including Hallel, Shechechiyanu and the "She Assa Nissim" prayer
- The actual day, the 5th of Iyyar, should include the Al HaNissim additions to the Shmona Esray and the Birkat HaMazon as well as the special Torah reading.
The additions to the tefila would occur even when the 5th of Iyyar is observed as the Memorial Day for fallen Israeli soldiers and those who were murdered in terrorist attacks.
This is the case this year. For a copy of the article/psak, please email my friend at email@example.com.
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Thursday, 12 April 2012
SMASH BOOKS! My new love :)
Lots of crafting has been done, horray!!! but alas not much posting :( sorry everyone!
I promise to try and be a better blogger from now on, with more regular updates and comments on all your wonderful blogs too :)
Since last posting, I have done ooooooodles of crafting, mini albums, tags, cards, I was even given a sewing machine for my birthday, Woo Hoo!
And best of all, I have re-discovered my love of scrapbooking, I had honestly forgotten what fun it could be :)
I have also become totally addicted to "Smash booking" (if that's the correct term) you know, those quirky little books with so many adorable pages. It's basically old school scrapbooking but with a wonderful quirky twist.
For anyone reading who may have not yet discovered the true scrumminess of these little gems, I thought I would include some pics of some recent Smash stash and show some of the yummy papers within these adorable smash books.
Plus, a sneak peek at how one of my smash books is now starting to look, nice and chubby and full of yumminess!
Promise to be back soon for lots more Smash book updates and lots more other craftyness too!
Hugs to you all, my lovely crafty friends :)
Suzie xxxx :)
10 comments:
- Catherine said...
Fab smash books.....
- 13 April 2012 at 00:01
- SusieJ said...
Fabulous !!! I'm just starting my first Smash book....first pages will be all about the ballet I'm seeing tomorrow!
Hugs xx
p.s. great to see you blogging again!
- 13 April 2012 at 08:27
- Samantha Wright said...
wow yours is looking pretty fill you'll have to share some of the inside pages cos I haven't got a clue what they are lol they look like cute books!
- 13 April 2012 at 12:15
- crafting to stay sane said...
Wow you are hooked on SMASH BOOKS lol!! Great to see you blogging again!
hugs Aly x
- 13 April 2012 at 12:18
Hi Sue! Delighted with your "Smash" book gift! Spent the other night filling it and making a right mess in the process! Yours look very full. Please show us some of the contents! Mam xxxx :D
- 14 April 2012 at 03:46
- SueB said...
Thank you everyone for all your lovely comments, and to have such a warm welcome back to the world of blogging :)
How fab to see my lovely Mum has managed to post too :)
So pleased you love your Smashbook Mum, will send some more smash goodies soon!
For all those of you that asked, I promise to give you a peek inside my lovely Smashbook, so watch out for my next post :)
Big Hugs to you all!
Suzie xxxx :)
- 14 April 2012 at 08:16
- Louise said...
oh wow! I've just purchased the pink smash book and have no idea what to do with it - an impulse buy!
Would love to see the inside of your smash book too. I need some ideas if i'm ever to fill mine!
Thank you for leaving me a lovely comment today xx
- 14 April 2012 at 08:58
- Carole said...
Yay! Finally, a lovely blog post from Suzie :) BUT, can't believe that you didn't show your scrapbook pages that you did with us, nor the inside of your scrummy looking Smash book - so need to see inside please!
Look forward to your next post :)
Hugs, Carole xxx
- 14 April 2012 at 11:52
- Hi I'm Maria... said...
welcome back suzie, long time no blog...
yes can see you are hooked on 'smashing'... I got the mini one for my florida trip, but only managed a few pages while there (was too busy through the day and too knackered in the evenings, lol)...
I've just got the blue one for steven and fancy the pink one myself, (but no where has it)... saying that, it'snfinding the time to scrap, let alone smash, lol...
maria xx
- 14 April 2012 at 14:01
- Roxy said...
Oh man, you have got it BAD!!!
- 14 April 2012 at 20:48


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Creating a well-planned medical marketing strategy can come with its own set of challenges. With the importance of social media marketing and Google reviews growing, there are certain medical fields that are at a distinct disadvantage. For example, a plastic surgeon is going to have a much more difficult time getting patients to post public messages or reviews that are directly tied to their personal social media accounts. This can cause an overreaction by focusing too much on what the competition is doing.
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While there are tried and true methods to medical marketing, taking your practice to the next level can be a difficult task that may involve trial and error. In many ways, the ever-changing Google algorithm can make it seem like each site is being held to a different standard. In all reality, this is absolutely the case. While some sites have been penalized severely for "Black-Hat SEO" techniques, it seems as though others have flown under the radar. For example, many sites were penalized in 2012 for a large number of footer links. These are links that exist at the bottom of your site and are on every page of your site. With a little digging, you may find that your competition has a large number of footer links, but they seem to rank well for every keyword. Whatever you do, don't fall into the trap of doing what they're doing. Chances are, you'll be hit right away with a Google penalty and essentially have to go into recovery mode. This isn't fun for anyone, and your website traffic will suffer.
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We have dates to share with you....
On Saturday 24th May we will be at Pakenham Quilt In for a trunk show type presentation. We know some ladies from Pakenham Patchworkers and Quilters Group so it will be a great change to catch up and meet new people.
We will have lots of quilts to share with you and Mrs Martin's Quilt Shop will have our patterns for sale with some starter kits too.
Wednesday May 28th we will be at Essendon Quilters' night meeting with quilts to show and patterns for sale....and yes.... we are going to be talking to these wonderful ladies..... a daunting thought as we are not confident public speakers! wish us luck....
Saturday May 31st we are at Magic Patch Quilting in Tyabb. We are having a workshop with Airlie & Cranbrook patterns. You get to choose which of the patterns you work on on the day. If you give Carol a call, she can let you know if there is any space left.
If you haven't bought a raffle ticket for this quilt, they are still available at @2 each. I know June at Lilly Patches has tickets for sale.
We hope to see you VERY soon at one of these events or at our regular classes at Lilly Patches.
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Lady Lions' Sierra Moore Fights Back From ACL Tear To Play Senior Season
"I should've known it was the wrong decision when I called Coquese to tell her I wasn't coming [to Penn State] and I started crying."
Senior guard Sierra Moore remembers the conversation she had with Lady Lions' coach Coquese Washington well. The 5-foot-11 star out of Delone Catholic High School in southern Pennsylvania was informing the coach of her decision to commit to Duke over the local team she had grown up watching.
Moore would play 25 games for the ACC school during the 2012-13 season before she switched course. She would come back home to play for the Lady Lions.
Now a fifth-year senior who's experienced just about everything in her college career, she's the leader of a young squad transitioning back to the premier basketball Penn State women were once known for.
Without Washington at the helm, however, she may not have ever gotten the chance to reverse her original college choice.
"Her welcoming me back without any hesitation was really great," Moore said. "When I was ready to transfer, I knew that's where I wanted to go and I called her up as soon as I was allowed to and I told her that I wanted to come back."
Moore had to sit out a year per NCAA rules with the transfer, but that wouldn't be the only battle she would face to get on the court at the Bryce Jordan Center.
The first season she played with the Lady Lions, she earned a Big Ten honorable mention despite the team struggling as much as it ever had — posting a 6-24 record. Moore played in all 30 games, getting the start in each, and scored a team second-best 12.1 points per game.
With a stellar freshman class coming in featuring two five-star prospects, things were looking up for Penn State with a key guard in Moore returning to the fold. She stood out immediately and set the tone for one of those touted prospects, now sophomore star Teniya Page.
"The thing I saw from Sierra on my official [visit] was how aggressive she was," Page said. "Just how confident she was and she brought it every single day."
There would be another year-long setback for Moore — one that was much more difficult to return from than missing a season due to transfer rules.
Moore tore her ACL in what she describes as a freak accident in the preseason of the run-up to the Lady Lions' redemption run in 2015. The sidelined starter was missed as her team once again struggled to produce results, this time without the tenacious playmaker.
"She's a kid that she makes plays in different ways," Washington said. "Whether it's coast-to-coast or rebound and coast-to-coast or a big defensive play or getting to the free throw line. She just has a knack for making a big play. We missed that last year. We missed that competitive fire. We missed those impact plays that she would make during the game."
The process of returning from an injury like this was something she never experienced before and doesn't wish on anyone. She went through her first major injury, her first surgery — all to get back to be able to play out her senior season.
It was going to take a lot of willpower and determination to make it back to the lineup once again.
"Right after you tear your ACL and you get surgery, it's a matter of if you want to work back to the way you were before or not," Moore said. "I knew I wanted to be back out there and I wanted to go stronger than ever."
Washington was well aware that her guard was itching to get back on the court as she watched her teammates continue to push the Lady Lions forward. For the coach, it was about Moore letting the recovery run its course so she could get back and be at her best for her final season.
"The rehab is so tedious that sometimes you want to go faster than what is smart to do," Washington said. "For her, it was the tediousness. It was the 'Sierra, no. I know you feel like you can jump, but you can't jump. I know you feel like you can run, but you can't run yet.'"
Through all the work she put in and the patience she had in recovery, Moore made it back for the season.
She has played in every game this season, but only recently was promoted to a starting role. With the newfound depth of the team, Moore needed time to regain her prominent role.
As the season hits the homestretch, Moore's become more and more critical to the Lady Lions' success. Averaging 9.6 points per game, she's reached double figures in five of the last six — including a season-high 19-point effort in a win over Illinois.
Having Moore back on the court is important for the Lady Lions. Yes, for the skilled player and competitor she is, but also for the type of person you get with her around.
"She's one of the funniest people on the team, and she can do that before games and when they blow the whistle for us for the jump ball, she's always competitive and on top of whatever she needs to do," Page said. "Having Sierra back, I love it, the team loves it, and it's something we didn't have last year. It's something that we definitely missed."
Moore's college career is winding down with just three regular season games left plus whatever postseason action the Lady Lions might get.
It's not something she wants to focus on at the moment, with her eyes set on the very next game ahead. But she does have plans for when her time in Happy Valley is complete. The WNBA is a long-term goal, but she sees herself playing professionally overseas this time next year.
For now, it's all about the final chapter of her and her fellow seniors' Penn State journey.
"I think as a senior and with my other seniors that have been here with me throughout all of this," Moore said. "We've battled through a lot of things, and I just am proud of them and myself for being able to withstand the battles we've had. We don't want it to be over yet. We're taking it one game at a time."
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No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures, The University of Michigan Press, 2009 (publisher's page).
"Serving Two Masters: Using Referenda to Assess Partisan versus Dyadic Legislative Representation," Political Research Quarterly, 2011 (with Hans Noel).
"The Perils of Holding a Tea Party at High Altitude: Colorado's Senate and Gubernatorial Races in 2010," in Sabato, Larry J., ed., Pendulum Swing, Longman, 2011.
"Academics Outside the Academy," The Forum, 2010, Vol. 8: Iss. 3, Article 7.
"Painting the High Plains Blue: Musgrave vs. Markey in Colorado's Fourth Congressional District," in Adkins and Dulio, eds., Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense, Routledge Press, 2009.
"The Circus That Wasn't: The Republican Party's Quest for Order in the 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall," State Politics and Policy Quarterly (forthcoming).
"Did Obama's Ground Game Matter? The Influence of Local Field Offices During the 2008 Presidential Election," Public Opinion Quarterly 2009, 73: 1023-1039.
"Cooperative Party Factions in American Politics," American Politics Research, 2010 (with Gregory Koger and Hans Noel).
"Partisan Webs: Information Exchange and Party Networks," British Journal of Political Science, 2009 (with Gregory Koger and Hans Noel).
"Where You Sit is Where You Stand: The Impact of Seating Proximity on Legislative Cue-Taking," Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2008, 3: 301-311.
"It Takes an Outsider: Extra-legislative Organization And Partisanship In The California Assembly, 1849-2006," The American Journal of Political Science 51: 482-497.
"Ideological Adaptation? The Survival Instinct of Threatened Legislators," The Journal of Politics, 2007, 69: 828-843 (with Thad Kousser and Jeffrey B. Lewis).
"A Return to Normalcy? Revisiting the Effects of Term Limits on Competitiveness and Spending in California Assembly Elections," State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 2007, 7: 20-38 (with Jeffrey B. Lewis).
"Data Entry: Going Pro," The Political Methodologist, 2005, 13: 19-20.
"The Stealth Campaign: Experimental Studies of Slate Mail in California," Journal of Law & Politics, 2001, 17 (with Shanto Iyengar and Daniel Lowenstein).
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The story of Sandra Bland, a woman who was pulled over for a traffic violation, and later died in prison, gained international attention in July. An official autopsy report ruled her death a suicide but some people were skeptical. Her family publicly rejected the idea that Bland killed herself, launching an investigation into the cause of her death. "Based on the Sandy that I knew, that's unfathomable to me," said Bland's sister, Sharon Cooper.
It was announced on Monday that there will be no indictment for her death. The ruling concludes that neither the sheriff's department nor the jailers committed a crime in their treatment of Bland. Special prosecutor, Darrell Jordan said that "the case is still open," and that the Grand Jury will reconvene next month to discuss other parts of the case. "It's all in the way you phrase it," said Mr. Jordan, who is one of five special prosecutors in the case. "The case is not over. That's what I'm stressing right now. The case is not over."
Bland, who was 28, had just moved to Texas from Illinois and was beginning a new life. She had accepted a new job at Prairie View A&M University, her alma mater according to the New York Times. The policeman who arrested her claimed that she had failed to use the turning signal when switching lanes. When he spoke to her in her car, she refused to put out her cigarette and questioned his motives for pulling her over. The officer then demanded that she get out of the car, threatening to tase her saying, "I will light you up," at which point Bland stepped out of the car.
The dash camera does not capture video of what happened once the officer and Bland stepped out of frame, however, Bland can be heard saying, "You are about to break my wrist." She also told the police officer that she could not hear and that her head had been slammed into the ground.A nearby civilian captured the ordeal on camera, Bland thanked the person for filming. "Thank you for recording, thank you." she said. "For a traffic signal, they slammed me into the ground and everything."
Bland's death occurred during the upsurge of the Black Lives Matter movement, inciting conversation about the treatment of black people by police in our country. Bland was a supporter of the movement, speaking openly about the issue in videos on her Facebook page.
Cannon Lambert, a lawyer for the Bland family, said on Monday night that the family was disappointed that they had not been more informed about the investigation. He said the family had first learned that there would be no indictment through news reports.
"We are unfortunately disappointed by the fact that our suspicions regarding this sham of a process have come to fruition," he said.
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Here is my first hair tutorial for short hair! It's inspired by the character Kofuku, the God of Poverty, from Noragami.
I decided to part my hair on the other side since it's my preference.
Falsies: The Lucille
Circle Lens: Barbie Gossip Violet
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I wish things were the way
they used to be
Open the doors of the cage, make me free
I want to fly, Up in the sky
My feathers are
Scared to open up wide
The memories just slide,
People try to hide
All I believe is to wish & try
Wish to be stronger, Wish to be younger
Wish to remove, Every poor's hunger
I help people but I myself need therapy
Am I doing any good
Or just setting the wrong key?
Human nature it is to wish,
Take the pain away and kiss
Kiss the pain,
Kiss the sorrow
I wish we meet again tomorrow.
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According to Baird Equity Research industry analyst Colin Sebastian, the upcoming consoles from Sony and Microsoft will retail for $400, or possibly even less. The analyst cites meetings he had with developers and "a number of companies" during CES. If accurate, the prices would be lower than expected and would put the consoles in […]Read more


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Welcome to the new Portfolio website for Jeff Lague…thats me! Whether you want to hire me, contact me, or just get an idea of what I have been up to www.jefflague.com will be the place to go.
The rest of the website will be where you can get information about me and see work from my portfolio. The blog will be where you find things that don't fit into the rest of the portfolio site.
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Would you like to be a member of the Malvern Book Cooperative?
One of the strengths of our business is the fact that it is wholly owned by our members. Every member has an equal say in the strategic decisions we make. They get to elect the management board and to stand for election if they wish.
The members we have at the moment are all people who bought shares when we set the shop up 5 years ago. They are great. They support us and act as the best marketing campaigners we could hope for. At this year's AGM they decided that we ought to allow new members to join the Cooperative. Not to raise money – we don't need additional finance at the moment – but to join our community and bring new ideas and energy.
Interested? Have a look at the details about membership here.