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Join Meir Panim’s campaign to “light up” Chanukah for families in need.
Jewish skin color ranges from white to olive to black, but his does not seem to matter.
From early 2004 I have been saying in the pages of The Jewish Press that we are potentially looking at another Holocaust. This level of hatred and demonization never ends without the mass murder of Jews. Anything is possible. The surreal can become real in an instant.
In many ways Jews today face a graver threat than they did in the 1930s because much of the world, rather than just one or two nations, is now involved in the demonization of Israel.
So what must be done?
We must understand that anti-Semitism is an illness – a madness – something evil that is not caused by Jews. We may not be able to appease those who are afflicted with it any more than we can please Hamas or al Qaeda, but we must defend ourselves against it – in every way possible.
But we also must shed our illusions – permanently. We cannot expect that conditions will always improve, or that one country or another will always be a safe haven for Jews.
Our ancestors suffered in exile for nearly two thousand years, and while we are privileged to live in a time when our homeland has been restored to us, it was foolish to have thought that Jew-hatred would suddenly become extinct or that Israel would not remain under permanent siege.
As Jews, as Israelis, as members of a nation holy unto God, we must understand, and never forget, that ours is an eternal struggle.
About the Author: Dr. Phyllis Chesler is a professor emerita of psychology, a Middle East Forum fellow, and the author of fifteen books including “Women and Madness” (1972), “The New Anti-Semitism” (2003), and her latest, “An American Bride in Kabul” (2013). Her articles are archived at www.phyllis-chesler.com.
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Shepherding in the Shomron isn’t your usual kind of shepherding – despite his business-minded beginnings, Eli has discovered that a strong ideological impetus powers the job.
I said to myself, “This story has got to be told. We’re losing this generation of World War II and if we don’t listen to them now, we’ve lost it.”
His entire existence was about spreading simcha and glorifying G-d’s name on a daily basis.
At some point we need to stop simply defending and promoting Israel and start living in Israel
“We Jews are the only people who when we drop a book on the floor pick it up and kiss it.”
Though Zaide was the publisher of The Jewish Press, a big newspaper,I always remember him learning
Speaker Silver has been an extraordinary public servant since his election to the Assembly in 1975 and has been an exemplary leader of that body since 1994.
He spent the first leg of his daylong visit to the French capital at Hyper Cacher.
Drawing Congress into the Iran nuclear debate is the last thing the White House wants.
Great leaders like Miriam and like Sarah Schenirer possess the capacity to challenge the status quo that confronts them.
Obama’s foreign policy is viewed by both liberals and conservatives as deeply flawed
Many journalists are covertly blaming the Charlie Hebdo writers themselves through self-censorship.
Few of the volunteers were experienced sailors, (Greenfield had been in the Merchant Marine). Few were Zionists.
My good colleague Kay is wrong about the early demise of conspiracy theories and blood libels against the Jews.
“I am surprised those Zionists are not outside protesting,” says one woman.
“Miral” is a film that has garnered an inordinate amount of media attention. In interviews, the director, Julian Schnabel, defends his right to tell the Palestinian “narrative” for what he claims is the first time. He seems not to know that many others before him have specialized in this particular line of work.
Our beloved, miraculous Jewish state is under siege.
It was assumed that the ceaseless persecution of the Jews in exile would cease once we again had our own sovereign homeland, our own army, navy, and air force.
In 1947-1948 I lived in Boro Park where, against parental and rabbinic advice, I joined a Zionist group. By 1950 I was packing machine-gun parts for Israel in a home not far from the Young Israel. But what I did as a child does not compare to what my friend and colleague David Gutmann did for love of Zion at that very time on the dangerous open seas.
Reality has become somewhat Scandinavian. It grows dark early and it is bitterly cold here in New York City and over a good portion of our fair land. Our Prince of Peace (The Norwegian Nobel, not the noble variety) is not yet asking whether “to be or not to be.” Perhaps he is not entirely convinced that “that is the question.”
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CloudOn has released version 2.0 of its iPad app. As before, the app lets you work on Microsoft Office documents stored on Dropbox from Apple’s tablet. This latest update adds support for Box.net cloud storage, among other tweaks.
For many business users, a device that can’t run Microsoft Office is a device they can’t use. In the past, there have been a couple of ways to edit Office docs on the iPad. You could use one of the iOS office suites—such as iWork or QuickOffice ( Macworld rated 4 out of 5 mice )—that can handle Office-format documents. Or you could use an app like CloudOn—OnLive Desktop and newcomer nivio are similar—to connect from the iPad to a remote server running Office in the cloud.
These latter solutions have had two advantages over native iOS suites like iWork: First, they run the Windows version of Office, which for many businesses is still the standard. Secondly, they don’t make you do the iTunes Dance, as some iOS office suites do—importing document files to your iPad via iTunes, then exporting them back to the Mac when you are done. Instead, with CloudOn and others, your files are stored in the cloud, where they’re accessible directly from other devices.
That said, CloudOn and its ilk have had a couple of their own problems. For one thing, whenever you’re running software remotely, it can feel awfully clunky. (CloudOn has, in my experience, felt the least clunky of these three apps.) But the other problem has been with the way some of them store your files: If you need to upload and download files to and from a vendor’s specific Web server, that can be just as inconvenient as importing and exporting them via iTunes.
CloudOn’s support for Dropbox has given it an edge over its competitors. It means the app fits better into existing Dropbox-based workflows. OnLive Desktop offers Dropbox access of a sort, but it isn’t as smooth: You use its built-in browser to access your Dropbox account via the Web; that access isn’t integrated into the app to the degree that it is in CloudOn. And nivio says it will offer Dropbox connectivity in a future iteration, but it isn’t here yet.
Version 2.0 of the CloudOn app expands on those advantages by adding Box.net to your cloud-storage options. It also provides access to Adobe Reader as well as to the Office suite; there’s a file viewer that can display PDF, PSD, and other graphics formats; and the app offers better integration with the iPad’s email tools, so you can open and send Office-format attachments more easily.
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Keith Butcher, respondent, v. Spyros Panos, etc., et al., defendants, Vassar Brothers Hospital, appellant.
Argued—January 30, 2014
DECISION & ORDER
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendant Vassar Brothers Hospital appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Lubell, J.), dated November 29, 2012, as denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5) to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it as time-barred.
ORDERED that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the motion of the defendant Vassar Brothers Hospital pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5) to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it as time-barred is granted.
According to the plaintiff, on or about November 2007, he sought treatment for his right knee from the defendant physician Spyros Panos. On December 27, 2007, Panos performed surgery on the plaintiff's knee at Vassar Brothers Hospital (hereinafter Vassar). On February 1, 2012, the plaintiff commenced this action against Vassar, among others, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice.
The Supreme Court should have granted Vassar's motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5) to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it as time-barred. Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the motion was not properly denied on the ground that discovery might have revealed evidence that would estop Vassar from raising a statute of limitations defense. In opposition to Vassar's motion, the plaintiff's counsel stated that, with further discovery, the plaintiff hoped to be able to establish that Vassar possessed knowledge of Panos's medical malpractice, and that this knowledge, coupled with Vassar's “allowing” Panos “to continue” his malpractice to the detriment of other patients, was a fraud perpetrated by Vassar on the public that estopped it from asserting a statute of limitations defense. Even if the plaintiff were able to establish these facts, however, they would not give rise to an estoppel (see Plain v. Vassar Bros. Hosp. _ AD3d _ [decided herewith] ).
RIVERA, J.P., LOTT, ROMAN and HINDS–RADIX, JJ., concur.
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November 9, 1998
Environmental stressors contribute significantly to hypertension in young, urban African-American males, but high blood pressure can be dramatically decreased with the intervention of health care providers, researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing report.
Preliminary results of a two-year study of 309 African-American males ages 18 to 54 show that the absence of high blood pressure treatment and factors such as unemployment, poverty, substance abuse, and lack of health insurance increase environmental stress and raise blood pressure. Efforts of a Hopkins intervention team resulted in blood pressure control rates of almost 50 percent and a decrease of 75 percent in emergency room visits.
Results of the study will be presented at 1:30 p.m., Nov. 9, at the American Heart Association's 71st annual Scientific Sessions in Dallas.
"Young, African-American males suffer some of the lowest rates of hypertension awareness, treatment and control," says Mary C. Roary, M.P.H., project director at Hopkins' Center for Nursing Research and an author of the study. "Environmental factors such as lack of health insurance, unemployment and other stressful living conditions exacerbate hypertension and put this population at even greater risk. The good news is that innovative and comprehensive approaches to the management and treatment of hypertension can have a significant impact on controlling high blood pressure.
"Use of an intervention team kept the men from having to use a hospital emergency department as their means of primary care," says Roary. "When health care providers recognized environmental stressors and addressed them, blood pressure was controlled."
The Hopkins intervention team comprises a nurse practitioner, a physician and a community health worker. Participants in the study are given treatment including free medication, regular hypertension monitoring, employment referrals, transportation, home visits by a nurse practitioner, nutrition and risk-behavior classes, and counseling. After a 12-month follow-up, blood pressure control rates for the men increased by 44 percent. In addition, the number of visits the men made to emergency departments decreased from 145 to 35 during the time the intervention team was in place.
The men in the study were seen in a variety of settings including a hospital clinic, private homes and community centers. Of the 309 men, 72 percent were unemployed, 72 percent had an annual income of under $10,000, 51 percent had no health insurance, 49 percent had no regular source of medical care, 64 percent had past incarceration, 62 percent had a history of alcohol abuse, 50 percent had a history of regular drug use, 39 percent did not complete the 12th grade, 30 percent felt unable to control important things in their lives, 28 percent had no one to speak to about personal concerns and, on a six-month follow-up, 34 percent reported the recent loss of someone close to them.
In a related study, Hopkins researchers also found that young black males with hypertension are at significant risk for renal impairment. Early identification of renal impairment can serve as a guide for high blood pressure treatment.
Other Hopkins study authors are Martha N. Hill, Ph.D.; Sue Hall; Miyong Kim; and Gabriela C. Romeri, of the School of Nursing; Lee R. Bone, M.P.H., of the School of Public Health; and David M. Levine, M.D., of the School of Medicine. | <urn:uuid:b3259195-2450-4cf2-b308-301b30c564e9> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://esgweb1.nts.jhu.edu/press/1998/NOVEMBER/981109A.HTM | 2015-01-30T09:22:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115862432.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161102-00228-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956772 | 675 | [
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Just when it appeared as if JVC was going to get out of the TV business altogether and focus on car and home audio, they released their first 55-inch 3D LED TV and it is their best LED TV to date. The JVC JLE55SP4000 Black Sapphire is the first in a new line of HDTVs with a satisfyingly large screen and a set of features that is quite impressive overall.
We loved this JVC TV model for its surprising sound quality, which is one of the TV's best features. On the downside, the refresh rate could use an update. While conventional media, such as cable TV programs and DVDs, only support a refresh rate of 120Hz, the 240Hz upscaling that some models offer provides a noticeable improvement in movement smoothness over the JVC's 120Hz refresh rate. However, the 20,000,000: 1 dynamic contrast ratio and the edge-lit LED technology add greatly to the picture quality, while reducing the power consumption. It consumes only 150 watts of power when in operation, which is well below average, and the 55-inch Black Sapphire competes well with other sets on our list in that area.
The TV comes with four pairs of passive 3D glasses to go along with JVC's patented XinemaView 3D technology. The XinemaSound 3D acoustic technology combines 45 watts of speaker output power with an integrated woofer for a virtual surround sound experience that matches or exceeds that of the picture quality, without the need for additional speakers.
The JVC JLE55SP4000 connects to Wi-Fi and comes preloaded with Netflix, YouTube, Vudu and Pandora apps. It has an Ethernet port as well as two USB and four HDMI inputs. But gamers should be aware that the TV doesn't come with a gaming mode option. Another perk of this set is that it is an economical purchase when compared with 55-inch LED TVs with comparable specs.
Fortunately, JVC's line of LED TVs comes with a full one-year warranty. Even though this set meets expectations with its warranty, it lacks a solid base of customer support; JVC's website doesn't offer live chat support and it doesn't provide a FAQs section for this particular TV model.
The JVC JLE55SP4000 is the first in a new line of JVC LED TVs and it's the best we've seen from them so far. It boasts their biggest screen ever at 55-inches and has many impressive specs to go along with it, though some, like the refresh rate, could still be improved. The stellar sound quality outshines most of the TVs on our lineup. The lack of customer service options is a bit off-putting, but the affordability, combined with solid specs, makes this a great purchase.
JVC's first 55-inch LED TV has one of the best audio systems in our lineup.
JVC's customer service is lacking and the refresh rate could use a lift.
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Actress and host Jacqueline M. Wood is best known for playing Steffy Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful, but before we go party with her on E!'s new show, Party On, we need to make sure it's safe. Our parents always told us to never go to beautiful, exotic vacation spots with strangers...
The fun new series, premiering Thursday, Dec. 5, will be taking us to the world's most glamorous destinations and huge A-list vacation hotspots!
Everywhere from the Croatian island of Hvar, said to be "the sunniest spot in all of Europe" (Prince Harry is said to party there), to St. Tropez, known for its topless beaches and endless nightlife.
We're even headed to Istanbul, Turkey, where layers of history unfold at every street corner!
Jacqueline will be hosting this wild adventure and we want to know more about our beautiful travel guide...
1. She's Canadian! What is in the water up there? The new host of E!'s Party On is in the A-list company of other Canada natives (Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Rachel McAdams, Keanu Reeves, etc.) and finds herself "at home" when on set as "Sarah Lance" in The CW's Arrow, which shoots in Vancouver.
2. She's a dare-devil! She's a girly-girl at heart (loves playing dress up, and has a killer sense of personal style—was even in the ranks of Maxim's Hot 100 recently!), but she's not afraid to get her heart rate racing and some dirt on her hands. Be it jumping out of a plane, or trying a completely unrecognizable dish in a foreign country, Jacqueline will try anything once!
3. She's loves to eat! Don't let her fit frame fool you, Jacqueline has quite the penchant for a good meal. Hearty & comforting or lean & organic, she eats what she loves but makes sure to follow up a "naughty" meal with a fun outdoor activity.
4. She's a 2-time Emmy nominee! The talented actress nabbed two Emmy nominations for her role as "Steffy Forrester" on CBS' The Bold and the Beautiful.
5. She's got a heart of gold. As stunning as she is on the outside, she is even more beautiful on the inside. A vocal supporter of pet rescue organizations, she devotes much of her free time to spreading awareness via social activism (@JacquelineMWood on Twitter) about dog shelters and pet owners' responsibility, in addition to volunteering with charitable initiatives benefitting animal rescue.
Now that you know all this useful info, we think it's safe to go ahead and party with the beautiful Jacqueline. Have fun!
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Greetings from Sunny San Diego! Of course, it's sunny now as I'm preparing to fly back to New York City. Sunday morning, when I woke at 4 a.m. to compete in the San Diego Toyota SheROX sprint triathlon--well, that was a different story. Rainy, dark and cold San Diego was more like it.
I was signed up for the SheROX tri as part of an Editors' Challenge team sponsored by Toyota; they recruited editors and bloggers from a bunch of women's health publications, gave us a training plan and an amazing coach--pro triathlete and former Olympian Sarah Haskins--and flew us out for the big event. And guess what? I'm bringing home the Editors' Challenge trophy!
Shawn Parkin for Toyota
To be fair, I was the only one of this group who had very much triathlon experience. (I’ve done eight now!) Since everyone else was just a first- or second-timer, I was favored to win the competition. Still, my fellow teammates really made me work to keep the lead throughout the race! And even though I’ve done plenty of races and learned all of those beginner triathlete tips long ago, I realized that I still pick up lots of new strategies every time I compete. Here, three of the best.
1. Treat every course like a fresh challenge.
I’m used to competing in Olympic distance triathlons (.9-mile swim, 25-mile bike, 10K run), but I discovered that the shorter sprint distance–about half of that–is almost equally difficult in its own way. Because you’re not out on the course as long, you can really push it and focus on your speed–something I can’t do so well in longer races. But sprint tris, like the SELF-sponsored, all-female SheROX series, are also much less intimidating and a great starting point for beginners, so they’re fun to do with a group of all different fitness levels.
2. Work out any last-minute kinks the day before.
When traveling for a race, there are many opportunities for things to get lost, be forgotten, or go awry along the way. Luckily, we arrived a day early and had time for a practice open-water swim with our new wetsuits and to bike the course. Liv/giant, one of our team sponsors, was there to fine-tune our bikes after they’d been shipped from all over the country; even if you don’t have that luxury, there’s usually a bike mechanic or two on hand race weekend. One panic attack in the water, two missing bike pedals, and lots of outfit swapping later (once we practiced in our one-piece tri suits, several of us realized we needed different sizes), we went to bed feeling prepared–and Sunday went off without a hitch.
3. Bring a trash bag (or bags) if it’s raining.
Setting up a triathlon transition area in the rain is no fun. Even if it cleared up by the time the bike and run course actually started–which it did, thankfully–I knew my gear would get soaked in the interim. Stashing my shoes, socks and running hat in a trash bag at transition helped keep them dry until the rain stopped. (Bonus: Wearing trash bags on your legs also make it really easy to slide into a super-tight wetsuit! Slip the bags out and off after the suit’s on, FYI.) And speaking of keeping things dry, my new TYR Alliance Team Mini Backpack, with a rubberized bottom, did just that with my change of clothes for after the race, despite practically sitting in a puddle for two hours. Clutch!
I finished the race in 1:16:37, one minute faster than my first and only other sprint race, and good enough to finish in the top 10 percent (63rd place out of 684 finishers) and earn myself a pretty sweet souvenir. The best parts, though, were the new friends I made and the really awesome camaraderie of the weekend. I guess that’s the most important thing I learned, too: Training–and competing–with a group is always more fun!
Shawn Parkin for Toyota
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The Oneida has been described as Central New York's "Best Kept Secret". Besides the stunning views and breathe-taking sunsets, we are located on the best part of the sand on Sylvan Beach. The coffee shoppes, stores, restaurants, miniature golf course, amusement parks and marina are all located within walking distance. So just park your vehicle in our 25+ private parking lot for the week and enjoy our "Family Friendly" village. Everything you need or want is only a few steps away.
The Oneida has four large apartments, all under one roof with a common foyer.
Apartment #1 has two floors with 2 upstairs bedrooms; 3 full size beds and a pull-out sofa sleeping 8, one bath, kitchen and plenty of living space makes this a great choice. Apartment #2 has 4 bedrooms upsatirs, 2 baths, one up, one down, with 3 singles, and 4 full beds, this one sleeps 10 and has tons of room. Apartment #3 is one floor, one bath, 2 bedrooms with 2 full size beds and 2 singels, and a pull out sofa, sleeping 8. Apartment #4 is one flight up and has 2 large bedrooms, 3 full size beds and a pull out sofa sleeping 8. This apartment has a large sunny kitchen, full bath and a balcony over-looking the lake.INTRODUCING THE ONEIDA PENTHOUSE, This new unit Apartment #5 has 4 large bdrms, 2 full baths, large kitchen and living area, sleeping 12.The panaramic views from this unit and all of the apartments have been compared to those of the Florida keys. You can rent this wonderfil property by the unit or rent the entire house for one big family vacation. All apartments are in great shape with renovated kitchens and bathrooms. This property is truly "One Of A Kind"... And the BEST VALUE ON THE BEACH!!
* Fishing/Boating/Water skiing/ Jet skiing/Wind-surfing
* The Turning Stone Casino (6 mile from the beach)
* Amusement Park
* Blue Lagoon Miniature Golf Course & Market
* Every Thursday Night 6-9 Antique Car Show (Main St)
* Every Tuesday Night "Bike-Nite" (Main St.)
* Shopping, etc.
* Tons of Fun!!!
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We are software engineers, tool developers and IT consultants. Our mission is to provide smart methods, tools and technologies for efficient software development. We are Eclipse Solutions Member and committed Eclipse and Java enthusiasts. In 2011 we were awarded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology as most successful IT start-up of the year. With UML Lab we offer the first Modeling IDE for truly agile modeling and coding.
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Follow gravel road down to a gravel bar which provides excellent access for small john boats, canoes and kayaks. This is a great place to put in and paddle back to American Legion Park in Greensburg, KY. This section of the river has some good shoals with several deep rocky pools. Parking is limited at this site along gravel bar and road side. No other amenities exist at this site. | <urn:uuid:ee270f86-9271-4994-967d-fcf2bc1c0ae0> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Russell-Ford-Access.aspx | 2015-02-01T18:08:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121478981.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124174438-00132-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953849 | 86 | [
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Ameritas Technologies, a domestic outsourcing firm, is setting up an IT center in downtown Baton Rouge, La., creating about 300 jobs. It’s the first of an unspecified number of centers planned for targeted metropolitan markets.
The company believes some IT work is done better in the United States, saying it’s more convenient, allows local quality control and contextual familiarity of clients’ business needs.
Massachussetts-based Ameritas , founded by industry veteran Brian Keane, specializes in application development, Agile, application outsourcing, QA and testing, domestic outsourcing, mobile development, Big Data and analytics, Java, J2EE, .Net, C#, C++, Mainframe, Cobol, DB2, CICS and transaction processing. Its website says its services are aimed at the financial services, healthcare, retail, and media and entertainment industries.
The company says it’s hiring application developers – Java, .NET and mainframe – QA/test engineers, technical architects, business analysts and project managers.
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Garden Hills Homework Club
Winner, 2009 Collaboration Award, Community College National Center for Community Engagement (CCNCCE)
History and Purpose
The Garden Hills Homework Club was co-founded in the fall of 2007 by associate professor Brian Nudelman and Lauren Smith, community outreach coordinator for Champaign Unit 4 Schools. Parkland students, faculty, and staff serve as mentors and tutors for 3rd- through 5th-grade Garden Hills students in a positive, safe, and fun environment.
Location and Hours
Volunteers and students meet every Monday and Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. at the elementary school.
Parkland tutors must fill out a Unit 4 application and are screened through a criminal background check.
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Eric Kush is the highest drafted Vulcan ever
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Now that he's NFL-bound, California University of Pennsylvania offensive lineman Eric Kush should finally be able to afford a new couch.
“When he got married last week, I gave him an old couch,” said John Luckhardt, who coached Kush three years at Cal U before stepping down in 2012.
“I kidded him today that when he signs his contract, I want the couch back.”
The Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday plucked Kush in the sixth round of the NFL draft – the highest a player was ever selected from the Division-II program. He was the 170th player taken overall out of 254 total picks.
Kush was at his in-law's house in Pittsburgh having a cookout when he received a call from the Chiefs' brass.
“He asked me, ‘Eric, are you ready to be a Kansas City Chief?' and I said, ‘Hell yeah!'” Kush said. “I was completely overwhelmed, speechless. You can't describe the feeling when they told me they're putting your name in. It's an absolute honor, especially being from Cal U.”
“I went on a couple visits and had private workouts with some teams, including Kansas City, but you never know how things are going to shake out.”
Last season, Kush started all 11 games for Cal U, anchoring an offensive line that allowed just 13 sacks on 430 pass attempts – the second-most in school history. The Vulcans operated a zone blocking scheme in shotgun formation under first-year coach Mike Kellar, who was unavailable for comment Sunday.
The fact Cal U did not use a pro set didn't seem to hurt Kush's value. Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said on kccheifs.com he was very impressed by Kush's quickness and indicated the rookie would stay at the center position.
“What separates him is, he's a really good athlete; his first two or three steps are exceptionally quick,” Dorsey said. “To play the center position, I think quickness is very, very important.”
NFL.com graded Kush, a 6-foot-4, 308-pound center at 52.6 – which indicates a prospect with the ability to make team as a backup/role player.
Kush not only was the highest-ever draft pick in the history of Cal U, but the program's second in three years; the Tennessee Titans in 2011 selected cornerback Tommie Campbell in the seventh round.
“I played next to (guard) Rishaw (Johnson) who was getting a lot of attention, so people watching him would say look at the center playing next to him,” Kush said. “That's what led scouts to come to practices throughout my whole senior season. Outside of scouts and coaches, nobody had a clue who I was. It was funny because all these media sites have no idea who I am.”
Assuming he makes the team, Kush would join five Vulcan alumni already on NFL rosters: Campbell, quarterback Josh Portis and Johnson (Seattle Seahawks), defensive backTerrence Johnson (Atlanta Falcons) and wide receiver Thomas Mayo (New York Jets).
Also for the Vulcans, safety Rontez Miles signed an undrafted free agent contract Sunday with the New York Jets.
“Abilene Christian is the only D-II school to have that many players in the NFL and it's a tribute to the kids and the coaching staff,” said Luckhardt, head coach of the Vulcans for 10 seasons. “It's not a perfect program, but they're good kids and the one thing I think is we demand they work hard and get their education.”
“I was joking with Mike (Kellar) that people are going to start asking why we're not winning more,” Luckhardt said, laughing.
Kush, a native of Bridgeville and graduate of Chartiers Valley, was actually an undersized 245 pounds with a wrestling background coming out of high school.
Kush put on weight and, in 2010, started nine games at left tackle for Cal U, before moving to center in 2011. Luckhardt said that versatility was an extra attraction for pro scouts.
Kush was a first-team all-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selection in 2012 and one of five players from Division II programs invited to the East-West Shrine Game in January.
“If you talk to scouts, this hasn't come out of nowhere. After we moved him to center, he just got better and better and better,” Luckhardt said. “He's just a hard-working kid, a Tunch Ilkin kind of player. He comes from tough stock. I'm sure they're going to like the fact he can play tackle in a pinch. He's got a chance to not only make the league but have an extended career.”
Kush said he'll spend the next week “soaking it all in”, before heading to Kansas City on May 8. The contract – and new furniture – will wait for now.
“The rookie contract is set in stone, all I have to do is make the team and sign whatever contract the CBA negotiated,” Kush said. “You don't sit here and think about making a lot of money, but I feel a little more secure that once I make the team, I'll be able to start out my life with my wife and son on solid footing.”
Rick Bruni Jr. is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at [email protected] or 724-684-2635.
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There are a couple spots like that. Once I get more places for the companions I may put together a list of common spots. One of the things I'm curious about is whether the 1st companions you get actually have more comments or if it's just that you literally run around with them more. I think they have more comments cause there have been spots I've gone back to for whatever reason with a companion I picked up later and they're pretty silent. | <urn:uuid:23bf143a-1786-4307-acd3-5e282defa478> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.swtor.com/community/showpost.php?p=5077775&postcount=25 | 2015-02-01T18:30:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121478981.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124174438-00132-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987807 | 110 | [
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BARCELONA–Nokia CEO Stephen Elop dropped his biggest hint yet that the Finnish phone company is working on an even lower-end Window Phone device to be priced below their just-launched Lumia 520.
Although Mr. Elop wouldn’t be drawn on the subject, he did nothing to deny suggestions that the €139 Lumia 520, which was launched here at Mobile World Congress Monday, would not be the cheapest device in the range.
Talking to The Wall Street Journal, when asked about other low-end devices, Mr. Elop said only “There still a lot of excitement to come in 2013.” When suggested that that meant a device below the 520 he would only smile and repeat “Let’s just say there’s still a lot of excitement to come in 2013.”
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The Psychology Department is able to provide financial support for a few outstanding students each year. To find out if you qualify, please complete and submit a scholarship application no later than March 31.
Students may also apply for Federal financial aid in the form of Federal work-study or Federal Stafford student loans. To apply you need to fill out and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before the March 1 priority deadline since Federal work-study funds are limited. However, since Federal Stafford loans are entitlements, a student may apply as late as 2-3 weeks before classes start.
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Dead Or Alive 5 Match Replay Uploads Coming Soon
Soon Dead or Alive 5 will make it easier for players to share their match replays. The next patch for the fighting game will allow replays to be directly uploaded to the Internet.
The new feature will be added to both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. 360 players will be able to upload their replays to Facebook. PS3 gamers, meanwhile, will be able to upload to Facebook and YouTube.
Direct uploads are part of Patch 1.03 for the game. Team Ninja is planning to include an assortment of other changes in the patch as well. The full details of the update haven't been revealed yet, though.
Team Ninja demonstrated the upload feature in a new video. Supposedly this video also shows some of the patch's other changes. Perhaps some of you eagle-eyed DOA fans will be able to spot them.
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If there's such a thing as fashion in global government, then ivory is definitely out this year. In November, the United States destroyed six tons of ivory seized, collected, and housed outside Denver over the last 25 years. The Philippines did the same with its five-ton stockpile a few months earlier. Most recently, China and France joined in. In the wake of these events, the Obama administration today announced a sweeping initiative to help protect elephants and rhinos by stepping up American enforcement of laws banning trade in endangered animal parts.
It's called the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, which will be a broad multi-agency plan to step up domestic law enforcement, strengthen ties with overseas wildlife agencies, and increase public education about the importance of laws protecting wildlife. The move is being lauded as a way to help reduce pressure on elephants, poached for their ivory, and rhinos, whose horns are coveted for ineffective traditional "medicine."
But you don't have to travel to Africa or Asia to see wildlife populations under severe pressure by illegal market hunting. According to wildlife law enforcement officials, several California wildlife species are heavily targeted as well. Illegal poaching of wildlife poses a serious threat to populations of abalone and Sacramento River sturgeon, with even relatively common animals like black bear targeted for illegal trade in their body parts.
At an online web conference, organized by the Humane Society of the United States, panelists from the law enforcement arms of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, and the state Fish and Game Commission spoke of recent efforts to boost arrests for illegal wildlife trade, in California and across the country. In some efforts, "boiler rooms" full of volunteers with laptops will scour websites like eBay and craigslist to find animals or portions thereof offered for illegal sale, with state or federal game officers sweeping in to make arrests.
In one two-week period in 2012, a USFWS initiative called "Operation Wild Web" resulted in 150 arrests of people attempting to sell illegal wildlife or wildlife parts to undercover officers. Items offered for sale ranged from skins of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger to live animals, some of which are dangerously invasive species in parts of the U.S. (USFWS officer Ed Newcomer, of that agency's Torrance office, identified two such busts as involving attempted sales of walking catfish and piranhas.)
In California, according to Mike Carion of CDFW, abalone, sturgeon, and black bear are the main targets of poachers, but deer, reptiles, lobster, and sharks are also vulnerable. It is astonishingly high prices that drive the poaching. Once a common item in California Chinese restaurants, abalone has become so rare that individual abalones can bring $100-150 each. The gall bladders of black bears, another wildlife part used by the superstitious as an ineffective medical treatment, can fetch anywhere between $200-1,000 in the U.S., and up to $5,000 if smuggled overseas. Illegal caviar from California sturgeons can bring a poacher $50-100 per ounce.
That's a huge incentive to poaching, and it's one that wildlife law enforcement agencies are working to undermine. As an example of how skillful enforcement can remove the incentive for poaching, CDFW law enforcement officer Dave Bess related his 2011 apprehension on the Mendocino coast of a remarkably well-organized group of red abalone poachers. A group of 11 poachers had worked together during an extreme low tide to pose as sport abalone gatherers. Sport harvesting of abalone is legal in season north of San Francisco, with a legal limit of three abalones per person per day, and 24 per year. These poachers had designated a caching spot for their abalones and ended up taking away as many as 400 abalones in a 72-hour period.
Apprehended at their local motel room, the poachers were found with 166 abalone on the premises. One fled to country, but the remainder were hit with more than $71,400 in fines (significantly more than the proceeds they could have made from selling all 400 abalone they're thought to have gathered). They also served about six months in jail and forfeited not only their dive equipment but any possibility of ever possessing a California fishing license ever again.
As Fish and Game Commission president Mike Sutton pointed out during the panel, California's wildlife face other threats in addition to poaching. In some cases, said Sutton, actual legal hunting or harvesting of wildlife may cause greater overall problems. "I actually believe legal hunting that's not sustainable may be a more pervasive problem in California," said Sutton.
But he added that that doesn't mean poaching isn't a big problem in the Golden State. "Every year we see major illegal wildlife trafficking cases right here in California," said Sutton. "And we'll never end that illegal wildlife trade by just hitting the suppliers. We need to bust the demand."
On the national level, the new Obama administration policy document is a little short on specifics, but it says that the White House will be pushing more support to wildlife law enforcement agencies, ordering the appropriate federal agencies to make wildlife trafficking a top priority, and working with Congress to strengthen penalties. It only took moments for the latter process to begin when California Senator Dianne Feinstein said she would sponsor such legislation.
"It is my intention to introduce legislation to enact stronger penalties against wildlife trafficking by making it prosecutable under statutes used for other serious crimes--including drug trafficking, racketeering and money laundering," she said in a press statement. "This legislation gives law enforcement agents and prosecutors the tools they need to investigate and prosecute serious wildlife trafficking crimes and send a clear message to the world: The United States will not tolerate these despicable crimes that are decimating the population of elephants and rhinoceroses around the world."
We're likely to see more such announcements in the next few weeks with a global conference on wildlife trafficking being held this weekend in the United Kingdom, hosted by the Zoological Society of London. For its part, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced late Tuesday that it will be tightening restrictions on importing, exporting, and domestic sales of ivory and other elephant parts in the U.S. We'll bring you more on that Wednesday. | <urn:uuid:b15116a3-aa94-4ad7-bde3-95db91255d7b> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/hunting/illegal-wildlife-trafficking-affects-california-animals-too.html | 2015-01-26T20:31:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122191023.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175631-00036-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956413 | 1,303 | [
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Creamy Pineapple & Coconut Empanadas
Ready in less than one hour, these Creamy Pineapple & Coconut Empanadas feature a delicious flavor combination of Greek yogurt, sweetened coconut and chopped pineapple. Serve these delicious and attractive treats as a snack, appetizer or special dessert.
- 1/2 cup NESTLÉ LA LECHERA Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 cup finely chopped pineapple
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/3 cup hot water
- 12 (one 11.6-ounce package) frozen store-bought empanada dough discs, defrosted
- 1 large egg, beaten
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
COMBINE cornstarch and water in small bowl; stir to dissolve. Gradually stir cornstarch mixture into the condensed milk mixture; stir frequently until combined. Increase heat to high; bring to a quick boil. Reduce heat to low; cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 to 3 minutes or until mixture has thickened (it will continue to thicken as it cools). Set aside to cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
PREHEAT oven to 450° F. Grease large baking sheets.
PLACE 1 1/2 heaping tablespoons of pineapple/coconut mixture in center of each empanada disc. Brush edges with egg; fold in half and crimp edges with fork to seal. Place empanadas on prepared baking sheets; brush with egg.
BAKE for 15 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.
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Deltona woman charged with child neglect after 1-year-old found wandering street
Published: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 6:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 8:39 p.m.
A Deltona woman could not keep her eyes open, slurred her speech and drifted in and out of consciousness Thursday afternoon as a deputy questioned her about the 1-year-old boy a neighbor found wandering the street, officials said.
Shortly before 4 p.m., a neighbor found the boy, who had “dirtied his diaper and smelled like feces,” wandering the 300 block of Diamond Street, according to a Volusia County sheriff's charging affidavit. She told the responding deputy she searched for the boy's parents for about 10 minutes before calling 9-1-1.
Sara Langton arrived at the scene about the same time the deputy did, according to the affidavit. The deputy saw the boy and a girl, 3, standing next to Langton, 27, in dirty clothes, but they did not appear injured.
Langton said she had been on “an important phone call,” which is when the girl must have unlocked the door to the home they were in, letting the boy wander outside for about 25 minutes, according to the affidavit.
After Langton agreed to let the deputy review her calls, she admitted the last call she was on was to a friend for about 14 minutes, according to the affidavit. When the deputy noticed Langton having trouble staying conscious, Langton said she had taken a couple of Lortabs, a pain reliever, for which she has a prescription.
Langton was unable to locate her prescription, nor was she able to immediately recall the correct names and birth dates for the two children when the deputy asked, according to the affidavit. The deputy found additional painkillers and alprazolam in the pockets of Langton's pants.
Langton is charged with two counts of child neglect without great harm, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and a narcotics offense, records show. She is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail with bail set at $4,000.
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SANIFLO SANIPLUS Macerating Pump
The SaniFlo Saniplus is a system that is used to install a complete bathroom up to 15 feet below the sewer line, or even up to 150 feet away from a soil stack. It can handle the effluent from a toilet, sink, bathtub and shower.
The Saniplus is simplicity itself to install; there are just four connections.
- The SaniFlo SaniPlus macerator/pump is connected to the spigot of a horizontal rear discharge toilet.
- The SaniFlo toilet tank is connected to the water supply.
- The SaniFlo SaniPlus macerator/pump is connected to the small diameter discharge pipe work.
- The SaniFlo SaniPlus macerator/pump is connected to the electrical supply.
The inside of the SaniFlo Saniplus comprises of a pressure chamber, which starts and stops the unit, and the motor, which drives the stainless steel macerator blades and the pump.
When the SaniPlus flush is activated, the water flowing into the SaniFlo Saniplus activates a micro switch in the pressure chamber, which in turn starts the motor. The motor is sealed for life in an oil filled enclosure. A common spindle/shaft drives the impeller and the macerator blades. The moving parts therefore are kept to an absolute minimum. Water and organic waste matter enter the chamber and are reduced to slurry as the macerator blades rotate at 3600 RPM. The centrifugal force causes the reduced solids to be ejected through a grill into the container where it is picked up by the impeller pump mounted beneath the motor. The unit pumps the effluent upward to 15 feet and/or 150 feet horizontally (with gravity fall). Once the water level in the container goes down, the micro switch deactivates the unit until the flush is activated again. A normal operating cycle for Saniplus takes about 10 - 15 seconds depending upon the discharge pipe run configuration; power consumption is therefore minimal.
In addition to the toilet waste, the SaniFlo Saniplus will also discharge gray water from a variety of other sanitary fixtures such as: a sink, a bathtub, a shower and a urinal. When adding a bathtub or shower, a base will have to be constructed. This base should be made out of a 2" x 6" (minimum) or 2” x 8” (recommended) on edge, to allow for the installation of a P-trap and the required 1/4”per foot gravity flow towards the pump unit.
The wastewater from other sanitary fixtures is discharged into the Saniplus via two 2-inch inlets on either side of the housing. Either one or both inlets can be used as required. The discharge elbow on top of the Saniplus can be turned either to the left, to the right, or towards the back, depending on the discharge installation. A non-return valve, which comes already assembled on the discharge elbow, prevents back flow into the unit.
This SaniFlo SaniPlus unit has been designed with a vent connection on the lid. All plumbing codes require connection to a vent system. Please note that the vent system should be a two-way air vent. The use of mechanical vents, air admittance valves or similar devices are not permitted as these are considered one-way air vent systems. It is also highly recommended for the macerator/pump to be connected to a Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) circuit.
The design of the SaniFlo SaniPlus consists of vibration absorbers which enable the reduction of operating sound by reducing the transmitted sounds from any location where such resonance transmission could occur. This new design reduces the operating sound of this pump by 10dB.
The SaniFlo Saniplus unit must be connected to a SaniFlo rear discharge toilet. This system uses much less water than a regular toilet. Note: This toilet only works in combination with Saniflo systems.
The Saniplus has been certified to American and Canadian Standards. Macerating standard; US: CSA Certified & IAPMO (UPC) listed - ASME A112.3.4, CA: Macerating Standard CSA B45.9.
- Part #: 002 SANIPLUS
- Brand: Saniflo
- Weight: 17.0000
- Express Steam: Standard Steam 240V/1PH
- Flow at 15 FT Head: 17 GPM ( 66 LPM )
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FT. WORTH, TX (November 1, 2008) – The No. 60 Save-A-Lot team had an awesome start to the weekend by having the fastest speeds for both practices and then posted the top speed for qualifying, winning their fourth pole of the season. Edwards and the No. 60 Save-A-Lot crew had a special guest for the 200 lap race Saturday. Rachel Ray, author and host of the syndicated talk/lifestyle program Rachel Ray, was the Save-A-Lot team’s honorary crew chief for the event. Edwards started out very strong on the fast 1.5-mile oval at Texas Motor Speedway. He never fell out of the top-10 and was able to give Kyle Busch a challenge for the win on the final lap. Unfortunately, he couldn’t quite close the deal and finished 2nd. This was Edwards’ 17th top-5 and 20th top-10 of the 2008 season.
Edwards started from the pole with a 28.70 second speed, but dropped back to second on the first lap. He was passed by Kyle Busch on lap 36 and dropped back to 3rd and then maintained that position until lap 49 when the first caution flag flew. Edwards advised crew chief Drew Blickensderfer that his Ford was pretty good and didn’t need many changes. The Save-A-Lot crew blistered off a 13.5 second stop changing four tires, fuel and a slight air adjustment. They gained one spot getting Edwards out in second on lap 53.
Edwards never fell lower then 3rd until lap184, when the No. 60 crew struggled on their pit stop sending Edwards back to 6th and out of the top-5 for the first time of the day.
On lap 189 the final caution flag flew and Blickensderfer decided to take four tires, while the leader and several other teams took just two. The gamble paid off and Edwards forged his way from 6th place to 2nd and was challenging Busch for the lead. Edwards ran out of laps and finished 2nd.
“We got four tires and that gave us a chance against the 18,” stated Edwards. “Those guys were really fast all day. My crew chief Drew Blickensderfer did a really great job. He made really, really good calls. Our car was great. We needed about two more laps with the way everything was working out and I think we would have been really close to catching Kyle, but definitely they did a great job today. Their car was spectacular.”
Next week the No. 60 World Financial Group team heads to Phoenix International Raceway where Edwards is determined to gain as many points as possible to dig into Clint Bowyer’s lead. There are only two races left in the 2008 season and the No. 60 team is determined to show everyone that they are a championship caliber team. Their goal is to get back into Victory Lane two more times.
About Roush Fenway Racing
Roush Fenway Racing operates 13 full-time motorsports teams, five in NASCAR Sprint Cup with drivers Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; four in the Nationwide Series with Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, McMurray, Ragan, Erik Darnell and Colin Braun; three in the Craftsman Truck Series with Darnell, Braun, Kvapil, Bobby East and John Wes Townley; and one in the ARCA RE/MAX Series with Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | <urn:uuid:fea1bbbf-c803-4f6d-89f6-91ad3faf9e5c> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.roushfenway.com/?q=story/nationwide-edwards-finishes-second-texas-and-captures-17th-top-five-0f-2008 | 2015-01-26T20:27:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122191023.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175631-00036-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974757 | 741 | [
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This name of a touristed island in sight of Los Angeles makes an attractive and newly stylish variation on the classic Catherine or overused Caitlin. This name was on the rise in 2013, jumping 84 spots since 2012, as was the trendier spelling Katalina.
Santa Catalina of Siena was, along with Saint Francis, one of the two patron saints of Italy and was a respected spiritual writer of the Church. Catalina de Aragón y Castilla is the original Spanish name of the first wife of Henry VIII, known to history as Catherine of Aragon. In a completely vein, Catalina Aruca was a sexy Bolivian character on the sitcom My Name is Earl. | <urn:uuid:9849c3c6-3b65-4178-8cde-766e7ea2cba4> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://nameberry.com/babyname/Catalina | 2015-01-25T10:41:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863825.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00216-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943453 | 143 | [
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Viticulture: Season. Place. Vine.
|Settembre Cellars sources all of its grapes from Colorado Vineyards; most of which are located near Palisade within the Grand Valley AVA. In addition, we are experimenting with French-American Hybrids that can be grown reliably right here in Boulder. We have a small experimental backyard vineyard that was planted in 2005 from which we produce about 24 bottles of a dry sparkling rosé: 80304. In 2011 we planted a second vineyard with our friends at 63rd Street Farm, Oliver's Vineyard at 63rd Street Farm (named after Blake & Tracy's son who was born shortly after planting the first rows). 2014 will be the first year the the new vineyard will produce fruit.| | <urn:uuid:d7ebe068-0c5a-4679-84b2-f408f6057803> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://settembrecellars.com/viticulture | 2015-01-25T10:12:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863825.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00216-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963332 | 157 | [
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Happy Birthday sir Meng!
*Shadowness "SN is Quality"
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As a thank you for sharing your amazing artwork with the community I'd like to tell you that it has been featured in the latest Shadowness IS Quality article, here:
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Sweet dedication to our grand poobah
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Episode PremiereJuly 13, 2009
Show Period2008 - 2013
Production CompanyBrendavision!, Prodco, Inc.
Cast and Crew
- Shailene Woodley as Amy Juergens
- Kenny Baumann as Ben Boykewich
- Francia Raisa as Adrian Lee
- Daren Kagasoff as Ricky
- Molly Ringwald as Anne Juergens
- Megan Park as Grace Bowman
- Greg Finley
- Josie Bissett as Kathleen Bowman
- John Schneider as Marshall Bowman
- Mark Derwin
- India Eisley
- Jorge Pallo
- Cierra Ramirez
- Luke Zimmerman
- Camille Winbush
- Renee Olstead
- Amy Rider
Amy and Anne are up late, thanks to John's crying, and we find out that Anne thinks David's been avoiding her. Hmm, could it have something to do with that baby she's carrying... which, BTW, Ashley thinks may or may not be David's at all. Meanwhile, Leo makes Ben an offer he can't refuse: a chance to go to Bologna, Italy, for the summer to work at his uncle's hotel. And even though Ben knows his stressed, tired girlfriend would love to go with, he isn't sure he'd love it if she did. So he calls Adrian for Advice on how to break the news to Amy without her wanting to tag along. But when Adrian figures out that Ben being gone would leave Ricky and Amy alone together, she hangs up on him. Over at the Bowman residence, Grace is dressed and ready for school for the first time since her dad's passing. But as she's preparing to face her classmates again, Tom says he saw Betty dropping Ben off at the funeral. Which leads Grace to wonder if something's going on between those two. Uh-oh.
When Grace sets foot inside Grant High for the first time since her dad's death, she's so overhelmed by all the stares and whispers, she leaves immediately. As she's walking home, she bumps into George. Who stops to console her. He also tells her Jack's started drinking because of the whole ordeal, and somehow he convinces her that men can be trained to go without sex for a long time. George does such a good job of helping Grace, she offers to listen to his problems. Hard to say why, but he reveals that he lied about his vasectomy -- you know, the vasectomy that made Anne think she's pregnant by David. Wait, so does that mean the baby is George's after all?
Back at school, Amy confronts Ben about Bologna (Adrian told her). When she accuses him of trying to run away, he gets nervous and kinda invites her to come too... even though Leo really wants Ben to get some distance from Amy. She jumps at the chance, of course.
Elsewhere in the hallway, Adrian tells Ricky about Ben and Bologna -- which, BTW, everyone seems to know is a great place for sex. Speaking of sex, Ricky can't get any from Adrian, now that Ruben's moved in. So Adrian gives him an ultimatum: Either wait until her folks find a house with more privacy, or don't dare come back for sex when they do.
As for Grace, not only is she slowly re-adjusting, despite all the unsolicited advice from well-meaning classmates, she's also patched up things with Jack. They agree to wait until marriage to have sex again, and he swears off drinking.
Things aren't going so smoothly for Ben. Not only is he unsure about Amy coming to Italy, now he's got a jealous Ricky to deal with, thanks to that call he made to Adrian and that hug he gave her in the hallway (yeah, Amy saw it too). But Ben and Ricky's argument about Adrian, Amy, the baby, and Bologna ends when Betty comes in to buy some steaks. Soon, Ricky realizes she's the very same Betty whom Tom found on an Internet prostitution website... but he keeps that secret to himself.
Amy asks Anne if she'll watch John for the summer while she goes to Bologna with Ben. Uh, the obvious answer is no. But at least things are going more swimmingly at the lee house, where Ricky asks Adrian for a commitment for the first time! As soon as he leaves, Adriab gets so excited she accidentally speed-dials Grace, forgetting they're still on the outs. But Grace is ready to make amends and apologize, and so the two are BFFs again.
Meanwhile, Amy's at George's, trying to convince Ricky to take care of John while she goes to Bologna. But Ricky's trying to convince Amy to let Ben get away by himself. While that's going on, something even bigger is happening next door: David's telling Anne he got suspicious about whether the baby's his, because infertility runs in his family. And what else runs in his family?Money! Loads of it! As proven by the fact that, when David gets on one knee to propose, he's gotten her a huge ring. And yes, we did say propose. He's not suspicious anymore -- he's in love!
George, who was just coming over to tell anne about the vasectomy, stops in his tracks outside the door when he hears David talking about all that money. So George also eavesdrops on the proposal, and he's about as blown away as Anne is. But what's her answer going to be? | <urn:uuid:de2d0be1-ce34-469f-a217-789177b11b9d> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.aceshowbiz.com/tv/episodeguide/secret_life_of_the_american_teenager_the_s2_e04/ | 2015-01-25T10:57:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863825.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00216-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974022 | 1,144 | [
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Student Health Center Awarded 3-Year Accreditation
The 7,000 patients who turn to the Student Health Center each year with their aches and pains are in good hands: AU’s medical facility has been accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
AU, which has been accredited for the maximum three-year period, becomes only the second university in the Washington, D.C., area to receive the organization’s stamp of approval.
“College health centers have a reputation for not providing the same quality of care as private facilities,” explained director Dan Bruey. “This accreditation says to students that everything we do has been reviewed by an outside agency and that we’re providing the best care possible.”
Each year, students make about 14,000 visits to the health center for everything from immunizations to the common cold. Located in McCabe Hall, the facility also offers emergency and after-hours care.
According to Bruey, the accreditation process—which includes a review of procedures, safety practices, budgets, and patient satisfaction surveys—began 18 months ago.
“It can be a hard sell to say ‘let’s embark on this long process,’ but everyone pitched in because we all wanted that stamp of approval,” said Bruey of his staff of 15. “We want to show our students that we’re listening to their needs and striving to offer the best possible service.” | <urn:uuid:f63c1ab9-57a8-457c-ac15-5cd5a6cd61d3> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.american.edu/ocl/news/detail.cfm?newsID=D6B93400-EA72-42A5-CE59377CCAE70315 | 2015-01-25T10:33:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863825.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00216-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966472 | 313 | [
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Alex Gibson, from Bangor, found the bullying she endured at work as a result of her disabilities unacceptable. When her complaints didn't work, Alex began a law degree so she could fight her former bosses in court.
She not only won crucial parts of her discrimination case - she also gained a first class law degree from her hometown university.
Alex - who lives with dyslexia - faced humiliation including being made to read notes in front of colleagues.
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|Occupation:||Race Car Driver / French Polisher|
|Interests:||Racing cars, Karting, Snowboarding, Surfing, Sailing|
Richard is married to Kealii and is the father to 2 daughters, Amy and Emily. His goals are to win a Sportscar Championship Trifecta which will put him in good stead to race in Belgium for the 2010 Radical Cup Masters. He would also like to race in Europe or America in a Sportscar Category and to achieve more sponsorship to make his dreams a reality.
Seasoned race car driver, Richard Fricker, is well on the way towards achieving his goal of winning the 3 race car titles for 2009, making it a hat trick in the Australian Sportscar Racing Category.
2009 Radical Australia Cup
Richard now leads after 5 rounds (Radical SR3) with 3 Round wins and 2 seconds.
2009 NSW Motor Race Championship
Richard is currently in the lead with the State Title in racing and Sportscars (Radical SR3) after 3 round wins and 2 seconds.
2009 Motor Racing Australia (MRA)
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Monday, 26. January 2015
19. 05. 14. - 16:00
Standards for Chinese nurses are taking off after they were given a month's special training – as air hostesses.
The idea is being introduced as a pilot project at Lianshui County Chinese Medicine Hospital in Lianshui county in east China's Jiangsu province where all staff working in the Chinese medicine ward are required to dress in the air hostess outfits.
The move is seen as a way of addressing growing conflict in the country between staff and patients and their relatives. The aim of the project is to offer a new standard of care designed to defuse tense situations, and as it is a state funded hospital, the air hostess nurses are on hand for all patients in the ward.
In the pilot project 12 nurses from the hospital Lianshui county in Huai'an city began discarding their traditional white nurse garbs for a new air hostess getup.
Recruitment for the voluntary program began in March, and the nurses involved as well as being fully qualified medically were given a supplementary month of training in areas such as communication by a real air hostess from China Eastern Airlines in April.
"The nursing department had long intended to create an air hostess ward, but just didn't carry it out," said a spokesperson from the hospital, adding that this first batch of 12 nurses are now on duty but currently confined to serving patients from the Chinese medicine ward.
The air hostess uniforms at the hospital have a slightly longer skirt for reasons "everyone understands", said the spokesperson, who also noted that the participating nurses receive a higher salary but also take on a heavier workload.
One of the participating nurses, 23-year-old Zhao Yanan, said dressing up as an air hostess makes her work with more enthusiasm and has even encouraged her to sleep earlier so that she looks better in the mornings.
The majority of the Chinese netizens and patients are positive about the introduction of stewardess nurses, with many saying that it brightens up the hospital. The detractors, on the other hand, say focusing on attire detracts from what patients really care about, which is the quality of the nurses' service and attitude.
First Images Of Eurovision Stage
These are the first images of the design for the Eurovision Song Contest stage unveiled in the Austrian capital Vienna which is the home of last year's winner Conchita Wurst.
Russian Mafia Boss Nabbed At Vienna Railway Station
A Russian mobster wanted for a string of brutal murders was arrested in the gentile Austrian capital Vienna when commandos swooped as he went to buy a train ticket.
Teen Girls Arrested After Offering Themselves To IS Fighters
Austrian officials who recently cracked down on terrorism by arresting several people believed to be recruiting and fundraising for ISIS have revealed two more teenage girls tried to leave the country to marry terrorist fighters.
Ebola's deadly reach impacts Vienna student
Austria has yet to record its first case of Ebola, but the feared virus has already had a severe impact on the lives of Africans living in Vienna.
Grigorij Sokolov Works His Magic At Vienna Konzerthaus
Whilst the world-famous Wizard of Oz played at the Volksoper, there was another Wizard in the Konzerthaus giving his 16th performance in Vienna!
Penelope Cruz To Play The Ice Cream Killer
The memoirs of the woman dubbed the Ice Cream Killer after she shot dead two ex-lovers before hacking the bodies up with a chainsaw and telling neighbours the noise was a new ice cream machine are due to be turned into a blockbuster with Penelope Cruz playing the lead role.
Kid Left In Coma After Beaten By Teacher For Talking
This is the shocking image of a little Chinese girl before and after she was punished by her teacher - for talking in class.
Freezing Rain Causes Chaos In Central Europe
Freezing weather has arrived in Europe with a vengeance with a layer of ice blanketing parts of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic and causing traffic chaos.
Holey Smoke As Car Disappears Down Sinkhole
Motorist Wei Hsiao found himself in a hole lot of trouble in China when a giant sinkhole opened up on the road beneath him, swallowing his entire car.
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AVweb's Question of the Week ...
*** PREVIOUS RESULTS ***
Last week, AVweb asked how long your longest cross-country flight was.
As it turns out, AVweb readers are a healthy mix of adventurous aviators and home-patch fliers. A full 23% of you told us you'd flown over 1700 nautical miles at a shot, while a comparable 20% said your longest flight was between 200 and 500 nm.
The median answers leveled out pretty evenly as well, with 20% of you having flown between 500 and 800 nm, 18% between 800 and 1200 nm, and 13% over 1200 nm but less than the aforementioned 1700 nm.
Relatively few readers (only 6% of those surveyed) told us they had traveled less than 200 nm on a cross-country.
*** THIS WEEK'S QUESTION ***
This week, AVweb wants to hear your opinion on yesterday's shooting death of an airline passenger by Federal Air Marshalls. Is this an example of a system that works, or one that failed?
Note: AVweb had not at the time of this writing been able to find any specific witness's account or any identified individual claiming to have heard the now-deceased man state the words, "I have a bomb" or something similar. We're not saying he didn't say it. We're saying we can't name anyone who heard the now-deceased man say it, first hand. It is possible the man offered those words only to Federal Air Marshals
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It's been a long time since we've last heard of the Sci-Fi Viking film (a strange combination if there ever was one) Outlander and I was starting to dread the film fell into production hell and we'd never hear from it again. It's a film that is so strange and unique in it's premise it is something you just gotta see. After Pathfinder (though I thought it enjoyable) it's easy to assume that most probably would show no interest.
Well, the folks over at Joblo had a link to an Outlander production blog(!). Never knew one existed. On this blog was a trailer for the film. I just gotta say one thing....DAMN! I mean DAMN! It looks freaking awesome! Check out the trailer below. Outlander is set in 709AD Norway, the Viking of war and pillage lifestyle is interrupted as a thing crashes to the Earth. A man from a faraway planet emerges from the wreck and taken captive by the Vikings. However, he wasn't alone...a monster more vicious than any of the Vikings can imagine was on board as well. Now it is up to the strange man combing his advanced weapons with the Vikings in order to defeat the menace.
Outlander has an impressive cast to include John (Alien) Hurt, Ron (Hellboy) Perlman, Sophia (Underworld) Myles and Jim (Unknown) Caviezel coming down from the Heaven's to save mankind, kinda sounds like another role he played...just can't put my finger on it. Outlander is suppose to be released sometime later this year | <urn:uuid:5bf5c8cf-5df1-4275-927b-5453cdfbbc02> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_12252.html | 2015-01-26T10:45:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121785385.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124174945-00120-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968359 | 326 | [
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Last Visit: 04/18/13
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In version 1.0 select the language icon from the admin control panel,
and thereafter either manage the general display settings for the languages from the language admin section or select: "add language"
to add a new language file or "installed language" to view and
manage those files.
You NEED NOT display all the languages nor do you "have to" to display
the language icons (as you can see in the second screenshot under.
The language files viewer checks for the activity of the language files,
should a file be missing or malfunctioning it would indicate the file
with an error icon. This is just one small new feature, there are
dozens other added when it comes to the new language routines in version 1.0.
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I’ve been going to Dr. Goldberg for a long time. I was referred to him for basal cell carcinoma back in 1991. Prior to seeing Dr. Goldberg I’d had the cancer removed maybe 7 or 8 times and it kept coming back. So I went to see him for Mohs surgery and it didn’t come back, not in that spot! It was because of that that I kept coming back. I’ve had Mohs surgery with him twice I think since then, but in a different spot. I’ve also had botox before and recently I had a biopsy.
I have good confidence in him that he knows what he’s doing. I just feel that he’s an expert and he is really good at what he does. He has a very positive and pleasent attitude and the staff are very helpful and very nice. I’ve very satisfied with him, I think he is very good and I would recommend him! | <urn:uuid:3272f0c7-4e54-444c-b82b-c09ee42c68c5> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.realself.com/review/ny-botox-repeat-customer | 2015-01-29T00:51:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122233086.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175713-00024-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.996625 | 205 | [
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How to install a car amplifier
Learn how to wire and position an amp
Zak Billmeier grew up in southern Vermont and coastal Maine. After graduating from Mary Washington College with a Geography degree he still isn't sure quite what to do with, he eventually settled in the mountains of Central Virginia. He spends his free time chasing his daughter around, taking pictures, gardening and cooking. He joined Crutchfield's car A/V writing team in 2007 and is now a lead producer on our video team.
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Learn how to install an amp in your car
In this overview, we'll cover walk through a typical amplifier installation to see the steps involved when you install an amplifier in your vehicle.
How to install a car amplifier | video transcript
Adding a car amplifier will let you play music louder. It'll also raise the soundstage and enhance the detail in every song at any volume. Let's take a look at what it takes to install a car amplifier in your vehicle.
In this video, we have one of our tech support advisors helping out. These are the same folks you'll talk to if you have questions during your install.
Find a place to mount your amplifier
Before you get started, find a suitable place in your vehicle to mount your amplifier. Amplifiers generate heat, so adequate ventilation is important. And you'll want to place it somewhere that's not too difficult to access.
Amp wiring kit and speaker wire
Your amplifier does not come with the necessary wiring, so be sure to purchase an amp wiring kit that includes power and ground wiring, as well fuses you'll need. You'll also need to purchase enough speaker wire for the job.
Disconnect the battery
First, disconnect the negative battery terminal to protect you and your gear during installation.
Step #1: Running power wire
Next, run the power cable from the battery to the amp. Cut a short piece of the power cable, enough to cover the distance from the battery to the fuse holder location, and strip the insulation off both ends. Crimp the terminal ring from your wiring kit to one end, and attach the fuse holder to the other end. Strip the insulation from the end of the wire that leads to your amp and attach it to the other end of your fuse holder. Assemble the fuse and holder, and attach the terminal ring to your positive battery terminal. Then mount the fuse holder securely. It’s important to keep the fuse close to the battery since the lead between the terminal and the fuse is unprotected.
In most vehicles, you can pass the power cable through the firewall that separates the engine compartment from the main cabin using an existing entry point. Once you're inside the cabin, tuck the power cable under trim panels or your carpet along one side of your vehicle until you reach your amp location.
Step #2: Running turn-on wire and signal cables
After running the power wire, the next thing to do is run the turn-on wire and signal cables. The turn-on wire is included in your amp wiring kit. Run these cables behind the dash to your stereo. The turn-on wire connects to a remote turn-on lead in your stereo's wiring harness. It's usually blue, but confirm this with your owner's manual. Plug the RCA cables into the appropriate RCA outputs on your stereo.
Run these wires, the turn-on wire and the RCA cable, down the opposite side of the car from the power wire. This will prevent electrical noise from entering your system and spoiling your music.
All of this assumes you have an aftermarket stereo with preamp outputs. If you have a factory stereo then you'll do things differently. First off, make sure your amp has speaker-level inputs and "signal sensing" turn-on capability. If the amp does, you can just tap into the speaker wires behind your stereo, or possibly the rear deck speakers, to get signal to the amp.
Step #3: Ground the amplifier
The third primary connection is the ground wire. This wire should be connected to the vehicle's chassis. Look for a nearby bolt that you can fasten the ground cable to. The ground wire terminal should be in contact with the vehicle's bare metal. Sand away any paint at the contact point for the best connection.
Step#4: Send signal from your amp to your speakers
Now you need to get that audio signal from your amp to your speakers. Run this speaker wire at the same time you run the amp input wires.
If you're powering speakers with more than 75 watts per channel, then you should run new speaker wire from the amp to each speaker. If your amp is only powering subwoofers, then just run speaker wire to the subwoofer box. Either way, use 14- or 16-gauge wire from your amp to your speakers.
Now, mount your amp and make your connections. Try to use gentle curves with your wires and cables when possible.
Before you fire up the amp to test, turn the amplifier's gains all the way down. And if you’ve disconnected any connectors relating to the airbag, make sure to reconnect them. You don’t want to trip an error light that’ll need resetting. Now, reconnect your vehicle's negative battery terminal. Verify that the amp turns on when you turn the car on. Then you can play some music and set your gains.
Remember, if you bought your amp from Crutchfield, you can call our tech support team if you hit any snags. If you have any questions about car amplifiers, please give Crutchfield a call.
For more info on amplifier installation, check out these helpful articles:
- Amplifier Installation Guide
- Five Important Amplifier Installation Tips
- Connecting Your Speakers to an Amp
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A corner of London that for centuries has been the preserve of barristers will be transformed into a little piece of Belgium and a haven for cyclists later this month through the presence of Belgium House and the Belgian Cycling Paradise at Middle Temple for the duration of the Olympic Games. The venue opens on 27 July, the day of the London 2012 opening ceremony, and will be marked by the arrival of a group of cyclists who will have ridden the 317km from Brussels, led by the great Eddy Merckx.
From then until its final day of operation of 12 August, Belgium House will be open from 11am to 2am daily to Londoners and visitors alike to enjoy Belgian hospitality – including beer sold “perhaps at the most attractive prices in the City” – as well as enjoying all the action from the Games on a giant screen. Admission costs £5.
There will also be full information on the Belgian team for the Olympics, a “From London to London” Wall of Fame of medals won by the country’s athletes from 1948 to the present day, plus a display of sporting cartoons from 46 countries and Olympic posters.
Fountain Court at Middle Temple will host the Belgian Cycling Paradise, which is free to enter, is aimed at providing a meeting point for cyclists and has an interactive exhibition that among other things gives you the opportunity to undertalke a virtual bike ride through Belgium, with featured locations including ‘Flanders Fields’ in Ypres, Brussels’ Grand Place, and the countryside around Waterloo. Each day there will be a chance to win a trip for four to Belgium.
Belgium House and the Belgian Cycling Paradise are an initiative of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC) and you can find out more information on the website roadtolondon.be as well as a Facebook page and Twitter feed.
Born in Scotland, Simon moved to London aged seven and now lives in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds with his miniature schnauzer, Elodie. He fell in love with cycling one Saturday morning in 1994 while living in Italy when Milan-San Remo went past his front door. A daily cycle commuter in London back before riding to work started to boom, he's been news editor at road.cc since 2009. Handily for work, he speaks French and Italian. He doesn't get to ride his Colnago as often as he'd like, and freely admits he's much more adept at cooking than fettling with bikes. | <urn:uuid:e4558515-66f1-4a5a-8e0e-1cf968af013b> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://road.cc/content/news/61039-belgian-cycling-paradise-comes-london-olympics | 2016-05-27T01:37:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049276415.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002116-00062-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965241 | 513 | [
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The latest from on board the J/125 West Coast Warrior as they try to get through the lighter air of Transpac…
Update: Of course all things happen at the furthest place from land. We have had a little vibration for a day or so that turned pretty violent last night. The boat would not break free and plane and the driving became pretty rough. We tried another back down but no luck. We then checked out everything we could around the boat but found nothing. We figured it might be a net and planned on diving the boat in the morning.
I took my GoPro at first light and video tapped under the boat. This requires about 30 minutes of making the boat go 3kts to get the right shots. After checking out the keel, sail drive and rudder we found nothing. Got some cool video though. Then I did the same with the other side of the keel and found a chunk out of the top of the keel. Not sure what happened but as soon as we hit 9kts the wheel starts to vibrate and we get a shudder. We still cannot believe that this chunk is doing it but that is the only thing we have found.
Sucks because we rallied back to second in class and had a good chance. Spirits are high and we are laughing all the time.. even when we were stopped and video taping. Great crew and we are all good but a little disappointed that getting on the step is next to impossible. Now I figure we have to really reduce sail in the big breeze to make the boat more drivable. Game on though because we are not giving up!
It is time for business. Another day at the office out here and last night was the beginning of the end. I got some good advice from a friend in an email.. He basically told me to buckle down, be a leader and crack the whip a little. He also told me not to be afraid to downsize when the gnarly stuff comes. Thanks man for the advice because I put the first part to good use. He second part, well I will talk about that later. Crew meeting last night and I broke it down. We have worked hard and have a chance so let’s race hard, push the boat be smart and hopefully get a little lucky. Must of worked because at 8am we got the leader board and were second in class!
Now for the second part of the advice…
We got into some good breeze in the evening and were rocking along with what we call the 4A. Big shout out to Bruce Hollis from Ullman Australia for designing some amazing kites for this boat. I have a couple on Timeshaver but not the 4A. I decided to keep it up into the night because we were handling it really nicely in 20+kts of breeze. Well that was all good until the squalls came though. Not really expecting them yet but whatever bring it on we need it.
So I see a few coming our way and one that is lining up. I am driving so I cannot really tell how black it is (which is a good way to tell how strong it is) until it is on me. Then it is game on. Greg the owner is trimming and it starts to blow good and we start to plane along at 16 no problem.. fun stuff. Then it starts going to 28 and 30.. hang on. We are flat out hauling ass with a full main and a big round kite way out there. 22kts and I am barley moving the wheel just staying between 150-160TWA depending on the wind strength. 15 minutes into it I can tell Greg is a little nervous when he asks me how long it will last.. Not sure I tell him but don’t talk to me I am working! 30 minutes later we are soaking wet and still going balls out. Totally in control (as much as I can) but I am getting tired as I have barley slept. Zac pops his head out because he thinks it’s over and starts telling me something and he gets the same treatment.. not now mofo! So in the end we were safe but I knew that was a bit much. So the game plan for night has changed a bit.. Most fun driving I have had in a while!
So this morning was a little bit of a shit show. I wake up to Dustin telling me we have caught something on the boat and are slow. We eventually back down but are not sure we got it.. even now I am not sure as there is a humming noise I am still trying to figure out. Used the Gopro to check out the keel and sail drive but do not see anything.
Hot as hell now and we are catching a boat in front of us on the horizon. Not 125 weather now as it has been 10-13kts all day… more like Horizon stuff. Got in a little dispute with Dustin but we hugged it out. Super fun times and we are still laughing and enjoying but being way more in tune with the final ½…Still looking to get past the Hippie..got past Dustin’s Dad on relentless so check that off!
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View Full Version : March 2011 Monthly Photo Contest Voting Poll
April 3, 2011, 12:40 PM
Vote for your March favorite.
Contest thread is here (http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442807).
April 8, 2011, 08:34 PM
I would like to commend all of the photos. Even after voting I went back and appreciated them all again. Really great photos all around. Thanks! :)
April 11, 2011, 03:55 AM
April 11, 2011, 09:07 AM
Oops...I forgot to vote this month. :o It would have been just another vote for R.O. anyways........
April 12, 2011, 01:15 PM
don't worry about the vote Clem,you'll get another chance with the April contest ;) lol
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If there are two words worth knowing in approaching Chinese culture — worth knowing and worth understanding — those two words are guanxi (关系 /gwann-sshee/ 'connections') and mianzi (面子 /myen-dzrr/ literally 'face'). Knowing the right people and knowing how to honor those you meet are crucial when doing business in China.
Typically in the west, though people may have business lunches, most formal business discussions are conducted in a more formal setting. China, in this, can be deceptive.The pats on the backs and the smiles, the extravagant dinners and still more extravagant drinking that goes along with them can make the Chinese way of doing business seem very unstructured. However, beneath the seeming informality, rituals are being closely observed.
Notice your host. He is seated furthest from the door. If you are deemed an honored guest you will be seated next to him — it's best not to try and place your interpreter, if you have one, between yourself and your host though subsequent conversation may entail much craning of necks as a consequence.
Too much food will be ordered. Do not try and eat it all — if you do, still more food will be ordered until you have to give up. Leave some food on your plate when you have finished and express yourself to be full.
The amount of drinking done at business lunches can be one of the most disconcerting aspects of doing business in China. The very strong rice wine — baijiu (Moutai being the most recognized brand) — may be consumed from very small glasses, (as you can see from our picture of two gentlemen doing business), but it is consumed copiously.
Traditionally, your host will propose two toasts. When that is done, the most honored guest proposes the third to the host. Only drink the baijiu when toasting and, if "Ganbei!" is uttered, drink it down — whatever you happen to be toasting in, even if it's a glass of beer — in one go.
Yes, the aim is to get hopelessly drunk.
A tip: At the start of the meal, ask for a glass of water. When no one is looking, surreptitiously fill your shot glass under the table from that. It is a standard Chinese trick — many Chinese are as uncomfortable these days about doing business blind drunk as you are.
In China, yes it is. The two key words to remember are guanxi and mianzi. Guanxi is akin to the idea of the 'old school tie'. Connections grease the wheels of business in China. Most connections arising from personal relationships, business itself has become personalised. You are, in theory, now pals... but be warned, business in China is as cut-throat as anywhere and, some would argue, still more so. Don't expect this new 'friendship' to bring you any favours.
For all the amiable talk, China is a hierarchical society and, in such societies, those at the top are not as interested in what you may think of them as people as in the west. They are more concerned with seeing those subservient to them, or on a par with them according them the honor their position deserves rather than threatening the status quo. This is where mianzi comes in, essentially an honour system of strictly formalised behaviour. It is important to learn and follow the rituals; things are not as chaotic as they may seem.
When doing business in China, then, it pays to think back to former days in the west when gentlemanliness and gallantry were to the fore, when ritual was favored over personal initiative, when it meant far more who you went to school with and your father's status in society than who you, yourself, actually were. You're not excluded from this; far from it.
As a foreigner doing business in China you're a guanxi-catch and your favor will be eagerly sought. However, be wary. You still reside outside the core interests of friends and family. You're useful, but you may find that amicable claims have been exaggerated when you get down to business proper.
Meanwhile, younger Chinese people are finding these outmoded ways increasingly frustrating, particularly given that most who may have ability find themselves excluded for having no guanxi and, without that, you're not considered worthy of much in the way of mianzi.
Changes are coming, but change is slow. For now, it pays to study up on the old rituals and traditions of guanxi and mianzi if you want to do business in China.
If you're planning on arranging your own business dinner in China, check out our lists of restaurants in China's largest cities.
You may find it best to play on your status as a foreigner. If so, you may want to choose from a Western restaurant specifically. Just be sure it's suited to the people with whom you're doing business and, before you go, visit it yourself. If you're lucky, you may get a seat at a table near an ongoing business dinner and you can observe the rituals for yourself.
China Highlights can't provide you with guanxi and mianzi, but we are experienced in business in China and experts at making travel arrangements for foreign visitors.
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DIFFICULTIES understanding northern dialects and local geography will put lives at risk following the closure of regional emergency services control rooms, it has been claimed.
In submissions to the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee, local authorities have questioned the decision to close all police and fire control rooms north of Dundee.
Colin Mackenzie, chief executive of Aberdeenshire Council, accused the fire service of a “complete lack of meaningful consultation” over its decision to close its Aberdeen control room, while he said consultation from the police had been “minimal”.
He said there were fears call-centre staff elsewhere in the country would not understand North-east dialects and place names. His concerns were echoed by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Orkney Islands Council, which was “extremely concerned” by the proposals.
In January, Scotland’s police and fire boards approved plans to reduce the number of control rooms aimed at saving £74 million by 2026.
Following the phased closures, Motherwell and Govan will form a West Area Control centre for police, with Bilston Glen near Edinburgh covering the East Command Area and Dundee the North Command Area.
Inverness will lose its police control room to become the new hub for the command and control of major incidents and national events anywhere in Scotland.
Fire service control rooms in Aberdeen, Inverness, Dumfries, Fife and Falkirk are being lost, while Johnstone in Renfrewshire, Edinburgh and Dundee will remain open.
Mackenzie said: “Amongst [our] concerns are doubts about call-centre operatives elsewhere in the country understanding local dialect and place names in the North-east and misdirecting appliances, leading to delays in responding. It would appear that the decisions by both Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were based largely on the savings to be made by reducing the number of centres.
“The lack of any control rooms or service centres in the area of the country with the largest concentration of critical infrastructure appears to be more related to the high cost of living in the North-east, rather than a more strategic approach.”
Earlier this week it emerged emergency control staff in Aberdeen have twice been left to rely on their local knowledge following system failures in the past year. Details obtained by campaigners using Freedom of Information laws showed emergency computer systems went down on 23 May and 3 June.
In its submission to the justice committee, Orkney Islands Council said it “is extremely concerned at the direction taken by this proposal, given the vast area to be covered by the proposed new North Command Area Control in Dundee and the impossibility of the staff, with the best will in the world, being able to familiarise themselves with the detailed geography of the entire North area”.
It added: “Each part of this area, Orkney included, has its own local dialect and numerous locations with similar or identical names, which an operator with local knowledge would immediately recognise.
“An operator based in Dundee would take considerably longer to identify the precise location and the potential for error is high. In our view this represents a significant increase in risk to remote and rural areas of the north of Scotland, which has not been taken into account.”
Scotland’s eight regional police forces and fire services were merged to create Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on 1 April last year.
Responding to the committee, Assistant Chief Constable Mike McCormick of Police Scotland said: “It was apparent from the introduction of Police Scotland that there was a pressing need to integrate and remodel the provision of the Contact Command and Control Division (C3) to ensure that Police Scotland, as a single national service, can meet its responsibility to ensure parity of service and access to expertise and support right across the country.
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Writer: Darren C
Date:Friday August 12 2011
Saturday 13 August 2011
After last week's success on the road, Ipswich Town begin their bid to turn Portman Road into a fortress this season when they host Hull City on Saturday.
Portman Road has been a less than happy home for Ipswich in recent seasons. A rather paltry ten home wins last year followed just eight in each of the previous two seasons; a far cry from the incredible campaign of 15 victories and just one defeat on home soil in 2007/08. Indeed, there has been much talk about the need to rebuild 'Fortress Portman Road' and the need for the Blues to win back the fans after a turbulent spell in the club's history.
To do that however, they'll need to get off to a good start against a Hull side which proved tough to break down on their travels last season. Only Cardiff City and promoted duo QPR and Norwich City picked up more points away from home than Nigel Pearson's team last season, and with substitute Jay Simpson netting a late equaliser for the Tigers at Portman Road back in February, Ipswich should already be aware that they are in for a much tougher test than last week's trip to Bristol City.
Even so, hopes are high that Paul Jewell can bring the good times back to Portman Road, and with another home game on Tuesday night, the Blues boss has an early opportunity to show the Town faithful what they can expect. After hitting the top of the table on last weekend's trip, any designs Ipswich have on staying up there will depend on them getting it right at home as well; laying the foundations for a promotion campaign is all well and good, but they won't last long if Town's fortress is built on sand.
For more buildup to this match, check out our interview with Vital Hull in this season's first instalment of From The Other Side.
Ipswich have defensive concerns ahead of the visit of Hull, with boss Paul Jewell sweating on the fitness of centre-backs Damien Delaney and Ivar Ingimarsson. The former picked up a knock at Bristol City while the latter is still struggling with the injury he suffered in pre-season.
That could see Tommy Smith start at the back on Saturday, with Jack Ainsley also potentially in line for his first start after an impressive personal display against Northampton Town on Tuesday night.
Lee Bowyer, David Stockdale and last week's two goal hero Michael Chopra will almost certainly be restored to the lineup having missed the cup defeat to the Cobblers, whilst new signing Keith Andrews looks set to make his debut in midfield.
Fresh from completing his loan move from Blackburn Rovers, midfielder Keith Andrews is intent on showing his parent club what they are missing out on when he takes to the field for Ipswich.
The Republic of Ireland international, who will be with the club until January, is likely to be handed his Town debut on Saturday. Having found his chances limited at Ewood Park, he will be eager to rediscover the form that made him a hit at Milton Keynes Dons, where he netted 19 times in 78 appearances.
A permanent move could be on the cards for Andrews should he impress, so what better way to start than sparkling on your debut?
Hull City manager Nigel Pearson looks set to be without Aaron McLean for the trip to Portman Road as the striker continues his recovery from a calf injury.
Dele Adebola and Liam Rosenior missed the Tigers' midweek Carling Cup defeat to Macclesfield Town with back and knee injuries respectively, but both are in line to return on Saturday.
City are also set to welcome back six other players who were absent for Tuesday's game, though former Town favourite Jimmy Bullard will not be involved having effectively been banished from Pearson's squad following an incident during the Tigers' pre-season campaign.
Hull's efforts to make the playoffs last season were frustrated by a lack of goals, but in striker Matty Fryatt, they have someone who could get them firing again.
Despite only signing for the Tigers in January, Fryatt ended up as the club's top scorer last season with 9 league goals in 22 appearances, as well as providing a couple for his team-mates.
Having previously scored 44 goals in all competitions under Pearson at Leicester City, it seems the two men are benefiting from their reunion at the KC Stadium. The question is, will it work for them at Portman Road?
FLC - (13th) Ipswich 1-1 Hull (10th)
19 February 2011
(Click here for Match Report)
Ipswich: Scotland 58
Hull: Simpson 85
Ipswich: Fulop, McAuley, Delaney, Leadbitter, Edwards, Martin (Civelli 83), Drury, Healy, Kennedy, Wickham, Scotland (Priskin 80)
Hull: Guzan, Dawson, Chester, Gerrard, Rosenior, Koren, Evans, Stewart (Devitt 90+3), Belaid (Simpson 78), Fryatt, McLean (Barmby 63)
I was at Portman Road the last time we played Hull, and I have to say that I didn't feel there was an awful lot in it. Both sides were hanging around in mid-table at the time and the game ultimately finished as a draw which, in truth, somewhat reflected the similarity between the two teams.
In many ways, I'm expecting pretty much the same thing this Saturday. Whilst I would like to think that last week's trip to Bristol City was evidence of Town having come on leaps and bounds from last season, I fear it was more likely a reflection of how poor the hosts were, and facing Hull could be a nasty shock by comparison.
The Tigers are a tough side to break down under Pearson, so I reckon this will probably end all square again.
Editor's Prediction: Ipswich 1-1 Hull
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In the Navy I worked in the I & E Office. The I & E Office was the Information and Education Office.
Our office, like any other office, had an officer over it. Our squadron was a sea going squadron who furnished helicopters, pilots, and mechanics to non-aviation ships. Therefore, we had a high turnover of officer. Probably McDonald’s did not have a turnover of teenagers higher than our officer turnover.
We normally did not see much of our division officer. He would be out flying a helicopter for training. I think they had to get something like 50 hours of flight time a month in… either that or he was in the nice room that officers hung out in and drank coffee, told jokes, gossip, and whatever else officers do.
Usually our officer was someone of a low rank, usually an O-2, a.k.a. Ltjg. Most that paraded through were nice guys and joined in our nonsense play and weird sense of humor. Although, I remember one with the first name Kenny that I felt he was intimidated by us… when we talked to him and looked him in the eyes you could tell he wished he could look down and maybe we would go away. And human nature being what it is, we even picked on him a little…. Just enough to let him know who was boss.
Then along came Ltjg CW. CW was once an enlisted man. He was the first officer to come our way that was not a pilot. He was a lifer. He was smart. It was rumored that he was sent there to straighten us out - and that would have been justified - we were very loose, military speaking. He was also a good artist. But most of all, he was on to us. We couldn’t get anything by him, and worse of all because he was not a pilot he was in the office most the time. Was our playtime over?
No. We had a new play-friend.
Sex preoccupied CW’s mind most the time. He would set around and doodle. His drawings usually consisted of surreal penises and breasts – one that I remember was a lady with nothing put a kitchen apron on, which her boobs hung out the top bilb part and in one had was a garden water pale – the kind with a spout. She was watering a bunch of tulips at her feet… but wait! Looking closer, it is plain that they were not tulips at all, but penises sticking out the ground with the foreskin peeled back.
He always signed his pieces of art with CW. The C either pointed upward or downward, depending on hid mood and the W was so close to the upward or downward C the W looked like a set of testicles for the C.
C overheard my co-worker Don and I talk about some teachers we met who owned a beach house near Mammoth, New Jersey. He wanted to go with us. Which he did. He was surprised with Don introduced him as a CID agent and the teachers already KNEW Don was a Navy pilot from tales he had told them previously. I don’t remember what my role was. I think probably nothing…. I probably didn’t tell them anything and since I am invisible anyway, I got by unnoticed.
One time C invited Don and I to dinner. We went and met his wife and children. Several times his wife mentioned how hard workers we were, always working late and on weekends and insist C stay there to sign whatever needed to be signed.
Yep, we were hard workers alright.
The I & E Office was also in charge of re-enlistments. That was C’s job and his Chief Petty Officer or the First Class PO of the office to push. To make a long story short, after spending some time with us (I like to think) he decided to get out of the Navy himself.
Anna and I were freshly married when C decided to resign his commission. He and his family moved to his or his wife’s home town, Pensacola, Florida. C had a hard time finding a job but his wife got a job at a big discount department store to help support the family.
The next thing C was knocking on our door wanting a place to stay while he looked for a job in the Atlanta area. Which we welcomed him.
I remember one night he and I were hitting the night spots in Atlanta when suddenly his body demanded it had to use the bathroom NOW! We were on West Peachtree or Spring Street and there was a service station about a block away but the traffic was backed up. C got out of the car and started running to make it before he exploded. He had to run in a limping fashion to control his bodily functions – and I cracked up - the man sent to put us in line, so to speak, quit the Navy and at that moment was running up a street in Atlanta to use the bathrom. I wished I had a Super 8 movie camera.
In time C got a job of some kind, I forgot what, and he got a room in a boarding house in Buckhead, which is section of Atlanta. In the bedroom he used at the boarding house he and his roommate was separated by a small partition, just enough to give them visual privacy. One night he and his room mate were both in bed, not being able to see each other because of the partition but were able to talk. They talked about many subjects and then C pulled out a bottle of scotch and they drunk it. His roommate got more talkative and before too many minutes the guy confessed to C about being a rapist. He told him of several times he had raped women and got away without being caught.
C came up to talk to us about it. What should he do about it? He wondered. Should he report it to the authorities? It has been almost 40 years ago and I forgot the details, but I think we came up with some kind of solution.
I remember shortly after that C sent for his wife and family and they moved up.
C started a magazine. It was a magazine of want ads for jobs in the Atlanta area and it went over well.
After the magazine was a success C and his wife invited us over for dinner. They had bought a nice house and he was again in charge of his life. He looked happy.
Several years after that I applied for a part time job at the same national chain that I knew his wife worked at. What I didn’t know was she was now in the cooperate offices and was head of the region’s human resources.
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San Marino and Andorra secured a spot in the semi-finals of the U18 European Championship Men Division C on Thursday with wins over Gibraltar and Wales respectively.
San Marino had little problems with Gibraltar, taking a 42-15 half-time lead en route to a 76-48 win in the second round in Andorra la Vella.
Igor Biordi was once more the main contributor for San Marino, as the 2.06m center recorded his second double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Julian Gualtieri chipped in with 13 points and a game-high eight assists.
Timothy Fava's 17 points and 12 rebounds led Gibraltar in a losing effort.
Andorra tightened the screws in the fourth quarter to beat Wales 61-49.
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The chef is so on, Aziz Ansari even asks if he's on ecstasy.
A perilous crossing on Sunset Boulevard makes way for Echo Park's latest dance craze.
It's far-and-away the easiest recipe Ludo has overseen.
And drink tequila from the floor with a straw.
In which the chef reveals that "mellow" side he told recently told us about.
Too bad the often elusive chef is so terribly out-of-focus.
The chef and a manager threaten to trade blows, tonight on Kitchen Nightmares.
It's probably the deepest conversation held between two people at West Hollywood's biggest meat market.
At 51, the Frenchman might be the oldest cheftestant ever, but can still probably teach the young chefs some new tricks.
Owner Johneric Concordia makes a plea for funding his Echo Park community center/barbecue joint.
The final shot makes us wonder just how long has the Laker been on this imaginary flight.
It may not be on prime-time anytime too soon, but it's fun.
The paper crowns five winners in a recipe contest and offers a look into its test kitchen.
Goldman sounds a little sore about deep-fried fruit punch, so he offers a novelty dessert you can make at home.
David Rozansky plays restaurant critic in KCET's new guest reviewer series.
The series juxtaposes the French chef's calm demeanor with a freakout directed at staff.
Quinoa, kombucha, and Humboldt Fog al get their shout-outs in the debut video from Fog and Smog.
The trusted vendor has started shooting videos that record what chefs are buying and how they plan to use it.
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News: Burning disaster is a blessing in disguise
Story by Sgt. Richard Wrigley
FORT STEWART, Ga. - At first glance the Washington family’s story may seem a terrible one.
A young family, with nowhere to live after a fire made their home uninhabitable at the beginning of a four day weekend.
A young wife Danecia Washington, of Detroit, due to have her second child any day, lost with nowhere to go and no clothes to wear.
A young husband and soldier, Spc. Jefferson Washington, a native of Baton Rouge, La., and an information security specialist for Troop E, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, at a loss, not knowing where to turn or where to take his expecting wife after so abruptly being forced out of their home.
“After the fire we were in a panic, all I could think was, ‘Oh my goodness…what are we going to do now,” Danecia said.
Their fears were real and warranted, until the community stepped in that is.
First to help the Washington’s through their time of need were the firemen, one of which suggested that Spc. Washington contact the American Red Cross, Spc. Washington said.
“If it wasn’t for the fireman suggesting it, I never would have thought of the Red Cross,” Spc. Washington said.
The next group to step in was the Red Cross volunteers themselves. After an immediate assessment of the situation, the Red Cross assisted the Washingtons by providing them with funding for lodging and groceries for the next three days, as well as funding for cloths and seasonal garments, allowing them to purchase the necessary items they would need to survive for the weekend, said Sharyn Baggett, emergency services program manager for the Southeast Georgia Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Indeed the help the Red Cross provided was greatly critical during the Washingtons’ time of need.
“We got a roof over our heads, food in our stomach, clothes on our back, and we were safe and out of harms way,” Spc. Washington said.
“If it wasn’t for the Red Cross, I don’t think we would have made it through the weekend,” he added.
The Washingtons still didn’t have a permanent solution to their dilemma. The funds were only for the weekend. When Tuesday came around, they were in a very precarious position.
Spc. Washington, had no one else to turn to, so he reached out to his unit, and they did not disappoint.
On post housing can be very difficult to get, and may take quite some time, said Sgt. 1st Class Clyde Blocker, the operations sergeant major for the home detachment, 3-7 CAV.
However, after contacting the more than understanding staff at Balfour Beatty, the issues were resolved right then.
“When [the staff] heard the soldier’s situation they found him a house instantly,” Sgt. 1st Class Blocker said. “It really speaks volumes of April Morgan and the rest of the staff members over there at Balfour Beatty that they reacted so quickly.”
Despite all this hard work on the Washingtons’ behalf, there was still yet one more hurdle to overcome for the Washingtons to have a home. They had to pay the prorated rent for the housing, and they did not have that amount of money available.
That is when Red Cross stepped in yet again. Unfortunately, Red Cross proper could not fund this, fortunately, a separate fund, the Landings Military Family Relief Fund, a fund set up by a local community in Savannah, Ga was able to cover this expense. The Landings Fund was designed to operate under the local Red Cross, and to provide assistance in such situations, said Baggett.
Just like that, the Washingtons were not only safe and sound, but they were in a much larger and nicer house than they had ever dreamed of previously.
“This place has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a walk in pantry, great kitchen, and a big back yard for my dog…this place is everything we need,” said Spc. Washington.
While not the only one who was thinking it, Sgt. 1st Class Blocker may have said it best when he noted, “When you first hear about what happened to [the Washingtons] it seems pretty bad, but really, they actually turned out better for it in the end I think. Call it what you want, I think [the fire] was a blessing.” | <urn:uuid:354abc76-775d-4f60-a4d8-2f9419bd6cd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | https://www.dvidshub.net/news/101187/burning-disaster-blessing-disguise | 2016-05-24T16:37:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049272349.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002112-00167-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980798 | 997 | [
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Bemidji State women's hockey: Huskies win on special teams play
Special teams made the difference in Saturday's women's hockey game between the Bemidji State team and St. Cloud State. The Huskies scored two power-play goals and two short-handed goals to earn a 5-2 Western Collegiate Hockey Association win over the Beavers.
The decision left the teams with a weekend split. Bemidji State fell to 4-8-2 overall and 3-3-2-2 in the WCHA.
The Beavers started the game off sluggish, being outshot in the first period 14-5. St. Cloud State scored on its first shot of the game after Meaghan Pezon intercepted a pass in the defensive zone.
"They totally outplayed us and we didn't seem very interested in playing," said Bemidji State head coach Steve Sertich. "But the good news was that we were only down one after the first."
Bemidji State tied the game on Erin Cody's goal early in the second period. But St. Cloud State answered with back-to-back power-play goals to take a 3-2 lead. Sadie Lundquist scored her second goal of the weekend on a rebound from a shot taken by Cody to bring the Beavers back within one heading into the final period.
"We always battle back and that's a credit to our players," Sertich said. "It's just too bad that we couldn't take advantage of the power plays that we had."
Special-teams trouble would haunt the Beavers in the third period as St. Cloud State scored two short-handed goals on the same power-play opportunity for the Beavers. One of the short-handed goals was also an empty netter.
St. Cloud State 1 2 2 -- 5
Bemidji State 0 2 0 -- 2
First period: 1, StC, Pezon (Toor, Daggit), :30. Penalties: BSU, Robertson (interference), 11:16.
Second period: 2, BSU, Cody (Lundquist), 1:52. 3, StC, Roberts (Hogan, Hirsch), 2:29 (pp). 4, StC, Roberts (Hirsch), 13:40 (pp). 5, BSU, Lundquist (Erickson, Cody), 17:51. Penalties: BSU, Lundquist (cross checking), 2:12. StC, Zabrick (tripping), 7:01. BSU, Lieder (tripping), 12:55. StC, Meierhofer (interference), 18:56.
Third period: 6, StC, Hogan, 16:05 (sh). 7, StC, Roberts (Hirsch), 17:33. Penalties: StC, Lane (hooking), 15:53.
Goalie saves: StC, Nixon 23 shots, 21 saves. BSU, Tomcikova 36-31.
Shots on goal: StC 14-11-11--36, BSU 5-12-6--23.
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What do you do when your Facebook friends post political or religious items that are diametrically opposed to your personal beliefs/philosophies?
Many of my Facebook friends are people I knew when I was a child or teenager. We have grown to be worlds apart, ideologically speaking. When they post items about their religious or political beliefs, I stay silent. But, sometimes, I find what they are saying offensive. Do you ever confront rhetoric from old friends or do you try to maintain a friendly, if not close, relationship with old classmates/friends? | <urn:uuid:6fb9e82f-018f-45ca-beed-a51cba52a975> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://www.fluther.com/75468/what-do-you-do-when-your-facebook-friends-post-political-or/ | 2016-05-27T08:54:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049276564.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002116-00082-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947685 | 113 | [
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Video: Missouri National Guard Family Resiliency Center
The Ike Skelton Training Site in Jefferson City, Mo. will soon have a place to provide support for Missouri National Guardsmen and their families all thanks to private donations to the Missouri National Guard Foundation. Available in high definition.
Date Posted:03.24.2014 6:06PM
Location:JEFFERSON CITY, MO, US
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The Meritorious Service Awards Committee is looking to the community to provide nominations for the Meritorious Service Awards. The award recipients are individuals who have demonstrated: evidence of significant services publicly, academically, voluntarily or philanthropically; services to UAA or one of the community campuses, or to an Alaska community (i.e., health, arts, sciences, engineering, etc.); longevity of commitment and/or service; and/or diversity -- culturally and/or discipline.
The official criteria are outlined in the Board of Regents' Policy (Part X -- Academic Policy -- Chapter 10.03.030). To submit a nomination, please complete the online form at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/advancement/projects/meritorious-service-award.cfm. The nomination deadline is Friday, Feb. 18.
The University of Alaska Anchorage Kenai Peninsula College will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on July 1, 2014. To honor and commemorate this significant historical event in University of Alaska and State of Alaska history, a book documenting these 50 years will be written, published and distributed.
The University of Alaska Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula College is soliciting proposals from interested parties to author and produce the Kenai Peninsula College 50th Anniversary Book. Those interested in submitting a proposal may download the RFP by visiting the KPC home page at http://www.kpc.alaska.edu, and clicking on the link to the PDF in the events section.
The deadline for the 2011/2012 UA scholarships is Feb. 15, 2011. Hundreds of awards are available, totaling over $697,000 so far this academic year. Last year, many scholarships were not awarded due to a lack of eligible applicants, so all students are strongly encouraged to apply! Applicants must have their 2011/2012 FAFSA filed by Feb. 15, listing UAA, UAF or UAS as their primary campus. Students not interested in applying for the UA scholarships can still file their FAFSA up until June 30, 2012. The online application is available at www.fafsa.gov.
The UA scholarship application is available to students at uaonline.alaska.edu, and supplemental information for some scholarships can be submitted via the www.uaa.alaska.edu/scholarships website. Other UAA scholarships are available on the KPC website at http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/KPC/scholarships/.
For those who were not able to attend College Goal Sunday, the KPC Financial Aid Office will be offering help for the 2011/2012 FAFSA on campus throughout February FAFSA Frenzy month. Appointments can be made by e-mailing [email protected].
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The teen alien-action-romance I Am Number Four opens in theaters this weekend and many expect that it will will be a smooth ride to box office success for the film on the YA entertainment highway that “Bieber Fever” paved last week.
We recently had the chance to talk with the creative team behind I Am Number Four about the process of developing a fresh science-fiction mythology that works for a large cross-spectrum of the young adult audience.
The film, and book-series that the film is based on, was designed to appeal to the current appetites of teen audience. Large, sweeping action sequences for the boys, all-consuming romance for the girls, and “other-world” elements for both parties.
Co-writer Marti Knoxon of Buffy The Vampire Slayer fame says that the “great thing about this story is that it has elements that will potentially appeal to both. As we were working on the final draft we were working on the balance between the action elements and the teen story which would be sort of grounded and, of course, the romance, and the dudes would say ‘eh, kind of cheesy’ and the girls would say ‘love it!’ So you’re trying not to overdo or over-cheese, or under-cheese – yeah you’re thinking about it all the time, this is a movie that is very much aimed at a young adult audience.”
Knoxon was brought in to work on the script after writing partners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, of Smallville, had created a draft in tandem with the book series’ authors Jobie Hughes and James Frey (writing under the pen name Pittacus Lore). Pittacus Lore is a character who plays a significant role in the book series, but is not seen in the film.
Screenwriters Gough and Millar worked in concurrence with Hughes and Frey in order to construct a unified vision for the book and the film, each informed the other, rather than a traditional adaptation form existing source material.
Knoxon was brought on because, “It had gotten a little dry. The Sarah and John (the romantic leads in the film) stuff wasn’t feeling fun and juicy enough and I was thinking if I were a teenage girl, I don’t think I would like this girl, and I don’t think I would be swept away. It had also gotten a little dense in terms of exposition and lore – there is a lot of stuff in the book that isn’t in the movie. The strength in the movie is that it’s fun and it’s fast.”
When asked if this was the reason for an explanation of why the Lorien (the planet Four and the others hail from) teens must be killed in numerical order was left out of the film, Gough and Millar agreed that, when you are working on the mythology for a film like this, it is a delicate balance between clarity, and getting mired down in minutia saying, “You don’t want it (the film) to have to come with an instruction manual.”
Though they were telling an “aspirational”and fantastical tale it was important to the filmmakers that the characters remained grounded and relatable to their audience. Star of the movie, Number Four himself, Alex Pettyfer was drawn to the film because he felt his character is one that, “a lot of kids can relate to. He’s a guy that struggles with his identity, as we all do at some time or another. We try and figure out, and maybe some of you guys today are still trying to figure out, what you’re doing. I certainly am. He goes on this journey, and I love the fact that… you know we think we know what we want to do with our lives and we have a dream, and it really just ends up being completely not what you expected. Who you are now, and who you end up being are two very different things.”
Director DJ Caruso chose Pettyfer in part because he embodied that sense of uncertainty in the audition process itself. The actor stopped mid-way through his read and politely excused himself saying he was “not the right actor for the role” and “did not want to ruin the movie.” Rather than acquiescing to Pettyfer’s self-assessment, Caruso found that the actor had displayed an ideal quality for the character he wanted to create saying, “I wanted to have a guy that is doubting whether he can pull this off and doesn’t want to do it, and ultimately figures out who he is at the end. I love that he can look like this (pointing to Pettyfer’s unmistakable good-looks) and have this vulnerability – that’s a director’s dream.”
In order to highlight that sense of vulnerability that Caruso was looking for, the director suggested that Pettyfer look at the 1984 John Carpenter alien love-story “Starman” with Jeff Bridges as a template for the romantic facets of the film.
Actress Dianna Agron (Glee) was drawn to the project by the love-story, but also because she felt that her character had an “old-soul” quality that she wanted to embody. She felt that Sarah was a young woman who was far more sure of herself than many teenagers are. She describes her character as being self-assured in a “non-judgmental way” in that she has decided where she is going, and “those who like it are welcome to come along, and those who don’t – that’s okay.” This is perhaps, one of the more aspirational aspects of the film.
Argon’s character (a human) does not engage in much of the action, but for the female fans who want to see some girl power – Teresa Palmer’s Number Six is there to fulfill those needs. In a film that is, in many ways, all about the creators finding the balance between action, romance, science-fiction and timely pop-culture references, it was decided that the best way to have a romantic female lead that young girls could identify with, and a warrior woman they (and the boys) could fantasize about – was to split them into two separate entities. As a whole, the filmmakers hope is that there is just enough, but not too much, of each of the elements of the film to satisfy everyone in the audience.
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Hi everybunny! Happy Tuesday! Welcome to part 2 of one million of my On Safari nail art series/obsession/catharsis. I can't stop. I guess maybe we can make this On Safari Week? On Safari Month? On Safari FOREVER??
This design came from one of those times when I knew what colors I wanted to use but had no clue what I was going to do with them until I was actually doing it. I kept thinking of dotted half-moons but then right as I was about to start on them I thought of making the dots descend in size to the edges and I love the way it ended up looking! I think it looks like my nails are wearing little necklaces.
The beige is China Glaze Kalahari Kiss, one of my new favorite neutrals. The glitter is China Glaze I'm Not Lion, which... I love, obviously. I liked Purr-fect Plum and Kalahari Kiss together so much that I almost didn't add the glitter, but once I tried it on one nail I loved how it looked even more so I went for it.
As part of the same clearance haul I talked about yesterday I somehow had the unbelievable fortune of picking up two of the Finger Paints flakies I didn't have (for $1.64 each!) and I really wanted to use Finger Paints Flashy over Purr-fect Plum on my right hand.
This is one of those times where my left-hand nail art was so simple that I easily could have replicated it on my right hand but I was dying to use that flakie. Do you guys ever do that? Paint your hands differently because you just can't decide? Am I crazy?
God, just LOOK at those flakies, though. They look like embers on this base color and they really bring out the red tones of the plum. And that COLOR SHIFT! Hnnggg.
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Why do we need a recording of Bach’s Missa?
The Missa (BWV 232a) is that first part of
what would later become the Mass in B minor. Composed in 1733,
it consists of the Kyrie and the Gloria - half of which is a reworking
of Cantata BWV 191. He dedicated
it to the Elector of Saxony as part of an ultimately unsuccessful
application for the job of Saxon Court Capellmeister in
Dresden. When Nikolaus Harnoncourt recorded the Missa as a stand-alone
piece in 1972, that was far from common knowledge: not until the
1950s did scholars propose that the Mass in B minor wasn’t a monolith.
Public perception of the works as a musical quilt set in only
much later. As much as anything else, Harnoncourt’s recording
was a statement calling on the listener to perceive Bach in new
ways. There are no changes from the original to the first half
of the latter gallimaufry-masterpiece. In the circumstances you
might as well experience the Missa by simply not listening to
CD 2 of your favorite recording of the B minor Mass.
Why, then, do we need a recording of Bach’s Missa?
Completism, that’s why. Good enough a reason for me. If not for
you, there is no reason to read on. Harnoncourt’s recording offers
nothing - except the sweet aural scents of nostalgia for those
Alte Werk” releases - that will transcend the limited initial
appeal the Missa has in an age burgeoning with great ‘complete’
recordings. The vibrato of the female voices (Rotraud Hansmann,
Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts) isn’t at all in conformity with our
current understanding and expectations of historically informed
performances. The playing of the orchestra, especially the brass,
conforms only to our stereotypical negative expectations. HIP
orchestras - Harnoncourt’s Concentus Musicus Wien not the least
- have come a long, long way since those days. I have always liked
Harnoncourt’s idea of using a boys’ choir - one of the best available,
at that. Unfortunately the idea is nicer than the intonation-ambiguous
Those not reared on Harnoncourt - or not interested
in the Missa-only - but curious about his seminal recordings
for Teldec’s Das Alte Werk are better off with a recording
of a favorite cantata from his cycle. The rest can safely
stick to their Mass in B minor of choice - mine currently
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Re: Anyone on this list patient with stupid questions?
Does the directory specified in your slapd.conf exist? slapadd will create
the db files but not the directory.
Try running slapadd with -d -1 (full debugging output) and see if it gives
you any more clues.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Smith" <[email protected]>
To: "openldap-software" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone on this list patient with stupid questions?
> Okay, Peter, my computer is still telling me I am a dummy even when I
> follow your directions!
> From /var/lib/ldap after shutting down slapd, I told my computer:
> slapadd -b "ou=Contacts, o=Amalaki" -l Contacts.ldif
> And, it replied:
> ha-ha slapadd: could not open database.
> Is there a way to reconfigure the database?
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Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial licensed copyright
|Object type||Black & white - Glass original postcard negative|
|Place made||France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt|
|Date made||c 1916-1918|
|Description||Portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers of the 2nd Division, one a corporal (right). The soldier seated on the left wears a wound stripe on his left cuff, indicating he has been wounded once.|
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GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Funeral arrangements have been announced for Wayne County Sheriff Carey A. Winders.
A visitation is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon and evening at Faith Free Will Baptist Church in Goldsboro.
Funeral services are planned for Wednesday afternoon in the Kornegay Arena at the University of Mount Olive.
Winders was taken to the hospital on Friday after suffering a heart attack at his home. He could not be revived.
When Winders was elected sheriff in 1994, he was the first Republican to hold the post in Wayne County. The 57-year-old sheriff was last elected in 2010, and the office was to be on this year's ballot.
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Editorial Volume 121 | Issue 9 | September 2013
Perspectives of the Development Strategies for a Future Toxicity Testing System in China: Challenges and Opportunities
Citation: Zhao B. 2013. Perspectives of the development strategies for a future toxicity testing system in China: challenges and opportunities. Environ Health Perspect 121:A264–A265; http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1307303/
Address correspondence to B. Zhao, E-mail: [email protected]
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20921063 and 21177150), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-EW-411), and Ministry of Environment Protection of China (201309029).
The author declares he has no actual or potential competing financial interests.
Published: 1 September 2013
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For many years, toxicological studies in animals have been used to determine potential health risks in humans. There are increasing concerns that such an approach is costly in terms of the resources required to conduct the tests and may not provide sufficient information to adequately protect human health. The growing backlog of chemicals yet to be assessed for potential human health hazards has led to calls to develop high throughput, low-cost testing strategies using end points that are more relevant to humans (Hartung 2009).
In 2007, the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) released a landmark report, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy (NRC 2007), that envisioned a revolutionary change in the future of toxicity testing. A similar approach has been described by AXLR8 (AXLR8 Consortium 2011), a project funded under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme. These documents from the NRC and AXLR8 Consortium articulate the current effort to increase efficiency and decrease animal use in toxicity testing by transitioning from in vivo tests with qualitative end points to in vitro assays based on human cells or cell lines that use robotic high throughput screening and mechanistic quantitative parameters. Implementation of such a strategy could foster a new paradigm that enhances human relevance of toxicological studies, thereby allowing regulatory decisions to be based on human rather than animal biology (Hartung 2009; Schmidt 2009).
Research and regulatory agencies in the United States (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Food and Drug Administration) and Europe (Environment Directorate General, European Commission) have been major proponents of the new paradigm (Birnbaum 2012; Mahadevan et al. 2011). Others (Andersen and Krewski 2009; Seidle and Stephen 2009) have called on the toxicological community to work together to promote a more international acceptance of this approach. Given the deficiencies of the current toxicological testing approach, it seems logical to develop a global consensus on the new paradigm. There are many challenges to such harmonization because each nation’s particular circumstances—ranging from technical limitations to legislative and economic issues—could hinder the implementation and acceptance of the transition (Hartung 2009).
In China, steps have yet to be taken to fully explore and embrace the move to alternative approaches to toxicity testing. Although ancient China, dating back to 5,000 years ago, is one of the earliest cultures to have an understanding about toxic chemicals, the toxicological testing paradigm in China was established long after the scientific discipline of toxicology began to evolve in other parts of the world. Because of this, a gap exists between China’s current approach to toxicological testing and the cutting edge of the field. This difference is best observed in the methods currently used in China to assess toxicological risks of drugs and chemical substances: Animal testing still represents the dominant testing paradigm, and this has been the norm for the past five decades. Switching to in vitro testing would be a timely opportunity for a new start, where Chinese researchers could seize the trend and become pioneers and adopters of alternative strategies for a future toxicity testing system.
From this perspective, challenges and opportunities are equally present in Chinese toxicological research. Certainly, any movement toward a new approach to toxicity testing will face substantial obstacles in China. There are two general barriers to developing a new approach to toxicity testing. First, the new approach will require redistribution of resources and a sustained commitment to support a change in regulations already based on animal testing. For example, in the case of exporting raw materials for cosmetic ingredients, Chinese manufacturers are required to provide two sets of results: one from non-animal tests (intended for the foreign market) and one from animal tests [required by the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), which does not accept data from non-animal testing]. Inevitably, regulations like these have markedly impeded any incentive in China to pay greater attention to non-animal toxicity tests. Second, within Chinese academia, there are no systematic research projects that specifically focus on developing fundamental knowledge and principles to support the testing strategies described by the NRC (2007) or the AXLR8 Consortium (2011). In China, existing research concerning alternative approaches to toxicity testing is sporadic and rate limited. Given these circumstances, the move to develop alternative approaches to toxicity testing in China is at a pivotal point. One thing is clear: Maintaining the status quo will undoubtedly impede progress with regard to advances in toxicity testing and will further separate Chinese regulatory efforts from those in other parts of the international community. It makes scientific and economic sense for Chinese scientists and regulators to participate in generating the knowledge needed to develop more efficient and effective toxicological testing approaches.
At present, there are three paths that China could take to address the need for a better toxicity testing approach: a) adopt the framework and methods developed elsewhere and become an active participant and contributor in the development of alternative testing approaches; b) modify the existing framework to better suit the particular interests and needs within China’s toxicological research community; or c) initiate research programs to independently develop a framework for in vitro toxicity testing and computational models of pathway perturbations. Regardless of the actual path taken, China’s scientific community would greatly benefit from this bold progress. Obviously, each path has its own implications with regard to the role China will play in the international toxicological community and the global economy.
By embracing the rapidly evolving paradigm concerning toxicity testing, China stands to benefit in many ways. The development of high throughput methodologies may serve as a major stimulant for basic biological research in China—research that is needed to understand the fundamentals of biological systems and how they interact with toxic chemicals. The development of new methods and increased knowledge will help scientists formulate hypotheses for future research. In addition, there are economic advantages to collaborating with the international scientific community to develop alternative testing strategies; namely, there is a sizable demand for toxicity testing in the global market, especially from the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Because of the incompatible regulations for toxicity testing noted above, Chinese producers, who currently incur high costs for multiple risk assessments for exports, are at a disadvantage that renders them less competitive internationally. Thus, Chinese regulatory agencies should consider the conventional non-animal testing protocols practiced in foreign markets, such that redundancies are eliminated; this would result in an increased appeal to foreign buyers.
If international harmonization of testing approaches is to be achieved, research from China and other countries will be required to incorporate the evolving framework proposed by the NRC (2007) or the AXLR8 Consortium (2011). Chinese researchers can, and should, seize this timely opportunity to make significant contributions to this revolutionary transition in toxicity testing. However, efforts from researchers will not yield meaningful outcomes without full support from regulatory and funding agencies. Policies need to be put in place that recognize the significance of the new framework and encourage its practice. Integrating China into the international toxicity testing and regulatory framework would demonstrate the material benefits of global harmonization. In many aspects, China presents an intriguing case as it begins to respond to the need for developing and utilizing alternative approaches in toxicity testing. China is currently at the crossroads; the opportunity to play a significant role in the development of alternative testing strategies and participation is here and now, not at some time in the future.
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I often want to ask a question, but there is another question that is exactly the same, but none of the answers for the other question actually solve my problem. I don't want to post a new question, because it would be an exact duplicate, so what should I do in this situation?
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This can be a tough situation, sometimes. But there are some options.
First, as yoda noted, is putting a bounty on the question. This is the preferred method, and takes at least 50 reputation you can spend. That also bumps the question, so it doubly gets extra attention.
What follows are less-desirable options...
You could edit the question, or propose an edit if you do not have enough reputation. But your edit should be of high quality, and should not change the meaning of the question. If the edit needs approval, this won't be a quick way to bump it.
You could post a new question, anyway. But be specific about yours. Probably link to one of the former and state clearly why you are posting anyway. And 'I don't like the former answers' is not a good reason. (There were no good answers could be...) You still risk being down voted and closed as duplicate, but if you are honestly sure that there are no good answers to the dupes, you have tried a bounty and editing, this might be your last resort.
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The New South Wales Government plans to commence a review of the State’s strata and community title laws in 2012, which may include significant amendments to the existing legislation. To support this reform, public policy think-tank Global Access Partners (GAP) is hosting an online community consultation on Open Forum to give individuals and businesses affected by the reforms an opportunity to voice their opinions, share their experiences, raise specific issues or concerns and suggest possible solutions. We invite your comments on the following questions:
Q1. What are the main areas of the existing strata and community scheme laws you would like to see changed?
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Q3. How could the management of strata and community schemes be improved?
Q4. Are there any changes needed to the way disputes in strata and community schemes are resolved?
The consultation is open to the general public as well as members of the strata community, including owners, tenants, strata agents, developers, surveyors, valuers, real estate agents, lawyers and academics who have experience and understanding of the current legislation, or specialist knowledge of the strata industry. Larger organisations and key stakeholder bodies are also invited to contribute.
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The approaching holiday season is a good time to remind everyone about simple ways they can keep themselves and their property safe and secure, and Lower Paxton Twp. police are offering free advice at an upcoming community forum.
“Commonsense Crime Prevention” will be the second in a series of programs offered by Lower Paxton Twp. Police beginning at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at Calvary United Methodist Church, 4700 Locust Lane. Everyone is welcome, and there’s no limit on attendance, “as long as we can fit ’em in the room,” said Officer LuAnna Brook of the department’s community policing division.
“We’ll be talking to citizens about ways to keep yourselves and your property safe, especially around the holidays, both around the house and when you’re out and about,” Brook said, “because almost anyone can become a victim at any time.”
Brook said a second purpose of the forums is to tell people what they can expect from police, and what police expect from them, “if they witness something, hear something or if they are a victim.”
Conducted by the department’s community policing and criminal investigation divisions, the crime prevention forums began in August with a program covering sex crimes. The next one, slated for February, will address fraud and Internet scams.
Programs will last about 1½-2 hours, Brook said, with a one-hour presentation by officers followed by a period for questions and discussion.
Area churches will host the events. Brook said she wants to schedule the meetings at various churches for the convenience of different neighborhoods.
She said she doesn’t know how many meetings will be in the series. “If we get a good response, we will continue as long as people attend.”
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Walker warns gov't unions: Keep it up and you'll lose your jobs
I like the cut of this governor's jib.
Walker said while the state enjoys a lower-than-average unemployment rate -- about 7.5 percent compared to 9 percent nationally -- about 5,000-6,000 state workers and 5,000-6,000 local government workers could lose their jobs if they don't accept changes to their benefits plan.
"I don't want a single person laid off in the public nor in the private sector and that's why this is a much better alternative than losing jobs," Walker told "Fox News Sunday."
The budget vote was supposed to take place last week, but was delayed when state Senate Democrats fled to Illinois to avoid having to vote on the plan, which would cost public sector employees about $300 million over two years, or less than 10 percent of the deficit total.
And a nice kicker line at the end:
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WAYNESVILLE — Robert Joseph “Bob” Dehil, 82, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at The Homestead.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he had resided in Haywood County since 1974. He was the son of the late Joseph and Jennie Dobish Dehil and was also preceded in death by three sisters.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict where he received the Korean Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, the United Nations Medal, and was also a recipient of the Purple Heart. He was employed for 20 years at ILGWU and was of the Catholic faith.
Bob was a Mason and belonged to Lafayette Lodge 23 in Washington, Georgia. He was also a member of the Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was a noble of the Mystic Shrine in YAARAB Temple of Atlanta, Georgia. Bob had a great love for the Folkmoot Festival where for more than 20 years he served as a concierge to all the performers. Bob also enjoyed collecting coins from all over the world.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Barbara Jean Dehil; two sisters, Marie Hrivnak of Avon, Ohio and Delores Seuffert of Fort Myers, Florida; two brothers, Don Dehil and his wife, Pat, of Hinkley, Ohio and George Dehil of Sandusky, Ohio; and a grandson, Zack Dehil.
It was Bob’s wish to have a private family service and entombment followed at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park Mausoleum.
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Scores of brave souls have stripped off for a skinny dip in Sydney Harbour in what has been labelled the world's biggest nude ocean swim.
The fourth annual Skinny Sydney -- an event that aims to "lift the human spirit" -- kicked off under clear skies on Sunday morning at nude-friendly Cobblers Beach at Middle Head, in the Sydney Harbour National Park.
The adults-only event was not a race, offering untimed 900 or 300 metre courses, with some of the funds raised going to the McGrath Foundation and the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife.
While the event may look to be about baring it all and having a swim, its founder Nigel Marsh recently said the focus was on health and happiness.
“It’s not about nudity and it’s not a competition. The event is about leaving all pretences behind, kick-starting a new and exciting chapter in life and focusing on the things that unite us and make life worth living,” he said.
Joy, courage, acceptance, attitude, and charity were also at the heart of the swim, Marsh told The Huffington Post Australia last month.
"You'll notice one of the words I haven’t said is nudity. I know I’ve set up a nude event that isn’t about nudity, and so I understand how people immediately leap to the wrong conclusion, but it is the wrong conclusion," he said.
"You are clothed on the land, then straight away covered by the water, and you get a sarong as soon as you get out.
"There is an element of risk and obviously it’s different to every other swim because it’s a nude one but it really isn't about nudity."
Some swimmers used Instagram to share candid moments from the event.
In 2015, more than 1000 swimmers took part in the yearly skinny dip.
Nudity is kept to a minimum at the swim with participants banned from getting their kit off until they're on the sand.
Those getting naked must be over 18 and spectators are not allowed.
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A friend just sent me a link to this site, and I had to pass it on to everyone. FreeRice is a vocabulary building word game with a twist. In a simple window, a word is displayed with four possible definitions. Your challenge is to pick the correct answer and define the word. Now here’s the twist. If you get the word right, the site will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. This nifty trick is done by turning around the ad revenue generated by a simple – and very unobtrusive – banner ad at the bottom of the window.
The program runs an algorithm to determine your word level and bases its choices from there. I found many words that I knew, several that were unfamiliar but decipherable, and some that I had no idea about. The owners of the site say that there are 50 levels in all, but that it is rare for someone to get over the 48th level.
In about 5 minutes, I was able to donate over 1400 grains of rice and got to level 46. And guess what … it was fun.
So, I know that I don’t have to go on and on about the benefits of improving your own vocabulary: the precision, the persuasion, the power it gives you (and not mention better grades and – dare I say it – better SAT scores). But here is a fun way to challenge yourself, better your vocabulary, and help someone else out there in the world at the same time.
Go ahead, click on the image above and play around for a while. Trust me. You’ll like it.
Note: According to the site’s own totals page, they’ve been able to donate a pretty large amount of rice:
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Date Grains of Rice OCTOBER 2007 537,163,380 NOVEMBER 2007 4,768,969,790 December 1, 2007 235,092,740 December 2, 2007 231,789,260 December 3, 2007 252,053,160 December 4, 2007 280,971,480 ____________ Total All Dates 6,306,039,810
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New Static X Album Cover & Preview New Songs Now
Static-X have been hard at work lately making their new record "Start A War" they have a release date set for June 16th through Warner Brothers Records.
Here are some songs for your listening pleasure:
Take a look at the album's artwork as well right here.
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About Miles For Meso
Miles for Meso is a 5K race and fun run and walk for mesothelioma awareness and research. As an advocacy initiative of the Simmons Mesothelioma Foundation, Miles for Meso seeks to bring local communities together and support research, institutions and advocacy groups in the shared fight against mesothelioma. The first race occurred the morning of Illinois Mesothelioma Awareness Day on September 26, 2009.... read more
Taking the Fight Against Mesothelioma Cancer to the Streets
Since 2009, Miles for Meso has brought together mesothelioma survivors, individuals recently diagnosed and family members of mesothelioma victims for a run and walk to raise awareness and research funding.
In the years since, races have taken place across the country in Missouri, Flordia, Indiana, Virginia, New York, and Washington. Cumlatively, Miles for Meso events have raised over $250,000 in proceeds for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation a non-profit organization dedicated to finding better treatments and a cure for this life-changing disease.
Watch the video above to learn about Miles for Meso 2012. Meet the people impacted by this disease. Meet the family members who participated for their loved ones who lost their lives to mesothelioma. Meet the survivors who run for a cure. See exactly why the cause is so important and why we need your help in spreading awareness.
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Sep 22, 2015
Thank you for being a part of the Miles for Meso community and the 7th Annual Alton Miles for Meso 5K Run & 2K Fun Run/Walk. Here is everything you need to know about attending the Alton race this Saturday. Online registration is still available through today. Please register by then in order to pick up your T-shirt and race bag this Friday during early packet pickup at Simmons Hanly Conroy. Visit the blog to read more about: Early Packet Pickup Race Day Parking Schedule of Events Safety on the Course Awards Ceremony Meso Warrior Community Dinner read more »
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The 4th Annual Washington Memorial 5k Run/Walk, which took place on July 4 in Federal Way, Washington at the Federal Way Community Center, has raised an amount of $13,000 for mesothelioma research. read more »
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This is interesting and a little strange.
The Major League Soccer club FC Dallas has announced its intent to travel to the UAE in late January and stay in Abu Dhabi for nearly two weeks as the team begins preparations for the 2014 MLS season.
Apparently, FC Dallas in recent years has gone to Cancun, in Mexico, for a training camp. That would be just as warm as Abu Dhabi, and a lot closer to Dallas. By thousands of miles.
Anyway, no MLS club has trained in the UAE. Though lots and lots of European sides have been over here in the past decade. A sort of who’s who of Europe football, actually. Bayern Munich, Juventus, AC Milan (when Beckham was with them), etc.
We at The National were alerted to this FC Dallas thing by Dennis Pope, a former colleague, who picked up on the announcement by the Dallas club a week ago. (No word out of the UAE end of this, yet.)
FC Dallas announced this a week ago, on their website.
Not much reaction yet, in the U.S., perhaps because Dallas is one of the less prominent MLS teams … perhaps because it’s the holiday season and not much journalism is going on.
The club plans at least three friendlies in the UAE, according to their news story, and a few bloggers have taken a whack at potential opponents.
One friendly is nearly sure to be Al Jazira, the 2011 UAE champions who are hosting FC Dallas, having them stay in the hotel attached to the stadium and train on their practice fields.
(FYI. Jazira plays in the biggest and nicest football stadium in the country, the 48,000-capacity Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium. The UAE has some old and decrepit stadiums, but this is not one of them.)
Al Ain, the two-time defending UAE club, has been mentioned as an opponent (and they open a new, 25,000-seat stadium next month), as has Baniyas, a team that has been threatening to become a real contender for about five years now.
(And, FYI, stateside bloggers; Baniyas is not on Abu Dhabi Island. It is on the mainland. Just to get that straight. And Al Ain is about 100 miles from Abu Dhabi, near the Oman border.)
A team not mentioned in the blogs I saw is Al Wahda, considered one of the UAE’s “big” clubs (and the 2010 champions), also based in Abu Dhabi, and located about two miles from Jazira. If you want proximity and a 10-minute bus rise, Wahda would work fine for FC Dallas, while based at Jazira.
Another concept not investigated at all is the number of Russian Premier League teams knocking around the UAE into late January.
The biggest of Euro leagues resume league play before the end of January, so the Italians and Germans and Italians and English will have left the UAE by mid-January … but strong sides from Russia and Ukraine stay later, and they would certainly give Dallas a very good workout.
(Though looking back, it appears Zenit St. Petersburg and Shakhtar Donetsk left, earlier this year, just ahead of when FC Dallas would be showing up in the UAE, early next year.)
It would be interesting to see how a lower-tier MLS team would perform, over here, where February makes the middle of the season.
I would think they would be better than UAE teams, though the latter each have four foreigners who generally are players with impressive credentials.
Where the MLS would have an advantage is in the other players on the pitch. The UAE has a solid national side, ranked No. 71 in the world, but the depth of talent is limited, and a decent MLS side would have an advantage over most UAE teams in the lower half of their starting XI.
FC Dallas against a good Russian side would rate as a significant underdog. Zenit, for example, is in the final 16 of the Uefa Champions League.
An issue over here would be the February fixtures list, which gets crowded for UAE clubs, especially those beginning play in the 2014 Asian Champions League, as Jazira will on February 25 and Al Ain on February 26. (Baniyas has a ACL qualifier on February 8, so that could be an issue for a Dallas friendly.)
Fans here in the UAE might even be mildly interested in a U.S. team.
They don’t know the MLS much at all, of course, and have no idea it has the sixth-best average attendance in the world (behind Italy and Argentina, ahead of France and China) … though some of them know David Beckham played in Los Angeles for several years there.
I am looking forward to talking to some Dallas players and officials.
In Europe, the UAE and the Gulf are seen as locales for potential investment; it would seem unlikely Dallas would be here looking for investors. And UAE teams are unlikely to be interested in any Dallas players.
What has not been answered yet is the “why?” What can the UAE do for Dallas? How does the UAE (or Jazira, anyway) believe Dallas can help them?
To be sure, one of Abu Dhabi’s royals, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, will be getting into MLS, at least peripherally. A team co-owned by the New York Yankees and Manchester City FC (owned by Sheikh Mansour) will become the 20th MLS team, in 2015. That would be New York City FC.
Though clearly NYC FC is more of a Yankees-Man City thing than it is a Mansour thing. (Follow the wiki page, linked above, and not a single UAE citizen is mentioned in the piece. Though Claudio Reyna and Jason Kreis are.)
But I digress.
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The Summerville, Ga., fire department evacuated residents within a quarter mile of a large blaze Friday night at a recycling plant in Chattooga County and called in a Hazmat team to check the air quality in the area, firefighter and engineer J.R. Brown said.
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The fire started around 5:30 p.m. Friday at 850 Raccoon Road and sent dark smoke billowing into the area. Between 30 and 50 firefighters from several departments fought the blaze. Brown said the fire may have started because of a fuel explosion.
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FDA Panel Gives Preliminary OK For Test To Give Stimulant To Healthy Children
A new Food and Drug Administration ethics panel said Friday the advancement of science outweighed the risks of giving a stimulant to healthy children as young as 9.
The 11-member Pediatric Ethics Subcommittee gathered for the first time to consider a proposal that would give a single 10 mg. dose of dextroamphetamine to 78 children. The study, led by Dr. Judith L. Rapoport, would use MRIs to reveal brain patterns as the children complete certain tasks.
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Say it Loud... Say it Proud!
Pagan Pride 2004
September is Pagan Pride Month! As the Fall Equinox approaches, the hours of light and darkness once again become equal and so magickally speaking, this is a very good time for Pagans to 'equalize' the scales of public dialogue.
Dozens of very successful programs took place last fall and while September is the 'traditional' month for the 'official' Pagan Pride Day festivities, fund raising events, public rituals and other gatherings proclaimed the 'We're Pagan and We're Proud' theme all the year long. To see if a Pagan Pride event is scheduled in your area, you can check out the listings in your TWV state page. Couldn't find one? Well, think about getting a few friends together to clean up parks, collect food for soup kitchens or blankets and cleaning supplies for the local animal shelter. Start up a 'stroll through the park' project for pagan teens and youngsters and educate them about the native plants and trees (bring a trash bag and pick up as you mosey along), or volunteer to read to children in your library. If you think that you would like to host an event in your town, check out the International Pagan Pride website for tips, ideas and lots of other useful information. Anything that you do as a Pagan can be done with Pride!
Pride has gotten a bum rap for years. It has been linked with selfishness, self-absorption and egotistical behaviors. But we're not talking about the "pride cometh before a fall' stuff here. A sense of pride in one's real accomplishments is called self-esteem and psychologists are currently saying that children of all ages really need more of this type of 'pride' rather than less. A loss of esteem can send someone spiraling down into anger, resentfulness and depression. Happily, most people recover from nominal blows to their sense of self. Some rise up taller and even more determined than ever to guard and protect others from similar victimization. They become role models for those who feel that they cannot change their position. They go on to lead people away from despair and apathy and into that space where they feel that they CAN change the world and make it a better place for everyone. .
Perhaps one of the best definitions of pride is "delight or elation arising from some act, possession or relationship' and that really sums up how many Pagans feel about their religious path or belief system: They are elated, delighted and downright exuberant about their spiritual life. They are indeed, "Pagan and Proud!"
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Wren, Fritz, Peg, Christina, Diotima,
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Sunday - September 5th, 2004
The Somerset: Levels, Leylines and Layers
by Michael Calabrese
It's one of those very hard things to describe. Perhaps it's made all the more difficult because every image, smell, sound and emotion is so increased there. Being a self-proclaimed "word-smith" should mean that I can readily find a way to express the power, breadth and detail of this place whose name may, in itself, serve as its only definition: Somerset.
The wild, magnificent West Country of Britain has an area which is set apart - even from its extraordinary landscapes, ancient places and mists.... [Full Article]
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I lost faith the day I was "disfellowshipped" by my Baptist Church in college. My sin? Asking for prayer because I was struggling with the "sin" of homosexuality. Shock turned to disgust, and I was conveniently given over to my "sin." I never fully recovered from that. Before that day, I had believed everything my church taught me, which is what I believed the Bible said.
I converted to Christianity at age 16, and within a year I was working as a peer counselor at my church. After my excommunication, I doubted everything. I was devastated. The Tower card in the Tarot overshadowed my life for years. Nothing was sacred anymore... [Full Article]
101 Reasons To Be Proud You're Pagan
Pagan Pride: Honoring the Craft and Culture of Earth and Goddess
Author: M. Macha NightMare
Category: General Level: All
Here’s what our colleagues who’ve already read it have to say:
“Who wouldn't be proud? Pagans have given us art and architecture, customs and crafts, philosophy and poetry. Clearly and concisely, Macha NightMare offers a delightfully diverse overview of the world’s pagan heritage.”
~ Patricia Monaghan, author of The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit
“Applying the revived and newly meaningful term ‘Pagan’ to a wide variety of human cultural activities, Macha NightMare makes us look at our history ... [Full Book Profile] [Author's Website]
Quest of the Elements: Using My Senses to Connect With the Elements
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by Liliths Cat
When I think of air, I think of two things: the wind and scents. First I will talk about the wind. The soothing aspect of the wind is when a nice gentle breeze blows in my hair; when it is hot and a cool breeze from off the ocean comes my way. The wind can be soothing as well as destructive. The destructive force of wind comes in the force of windstorms and tornados. The wind can be harsh and destructive. At its best it can rip cement and concrete off the roadways, lift houses out of their foundations and turn a city to rubble in mere minutes... [Full Article]
The Voice of the Solitary: Connecting with the Goddess through Writing and Ritual
by Valerie Antal
My initiation into the Pagan Religion began with a Tarot Deck my sister had bought me for my thirteenth birthday. Through the female images in the Tarot, I began to comprehend the existence of a feminine power more beneficent than the God I had been taught to fear. The High Priestess clothed in robes as white as the Moon, holding her book of divine knowledge, led me away from the Catholicism that brought me spare amounts of comfort.
My devotions to the Goddess were first enacted secretly. As a teenager, I burned carved candles at the desk in my room during Full Moons... [Full Article]
The Solitary Approach of an Experimenter
by Taylor Ellwood
For the eleven years I've actively practiced magick, I have been a solitary for most of it. I remember that, several days into deciding I was going to practice magick, I met a kid at my high school who said he was a shaman. He offered to teach me magick and I eagerly took him up on that offer. Several days later he called me and told me I had no soul and therefore he couldn't teach me.
I remember putting the phone down and feeling stunned. I had no soul, according to him, but what did that mean?... [Full Article]
Calling Down the Moon
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Calling Down the Moon, sometimes referred to as Drawing Down the Moon or Calling to the Sky Goddess, is a very wonderfully mystical experience, for you are standing before your Goddess, by whatever name you call her, asking that she descend to you, sharing with you her knowledge and power.
This joining with the Goddess is sacred and should be approached with immense consideration for the honor held within this rite, for you are not only requesting the Goddess be with you but you are also welcoming her into your actual spirit... [Full Article]
How to See the Sun
Just look up, right? And what happens when you do? Your eyelids make a tremendous effort to close, as if there are things the Sun doesn't want you to know, at least not just to satisfy an idle curiosity. But there are things for you to see, and you can perceive them if you make the effort. Here's what I saw:
On the physical plane, the Sun provides all that is necessary for life on Earth: heat, which impels inanimate matter to life; gravity, the force necessary to keep the planet close to the heat source; and light both day and night... [Full Article]
August 2004: Another Cooker!
August was another record breaking month here at TWV, with 3,481,067 pages delivered to 211,115 unique visitors (Hits: 12,831,573 Traffic/Bandwidth: Only 141.50 gigabytes - thanks to modgzip compression).
Pagan Pride Events 'Round the World...
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9/11/04: Bastrop County Pagan Pride Autumn Festival The Art of Living Spiritual Center/D'lana Raven (Elgin - Texas)
9/11/04: Pagan Pride Day Wyoming 2004 Laramie Pagan Group (Laramie - Wyoming) - [Updated: Sep 3rd.]
9/11/04: Twin Cities Pagan Pride 2004 Witches' Informational Network (Minneapolis - Minnesota) - New Listing - [Updated: Sep 9th.]
9/11/04: Modesto Pagan Pride Day Association of United Pagans - WVox Sponsor (Modesto - California) - [Updated: Sep 6th.]
9/11/04: Nashville Pagan Pride Day Nashville Pagan Pride Committee (Nashville - Tennessee)
9/11/04: Pagan Pride Day in Lorain County Oh Lorain Cty Pagans/Circle of Standing Stones Shrine (Oberlin - Ohio)
9/11/04: Lansing Pagan Picnic Triple Goddess Bookstore/Lansing Pagan Village (Okemos - Michigan) - New Listing
9/11/04: Pagan Pride Event Sanctuary of the Crescent Moon (Palos - Illinois) - [Updated: Sep 4th.]
9/12/04: Pagan Pride Day Childrens Corner CUUPS - WVox Sponsor (Albuquerque - New Mexico)
9/12/04: Pagan Pride Day ~ Awaken The Spirit Within ~ Pagan Pride Los Angeles - WVox Sponsor (El Monte - California)
9/12/04: Mississippi Pagan Pride - AutumnFest 2004 Central Mississippi CUUPS (Jackson - Mississippi) - [Updated: Sep 6th.]
9/12/04: Southeastern Mass. Pagan Pride Day Festival The SEMAPPD Group and Friends (Middleboro - Massachusetts)
9/12/04: Southeastern MA PPD Southeastern MA Pagan community - WVox Sponsor (Middleboro - Massachusetts)
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9/13/04: A Taste of Faeries DC Radical Faeries - WVox Sponsor (Washington - Washington DC) - New Listing
9/17/04 - 9/19/04: 4th Annual Pagan Pride Day The Wellsprings Grove in Kalispell - WVox Sponsor (near Kalispell - Montana)
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Petshark: Talking Stick
by petshark on 12/15/11 at 03:10 AM ET
Apparently Todd McLellan chose “trust” as the theme of the season for the Sharks. If the team has been doing trust exercises, I bet there are a lot of bruised derrieres right now. This morning Twitter was fairly quiet regarding the Sharks. Two lone tweets came out from practice saying only that the gates were closed and the injured defensemen were skating before the group. It was an unsettling silence, a silence that allowed for all manner of speculation after yesterday’s loss.
@FTFsTCY: “There are definitely rumors floating around today. Just an FYI that any involving Marleau are bunk. He has a full NMC.”
It turns out that David Pollak was still in transit from Denver, and his internet access was limited. Kevin Kurz was ill. I guess Mark Emmons just didn’t feel very chatty. Nothing much came out today in terms of Sharks news, especially about the NHL issues of the day. No one has a concussion and McLellan has not been fired. And no, Marleau is not being traded (as far as we know).
Will Doug Wilson fire Todd McLellan? Doug Wilson said he believes in his staff. Five coaches have been fired this season. Which of those GMs broadcast his intentions in advance? Well, some did but not on purpose. It would make no strategic sense. It also would not be reasonable to promise you won’t do it.
@IvanoSJ: “How much longer Sharks can do this till Doug Wilson steps in?”
During SJ @ Avs game last night
I sincerely hope Todd McLellan will not be fired for a long time. Too many of these coaches seem to have been sent packing as a smokescreen, not removed to be replaced by someone better. Many look like distractions from ill-advised decisions by the GM.
Even if coaches have a notoriously short tenures, that doesn’t mean changing them will always bring improvement. If the players “stop listening” or get bored of the same old spiel, maybe those players should grow the hell up and act like professionals, ask some questions, give their input, and change the tune. By all accounts, McLellan works well in that environment, is open to input. There is no other way to handle players in this NHL. Think they can be browbeaten or kicked in the rear end? Think again. Five coaches fired. How many stars moved?
I don’t think McLellan’s team is sulking. I don’t even think they are fighting him, on purpose. I think some of them are stuck. It’s part of McLellan’s job to get them unstuck, but that’s easier to do with youngsters than vets. As you get older you get stickier. You need to unstick yourself.
@FTFsTCY: “Right now, I’d probably rather watch 60 minutes straight of the Kia Hamsters than the Sharks middling efforts.”
During SJ @ Avs game last night
Two players I think of as being “stuck” right now are Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle. They aren’t stuck in the same way but they are such powerful influences that, being off their game, they can make a bigger hole than their absence would.
I don’t know what is ailing Boyle but he may need to stop trying to fix it. Find another way. Check his skates. Hey, the stick was wrong, maybe his skates need fixing too. If it isn’t an easy fix, move on, treat it like an injury and work around it. Letting his own lack of confidence bleed out to the rest of the team is toxic.
@brodiebrazilCSN: “Thornton assessing the #sjsharks Power Play: mostly lacking “confidence” right now.”
Confidence. That comes up a good deal. Another word the Sharks have used a lot: simplify. Simplify. I do not think it means what they think it means. That, or they keep forgetting it too quickly.
I know that both Thornton and Boyle are capable of doing very impressive things, or they have been. Right now they aren’t doing them. What do you do if you are a leader in a group and you find yourself not performing, not able to lead by example? Do you keep struggling to get your game back, kicking yourself, feeling like a loser, work harder until you get it back?
How’s that working out? It might be time to stop falling in the same hole and try walking around it for a while. Maybe later you can come back and fill it in, fix what’s driving you crazy. Right now? Move on. Be a leader. Trust your teammates to carry the load. Give them your eyes. Quit naval gazing and wake up to how much more damage your flagging confidence is doing than your loss of playmaking or nimbleness or stick handling or whatever the hell is balled up in your head.
If you really believe that you are only as good as you are good at what you do, then you can’t take the leap from player to leader. Leading isn’t just about imposing your will, it’s about trusting your followers.
@brodiebrazilCSN: “McLellan’s top PP issues for #sjsharks: initially not coming out clean, o-zone entry, passing, timing. “It’s a big concern of ours”.”
Simplify. That play Thornton is always looking for there in the corner, the success of which is becoming rare as a polar bear, that one should maybe go into storage. Maybe it isn’t a complicated play but the simple solution to it not working it to stop using it. What does the honest doctor say when you tell him: “it hurts when I do this”? “Then don’t do that.”
Try something straightforward. Scott Hartnell has had some nice shots this season, succeeded with good passes and clever misdirection. But he hasn’t given up the old standby, the “go to the net, fall on the goalie and push the puck past him.” That still works. Heck, it worked for Handzus and McGinn. Maybe try more of those. They aren’t pretty, they aren’t even really legal, but they work as often as the polar bear hunt in the corner.
Does it seem to anyone else that Thornton moves clockwise too much? That would be another simple change to try. Move counter clockwise, exclusively. If nothing else, it gives a different view of the ice. Try that.
I am pretty sure that players with as much experience as Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle could come up with better ways to simplify than falling on the goalie and skating in the other direction. How about they show us some of them?
The trust exercise is not about catching your partner when he falls. That is the easy part. The test is when you let yourself fall and know someone will catch you. That’s how you build trust and confidence, not only in yourself.
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About Petshark: Talking Stick
Native of Northern California. Hockey fan since 1998... sort of... there's a hiatus in there that I still can't explain.
I want to know about anything and everything related to the sport and the spectacle. I watch, I react, I write it down.
My interest in the Sharks was initially a matter of geographic convenience and regional loyalty because that seemed to be how it worked. I had no prior interest (at all-- AT ALL) in professional sports of any kind. When I met hockey, it might have set off a chain reaction of general sports fandom. It hasn't, I don't think it will. At all.
Since then, that interest developed into full blown (mostly sort of usually almost completely) exclusive loyalty to the Sharks.
I started blogging a couple years ago on wordpress. I still occasionally put things there that I don't think fit here because they are not about the Sharks. Wherever my words wander, here on Kuklas Korner, they will (usually) hang on to a teal thread.
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While U.S. commentators in China for the Olympics hail how the repressive Communist regime is trending toward Western capitalism, author Naomi Klein says a countervailing dynamic is underway as the United States and the West adopt more authoritarian techniques.
"What I see is that China is becoming more like us, the West, in many ways, and we're becoming more like China in many ways,” says Klein, the author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. “I wouldn't say that we are the same society yet, but what we see are these sort of steady trends, and a kind of an odd sort of meeting in the middle …
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“They embrace the side of our society of extreme consumer capitalism, and our leaders start to embrace many of their tools of social control—indefinite detention, loss of civil liberties—that their leaders are embracing."
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We were in a car wreck June 2013. She required around 7 stitches starting between her eyebrows and going at a diagonal over her right eye. Our wedding is October 19, 2013. We're very worried about scarring for the short term and the long term. And are trying to research all the best options to minimizie all scarring, and the best we can do between now and the wedding. It's a thin red line w/ a few visible stitch holes. Is V-beam or any Laser scar treatment even an option before wedding?
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Scar treatment with lasers for a laceration scar
Yes intervention with lasers for scar reduction is indeed going to be helpful. The best approach would depend on the predominating features of the scar. Redness can be targeted and so can texture, or both. I would recommend seeing a board certified dermatologist with advanced training in lasers as both of these technologies were developed by dermatologists at Harvard Medical School.
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Curtis Glencross is a patient man.
He has known all along where he'd put the memento of his first goal for the Calgary Flames.
He just had to bide his time until it finally came.
A lot longer than he was hoping it would take.
"That felt good. It's been a battle the first few games. I've been getting lots of chances, but it's finally nice to find the twine with one," said the Flames left winger, whose tally was the game-winner in last night's 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
"I've had a couple of good chances and hadn't had the luck. Last game against Colorado, I hit the knob on (Peter) Budaj's stick when I had him beat.
"It's nice to get that one and hopefully it comes in bunches."
That was Glencross' M.O. last season during a 15-goal campaign split between Columbus and Edmonton, before signing a three-year contract with the Flames in the summer.
But it took until the ninth game for the 25-year-old to finally get the disc for the space that's been reserved.
"In my house, I have every puck from my first goal with a team," he said. "I hold on to them. Hopefully, I don't have to get one of those first-goal pucks with another team for a while."
While Glencross was breathing a sigh of relief after getting the monkey off his back, his goal was further proof the Flames are not the low-scoring, one-man show of seasons past.
It wasn't that long ago the Flames were called 'Iggy and the Stooges' by their detractors because Jarome Iginla was the lone marquee man.
Iginla remains the big wheel and he's at his usual post atop the club's scoring race, but the last couple of wins emphatically state the Flames are more than capable of victory even when their captain doesn't have the magic touch.
Sure, Iginla racked up three points in Saturday's 4-1 win at Phoenix, but they were an empty-netter and two second assists. He was blanked last night.
Didn't matter though, because the Flames have built a team that not only boasts a top line, but second, third and even fourth units capable of holding their own and cobbling together a winning streak like the four-game run they're currently riding.
A dozen of Calgary's 14 forwards have scored a goal this season.
"Sure Jarome's going to get his points -- that's what Jarome does -- but the rest of us have to pitch in," Glencross said. "Every line has contributed the last three or four games, and that's a big part of our team."
In beating the Avs for a key divisional win, it was the combo of Glencross and David Moss on the third line -- first with Dustin Boyd at centre and later with Craig Conroy -- that was the strongest unit from the drop of the puck.
Their reward was the goal near the midway point of the third period that broke the scoreless draw.
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A question I am often asked is:
“Won’t the market become saturated if everybody starts selling prints?”
Today I am going to put my money where my mouth is and prove to you that this isn’t an issue by revealing one of my own closely guarded vintage print sources.
I have always kept this information to myself (I don’t even reveal the source publications to my buyers in my auction descriptions) until now!
Firstly I will show you a couple of my own recent print sales then I will show you exactly where to find the very same prints!
Click pictures to enlarge
These prints are from a very famous book entitled “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell.
This book was first published in 1877 just 5 months before the author’s death. Since then it has been republished in countless different editions and formats and with 50 million copies sold it is one of the best selling books of all time!
The edition that I look out for was published by Jarrolds in 1930 and was illustrated by the famous sporting artist Cecil Aldin.
I have purchased multiple copies of this book over the years on both Addall.com and eBay and Cecil Aldin’s beautiful illustrations of horses are as popular today as they were when I first discovered them back in 2004.
This is a screenshot of the search criteria I run to locate the book on Addall.com:
The best value copy currently listed:
Click pictures to enlarge
The book contains 18 colored plates by Aldin
Please note that these are not affiliate links, my recommendations are based purely on my personal experience of purchasing from both companies.
10×8 inch mat kits (mat, back board and cellophane bag) cost me $1.21 each (I buy these in packs of 25) and my only other cost is rigid envelopes which cost me 37 cents each (sold in boxes of 125).
So the full breakdown of my costs are:
|Cost per plate ($20.98 divided by 18)||$1.16|
|The average sale price is||$23.00|
|Less eBay and PayPal fees||$3.45|
|Total sale proceeds||$19.55|
which gives a potential profit of $302.58 for the whole book*
*this calculation is based on all 18 plates achieving a similar final value.
Of course there is more to making money with vintage prints than simply sourcing the right books, you also have to list them in the right way.
You need to choose the right category(s), compose a keyword rich title, include eye catching images, write a compelling description.
Then you have to decide the best start price, whether you are going to accept returns and if so on what terms, whether to sell internationally etc.
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Another case can be the one of pelvic organ prolapse. In this case, the ligaments and muscles that support your pelvic organs get weaken and the organs can slip out of their normal place. In case it is not treated properly, it can even lead to surgery, over time. You can develop such a condition after childbirth or menopause.
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I must apologize ahead of time to readers for not having all my medical information related to this issue. Being some time ago I can not remember my specific diagnosis, but it was some type of neuritis. They were pinched nerves causing all these symptoms and my inclination is there was an underlying issue leading up to the muscles pinching nerves. I will do my best to update this blog as I dig up more information.
Also know that this blog is about my experience with this specific issue and there are many other issues/injuries that will have some of the same symptoms. Please read carefully and if this blog falls in line with your current situation it may be of valuable use to you. I am not a doctor, but when very few doctors are aware of this issue and there is little information on the web pertaining to this issue, I felt it necessary to write this blog to help others suffering from this injury/dysfunction.
For a detailed explanation of this issue, read my updated blog on psoas nerve entrapement.
I first felt these symptoms when doing a fairly heavy bench press. Normally I kept my feet up on the bench, but I had them down this time to give more stability for a heavier bench press. I was doing a 6-8RM intensity, which was a gradual change from my 12-15RM a few weeks prior. I felt a jolt of electricity shoot roughly from my belly button area to my groin. It was very uncomfortable so I scaled down my workouts. Throughout the next few weeks I felt light tingling, numbness, and discomfort in my groin and genitalia. Unfortunately I chose it ignore it. About a month after the symptoms from the bench press, I spent a few days moving to another apartment. This brought new symptoms of abdomen and pelvic pressure and discomfort. It felt like I needed to defecate frequently. Although I did, afterword the feeling remained. A week or two later I suddenly awoke in the middle of the night with extreme pressure in my genitals. This was very confusing and scary as now I definitely knew something was wrong. My initial inclination was that there was a nerve issue, being that all of the symptoms were so different but within the same general area. Another two weeks later very painful symptoms arose. In addition to the previously mentioned, I had intermittent severe pelvic pain to the point where I could not stand up. I experienced constant pain in the superior (top) portion of my testicals, mostly on one side. I experienced intestinal pain and diarrhea. There was burning in the upper thigh region. The best way to sum up the general feeling was that it felt like I was consistently being hit in the testicals.
Not knowing what exactly to make of all this, I decided to ask my then chiropractor. He had no clue, did not even suggest it was a nerve issue! He did not even care that I was in pain and suggested that it might be a bladder infection. A bladder infection, are you kidding me! I completely respect the chiropractic profession and one day hope to be one, but this guy had no clue or care what was going on with me. I dealt with the pain for another month then went to urgent care. There, the doctor examined me and checked for a hernia. She could not diagnose anything and suggested, “You probably just pulled a muscle in the groin area”. To be safe she sent me to get an ultra sound on my testicals which came out negative (whew!). Taking her advice that I pulled something, I refrained from any weight lifting or cardio activities for a month. After, I tried working out again only to find myself in more pain. So, I refrained again from working out for another two months in order to “heal”.
Fitness is my passion and it is very hard to take someone’s passion away. During those 4 months of no vigorous or even moderate physical activity I became depressed. Anxiety came right along with it, always thinking, “what’s wrong with me? Do I have an intestinal issue? Is it a testicular issue? Will I ever be able to workout again? What if…?” This happened every day. I recently noticed many blogs of people with this issue and doctors telling them that it is just depression and anxiety. Well, I don’t know who wouldn’t have depression and anxiety if they were experiencing pain which no doctors could explain. Since I could not workout, I spend many nights going out to bars (night-time was my usual workout time). Although this was not a daily thing, it was much more often and much less healthy than working out (obviously).
Discovering a Solution
After 4 months of pain and inactivity, I decided to see a sports medicine doctor. Almost immediately he came to a diagnosis and understood all of my symptoms. He did a few orthopedic tests, most of which I can not remember, and manually searched for sore spots. I specifically remember him testing the flexibility of my piriformis, expecting it to be very tight, which it was. Supposedly this was the major problem in my pinched nerves. He diagnosed me with a type of neuritis (I am still trying to find my medical information with the full diagnosis). He explained that my muscles became so tight that they we essentially “scissoring” nerves, causing dysfunction and pain. He prescribed some meds to help calm the nerves down which lasted 5 days. I went back on the day those meds ran out and he game me another prescription for a different medication and referred me to physical therapy. The pain lessened after a couple days of taking the first meds.
I had a great experience with physical therapy and was happy to just be active again. I must say they were pretty aggressive as far as exercise intensity goes, but it always felt safe. There was consistent progress in my flexibility, functionality, and most important, less pain. I went there 2-3 times a week for 1.5 – 2.5 hours, over the course of about 3.5 months. By the time I had left physical therapy I felt about 75% better. I paid close attention to the therapy/exercise program and was able to continue on my own. I did so more or less in addition to my regular fitness workouts. 6 months later I was about 95% better and occasionally experienced symptoms that were very short in duration.
Things to avoid
During my time experiencing this injury, I noticed a few things that aggravated it. Most of these were confirmed by my sports medicine doctor.
- Caffeine and other stimulants – The need to run to the bathroom after coffee (or energy drinks then) was much stronger than normal. They are CNS stimulants and stimulated/aggravated the nerves of concern.
- Alcohol the day after – Alcohol is a CNS depressant, which was part of the reason I felt the need to drink to sooth the pain caused by pinched nerves. It did while I drank. The next day however, your nerves are firing harder than normal making the symptoms more painful than usual.
- Lifting from the ground – It is suggested that the muscles involved with the pinched nerves were guarding a back injury or an SI injury/dysfunction. Lifting stressed the injury or dysfunctional joint and caused the muscles to cramp and thus causing pinched nerves.
- Leaning on a table/counter with my pelvic or abdominal area – This created direct pressure on the nerves of concern and aggravated them.
I have spoken to a number of people about this injury. The ones most familiar with it were friends that were into heavy lifting or bodybuilding. In this community it almost seemed fairly common. As mentioned, my sports medicine doctor was the only one fully aware of my condition. I had explained my past injury with a chiropractor (one of the many) and although he had never heard of such a thing, he did shed some light on my condition.
Piecing everything together from the last 5 years and going back 7 years to when I initially hurt my back, here’s my theory: I was diagnosed with a disc injury in 2010 and the doctor was almost certain that it was from doing 1000 pound leg presses 7 years ago. After this unnecessary workout, I felt numbness and tingling in my feet. It seemed to get better in the following months after scaling way back on my leg workouts and chiropractic care. Recently however, I have talked with other health professionals, chiropractors, and medical doctors who said that a disc injury was an incorrect diagnosis. I also had issues of Sacroilliac joint (SIJ) dysfunction going back as far as high school. Either way I have a history of low back injury. With any injury you are going to get muscles that tighten up to protect the vulnerable spot. The psoas muscle will tighten up to protect a low back injury, shortening it and causing it to cramp. This will create knots (trigger points) in the muscle which can then pinch the nerves running through and around the muscles. The pinched nerves created the symptoms I experienced. As of recently (3/1/2012) I have found when my psoas tightens up symptoms arise. I am convinced that in my case tight psoas muscles are causing all of my symptoms and back pain if and when they arise.
Now, I am not quite sure where the piriformis muscle fits in all this, but it was involved in the chain of events. The most likely explanation was to help protect the back injury and possibly causing the psoas to cramp. Of all the research I have done shows that the psoas is the immediate cause of the pinched nerves. My personal proof of this came when I received some active release therapy (ART) on my psoas muscles. Upon the doctor massaging my trigger points (knots), I experienced many of the symptoms associated with my past injury.
The most immediate thing you can do to relieve the pain yourself is to stretch. Specifically stretch the psoas and hip flexors. Stretching the piriformis helped tremendously for me as well as the psoas stretch. In general stretch any muscle that you can as long as it is safe for your back. The foam roller became my best friend to help release some of the muscle knots.
If you are experiencing these symptoms intensely like I did, I would suggest finding a good sports medicine doctor familiar with this issue. I am not certain if all sports medicine doctors are familiar with this because mine was the first one I went to.
Massage therapy helped a good amount and chiropractic care to some degree. The most helpful things were stretching and physical therapy. Physical therapy will help you activate the inhibited muscles due to injury and also strengthen them. Strengthening the right muscles is key. Unless you are a physical therapist or a highly experienced and educated trainer who may be able to put together a program for strengthening and flexibility, I would not suggest attempting this on your own. Physical therapy is quite a long process and takes hard work, but a good physical therapist will show you how to strengthen these muscles properly.
You can alleviate your symptoms
I hope this long explanation of my experience will help you overcome your injury. I know how frustrating, stressful, painful, and depressing having this injury can be. Aside from the pain, the worst part was that I had doctors who could not diagnose it and in some cases not believe me. It would have helped greatly if I had known someone else out there who had it and resolved it.
For a detailed explanation of this issue, read my updated blog on psoas nerve entrapement.
Other possible Injuries/Dysfunctions with similar symptoms:
I have come across other injuries or dysfunction with similar symptoms when explaining my past condition with various health professionals, chiropractors, and medical doctors. As you probably know, diagnosing a condition can be very tricky and complex. Although doctors may have trouble diagnosing this issue, they are still the ones qualified to do so.
Cuada Equina Syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauda_equina_syndrome
Disc Herniation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herniated_disc
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Leading on Cruise ControlPosted Tuesday, February 19, 2013
One of the great conveniences of driving is cruise control. You can take your foot off the gas pedal and the car maintains speed. I recently drove 400 miles in a car without cruise control – in the rain, after a long day – and I was miserable.
For leaders, cruise control is also handy. You develop a leadership style that works. You build on past success. You lead with policies, procedures and patterns. You can drive the organization with relative ease, even in the rain after a long day.
There is a minor problem with leading on cruise control. You will not lead very well. As Skinner and Sasser conclude:
Managers who consistently accomplish a lot are notably inconsistent in their manner of attacking problems. They continually change their focus, their priorities, their behavior patterns with superiors and subordinates, and indeed, their own “executive styles.” In contrast, managers who consistently accomplish little are usually predictably constant in what they concentrate on and how they go at their work. Consistency . . . is indeed the hobgoblin of small and inconsequential accomplishment.
The best leaders, like the best drivers, adjust to the conditions they face. They know faster change is their only advantage, and they go slow to go fast. The best leaders can give the rousing speech, they can hold the quiet conversation and they can listen. The best leaders shift decision styles. They use the full range of leadership: direction, participation, delegation or empowerment.
Bottom line: The best leaders do not lead on cruise control. They adjust their leadership to the needs of the moment. They are versatile. They are inconsistent in order to gain consistently great results.
How versatile are you as a leader? Do you need a greater range of speed and style? Two suggestions:
Create a leadership scorecard to unlock your habits with data and reprogram your behavior.
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“The number of books I buy while sober is, I have noticed, inversely proportional to the number I buy while drunk. It’s a zero-sum game, as Proust once observed of wet dreams: when all the resources are consumed in the night, none are left for waking life.”
Which reminds me of some of the more delightful customers who come in to Red Hill Books.
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I'm either going crazy or about to ask a stupidly basic question. I appreciate your patience either way.
Tab completion for executable command is not working within interactive for loops in bash. I could have sworn it used to work, but I'm open to the idea that it's never worked and I'm going crazy. It works fine at the regular command line, not within loops. I keep finding myself ^Cing out of writing a loop to tab-complete the name so I can copy and paste it (the command names I'm actually not as trivial as 'whatis' I used in the example below).
$ which whatis /usr/bin/whatis $ wh<TAB>(BEEP)<TAB> whatis whereis while who wheel which whiptail whoami $ what<TAB>is usage: whatis keyword ... $ for i in foo bar ray > do > what<TAB>(BEEP)<TAB>(BEEP)
Environment is as follows:
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What Every Parent Should Know About Immunizations
Watching your child get a shot isn't easy. It's even harder if the fearful one is you.
Millions of parents immunize their kids each year without concern. Yet some parents have heard rumors that vaccines can cause serious health problems.
"It can be confusing for parents," says epidemiologist Benjamin Schwartz, M.D., a deputy director in the National Immunization Program. "For example, there are Internet sites that present convincing, yet unproven, theories about the risks of vaccines. Deciding who is credible and who is not can be difficult."
So, who can parents turn to for the facts about vaccine safety? "The first place to go is to your child's doctor," advises Dr. Schwartz. He or she knows your child's health and medical needs better than anybody. Dr. Schwartz adds, "By law, physicians must give you information explaining the benefits and risks of each immunization." Reading this material can help you make a well-informed decision.
Another resource for in-depth information on vaccine safety is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). You can check its website at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/index.html.
Are immunizations safe?
Yes. All vaccines are fully tested before being approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Vaccines contain weakened toxins, or a dead or weakened form of the disease-causing virus or bacteria, which causes the body to produce antibodies that protect the child from that disease.
Diseases such as polio and mumps are rare, so why are vaccines necessary?
Many of these diseases still thrive in other parts of the world. Travelers can and do bring these viruses back to the United States. Without the protection of vaccines, these diseases could easily spread here again.
Don't vaccines cause harmful side effects, illness and even death?
Some children have minor side effects from being vaccinated, such as a slight fever or swelling at the injection site. The risk of death or serious side effects is so small that it is difficult to document. Claims that vaccines cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), autism or other diseases have been carefully researched and never proved. In fact, SIDS has recently been linked, not to vaccines, but to abnormalities in serotonin use in the brainstem, an area associated with regulating breathing. Rumors still persist that an increase in autism in children is caused by thimerosal, a preservative added to vaccines. Thimerosal, however, was removed from all vaccines in Sweden in 1995 and the incidence of autism has continued to increase there, as it has in the United States and throughout the world.
Won't giving babies multiple vaccines at one time overload their immune system?
Many studies have been done to assess the safety of multiple vaccinations. None has shown that multiple vaccinations cause a problem. Children are exposed to many foreign substances every day with no harmful effects. Scientists say that the tiny amount of virus or bacteria in vaccines is not enough to harm a child. | <urn:uuid:5c63f6ac-f4b7-4c5b-bd28-c82f4d184393> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://www.medcentral.org/Main/StaywellProducts/What-Every-Parent-Should-Know-About-Vaccinations-391.aspx | 2016-05-30T16:28:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464051036499.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524005036-00037-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956213 | 630 | [
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There are events you live through that you know will become part of history. And then there are everyday events and people whose lives suddenly come back at you, and you realize you lived through something special.
Yesterday Newell and I went to the downtown Stockton Cineplex and watched “Milk.” I knew the guy the way most news photogs know local politicians. He was the kind of person you could talk to, joke around with, pop a mike on. Very mellow, low key, friendly. He wanted and needed the news and he knew how to work the system as much as any of the others. Example: the pooper-scooper law. I saw that in the film and laughed – they caught the moment, just as it happened in real life.
Watching the film took me back decades to what may well have been the high point of my career – working at the public television station (KQED) in San Francisco from 1978 through 1980. Wow. Momentous years, momentous events…and working at a station that did news right. Not just covering events, but giving in-depth background and every day finding out what mattered to the community.
For a (fairly) young photog, this was life. KQED’s philosophy was that all journalists are equal – so as a FILMMAKER, I was treated as one of the team, not just a techie. Interviews were more conversations than a series of questions. “The Evening Edition” reached out to communities from high-brow (politics, opera, symphony) to ethnic (loved the story on the Black Panthers school) to S&M (if ya don’t know, don’t ask).
All of this was part of the fabric of late 70’s SF. My county supervisor was Dan White (and honestly, I can’t remember who I voted for). Randy Shilts, who I worked with frequently, was the first openly gay TV reporter in the country. Mayor George Moscone was one of the political-savy Moscone clan. Then-county supervisor Diane Feinstein, who tearfully made the stunning announcement of the shootings, I remember most for admitting in a giggly interview that she would have loved to be an actress.
And in watching the movie, they were all there in both archival film or portrayed in very believable acting. Sean Penn IS Milk. My god…he is Milk incarnate. It is uncanny.
Some side-tidbits. I consider Mary-Ann White and her children victims of events…her husband was a good man driven by devils to commit crimes he would never have considered had he been in his right mind. Not an evil man, but rather a man caught up in a lifestyle and circumstances he couldn’t comprehend and which he also resisted. Unable to change, he chose to end both his life and that of others. The film caught that. White was trying to survive financially…he had a franchise for a small fast food place on Pier 39. Supervisors were paid a pittance.
Milk though…was a man driven; a man unable to give up. And a most unlikely leader for the youth-obsessed gay movement. KQED was located in an industrial area near many of the gay bars. It wasn’t unusual to have guys in black leather and spikes sitting in chairs next to old socialites on pledge nights, taking phone calls and soliciting (no – not for that) for funds for public television. At one point in the movie, when the guys head out to The Stud for drinks, memories swirled as I remembered that the bar was located nearly across the street from KQED.
Enough of memory lane…my message today is that sometimes the most unlikely people and events become history. Yes, Milk was historic in that he was the first openly gay elected official in a major US city. But he never tried (or had time to try) to move beyond that…he was the Mayor of Castro Street and a committed local politician. This movie revealed more of his life and philosophy…making him bigger than he was in real life. | <urn:uuid:73580b67-7d6f-4bea-baa5-75d7ebb2750d> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | https://cyndygreen.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/when-life-becomes-history/ | 2016-05-30T16:21:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464051036499.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524005036-00037-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985234 | 864 | [
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Allie Shah writes in the Star Tribune:
It’s morning time and a little boy with a shaved head and a face shaped like the moon chants a Tibetan prayer.
His high-pitched voice echoes inside the Columbia Heights bedroom that his father has transformed into a lavish prayer room. In here, the 4-year-old forsakes his cartoons and toys to study scripture and learn to pray the Buddhist way.
Big for his age, he looks bigger still perched on an ornate chair draped in crimson and saffron robes. “Only for lamas,” explains his father, Dorje Tsegyal, sitting cross-legged on the floor at his son’s feet.
Jalue Dorjee, you see, is believed to be no ordinary boy.
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Being faced with the unattainability of Nina Persson's smoldering good looks is enough to send an adolescent into a stomach-wrenching depression of unrequited love, dejection and self-loathing. A descent into an abyss of Leonard Cohen, The Smiths and penning terrible poetry is the only refuge against the taunting pop-perfection embodied in this cute Swedish chanteuse. You'd sweep your cumbersome, floppy fringe to one side in disbelief if someone told you what a tortured existence the one-time queen of bubbly European indie-pop really leads. And a listen to The Cardigans' latest record in all its po-faced bitterness will have you scratching your head in confusion at the seeming paradox of the polished direction the rest of the band have taken contrasted with Persson's world-weary laments.
Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson formed The Cardigans back in 1993, enlisting untrained vocalist Nina Persson after playing hardcore for years-- inspired by a joint passion for heavy-metal music. Long Gone Before Daylight shows that classic rock runs in their blood, despite an inauguration of kitschy indie releases including 1995's acclaimed Life. The follow-ups-- 1996's First Band on the Moon and 1998's Gran Turismo-- showed attitude and poise respectively, but this new album is less experimental musically. The "woah-oh-oh-oh"'s and solid opening riff of "A Good Horse" recall 80s soft-rock a la Jon Bon Jovi as Persson's voice cracks, layering the hyperbole thus: "These are the promises I can keep/ To live like I must/ And ride with the dust in my face/ In Grace." Equally anthemic and overstated is the gratuitous reverb and echoes that saturate the epitomic pop of "You're the Storm".
Perhaps the 2003 A-Camp project with Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous was supposed to be a kind of misery summer-camp for Persson to vent her unlucky-in-love frustrations. Despite those murkier exercises, this release sees The Cardigans trawling through lost-love, damaging relationships and substance abuse. With these downbeat themes, it's hardly surprising that several tracks bear a New Country-esque twang as on the opener "Communication". The trebly guitar riffing and thin strings combine with soaring harmonies to position the track closer to Nashville than Jonkoping, Sweden. In "Please Sister", when Persson wails, "Oh, sweet mama, please just send me a man," is that a Tennessee drawl stretching "man" through several syllables?
It has long been the business of the most mainstream pop to enlist several maxims to connect with an audience where more "serious" artists might induce more original musings. The Cardigans have a respectable history of insightful songwriting which excuses the clichéd concerns here as perhaps pop-revision or at least a knowing tribute. "For What It's Worth" and "Couldn't Care Less" are rife with hooks and juxtapositions straight out of Stock, Aitken & Waterman's hit factory, while retaining a bitter, mature edge that separates the Swedish five-piece from less substantial popsters. Persson's singing departs from her contained and clear intonation to hint at cute and rough in turn, while never testing her range or ability. The production also takes few risks, keeping the instrumentation tight and compressing and polishing the mix almost oppressively. Where the personality of the immensely talented band used to vibrate with energy, here they too often languish complacently in a radio-friendly sibilance.
That this is the least idiosyncratic sound they have achieved is at odds with some of the darker musing in Persson's lyrics. The record's best track, "And Then You Kissed Me", treads the by-now-familiar bittersweet relationship ponderings that constitute the bulk of this record's concerns. However, amidst sharp observations and clever wordplay, there are darker implications to lines like, "Blue blue, black and blue/ Red blood sticks like glue/ True love is cruel love." "Feathers and Down" seems to entail alcoholism whereas "the little holes in your veins" ("Communication") could be interpreted to allude to stronger poisons.
The Cardigans are an entirely different band from their initiation, and perhaps this is the way it should be. Desire to explore new territories gives greater satisfaction and a constant attempt to defy expectations usually wrings some new invention from an aging band. Lucky U.S. purchasers get hold the bonus tracks "Hold Me" and "If There Is a Chance", as well as the limited edition DVD of the videos for "For What It's Worth" and "You're the Storm". The European and more notably Japanese audiences do not collect these goodies. As these are audiences already well and truly won over this could be seen cynically as a subtle bribe, but one glance at the lovely Nina and you'll forgive the backhander.
Seemingly unwilling to sever its pretty head-- infected with melancholy as it is-- the body of the band twitches unfettered with their slickest and most formulaic pop constructions to date. It's unfortunate that honing and polishing a certain pop style to perfection has squeezed some of the life from the group. There's nothing so catchy as 1996's hit single "Lovefool" here, nor is there anything as pretty and wry as Life's opener, "Carnival"-- just a collection of solid, personal pop songs, no more. | <urn:uuid:8b0f4f76-9a39-4472-afc5-07a1e434117e> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1305-long-gone-before-daylight/ | 2016-05-25T15:08:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049274994.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002114-00227-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940439 | 1,160 | [
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Gay Russian journalist vows to 'out' closeted anti-LGBT politicians
On Sept. 5, Elena Kostyuchenko, an investigative journalist with the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, made an announcement on her Twitter account. In response to a new bill that aims to remove children from the households of same-sex and LGBT couples, she promised to out any closeted politicians who vote for it.
This bill comes after the passage of a law banning homosexual “propaganda” in Russia. The bill’s proponent, State Duma Deputy Alexei Zhuravlev, explained that “if one of the child’s parents indulges in sexual contact with persons of the same sex, the damage to the child’s psyche is immense as a mother or father serves as an example for their offspring,” thus making homosexuality tantamount to child abuse.
Kostyuchenko’s campaign aims to distribute info about closeted State Duma members, if the bill passes after first reading. A translation of another report from the website Gay Russia explains she used Twitter to gather info, including correspondence and photos. In January, she attended a “kissing protest” in front of Russian parliament, where several gay men and women were attacked.
This outing campaign might seem extreme, but the mounting crusade against LGBT youth, and the Russian government’s use of “pedophile fighters” to target them through social media, has caused outrage beyond Russia. Kostyuchenko, who was arrested in May during a pride rally along with her partner, added, “This is a warning. They want to destroy our life, and we will destroy them.”
Another Russian journalist, Masha Gessen, recently stated she is moving her partner and family to New York City, to avoid being separated from her children.
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Personnel: Dinah Washington (vocals); Herb Geller (alto saxophone); Harold Land (tenor saxophone); Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson (trumpet); Junior Mance, Richie Powell (piano); Keeter Betts, George Morrow (bass); Max Roach (drums).
Recorded in Los Angeles, California on August 14, 1954. Includes liner notes by Michael Bourne.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
DINAH JAMS is a specially imported, limited-edition reissue. All tracks have been digitally remastered (24-bit).
Personnel: Dinah Washington (vocals); Herb Geller (alto saxophone); Harold Land (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry, Clifford Brown , Maynard Ferguson (trumpet); Junior Mance, Richie Powell (piano); Max Roach (drums).
Liner Note Author: Michael Bourne.
Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (08/15/1954).
Photographer: William Claxton.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Paul Ramey; Richard Seidel.
Recorded at the start of Dinah Washington's climb to fame, 1954's Dinah Jams was taped live in front of a studio audience in Los Angeles. While Washington is in top form throughout, effortlessly working her powerful, blues-based voice on both ballads and swingers, the cast of star soloists almost steals the show. In addition to drummer Max Roach, trumpeter Clifford Brown, and other members of Brown and Roach's band at the time -- tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Richie Powell, and bassist George Morrow -- trumpeters Maynard Ferguson and Clark Terry, alto saxophonist Herb Geller, and pianist Junior Mance also contribute to the session. Along with extended jams like "Lover Come Back to Me," "You Go to My Head," and "I'll Remember April" -- all including a round of solos -- there are shorter ballad numbers such as "There Is No Greater Love" and "No More," the last of which features excellent muted, obbligato work by Brown. Other solo highlights include Land's fine tenor solo on "Darn That Dream" and Geller's alto statement on the disc's standout Washington vocal, "Crazy." And even though she's in the midst of these stellar soloists, Washington expertly works her supple voice throughout to remain the star attraction, even matching the insane, high-note solo blasts trumpeter Ferguson expectedly delivers. A fine disc. Newcomers, though, should start with more accessible and more vocal-centered Washington titles like The Swingin' Miss D or The Fats Waller Songbook, both of which feature top arrangements by Quincy Jones. ~ Stephen Cook | <urn:uuid:568a5ebf-1cac-4f4d-befd-0e659771015f> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://www.oldies.com/product-view/19130M.html | 2016-05-25T16:05:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049274994.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002114-00227-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900532 | 587 | [
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Palmlea Farms Lodge & Bures
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... their way to collect food. Some walk for many miles (km) or take buses to neighboring villages/bodies of water, as needed. As Junior said “this is real village life”.
Boarding Tuitai was like something straight out of a dream. After this bumpy 2 hour drive, Tuitai (a massive sailboat that looks like a pirate ship) comes into view- stunning in the middle of this small bay surrounded by crystal blue water and ...
... out of the hotel we could see the hot springs right next to us . . . . we didn't realise they were that close. We went over and had a look and there was one man cleaning his clothes on one spring and boiling a massive pot of food on the over . . . . . he told us he was cooking ''potatoe, chicken and pig.'' The springs are crazy hot and it's like having a facial. We then walked down the town and picked up some supplies and ended the day watching the sunset on our balcony!! :)
... a walk, eh? To regain control , we tried to lower the sail on the deck. Unfortunately, with the 40 knot winds coming from behind, the falling sail flew over the bow and ended up in the drink. It wasn’t a pretty picture; the sheer force of the sail in the water caused our bow sprit to snap and it too was dangling. Add to this it was pitch black… for some reason, these things always seem to happen at night? At this point, we ...
The cloud cover did not break all day but we had a pleasant sail through the Fijian islands towards the town of Savu-Savu on the island of Vanua Levu. We slowed down a bit to avoid arriving in the middle of the night. We passed the light on Reef Point just at the break of dawn and by the time we rounded the corner at the Commercial Wharf into Nakama Creek it was bright enough to see. Guess what arrived shortly after us: a cruise ship.
... Anyway, we went back and hung around the airport for a while and got our flight and actually arrived a bit early, so we were at Daku Resort by 3:30. It was very wet. A downpour had just ended and apparently it had been raining all day. Just time to head to our bure for a much needed shower and a brief nap before dinner. Unfortunately, it turns out that most of the resort is taken up by a yoga group now, and they ... | <urn:uuid:75c931bf-4a6c-400a-ba42-5b828802ee90> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://www.travelpod.com/villa/Palmlea_Farms_Lodge_Bures-Labasa.html | 2016-05-25T16:19:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049274994.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002114-00227-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976708 | 592 | [
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Box Office Prophets – The Art of Self-Censorship
|April 21, 2008||Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design|
Box Office Prophets, in the weekend wrapup:
Eighth spot goes to Horton Hears a Who!, the six-week-old kids flick from Dr. Seuss. Horton earned another $3.5 million, and drops 41%. The CGI animated blockbuster has now earned $144.4 million, and is Jim Carrey’s seventh film to gross more than $125 million at the domestic box office. It recently crossed the $100 million mark at overseas cinemas as well.
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a film that I am going to decline comment on. It earned $3.2 million from 1,052 venues.
Finishing tenth is George Clooney’s Leatherheads, a gamble that didn’t pay off. Leatherheads earned $3 million in its third weekend, and falls 52% after losing 51% last weekend. It has a total now of $26.6 million, but carries a budget of $60 million.
I wonder why he has no problem commenting on any other movie? Is it because he can’t bring himself to say that Expelled broke the top ten in total box office receipts? Or maybe he could but doesn’t want to read all the hate mail from the Darwinistas if he says something honest and objective about Expelled’s performance?
I’m betting on what’s behind door #2 – he doesn’t want the hate mail.
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Happy 2013, everyone, and here's to your most profitable year ever using the digital marketing and advertising tactics that really move the needle in your local market.
What are they? Hint: It's NOT social media, folks!
What I see: We've ALL bought into the notion that social media, the OOH SHINY PENNY! of marketing is critical to every business in America.
The reality: Social is in 4th place in terms of focus/importance. And most businesses shouldn't be touching it at all before they understand the full digital marketing landscape.
First Place: Search Engine Marketing
Find a trusted partner to run search engine marketing (text ads, called SEM or PPC) on Google, bing and Yahoo! to turn searches for you, your brand, your products into qualified clicks, targeted to our local market(s).
Think about it: Nearly all shoppers head to Google to conduct research before they head to a local store to make a purchase. If you're not running a solid SEM campaign run by the very latest technology, you're sending business to your competitors and losing sales.
One of the few companies that's doing this well is Netsertive. Why?
- They focus on only 5 kinds of businesses, they've hired EXPERTS in each field to create high-performance campaigns
- Every client gets a direct line to an account rep to ensure communication and success
- Their patent-pending technology actively makes every account perform better and better over the long term (set and forget online advertising campaigns are the hallmark of Netsertive's competition)
In fact, here's a 1 minute video by a Netsertive client who's TRIED THE REST and now relies on the company to bring him ALL of his new customers each month: http://www.netsertive.com/whynetsertive
In second place, you must run display ad banners with retargeting turned on.
How it works: Your search engine marketing (text ad) campaign will send qualified customers to your website. If they're not in the market for what you sell TODAY, they LEAVE your site. Without ad retargeting turned on, you've lost them to the digital winds, likely never to return.
With display retargeting turned on, however, your display ads will follow them to other websites after they leave. They'll see your banner ads in the Yahoo! inbox, on the Wall Street Journal, and on other contextually relevant sites for a full 30 days, reminding them of your store/your products and enticing (reminding!) them to return to your site.
So your second biggest spend: Display Ads w/Retargeting.
Third place: Online mobile advertising.
Specific text ad and display campaigns with the right keywords/call to action/features that an on-the-go, qualified customer needs to see when they're conducting searches on their smartphones while they're in the car and in the market to buy NOW to come to your store/dealer.
Here's an article I wrote to auto dealers about mobile in 2013; it will spread to ALL other verticals as well: http://www.netsertive.com/car-shoppers-using-mobile-phones-more-likely-to-buy-within-hours
Fourth place/LAST: Social media
Last place, because your goal is to generate more sales with digital marketing, right? Social media should only be attacked after you're spending $1,500-$8,000 per month as a small business owner on search, display, and mobile.
Social media is the place you go to engage with customers who've already bought from you. When they have a great experience, or you offer them something free/a contest, or a regular coupon, they'll Like your Facebook page so they can get the deal and write a great review. And once they Like you, it's your chance to turn them into a repeat buyer.
Repeat after me: Social media will not bring you new customers.
It will give you a platform to nurture existing customers. And the number of Likes you receive doesn't matter; the quality of the Likes are critical.
To do social media right as a small business, you'll need to set aside 5-15 hours a month to write content (manual posts about your products, what's going on in your store, even personal photos), then spend time everyday engaging with your CURRENT customers WHO HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT from you. Interact, turn them into repeat buyers, sure. But more Likes does nothing. You need to be a content strategist, be able to engage for an hour or more a DAY. 99.9% of small business owners cannot and will not do this.
And they shouldn't.
Today is the day I say it loudly: Business owners, you're right to question WHY you should be doing Facebook and Twitter and Pinterest and LinkedIn and XXXXX Flavor of the Month campaigns.
Should you devote your precious time and limited marketing dollars on social if you're not doing search, display, and mobile and doing it WELL/properly funded to deeply penetrate your local market? No way.
Unless you're willing to do some serious manual posting and daily monitoring/content planning every week and month, and actively market your presence in ALL of your marketing materials and bring your own personality to your posts/social activities, it absolutely WILL NOT impact your bottom line.
Without a solid, comprehensive online strategy with the proper amount of fuel (budget) built from TOP to bottom like THIS:
- SEARCH ENGINE TEXT ADS (SEM/PPC) (MOST CRITICAL)
- SOCIAL (LEAST IMPORTANT)
You have zero business touching social media until 1, 2, 3 are set up and running at top speed/spend to get the best results.
If you're working with Yodle, Reach Local, Orange Soda, WebVisible, DEX or ANY other SEM PPC search advertising provider, it's time to move to a company who delivers the best results using all of the most profitable tactics.
If you're still not convinced, and your business has been burned by past online marketing campaigns that didn't deliver results using Reach Local, Yodle or other companies, WATCH THIS and work with the best:
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Yesterday, this paper ran a front page report about the Dindoshi flyover on the Western Express Highway developing cracks. Thousands of motorists use the flyover to commute to South Mumbai and looking at the cracks in the infrastructure, it is apparent that the bridge needs urgent attention and repair. Yet the bridge has been caught in a time wasting and dithering exercise, thanks to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and the traffic police.
The report also states that shockingly, this was the same southbound stretch that was shut in October for a couple of days after the road surface caved in. The MSRDC then did basic repairs and enlisted a team from IIT-Bombay to conduct tests on the stretch. The team submitted a report in December, stating that the bridge needed repairs as nine slabs had been damaged.
For the greater good
While both these agencies bicker and point fingers at one another, the point is, who would be responsible if some grave tragedy occurs and lives are lost in the bargain? Why waste time instead of simply coming together, joining forces, looking at the gravity of the problem and telling the public that they would have to bear with temporary delays and problems for the larger good — ie repairing the bridge completely, so that they are safe on their way to South Mumbai.
We often see that authorities always wake up after a tragedy, they swing into action after a disaster or catastrophe has taken place, which really defeats the purpose.
Whether it is dilapidated buildings or other infrastructure, warnings are not heeded until there is a tragic and unnecessary loss of life. Of course, in every case it is not the authorities’ fault. Even people need to heed warnings and vacate structures marked ‘unsafe,’ however hard it may be. In the Dindoshi case, though an immediate alarm and action is called for, there should be no dithering or passing the buck as so many lives are at stake. | <urn:uuid:e259e04c-dc48-4865-a486-ba17f7da156e> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://www.mid-day.com/articles/repair-dindoshi-flyover-at-the-earliest/15167091 | 2016-05-28T08:04:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049277475.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002117-00142-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969014 | 401 | [
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Spinal Stenosis surgery can be performed WITHOUT a laminectomy! Back and leg pain from spinal stenosis can be relieved WITHOUT a laminectomy! Dr. Hua has performed hundreds of spinal decompression surgeries over the last half decade WITHOUT doing a laminectomy, thus sparing the bones behind the spinal canal that are important for the spinal muscles and ligaments to maintain stability and alignment of the spine. (Laminectomies are required only in emergency situations with spinal infections, severe fractures, or tumors.)
Laminectomy is one of the most common spine surgeries performed by neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons. It involves removing the “roof” of the spine which is made up of the lamina and the spinous process. Laminectomy surgery is successful in the short term because the bone and ligaments around the nerve sac are removed completely. However in the long term there is a higher risk forPOST-LAMINECTOMY SYNDROME.
POST-LAMINECTOMY SYNDROME is a well known condition that develops in some patients after laminectomy and spine surgery where patients develop severe back pain sometimes shortly after surgery. Sometimes this condition takes months to years to develop because the stability of the spine has been compromised. Laminectomy surgery is one of the reasons for further surgery and spinal fusion as well as years of pain management, narcotic pain medications, and interventions such as spinal cord stimulation (electrically jamming the nerve signal with an implanted spinal cord pacemaker device) and pain pump (narcotics dripped directly into the spinal fluid).
When all surgical options have been exhausted and patients are still in pain, surgeons send these patients with POST-LAMINECTOMY SYNDROME to a pain specialist or functional neurosurgeon like Dr. Hua. Dr. Hua has treated thousands of patients with post-laminectomy syndrome. Dr. Hua is an expert in both spine surgery AND surgical pain management. He trained with the top neurosurgical pain specialists in the world at Johns Hopkins during residency and functional neurosurgery fellowship. He also spent that last decade performing over 2000 complex spine surgeries and minimally invasive spine surgeries in some of the busiest hospitals and trauma centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The only way to avoid POST-LAMINECTOMY SYNDROME is to avoid surgery. But patients with excruciating pain cannot avoid surgery, so the next best way to minimize POST-LAMINECTOMY SYNDROME is to avoid a laminectomy. Once the lamina and bone are removed from the spine, the dynamics of spine movement and stability are changed forever.
LAMINA PRESERVING SPINE SURGERY
Dr. Hua has refined the technique of LAMINA PRESERVING SPINE SURGERY through thousands of surgeries over the last decade. The alternative to laminectomy is to carefully clear the ligamentous overgrowth and bone spurs pinching the nerves that are causing the pain without removing the lamina and spinous processes. Some bone is shaved using a precision drill, but the roof of the spine, i.e. the lamina, is preserved.
Using the roof of a car as an analogy, a laminectomy is like removing the roof of a car to make a convertible car. A convertible drives well, but in certain circumstances like if the car rolls over, the passengers are in danger. A lamina preserving spinal decompression is like a car with a sun roof or a T-top roof that allows the benefits of openness but can preserve the safety and stability as well.
The surgical term for this solution is laminotomy or foraminotomy. It is usually performed for herniated discs, called microdiscectomy. For central stenosis it is tedious and time consuming to perform foraminotomies instead of a laminectomy, thus foraminotomy is less commonly performed for spinal stenosis. Dr. Hua has spent the extra time and effort for every one of his patients with spinal stenosis over the past decade in order to improve both their short term and long term results. His goal is to reduce and eliminate the need for future surgery as well as the risks of post-laminectomy syndrome.
If you are having back or leg pain, visit the Contact Us section for options to discuss your situation with Dr. Hua either as your first evaluation or as a second opinion. We can even review your MRI scans through the internet or by phone. The phone or online consultation is secure and confidential and can be conducted from the comforts of your home. If you would like to see Dr. Hua in person, Dr. Hua has offices located in the San Francisco Bay area. | <urn:uuid:361936ec-6835-45da-b074-26bad757c7d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://www.dimespine.com/lamina-preserving-surgery.html | 2016-05-31T00:04:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464051151584.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524005231-00057-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941803 | 973 | [
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Andrea Donna de Matteo is an American Emmy-winning actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. Most recently she has portrayed Wendy Case on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy.
De Matteo, an Italian American, was born in Queens, New York, the daughter of Donna, a playwright and playwriting teacher, and Albert De Matteo, a furniture manufacturer. She grew up in a Catholic family. After graduating from the prestigious Loyola School, she studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, originally hoping to become a director, not an actress.
De Matteo's role in The Sopranos was one of her earliest, helping to launch her career. She has also appeared in several films including Swordfish, Deuces Wild, The Perfect You, Prey for Rock & Roll and the 2005 remake of John Carpenter's 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13.
In 2004, de Matteo won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress (Drama) for her role as Adriana on The Sopranos. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe that same year for the same role. She was ranked #42 and #56 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001 and 2002, respectively.
From 2004 to 2006, de Matteo portrayed Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina in the Friends spin-off Joey. The show was cancelled after two seasons.
Drea de Matteo is also playing the role of Wendy Case in an FX original series Sons of Anarchy. The pilot episode aired September 3, 2008.
She lives in New York City, where she also formerly owned the now-closed Filth Mart, an East Village clothing store, with best friend and ex-boyfriend Michael Sportes. She is currently dating Shooter Jennings, son of country music legend Waylon Jennings. The couple had their first child together, a girl named Alabama Gypsy Rose, on November 28, 2007.
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iTunes im Spiegel der Windows-Fraktion
Berichte gibt es bei osnews.com:
"I like iTunes for Windows (especially when used in the mini-windows-mode where doesn't take much space). However, its overall UI speed needs to be worked out by Apple, because it is back to WinAMP 3 for me until speed is improved. Even users with faster machines than mine won't be happy to burn up cpu cycles for nothing."
Bei Apple-X.net: "All in all, I love iTunes for Windows. The interface is exactly the same as the Mac except for a couple "windowsizations". (Menubar at the top of the window, No Stoplight controls, etc.)"
Bei xlr8yourmac.com: "Overall, I'm impressed. I have not had a chance to get into the "nitty-gritty", but that can wait until I have some more free time."
iTunes und iTunes ist auch seit gestern in der daypop Top 40 bestens vertreten und dementsprechend häufig genannt/verlinkt, bei mir nun eine kleine und vollkommen willkürliche Auswahl:
Bei Crikey: "As for iTunes for Windows itself, nice piece of software. Usual Apple look and feel, not at all like Windows but I enjoy it. Think Quicktime and you have an idea. Easy installation and setup. The media player features are all there and it is fast enough."
Bei Brian: "iTunes for Windows: Wow"
Bei 8Bit Joystick: "Apple has more music to buy than your typical Wal-Mart sore but not more than a dedicated music store. Once that they surpass a good physical music store than I will get really excited about iTunes for Windows."
Bei Haiko Hebig wollte es nicht so recht: "It's just that Windows won't let met. During the QuickTime 6.4 setup which is part of the iTunes installation, the Windows installer throws "Error 1722". After hitting OK, the installer attempts to roll back things, resulting in "Error -1603".
Bei Patrick Fu: "And while I'm primarily a Windows user today, I must admit I salivated over Apple's release of iTunes yesterday. And yes, I drink the Apple Kool-aid."
Bei my two cents gibt es einen weiteren schönen Linküberblick, der im Laufe des Wochenendes auch noch erweitert werden soll.
Was mir noch über den Weg läuft an iTunes Berichten, könnte es durchaus auch noch bis hierhin schaffen...
Das 'Aussehen' des Finders unter X.3 führte ja bereits zu heftigen Diskussionen, jetzt gibt es die obligatorischen Haxies, die für eine Entmetallifizierung sorgen. Kleine Anleitung wurde von macnroe, der Besuchern des macnews-Forums durchaus bekannt sein dürfte, genau dort gepostet.
Allerdings bleibt es wohl dabei, dass Haxies sicher mit zu den größten Problemquellen gehören (und nicht nur die Beta-Versionen), die man sich unter X antun kann, das sollte man also im Kopf behalten, bevor man sich die Teile fröhlich installiert.
iChat AV vs. Satellite
Nette Anekdote bei macdailynews:
"iChat AV quality confuses media outlet; reports Bono, Jagger appeared via satellite at Apple music event".
Interview mit Herbie Hancock
"In the music business is it split between PC users and Mac users? Most people use Macs. You know I think I had a lot to do with it. I was one of the first people to have a computer in the music industry. I was always turning people on to Apple products and Macs. Always. I converted a ton of people from PCs. I remember this one guy, he used to work for my manager and he was saying something and he ended it with, “the industry standard, the PC.” I went, what industry standard! Industry standard my ass! This was years ago. It wasn’t a standard. You could pretty much say the PC is a standard now, for certain industries. Not for the film industry, not for music. Not for the arts really. Certain businesses…lawyers have to have a PC. My attorney has a PC in his office but he’s got a Mac at home. Most of the people I deal with in business they have PC’s at their office but Macs at home."
"Does Apple Matter? Absolutely! It’s an oasis in this sea of money-grabbing, money-getting, money-focused businesses in the technology world. At that level, I’m sure there are some small companies that are compatible with Apple. If Apple didn’t exist we would have nothing to focus on some of the best things the human being has to offer. And every human being is creative. That’s not something that’s limited to just artists. Creativity is part of being human…and Macs appeal to the creative side of the human being. And Apple…the whole philosophy appeals to the creative side. You remember when the Macs were first announced…and Chiat Day had that big super bowl ad? I mean, you can’t get any better than that. That shit was wonderful…it was a woman in the ad too. They were smart enough to figure that out. I love that. I always want to be associated with pioneers. I can breath with that. I hope they never change that…keep that philosophy, that spirit."
Dell froze over.
Schön kommentiert bei macminute: "This isn't news per se, but it's something you'll probably never see again."
First Look: Belkin Media Reader For iPod
Zu lesen bei iPoding.com (inklusive zweier Fotos, die einen ganz guten Eindruck von den Größenverhältnissen vermitteln):
"We snapped a few quick pictures on a SmartMedia card, downloaded the images to iPod and then plugged iPod into a PowerBook. Read on..."
Soft Drink Lovers
Anmerkungen zu Apple und Pepsis gnadenloser Promotion Aktion von John Gruber:
"It was Pepsi, you’ll recall, where John Sculley was president before coming to Apple as president and CEO 1983. Steve Jobs personally recruited Sculley, finally wooing him with the question, 'Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life?'
Who’s selling sugar water now, eh?"
"Twenty years later, it turns out changing the world occasionally includes selling sugar water." Kommentar bei siliconvalley.com. Und (!) passender Kommentar zum Kommentar bei macdailynews: "Langberg must think Steve Jobs drives a VW Bug over to his Gulfstream jet, because we haven't heard a peep out of him regarding the "Pods unite: Buy a New Beetle, Get a new iPod" promotion. VW Bugs pollute the atmosphere. I can almost hear Langberg wondering, "Why didn't Jobs team with some healthy alternative electric vehicle that tops out at 45MPH, runs for 15 minutes, and sold just under 100 cars last year?" Maybe because he actually wanted to sell some iPods, Mike. Fruits and nuts, indeed."
Kaum zu glauben, aber Steve benutzt bereits innerhalb der ersten 30 Sekunden sein geflügeltes Wort 'amazing', aber am besten selbst anschauen, der Stream des gestrigen Music Events ist seit heute vormittag online, fröhliche Unterhaltung!
Neuer und 'alter' iPod Spot sind auch online verfügbar und erheblich unterhaltsamer als der äußerst dröge G5-Spot.
Die Zusammenfassung des heutigen Abends, sehr brauchbar bei macrumors:
-$49 Microphone/Speaker add-on for iPod -$99 Photo card adapter -400,000 songs in iTunes by end of month -Audible.com integration with AudioBooks in iTunes Music Store -iTunes for Windows -Partnership with AOL. AOL users can simply use their screenname. No Credit Card required. -Pepsi Promotion - giving away 100 million iTunes songs. -Quicktime 6.4, and iTunes 4.1 now available -New Allowance and Gift Certificate options in the iTunes Music Store
Genauso lesenswert ist übrigens der ausführliche Live-Mitschrieb.
iTMS immer spannender
Der Apple Store UK hat es prinzipiell schon verraten, was Think Secret aus angeblich sehr zuverlässigen Quellen für heute Abend vorhersagt:
"Sources said the peripherals will include an iPod-compatible microphone as well as an image card reader. Through the firmware update, iPod Software 2.1, users will be able to use the new accessories to record voice memos and store digital photos."
"iTunes 4.1, an update to Apple's jukebox software, will enable users to share music between Mac and Windows computers, as well as synchronize On-The-Go playlists and voice notes from an iPod. Users will also be able to use iTunes 4.1 to buy spoken-word content from Audible.com directly through the iTunes Music Store. Other updates in Version 4.1 will include the ability to drag URLs from the iTunes Music Store to other applications, and to burn large playlists on multiple CDs without interruption."
Bill Palmer liefert eine Top Ten der Gründe für den gnadenlosen Erfolg des iTMS für Windows, unter anderem: "Windows Media Format: Most PC users hip enough to even know what an mp3 player is, prefer mp3 to WMA. If Apple can get across the message that AAC is just a better mp3, and if competitors follow through on their plans to stick with Windows Media format only, this puts Apple in a beautiful position as the only company to offer non-WMA downloads to Windows users." "Napster 2.0: The company who is launching their service under the bought-and-sold name "Napster 2.0" will live to regret that decision. There is nothing more difficult than offering customers the same product under the same name as before, but now you want to charge for what used to be free. Apple was smart enough to change the name of their product from "iTools" to ".Mac" when they started charging for it. These guys who bought the Naspter name must not be quite so smart. Besides, do the people behind the Napster revival have idea how many firewalls, Universities, proxies, and other filtering entities are still blocking the "napster.com" domain name, and always will...no matter how legal the site's new business model might be?"
Die NYT (kostenlose Reg. erforderlich) bringt eine ausführliche Liste mit iPod Accessoires (die bis jetzt schon erhältlich sind).
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I was in the salon the other day and overheard a rather interesting conversation. A client was talking about her frustration with her husband’s approach to handling delicate family situations. She stated that he always wants to be upfront and honest about everything with their children because that’s the way HE was raised. That alone wasn’t really her problem. Her gripe was that she believes that children don’t need to know everything!! I looked up from my iPhone to acknowledge my agreement with her and was welcomed to join the the conversation.
Before I could delve into this discussion, I needed to hear some specifics. (Be careful what you ask for.) She stated that because they were going through some financial trials, her husband shared with their 12 year old daughter that they were no longer doing certain frivolous weekend activities to cut back on spending and proceeded to say they may be heading to foreclosure on their home. She was mortified! To make matters worse, she said that her 10 year old son was having nightmares after her husband told him about his plans to have a vasectomy!
Ok! Screech! Wait! Timeout! What!?! I could agree with the sharing of the financial situation because I have had conversation with with my own tween once: Son, We are NOT the Trumps. There is MONEY coming from my account with every SWIPE. It is not magic!” But all the extra details that Dear Ol’ Dad provided were a bit much. I could see why she was livid! But me (as usual) playing devil’s advocate, I told her that I agreed with her husband. It all depends on a child’s age. I feel that they need to be aware of certain things, that are AGE APPROPRIATE and in a way that won’t cause alarm. Your vibe and delivery are everything! You know better than anyone else what your children can handle. If you’re not good at this, then yes, you may want to just leave the subject alone.
I’m somewhat of a private person. So, naturally, Only a few people in my life know more than what’s on Facebook, Twitter or my blog. I like it that way. Therefore, I’m inclined not to tell my children any and everything that I don’t want repeated. I also feel that children can’t relate to heavy topics due to lack of maturity. Plus, I feel like these sweet babies of ours are only children for a short while and grown-ups for the rest of their lives. Giving them fully-loaded information can either be exaggerated by their own little imaginative minds (potentially leading to devastation) or it blows right over their head like a jetliner. Whatever your stance is, there is always a delicate and thin line that you have to walk in order to raise savvy little people, and at the same time, protect them.
BMWK family, what’s your take? Spill it or seal it? How much do you tell your kids? Have you ever told them too much?
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Bundesliga Fanatic Podcast Episode 76: A little Pep Talk and Love, Lust and Desperation with the van der Vaarts
The boys are finally back from their winter hibernation This time around Cris Nyari and Niklas Wildhagen are joined by journalist Mark Lovell to talk about all things match day 18 and the biggest news stories from the winter break.
Segment 1: Did Schalke manage to create more breathing room for their newly instated coach Jens Keller with their spectacular 5-4 win against Hannover? Dortmund fire from all cylinders, but what went wrong for Werder? Can Augsburg repeat their comeback from last season? All this, and a whole lot more in our first match day segment of 2013.
Segment 2: Pep Guardiola is certainly amongst Bayern’s biggest signings in the club’s history, but how is the Catalan going to take on coaching the Bavarians. What can we expect from Marco Kurz at Hoffenheim and Dieter Hecking at Wolfsburg? And, what to make of Nuri Sahin re-joining his first love, Borussia Dortmund?
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Dec. 22, 2011
Jerry Moore, head football coach at Appalachian State University:
Speir worked for nine years under Moore at ASU
"Western Carolina is very lucky to get Mark (Speir). He is a perfect fit; he knows Western Carolina and knows it well. Mark knows the atmosphere at Western Carolina, which is excellent and always has been. I've always thought they are one of the toughest teams and one of the toughest places to play. Mark has been my recruiting coordinator and has developed a great rapport with high school coaches in North Carolina, South Carolina and parts of Georgia. He has done a great job getting the right guys at Appalachian. WCU is very, very fortunate to get Mark Speir. He is a great coach, and a better man; he is the kind of guy that you would love your son to go play for. He and his family - Paige and his two boys - they are easy to get attached to and WCU will fall in love with them in a week's time."
Brad Hoover, former football student-athlete at WCU (1995-99) and WCU Hall of Fame member:
Speir recruited Brad Hoover to Western Carolina out of Ledford High School
"Mark Speir will bring back a winning attitude to Western Carolina University. He's been in a winning program the past nine years. Even though he's been a Catamount before and had some success, that experience of winning at the FCS level at Appalachian is a defining characteristic. He's a first-class person and a really good coach. He will bring a staff that will reflect that attitude and experience to bring Western Carolina back to the level it needs to be. I am real excited about the hire. I think it's a good choice on Western Carolina's part in getting a former Catamount who has experience winning at this level. He will do everything in his power to put WCU football back on the map."
Daryl Dickey, head football coach and director of athletics at the University of West Georgia:
Speir worked for Dickey from 1997-99 as an assistant football at Presbyterian College
"Mark is dedicated and a hard worker who is passionate about and loves all aspects of the game of football. He has worked long and hard to get this opportunity and will be a great fit for Western Carolina. He has intimate knowledge about the area and the school. Since Mark has been in the area for the majority of his coaching career, he knows what it will take to be successful at WCU."
, former football student-athlete at Western Carolina (1989-92) and WCU Hall of Fame member:
Speir came to Western Carolina during Harkins' junior year in 1991
"We could not have chosen a better candidate. Mark has a relationship with every high school coach in North Carolina - and that is something that we've missed over the past couple of years. Mark's been in Cullowhee - he knows the people, the atmosphere and knows how to succeed there. Based on how my phone has rung over the past week, people will flock back to Western Carolina football. (Mark) is young, upbeat, an unbelievable recruiter and a motivator; I'm looking forward to next fall - especially when we play Appalachian State because there is no one that will be able to get a team more motivated to play than someone who has been there. We're all excited and we look for nothing but great things over the next years to come."
Stacy Searels, offensive line coach at the University of Texas:
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"Mark and I met back in the 1990s when I was at Appalachian State and he was at Western Carolina. I remember he was a great recruiter and tough to recruit against. He did a tremendous job recruiting for Western Carolina during that time period. Since then, we've always kept in touch. When a job came open at Appalachian State (in 2003), I told Coach (Jerry) Moore to hire Mark Speir. I believe that Mark has had a big impact on Appalachian's football program. He is a tremendous guy and a tremendous coach. Mark has knowledge of the area (around WCU) and what it takes to win there. He knows the Southern Conference and has won at a high level in both the SoCon and FCS football. He has learned from Coach Moore, who also had a tremendous impact on my career.
Shawn Elliott, offensive line coach and run game coordinator at the University of South Carolina:
Speir worked with Elliott from 2003-2009 at Appalachian State
"In my five-year coaching relationship with Mark at Appalachian State, I found him to be an unbelievable coach. He is one of the best I've worked with and our relationship at Appalachian was golden. He has a great intelligence for football; he is a mentor of men and a stand-up guy. I am thrilled that he is getting this opportunity and he will do a great job. Mark will bring a new level of excitement, energy and passion to Western Carolina University. The energy level and great coaches he will surround himself with will make it a great time to be at Western Carolina. Mark is truly a great one who wants to be at WCU and wants WCU to succeed. He will rally the Western Carolina fan base."
Ken Browning, assistant coach and running backs position coach at the University of North Carolina:
Speir worked with Browning through a variety of football camps over the past 20 years
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NEWARK, N.J. — Claude Giroux is not alone, that’s for sure. A lot of people get the proverbial “snub” every four years when the NHL decides to shut down for the Olympics, and we’re not just talking about season ticket holders.
In places like St. Louis, Detroit and Chicago, whose teams have 10 Olympic tourney representatives each, those faithful fans will get to see fully half their teams slogging through games with tired legs once the Olympic break ends in late February. As for the Wells Fargo Center faithful, only five Flyers have a chance to get injured or altogether exhausted from an Olympic experience, but somehow that doesn’t include the team’s best player.
So maybe there was a bright side to being told Tuesday morning by Team Canada boss Steve Yzerman that his services weren’t needed when just about everybody around him had predicted that they certainly would be?
“In my mind, I wanted to make the team,” Giroux said of being one of the most noteworthy snubbed players that didn’t make the 25-man cut for the Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team, which north of the border is akin to a national medal of honor.
“It’s disappointing,” Giroux added, “but I’m 26 years old (as of Sunday). I’ve got a lot of hockey left.”
So Giroux thrust forward his stiff upper lip after the midday skate at Prudential Center, then quickly put his focus where it should be — that night’s game against the rival Devils.
“It’s tough today,” Giroux said. “It’s a good thing there’s a game today so I can just put this behind me and move forward here.”
For Giroux, there would be no attempt to rationalize what clearly came as a bit of a shock. He said the news came in a “quick conversation” he had with Yzerman, then turned to his locker room and told his teammates the numbing news.
There are five Flyers currently expected to make the trip to Sochi for the Games next month. It will be the first Olympics for Giroux’s two regular linemates, Jake Voracek (Czech Republic) and Michael Raffl (Austria). Defensemen making their respective Olympic teams were Mark Streit (Switzerland), Kimmo Timonen (his fifth Olympics for Finland) and Andrej Mezsaros (third for Slovakia).
Safe to say the competition wasn’t half as great for those guys as it was for Giroux.
“It’s shocking,” Voracek said of the snub heard ‘round the league. “That’s all you can say. Everybody knows that Canada has a quality team. But I would say 95 percent of the people would think that Claude was going to be on that team. I feel bad for him like everyone else around here, but he’s a hard-working guy. I’m sure he’s going to take it the right way and he’s going to be in the next Olympics, because he’s a hell of a player.”
The exclusion of Giroux, on a roll of late and one of the league’s best Canadian points producers in recent seasons, wasn’t the only surprise. Yzerman and the selection panel would also likely draw criticism for not naming Carolina’s Eric Staal, San Jose’s Joe Thornton or Tampa Bay’s Marty St. Louis, a player held in the highest regard by his Lightning general manager ... Steve Yzerman.
But then, the door might not be completely shut for Giroux or those other snubees. Although none of them were named to the roster, any one of them can be added if one or more of the Team Canada players goes down with an injury prior to the Olympics, or if Steven Stamkos can’t get back from his broken leg rehab in time.
“Oh yeah, anything can happen,” Giroux said. “You try to believe everything happens for a reason. But if I didn’t make this team there’s a reason behind it. I’m disappointed but I’m not upset or mad or anything.”
Yet Giroux admitted playing on the Canadian Olympic team “was one of my dreams.” So in his mind, why was he denied?
“Those questions are for Team Canada, for them to decide,” Giroux said. “I’m the hockey player. I was there to put my product out and play the best I could, and I didn’t make it. So I’ve got to move forward from it.”
Because Giroux wasn’t selected, the reaction of other Flyers Olympians seemed relatively muted.
While saying he was “very proud” at being picked for the fifth time to represent Finland, Timonen referenced Giroux and said, “I’m disappointed for him. The last six or seven weeks he’s been the old Claude, the way we all know he can be. And the way he’s been playing the last six or seven weeks, I was 100 percent sure that he was going to be named to the team.”
Raffl will be playing with his older brother Thomas for the Austrians, calling that “something special.”
Voracek earned his first selection, and will get a chance to re-team with Jaromir Jagr on the team.
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