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The doctors advised keep the calf muscle stretched during the cramping while continuing to jerk off.
The doctors advised keep the calf muscle stretched during the cramping while continuing to jerk off.
but back to the thread topic....
i get really, REALLY uncomfortable whenever i get the sense that a woman has an interest in getting with me. always have been. it makes me very uncomfortable to the point where it makes me nervous. i don't like women like that and i have no interest in getting with one either. i've had women that straight up let me know that they were interested in me and it made my stomach hurt. i was in freeze mode because it was like "she likes me but i don't like her. what the hell am i supposed to do with her? take her on a date. take her out to eat. have sex with her. wtf? i'm not interested in her like that. i'm not romantically interested in her."
and i seriously don't know what would have happened if i actually decided to go through and have sex with a woman. that might have been the biggest mistake of my life. i've been to strip clubs, masturbating to women, porn (i've had a hard time jerking off to straight porn because it never really interested me) and the conclusion is still the same-even though i want to be with a woman because it's what i've grown up to think, the norm, societial influences and etc, i don't like women to begin with. i should have realized this with all those lap dances where i wasn't even turned on or when i had no emotional attachment or crushes to any of those women that i've jerked off to.
i prefer females to be my friend though and i would be really tee'd off if any of them decided to try to do that whole "please be my boyfriend" shit on me because it's not going to happen.
i know that i'll get a boyfriend, hookup with someone sooner or later BUT shit, i would like to be shown the ropes or have a little fun even though at this point where i'm at in terms of coming out and acceptance, it wouldn't be the greatest idea.
i would love to eat ice cream but it's 4 o clock in the morning. i should be sleeping.
>>>i get really, REALLY uncomfortable whenever i get the sense that a woman has an interest in getting with me.
Another great side effect of coming out. If a woman makes a move on me, I just say "Oh, I'm really flattered, but I'm gay." Seven words. No stress.
>>>then again, i think that might be the perfect opportunity to come out to them though.
Exactly. You've been in this stressful "I can't let anybody know" spot for some time now, and coming out gets rid of all that. Yeah, you might have some comments, and some people who need time to come to grips with it, and maybe you'll lose a few friends. (You'll probably be surprised, however.) But people do tend to have respect for people who can hold their ground. Who can man up and say "I'm gay, and I won't be ashamed of it". No, they won't all instantly "get it". But I've found most people, even if they "don't like gay people", can respect the position.
>>>God, I found some guy who seems unbelievably hot. Just chatting with him had me pacing around my apartment like a bitch in heat, lol.
Well, Jesus, stop pacing and pounce already.
I'm having a friend who is gay come visit me this coming week and it is driving my BF bonkers thinking I'm gonna cheat on him and have mind blowing sex despite the fact that we really are just two friends who happen to be gay. I hate that my BF gets totally jealous over things like this. The same type of shit happens when a waiter will flirt with me over him at a restaurant.
^ loki, you are a gentleman, which is why we —or I at least— like you so much!
i would like to be addressed by my other nickname on the internet but that would mean possibly coming out. i had to get my pro gay rights on on this other web forum that i frequented on for 11 years when some users started talking shit about this openly gay rap group. my brother reads that site and he knows my screenname on that site.
another thing too. to all you lurkers reading this and there's more lurkers than registered users. i know there's some of you that seen my face in that pic thread and may know who i am in the internet universe or even in real life. please have the courtesy to not expose my business. if you want to say hi, even though this might be some scary shit, give me a shout on the pm or on the low.
oh god... this cutie has me turning into a little bitch right now. i wish i could have a pet like that. he's so cuddly. puts a fucking smile on my face.
This could not be any more awkward. My BF and I just went to a 7:30 Easter mass with my family (which was a feat in it of itself) and of all people to run into at it, was an ex of mine from college. Course my parents know my ex but not the fact we dated which only added to the drama of the situation.
Course my BF took solace in the fact that I told him that I dumped my ex because he didn't know how to peel a potato.
was going to type this before i left for work.
i have to jerk off before i go to work and before i go to bed, otherwise i feel weird as shit. i usually end up late to work or end up sleeping late because of it. I LOVE MASTURBATING. i just wish there was new porn and images to keep up with my masturbatory drive. i don't like jerk off to the same shit over and over. after awhile, it gets old and i get desensitized to it. sometimes i get annoyed and try to jerk off to women instead thinking that it'll get me off when i end up not feeling shit as well. i don't like jerking off to women like that because that reminds me of the whole straight lie i used to live and convince myself that i truly was.
I want sometimes to kill myself, but that would pained some people so I don't, though I'm living a zombie, empty life.
In fact it would be ridiculously easy, I have tons of meds and I could take all and sit in the bathtub and go to sleep. So easy and tempting.
^thank you two very much
I'm in treatment, I see my doctor very often and I'm seeing a psychanalyst since a few months. I had to changed meds often because some were too strong, some not enough, some produced side effects,etc.
I'm so tired and feeling so empty right now, the thought of taking all the pills becomes more and more tempting.
"Nice" (thank you again for thinking that ) is good but not enough. I'm craving for people love, touch, intimacy, smile.
I came out to my mother 1 year ago, telling her that plus all the psychological problems that have gone with it (like medium social phobia, etc). She was quiet. She just ordered me to not tell my father because it would killed him. Since then she hasn't spoken of it with me once, never ask any question, just treated me like I never told a thing.
My older brother came out to me parents, and it took years to mend their relationships. And y father reported all his hope of normal family and great children on me .
I'm not good looking, nobody has ever take more than 0,1 sec to look at me. I'm invisible. The few very good friends I have are people who took the time to know me, and time means years, because I'm shy and don't let myself known very easily. I learned a long time ago to wear masks, to be accepted as other would see me. Nice, harmless, someone you would talk 5 minutes, but not very much else.
When I was a teenager I was so afraid to speak while asleep, that my 'secret' would be revealed, I was constructing dreams so that I would not be tempted to have erotic ones in case of. When my father was driving I took painstakingly care of what I was looking at, I was so afraid that if I was to look at a car driver and he was male my father would catch me looking at him and thought I was gay. I was so scared. And so lonely, nobody to share with my anguish. I never told my parents I was so scared to go outside my home when they told me to fetch some bread at the baker's. I would take my bike and ride as fast as I could so that I would not have to meet anyone. I was scared to meet an acquaintance and to have to have a nice smalltalk. My father never understood why I was so afraid to answer a phone call, why I'm still so reluctant to phone anyone but my best friends, why the look of other people hurt me so much because I was for so long time thinking I was the lowest of the low because I liked boys and not girls.
I still fear the look of children, afraid they see right through me and all the lies I told myself just to make my life bearable.
After I felt in love for the first time, I was 24, I was in so much pain because it was impossible, him being straight. I nearly fail at my degree, five years of study at the bin, had have not been lucky to have a teacher support me and understand there was something wrong with me.
One year before that I "tried" to go with a girl, very nice and intelligent. It lasted 15 days, it was clear since the first kiss that it was a lie and I couldn't impose that to her, it was unfair. The worst was that she understood very much and even said she was sorry. That was so painful so hear.
At one of my college's party, she and him kissed in front of me and latter that night slept together (she wasn't aware I was in love with him). That's a nightmare I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
At that time suffered physical pain of sorrow. I trough table away in tears and suffocating.
It took 5 years, including 4 years away from him, to heal the wounds. We remain friendly (birthday wishes and new year etc).
But to withstand the pain, I shut myself off. No more thoughts of future, no carrier plan, no family thoughts, not being able to be really a friend with someone before months or years more so.
I can't keep a job because sometimes I can't leave my bed. I'm crushed by my non life, the masks I'm wearing at work is exhausting and I have less and less energy to not be myself.
I'm hoarding now, I can't make myself take out anything that I get in my flat, I live on my bed because there is no other part free of things. And the bed is broken since a few years and I have not been enable to change it.
Now the piles of things creep on my bed and I'm living in less than 2 square meters. I don't open my windows. I have difficulty now being outdoor for more than 1 hour. Thankfully there is internet, without it I would have gone mad I think.
I have no gay friends, don't know any, apart from my older brother's but we don't see each other much. He is a stable gay man with a partner, having a good job, and I'm unable to communicate with him all my internal fears/pains/void.
Now at 43 I am furious at me for having lost all these years, for letting myself so down that I passed from slim to obese, that I wouldn't take care of myself (what for ? who would be crazy enough to express the least interest in me ?), that I erected so massive walls around me that now I'm entrapped and its so difficult to go outside.
I don't know if you can imagine what cravings I have of a single touch, a caress on my hand, a hand on my shoulder. I don't know those things. I never kissed or been kissed by someone I love (kissed the girl, but that was as enjoyable as kissing a wall). Never been intimate with someone.
Cuddling with a boyfriend is a dream for me, something I'm so afraid I will never experienced. I'm afraid to die without having been able to experience the sharing of humanity, of love, of intimacy, even for a month, a week, a day that so many of you had.
I'm so jealous when I read some love story, when someone is so happy with his boyfriend/partner. I'm very happy for them, but it mirrors my own inadequacy.
Please excuse my apologies for all this verbal puking. It is not the goal of the threat. It's a momentarily weakness from me. I'm ashamed to have bothered you.
He is the only one who can understand how you feel, and probably he would give you some good advice.
Even if you don't see him often, he is still your brother, and I believe he cares about you, but of course if the next time you see him you pretend that everything is great, he won't be able to help.
You need to drop your mask and tell people how you really feel..............if you want to get intimate with someone you have to learn how to do that.
Start with your brother, what do you have to lose, your father respect?
Your father has his own life, you should stop caring about his feelings and think about yours, and start living the life you want to live.
>>>I think you're projecting. I don't think you realize that you're an uncommonly self-confident, self-actualized person. That trait seems especially uncommon in the gay community. I can't agree with you at all.
I'm well-aware that not everybody is surrounded by supportive folks in homophobic clothing. Many people really are homophobic.
But if I am a self-confident, self-actualized gay person...it's because I took those steps that I'm suggesting others do. I don't think people should feel obligated to keep people in their life if those people mainly are holding you down. I have a great relationship with my friends and most of my family, but there are a couple people who were in my life who apparently were more interested in having me around as something other than a positive influence. Somebody to belittle, somebody to criticize, what have you.
Guess what? Those people aren't in my life anymore.
I may have made a "It Gets Better" video, but I don't think life magically gets better just because you have more years under your belt. It gets better when you you get older mainly because you then have the ability to select the people you interact with. You can start cutting out the negative influences and start surrounding yourself with the positive ones. And it's by doing precisely that that I was able to presumably become what I am now.
refuji has posted a lot about wanting to come out, matched with his fear and uncertainty of how people will respond. It's obviously been on his mind a lot recently. And I think that might be because it's about time. And no, I can't guarantee that everybody, or even most people, in his life will respond favorably. But I think the stronger a position he comes at them from, the better it'll be received. And I do think the sooner he comes out, the sooner he can continue on with the rest of his life.
>>>another thing too. to all you lurkers reading this and there's more lurkers than registered users. i know there's some of you that seen my face in that pic thread and may know who i am in the internet universe or even in real life. please have the courtesy to not expose my business. if you want to say hi, even though this might be some scary shit, give me a shout on the pm or on the low.
Hell, if I didn't know any better...
And oak, it sounds like you're starting to reach out from your small space. It sounds like you understand that your life isn't a good life, and you're interested in changing it. And I think you're taking some of the right steps. Hopefully, we can help you take some of them.
That reminds me - I haven't updated my blog in forEVer...
for some reason, i'm sort of having a hard time trying to jerk off to rob riches body.
those man titties are so sexy. i wonder if he could flex them. i tried to jerk off to him once but for some reason, he just couldn't get me there. i guess he's sexy but not that sexy.
>>>Some of the JUBbers do use this thread to update details of their lives, and regale us with their feelings about those events. I have reached out to a few of them to try to help them—to give them some support—but I have noticed that those JUBbers don't really seem interested in hearing any kind of response—which puzzles me as to why they posted in the first place.
I was offering some advice and suggestions to somebody who was having problems once, and they finally just snapped and said "Damnit, Lex! I don't want my problems solved! I want my problems listened to!"
I've tried to keep that in mind ever since.
Thank you very much, Johann and all the others for your attention and advices. I was very surprised by the high praises you gave me, I'm pretty sure I don't deserve them
I'm a little better today, worries about finances, but who hasn't worries of his own
I snapped yesterday maybe because of all the negative things coming all at the same time, I don't know precisely. It may be also because of some chemical imbalance as you said it yourself.
I will probably see my doctor soon to reevaluate my meds in light of my darker moods these days.
Once again, thank you very much to have taken time to write those posts which touched and moved me very much.
As for my brother, well, the communication is not easy. I think he doesn't understand what a true depression means. A little like when someone tells to an alcoholic, "well then just stop drinking !" If only that was that easy
>>>Lex, the trouble is that I find your advice to everyone to "just come out of the closet" a one-size-fits-all solution. So I cannot agree with the blanket advice to "come out, come out, whereever you are." I believe each individual needs to assess his life situation very carefully before making such an irreversible decision.
Let's get this part out of the way first.
I do not advocate everybody everywhere in every situation should immediately come out of the closet. Nor have I ever advocated that. I pray that you're alone in thinking that the advice I dole out is predicated on the fact that everybody's first move must be to immediately announce to the world at large that they're gay. Because if not, then I probably have blood on my hands which I need to atone for.
What I do advocate - for everybody - is to attempt to get oneself to a place where one CAN come out of the closet.
Personal safety is paramount. If you live in a place where gays are routinely ridiculed if not beaten, then obviously, coming out of the closet there is a terrible idea. But that doesn't mean you then need to resign yourself to a life of being closeted. It just means you need to work on getting the hell out of there. That may be a relatively simple measure, or it may be a multi-year plan of planning, saving money and working towards a job/career that would enable you to move. But whichever it is, I think it's a vital step in living a better life. Because if you're in a place where being gay will not be accepted, that won't suddenly change.
>>>I have seen you in moving pictures. From that experience, I would classify you as a self-confident, masculine man who doesn't betray one scintilla of femininity, either in his mannerisms, his speech, or his attitude.
Then you have seen me at what some would classify as "my best". Or at least, "my most straight-acting". As it turns out, many people ARE surprised upon finding out that I'm gay. But just as many aren't surprised in the slightest. And they figured it out from any number of visual and audio clues that I give out, both conscious and unconscious.
>>>But our society values masculinity in males, and abhors femininity in males, in both the straight and the gay communities. A small, feminine gay man living in a backwoods town who takes your advice exposes himself to bullying, and can lead to both suicide and murder. The FBI counts homosexual murders into the thousands every year.
Accurate as far as it goes. But I'm also guessing that the small feminine gay man living in a backwoods town probably already gets more than his share of grief - for being a small feminine presumed-by-the-hicks-to-be-gay man living in a backwoods town. I don't expect such a man to suddenly find his voice and announce that he's here, he's queer, get used to it. I hope that he'll decide that there's not much future there, and work on finding a way out.
My advice to refuji was to him alone. Just as when I advise one person to "make a move on his friend", that doesn't mean everybody should make a move on their friend. Or if I suggest somebody stop talking to their uncle, I don't mean everybody should stop talking to their uncles. You're welcome to disagree with it - and apparently, you're not alone in that assessment. But I stand by my post.
trill talk, i feel like spilling my entire guts right now
i'm lazy when it comes to private messaging people back so i apologize to you know who for not getting back at you right away. i'll reply to you later.
yes, i know i have an attitude problem and anger issues. i also don't respond well to criticism. sometimes i'll be cool about it and other times, i'll get really tee'd the fuck off. i'm going to admit another thing. to moufofkhaos and some other people in here that i've gone off on in the past, ya kind of push my buttons the wrong way when you say your responses back to mine so i say some shit to piss ya off right back. that's just how i am. if i feel like i'm being pushed, i'll get pissed. sometimes i'll shove back and other times, i'll keep quiet. i tend to let my anger build up to the point where i might just spaz out randomly.
i'm beginning to realize that i don't have to have the last word in everything or i can't get mad or do whatever i want to without there being consequences. there's some people outthere that would like to hear me being in handcuffs or locked up because that's all they expect from me. i have a bachelors degree in criminal justice and i have no criminal record at all so they can kiss my ass for hoping that i go down the tubes. i also am not a drug dealer, murderer, gangbanger, or a billy bad ass. there's some people that judge me without even really getting to know me in the first fucking place. it's annoying as all hell.
i would smoke weed all the time but i can't because it messes my head up. sometimes i experience psychosis episodes like that time in toronto if that was weed i had, i end up going nuts and etc. i'm looking at this thread on sohh forums about weed strains
and haha... just looking at the pictures like what this one guy posted
that shit looks delicious BUT let's say i smoke something like this. i'm in another world. i remember last summer back in june when i smoked this, i was gone. i had this pipe that i got from this headshop and i was gone. that bubba kush helped bring me out the closet. i knew that i most definitely couldn't have been straight when i was shouting out said person's name, almost making out with my computer screen and running to my bedroom, jumping on my bed, clinching my asscheeks, yelling out loud to be fucked.
plus on top of that, the career field that i'm entering is huge on drug testing. you have to be drug free for 3 years plus in order to be considered for a position for some jobs (fbi, state police, etc)
>>>a really bad decision with a really hot guy
This could be an entirely separate website.
My first time was with a hot and well-hung guy, and I thought I'd totally hit the jackpot. Ends up he was an utter klutz in bed, and couldn't take direction to save his life. It being my first time, I still had a good time, but it remains the least of my sexual experiences. If I had the same guy in my bed right now, I'd tell him to get out...or start applying the duct tape.
I've been gardening for my widowed mother, and watching Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) and Lady in a Cage (1964).
Both movies deal with overprotective mothers and their homosexual sons.
So um...
I was underage when I first joined JUB.
Normally it sits on a shelf but not wanting to let the bud light go to waste from a party, I brought out "das boot" for dinner tonight (gift to all the groomsmen of a friend's wedding). Fit 3 Bud cans in there. Good times.
Or they'll ask for proof of age now. You might have to send a moderator a picture of you hold your driver's license or something.
watching bits of mtv true life: i'm a sex addict is pissing me off for two reasons. one because i'm jealous and two, i don't see why people are bitching about not having enough, having too much sex. shut the fuck up for crying out loud. i don't want to hear that shit. if you're addicted to sex, stop fucking. it's simple. i'm pissed off right now at being a virgin with nobody but at the same time, i don't feel like fucking any guy that jumps into my lap right now. damn.... fuck being a virgin.
and i feel like punching this pathetic ass loser in the face on true life. his name is isaax. fucking pathetic as well as this sorry ass hoodrat. where do they get these lames from?
>>> if you're addicted to sex, stop fucking. it's simple.
Yep. And if you're an alcoholic, just stop drinking. Simple.
and damn these people are fucking PATHETIC. my generation is fucking pathetic. geez. and mtv.... just watching a moment of this reminds me of why i don't fuck with mtv anymore.
If you're literally a sex addict - not like "oh my God, I'm addicted to these chocolate chip cookies!", but seriously an addict - it is precisely the same as being addicted to alcohol, drugs, or gambling. People overrun their "common sense" filter to get their fix, whether that means going back to people that slap them around, or hooking up with strangers on a constant basis (even if they really don't want to). It may sound fun, but it isn't. It's like being forced to eat a huge chocolate cake every day - only sounds fun until you actually have to do it.
my mother walked in on me masturbating. i almost got busted jerking off to some male strippers. i need to put a lock on my door.
I found it purely by accident channel surfing, and now I'm a little addicted to "FRED: The Show" on Nickelodian.
I think he's adorable, and I'm relieved to Google that he's 19.
I feel like such a perv.
i joined adam4adam some weeks ago and i posted up a pic of my body. now i know how women feel when they have multiple guys getting at them with the purpose of only having sex. it's creepy. very, very creepy. talk about looking for love in the wrong places. i'm a bit scared because it's almost predatory. those guys are swarming like vultures. i might delete my account but i actually tried to talk to someone from there. dude and me are in the same town. i'm trying to see where that goes first before i delete my account. that is way too much for me.
i'm still new to this whole entire experience. not even out yet and i still feel a bit scared to keep on walking along with this. it's who i am but at the same time, this to me is crazy because i knew that this was coming but i never felt that i would be able to have the heart to deal with it. i really want to experience love as cheesy as that sounds but at the same time, at what cost though. when i was in college, i felt like i could easily hook up with another guy because i felt there were guys that actually understood where i was coming from. i was in denial to myself but still, had i been pushed by the right person, i would have hooked up with a guy. nowadays, i don't have that push to come out. i'm basically going out my way to meet other gay people in person.
at the end of the day, i just want to be comfortable in my skin and as for a partner, someone who basically understand me for me and who i can be myself around without feeling worried that they might shit on me for it. i know i'm weird but at the same time, i'm about as human as everyone else.
I met this guy online, in a non-sexual context. He wasn't out, because (as he said) he didn't think he was hot enough. He wanted to work out and bulk up and then, once he felt confident in his looks, he'd come out. Well, finally he felt he'd gotten enough muscle to come out, and meet guys. And sure enough, he attracted a fair amount of guys. About which he told me, "I dunno. I think they only want me because of my body."
I wasn't whether to laugh or smack him around.
i wouldn't say that it's not about being wanted but more so about finding someone who understands where i'm coming from first before i do it with them. these guys are about the now. it's like they don't give a shit about who they're fucking more so about busting a nut and leaving. i honestly don't want that right now at this moment. i have the horrible feeling that these guys are just going to thurst their dicks up my ass without even knowing that my asshole hasn't had anything besides a thermometer up there which hasn't been up there since i was like 10 or 11. i'm not looking for the one but i'm looking for someone who's in the same boat or understands my situation. i'm a virgin that is completely inexperienced. i'm looking for someone to show me the ropes or at least be in a similar situation. they're not out yet so two of us have to be on the low in complete secrecy. i think the whole idea of going to another town or sneaking over to such and such place to hook up is kind of fun.
i just hope that he doesn't have herpes or something.
but yo.. i have to confess some things off my head. there was this indian, arab older guy probably his late 30s or early 40s that was walking around in a tracksuit when i was with my mom heading to some clothing store right in some town off of route 3. he had a sexy back and ass. wooooop. he probably wasn't wearing anything underneath but damn, i was about to take a picture of him and put him on tapthatguy. too bad he had a gut though when i got a side view of him.
i would also like to confess that despite having profiles on okcupid and adam4adam, i'm starting to hate those sites with a passion especially adam4adam. i'm still waiting for this one guy to say something to me. i unlocked my photos for him. i'm waiting for him to give the yay or nay so i can delete my account. you know.... i would like to have sex but i'm a virgin and as a virgin, i'm not trying to bathe myself into the water and get myself completely wet. i want to unleash myself slowly. sort of like how i started out driving. you know... i'm just learning so by the time i get comfortable, i can fuck my way and get as dirty and nasty as i want to be. and if a guy is going to fuck me, i want to be schooled and owned. i want to basically be dominated and at the same time, not to the point where i'm yelling in pain. in other words, if you plan on being the top and i'm the bottom. DO NOT fucking kill my asshole with your dick. i do not want to get pissed off to you to the point where after everything is over, i'm itching to go to the kitchen to cut your neck open because you fucked my ass up literally. be gentle with me but not too gentle like i'm a bitch.
As for the rest of it, I'm thinking you need to step way back. If memory serves, you've never been with a guy yet. I'd say your first time with a guy should probably be nothing more than making out, mutual j/o, and maybe oral if you think you're up for it. Get used to having a guy in bed with you first. The "I want to be dominated and a bottom" should probably wait until you're used to that part.


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This is a shot I took of a sand flat at night in about 3.5 mtrs of water amongst some kelp in slightly hazy water. the furthest distance is about 5 meters.
The location was Ricketts Point Reef, Melb, Vic, Australia
Using a these four things:
Pananosic TZ5 compact camera,
Gaffer tape,
500g lead weight, and a
Princetec not very bright light.
There wasn't any post processing done on the image.
I placed the camera in the sand and set it on a 15 second exposure, then I swam out and painted a path. This is my first attempt at this type of exposure photography, I was at OzTek and saw some presentations by Jill Heinerth where she had painted some cave entrances and ponds, which totally blew me away.
I thought it would be a great thing to try and learn about, so this is my first attempt.
I'd love any feedback and/or ways to improve the mage or the engagement in the image.
This is all new stuff to me.
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The contest is facilitated through Glory Foods' popular Facebook page, which has nearly 170,000 fans. Recipes can be submitted July 7th through August 30th. Fans will vote for their favorite until September 13th at midnight. At the end of the voting period, the top two fan favorites, along with two wild card recipes chosen by the McCall Farms Research and Development team based on creativity, simplicity and overall appeal to children, will be the finalists.
Recipes must be original and include any canned Glory Greens item (i.e. collard greens, turnip greens, mustard greens, mixed greens or kale) as a primary ingredient. Ingredients are limited to eight or fewer, and the total cook time cannot exceed 30 minutes. An original photo of the prepared dish must also be submitted.
To earn votes, contestants agree to share the contest with only their personal Facebook accounts. Solicitation for votes on any other pages, social media vote exchange groups or acquiring votes through advertisement by a contestant will result in immediate disqualification from the contest.
The recipes will be prepared by the executive chef of Victor's restaurant for final judging that will take place at the Florence After Five event in downtown Florence on September
26th. Local children will vie for a chance to participate as a judge. Glory Foods representatives will select four qualifying applicants of varying ages to taste each of the recipes and rank them based on which they would be most likely to eat.
The winners will receive the following prizes: 1st Prize - $500 Visa gift card, Glory gift basket, and their recipe will be featured on the label for the applicable Glory Foods product in 2015 2nd Prize - $300 Visa gift card & Glory gift basket 3rd Prize - $200 Visa gift card & Glory gift basket 4th Prize - Glory gift basket
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McConnell Named Head Women's Basketball Coach at IUP
By ODU Athletics
June 11, 2013
INDIANA, Pa. – Old Dominion University women's basketball assistant coach Tom McConnell was named the head women's basketball coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) on Tuesday morning.
McConnell spent the past two seasons as an assistant on head coach Karen Barefoot's staff and helped coach eight all-CAA players in addition to guiding the Lady Monarchs to a 19-12 record last season and an appearance in the WNIT.
"I'm excited for Tom and his family in this new opportunity," said Barefoot. "I appreciate the dedication, hard work and passion towards rebuilding this program over the last two years."
Returning to his home state of Pennsylvania, his sister Suzie McConnell Serio, an All-American at Penn State, a two-time United States Olympian and former head coach of the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA was recently named the new head women's coach at the University of Pittsburgh.
"It's a privilege to be named the new coach at IUP," said McConnell. "I want to thank Director of Athletics Dr. Condino, President Driscoll, Dr. Luckey, and the members of the search committee for this opportunity. It is something that I am extremely excited about and really looking forward to."


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With Premier League leaders Manchester United not playing until tomorrow, champions Manchester City can close to within four points of their title rivals by beating Fulham today.
United have looked imperious in recent weeks, picking up 31 points from a possible 33 to establish a seven-point lead over second-placed City, who have let 10 points slip over the same period.
However, tomorrow United visit Tottenham Hotspur, who have lost just once in 10 matches and who won 3-2 at Old Trafford when the sides last met in September.
With third-place Chelsea also preparing for a problematic assignment at home to Arsenal on the same day, City will hope this weekend marks the start of their fightback in the title race.
Whereas United and Chelsea were both in action in mid-week — United edging West Ham United in an FA Cup third-round replay and Chelsea drawing 2-2 at home to Southampton in the league —- City have benefitted from a week off.
Roberto Mancini's side have also been boosted by captain Vincent Kompany's successful appeal against the red card he was shown in last weekend's 2-0 win at Arsenal, which would have ruled him out of the home game with Fulham.
Although United show no sign of slowing, City fullback Pablo Zabaleta says his colleagues have not lost hope and will draw inspiration from the way they pipped Alex Ferguson's men to the English crown last season.
"We know that we are up against a rival in United who are in a very good moment," he said. "They have seven points more, but that is not much in this league. There is still a long way before the title is decided and there is still a margin to lose and recover."
"We hope United have a few games where they lose some points and we continue on this route, taking three points all the time," he said.
Further down the standings, Liverpool host Norwich City, knowing that victory, allied with a defeat for Spurs tomorrow, would take them to within six points of the Champions League places.
Brendan Rodgers' side went down 2-1 at United last weekend, but there was good news in the return from injury of Italian striker Fabio Borini.
A close-season acquisition from Roma, Borini broke his foot just five league games into his Anfield career and after three months on the sidelines, he is desperate to make up for lost time.
"All the memories of the last three months and the things I've been through went from my mind," said the 21-year-old of his comeback at Old Trafford.
"My Liverpool career is actually starting now, I think. I'd only played five league games and six or seven games in the Europa League, which is not a lot," he said. "It really starts now with great intensity week in, week out to get playing again."
Today could also be an important day at the other end of the table, with the bottom five clubs all in action.
Newcastle United, two places above the relegation places, host second-bottom Reading, while Aston Villa will bid to arrest their worrying slide down the standings when they visit Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion.
Fresh from their victory over West Brom in the FA Cup on Tuesday, bottom club Queens Park Rangers travel to manager Harry Redknapp's former club West Ham.
QPR will hope to hand a debut to French striker Loic Remy, who has revealed that a games console session with Malaysian chairman Tony Fernandes helped persuade him to join the London club from Marseille.
"It was a special moment that followed our chat about QPR," Remy told the club Web site.
"We just played a game of FIFA — it was good and showed to me what a good person Tony is. He showed his human side to me as an owner of the club I wanted to join. It was a special moment for us both," he said.


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Mount Union College to Present Award Winning Play "Proof"
April 22, 2010
The Mount Union College Department of Theatre will present the David Auburn Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play "Proof."
The show, directed by R.H. Roggenkamp, Jr, professor of theatre at the College, will premier Thursday, October 5 at 8 p.m. in the Rodman Playhouse with shows to follow on Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7.
'Proof' tells the story of a troubled young woman, Catherine, who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions, the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's. Hal has come to Catherine in hopes of finding valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind.
The long weekend brings a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook. The surprising events draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness-or genius-will she inherit?
The cast includes Catherine, played by junior Jillian Stelzner of Pittsburgh, PA; Claire, played by junior Kelly M.J. Andrews of North Canton, OH; Robert, played by junior David Jackson Shaker Heights, OH and Hal, played by junior Michael Vince of Wintersville, OH.
Costume design is by Deborah Lotsof, associate professor of theatre with scenic and lighting design by Roggenkamp.


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By CHUCK PLEINESS, @wingsfrontman
DETROIT � Simply put, Cory Emmerton was a victim of a numbers game.
The Wings placed the fourth-line center on waivers Sunday to trim $533,333 off their salary cap.
�In order to get cap compliant this is one move we had to make,� Wings general manager Ken Holland said in a phone interview Sunday after the move. �First off, let�s see if he clears. If he clears we know what he can do. If he�s claimed he�s off the books, if he�s not claimed we have the ability to send him down.�
If Emmerton, 25, isn�t claimed before noon on Monday the Wings plan to send in to Grand Rapids.
Holland also said that Darren Helm (back) will be placed on long-term injured reserve to begin the season, which sheds another $2.125 million off the salary cap.
�He�s played one game in 18 months, he�s just starting to get up and running,� Holland said. �He�s had a couple of practices but it�s going to take a while.�
The Wings are currently three players over the roster size of 26 and roughly $2.4 million over the salary cap.
Those two moves help get them under the cap, but another player move still needs to be made and they have many options.
Patrick Eaves (sprained MCL and ankle), Jonas Gustavsson (groin) and Jordin Tootoo (shoulder) all are sidelined with injuries.
Eaves and Gustavsson appear headed to the IR, but it�s not determined if it�ll be long-term or short-term stints for them. Both will be re-examined by doctors Monday.
Tootoo is the closest to returning, but he could also begin the season on short-term IR.
Players placed on short-term injured reserve (minimum seven days) provide no cap relief, but it does open up a roster spot, while long-term trips (minimum 10 games and 24 days) provide cap relief.
If the Wings place Gustavsson on short-term IR, they�ll need to free up more cap space because his $1.5 million salary will count against cap and Petr Mrazek�s salary of $790,000 would also count.
That scenario would more than likely get Gustav Nyquist sent to Grand Rapids to begin the season, at least temporarily. His cap his is $950,000. Nyquist and Danny DeKeyser are both exempt from having to clear waivers to go back to the minors.
�Tomorrow we�ll assess what other moves we have to make,� said Holland, who added no one else will be placed on waivers.
Rosters must be set by 5 p.m. on Monday. The Wings open the season Wednesday at home against the Buffalo Sabres.
Joakim Andersson will be the team�s third-line center until Helm returns. Riley Sheahan or Luke Glendening could serve as the fourth-line center until Helm gets back.
�In the short term we�ll be a little challenged (at center) until Helm gets back,� Holland said.
The Wings hope Emmerton, who was taken 41st overall in the 2006 draft, clears waivers to provide depth in the organization. In parts of three seasons he had 12 goals and seven assists in 121 games.
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Do top-down and bottom-up controls interact to exclude nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria from the plankton of estuaries? An exploration with a simulation model", Biogeochemistry, vol. 46, p. 203-231, 1999., "
Ecological and biogeochemical interactions constrain planktonic nitrogen fixation in estuaries", Ecosystems, vol. 5, p. 719-724, 2002., "
Ecological constraints on planktonic nitrogen fixation in saline estuaries: I. Nutrients and trophic controls", Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., vol. 309, p. 25-39, 2006., "
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Sulfate inhibition of molybdenum-dependent nitrogen fixation by planktonic cyanobacteria under seawater conditions: A non-reversible effect", Hydrobiologia, vol. 500, p. 277-293, 2003., "


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Federal authorities have dropped their investigation into one of the sexual abuse claims that cost a Syracuse assistant basketball coach his job and threw a top-ranked team into turmoil.
After a probe spanning nearly a year, US Attorney Richard Hartunian said Friday there was not enough evidence to support claims that Bernie Fine had molested a boy in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room.
''The nature and seriousness of these allegations, which involved conduct typically committed in private with individuals who are reluctant to come forward, warranted a thorough federal investigation,'' Hartunian said.
It wasn't clear yet whether Fine, 66, could get his job back.
Two former ball boys, Bobby Davis and Michael Lang, came forward Nov. 17 and accused Fine of fondling them when they were teens.
Ten days later, a third man, 23-year-old Zachary Tomaselli, of Lewiston, Maine, went public with an accusation that Fine had molested him in 2002 in a hotel room when the team played in Pittsburgh.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky goes into the SEC Tournament in Nashville Friday night and coach John Calipari says his team has something to prove. "Believe me, individuals and as a team we have a lot to prove. I keep telling them lets worry about us, play at our best and see what that means."
In the quarterfinals in Bridgestone Arena, UK will play the winner of Thursday's game between Arkansas and Vanderbilt. Kentucky is the No. 2 seed in the tournament and come off a season ending upset of Florida. The Cats know they've reverted at times, losing at Arkansas and Georgia after upsetting Missouri. Freshman Willie Cauley-Stein doesn't know if his team will revert again. "I couldn't answer that now, I couldn't answer that now. We've been here before like this, so I'm not even gonna try to answer it now."
Calipari gave his team just one day off and practiced Monday. Sophomore Kyle Wiltjer, who's suffering through a shooting slump, said no one can let up. "Not letting up and holding guys accountable. That's the main thing in practice every day and then hopefully, to keep translating into the games."
The Cats are still fighting for an NCAA bid. Kentucky is a young squad that lost its best player. Calipari said his team is good enough and has accomplished a lot. "At the end of the day, you look back to all thats happened to this team. To be where we are, second place, have the most wins against the top six teams, us and Florida. What? What just happened? Looking at guys playing, we're just hanging around and that's what we want to do."
SEC Tournament coverage on WKYT begins Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. with a preview hosted by Kyle Macy and Rob Bromley. Kentucky's quarterfinal game against either Arkansas or Vanderbilt will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Coverage will begin with Wildcat Warmup at 7:00 p.m.


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Former fighters find hope through skills training in NepalNov 23, 2011
Nepalgunj - Bimala Ramjali was only 14 years old when her sister brought her to join the Maoist fighters, a group of communist insurgents in Nepal's decade-long war that claimed 13,000 lives. Now 28, with a two-year-old daughter playing at her feet, she talks about her family and her new beauty parlor business.
"I was brought by my sister to the Maoist Army involuntarily," she says when asked why she joined the militia. "And when I tried to leave, my sister brought me back."
Bimala Ramjali (or just Bimala, as she prefers to be called) is one of about 4,000 former Maoist fighters—many of them recruited as minors— who are participating in a UN programme to teach them new skills and reintegrate them into civilian life.
As part of its reintegration initiative, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnered with Bheri Technical School in 2010 to train these former combatants in basic and middle level technical skills like mobile phone repair, motorcycle maintenance, and hairdressing.
Bimala is one of the hundreds of Nepali women who studied to become a beautician for four months before starting her own small business. Thus far, 900 have graduated from the school and 65 percent of them have been offered jobs.
When asked what her hopes are for her young daughter, Bimala's face lights up and she says: "A good future."
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and HRK Crown Prince Haakon of Norway met today with Bamila and other graduates of the school, and toured portions of the training facilities as part of their joint official visit to Nepal. Helen Clark stressed that programmes like these are crucial to build a better future for the Nepalese.
After the conflict that began in 1996, the Government and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) signed a Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006. As part of this agreement, among other roles, the United Nations–including UNDP—supported the registration and verification of Maoist army personnel, and later supported the rehabilitation of verified minors and late-recruits.


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RENO, NV - As four families struggle to put their lives back together, and students try to understand why one of their classmates opened fire in the school yard Monday, a lot of people throughout the community are looking for way to help.
One common way strangers help each other during times of tragedy is through a memorial fund.
"There are people all over the place who have huge hearts and want to make a difference," Chris Askin, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Western Nevada, said. "So when a family is hurt and people are hurting badly now, you want to reach out and help."
Which is what several people and businesses have started to do in the wake of the deadly Sparks Middle School shooting.
Car washes, ticket raffles, even reports of a charity out of Florida have all surfaced online.
But Askin says, while he doesn't want to discourage those efforts, they have one flaw.
"A lack of transparency. An honest person, if they receive a $180 in gifts in a jar on a counter would bring that to somebody where it can be used. But there have been some situations where there's been egregious use of charitable dollars for personal use."
Like in 2012, when someone set up a false Pay Pal account after two officers were killed in the line of duty in Kansas.
The good news is there are ways to make sure the money you give is going to the right place.
"One is donate to a charity," Askin said. "Charities have to file tax returns and receipt gifts. If you are giving through an individual or community fund raising effort, just make sure you know the people and really trust the people you're giving through."
Askin says he know of at least three possibly fraudulent funds set up already to help the Sparks shooting victims.
He says in this case, be wary of fundraisers asking for donations of any kind. After a tragedy like this, Askin said, money should be the only thing collected.
His organization is working with the Washoe County School District to manage a fund called the SMS Compassion Fund. All the money will be used to help all victims and their families start the recovery process.
To contribute to the SMS Compassion fund:
Donate online at nevadafund.org;
Call the Community Foundation of Western Nevada at 775-333-5499;
Mail a check to the SMS Compassion Fund at CFWN to: 1885 S. Arlington Ave., Suite 103 Reno, NV 89509. Please reference SMS Compassion Fund.


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In a 2003 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold affirmative action and said it expected that in 25 years, "the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary." The court will hear a case involving race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas in the fall.
Affirmative Action: Is It Still Necessary?
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The Kiddie Academy of Crystal Lake, 720 Cog Circle, celebrated their opening with a ribbon cutting. Pictured (from left) are: Jenna Flores, Emily Montemayor, Jesus Montemayor, Gloria Montemayor, Kelli Figurski, Krystal Montemayor , James Richter II, and Alexis Montemayor. The boys (from left) are: Benjamin Botti, Emmanuel Botti and Nicholas Botti.


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By Amir Iliaifar (Digital Trends)
Jan 21 2012
Officials from Russia's Space Agency, Roscosmos, are reportedly in talks with Europe's ESA and NASA over possibly establishing a collective research base on–or above– the moon.
According to Russian news site RIA Novosti, while the country intends on making the moon its focal point, Russia's plans calls for more than merely putting boots on the lunar surface. According to Roscosmos chief, Vladimir Popovkin, that leaves only two options: "setup a base on the Moon, or launch a station to orbit around it."
"We don't want the man to just step on the Moon," Popovkin stated in an interview with Russian radio station Vesti FM.
He went on to add, "Today, we know enough about it, we know that there is water in its polar areas," he said of the moon, adding "we are now discussing how to begin exploration with NASA and the European Space Agency."
While Russia's attempt to establish a base on the moon might seem new, it isn't. During the late 1950's Soviet and US. Scientists first began discussing the possibility of establishing a permanent manned outpost, but as the Cold War drew on, those plans never went any further.
Given the decades worth of both scientific and military competitiveness between the U.S. and Russia (and Soviet Union before that), not to mention the sometimes icy current relations between the superpowers, it's encouraging to see Russia wanting to cooperate more readily with the United States on matters regarding outer space–especially since officials over at Roscosmos recently suggested that the U.S. could be to blame for the program's recent difficulties in regards to its failed $170 million scientific probe headed towards a moon of Mars.
Given that NASA has more recently focused its attentions on Mars and left exploration and researchof the moon to the growing private space exploration and development sector, it's hard to tell whether such a grand endeavor will indeed come to fruition.


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DETROIT – It's official, the Detroit Red Wings are heading the NHL's Eastern Conference.
"That's great news," forward Daniel Cleary said. "Everyone should be happy, especially in Detroit."
The NHL's board of governors approved the new four-division realignment plan, which will take effect next season, that will have the Wings playing in a Division with three Original Six teams, Boston, Montreal and Toronto, along with Ottawa, Buffalo, Florida and Tampa Bay.
"I like the travel," Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "Some of my favorite cities in the world are Toronto, Boston and Montreal."
Columbus will also move from the West to the East, which will house of 16 of the league's 30 teams.
"That's going to be pretty cool," defenseman Brendan Smith said. "The travel schedule is always tough on us because we're having to travel so far a lot of times. It seems like we should be in the East.
"For me, to get to play Toronto more because it's back home that's pretty cool," Smith continued. "I think some people think after you watch the game and turn off the TV you're done. We maybe have an eight hour trip home. There is a lot of wear and tear on the body."
The other divisions would look this this: Division A (Anaheim, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose and Vancouver); Division B (Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis and Winnipeg); Division D (Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington).
"We've traveled back and forth, across the United States quite a bit," goalie Jimmy Howard said. "To move to the East I think that would be a lot of fun to play a lot of games in the Eastern Time Zone. It would be great for our fans too, not having to stay up until all hours of the night to watch us. I think the travel sometimes takes years off of all of our lives. It's one of those things that you have to deal with."
The Wings will be in Division C. Permanent names for the divisions will be given at a later date.
"Anybody that's played in Detroit understands the rigors of going out west, and the hard part is coming home, when you lose that much time," Cleary said. "We have one team in our conference in our time zone. It's taxing but we've been doing it for a lot of years. It would be great to move over."
The playoffs will consist of 16 teams, eight in each conference. It will be division based and a wild card system will be added.
Also, there will be home and away games against each team in the other conference.
"That way all the fans get to see the Crosbys, the Datsyuks and the Zetterbergs," Kronwall said.
Currently, the style of hockey in the East seems more wide open whereas in the West it's more a grind-out kind of game.
"It won't be hard to adjust to it at all," Cleary said. "It's not like we're going to a harder conference, no offense. It's different conferences. I don't want to say one is easier than the other all I know is the West is a tough Conference. I've never played in the East so take that for what it's worth."
A Western Conference team has won the Cup in four out of the past six seasons.
"You see in the East there are a lot of high scoring games," Smith said. "In the West it's all low scoring and close one- or two-goal games. The styles are different. It won't be hard to adjust. We just have to play our style and our team likes to dictate the game anyway."
The plan will be re-evaluated after the 2015-16 season.
Last year, the Board of Governors approved a switch to four seven- or eight-team conferences, but the players' association refused to agree to the change.
That proposal so the Wings in an eight-team conference, along with current Central Division foes Chicago, Columbus, Nashville and St. Louis, while adding Dallas, Minnesota and Winnipeg to the mix.


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Jamie Bryant enters his second season with the University of Houston football program and first as the team's defensive coordinator. Bryant played a huge role in the development of the Houston defense in 2011 and helped mentor a group of starting linebackers that earned numerous honors in 2011.
In fact each starter at linebacker enjoyed an honor of some sort this season. Marcus McGraw was once again an All-Conference USA selection and finished his career at Houston's all-time leader in tackles (510), while freshman Derrick Mathews was named to the C-USA All-Freshmen squad, accumulating 106 total stops and 10 tackles for loss. Senior Sammy Brown finished his senior season with 13.5 sacks (No. 2 all-time in UH history) and his 30 tackles for loss were the top total in college football this year. Brown, a junior college transfer, also earned First Team All-C-USA honors and Third Team All-America honors in 2011. The fourth starter, Phillip Steward, was one of college football's top coverage linebackers and picked off six passes, which was tops in the NCAA among linebackers. He added his sixth interception in the 2012 TicketCity Bowl victory against Penn State. The six INTs is also among the Top 10 all-time in UH single-season history.
"I am so pleased we were able to retain Jamie as our defensive coordinator," Head Coach Tony Levine said. "He had some tremendous opportunities, but Houston is where he wants to be. Jamie has experience as a defensive coordinator in the Southeastern Conference from his time at Vanderbilt and he has a great track record of recruiting and developing players. This was just his first season on our staff, but as we saw, the improvement shown by our defense this year was significant."
Houston's top four linebackers each led the team in tackles, with both the senior McGraw (141) and the true freshman Mathews (106) eclipsing the century mark. Overall that starting collection had 62.5 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks and 10 interceptions, well up from the 2010 starting linebacker totals of 43.0 TFLs, 11.5 sacks and four INTs.
"I'm honored to have this opportunity to work with our entire defense here at Houston," Bryant said. "First and foremost the opportunity for my family to remain in this city was important. We love the city of Houston and the family atmosphere that has been created on campus and within our athletics department should not be undervalued. Over the past year I have developed tremendous relationships with the student-athletes in our program, the coaches on our staff and of course Coach Levine, so those relationships, coupled with the relationships we have built in the high school community and around our university mean so much to my family and me."
Prior to his time at UH Bryant was the defensive coordinator at Vanderbilt University. The Fredericktown, Ohio, native tutored Vanderbilt's first-ever All-American defensive back in D.J. Moore in 2008. He also produced All-SEC defensive backs in three consecutive years -- Moore in 2008, Myron Lewis in 2009 and Casey Hayward in 2010. Hayward led the SEC in passes defended and ranked second in interceptions. Moore and Lewis were also NFL draftees, with Moore selected in the fourth round in 2009 and Lewis in the third round a year later.
"I'm excited," UH returner Phillip Steward said. "He will make our defense more physical and more aggressive than it has ever been before, so as a defender I'm looking forward to it."
In addition to Lewis and Moore, Bryant had two other players on NFL rosters at the beginning of the 2010 season -- Ryan Hamilton with Philadelphia and Reshard Langford in Kansas City.
Prior to Vanderbilt, Bryant was a defensive graduate assistant at North Carolina for the 2001 season alongside former Vanderbilt head coach Robbie Caldwell. That year, an aggressive defense helped the Tar Heels win seven of their final nine regular-season games, including impressive routs of ACC foes Florida State and Clemson, before defeating Auburn in the Peach Bowl.
Bryant entered the collegiate coaching ranks in 1997 as outside linebackers coach at Clarion. He spent three seasons with the Eagles and his duties evolved to secondary coach and special teams coordinator for his final two seasons. Before embarking on his 16-year college career, he coached for five seasons at the high school level in Ohio. Bryant was a three-year letterwinner at Ohio Wesleyan. He earned a B.S. in Economics Management in 1993.
Bryant and his wife, Elisa, are the parents of three sons, Luke, Jake and Josh.
Birthdate: Oct. 1, 1969 Hometown: Fredericktown, Ohio Family: Wife, Elisa; Sons, Luke, Jake and Josh
High School: Fredericktown College: Ohio Wesleyan `93 bachelor's degree in economics management
Coaching Experience
2012- Houston Defensive Coordinator 2011 Houston Linebackers 2009-10 Vanderbilt University Defensive Coordinator Secondary Coach 2008 Vanderbilt University Special Teams Coordinator Secondary Coach 2002-07 Vanderbilt University Secondary Coach 2001 University of North Carolina Defensive Graduate Assistant 2000 Saint Francis University Defensive Coordinator Secondary Coach 1998-99 Clarion University Secondary 1997 Clarion University Outside Linebackers 1996 Anderson High School Tight Ends 1993-95 East Clinton High School Head Coach 1992 Hayes High School Offensive / Defensive Line
Postseason Experience
2012 TicketCity Bowl (Houston) 2008 Gaylord Hotels Music City (Vanderbilt) 2001 Peach (North Carolina)
Playing History
1990-93 Ohio Wesleyan


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Two women were sitting next to each other at a bar.
After awhile, one looks at the other and says,
'I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland ..'
The other woman responds proudly, 'Yes, that I am!'
The first one say s, 'So am I! And where about from Ireland might you be'?
The other woman answers, 'I'm from Dublin , I am.'
The first one responds, 'So, am I. Sure and what street did you live on in Dublin ?'
The other woman says, 'A lovely little area it was.
I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town.'
The first one says, 'Faith and it's a small world.
So did I! So did I! And to what school would you have been going?'
The other woman answers, 'Well now, I went to St. Mary's, of course.'
The first one gets really excited and says,
'And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?'
The other woman answers, 'Well, now, let's see. I graduated in 1964.
The first woman exclaims, 'The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us!
I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same pub tonight.
Can you believe it, I graduated from St. Mary's in 1964 my own self!'
About this time, Vicky walks into the bar, sits down and orders a beer.
Brian, the bartender, walks over to Vicky, shaking his head and mutters,
'It's going to be a long night tonight.'
Vicky asks, ' Why do you say that, Brian?'
Brian answers, 'The McLaughlin twins are drunk again.'


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Years, nay, decades ago in the previous century when I was just a lad, I remember we received a newspaper in elementary school called My Weekly Reader.
Years, nay, decades ago in the previous century when I was just a lad, I remember we received a newspaper in elementary school called My Weekly Reader.
About the only thing I remember reading in that publication long, long ago was an article that predicted some day we would be able to talk on the telephone and see the person we would be talking to on a TV screen. It would even work on long-distance calls, supposedly.
That would happen soon, according to the article.
Well, I lived in a home that had a party line, so use of the phone was rare. Rarer still was a long-distance call to relatives. Long-distance was expensive, for you got charged by the minute. Consequently, long-distance calls in our house were infrequent, short and limited to emergency situations. To communicate, we would write letters and mail them. I think stamps were 3 cents apiece back in those days.
Over the years, I would from time to time read again in a newspaper about the possibility of combining television and telephoning. I pooh-poohed the idea.
I became aware a few years ago that people were using their computers to talk long-distance. Then I started hearing about something called Skype.
On Wednesday, for the first time in my six-decade-long life, I talked to someone while looking at her on a telephone.
It was a smartphone, of some sort, the property of a co-worker at the retail establishment where I work by day.
We get an afternoon coffee break of 15 minutes, and Wednesday when I went into the breakroom, one of my co-workers was talking to her telephone, which was on the table. I sat down next to her, began reading a magazine and also listened to her because I am a reporter and I am nosy. She kept talking to her phone and her phone talked back.
"What are you doing?" I whispered, as I tore an article about the new British baby prince from the magazine and handed it to her.
"I'm talking to my mom," she said.
My co-worker is from Northern Ireland, so I asked where her mother was.
"In Belfast," she said, moving the phone so it faced me. "Mom, this is R.D. He just gave me an article about the new prince."
The cute little lady in the telephone picture, which was a moving picture, giggled and said in a distinctly British accent, "Hi, R.D."
"Hi," I said. "I've never talked to anyone on a phone like this before, and you're in Belfast. I am going to brag about this when I get back to Rolla."
About that time, my supervisor told me to come sit by her and say hi to her nephew. Turns out he's a toddler in South Carolina. I talked to him but he just looked back at my face in his phone, mystified by the big-faced bearded man that was talking to him.
I felt the world shrinking just a little bit, but then I thought, "What an amazing world we live in."
When I was in high school, we landed some men on the moon. When we did, I talked to my Grandpa about the first time he saw a car and the first time he saw an airplane fly overhead.
Think of the changes that have been wrought in just two overlapping lifetimes, Grandpa's and mine. When they were young marrieds, Grandpa and Grandma lived in a log house with no plumbing, no electricity, no telephone or television. They later lived in a house Grandpa built. It was electrified before I came along, but I remember when it got plumbing. I remember when telephone lines were run, and they got a phone in the house.
Now, I carry a phone around in my pocket. It's just a Tracphone, good only for quick calls to my wife, kids and parents. I finally figured out how to text. Grandpa and Grandma would have no idea what "texting" means.
And I have friends who can talk to their people in other states and countries. And see them! Moreover, they don't have to worry about long-distance charges like my parents did when they called relatives.
My life overlaps my grandchildren's lives. Maybe they'll ask me about watching the moon landing on television. Maybe they'll ask me about the first time I talked to someone on a smartphone.
I wonder what changes they will see by the time their lives are six-decades-long.
Thinking about that makes me shudder.
R.D. Hohenfeldt, a Georgia native, has lived in Rolla since way back in '84 in the previous century. Currently, he writes regular columns for OzarksAlmanac.com, ozarksalmanac.blogspot.com and occasional columns on the registered forums of Smoker-Builder.com. On the night shift, he helps cover Rolla city and school government for The Rolla Daily News. To register a complaint with the editor about something R.D. has written, e-mail your comments to firstname.lastname@example.com. To write to R.D. directly, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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|View Poll Results: Hyouka - Episode 21 Rating
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|2012-09-10, 11:49
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
She did key animation on Haruhi, the Haruhi movie, Clannad, Lucky Star, and K-On, then moved up to doing direction/storyboarding on K-On2 and Nichijou.
The overall director of this show is TAKEMOTO Yasuhiro, who did Full Metal Panic, most of Lucky Star, and the Haruhi movie.
|2012-09-10, 13:04
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Spineless Main Character
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Anywhere & Everywhere
Where to start?
Very nice episode. Satoshi has an interesting dilemma. He became happy by going neutral, leaving winning and losing behind. I think Satoshi will eventually be happier when he can conquer issues of obsession and not feel the need to run away from it or suppress the feelings. It is a hard lesson for a kid his age to master. He can imagine how different things could be and possibly how much happier he could be. But until Satoshi settles a few things internally, he will keep his "Mayaka problem."
Oreki is a good friend who gave Satoshi some space with sending Chitanda off and buying some time. But what struck me is for all of Oreki's Batman mental processing, Satoshi's explanation and/or nature was something Oreki could not fully understand. For a guy that can be given a small piece of a matter and work his way through mazes of questions and doubts, it seems like Satoshi is even a mystery to him. The old Oreki probably could have understood Satoshi better.
The captures of certain moments in the episode made me chuckle because I was aware of the quality of what I was watching. But looking at those captures made me appreciate it more after the fact.
|2012-09-10, 13:40
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I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
I can certainly sympathize with Satoshi's decision to just indulge his whim and not try to be the best. (Isn't that a pointless, silly ambition anyway, for almost anyone except a handful of Olympic athletes?)
But I'm not sure I understand why Mayaka scares him. What's he afraid of? Trying to hard to be the best boyfriend ever? Becoming so obsessed with her he turns into a creepy stalker?
|2012-09-10, 13:56
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
He's afraid that by becoming serious about her, he'll lapse into his old "try too hard" mode in everything else. She doesn't fit with his "don't give a damn" life model. In a way, it could be interpreted as a sign of his affection for her that he doesn't want to be in a relationship with her if he can't commit himself fully to it.
That said, he's really kidding himself that he can will himself into being something he isn't. Caring isn't something you can turn on and off like a faucet, and he's obviously a person that cares (it leaks out from time to time, like at Kanya Festa). He'll figure that out eventually, but it seems quite fitting that he could be delusional and take the easy way out (avoidance) with Mayaka. Although he's certainly the most self-aware person in the cast, he's still a 16 year-old kid.
|2012-09-10, 15:32
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|2012-09-10, 16:01
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The way it seems to me, Satoshi used to be one of those people who obsesses over everything. We saw the flashback in the arcade, when he was obsessed with winning video games and acted like a complete arse if he lost.
But I think he must have realised that this was bad, and decided to try and reform his character by not allowing himself to get obsessed with things.
So now he's worried that if he does start going out with Mayaka, he could get as obsessed with her as he was about other things.
He could become a creepy stalker. He could become unpleasantly possessive.
An obsessive relationship wouldn't end well for either of them.
|2012-09-10, 16:08
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 27
Oh my. It seems that this episode serves as a nice follow-up to the Kanya Festival arc with regards to Satoshi's characterization. In fact, it outright states his personality issues, which the aforementioned arc only alluded to.
It definitely looks like he's given up at this point, which is understandable when faced with insurmountable gaps in talent. This is actually a relatively common thing in society today, so I can more or less get a good idea of the feelings behind his actions. As a means of protecting himself from his own inferiority complex, he basically stopped caring or, as I like to call it, "wallowing in his own mediocrity". This means that the laid back, cheerfully self-deprecating Satoshi we've come to be familiar with was nothing more than an act. It's just his way of coping with a harsh reality.
Unfortunately, there are several cracks in the mask he went though all the trouble of making. It would be fine if he was able to integrate the mask into himself completely, but that is not the case here. By his own permission, his competitive nature still remains strong behind his self-handicapping facade as seen in the Kanya Festival arc. Now, this episode presents Mayaka as the biggest threat to Satoshi's mask. Ironically, I'd say that his actions were his way of being nice to Mayaka. It could of course be seen as cruel, but it was what he believed to be the best way of rejecting her feelings without actually doing so. Still, I can't deny that his motivations were ultimately self-serving. After all, pursuing his feelings would mean stepping out his comfort zone, his bubble of self-induced apathy.
If you ask me though, I think Satoshi here is remarkably similar to Houtarou back during the earlier episodes. Like Satoshi, Houtarou also protected himself through self-handicapping, alongside adopting a convenient way of looking at things (energy-conservation). However, at a certain point, Houtarou became more confident in himself and has since then managed to take on a healthier way of looking at life. It wasn't easy, but with some prodding from the other characters, he was able to escape his cycle of learned helplessness. On the other hand, it's not as simple as a lack of confidence in Satoshi's case. He is likely to remain inferior for the rest of his life, so the important thing for him now is to simply embrace reality for what it is, which he did by calling Mayaka at the end.
|2012-09-10, 16:22
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 26
This is such a stunning episode, with a fantastic use of symbolism and emotional portrayal. From the very beginning everything's set up well.
Fukube from the start never had a solid reason for turning Mayaka's chocolates away in middle school. Even at that point you can tell that he's put up a barrier of sorts- a big one.
When Houtarou gripped Chitanda's arm instinctively, it's evident he wanted to protect her from knowing the truth. However, from Chitanda's overly curious nature he had to resort to lying to her to cover it up.
All throughout the series it's been shown that Fukube has a "won't lose" nature, but this is the first time they've come out and said it. The bit at the arcade was good, showing that Fukube's matured since then, but something's still tugging at him. There's this forced feeling to how he accepted his defeat, definitely.
Mayaka hearing the chocolates were gone was one hell of a powerful scene. Already at this point she knows Fukube's rejected her once again, and the way she tips her head slowly in the dark spot has impact. She even says "it does sting a little, though...", and it would.
The best moment though is when Houtarou was nearing the end of his deduction. The instant he broke that chocolate on the table, he smashed up all of Mayaka's work (and symbolically, her own heart), and damn. Even loved how Houtarou had the balls to threaten Fukube for his heartless actions.
There's finally the clever bit at the end when Fukube finally calls Mayaka while Houtarou claims his chocolate is bitter. Fantastic use of direction, I loved every moment of it.
|2012-09-10, 17:12
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Guess what time it is?
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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The difference of course is that she's joking.
|2012-09-10, 17:14
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Spherical Cow
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Location: In a vacuum
Age: 29
|2012-09-10, 17:30
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Graphic Designer
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Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
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|2012-09-10, 19:31
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Puyallup, WA
As always for Hyouka, this episode did a major tug on the heart strings, in multiple directions at once.
Not only did we get to see the fun interactions beween Chintada and Oreki as they continue with their slow and careful relationship dance, we got to see all the loverly fireworks between our two more outgoing club members.
As many others have pointed out, the character development in this show is simply top notch.
And know for something different, did anybody else catch the mess up in the next episode titles?
Normally, at least as far as Hyouka, Mazui's subs have been very good, with Commie running a distant second.
I routinely watch both to for the different nuances that they come up with for the same scenes and I have to admit I prefer Mazui's the most.
But this time I was surprised by the way both got the preview title wrong.
The Japanese itself is Tomawari suru Hina. Tomawari being detour and Hina being doll. Yet Mazui translates it as Chicks on a detour and Commie as Doll in the distance. I have to admit I spent almost 2 hours working on it, but it should be Doll that made a detour. The part that drove me crazy was the Hina. Its a weird version thats part of the kanji for Hina Asobi, the doll festival and none of my books actually have it in it.
|2012-09-10, 19:56
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Anime Snark
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Location: Singapore
Age: 35
|2012-09-10, 20:00
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Spherical Cow
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Location: In a vacuum
Age: 29
|2012-09-10, 20:40
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Waiting for more taiyuki!
Join Date: Jan 2004
|2012-09-10, 20:46
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Emerald City
"雛" is a double meaning word for both chick and doll,
question: during Mayaka's fantasy sequence, she said she will read a book to Satoshi while force feed him chocolate, anyone got the name of the book?
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|2012-09-10, 20:49
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Spherical Cow
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Absolutely no other possibilities that can occur?
|2012-09-10, 21:13
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Waiting for more taiyuki!
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Take Five
Visiting the finely tuned jazz great Dave Brubeck
By Wendy Carlson (video below)
Dave Brubeck quite possibly could have ended up roping cattle instead of composing some of the most memorable pieces in the history of jazz. The legendary pianist credited with crossover, mainstream songs like "The Duke" and "In Your Own Sweet Way" celebrates his 90th birthday this year. But his life did not always flow as mellifluously as his music. "There were many years it was very, very rough. I remember my dad saying to me, 'You can always come home,'" says Brubeck, at home in his sun-filled studio in Wilton.
Brubeck's father managed a California cattle farm, setting aside four cows for his youngest son to tend after he graduated from grammar school. Brubeck Sr.'s intention was that his son would return one day to the ranch. At times, with money tight and a family to raise, ranching seemed to Dave a promising alternative to the relentless grind of road tours. But once the Dave Brubeck Quartet released the 1959 album "Time Out," which fast became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, life as a cattle hand had long faded away.
For more than 70 years, Brubeck has been making jazz. He continues to compose and perform with the latest incarnation of his quartet in such venues as the Ravinia Jazz Festival in Chicago and up in Kent at this year's Litchfield Jazz Festival, August 6-8, which is dedicated to him. A documentary on his life produced by jazz enthusiast Clint Eastwood, and Bruce Ricker is scheduled to air on his birthday, December 6. "Ah, Eastwood," muses Brubeck. "He's been following me around since he was 15 years old."
Throughout his career Brubeck has won numerous national and international awards, including a Kennedy Center Honor last year for his lifetime contribution to American culture. Though the awards keep coming, for a few quiet minutes at his Wilton home, Brubeck sits reposed in front of one of his two 1949 concert grand Baldwins, reflecting on the future of jazz and his contributions to the genre.
Best known for his innovative, odd-time signatures in pieces like "Take Five," written by the Quartet's late saxphonist Paul Desmond, Brubeck's later contributions to jazz have been equally creative. There's the jazz opera, Cannery Row Suite, based on John Steinbeck's classic American novel, and a composition set to the photography of Ansel Adams.
"When I was in college, one of my favorite professors used to say, 'We are the sum of our past.' I am not the same person who sat down to compose 50 years ago. Back then, I would not have had the background in composition or an understanding of photography or Ansel Adam's life and his devotion to nature to have written such a piece."
With the Dave Brubeck Quartet, whose current members include Bobby Militello, Randy Jones, and Michael Moore, Brubeck continues improvising, giving old tunes a fresh start. He keeps tabs on young jazz pianists such as Taylor Eigsti and Liam Noble, who are charting new territory, and supports emerging musicians through the Brubeck Institute at his California alma mater, University of the Pacific.
Regrettably, the music industry is less receptive to jazz than it was in the 1950s, admits Brubeck. Nevertheless, the medium is firmly embedded in the fabric of our culture in ways we might not even realize. "If you go to a big-league football game, there's often a band playing some jazz during half-time, or during a Broadway play there's often jazz influences. If you just go to a movie and there's a chase scene, usually there's some wonderful jazz music leading you on that chase."
As Brubeck sees it, there will always be a jazz audience as well as an audience that doesn't appreciate jazz until they really listen and the light suddenly goes on. "On the college level, it's gone from rejecting jazz to respecting it," he says. "You can get a degree in jazz music now in many great music schools." As for the California ranch? "Well," says Brubeck, as he runs his fingers over the piano keys, "that's long gone."


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Ask Slashdot: Will Cars Eventually Need a Do-Not-Track Option? 170
Nerval's Lobster writes "Earlier this month, a very public argument erupted between Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and New York Times reporter John Broder, who claimed in a Feb. 8 column that his electric-powered Model S sedan had ground to a halt on a lonely stretch of Connecticut highway, starved for power. Musk retaliated by publishing the data from Broder's test drive, which suggested the reporter had driven the vehicle at faster speeds than he had claimed in the article (which would have drained the battery at a quicker rate) and failed to fully charge the car at available stations. Musk seems to have let the whole thing drop, but the whole brouhaha raises a point that perhaps deserves further exploration: the rising use of sensors in cars, and whether an automobile company—or any other entity, for that matter—has the right to take data from those sensors and use it for their own ends without the owner's permission. (For his part, Musk has claimed that Tesla only turns on data logging with 'explicit written permission from customers.') What do you think, Slashdot? Do we need the equivalent of a 'Do-Not-Track' option for cars?"


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Submission + - Icelandic Pirate Party received 3 members of parlament
Thorhs writes: According to preliminary results (all votes counted, no official word yet) the Icelandic Pirarte Party was able to secure 3 members of the national parlament, first PP to reach a national parlament. Things were hairy during the election night when the PP lost all their MPs when they dropped below the 5% barrier 'needed' in the somewhat complex election system. Thankfully they managed to slip back up above, ending up with 5.1% of the total votes. The old 'crash parties', the ones in charge before our epic financial crash, (Independent and Progressive parties) are the prime candidates to form a new government with just over 51% of the votes, but 40 of 63 seats. RUV (icelandic) has good coverate, while BBC has some info in english.


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Black & Minority Health Fair
The core goal of the health fair is to increase minority awareness of chronic diseases, and how to prevent them. Increasing minority awareness of diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and cancer is not just the goal of the Office of Minority Health or of the Health Fair. The goal is also at the heart of the Indiana State Department of Health's mission, which is to support Indiana's economic prosperity and quality of life by promoting, protecting and providing for the health of Hoosiers in their communities.
Identifying and assessing the health needs of minority populations who experience problems in gaining access to preventive and basic health care helps all of Indiana's citizens.
By tracking self-reported race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health behaviors and risk factors researchers can determine causative agents or reasons that morbidity, chronic illness, and mortality differ between particular racial and ethnic subgroups. This allows state health representatives to formulate programs to address these health disparities.
INShape Indiana Black & Minority Health Fair works towards raising public awareness of the health issues that disproportionately affect minorities. The event allows the state to collect important data on at-risk populations, educating pharmaceutical companies on how to better serve the minority community, and, most importantly, postively impacting the health and well being of the Hoosiers who attend.


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Ongoing: St. Augustine Outlet Market
A new arts and farmers market will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Friday through Sunday at 1965 State Road 16. Arts and crafts vendors, fresh produce, prepared foods, a community garage sale and a kids fun zone will be featured. Call 315-6364 or go to www.staugoutletmarket.com.
Ongoing: St. Johns River Farmers Market
SWITZERLAND - The St. Johns River Farmers Market is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday in Alpine Groves Park, 2060 State Road 13, Switzerland, FL. Email St.JohnsRiver email@example.com.
Nov. 10: Computer Training Workshop
Two four-hour training sessions are planned for Nov. 10. The cost is $99. Go to www.computerworkshop staugustine.com. Seats are limited.
Nov. 14: West Augustine career fair
The West Augustine Community Redevelopment Agency will have its 2nd Annual West Augustine Career/Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Solomon Calhoun Center.
Call 545-6452 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Nov. 14: daVinciRobot demo
Dr. Steven Webb and Dr. Roland Powers will demonstrate the daVinciRobot from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Casa Monica, 95 Cordova St. The robot made by Intuitive Surgical is used by surgeons to provide minimally invasive surgical options.
Make reservations by calling 400-2872 or emailing email@example.com.
Nov. 16: Flagler County joint luncheon
PALM COAST - The Flagler County Chamber of Commerce & Affiliates and the Flagler County Department of Economic Opportunity will host their quarterly Unity in the Community Luncheon noon Friday at the Pine Course at The Grand Club, 400 Pine Lakes Parkway in Palm Coast. Guest speaker will be Howard Holley, president and chief executive of The Holley Group. Holley will provide an overview of the 2012 Economic Development Community Opinion Survey.
Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. with the program beginning at noon. The cost is $25 with advance payment and $35 at the door.
Reservations are requested by calling 386-437-0106 by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Nov. 17: Document shredding
Advanced Disposal Services Inc. and St. Johns County invite all businesses and residents within St. Johns County, St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach and Hastings, to celebrate America Recycles Day by showing their commitment to a cleaner and greener environment at the second annual document shredding and recycling event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Anastasia Square Shopping Center, on the corner of State Road 312 and State Road A1A.
Businesses and residents can bring up to three boxes of confidential documents for immediate on-site shredding.
Acceptable items for shredding and recycling include personal documents, business documents, white paper, colored paper, stapled documents, paper-clipped documents, file folders and envelopes. Items not accepted for shredding and recycling include 3-ring binders and cardboard.
Call 827-1005 or email email@example.com.
Nov. 17: Housing market seminar
A brunch and a tutorial on six key ways to prepare for putting a home on the market at 10 a.m. Nov. 17 at the Holiday Isle Oceanfront Resort, 860 A1A Beach Blvd. on St. Augustine Beach. Door prizes include almost $1,000 worth of services. The event is sponsored by The Marshall Stewart Group with Prudential Network Realty. Space is limited.
Reserve your spot by today by calling 200-7000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dec. 1: FCTC resume writing class
First Coast Technical College will offer a resume writing class from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 1 at the school. The cost of the class is $35. Students will learn important steps to writing a resume.
Call 547-3434 or email email@example.com.
Dec. 8: Santa Suits on the Loose
Santa Suits on the Loose, a 5K walk/run with everyone receiving a Santa suit to wear for the event, will be at 8 a.m. Dec. 8 at the county pier. Mary Jacobs, race coordinator, encourages businesses to place coupons, items to give away, fliers in bags for the participants. Businesses can have tables at the pier to share their info. This event is to raise funds for St. Augustine Youth Services. Call 669-1207.
Submit business briefs and other announcements to firstname.lastname@example.com.