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When not planned properly, lunch can get a person into trouble. Read up, and chew safely...
We all know about frozen meals like those from Lean Cuisine, Amy's, and Kashi; we constantly enjoy Campbell's and Progresso's microwaveable soups. But here are a slew of other options you should know about... Evol. Teriyaki Chicken Bowl - All the appeal of quick-serve teriyaki bowls, but this all-natural dish has much better stats. And the brown rice is cooked to PERFECTION. Only 250 calories and 6g fat (PointsPlus® value 6*). StarKist Lunch To-Go Albacore - This shelf-stable supermarket staple has your back. Featuring one of those nifty no-drain tuna pouches, the ingredients combine to make tuna salad on crackers (add as much or as little of the mayo and relish as you like), and it even comes with a breath mint, mixing spoon, and napkin. GENIUS. It all adds up to just 250 calories and 10g fat (PointsPlus® value 6*), so grab an apple or something to round out your light meal. Garden Lites Pizza Soufflé - The first time we tasted this item, we were FLOORED. It's amazingly delicious, and you need to try it. For 200 calories and 4g fat (PointsPlus® value 5*), you've still got some wiggle room to add a side dish and light dessert. Click to locate! Cedarlane Egg White Omelettes - What? Just because they're omelettes, you think they have to be for breakfast? INSANITY! These are too good to limit to morning hours; plus, we love a good protein boost in the middle of the day. Each one has 230 - 300 calories and 8 - 13g fat (PointsPlus® value 6 - 8*). We LOVE the one with ranchero sauce! Check the store locator, and stock up. Tabatchnick Soup Singles - Not just frozen soup -- frozen soup that comes in its own bowl. And Tabatchnick is known for its soupy deliciousness. The stats range from 90 to 330 calories and 0.5 to 7g fat (PointsPlus® value 2 - 8*); some of these are practically a meal in and of themselves. The New York Style Chicken Broth with Noodles & Vegetables has the lowest calorie count, and Southwest Bean has the highest. Find 'em here. Annie Chun's Noodle Express - All you gotta do is heat 'n eat these saucy shelf-stable noodles. A serving is technically half a tray, but the calorie and fat counts are low enough that we feel fine about eating both servings! The whole tray's worth of noodles comes to 320 - 400 calories and 4 - 14g fat (PointsPlus® value 8 - 11*). In stores and online.
"I'm just gonna buy a salad." When it comes to premade salads, always -- ALWAYS -- check the nutritional info. Don't assume that just because it's a salad, it's good for you. We've been duped before. Look out for lots of cheese, too much dried fruit, and candied nuts. And the stats for the dressings that come along with these salads are frequently TERRIFYING, so watch out. Ditch 'em if possible (or at least use VERY sparingly). "I NEED sandwich tips and variety!" No problem -- click here for your sack-lunch sandwich info. "What are some safe sides?" There are many options. Check out our emergency snack guides here and here -- nearly all of those snacks would be great as lunchtime sides. If you want cut veggies, click here for ideas beyond celery sticks and baby carrots. And to put together your own 100-calorie packs, click here! "I require portable dessert." Pudding cups. They rock. The sugar-free options by Jell-O are great. We've also got rice pudding, tapioca pudding, and bread pudding finds in our arsenal, all courtesy of Kozy Shack. Want something that doesn't need to be refrigerated? Portion-controlled packs of chocolatey treats like Sarris Candies 100 Calories Pretzel Slims are perfect. Sweet snack bars like Special K Granola Bars can also do the trick. In a pinch, go with a few hard candies to finish off your meal.
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It's May 11th -- Eat What You Want Day! Now is a good time to remind you that we all splurge a little now and then; the important thing is to NOT beat yourself up about it. Enjoy your treat, and then get back to eating normally.
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Built in 2003, Bobcat Field at West Campus provides an excellent venue for some of the best collegiate soccer available in the state of Georgia.
Bordered by native trees on three sides to provide a picturesque backdrop, this soccer-specific facility features new light fixtures to host evening competition, a prominent scoreboard to keep fans in the know and well-manicured hybrid bermuda grass turf.
Officially part of the Peeler Complex - including the baseball and softball fields nearby - the field was opened in the fall of 2004, the first varsity season for Bobcat soccer.
With the addition of stadium seating in the summer of 2009, Bobcat Field has more of a event/stadium type feel. The seating is complete with back supports, as well as a covering for shade and inclement weather.
In an effort to make Georgia College more of a home for Bobcat soccer players, the lockerroom at West Campus got a much-needed facelift in the summer of 2008. The facility has a much softer look, and is more inviting with the addition of couches and other more home-style furniture. Bobcat futbollers can also enjoy their own sit-in style locker, complete with attractive name-plate.

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Echoes of a Lost Valley
Echoes of a Lost Valley Previous Broadcasts
KQED World: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 -- 11:00 AM
Travel deep into California's past to its geological birth. See the plants, the animals and the Native Californians who thrived for hundreds of years before the first European explorers laid eyes on the Central Valley.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 -- 6:30 PM


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Todd Harrell is a free man for now.
The 3 Doors Down bassist has been released from jail on a $100,000 bond after being charged with vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a fatal crash in Nashville late Friday night while under the influence, E! News confirmed Tuesday.
Harrell, 41, is reportedly due in court on Thursday.
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NEWS: DUI trouble for Todd Harrell in 2012
According to the Nashville Police Department, Harrell was speeding on the I-40 highway in his 2011 Cadillac CTS when he clipped a 2003 Ford F-150 truck, which then struck a guardrail, skidded down an embankment and overturned. The driver of the truck, Paul Howard Shoulders, Jr., died a short time later at a nearby hospital.
Harrell told authorities that he had been drinking hard cider that night and had taken the prescription drugs Lortab and Xanax, police said. He is also charged with bringing controlled substances into a jail after a search allegedly turned up Oxycodone, Xanax and Oxymorphone pills in a plastic bag stuffed in his sock.
Following his arrest, 3 Doors Down announced that they were canceling four upcoming shows and would not resume performing until May 31 in Moscow.


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When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and the prey becomes the hunter.
Rendered in an extremely stylized low polygon fashion, Pivot is a short film where every personal story comes to its natural end which also is the natural beginning of somebody else story.
The film was designed and animated by: Kevin Megens, Floris Vos, Arno de Grijs, André Bergs. Music and sound design by Alex Debicki. Script by Jan Eduards.
Produced by Arnoud Rijken, Michiel J. Snijders and Chris Mouw at il Luster Producties and by Karlijn Landman at NPS.Also tagged Alex Debicki, André Bergs, Arno de Grijs, birds, blood, chase, door, guns, hydrant, il Luster, Kevin Megens, low poly, Motion graphics, photo camera, photos, Plastiek, smoke, Soulbase


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Released: 8 February 1977
Tracks: (Click for codes to singles charts.) 1. See No Evil 2. Venus 3. Friction 4. Marquee Moon 5. Elevation 6. Guiding Light 7. Prove It 8. Torn Curtain
Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US and UK)
Peak: -- US, 28 UK
Review: Television's Marquee Moon didn't even chart in the U.S., but this "classic bit of punk rock from 1977" PK is "a trailblazing album," AMG "a sinuous, entrancing and gorgeous debut." ZG "It's impossible to imagine post-punk soundscapes without it." AMG It "is a revolutionary album, but it's a subtle, understated revolution" AMG built on "an incongruous, soaring amalgam of genres." RS "Where their predecessors in the New York punk scene, most notably the Velvet Underground, had fused blues structures with avant-garde flourishes" AMG and their "peers turned up the distortion, revved up the tempo, and stripped their songs down to tight three-chord anthems, Television did something startlingly different." PK
Verlaine supplied "an excellent set of songs that conveyed a fractured urban mythology unlike any of his contemporaries." AMG The songs "were thought-provoking, memorable, danceable" PK and "sounded as if they might have come from a Mike Hammer pulp detective novel." RS
The rest of the group "flesh out Verlaine's poetry into sweeping sonic epics." AMG via "long, interweaving instrumental sections." AMG "There is simply not a bad song on the entire record." AMG
Resources and Related Links:
- the DMDB page for Marquee Moon
- the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry for Television
- AMG Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
- PK Percy Keegan, Amazon.com
- TM Tom Moon 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
- RS Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
- TB Thunder Bay Press (2005). The Stories Behind 50 Years of Great Recordings. Thunder Bay Press: San Diego, CA. Page 189.
- ZG Zagat Survey (2003). Music Guide: 1,000 Top Albums of All Time. Zagat Survey, LLC: New York, New York. Page 225.


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JAN 10 5:00 PM. It's starting to snow. The first snow of the season and
the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered
rums and sat by the picture window, watching the soft flakes drift down,
clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful!
Jan 11 We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white covering the
landscape. What a fantastic sight. Every tree and shrub covered with a
beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years, and
loved it. I did both our driveway and our sidewalk. Later a city
snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with
compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved
back and shoveled it again.
Jan 12 It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the temperature has
dropped to about 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees and shrubs
snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled our driveway again.
Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and did his trick again. Much of
the snow is now brownish-gray.
Jan 13 Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which soon
became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both
cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. $145 to a chiropractor, but
nothing was broken. More snow and ice expected.
Jan 14 Still cold. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4x4 in order to get
to work. Slid into a guardrail anyway, and did considerable amounts of
damage to the right quarter panel. Had another 8 inches of the white shit
last night. Both vehicles covered in salt and crud. More shoveling in
store for me today. That goddamn snowplow came by twice today.
Jan 15 2 degrees outside. More fuckin' snow. Not a tree or shrub on our
property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night.
Tried to keep from freezing to death with candies and a kerosene heater,
which tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put the
flames out but suffered 2nd degree burns on my hands and lost all my
eyelashes and eyebrows. 4x4 slid on the ice on the way to the
emergency-room and was totaled.
Jan 16 Goddamn mother fuckin' white shit keeps coming down. Have to put
all the clothes on we own just to get to the fuckin' mailbox. If I ever
catch that son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow I'll chew open his
chest and rip out his heart. I think he hides around the corner and waits
to plow shut our driveway again. Power still off. Toilet froze and part
of the roof has started to cave in.
Jan 17 Six goddamn more fuckin' inches of fuckin' snow and fuckin'
sleet, fuckin' ice and goddamn knows what other kind of white fuckin'
shit fell last night. I wounded the fuckin' snowplow asshole with an ice
axe, but he got away. Wife left me. Car won't start. I think I'm going
snowblind. I can't move my toes. Haven't seen the sun in weeks. More
snow predicted. Wind Chill -22 fuckin' degrees. I'm moving back to
South Carolina!
I would be at Jan 17 by Jan 11.
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9 unforgivable blogging offenses
You'll drive readers away when you cram your blog with ads, dense blocks of text, and confusing headlines. They'll never want to come back.
Blogs provide an excellent platform to engage with customers. WordPress blogs reach more than 70 million readers, and Tumblr blogs reach up to 39 million. With numbers like those, you can see how important a blog can be, both as an extension of a business site and as a stand-alone destination.
But many bloggers make basic errors that lessen their blogs' effectiveness. Are you making the same errors?
Review the following list of nine unforgivable blogging offenses to make sure you are not committing any of them.
1. Your posts are all dense text.
Problem: Your blog is a horrible dense block of text with no breaks, bullet points, headings or graphics.
Organizing your blog posts into sections and including bullet points, subheadings, numbers, and graphics not only makes your post easier to construct, but also makes for a much easier and appealing read.
Consider all the blogs you admire and follow. What do their posts look like?
Dense posts do not work. Headings and bullet points are your friends.
2. Even you don't care what you write about.
Problem: Your blog post is a rambling mess of inaccurate information and lazy writing even you cannot bear to reread.
How can you expect people to read content even you don't care about? If you are not passionate about the work you do, it will show in your posts.
Only write what you know and care about, and take time to get to know your field and write carefully. Your passion and care will shine through and make your blog a more interesting place to visit.
3. Your blog design isn't consistent.
Problem: Every time a visitor returns to your blog, its look and feel is completely different. You just can't make up your mind!
This sort of inconsistency is confusing, and confusion is the last thing you want when encouraging regular visitors and subscribers.
Though the content and tone of your blog may remain the same, the constant changes in theme (design template) will make people second guess whether this is the place they previously visited, potentially resulting in the loss of some valuable followers.
When you launch your blog and begin to promote it, take time to pick a theme and stick with it. If you decide to change your theme down the road, promote it as rebranding and make a show of it. This ensures your followers are aware of the change and are on board.
4. You cram your blog with advertisements.
Problem: Every bit of spare space on your blog is filled with an advertisement so you can make a little more cash.
A blog crammed with ads is an assault on the eyes; all the flashing and busy text causes visitors to click frantically away just to make it stop.
That's not to say you shouldn't include any advertising. Just be selective about what you include. Ensure ads are related to your topic and do not detract from the blog. That is the best strategy both for you and your advertisers. You get ad revenue without turning off readers, and advertisers get a target market for which their ads are appropriate and, in some cases, even welcome.
5. Your blog is like a ghost town.
Problem: You don't provide contact information or a bio, you have no apparent social media presence, and you do not respond to comments.
Hello? Is there anyone there?
Not connecting with your readers is a fundamental mistake. You want people to connect with you and your work—that's the point of a blog. Readers want to be able to ask questions and find out more about the person behind the writing.
Simply adding a contact page, including a little bit of information about yourself, and taking time to respond to comments and questions will encourage more engagement with your blog. And including those all-important social media buttons is a must as well.
6. You don't promote your blog.
Problem: Your blog sits on the Web, waiting for someone to stumble across it.
This is potentially the biggest and most catastrophic crime any blogger can commit. Writing excellent content on a beautifully laid out blog is all well and good, but if no one knows about it, you may as well have badly written, dense blocks of text on a blog that changes its theme daily.
Blog promotion is critically important. You must get the word out that you exist and produce good content. Join the conversation on social media, guest blog, and shout far and wide about your blog!
If you have something valuable to say, you need people to hear it. Promotion is the only way people will get the opportunity to do so.
7. Your blog is full of guest posts.
Problem: There doesn't seem to be a consistent blogger on your site.
Accepting guest posts is a great way to offer your readers valuable information and perspectives, but if you are not a consistent presence on your blog, then it really isn't your blog.
Ensure that for every three guest posts you publish, there is a post from you or another resident blogger. As much as I advocate guest posts, I also advocate that you be the key presence on your blog.
8. Your headlines are confusing or boring.
Problem: Your headlines do not clearly convey what your post will be about, or are so boring no one is encouraged to click on them.
Your headlines are the most important tool you have for getting people to read your blog. If they are misleading, people will click the post, be disappointed, and not return. If they are accurate but dull, people will infer that the post is dull, and will go look for something more interesting.
Headlines will appear in numerous places: on your blog, in search engine results, and on feeds. It's absolutely worth spending time to make sure they are perfect. There is a lot of good advice online about crafting great headlines, but this resource on writing "magnetic headings" is particularly useful.
9. You hide advertising in your blog posts.
Problem: You include links and implicit promotion within your posts to affiliate companies.
Not disclosing your relationship with affiliates is underhanded. If you have a relationship with a company, say it! Doing so doesn't make the information any less valuable. By being upfront about the relationship, you increase your credibility and that of the affiliate.
Lianne Froggatt is digital communications manager for Ideasbynet, an online UK promotional products distributor. Reach her via email@example.com or @LianneCai. A version of this article originally appeared on MarketingProfs.com.
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This chapter explains how to:
start and shutdown Business Transaction Management components
shutdown and restart members of a monitor group without losing observations
log in to and out of the Management Console
access the online help
Business Transaction Management components start automatically when the application server in which they are installed starts. Because the central servers and monitor are deployed applications, you can also start them manually using your application server's management facilities. Observers, however, are installed into your business applications and start along with those applications.
If all of the components of your system are shut down, the best order in which to start them is from the center out, that is:
Central servers
However, you can start them in any order and achieve a fully functioning system after all the components have recognized each other and configured themselves.
Note:If the observers, and therefore your business applications, are running, but the monitors are not, the observers' outgoing queue will eventually fill up. At that point, either observation messages will be dropped from the queue or your business applications will stall. The default behavior is for observation messages to be dropped from the queue, which ensures that the performance of your business applications is not degraded. This behavior is configurable by way of the Observer Communication policy. However, this is an advanced option and you should leave it at its default setting unless you are instructed by the Oracle support team to edit it. If you require the ability to shut down monitors without the risk of dropping observations, you should replicate your monitors as described in Chapter 7, "Installing Monitors."
Business Transaction Management components shut down when the application server in which they are installed shuts down. Because the central servers and monitor are deployed applications, you can also shut them down them using your application server's management facilities. Observers, however, are installed into your business applications and shut down along with those applications.
If you want to shut down all of the components of your system, the best order to shut them down is from the outside to the center, that is:
Central servers
However, you can shut down and then restart individual components without harming the system. After all the components have recognized each other and reconfigured themselves, you should once again have a fully functioning system.
The note in Starting Business Transaction Management Components that describes a possible loss of observations, however, also applies in this case.
This section explains how to shut down individual monitor replicates in a monitor group without losing in-flight data. It also explains how to properly restart the monitor replicates.
Disable the monitor's associated pool member in the load balancer's socket virtual server.
Wait for all in-flight data to clear from the monitor.
You can check the status of in-flight data as follows:
Display the monitor's status page in either of the following ways:
In the Business Transaction Management Console's Navigator, choose Administration > Monitors, select the monitor in the main area, and click the Status tab.
Or, access the following URL in a web browser, where host:port are the host name and port number where the monitor is running:
Scroll to the Nano Observation Queue section.
All in-flight data has cleared from the monitor if both of the following equations are true:
perf.SimpleMeasurementsProcessed = perf.SimpleMeasurementsQueued Perf.RequestsQueued = Perf.ResponsesQueued + Perf.QueueSize
Use your application server's administration tools to shut down the monitor deployment.
You administer and access the facilities of Business Transaction Management using a web-based interface called the Business Transaction Management Console (sometimes referred to in this document simply as the Management Console).
In order to access the Management Console, the Main server (btmMain.ear) must be running. To log in to the Management Console, open a URL of the following form in a web browser:
Replace hostname:port with the name of the machine on which you installed the Main server, and the port number on which it is accessible.
The web browser will display a log-in page. Log in using the appropriate credentials, which are described in Mapping Users to Business Transaction Management Application Roles.
To log out of the Management Console, click the Log out link in the upper-right corner of the page.
You can access Business Transaction Management online help by clicking the Help menu in the Management Console and choosing Help, or by clicking the Help button from within a tool dialog box. Once the online help opens, use the navigation facilities on the left to locate the appropriate help topic.


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Fragrant World, Yeasayer's new album, dropped yesterday, and if you haven't given it a listen yet, fire up Spotify right now. This accordion/organ backed track "Henrietta" is the second single.
It's a great track—sorry if it gets stuck in your head. Not really though. Typical of Yeasayer, the song is wonderfully weird but incredibly infecting. Close your eyes and enjoy it for a moment. Then listen again, because it's even better the second time.


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In 2010, Fenway Park was the busiest it had been in quite some time. Major events at the park started on New Years Day, when the NHL Winter Classic was played between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins. After a week of other skating events a college hockey doubleheader, dubbed Frozen Fenway, was played at the park. Once the rink was removed, the club's ninth year of major improvements continued. The concrete in the left-field seating bowl, which was built in 1934, was repaired and waterproofed and a new Home Plate Deck was unveiled at the top of the grandstand behind home plate. Over the summer, Fenway Park hosted a concert by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, the first soccer game at the park in over four decades and a concert featuring two local bands, Aerosmith and J Geils Band. Though the Red Sox missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006, the team fought valiantly with a heavily injured roster. While the team was on the road on September 14, Fenway Park hosted the largest naturalization ceremony ever held. That same day, when thousands of people became America's newest citizens, the club laid out the red carpet on Fenway Park's warning track for the movie premiere of "The Town," which was partly filmed at the park in 2009. After the Red Sox season, scenes for another film, "Moneyball," were filmed in parts of the park.
Record: 89-73, 3rd in American League East
Manager: Terry J. Francona
Attendance: 3,046,444
The Red Sox kicked off the 2010 season with an Opening Night game at Fenway Park against the Yankees. The pre-game ceremonies featured a fireworks show and the return of Pedro Martinez, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch. After Aerosmith's Steven Tyler sang God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch, Neil Diamond made a surprise appearance to lead the Fenway Park crowd in the ballpark's traditional 8th inning sing-along of Diamond's "Sweet Caroline."
After the excitement of Opening Night, the Red Sox suffered frequent injuries and rarely played at full strength. Jacoby Ellsbury and new addition Mike Cameron went down in the season's opening weeks but they were just the first of several losses to the team.
Injuries presented opportunities for unexpected heroes to emerge. In his first Red Sox at-bat on April 20, Darnell McDonald pinch-hit a game-tying, two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, then beat the Rangers with a bases-loaded, walk-off base hit in the bottom of the ninth. On June 12, Daniel Nava (who was signed out of the independent leagues for just one dollar) hit a grand slam on the first pitch he saw as a big leaguer.
The injuries only mounted as the summer continued: Dustin Pedroia, Jason Varitek, Clay Buchholz and Kevin Youkilis all hit the shelf at various points. But the Red Sox fought hard and only trailed the Yankees by half a game in early July.
Still, the Red Sox never quite closed the gap with New York and Tampa Bay despite a first-rate managerial job by Terry Francona. Jon Lester finished the year with a 19-9 record and Buchholz went 17-7 and after a season-opening slump, David Ortiz finished the year with 32 home runs and 102 RBIs, tied for the team lead with third baseman Adrian Beltre, who was signed as a free agent before the season.
Fenway Park ushered in 2010 by hosting the NHL Winter Classic on New Years Day. The ice rink remained for another week so that the park could host another major hockey event, a college doubleheader dubbed Frozen Fenway. After the college games, and a final day of public skating on January 10, the ninth offseason of major, annual improvements resumed in earnest.
In left field, where the grandstand seats had been replaced before skating events began, improvements to the left-field seating bowl continued. The concrete in the lower left-field box sections was repaired and waterproofed and new Dugout Seats, Field Box seats and Loge Box seats were installed. To help access the lower third-base seating bowl, a new staircase from the Gate A concourse to the lower third-base concourse was installed. The area also received utility upgrades and other infrastructural improvements, including the renovation of the visitors clubhouse.
The area above the home plate grandstand seats was also enhanced for the 2010 season. The new Home Plate Deck featured new and expanded concession stands and a redesigned standing room area with more room for fans at the top of the lower seating bowl. To help create the additional space, restrooms that were previously located in this area were removed and replaced with larger restrooms located on a new mezzanine level directly below.
The 2010 Futures at Fenway doubleheader was cut short due to rain. The Lowell Spinners and Jamestown Jammers were only able to play six innings, while the second game was called off after torrential downpours made the playing field unplayable. Later in July, the Cape Cod League All-Star game returned to Fenway Park for the second consecutive year.
|2010 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|July 10
|Futures at Fenway: Jamestown Jammers 7, Lowell Spinners 2 (6 innings Due to Rain)
|July 10
|Futures at Fenway: Potomac Nationals vs. Salem Red Sox (Cancelled Due to Rain)
|July 28
|Cape Cod League All-Star Game: Western Division 5, Eastern Division 0*
*From 1975 to 1987, on a biennial basis, Fenway Park hosted an all-star game between the Cape Code Baseball League and the Atlantic Collegiate League. The all-star game alternated between Fenway Park and sites closer to the ACL's teams, such as Yankee Stadium and Veterans Stadium. In 1988, the Cape Cod Baseball League returned to an intra-league format for their annual all-star game and in 2009, Cape Code League All-Stars returned to Fenway Park for the Cape Cod League All-Star Game, which was played again in 2010.
In the earliest days of the new calendar year, hockey took center stage at Fenway Park. In the 2010 NHL Winter Classic, the Boston Bruins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory on New Year's Day. One week later, a unique collegiate double-header saw the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team defeat Northeastern University's women's team, before the Boston University and Boston College men's programs renewed their historic rivalry, with BU winning, 3-2. When the weather heated up several months later, the park remained busy with non-baseball activities. On May 23, thousands of runners took part in the Red Sox Foundation's first annual Run to Home Base. Over two million dollars was raised in support of the Mass General Hospital Home Base program, which helps military veterans affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. Later in the summer, Fenway Park hosted Football at Fenway, the first soccer match at the ballpark in over four decades, as Celtic F.C. defeated Sporting Club de Portugal in an exciting shootout victory. A pair of concerts also occurred, with the Landmark Orchestra playing in early July, before local groups Aerosmith and J Geils Band performed on August 14. Exactly one month later Fenway Park had an extremely busy day, with more than 5,000 new citizens sworn in at the ballpark's second naturalization ceremony in three years. Later that evening, the red carpet premiere for the film "The Town" took place.
|2010 Non-Baseball Events At Fenway Park
|January 1
|Boston Bruins 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (Overtime) (Hockey)
|January 8
|University of New Hampshire 5, Northeastern University 3 (Women's Hockey)
|January 8
|Boston University 3, Boston College 2 (Men's Hockey)
|May 9
|Mother's Day Walk
|May 23
|Run to Home Base
|June 20
|Father's Day Walk
|July 7
|Landmark Orchestra Concert
|July 21
|Football at Fenway: Celtic F.C. 2, Sporting Lisbon 1 (Shootout) (Soccer)
|August 1
|Picnic in the Park
|August 8
|Comcast Latino Family Festival
|August 14
|Aerosmith and J Geils Band Concert
|September 14
|Naturalization Ceremony
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An as-yet-unconfirmed LG smartphone has once again appeared online with new suggestions that it may be the Optimus G2, rather than the Google Nexus 5.
It's the second unscheduled appearance in a week, with both coming courtesy of notorious leak artist @evleaks who claimed on Twitter: "Circumstantial evidence points to G2, FWIW [for what it's worth]."
The device is completely buttonless, which had led to speculation that it'd be a successor to the Google Nexus 4, which LG also manufactured.
The new photo showcases the super-thin bezel of the phone, which may be launched at an LG event confirmed for May 30.
Note beater?
Earlier speculation has suggested that the device may tout a large 5.5-inch display to tackle the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Note phablets.
Of course, even if this is the LG Optimus G2, it may end up forming the basis for the Nexus 5. Last year's Optimus G was the inspiration for Google's self-branded handset in 2012.
Google I/O kicks off next week, so should know for sure on Wednesday night.
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Prep notebook: Highlands Ranch QB Steve Donatell commits to Wake Forest
Finding a "team on the rise," Highlands Ranch quarterback Steve Donatell committed to Wake Forest late Monday night.
Donatell, the No. 15-rated recruit in The Post's 2012 rankings, told DeconsIllustrated.com that he settled on the school because of "their strong academics and good culture there."
Wake Forest finished 6-7 this season under Jim Grobe, including a 23-17 loss to Mississippi State in the Music City Bowl.
"They've showed major improvements this year," Donatell told the site. "They just look like a team on the rise."


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To start the day grains were called higher but corn quickly turned lower. Part of the selloff can be attributed to Fed Chairman Bernanke's comments about NOT planning a QE3 at this time which helped send crude oil and equities sharply lower. December corn finished 1 ¼ cents lower at $6.78 ½, November soybeans up 4 ¼ at $13.84, and December wheat down 4 ¾ at $7.38.
Where is the market headed in the next couple of weeks? This still highly depends on how the weather plays out. Right now there are conflicting weather models, but it is suggested that the ridge will start breaking up next Saturday. From Saturday into the 11-16 day forecast there is a potential for Northwesterly winds coming in. The question also is do we get up and stay into the 100 degree temps next week or are we really looking at low 90's? This can obviously can vary quite a bit when it is all said and done so we like buying short term options (August corn calls) to help mitigate some of the upside risk for this timeframe.
Our thoughts on corn demand for ethanol have revolved around the weekly numbers not matching up with the monthly supply and demand numbers. The weekly numbers have been running behind pace and we feel this is part of the reason the quarterly stocks numbers were so far off from market estimates. The big question has revolved around the conversion rate the USDA is using. I have included a link to an AgWeb article by Darrel Good because I feel it is a good article and our thoughts are much in line with his on the issue.
Now is a good time to double check your AMMO to make sure you are covered. Please call your broker if you would like to go over this.
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normal crap different day i guess. Big G knows if i can make it through this year i will be golden. this just has not been a good year for people. and i do not know why. it seems all my friends are having trouble too. there has been illness, job loss, weddings, divorces, moves, and just in general crap this year. boy i sure hope 2011 is better. sheesh.
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Right now, there is a common complaint in Retribution Paladin circles that Ret burst dps is too high, while Ret sustained dps is too low. One of the major reasons this happens is that Ret can combine at least 3 strong offensive cooldowns together (and then trinkets, potions, etc.). There is a short 20-second window when the burst dps is very high indeed.
As a general rule of thumb, you always want to stack offensive cooldowns together. This is because subsequent cooldowns magnify the effect of the previous cooldowns.
As a simple example, say you do a baseline of 100 dps. Cooldown A increases damage by 20% for 10s, and Cooldown B increases damage by 30% for 10s. If we take a 20s window, we have:
Situation A: Stacking Cooldowns
[10s * 100 d/s * 1.20 * 1.30] + [10s * 100 d/s] = 1560 d + 1000 d = 2560 damageSituation B: Non-Overlapping Cooldowns
[10s * 100 d/s * 1.30] + [10s * 100 d/s * 1.20] = 1300 d + 1200 d = 2500 damage


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Swilkinson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Simple reverse design with colors and website already done so all you have to focus on is incoporating logos and stationary into the current materials.
If I like your design I can almost guarantee there will be future work with brochures, announcements, etc.
Olympus Capital Group
Need Logo, Letterhead and Business cards for company. We are about to launch our new website which was a template. The link below shows a screenshot of the homepage
- Would like logo to match the color scheme of the webpage (see link in description)
- This is a real estate investment bank so it needs to be professional and not "cartoony"
- Photoshop files are perfered or anything compatible, my skills with photoshop are novice but want to be able to change text on letterhead and business cards.
- Our Business Address is: 1600 Market Street Suite 1410, Philadelphia PA 19103
- Only need to list Cell and Fax as far as phone numbers go.
- website when launched will be http://www.olympuscapitalgroup.com
- Name and Title: Shawn Wilkinson, Acquisitions Manager
- Stay away from using the earth graphic. I like the grays and pinlines but don't want the earth on everything
- Stay away from the Greek theme, people associate Olympus with greek mythology, I don't mind columns but don't want Zeus.
- Don't tie the logo in with the icon set that is used above the sections "Lender Direct, Inv Relations etc" We are actually replacing those.
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Jim and Denise Hnytka co-anchor "News 8 at 5", "News 8 at 6", and "News 8 at 10" each weekday with Chief Meteorologist James Zahara and Sports Director Matt Randazzo.
He's the moderator of "News 8: This Week with Jim Mertens" Sunday mornings on WQAD.
Jim was the co-anchor of "Good Morning Quad Cities" with Julie Sisk for nine years starting in 2006. Before coming to mornings, Jim was the anchor and producer of "News 8 at 6:30" and a reporter for "News 8 at 10". He's also anchored the weekend broadcasts and was a reporter on the streets since he joined the WQAD News 8 team in 1995.
Jim is also the host of "The Cities", a weekly half-hour public affairs program seen on WQPT-TV, the Quad Cities PBS station.
Before coming to the Quad Cities, Jim worked at WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, Michigan as an anchor and reporter for six years. Prior to that, Jim was an anchor and reporter for seven years at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
He got his start in radio in 1978 at WFON-FM in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He later joined WAXX/WAYY Radio Stations in Eau Claire, Wisconsin where he would start as an overnight Country music announcer before working in the station's radio news department as a reporter and anchor.
Jim is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire School of Journalism. He's received numerous reporting awards from Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. His long-form reporting earned him first place awards with the Iowa Associated Press, the Iowa Broadcast News Association, and the Illinois News Broadcasters Association.
Jim was president of the Iowa Broadcast News Association (www.ibna.org) and is a past president of the Northwest Broadcast News Association which is now the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association (http://midwestjournalists.org), an organization serving broadcast journalists in six Midwestern states.


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The stop lamp switch may fail, affecting many vehicle systems including the brake lights, transmission shift interlock, electronic stability control, and the cruise control. Failure of any of these systems could increase risk of a crash. Dealers will replace the stop lamp switch to correct these issues. This recall is to begin on June 17, 2009. The Kia recall number is SC077.
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The stop lamp switch may fail, affecting numerous vehicle systems, many of which can increase the risk of a crash if they fail.
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MARTINEZ, Ga. – Georgia College baseball's senior relief pitcher Ryan Parson (Madison, Ga.) was named an honorable mention to the 2011 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Baseball All-Academic Team, the conference office announced recently.
Parson was a valuable right arm out of the Bobcat pen in his career, including a 2-2 record this season with a 5.94 ERA and 32 strikeouts over 36 1/3 innings. Parson owns a 3.31 GPA in psychology, adding a minor in biology.
In the three-year history of the program, the Bobcats have put six student-athletes on the PBC Baseball All-Academic lists.
The teams are part of a season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as on the field. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The PBC Sports Information Directors oversee and select the teams.
The Bobcat baseball team went 35-17 in 2011, a season that saw them hold down the No. 1 spot in the country for two weeks. The Bobcats finished second in the PBC West, honoring four all-region players, including PBC Co-Player of the Year Shawn Ward (2010-11).
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The Wines of Bordeaux – with Vignobles Garcin
One might easily assume the Garcin family have always been Bordelais. However, they're relatively recent transplants, having previously lived in the French Alps, where they owned a chain of supermarkets and a sports company. After the sale of these companies, brother and sister, Daniel and Sylviane Garcin, headed to Bordeaux in 1991, whereupon Daniel bought Chateau Smith Haut Lafite, and Sylviane bought Chateau Haut-Bergey. At the same time, Silviane formed Vignobles Garcin and continued to buy additional properties.
Vignobles Garcin consists of four small, ultra-premium wineries, including Right Bank properties Barde-Haut and Clos L'Eglise, as well as two Left Bank estates Haut-Bergey in Graves and Chateau Branon in Pessac-Leognan. The properties are now managed by Silviane's daughter, Helene and Helene's husband Patrice Leveque. The Garcin's also decided to invest in Argentina, forming Bodega Poesia in the Lujan de Cuyo sub-appellation in the Mendoza region.
One of the properties, Chateau Barde-Haut, began as an addition to the family home on a 17-acre natural amphitheatre, just a few minutes from center of St. Emilion. Neighbors include Tertre-Roteboeuf and Troplong-Mondot. Dr. Alain Raynaud is also part of the Garcin team and consults on the winemaking.
Join us as we talk with the charming Hélène Garcin-Lévêque about Bordeaux, her family's properties, and their progressive attitude in creating a state-of-the-art 'green' winery at Chateau Barde-Haut.
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Brand Review questionnaire made available for citizens.
Your city needs your input! The City of Huntsville has been holding a series of public meetings seeking feedback on the City's brand. Even if you haven't been able to attend one, you can still participate by completing an electronic questionnaire. The form is available here. It is brief, easy to complete, and will help the City on this project. If you would prefer to have a questionnaire mailed or emailed to you, let us know at email@example.com or 936-291-5403. To have a presentation at your church, organization meeting, or workplace, call 291-5403.
Previous meetingsThe next opportunity to share ideas in person will be IN SPANISH at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at City Hall (1212 Avenue M). The meeting will involve a presentation, open discussion, and the questionnaire, giving participants a chance to share their thoughts. The public is invited to attend. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 291-5403.


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TUNIS, Tunisia - Dozens of Tunisian inmates staged a prison break in a southern coastal town after overpowering guards, a top corrections official said Monday.
Police and soldiers searched the town of Gabes for the 49 inmates and succeeded in recapturing 32 of them, some of whom came back willingly, others who were returned by their families.
The prison break occurred when guards went to investigate cries for help from a cell crammed with 68 inmates late Sunday, Col. Hicham Ouni, security director for Tunisia's prisons, told The Associated Press. The prisoners said one of the inmates had been injured by a fan but when the guards opened the gate, they were rushed and their keys taken. Three guards were injured in the escape attempt.
Ouni described the inmates as mostly young people and common criminals and said that none were in prison for terrorist-related crimes.
Inmates broke out of the same prison in 2011 during the uprising that overthrew Tunisia's president and kicked off the Arab Spring. A total of 11,000 prisoners escaped during the uprising, though about 8,000 were recaptured.
With a population of 10 million, Tunisia has around 22,000 prisoners, most held in cramped facilities and poor conditions. Some prisons are running at more than triple capacity.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Led by sophomore Kelsey Brown with 16 points, the Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team notched a home victory against Agnes Scott College Tuesday evening, winning 66-62 in Bill Battle Coliseum.
The Panthers move to 4-2, while the Scotties drop to 0-6.
The first half was back-and-forth most of the way, with four ties and 12 lead changes. Agnes Scott saw its largest lead early, going up by five at the 16:00 mark, and the Panthers used a 10-1 run after the 21-21 mark to go up 31-22 for their largest lead of the half with 1:49 left. The Scotties cut it back to four with a layup and a three-pointer, but a Brown jumper with one second left put BSC up 33-27 at the half.
BSC would never relinquish the lead in the second half, although ASC kept things interesting, cutting the lead to three with a three-pointer to open the period, and then again at the 18:22 mark, after which the Panthers scored nine straight points to go up 44-32. With BSC leading 46-34 at the 14:33 mark, the Scotties responded with nine straight points of their own to cut it back to three yet again, 46-43 with 11:22 left in the game.
Although the Panthers retained the lead, Agnes Scott stayed on their heels, cutting it to two, 51-49, with 9:18 left. BSC again responded with a scoring run, using 10 straight points to go up 61-49 over the next five minutes. The Scotties clawed back over the final minutes, scoring eight straight points after a 64-54 BSC lead to cut it to 64-62 with 33 seconds left in the game. The Panthers got the ball back after two made free throw to cap off the run and sophomore Jane Romano found the basket with 18 seconds remaining to put BSC back up by four. The Scotties turned the ball over on the ensuing possession, helping to clinch the victory for the Panthers.
Brown led BSC with 16 points on 6-10 shooting from the field, and she also had a game-high six assists. Junior Diamond Elston scored 12 points off the bench, going 5-9, and senior Elizabeth Bromirski led with five rebounds. Elston and Bromirski also had three steals apiece.
For Agnes Scott, Breonca Hackney led with 16 points, followed by Courtney Kelson with 15 and Destiny Freeman with 13. Hackney also had a double-double with 10 rebounds, and Miranda Arnold also pulled down 10 boards. Care Bacon led with four assists, and Kelson led with four steals.
The Panthers out-shot the Scotties from the field, hitting 25-52 (48.1 percent) to ASC's 21-53 (39.6 percent), but the Panthers were only 3-11 (27.3 percent) from three-point range while the Scotties were 3-8 (37.5 percent). BSC also struggled somewhat at the free throw line, hitting 13-21 (61.9 percent) while ASC was 17-24 (70.8 percent).
Agnes Scott out-rebounded BSC 38-29 but committed 26 turnovers, five more than the Panthers.
BSC is off for the next 10 days for final exams before returning to action at home on Saturday, Dec. 14, hosting Piedmont College at 2 p.m. in Bill Battle Coliseum.


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Aggies sophomore catcher Lane Paul has been selected to play with the National Junior College Athletic Association National Team for the remainder of the summer. Paul was enjoying an outstanding summer with the Fayetteville Swampdogs in the Coastal Plains League and was selected as a starting catcher on the league's All-Star team earlier this month. His selection to the NJCAA national team makes him the 3rd member of the Aggie baseball family on the team, joining sophomore left-handed pitcher Trenton Dupre and Aggie Head Baseball Coach Zach Crabtree. This will be the first time the NJCAA has compiled a national team for tournament play since their entry in the 2010 Honkbal Tournament in Holland. That squad went 2-4 in the international competition, knocking off Chinese Taipei twice.
Paul hit .368, with 7 doubles, 7 homeruns, and 34 RBI this spring. He joined the NJCAA National team in Council Bluffs, IA for some final practices before heading to Wichita, KS to compete in National Baseball Congress (NBC) World Series. The NBC World Series serves as a showcase for some of the best amateur baseball players and teams in North America every summer. This is the 80th edition of the tournament, and the first time that a national team will competed in 15 years.


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DD 110 CAD Productivity and Customization 2 cr. (1-0-2)
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisite: DD 100.
An introductory-level course designed to acquaint the CAD student with drafting efficiency. Program customization will be explored to enhance the productivity of the individual and the office environment. Topics include editing techniques, menu creation, LISP routines and proper drawing planning.


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Prism PC needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 16 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
We require a header and footer that will work in both landscape and portrait on a standard 8.5" x 11" piece of paper as well as work as a header on our website: http://www.prismpc.ca. *PLEASE READ FULL DESCRIPTION*
email firstname.lastname@example.com for a copy of the logo.
Offering A Spectrum of Services
Desired Color Scheme:
See Website: http://www.prismpc.ca
Desired Style:
Has to look good.
Accepted File Formats:
Illustrator CS-CS3
It is primarily for Flyers and Documents (service contracts and service offerings) which are done on a standard piece of paper both landscape and portrait, but also would like to use it as a website header/footer.
Keep in mind, these headers and footers will be sent via fax, email and printed both in color and black & white.
Example of one of the wholesale flyers: http://www.prismpc.ca/example.pdf
Example of one of the Service Offering Flyers http://www.prismpc.ca/example2.pdf
If interested, I can give winner a credit of the prize money and ship out some computer products (at wholesale prices) instead of cash. (see http://www.prismpc.ca/example.pdf for a sample of wholesale prices. Note that those prices are in Canadian Dollars and the prize money is in US Dollars).


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Comprehensive Center Network
The Federal Comprehensive Centers program awards discretionary grants that support 22 comprehensive centers to help increase state capacity to assist districts and schools in meeting student achievement goals.
There are 15 Regional Centers that provide services primarily to State Education Agencies (SEAs) to enable them to assist school districts and schools, especially low performing schools. At a minimum, each regional center provides training and technical assistance in the implementation and administration of programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the use of research-based information and strategies.
The 7 Content Centers focus on specific areas of expertise. These centers supply research-based information and products in their specific area that regional centers use when working with SEAs.
Regional Comprehensive Centers
Regional Centers provide frontline assistance to states to help them implement the ESEA, other related federal school improvement programs, and help increase the capacity of states to assist their districts and schools. Regional Centers are embedded in their regions and are responsible for developing strong relationships and partnerships within their regional communities. In addition to the California Comprehensive Center, the fourteen other Regional Centers are:
- Appalachia Regional Center (KY, TN, VA, WV)
- Central Regional Center (CO, KS, MO)
- Florida and Islands Regional Center (FL, PR, VI)
- Great Lakes Regional Center (IN, MI, OH)
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Center (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA)
- Midwest Regional Center (IL, IA, MN, WI)
- North Central Regional Center ND, NE, SD, WY)
- Northeast Regional Center CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT)
- Northwest Regional Center (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)
- Pacific Regional Center (AS, CNMI, GU, HI, Palau)
- South Central Regional Center (AR, LA, NM, OK)
- Southeast Regional Center (AL, GA, MS, NC, SC)
- Texas Regional Center (TX)
- West Regional Center (AZ, NV, UT)
Content Centers
Together, 7 Content Centers cover a spectrum of school improvement and technical assistance areas. Each of them is responsible for providing in-depth knowledge, expertise, and analyses in their focal areas to Regional Centers and the states they serve. Content Centers disseminate information about scientifically-based research on effective practice and research-based products in their area of specialty. They also provide expertise that Regional Centers can use in delivering technical assistance to states. The seven Content Centers are:
- Center on Building State Capacity and Productivity
- Center on College and Career Readiness and Success
- Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes
- Center on Great Teachers and Leaders
- Center on Innovations in Learning
- Center on School Turnaround
- Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation
Equity Assistance Centers
Equity Assistance Centers are funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide technical assistance and training, upon request, in the areas of race, sex, and national origin, to public school districts and other responsible governmental agencies to promote equitable educational opportunities. The centers work in the areas of civil rights, equity, and school reform. This assistance helps schools and communities ensure that equitable educational opportunities are available and accessible for all children. California is served by the Region IX Equity Assistance Center, led by WestEd.
Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Program
REL serves the educational needs of a designated region by providing access to high-quality, scientifically valid educational research through applied research and development projects, studies, and other related technical assistance activities. The U.S. Department of Education funds REL. California is served by REL West, led by WestEd.
Regional Resource Center Program
The Regional Resource Center Program is funded by the federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to assist state education agencies in improving education programs, practices, and policies that affect children and youth with disabilities. Through the RRC Program, the individual RRCs work collaboratively to help states and U.S. jurisdictions identify and address issues both within and across regions, as well as nationally. California is served by the Western Regional Resource Center.


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We recently started a small scale experimental presence on Friendfeed (official announcement) . Friendfeed is one of the most popular life-streaming services out there. I was curious about whether libraries were using such services and did a small survey on it. More on that later.
What is lifestreaming?
In today's world, one person might be on Flickr, Facebook, Friendster, Slideshare, Youtube, Delicious or a hundred other different web 2.0/Social media accounts at the same time. Lifestreaming services aggregates all these accounts into one central place, for interested people to follow. Wired in Dec 2008 claimed that Lifestreaming is one of the web technologies of 2008 that you should be using now. For a brief description of how typical lifestreaming service work see here. The lifestream blog provides a comprehensive review of the latest state of art in Lifestreaming.
Libraries and lifestreaming?
Given that libraries are currently reaching out to user communities via blogs, Facebook, Flickr, Delicious and a myraid other social networking/media accounts, it seems natural for them to consider using lifestreaming applications to provide a centralized location for all these accounts.
There are many lifestreaming applications out there (see list and comparison), though it is still early days in this new area, Friendfeed (by an ex-googler), is currently the industry leader (though Facebook has recently added similar functions).
Though Friendfeed does not provide support to as many services as say Profilactic, they have a relative intutive interface, a powerful search engine and relative size, though like most lifestreaming services they currently cater mostly to the early adopter crowd (including most librarians)
I was curious to see how many libraries have started Friendfeed accounts and so I did a small experiment. I searched Friendfeed for accounts with the word "Library" or "libraries". I filtered out as best as I could accounts that clearly wasn't Library accounts (for some reason it gives me accounts where library doesn't appear in the account name?), excluded accounts that had no updates, and left out accounts where the feed was private (still testing)? In the end I ended up with 15 accounts.A couple seemed to be in testing/experimental modes though they all had at least 10 updates.
What are libraries doing with Friendfeed?
It was quite fascinating looking at the friendfeed account of each library. You get a quick snap shot of what web 2.0/library 2.0 activities each library is engaging in and I already see some interesting ideas that I didn't think of. I also uploaded the data into googledocs here , feel free to edit.
One obvious thing I did was to see what web 2.0 accounts libraries were linking to in Friendfeed (I didn't check if they actually had updates from those accounts though). Also if they had more than more accounts of the same service (say 2 blogs or 2 Flickr accounts), I counted them once.
Do note that the diagram above is not representative of what libraries are doing in the web2.0/socialmedia arena (for that see this). Rather they show what libraries who have Friendfeed accounts (who are likely to be early adopters) are doing.
Out of 15 accounts, 12 accounts have blogs. 11 accounts Twitter, 10 have Flickr account, 8 Delicious, 5 Youtube, 3 Slideshare, 2 Facebook, Librarything, Gtalk and a scattering of the rest.
There are few surprises, though I'm mildly surprised Slideshare (and similar services) are not used more to share presentations (think library tutorials).
Though Twitter is getting a lot of press, it is still a technology that libraries are getting grips on (more info here, here , list of twittering libraries), so I suspect the large number of Twitter accounts here only reflects the fact that Libraries on Friendfeed are obviously early adopters.
Using the classification of social media services found here , we can see libraries are basically using blogs, microstreaming services (Twitter, Plurk etc), photo sharing sites (Flickr, Picasa etc) , social bookmarking services (Delicious, Diigo, Twine etc).
Lesser used are video sharing sites (Youtube, Vimeo etc) , document sharing (Slideshare, Scribd etc) , book services (Librarything, Good reads, Amazon etc), music/movie review services ( Last.fm, iLike)
You can probably write an entire book on how libraries can use each category of social media service to reach out, so I won't try at least for now.
But viewing social media services in such categories, one can suddenly see a lot of ways in which libraries can creatively use social media that we currently aren't using.
For example how about using events related services like Upcoming , or calenders 2.0 service to publish library events? Geo-location services like Brightkite to keep patrons updated about your location? Sharing documents via Google reader ?
Lifestream services accept any kind of RSS feed (some might even accept ical format for online calenders?) , so you can add content as long as it is in RSS format.
For example, we currently convert our "new additions to libraries" into RSS format and push it to our Friendfeed account. If the content you want is not in RSS format, you can try using a data/feedscraper to convert a static webpage into RSS. I recommend Dapper.
The lifestreaming arena is still in a state of flux and understandably libraries might want to adopt a wait and see attitude. It is possible that Friendfeed and similar services will die off as standalone services as Facebook adds similar feature . On the other hand, maintenance of Friendfeed accounts is comparative light compared to a Facebook account.
If you are already running several web 2.0 accounts, friendfeed adds very little to the burden, once you set it up and link to your other accounts. Just continue to post pictures to Flickr, bookmarks to Delicious, make blog posts and your Friendfeed account will be updated automatically.
Even if users don't use it, you can also aggregate all the content through Friendfeed and embed it into your Library portal via a widget.
Until later
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Date: 5/6/2013; 116 minutes
Experts on the Middle East discuss the consequences of the Iraq War, ten years after the initial invasion by the United States and its allies. Among the issues covered: urbanism in Baghdad, public health and human rights in Iraq, selling the war to the American people, and campus activism in response to the war. This event was sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies at UC San Diego. (#24991)
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Re: "Stepping toward hope," Oct. 27-30 series.
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Savile 'engineered his programmes'
Jimmy Savile created his TV shows to gain access to children, Mark Williams-Thomas, the child protection expert and criminologist who helped expose the late entertainer as a paedophile, has said.
The former police detective has been making a follow-up programme to his original ITV1 documentary into allegations that the star sexually abused vulnerable teenage girls.
He told the Radio Times: "In the previous programme it was unclear what came first.
"But I can very clearly tell you now that he created his television series as a vehicle for his offending.
"I believe he engineered his programmes within the BBC and Radio Luxembourg in order to gain access to children.
"The classic examples are Top Of The Pops, Savile's Travels, Jim'll Fix It - all of them gave him access to young children. That's why there were so many victims."
He told the magazine of the follow-up documentary: "In the first programme, we focused on a fairly short time scale. Now we're able to show that Savile's offending behaviour spanned four decades and many hundreds of victims.
"This isn't just someone who offended only against 13, 14 and 15-year-olds. It's someone who offended against 10-year-olds."
The second programme, Exposure Update, investigates the full length of the TV star's four decades of abuse, from Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s, where he presented the Teen and Twenty Disc Club.
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The James Beard Foundation, in efforts to recognize visionaries in the business, government and education sectors working to create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable food world, has named the recipients of its inaugural James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards.
The honorees – who range from urban agriculture heroes to tireless healthy school food pioneers – are Will Allen, Fedele Bauccio, Debra Eschmeyer, Sheri Flies, Jan Kees Vis, Fred Kirschenmann, First Lady Michelle Obama, Janet Poppendieck, Alice Waters, and Craig Watson.
The foundation, which is celebrating its 25th year, is showing a new focus beyond recognizing outstanding chefs with this inaugural award.
"Our foundation is widely known for recognizing the best chefs and restaurateurs in America through our annual James Beard Awards," said Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation, in a press release. "Our new leadership awards shine the spotlight on game-changing pioneers who have inspired positive action to improve our country's food system."
According to the news release, honorees were chosen by an advisory board comprised of a dozen experts from diverse areas of expertise. The Leadership Awards recognize specific outstanding initiatives as well as bodies of work and lifetime achievement. Among the criteria used to select final honorees are excellence of work, innovation in approach and scale of impact within a community or the nation.
2011 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award Recipients
Will Allen, Founder and President, Rainbow Farmer's Cooperative and Founder and CEO of Growing Power:
For his lifelong work as a farmer and community activist dedicated to supporting low-income and small family farmers who bring healthy, affordable food to urban areas.
Fedele Bauccio, CEO, Bon Appétit Management Company:
For his commitment to quality food and socially responsible food sourcing.
Debra Eschmeyer, Co-Founder and Program Director, FoodCorps:
For addressing the issues of childhood obesity and diet-related disease through school lunch programs with the National Farm to School Network and her leadership of FoodCorps' innovative programming.
Sheri L. Flies, Assistant General Merchandise Manager, Corporate Foods, Costco Wholesale Corporation:
For her work on the Juan Francisco Project, which assessed the sustainability of the existing supply chain for French beans in Guatemala and determined how it affects the lives of farmers and their families, and for playing a key role in Costco's efforts to integrate sustainable practices in its buying decisions.
Jan Kees Vis, Global Director, Sustainable Sourcing Development, Unilever:
For his work in creating the Sustainable Living Plan at Unilever with clear goals of reducing waste, water use, and GHG emissions by 50 percent and achieving 100 percent sustainable sourcing by 2020, and for his industry-wide leadership in the Palm Oil Roundtable.
Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University and President of the Board of Directors, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture:
For his lifelong work on sustainable food and farming systems.
First Lady Michelle Obama:
For launching Let's Move!, a comprehensive initiative dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation.
Janet Poppendieck, Author and Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York, and at the CUNY Graduate Center:
For bringing issues of poverty, hunger, and food assistance to the forefront through her teaching and books, such as "Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement and Free For All: Fixing School Food in America."
Alice Waters, Chef, Author, and the Proprietor of Chez Panisse:
For her pioneering use of sustainable and local ingredients in food service and for the Chez Panisse Foundation's work in creating the Edible Schoolyard program.
Craig Watson, Vice President of Sustainable Agriculture, Sysco Corporation:
For his work to improve sustainable agriculture and integrated pest management (IPM) practices for Sysco's food products; programs that have impacted over 921,000 acres of agriculture land.
The inaugural cohort of recipients of the Leadership Awards will be honored on October 12 at a ceremony and dinner prepared by James Beard Award-winning chefs Michel Nischan and Anne Quatrano during the second annual James Beard Foundation Food Conference at the Hearst Tower in New York City.
More about the James Beard Foundation
Founded in 1986, the James Beard Foundation is dedicated to celebrating, nurturing, and preserving America's diverse culinary heritage and future. A cookbook author and teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge about food, James Beard, who died in 1985, was a champion of American cuisine. He helped educate and mentor generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts. Today, the Beard Foundation continues in the same spirit by administering a number of diverse programs that include educational initiatives, food industry awards, scholarships to culinary schools, and publications, and by maintaining the historic James Beard House in New York City's Greenwich Village as a "performance space" for visiting chefs.


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An NC Mountain Wedding – Q&A with wedding coordinator Caroline Grogan
High Hampton Inn is lucky to have Caroline Grogan as our Director of Groups Sales and Events. A big part of Caroline's job is helping brides create a perfect, one-of-a-kind wedding. Our beautiful scenery and the convenience of having everything you need in one place are just some of the reasons why couples choose to tie the knot here.
Caroline took some time out of her busy schedule to answer a few questions about getting married at High Hampton Inn.
What is the most popular wedding venue at High Hampton Inn?
The most popular wedding ceremony venue is the Grand Lawn overlooking the scenic mountains and lake. Our most popular reception venue is our Pavilion, located on the driving range. The space can accommodate both small intimate receptions and is also absolutely expandable (being on the driving range) by adding tents for the larger receptions.
What is your favorite thing about weddings at High Hampton Inn?
There are many aspects to weddings at High Hampton that I truly love. First and foremost, I love the relationship that I'm able to build with the bride and the families involved. I spend roughly a year helping create the day that she has always envisioned. Because she entrusts such huge memories of her lifetime to me—we usually build a FAST bond. The friendships we build usually last much past the actual wedding day. I also love that with our venues already being so beautiful, it is so easy for brides to add a little or over the top décor to make it what they want it to be. All spaces feature earth-tones, neutrals, and overwhelmingly natural beauty—they are easy to dress up!
How can couples make a destination wedding at High Hampton Inn affordable?
When planning a wedding, the objective when reviewing your budget is allowing for your priorities. If the photographer is more important to you than the entertainment, make adjustments to allow for that specific photographer that you want. If the food and beverages are more important to you than the décor—then make adjustments to allow for your dream menu. High Hampton Inn is more affordable for the smaller weddings if the bride and groom are flexible in the day of their ceremony/reception. Because Saturdays are such high-volume wedding days, Sunday—Friday weddings require less minimum rooms to be filled, and most vendors also discount on those days as well.
What do you think separates High Hampton Inn from other wedding destinations?
Since we are able to offer accommodations to the friends and family participating in the wedding events throughout the weekend, High Hampton is unique in that the experience provided to the guests makes it feel more like being at summer camp with your closest friends and families. There are not many other venues that can boast being able to host all of your guests for a more cohesive weekend—as opposed to everyone being spread out throughout a town of multiple hotels, etc. In this scenario, the bride and groom really feel like they are able to spend more quality time with their guests and are not trying to pack it into a rehearsal dinner and wedding reception.
How far in advance should brides begin planning a wedding at High Hampton Inn?
If you have a specific date in mind, it is best to reach out immediately, however I always suggest—find the venue that you want and then be flexible with dates in order to allow for availability at that venue. I can plan a wedding on this end in one month's time, however that does not include the process for invitations, buying a dress, etc. Because High Hampton Inn is so inclusive—its very easy to sit down and plan an event here within a couple of hours.
For additional details about hosting your dream destination wedding at High Hampton, please fill out the information request form on the Website.


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Apparently it isn't enough that you've purchased special undergarments for strapping down and pushing up your breasts; There are also rules one must following when washing bras. Some should be obvious to anyone who's done laundry before, such as putting similar colors together and throwing delicates in a mesh bag. However, bras require some special maintenance. Susan Nethero, founder of Intimacy boutiques, says that bras should really be hand washed, but if you don't have time to carefully ring out your delicates in the sink, you can wash them in cold water on the gentle cycle — as long as you don't load up the washer with heavy items that can crush the cups. Also, you should be washing your bras after wearing them twice. Um.
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Staglin Family Vineyard – Video
Check it out and let us know what you think. Enjoy!
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