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Robert S. Cox portrait
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Rodgers Rec. Ctr. - Newport, R.I.
Thursday, February 8, 2018
NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University sophomore Torie Scorpio (Cranston, R.I.) and junior Kerri Beland (Attleboro, Mass.) scored 24 and 22 points, respectively, as the Seahawks defeated the Bison of Nichols College, 68-53, in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) women's basketball action at the Rodgers Recreation Center on Thursday night. The Seahawks connected on a season-high 10 baskets from behind the arc, with Scorpio (four) and Beland (five) leading the way.
Series and Streaks
Salve Regina leads the all-time series, 38-9, and the Seahawks have won the 17 meetings. Last time the Bison defeated the Seahawks in women's basketball (Jan. 21, 2009), their current head coach, MaryLynn Skarzenski, was a senior on the squad earning Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors. Salve Regina wins its second straight game in February while Nichols is currently mired in a 13-game losing skid.
Three Stars of the Game
- Salve Regina junior Kerri Beland (Attleboro, Mass.) had 20 points in the first half making seven of 11 shots including five of six 3-pointers. She finished perfect from the line (three-for-three) and had eight rebounds, two assists, and two steals with zero turnovers.
- Salve Regina sophomore Torie Scorpio (Cranston, R.I.) scored 15 of her game-high 24 points in the second half, and finished 10-of-15 from the floor with four 3-pointers.
- Nichols senior Allison Cerrato (Rockland, Mass.) led her team with 19 points on six of 14 from the floor including seven of 12 from the free-throw line.
Key Stat of the Game
Double-digit 3-pointers made (10) for the Seahawks were twice as many as the Bison made (five). Salve Regina also had 18 offensive rebounds and turned that into 15 second-chance points.
Turning Point
Salve Regina did not score its first points until under seven minutes remaining in the opening quarter; the Seahawks got 3-pointers from Beland and Scorpio to take a three-point lead (6-3) at the 5:19 mark. Leading 17-10 in the second quarter, Beland made four 3-pointers during a 16-2 run to take command of the game.
Quick Hits
- Three players had eight rebounds apiece - Beland, Mary Eden (So. Kingstown, R.I.) for the Seahawks; Beth Laing (Sparta, N.J.) for the Bison.
- Salve Regina has had double-digit assists in 14 of its 21 games; tonight the Seahawks finished with 16 assists.
- The Bison bench outscored the Seahawk bench, 12-7; more precisely, Callie Andrews (Southbridge, Mass.) outscored Mary Rorke (Norton, Mass.) as both came off the bench to provide 12 and 7 points, respectively.
Next Up
Salve Regina (12-9, 9-6 CCC) travels to Biddeford, Maine on Saturday to face the University of New England (1 p.m.); Nichols (3-19, 1-14 CCC) has its final road game of the regular season at Western New England University on Saturday (1 p.m.).

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Greg Ellis
Great Golf Academy
Goodyear, AZ
One of the swing flaws that I see quite often is the inconsistency in the rhythm in which golfers swing the club. If you happened to see the recent Northern Trust Open, you witnessed the smooth even tempo swing of Fred Couples. This is a swing that has held up for many years and is repeatable. Everyone talks about how laid back Fred is when he is playing and that his swing looks effortless. While it looks effortless, he still hits the ball a long way, too. Practice the following and you will see your swing and consistency improve greatly:
• Pace yourself. When swinging the golf club, the pace should be the same back as well as through. The only increase in forward swing speed is due to the proper uncoiling of the body. Imagine a metronome for your golf swing. Think about how a clock ticks. (you may have to go find a clock that actually ticks) Think Tick________Tock; not Tick__Tock.
• Start out making passes over the golf ball with your golf club going from 8:00 to 4:00 and make the same pace back and through. Then go to 9:00 to 3:00 and finally make a full back swing and full follow-through. This will give you the sense of a pendulum swinging. Feel the pace.
• Hit golf shots now using the same drill as mentioned above. If you see your pace pick up, start again. You will find that you will begin to make better contact with the golf ball. REMEMBER to let the club swing; not you swing the club. Keep your big muscles out of the swing. Finally, make sure the club head does not pass your hands. Do not flip or throw the club at the ball. This will kill your rythym.
Have fun and remember if you need help with this tip or any other, feel free to email Greg at firstname.lastname@example.com or call him for a lesson at 623.328.5107.
Be sure to tune into the Bunker to Bunker Golf Show every Saturday morning from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. on ArizonaSports 98.7 or on the internet at arizonasports.com for more tips and updates on all of the week's golfing news in the Valley and around the world. Join Greg, Jim Hill, and Marty Monaghan for a comprehensive look at the golf world for the week.


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Ehealth plan designed to save money and patients
Hiqa is working on standards for a new 'health identifier' system that aims to simplify medical records
Prof Jane Grimson: 'We have the opportunity to learn from other people's mistakes.' Photograph: Susan Jefferies
One of the many challenges facing new Minister for Health Leo Varadkar will be to oversee the Government's ehealth strategy, published by his predecessor, James Reilly, at the end of last year.
It will require investment not just in information technology but in new work practices and governance structures in the health service. It will be a slow process but, if handled properly, should pay big dividends for patient safety and for the healthcare system generally.
Ehealth is described as a fully integrated digital supply chain, involving "high levels of automation and information sharing". In English, that means making consistent, accurate information about every patient available when and where it is needed, eliminating duplication, increasing patient safety and improving, for example, the management of chronic illnesses.
The strategy document claims investment in ehealth infrastructure has the potential to bring significant economic benefits.
Healthcare is changing radically as a result of demographic, organisational and resourcing factors, as well as the proliferation of new technology, it notes.
"These factors mean that future healthcare systems will need to be radically different in order to respond efficiently and equitably to forecasted demand."
Prof Jane Grimson, acting chief executive of the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa), says forecasts suggest healthcare will consume a large percentage of GDP in most developed countries by 2050.
All developed countries and many developing countries have ehealth strategies, she says. "They're all investing in ehealth because everybody is convinced it can really offer benefits in terms of improved patient safety, as well as improved efficiencies.
"There's plenty of evidence to suggest that this is true. However, the really good, strong evidence about benefits of ehealth tend to be mostly at local hospital level or a GP practice level."
Prof Grimson says implementing ehealth solutions at a national level "has been a challenge everywhere".
"A lot of countries have invested and wasted a lot of money and had to start all over again."
Creating electronic health records, integrating information from multiple sources – including monitoring devices and sensors – as well as major changes in governance and work practices and a realignment of health budgets will all be part of the huge challenge.
Privacy concerns
In a health system already struggling with limited resources, the ehealth strategy will take "years" to complete, according to those involved in its development.
Aspects of it will be controversial for privacy reasons: it will include provisions for data "matching" in order, for example, to get centralised sources of information about certain chronic diseases, for national disease registries, and for research purposes.
Safeguards, including respect for the fundamental right to privacy, and proper governance structures, will have to be built in from the start.
The ehealth strategy is underpinned by two major pieces of legislation. Already years in the drafting, the complex Health Information Bill might finally go to Cabinet before the end of this year.
The second, the Health Identifiers Bill, was recently signed into law and provides for the creation of individual health identifiers (IHIs) for every person and for healthcare provider. This health identifier is a fundamental building block of the strategy, to which the Government is committed under the troika bailout programme.
Prof Grimson says Hiqa is currently working on developing standards for the governance and management of the identifiers.
The exact form of the health identifier has not been decided, but she says progress may be made even now on electronic prescribing, electronic referrals and electronic hospital discharges.
Hiqa can see real benefits in the area of medications and medication records, according to Prof Grimson. "Having a single source of records about the medications that people are on not only saves money, because you save duplication so that the patient isn't prescribed two drugs that counteract each other, but it's a huge patient safety issue because I think up to 50 per cent of adverse [health] events are drug related."
The strategy will also focus on helping patients to manage chronic illnesses at home.
Another challenge in implementing the strategy will be to ensure it does not amplify existing inequalities in the health system.
"If we are going to go digital, some people may not have access to digital resources and they may not be able to manage their own digital records," says Prof Grimson.
With regard to the privacy and security of records in an ehealth environment, she says there will be no clinical information in the individual health identifiers.
"It will be 'personal information' that needs to be kept secure, but there will be no clinical information in it."
Hiqa is currently setting standards for the governance and management of the identifiers and "the major focus in that will be on ensuring the privacy and confidentiality and accuracy of the data".
Prof Grimson believes such information is likely to be more secure in an electronic environment than in a paper-based environment.
"But that being said, the problem with the electronic [data] is that [you have the potential to access] vast amounts of information so you have to have sophisticated, robust, protection and security measures in place."
Trust and confidence in the system will be absolutely critical, she says.
"I think we are fortunate in coming late to the ehealth table, because we have the opportunity to learn from other people's mistakes.
"We will make our own, but at least let's not make the mistakes that other countries have made, and let's not go for the 'big bang' solution."
Health identifiers What they are and how they will work
In the coming years, every person and healthcare provider will be assigned a special number – similar to, but not connected to, the PPS number – called an individual health identifier (IHI).
The legislation providing for setting up the IHI and associated registers of such identifiers was recently signed into law and the roll-out is likely to begin early next year.
The identifiers will not confer on people any entitlement to or eligibility for treatment, nor will a healthcare provider be able to refuse someone treatment on the basis that they don't have an IHI.
Health identifiers and the registers for them may only be accessed by "specified" people, such as health professionals.
But the minister of the day may allow the information to be used by "authorised" people for secondary purposes.
The full extent of such purposes is likely to be set out separately in the Health Information Bill, and will include research and data matching for the purposes of statistical and other information.
Anyone inappropriately accessing the register or processing an individual's IHI will be liable to a fine of up to €100,000 on indictment.
The sale of such information will be prohibited.
Daragh O'Brien, a consultant in data governance and protection issues with Castlebridge Associates, says appropriate controls will be needed to ensure the identifiers are not misused or abused and are used only for the appropriate purposes.
He says lessons must be learned from abuses of the Garda's Pulse system and inappropriate access to social welfare and Revenue data. Revenue had to bolster a "culture of confidentiality" with legislative sanction for inappropriate access to personal data.
The health service, he points out, has a wider array of potential users of data, and environments that are more challenging and pose greater risks. Health information has a special designation as "sensitive" information under data protection law.
"Data governance is more than just policy and procedures. There will need to be an evolution of culture around sharing of information that may be linked to individuals. Clear decision rights and accountabilities are needed, along with rigorous enforcement," says O'Brien.
Lessons also need to be learned from the handling of the controversial Care.data programme in the UK, which involved the collection and sharing of the medical records of all NHS patients.
"Appropriate governance will be needed to decide how and when data can be shared, and to ensure that the sharing is done in a manner that complies with the Data Protection Acts, and also meets the proportionality requirements of article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights," according to O'Brien.


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Is Mitt Romney and the RNC so stupid to make the mistake to not invite Sarah Palin to speak at this year's convention? Judging from who Romney has in his campaign, is anyone surprised? An invite will allow her to top the RNC speech she gave four years ago. No invite will solidify her outsider, anti establishment status. It looks like Mitt Romney is following in his father's footsteps in alienating the conservative wing of the GOP if this is true. Either way it goes, I'm fine with it.
Ronald Reagan's last speech at the convention>


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This tiny island of Sveti Stefan, situated just off the Montenegrin coast, is barely 2 hectares large. But that's exactly what gives it its charm! And the former fishing village perched on top has since been transformed into a luxury resort for well-heeled holiday makers. Join me on a little journey to the Adriatic and take a look at what's hidden behind the old stone walls!
The region surrounding the Adriatic Coast is really taking off in popularity, especially Croatia. It's quite easy to see why – the romantic towns with their stone buildings and terracotta roofs, breathtaking vistas and Mediterranean climate are enough to get anyone daydreaming. But just a little further along the coast is a country that I still think is very underappreciated. In fact I've mentioned it recently in my Travel Magazine! That's right – Montenegro also has some truly incredible regions that shouldn't be missed, and I'm about to show you one of them. Join me on a little adventure to Sveti Stefan and discover the incredible things that are hidden away here!
Sveti Stefan – a little slice of heaven
The former fishing island of Sventi Stefan is located just off the Adriatic Coast in Montenegro. In fact it's very close to the popular resort town of Budva, one of the oldest towns in the country with a history spanning over 2,500 years. During the summer months, temperatures can soar up to 30°C with 8 hours of sunshine a day. Long stretches of sand and small bays characterise the cost of this small Balkan state, and the clear, turquoise waters of the Adriatic Sea provide plenty of opportunities to cool off from the weather. Yeah – Montenegro is pretty much a paradise for holiday makers… And what does a holiday paradise need? A fitting hotel of course!
Sveit Stefan has always attracted prominent guests from film, television and even politics. Even Silvio Berlusconi and Sylvester Stallone have gone on holiday here! The island itself is very small, connected to the mainland only by a narrow bridge, with the stone houses tightly packed together on top of the rocks. In 2007, the hotel chain Aman Resorts promptly leased the entire island and renovated the old stone houses and villas with their traditional terracotta roofs , transforming Sveti Stefan into a luxury resort which certainly one of a kind. Wealthy guests who come here can stay in everything from individual rooms to entire villas with private pools and terraces offering an unparalleled view of the sea. The rustic yet elegant ambience and the high-end amenities means that nothing is left to be desired.
If the rooms weren't heavenly enough already, then the resort also boats two pools open to all guests which are directly above the sea. Just imagine chilling in these pools with a cocktail in hand as the sun slowly sets on the horizon… Unbelievable!
Need to pamper your body as well as your soul during your holiday? No bother – as you'd expect, Sveit Stefan provides a superb spa area with an infinity pool, a gym and a wellness area. Several restaurants means that your taste buds will also be getting some VIP treatment too, since only the finest ingredients will ever make it on your plate. Enjoy your breakfast under the shade of the trees in the beautiful gardens, and sit down for a romantic evening meal on your candle-lit terrace and enjoy the views of the Adriatic. It's fair to say that this is a dream come true!
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Here's some more helpful links to help you plan your own holiday in case you're interested in seeing Montenegro for yourself:


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Prime Minis: The Deebster. A renaissance man, with a catalogue of gifts, that lead me to the causes, which inspire my life… and hopefully others'. I branded this blog "Spectrums" — the namesake of my album and other collective creations — because of my experience in many different social, economic, and creative climates; and as a result, the widely diverse topics and styles that I explore — the entire range.
A recording artist for over 10 years — starting as a rapping savant — my music is now considered a fusion of many genres. From Carolina to the Capital to the Big Apple, Prime Minis is regarded as an artist, activist, academic, analyst, and advisor; as well as a writer, poet, creative genius and loyal family man. Whether inciting creative, social, environmental or political awareness, this blog is an open vault for the visionary — the avenue of expression! Spectrums is a movement, enjoy the experience!
"Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power."


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Ratings are on a scale of 0 to 24. The scale used to be
0 to 10, so movies written about before 2012 may have only had
their ratings adjusted by formula and not by hand (hence all the 2s, 5s,
8s, etc.) The scale works as follows:
An asymmetrical 0 to 24 scale may not be intuitive, I realize.
But as a rule of thumb: a double-digit score means I liked it, while a
single-digit score... less so. Also, as you might expect, scores from
many years ago may not be very reliable, so do check the dates.
(These articles are also linked from my
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Return to the current Calendar page!


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Membership growth continues after Saturday's Bank Transfer Day. In the month leading up to the big day, CUNA estimated around 650,000 new members transferred a total of $4.5 billion in funds into new credit union savings accounts. The Facebook event began with 500 people and by Saturday had 73,000 supporters, according to Bank Transfer Day's founder, Kristen Christian.
News from around the country illustrates how the membership numbers continue to swell:
• Boeing Employees' Credit Union in Seattle signed up a record 659 new members on Bank Transfer Day, reports The Wall Street Journal.
• Dayton, Ohio-area credit unions, including Wright-Patt Credit Union and Universal 1 Credit Union are experiencing sustained growth, trending for more than a year, reports the Dayton Business Journal. Wright-Patt is on pace to increase membership by 7.7% year-over-year by the end of 2011.
• Bay Federal Credit Union, Santa Cruz, Calif., beefed up its Saturday staff on Bank Transfer Day to handle long lines, reports the Capitola-Soquel Patch. More than 100 new checking accounts were opened on Saturday at the credit union; the monthly average is 300 accounts.
• Bethpage Federal Credit Union on Long Island, opened some 1,471 new checking accounts during the last week, reports the New York Times. Some 672 of these, or about half, were opened Saturday. During the same week last year, just 383 were opened.
• Roughly 80% of United States credit unions increased their membership in October, reports New Mexico Business Weekly. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia saw increases of 10,000 or more in that time. California-based credit unions saw the largest increases, with 90,000 new members and $624 million in new deposits. Texas-based credit unions saw the next highest increases; they acquired 47,000 new members and $326 million in deposits.
• San Francisco Fire Credit Union, San Francisco, with 30,000 members, acquired twice as many members this October as in an average month, says credit union CEO Darren Herrmann, according to the San Francisco Examiner. Redwood Credit Union, nearby, gained 600 new members in October alone.
• One million consumers have abandoned their accounts at big banks as of Nov. 4, according to ABC News. Credit unions have gained an estimated 650,000 new members so far.
• Palisades Federal Credit Union, the biggest credit union in Rockland County, New York with $150 million in assets, has seen 50% more new checking accounts opened this October than in any other month this year, reports MSNBC.
• First American Credit Union, part of First Community Federal Credit Union, in Rockford, Ill., saw a 60% increase in membership in October over October 2010, according to WIFR, a local radio station. At the same time, membership in all regions of the First American Credit Union and First Community Federal Credit Union increased 14%, and new deposits increased 15%.
• Digital Federal Credit Union, New England's largest credit union, with 330,000 total members, helped 133 new members open accounts on Bank Transfer Day alone, according to CNN. That number is 56% above the typical 85 account openings a normal Saturday brings.
• Texas Trust Credit Union in Mansfield saw an influx of new members in connection with Bank Transfer Day and its own "F.E.E. Syndrome" promotion, it reports. Membership increases since Oct. 1 were almost 75% higher than during the same period in 2010. New members numbered 1,248 this year; in 2010 that number was just 714.
Check back for continuous updates as additional reports become available.
Click here for state-by-state estimates of membership growth leading up to Bank Transfer Day.


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Contact Patricia Ramsey Chronicle
3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Fax: 561.686.5442
- Florida, 2014
- Florida International University College of Law, J.D. 2013
- University of Miami, Master of Arts in International Administration, 2009
- New York University, B.A. in Psychology with minor in Spanish, cum laude, 2004
- The Florida Bar
Patricia Ramsey Chronicle is an attorney at Nason Yeager. Ms. Chronicle practices in the corporate department, which includes general representation of a wide range of corporate clients, planning and structuring of business transactions, and preparation and negotiation of business and corporate contracts, including operating agreements, contracts for the purchase and sale of assets, stock, or limited liability company interests, merger agreements, non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements, employment agreements, shareholders agreements, loan and security agreements, and promissory notes.
She received one of the highest scores in the state of Florida on the February 2014 Florida Bar exam and was selected to give a speech on behalf of newly admitted attorneys during the swearing in ceremony hosted by the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Chronicle worked in the non-profit sector for several years and still enjoys local volunteering in her community. She is also fluent in Spanish.


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It's always happy hour somewhere! Before I leave town to spend Christmas with my family, I am hosting a special holiday happy hour featuring peppermint martinis. I think I'm quite the bartender but I struggled to find one recipe that worked for me. So I tweaked a few into my own and came up with this yummy goodness.I was inspired by recipes from A Spicy Perspective and All Recipes. Noting that a standard shot glass is approximately 1.5 oz, I made the following changes to create my own version:
- 1 shot peppermint schnapps
- half shot vanilla vodka
- third shot Baileys Original Irish Cream
- 1 shot simple syrup (hot water & 4 packets raw sugar)
If you are hosting, try mine or consider these 10 Best Peppermint Martini recipes on Yummly.
Merry Christmas! Happy
happy hour holidays!


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Hamilton Square, NJ 08690♦ 4620 Nottingham Way
The diocesan Office of Canonical Services and Tribunal will hold 2018 Annulment Information Evenings in parishes throughout the Diocese.
The evening dates and locations are as follows:
Feb. 22 hosted by Jesus the Good Shepherd, Beverly for Burlington County at 805 Warren Street, in Spanish;
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It was sunshine and sparkles all round today! Lovelies, Miss Suzi and Miss Amy, popped thru for a 'Bocellis' visit and sprinkled their magic happy dust around. I must have had a premonition, as I wore my sparkly vest!
Always a sucker for harem or dropped crotch pants, I pull them on at every opportunity. They work best slung low on the hips and with a singlet tucked in. The vest is used as a disguise and extra cover-up! I pulled it out from my fancy dress chest. It was purchased from Vinnies years ago, for a circus costume!! The studded belts add edge. The hero of the outfit was the fluoro necklet… a Dafny inspiration (see yesterday's 'Brave' blogpost). Thanks Daf!! Colour trio, black, silver and lime.
Isn't she a doll! Miss Suzi always stands out from the crowd. Love, love, love the way Suzi rocks her clothes.
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Back at Myer, these lovely UnModels above, have all been in for a free AndAndrea styling session. They all had different needs and these pics show just a small snippet of their session with me. They shone in their new casual cafe and office attire by Charlie Brown, Basque, Nicola Finetti and Wayne.
COLOUR!!! Designer Wayne Cooper is coming for lunch! He'll be in town next Friday for the Myer Perth Fashion Festival luncheon at Frasers. His 'Wayne' maxi above, has just hit the floor and will sell fast. His beaded necklets (Top L) are available in the jewellery department.
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After having finally had the opportunity to play Clive Barker Presents: Clive Barker's Jericho (By Clive Barker – obligatory link to the review I stole that joke from here) I have to say, it's actually not all that bad. Granted, I've always had a soft spot for Clive Barker (Cabal, the book Nightbreed was based on was a favourite of mine as a kid, and the second Hellraiser movie is one of the finest horror films around, no ifs, buts or maybes) and I could devour any kind of horror-themed game the way Cthulhu devours player characters (1d4 per round if you don't already know), so my opinion's probably kinda biased. But I'm about a third of the way through and – shock horror – having fun! Okay, so some bits are needlessly obtuse, like the astral projection/making things explode parts you're forced to do every so often. And the quicktime events happen in the middle of combat, with the markers being on the edge of the screen (rather than, say, blocking off easier paths – developers, use them to screw us out of goodies, not the last 20 minutes' hard work!), but all in all, it's really better than everyone else seems to think it is.
Kinda helps if you take the game a little less seriously than intended – not a problem when you bear some of the dreadful dialogue in mind (exactly how much input did Barker have beyond the basic storyline?). That, and one of the characters you can play as, Cole: a techy girl who can 'hack' reality? A fondness for explosive pyrotechnics? Sounds remarkably like Ty Lee? Have her boxed up and sent to my room, if you don't mind.
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On February 12, some of our state's most inspiring and influential women will gather in Raleigh for a 'one-of-a-kind' networking event. It's called Mentoring Monday. This annual affair, sponsored by the Triangle Business Journal's Bizwomen (TBJ), is designed to bring professional women together by offering attendees a chance to sit down with the mentors of their choice. Ward and Smith business attorney Deana Labriola is one of more than 40 women who will be giving out career advice in one-on-one speed-coaching sessions. The format is similar to speed dating, according to the TBJ.
The mentors come from a variety of industries including law enforcement, education, marketing, sales, and much more. Here's the list:
Patrice Andrews, Chief of Police, Morrisville Police Department
Joni Barnes, Director of Sales & Leasing, Pinpoint Properties
Rachael Boone, Founder & Career Coach, BeEvolvedHR
Anne Bradley, Assoc. & Mgr. of Corporate Interiors, Cline Design Associates
Ann Camden, Principal & Managing Director, G&S Business Communications
Jenna Carpenter, Dean and Professor School of Engineering, Campbell University
Laurie Clowers, VP Communications and Marketing, Wake Tech Community College
Donna Cohen, Attorney and Owner, Donna R. Cohen Attorney at Law PLLC
Sharon Crawford, Studio Director, Gensler
Jane Doggett, SR. Leasing Representative, Highwoods Properties, Inc.
Elizabeth Doran, President and CEO, North Carolina Theatre
Cecily Durrett, Dir. Relocation & Bus. Dev., Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty
Sally Edwards, CEO, Marbles Kids Museum
Sheila Forte-Trammell, President/Consultant, Total HR Services, LLC
Jill Heath, President and CEO, CALYX Engineers & Consultants
Alyssa Hellman, Founder/Owner, Compass South Consulting
Becky Jacobs, Chief Engagement Officer, Simple Change
Lori Jones Gibbs, SVP Community Dev., Banking, PNC
Deana Labriola, Attorney, Ward and Smith, P.A.
Hon. Elaine Marshall, NC Secretary of State, NC Department of the Secretary of State
Jennifer Martin, Executive Director, Shop Local Raleigh
Me'chelle McKenney, Owner, Third Degree Solutions
Shelley McPhatter, President, BridgePoint General Contracting
Teressa Merck, Architect/Dir. of Interiors, Boomerang Design
DJ Mitsch, CEO and President, The Pyramid Resource Group, Inc.
Betty Noonan, Chief Marketing Officer, Cree, Inc.
Sheila Ogle, Member/Manager, Ogle Enterprises/Cary Innovation Center
Carrie Peele, President, Mako Medical Documents
Mary Poole, President & CEO, Artspace
Holly Richard, President & CEO, Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities
Laura Ridgeway, Director of Community Partnerships, Girl Scouts - NC Coastal Pines
Genevieve Rockett, President, GCR Consulting
Sue Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, UNC Rex Healthcare
Suzy Beth Sarver, Publisher, 919 Magazine
Kerry Saunders, Executive VP & COO, NAI Carolantic Realty
Gretchen Saussy, Dir. Bus. Dev. and Marketing, Sigmon Construction
Kate Shirah, Program Director, John Rex Endowment
Moni Singh, President and CEO, STEM for Kids
Rhonda Smith Hicks, Senior Event Director, Amazing Grace Event Management
Marlene Spritzer, Corporate Managing Director, Savills Studley, Inc.
Jodi Strenkowski, Owner, The Merrimon-Wynne House
Cindy Waite, President/CEO, Accentuate Staffing
Pamela Williams, President & Founder, PROMOQUEST, Inc.
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March 6, 2014 — photo via FOX News — LAS VEGAS, NV — The last two NASCAR Nationwide Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have seen series regulars celebrate in Victory Lane: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2012) and Sam Hornish Jr. (2013). Saturday's Boyd Gaming 300 could continue that streak with a handful of drivers as the most likely to pull the trifecta off.
A quick scan of Loop Data from the past nine series races at Las Vegas have a combination of Trevor Bayne, Ty Dillon, Brendan Gaughan, Elliott Sadler and Brian Scott appearing in the top five in several categories: average driver rating, quality passes, green-flag speed, fastest laps run, fastest on restarts, laps led, laps in top 15 and average running position.
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Dillon has only one series start at Vegas, which came last year where he finished 11th after starting fifth. In two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events, he has finished of 10th and fourth.
Last season, Gaughan finished fifth in the NASCAR Nationwide race at Vegas, his best finish in three starts. In 2003, he won the truck series race at Vegas to go along with five top-10 finishes. In all, he has 18 national series starts in the desert.
With 19 national series starts, Sadler has the most starts in Vegas among the group, having competed at the track in only the top two series. In seven NASCAR Nationwide events, he's only finished outside the top 15 once, including a third-place finish in 2012. In the premier series, Sadler turned in a career-best sixth-place performance during the 2004 season.
In last year's NASCAR Nationwide race, Scott posted his best finish of ninth at the track. In his three other starts, he placed 31st, 14th and 34th. His average finishing position in three truck series races is 20.7.
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On this day in 1983: Claude Sitton, editor of the News and Observer of Raleigh, wins the Pulitzer Prize for commentary — the paper's first. . Sitton made his reputation as chief Southern correspondent for the New York Times during the civil rights movement (his peers appreciated his inventing the "Sitton notebook," a cut-down version […]
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(CNN) – Vice President Joe Biden's package of proposals on gun control – collected after meetings with various constituencies, including gun rights groups, retailers, and video game manufacturers – combines both "administrative actions" that the White House can take unilaterally and measures that will be presented to lawmakers in Congress, according to Democratic lawmakers who met with Biden this week.
The collection of measures includes 19 steps President Barack Obama can take himself using executive action, according to Rep. Jackie Speier, a member of the Democratic gun violence task force that met with Biden Monday.
"He didn't go into all of them," Speier said on CNN's "Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin." "Certainly they will be considered by the president."
A Democratic member of Congress who attended the meeting with Biden Monday said some of the 19 executive actions discussed include improving the way the government administers current law - for example, the database used for background checks during gun sales has information gaps, including on mental health. Improving that could be considered an "executive action."
Rep. Mike Thompson, who chaired the Democratic gun task force that met with Biden, detailed some of what the vice president's package contains on Tuesday's "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien" on CNN.
"We met with the vice president yesterday, and the vice president said we need a comprehensive package to put an end or help put an end to the gun violence," Thompson said. "Congress is going to be important. It's going to be a cooperative effort with the two branches of government."
The "administrative actions" which Thompson said Obama could begin pursuing immediately include appointing a director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which has been without a permanent chief for six years. The acting director, B. Todd Jones, also serves as the U.S. attorney in Minnesota.
Thompson said Obama could also demand federal agencies provide data for background checks that are supposed to accompany gun sales, ensuring the information included in the checks is as "comprehensive and complete as possible."
Obama has not ruled out issuing executive orders on some gun control measures to enforce laws already on the books, such as bolstering the way gun sales are tracked. At a news conference Monday, Obama reiterated his desire for more robust background checks for gun buyers, keeping high capacity magazines away from criminals, and a ban on assault weapons.
"Will all of them get through this Congress? I don't know," Obama said. "But what's uppermost in my mind is making sure that I'm honest with the American people and members of Congress about what I think will work, what I think is something that will make a difference."
Obama said Monday he had begun reviewing Biden's package and would make concrete proposals later this week. Obama and Biden will meet for lunch Tuesday at the White House.
Working with Congress will be paramount in curbing gun violence, Thompson said Tuesday, singling out a ban on high capacity magazines as an example of a measure that could garner Republican support. A full-scale assault weapon ban would be tougher to pass the GOP-controlled House, he argued.
"I think we have to concentrate on what is most important in saving lives. If you take the assault magazine out of the rifle, the rifle will have less capacity than it would have otherwise. I think that is absolutely important. We need to prioritize on this," Thompson said.
CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin contributed to this report.
Waiting periods. If you have to wait out a 3 day cooling off period before you can get married, why can't you sit through a cooling off period to buy a gun?
Something good should come out of this...and it is about time.
I would consider background checks reasonable. Enforce existing laws. As far as capacity limits go – the deadliest American school shooting was done by Seung Hui Cho at vtech, entirely with 10 round magazines. Basically, a good sounding but meaningless legislative measure.
Use executive power when possible.
Joe, be tough–people ARE with YOU. Pass gun-control laws. Enough this nation went thru. God bless this nation, USA.
It sure would be nice if the ATF had a director. I'm just saying.
If you really support a literal interpretation of the Second Amendment, then you must support:
1. Private ownership of any weapon, up to and including RPGs, F-16s, and tactical nuclear weapons.
2. Ownership of weapons by the mentally ill, convicted criminals, and children.
3. The right to carry loaded weapons by anybody, anytime, anywhere.
The Second Amendment cannot rationally be interpreted to allow the above. Only the mentally ill could agree with the 3 statements above. Weapon ownership and use must be restricted on some basis, or the country cannot stand. Only the degree of restriction is under discussion, so quit throwing the Second Amendment up as your absolute defense against rational laws that will protect all of us. The Second Amendment is part of a larger Constitution whose purpose is to provide for the general welfare of the people of this country. It is not meant as a refuge for paranoid fans of murder weapons who want to inflict their delusions on the general population.
How about parenting ???
So are we to follow New York with the "assault magazine"? They already had limited the rounds in a weapon to 10, now they force it to 7. What's next? 5? 3? 1? On all these forums people say that the slippery slope argument does not happen, New York proves that it does.
So are we to follow New York with the "assault_ magazine"? They already had limited the rounds in a weapon to 10, now they force it to 7. What's next? 5? 3? 1? On all these boards people say that the "slippery slope" argument does not happen, New York proves that it does.
They need to leave our guns, magazines, and ammunition alone, and kick those pansy judges in the rear end to make them enforce existing gun laws.
I already have a waiting period because my NICS check always returns 'Delayed' due to a misdemeanor on my record.
I agree with waiting periods for all. I don't see what the problem would be with that.
Background checks I can fully agree with... though I wonder how they would weave in mental health checks given that this stuff is all protected by doctor/patient privilege.
Focusing on a type of weapon though seems pointless given that the weapon type they are focusing on appears to be used in an immaterial number of crimes.
Repubs. decry "Feel Good Legislation"; unless it's about Sharia Law or other Boogermans that Fox News scares/alerts them of.
We make our own choices of how we should live. Robbing lives of young ones or anyone has no place anywhere on earth. We trust our government will come up with cure of this craziness, once and for all.
Use the Executive Order where possible. We all know congress can not get anything done
One thing you won't see is another "assault weapons ban." The AR15 is the most popular rifle on the market (sold out at present) today. It is not an assault weapon by definition except by politican definition (see Merriman's Dictionary if in doubt). What's worrying Democrats however, is history. It's Feinstein's assault weapons ban (although a miserable failure) that worries Democrats. It is given most of the credit for Clinton's loss of the Senate in 1996. Remember there are only 2 Senators/State, and Red (or Red leaning) states out number the Blue ones. A backlash in those States leaning Red (mostly rural South and West), would leave Obama with nothing to do for the remainder of his term except collect seashells at the shore.
Maybe "criminal control" should be a part of the conversation?? But that would likely rile the likes of the ACLU and NAACP, etc. – we certainly dont want prison to be punitive nor would we want to disenfranchise any criminals through perceived racial profiling.....
A 4 week firearm Safety training course that included a background check before issuing a license to own a gun or buy ammunition is the first step. To buy a firearm or ammunition you must show your license. This includes gun shows, private sales etc. In addition ammunition and firearms cannot be sold over the internet. For all sales you must show your license. Cools things down and ensures that prople have been trained in the safe use of firearms.
It scares me when Biden runs anything. Wasn't he supposed to oversee the bailout money distribution????? That worked really well for all of us.
Things that make you say hmmm.....
If the survivalists hate the government so much that they seem to want to replace it, then why do they love the 2nd Amendment so much?
I am for standard national background check
I do also feel that you should be of sound mind and body
I do believe that gun shows transactions need to be stricter.
I believe we need to crack down on gang violence
I do believe that people conduction illegal activity such as "Straw" purchases should be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law.
I believe that convicted felons do not have the right to own a firearm.
I also believe I have the right to own a semi automatic shotgun, rifle, or pistol with any size capacity of magazine as long as I comply with the laws of ownership.
You medical and mental health are taken into account when being issued a driver's license, why not guns? If you're blind, have seizers or other physical or mental that bar you from operating a motor vehicle, why not have certain dissociative and mental disorders/addictions play a role in gun ownership. I see nothing wrong with that, and I like guns.
Roll those executive order dice and expect impeachment filings. Amen for Texas.
If congress can't get anything done, the question is why.


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In this post I'm going to try to answer a simple question. What is the best page builder. I've been personally asked this question I've seen other people answered this question and I'm gonna try to tackle this entire issue in this article okay so just buckle in this post might be a little longer than some of my other ones.
What I've done differently in this article I actually have a sheet of notes right here on the side so I can make sure that I am staying on track so first of all I want to about the problem. First the problem is it depends on who you're asking it to so if you're asking a friend addressing someone in a Facebook group or maybe you're even asking some perceived WordPress guru or Internet guru. I'm sure that people are passionate about the page builder that they have chosen to go with now some of the problem I've seen around this discussion revolves around the different types of users of WordPress so there's different groups there's people that are brand-new to WordPress and usually are the ones asking this question. There is novice users and there's what I like to call the wordpress purists and the kind of are the ones that can be very very harsh and not even give some page builders a chance and be very harsh on their criticism.
I'll talk more about this wordpress purist problem later in this article when I'm talking about the different page builders in some of their pros and some of their comments.
The problem I see, you have people with different skill levels but you also have people with different goals and so you just might want to have a landing page on your WordPress website that might be your goal to build an entire website with a page builder. Everyone has different goals and that's why this question is really hard to answer because these different page builders have their own pros and cons and they have their own unique features to them so it's a dynamic loaded question. What is the best page builder will do for WordPress is a hard question to answer authentically.
The next thing that makes this a very hard question to answer is that all of the page builders are in a different stage of development depending on when you ask income and what prompted this post is one of the largest WordPress page builder Divi just came out with a new version and they release the whole front end interface option and it's filled with eye candy is beautiful ui design.
I'm going to talk about Divi in this article and then you might look at some of the other ones and they don't look as pretty or they don't have some of the same features and things like that but is important to note that every page builder is in a different stage of development.
I happen to know that two of the page builders I'm about to talk about are being completely revamped. So if I answer the question today what I think is the best page builder that answer might change tomorrow when the next version of one of these page builders is released that's why this is a very loaded question on who you're asking it to. I'm going to have a special page on my website that I'm keeping up to date with these different changes of the different page builders that are coming out so very hard to answer this question because of these different stages of development so in this article I want to talk about the main front end page builders for WordPress. Now you might be thinking but there's way more than for front end page builders in their totally are and because these are the four that are going to have the most traction in WordPress and they got a development staff that strong and committed behind them. So that might change but as of writing this article there are four main page builder settlement to talk about and there's also like of fringe ones you know like the ones that are bundled with the theme.
There's another one called massive dynamic and it's only bundled with the theme there is a very small use race I heard of people asked me about that and I'm not going to talk about that either because it's just there's no saying whether it can be around tomorrow. There's also visual composer and they have a huge user base because it's bundled in a lot of themes but is a very poor front and page builder and also in the WordPress repository there's a bunch of front-end page builders trying to get market share but there are really not getting traction and they're not really being marketed properly. I really don't see a future for a lot of them so that's why I had to narrow this down to the best for that I could come up with so I'm just to go through these four right now and try to get the points but like I said you've got to go back to my website and always be keeping an eye on the freshest data to answer this question. I have a page specifically geared towards this comparison charts for each of these different page builders on how to use them and what are the new developments with them.
So first let's take a look at element tour now you might not have heard of Elementorit is a free front-end page builder and I'm sure in the future actually I know for fact in the future they are going to come out with the paid version of it.
It's actually only a few months old and I'm not being hypocritical by adding this to the list because their user base has skyrocketed their feature set his just matured it is moving at a fast pace it's amazing. What Elementor is doing is amazing for a free page builder in fact I'm 99% sure my next done for you template is can be based off of elementor because if you're looking for a free front end page builder this is the very best option. It has a tableting system in their fugue and it has built-in templates you can import and export. It has mobile specific editing and it's just amazing what they've done with it and it's full featured. They have literally the most aggressive marketing team out there they are really good at getting the word out. They got a huge user base overnight and I bet in time this will be one of the top if not the number one free front-end page builder so right now. I'm declaring Elementor is the best most full-featured and reliable free front-end page builder and that is Elementor below just amazing what they've done.
Next I have to talk about Divi. Divi is a page builder built by elegant themes and it had always been was known as a backend page builder and that's why Provident talk about a whole lot but a few days ago they release version 3 and they been working on that for a while and it's a whole new front and page building experience and is pretty amazing to look at.
I'll show you just briefly that front end user experience right now but some of the pluses with elegant themes is a huge development community behind it and anything you want to know how to do there's many different places to ask they are not going anywhere huge advancements in what they'redeveloping with Divi antiquity also has some very unique features like AB. That is the only page builder with a AB split testing built into it so if you are concerned or wanting higher conversion rates on your website will that's something that they are the only ones that have it a split testing AB.
Testing engine built into the page builder and I think it's pretty darn amazing that they have that they just released as a bran new user interface on the front and it's gorgeous. They hate Divi with a passion and depending on who you ask.
Anyone new to WordPress and front-end page building is going to have a learning curve no matter how you look at it no matter how you cut it there's going to be a learning curve and I tried to help people.
Beaver Builder
The next front-end page builder to talk about is Beaver Builder and you need to go through this learning curve to understand the front-end page builder.
When you ask these WordPress purists their opinion on Divi another one is behind the scenes Divi is creating something called shortcodes and what that means is this notion of Divi for life meaning you can't change and stop using Divi because your website will be a mess. Because there's numerous solutions on the Internet a little code you can drop in and although shortcodes are cleaned out and your have the same content just put right there. That is actually one of the things people like about Beaver Builder's when you deactivating choose not use Beaver Builder your content still there and you can't move away from it your have the same workload with any of these page builders if you decide to stop using them and go on to a different one. So I personally think that a bunch of baloney now there could be some some legitimacy with the shortcodes actually some having your website run a little bit slower.
However there is excellent caching solutions hosting solutions and if a webpage takes an extra three or 4 ms to load because you're using Divi is really not that big of a deal and there have been studies that I've seen on the Internet with the different page builders comparison speed test.
And will be a little difference between them speed wise no matter what wordpress page builder you use your going to need to use caching you're going to need to optimize it or do you need to minify you need to do all these things to get it to run at optimal speed anyway. So I'm not so convinced on that argument either now I did hear it, if you have a really big site with Divi that it's just gonna run slower I think I'll see that when I believe it I'm not saying that that's not the case but what I am saying is for what most people want a WordPress website for maybe 10 or 20 pages. Debbie's fantastic option so here's their announcement page oh Divi it's probably the best of value in WordPress.
The pricing is so attractive and inviting you can even get a lifetime license. You're not paying a fee every single year and it's a great value so I want your site right here and just show you real quick with the new interface looks like there's a button near that you can click on and you could try the new interface for yourself so you know your way around. If you want to undo something you can click on this and you can revert back they're such great things that you can do and this is probably the fastest front-end page building experience that I've seen so you can just click on some text like this and start typing away. You got your editing options and you can move things around now like I said this just came out answers can be lots of refinements to it but if you are coming from a different page builder this might seem might seem a little out of place. I know I'm 40 years old and at 30 you could give me a brand-new cell phone and I can learn it in using a guide. I'm 40 if you take my iPhone away and give me an android phone it will feel uncomfortable and out of place, but I think it boils down to with the new interface and I think it's a pretty good in time will tell how good this really is.
Drive Content Builder
What I want us to look at right right is Drive content builder. Content builder has lots of pros and cons, with it okay it was one of the best first generation of front-end page builders. Actually that shouldn't scare you I think they kind of pioneered the concept really I mean they were the first page builder and that I'd ever seen that had a true flat front-end editing page experience and this was back in 2014 just a few years ago now. They are one of the first and now there's a different twist to the Thrive Content builders more kind of geared towards marketing so alot of their elements there really geared towards marketers and ultimately most websites were marketing ourselves our website our product or business re-marketing.
And that's kind of the twists and turns that thrive, the builder's strengths are in and one of the most unique features of it is it has a landing page feature where you can create a new page. They've got about well over 100 templates built in it they keep adding new templates to these landing page packs is pretty amazing the value that they give you with it no just quickly scroll down so here's what the editor looks like.
But I want to comment on their editor hero soon as those really one of the first what you see is what you get editing experiences is a very mature and is packed with features that are marketing related and I love it. I actually use this on all of my sites that I might use one of the other page builders on and is usually because of this unique landing page feature. These unique marketing elements that it has now when I was talking about each of these page builders being in a different stage of development I can tell you I'm allowed to tell you that's right content builder is being redeveloped from the ground up now soon to come out with version 1.
Then when they come out with version 2 the whole interface is good to be redone and simplified so one of the complaints I've heard about the right content builder is that it's a little complicated to work with well they're well aware of that and they are simplifying it and they're redesigning the user interface. And that's one of things I like about this whole page builder war yet elements were putting pressure on companies like Thrive content builder to update their UI and make it better. I personally am a big fan of the Thrive content builder and a lot of the things that they are doing I use them personally you'll see them being used on all of my websites. The pricing for Drive copy builder is very attractive they have one time fee that get you one year support the lifetime of updates which is a really unique feature to them.
That all the other ones don't have a lot of your typical WordPress pricing is you either get it for lifetime which is not a good practice or you get a one-year of updates of one year support and if you want anything beyond that year you have to pay for it.
They're constantly adding new features but you're not going to get support after that year you have to pay some nominal fee if you want support and I think that is a more upfront reasonable way to go for any WordPress product. I understand why they do it the way they do it for revenue and keeping it up to date. What I want to say that about content builder you can use with anything but it doesn't fully integrate with themes when talking about it.
If I had to build a website for someone for business use Beaver Builder if the business needed landing pages I've ever will likely might also include dry content builder on that site so I can quickly crank out landing pages for them that's my answer. I honestly I need to play around with that. I need to try to build a full website with it and I intend on doing that and also releasing a full article on it in coming weeks to help people get through that initial learning curve with Beaver Builder.
Now Elementor if I had no budget and I had no money to buy a website theme or by a website page on WordPress page builder Elementor is the way to go and I don't know what the future really holds for Elementor I know there in a happy paid version.
I don't even think anything can stop them with Divi I really need to dig into it and I'm just being transparent I'm not in a rush to do judgment on Divi and say it's crap or it's service that I don't know where to click in this and the other because I really need to know how to use Divi and to build a full website with Divi. That's what I'll be doing here soon over the next few months. so I hope I gave you enough information to make the decision for yourself.


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But we also know that one of Eden's favorite things is to play down individual awards and recognition. He's out there just to have fun and win some things.
Unlike for FIFA's semi-equivalent "The Best" awards, there is no player- or public-vote component to the Ballon d'Or, but if it were up to Hazard, he'd vote for neither Messi, nor Cristiano Ronaldo, nor the consensus favorite, Luke Modrić, to receive football's biggest individual recognition this December 3rd.
Hazard actually voted for Modrić in the 2018 FIFA awards, placing Raphael Varane second and Mbappé only third. Mbappé does have 13 goals in 13 games in all competitions this season, so his rise in Hazard's rankings is fairly understandable.
Hazard himself has slowed down in the goalscoring department after a hot start, but hopefully he'll get back into the swing of things after the international break, especially as Chelsea as a team have scored just once in the last two matches as well.
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The Kings of Gondor
Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anárion and the remnants of the Faithful departed Nύmenor before its destruction and were separated during the island kingdoms destruction, Elendil landing in the northwest near Lindon and his sons landed far south near the Faithful haven of Pelargir. Thus there were two kingdoms founded by the Exiles of Nύmenor; Arnor in the north by Elendil and Gondor in the south by Isildur and Anárion. Elendil was bestowed the titles High King of Gondor and Arnor and King of all the Dύnedain in Middle-earth. With them, the Faithful took many artifacts of Nύmenor to include the Ring of Baharir, the Palantiri which had been gifts of the Elves of Tol Eressëa and the fruit of Nimloth, the White Tree of Nύmenor.
In Gondor, Isildur had built the city of Minas Ithil east of the Anduin and Anárion built the city of Minas Anor to the west of the river. They jointly ruled from the city of Osgiliath which, as the capital was situated between them and spanned over the river Anduin. Isildur planted the fruit of Nimloth in Minas Ithil and a palantir was placed in its tower as well as one in Minas Anor and in the Tower of the Moon which was overhead the Anduin in Osgiliath.
Originally Posted by Elendil
The crown next went to Melendils son Cemendur who ruled uneventfully during a time of relative peace until T.A. 238. The fifth King of Gondor was Cemendurs son Eärendil, who was named after Eärendil the Mariner. King Eärendils rule was during a time of peace and the only event of significance was the birth of Elrond Half-elvens daughter Arwen, though of course that was little noted in Gondor itself. Eärendil ruled until T.A. 324. Eärendils son Anardil was the seventh King of Gondor. Though his rule was generally a peaceful one, he is noted to be the last king that lived exclusively in Osgiliath. Anardil ruled until T.A. 411.
Anardils son Ostoher undertook a great construction, rebuilding and expanding the city of Minas Anor to include its citadel. After the construction was complete he took Minas Anor as his summer home which his line continued after his reign. In T.A. 490 Gondor was attacked by bands of wild men. Peace was not reached in his lifetime as he died before peace returned in T.A. 492.
Ostohers son Tarostar was the eighth king of Gondor. Tarostar lead Gondors armies against the wild men that attacked from the east due to his fathers age. Claiming victory eight years after he assumed the throne, Tarostar celebrated the victory by assuming the name Rόmendacil, which means East-victor. Rόmendacil I created the office of Steward of Gondor, which was charged with being councilors of the King and to set down the Traditions of Isildur onto sealed scrolls to be given to each new king before their crowning. Though he achieved victory against the wild men in T.A. 500, they renewed their attacks in T.A. 541, and Rόmendacil I was slain while riding out to meet the Easterlings in battle.
Rόmendacils son Turambar sought vengeance for his fathers death. He not only destroyed the Easterlings that attacked Gondor, but also rode into the east and won lands for Gondor in the lands of Rhύn. Turambar ruled until T.A. 667. Turambars son Atanatar ruled peacefully as the tenth King of Gondor until T.A. 748. Atanatars son Siriondil ruled peacefully until T.A. 840.
Siriondils son, Tarannon was a great mariner and took the name Falastur, which means Lord of the Coasts upon his crowning. His wife and Queen, Berύthiel is described as nefarious, solitary and loveless was of Black Nύmenorian descent from Umbar. Tarannon built a great house atop the river Anduin in Pelargir, but Berύthiel refused to live there as it smelled of the sea. She instead lived in the Kings House of Osgiliath where it is said she had many cats which she used to spy upon the men of the kingdom. Tiring of her ways, he sat her in a great boat and cast her adrift into exile upon the sea, thus he died with no heir. His nephew, Eärnil ascended the throne when Tarannon died in T.A. 913.
Originally Posted by Unfinished Tales
Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1966 Interview
Originally Posted by Aragorn
Ciryandils son Ciryaher reorganized Gondors armies and openly declared war on Harad in T.A. 1050 and defeated them. Afterward he takes the name Hyamendacil which means South-victor. The remainder of Hyamendacil rule was relatively peaceful and he died in T.A. 1149. Hyamendacils son Atanatar was known as Atanatar II Alcarin (Glorious) ruled Gondor at the height of its strength, though he did little to maintain that power. The watches upon Mordor were neglected. His rule is noted as the beginning of the decline of the kingdom of Gondor. It should be also noted that Gandolf first visited Gondor during Atanatar II rule and it was then he earned the name Incánus from the Gondorians. Atanatar II died in T.A. 1226.
The seventeenth King of Gondor, Narmacil I ruled for only fourteen years and then made his nephew Minalcar Regent of the Realm to reign in his place, furthering the decline of Gondor. Minalcar sailed out and defeated a large army of Easterlings in Rhύn earning the name Rόmendacil II. As Narmacil was heirless at his death, his brother and Minalcars father Calmacil ascended the thron at the kings death in T.A. 1294. Calmacil took the title of King when his brother died, but as he was already old by the time he ascended the throne, he left his son Minalcar to rule as Regent until his death in T.A. 1304. Minalcar took the throne as Rόmendacil II. He was responsible as Regent for the building of the Pillars of the Argonath above Nan Hithoel along the River Limlight, fortifying the western shore of the Anduin. He brought many of the northmen into his service, sending his son Valacar to live with their leader, Vidugavia, as the ambassador to Gondor in T.A. 1250. Rόmendacil II rule as King was peaceful and uneventful. He died in T.A. 1366.
While Valacar was living among the Northmen, he married Vidumavi, Vidugavias daughter. There Valacars son Vinitharya was born. In T.A. 1260 Valacar was recalled to Gondor, and with him he brought his family and a household of noblemen and women from the north. Valacar ascended the throne in T.A. 1366. The marriage of the Prince of Gondor to a common woman from the north did not sit well with many of the high men of Gondor. Vidugavia did not have the same long lifespan as the Nύmenorean descendants of Gondor and they believed this would diminish the house of the King. They also disliked the Northmen that came with Valacar, believing them to be of lesser race. This lead to rebellion and unrest in the southern fiefs near the end of Valacars reign, which his son Vinitharya was forced to deal with, and which became known as the Kin-strife.
Vinitharya was the twenty-first King of Gondor and went by the name Eldacar when he ascended to the throne in T.A. 1432. He showed no signs of a shorter life-span though that did not prevent the Kin-strife. Still the rebels came against him and laid siege to Osgiliath, causing the loss of the Palantir of Stone and forcing Eldacar to flee north to Rhovanion. Castimir, a distant relative of the king killed Ornendil, Eldacars son and heir and claimed the throne for himself. After ten years in exile, Eldacar gathered to him the northern noblemen of his wifes kin and those of the Dύnedain that were in the north and was also aided by loyalists in Gondor itself. At the Crossing of Erui,Eldacar avenged his sons death by slaying Castimir and defeating his armies, though Castimirs sons fled to Pelargir and from there sailed to Umbar, where many of the enemies of Gondor fled. Eldacars younger son Aldamir ascended the throne in T.A. 1490, when Eldacar died at 235 years. Apparently his lesser heritage did not reduce his life span.
During Aldamirs rule, the Haradrim together with Umbar brought war upon Gondor yet again. Aldamir fell in battle against them in T.A. 1540. His son Vinyarion ascended the throne, calling himself Hyamendacil II after his victory over the Haradrim. Hyamendacil II died in T.A. 1621 and was succeeded by his son Minardil. In T.A. 1634 Minardil visited Pelargir. Spies for Umbar relayed his presence to the grandsons of Castimir who raided Pelargir where Minardil was slain and Pelargir was ravaged. The Kings Stewart was Hύrin of Emyn Arnen, which House forever after was the Stewart of the King selected, and who was the ancestor of Denethor, Boromir and Faramir. Aldamir was succeeded by his eldest son Telemnar, who immediately began to build up Gondors fleet to defeat the Havens of Umbar. This was halted by the Great Plague which came out of Mordor and devastated Gondor in T.A. 1636 as it spread throughout Middle-earth. The plague took the king and all of his children as well as a great many Gondorians and the White Tree. Osgiliath was destroyed and fell into ruin. Minardil was succeeded by his brother Miniastans son Tarondor in T.A. 1636. Because of the ruin of Osgiliath, Tarondor moved the capital city of Gondor to Minas Anor where he planted seedlings of the White Tree in the citadel. As he was focusing on reordering the kingdom and due to the depopulation of Gondor through the plague, Gondors watch on Mordor stopped. Tarondor died in T.A. 1798 when he was succeeded by his son Telumehtar.
During Telumehtars rule, the coasts were still under assault by ships sailing from Umbar. Tiring of this Telumehtar marshaled an assault and drove the Corsairs out of Umbar, which was captured for Gondor and the last descendants of Castimir killed. This led the king to add the epithet Umbardacil to his name, which means Victor over Umbar. The Havens of Umbar were held by Gondor for the rest of Telumehtars reign, but were lost soon after. Telumehtar died in T.A. 1850. His son Narmacil II was the twenty-ninth King of Gondor. During his reign a group of Easterlings calling themselves the Wainriders appeared. They drove wagons and chariots into battle. Encouraged by the emissaries of Sauron, they began to assault Gondor. Narmacil gathered a huge army which included northmen from Rhovanion to fight the invaders, which became known as the Battle of the Plains. Narmacil was slain during the battle and Gondors armies were defeated. The northmen in the east and south of Rhovanion were enslaved by the Wainriders and the borders of Gondor drew back to the Anduin.
Calimehtars son Ondoher ascended the throne upon his fathers death in T.A. 1936. Ondoher sought to regain ties to the former kingdom of Arnor which had later been divided into three separate kingdoms. His daughter Firiel married Prince Arvedui of Arthedain as a sign of their renewed friendship. Though the kingdoms were tied with words, neither could aid the other when new evils beset upon each of them; Angmar in the north and the Wainriders in the south. Ondoher was aware of both the recovery of the Wainriders and from the Southrons of the Haradrim. He divided his armies, sending smaller Southern Army to Pelargir under Eärnil, a descendant of King Telumehtar. Ondoher took command of the larger Northern Army himself, with Artamir his eldest son at his side. The Kings youngest son Faramir was left behind so that an heir would still live. The Haradrim invaded from the south and the Wainriders from the east at the same time. The Wainriders were faster and met the Northern Army before they expected and unawares. The Northern Army was descimated before they had time to set up defensive dispositions. The King and his Guard were killed, along with Artamir, the Kings son. Faramir meanwhile, had disguised himself as a northman and fought with the Eothéod of the North and was slain, leaving Gondor with no heir. Eärnils Southern Army had defeated the Haradrim in the south and was racing north to aid the Northern Army. When he arrived, the Wainriders were feasting in victory and easily defeated. With no apparent heir to the throne, Arvedui of Arthedain, who had married the Kings daughter argued that he was the rightful Heir because he was directly descended from Isildur and because of Nύmenorean law the throne should be allowed to go to her. These claims were rejected by Steward Pelendur and the crown was granted instead to Eärnil of the royal House of Anárion. It should be noted here that although they are distantly related through King Telumehtar, the line Aragorn descended from is through the line of Ondoher, not Eärnil.
Eärnil ascended the throne in T.A. 1945 as Eärnil II. He was a wise man and not arrogant. He sent a message to Arvedui of Arthedain stating: I do not forget the loyalty of Arnor, nor deny our kinship, nor wich that the realms of Elendil should be estranged. I will send you aid when you have need, so far as I am able. It was many years before he was able to send aid to the north. In T.A. 1973 he received word that Arthedain was under attack from the Witch-king of Angmar. Eärnil sent his son Eärnur north with as large a fleet as he could spare, though by the time they reached Arthedain, the kingdom had been conquered and Arvedui had did. The forces of Gondor under Eärnur combined with the forces of Cirdan met the host of Angmar and destroyed it, though the Witch-king escaped, embarrassing Eärnur by making his horse flee with the Prince upon it. In T.A. 2000 the Nazgύl, now assembled led an army from Mordor and besieged Minas Ithil, taking the city two years later and renaming it Minas Morgul. Eärnil II died in T.A. 2043 and his son Eärnur took the throne.
Eärnur was the thirty-third and last King of Gondor. After his coronation the Witch-king challenged Eärnur to single combat, remembering the Kings disgrace in the north. The Kings Steward, Mardil Voronwë persuaded the King to refuse. After seven years, the Witch-king renewed the challenge and this time Eärnur accepted. Before departing, Eärnur placed his crown in the lap of his father in the House of the Dead where it remained until Faramir, the Ruling Steward removed it for Aragorn Elessars coronation a thousand years later. Eärnur departed Gondor and will a small escort entered Minas Morgul and was never seen again.
The Stewards took up the rule of Gondor in place of the King starting with Mardil Voronwë. The Stewards would rule until the King returns because it was uncertain if Eärnur had been killed or still lived and he left no heir.
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First-time pot smokers are often surprised to learn how many choices there are. Available marijuana strains number by the hundreds, if not the thousands, and like a selection of fine wine, each has its own unique qualities: flavor, aroma, euphoria.
Cannabis has always come in strains, but their modern proliferation is strictly a result of intentional cross-breeding by farmers. So how have the most popular strains changed over time? Here's a primer of the best-loved strains of the last half century.
1960s: Acapulco Gold
No generation has one absolute "favorite" strain, but the closest thing to that in the 1960s was probably Acapulco Gold. The name still evokes scenes of young surfers trafficking pot cross-country in Volkswagen vans, as well as the era's many drum circles, communes, and free blues festivals.
Acapulco Gold is still around, and with good reason. A peppy sativa, it's been baked into stoner lore over the years, with a reputation that hasn't diminished with time. In fact, this strain won top sativa at the 2010 Cannabis Cup awards, five decades after it became the go-to choice of the Baby Boom.
1970s: Thai Stick
There's a common misconception, spread far and wide by people who oppose marijuana reform, that weed is much stronger these days than it used to be. There is probably a kernel of truth to this, as today's most potent strains are unquestionably stronger than the top strains of yesteryear. But that doesn't mean much.
We know the best strains of the 1960s and '70s were pretty strong because we're still growing many of them, and they don't seem to be any weaker than most modern choices. Unfortunately, Thai Stick isn't one of the strains that stuck around, vanishing after the end of the Vietnam War as trafficking routes dried up and Asian countries cracked down on the drug trade.
1980s: Maui Waui
It's hard to imagine today, with so much selection, but early stoners were often stuck with little choice in what they toked. Until the advent of medical marijuana in California, "schwag" was the most widespread form of cannabis: cheap and weak, often shipped across the border from Mexico in degraded brick form.
But as cocaine swept the country in the go-go '80s, better varieties of marijuana were also spreading. Maui Waui was a sign of that growth, breaking into the public consciousness thanks to 1979's Up in Smoke, the first movie by Cheech and Chong. The strain is still popular, though it no longer tops many lists.
1990s: Blue Dream
In 1996 California voters made their state the first to legalize medical cannabis. This was the point at which the availability of choice strains exploded. One of the earliest commercial favorites was Blue Dream, a West Coast hybrid that leans toward the pep of a sativa while relieving stress with its indica genes.
Blue Dream remains hugely popular nationwide, especially as medicine. Its versatility proved that marijuana strains can be grown for niche uses while still appealing to the masses. It's a winning recipe that growers have emulated for the last 20 years.
2000s: OG Kush
Easily one of the most potent and beloved strains of all time, OG Kush showed up on the Pacific Coast in the late 1990s, but it didn't really take off until at least 2000. Around that time, it became a staple of rap songs, the "OG" translated to "original gangster."
So what does "OG" really mean? We're not sure, and neither is anyone else. Possibilities include Ocean Grow, OverGrow, Original Genetics, and even Original Gangster, though that term didn't show up in hip hop until after OG Kush started its rapid spread. Either way, OG Kush dramatically boosted the cachet of unique strains of weed.
Tell us: What do you think was the best strain of all time? What's your personal favorite? Comment below.