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Jill Greene's agricultural pursuits began where many children wistfully dream of victory—in the 4-H fair show ring. Her unwavering interest in livestock led her to major in animal science as an undergraduate at Purdue University. Although her career began because of an intense love of animals, Greene's paramount talent is clearly communication. As Vice President and Team Leader at Meyocks and Priebe Advertising, Greene is a powerful liaison between food production companies and consumer retailing. She has been vital in the success of many agricultural products, and a catalyst in the development of new agricultural businesses. Greene joined Meyocks and Priebe in 1990 while the agncy was in its formative stages. Utilizing the team concept of business management, Meyocks and Priebe has emerged at the forefront of advertising companies, and ranks today among the top 355 advertising companies in the United States. Among the agency's clients are such eminent companies as Bayer Animal Health, Kemin Industries, and ABS Global. Prior to her affiliation with Meyocks and Priebe, Greene's past successes in the industry lent her prominence in her current position. She was a sales representative for such agencies as Elanco Animal Health and Dakon Implement Distributors. As account supervisor for CMF&Z Advertising in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1989 to 1996, Greene and her team joined forces with Dow-Elanco in a product launch effort. The affiliation led to the resurgence of the insecticide Lorsban, increasing the market share of the product by 5.7% in one year. Greene is very active in the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA), chairing several important committees and serving as National Vice President in 1996. Despite all of her professional activities, she has found time to operate a crop and cattle farming operation alongside her husband, analyzing and appreciating on a personal level the importance of some of the products she represents. For contributions to her profession and community, and for bringing distinction to her alma mater, Purdue University School of Agriculture is proud to present the Distinguished Alumna Award to Mrs. Jill G. Greene.
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Column lays out the likely obvious moves. Winnipeg moves to the Northwest with Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver. Which likely bumps Colorado out to the Pacific and bumps Dallas to the Central.
Which means one of Detroit, Columbus, or Nashville goes to the East.
It's no secret Detroit wants to be in the Eastern Conference. The organization and its fans -- who have a Facebook page dedicated to changing conferences -- have been very vocal about their desire to switch conferences, citing less travel, less road games in the later time zones (Detroit is one of two teams in the West sitting in the Eastern time zone), and renewing rivalries with Original Six foes Toronto, Montreal, Boston and the Rangers.
"Fingers crossed, toes crossed, saying prayers," Red Wings senior vice president Jimmy Devellano said about a possible move.
"I've gone on record saying we'd prefer to be in the East, but I haven't heard anything and I'm just worrying about putting together our team for next season," GM Ken Holland said on Monday.
The Red Wings have long held the belief they had a promise from the NHL that they would be the next team to go East. Oh, if it were only that simple.
Yes, it makes sense to move the Wings to the East. But it also makes sense to move Columbus. Same goes for Nashville.
The problem for Detroit is it might be too valuable to move. Nobody in the Western Conference would want to see the Wings fly away -- well, maybe from a competitive standpoint -- because of the draw they are at the gate. They have as big of a fan base as you'll find in the States. Bottom line: it's guaranteed to be a big crowd on the road. The foes in the West don't exactly want to see that disappear.
Plus we have a little imbalance issue by swapping Atlanta for Detroit. You are sending a team that has made the playoffs once in its history to the West for a team that has made the postseason 20 consecutive seasons. You could make the argument that the conferences need a little balancing anyways, that the West has been the better half top to bottom for a few years, but that's a significant upheaval.
But let's have some fun here. Let's imagine a Detroit move to the East happens. You likely aren't going to send them to the Southeast, so some shuffling will be needed. Most likely scenario would be putting the Wings in the Northeast with Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Buffalo, dropping Boston into the Atlanta and moving either Pittsburgh or Philadelphia to the Southeast. Surely you see the downsides in that. Bruins-Habs in separate divisions? Breaking up the Keystone State rivals? Really, there's no way that makes much sense to put the Wings in the East while keeping important battles going without just dropping them in the Southeast -- which, again, makes little sense.
So it might still happen, but I'm thinking sorry Detroit, you're stuck where you are.
Geographically speaking, the simplest solution seems to be putting the Predators in the Southeast to fill Atlanta's spot. Everybody else in the East stays the same. But, despite its location being so far East, Nashville doesn't sit in the Eastern Time zone. Columbus does. And the Blue Jackets would prove a pretty comparable swap franchise wise with the Thrashers.
In the end, while Detroit can hope and pray, Columbus and Nashville will be the odds-on favorite to swap conferences, with my thinking it will lean toward Columbus. But Detroit has a whole season to politick.


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Her time Jessica Lum was a journalist for the new century, an empathic reporter who told timeless stories with digital-age tools. (Courtesy of the Lum family)
On September 22, 2012, Jessica Ann Lum took the stage to accept her award for Best Feature in the student-journalist category from the Online News Association. As the lights in the San Francisco Hyatt Regency's Grand Ballroom glinted off the silver sequins on her shirt, Jessica gave a "brief and SEO-friendly" acceptance speech, as host Hari Sreenivasan, the PBS NewsHour correspondent, had requested.
Jessica hadn't expected to win. The other finalists were teams of students, and she worked solo on her "Slab City Stories" project—a multimedia report on the inhabitants of a former Marine base-turned-squatter-RV-park in the California desert (though not, she made sure to point out, without the support of her professors, classmates, and Kickstarter backers). Jessica didn't enjoy being in the spotlight, either; she was more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it. It took her only a few seconds longer to accept the award than it did to get to the stage. After a rush of thank-yous and a celebratory double fist-pump, Jessica returned to her seat—and to what appeared to be a bright future, one in which she'd tell many more stories and win many more awards.
Less than four months later, on January 13, 2013, Jessica died. She was 25.
As a college senior, she'd already decided that she was going to be a journalist who told people's stories honestly and powerfully, using words, photos, videos, and design; and that nothing—not the recession, the bleak journalism job market, nor the rare, incurable cancer with which she'd just been diagnosed—would stop her. According to her family, friends, professors, classmates, and colleagues, Jessica was that determined and that talented—and she was right. Jessica's tragically brief journalism career is significant not only because of the substantive work she produced, but because of how she did it: firmly rooted in the fundamentals of reporting and storytelling, but with a vision and style that incorporated today's digital tools. She was, in many ways, the future of journalism. Jessica loved to tell people's stories. This is hers.
Jessica's ONA trophy—a clear acrylic pyramid—sits on a mantel in her parents' house in Sacramento's South Land Park neighborhood. This is where Jessica and her older sister, Bethany, grew up, and where her parents, Bob, a retired high-school physics teacher, and Anna, who worked for the state as an analyst before retiring in 2007, still live with their dog, Dakota. Dakota is a recent addition to the family; Anna relented on her no-dogs rule when she realized this was Jessica's only chance to have one. She asked only that the dog Jessica brought home from the Sacramento SPCA not be big or black. Dakota is a black German Shepherd mix. "This is the one she fell in love with," Anna says with a laugh.
From an early age, Jessica displayed many of the traits that would define her journalism: curious, adventurous, intelligent, determined, fearless, compassionate. As a newborn, she surprised nurses by grabbing onto the side of her bassinet and trying to pull herself up. The Lums would see this determination countless times thereafter. "If she wants to latch onto something, she'll stay there," Bob says.
Growing up, Jessica was a tomboy who preferred Transformers to dolls; this made fitting in with other children difficult at times. By junior high, she'd found her way socially, though she always had a soft spot for outsiders—from homeless people, to whom she would occasionally give her lunch (and the Tupperware it was packed in), to a lonely new student from Taiwan who became a lifelong friend.
She stood 5' 4.5" and typically wore T-shirts and jeans. She loved to snowboard and was a self-described "huge nerd," with Dragon Ball Z posters on the walls of a room that looked more like a 10-year-old boy's lair than a teenage girl's. She played video games and ate Korean BBQ, usually with her fiancé, Chris Tanouye.
Although she was a voracious reader, she was not really a news junkie. Her father, though, could sometimes convince her to watch the news with him. PBS NewsHour was a family favorite, and when Jessica recognized one of its regular commentators on a San Francisco street, she had her picture taken with him. The photo, now framed, shows a smiling teenager next to a happy—if a bit surprised—Mark Shields.
Her high school had links to prominent journalists—it was named after C. K. McClatchy, and Joan Didion (who would later become one of Jessica's favorite writers) is an alum—but it wasn't until her senior year that she got interested in journalism. Jessica enrolled in a photography class at a local community college, taking black-and-white pictures on a 35-millimeter Minolta X570 that was older than she was. Despite her inexperience, many of the photos she took then display characteristics of the more sophisticated shots she took later on: buildings at unconventional angles, an emphasis on symmetry and recurring patterns, evocative lighting. Her love of photography prompted her to join UCLA's campus paper, The Daily Bruin, soon after arriving for her freshman year.
Robert Faturechi, a colleague at the Bruin, recalls working with Jessica on stories, he as the reporter and she as the photographer. "She really wanted to get to know the people, the subjects, the topic—everything," says Faturechi, now a reporter at the Los Angeles Times.
In the summer of 2008, she and Faturechi won a traveling scholarship, and spent two weeks in Thailand reporting on the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children and sex workers. Faturechi remembers Jessica's ability to connect with everyone, from Wik, an HIV-positive orphan, to Bill, an American she met on a long train ride who was very open about his fondness for Thai prostitutes. "I don't want to be judgmental, but he was a creepy guy," Faturechi says. "But Jess was not fazed by that." She would later write that the man made her "uneasy," but told her mother that she never saw her subjects as anything less than human beings to be greeted with an open mind and genuine interest.
The resulting series, published in The Daily Bruin, reflects the effort she put into that kind of reporting. Whether portraying Wik, nasal cannula in place and arms wrapped around an orphanage worker, or a rain-soaked alley that leads to the Classic Boys Club, the photos vividly evoke the locations and people they depict.
Jessica also wrote about how her perception of photography and journalism was shaped by the trip. "We often assume that a single photograph can encapsulate an entire life, a whole idea, or a whole person," she wrote. "And yet, as iconic as photographs can be, they often fail, just as words fail, to achieve such lofty goals. . . . Words and images must work together in order to tell a whole story."
During the trip, Jessica mentioned to Faturechi that she felt tired and rundown. She didn't think much of it, as they were working long hours on little sleep in the hot Thai summer. But by the time the series was published in early December 2008, Jessica still felt sick; she had pain in her hip and back, and kept getting chest colds. She wondered if she'd caught tuberculosis in Thailand. Her doctors were puzzled until she mentioned a "little bump" on her abdomen. Pheochromocytomas, tumors of the adrenal gland above the kidney, are rare, occurring in between two and eight people per million each year. Of those, only 10 percent are malignant.
On Christmas day, 2008, Jessica posted on her Facebook wall: "I have Cancer + 10 questions you might ask."
The cancer had already spread to her bones; her hip, she later wrote in Giant Robot magazine, "looks like a coral reef." A picture of her tumor, that she insisted her surgeons take after they removed it, accompanied the article. It was a pink-and-white knot about the size of a grapefruit. Jessica described it as "freakishly mesmerizing."
She left school a semester early, moved back home, and looked into treatment options. Without treatment, her doctor gave her two years. With it, he told her, "more than two years." For once, that's where Jessica's curiosity stopped. "After that, she didn't want to know how much time she had," Anna says. "Even toward the end, she didn't want to know. Although she knew. She knew it was close."
There was oral chemo and three rounds of an experimental radiation therapy that required her to spend 29 days in a hospital isolation room, where she slept behind a lead shield. The radiation treatment was risky; some patients had died from it. But the gamble paid off, and the cancer stabilized. Jessica felt better and was ready to "resume plans that had been derailed."
She started working again, as co-editor of the photography blog PetaPixel and photo editor at Hyphen magazine. And she applied to grad school. She was determined to be a journalist, and thought the skills and experience she'd gain there would be the best way to accomplish this. Her parents weren't so sure. Anna encouraged her to stay in Sacramento, get an office job, and "focus on getting her health back." Jessica responded, "Mom, this disease, it's gonna get me anyway. And so while I'm feeling well I want to be able to live life. Be able to pursue my dreams. However long I can."
She removed all references to her illness from the Internet. Jessica would later say this was for "professional reasons"—she was afraid employers wouldn't hire someone who was sick—but she also chose not to tell her professors or classmates. She didn't want pity or special treatment.
Jessica began at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism in fall 2010. She was interviewed by one of her professors, Richard Koci Hernandez, as part of a video about the first weeks of school. She looks happy and healthy and energized. "What does journalism mean to you?" Koci asks. Without hesitation, Jessica answers, "It means storytelling at its deepest level. At its most human level, I think, in a very real way."
She thrived at Berkeley. Professors describe her as "pretty phenomenal," "immediately terrific." Classmate Hadley Robinson remembers her as a "social-media addict" who was "interested in how journalism is evolving," what it would and could be. "I was impressed by her right away," Robinson says.
Rainy days Jessica worked at Berkeley's Mission Loc@l during both years of grad school. She wrote, photographed, edited, and coded for the site. (Jessica Lum / Courtesy of Mission Loc@l)
Jessica enrolled in a class called "Digital TV and the World," the description of which seemed tailor-made to her interests: "new styles of global reportage that take a close-up look at ordinary people and the issues they face." That semester, the class focused on South Korea, and spent a month reporting from inside the country. Their work was published in a special section of The Washington Post's website that Jessica designed and produced. Two of Jessica's video reports are featured, including "The Return," about a schizophrenic woman who makes weekly visits to the mental hospital where she was once committed to teach the patients who are still there.
The access Jessica got to the woman is testament to her ability to connect with people. "She actually went in and was filming in an institution," recalled her classmate, Anne Brice. "That's really hard to do, especially in Korea. It's a very taboo subject." The woman invited Jessica into her home, allowed her to film her brushing her teeth (one task the woman said her illness still made it difficult for her to do) and celebrating her 64th birthday. Jessica narrated the video: "It's one more year she's lived—on her own terms."
As soon as she returned from South Korea, Jessica began an internship at the LA Times. By August, she was itching to escape LA for a while, and organized a road trip with some co-workers into the Colorado Desert in southeastern California. One stop was Slab City and its itinerant population, which typically shuns the outside world.
It was more than a hundred degrees when Jessica first got to Slab City; she didn't stay long, but found herself wondering who lived in the RVs, and why they chose to stay in such inhospitable conditions. She returned in October, when it was cooler and many of the part-time residents had returned. "I just felt like this was a place that I could meet really fascinating people with great stories," she later said.
Most "Slabbers," as the people who live there are called, have become reluctant to talk to a media that often portrays them as "weirdos, hippies and drug addicts inhabiting the lawless patch of the California desert," as a headline in UK's Daily Mail put it. Jessica saw an opportunity to take a different approach.
To do this, she'd need to spend enough time with the Slabbers to earn their trust. Neil Mallick, an artist she would eventually profile, remembers first seeing Jessica around Halloween, "just hanging out," with a camera at her side but no "reporter vibe," as he put it. He saw her again in December, when she rented an RV and lived among the Slabbers for three weeks.
Mallick described Jessica's reporting as an "anti-process." More likely, her approachability and genuine interest in her subjects masked that process, which was just good beat reporting. She frequented Slab City's Oasis Club ("where the old-timers go," Mallick says), drank coffee with them at the solar-powered Internet café, and attended community meetings. She ended up profiling a variety of people, whose lives she documented through photos, videos, and notecards she had each of them fill out. She filmed Karen Webb bathing nude in Slab City's hot springs, and Justin Davis, a 36-year-old reliving his lost teenage years in the skate park he built in an abandoned swimming pool. She photographed "Cuervo," "houseless on muleback for 15 years," and chronicled the 80th birthday party of Leonard Knight, the artist who created "Salvation Mountain," a 50-foot-high, cross-topped clay mountain that is Slab City's most prominent landmark.
When it was time to put the project together for the website she designed and coded herself, Jessica let the dynamic personalities shape the look and feel. Visually, it's minimal, with a simple grid of 16 boxes. Click on a box and a window pops up with more information. Sometimes it's just a picture and an index card, usually written by the subject himself—a design element that gives the digital page a real-world feel. In a few cases, there's a video. There's very little about Jessica herself, which her professor, Jeremy Rue, says was intentional. She also chose to headline the page with a simple sentence: "Squatters, Snowbirds and Wanderers of Southern California's Desert." People who come to the site, much like the people who come to Slab City, can explore and figure it out for themselves.
Slab City Jessica's award-winning Master's project looked simple, but used multiple media formats to tell the stories of fourteen Slab City residents.(Jessica Lum / Courtesy of the Lum family)
Jessica had learned that her cancer had returned in October 2011, just before she was scheduled to make her first reporting trip to Slab City. She went anyway. By her final semester, however, the disease was taking its toll. There were more frequent doctor's appointments, but she still didn't tell her classmates or professors what was wrong, alluding only to "health problems."
Jessica was determined to walk at graduation, though she was in so much pain she wasn't sure if she'd be able to. She did.
"She finished strong," Anna says.
"She finished strong," Bob repeats.
But Jessica wasn't finished. KPCC, a Southern California public-radio station, was expanding its multimedia team. Grant Slater, one of the station's visual journalists, came across Jessica's work and reached out to her. "I was really impressed by her roundness as a journalist," he says. "It's not often that you get somebody right out of grad school who can speak to all these mediums."
She moved to Los Angeles and began work—and more chemo. The treatment made her sick; she struggled to finish her first assignment. She drove herself to the emergency room, and a doctor there told her to go back to Sacramento.
About a week after she started at KPCC, she told her new co-workers that she had "health issues" and had to move back home. They wouldn't find out how serious it was until a few months later, in August, when Jessica started talking about her condition on Facebook again, with a post that shocked classmates and colleagues who weren't aware of her illness. "Friends, I am not doing well," she began. Her lungs were filling with fluid. Her heart had stopped; she was in the hospital when it happened, and was resuscitated. But it was time, her doctor said, to go into hospice. Chris Tanouye, Jessica's first boyfriend whom she met during their freshman year at UCLA, proposed to her at her hospital bedside, according to the Daily Bruin. Anna describes him as "totally devoted" to Jessica, especially at the end. He declined to be interviewed.
Unusually, Jessica's condition improved for a short time, and she was able to go off of oxygen. She brought a tank with her to the ONA banquet—which she was determined to attend, of course—though she never needed it. Slater saw his former hire in the lobby, "radiant and beaming," but "I could tell she was not having the easiest time of it," he says. "Things happened really quickly after that."
In her final days, Jessica wrote that she was "looking forward to 2013, in spite of the guaranteed unknowns, thankful I can still say that." She watched series finales of her favorite sci-fi shows and took photos of dessert: "I am going to eat this small stack of Oreos, no regrets." Her mother read her a passage from Randy Alcorn's Heaven. Jessica asked her to read it again and again. In one of her final Facebook posts, she told her friends she felt "at peace. This life is not the only one to be lived. All good things . . . ," and she signed off the same way she did in 2009, on her last post before she began isolation treatment:
"See you on the other side."
In Giant Robot, Jessica wrote: "it's one thing to survive, and another to live." It is another thing again to live on. Anna is thinking of writing a book; she's always liked writing, and Jessica left behind several empty journals and notebooks she might as well try to fill. Jessica left a copy of a favorite book, Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, on her dresser. Anna says she'd like to read it someday.
Jessica's sister, Bethany, moved to Africa with her husband and three children about a month after Jessica died. She took Jessica's Nikon D300s with her. Jessica always wanted to take pictures of African animals; Bethany plans to learn how to use it and take a few for her.
Maya Sugarman, one of Jessica's UCLA classmates, filled her job at KPCC. "She was always a role model to me," Sugarman says. "In a lot of ways, I feel this duty—and a lot of pressure, really—to make pictures that Jess never will be able to. They'll never be the same as the ones she could have made."
John Osborn, a year behind Jessica at Berkeley, is working on a news-related video game for his Master's project. There is a journalist character who looks a lot like Jessica.
Jessica's journalism will live on, too, as a record of a talented young reporter who could bridge old media and new, and in those who are inspired by her—journalists who can visualize and produce projects from beginning to end, from the first question to the last line of code. At the next graduation, UC Berkeley will name an award after her for work that shows excellence in visual journalism in a digital environment. Jessica, her mother says, was a "lifelong learner." We can learn a lot from her—from the work that she did, and from her drive to do it.
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5 Stocks Insiders Love Right Now
They might need the cash for a big personal purchase such as a new house or yacht, or they might need the cash to fund a charity. Sometimes they sell as part of a planned selling program that they have put in place for diversification purposes, which allows them to sell stock in stages instead of selling all at one price.
Other times they sell because they think their stock is overvalued and the risk/reward is no longer attractive. Some even dump their own stock because they have inside knowledge that a competitor is eating their lunch and stealing market share.
But insiders usually buy their own shares for one reason: They think the stock is a bargain and has tremendous upside.
>>5 Hated Stocks That You Should Love
The key word in that last statement is "think." Just because a corporate insider thinks his or her stock is going to trade higher, that doesn't mean it will play out that way. Insiders can have all the conviction in the world that their stock is a buy, but if the market doesn't agree with them, the stock could end up going nowhere. Also, I say "usually" because sometimes insiders are loaned money by the company to buy their own stock. Those loans are often sweetheart deals and shouldn't be viewed as organic insider buying.
At the end of the day, its large institutional money managers running big mutual funds and hedge funds that drive stock prices, not insiders. That said, many of these savvy stock operators will follow insider buying activity when they agree with the insider that the stock is undervalued and has upside potential. This is why it's so important to always be monitoring insider activity, but it's twice as important to make sure the trend of the stock coincides with the insider buying.
Recently, a number of companies' corporate insiders have bought large amounts of stock. These insiders are finding some value in the market, which warrants a closer look at these stocks. Here's a look at some stocks where insiders have been doing some big buying in per SEC filings.
One stock that insiders are snapping up here is Continental Resources (CLR) , an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production player with operations in the North, South and East regions of the U.S. Insiders are buying this stock into some slight strength here since shares are up over 12% so far in 2012.
Continental Resources has a market cap of $13.4 billion and an enterprise value of $15.7 billion. This stock trades at a reasonable valuation, with a trailing price-to-earnings of 21.28 and a forward price-to-earnings of 16.37. Its estimated growth rate for this year is 29.6%, and for next year it's pegged at 30.9%. This is not a cash-rich company, since the total cash position on its balance sheet is $42.68 million and its total debt is $1.89 billion.


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Much of the lifestyle of the regionals carries over to the majors, but there are some differences. The majors tend to utilize airplanes that can fly longer legs, especially newer 737s and larger Airbuses. While the MD-80 still makes its living as a workhorse that flies seven or eight legs a day, the typical crew might only do two or three, maybe four. The 737, on the other hand, can do it all. It can fly short legs and long. Transcons—transcontinental flights—are common.
One of the major differences in flying for a major is the dramatic increase you will see in flying at night. Red-eyes, reverse red-eyes (east to west), or all-night flights to the Caribbean or Latin America are more common. The airlines don't make money when the airplanes are parked at the gate, and where they can squeeze more revenue by flying at night, they will. Certain flights will not have as many passengers as you might think, but the bellies will be loaded with cargo.
In many ways, the job is easier. There is more automation in the system, so the flight planning and the load planning is more in sync. You don't put out as many fires related to flight plans and passenger loads not working. There are fewer weight-related issues (this is a huge problem with regional aircraft). More stations have mechanics, so if something needs attention, it doesn't take as long to get it fixed.
Generally, you will be treated better. It is a sad truth that regional pilots are often treated far worse than they should be—by their managers especially, but also by the passengers, the gate agents, or just about anyone at some point in time who finds you an easy target for their personal issue, whatever it is. It isn't a universal happening, and it doesn't happen every day, but it does happen. At the majors, there is much more respect and professionalism shown toward the crews. If you need something, it's not that hard to get, and that includes the occasional time favor from the chief pilot or even scheduling.
As a regional pilot I was lucky in one respect because the hotels we stayed in were usually top of the line. This isn't always the case. At the majors, you will stay in better hotels, and you will see more of the downtown areas, which means there is more to see and do.
You will enjoy flying for a company that is in charge of its own product, and not beholden to one that controls your fate.
Commuting is generally easier and the schedules are better, but that need to quickly change your sleep patterns likely will still be there. And, of course, you will be paid more. You might earn in a month what you earned your first year as a regional pilot.
And at some point, you will pass one of your old airplanes on a taxiway, and you will look at it and say, "I remember this one time…." And you will share a story about how much fun it was (or wasn't) or how much work it was (or wasn't). You might even miss that old bird. And you will realize that that old bird is what put you here.
You still need to learn to live out of a suitcase and get used to Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 instead of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You will work your share of holidays. But the reward is making it to the top of the mountain. The view is great, the work is fun, and the country, you will realize, is much bigger than you thought.—Chip Wright
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Creating A Boat Show Game Plan
January 7, 2014
If you're in the market for a new boat, the boat show can be a great place to work a deal. Of course, it can also be a dizzying and confusing experience if you're not prepared. The good news is that with a little research and some easy planning, you can head through the front door of the boat show with confidence.
1) Start early. That's all part of the fun, isn't it? The anticipation. The build-up. The excitement. Make that a key part of your experience. The more time you spend thinking about how you'll use your boat, the more time you spend comparing features, and the more time you arm yourself with research, the more confident and focused you will be on the boat show floor.
2) Ask around. To say that boaters like to talk about their boat is the understatement of all time. If you got into boating through family or friends, start there. Ask about the amenities they use on their boat and the ones they could live without. You'll find all kinds of information about gas mileage, top speed and other "specs." Once you get past all that, however, it comes down to how happy other folks seem with their purchase.
3) Make a list. It can be something as simple as a sticky note or as detailed as a notebook. You'll soon discover that list is getting pretty long. Enclosed head, swim platform, space for a cooler, full galley, oversized sunpad, top-of the-line stereo, etc. Now, once you have your list together, start organizing into "must-haves," "would-be-nice," and "don't really need." This will help you really wind up happy with your boat, rather than jumping at a "good deal" in the heat of the moment.
4) Climb aboard. You'd be surprised at how many folks are too intimidated to really give a boat a thorough inspection at a boat show. You should feel welcome to spend some time acquainting yourself with the boat you're about to buy. Sit in all the seats, not just the helm. Is the backrest at a comfortable angle? Open the cabinet doors. Do they open and close securely. Does the boat feel solid?
5) Remember there are no dumb questions. Repeat, there are no dumb questions. If you've gone through these first four steps and you're still confused about something, just ask! The dealership has an entire team of people at the show. A reputable dealer will want you to be just as confident about your purchase as you walk out the door as you were when you walked in.


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Skip to comments.CNN: 52% Say Obama Doesn't Deserve to be Reelected
Posted on 02/16/2010 12:42:59 PM PST by Palmetto PatriotEdited on 02/16/2010 1:39:03 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
An eye-opening result from the new CNN/Opinion Research survey:
6. Do you think Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or not?
All Americans Yes: 44% No: 52%
Registered Voters Yes: 44% No: 52%
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If CNN is saying this Obamula is in real trouble.
As it was predicted.
Carter II.
But he's really, really popular, right!
The only thing that can save Obama now is a GOP wipeout win in 2010.
So, that hope and change is not working out as advertised...
Time to contact the FEC and sue 0 for misrepresentation in advertising. :)
To be kind, I'll say that about 15% are idiots fooling themselves and the other 33% just haven't had enough Hope and Change yet. Give 'em a few more months...
That number is WAY WAY WAY too low, even most democrats I know have admitted they voted for a dud at this point.
But hes really, really popular, right!
The man is NOT likeable...period.
Yet F Chuck Todd wonders why the Dems are going to get smoked, with Obama being so popular ("this is not Bush 2006").
16 to 18 percent are blacks who would vote for obammy if it came out he was the devil.
They'd say well at least he isn't a white devil.
The damage done to this country by this administration is going to take decades to repair.
Bad news for the America-hating socialist muslim from Kenya.
Nah, Carter was just a fool. Obomber wants (US) to fail.
Wow, that's pretty damning.
The very same people who merrily voted for the man who was a community organizer now scoff at Sarah Palin. Oh the irony.
That isn't enough to overcome all the voter fraud but he still has time to mess up some more. :)
The POS didn't deserve to be elected the first time.
Carter's been beyond a fool since he left office. He serves his Saudi financers.
He is a "one year" President, not a "one term" President.
Wait until he does his 'tour' to help elect Democrats in the coming days. I hope everyone of them invites him 'to help' them get reelected.
CNN just hasn't found a way to spin the results yet.
Hey Obama... keep your chin up, it's only going to get worse, fool.
CNN poll? Add 25% and it's much more accurate.
Senators make very poor presidents and he was a poor senator.
Agreed. Given how CNN stacks their polls with Democrats this is very bad news for The One.
Given Bayh quitting yesterday, Patrick Kennedy, last week, Dorgan and now maybe Mulkulski...the Dem internal polling must be terrible.
CNN is sending their POTUS a wake-up call.
Nobama was elected because he appears to be black - nothing else.
***maybe Mulkulski...***
From liberal insiders(?)
A Democratic source close to Milkulski says she is definitely running for reelection, and her actions seem to support that — raising money, setting up a campaign office, making appearances. Mikulski, who won reelection in 2004 in a cakewalk, probably would do so again, Republican tide or not.
.... she has no immediate family, and her life is the Senate.
It is called a stampede.
Hillary will jump overboard soon.
No, he was elected mostly because Bush allowed a 4 year bogus and perpetual PR effort portraying him as the worst president ever go for the most part unchallenged.
That and McCain never went for the jugular on him.
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48% of us
Are complete morons.
He never deserved to be elected the first time!
But even Hilary never went for the jugular. Why? I think we know - they didn't want to be portrayed as racist.
So you think if Nobama was a regular white guy he would have been elected?
Hillary's campaign was horribly run from the get go, I truly don't think they held back, I think her campaign was so arrogant that it never bothered to look under the carpet.
I think Hillary never went for the jugular coz' Obummer had more on her than she had on Obummer.
That could be - LOL.
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Skip to comments.Join me and President Bill Clinton in Richmond?
Posted on 10/25/2013 11:19:17 AM PDT by Maelstorm
From: "Terry McAuliffe" To: Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 1:46:25 PM Subject: Re: Join me and President Bill Clinton in Richmond?
I'm excited Bill Clinton is coming to Richmond this week to ask people to commit to vote.
Will you join President Clinton, me, and hundreds of your neighbors on Sunday? Tickets are free, but are required for admission. Here are all the details:
What: Virginia Votes! Richmond Tickets: http://action.terrymcauliffe.com/join-president-clinton-in-richmond Where: Richmond Community High School, 201 E Brookland Park Blvd., Richmond, VA 23222 When: Sunday, October 27, at 4:45 (doors open at 3:30) Note: Tickets are required for admission, but do not guarantee entrance.
Here's one of the things I admire most about my friend Bill Clinton:
He doesn't waste a single opportunity to talk to folks about what's at stake in our political process and how they can get involved whether his audience is voters or the people sitting next to him in a restaurant.
That's exactly the kind of energy and commitment we need from everyone on this team in the final days of this election.
I'm pretty sure you're planning on voting. But I still hope you join us in Richmond on Sunday to hear from Bill Clinton about how you can do even more by talking to your friends, neighbors, coworkers, and everyone else in your life about what's at stake on November 5th.
This is your last chance to get a ticket, so please RSVP today:
How many babes will be in Bubba's green room?
Bill will supply the Ladies
Terrible Terry is getting the old "gang" back together again(at least those who are still above room temperature).
Richmond Community High School better lock up your chunky white women...slick willy come'n ta town...
Maybe they can all get together and boo God again?
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe was asked about the voice vote to adopt the amendment to bring the word "God" back into the Democrat National Committee platform - No comment.
Why in the hell would there even need to be a vote...Why would the Democrats even need to bring up whether or not God was a part of their lives.
Why did Terry McAuliffe not have a comment, something like "Yes, God is a central part of the platform" but instead his party booed God — They booed God!!!
And he wants to be the Governor of Virginia, NOT!!!
Here's one of the things I admire most about my friend Bill Clinton: He doesn't waste a single opportunity to talk to folks about what's at stake in our political process and how they can get involved whether his audience is voters or the people sitting next to him in a restaurant.How lame is that?
"Bill will supply the Ladies"
McAuliffe's PAC will pay them.
How I wish I lived in a battleground state. I really, really do. My mom says, " I am glad we don't, I am sure I would have had to bail u out of jail for disorderly conduct or something by now....lol!".
Anyway, the internal polls must b tight since Bill and Hill r there every other day....
Trust me, Mr. McAsshole, you do NOT want me to join you and Bubba in Richmond.
I'm not going anywhere near Richmond on Sunday.
Although I did go to a gun show in that city LAST Sunday.
This is gramatically incorrect Terry. It should read, Join President Clinton and me in Richmond. Dumbass carpetbagger. Isn't VA the third state for which he has run for governor?
With bill and hill stumping for him it proves this guy is extra sleazy.
Will they be handing out anti-bacterial wipes? Seems like that would be a prerequisite.
He oozes sleaze. Anyone can see it, Democrats will vote for it anyway.
Not exactly the best part of town. IE, don't be out after dark.
I agree. They are spending like they are behind. I believe Terry's negative ads may be backfiring a bit now.
Every time the Dems are in trouble they cart out Billy Boy. It is so tiring. And also says they have NO ONE better to send out than a lying old pervert.
"Join me and President Bill Clinton in Richmond"
Only if you both jump off a cliff
"Only if you both jump off a cliff"
If you are selling tickets for that event, lemme' know.
I was tempted, but then I looked at which swanky part of Richmond it was at.
Lol, I'll pass.
Please ping me to your after-action report. Hats off to anyone who can stand to be in the same room with those 2 pigs Clinton and McAwful.
Well done.
If McNasty is so far ahead why does he have Clintons ass attached to his nose on a daily basis?
You're first on the list.
Unfortunately I won't be able to make the event though I'd love to. I am going out door knocking for Cuccinelli on Sunday and next week.
They do make a lovely couple, don't they?
Since 2000, in all but one case in Nov 2012, the Clinton endorsement has been the kiss of death.
" Yup, it's in the back seat, Terry. The newest vote fraud meat grinder,
in tip-top shape. Oiled and ready to use on Cuccinelli....complete with
easy do-it-yourself instructions."
New, improved Dem Voter Fraud Meat Grinder
Insert Republican here.
Haven't you all heard....money is pouring into McAuliffe's campaign....
Virginia TV airs 2-3 McAuliffe ads against Cuccinelli ads---McAuliffe must be spending easily ten, twenty, fifty times what Cuccinelli is spending. B/c McAuliffe's got zillions at his disposal.
McAuliffe is apparently polling well---and prolly receiving mucho campaign cash---from the "dearly departed" b/c a lawsuit Democrats filed says the [VA State Board of Elections] is rushing to complete the purging of dead voters in time to have the desired effect on the upcoming gubernatorial election.....to make sure that those who no longer live here dont vote here."
(cackle) The "dearly departed" are also Hillary voters.
The buzz is Terry is 2016 Hillary's place-keeper. If elected, grave-robber Terry will insure she has the votes to win. (That's after he rapes the VA state treasury.)
The desperate power-mad Clintons are no doubt financing their old buddy McAuliffe.......b/c the Clintons have three (count 'em) three tax-exempt foundations worth millions to siphon off money from.
Alex Trebek: "The state that transformed itself from a cradle of American liberty to the laughing stock of the country when its voting populace chose to be fooled into thinking a corrupt, gladhanding, empty-suited hustler and ripoff artist was somehow preferable over a seasoned, serious conservative Attorney General."
Contestant: "What is Virginia?"
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Life on a Boat -Moksha Medium Room
Maksimum Konuk Sayısı5
Yatak odası2
Boyut1300 ft²
Floor No.
- Klima
- Çamaşır makinesi / Kurutma makinesi
- Sigara içilir
- Kahvaltı
- Etkinlikler için uygun
- Mutfak
- Kilitlenebilir oda
Accommodation summary
|Shum Wan Rd Wong Chuk Hang, 00000 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
|Mülkiyet türü
|Referans kodu
If you want to know the availability of both rooms on the boat, you can check out the rooms' calendar here as below:
https://www.wimdu.com/offers/CB0ZR42O(Medium Room on the boat)
https://www.wimdu.com/offers/3120BKIQ (Suite Room on the boat)
The Information about Moksha:
Hong Kong is a great city but with very limited space, it makes it difficult to live if you come from open places. Having a 6 feet by 2 feet balcony in Hong-Kong means throwing millions more and a sea view is something only thousands of dollar/night can buy you.
The host (Saral) lives with his helper (Siti) on the boat. Besides the master bedroom and the helper room, there are 2 extra bedrooms on the boat available for guest short-term stay. You are checking the medium room on this page; if you also want to check out the suite room pictures and information, please visit https://www.wimdu.hk/offers/3120BKIQ
Only for those, who would like to make their holiday special and experience "the life on a boat", we are offering 2 rooms to rent. Our boat is called Moksha ((website hidden)-it) and was built in 1993. The boat has been restored and converted into comfortable houseboat in Oct 2010, with classic Chinese wooden decoration. It's moored in Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island. It's just 2 minutes to famous Jumbo Restaurant; 5 minutes to Ocean Park, 15 minutes by bus to Jockey Club (Horse races-every Wednesday), Wan-Chai, Causeway-Bay and Deep-Water-Bay beach. 25 minutes by bus (with regular traffic) to Central and Stanley Beach. We are parked in Hong-Kong Island and next to Bus terminal and taxi station so transportation is very easy.
The Room Conditions:
On this page, you can see the bedroom pictures. This is a 70 square feet bedroom at the lower deck of the boat with medium size wardrobe and drawers, reading light, clean pillows and quilt. The bed linens are changed once in 3 days but will provide fresh on your arrival. Our helper will daily clean and make your bedroom, washroom/bathroom. Any additional services such as laundry and ironing can be arranged with her directly. There will be HKD50 per day if you require the laundry service. The guest bathroom is outside the room. This medium bedroom can accommodate for 2 persons (a couple), for extra 1 or 2 persons can stay in the TV room. TV room has a small double bed, which can accommodate 1 adult or 2 kids. The TV room is open but with a curtain to close on the bedside, please refers to pictures for details if you are 3 or 4 persons in your trip. For a trip with 4 -5 persons, we will help you reserve 2 rooms with the TV room. (For the kid under 10 years old we do not charge extra.)
We Offer:
Basic breakfast such as cereals, bread-toast, tea, coffee will also be provided. We usually cook Chinese, Indian, Indonesian food or BBQ on the boat and will also invite you too join but please do not consider this mandatory or included in your room rent.
For food, there are few nice restaurants around our place; there is a great and cheap Thai food near by (only 10 walk), authentic fish market (where you can choose fresh sea food and take to kitchen for cooking). The details we will tell you on your arrival. And guests are also welcome to bring their food and cook in the kitchen.
Transportation to the Boat:
From the airport to our place, it takes around 40 minutes by Taxi & costs around HKD350. If you want a local/cheaper option, then first take the airport express train (HK$100 per person) from the airport to Hong Kong Station (Central- last stop) then take a bus (HKD4.7 per person) from outside the train station (Exchange Square bus terminal) to the last stop (Shum Wan road bus terminal) near our home. Or you can take a taxi (HKD80) after you arrive Central. The pier is next to the bus terminal, you can take the water taxi to the boat. It is only 5 minutes away from the pier to the boat. The water taxi runs 24 hours and cost HKD7 per person in the day time, HKD10 per person in the night time and HKD20 per person after mid-night.
The direction with full details & reference pictures will be sent to you by email a week before your check in date.
We have 2 British Short Hair breed cats on the boat, the grey one call Shiva and the white one called Apple. Shiva is a boy, he understand what you are talking about but he never care. He hate people hug and touch him but if you do it, he will not against it. Apple is a girl she always likes to follow people and want people touch her, but do not try to hug her, as she will fight back. The cats are not allowed into the guest room. If the cats try to go into your room and you are not happy about it, just tell them go out and they will run out straight away.
The Last Thing:
I will recommend you also check out our house rules from the website and we look forward to see you on Moksha.
Ev kuralları- As concerned about the health of the cats, Please do-not feed the cat without host permission.
- Check out time Before 1pm however in some circumstances such as late flight, we accept late check-out considering that no other guests are arriving the same day, in which case you are welcomed to hang-around on the boat but clear the room before 1pm.
- Check in time: After 1:00 pm however in some circumstances such as early flight arrival, we accept early check-in considering that no other guests are checking out the same day, in which case you are welcomed to hang-around on the boat until the room is cleared and cleaned.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If Check-in after 9pm, is consider as late and requires you to inform the host in advance as we have to make special arrangements. If the guest didn't inform the host of the late check-in, we will consider the booking is cancelled automatically without refund.
- We have electric toilets on-board which gets jammed/damaged if you throw anything else in the toilet except toilet paper (eg cotton buds, plastic, diapers, pads etc) . In case the pump is broken due to your carelessness we'll charge the repair fees of USD200 as penalty.
- Smoking is only allowed in outdoor area. It's not allowed to smoke indoors including living room, guest room and washroom.
- All rules are flexible, but the guests have to discuss with the host in advance if they have any special situation.
- The boat is only allowed the person who make the reservation stay on the boat, if you have friends in Hong Kong and you want to invite them to the boat, please ask the host permission in advance. If the guest bring other persons on the boat without notice, we will cancel the your stay permit immediately without any refund.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|> 2 misafir için ücret
|TRY 198 misafir başına/ekstra gece
|Check-in Saati (Sonrası)
|Check-in before
|Check-out Saati (Öncesi)
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Very unusual waterfront living by Singapore's limited marina standards. We missed out narrowly on the new annex room above. The cats are awesome and we actually look forward to the daily boat rides to the bus interchange to town.
Quit an experience! The boat lays in the Aberdeen harbour, closeby the 'floating restaurants'...
Cosy(quite old wooden) boat with great night view.
The helper Siti is very kind.
Free breakfast is another good point.
Bad point is the bed - is too hard and pillow was to low for me(worse than hostel bed in Mongkok). I had serious waist pain next day.
And they are on renovation currently. very noisy in the morning from 8am. There was no prior notice on it.
excellent experience staying on the boat! very very comfy and cozy. thank you very much sweetie, saral and citi!
a very different and unique stay. I actually witness another side of Hong Kong. No more the the busy city but just the calm sea.
The host is very warm, friendly and helpful too.
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Despite all the romantic stories I have read about the stay on the boat, and despite the fact that Saral seems to be a nice guy (as he is very precise in the description and material about how to get/to find his boat) - I unfortunately can not recommend to stay on Moksha! The reason lies in the fact that the Cats on the Boat will most likely spoil your belongings (in our case they peed in my daughters suitcase!!!) or if you happen to be lucky that this will not be the fact, than you will most likely bring cockroaches from the boat to your home or wherever you go next. We had them in our suitcase - which to our surprise apparently surprised the stuff on the boat!?!?
All in all the four nights were tough also because we were unlucky that there were power supply-problems unluckily just at the days we were there so that cooling and light (cockroaches!) fell out...
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Name the USAT Mascot Contest
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Name the USAT Mascot Contest
Colorado Springs, CO (Nov. 14, 2012). USA Taekwondo is hosting a "Name the Mascot" contest. The USAT membership will have an opportunity to submit names for the "Eagle" mascot through November 30th. USAT will then post the top five names and leave it up to the membership to vote for the name they would like to have. Please keep the names appropriate and provide contact information when you submit a name. Recognition will be given to the individual or persons whose name is ultimately chosen.
To submit names please send an email to email@example.com or call the USAT Events Office at 719-866-4289.
Be sure to be at the 2013 USAT National Team Trials for the unveiling of the mascot and his uniform.


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Nov 02, 2011
Video communication is a popular science fiction trope--you know it's the future when you can see, instead of just hear, the person you're talking to. Welcome to the future: Tools, technologies and services exist that can let companies of any size use videoconferencing for business communication, whether it's on a tablet, at an executive's desk or in conference room 3B down the hall. The question is, just how much videoconferencing do you want? At present, the answer depends on two critical issues: technology and enterprise interest.
On the technology front, bandwidth is a major limiting factor. Videoconferencing traffic is bandwidth-intensive, particularly for high-quality video and audio signals. Interoperability, or a lack thereof, is another technology hurdle to widespread adoption of videoconferencing. While industry standards abound, vendor implementations of codecs can differ, which can affect compatibility when two different videoconferencing products try to negotiate a session. That's especially problematic for business-to-business calls outside the corporate walls. (S3481111)
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This is another year and another test to see if we learned anything.
I saw a recent posts, regarding three leagues from one of our members. I just did not want to muddy up his efforts for feedback.
This is another year when I get to contribute to my continuing fantasy baseball education.
I remember my initial year and the mistakes I made. We can be kind and call them beginner's mistakes.
Now going into maybe the fifth year of our league, I am probably still going to be a contributing member instead of a collecting member, but, I admit, it is a great diversion while I wait for Browns football.
I have come to the conclusion it is a problem of 12 keepers. As illustrated by another member it is easy to figure out the top 10 players you want to keep. The problem is the next five through eight have qualities that you like, but you can only fit them in the final two positions.
I am not complaining about the 12 keepers and not more. The best teams need to put back their next best 11 players into the general pool to redistribute the talent.
The chances of the 11 players dropped by the four money winners being drafted in the first four rounds are pretty strong and the chance that any of the four money winners getting more than one or two of their original 11 players or of the other 33 players is limited.
I have to admit, I am probably going to have to do a few worksheets to determine my 11th and 12th player.
Everytime I believe I have the right two selected I either think a little more about another player or look at the results from the prior years.
It is an interesting situation that needs a conclusion on February 29th, if my memory serves me right.


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We were there: Demi Lovato at Verizon Theatre
GRAND PRAIRIE – Sitting at a black piano, her auburn hair flowing over her cream-colored dress, Dallas-born Demi Lovato sang "Skyscraper," the emotional showpiece from her recently released third album, Unbroken. She prefaced the song by thanking the audience for helping and supporting her through a "long, difficult battle." Surely she was referring to her time in rehab late last year for an eating disorder and self-harming.
"Go on and try to tear me down/I will be rising from the ground/Like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper," she sang.
It is poised to become her signature song. Not only because it is the best track on Unbroken, but also because Lovato has lived the lyrics. At 19, the former star of the Disney Channel's Sonny With a Chance and the Camp Rock films grew up mighty fast. Such is life aboard the TV, movies and recording roller coaster.
But Lovato's 10-city tour, which stopped Saturday night at Verizon Theatre and featured opening band We the Kings, was as much promotion for Unbroken as it was proof that she's alive and kicking. She looked and sounded comfortable on stage, self-assured and professional without forgetting to be human.
For the full Demi Lovato concert review, go to my column page or pick up the Arts & Life section on Monday.
Photo: Demi Lovato belting it out Saturday night (Taylor Glascock/DMN).


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Ricky O
Music lover and KUVO/KVJZ host Ricky O has been active in Denver radio for over 32 years. In the mid 1980's he met Danny Valenzuela, one of the best radio engineers in Denver, and Carlos Lando, then Program Director at KDKO. During his time at KDKO, Ricky co-hosted a mix show called The House Party, M-F from 10pm till midnight. This was the original mix show in Denver, rocking 4 turntables and rated #1! Since KDKO, he's worked in various capacities at KBIG Sports Talk Radio, Big Dogg 92.5, Lite 92.1, 92X, Hot Talk 92.1, KS104, KS107.5 and KYGO, moving along with the various mergers and acquisitions in the radio business. All the while, Ricky has been running a mobile DJ service at clubs and private parties and for the past 5 years, has been co-host of Latin Soul Party. Although he's partial to Latin, R & B and jazz music, Ricky says, "I love everything that's good!"
Married to "my beautiful wife, Tamika", Ricky O is the proud father of an honor student daughter and two sons who have their own rock and dubstep band called "Goodbye Serenity". He has also played drums and percussion since he was 2 years old. You can contact Ricky here.


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Legends of the Trail - Page 8
Smead nearing the finish line at 14,050 feet during the 2011 Pikes Peak Ascent.
Chuck Smead
Takes on the Euros
"In those days, I was getting a course record every time I raced." Colorado's Chuck Smead is not afraid to tell you how it is. In reference to his 1970s dominance of American running, he isn't exaggerating, either.
Smead, now 61, was the 1972 and 1973 winner of the Pikes Peak Marathon and the 1974 and 1976 winner of the Pikes Peak Ascent. His 1976 ascent win included a course-record time of 2:05:22—which stood until 1993 when Matt Carpenter ran 2:01:06. He placed second in the marathon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, located at 7900 feet altitude, by running a 2:25:32 and 29 seconds back from the winner. And, in 1976, he won the inaugural Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc. 50K National Championship; his obscenely fast 2:50:46 was an asterisked American record for years due to different measurement standards.
In 1977, Smead became the first fast American trail runner to take his talents across the pond. That year, he won Switzerland's Sierre-Zinal, perhaps the most respected mountain-running race on Earth. Smead raced Sierre-Zinal four more times in the late '70s and early '80s, bringing with him other fast dudes from the United States like Pablo Vigil and Dave Casilla. This troupe together started a trend of Americans racing in Europe that has grown to what's now a veritable exodus each summer.
"Chuck was the Jack Kerouac of united states mountain running. he was Just a vagabond in Europe, but such a fast one," recalls Vigil, the Colorado mountain runner who won Sierre-Zinal four consecutive times between 1979 and 1982. "He blazed the way for me to go for the first time in 1979. Now, I've traveled to and raced in Switzerland so many times that it's my home away from home."
"Seven or eight summers total I raced in Europe," remembers Smead. "Each time, I stayed a couple weeks—maybe a month—and ran as many mountain races as I could." Why exactly did Smead cross the Euro mountain-running threshold when no one else was?
"Easy answer, money. I was a poor teacher with a mortgage payment, a wife and young kids. making money on running in America made for a scrappy existence." he continues, "I could go to Europe for a month, all expenses paid [by race organizers], and make $4000. Back then, that was a ton of money."
Smead has never stopped racing, though he's now converted to chasing age-group course records at prestigious races. "Let me tell you the truth. I wake up and think, 'My competition is running today, so I have to run, too.' I enter races now because they keep me from being lazy. I'm old, but I want to live a lot longer. This crap keeps me healthy."
Smead and his wife, Carol, live on 10 flatland acres outside of Mosca, Colorado, which is effectively the middle of nowhere. They have three grown boys and the couple is, according to Smead, semi-retired. "I'm a stamp dealer and Carol's a tutor. We don't really need our jobs, but be want them. Old people need things to do, you know." Smead runs most days, "I do lots of speed workouts, not much mileage but almost all of it fast on the dirt roads out here. I live in the death zone, at 7600 feet. Living at this altitude is hard on the body. No two-a-days up here." On easy days, Smead swims and pool runs at a nearby hot-springs pool.
Turns out, Smead's still better than almost all of his competition, too. Last fall, he championed the 60-64 age group at the USA masters 5K cross country championships with a 19:42, 32 seconds faster than everyone else. In 2011, he won and set a course record in the men's 60-64 age group at the Pikes Peak ascent with a 2:58:47.
"I'm not through with the Mount Washington road race. I tried for my age-group win there in 2012, and failed. I'm going back." Smead is also thinking about another shot at Sierre-Zinal this summer, "Europeans aren't as into age-group records as Americans are, but I can't help wanting to go after a record there, too." Clearly, Smead's got some more pioneering to do.
— 1972 > Chuck Smead wins the Pikes Peak Marathon for the first of two times.
— 1973 > Smead wins the NCAA Division II Six-Mile Championship for the first of two times while in college at Humboldt State University.
— 1974 > Smead wins the Pikes Peak Ascent for the first of two times (In 1976, he would win and set an ascent course record of 2:05:22, which stood until the reign of Matt Carpenter began in the 1990s).
— 1975 > At the Pan American Games in Mexico City, Smead runs to a silver medal in the marathon. Smead nearing the finish line at 14,050 feet during the 2011 Pikes Peak Ascent.
— 1977 > Smead wins arguably the most prestigious mountain-running race in the world, Switzerland's Sierre- Zinal. He would race it four more times in the coming years, never placing out of the top five.
— 2008 > Smead sets a men's 55-59 age-group record at the Mount Washington Road Race with a 1:17:15.7.
— 2011 > Smead sets the men's 60-64 age-group record at the Pike's Peak Ascent with a 2:58:47.
— 2012 > Smead wins the men's 60-64 age group at the USA Masters 5K Cross Country Championships with a 19:42. .


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With the global shortage of skilled professionals in Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, why are so few girls pursuing careers in this lucrative and fast-growing field? This is not only a question of equal opportunity, but one of economic necessity. We will not be able to compete effectively in the increasingly global and technologically sophisticated economy if we do not harness the full human potential of all our people.
Today, we are pleased to be joining the ITU (International Telecommunications Union, a United Nations agency) in celebrating Girls in ICT Day. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Melanne Verveer, will be joining UN Women Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet, and many others in New York City today to discuss ways we can encourage young women around the world to play a greater role in the technology revolution. By raising the awareness among girls about the many rewarding aspects of a career in ICT and awakening companies to this under-tapped talent pool, we hope more and more girls will be drawn into ICT-related careers.
Although significant issues remain for high-income countries, in developing countries both the opportunities and challenges for girls in ICT may be even greater. ICT will certainly be an integral element of these countries' growth stories through improved efficiency, access to new markets, and the creation of new IT-related jobs. And, with the sector still in its infancy, there is an opportunity to recast the IT profession in gender-neutral terms. In many ways, ICT jobs may be ideal for the complex demands women face, as the possibility of flexible hours and remote location can accommodate other responsibilities women may have in the home. Further emphasizing the potential impact, research recently published by the World Bank indicates that the wage gap between men and women is more significantly impacted by the lower-paying job sectors women pursue than wage differences between similar jobs.
However, three significant barriers remain for women and girls: gaining access to mobile phones and the Internet; developing the necessary skills through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education; and obtaining the support and mentorship needed to flourish in ICT professions.
The mWomen Program (launched by Secretary Clinton and supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development) was precipitated by a landmark study by the GSMA and Cherie Blair Foundation which found that women are 21 percent less likely to own a mobile phone than men in low- and medium-income countries. Indicators point to the gender gap for Internet being even higher. Lack of access can mean lower familiarity, skill, and interest in the technologies that underpin ICT careers.
Education, particularly in the STEM disciplines, is also critical to developing the underlying skills required for a career in ICT. While girls generally show equal or better performance in STEM classes, cultural factors can dissuade them from further studies. Men continue to dominate the study of science and engineering in virtually every country. The NeXXt Scholars Initiative is an innovative program that attempts to address some of these cultural barriers by encouraging promising girls in countries with a Muslim-majority population to pursue a STEM education in women's colleges across the United States and provides mentorship, networking and skill development workshops through the New York Academy of Sciences.
Finally, even once they have embarked on a career in ICT, women face challenges working in an all-too-often male-dominated environment. Ongoing mentorship and support can be a significant factor in a woman persisting and flourishing as an ICT professional. Opportunities like TechWomen, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), identifies emerging women technology leaders from the Middle East and North Africa to participate in a professional mentorship and exchange program at leading U.S. technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2011, TechWomen's inaugural year, we saw first hand how providing women with encouragement, guidance, and inspiration can make all the difference.