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A little-known Thai woman has been identified by researchers as the most likely author of an important Buddhist treatise, previously attributed to a high-profile monk.
Thammanuthamma-patipatti is a set of dialogues, supposedly between two prominent Thai monks last century.
It had been attributed to one of them - Venerable Luang Pu Mun Bhuridatta.
But scholars believe it was really by a female devotee, making her one of the first Thai women to write such a text.
Printed in five parts between 1932-1934, initially without a named author, Thammanuthamma-patipatti (Practice in perfect conformity with the Dhamma) is viewed in Thailand as a valuable and profound Buddhist text which deals with Buddhism's different stages of awakening.
Dr Martin Seeger from the University of Leeds believes he has traced the authorship of the text to one Khunying Yai Damrongthammasan - a wealthy and extremely devout woman who developed an impressive knowledge of Buddhist scriptures during her lifetime.


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Horseradish Mashed Potatoes Recipe
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This potato dish gets its flavor from a combination of light sour cream and mayonnaise, chives and a little horseradish. We even serve it at holiday get-togethers. -Melissa Merkle of Elizabeth, Illinois
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- 1-1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 6 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream, divided
- 3 tablespoons fat-free milk
- 2-1/4 teaspoons minced chives, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4-1/2 teaspoons reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 2-1/4 teaspoons prepared horseradish
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain.
- Place potatoes in a large bowl; mash with 5 tablespoons sour cream, milk, 1-1/2 teaspoons chives and salt. Spoon into a 1-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, horseradish, pepper and remaining sour cream. Spread over potato mixture. Sprinkle with remaining chives. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Horseradish Mashed Potatoes in Light & Tasty August/September 2005, p21
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Two skiers from the Kenai Peninsula helped Team Alaska reclaim the Alaska Cup on Saturday in the Junior Nationals at Jim Whisenhant Ski Trails in Fairbanks.
The cup goes to the team with the most points over the course of the event. Alaska won for the first time since 2008 and only the second time in the last 10 years. Alaska has won the cup 15 times. The next closest is New England with nine.
Alaska tallied 1,439 points, while New England had 1,221.
The Kenai Peninsula had two skiers at the races — Soldotna High School graduate Bree Mucha and current SoHi student Sadie Fox.
In Saturday's 10-kilometer interval start classic, Mucha finished 21st with a time of 37 minutes, 23.5 seconds. She was 2:57.5 behind winner Hannah Boyer of Team Alaska.
In the five-kilometer Junior 2 interval classic start, Fox was 38th in 19:04.5, 2:26.8 behind winner Julia Kern of New England.
In Thursday's freestyle sprint races, Mucha made it all the way to the A Final in Older Junior before finishing sixth in that race.
That left her in sixth place overall.
Fox was 37th in the Junior 2 event.


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The gallery wrapped Nauvoo Illinois Temple, Personalized Word Art Temple is beautifully displayed alongside elegant typography. This shabby chic temple art can easily complement any home interior. It is printed on premium museum quality canvas and can be customized with a line of personalized text. Personalizations are optional but can add to the image by highlighting the family name or temple name. Text positioning, font, and size are as shown in the images below.
There are five available gallery wrap sizes: 11×16, 12×18, 14×16, 16×24, and 20×30.
This beautiful LDS temple word art captures the spirit of temple and combines it with gospel centric language to create this elegant mormon art.


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I love the Beatles. My brother recently came across this puzzle, still sealed in the original plastic. Other than the fact that it says "Official Beatles Fan Club and NEMS ENT.LTD.64", I can't find much out about it. It seems that it may have been issued to Beatle's fan club members in the early 60's. Any comments or thoughts? Thanks


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Author to lecture on revolutionary movements in Middle East
Macalester College sociologist Khaldoun Samman to speak May 4 at WCSU
DANBURY, CONN. — Dr. Khaldoun Samman, author of two recent books on the clash between secular and Islamic identities, will discuss "Revolutionary Movements in the Middle East" in a lecture on Wednesday, May 4, at Western Connecticut State University.
Samman, an associate professor of sociology at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., will speak at 2 p.m. in the Student Center Theater on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Admission will be free and the public is invited to attend. A book-signing session will follow the talk.
A native of Jordan who was raised in the United States, Samman earned a bachelor's degree at George Washington University and a Ph.D. in sociology from the State University of New York at Binghamton. In 2002 he joined the faculty of the sociology department at Macalester College, where he heads the interdepartmental program in Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Civilization.
Samman's work, "The Clash of Modernities: The Islamist Challenge to Jewish, Turkish and Arab Nationalism," published in December 2010, offers a comparative analysis of Western perspectives on world history and how they have influenced approaches to modernization in the Middle East. The book abstract published on the Macalester College website noted that Samman argues "the West produced a temporal narrative of world history in which it placed itself on top and all others below." His analysis describes "how the colonizer's judgment of the Middle East and its people — where Arab, Muslim, Turk and Jew were seen as 'behind' European and Western civilization — was both strategically revised and problematically reproduced by Turkish Kemalism, Israeli Zionism, Arab nationalism and Islamism," the abstract said.
"Samman challenges Eurocentric theorists who peddle the 'clash of civilization' thesis by demonstrating that this clash involves not civilizational differences, but rather a number of modernist discourses that are all trapped in a tradition that has its origins in colonial modernity," the abstract added.
Samman also is the author of "Cities of God and Nationalism: Mecca, Jerusalem and Rome as Contested World Cities," published in 2007. His biographical notes on the Macalester College website described the book's central theme as "the controversial thesis that modernity, far from bringing in an age of tolerance, creates the social bases of exclusion.
"The central thesis of the book is that our real problem is the rigid conceptions of national spaces and peoples that have recently been forced upon these sacred spaces," the website notes added. "The book uses three major sacred cities to explore how modernity, through the apparatus of nationalism and the nation-state, redefined our constructs of self and other in fundamental ways, having major implications for the way Rome, Mecca and Jerusalem are conceived by the inhabitants of the world who identify with them."
In an interview posted on "The Weave" alternative media blog, Samman expressed concern at what he perceives as a widening gulf of cultural misunderstanding caused by Western observers who seek to interpret all aspects of Islamic society and politics through the narrow lens of cultural stereotypes.
"It reduces the critical nature of our political imagination by focusing on cultural difference as the root of the issue, and leaves untouched the issues of occupation, imperialism and social injustice," he said. Citing the example of U.S. involvement in Iraq, he asserted that an overemphasis on cultural differences yields a "superficial and ideological worldview that tries to reduce all explanations of 'what went wrong' in Iraq as a product of a time-immemorial culture of the Arabs that can or cannot be civilized or modernized," while ignoring "anything the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq did to them."
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This week Cee's challenge is about the first of the Chinese five Elements: Metal
I have always been interested to find out what metal was used in human history and how they were used. Of particular interest is the metal used the Qin dynasty (which is 2200 years ago) when China was unified for the first time. I got some of the answers when I went to a Terracotta Relics exhibition which displayed many of the terracotta army, soldiers, generals, horses, chariots etc. as well as some metallic relics.
One of these was the Gold Tiger-shaped Tally (hufu 虎符) which is a Grade 1 Cultural Relic of China. It was unearthed in 1972 in Shanxi Province where the Terracotta Army was also found.
This tiger shaped tally has an exaggerated design with huge eyes and ears, the tiger crouches on its four limbs, swishing its tail and ready to devour its prey with its protruding teeth. Used as a means of identification in ancient times. Tiger-shaped tallies became prevalent in the "Spring and Autumn Warring States " periods as tools for sending military departures. The goldsmithing of the early Qin (221- 206BC) era was distinguished from that of other states, which can possibly be attributed to the exchanges between the Qin people and their nomadic neighbors.
The other one, a bronze ge or "dagger–axe" (戈), is the most characteristic weapon of ancient China. The ge is the one on the left of the picture below; note the sharpness of the blades and the ancient Chinese characters inscribed on it.
Starting 1974, the Terracotta Warriors Pits have unearthed large amounts of bronze weapons which include swords, spears, scimitars, billhooks, dagger-axes, arrowheads and crossbows. Despite being buried for over two thousand years, these military weapons still in a usable state and their edges are as sharp as new. This reflects the high level of metallurgical technology of the Qin Dynasty. From this we know that the warriors were fully equipped with the then state-of-the art bronze weapons. The assemblage excavated so far includes over 40,000 arrowheads, as well as hundreds of crossbow triggers, swords, lances, spears, dagger-axe, hooks, honour weapons (Su) and the ferrules that were fixed at the end of the wooden shafts of the longer weapons.
These give us some insight as to the already high level of metallurgical skills even 2000 years ago!


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When it comes to spring training in the Valley of the Sun, icy practice fields are the last thing you would expect, but that's exactly what has happened at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
3TV's Javier Soto talked to Diamondbacks spokesman Josh Rawitch about what the team will do today.
As Soto explained, Mother Nature "sent a shot to right field, center field, left field and infield, for that matter."
The Diamondbacks have delayed practice until noon. In the meantime, ground crews will work to de-ice the fields.
Cactus League play starts Friday.


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that matters.
Speaking of matter: a wall of gluons sounds just like the ultra strong base material needed to construct orbital superstructures. Could anyone enlighten us as to the expected material properties?(let me guess: halflife ½ picosecond)
Since it's made of gluons, it's probably very sticky.
Since it's made of gluons, it's probably very sticky.
Oooohhh... you scientists with your technical mumbo-jumbo. Tell us what we really want to know - what does it taste like?
Kindergarten paste.
Since it's made of gluons, it's probably very sticky.
I presume the anti particles are made of teflons.
No comments, as no one here actually knows anything on the subject. Soon to be FULL of comments, by people passing themselves off as actually being subject matter experts on the topic.
So, can you fill us in? What are the implications of such discoveries? Or is this another one of those things that happen (a happy accident) with no real consequence besides filling up a few research papers?
I don't htink there will be any "this generation" practical applications to anything the LHC finds - anything that only exists at LHC energy level is pretty far out there. Indirectly, however, particle physics was stalled for 20 years following the cancellation of the SCSC, and the LHC got it moving again. Fundamental experimental physics research always pays off in the long term, as it's our most basic understanding of the universe.
Finding some serious flaw in the standard model, which is as crufty and a
I think the coolest part is it surprised them, that doesn't happen to often to those guys.
As a matter of fact, I am an expert on this topic.
As a matter of fact, I drove by a Holiday Inn Express once.
As a matter of fact, I am an expert on this topic.
Confirmed. I am an expert in identifying experts on topics.
Let me 'splain. No. There is too much. Let me sum up.
So, when you collide high-energy particles, you get lots of outgoing particles. Sometimes more, sometimes fewer. One thing that you can do to study the outgoing particles is to look at all pairs of tracks in the event (the combinatorics get very large, but you can still do it), and make a histogram of how close together all the pairs were. When you do this, you find that there is a proliferation of tracks that are very close to one another. This is because the outgoing particles tend to come in clusters (we call them "jets"), all moving in approximately the same direction. This happens, more or less, because if you get one outgoing particle with very high energy, but it is an unstable particle, its decay products will tend to be moving in roughly the same direction as the original particle.
Now, you can also do something slightly more sophisticated: instead of just looking at the angle (in any direction) between two tracks, you can use spherical coordinates, and look separately at the angular distance *around* the beamline (azimuth / phi) and the angular distance *from* the beamline (polar angle / theta) (although we actually convert the polar angle into a strange quantity called "pseudorapidity" instead
On the other hand, if you look at events with lots of outgoing tracks (>= 110), you still see the excess of tracks that are close in both azimuth and polar angle from jets, but you also see a "ridge" -- an excess of tracks that have almost exactly the same azimuth as one another, but have very different polar angles. This is unexpected, and unexpected results == SCIENCE!
So, we expect particles to appear tightly clustered together, but what we see (in some events) is more like a flat spray of particles that goes from one beamline to the other, but is very tightly constrained in one azimuthal slice.
Terrible analogy: We expect cities to occupy a roughly circular area of the earth's surface -- tightly constrained in both latitude (polar angle) and longitude (azimuth). This is like finding a planet that has a city that stretches from pole to pole, but only along a single meridian -- tightly constrained in longitude but totally unconstrained in latitude. It's just plain weird.
Oh enough on this, where is the car analogy guy when you need it?!
Oh enough on this, where is the car analogy guy when you need it?!
Based on what I got out of the summary, the basic car analogy would be that a lot of cars exploded, and now the crime scene investigators are trying to figure out if the cars went "KABOOOOM!"
*smashes hands into each other a few times, than slowly spreads them out like a fireball from an movie-style car crash explosion*
or "KERBLAM!!!"
*makes the same hand wavy motions, but adds in some slow motion facial expressions of people getting into an accident*
They're not sure which it is yet.
Oh enough on this, where is the car analogy guy when you need it?!
Two cars collided head-on and all the debris, blood, fluids, and remains lined up in a 2' wide straight line at a 104 degree angle to the collision. This was not the expected outcome.
Let me 'splain. No. There is too much. Let me sum up.
We've discovered the Dread Particle Roberts?
This happens, more or less, because if you get one outgoing particle with very high energy, but it is an unstable particle, its decay products will tend to be moving in roughly the same direction
Not really - the particles (quarks or gluons in this case) can be perfectly stable. The problem is that the colour field that surrounds them acts like a really, really strong electric field. So strong that as the quark is blasted away from its opposite charged partner the energy in the field becomes so large that it is energetically favourable to create quark/anti-quark pairs and shrink the size of the field. This is why even up and down quarks produce jets despite being stable.
This is unexpected, and unexpected results == SCIENCE!
I know its just the heading, but the whole "new matter" vs "new TYPE of matter" is kind of an important distinction.
I know its just the heading, but the whole "new matter" vs "new TYPE of matter" is kind of an important distinction.
Does it *really* matter?
Haha yea, I was originally like "HOLY SHIT! One of the fundamental laws of the universe has been potentially broken? FREE ENERGY FOR ALL!"
I know its just the heading, but the whole "new matter" vs "new TYPE of matter" is kind of an important distinction.
It depends on what the result is due to. Quark-gluon-plasma is really a phase of matter and, in fact, not really that new since it was discovered in jet-quench events at the LHC several years ago. If it is a colour-glass condensate then you could argue that this is a new type of matter since it is essentially something constructed out of gluons.
For everyone who got bored with the old one.
But seriously. So what exactly is that "new matter". And, more important, why didn't it exist before? I mean, let's be blunt here, the universe is friggin' huge and I kinda doubt the conditions in the LHC are universally unique. And yet we never observed that kind of matter before?
And yet we never observed that kind of matter before?
People focus on the accelerator, but what really matters is the detector. And now that we have a nice detector, lets get a high beam current at a high enough energy to make something interesting to look at.
If you just want to look at high energy collisions, wait around for high energy cosmic rays. Individually some are much higher energy than any accelerator, but the equivalent of the "beam current" is ridiculous low, like two digit orders of magnitude lower.
The conditions that the LHC can recreate are unique in that they are thought to have been present only during the Big Bang. As such, yes, this could be new matter that we haven't seen before anywhere else.
And that's why the LHC was and is every particle physicist's wet dream: they get to see and play with the conditions of the Big Bang. Nothing else does.
The conditions that the LHC can recreate are unique in that they are thought to have been present only during the Big Bang.
Actually really high energy cosmic rays recreate LHC collision energies everytime they hit a planet, star or any other material object. There are not very many of them but they can actually exceed LHC energies by quite a few orders of magnitude. Some large scale cosmic ray detectors get to study these but in nowhere near as much detail as we get to at the LHC but they do have some really cool detectors to play with such as a cubic kilometre of ice [wikipedia.org] several kilometres under the south pole.
So to answer the
And yet we never observed that kind of matter before?
Probably (at least this has been the case with a lot of accelerator discoveries, AFAIK) because you need phenomenal amounts of energy to produce these particles/states of matter, and while such energies might exist all over the universe, none of them are close enough to us (thankfully) that we'd be able to observe the (and this is the second reason) ridiculous short lives of these unstable particles/states.
Muons created in the upper atmosphere by cosmic rays, for instance, only get as far as the surface whe
As far as I can tell, this is probably not best described as "new matter", but perhaps more like a distribution from a scattering collision that was theorized to exist, but not yet observed (although there are debates if it has been seen before in other colliders).
I'm not up on all the details, but as I remember it, there is a mathematical result from QCD (quantum chromo-dynamics) that scattering angle has a power-law relationship which varies with energy (or something like that). I guess they found some s
now I can fix my really old stuff
Just when NASA was needing some exotic matter [discovery.com], new ones are discovered.
At least, until we are used to see them, this new ones will be pretty exotic.
That can be handy
Seriously. What could the matter be?
Is that a large hadron, or are you just happy to see me?
There was no need to build a particle accelerator to get new matter. I can go down to the store and get new matter. Actually, all I need to do is step outside. I take a jar with me, open it up, collect new matter and come back. OK, well, technically it's not new; but it's new to me and that's what matters. Pun intended.
I can go down to the store and get new matter.
Sign at a local store: Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.
You know, Callahan's is a peaceable bar, but if you ask that dog what his favorite formatter is, and he says "roff! roff!", well, I'll just have to...


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First of all, not every story/property needs to be or deserves to be or should be made a transmedia property. Many—many!—stories are perfectly fine as traditional, mono-media properties, and are in fact better. While John Green's The Fault in Our Stars has spawned tons of fan art and creations, I would never want it to be a transmedia property—I think it would ultimately take away from the experience of the main part, the novel....
What you're asking is actually a couple different questions: You want to explain to someone the value of transmedia, and you want to know if a traditional writer actually needs to do anything different when writing for transmedia.
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By Dave O'Connor
MAYVILLE - According to a member of the Chautauqua Lake Central School maintenance staff, the kids may not be cooperating with the First Lady's efforts to improve the nutrition provided by school meals.
Bob Reynolds replied "Absolutely," when asked if the additional fruits and vegetables were going into the dumpster rather than the student's stomachs. A fourth-grade CLCS teacher, not identified, agreed with Reynolds.
Reynolds also asserted the students "are not cooperating at all" with CLCS's composting effort. Bins for edible waste are provided but are generally ignored he said, adding "they just throw everything in the garbage."
"It's ridiculous, especially fruit like apples and bananas, how much winds up in garbage bags," Reynolds said. Some of the throw aways have a single bite in them, he added.
Reynolds' comments followed approval of higher prices for meals served at CLCS with only member Micheal Ludwig voting against. Interviewed after the session, Ludwig said prices for many nessesities are up and the board's action "put an additional squeeze on familes."
.Superintendent Benjamin Spitzer, according to the resolution, said the increases were recommended by the federal "The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kid Act of 2010", which set new nutrition standards effective last September.
Menu prices for the coming school year are $1.50 and $2.75 respectively for student and adult breakfast. Lunch will be $2, $2.25 and $4.25 respectively for pre K through sixth grade, grades 7 through 12 and adults. These prices are less than the $2.46 average lunch price recommended by the 2010 legislation, according to Spitzer.
In other business, consoladation of Chautauqua County's many small school districts took another step when the board approved resolutions to share certain sports activities with neighboring schools.
As a result, Chautauqua Lake and Bemus Point will share varsity and junior varsity football, which had been previously announced. Additionally, CLCS and Panama will share boy's swimming, wrestling, golf and girl's swimming with Westfield. The wrestling team at CLCS will now represent Panama and, due to an earlier agreement, Ripley.
Chautauqua Lake Child Care Center was granted a two-year lease by the board to continue operating at the school. "I think they provide a lot of unique features for our school district," Sitzer commented when he recommended the board approve the new lease.
Emily Perkins will again be CLCS senior class advisor following board approval of a list of what are termed "co-curricular advisors." Also approved were: Kris Stroth and Ashley Muscarella, junior class advisors; Mike Rohlin and Gwen Mueller, freshman adviors; Jennifer Davis, 9-12 music director; Dena Carlson, yearbook advisor; Timothy Cowan and Tara Reyda, advisors for the senior honor society; Katie Ryan, Thunderbirds Director; Craig Riedesel, technology coordinator; Eric Schuster, Development Sports Director-Fall; and Sue Teets, Development Sports Director for early and late winter sports.
The board also approved the recall of Alex Reyda to fill the eighth-grade secondary science position.


text: Clarification: The original passage about the events surrounding Soapy Smith's death was revised on Nov. 30. Soapy Smith's death is nowhere near as simple as a shootout with vigilantes. Officially, a coroner's inquest in Skagway in 1898 concluded that surveyor Frank Reid shot Soapy to death in self defense after the two wrestled over a gun. That conclusion, however, has since been questioned. What most sources now appear to agree upon is that Soapy marched down to the Juneau Wharf to confront a group of men meeting to discuss how to bring law and order to lawless Skagway. Soapy was carrying a rifle. There was a confrontation and then a struggle. Soapy was shot, either with his own rifle or Reid's pistol. Reid was mortally wounded. The coroner's inquest subsequently made its ruling, but reports later surfaced the Jesse Murphy, not Reid, had actually shot and killed Smith. Here is brief summary of various accounts compiled by Catherine Holder Spude, a retired historical archaeologist for the National Park Service.


text: Have three Lennox systems. A main level piggy back systems with a heat pump in basement and one on an upper level. I have had multiple problems with the upper system. First the coolent seems to continually be leaking out. The company that put it in has constantly come out to refill it. They eventually said it was a something at the condenser fan like a valve or something then after a couple of more times replaced the condenser pump and the coils in the attic. Everything seemed fine but just like before three months later the unit has run out again. This house is a year and a half old and has top of line Lennox systems. I do not know if it is the company that is he licensed Lennox installer here or it is that Lennox is just crap. My guess is I have a leak in the line between the fan outside and the unit in the attic. Unfortunately, that means it is somewhere in the line somewhere in my walls. Can someone give me some guidance on how to proceed to get this finally fixed.


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How bout this for blast from the past? Hearing #Michigan will drop in on Joliet (IL) RB Ty Isaac this week
per Sam Webb
How bout this for blast from the past? Hearing #Michigan will drop in on Joliet (IL) RB Ty Isaac this week
Please let this happen.
This would be some good news, not sure why he would flip at this point, staff sees we need running backs....
I also saw this on twitter (random person, not insider) , but it could be since Tenn. and Aub. coaches are gone, to push Green to commit? I thought that was an interesting idea.
You're not sure why he would flip? Maybe it's because Lane Kiffin is in the process of turning one of the nation's biggest talent magnets into a dumpster fire.
PANIC over the status of Derrick Green. Michigan must have used Eminem to over come the USC/Snoop Dog influence.
It's Snoop Lion, silly.
it appears that folks remain just a little too sensitive for any attempt at humor to enter the fray...
I wonder if there is any mutual interest.
i assume we wouldn't be talking to him unless there was mutual interest.
But he's already commited to another school. Just because they're talking to this kid doesn't mean he's really still interested. Don't get me wrong I hope he is, I just wonder if he's really ready to move on from what he's commited to at USC
the timing of the meeting probably (but not definitely) means that he's at least willing to listen. the staff already built a relationship with isaac's coaches and would understand if michigan no longer recruited him after he verbally committed to usc. i bet usc's poor season, michigan's obvious need for a back, usc's other committments and poor short term outlook may have made isaac to have doubts.
atleast the one on the right is a Mich grad
Ehhhh...I assume this bodes ill for Green, which...yeah...
Don't know how? A backup plan never hurt anybody. Tenn and Auburn without coaches and uncertain futures (probably even more loses headed their way). That leaves Michigan, VT, Miami, and Oregon.
Oregon: He has said he does not want to play in the spread. Probably just wants to visit.
Miami: I hope he visits. All 10 of their fans attending their games will really wow him.
VT: Close to home, could be a contender.
Michigan: One of the best OL classes in the county. Pro style set. 5* incoming QB. Head coach with a few years at the very least. Tradition. Future promise.
I wouldn't rule Michigan out.
I believe according to our buddy Mike Farrell that Green doesn't want to stay close to home, ruling VT out.
I heard that too
I'm not arguing that. Michigan is by far the logical choice for Green. But that's not what makes a recruits decision. Some people seem to think he wants to stay in the South, and I tend to think that's the case. This late rekindling of things with Isaac just seems suggestive of that, to me. If there's some indication that Ty wanted to be contacted, that would redefine the situation. Otherwise, it just seems like the staff is hoping to cash in on KIffen's comparative failure, which seems uncharacteristic of Hoke' MO.
Until Green or any other running back is committed, they should still recruit other top tier RBs. Committed or not. The only thing this proves is that Green is not a silent commit. Sorry all you conspiracy theorists.
Said brother. Id be happy with green or isaac. Or... BOTH. (eyebrow raise)
Would feel better about this if he was reaching out to us. Still, it's worth a shot.
TomVH tweet something about news regarding a 2013 oline commit we have? Not sure if it was good news or bad...it was pay walled ....any ideas?
It was really good news, but since its paywalled, Im not saying anymore.
As long as it isn't one of ours changing their mind...we need MOAR lineman!
It was good news about a kid who is currently committed to a school in Cali but has some interest.
I could be wrong, I do not know who it is, but I am guessing that "a school in Cali" does not necessarily mean Cal.
He didn't say it was necessarily Cal, just a school in Cali. Looking a bit south from Berkeley is probably advised.
If you were Hunting for the name Berkley might be a good place to start.
Has the ship sailed on LTT?
Yup, sailed right into the Michigan locker room.
My guess is Khaliel Rodgers
Kenny Lacy?
It's Cameron Hunt who is currently committed to Cal. Our old friend says he is very interested in Michigan and is friends with Kyle Bosch and LTT.
I'm pretty sure it's a guy committed to UCLA...Kenny Lacy I believe.
Kenny Lacy is another project type lineman and UCLA has 6 other O-line commits a grey shirt incoming and three of five starters on the line are freshmen. Lacy was always a soft commit to UCLA and going after him is a good place to start if this is true.
Most intriguing.
Not getting my hopes up, though
Not me. I'm freaking out, man.
'Cause, you know, why not?
Could be a reflection of Fitz's long recovery more than Green' s choice. Starting job is IMMEDIATELY available for best RB.
Plus, USC could be a tire fire with shrinking roster and Kiffin's questionable status. Stanford, Oregon and UCLA are arguably the Pac front runners for the next 2-3 years.
Now this is the kind of post-OSU thread I can get behind. I'm skeptical that it's going anywhere (until/unless we hear from Isaac), but this produces much happier thoughts than memories of our playcalling and offensive line play from yesterday.
Always good to keep options open. I not going tojump to any major conclutions.
@BrOoKyLn_boii27: "@justinbush: @BrOoKyLn_boii27 Michigan still recruiting you hard?" No question
Derrick almost NEVER talks about his specific recruitment from a specific school, save for saying when he'll visit. The timing of this tweet with the Ty Isaac news is pretty interesting, IMO.
It's not like he offered up this tweet out of the clear blue.
Yeah, but why answer the question now when he never has before? It looks pretty telling to me.
Stop over analyzing what they are doing on Twitter.
I'm not over analyzing, just noticing trends.
That is called overanalyzing. Twittering with teens is creepy. Leave it be and cheer for the basketball team.
Twitter's the tea leaves of the 21st century, and there's no such thing as over analyzing them.
like a complete tool in trying to recruit these kids to Michigan.
Could this be our old friend Chet at work (and by friend I mean creep who thinks he plays a major hand in UM recruiting)? I have to agree that people doing this really is offensive to me.
With michigan....and I'm a tool...got it! I will consider how you think of me next time i tweet.
So is the OL news about a current or potential commit?
So you're telling me that RDT might still be right?
My SEC sources are telling me he is a lock.
whatever happened to that guy?
He grew some boobs and goes by the name Kate now.
No but really, can someone explain what happened to him?
He just told you.
Kate was the third incarnation. RDT had two accounts and a second user name and used them to praise and upvote himself. He was outed when he tried to respond as RDT when using his other account.
WolverineInABag changed his/her name to MGoCooper. Strange
Job safe? Wondering if he'll be fired, he's made some bone-headed decisions and his team grossly under-performed ths year....
Haden's not firing him until the sanctions go through.
This running back news got me thinking...are any of the running backs we are in on (pretty much Derrick Green) or our outstanding commit that everyone seems to forget about, Deveon Smith, planning on enrolling early?
Ty Isaac was planning on enrolling early. In other news, I haven't had to access that piece of information in a very long time.
Smith is basically Thomas Rawls, but maybe with a bit more power.
Running backs enrolling early is pretty overrated.
And what are you basing this on? Just because they have a similar build? Not every 5'11" 225lb running back is Thomas Rawls (who still might be a very good running back for us).
@sniks30: @BrOoKyLn_boii27 UM or Ohio?" UM
Stop reading tweets. This isn't news, of course he wouldn't say ohio considering he dropped them and still has us as one of his favorites.
You need a vacation or something. You're far too uptight, like all of the damn time. It's a fan board, and fans follow twitter (novel concept). I don't think you'll lose any sleep over what he posted. I generally like your contributions, but you could stand to scale it down a couple notches. How about you take the next few plays off, champ?
Shouldn't you make sure some scarred high school student isn't slowly killing off pieces of your soul?
Great wi-fi up here.
There have been many a post by mods about twitter and not taking everything on it as news. What he posted was not news.
Did i say it meant anything ? Did i start a thread about it ? I just thought it was a nice little tid-bit with him pulling for Michigan...And i don't follow him on twitter, it was mentioned on one of the recruiting websites yesterday...Thanks bro.
This means nothing.
This tweet was from yesterday. So it was probably more of a game prediction. And taking that OSU isn't recruiting him, why wouldn't he pick Michigan.
We need elite talent at RB and WR. I will take whoever will come our way. Heck, I would take both Isaac and Green, but I do not think either are likely. We have not landed any elite position players that were not die hard UofM fans growing up. This is still a concern and should be noted if we are going to contend for B1G championships and compete nationally. I want this program to be a national power and do it the right way. We are going to need elite talent to do so. So far, we have not shown the ability to develop position players, although, it has only been two years.
Part of your rant is the last part..."although it has only been 2 years." It's like you talked yourself off the edge and realized you don't become a national power over night. These "elite" players you seek have grown up during the time when Michigan was basically a cellar dweller during RR years...it is going to take some time my friend....
Development has been fine, just don't have the elite athletes there yet. Gallon, Dileo, etc. have come along nicely.
Yeah, by the end of the season it seemed like we'd transplanted Avant's hands on Gallon. He'd have the corner hanging off him, the safety spearing him, and 70% of the time he'd pop up with the ball.
Although I think by the end of the year he was also playing injured. He was real slow to get up a number of times.
With USC's disappointing year plus Kiffin's blatant idiocy (press conference tantrums, under inflated footballs, 1yr Tennesee debacle, etc), the guy is a ticking time bomb. If my child were contemplating his team, I certainly would steer him away. I'm hopeful the Isaacs are doing the same. Complete speculation, I know, but I'll be watching this with keen interest.
FWIW, ESPN has a stub title on their recruiting site saying Wilkins was reconsidering his committment to Auburn after the Chizik firing. Obviously, neither party was the others first choice in the last go around, but maybe we'll re-enter the ring if we really feel like we're struggling to get the right RB.
You Twitter stalkers are weird.
If I was Hoke, I would encourage top tier recruits (Green, Treadwell, McQuay, Issaic) to commit during their all star game. This creates tons of program hype and great publicity. You can bet that every well known junior recruit is watching those games.
So I guess what I'm saying is that they're all silent commits. Don't worry.
Oh come on, we don't need him! Remember, Fred Jackson says Rawls 'runs angry'and is better than Mark Ingram. Our RB situation is A-OK!! Is Vincent Smith returning for his 7th season?
I am sure he will say Deveon has feet of Chris Perry and the running style of A-train
Our RB situation is fine. However we need the hogs up front to create the holes for them.
but have you been watching any games this year? I mean, there is no question our O-line has been well below par but the RB's haven't shown a lot either. Rawls specifically has been a disappointment IMHE as he was supposed to be one of those backs who breaks tackles and and run through defenders. I have been amazed at how a back of his size goes down on first contact virtually everytime.
We have Fitz for one more year (and who knows how he will respond after his injury) and that is essentially it. How on earth could someone look at oour running back situation and say it's fine? After Fitz we have zero proven commodities at RB and given the injury he just sustained we can't even count on him being his old self for sure. That is not a situation I would characterize as fine, but that's just me.
Deveon seems hard to take down. If he has the ability to slow down the game and find a hole he could be a good back.
Considering that Joliet Catholic doesn't churn out top talent regularly makes me think there's some interest. On a side note, Treadwell's recruitment has remined me of Isaac's. Lots of visits here, but no commitment.
What are you talking about? Joliet Catholic is one of the biggest powerhouse football schools in the state of Illinois.
Expect a lot of USC commits to go up for grabs.
ND is back in the mix for Isaac, as well.
Do you have a bases for this info?
We have 1st and 3rd base on this. Still working on 2nd.
I reading on the Michigan Recruiting HQ from someone that goes to his school and knows Ty says that Ty Issac is looking for a school that will offer him cash under the table, aka Pay to Play. For some reason he thinks Michigan may budge this time. I highly doubt they will, though. The focus should be on Green.
All I have to say to this is LOL.
This post is horrible in every conceivable way.
Any chance that this kid also knows Ty Isaac?
Congrats. You earned it.
Us Michigan fans are so whiney lol.
He's tired of Michigan fans over-analyzing his tweets and responding to them
he means he has a mean headache out of the blue (ie out of nowhere) and he's ready to take some medicine to knock him out
Or we could continue to overanalyze every last character he puts onto twitter
Or you could catch the sarcasm in the post
Sometimes, on the internet, sarcasm is hard to read.
This is not one of those instances.
dgreen was clearly being sarcastic.
We'll see but gotta think it will be hard for him to ignore everything ND is offering.
While the staff is in Illinois it would be nice if they stopped by Crete to re-establish the love with Treadwell. There's only about 30 miles between the two and unless there is info they have otherwise, it certainly couldn't hurt. Reports that he was slipping with us are sad. Reconnecting with the original Illinois trio (LTT being the 3rd from way back) and trying to bring them full circle to Michigan together would be tremendous!
make up for the loss of Conley?
commence the speculation and then the subsequent hate this kid will receive from people if he doesn't flip his commitment
Not sure what the coaches are thinking, but he has great upside at WR based on his junior film.
If I were a recruit and seen Jabba The Hut (Al Borgnine Borges) and his dreadful playcalling I would run, Dave Brandon please bring in a competent OC!!!
First, coaches don't just drop by a player's house and barge in. The player/family invite the coaches to visit and talk. Dad gets his questions ready and Mom serves tea & biscuits, and then Dad clams up and Mom grills the coaches.
Second, coaches obviously attend because there is even a slight chance to persuade the recruit - but often the coaches have a relationship with the parents and HS coaches that they respect enough to spend a few hours talking to build goodwill at worst.
Someone in the Isaac family isn't 100% sold on USC and maybe Hoke will persuade them. Coaches aren't there for tea and biscuits.
They prefer scones and lattes.
Maybe Lane Kiffin does, but I'd like to believe that Brady Hoke says "No, thanks" to anything but donuts and black coffee.
I can see Brady graciously trying anything and then genuinely chatting with Mom about her recipes and all her family traditions. He probably has his wife's pizza recipe on cards as a leave behind.
Then he asks Dad for directions to the closest diner for Manfood!
Likes Five Hour Energy and deviled eggs. Real talk.
Hunt. Isaac. There must be some other late targets that could surprise us and someone can enlighten us.
For example what about Reschke? He is obviously another committed target who recently surfaced.
Godwin Igwebuike.
Reon Dawson.
Kenny Lacy.
Isaac reconsidered when he saw the crappy, rainy weather for the USC vs UCLA game. He figured he might as well stay closer to home if he has to play in that mess.


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It's official — at the beginning of our fiscal year, July 1, the Virginia Jobs Investment Program became part of the VEDP team. House bill 932 passed by the Virginia General Assembly in in the spring 2014 special session moved the administration of VJIP to VEDP to further align Virginia's job incentive programs.
In fiscal year 2014, VJIP was involved in 96 percent of the projects that VEDP completed.
VJIP is the second oldest incentive in the Commonwealth and was established in 1965. According to VJIP interim director Frank Strickler, "This is a homecoming for us. VEDP's predecessor organization and ours were originally joined under the Department of Economic Development until 1996 when VEDP was formed and we were moved to the Department of Business Assistance. We have worked closely with VEDP's business expansion and business attraction managers for years, so it's great to be under one roof again."
VJIP is charged with marketing and managing a state-funded grant that helps companies train their employees. Companies can qualify for the incentive in any of three categories: new and existing business expansions that create jobs, small businesses that create new jobs, and workforce retraining to upgrade the skills of existing employees.
Due to the flexibility of the three categories, a wide range of companies can qualify for the incentive. VJIP serves both large and small businesses in a variety of industries. VJIP project managers also provide free consulting services to client companies, helping them find solutions for their recruiting and training issues.
The VJIP grant is a performance-driven incentive distributed on a pay-as-you-go basis after each employee has been on the job for more than 90 days. VJIP managers work with the company to develop a training outline and budget, so that the client has skin in the game. Companies can receive up to 50 percent reimbursement for qualified recruiting and training costs. Due to the multiplier effect, the incentive usually nets a 100 percent ROI (return on investment) in six months.
VJIP is one of the longstanding examples of incentives that attract companies to Virginia's pro-business environment. To learn more about VJIP, click here.
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Christina Robinson, 'Dexter'
You know her as: Astor, Dexter's (Michael C. Hall) adopted daughter and Cody's (Preston Bailey) older sister Why we like her: As much as the rebellious, bratty kid can be a cliche, Robinson's portrayal of a teenage girl whose mother has just been murdered felt incredibly honest to us. Somehow it works that she's the confidant and challenge to a serial killer who has a surprisingly gentle side. Where else you've seen her: In a bunch of film shorts, including "Equestrian Sexual Response." She also has a twin sister, Courtney, so perhaps you think you've seen her on "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" as the girl in the B'owl commercial. -- Hanh Nguyen, Zap2it
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Yale men's swimming and diving team heads to Harvard's Blodgett Pool Thursday as they look to make a splash at the 2010-11 Ivy League Championships. Last season, the Elis finished fifth overall - a mark they look to best following a regular season that saw them post wins over Brown and Dartmouth in conference meets.
The Bulldogs have boasted a powerful mix of age and youth this season, as the class of 2014 has burst onto the scene and established themselves as a force behind the leadership of a strong senior class. Captain Kyle Veatch has dominated the sprint events (50-yard free and fly) throughout this season as he has his entire career, and classmate Matt Lee has provided reliably strong contributions in the 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle.
Both Lee and Veatch have been the beneficiaries of the presence of some impressive freshmen. Mikey Bogese evolved into an all-out star through the course of the season, posting top-three finishes in a variety of events in 2010-11. Some of his most spectacular performances came going head-to-head with Lee in the distance events, though he took first in the 200-yard backstroke in the Bulldogs' last regular-season meet against Brown.
Another freshman, Pat Killian, has been a stalwart in the sprint events and relay teams, while West Cuthbert and Danny McDermott have also been regular contributors in several different races. Cuthbert has also established himself as a big-time distance threat, giving Yale a trio of potentially dominating swimmers in those events.
The Bulldogs' breaststroking corps boasts juniors Alex Benz and Christopher Luu and senior Sam Goldsmith, to go along with McDermott, who has also been a factor in several meets this season. Sophomore Mike Dominski has followed up his stellar freshmen season with another strong one in 2010-11: an All-American in 2009-10, Dominski is a major component of Yale's relay squads, and has also been big in the backstroke and sprint events. Junior Goksu Bicer also came on strong late in the season, giving the Elis a powerful 1-2 punch behind captain Veatch in the freestyle and fly events. Dominski's classmate Jared Lovett has also displayed incredible versatility in his two seasons in New Haven, settling in this year as a multiple-time winner in the individual medley.
Yale will need all the depth it can get, as perennial powers Harvard and Princeton are as good as ever. Yet the Bulldogs certainly hope to avenge tough losses to teams like Penn (just a six-point decision in the loss), Columbia, and Brown - as well as their most ancient rivals, the Crimson and Tigers. Preliminaries begin at 11 a.m. Live stats are available via a link posted on the schedule on Yalebulldogs.com, and further information about the meet is available at: http://ivyleaguesports.com/championships/mswimdive/index
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GGF, the troubled Swedish firm aiming to buy BitTorrent tracker the Pirate Bay, has admitted the deal may be crocked.
"At present, GGF cannot discern whether the acquisition will be completed regardless of the outcome of the trial," it said in a statement, referring to its ongoing travails in the bankruptcy courts.
In September, GGF, a publicly traded company, was hit with a winding up order by one of its creditors, a former director. The firm's shares were suspended in August after it failed to demonstrate funding was in place.
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Once upon a time, it was the custom to send two volunteers out together on book pick-ups. In part, this was to increase our options. If a person had a car but couldn't carry boxes, the person could be paired with someone who could lift but didn't have the necessary vehicle. As time went by, we found ourselves with more and more drivers and fewer lifters, so we started to do it other ways.
Another benefit of the two-person system was that one person could do the hauling while the other person talked to the donor and wrote out the receipt. Just about everybody giving away books in bulk has a story to tell, sometimes sad, sometimes joyful, not very often boring. An extra pair of ears could free up a pair of hands to work without the need to respond to the narrative. Those who recall the story of the donor who admitted she had considered a multi-story drop to the pavement rather than having to watch us carry away her beloved books will remember how the driver in the story passed along the address for Talking Books, so the donor could listen to the books she could no longer see to read.
The driver in that story was one Carol B. Michael who, we have just learned, died this past December at the age of 92. She demonstrated many times her willingness to be helpful at two ends of a drive: hekping the Newberry by bringing books in, helping some friend she'd never met before by driving books away. With a lively mind and a quick sense of humor, she could take an interest in donors as people with stories, as well as books, to give.
One of her long-range projects was the moving, over a period of several years, of the books donated by the Nimses: John Frederick and Bonnie. John Frederick Nims, poet, translator, and editor, donated some of his books, and Carol was the driver who picked these up. She became so familiar with the staff at the building where the Nimses lived that eventually a book lifter was no longer necessary. The building staff simply loaded the boxes into her car and she drove them over to the library. After John Frederick Nims's death in 1999, Bonnie Nims continued to call carol directly with further installments of the ongoing donation. This happens to our book picker-uppers a lot. Repeat offen…donors simply put the picker-upper's number on speed dial and bypass the cranky middleman. Well after Carol had stopped making other book pickups, around 2005 or so, she would still drive another load over when Bonnie Nims called on her. The last load consisted of the books of poetry John had inscribed to Bonnie.
Most of the stories about carol are vehicular, in fact. She's the volunteer I mentioned in another column, whose father owned a rooming house for vaudevillians where she used to ride her tricycle up and down the hall at 8 A.M. just to hear the new and interesting sounds made by singers and acrobats who hadn't gotten to bed until 3. And then there was the way she'd load up her car with a friend and a few boxes of collectible doodads and head out to flea markets for the fun of meeting people and making a few dollars.
I expect she's driving some kind of vehicle along gold-paved streets now, shifting harps or truckloads of snow (maybe that's why we haven't been dumped on this winter.) That's assuming the Nimses were witnesses on her behalf, and not so much the vaudevillians.


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We are often asked if GenealogyBank includes newspapers published in other countries, such as Canada, various countries in Europe, or in the Americas. No, we don't.
But, there is a bright side.
U.S. newspapers routinely published news of marriages and deaths from overseas that they felt were of high interest to their U.S.-based readers. These were selective, so look to see if there were any news articles that targeted your relatives.
For example, look at this 1766 obituary from a Rhode Island newspaper.
Newport, Rhode Island, is a seaport town that had many people involved in the sea. Because of this maritime involvement, news from the Caribbean islands was of high interest to the readers of Rhode Island newspapers like the Newport Mercury. This obituary of Mrs. Margaret Pullen, who died at age 100 in Antigua, would have been of interest in the Newport, RI, area—not only for her longevity and good health, but also because she was from the Caribbean, and for her family's support of Queen Anne (1665-1714) who had been popular in the colonies.
Here is another obituary from the island of Antigua that was published in a U.S. newspaper.
James Hutchison died 28 February 1788 a wealthy man. The obituary mentions that his sister Margaret of Paisley, Scotland, is the sole executrix of his will.
Publishing genealogy records from overseas is also common with ethnic U.S. newspapers like the Irish American Weekly (New York City, New York).
The Irish American Weekly routinely published news of marriages and deaths from back in Ireland. Did it capture every Irish marriage? No—but it did publish tens of thousands of Irish marriage announcements and death notices. It is essential that you look there and in the other Irish American newspapers in our online archives to discover the marriage and death records of your Irish ancestors.
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The O-N-E Morning Read: Thursday, Jan. 12
Severe weather swept through the Catawba Valley on Wednesday evening, and The Observer News Enterprise delivered information about storms and emergency warnings to online readers and Twitter followers throughout the event.
Get news updates on Twitter @TheONENews and visit www.observernewsonline.com often for breaking news information.
During the severe weather event, 15 people were injured in Western North Carolina, with much of the damage in Burke and Rutherford counties. Get updated storm information with The O-N-E online: www.observernewsonline.com/content/15-injured-60-buildings-damages-storms.
State lawmakers are playing with teachers' paychecks. How? Find out in The O-N-E's Thursday print and online editions.
Catawba County's economy needs entrepreneurs to succeed, but how does the county help business start-ups flourish? Leader discuss strategies.
OUTLOOK is inside the Thursday O-N-E edition and this week's cover story focuses on the ukelele sensation who is coming to Newton-Conover auditorium. Find out more about Jake Shimabukuro in OUTLOOK, and don't miss his performance Jan. 27.
Other news in the Thursday print and online editions of The O-N-E:
• Conover will hold a special meeting today to consider a lease agreement and contract for the Manufacturing Solutions Center: www.observernewsonline.com/content/conover-consider-manufacturing-center....
• Lenoir-Rhyne hangs on to defeat Wingate on the hardwood. The Hickory Crawdads announce the field staff for the 20th anniversary season.
• February library program explores the history of slavery. The Catawba County library system also has materials available focusing on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.
• Fifteen students complete EMT Paramedic Training at CVCC. See their picture in The O-N-E.
• Outlook editor Barbara Burns has a solution for the childhood obesity problem, and she shares it on the PERSPECTIVES page. Recent North Carolina perspectives argue that N.C. House Republican leaders waste time and act petty in their legislative wrangling.


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Are you ready for Coachella? Then there's Bonaroo, Electric Daisy Carnival, Sasquatch, Summerfest, Pitchfork and about a dozen more.
So many cute guys to look at! So much live music to enjoy! And that means so many cute outfits to pack! So who needs to get exhausted trying to get their hair to stay adorb while you're dancing, flirting and running around in the heat, right? We checked in with Janine Jarmon, on how you can style your hair for music festivals. She's got styles that will look good, help you beat the heat and stay put while you're rocking all day and night.
Janine's a celebrity hairstylist and owner of one of Hollywood's hottest salons: Hairroin. Janine's styled Fergie, Christina Applegate, Katharine McPhee, Missi Pyle and more. She's seen celebs before they've gone to music festivals and after they've come back. She knows what works! Please note: all styles were created in Janine's Hollywood salon, Hairroin.
Long hair
1. The Braidarinna
Start with a very high pony tail. Split pony tail into two sections. Do a three-strand braid on each section. Wrap one braid around base and pin securely. Wrap the other braid going the opposite direction on top of the first braid and pin to secure. Tuck ends in to middle. Finish with Sebastian Shaper Fierce hair spray for shine and hold.
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2. The Pony Twirl
Make an average pony even cuter with a coiled fringe bit. Run Sebastian Molding Mud through the fringe section and flat coil off to one side. Pin across coiled section with long roller pins or cute decorated pins
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You've probably experienced it, and if you haven't, you're missing out on one of life's minor pleasures: unexpectedly finding a $20 bill in the pocket of an article of clothing you haven't worn since last year.
On a larger scale, people get unexpectedly enriched every day. It happens via the unclaimed property departments that sit in each state's capital, and also in Washington. These departments' express purpose is to return such property to where (and to whom) it belongs. The unclaimed property business is one of the least publicized activities of most governments at the federal and state levels, and at any given moment there's over $33 billion sitting there idle, looking to find its way home.
SEE: 10 (Costly) Tickets To fast Cash
It makes sense that if you don't know the property's there, you wouldn't think to look for it. So, if you do receive unsolicited communication telling you what you might be missing out on some property, take heed.
Property to Be Claimed
Human nature being what it is, it's rare for people to offer valuables to other people with absolutely no strings attached. Therefore, should you ever receive an email or letter (or click on an ad) promising to reunite you with your long-lost stuff, a little precaution will take you far. The standard instructions are to discard any email you receive that mentions you've got property waiting to be claimed, but believe it or not, personal experience shows that such emails can indeed be legitimate.
Case in point, a recent missive from the state treasurer's office claiming that free money was there for the asking. The initial assumption from a wary consumer is that if this isn't a phishing attempt, then at the very least it must be a trap. Perhaps the email did, indeed, come from the government. But that could mean there's an unpaid parking ticket or unanswered jury summons waiting, and the bait of "unclaimed property" is just a ruse to get the gullible to answer and provide information about himself. It's not unlike those police departments that offer free football tickets to deadbeat dads, only to replace the tickets with handcuffs.
SEE: How To Avoid Online Scams
At least in one case, it didn't work that way. The state did ask for identifying information and proceeded to mention that they'd been holding identifiable property for some time. "Property" that was in fact cash, in the form of insurance premium overpayments, but property nonetheless. There was $809.11 worth, which teaches another lesson - log in and check your insurance and other accounts regularly. No, the state didn't offer interest, but an unexpected $809.11 principal payment is a lot better than nothing. A quick trip to the state treasurer's website verified the original email.
To Good to Be True?
It sounded like pennies from heaven, but it's really just the result of the law being followed. Such overpayments, whether from unclaimed savings accounts, neglected safe deposit boxes, or other financial vehicles, have to be reported to each state's unclaimed property office. Sometimes the list of property is posted publicly. Then the property sits with the state, waiting for its rightful owners to make their move. Nor is there a statute of limitations regarding unclaimed property.
Most such found money is minor, the median payout being somewhere south of $100. Occasionally, life-changing amounts sit there idle, sometimes for generations. Last December a Missouri woman received $6.1 million from her state, one of the largest-ever government checks that didn't involve either a lawsuit or a lottery ticket. The woman's ascendants had bought a security, which, though forgotten, rose in value over the years. The state treasurer did the noble thing and maintained the woman's anonymity, but most amounts owed (and would-be claimants) are listed publicly by the relevant state.
Again, be smart about it. A private third party that offers to return your unclaimed property to you must have a profit motive behind it. Best case scenario, that means the third party is looking for a cut of your property, which you shouldn't have to pay if you deal directly with your state government. Worst case scenario, the third party wants you to pay a fee up-front or provide a credit number.
The Bottom Line
So, do yourself a favor. Hunt for treasure without leaving your computer. Google "(your state's name)" plus "unclaimed property," and you can search the database and see if and what you've got coming to you.
SEE: Taxes: Who Pays And How Much?
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It's half marathon day! And right now? I'm probably waiting amongst a huge crowd of people in Corral 23, super nervous and just waiting to start this 13.1 mile run up and down the Las Vegas Strip.
And yes, I put this post together before I left and scheduled it to post this morning!


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Mitt Romney is expected to coast to victory Tuesday in the District of Columbia's Republican presidential primary, despite spending little time or money courting voters in the nation's capital.
The winner-take-all primary offers 16 delegates to the Republican National Convention, but Romney and his rivals have barely campaigned in the District.
Rick Santorum isn't even on the ballot. Voters will choose between Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman, a onetime favorite of District Republican leaders. Huntsman has dropped out of the race.
Most prominent Republicans in the District are now backing Romney. In a straw poll Monday at the District GOP's annual fundraising dinner, Romney won with 72 percent of the vote.
The District has just more than 30,000 registered Republicans, or 6.6 percent of the electorate.


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A federal judge has dropped a lawsuit against the Washoe County District Attorney. A former Washoe County deputy sheriff had claimed that District Attorney Dick Gammick and Assitant Distirct Attorney John Helzer retaliated against him.
It was filed by Rene Botello, who now works as a police officer for the Washoe County School district.
Bottello doesn't want to talk about it because he says his job could be in jeopardy. But his attorney, Terry Keyser-Cooper, says it all stems from a sexual assault case involving two young girls several years ago.
They were examined by a nurse in the CARES program.
We've done stories about CARES before. Nurses examine child assault victims and testify in court.
In this case, a nurse made a mistake by filing a report which indicated sexual assault.
Botello, who was employed at the Sheriff's Office at the time was the investigator on the case, took the girls to a hospital in California and came up with evidence they had not been assaulted.
That's where things went wrong between Botello and the D.A.'s office.
Botello's attorney says he was a whistleblower who sounded the alarm about a problem with a case . . . only to have the District Attorney try to get him fired.
Gammick says he's never done that and his office refuses to use testimony from Botello because of something in Botello's past.
On July 31st, the judge threw the case out, saying the district attorney has absolute immunity in prosecuting a case.
Keyser-Cooper says that doesn't apply to Botello, who she calls a hero laboring under an ongoing threat from the D.A.'s office.
She plans to file an appeal next week.
Gammick says he's tired of the lawsuit and he could sue Keyser-Cooper for malicious prosecution and abuse of process.
If the 9th Circuit Coart of Appeals takes up the case...it probably won't be for about a year.


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COATESVILLE — About 50 friends, family members and fellow worshipers of an East Fallowfield woman who was gunned down inside her home in May gathered Monday evening at Ash Park for a vigil against domestic violence.
Jamica Woods, 37, died on May 21 after she was shot twice inside her Rokeby Road home. Her longtime boyfriend and father of her adult daughter, 44-year-old Gregory Twyman, is jailed on a first-degree murder charge. Court filings show the Woods was the victim of continuous abuse at the hands of her spouse.
The group gathered under a pavilion to share fond memories of Woods and discuss the harsh realities of domestic violence. Many of Woods' family members, including her mother, daughter and several cousins, shared their favorite memories of Woods and spoke about their thoughts following her tragic death.
Jamica's mother, Gloria Woods, said her daughter was one of the biggest parts of her life, and following her death a large part of her went missing.
"Jamica was my friend, my daughter, my confidant," Gloria Woods said. "I told her secrets and she told me secrets, I wish she told me more of her secrets because maybe then we wouldn't have to be here today."
Gloria Woods spoke directly to the many young people in attendance, urging them not to tolerate abuse in their lives and to reach out immediately for help if they ever find themselves in a situation like the one that faced Jamica Woods.
"It's going to escalate someday, and when it does your family is going to be where my family is now," she said. "You'll have to endure this pain I'll have for the rest of my life."
According to investigators, Jamica Woods died after she was shot twice with a single shot shotgun. The day before her death, Gregory Twyman changed his Facebook profile to show photographs of a shotgun shell and a shotgun. The Chester County District Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty against Twyman as they prosecute his case.
Jamica Woods' mother, daughter, and other family members were presented with a purple butterfly bush and empowerment necklaces on behalf of the Domestic Violence Center.
Samantha Harper, the East Fallowfield police officer who was among the first responders on the day of Woods' death, also spoke to the group about the importance of reaching out for help. She also told the family that the killings has become more than a case for the East Fallowfield Police Department, and said that it has already changed the way the department's officers respond to and handle domestic violence situations.
"I'm sorry your family has gone through this, I'm sorry you lost your mother, and I wish there was something more we could have done to prevent this," Harper said.
If you are a victim of domestic violence and are need of help, confidential assistance is available 24/7 at the Domestic Violence of Chester County hotline at 1-888-711-6270.
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