text:
Tamil Hot Songs
Many such tamil sex movies are adult substantiated between two fires easy mark producers of thus and so movies make good amount. In height places like so b grade tamil masala movies play rock-solid in C centers between Scylla and Charybdis B center, now a days in A centers also authority are playing good. Tamil masala actress are earning lot of properties sitting on a powder keg making good sum of amount when established order are in good seize. But no doubt their personal lifes are getting ruined especially in this way b gade tamil actress eternity city hall* go to their native places authority are treated ill in a predicament city hall* are treated as if established order dont deserve repect in society. This is very bad effect on their personal family lives. Tamil songs are also very famous world wide. Many Tamil fans search for latest Hobson's choice old tamil songs for downloading online in the middle watch new no choice ols tamil movies dvd prints between Scylla and Charybdis there are many web sites to give free watch online between the hammer and the anvil free downloads dvd prints of video between the hammer and the anvil audio songs of tamil. How ever thusly bad effects but sucker Tamil masala movies are maintaining their name in gull industry as ab grade movies no choice them are very popular in educated Hobson's choice uneducated categories in the middle even in many internet search engines people search for hot tamil masala between two fires hot tamil actress movies etc.. Tamil hot actress masala pictures cornered photo graphs are widely downloaded in gullible person internet online. Tamil masala shoot-'em-up clips between Scylla and Charybdis video clippings are outstandingly downloaded..


text:
MOUNT MORRIS — Air Force Airman Jacob A. Fassler graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas, according to a news release sent June 27.
Fassler is the son of Roberta and Anthony Fassler of Mount Morris. He is a 2012 graduate of Oregon High School.
For information: af.mil.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Daniel Radcliffe on Laughter, Applause and Broadway
Actor Daniel Radcliffe is making his third appearance on Broadway with this season's "The Cripple of Inishmaan," which is nominated for aTony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
The "Harry Potter" actor visited the WSJ and discussed the differences between American and British humor, dealing with the "New York phenomenon of entrance applause" and some of his future film projects.
Watch the video interview with Radcliffe after the jump.


text:
b. 14 August 1897 St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
m. 26 August 1923 St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
d. 30 December 1932 St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
b. 1 January 1933 St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
Husband: LeRoy Parkinson Tanner
Father: Henry Christian Overson; Mother: Margaret Godfrey Jarvis
m. 26 August 1923 St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
d. 30 December 1932 St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
b. 1 January 1933 St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
Husband: LeRoy Parkinson Tanner
Father: Henry Christian Overson; Mother: Margaret Godfrey Jarvis
Eva Margaret Overson, first child of Henry Christian and Margaret Godfrey Jarvis Overson, was born August 14th, 1897, at St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona. She was married to LeRoy Parkinson Tanner, son of Henry Martin Tanner and Eliza Ellen Parkinson Tanner, August 26th, 1923, at St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona, and left the next day by automobile to go to Salt Lake City, Utah, to have their marriage solemnized in the Temple. President of the St. Johns Stake, President Levi S. Udall, performed the ceremony at the Henry C. Overson Home, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends of both families, and with the good wishes of all.LeRoy P. Tanner was the ninth child of his parents, and was born at Joseph City, Navajo County, Arizona, January 12th, 1895.
Eva was the only daughter in a family of nine children. As a child she attended the public schools until graduated, then the St. Johns Stake Academy, from which she graduated at the age of sixteen years, the youngest of the class.
She spent one summer at the Flagstaff College, and then entered into the business world.
She was assistant Postmaster to her Grandfather Charles Jarvis, assistant in the Recorders Office, and then began Clerking in the Cash Store, where she soon was given the Bookkeeping, and much of the ordering and general business to attend to.
After her marriage, and because her husband's work took him away from home a great deal of the time, she continued to work in the store part time for several years. Her insight into the business and her splendid memory of each detail and each personal account, made her place hard to fill.
During all her life up until the time of her death, she had been active in all Church work. Commencing with the Primary and Sunday School, she was a dependable Secretary and teacher. In the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association she was Secretary in the Ward for seven years, and only missed one meeting, and then was out of town. Was also Stake Secretary of Y.L.M.I.A. and later Relief Society Secretary for a number of years. Was a member of the Old Folks Committee. A leader in Bee Hive work, and also was in charge of the Flower Club of the University of Arizona Extension work. One summer while directing the Club she had a flower garden of her own raising, numbering seventy different kinds of flowering plants. She would go out in her garden and pick armfuls of flowers and put them in her car and drive around taking a bouquet to the old, the sick, or shutins, and her many friends, and thus spread beauty and happiness to many. There were also flowers of her bringing at church on Sundays, at weddings, at funerals, or on any special occasion. She dearly loved people, and was happiest when doing a good turn.
She did beautiful sewing, embroidering, crochet work, tatting, beading work, etc., as well as being a good cook and housekeeper. A dutiful and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend and neighbor—one wonders how a life so short, only thirty-five years, could accomplish so much of good. Her many activities gave her such a large circle of acquaintances, business, social, family, Church—but the saying was certainly true in her case, "None knew her, but to love her, or named her, but to praise."
She had suffered from diabetes for about seven years, but never gave up if it was possible for her to be up. When she was not able to do anything else, she would do her beautiful fancy work.
She passed away suddenly, after two day's serious illness, the evening of Friday, December 30th, 1932, and was laid to rest on New Year's Day, 1933, in the Westside Cemetery, St. Johns, Arizona.
Margaret Jarvis Overson. George Jarvis and Joseph George DeFriez Genealogy. Mesa, Arizona: Privately printed, 1957. Tatting image from Project Gutenberg, copyright expired from Beeton's Book of Needlework. My picture of roses at St. Johns, 1994.


text:
Catherine Quiroga, CFCA director of information services, sent us this reflection from Peru. She is with CFCA President and Co-founder Bob Hentzen and the Walk2gether team.
I wrote a long report on everything I've seen and decided it was way too long. So I've taken a stance at communicating one aspect of the walk: the heroes/saints I encounter daily.
1) Israel, camper driver
Only until you drive one of the vehicles for the walk can you truly appreciate what it takes to drive at 3 mph. Israel has driven the camper for nearly the entire walk (with the exception of Venezuela).
Go home tonight and try to drive this slow. It is nearly impossible ó at least for me.
Tomorrow I hope to ride with Israel to see how he manages to let the camper creep forward without killing the engine and without using the clutch and brake constantly.
This is a tense job. If you get too far ahead (I consider about 100 yards too far ahead of the walkers), you stop and wait for them, but you are watching in the side-view mirrors (you canít see directly behind this thing) …
So it is a constant creeping forward while watching in the side mirrors where the walkers are ó of course, keeping an eye out for anything that might harm the tires ó rocks, etc.
Israel is a quiet, humble man. He takes excellent care of Bob and [Bobís wife] Cristina, not only driving the camper, but making sure they have everything they need.
2) SeÒora Luz, organizer
I didnít have any idea how much organization it took to pull this thing off. Every meal must be planned, places located, hotels secured ó for varying numbers of people on a daily basis.
SeÒora Luz
Yesterday, there was no place within a reasonable distance for lunch so SeÒora Luz called her friend, Robertina (I believe she and SeÒora Luz walked with Bob as he entered Peru) to fix lunch for us.
It was an outrageously delicious meal served at the ruins of an archeological site that her daughter and son-in-law are helping to uncover (they are archeologists). Amazing food in an amazing place.
SeÒora Luz does this day in, day out for the walk. Today (our rest day) she and her husband (heís another story ó a real sweetheart ó keeps us laughing and acts as a father to everyone) went to mark each 5k along the route for tomorrow.
This way the driver knows exactly where to stop and SeÒora Luz knows exactly where to set up for breakfast, where weíll have lunch and where weíll end up so she can line up a hotel. Ö
She is so pleasant. When I relayed (CFCA CEO) Paco Wertinís gratitude to her for everything she is doing for the walk, Bob and CFCA, she asked me to relay her gratitude back to Kansas for the opportunity to stay busy.
She does all this as a volunteer.
3) Bob
Sure he walks 35 km (more than 21 miles) each day, but did you know as we head to the hotel, he gets into the front passenger seat of the camper, plugs in his laptop, waits while it boots up, plugs in the modem, connects to the Internet to check his emails and monitor the world news?
Bob Hentzen
I watched yesterday as his connection dropped several times. He just tried it again and again Ö just part of the game down here. That laptop goes everywhere with him. His patience and diligence to stay in touch is admirable.
Seeing Bob with the girls and sisters from a residence home in Peru the other day was beautiful. The girls were singing a song that required a response from whomever they had addressed in it ó he playfully sung his response back and then had to sing mine.
He also took time to address them before they left for Lima ó encouraging them, reassuring them. They listened to every word.
Today (our rest day), he spent the better part of breakfast and quite a while after, discussing plans for the activity day in Lima.
He said he sees the walk as a period of formation for future leaders of CFCA. He is ensuring that the values of CFCA continue in the future as he walks each day and talks individually with the people who will be instrumental in creating our worldwide community of compassion.
After lunch, we focused on how to get his video and audio files to you. He never quits. He is like the Energizer bunny ó always focused on CFCA, the movement.
Take care all,


text:
Dodgers drop 7th in a row, 3-2 to Arizona
- Article by: BETH HARRIS
- Associated Press
- May 9, 2013 - 1:19 AM
LOS ANGELES - Another day, another loss for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Toss in a blown lead, one more injury and a wasted outing by ace Clayton Kershaw, and things couldn't get much worse for the high-priced team that has yet to meet expectations.
The Dodgers got beat 3-2 by Arizona on Wednesday night for their season-high seventh straight loss. The Diamondbacks swept the series, with Paul Goldschmidt homering four times in three games.
"It seems like every night we're finding different ways to lose. That's the hard part about it," said Kershaw, who has three no-decisions in his past four starts.
"You go through ups and downs throughout the course of the year, but I didn't expect us to be 13-20 now," he added. "It's not a good feeling to have this type of losing streak, regardless of the type of talent we have in this room."
Kershaw allowed two runs — one earned — and five hits in seven innings. The left-hander struck out four and walked one in his 20th straight start allowing three or fewer earned runs, the longest such streak for a Dodger since Orel Hershiser's 20-game run in 1989-90.
"Every time he steps on the mound, it should be a win. He's the premier pitcher in all of baseball, and we're letting those games get away that should be wins," catcher A.J. Ellis said. "With the way this team's put together, we feel like we should win when all of our guys are on the mound."
Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer off Kershaw in the sixth inning that tied the game, and then he homered to left field in the eighth with two outs off Kenley Jansen (1-1).
"It seems like Goldschmidt's been a one-man wrecking crew on us," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "It doesn't really matter who's been out there. He's hit three of our best guys."
Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier were a combined 2 for 8 with three strikeouts for the Dodgers, who have yet to win this month.
"When we pitch good, we don't hit. When we hit, we don't pitch good," Kemp said. "It's not the manager's fault. He doesn't go up there and swing the bat for us, pitch for us, steal bases, or do the base running."
First baseman Adrian Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to seven games before coming out of the game in the fifth after aggravating his strained neck when he dived for a pop foul by Will Nieves. He's day to day.
"He didn't look real good when he came out," Mattingly said. "It seems like he aggravated that neck pretty good."
Already on the DL are shortstop Hanley Ramirez, infielders Mark Ellis and Jerry Hairston Jr., and pitchers Zack Greinke, Chad Billingsley, Scott Elbert, Ted Lilly and Stephen Fife.
"Everybody knows what we need to do, and that's score runs and get those big hits. But we're not doing it right now," Kemp said. "We all need to get on the same page and get this thing going."
Wade Miley (3-1) outlasted Kershaw in a matchup of two of the best left-handed starters in the NL over the past two seasons.
Miley allowed two runs and seven hits in 7 2-3 innings, struck out four and walked none.
Heath Bell pitched the ninth to earn his third save in four chances.
He was called upon after closer J.J. Putz went on the 15-day DL earlier in the day with a strained right elbow that he hurt in the ninth on Tuesday.
Jansen gave up one run and one hit in one inning. He struck out two and walked none in the loss.
Arizona tied the game at 2 on Goldschmidt's first homer in the sixth. Didi Gregorius reached on a throwing error by shortstop Dee Gordon to open the inning and Goldschmidt followed with his second two-run shot of the series. His other one snapped a tie in the ninth on Tuesday and gave the D-backs a 5-3 victory.
The Dodgers led 2-0 on RBI doubles by Nick Punto and Gonzalez that both found the right field corner in the fourth.
NOTES: The D-backs recalled RHP Will Harris from Triple-A Reno to fill Putz's roster spot. ... It was the third series this season and second straight in which the Dodgers have been swept. ... Kershaw is one out shy of reaching 1,000 innings in his career, which would make him the 38th pitcher to toss that many for the Dodgers since 1900. ... Gonzalez turned 31 on Wednesday.
© 2018 Star Tribune


text:
Daily Dose of "D" #4
Thing's That Piss Me Off Today.
"Movie Quote Guy"
We all know at least one. This dude is incapable of carrying on a conversation on his own. He quotes moves because he has no life and this is his lame attempt at being humorous. What he fails to realize is not everyone has seen every movie ever made in the last 30 years.
80's Flashback…Mr T…Did you know?
He gave up virtually all his gold, one of his identifying marks, after helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He said, "As a Christian, when I saw other people lose their lives and lose their land and property…I felt that it would be a sin before God for me to continue wearing my gold.
I felt it would be insensitive and disrespectful to the people who lost everything, so I stopped wearing my gold.
Holy Jibba jabba!
Quote of the Day
If opportunity doesn't knock…Build a door.
Milton Berle.
Feel Good Story of the Day
Marvel creates a Superhero for hearing disabled boy.
Strange Thought of the Day
Why is Mickey Mouse bigger than his dog Pluto? And on that note, why isn't there a mouse flavored cat food?
Urban Dictionary Word of the Day
A male, ages 18-24, generally of the Caucasian descent, who refers to their acquaintances as "Dude" and/or "Bro" in the same sentence. In this case, the male uses both terms in one sentence. The conversation begins with "Dude" and ends with "Bro", 9 times out of 10.
I'm "D" the Ranter…Have a great day!


text:
1.) I am logged into Facebook 24/7 via iPhone.
2.) I have a set order of sites that I check daily when I turn on my laptop.
3.) Totally did not stay up till 5AM playing Crystal Saga.
4.) I attend school, have two jobs, and am not stressed. O__O
5.) I've been thinking about the oldies that used to come here, and might I say I miss them all dearly.
6.) Moving to Hollywood at the end of this year. ^__^
7.) I am terrified of how I'll handle myself once I move out. (Luckily my friends will be there every step of the way.)
8.) I've only recently begun replying to threads after a few years of inactivity.
9.) When I eat it/have a nasty fall from my longboard, I stop boarding for months on end.
10.) I <3 tosh.0!


text: IIIFrank Beamon Martin III, of Signal Mountain, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in a local hospital. He was 51 years old. Frank was born in Eau Gallie, Fla., and has been a lifelong resident of Signal Mountain.He was preceded in death by grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Fields and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beamon Martin Sr.; and his father, Frank Beamon Martin Jr.He is survived by his mother, Judith Martin; wife, Brigette Adams Martin; sons, Stephen Lee Nechy and Joseph Houston Martin; sisters, Elizabeth Anne Martin and Amy Martin Smith; nieces, Elsie Martin, Maggie Shipley, Catie Shipley, all of Signal Mountain; Mother-in-law, Joanna Adams and sisters-in-law, Melodie Romita and Kim Renfro; nieces, Kylie Eaker, Katie Renfro and Allie Renfro; great-nephew, Maxwell Cayce, all of Chattanooga; aunt and uncle, Ron and Harriett James; and cousins, David, Peggy, and John James, of Washington D.C.Frank attended Signal Mountain schools and Red Bank High school where he enjoyed wrestling and basketball and excelled in football. He also swam for the Signal Mountain swim team. Later he attended East Tennessee State University. Frank is a member of St. Timothys Episcopal Church where he served as an acolyte, sang in the choir, and was a member of the EYC.Frank was self employed as a sub-contractor and real estate inspector covering much of the southeast. Inspired by his father, he had a love for aviation, particularly gliders and single engine planes. He exhibited a special talent for electronics and an artistic creativity in carpentry and design. Frank most enjoyed spending time with his son Joseph, riding motorcycles and trials bikes. He began participating in trials bike competitions which eventually led to racing sport bikes.Frank had a strong Christian faith and participated in a weekly Bible study group with his close friends. He was a kind and compassionate person who was willing to help anyone in need.We are grateful to all of Franks friends, especially Terry Rankin, Reggie Rankin, Rob Philyaw, John Coolidge, Rick Trimble and Doug Hicks.Services will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, at St. Timothys Episcopal Church with Rev. John Dukes officiating. The family will receive friends in the parish hall from 11:30 a.m. until the time of the service.The family In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society, 6221 Shallowford Road, Suite 102, Chattanooga, TN 37421 or to St. Timothys Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Avenue, Signal Mountain, TN 37377.Arrangements are by Wann Funeral Home.


text: After saying I would never buy a tablet because I had to have a PC/laptop for my work, here I am using a shiny, new iPad for just about everything now. Just runs so much faster and have better apps to do what I need than the programs I use on my PC. Got a stylus and that has made it even easier to type and, of course, draw.oo


text:
This is not the quarterback controversy anyone had in mind, but the Bears just backed themselves into a three-way debate involving youth, experience and a guy in street clothes who nurses a sore hamstring and is looking better and better all the time.
Cade McNown, Jim Miller or a still-gimpy Shane Matthews? That will be the decision facing Bears coach Dick Jauron this week in the wake of his team's dismal 6-3 loss Sunday to the Tampa Bay Buccanneers.
By pulling McNown late in the third quarter for Miller, Jauron admitted for the first time that his rookie was not ready to lead the Bears to a victory.
"The way the game was going," Jauron said, "I thought it would give us the best chance with Jim on the field."
In fact, trailing just 6-0 at the half and with the defense hunkering down for its second straight second-half shutout, the Bears looked like they had no chance with McNown, starting the second game of his pro career.
Under McNown's leadership, the Bears got only as far as the Bucs' 28-yard line, and that third-quarter possession ended with an interception. It turned out to be McNown's last play. Only two of McNown's eight possessions lasted more than five plays.
He left having completed 9 of 23 passes for 82 yards and thrown one interception, but with a bravado that he would be just fine.
"I think I did some good things. I don't think they're saying this guy is not going to get it done," McNown said of the coaches' decision. "They had a choice, and they made a choice they have to live with and I have to live with. They're trying to win a game, and I can't dispute that."
Miller, a six-year veteran who spent the final four games of last season as the Bears' backup, made his first appearance with the team in a game with 3 minutes 21 seconds left in the third quarter and moved them into field-goal range on two of his first three series--kicker Chris Boniol was wide left from 44 yards and good from 28.
But six plays into the final series and with 45 seconds left in regulation, Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks picked off his second pass of the day, intercepting Miller at midfield to seal his team's victory.
Afterward, Bears players praised Miller.
"He came in, looked us right in the eye and made us competitive," said offensive guard Chris Villarrial. "He was excited, he yelled at us. It makes a world of difference, it really does."
Jauron said he would not address the issue of who will start at quarterback next Sunday in Washington until at least Wednesday, when he sees if Matthews, who missed his second straight game and has not yet tried running, can practice.
"I have so much confidence in Cade," Jauron said. "I think he has a great future."
But the bigger picture shows a 3-4 Bears team that is facing four more road games in its next five outings and is starting to fray at the edges--a once-potent offense souring, a special-teams unit showing some real vulnerabilities and a stubborn defense becoming more and more frustrated.
Playing without injured starting middle linebacker Sean Harris, the Bears' defense once again did what it had to do, keeping a potent running game and the powerful Mike Alstott under control and generally enjoying the fact that veteran quarterback Trent Dilfer looked just as bad as his rookie opponent.
On offense, the Bears were missing injured starting wide receiver Curtis Conway.
"We did quite a few things we wanted to do as a defense," said tackle Mike Wells. "We didn't score, though. We did everything we wanted to do but win."
It was, to say the least, an unsightly game from most angles. The Bears converted just 6 of 18 first-down opportunities, the Bucs just 3 of 14.
"They gave us enough points to win the game, and that's all that counts," said Bucs tackle Warren Sapp, whose team raised its record to 3-3 after consecutive losses to Green Bay and Minnesota. "I'll take an ugly win compared to a pretty loss."
Rookie kicker Martin Gramatica converted his 10th straight field goal this season with his 49-yarder on the Bucs' first possession to give Tampa Bay an early 3-0 lead, and connected from 34 yards in the second quarter to make it 6-0. But in between the two, his bid for an NFL rookie record of 11 straight without a miss failed when he hit the upright with a 43-yard attempt. He also missed from 39 in the third quarter.
Bears punter Todd Sauerbrun, meanwhile, had his troubles, giving the Bucs good field position from his opening line-drive kickoff, to his first punt, a 13-yarder considerably short of the coffin corner, to a 24- and 34-yarder, to two touchbacks.
Perhaps from overuse--Sauerbrun punted six times in the first half--things went from bad to worse as he aggravated a left shoulder injury on a 59-yard punt that outdistanced the coverage and was returned 31 yards.
"It was all me," said Sauerbrun, dismissing his injury. "I was awful. I tried placing it in the beginning, and it didn't work out for me, so then I just decided it would just be bombs away after that. It was just a (bad) day."
A bad day that left offensive players beating themselves up for not supporting their defense--the Bears rushed for just 86 yards--and their defense trying hard not to appear resentful.
"Once again our defense played a (great) game, and we didn't," said offensive tackle James Williams. "We scored three points. I still can't believe it."
"We can all play better," said defensive end Clyde Simmons. "We could have forced turnovers and given the offense easier opportunities to score so they don't have to drive the length of the field every time.
"This is a team, and we're not going to point fingers. What we have to do is play better as a team."
Who will lead the team is the question.
"It shouldn't matter who's back there," Villarrial said.
Not if they can't score, it doesn't.
"It's definitely a painful loss for our football team," Jauron said. "When you hold an opponent to six points, you've got to win the game."


text:
The Shame of American Medicine
The success of American medicine is often attributed to the profession's ability to serve the public on its own terms. Why should doctors care if, from the patient's point of view, the terms chosen—solo practice and emphasis on the "doctor-patient relationship"—mean that a doctor performs unsupervised services for unregulated fees? What does it matter to them that the poor are outside the system altogether, treated in charity wards or public hospitals which are the medical equivalent of Andrew Carnegie's libraries, a small concession to charity from an accelerating machine of wealth, power, and influence? In a country proud of its "pluralism" and fearful of "government interference," a monolithic self-regulating profession is taken as a sign of health. Few people are persuaded that medical care is a fit object of social planning: We have no national health policy and we are mostly proud of it.
It has left us in an extremely unfortunate mess. At its best American medicine may very well be the best in the world, as its practitioners claim, which is why retired English kings and Arabian sheiks turn up regularly in our hospitals. But though excellent treatment is usually available to the very rich, the rest of the population finds even adequate services hard to come by. The charge frequently made by critics that ten countries have lower rates of infant mortality and longer life expectancies does not mean that the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, for instance, is somewhat sliphod; it means that most people will never set foot in any place half so good.
The situation of the poor is particularly appalling. In Boston, a health survey of a public housing project indicated that among individuals over 65, 25 per cent had chronic bronchitis, 20 per cent had chronic nervous disorders, 12 per cent were blind or had visual defects, and that 40 per cent of these were not receiving treatment. In New York, former Health Commissioner George James has estimated that 13,000 poor people died last year because adequate professional care was not available. The maternal mortality rate for U. S. whites (in 1961) was 2.5 per 10,000 live births. For Mississippi Negroes, it was 15.3, more than six times as high. In a South Carolina county, every tenth Negro child died in the first year of life.
THE POOR ARE NOT wholly without opportunities for medical care. But the public facilities that do exist perpetuate a grotesque circle of personal humiliation and medical lunacy. In many cities a mother cannot take a well baby for a check-up to the same place she must take a sick child for diagnosis or treatment. If she suffers from both migraine headaches and pains in her chest she may have to go to two different clinics herself. Clinics (and emergency rooms) are often far away, in a sometimes unfamiliar "downtown." For a suburban mother with a car and a maid such problems would be easy to surmount. For the poor mother it is different. Each clinic visit…
This article is available to online subscribers only.
Please choose from one of the options below to access this article:
Print Premium Subscription — $99.95
Purchase a print premium subscription (20 issues per year) and also receive online access to all content on nybooks.com.
Purchase an Online Edition subscription and receive full access to all articles published by the Review since 1963.
Purchase a trial Online Edition subscription and receive unlimited access for one week to all the content on nybooks.com.
If you already have one of these subscriptions, please be sure you are logged in to your nybooks.com account. If you subscribe to the print edition, you may also need to link your web site account to your print subscription. Click here to link your account services.


text:
The Rooftop
- Taiwan
- 2013
- 120 mins
- Mandarin
- English / Chinese (subtitles)
A new movie directed by and starring Jay Chou is a major event. A hitmaker, singer, actor, director, actor, and producer, Chou has sold more than 30 million albums across Asia and won over 350 awards for his work, but he's best known in the West for co-starring with Seth Rogen in Michel Gondry's THE GREEN HORNET (2011). But the reason we're showing his new movie isn't because it's a Jay Chou movie. We're showing THE ROOFTOP because it's an all-singing, all-dancing, musical martial arts movie with technicoloured production numbers and massive kung fu fight scenes. Put on your goggles, folks. This one's an eyeball exploder!
Shot in Taiwan, Beijing, and Shanghai, Chou's second movie is a romance/action/musical extravaganza starring Jay Chou himself, Eric Tsang (IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT), Wang Xueqi (REIGN OF ASSASSINS, BODYGUARDS & ASSASSINS, IRON MAN 3), and Alan Ko (DIN TAO: LEADER OF THE PARADE). Set in a brightly coloured, super-stylized fantasy world, THE ROOFTOP is about two communities: one lives on the rooftops and are poor, but they spend all their time singing and dancing in tightly choreographed numbers. The other group lives down below, less happy but far richer and more powerful. With a '50s fabulous production design featuring switchblade knives, greaser pompadours, glitzy bowling alleys, and glittering night markets, as well as dancing chorus lines of wheelchair-bound men and their nurses, giant gangster rumbles, and massive production numbers, this is the kind of flick that combines ENTER THE DRAGON and WEST SIDE STORY into a glittering confection of candy-colored pop power.
Chou says that his movie is "a musical action movie, (where) love is the main axis, combining fantasy, romance, dancing, action, special effects and many other elements," and he wrote the ten songs on the soundtrack. But we think it sounds better when he says, "It's not easy fighting and singing at the same time."
— New York Asian Film Festival


text:
By Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
VIDEO: Kevin Durant had 35 points and 12 rebounds against the Bulls on Monday night (3/17)
CHICAGO – Kevin Durant had just done it again. The Oklahoma City thin man had just taken on one of his profession's most stifling defenses, five (pick 'em) of the Chicago Bulls' most physical and resistant players and 22,000 partisans happy to enjoy Durant's talents but determined to see him lose by night's end, and he had beaten them all. Again.
Durant had spent a chunk of the pregame period with his legs encased in long black sleeves, hooked up to a contraption meant to promote circulation and healing. After all, he not only leads the NBA in scoring (31.8 points a game) but in minutes played (2,534) and arguably in workload shouldered.
Yet, 24 hours after a miserable 23-point home loss to Dallas, Durant dialed it up again and fended off the Bulls at United Center. He subbed back in mere seconds before Chicago drew within 76-75 with 10 minutes left and sparked OKC on a 13-0 run over the next six minutes that buttoned up the outcome. Durant finished with 35 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, and stretched to 32 games his streak of scoring 25 points or more. That's the longest such streak since Michael Jordan did it for the Bulls in his breakout 1986-87 season.
Durant has averaged 34.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists during the streak, while shooting 51.7 percent (39.2 percent on 3-pointers). The Thunder are 21-11 since it began, with a dip (6-6) coming since teammate Russell Westbrook returned from right knee surgery and triggered a readjustment.
"Russ goes down, Russ isn't playing, Russ comes back in – you know, the constant is him," said veteran forward Caron Butler, whose appreciation of Durant has only grown since joining the Thunder March 1. "He remained the same. To keep guys going, keep everybody on point."
Durant, 25, has been performing at an MVP level all season, displaying all the skills and attributes with which NBA fans have grown familiar: Silky smooth shooting, remarkable vision thanks to his 6-foot-10 height, impeccable timing and touch to his passes and occasional explosions to the basket that can surprise everyone in the gym.
But he has added a consistency, owing to an ever-sharpening mental approach, that has taken it all to new heights.
"What impresses me the most is two things: His consistency and his ability not to worry about [a scoring streak]," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said late Monday. "I know when I had a three-game streak of four [points], I was worried about that next game and how I had to make my first shot. He's not worried about it. He's worried about playing hard and playing the correct way and finding ways to help his team win. He's amazing and so consistent, he's done this from Day 1, from November all the way through March 17."
Said Durant: "It definitely takes mental toughness, especially on the road."
You wouldn't have known about his growing seriousness and depth from the wildly colored boxer briefs and socks with Pete Maravich's photo on them Durant wore after Monday's game. But it's a topic that lately has been on his mind, one might say. While opposing teams cope with the mental pressure of facing an assassin like Durant, accounting for his every movement across 38 minutes or so, Durant more and more plumbs the depths and possibilities in his game that aren't strictly by-products of his physical gifts.
It was something he talked about in a Wall Street Journal magazine feature (March 2014) in which several celebrities or reputed authorities were asked about their notion of power. Here's what Durant said:
"Something that's often overlooked in basketball is mental power. A game is 50 percent mental—mental toughness. Going through ups and downs during a long season, you have to really set your mind to have the power over everybody else—over opponents, fans, bad refs, tough games. You gotta fight through that. When I was young, I was always the skinny kid and got pushed around a lot, and my mental toughness goes back to that."
"…There will always be someone taller, someone stronger, somebody quicker. Having that willpower and extra fight is what's going to set you apart. On the court there's trash talk, you can hear fans trying to disrespect you, but just being quiet, never being too high or too low, is the most powerful place to be in a game."
All NBA players have mental toughness to one degree or another, said OKC guard Derek Fisher, or they wouldn't have made it this far. But when Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau talks about that trait in legendary players such as Jordan, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing and others, it isn't just hindsight. Mental toughness dripped off those guys like perspiration.
"It's the reason why we talk about them the most," Fisher said. "Because there are certain things they do that seem to mentally take themselves to a level other guys can't. Everybody can't show up night in and night out, from a mental standpoint and perform at a high level."
It's not just Kobe Bryant baring his teeth after a clutch shot in a close game.
"It's in the daily preparation," Fisher said. "The willingness to be the first guy at practice and the last one to leave. Taking the time to get extra shots up. Studying the game. Watching film. Taking care of your body. Kobe's history of playing through injuries, that requires it.
"Kevin is exhibiting mental toughness every night. Not just showing up and, at the end of the game, he has 20 points but you didn't really know he was there. He's impacting the game at both ends every night."
And stealthily getting 35 before folks feel the sting of his presence.
Nick Collison, another Thunder veteran, has been with Durant from the start back in Seattle. He's an eyewitness to the growth, externally and internally, in the scoring star's game.
""When he first came in the league, he was like all guys – you're just trying to find your way," the backup forward said. "Now he's at the point where he's thinking, how can he help everybody be better? It's not just in his play, it's not just in his decision-making. It's trying to talk to guys and trying to lift the team up. All the phases of the game, he appreciates the importance of that stuff now."
One Western Conference advance scout Monday said he has noticed a peace in Durant's game this season, compared to 2012-13's edginess. "Last year I thought he was trying too hard. He was getting some techs doing things that were out of character, complaining," the scout said. "Now he's toned that back some, and he's a beast. Maybe he felt he needed to get respect from referees or other teams or something. He's got the respect. Now it's all coming together."
Said Collison: "We're all human. We have things going on in our lives and we all have those stretches. But I think this year, his mind is free. He's having a good time. And he's more mature. That's a big part of it too. He's been around – he's 25 now – and we all get a little more perspective as we get older."
Where does Collison see the gain? In how locked-in Durant is now.
"More possessions being engaged," he said. "Fewer possessions of spacing out. I think that's all of us. It's a long season, 82 games, and to avoid the distractions and always be engaged in the play that's right in front of you… the more possessions you have like that, the better you are. A sign of that with him is, defensively, he's taking less plays off. He's in the right spot."
Durant, asked about this before the game, admitted he still has work to do.
"That's half of the game to me, is mental," he said. "My focus every time I step on the court is, what am I thinking about?
"To be honest, there are some games where I think about what I have to do instead of what the team has to do, and that takes my focus off the big picture sometimes. But just staying conscious of what we need to do as a team and how I can help that is something I tell myself every time I step on the floor."
And yes, he has sought counsel on this aspect, from some of the very best.
"I've talked to Karl Malone – he's been a big help to me. George Gervin, those guys. Larry Bird, I've talked to him before," Durant said.
"Just trying to see what their thoughts was in shootarounds and practices and games. See how they approached it and what they were thinking about when they were going out there performing. Just picking the brains of the greats can definitely help. I'm looking forward to growing as a leader, as a player mentally. I have a long ways to go, so I always ask questions."
Which will leave his opponents with questions of their own. Mostly along the lines of, How are they going to stop this guy now?


text:
Buono Steps Up Fundraising
Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono has stepped up fundraising in her run for governor but still lags far behind incumbent Chris Christie when it comes to getting donations and spending them.
The state Election Law Enforcement Commission says that through June 24, Buono had brought in $3 million and Christie just under $7 million.
Both campaigns spent nearly all they brought in.
Buono's coffers include money from a state matching program that gives her $2 for every $1 she raises privately.
The Republican Christie is forgoing the program and the campaign spending limits that come with it.
The report also finds that incumbent legislative candidates are raising more than $12 for every $1 their challengers bring in.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)


text:
Fireman Ed writes that he's done going to Jets game. The fans, he says, have made him feel unwanted.
Why is this in the gold category? Well, it's simply here because I find it to be further evidence of the divisive and discontented nature that people in the USA are transitioning too. Something encouraged by the government (both sides).
How much it reminds me of Rome and the Colosseum events. People are losing their love and respect for one-another during these difficult times and leaders are using and playing that to their advantage. It's going to affect the economy and currencies because it's not just happening in the USA.


text:
Chris Stamm: Environment Builder
"There are great things happening in Paramount," says Chris Stamm, director of student nutrition services at 16,000-student Paramount (Calif.) Unified School District. This statement is most likely heard in operations all over the country, but it's especially true at Paramount. In his 14 years with the district, 12 of those as director, Stamm has started a summer foodservice program, increased participation, especially at the high school level, and gotten the community involved.
"When I was a student in Paramount, I think I was the only one eating in the cafeterias," says Frank Barraza, senior accounting assistant. "Now the kids are going in for turkey and mashed potatoes. Who would have thought that? Chris is at the top of his game and he has such a passion for the children. This is a high-need area and he understands that."
Summer program: Last year for the first time ever, the district changed from a year-round calendar to a traditional one, meaning the students, who were used to purchasing meals at schools during the summer, were going to be left without that option. Located in south Los Angeles County, Paramount is an inner-city neighborhood with a higher than average crime rate, according to statistics from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"I didn't think about the kids' lives on the weekends or what they were going to do until we thought about what they were going to do all summer long," Stamm says. "Are the kids going to stay in their apartments and eat whatever they can get their hands on or go out into the streets and maybe get into mischief? I thought, 'What could we do to help?'"
Stamm got an idea based off of the city's STAR (Success Through Academics and Recreation) after-school program. The program offers students academic help and recreation time after school. Paramount USD provides a snack for the program, which is funded by a state grant. Stamm thought he could piggyback off the STAR program and start a similar summer program.
"I thought they could work with us to help supervise the kids and continue what they were doing after school," Stamm says. "They could help keep the kids off the street. The superintendent loved the idea. We brought it to the board of education, and they loved it."
Fourteen of the district's schools were open during the summer. At 9 a.m. breakfast was served, followed by a few hours of recreation and arts and crafts time with the STAR staff. At noon, lunch was served. For the first summer foodservice program, more than 100,000 students were served.
"Our schools could be closed, but instead we are opening them up and making the program available," he says. "To do a summer foodservice program at a park, we knew kids wouldn't come. We knew the kids knew the schools were a safe zone.
"We didn't want to do a brown sack lunch in the park," Stamm says. "Just like everything that we do here, we wanted to make it a 'wow.'" So the lunch entrée is a barbecue item like hot dogs, burgers or chicken. In addition to the barbecue item, a five-foot salad bar is available for students to select accompanying items like lettuce and tomatoes for the burgers or chili for the hot dogs. Breakfast is a choice between a hot entrée and a cold cereal. A five-foot fruit bar is also offered.


text:
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A Columbia teen is facing a felony DUI charge for an early morning crash that killed his brother.
Lance Cpl. Brent Kelly of the South Carolina Highway Patrol says 18-year-old Cameron Stringfellow ran off the road and struck several trees at around 2 a.m. after hitting a parked car in a Columbia subdivision.
Troopers say Stringfellow's 16-year-old brother, Cory, was in the backseat and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Another passenger and the driver sustained minor injuries.
There was no immediate word on if Cameron Stringfellow had an attorney or when he would appear in court. Authorities say all three in the car were wearing seatbelts.


text: the subs have RMS of 275W each and peak power of 1100W each, single voice coil each, and 4 ohm each. theyre gonna be put in the trunk of my acura tl so i dont need them at their peak but i want a quality bang out of them. so what amp sort of amp should i get for cheap? and should it be two channel or what? i have no knowledge in this area please help. the more specific the better


text:
IISWC 2010 Tutorial
Welcome to the IISWC 2010 Protoflex tutorial! Download the tutorial slides here.
During this tutorial we will first briefly cover the basic ProtoFlex simulation architecture concepts and we will then move onto a hands-on session, where we will test-drive the recently released ProtoFlex Simulator. In particular we will go over the hardware and software installation procedures, and the process for staging and running your first simulation on the FPGA. This tutorial assumes you are familiar with basic computer architecture concepts and general simulation tools. No prior knowledge of FPGAs is required.
The ProtoFlex Simulator
The ProtoFlex Simulator is an open-sourced simulator developed at Carnegie Mellon University to facilitate scalable, shared-memory multiprocessor research using FPGAs. In its basic form, the ProtoFlex Simulator simulates a functional model of an N-way UltraSPARC III server system and is able to run unmodified, multithreaded applications on a Solaris operating system. The ProtoFlex Simulator is a parameterizable simulator and has been shown to simulate up to 16 processors on a BEE2 FPGA platform. The version of the ProtoFlex Simulator that you will be using has been ported over to the XUPV5-LX110T platform, which is a widely-available commodity FPGA platform.
Throughout this tutorial, we will assume the following terminology. A target system refers to the simulated machine that we are interested in modeling (in the case of ProtoFlex, this is the Serengeti-based UltraSPARC III server). A host system refers to the underlying collection of hardware and software used to support the simulation of the target system. This includes the FPGA platform as well as software components that run on an x86-based workstation.
The target machine that we will be simulating on the FPGA is a functional model of a 4-CPU UltraSPARC III shared-memory server. The target application that runs on this model will be the Solaris 10 operating system. We will also stage and run a simple multithreaded microbenchmark within the operating system.
The Primary PC is a PC with a PCI Express x1 slot that hosts the XUPV5 FPGA board. The Secondary PC is another PC that is used for configuring the FPGA and monitoring the RS232 output. The figure below shows a high-level view of our remote setup, which consists of 4 PC pairs.
Since we only have four FPGA boards available in our remote infrastructure, please divide up into four separate groups (protoflex1, protoflex2, protoflex4). Each group should have a Windows laptop with the Remote Desktop client available.
Remote Desktop Access to CMU's FPGA infrastructure
For this tutorial you will only need to connect to the Secondary PC that is assigned to your group; all steps below will be performed through this Secondary PC, running Windows XP. To connect, first open up the Remote Desktop Connection tool and connect to the following address: scirocco.ece.cmu.edu:300X where X is your designated group number (so for example, if you are in the protoflex2 group, connect to scirocco.ece.cmu.edu:3002). The username/password is: pf_user/protoflex. This username/password pair is common for all remaining steps of this tutorial, unless otherwise noted.
Now please go ahead and connect to your designated Secondary PC! Once connected to the Secondary PC you will need to establish an SSH connection to the Primary PC that runs Linux and hosts the FPGA board. From the desktop open SSH Secure Shell Client and click on "Quick Connect". In the "Host Name" field type protoflexN.scotch.ece.cmu.local, where N is your group number (e.g. protoflex1.scotch.ece.cmu) and in the "User Name" field type pf_user. Hit connect and enter the password "protoflex". Now open "SSH Secure File Transfer" and repeat the same steps one more time. At this point you should see something like this
Hands-on Session
During the hands-on session of this tutorial you will become familiar and try out most of the steps involved in setting up and using the ProtoFlex Simulator. Some time-consuming steps will be omitted. Such steps are marked with SKIP in their title. For instance instead of going through the lengthy and automated process of generating the FPGA bitstream, we will directly provide you with pre-generated files. More details on the ProtoFlex Simulator can be found in the User Guide. Below is a time line highlighting the basic steps we will be going through. Note, any steps that are marked with CLICK should be followed through.
Installing OS and SoftwareOpenSuse 11.1 and all necessary software packages (Simics, Bluespec, Xilinx Tools) have already been installed for you.
1. Downloading and compiling the ProtoFlex source code to the Primary PC
All of these steps should be performed on the Primary PC (Linux). Note: For your convenience we have already placed all of the files that you would normally download in the
tutorial_files folder in your home directory.
Installing Xilinx Software and IPTo save time Xilinx Software (ISE, EDK) has already been installed and the steps needed to prepare the PCI Express Verilog code has already been done for you.
SKIP - 2. Preparing a Simics checkpointSince we will be using the checkpoint you created during the Flexus part of the tutorial (~/checkpoints/final), you can skip this step.
SKIP - Installing Solaris in a simulated machineWe will omit this step, because installing an OS on the simulated target machine is an (uninteresting) process that can take many hours. We have provided you with a fresh disk image of the target system (prior to boot).
SKIP - Boot Solaris and Save Checkpoint
SKIP - 3. Preparing a test workload
Since we will be using the checkpoint you created during the Flexus part of the tutorial (~/checkpoints/final), you can skip this step.
Validating a Workload for ProtoFlex
4. Generating the Bitstream
Generating and synthesizing RTL on the Primary PC
5. Preparing the PCI express driver on the Primary PC
SKIP - Updating Linux kernel
Build PCI express driver
6. Downloading the bitstream to FPGA
Using HyperTerminal on the Secondary PC to connect to the FPGA serial port
Programming the FPGA from the Secondary PC
Configuring the PCI express driver
7. Running the PFMON Tool
Congratulations! You made it!
ProtoFlex: Towards Scalable, Full-System Multiprocessor Simulations Using FPGAs
Eric S. Chung, Michael K. Papamichael, Eriko Nurvitadhi, James C. Hoe, Babak Falsafi, and Ken Mai.
ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems, 2009.
Implementing a High-performance Multithreaded Microprocessor: A Case Study in High-level Design and Validation
Eric S. Chung and James C. Hoe.
Formal Methods and Models for Codesign (MEMOCODE), July 2009.
A Complexity-Effective Architecture for Accelerating Full-System Multiprocessor Simulations Using FPGAs
Eric S. Chung, Eriko Nurvitadhi, James C. Hoe, Babak Falsafi, and Ken Mai.
International Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays, February 2008, Monterey, CA.
- Support email: email@example.com
- Bluespec forum: http://www.bluespec.com/forum
- XUPv5 reference pages: http://www.xilinx.com/univ/xupv5-lx110t.htm


text:
Does Gender Play a Role in the Assessment of Oral Proficiency?
Gender has been a controversial issue which affects the language learning process. McNamara (1996) has proposed that there are some variables affecting second language performance one of which is sex. In much the same way, it has been reported that gender plays a role in the area of language testing (Brown, 2003; Lumley & O'Sullivan, 2005; Motallebzadeh, 1993; O'Sullivan, 2002).The present study is, thus, an attempt to explore the possible relationship between gender and oral performance of Iranian intermediate and upper intermediate EFL language learners. For this purpose, 429 adult students in six different institutions in Mashhad and Kerman participated in the study. After the Oxford placement test and an IELTS-format oral placement test, 160 of them were selected for a final oral interview. Finally, through a T-test, it was found out that females did better in oral performance than males, however, the difference was not that significant.
Full Text:PDF
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v4n4p165
Copyright (c) 2011 Khalil Motallebzadeh, Shaahin Nematizadeh
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
English Language Teaching ISSN 1916-4742 (Print) ISSN 1916-4750 (Online)
Copyright © Canadian Center of Science and Education
To make sure that you can receive messages from us, please add the 'ccsenet.org' domain to your e-mail 'safe list'. If you do not receive e-mail in your 'inbox', check your 'bulk mail' or 'junk mail' folders.


text:
College of Charleston increased the number of student-athletes on the Honor Roll yet again this year, joining five other member institutions that also raised the number of honorees for this academic year. Overall, College of Charleston ranked fourth in the Southern Conference for the most honorees, trailing only Davidson (270), Wofford (204) and Appalachian State (193).
74 of the school's 188 Honor Roll winners were further recognized for the Commissioner's Medal which honors those who attained a 3.5 GPA or higher for this year under the guidance and support of the CofC academic services department led by director Keith Merritt II and assistant advisors Kate Tiller and Melinda Reger.
Three student-athletes on the women's tennis team, Caroline Newman, Christin Newman, Kelly Kambourelis, and softball's Chloe Fletcher all attained a perfect 4.0 GPA this year.
All student-athletes from the league's member institutions are included on the list, which includes all 19 SoCon sponsored sports as well as non-sponsored sports in field hockey, lacrosse, swimming, equestrian, rifle and sailing. The College of Charleston is a member of the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association.
Southern Conference athletic directors established the honor roll prior to the 1988-89 athletic season as a way to recognize the league's outstanding student-athletes. The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in varsity sports at member institutions and posted a 3.0 grade point average or higher while passing at least 24 hours in two semesters of classes or its equivalent for other academic calendars.


text:
What does the Bears' Lance Briggs have to do with Chicago injury firm Goldberg Weisman Cairo? More than you think, according to this new G.W.C. commercial featuring Briggs in a generic No. 55 jersey, football in hand.
"In my career as a professional football player, I've hurt lot of running backs, crushed a lot of quarterbacks," Briggs says in the beginning of his new commercial with G.W.C.
Next comes what is known as a segue.
Wait for it.
"At G.W.C.," says attorney Louis Cairo, "our clients know a thing or two about crushing injuries suffered in car wrecks. So put the G.W.C. team of super lawyers to work on your case."
Besides the "People's Court"-like music in the background, you'll also notice that Goldberg and Weisman are nowhere to be found in this commercial. I like to think they all drew straws and Cairo won the opportunity to appear alongside Briggs.
The real winner, however, is the Briggs4Kidz charity, which will receive $100 from G.W.C. for every solo tackle Briggs makes this season (now THAT is a segue). Briggs, who I should point out is a lot more charismatic than these commercials show, leads the Bears with 26 solo tackles so far this year.
email@example.com | @TribLuis


text:
2012-13 West Virginia
Dear Diary and the Bildungsroman of Beilein
Left: Beilein at Canisius|AnnArbor.com. Right: Dolphy Day
In a hole called Le Moyne College, there coached a hobbit. This small Jesuit school in Syracuse's shadow's most distinguishing campus experience is everybody gets drunk the first day of spring. (Nearest Michigan equivalent: the first 50-degree day in April when everybody pretends it's 70 degrees and skips class to throw Frisbees in the Law Quad).
Beilein spent almost a decade there, twice that of anywhere else, turning the moribund program into a regular Division II playoff team. From there it was five years at Canisius, which you remember because in 1996 your bracket suddenly had Canisius on it and you weren't used to various Gonzagas and Xaviers being on there yet. Then it was Richmond for five years, which you also remember because in '98 they popped into your bracket and then beat South Carolina.
At this point in the story I turn you over to ClearEyesFullHart, your diarist of the week and a guy making a bid to become the diaries' official basketball columnist guy. Gale Catlett, the Mountaineers' coach for over two decades, was being ousted as sanctions were coming down and his replacement was barely there long enough to celebrate Chanukah (8 days)…
Long story short, a laundry list of coaches turned the job down after that (including Bob Huggins) until John Beilein took on the challenge. He was tasked with rebuilding the program as well as the culture from the ground up. That is exactly what he did, taking West Virginia to the Elite Eight, the Sweet 16, and winning an NIT Championship in his 5 years as West Virginia's coach.
Five years each step of the way since Le Moyne, and here we are at six, facing Bob Huggins and the program he took over after Beilein transformed it into something Huggins would find worthwhile, and with Beilein having transformed Michigan into something that both Lloyd Carr and people who rank basketball teams find worthwhile.
Except when they're letting Arkansas stay in it too long|Upchurch
CEFH also wrote a preview for Binghampton that turned out to be way more entertaining than watching Michigan play Binghampton.
"Football isn't statistical enough," –MGoBlog readers. Football, especially college, is the ultimate low sample size sport. You're barely into your first set of rank-determining games before the season ends. A single play's expected points swing is often greater than the final margin of victory. That and the NFL's aesthetic need to standardize their product across brands into a package experience targeted at the meanest possible demographic has led to the sport being a heaven for platitudes. Platitude is the enemy of the MGoBlog diarist.
For example, take "our only goal is to win the game." Not so says biakabutuka experience, because truly, assigning an arbitrary time point to the general goal of scoring more than the opponent needlessly removes good data. I mean other than specific scenarios of trying to kill clock before a go-ahead score at the end of a game or maneuvering to have the last possession of the half, aren't coaches always playing for the lead? What if the score of every play could be used to calculate team strength, wouldn't that multiply the available samples significantly? You see where he's going with this? I wonder if he can't add an expected score component so that teams get credited with advancing toward the end zone since coaches aren't trying to get a touchdown every play. Also he needs to figure out a way to scale the importance of any given point by scenario since teams do give up, and because the final score is ultimately the goal.
LSAClassof2000 too got into the stats, showing 3rd/4th down conversion-ing by conference and snooping around for correlations between standard QB statistics.
Etc. The guy who keeps shamelessly plugging his wife's website shares a harrowing tale of Ohio sports fandom (at a Browns game but everyone immediately says "that's so Columbus!"). Western Kentucky offering a parking spot for Bobby Petrino's hog draws out the THE_KNOWLEDGE. Brian already covered the Avant gif but here it is the thread from whence it came. I still haven't given up my quest since college to call him "Shoop", an onomatopoeia for the sound his hands make when a football is near.
Best of the Board
No that is not a gif of Nick Sheridan's first throw vs. Utah, or even Russ Bellomy's first chance to do something other than pad a blitzer from Lincoln's field turf last year. What you are seeing is our moderating team telling the board that at least for a couple of weeks before we get back to bowl and recruiting season the in-season off-topic rules are lifted. To encourage appropriate pos-banging the mods offered a contest of gif posting. I went for Sound of Music…
Denard as Kal-El and Denard on Wife Day
Magic: The Gathering Mouton and Ezeh
Sparty's new helmet and hating on Rod
I can't believe that I call this my job!
Also a reminder to thank your local mods—imagine having to spend hours deleting 85 reposts of a NSFW Kate Upton gif so that everyone can still enjoy the rest of the thread.
Think of the most epic player pics from the last few years turned into threshold iphone wallpapers.
The real version of the Jake Ryan photo above is gonna be the next HTTV cover BTW.
The M-gineers made a somewhat Pythonic video of a torch lighting ceremony to announce the 2013 Mr. Engineer Contest, which they're getting Denard and Kovacs to judge. If you don't recognize the scenery it's because that is North Campus; don't worry LSA student you don't ever have to go there except when your artist friend has a showing.
Every snap video of South Carolina-Arkansas for more scouting pleasure. Expected visitors this weekend from robbyt003. Cal trying a logo other than a seal = fail; Michigan need not worry since the Block M works for the university as well as the athletic dept.
Your moment of zen:
Guess the Score, Win Stuff: West Virginia
Remember the last time Michigan was this good? Remember the last time there was a class of freshmen who arrived to dominate college basketball? Remember how fun they were to watch, and how much fun they had playing? This team isn't at all like that team. But then what was?
How this works again:
- Wednesdays I put up a winnable prize that consists of a desirable good.
- You guess the final scores of this weekend's designated game (football or hoops, depending on the season), and put it in the comments. First person to post a particular score has it.
- If you got it right, we contact you. If not, go to (5)
- The desirable good arrives at the address you give us.
- Non-winners can acquire the same desirable good by trading currency for it.
About Last Week:
GRIII had 17, Burke had 16 and seven assists, Hardaway had 14 with nine rebounds, Jordan Morgan recorded the double-double and Stauskus finished the all-double-digit-starter-a-thon with 12. User mm92 took home the prize despite overestimating the Hogs' scoring output by 1 point.
This Week's Game:
West Virginia didn't believe us when we assured them that their staff will indeed be leaving with them this time, so this Saturday Michigan will be meeting them in Brooklyn on neutral territory. Hipster disguises recommended for all.
And on the Line…
Best if worn with long shorts, black socks, and swagger.
Fine print: One entry per user. First user to choose a set of scores wins, determined by the timestamp of your entry (for my ease I prefer if you don't post it as a reply to another person's score--if you do it won't help or hurt you). Deadline for entries is 24 hours before the start of the game. MGoEmployees and Moderators exempt from winning. We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm killed Jeeves. The algorithm is banned in China. The algorithm is from Jersey. Rutgers is from Jersey. Holy shit guys Rutgers is in the Big Ten. BIG TENNNNN! The algorithm constantly finds Jesus.This is not the algorithm. This is close.


text:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham-Southern lost a hard fought 5-4 dual match to NCAA Division II Alabama-Huntsville to open the 2013 Women's Tennis season Wednesday at the BSC Tennis Complex.
UAH led 2-1 after the doubles with Moya Moore and Emily Holst claiming the point for BSC with an 8-4 win over Jessica Groupierre and Lina Carjaval. The singles were split with BSC's Moore, Sara Cohen and Holst claiming wins for BSC.
Birmingham-Southern opens Southern Athletic Association play at Millsaps College on Sunday at 9 a.m.
Alabama-Huntsville vs Birmingham-Southern=
Feb 21, 2013 at Birmingham, Ala. - (BSC Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. Jessica Grouppierre (UAH) def. Reann Lamere (BSC) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
2. Moya Moore (BSC) def. Katie Bryant (UAH) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Sara Cohen (BSC) def. Maria Lawton (UAH) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
4. Emily Holst (BSC) def. Lina Carvajal (UAH) 6-4, 7-5
5. Alejandra Pacheco (UAH) def. Lindsey Farrell (BSC) 6-0, 6-1
6. Kasi McDonald (UAH) def. Terria Punturo (BSC) 6-2, 6-1
1. Katie Bryant/Maria Lawton (UAH) def. Reann Lamere/Moya Moore (BSC) 8-4
2. Emily Holst/Sara Cohen (BSC) def. Jessica Grouppierre/Lina Carvajal (UAH) 8-4
3. Alejandra Pacheco/Kasi McDonald (UAH) def. Lindsey Farrell/Terria Punturo (BSC) 8-5
Match Notes:
Alabama-Huntsville 1-0 - Birmingham-Southern 0-1 - T-4:00 A-75


text:
ST. CHARLES – Even the most long-winded of end-of-season banquets do not include awards as obscure as "quiet MVP."
Nonetheless, St. Charles East softball coach Kelly Horan doled out that informal honor to junior center fielder Tess Hupe on Wednesday before the Saints' final practice before shipping off today for East Peoria. The Saints will face Barrington on Friday afternoon in an IHSA Class 4A state semifinal.
"If you have a loud MVP and you have a quiet MVP, she definitely gets the quiet MVP award," Horan said of Hupe.
Hupe's humble leadership style, even as she has enjoyed a banner season at the plate and defensively, has been among the many pluses in the Saints' memorable season.
"I don't really boss people around at all," Hupe said. "I really try to stay positive, and I think that's why some of the younger girls look up to me. … Everyone has a bad day, and it's just important to keep that person up and keep the positive energy all around."
Besides, the Saints don't lack for dugout chatter.
"We have a bunch of girls who like to be loud and outgoing and then we have girls who don't really say much, and that's fine – there's nothing wrong with that," East senior Olivia Lorenzini said. "And that's Tess. There are a few girls like that. Tess is quiet but she means business when she comes to play."
Opponents typically figure that out early.
Hupe hits second in East's order, behind senior shortstop Lexi Perez, and contributing to a fast start for the Saints is one of Hupe's priorities. The speedy, left-handed hitter counts many successful slaps and bunts among her 44 hits on the season. Hupe is batting .361 and has scored 33 runs, trailing only Perez (39) and Kate Peterburs (35) in East's potent lineup.
"When we have me and Lexi on, I think that's unstoppable to a lot of teams because that's a lot of speed on the bases and no outs," Hupe said. "Starting off a game like that is really powerful. And if she doesn't get on, I just know it's my job to get on base any way I can, if that's a walk, a hit – anything."
Defensively, Horan credits Hupe for anchoring a Saints outfield that also includes freshman Katie Kolb in left field and Lorenzini in right.
"You definitely need a captain in the outfield," Horan said. "She's got a senior over in right field and a freshman in left field. Making that a cohesive unit has been very important."
The Saints finished last season a respectable 20-13-1, but were nowhere near the juggernaut they've become this spring.
Hupe said beating some of the higher-profile Upstate Eight Conference teams early this season emboldened her that East could make what is its second downstate appearance in program history.
"I think it was when we started beating teams like Bartlett and Lake Park, teams that we couldn't quite beat last year but this year we just pushed through that, and we got the extra hit," Hupe said. "I think it just showed we have the heart that we didn't have last year and the ability and the belief."
The Saints will need all of that – and maybe more – to handle a veteran Barrington team that owns the best record in the state at 35-1. The Fillies' lone setback came in 15 innings, a 3-2 loss to Marengo as part of a doubleheader split on April 20.
"They play some good teams and we play some good teams but I'll throw our Upstate Eight Conference schedule and our nonconference schedule up against anybody," Horan said. "Other than the teams in the Upstate Eight, I don't know if anybody is comparable to the schedule that we play."
IHSA Class 4A Softball State Finals
Friday's semifinals at EastSide Centre in East Peoria
St. Charles East (32-5) vs. Barrington (35-1), 3 p.m.
York (23-14) vs. Minooka (21-8), 5:30 p.m.
Third-place game at 3 p.m. Saturday; championship game 5:30 p.m. Saturday
Of note: Barrington senior Loren Krzysko enters the weekend with a whopping 40 extra base hits, including 18 home runs. … The Fillies edged Burlington Central, 3-2, in their regular season finale but have won each of their five postseason games by four runs or more.


text:
Jump to navigation
Abstract: The Wardrobe Malfunction That Shook The World: Nudity, the Olympics, and Greek Self-Fashioning
The ancient Greek custom of stripping naked to compete at the Olympic Games is as unique and puzzling as it is notorious. I begin with the premise that the chronographical tradition assigning the origins of the practice to the Olympics of 720 B.C. was based on no solid evidence (so Plutarch, Numa 1.4), and that Thucydides' discussion of it (1.6) is more trustworthy. I then discuss the "feedback loop" that developed between nakedness in sport and in art, where it had long served as the "default setting" for adult males. During the sixth century the partnership intensifies with the universal acceptance of nakedness as a sign of the "Greek men's club"--the egalitarian polis (only at Sparta did girls traditionally compete naked, for very specific reasons)--, the invention of the victor statue and victory ode, and the increasingly homoerotic bias of the Greek polis elites. In consequence, after the Persian invasions naked athletics become a cornerstone of the Hellenic world's self-definition vis-à-vis the barbarian one outside.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
On nakedness in Greek art and life, see Stewart, Art, Desire, and the Body in Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1996): 24-42--though I've changed my mind on the dates; Mark Golden, Sport and Society in Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1998): 65-69 (a skeptical update); Paul Christesen, "The Transformation of Athletics in Sixth-Century Greece," in Gerald P. Schaus and Stephen R. Wenn (eds.), Onward to the Olympics. Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games (Waterloo, Ont. 2007): 59-68.
On Olympic chronology, see J.P. Mahaffy, "On the Authenticity of the Olympian Register," Journal of Hellenic Studies 2 (1881): 164-78; Max Nelson, "The First Olympic Games," in Schaus and Wenn, (eds.), Onward to the Olympics, 47-58; Paul Christesen, Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History (Cambridge 2007).
On nakedness, athletics, and democracy, see David Pritchard, "Athletics, Education, and Participation in Classical Athens," in David Phillips and David Pritchard (eds.), Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World (Swansea 2003): 293-350; Paul Christesen, "The Transformation of Athletics in Sixth-Century Greece," in Schaus and Wenn (eds.), Onward to the Olympics, 59-68; Paul Christesen, Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds (Cambridge 2012).
AIA Tours


text:
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Hey Oyster Update (and code, but shhhhhh it's a secret)
6 comments:
- Stacey said...
That's so sweet of you to have a code! I'm glad the store is going well. I will let you know as soon as my blanket is with me :)
Five Minute Style
- February 21, 2013 at 2:00 PM
- Erin C. Young said...
Is the blanket that is 5th up from the bottom available in your shop? Love!
Erincyoung (at)yahoo.com
- February 21, 2013 at 7:48 PM
- Darija said...
off topic, but do you have a post about that slipcover? homemade or purchased? I love it and it fits perfectly. I have a couch that style that I've been wanting to slip.
- February 22, 2013 at 7:49 AM
- Holly and Sean said...
Thanks Stacey!!!
Erin, I emailed you last night ;)
Darius, I had it made about 3 years ago, I believe there is a post about it in January or february 2010. Hope that helps!
- February 22, 2013 at 9:07 AM
- Morgan S. said...
Have to say I love the name of your Etsy shop! LOL I'm definitely going to check it out, your blankets are great! www.styleoyster.blogspot.com
- February 24, 2013 at 6:16 AM
- MrsKBJ said...
Awe, man. Just saw i just missed this code!
- February 26, 2013 at 7:19 PM


text:
Turn of the 20th century 14K gold mesh purse with original gold strap and double-sapphire clasp, total gold weight: 59.9 dwt. Estimate $2,000-$3,000. Morphy Auctions image.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 at 2:33 pm and is filed under .
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Copyright 2018


text:
Tustumena News
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, we sent home a paper copy of a survey we would like 100% of you to fill out and return. The results of the survey are intended to reflect your wishes in regard to the issues surrounding grade spans at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Soldotna and the surrounding areas. There will also be a community meeting here at Tustumena on Sept. 18th at 6 p.m. about this topic.
Our new after-school program through the Boys and Girls Club is up and going. I would like to encourage any and all families who would benefit by having a convenient, safe, productive place for after-school care to contact the Boys and Girls Club at 598-8120 or via email- jangletonatpositiveplaceforkids.com
We would like to extend a thank you to Nancy Russell for her generous donation of school supplies for our students.
* Sept. 15 5K Fun Run 10:30 sign up registration, 11:30 race time
* Sept. 18 PTO Meeting, 4 p.m.
* Sept. 24 Site Council Meeting, 4 p.m.
* October 4 School Pictures
* November 1 & 2 Parent Teacher Conferences
* November 8 Picture Retakes
IDEA is accepting enrollments for the 2012-13 school year. Our enrollment benefits include; funds for books and lessons, a computer and certified teachers to assist you in your child's education. If you would like more information or to enroll visit our website www.ideafamilies.org or call 260-7555 or come by our office in the Red Diamond Center on K-Beach Road.
Families that are pre-registered please plan to be at Solid Rock Camp by 8:45 a.m. to begin the Outdoor Education Day. Dress for the weather and come ready to enjoy horseback riding, archery, boating and more.
Parents come by the office to sign-up for Book-It. This national reading incentive program encourages your child to read on their own and gain skills in comprehension and fluency. Please see Omie to learn more about this great program.
Cook Inlet Academy
Make sure to check out Sycamore for important school information, especially if your student is involved in athletics. All practice information and anything pertaining to sports will be posted here. If you need assistance with accessing Sycamore, please do not hesitate to contact the office for assistance.
We are still looking for a parent volunteer for Tuesday Pizza. You would need to assist from approximately 11:30 – noon. We are also seeking chapel speakers for Wednesday. If you have any interest, please contact Jill at the office.
* Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m. is Parent Night.
* October 3 is School Pictures.
* October 18-19, school will be closed for the ACSI Convention.
* October 25, there will be no school for 7 – 12th Grade for Parent Teacher conference.
* October 26, there will be no school for K – 12th Grade for Parent Teacher conference.
Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science
The next PTA meeting will be Sept. 27th at 6:00 p.m. in the library. For questions or concerns please contact them at ksasptaatgmail.com. Fall fundraiser packets have been sent home. These packets are due by Sept. 21st. If you have any questions or concerns about this fundraiser please contact Christie Holmes at 252-3139.
The APC will meet this Thursday, Sept. 20th at 4:00 p.m. The APC will be discussing enrollment numbers for the 2013-2014 school year. Parents are welcome to attend. Please contact Chairman Jeremy Hamilton at email@example.com for more information.
With field trips and volunteer activities gearing up, please make sure you have your volunteer background check completed. The background check is done through the KPBSD website http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us. Once there, click on the volunteer tab and follow the instructions. This should only take about 5 minutes. Along with the background check you will need to complete the Kaleidoscope volunteer training. This training will be held at 9:15 on Monday, Sept. 17 and again that evening at 6:30. If you are unable to attend either session, it will be placed online within a couple of weeks.
Kenai Middle School
Monday Sept. 17th kicks off Spirit Week here at Kenai Middle. The week will culminate with the year's first Activity Night Friday the 21st from 6-8 p.m. Our A and B soccer teams will have games on Tuesday the 18th at Nikiski Jr Sr High and Friday the 21st at KMS beginning at 3 p.m.. The Cross Country running team will compete at Nikiski on Friday the 21st at 3 p.m. A Site Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday the 25th at 5 p.m.. We are still looking for volunteers for our Mass Health Screening on the 27th and TB testing on the 25th. Please call the school at 283-1700 for more information.
Nikiski North Star Elementary
There will be a Title I meeting in the staff lounge today at 3:45 p.m.
PTA would like to introduce our new board members: Brianna Redfern, President; Amanda Abel, Vice President; Sasha Fallon, Secretary; and Trina Stichal, Treasurer. The next meeting is scheduled for October 1st at 6:00 p.m.
This year our Artist in Residence will be Katherine Hocker from Juneau. She will be in our school beginning Sept. 17th through Sept. 28th. She specializes in field sketching, nature drawing, science illustration, and nature journals. She will be sharing her talents through workshops for the students and staff. "This Artists in Schools project is supported by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts with additional funding from the Rasmuson Foundation."
K-Beach Elementary
Our music teacher, Mrs. Duhan, is looking for donated instruments in good condition. Please drop off at K-Beach Elementary School if you would like to support our beginning band students.
* Monday, Sept. 17
Site Council Meeting at 3 p.m.
* Tuesday, Sept. 18
K-Beach Community Meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the library.
* Friday, Sept. 28
Picture Day
Soldotna Middle School
The First Site Council Meeting for the 2012-13 School Year is today at 3:30 p.m. in the SMS Library. A BIG thank you to this year's members!
Principal – Sarge Truesdell ; Assistant Principal – Curt Schmidt ; Certified Staff – Sheilah-Margaret Pothast ; Certified Staff – Amy Angleton ; Classified Staff – Suzanne Goodwill ; 7th Grade Parent – Krista Arthur ; 8th Grade Parent – Mike Warfield ; 8th Grade Parent – Michelle Blackwell ; 7th Grade Student – Kelli Arthur ; 8th Grade Student – Jackson Blackwell ; Community Member – Guy Hayes
The Soldotna Middle School administration will be hosting a parent/community meeting Tuesday Sept. 18, at 6 p.m. in our Library to discuss the recent parent survey that was created by the Soldotna-area principals. There will be computers available for people who would like to listen to the presentations, ask questions, and then complete the survey.
Cross Country and Soccer Sports Schedule:
* Tuesday, Sept. 18
White Soccer vs. Maroon Soccer at SMS at 3 p.m.
* Thursday, Sept. 20
Maroon Soccer vs. Nikiski at Nikiski at 3 p.m.
* Friday, Sept. 21
Cross Country Running to Nikiski – 3:00 pm
* Friday, Sept. 21
White Soccer vs. Homer at SMS at 3:30 p.m.
* Tuesday, Sept. 25
First Round of Borough Soccer Tournament
* Friday, Sept. 28
Borough Cross Country Running at Kenai at Noon
* Saturday, Sept. 29
Finals of Borough Soccer Tournament at SMS at 10:00 am
Connections Homeschool Program
Connections Homeschool Program has open enrollment for all students at this time. All students not enrolled in public school are encouraged to contact the Connections office at 714-8880 to learn about all of the educational benefits that Connections Homeschool Program can provide for children.
The BOOK IT! K-6 Program has begun and we are happy to be a part of it. Spend just 20 minutes each day focusing on raising a reader. Set a monthly reading goal and when that goal is met , celebrate achievement by going to Pizza Hut and redeeming the BOOK IT! coupon for a personal pan pizza. Coupons are available at the Soldotna Connections office. Please call Lennie Yoter with any questions. More information may be found at http://bookitprogram.com/Parents/index.asp <http://bookitprogram.com/Parents/index.asp>
SCHOOL PICTURES will be Thursday, October 4th from 1:00 – 4:00 in the Borough Assembly Chambers located on the lower level of the Borough Building on Binkley Street. Retakes will be held Wednesday, November 15th.
Mountain View Elementary
The Site Council will be meeting on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 4:00 PM in the library. Picture day is Wednesday, Sept. 26. Innisbrook Fundraiser orders need to be entered on the Innisbrook website by Friday, October 5. If you need assistance with the ordering process please call the office at 283-8600.
We are collecting Safeway receipts dated Sept. 18 - Sept. 25 to receive a 10% rebate on qualifying purchases. Please bring your receipts to the office by Friday, Sept. 28. We will use these funds for student field trips and other educational activities.
Nikiski High School
Upcoming Dates:
* Monday, Sept. 17
C Team Football at Homer High School at 4:00 p.m.
* Tuesday, Sept. 18
Boys/Girls Middle School Soccer vs. Kenai Middle School at 3:00 p.m.
Boys/Girls "B" Team Middle School Soccer vs. Kenai Middle School at 3:00 p.m.
Volleyball at Homer High School – JV at 5:00 p.m. – Varsity at 6:30 p.m.
* Thursday, Sept. 20
Informational Parent Night for Seniors at 6:30 p.m. in the library
Boys/Girls Middle School Soccer vs. Soldotna Middle School at 3:00 p.m.
Boys/Girls Middle School Soccer at Chapman at 3:00 p.m.
* Friday, Sept. 21
Volleyball at West Spiketacular – TBA
Middle School Cross Country Running – Nikiski Invite at 3:00 p.m.
* Saturday, Sept. 22
Volleyball at West Spiketacular – TBA
High School Cross Country Running – Regions at Seward
JV Football at North Pole High School at 10:00 a.m.
Varsity Football at Monroe High School at 1:00 p.m.
Free Training for High School students
KPBSD Career and Tech Department is offering free after school academies to train students in the Welding, Construction and Medical Field.
Any high school student is able to participate in any of our academies. If a student successfully completes the 60 hour academy they will receive practical art credit. Transportation may be provided if needed.
Current Academies and their locations:
* Welding: Workforce Development Center (WDC-located behind KCHS) Class days are Tues, Wed and Thurs from 2:30-4:30. Students will be constructing an aluminum drift boat.
* Construction: Nikiski (Triumvirate Theatre just outside of Kenai) Class days are Tues, Wed, Thurs 2:30-6:00. Students will be installing wood floor, sinks, toilet, etc.
* Basic carpentry and plumbing will be taught.
* Construction: WDC Students will be finishing the construction of a shed.
* Construction: Skyview High School Start date Oct. 9th to Dec. 13th Tues & Thurs 3:00-6:00. Students will be building a gazebo.
* Construction: Ninilchik (Kenai Peninsula Fair Grounds) Class days are Saturdays from 1-5 starting Oct. 13th. Students will be learning how to make and fit cabinets in a kitchen and basic carpentry.
More classes coming next semester: TBA
To sign up go to http://onestop.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ Or you can call Debbie Pearson at 283-2145.
Funding for the Alaska Construction Academies comes from a grant from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, The Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development and The AK Youth First Program.


text:
So, there is a big raging war going on between Gevlon the Greedy Goblin and Marcko of Just My Two Copper. I read both of these blogs from time to time. Gevlon has some entertainment value with his ridiulous social commentarys and is probably the biggest reason that I hit the gold cap.
Marcko used to have a great sight for making gold. Then he converted most tips into his gold guide and started posting mostly garbage. I do enjoy some of his PvP videos and his Forums can be nice at times.
Apparently, Marcko wanted Gevlon to post a banner of his guide up on the Greedy Goblin. Gevlon wanted no part of it and picked his emails apart due to being pushed too far. Gevlon posted Marcko's email address on his site.
Who is winning this war right now? It looks like Gevlon to be honest. Not only has he got Tobold's backing him up, but Marcko is running around acting like he has sand in his vagina. Marcko left comments on Tobold's blog speaking nonsense saying that Tobold is trying to sully his name.
Marcko needs to put this behind him fast. He already has dirt on his face. Get a move on before the whole blogosphere starts to turn.
I like both blogs and will continue reading both of them. I think Marcko was wrong for being an overaggressive douchebag with his advertisement requests. Gevlon was not cool for posting Marcko's real personal information.
This looks like it is going to get ugly folks.
Perhaps I should make up a fake e-mail from Jong........and we can have an internet battle. PARODY IS A BREWING!!!!!


text:
Story highlights
- Advocacy group on campaign finance reform recorded video during an oral argument
- The recording was made as a spectator began talking loudly about campaign finance
- There was no explanation about how a camera was smuggled into the courtroom
- The video was posted on YouTube
In an apparent first at the tradition-minded Supreme Court, an advocacy group surreptitiously recorded video of an oral argument that was interrupted by a spectator.
The group 99Rise.org, which supports campaign finance reform, posted the video of Wednesday's proceedings on YouTube as part of a protest over the issue.
No electronic devices, or still or video cameras are permitted in the court's public sessions.
All spectators, including members of the media, are screened with magnetometers at the entrance to the ornate courtroom.
There was no immediate explanation of how a camera was smuggled past security.
"The court became aware today of the video posted on YouTube," court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in a statement. "Court officials are in the process of reviewing the video and our courtroom screening procedures."
The taping as well as an interruption by a spectator who witnesses said began talking loudly about campaign finance reform, apparently occurred near the end of arguments in a patent case.
The video confirms what witnesses told CNN-- that the well-dressed man spoke about the need to keep campaign finance reform laws in place to regulate election spending and contributions.
"Money is not speech," he said. "Overturn 'Citizens United!'" referring to a 2010 high court decision loosening a century of federal restrictions on corporate spending by "independent" groups like businesses and unions.
Noah Newkirk of Los Angeles was only able say a few words before police escorted him from the courtroom, and he did not resist.
Newkirk was charged with violating federal law that makes it a crime to "harangue" or utter "loud threatening or abusive language" in the Supreme Court building.
The justices ignored the incident.
Court officials said the last disturbance was eight years ago during an oral argument over an abortion-related issue. A similar interruption occurred about two decades ago.
There are only two photographs of the court in session -- and those cameras were smuggled in -- in the 1930s.
CNN and other media outlets have been allowed to shoot video and still pictures of the empty courtroom.
Sketch artists are allowed to portray the oral arguments and other public sessions of the court.
There have been calls for years to allow cameras in the court, for public benefit. A new television ad released last week urged the justices to do just that saying, "It's time for a more open judiciary."
The sponsor of the commercials is the Coalition for Court Transparency, not affiliated with the group that secretly recorded the oral argument Wednesday.
The biggest concerns raised by the justices are that cameras would upset the personal dynamic between them that make oral arguments so unique and useful to their later deliberations and opinion-writing.
The courtroom has about 330 seats available to the public. Court security instructs spectators before each public session to remain seated, not to speak, or demonstrate.


text:
Standard guitar tuning:EADGBENo capo
G7This song can be found on the CD "The World of Benny Hill - Benny Hill Sings?" which includes 25 of his comedy classics. It also appeared on an old vinyl recording, "The Golden Hour of Benny Hill." Now I Cdon't want you folks to misconstrue what FI'm about to say to you, But I'm Cgonna tell you about the G7women in my Clife. Now I Cknow some gals who are real refined, but I Falways seem to get the other kind, And Cmaybe that's why I've G7never found a Cwife. Now I Cused to know a gal in Crew, she was Ffive foot two and eyes of blue, And, well Cshe told me G7that her name was CLotty, But I Cthink she was funny in the head 'cause she Fused to sleep under- neath the bed, Her Cparents thought she G7was a little Cpotty. But I Ckind of liked the way she'd smile so I Fwent around with her for A while, And I Ckind of thought of G7her as my bride to Cbe, I Csaid, "You're the one girl in my life and I'd Flike to have you for my wife," She Csaid, "Now what would G7your wife do with Cme?"
ChorusBeware of Cwild women, those Fwild, wild women, Those Cwild, wild women aG7round. Beware of Cwild women, those Fwild, wild women, And Cnever ever G7let 'em get you Cdown. One Cday I met a movie star, she was Fjust getting out of her Rolls Royce car, And Cshe was all covered in G7diamonds and Cmink. Now I Ckind of liked a gal with money, and Fthis one, well, she was a real honey, So I said, "CMaybe one day you and G7I could have a little Cdrink." She Csaid, "You're just my kind of man." She Fstuck a phone number in my hand, She said, "Now Cphone me up next G7time that you're in Ctown." I said, "Is Cthis your penthouse," she said, "No, it's the Ffish and chip shop down below, But Cyou just phone me G7up and they'll call me Cdown."
ChorusNow I was Cin a Chelsea bar one day, and there was a Fchap stood about five feet away, And we was Cboth admiring a G7girl about twenty-Cone, I Csaid, "You just can't help but stare at that Fcute little chick with the long blonde hair," He Csaid, "That chick just G7happens to be my Cson." I Csaid, "I didn't mean to offend, you Fmust let me make a mend, I mean at Cleast let me G7buy you another Crum. I said, "You Cmust think me an awful cad, I Fdidn't know you was his dad." He Csaid, "I'm not, you G7twit, I'm his Cmom."
ChorusAnd Cnever ever G7let 'em get you Cdow-Fow-Cow-G7ow-Cown.
Terms and Privacy | API | Just Added Tabs | Tags | How to Read Guitar Tab | Music Theory | Contact/Support
© 2018, Songsterr.com.
© 2018, Songsterr.com.


text:
Our checkout is currently unavailable due to temporary maintenance
Red Dingo Stainless Steel & Enamel Comic Bone Dog Tag
Manufactured from stainless steel, Red Dingo tags will not rust, break or corrode and they come fully engraved by Red Dingo. Oscar has had one of these for five years now and its still going strong!
Engraving information:
Small tags: up to three lines of engraving with 12 characters (including spaces) per lineMedium tags: up to five lines of engraving, with up to 16 characters (including spaces) per line.Large tags: up to six lines of engraving, with up to 19 characters (including spaces) per line.
Please note that your tag will be sent direct to you from Red Dingo and can take up to 6-10 days
Average rating: 100%
5 (8 customer reviews)
Read More Reviews >
Copyright © 2018 Muddy Paws - Company Registration No: 3541917 VAT Registered: 716563135


text:
VERY few communities would be where they are without volunteers.
It is an over-used phrase, but they really are the backbone of many organisations.
Anyone who gives their time freely and willingly to a cause they believe in should be given accolades.
That's why yesterday's 10th anniversary celebration for the Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre was such a joyous occasion.
It was a celebration of all things wonderful about our city.
A celebration of a centre working to improve the lives and well-being of so many.
And a celebration of the 20,000 men and women on the volunteer books who give so much for all of us to enjoy living in central Victoria.
In 10 years, the resource centre has brought together some tremendous people in times of crisis, and ensured smooth operations for any organisation in our community requiring extra hands.
As chairman Paul Kirkpatrick has observed, the worst of times, such as the Black Saturday fires and the floods of 2010-11, has often brought out the best in people eager to help others in their hour of need.
And the centre has been invaluable in harnessing that urge to assist for the communal good.
To Paul Kirkpatrick, manager Helen Yorston and your team and each of the many volunteers, the Greater Bendigo community says well done – and thank you.


text:
4. Apple iPad Mini
Apple joined the mini tablet market this year to do battle with the Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7, among others. The 7.9-inch iPad mini is thinner and lighter than the competition, weighing in at 0.68 pounds and measuring just 0.28 inches. And while the iPad mini doesn't offer the Retina display (the resolution maxes out at 1,024 x 768), the device does come with the Lightning connector, a 5-MP rear-facing camera and 1.2-MP front-facing camera (unlike the iPad 2), and it supports the new iOS 6 platform (unlike the original iPad).


text:
For the first time in decades, the U.S. is tightening its belt on defense spending. While traditional threats like nuclear and great power conflicts do remain. The post 9/11 challenges of terrorism and counterinsurgency have led to a paradigm shift in the way we think about our national security. Emerging threats like cybersecurity and biowarfare also require new thinking. Do 21st century challenges now pose a greater threat to U.S. national security than traditional threats like nuclear war, naval supremacy and ability to fight ground wars? Defense in an age of economic uncertainty.
Visit the Website: http://www.greatdecisions.org
Episode #401 / Length: 26 minutes