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For most of us the pain associated with loss can be devastating. We tend to avoid the feel of loss like the plague believing that it is simply too much to handle. Yet, we have to deal with loss at some point in our lives; it is part of the human experience. Loss is the pain resulting from dealing with a complex set of feelings or thoughts related to the ending of an intimate relationship or something we hold dear.
The pain from loss comes from different types of situations: loss of a loved one, job, pet, marriage, friendship, home, material object or physical changes. It seems the less anticipated the loss, the harder it hits us. For instance, the death of a parent from cancer after a four-year period may be less difficult to deal with in some ways than walking into a parking lot after going to the grocery store and finding out that one's car had been stolen. For many of us it is the thought that we will no longer be able to maintain a connection with or to something or someone that was dear to us. Some people have described loss as losing touch with the familiar while entering into a new state of being. Cognitively they understand that change could be positive; but it is the fear of having to let go of something that they loved and felt comfortable with which causes the hurt and that feeling of emptiness.
Not knowing what to do with this emptiness is distressing. Many people would prefer not to deal with this pain related to loss and so they avoid or escape from that feeling. As a consequence, it seems to cause more severe symptoms than for those who choose to voluntarily and gradually grieve.
Clinically, we know it is best for us to experience loss in baby steps. Jumping into the caldron of pain at once isn't recommended. However, the gradual emersion into fond and loving memories as well as the not so good memories helps move through the loss.
Let's face it, who wants to deal with pain? Most people would rather repress painful feelings and thoughts and move on with their lives. I have observed that many clients who choose not to feel the pain and not to examine the process of losing a loved one or situation will eventually drop into some form of depression or anxiety. For those brave ones who choose to work through the pain of the loss, much is learned, and release of the pain gradually ensues. It is the painstaking sifting through the essence of the relationship or situation and deriving meaning from the loss that brings eventual acceptance and calm.
Loss can be directly tied to our fear of death and dying. It is this fear of what happens after we die that causes us not to examine loss. Many people find solace with death in religious beliefs, but for others it is tuning into our hearts and minds and discovering for ourselves what makes the most sense.
There are also many losses that occur in our everyday lives on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Saying goodbye to our loved ones each morning as we send kids off to school or partners to work are representative of mini-losses. Lamenting over a great breakfast that we finished, having to do the dishes, and then heading off to work is another tiny loss. The end of a phone conversation is a small loss because when it has ended, it is over. That connection will never occur in the same way.
Each of us experiences small deaths or mini-losses on a daily basis. However, we are moving so fast onto the next task that we don't even realize what has taken place. Understanding that we have already survived many losses in our lives helps pull us out of the depth of the emptiness feeling of a current loss.


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The Next 24: If Debt Deadline Isn't Met
If the Thursday deadline for lifting the debt limit is missed, some analysts say the U.S. still would be able to make its first big payment due Oct. 31. Meanwhile, earnings reports from many big names are hitting in the next 24 hours, including from Yahoo, Intel, CSX and Bank of America. Photo: Getty Images.
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Footwear is difficult inventory. A single shoe in three colors in standard sizes and widths could be as many as 108 different stock keeping units (SKUs). There may be matching accessories, which may also be in colors and sizes. Then there are special orders for the styles and sizes that are not in stock. There are even shoes that can be dyed to match the color of a particular outfit. Shoe sales are fiercely competitive; programs to encourage customer loyalty are common. So, shoe stores are adopting electronic communications as part of maintaining customer relationships.
Because of the complexity of the inventory, order entry and inventory receiving are critical functions. Payroll is standard, although commissions sales are the rule. Accounts receivable, accounts payable and general ledger are also standard. While most systems are premises based, software as a service (SaaS) is a small but growing option for retail shoe store systems.
There are some interesting customer relationship management (CRM) issues. Usually, one of the benefits of being a supporting member of the organization, for example, a contributing member of a museum, is a discount at the gift shop. Another factor is subscription sales. Some gift stores sell limited-edition items; patrons can subscribe to the items and receive a notification when a new group is in stock.
Point of sale (POS) software is a business management solution for retailers that helps them manage their inventory control, point-of-sales operations and retail accounting operations. POS software allows users to manage both in-store as well as online purchases and transactions.
Most of the products offer a barcode scanner integration that allows retailers to read product information using the barcode labels. This functionality enables faster and efficient checkouts at the payment counter. Some vendors in the market also offer POS hardware along with the software set, which comprises of cash registers, a printer, customer screen and barcode reader. Alternately, users can also choose to deploy their software on their personal devices, such as PCs, Mac computers and iPads.
There are both cloud-based and on-premise products in the POS software market. While cloud-based systems offer ease of use for non-technical business users, the on-premise systems offer lower costs for long-term use.
In addition to the core accounting functions, footwear and shoe store operators should evaluate the following functions to meet their unique requirements:
|Size, width and color matrix
|The key to a successful footwear inventory software system is a matrix of modifiers. The general description is entered once and the sizes, widths and colors are listed as modifiers to the basic description. The inventory must track each item as a separate SKU and maintain separate reorder points.
|Accessory coordination
|Many shoe makers provide matching accessories, such as belts and handbags. In other cases, different manufacturers make accessories to "coordinate" with shoes. The inventory and POS system should list matching accessories on hand and available as special orders.
|Customer relationship management
|Because of competition from online, warehouse and department stores, shoe specialty stores have aggressively adopted CRM. In particular, they are adopting social networking by establishing Facebook pages and tweeting coupons to registered customers. The system should also track color, style and designer preferences to notify customers when new shipments are due.
|Customer loyalty program
|As part of CRM and to further solidify customer relations, many shoe stores have customer loyalty programs. The store system should track sales history and monitor loyalty program points awarded and redeemed.
|Prescription management
|If the shoe store offers orthopedic supplies, the system needs to track prescriptions for clients and doctor contact information. The system should also notify customers if prescriptions should be updated, for example, as children grow they need to have their prescriptions changed.
|UPC database
|Because of the large number of shoes, other footwear and accessories from numerous vendors, the system needs to provide a catalog of products and UPCs. The catalog must be updated frequently or better yet, available online.
|Split tender
|The system must be able to accept payment over several different methods. For example, a customer may want to pay with cash and two different credit cards. The system must properly apply the split payments to the correct ledger accounts.
|Package sales
|The system should support combining different inventory items into a single package. The POS should treat the package as a single SKU, but correctly adjust the inventory level for each item.
|Inventory images
|Since many shoes are similar, the inventory system should show pictures of the inventory. Advanced systems will be able to show each item in the inventory in all available colors.
The landscape of footwear retail is constantly changing due to advances in both POS hardware and software technologies. Below are a few trends that are shaping up the footwear and shoe retail software market:
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Class size scrutinized at Fitch High in Groton
Groton - Superintendent Michael Graner said he would review staffing levels across the district after a taxpayer group complained about underenrolled classes at Robert E. Fitch High School and the Board of Education asked him to look into it.
The superintendent said he found 90 such classes out of 543 offered at Fitch that had fewer than 15 students. Graner met with Principal Joseph Arcarese on Tuesday and said he has a follow-up appointment next week.
He said the classes fell into three categories: Basic level courses for students struggling with math and literacy; advanced classes for gifted and honors students; and classes where enrollment is limited by some other factor, such as the number of work stations.
He said there are anomalies he intends to correct.
"Sometimes you have 32, 33 kids sign up for a class and the computer will assign 23 (students) to one class and nine to another class, and it doesn't make (sense)," he said. "Because of the scheduling process, you end up with unbalanced classes."
Small classes cited by PAC
Last week, Rosanne Kotowski, co-founder of the political action committee Groton Advocates for Tax Efficiency, said during a public hearing that a master schedule from last year showed 193 classes with fewer than 10 students. She said the district could not afford Graner's proposed education budget for the coming fiscal year and should find efficiencies.
"We just can't go on like this," she said.
The school board voted 7-1 on Monday, with member Shelley Gardner opposed, to adopt the proposed budget. The $75.1 million spending plan is an increase of about $1.4 million over the current fiscal year and includes no layoffs, program cuts or changes to class size. It provides a small increase for building materials and supplies.
The proposed budget would also cover a $1.7 million shortfall in the health insurance fund, which had been supported by tapping a reserve in previous years. But that reserve is now gone. Graner said he was able to cover the $1.7 million shortfall and yet increase the budget by only $1.4 million because he found savings elsewhere.
Groton has 18 teachers retiring this year and will also cut costs through attrition, Graner said. In addition, the proposed budget cuts two administrative jobs in the central office and plans to move the staff to other administrative posts.
In approving the budget, Graner said the school board directed him to look at staffing.
The high school master course schedule as of Jan. 6 showed several instances where enrollments were extremely low relative to capacity. Two sections of AP chemistry showed enrollments of three students each, with capacity for 24 students each; three sections of French I enrolled eight, eight and 10 students each, with capacity for 25 students each. Editor's note: Honors jewelry students are being taught in the same class and at the same time as non-honors jewelry students. The sections actually have at least 15 students, but honors students are listed as a separate group so their course reads as "honors" on their transcripts. This clarifies an earlier version of this paragraph.
Graner said he was aware of the master course schedule document and said, "I'm going to personally get involved in the scheduling process to make sure that the staffing plan at the high school is the best it can possibly be."
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Here are lecture notes from a game-theory course I taught to students in their second year of the economics PhD program at the University of Arizona during the 1992-1997 period.
The material presented would also be helpful to first-year PhD students learning game theory as part of their microeconomic-theory sequence, as well as to advanced undergraduates learning game theory. I consider the exposition detailed, rigorous, and self-contained.
I no longer teach game theory, so these notes are currently frozen in this state. I'm making them available here because I still get requests for them. I have not updated them to reflect recent advances. I also won't be correcting any errors (though I hope that most of them have already been caught!) or adding any topics.
I would be very interested in and appreciate hearing from anyone who downloads them and finds them useful. Also I may eventually post problem sets and their solutions. Let me know if you'd like to be notified of such changes. Please email me.
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Football was created many centuries ago, but the greatest players of the game were only produced in the 20th and 21st centuries.
There have been too many world-class talents in football - and by choosing just ten, many amazing footballers will be left out.
So here's a long honorable mentions list to some of the greatest footballers ever:
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
George Best
Ferenc Puskas
Sir Bobby Charlton
Enzo Francescoli
Franco Baresi
Michel Platini
Marco Van Basten
Oliver Kahn
Roberto Baggio
Ryan Giggs
Francisco Gento
Paolo Maldini
10. Lev Yashin | Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union
Yashin is considered the greatest goalkeeper of all time. He was nicknamed the 'Black Spider' as he was so agile in goal. Yashin made over 150 penalty saves in his incredible career, also claiming 270 clean-sheets. He has also scored once for Dynamo Moscow.
9. Alfredo Di Stefano | River Plate, Millonarios, Real Madrid etc.
Di Stefano was one of the most versatile forwards ever. He sometimes slipped into a midfield role adding depth to Real Madrid when he was at the club.
Di Stefano's stint at Madrid coincided with the greatest period in their history as they went on to win many European titles, as Di Stefano pulled the strings and finished moves. 513 career goals is not a bad tally for a versatile forward.
8. Gerd Muller | 1861 Nordlingen, Bayern Munich, FLS and West Germany
The greatest international goalscorer of all time, Muller averaged more than a goal per game for the Germans. His club career was nothing short of spectacular too, as he shined at Bayern. Muller ended his illustrious career with 723 goals, a tally many strikers can only dream of.
7. Bobby Moore | West Ham, Fulham and England
Moore was arguably one of the greatest defenders ever and Pele described him as the hardest defender to get past. Moore captained England to a rare World Cup triumph in 1966 and he also earned legendary status at West Ham, scoring 24 goals there. He was the European Footballer of the Year runner-up in 1970.
6. Eusebio | Sporting De Lourenco Marques, Benfica, Portugal etc.
Eusebio was the most lethal club striker of all time. He averaged more than a goal per game for many seasons at Benfica as he paved his way to legendary status. He won the Footballer of the Year award in 1965 and with 626 career goals Eusebio was the best player Portugal ever produced.
5. Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich, New York Cosmos and West Germany
Beckenbauer was one of the most inspirational footballers ever. He led by example and could manage and play at the same time. He had a good goalscoring record for a defender and secured 22 trophies in his career. He won the Ballon d'Or twice in his great career.
4. Zinedine Zidane | Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid and France
Hailed as one of the greatest midfielders ever, Zidane's dribbling and passing were better than any other footballer of his time. He may not have been the most prolific goalscorer but he was innovative in his style of play and he had a magical presence on the pitch.
He led France, Real Madrid and Juventus to many trophies and his goal in the 2002 Champions League final against Bayer Leverkusen was one of the best ever. A three-time winner of the Ballon d'Or and a three-time runner-up for the award, Zidane is one of the greatest players of all time.
3. Johan Cruyff | Ajax, Barcelona, Netherlands etc.
Cruyff was one of the greatest and smartest players to grace the game. His tactical mindset made him a step above his opponents and he was very versatile, too. The creator of Total Football, Cruyff was a fairly prolific goalscorer and scored many high-quality goals.
He transformed Barcelona helping them become the team they are today and he also won 24 trophies as a player. A three-time winner of the Ballon d'Or, and with 401 goals to his name from midfield, Cruyff was better than most footballers.
2. Diego Maradona | Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Argentina etc.
Maradona is hailed by many as the greatest ever but finishes as runners up in this list. His personal life had its flaws but on the pitch he could do things one can only dream of.
As an attacking midfielder, Maradona scored quite a few, also leading Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986. The number 10 was retired by Napoli for Maradona's incredible contribution to their development.
Maradona also scored arguably the greatest goal of all time, when he dribbled past almost all the England players before scoring a sublime goal in the 1986 World Cup finals.
1. Pele | Santos, New York Cosmos and Brazil
Many say he wasn't tested in a tougher league but even if he were to be in a tougher league he'd have excelled as much as he did in Brazil.
Sometimes an attacking midfielder and other times a forward, Pele was the greatest goalscorer ever and I doubt anyone will score as many goals as he did.
He led Brazil to three World Cup triumphs and is also their all-time top scorer. With 1229 career goals, will there ever be a player who could score as many goals as Pele? Very doubtful.
He won trophies, he scored important goals and he never caused any major controversy. It's safe to say that Pele was the greatest ever player to grace the game.
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Another Gay Celebrity Couple Ties The Knot...
Jonathan Higbee | July 3, 2013
Another gorgeous gay duo is officially off the meat market now that Arrow (and Torchwood) star John Barrowman has married his partner of 20+ years, Scott Gill.
Here's a video the couple shared on Twitter as they made their way to the ceremony:
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This activity is a short engineering design challenge to be completed by individual students or small teams. A real-world problem is presented, designing buildings for hurricane-prone areas, but in a simulated way that works in a classroom, after... (View More) school club, or informal education setting. Students are given simple materials and design requirements, and must plan and build a tower as tall as possible that will hold up a tennis ball while resisting the force of wind from a fan. After the towers are built, the group comes together to test them. If there is time after testing, which can be observational or framed as a contest between teams, students can redesign their towers to improve their performance, or simply discuss what worked well and what didn't in their designs. (View Less)
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Sept. 3, 2007
After watching his Lady Bisons soccer team over the Labor Day weekend, first-year coach Jon Ireland has decided the real season doesn't start until Friday.
The Lady Bisons opened the season Friday night with a 2-0 home loss to Tennessee-Martin and followed with a 4-0 road loss at Murray University in Murray, Ky., Sunday. Both programs are from the Ohio Valley Conference.
Lipscomb goalkeeper Katie Shelton made 10 saves against Murray. Lacey Cross, Halie Proffitt and Kate Spellman, all freshmen, each had one shot on goal for the Lady Bisons.
"We have a lot of youth and inexperience," Ireland said. "At one point we had nine freshmen on the field at Murray State. We have to address that.
"We are going to look at these first two games as preseason games. The lessons we learned should help us Friday night as we play the first of three straight home games.
Labor Day Monday was anything but a holiday for the Lady Bisons. They were in the weight room at 8 a.m. and then met with Ireland for a meeting as they start preparations for Friday's visit from Central Arkansas.
"I told them I still think we have the chance to have the best season in the history of the program," said Ireland who helped turnaround programs at both Harding and Faulkner before coming to Lipscomb. "The players were pretty disappointed after the Murray State game."
Ireland points to an improvement by the team in terms of the mental side of the game, as opposed to the physical part. He uses much of his practice time working on the mental aspects of soccer such as focus and properly executing the game.
"We work hard during the week," Ireland said. "I want them to have success on the field during games. We are going to be addressing what we have to do to change our position. We have to deal with the mental aspect of winning."


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Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg just adopted a super-cute little puppy dog ... that LUCKY son-of-a-bitch.
As TMZ previously reported, Mark and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan had been in the market for a Puli for a while -- and finally found one in Oregon. They even created a Facebook page for him.
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Nokia is 'all in' with Windows Phone, but what about Windows 8? It was way back last Spring that we heard Nokia head of Design, Marko Ahtisaari, first let news slip of a possible tablet from Finland. Looks like those plans haven't completely been shelved as DigiTimes reports Nokia could unveil a 10-inch device in a few short months.
Word on the street is that Nokia is working closely with Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Compel Electronics to pick up developmenet of a Windows RT device. Rumor has it that plans were put on hold after Microsoft made a surprise announcement and introduced the Surface earlier this summer. The orignal plan involved introducing the tablet for a Q1 2013 appearance. Remember those tablet design patents we showed you back in mid-October?
The device is expected to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress late Februrary. Windows Phone Central will be there live to cover the event for you. And before you get your panties in a bunch, the image above is just a fan made render that has floated around the web. We don't really know what an Espoo tablet would look like.
Are you guys and gals interested in a Windows RT tablet from Nokia to pair with your Lumia 820 and 920? Or would you rather have it with an Intel inside?
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With all the major objectives of the STS-111 mission accomplished, Endeavour's astronauts will bid farewell to the new Expedition Five crew and undock from the International Space Station today, leaving ISS Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev to begin their 4 ˝ month stay on board the complex.
After final farewells and the closing of the hatches between the two vehicles, Endeavour will undock from the ISS at 9:32 a.m. Central time as the two craft fly over western Kazakhstan, not far from Russia's primary launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The initial separation will be provided by springs that will gently push the shuttle away from the station. When Endeavour is about two feet away from the station and the docking devices are clear of one another, Pilot Paul Lockhart will fire Endeavour's steering jets to begin slowly moving away.
About 45 minutes after undocking, when Endeavour is 450 feet in front of the ISS, Lockhart will begin a one-hour flyaround of the station. After 1 Ľ laps of the complex, Lockhart will fire Endeavour's jets to move away from the station about 11:16 a.m. Once Endeavour departs the outpost for the final time, the new ISS crew will begin to unpack gear and prepare for its long duration stay on orbit.
Endeavour's astronauts – Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Commander Ken Cockrell, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz – were awakened just before 3:30 Central time this morning to the song, "Hello to All the Children of the World", prepared for Bursch by his son's classmates.
Endeavour is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center just before noon Central time Monday, bringing Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz home after 194 days in space, which for Walz and Bursch will set a new U.S. single spaceflight endurance mark. Landing Monday will result in one more day in space for Onufrienko than he logged in 1996 as Commander of the former Russian Mir Space Station.
Endeavour and the ISS to continue to function normally as they orbit at an altitude of around 240 statute miles.
The next STS-111 status report will be issued Saturday evening, or earlier, if events warrant.
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"The guide concentrates on what is taught and how it is taught. Readers aren't deluged with reams of mostly meaningless institutional data that can easily be gleaned elsewhere. In deciding which schools to include, the editors looked for course requirements that span the curriculum, as well as serious disciplinary requirements. They also looked for gifted teachers, including the 'eloquent generalist.' The fifty schools surveyed range from the famous (Princeton) to the obscure (New Saint Andrews College), to many in between. For the most part, the guide does not cover the usual suspects, because it is interested in places that 'build up one's character as well as one's resumé.' Schools whose main recommendation is their reputation don't make the cut."
"A new guide to colleges and universities sets out to help parents become better informed. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) has published All American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals, and People of Faith, to identify colleges that most closely adhere to John Stuart Mill's vision of education. The guide looks at schools that require not only the study of the works of dead white men (Shakespeare, Milton, Plato) held in contempt in much of the academy today, but the crucial contemporary issues that are often ignored. The guide asks whether a particular university provides an environment for expanding 'intellectual friendships,' where men and women easily debate opposing ideas, where teachers encourage the student to examine unpopular opinions. "
"The essays that form the introduction to this book are excellent. They offer students a chance to see the large picture, get a sense of direction, and shape curriculum accordingly. Even if one were to attend a school not covered in this book, it would be worth reading in order to help navigate through the miasmic swamp of a culture and curriculum at other institutions."
"Young people and parents beyond numbering will be grateful for this guide
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"All-American Colleges is a terrific guide to help conservatives choose a college that's not committed to left-wing indoctrination. If you graduate from one of these lesser-known schools, you might even become president of the United States-just like Ronald Reagan did."
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Mikhail Baryshnikov Set for Hartford Stage's MAN IN A CASE World Premiere; Full Cast Announced!
Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, presents the world premiere stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Man in a Case, featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov, on stage February 21 through March 24.
In Chekhov's brilliant tale of humor and despair, a pair of hunters talk late into the night. They share stories: one of an officious, anti-social man and his involvement with an aggressively extroverted woman. The second, a tale of moral ambiguity in which the protagonist forgoes his love for a married woman. Though seemingly different, both are tales of fear trumping the pursuit of life's most promising possibilities. Drawing from material as varied as surveillance footage, folk dance, instructional hunting videos, and interviews with the cast, Man in a Case creates a bridge between our time and that of these two 19th-century anti-love stories. Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, the team behind the internationally acclaimed Big Dance Theater, bring their signature style--fusing theater, dance, music and video--to this world premiere adaptation.
The cast features Mikhail Baryshnikov with Jess Barbagallo, Tymberly Canale, Chris Giarmo, and Aaron Mattocks. Man in a Case, Adapted from Two Stories by Anton Chekhov, is directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater and choreographed by Annie-B Parson.
Man in a Case, will feature Mikhail Baryshnikov, who appeared on Broadway in Metamorphosis (Tony Award-nomination and a Drama Critics Award). Off-Broadway credits include In Paris (Ely and Edyth Broad Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Lincoln Center Festival and 2011-12 International Tour), Beckett Shorts (New York Theatre Workshop) and Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor and the Patient (Lincoln Center Festival). He has appeared in the films White Nights, The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, Company Business and The Turning Point (Oscar nomination, Best Supporting Actor). Awards include: Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Honor, the Commonwealth Award, the Chubb Fellowship, the Jerome Robbins Award and rank of Officer of the French Legion of Honor. He is the Artistic Director of the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York.The cast will also include Jess Barbagallo (Big Dance Theater, Theater of a Two-Headed Calf and The Builders Association) who will portray Hunter and Burkin; Tymberly Canale (Big Dance Theater's Supernatural Wife) as Barbara; Chris Giarmo (Big Dance Theater's Supernatural Wife) as Hunter and Ivan; and Aaron Mattocks (Big Dance Theater, Phantom Limb Company and OtherShore) as Kovalenko.
The creative team features costume design by Oana Botez (PS122, The Kitchen); sound design by artist and musician Tei Blow; set design by Peter Ksander (Brooklyn Academy of Music, PS122); video design by Jeff Larson (Comme Toujours Here I Stand, Big Dance Theater); lighting design by Jennifer Tipton (Tony awards for The Cherry Orchard and Jerome Robbins' Broadway); and the production stage manager is Jenni Bowman.
Man in a Case is produced by Baryshnikov Productions in association with ArKtype/Thomas O. Kriegsmann.
Press Night: 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27. Opening Night: 8 p.m. on Friday, March 1. The production runs February 21 through March 24. Evening performances are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; and a special Stay/Play performance at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13. Matinee performances are Sundays and select Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. For a more specific schedule of performances or to buy tickets for Man in a Case, call the Hartford Stage box office at 860-527-5151 or visit www.hartfordstage.org.
Library Talks take place at 7:30 p.m. February 7 at the West Hartford Public Library, 20 S. Main Street, West Hartford, and at 7 p.m. on February 12 at Prosser Library, One Tunxis Avenue, Bloomfield. Senior Dramaturg Elizabeth Williamson gives community talks on each show in the season, at the West Hartford and Bloomfield Public Libraries.
The Producer's Table takes place at 5:45 p.m. March 7. Managing Director Mike Stotts hosts a pre-show dinner, where he gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a play; tour at 5:45 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. before the 7:30 p.m. performance. Tickets are $21 (performance not included) and can be purchased at hartfordstage.org.
Dinner + Design takes place at 6 p.m. February 27. Members of our production team discuss what it takes to create the theatrical worlds of our season. Learn more about the magic that happens backstage while enjoying a pre-show dinner. (Dinner at 6 p.m. before the 7:30 p.m. curtain.) Tickets are $21 (performance not included) and can be purchased at hartfordstage.org.
LGBT Night Out takes place at 6:15 p.m. February 28. Pre-show nosh and complimentary wine (plus drink specials at the bar) for our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patrons.In collaboration with the Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. FREE.
Hartford Stage, since its founding in 1963, has been known for innovative revivals of classics and the development of important new works, including 65 World or American premieres. Recent work includes Quiara Alegria Hudes' Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Horton Foote's The Orphans' Home Cycle which had a celebrated run at the Signature Theatre in New York during the 2009-2010 season; a landmark production of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird; the premieres of Michael Kramer's Divine Rivalry; and Daniel Beaty's Resurrection (later retitled Through the Night, which had a successful run off-Broadway during the 2010-11 season). In 1998 the theatre launched an unprecedented ten-year retrospective of Tennessee Williams, which included the premiere of three plays. Other new work includes the premieres of Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets, Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo, Matthew Barber's Enchanted April (which transferred to Broadway), Matthew Lombardo's Tea at Five, and many others. The theatre has earned numerous distinguished honors, including a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, the Margo Jones Award, OBIE awards, New York Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards. In 2005 Hartford Stage was awarded The Hartford Courant's Tapestry Award recognizing its outstanding work in diversity, and in 2008 it was awarded the Bank of America Neighborhood Builder's Award recognizing its excellence in building community in Greater Hartford. Hartford Stage is currently under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts.
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Wetzel Named Treves Professor
by Jim Amidon
October 8, 2010
Dean of the College Gary Phillips announced at Tuesday's meeting of the Wabash faculty that Eric Wetzel has been named the Treves Professor of Biology, a five-year endowed professorship that provides funding for Wetzel's ongoing work in parasitology.
Since his arrival to the College in 1996, Dr. Wetzel has taught a range of courses in the Biology Department, including General Biology, Invertebrate Biology, Parasitology, Ecology, Senior Seminar, and independent student research, as well as Freshman Tutorial and Cultures & Traditions, all-College courses to which he is firmly committed. He is currently the chair of the Biology Department.
Dr. Wetzel earned his undergraduate degree from Millersville University, and he received his master's degree and Ph.D. from Wake Forest University. His recent research and course development work have centered on developing a program to address global health concerns in Peru in a classically liberal arts manner.
"This is a fitting honor for a professor who takes seriously the College's mission of educating the whole man," said Wabash President Patrick White. "Like most fine teachers, Professor Wetzel is also a great learner. He has come away from his sabbatical research in Peru with a new passion for global health issues. As he involves students in his research and work there, he will help them change their lives as he has transformed his by the experience. His innovative work in modeling a new global health initiative will provide our students with international learning opportunities, just as it prepares them to become leaders in solving some of the world's most vexing problems."
"I recognize that this chair honors past work, but I also know that it's about trajectory, too," Dr. Wetzel said. "In that way, it's encouraging, motivating, and humbling. It is also liberating in the sense that the Treves Fund helps to provide some inertia for the global health issues project in Peru."
The Treves Fund was established in 1964 by Wabash President Byron K. Trippet and honors the memory of Dr. Norman Treves, a 1915 Wabash graduate. Dr. Treves, who provided the funds necessary to establish the professorship, was a nationally recognized authority on breast cancer, trustee of the College, and an ardent supporter of faculty research and scholarship.
"Professor Wetzel exemplifies what Byron Trippet set as the standard of the Treves chair holder from Willis Johnson's day forward: an inspiring and engaged undergraduate teacher; a leader of the biological sciences; and a steadfastly engaged researcher," said Dean Phillips. "I have every confidence that in all of these respects Eric will excel."
Dr. Wetzel has worked with more than two dozen student interns and published or co-published 14 journal articles, five of those with undergraduate students, and delivered 39 invited professional presentations, talks, and mini-seminars, 11 of those with student collaborators.
"The Treves Professor shares a responsibility along with other faculty leaders for attracting and retaining men and women of ability to the faculty," added Dean Phillips. "One way the Treves Professor does so is by upholding the standards of inspired teaching, leadership in the biological sciences, and steadfast engagement in basic research that President Trippet trumpeted and Dr. Treves richly supported."
Only five members of the biology department have held the Treves Professorship. In addition to Willis Johnson, who was the first Treves Professor, Tom Cole, Austin Brooks, and David Krohne have held the appointment.
"It's strange to think that I'm only the fifth person to hold this chair," Wetzel added. "I feel a sense of responsibility to do right by the position, and I hope I am able to leverage the Treves Chair to move the global health issues project in the right direction."
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Masochism is the chief prerequisite for a private writing seminar with Leonard, the fearsome teacher, writer and editor conducting a mini reign of terror in Theresa Rebeck's Broadway comedy "Seminar," now at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Played by Jeff Goldblum as a snarling narcissist in designer sportswear better suited to someone half his age, this pedagogical terrorist has agreed to lead a writing workshop with four fiercely competitive students, each of whom has paid $5,000 for the privilege of having their fiction eviscerated with a shrug and a yawn.
The play, given a sharp production by the hot young gun director Sam Gold, has sportive fun with the passive-aggressive and just plain aggressive dynamics of writing classes, in which souls are bared and egos are barbed.
Rebeck, a master of damning social detail, entertainingly tracks the developing rivalries and ensuing psychological war games. If she's not as adept at advancing her story line, it's probably because she can't resist pointing out how the young, entitled and still frustratingly unsung will do just about anything, even subjecting themselves to the brutal disdain of a jaded old pro, to realize their publishing dreams.
But can't they see this once hot novelist, now a globe-trotting magazine writer, is doing them a favor by exposing them to the mercilessness of the literary life? Apparently not. Coddled in college, these budding Jane Austens and Jack Kerouacs expect more of the same until their New Yorker breakthrough arrives on schedule, with a movie deal not long behind to ensure they'll never, as God is their witness, be priced out of Manhattan again.
At least Kate (the excellent Aya Cash) doesn't have to worry about rent. Living in her family's rambling Upper West Side apartment (elegantly conjured by scenic and costume designer David Zinn), she hosts the weekly seminar while doing her best to fend off the barrage of real estate inquiries that comes with having a New York address with Texas-size square footage.
When it is revealed that this rent-controlled manse costs only $800 a month, the relentlessly name-dropping Douglas (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe), who will be labeled a "whore" by Leonard and encouraged to go to Hollywood, is beside himself with glee. What Martin (Greg Keller), a more self-effacing writer, calls "socialism for the rich," Douglas considers simply "fabulous."
Literary fame may be the collective goal, but for many of these budding authors a doorman building, talk show appearances and all the sex you can handle are the coveted rewards.
And what a lot of sexual activity there is in this treacherous writers' roundelay. Leonard, intrigued by the wild exhibitionism of Izzy (Jennifer Ikeda), praises her story at the expense of Kate's, which he keeps harking back to as though recalling a nightmare he can't shake off.
Of course he's eager to get Izzy into bed, but he's not the only one. Martin succumbs to her uninhibited charms after he moves into Kate's place out of economic necessity and squelches any possibility of romance with her as he and Izzy turn every corner of the fabulous apartment into their private love nest.
Rebeck, a prolific playwright (her "Poor Behavior" had its premiere last year at the Mark Taper Forum) and TV writer (who created the NBC backstage Broadway soap opera "Smash") is never more amusing than when exposing the monstrous self-interest of otherwise decent people. Too often, however, she settles for sitcom laughs, enjoying the hackneyed ha-ha-ha of Kate consoling herself with a tub of ice cream rather than probing more deeply into her most complicated character's consciousness.
On Broadway, Gold's production of "Seminar" was dominated by Alan Rickman's marvelously Mephistophelean turn as Leonard, a character the British veteran portrayed with a hangover squint and a rumbling voice that caressed words with the intensity of a lifelong lover of them.
Goldblum doesn't give off the same literary aura. More West Coast than East Coast, he looks and acts like a formerly cool film director who has had to accept teaching gigs once the studios stopped calling. If perfectly chiseled sentences still thrill his Leonard, it doesn't really show — this guy seems to be undressing his students even when supposedly paring down their prose.
Goldblum's performance changes the play but doesn't rob it of all its pleasure. He's just sinister in a more generalized contemporary urban way. But that's all that's needed to set up the backbiting antics of Leonard's all-too-avid apprentices.
Gold's strength as a director is in ensemble work, and the four actors playing the student roles are as good if not better than their Broadway predecessors. Ikeda, as the rapacious Izzy, and Near-Verbrugghe, as the pretentiously posing Douglas, find human contours to roles that sometimes seem more driven by punch lines than psychology.
Keller, in what is perhaps the most realistically drawn characterization, helps us understand Martin not just as the group's standout writer but as a young man confounded as much by his foibles as the flawed choices before him. And Cash, turning in a fresh, unfussy portrayal of Kate, makes you wish that Rebeck had cared as much about this surprising character as her function in an increasingly overcooked plot.
The most honest thing about "Seminar" is its unsentimental take on a literary career. When Leonard asks Martin at the end of the play how serious he is about becoming a writer, the question hangs in the air like a Faustian deal demanding his soul as down payment.


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For those willing to pay enough, this year's Super Bowl need not be outdoors.
The NFL is selling access to MetLife Stadium's luxury suites during the U.S.'s most-popular sporting event with prices starting at $400,000, according to Brian Lafemina, NFL vice president of club business development.
It's the first time in years that suites have been available for the NFL championship, thanks to about 220 skyboxes built into the $1.6 billion East Rutherford, N.J., stadium, which opened in 2010 and is shared by the New York Giants and Jets, Lafemina said. In previous years, the teams, host committee and league sponsors have used up the inventory. The Superdome in New Orleans, the site of last year's NFL title game, has about 150 suites.
"MetLife, being a beautiful, brand-new building, has enough suites to satisfy all those needs and more," Lafemina said in a telephone interview. "It doesn't happen very often that we have the opportunity to offer suites to the general public."
Lafemina declined to comment on how many suites the NFL was selling.
Robert Tuchman, president of the sports and entertainment marketing company Goviva, said he's seen suites available on the secondary market for as much as $600,000, a price that may increase with each winter storm that rolls up the U.S. East Coast between now and game day on Feb. 2. This is the first Super Bowl to be held in a cold-weather city without a domed stadium.
"I think they're banking on the fact that people are going to want to be inside," Tuchman said in a telephone interview. "It's New York. It's a huge corporate market. It's Wall Street. When push comes to shove, people will spend those kind of dollars."
MetLife Stadium's suites were designed by David Rockwell, who has designed several Nobu restaurants, along with the Tony- nominated sets for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots. The suites are available in a variety of sizes and configurations, many with leather easy chairs indoors and heated seats outside.
There are wet bars, refrigerators and flat-screen displays, along with access to the stadium clubs. The 10,700-square-foot Commissioner's Club has hardwood floors and two fireplaces.
Food and beverages are included in the price of the suite, along with the NFL's service staff, Lafemina said. Game day will feature visits from gridiron heroes to be named later, he said.
"We'll have NFL legends coming to the suites purchased through this program and taking pictures and all that stuff," Lafemina said. "You're not just buying for the Super Bowl, this gives you access to all sorts of Super Bowl events."
Those include the warm-up question-and-answer session known as "media day," as well as the NFL House, a VIP drop-in location for the league's business partners located this year at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway and 46th Street in Manhattan. Amenities there include shoe shines, hot-towel shaves and spin classes.
"It's more than just a game — you're buying a package of experiences that includes a suite," Lafemina said.


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Me: Hey who turned the language back to Spanish,I'm trying to watch CSI here!
Detective Jo Danville: …Mosos D'esquadra, Barcelona police…
Me: Oh my god! T come quick! Barcelona is in CSI! The guy is mosos!
T: You realise he isn't really mosos right?
After watching for a few minutes
Me: He isn't really Catalan or Spanish either is he?
T: No
After watching for a few more minutes
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Johanns, the son of Iowa dairy farmers, is expected to continue the focus on trade issues that was begun by his predecessor. Veneman started her USDA career in the Foreign Agricultural Service, moving up through the ranks to become deputy secretary and then secretary in President George W. Bush's first term.
As governor of Nebraska, Johanns has led trade missions across East Asia to find new markets for his state's manufacturing and farm products.
Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., the chairman of the Senate Committee on Nutrition Agriculture and Forestry, applauded the nomination.
"I think Gov. Johanns is a good choice for this job. His executive experience as governor and mayor will be a valuable asset as well as his firsthand knowledge of what it is like to live on a farm," said Cochran.
"If he is confirmed, I look forward to meeting with Gov. Johanns as soon as possible to discuss Arkansas' agricultural needs," said Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., who issued a statement on Johanns' nomination.
"I am hopeful that whoever becomes the new secretary takes a balanced approach to addressing the agricultural issues facing us today. America's farmers are too important to the economic stability and security of this country for us to turn our backs on any of them — regardless of where their farm may be located."
Farm groups were quick to congratulate Johanns. The American Farm Bureau Federation released a statement by President Bob Stallman, a farmer from Texas. "As lead governor for agriculture for the Western Governors' Association, Gov. Johanns helped lead the way for the re-authorization of the 2002 farm bill," he noted. "Presiding over the fourth largest agricultural exporting state, Gov. Johanns recognizes the importance of opening up new export markets for U.S. agricultural products, as reflected in his many agricultural trade missions he led as governor.
"A past chairman of the Governors' Ethanol Committee, Gov. Johanns understands the importance of furthering the use of ethanol as a renewable fuel. His understanding and support of other important agricultural issues — such as acceptance of biotechnology and homeland security measures to protect the nation's food supply — and his experience growing up on a dairy farm, will serve him well in his new position.
National Cotton Council leaders also hailed the Johanns nomination although the Sun Belt once again was passed over in the search for a new secretary.
"Governor Johanns knows the challenges facing U.S. agriculture and is keenly aware of the importance of trade to our nation's food and fiber producers," said NCC Chairman Woody Anderson, a Texas cotton producer. "Farm and trade policy stand shoulder to shoulder for agriculture's economic stability, particularly cotton.
"His experience in leading trade delegations will be important to production agriculture as those areas intersect in the future."
Anderson noted that Johanns has a proven record of promoting rural economic development, understands the importance of homeland security and has proven to be a strong leader not afraid to make tough choices.
"The U.S. cotton industry looks forward to working with this well-qualified candidate and strengthening its partnership with the U.S. government, including moving forward on the recently-initiated e-gov initiative," Anderson said.
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A few days ago, I watched a documentary on the football player Vince Young. I live in the territory of the Big XII football conference, so I still remember several years ago when Vince Young played football for the University of Texas and absolutely terrorized our conference. He seemed like a sure-fire star in the NFL and the Tennessee Titans agree, signing him to an enormous contract worth $26 million dollars guaranteed.
For those of you who didn't follow Young's story, he ran into a number of personal issues and he didn't quite turn into the NFL star many (including myself) thought he would be.
Recently, it was revealed that Vince Young is broke. His $26 million in guaranteed money disappeared.
Whenever I hear a story like that, I can't help but ask myself how that kind of thing can happen? How can someone blow through $26 million (at the very minimum) in seven years?
We could make a list of things. Expensive cars. An entourage. A very expensive house. Expensive clothing. Lots of travel. Personal trainers. The list goes on and on.
The thing is, all of those expenses add up to one central thing. They're all trying to fix a problem that money can't fix. They're trying to bring fulfillment, but money and things and bought-and-paid-for friendships can never bring fulfillment.
One of the biggest keys to financial success is to wake up in the morning, look around your life, and feel as though you have enough. If you're always feeling like there's something else you need to have to be fulfilled, you never feel like you have enough and there's always an internal push to spend more and more and more.
The thing is, "enough" doesn't come from the money you've spent or the possessions you own. Once you're past the minimum amount of money needed to keep food on the table, clothes on the body, and a roof over the head, you don't really need anything else. The additional money you spend serves to improve personal convenience or to entertain yourself or to add extra luxury.
"Enough" simply means that you're happy with your life without any of that extra stuff.
Some people easily find "enough." They're happy earning minimum wage. Some people never find "enough." They blow through millions without blinking.
For me, a big part of finding the financial independence I now have was to effectively lower my definition of "enough." There was a time where I never felt like I had enough. I always felt like there was something else to have.
What I discovered is that my sense of not having enough came from trying to fill a round hole inside myself with a square peg. There were other things that were missing from my life.
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My life felt empty in many respects, and I tried to fill it with possessions and spending.
Eventually, I came to realize that no amount of spending would fill those holes. I would never have "enough" with the life I had then.
So, over the last several years, I've worked to fix those holes. I figured out a more satisfying career path. I came to terms with what others thought about me. I worked to mend some broken relationships. I dug into projects that brought me personal fulfillment (and some brought me financial gain as well).
Now, when I wake up in the morning, I feel like I have "enough." I just don't feel compelled to buy much of anything. Sure, I'll pick up an interesting book once in a while and I have some hobby spending, but I don't feel any drive or compelling need to do so and we certainly spend far less than we earn at this point.
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This is a cross-post from the Think Atheist site from around a week ago
Just moved to West Virginia. Among the standard frustrations of moving, I chose the occasion to read the local paper (thankfully online), and ran across this gem in the Letters to the Editor section: Jesus is the reason for a Christmas celebration.
Having a strong desire to make friends in my new neighborhood, I thought I'd start by fostering some goodwill - in the form of a rebuttal, which was sent in as a Letter to the Editor submission yesterday. It may never be published, so I thought I'd share with you (and I'll be adding it to the comments of the original post if it's rejected):
This is in response to the letter from Mrs. Mahoney on December 2nd, in which she argues that "Jesus is the reason for a Christmas celebration."
Mrs. Mahoney is quite right. Christmas is a Christian holiday celebrating the alleged birth of Jesus some 2000+ years ago.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Mahoney is also being less than charitable, to say the least. Since she seems so fond of statistics, perhaps the following will help her to see her error and apologize to those of us celebrating other, non-Christian holidays in December (or no holiday at all):
All told, there are 2.7 billion people in the world having something else to celebrate (not counting births, birthdays, etc.), not to mention the other 2.1 billion people in the world with no holidays in the month of December. Surely, Mrs. Mahoney is not saying that none of these other 4.8 billion people matter, or that Christians matter more?
As an alternative, maybe Mrs. Mahoney (and Christians of a similar mind) should try to remember that the month of December doesn't belong to Christians, and that - like it or not - we live in a country that honors freedom of religion in its founding documents.
Being someone who has spent nearly half his life supporting and defending the Constitution, I support Mrs. Mahoney's right to worship and celebrate as she wishes this holiday season. But I also support everyone else's right to worship (or not) and celebrate (or not) in whatever way seems best to them. And as you can see, I've also signed my name to this letter. Not in order to make a show of how strong my belief is, but because I believe in confronting intolerant behavior face-to-face.
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Yes it was printed. I think I was supposed to update this blog to say so, but never did. Ooops!
Here's a link: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/572549/Christian...
was it printed? You should re-send it every year, sorta like the Yes, Virginia, there is a...
Just noticed that my cross-posting of this didn't carry the link along with it to the original letter I was responding to (i.e., Mrs. Mahoney's letter). Here is that link: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/571630/Jesus-is-...
Loren, I'll do that and post a link. :)
Far out, Jeff! If they DO, how about scanning it and posting it here, then letting us know about any feedback you get.
Phil Smith, never been to Yorkshire, but being a former Methodist myself I have to say they're pretty mild as denominations go, at least here in the U.S. Or at least, more inclined to try to be polite.
And yes, there is hope, actually! Note that there are, according to adherents.com, 1.1 billion secularists in the world. We are a part of the world's 3rd largest religious identification.
Loren Miller, they might, actually. We were of the same opinion, but on Friday they called me. Apparently they call to verify submissions with the authors (I submitted online) before publishing. The lady didn't say my letter would be published, but at least now I know it wasn't discarded out-of-hand when it was received.
Sentient Biped, thanks! :)
Second thought. Gods own neck of the woods is, apparently, Yorkshire ( U.K ). My home soil. Apart from the methodists, a pretty tame and stunningly beautiful place to contemplate the essential verities.
Only 2.1 billion bible bashers! there is hope for us yet!
Five will get you 50 that the editors / publishers of that newspaper won't have the cojones to print it, but you can be reasonably sure that one or more of 'em SAW it ... and who knows? Maybe your missive woke 'em up just a little bit!
Thanks, Loren! You're right, of course, but to be honest I wasn't thinking about science when I wrote that. I was just fuming about the blatant privilege on display, and felt like slapping it down. :)
Excellent! You might also have thrown in that little matter of the 23.5 degree tilt in the Earth's axis of rotation, relative to the sun, as the reason why we have seasons at all (!), but what you have there works pretty well as it is!
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Nickname: 'Mooj.'
Hobby: Playing video games.
Favorite video game: NBA 2K13.
Favorite sports memory: My freshman year, beating Lake Providence in Bastrop to earn our first trip to the playoffs.
Most embarrassing sports memory: When I was trying to take a charge and De'La Mayers from Oak Grove jumped over my head and dunked. That was my eighth grade year, though.
Funniest sports memory: When Brandon (Douglas) went up to dunk in a summer league game and the ball got hung up between the glass and the rim.
Best player I have played against: Cedric Jenkins from Riverside. He plays for Southern Mississippi now.
Favorite place to play on the road: Caldwell.
Favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant.
Favorite team: Baltimore Ravens.
Sporting event I would most like to attend: The Summer Olympics.
Favorite class: Financial math with Ms. (Tracy) Risser.
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Favorite meal: Pork chops, rice & gravy and sweet potatoes.
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