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Who doesn't love a good shortcut? Nt ths grl! It seems like anything that'll save people a few minutes these days is the equivalent to a pot of gold. We're all so busy, right?!!! Ack!!! Anyway, if you take things that will save people time -- shortcuts -- and combine them with everyone's favorite social networking site -- Facebook -- you basically have invented time travel, and deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. Or a Pulitzer. Or, Christ, a soda. Something.
Here are 7 handy Facebook shortcuts you probably don't know about.
Note: These shortcuts are for if you're operating on a Mac OS X and the browser Firefox ('cause that's what I'm rolling with right now). Windows shortcuts, as well as shortcuts for the browsers Chrome and Safari, are available, also. Forbes published the complete list, but here are some highlights:
To write a new message: control + alt + M
To go to the home page: control + alt + 1
To get to your profile page: control + alt + 2
To friend request: control + alt + 3
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To like or unlike photos: L
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How awesome is that, guys? Instead of having to go through the time-consuming, laborious task of moving your mouse and clicking a button, you can use these handy shortcuts. And less time Facebooking means more time ... I don't know, what do you do when you're not Facebooking?
How much time a day do you spend on Facebook?
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The Cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday approved a new list of municipal priorities that demonstrated it still very much backs the Jewish settlement of Judea and Samaria, despite renewed US-driven negotiations with the Palestinians.
Those cities and towns on the list will receive special grants for development and additional tax breaks over the upcoming fiscal year. Newly included on the list are several small and even isolated Jewish settlements in areas claimed by the Palestinians.
To make room for the smaller settlements, a number of development towns in southern Israel and several of the larger and already prosperous settlements were removed from the list. The changes sparked controversy from both right- and left-wing parties in the ruling coalition.
Overall, of the 600 municipalities on the list, about 90 are beyond the "Green Line," or, in other words, situated on lands the world insists are "occupied."
Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz, who abstained from the vote, criticized the list as politically motivated, arguing that the newly added settlements cannot be construed as important to Israel's security interests.
The grants and tax breaks offered by this government program has helped many towns and communities to experience significant economic growth. As an example, over the weekend the Israeli bakery Achva announced plans to build a new USD $5-million factory in the Samarian settlement of Ariel, a move that will provide hundreds, and possibly thousands of jobs to local Jews and Arabs, alike.
Of course, the factory and everything produced there will be boycotted in Europe thanks to a new European Union directive forbidding member states to invest in or do business with "Jewish settlers."
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I was 26 years old when I first got pregnant. My pregnancy went fine except for 3 mos of continuous UTI's. At 35 weeks into my pregnancy i started feeling an acute pain right about where your breastbone ends. The first night doctor on duty (My doctor was out of town) said to take tums because it was probably gastritis. The next morning I went to his office just to make sure everything was fine with my baby girl(again gastritis diagnosis). That night i was in pain again for about 2 hours till I decided to go to the hospital, at that time my doctor was on duty. I told the nurse i had a slice of pizza that night and she told the doctor. Doctor didn't see me, she just ordered mylantha and released me from the hospital.
The following morning I had a routine check up and they did a CBC which showed my liver enzymes elevated, protein in urine, and platelet count at 48.000. At 5:00 p.m. they call my house to go back to the OB's office to have more blood drawn, at 8:00pm I'm told to go to the hospital to have a liver sonogram done. So it turns out that by midnight everything just got worse and platelet count is at 22.000 and I was bleeding. I was rushed to an emergency c-section(I had developed HELLP and pre eclampsia) and my mom was told to pray for me cause I was in God's hands. My husband was in Tennesse for his Job training and we hadn't seen each other in 2 mos. At 2:23 a.m. my daughter was born weighing 4lbs4oz. I spent 2 days in the ICU and she spent 8 days in the NICU cause her platelets were low. The doctor saw me during my stay at the ICU and when she went to sign the papers to release me from the hospital. Since then (Already almost 8 months) she has not seen me or given me an explanation, i've been only seen by the nurse practitoner.
I wish she accepted that she did something wrong, because I've lost the confidence I had in her, and sometimes doctors do not understand how debastating this is to us. I did not see my baby's birth, I couldn't see her for 2 days, and I'm left with all the if's.
On the bright side, my little angel is growing and she's the most adorable thing that ever happened to us, her name.....Daniela, our little miracle.
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Ford is shutting down UK plants
Ford is cutting capacity in Europe to stem losses as sales have plummeted with the economic crisis. Overcapacity is a real problem in Europe for all the automakers, and we're now seeing a bit of a death spiral as the slowdown creates more problems. The Europeans have been dealing with a debt crisis, but the central bank there has not been nearly as aggressive as the Fed in the US, where massive monetary stimulus has helped to keep the economy afloat. Austerity measures in Europe are needed but they have compounded the problem with the weak monetary response.
Meanwhile, in the US, after the auto bailout, the Fed stimulus and the Obama stimulus, the economy is slowly growing, but at least it's growing. The auto bailout trimmed the number of dealerships, and that has helped those left over to be successful. You go into a dealership and you'll see plenty of activity. The used car market is also robust, and that helps dealers, independent used car dealers and online sellers. This activity helps ancillary businesses, like advertising and business printing services, that rely on this economic activity. Sellers and dealerships are buying ads, making car repairs, and getting promotional materials and print brochures online at UPrinting and other online outlets. This ripple effect is critical.
Those in the US who opposed the auto bailout and the stimulus should look at what Ford is doing in the UK.
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Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin had surgery on his ailing hip and nothing doctors found forced the team to change its belief that Harvin will be able to help the team at some point this season.
Coach Pete Carroll told reporters that Harvin's surgery went "very well" and that the team is "hopeful" that he'll be able to return to the team later this season.
"There's a long rehab process coming up," Carroll said, via Curtis Crabtree of PFT and 950 KJR in Seattle. "He's gonna be in NY for a couple of weeks to start of the rehab and then we'll have him back here in due time. We don't have any dates or timelines or that kind of stuff, but we're gonna be very optimistic and hope he'll be back as soon as possible."
If the Seahawks follow through on their plan to keep Harvin on the PUP list into the regular season, as soon as possible would be for the seventh game of the season. Most reports indicate a longer absence for Harvin, however, with late November being frequently mentioned as a realistic possibility for his return to the lineup.
There's a lot of time between now and then and a lot of rehab for Harvin to do, so there's not much point in projecting a return date at this point. For now, the possibility of a return will have to be enough for the Seahawks.


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It could be a LOT worse, dude. You should see the Berserk supersized covers. My god, it even has an iPod ad on it.
San Francisco, CA, January 3, 2008 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, brings a new perspective to the manga marketplace with the launch of a new imprint called VIZBIG Edition. The new imprint will release omnibus editions of top-selling manga series in a larger 5-3/4 x 8-5/8 size (larger than the standard 5 x 7-1/2 manga) with special premium presentations including new cover art.
RUROUNI KENSHIN will be the first series to receive the VIZBIG Edition treatment this month, with DRAGON BALL and DRAGON BALL Z set for May release and Takehiko Inoue's VAGABOND will follow in Fall of 2008. These VIZBIG Edition titles have an anticipated initial cover price of $17.99 and will be released quarterly. Several other titles are also presently being considered for future VIZBIG Edition publication.
Each debut VIZBIG Edition will contain the first three volumes of the original graphic novel series presented with larger trim size, bonus color pages and added content such as author interviews, updated text and character art. The new editions serve as ideal comprehensive introductions for new readers to some of mangas best-known titles, and a great way for seasoned fans to see their favorite titles in a new perspective.
Now that's what I'm talking about, those kinds of upgrades definitely make it worth checking out... and makes me wish for Berserk to receive this kind of treatment all the more.
It's only a matter of time until it does. :badbone: Maybe they're waiting for the series to be closer to its end.What are you saying about Vagabond's end ... :judo:
My issue with the VIZBIG editions are that Inoue planned his volumes out so that on most occasions, the story reaches some kind of climax by the end of each volume. This is evident even up to the current releases. So it seems that Inoue was very conscious of the way his volumes would be read and digested by the readers. Cramming three into one issue just seems to be violating that planning, to me. :sad:
Just an example to prove illustrate my perspective: At the end of vol 13 (disregarding the flashback stuff with Tsujikaze Kohei), there's a really brilliant and haunting allusion to Kojiro, and for me that suspense was only built further because of the distance between the releases of volumes 13-14. Had Viz planned the VIZBIG editions to span that far, wouldn't they put these two volumes within pages of each other?


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Lots of activity swirling, trying to keep up with it all. Good timing for a 3-day weekend.
- Nominations for the Fedora Board and Fedora Engineering Steering Committee elections are now open, May 15 – 29. If you want to help set the direction that Fedora takes, consider running for these offices.
- Fedora 11 is due out on June 2. The Infrastructure team is in pre-release freeze mode, so I can't break anything. Wish I could give the same break to the Release Engineering team.
- I found out this week that I'll be presenting at the Linux Foundation's new conference, LinuxCon, in Portland in September. I've never been to Portland, so I'm especially looking forward to this.
- Baseball season for my two boys is done. I enjoyed being my oldest son's coach far more than I thought initially. I learned as much, if not more, than they did this year. Someone really should write a better baseball lineup calculation program than what we used though, which was a spreadsheet manually filled in. Should be easy (famous last words… Last time I said this, I wound up writing MirrorManager.)
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December 2013, Volume 5, Issue 11
Check Your Calendars!!
School Library Regional Meetings
- December 3, Aberdeen;
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Electronic Resources Challenge
January 13-March 31, online
SDLA Legislative Day
January 23, Pierre
2014 Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
January 24-28, 2014
ALA Youth Media Awards, Philadelphia, PA
January 27, 2014
Digital Learning Day
February 5, 2014
Teen Tech Week
March 9-15, 2014
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2013 Star Libraries in South Dakota
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By Skip CleaverPosted Sunday, 17 November, 2013
On Sunday morning, December 8, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. a brick will be dropped on the road in Nashua and over 250 team members--over 1,200 participants on five different legs total--will speed off on the relay trek along the Merrimack River to the Claddagh Pub in Lawrence, Massachusetts. This will be the embodiment of running in the Merrimack Valley, one of the greatest hotbeds of running in the world.
Tradition is the rule in this contest as it has been since it's founding in 1984, and the course will be very similar to the original. The MCR will begin at the Dr. Crisp Elementary School, 50 Arlington Street, Nashua, New Hampshire, only a few blocks from the old YMCA (the original starting point for the first 27 years).
The five legs will be 5.45, 4.75, 2.55, 9.50, and 4.75 miles along much the same course as was laid out for the first relay; see course details below.
The Mill Cites Relay was founded in 1984, one year after the famous Hood to Coast Relay in Oregon. But unlike the legendary Oregon race, it is an invitation-only event where members of 20 clubs, the Mill Cities Alliance, compete for overall and age group division honors. As always it will be an exciting competition and a record number of teams are expected from the twenty member clubs. Records have been set in each of the past five years for highest totals of points for the top three clubs, most teams, and most participants.
Sixteen of the member clubs are based in Massachusetts, and four in New Hampshire, although 12 essentially straddle the border between the two states. Registration is limited to Mill Cities Alliance clubs. This relay has traditionally been the first Sunday in December but has been moved to December 8th because of the Thanksgiving weekend.
There will be, as always, a terrific post race celebration at the Claddagh Pub in Lawrence with plenty of food and beverages provided. Music will fill the air and awards will be handed out, each one a brick with a brass engraved plate symbolizing the Mill Cities and the strength of running in the Merrimack Valley. This is one of the most festive post race parties as hundreds--all MCR participants--will celebrate and enjoy the completion of the 30th annual Mill Cities Relay.
You can visit millcities.com for more information on the background, awards, course, photos and previous results for this truly unique event.
The Championship, Top Three Clubs and the Prestigious Mill Cities Trophy
The Gate City Striders, based in Nashua, New Hampshire, won their fifth consecutive Mill Cities Championship and sixth overall in 2012. They set a record with 127 points, breaking their own scoring mark of 117 set with their 2010 victory and tied in 2011. They also set a record for the largest point margin (18). Prior to Gate City's sequential wins the record was 90 points set by the Merrimack Valley Striders and the Winner's Circle Running Club in their classic 2007 dual—Merrimack Valley captured the victory with a tiebreaker. In 2012 the three top teams all exceeded 100 points. See the scoring descriptions below.
Gate City is one of three founding clubs along with the Greater Lowell Road Runners and Merrimack Valley Striders. Close behind came the Winner's Circle Running Club, which joined the Mill Cities Alliance in the second year, 1985. Those four early members of the Mill Cities Alliance are the only ones to win the championship, despite the addition of 21 others over the years. These four clubs have won all 29 Mill Cities Relay Championships; four other clubs have finished in the top three: Somerville Road Runners—three times second, three times third; North Shore Striders, four times third; Athletic Alliance and North Medford Club each with one third place finish. The top three clubs have the honor of having their names engraved on the base of the trophy each year; an elite honor in this hotbed of national running.
The Winner's Circle Running Club had an amazing run of finishing among the top three clubs 26 years in a row, 1986 to 2011, including five consecutive Championships (2001 to 2005). This remarkable record includes eight championships; they have 16 second place finishes and were third twice. They have finished first or second 24 times with 26 top three slots, an amazing accomplishment. Greater Lowell Road Runners and Gate City Striders each have 18 top three awards. The other club to win it all was the Merrimack Valley Striders; they have four championships, including a tie with Greater Lowell in 1998, and have made the top three 13 times.
The Trophy—of course the goals of all member clubs are participation, camaraderie, and celebration of the sport; and secondarily to earn a place on the coveted Mill Cities Trophy as the Champions or top three clubs of the Merrimack Valley. The sizes of clubs in this organization vary; the smaller clubs can be very competitive within the divisions where they field teams. To score an age division top three is a great honor, and any team to score in the top three wins a coveted brick award with brass engraved plate.
The trophy is as unique as the event itself, and is nearly three feet tall. The beautiful hardwood base carries brass plates with the names of the top three clubs engraved each year. The enormous trophy was artfully designed and built by Ken Camire, brother of Dave Camire, founder and long-time Director and Commissioner of the Mill Cities Executive Committee. It was built from salvaged mill machine parts and gears, obtained by Tom Carroll of GLRR when a mill in Lowell was being gutted and remodeled. The trophy was introduced in 1985. Several years later the base of the trophy was replaced by cabinet maker Ken Whitcomb of the Greater Lowell club. The champions hold the trophy for one year.
The Phil Quinn Award
The annual Phil Quinn Award is a very meaningful presentation for all participating clubs and members. It is given for outstanding, meaningful and lasting contributions to the sport of running in the Merrimack Valley. Phil Quinn helped to found the Gate City Striders, served on the club's executive board for six years, and co-founded the Mill Cities Relay and the Applefest Half Marathon, among other events. He now resides in Montgomery County, Maryland.
In 2013 the Phil Quinn Award will be presented for the 23rd time. It has been awarded annually since 1991 as determined by the MCR Alliance Committee and member clubs. Dave Camire, who also co-founded the event and guided it for 26 years, was the first Phil Quinn Award winner in 1991. Camire is the only person to direct two different clubs to the championship-Greater Lowell, of course (he is a GLRR Hall of Fame runner), and the Gate City Striders.
The Phil Quinn Award winner for 2013 has yet to be determined. A list of past Phil Quinn Award winners and all results are listed on the MCR Website, millcities.com.
Other Awards
The second place club receives the Marty Cardoza Award, named for the event co-founder. And the third place club is given the Jack Pierce Award, named for the long-time GLRR President and key committee member. Other awards include the Dave LaBrode Participation Awards and the Sharon Yu Above and Beyond Award. Both LaBrode and Yu have been long-standing members of the Board of Directors, and both are Phil Quinn Award Winners.
Since 2000 bricks have been presented to teams placing 1-2-3 in their division. There are now 15 age group divisions, with bricks with brass engraved plates the awards for first, second and third in each division: women, coed, and men's divisions in the following age groups: open (18-39), masters (40-49), seniors (50-59, veterans (60-69), and super vets (70+).
All participants are given a unique MCR logo award, such as a mug, gloves, key holders, hats, carry-all bag, wine and beer opener, stainless steel water bottle, etc.
Attractive MCR clothing, memorabilia and beer sales have helped to fund the relay and celebrations, including vests, caps, shirts, and mugs. Committee member (and Phil Quinn Award Winner) Marshall McCloskey has handled the inventory and sales for years.
The Member Clubs and Expansion
The inaugural in 1984 was a booming success, and the word got around to others in the Merrimack Valley. A new club has to be nominated by an existing club and then voted on by the membership of the Alliance.
There are currently 20 member clubs in the Mill Cities Alliance, reaching the 20-club threshold with the addition of two in 2009. There are no plans at this time for further expansion. Five other clubs were members in the past, but either disbanded or simply left competition over the 30-year history. Current members:
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Greater Lowell Road Runners
Merrimack Valley Striders
Gate City Striders
New Hampshire Athletic Alliance
Andover Striders
Winner's Circle Running Club
North Shore Striders
Gil's Athletic Club
Whirlaway Racing Team
Somerville Road Runners
Greater Derry Track Club
Squannacook River Runners
North Medford Club
Sandown Rogue Runners
Melrose Running Club
Shamrock Running Club
Mystic Runners
Wicked Running Club
The Goon Squad
N. Andover
Tri Fury
Course Along the Merrimack and Through History
The Mill Cities Relay is a five-leg, 27-mile journey that begins at the Dr. Crisp Elementary School, 50 Arlington Street, Nashua, NH and finishes at the Claddagh Pub on Canal Street in Lawrence, MA. It has always included five legs, although the distances and handoff locations have varied over the years with a few minor changes to the route. The end point has shifted several times, but has finished at the Claddagh Pub since 2006.
When the brick is dropped the course travels north on Arlington Street; turning right on East Hollis Street bridging the Merrimack into Hudson. The course parallels the Merrimack going south along Route 3A, with the first of four exchange points at the Sears Warehouse, 68 River Road, Hudson, NH (just beyond the BAE facility near the Hudson, New Hampshire/Tyngsborough, Massachusetts border).
The second leg runs south to the Greater Lowell Technical High School, 228 Sherburn Avenue, Tyngsborough, MA, and exchange point number two. Leg three continues south on Route 113 into Lowell and the U-Mass Lowell Bellegrade Boathouse on Pawtucket Boulevard, the third point of exchange following the shortest leg at 2.55 miles.
From there the longest leg, 9.5-miles, travels east along the river, partly on bike paths but mostly along Route 113 to Route 110 into Dracut and Methuen to the fourth and last exchange at the Griffith Industrial Park on Route 110 in Methuen. The last leg of this remarkable Relay continues on Route 110 heading northeast along the river, crossing under I-93 heading into Lawrence on Water Street to Canal Street. The relay finishes at the Claddagh Pub at 399 Canal Street, Lawrence, MA. Legs are 5.45, 4.75, 2.55, 9.5, and 4.75 miles. The Merrimack River is in sight during most of the event, with some of the course along bike paths immediately adjacent to the river's banks.
Running in the Merrimack Valley
The Merrimack Valley and the mill cities along its banks have a powerful running legacy with many national and world class runners having developed and competed there. One of the mill workers, Henri Renaud of Nashua, New Hampshire, was the winner of the Boston Marathon in the searing heat of 1909. Several Olympians and champions have originated in this hotbed of running. And unlike many regions where participation is the watchword, the Merrimack Valley has traditionally been a center of competitive running.
The Finish, the Party, the Celebration of Running and the Mill Cities Relay
From the beginning the post race party and camaraderie have been the focal point, and this tradition remains. Even though it was founded as an end-of-season get together, runners are exceptionally competitive by nature; and from the beginning competition was intense—and so have been the celebrations. Yes, they are naturally competitive; however, most runners also like to talk about running and like to party. And at the Mill Cities Relay it doesn't take long for the competitive edge to cool, with lots of brewed refreshments and ample servings of food that usually includes chili, pasta, salad, liquids, cookies and chips. Camaraderie and mutual respect are always evident among and between all clubs in this end-of-season bash. The food-fest and music are only interrupted briefly for the presentation of awards, during which time the hall goes quiet.
Keeping Score
Divisions have been expanded to include 15 categories. They include women's and men's open, mixed open, women's and men's masters (40-49), and mixed masters, women's and men's seniors (50-59), and mixed seniors, women's and men's veterans (60 and over) and mixed veterans, and finally women's and men's super veterans (70 and over). All divisions require 5 person teams except female seniors, female veterans, mixed veterans, and all three super vet divisions. The latter groupings are 3-person teams with sunshine start (last three legs). Mixed teams must have a minimum of two females (one female, mixed vets and super vets).
In 1998 the scoring format was changed from total time to points and remains essentially the same today. The point system is more advantageous to smaller clubs, because points are awarded according to the number of clubs participating in any given division; that is, awarded based on club participation in each division. For example, if all 20 clubs enter teams in the men's open division, the first place team in that division will be awarded 20 points, the second team 19, on down to the 20th team, which receives 1 point. If there are four clubs participating in the women's veteran's division, the first place team would receive 4 points, the second place team 3 points, and so on. (There is obviously more than one team from each club in any given division, but only the first from each club scores. Again, this insures that smaller clubs are not disadvantaged.
"This race belongs to the clubs, and having run for three decades as a strong, viable event is quite a significant milestone." Dave Camire, Co-Founder
Administration: The Commissioner and the Board of Directors
For 26 of 30 years of the Mill Cities Alliance it was directed by Commissioner Dave Camire, one of the founders. The other two founding fathers, as noted, were Phil Quinn of the Gate City Striders and Marty Cardoza of the Merrimack Valley Striders; both have awards named after them. Dave Camire has been the driving force behind not only the founding of Mill Cities, but also its controlled growth and expansion. He was formerly the President and then coach and competition coordinator for Greater Lowell Road Runners for many years and is in the Greater Lowell Hall of Fame. He also coached the Gate City Striders for years. He is the President of Yankee Timing Company, and most famous for founding Cool Running in 1995, the first-ever running website.
In 2010 Jessica Costa of the Greater Lowell Road Runners was elected President/Commissioner. She is Vice President of the Greater Lowell Road Runners and director or coordinator of several other events. The Mill Cities Alliance is headed by a Board of Directors including Secretary Treasurer Steve Moland (Gate City), along with Directors Dave LaBrode (Andover Striders), Sharon Yu (Winners Circle), Stan Klem (Gate City), Glenn Stewart (Greater Lowell), and Skip Cleaver.
The Mill Cities Committee is made up of members from each of the 20 clubs with each member club getting one vote on all questions. The committee is responsible for all planning, event operations and coordination. They oversee the responsibilities of each club and all volunteers; they are charged with planning and coordinating all aspects of the event.
The Mill Cities Alliance and Relay, an Organization and Event Like No Other
There are many excellent running events in and around the Merrimack Valley of New England. There are long-standing traditions and many reasons why road racing is strong and intriguing for so many in the valley region. Mill Cities is a highlight. Five-person teams have one runner on the road and four in support at any given time. It is a unique event, a most enjoyable one that is cherished by clubs and participants. As with the region, there are strong traditions and a long history behind the Mill Cities Relay.
Those who want to participate must join one of the member clubs. The running clubs of the Merrimack Valley share love of the sport, and they are good at it. They share the philosophy, expertise, dedication, persistence, ingenuity, and enthusiasm that are long-held traditions of the Valley generally. And those attributes are evident in the creation and continued development and operation of this unique and wonderful event, the Mill Cities Relay.
It is one of the outstanding events in New England racing. As with the first 29 years, this will be a terrific post race celebration at the Claddagh Pub with plenty of food provided and beverages for all. Music and laughter will fill the air before and after the Award Bricks are handed out. Mill Cities symbolizes and demonstrates the strength of running in the Merrimack Valley. This is one of the most anticipated events and most festive of post race parties, an ideal location to enjoy the 30th annual Mill Cities Relay.
Please visit millcities.com for more information on the organization, background, rules, news, awards, course, photos and previous results for this truly unique event.
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UT Tyler Department of Communication
As society accelerates into the information age, strong communication skills are vital to success in any career.
A BA/BS degree in speech communication from The University of Texas at Tyler will give you a distinctive edge with abilities well-suited to today's business environment, from interpersonal to business, professional and cross-cultural communication skills.
Speech communication is one of the oldest and newest academic disciplines. Its roots go back to ancient Greece, when rhetoric -- the study of discovering and using the available means of persuasion -- was an important part of the citizenry's education. Interest in the study of rhetoric was renewed early in the 20th century.
In the 21st century four major areas are included in the speech discipline, each of which focuses on unique characteristics of particular situations. UT Tyler offers courses in each of those areas:
- Interpersonal communication includes the study of symbolic behavior in dyadic, two-person relationships.
- Group communication concentrates on the small group of three to seven persons.
- Organizational communication examines the effects that organizational structure and membership have on human communication
- Rhetoric and public address is the study of discourse and its role in shaping public perceptions and practices.
The UT Tyler communication department also offers the master of arts in communication degree and participates in MA/MS degree programs in interdisciplinary studies.


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In 1997, 10,000 people traded on the floors…Today, about 10% remain.
Thus begins James Allen Smith's movie "Floored," which will premiere on Futuresmag.com Sept. 6.
As we see in this sometimes harrowing, occasionally funny, often sad documentary is how electronic trading swept the futures industry leaving behind those who couldn't adapt.
Released in theatres in early 2010, the movie captured this sea change that turned the world upside down for many who had been extremely successful on the floor but couldn't, or just didn't want to, make the move to computerized trading. No doubt there are many success stories, but this is not their story. For the most part, the movie tells the tale of a group of floor traders who describe in their own words how their world got smaller. In a business where Darwinism is a basic tenet, this movie shows the stark reality of what happened to those who couldn't adapt.
Smith found himself in Chicago in 1996 after following his girlfriend of the time from Missouri. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Smith had adapted to a world that wasn't hiring painters to one that needed web designers. Turning down an offer with advertising agency Leo Burnett, he took the riskier path and vied for an offer from a new company called Local Knowledge, co-founded by Ray Burchett and Steve Prosniewski, in which he had a six month gig to help grow the business with a website and other duties.
"Right away I was rubbing elbows with a lot of traders," he says about the experience. "Local Knowledge had a bunch of traders on staff…[and I loved] the environment — that wave of intensity when you walk on the floor. That's why I start the film with six or seven anonymous voices talking about the first time they walked on the floor. I [know I] got goose bumps." This was back in the mid-1990s when the floor was still brimming with action. Despite Globex's introduction in 1987, the floor was still king in the mid-1990s and a lot of money was still being made there.
One of the founders of Local Knowledge was Steve Prosniewski, whose brother Rob is one of the traders followed in the movie. Smith asked Steve about doing a movie about the floor in 2001 and Steve told him about a trader who had been profiled in Cigar Aficionado magazine, who talked about his sail boat and second home, and after the story came out, no one wanted to trade with him. In a world of conspicuous consumption, those who actually bragged about it were shunned. So Smith continued to work in the markets arena and worked with Steve on a smaller movie production. A few years later, Steve brought up the idea about the floor movie and told Smith that maybe now, with the floor dying around them, there was a story.
Unfortunately the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) wasn't quite on board until someone who was close to CME Chairman Terry Duffy got permission to film on the floor. A movie three years in the making finally got the go ahead and Smith proceeded to interview some colorful (both in language and style) floor traders. A few either made the leap or retired, holding onto to their floor earnings. Others weren't as lucky. Mike Walsh, whom Smith had worked for prior to doing the movie, provided a wincing portrayal of traders (almost) at their worst. "Anybody who knows [Mike] has a lot to say about him, both good and bad, me included. But seeing someone like him, or Rob or Jeff [Ansani] just really attracted me to tell that story," Smith says.
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Every time you think radio broadcaster Don Imus and one of his long-time sidekicks, Sid Rosenberg, have sunk as low as possible, they find yet another way to dish even more slime.
Imus' latest offense involves referring to Black women on the Rutgers basketball team as "nappy-headed hos." The team, which has eight African Americans and two Whites, lost to Tennessee last week in the women's championship game.
The April 4 "Imus in the Morning" program, simulcast on MSNBC, contained this exchange:
DON IMUS: So, I watched the basketball game last night between — a little bit of Rutgers and Tennessee, the women's final.
SID ROSENBERG (Fired Imus sports announcer filling in for sportscaster Chris Carlin): Yeah, Tennessee won last night — seventh championship for (Tennessee coach) Pat Summitt, I-Man. They beat Rutgers by 13 points.
IMUS: That's some rough girls from Rutgers. Man, they got tattoos and —
BERNARD McGUIRK (The program's executive producer): Some hard-core hos.
IMUS: That's some nappy-headed hos there. I'm gonna tell you that now, man, that's some — woo. And the girls from Tennessee, they all look cute, you know, so, like — kinda like — I don't know.
McGUIRK: A Spike Lee thing.
IMUS: Yeah.
McGUIRK: The Jigaboos vs. the Wannabes — that movie that he had.
IMUS: Yeah, it was a tough —
CHARLES McCORD [co-host]: Do The Right Thing.
McGUIRK: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
IMUS: I don't know if I'd have wanted to beat Rutgers or not, but they did, right?
ROSENBERG: It was a tough watch. The more I look at Rutgers, they look exactly like the Toronto Raptors.
IMUS: Well, I guess, yeah.
LOU RUFFINO (engineer): Only tougher.
McGUIRK: The (Memphis) Grizzlies would be more appropriate.
Initially, Imus refused to apologize for the comments, saying people should relax and not worry about "some idiot comment meant to be amusing." On April 6, the idiot finally apologized for "an insensitive and ill-conceived remark."
McCord, the show's co-host, was evidently referring to Spike Lee's 1988 film, "School Daze," not "Do the Right Thing." In "School Daze," there was a rivalry between the dark-skinned "Jigaboos" and the light-skinned "Wannabees."
Rosenberg has been "fired" a couple of times from the Imus program, but keeps making guest appearances. The monitoring group, Media Matters for America, observed:
"Rosenberg's comparison of the Rutgers women's basketball team to the Raptors recalled comments he made in June 2001 about Venus and Serena Williams, two African American female professional tennis players. According to a Nov. 20, 2001, Newsday article, Rosenberg said on the air: "One time, a friend, he says to me, 'Listen, one of these days you're gonna see Venus and Serena Williams in Playboy.' I said, 'You've got a better shot at National Geographic.'"
Imus' belated apology notwithstanding, his program is a cesspool for racist and sexist remarks. Imus once referred to PBS anchor Gwen Ifill as "a cleaning lady" and McGuirk referred to Barack Obama as "this young colored fellah."
According to mediamatters.org, "On the March 6 edition of MSNBC's 'Imus in the Morning', executive producer Bernard McGuirk said that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., was 'trying to sound Black in front of a Black audience' when she gave a speech on March 4 in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 1965 'Bloody Sunday' civil rights march. McGuirk added that Clinton 'will have cornrows and gold teeth before this fight with (Sen. Barack) Obama, D-Ill., is over.' Earlier in the program, in reference to Clinton's speech, McGuirk had said, 'Bitch is gonna be wearing cornrows.' McGuirk also said that Clinton will be 'giving Crips signs during speeches.' The Crips are a Los Angeles-based street gang.
"Later, host Don Imus brought up McGuirk's prior impersonations of African American poet Maya Angelou asking, 'Who was that woman you used to do, the poet? ... We used to get in all that trouble every time you'd do her.' As McGuirk launched into the impersonation, Imus said, 'I don't need any more columns. Come on.' But Imus did not stop McGuirk, who delivered his impression in verse:
McGUIRK: Whitey plucked you from the jungle for too many years
Took away your pride, your dignity, and your spears…
With freedom came new woes
Into whitey's world you was rudely cast
So wake up now and go to work?
You can kiss my big black (butt)"
It's time to wake up and insist that MSNBC, which claims to be a reputable television network, and CBS, the program's distributor, remove such raving idiots from the airwaves. If company officials refuse, we should refuse to watch their network or support their sponsors. You can e-mail MSNBC at [email protected], write them at: MSNBC TV, One MSNBC Plaza, Secaucus, N.J. 07094, or call 201-583-5000.
By allowing Imus to pollute the airwaves, MSNBC and CBS Radio are the entities acting like hos.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach.


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Eye, Magnifying Glass, Microscope
photographs by Bruce Iverson
There are many ways to look at things around us. You can look at flowers with your eyes and see beautiful colors and patterns.
Magnifying Glass
A magnifying glass makes the flower look bigger. You see details that your eye missed.
And with a very powerful microscope you can see these spiky balls. They are the grains of powdery pollen that bees collect when they make honey—and that can make you sneeze!
You might see this orb weaver spider spinning its web in your garden.
Magnifying Glass
Look closer and you can see its head and where its legs attach to its body.
If you could look at it under a microscope, you might not even know you were looking at a spider's head.
You can see a leaf with your eyes.
Magnifying Glass
With a magnifying glass you can look closer at the veins that carry food and water to the plant.
But you need a microscope to see the tiny openings on the leaf that let air in and out.
- microscope:
- A microscope is used to see things that are too small to see with our eyes alone. Microscopes can make tiny things look big.
- What can you learn about an object by looking at it close up?
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- What object would you like to look at with a magnifying glass? Why?
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Sakuni, or Shakuni Mama, the uncle of Kauravas, in the Mahabharata is one of the most hated personalities in Hindu scriptures. His name is associated with villainy and people talk about him scornfully and with disrespect. But Santana Dharma sees a person in terms of Gunas. It is true that Tamasic characteristics was dominant in Shakuni but he too had Sattvic elements and this was recognized by a community in Kerala and there is an ancient temple dedicated to Shakuni at Pavithreswaram in Kollam District of Kerala.
A throne believed to have been used by Shakuni is found in this ancient temple. There are no usual pujas and Tantric rituals at the temple. Offerings to the temple include tender coconut, silk, toddy etc. The temple is maintained by the Kurava community of the region.
Expressbuzz writes reports about this unique temple
During the Mahabharata battle, Shakuni traveled across the country along with his nephews, the Kauravas. When they reached the place where the temple is situated, the Kauravas divided their weapons among them. Since then, the place came to be known as 'Pakutheswaram', which later became Pavithreswaram.
Shakuni returned to this place after the battle and attained 'moksha' with the blessings of Lord Siva and became Lord Sakuni. The subdeities of the temple include Bhuvaneswari Devi, Kiratha Moorthi and Nagaraja.
The festival of the temple, popularly known as Malakkuda Maholsavam, is observed in the Makaram month in the Malayalam calendar.


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I can feel it happening–the itchy, tight feeling my skin gets as we enter winter and the air becomes dry and cold. I believe the not-so-scientific term for it is "winter skin", and it can actually be painful. You know what I'm talking about–that feeling that you will die if you don't scratch the itch immediately, only the problem is that everywhere itches!
Thankfully there are a number of ways to combat winter skin and keep yourself feeling and looking your best. Here is my recipe for success/winter beauty routine:
Olive Oil and Sugar Scrub: Follow the link and whip up a jar of this glorious scrub. Use it in the shower after your usual soap. It exfoliates dead skin and leaves you moisturized and protected. Hot water is very drying…But I love a good hot shower. The olive oil in the scrub will help keep the water from drying you out, and contains fatty acids that are great for your skin {You can also use it to make homemade hair conditioner!}
I also like this recipe. It's more time consuming to make, but the ginger and coconut together smells amazing. I add a little bit of orange essential oil as well, which makes it smell like sherbet!
Coconut Oil: This oil improves skin firmness and elasticity, and conveniently hardens into a solid at any temp below 75 degrees. I keep it in the bathroom vanity and slather it on all over my body after showers. It's very light and absorbs quickly. I even use it on my face and it does not make me break out, even though I have sensitive skin. I buy a tub of it {the organic kind} at the health food store, and it's very economical.
Argan Oil: Rich in Vit. E and fatty acids, this oil gives your face a beautiful glow and smooth texture without sitting heavily on the skin. It's perhaps a little too much for the summertime {unless you have dry skin}, but it's perfect as a daily moisturizer in the winter. It's pricey, so I use it only on my face.
I wear less make-up in the winter because it tends to dry my skin out {I use this in the summer. LOVE it.}. My daily winter make-up routine consists of a little eye-brow filler and some cheek color. Pretty easy!
I love the Argon Color Stick by Josie Maran because it is moisturizing, but recently I came across this blog post, showing how to make cheek stain from beet juice. I tried it, and I LOVE it! It works great and the color is really natural and pretty–like you just walked in from the cold. It also lasted all day without needing to be re-applied.
The only trick is to not cook the beets too long. The juice turns brown instead of staying that pretty purple-pink color if you do. I tried to make this cheek stain in large batches so I could give it to friends as a gift, and found that it was better done in small one-off batches. You don't get much juice out of a couple beets, but since a tiny bit of it is enough to color your whole cheek, a little goes a long way.
Since I wear less makeup in the winter, I don't feel the need to I wash my face every day. Sometimes I splash it with water in the morning to get the sleep out of my eyes, but I don't wash my face with soap more than once every few days. Soap dries out my skin and the hot water expands my pores–two undesirable things. When I do wash it, I use a face soap with exfoliates in it to slough away dead skin. If I can feel a break-out coming on, I use a homemade mask like this one to draw out the impurities in my skin.
I used to have problem skin–zit break-outs happening on a regular basis with very little "clear" time in between–but I have seen a dramatic change in the past year and I believe it's due to two things: Not washing my face more than a couple times a week, and avoiding high-fructose corn syrup like the plague. I discovered both by accident.
Mike and I went camping last fall with a couple friends, and I did not wash my face for a week. When we left home I had zits in the usual places: my chin and forehead. When we emerged from the woods, my face was dirty from hiking and camping but perfectly clear of acne! I decided to wash my face as infrequently as possible after that, leaving my skin alone to do its thing. It is, afterall, an organ. My skin is now capable of achieving a natural balance of oil because I'm no longer stripping it of its natural oil and then replacing it with different oil (from a moisturizer) all the time.
These days, when I get a zit here and there I know it's because of keeping a poor diet that week (like around the holidays when I eat too many sweets). I'm especially sensitive to high-fructose corn syrup. Last summer Mike announced that he had read somewhere about how high-fructose corn syrup causes inflammation in the body and that we should purge our home of anything that contains it.
Into the trash went the katsup, the salad dressing, the crackers, the cookies, and more. I was shocked at how many things had it in it, especially because we try our best to keep whole, unprocessed, organic foods in the house. But it's a sneaky ingredient and it really is in almost everything that comes in a package. Tossing out all that food was a great wake-up call.
Since then we haven't eaten the stuff unless it's completely unavoidable, like when you're stuck on a plane and you're super hungry and they bring you a packet of those little gingerbread cookies and so you eat them. Desperate moments of weakness aside, my skin thanks me for abstaining from high-fructose corn syrup. I'm sure there are many other health reasons you should not eat high-fructose corn syrup as well, but for me having clear skin for the first time since I was 13 is reason enough. I am so, so, so happy to have left the problem-skin era of my life behind me!


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Spotted Eagle Rays, Aetobatus narinari
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Description & Behavior
Spotted eagle rays, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790), aka white-spotted eagle ray, bonnetray, and maylan, grow to at least 3.5 m disc width and 9 m total length and have a recorded maximum weight of 230 kg. Current research on this species may reveal that what is being called the white-spotted eagle ray may in fact be several species. The spotted eagle ray has a long snout, flat and rounded like a duck's bill, a thick head, and a pectoral disc with sharply curved, angular corners, and no caudal fin; jaws usually with single row of flat, chevron-shaped teeth. Each tooth is a crescent-shaped plate joined into a band. They usually have numerous white spots on black or bluish disc; with white below. Long whip-like tail, with a long spine near the base, behind small dorsal fin.
World Range & Habitat
Spotted eagle rays are commonly found in shallow inshore waters such as bays and coral reefs but may cross oceanic basins. They sometimes enters estuaries. They swim close to the surface, occasionally leaping out of the water, or close to the bottom. They frequently form large schools during the non-breeding season. The spotted eagle ray is distributed worldwide in tropical, coastal waters. In Australia it is recorded from Shark Bay, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales. Depth range 0-80 m, subtropical; 40°N-34°S. Western Atlantic: North Carolina (summer) and Florida, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil. Throughout Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, including Antilles. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola. Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and South Africa to Hawaii, north to Japan, south to Australia. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Puerto Pizarro, Peru and the Galápagos Islands.
Feeding Behavior (Ecology)
Spotted eagle rays feed mainly on bivalves but also eats shrimps, crabs, octopus and worms, whelks, and small fishes.
Life History
Exhibits ovoviparity (aplacental viviparity), with embryos feeding initially on yolk, then receiving additional nourishment from the mother by indirect absorption of uterine fluid enriched with mucus, fat or protein through specialized structures. Bears up to 4 young. Width at birth 17-35 cm. According to Uchida et al. (1990) "the male chases the female in mid water, then nibbles on her dorsal surface. The female stops swimming to begin copulation. The male bites the female on a pectoral fin and bends one clasper forward, then attempts an abdomen to abdomen copulation with either clasper, usually mid-water." Copulation lasted for 20 seconds to 1 minute.
Conservation Status & Comments
Tail spines are poisonous. A very widely distributed, relatively prolific, schooling species. This ray is taken as bycatch in much of its range in tropical and warm temperate seas. No data available on population trends.
The spotted eagle ray is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
A taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.
References & Further Research
Featured Elasmobranch – Spotted Eagle Ray @ Pacific Shark Research Center at MLML
White-spotted Eagle Ray, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) - Australian Museum
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Morrison, Junio riding high on Canadian Olympic spirit
As Gilmore Junio walked on to the stage inside Chekhov Hall at the main media centre Sunday, Denny Morrison walked over and pulled out a chair for his teammate.
"I had to do that," Morrison said with a laugh.
Four days after the gesture that touched the hearts of Canadians and sports fans around the world, Junio and Morrison are still making the rounds, speaking about Junio's decision on Feb. 12 to give up his spot in the long-track speed skating 1,000-metres competition so his teammate could race. Morrison won the silver medal in the event, and then a bronze three days later in the 1,500.
The reaction back in Canada to The Gesture was overwhelmingly positive, though there have been some naysayers — those who have suggested Junio was wrong to give up the spot he had earned at the Canadian trials, never mind that Junio had raced in the 500 earlier in Sochi (his best event) and, at 23, likely has at least one more Olympics in him.
"Well, I have read a few polls and stuff from people who think Gilmore should be flagbearer or not and it's, like, 99% (in support)," said Morrison, 28. "I think people know what the story here really is. And the people who are writing stories that are alternate to that, I think they're just trying to get their own little bit of attention out of it. So I just block them on Twitter and don't read it."
Junio and Morrison will forever be linked in Olympic and Canadian sporting folklore. And as to a nod to their special bond, the Calgary skaters invented a special high-five greeting called 'The Gilmorrison,' which they unveiled for the media Sunday.
Their story is still reverberating throughout the Sochi Olympics (there were some American journalists catching up to it Sunday), and there's been a growing movement of officials, athletes and media types who believe Junio should carry the flag for Canada in the closing ceremonies next Sunday — something Morrison endorses, though Junio sees it the other way.
"It would be a huge honour, but I started last night (a Twitter campaign for Morrison as flag bearer) because the guy's ripping it up on the track," Junio said. "I think he deserves it more than I do.
"Honestly, I think Gilmore for flag bearer," added Morrison. "I think it would be really special. This guy instils all the values that represent all the values that it is to be Canadian, especially Olympic pride. I don't think there's a better candidate than Gilmore. I think it's extra cool. He didn't win a medal, but what he did shows such sportsmanship."
Morrison won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the team pursuit and a silver in the same event four years earlier in Turin, but suffered a broken leg and other major injuries last year and only qualified as an alternative for the 1,000. here after clipping his heel at the Canadian trials in December.
Junio, who started off as a hockey player before switching over to short track where he fractured two vertebrae in an accident in 2009 before finally giving long track a try, thought about giving his Sochi spot back to Morrison back then.
The laid-back skater is still shocked that anyone would consider that decision a big deal.
"It was a no-brainer," said Junio, the son of Filipino immigrants who came to Canada in the 1970s for a better life.
"You want your best faceoff man in the circle. That's the way I view it. And that's the simplest way I can put it. I have that hockey mentality in me."
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What would become the first and largest Shaker society in Maine,
the Alfred Shaker community had both a very humble beginning and
an even more disappointing end. Receiving the faith from Mother
Ann on May 26th, 1783, John Cotton became the first Shaker convert
in Maine. While the birth of the Alfred Shaker society came in
1783, the physical development of the community did not get underway
until 1793 with the construction of the Meetinghouse. Spread out
over 300 acres, the Alfred Shaker Historic District includes a
variety of significant religious buildings such as the community's
Dairy/Bakery, Cow Barn, School, Trustee's Office, Sisters' Shop,
and Brethren's Shop.
The Alfred Shaker Historic District is located in Alfred,
Maine, along Shaker Hill Road near the intersection of Rtes. 202/4.
The carriage house is currently being renovated to be opened as
a Shaker museum. Several businesses within the Historic District
are open to the public including a bakery, pick-your-own apple
orchard, blueberry orchard and raspberry patch, and cross country
ski trails. One of the Shaker barns contains an ice-skating rink,
open winter weekends and holidays; there is a fee for skating.
For more information contact the Brothers of Christian Instruction
at 207-324-6612.
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On my first night in Baltimore in 1981, in keeping with my adventurous and highly sophisticated palate, I took my wife out for pizza.
We were at this place in Towson and I was reaching for a slice of pepperoni with my fat little fingers when there was a rustle at the next table.
I glanced over and my eyes nearly popped out of my head. There was the great Johnny Unitas having dinner with his family, helping one of his kids cut his food.
"It's Johnny Unitas!" I whispered to my wife. "No, don't look!"
Naturally, she looked. Then she looked back at me.
"Who's Johnny Unitas?" she said.
I stared at her. We'd only been married three years at that point. But I didn't say: "OK, I don't know if this is going to work out, you and me."
I didn't tell her that Unitas was my boyhood hero, that I wore No. 19 for a time when I was the quarterback for my high school football team, that I still had a Johnny U autograph football in the trunk of my car.
All I did was smile and say: "Think I'm going to like this town."
I ended up loving it. And I loved working for this newspaper, too. But after 32 years as a sports and features columnist for The Evening Sun and The Baltimore Sun, I've decided to move on and look for new challenges.
Oh, no one's pushing me out of here. And I don't know exactly what's next for me, although I'm definitely not retiring from the workforce. You wouldn't either if you had my 401K. But I've got a couple of projects in mind and some time to figure it out, so we'll see where it all leads.
Farewell columns have become a cliché, sure. But if you suddenly disappear from the newspaper and don't write one, people will think you got sick or arrested or something. Then they'll start to tweet: "Where'd the fat guy go?" Better to get ahead of that.
What strikes me most as I write this is how fortunate I was to land here. I got to cover Super Bowls, World Series, Summer Olympics, NCAA basketball championships, U.S. Open tennis and golf.
The paper sent me to the Orioles' first-ever "Dream Week" in Sarasota, Fla., where I spent seven days happily flailing at former O's pitcher Moe Drabowsky's curveballs. An editor once asked if I'd mind playing the top 10 luxury-resort golf courses within a 60-mile drive and writing about them.
"MIND?" I answered. "Uh, no, I guess I could do that."
Look, this is how good I had it: this newspaper even sent me to Beer Camp. Honest. I spent three days in Kentucky swilling 300 of the world's finest beers and trying to make it back to my hotel room every night without stumbling into the walls.
Yes, this was back when newspapers spent gobs of money. Today, the bean counters won't let you go to Arbutus without squawking (just kidding).
But the best moments always happened here in Baltimore. Such as the time Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver welcomed me to town by spitting on my loafers, a charming dugout ritual he reserved for new reporters.
My all-time favorite moment? This one's high on the list: years ago, I was asked to do a feature story on Jim Palmer, the Orioles' Hall of Famer pitcher and famous Jockey underwear model, who had just turned 50.
Palmer asked me to meet him at a model home in Timonium, where he was shooting a commercial for The Money Store.
During a break in filming, we went outside and were talking near his Mercedes when a young woman happened by pushing a baby carriage.
As soon as she spotted us, her eyes widened.
"Oh, my God!" she cried. "It's Kevin Cowherd!"
It turned out to be a friend from my old neighborhood, but I didn't tell a bemused Palmer that, not right away.
Instead I just nudged him and said: "Now that's star-power, baby."
Before I go, here's a shout-out to all my wonderful colleagues in the sports department who made me look good the past four years, especially Dan Connolly, Ed Encina, Jeff Zrebiec, Aaron Wilson, Ed Lee, Matt Vensel, Peter Schmuck, Mike Preston, Jeff "Chief" Barker, Don Markus, Kevin Richardson and a deputy sports editor who sits atop everyone's Mr. Nice Guy list, Matt Bracken.
Thanks, too, to all of you who read me over the years, even the ones who ripped me. I could take it. With nearly 40 years in this business, you develop a hide like a rhinoceros.
People always ask me to list my all-time favorite assignment, and here's where the story comes full circle.
In the mid-90s, I was asked to do a "Catching Up With ..." feature with John Unitas. I was no longer star-struck in his presence — we'd chatted a number of times by then. But it still felt like I was catching up with Zeus.
We met at a restaurant in Mount Washington. Unitas couldn't have been more charming. He had a couple of cocktails and we spent three hours talking about football and life, mostly life.
As we stood to leave, I told him about spotting him on my first night in Baltimore, him having dinner with his family and tending patiently to his kids.
Unitas furrowed his brow, trying to recall that long-ago meal.
At last he smiled and said: "I was probably just trying to shut 'em up."
Those are the moments I'm going to miss.
So long, everyone.


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Kelly Horrigan is a fashion designer and educator. Through her company KHH | Kelly Horrigan Handmade she creates one-of-a-kind leather designs that combine old-world techniques with modern aesthetic. She earned her BFA in fashion design and has since been a professor at Pratt Institute's fashion department. Her work has been featured in the pages of the Fader, Surface, Fiasco Homme and Velvetpark Magazine, The New York Times and seen on here! and Bravo TV.
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Not meal time but looking for a snack? Try one of these great snack ideas such as a dip, salsa, bruschetta, popcorn, donut, slice, square or bar.
These creamy lemon crumble bars are perfect on their own for morning or afternoon tea.... Or warm it up, smother in ice-cream and voila, you have an amazing dessert!!
These classic chocolate chip cookies are deliciously thick and chewy. Watch this recipe being made in the Allrecipes Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Video.
If you like your cookies soft but not floury, these are for you. You can vary the choc-chips - I love them with mini M&Ms or white chocolate chips and chopped macadamias. Bake them to desired crispness (they firm well when cooled).
These mini quiches are so quick and easy you could get your little one to help you. They are great for entertaining, for kids' parties and as a snack and also great for school lunch boxes and can be whipped up in no time! If you don't have puff pastry I have made these without and they still come out really good.
Dad has always been the master of this recipe which has been handed down from his parents. He makes it every week for a snack. It's beautiful cold and fills the house with that lovely smell of cloves. Once the meat is cold, the slices are just so tender, its awesome. You can make it with a white mustard sauce too if you are having it for dinner.


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Hello! Anybody out there?
I know we still have a few followers on Blogger (gotta love those stat recorders…grin…) and we really don't want anyone missing out on all the fun we're having over at the www.petitfoursandhottamales.com blog. We've set up a nifty little follow us spot on the right sidebar to make it easy. We'd love have a few more people friend us…
In the meantime, come on over and check out the third round of the first ever Petit Fours and Hot Tamales Recipe for Success Write-Off Contest. We are open for up to 100 entries today from 6 a.m. EST until 9 p.m. EST. Please read the complete rules by clicking the link below. The contest started March 2nd, 2nd round was March 9th, and today is the last chance to enter! Again, please read the rules at the following link before entering.
WHAT CAN YOU WIN: Grand prize is a critique from agent Chelsea Gilmore with the Maria Carvainis Agency of the first 20 pages of your manuscript and a two page synopsis. Four runners-up will receive a PFHT cookbook.
HOW TO ENTER TODAY: In the comments box below today's post at http://petitfoursandhottamales.com/, put your entry of the first paragraph or up to 100 words of your story. The first 100 entries posted AT or AFTER 6 a.m. Eastern Standard time will be accepted. No entries posted after 9 p.m. will be accepted EVEN if we do not reach a full 100 entries by the deadline. You are not required to post 100 words. You may post less. Instead of just saying the first paragraph, we give you the 100 word option because you may have started with dialogue
And as a disclaimer, remember: By posting an entry, entrants agree to hold all members of PFHT, Chelsea Gilmore, and the Maria Carvainis Agency harmless for any comments or criticisms including those posted on the blog by guests or others. Winning is not a guarantee of representation.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Come on over and enter or stop by and read some of the awesome entries we've been getting.
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With dual brushless hub motors, you can easily reach high speeds with your electric skateboard while not losing comfort or stability. These premium motors are dust-proof and IPX4 Certified Water Resistant to ensure product durability.
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|Distance on Full Charge:
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|Charging Time:
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|Charging Voltage:
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