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It has finally arrived: prediction time.
Opening day is less than a week away and the National League has plenty of story lines, from the ultra-talented Atlanta Braves outfield to the bottomless pockets of the Los Angeles Dodgers to the unleashing of Stephen Strasburg by the Washington Nationals.
But we've written about those topics since November. Now it is time to get out the crystal balls — some more oxidized and cloudy than others — and predict which NL teams and players will win big this season. Games begin March 31; get the full 2013 schedule here.
MVP AWARD: Joey Votto, 1B, Cincinnati Reds
When the Reds won the NL Central in 2010, Votto rightfully was named NL MVP. The following season, Votto had another stellar campaign and played 161 games. But partially because Cincinnati wasn't a playoff contender, he didn't get the same love from the voters and finished sixth in the MVP balloting.
SN'S TOP 25 PLAYERS: Votto is No. 6
Votto's 2012 season was marred by injury, but we should expect another monster season from the lefthanded-hitting slugger in 2013. Helping his cause is that he hits in a strong lineup and in a hitter-friendly yard.
Votto has led the league in on-base percentage in each of the past three seasons and has led the league in walks the past two. He hit .337 last season and was the MVP front-runner at the All-Star break, but a knee injury sapped his power and he struggled after returning in early September
Now that he is healthy and hitting off two good knees, Votto will claim his second MVP Award in the past three seasons. And he won't be overlooked this season because Cincinnati will be a playoff team.
CY YOUNG AWARD: Clayton Kershaw, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
Kershaw should have won the award for a second consecutive season in 2012, but R.A. Dickey was the best story in baseball and played in the biggest market. In addition, he played on the East Coast, where more people were able to see him flutter his knuckleball on a more regular basis than Kershaw.
Kershaw won't have to worry about garnering attention this season because the Dodgers' ownership group has spared no expense in its effort to make this team a winner. And Kershaw is a major reason why LA might be a World Series contender.
Kershaw won the NL's pitching Triple Crown in 2011 and has led the league in ERA, WHIP and hits allowed per nine innings in each of the past two seasons. He is the Justin Verlander of the National League, and there is no reason to think he won't continue his dominance this season.
He will outshine Strasburg, if for no other reason than because Strasburg never has cracked the 200-inning mark.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD: Oscar Taveras, OF, St. Louis Cardinals
There isn't a definitive front-runner for this award in the NL. Atlanta Braves starter Julio Teheran has an advantage because he will make the opening day roster. But although he pitched well in winter ball and this spring, Teheran was a mess at Class AAA in 2012.
Taveras likely will start the season in the minors, but his bat and five tools are too valuable to keep there for long. He is almost universally ranked as the minors' third-best prospect and, despite St. Louis' crowded outfield, will force the team to call him up by mid-June. The 20-year-old demolished Class AA pitching last season (.321/.380/.572 with 23 homers and 94 RBIs).
Plus, there is this little morsel: The Cardinals consider Taveras the best hitter the organization has developed since … Albert Pujols.
McNEAL ON ROOKIES: Top 5 OFs | Top 6 SPs
MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD: Don Mattingly, Los Angeles Dodgers
The league won't experience much turnover in terms of teams making the playoffs, but the Dodgers appear ready to claim a postseason berth. Couple that with the heavy expectations Mattingly will have to manage and triple it with the fact that he is a well-liked baseball figure, and you have a man easy to vote for when the ballots arrive.
Mattingly is X-factor for this team, considering all the egos, expectations and money he must manage. If he can hold things together as well as his mentor Joe Torre did when managing the New York Yankees, Mattingly will deserve this award.
He will have to fight off the San Diego Padres' Bud Black and perhaps the Pittsburgh Pirates' Clint Hurdle, but Mattingly should win the award if the Dodgers win the NL West.
MORE PREDICTIONS: Witrado on playoff races | McNeal on division winners
* wild-card winners
2. Atlanta Braves*
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Among all the paintings of Chagall's, Walking is my only love. It offers a template of love, the loving couples are happy to fly as long as they are together. In the small town that Chagall was exiled to, the scene that he and his beloved wife walks everyday. Everyone detested him at this time, only Bella was there was there for him. Chagall never fell in love with others in his whole life.
Walking was painted after three years since they married. It was their wedding anniversary monument. Chagall created this painting by using the portrait of himself and Bella. At this moment, Chagall was immersed in huge happiness. He stood erectly on the Russian style plain like a giant, raised his arm highly and pulled the floating woman in the air that was his true love. Bella dressed in a rosy dress, looked like a flag of love. This painting is bright, especially the red fabric on the lower left corner, likes burning fire, indicates the flowing passion of Chagall's heart.
The lovers finally get married is his favorite theme and this theme ran through his work and life. Bella was always his muse, the source of his artistic inspiration from met to died. "Her silence, her eyes, everything is mine. She understood the past, present of and even the future. Chagall wrote in his autobiography. "
The sweet love and happy life after marriage brought a miraculous leap for Chagall. Almost all of the paints with his wife represent an intimate and affectionate relationship. Floating with different postures in various scenes are the witnesses of the most perfect couple.
The arts are sometimes overlooked, but they're a valuable part of culture and history.
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So yeah, I have a hard time telling a player what he should do when he steps into the batter's box, and when a screaming line drive ticks off of a player's glove, I have to admit that the whistling sound that a baseball makes as it approaches you scares me silly.
But while I don't know that game, I can say that I've been a communications professional for more than 15 years. I've dealt with media and public relations and all manner of dark arts associated with influencing opinion. And over that time, I've learned a thing or two about how the whole machinery of influence works, and how a single negative press cycle can resonate for years, whether if it is deserved or not.
I'm sure that J.P. Arencibia has had lots of rudimentary media training over the years. But seeing his rapid decline from telegenic media darling to multimedia whipping boy, I thought I'd offer up my expertise and give the Jays' catcher some media relations advice.
I offer this up in a spirit of helpfulness. (And also, to fill some empty space on my blog...symbiosis!) I doubt that JPA will ever see it, but if he does, I hope that he takes this as genuine.
-Nobody wins in a knife fight: It was clear from your tweet last night that this was not spontaneous reaction. This is something that you'd been thinking about and plotting out, and you were given your opportunity to get back at the media hecklers for the many injuries that you'd borne over this season.
So you got your licks in. It probably felt good, too. For a moment, at least.
But when you take an angry or confrontational tone in the media - regardless of who your intended target is - it usually only serves to make you look as bad as they do.
In fact, I read a lot of tweets this morning from people who were not inclined to side with Gregg Zaun or Dirk Hayhurst and somehow found themselves incredulous at the fact that they were taking the side of your tormentors over yours. The fact that you took some unwarranted and mean-spirited shots at their baseball careers probably didn't help your case. Remember, this isn't the Jerry Springer show: The loudest insult or most bruising chair shot doesn't win the argument.
Frankly, everybody comes away from this incident looking bad. You smear Zaun with tenuous allegations about his use of PEDs, and undermine Hayhurst's credibility, but you also make yourself look like a petty bully with thin skin who would use the opportunity of a promotional interview for a charity event(!) to show settle scores.
It really wasn't pretty. And it definitely will change how people look at you. And not for the better.
-Respect the media, even when you don't respect the media: There are moments when you'll have to deal with members of the media that you don't care for. Maybe they don't ask pertinent questions, or maybe they torque stories up to make minor things seem worse than they are.
But ultimately, that's what the media does. Their job is to make noise. Maybe there are times where they are not particularly sympathetic or appreciative of the nuance of the story. But that's because part of the function they serve is to deliver messages to an audience in a fast and efficient manner, which means that they don't always have time to fluff up your side of the story to the masses.
When it comes to analysts like Hayhurst and Zaun, you have to understand that they are carnival barkers. They are there to promote the product, and bring people from their living rooms and into the baseball game. Sometimes that means speaking loudly without subtlety or shades of grey.
But whatever the shortcomings are of the media, you have to understand how awesomely powerful they still are in creating your story. Even in this age of disintermediation, where you can work around the media to talk directly to the people, you'll find that the average person is still heavily influenced by what they read or hear or see in the mainstream media.
If you're a public figure, and you're concerned about how you come off, you have to at least respect the media's ability to significantly affect that image.
Even if you think you're being treated unfairly, lobbing insults at the media will probably only serve to confirm to most people that they probably had you pegged right all along.
-Only talk when it improves on the silence: One of the first things that people learn when they start to deal with the media is that they rarely come off as well as they think they should.
An aspect of this comes from the fact that we as people don't know when to cut ourselves off. We offer too much information that is extraneous to the core of what we really care about, and media can end up focussing on the trivial rather than the pertinent.
This is why awful PR people like me will tell you not to deviate from your message, or to offer no comment at all. You really don't have a lot of control over the finished product of a media story about you, so your goal is to control the outcome of the story as much as you possibly can.
This can frustrate reporters, and can even even give them a bad impression of you. But ultimately, they can't print what you don't say on the record.
(And if you want a master class in how to do this without looking like a jerk, you should watch John Gibbons' interactions with the media. That dude is like Yoda when it comes to giving them nothing sharp with which they could later impale him.)
On the other hand, when you use the media as a way of venting your frustrations, you open yourself up to all sorts of subsequent questions and follow up and probing.
Trust me on this, J.P.: By the time the cock crows tomorrow morning, you'll have said that you just want to put this incident behind you and move on. But this story is going to keep following you. You'll be asked about it for as long as you're a Jay. And beyond.
-You are not your brand. Your brand is what you do: I would bet that there are 50 social media experts within a five minute walk of the Rogers Centre who would have highlighted you as a person who has developed a tremendous personal brand through social media.
People know that J.P. Arencibia brand. You're young and fun-loving. A bit of a joker. A dude from the south who loves hockey. Scruffily handsome. You've got a dog named Yogi. You're a sensitive guy, and you give your time an energy to noble charitable efforts. (Ahem.)
You've opened yourself up, and let people share parts of what makes you who you are. But all the personal stuff that you share is just scenery. It's background, and maybe it gives us some sense of depth so that we don't look at you like you're a circus animal.
From a consumer point of view, though, you can't forget that the vast majority of your value to us as baseball fans is your output as a baseball player. It's cruel, and unfair. It's dehumanizing, even.
But it's also why you have to separate yourself from the baseball player. You can have pride in your work, but as someone who is a sort of mass market product, you can't chase down every negative review that someone clumsily hurls in your direction.
So what I'm saying is the best way to enhance your image is to just be excellent. And if you can't be excellent, at least be positive.
-A final thought: Most everything that I write is supposed to be from the viewpoint of a fan, so let me close this off with some of that perspective.
As a fan, I always dislike having players emphasize their "otherness" from me. The "you never played the game" line probably works well with your teammates in the clubhouse, because you're all wrapped up within this extraordinary experience of being professional athletes together.
I will probably never understand how hard it is to play the game of baseball at the level you do. But you telling me that I don't understand such things just creates more distance between me as a fan and the players on the field.
In spite of the fact that I am completely and irrationally immersed in this sport, it's moments like this that remind me that I'm a grown man, and should probably be spending my time and money in more productive ways.
And if that's the feeling that a true believer and devoted follower of the Jays is taking away from this whole public relations fiasco, I can't imagine that was your intention when you cleared your throat and rubbed the sleep out of your eyes at 8:40 am this morning.


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'American Idol' Season 12, Episode 2 Recap: Chicago Brings the Talent
Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj moved to Chicago to find some new talent. And considering this city is where 'American Idol' came across Jennifer Hudson, the panel was hopeful to find another diamond in the rough. Luckily for them, they found more than just a few.
Kiara Lanier, 21, who once sang for President Obama, gave her rendition of 'The Prayer' by Celine Dion, which she did without trying. Stephanie Schmiel, 21, followed and sang 'Dream a Little Dream.' She apologized for being shaky but still made an impression on all the judges -- except for Minaj. "I wasn't wow-ed," the rapper said. "But nothing wow-ed me. I don't think you feel like a star. I don't feel it. You know what, we wear the same color eyeshadow. We rival, and that's why I said no. But now you're going to Hollywood…"
Mariah then restarts the feud that day and cuts her off, saying, "See, this is what I have to deal with…"
And the arguments went on from there with Keith Urban stuck in the middle. At one, point we see Urban banging his head on the table and said, "I feel like a scratching post."
Unfortunately, the good auditions didn't flow in and out of Chicago the way they expected. Kevin Nabity, who is a self-proclaimed 'Ninja Turtles' superfan and "dancer," baffled judges with his auction-like rendition of Barenaked Ladies' 'One Week.' "I feel like I was at a bad auction, and Kevin is selling me a bad motorcycle I don't want," Jackson exclaimed.
Melissa Bush wanted to impress the panel with her pink-and-silver cat suit. The 27-year-old student and massage therapist sang the 1965 Petula Clark classic 'Downtown,' which hardly dazzled the judges. And Minaj summed up the series of rejections with "Bush, you'll always be my bush, but that is no."
And the bad auditions kept coming with a series of rejections that were full of tears and pleadings for a second chance. But unlike other seasons, the judges seemed to be a bit nicer and offer encouragement and lots of hugs.
While Keith Urban tries to keep the auditions going, Mariah apologizes for not being on point. "I'm sorry this is my first real job," Carey said. Oh, Mariah.
Isabelle Parell, 15, sang 'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' with Urban since it's duet, who skipped school for the audition. She got three yeses with her sweet rendition. But despite Jackson's no she was put through.
Urban had to leave halfway through the Chicago auditions to do a show in Las Vegas leaving Randy to hold down the fort, who planted himself between the two ladies. The auditions then went through a series of good-looking men that inspired Minaj to even say, "I see you licking your lips, playboy. What's really good?"
Griffin Peterson, 22, walks into the room and gets Minaj flustered. And after covering 'Wash by the Water' by South Carolina rock band Needtobreathe, the ladies actually banded together against Jackson to send Peterson to Hollywood.
"You look and feel like a star. You just have something that lights up," Minaj said. "Those girls are coming to be his concert."
"I see what the fuss is coming about," Jackson explained though still unconvinced. "You got the Bieber thing."
"No, no Bieber don't do this to me," Minaj quickly threw back.
Curtis Prince, Jr., 24 who Minaj quickly nicknamed Finchy, gave a soulful performance of 'God Is Able' by Smokie Norful. After the performance, Minaj snapped, "O.M.G. Get it boy, boy boy," and then followed by a united yes. After getting the green light to go to Hollywood, Prince asked Carey if his friend, who was a huge fan, could meet Carey, which she obliged.
The moment was so emotional that even Minaj had to share her first Carey meeting. "Do you know the first time it was like meeting Mariah Carey? It was so monumental," Minaj said.
While Prince gave an uplifting audition, the tone soon turned serious when Mariah Pulice came on and revealed that she was a recovering anorexic. "If there was no music, I would not be alive," the 19-year-old said. "When I started to sing again, the feeling was nothing that I ever felt before."
She gave a very emotional performance of The Beatles' 'Let It Be,' and touched the judges. "You touched me, and I know what it's like to sing through tears," Carey said.
After getting three yeses, her entire family ran in to congratulate her with tears of joy that left both Minaj and Carey welling up in tears, too.
And this is all just day one. On day two, the Chicago talent kept coming.
Brandy Neely, 17, was the first day's audition, and her version of Hank Williams' 'Your Cheatin' Heart' took the classic to the present -- obviously putting her through to Hollywood. This followed with great auditions from Josh Holiday, who did Brian McKnight's 'Back at One;' Courtney Williams, who sang 'Who's Loving You' by the Jackson 5; and Andrew Jones, who covered Amii Stewart's 'Knock on Wood.'
Clifton Duffin, who hid his singing talents from his parents, auditioned with 'Superstar' by Luther Vandross and blew everyone away -- essentially putting him in the next round of competition. Carey and Minaj knew all about performing secretly. "My mother never heard me rap, like before I made it, she never heard me," Minaj explained. "With me, I was just like, 'My mother should never listen to no damn rap music.'"
Johnny Keyser, who auditioned in Season 11, came back with Otis Redding's 'Try a Little Tenderness.' Aside from Minaj's obvious crush on him, he proved his improvements and is going to Hollywood.
Street and fire performer Kez Ban surprised everyone with her eccentric demeanor with two great performances -- a cover of 'Pinocchio' and an original song -- showing that she was more than a singer but an artist.
Unfortunately, Ashley Curry made the judges question how she became a musical theater major during her cover of Jessie J's 'Mama Knows Best.' It was so bad that Carey had to get up and walk off. "You gotta prep, prep for that!" Minaj said as the panel continued to laugh.
The night ended with probably one of the most inspiring auditions of the night: Cuba-born-Florida-resident Lazaro Arbos. Despite living with a strong case of stuttering, he sang 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' flawlessly, which brought yet another contestant to tears.
We can't wait to see what else comes from him along with the other 46 contestants that we will be seeing in Hollywood.
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NEWS UPDATE: February 26, 2010
Today, Grover appeared on The Dr. Oz Show (check local listings). He apparently popped in to ask Dr. Oz (not Frank, sadly) a question about hair. A clip of which can be seen on Sesame Street's Facebook page. If more video of the full appearance surfaces I'll be sure to let you know.
Thankfully, if you missed Grover's appearance, there is still more Sesame goodness coming. Elmo will be stopping by The Wendy Williams Show on Monday (March 1). For local listings, be sure to check out Wendy's website.
Various Disney websites are confirming that Muppet*Vision 3D in Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios will be closing for refurbishment from April 24 to May 14. This refurbishment is most likely taking place to upgrade the film to Disney Digital 3D. Note: The original film is not going anywhere. The same content will be seen but the film's 3D effects will now look crisper and sharper in the new Digital upgrade.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
Feb 26, 2010
News Update: February 26, 2010
Tags: Elmo, Muppet*Vision 3D, News, TV Appearances
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Muppet Vision 3D is being taken out of the parks now? Why would they do this?ReplyDelete
"Note: The original film is not going anywhere. The same content will be seen but the film's 3D effects will now look crisper and sharper in the new Digital upgrade."ReplyDelete
Chill out, yo. =PPP
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No, MuppetVision is NOT being taken out of the parks. It's just being refurbished. It's staying in the same location with the same film just more technically sound.
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Teen Bullying: It's Up to Us
As a gay teen, I know what it's like to be bullied for my sexual orientation. The rare instances in which I have been bullied have been brutal, heartless. Through all the pain, I always come back to the question: How can people be so cruel?
I pondered this question during the worst summer of my life, in between the 9th and 10th grade, when I attended summer school in a small Colorado town. One of the boys who lived in my dorm started making jokes about my sexual orientation. From the beginning, I wanted it to stop. But I didn't say anything. Pretty soon the jokes became malicious, and he started asking me inappropriate questions about my personal life. Then he started to mutter homophobic slurs in class. I cried each night on the phone to my father, trying to find comfort from someone familiar. If the boy hadn't been forced to leave the school, I don't know where I'd be today.
That summer came back to mind when I read the headline "Suicides Put Light on Pressures of Gay Teenagers" on the cover of the New York Times. There had been a number of gay teen suicides by that time, and I remember staring at the pictures of the victims. Most of them were around my age when I had been bullied. I saw myself reflected back in those pictures, and I remembered that I had thought of making the same decision. But things were completely different for me. I realized how lucky I was to live in a community where I could be openly gay and feel safe about it. Had I lived in other circumstances, my face could have been sprawled across that same page.
What, I thought, could I do to spread awareness about what's happening to my fellow high school students?
I viewed it as my responsibility to address the recent suicides because I have the resources to do it, and because I know what it's like to feel hopeless at the hands of homophobia. Unfortunately, the GSA (Gay/Straight Alliance) at my school wasn't adequately discussing the issue, and I had become frustrated. At first I felt powerless. Then, I decided to take matters into my own hands.
At Phillips Academy Andover, the boarding school that I attend, students are encouraged to become leaders for a cause they are passionate about. I am passionate about gay rights; I view the issue as deeply personal. However, many people in my school community believe that gay-bashing is an irrelevant topic of discussion, saying that Andover is much too accepting for such bullying to occur. But that wasn't the point. I wanted to challenge the school community to look beyond our immediate problems. After all, if we are to become leaders, we have to learn to address the needs of others.
I first wrote an article for The Phillipian, the school newspaper, about Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who committed suicide after his roommate live-streamed a video of him having a sexual tryst with another man. My hope was that the article would stimulate necessary discussion. The results were slightly positive; I could tell that I had gotten the faculty to discuss the Rutgers situation. But I didn't accomplish my ultimate goal of inciting discussion amongst my peers.
Consequently, I decided to organize a facilitated discussion about the bullying of gay teens. I worked with my school's GSA and an on-campus group that facilitates controversial discussions to plan the event. We rented a schoolroom, put up posters, and developed a list of fifteen questions that would provoke conversation among the attendees. We scheduled the meeting for a Friday night so that students would not be distracted by schoolwork. By the end of the week, we were anxious to get the discussion started.
Video: Life After Bullies
How the "It Gets Better" movement is giving fresh hope to LGBT teens.
Equality Riders
Behind the scenes: A group of gay and lesbian youth took a two-month roadtrip to the most conservative campuses in the country.
We began with a video of Joel Burns, a Fort Worth, Texas, city council member. He described his experiences as a gay teen and later, as an adult, stating, "it gets better." His voice could be heard in the background as a montage played of photos of the suicide victims. He started to cry while describing Seth Walsh, a 13-year-old boy who hanged himself from a tree in his backyard. He described Seth's mother, who waited nine days to unplug him from life support.
Naturally, this video provoked discussion about our own experiences with homophobia. We realized that homophobia was a lot closer to our lives than we'd thought. One girl described dealing with overt homophobia from her mother, who didn't realize that her daughter was a lesbian.
Hearing her story made me realize how fortunate I was. At least I had the support of my family. At least I knew there were people I could go back to. Perhaps that was what saved me from the fate of the deceased. But who would this girl turn to if she were bullied?
But that was the point of the discussion: to raise awareness of the issue so that other gay teens would know that they were supported. That girl could now more easily withstand homophobia, armed with the knowledge that others go through the same thing every day.
But more needs to be done to spread awareness of gay-teen suicide. I am comforted to know that other people, such as Joel Burns and gay rights activist Cleve Jones, are working to spread awareness of this issue. But I believe that the real solution must come from teenagers ourselves. I will keep working to ensure that gay teens are proud of their identity, confronting homophobia in a strong, constructive manner.
- : When an anti-gay hate group decided to visit their school, the students of Gunn High drowned out their protest with a celebration of acceptance.
- : The birth of a new rite for gay and lesbian couples.
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Coloradans want more wilderness. No fewer than 70% of West Slope residents strongly support additional wilderness near their communities, and more than 90% of Coloradans believe wilderness is important to the economy and their quality of life. (Talmey-Drake Research & Strategy, Inc., 2007)
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BUIES CREEK, N.C. (Feb. 19, 2010) - Holding ETSU to its lowest first half point total of the season and leading by 16 at the break, the Campbell Camels poured it on in the second half, leading by as many as 33 points and ultimately taking a 79-57 win over the ETSU men's basketball team in Atlantic Sun Conference action Friday night at Gore Arena.
In front of a regional television audience on CSS and before 3,023 fans - the second largest crowd in Campbell basketball history - the Camels forced 22 turnovers and outscored the Bucs 29-12 off those miscues. With the loss, the Bucs drop to 14-14 overall, 10-7 in A-Sun action, while the Camels improved to 18-9, 13-5.
"We did not play well, obviously," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "It's hard to overcome turning the ball over that much. As a team, we will go back to work. There's a lot of basketball left this season and I still believe in this team."
The first half got off to a terrible start for the Bucs, as the Camels hit four 3-pointers in the first eight minutes and the Bucs struggled to find an offensive rhythm. That combination led to a 22-6 lead for Campbell at the 10:32 mark of the first half.
ETSU managed to cut the lead to 12 three different times later in the half, but ultimately still trailed by 16 at 35-19 to end the half. At the intermission, the Camels had shot a strong 52 percent from the floor and even more impressive 67 percent (6-of-9) from 3-point range. Meanwhile, the Bucs hit on just 33 percent from the field before the break and was held to its lowest first half point production of the year.
After the break, the story was the same for the Camels. Forcing turnovers and hitting from outside, the Camels led by as many as 33 points at 76-43 with 4:05 left in the game. ETSU never recovered and could not get closer in the second half.
For the game, Campbell shot 50 percent from the floor and 48 percent from 3-point range. The Camels also dished out 19 assists and collected 14 steals. ETSU outrebounded Campbell 40-29, but hit on just 39 percent of its shots for the game.
The Bucs were led offensively by junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) with 14 points, while freshman guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) added 11. Campbell got a game-high 19 points from guard Lorne Merthie, who finished 5-of-10 from 3-point range, while Miles Taylor and Junard Hartley added 13 and 10 points, respectively.
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ALAMEDA — Target has bought 10 acres in Alameda where the retailer will construct a new store that will be the anchor of a shopping center that will be called Alameda Landing.
The new Target store will total 140,000 square feet, said brokers from Terranomics, which arranged the deal. The purchase price wasn't disclosed.
Target's store will be near the corner of Willie Stargell Avenue and 5th Street, a short distance from College of Alameda and Mariner Square Athletic Club, Terranomics said.
The store will be the primary anchor of a 291,000-square-foot shopping center.
Terranomics is seeking tenants for the shopping complex, which is part of a master-planned office, retail and residential development being fashioned by realty firm Catellus.
The new Target store should open in the fall of 2013.
The retailer intends to employ about 200 people at the store.
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Maple Dark Chocolate Cookie Cups Filled with Maple Mousse Topped with Candied Bacon: For the Secret Recipe Club
Today is a special post for me.
When I started blogging back in July, I discovered the Secret Recipe Club. I followed them and the many bloggers who are also members for quite sometime. When my blog finally grew to meet the requirements for membership I applied.
A couple months later I got my email asking to join. WOOHOO!
Naturally I was even more pumped when I received my first blog assignment.
I was assigned Taryn from Sweetly Serendipity.
I strolled over to stalk her blog. Only to find a ton of mouth watering recipes. How am I supposed to choose just one??
OH and guess what she's from Boston!
Awesome, I love bloggies from New England! (I live about 1.5 hours north of Bean Town)
The first recipe that caught my eye was this Povitica. Oh my goodness, how good does that look?!?!?! Then I saw these Port Ganache Glazed Brownies with Dried Cherries.... Holy COW!
But then I saw it. Toasted Nut Florentine Cups filled with MAPLE MOUSSE!
Seriously, Maple Mousse?? You all know how I have a slight obsession with Maple Syrup. Especially this time of year (being sugaring season and all).
For my cookie cups I did not use her Florentine Cups (as good as they looked) I had some Maple Cookie Dough left overs so I use that instead. I did use her Mousse recipe without any adaptions. It came out perfect!
Maple Cookie Cups Filled w/ Maple Mousse Topped w/ Candied Bacon
Ingredients for the Mousse:
Recipe from Sweetly Serendipity
1 cup pure maple syrup
4 large egg yolks
1 package unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
Bring maple syrup to a boil then remove from heat and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk egg yolks and pour a little bit of the maple syrup in while whisking. This is to temper the eggs and keep them from curdling.
Add warmed egg yolks to hot maple syrup until well mixed.
Measure 1/4 cup of whipping cream in a bowl and sprinkle it with the gelatin. Let it set for 5 minutes. Place the bowl in a microwave for 45 seconds (microwave for 10 seconds at a time and check it in between) or place the bowl in a pan of barely simmering water, stir to ensure the gelatin has completely dissolved.
Whisk the gelatin/whipping cream mixture into the maple syrup mixture and set aside.
Whisk occasionally for about an hour or until the mixture has the consistency of an unbeaten raw egg white.
Whip the remaining cream in your electric mixer on high until you have stiff peaks.
Stir 1/4 of the whipped cream into the maple syrup mixture.
Fold in the remaining cream and refrigerate for at least an hour.
Directions for Candied Bacon:
Take desired amount of bacon slices (I used 2) dredge through brown sugar.
Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
Flip and then bake for another 15 minutes.
The bacon hardens rather quickly once cooled so if you want smaller pieces be sure to but break it up before it hardens.
Directions for cookie cups:
I used my recipe for Maple Slice and Bake Cookies , I pulled off enough dough to make about 6 cups.
I pressed the dough in my greased tartlet pans.
After you press dough into cups/pans you need to weigh it down so it doesn't rise or fall during the bake time.
To do this, simply place a piece of parchment paper in each cookie cup and fill with rice or beans.
Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes or until cookie cups are golden brown.
Discard your "weight". Let the cookie cups cool before dipping into melted Dark Chocolate (optional)
Fill cookie cooled cookie cups with your mouse and top with candied bacon pieces.
You can also serve the Mousse as is... the cookie cups are an optional edible serving dish!
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What a fun mousse recipe! Great post for group D.ReplyDelete
Candied Bacon!! I didn't know how to make such a thing! My husband will be thrilled! These look wonderful!ReplyDelete
There are such great foodies in Boston (my hometown) as there are so many fabu restaurants...which I miss so much. Your recipe is wonderful and with the candied bacon...oh my yes!!ReplyDelete
If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my Group 'A' SRC entry: Crunchy Fudgy Heart Bites and my Group 'D' entry: Health(ier) Peanut Brittle
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Oh! I've made that maple mousse and it was so good! Your pictures are fabulous!ReplyDelete
Wow! Beautiful job!!!! Just stunning! And all those wonderful flavor combinations in there, I bet these were truly special!ReplyDelete
Holy cow, what an awesome recipe! YUM!ReplyDelete
Carrie, I think you just included all of my favorite words in the title of this amazing recipe. Wowza! These look incredibly tasty. Great job!ReplyDelete
This sounds like a great combo, yummy.ReplyDelete
I'm from Group C and just wanted to say congrats on your membership. I remember when I was accepted, I also just started a few months ago, and it was so exciting! No one understood, ha!ReplyDelete
Great pic though, the mousse is absolutely mouthwatering! See you next month!
Maybe I would like bacon more if I tried it coated in sugar:-) This sounds and looks delish!!!ReplyDelete
Sounds delicious and looks amazing. yum yum!ReplyDelete
Oh my, what a combo!ReplyDelete
I remember when first discovered the SRC, I didn't think I had enough recipes on my blog to qualify b/c I didn't tag my recipes as "recipe". DOH! After I went through all the recipes and tagged them, I realized I had more recipes than I thought and joined.ReplyDelete
Here's my group D post today if you haven't had a chance to check it out. http://www.koreaforniancooking.com/2012/02/secret-recipe-club-hungarian-paprika.html
Hooray I am from New England too!!! I live in Southern NH (Keene, NH). I too jump for joy when I discover a food blogger from New England...I can feel your happiness!ReplyDelete
AND I am SO impressed with your gorgeous mousse cups. So impressed!
Welcome to the SRC!
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YUM! I love maple and bacon! This looks like dessert heaven!ReplyDelete
Maple mouse sounds so good, and inside a cookie dough cup? Yum!ReplyDelete
There is nothing in the recipe I don't love. Yummers!ReplyDelete
that last photo of the mousse is amazing. I want some!ReplyDelete
Delicious !ReplyDelete
This looks magical! I am obsessed with all things bacon. Maple and bacon just go together. And I'm really loving the bacon and chocolate combo too. Must try! So glad I saw this delight linked up in SRC... I am your newest GFC follower :)ReplyDelete


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BALDWIN, NY — Gunshots and a stabbing have marred a high school football game on Long Island.
Nassau County police say the annual homecoming game at Baldwin High School was suspended at around 8:30 p.m. Friday when a 20-year-old man was stabbed and someone fired gunshots in the school's parking lot.
No one was hit by the gunfire, but a car window was smashed.
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Baldwin School district spokeswoman Christina Schmohl tells Newsday that police and school security had the stadium evacuated as a precaution.
Baldwin was leading Hicksville High School 33 to 0 when the game was called off.
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Toward the end of his career, Rodin began to use giant hands in a series of original and idiosyncratic arrangements, with titles such as The Hand of God, The Hand of the Devil (1903), The Cathedral (1908), and The Secret (ca. 1910). The first of these represents divine creation expressed in terms of the sculptor's art: the rough stone is both primeval matter and the sculptor's medium; the smooth, white emerging forms held by the hand are the bodies of the first man and woman, while the great, life-giving hand itself is a symbol of the original Creator, and, perhaps quite literally, of the sculptor as well. The Hand of God was another of Rodin's works that has had wide appeal, and there are numerous versions of it, both in marble and in bronze. This marble was commissioned from Rodin in 1906 by one of the Metropolitan Museum's trustees.


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The world-famous BBC television is perpetuating an error. It displays a particular sensitivity in disseminating its ideas regarding the theory of evolution. The BBC generally acts in line with emotions aroused by the fact that Darwin was British, and airs evolutionist claims, lacking in any scientific basis, in its programmes. One of these is the programme "Horizon". This time "Horizon" devoted space to evolutionist speculation regarding the artistic explosion which is known to have taken place in the last 50,000 years in pre-historic Homo sapiens settlement areas. The programme, called "The Day We Learned to Think", offered an evolutionist interpretation of the way Homo sapiens exhibited a rapid rise in cave paintings and tool technology and the role played by intellectual power in that rise. The views of a number of evolutionist scientists on the subject were also aired.


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Pilot? Photographer? Both?
If C/M have such a huge lead then why does the light at the confessionals that aired at the end of episode 11 all look about the same?
The aircraft sitting on the ramp is a Boeing C-17 Globemaster the aircraft taking off is a B-52. I can also assure you that C/M are sitting inside of a C-17.
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Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller has taken to Twitter to poke fun at Android over malware issues. Schiller simply tweeted "Be safe out there" and linked to the Mobile Threat Report from Q4 2012 from F-Secure, which talks about security issues in mobile software. According to the report, threats to Android accounted for 79% of 301 specific threats in 2012. F-Secure said that 96 new families of malware for Anroid surfaced in 2012 alone:
Android malware has been strengthening its position in the mobile threat scene. Every quarter, malware authors bring forth new threat families and variants to lure more victims and to update on the existing ones. In the fourth quarter alone, 96 new families and variants of Android threats were discovered, which almost doubles the number recorded in the previous quarter. A large portion of this number was contributed by PremiumSMS—a family of malware that generates profit through shady SMS-sending practices—which unleashed 21 new variants.
iOS accounted for just 0.7% of threats posed to mobile operating systems. Apple usually reserves taking shots at the competition for official events. This jab from Schiller is relatively low-key, simply linking to a third-party report on mobile security. There's no condemnation of Android in Schiller's message. No marketing push. Just Phil Schiller having some fun with the competition.


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It isn't enough that Bravo is filming a reality show about Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Now there's a report that the Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am is developing a reality competition to find the next Steve Jobs, something along the lines of "American Idol" for geeks.
(We can already hear it now: "You're going to Silicon Valley!")
Will.i.am, speaking at a tech conference in Amsterdam, told the audience that the talent pool for shows like "The Voice" and "American Idol" are dwindling, but that the format would work well to help find promising tech entrepreneurs.
"Every year, companies like Google need more innovators, but there is no content celebrating them," he was quoted as saying.
"The system thinks people are dumb and they don't care. We have no desire to make them care. We need creative people working with broadcasters, making smart content to inspire people to be geniuses."
The show is still in the early stages and a pilot hasn't been ordered yet, according to the Hollywood Reporter. But the rapper said that he's already in negotiations with broadcasters.
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2013: Wishes for smooth journeys
By Katia Hetter, CNN • Published 3rd January 2013
Travelers don't just want to get from point A to point B in one piece. We want to arrive at our destinations happy and refreshed and ready to start our work or vacation. Wishful thinking? Perhaps.
Given that it's a new year and all dreams seem possible, CNN gave travel experts around the globe a magic wand for travel wishes unbound by constraints.
Spread a little kindness
"This year, I've seen people pick fights with flight attendants, yell profanities at TSA screeners and get snippy with gate agents," said Sarah Schlichter, editor of
. "If you travel often enough, a little hassle and stress are practically guaranteed, but I don't think that's any excuse to be rude or abusive to people who are just trying to do their jobs.
"If I could only have one wish for 2013, it would be for more kindness and civility throughout the travel experience," she said. "A calm, patient demeanor will make others more inclined to help you and make the travel experience a little less stressful for everyone else."
Put away that smartphone
"Would the experience of sipping a foamy cup of Mexican hot chocolate on a chilly November day in an out-of-the-way cafe in Chiapas have been better if I wasn't obsessively trying to crop and filter and post the moment?" asked Norie Quintos, executive editor of
National Geographic Traveler
"The day my waterproof digital camera failed right before a snorkeling excursion in the Galapagos turned out to be a lucky one when I came face-to-snout with a sea lion. I don't have a photo, but without a digital device between us, the memory of it is so IMAX-vivid, I don't need one.
"Can one really, actually, holistically experience a place through a 2x3 inch frame while typing succinctly about it?
"I wish people would pull their smartphones away from their faces when they travel. The view is ever so much better," she said. "I'm actually lecturing to myself as well as the majority of travelers who share their experiences in real time through Facebook and Twitter and Instagram. ... I resolve to see more by using my iPhone less in 2013; wishing the same for you."
Explore our national parks
"If it seems that more of your friends have been to Thailand or Argentina recently than to the Grand Canyon or the Everglades, you might be right," said Andy Murdock, Lonely Planet's U.S. digital editor, who wishes more Americans would explore our national park system. "U.S. National Park visitation is lower now that it was in the late 1980s, and it's been more or less stagnant for the last 30 years."
National Park Service has 11 free entry days in 2013
, and 265 of the 398 national parks are free year-round. "Pick the closest park and go once. That's all it takes to get you hooked," he said.
Deliver my dinner to my room
Lisa Durocher, general manager and senior vice president of American Express Travel, wants some major advances in room service so that her order is ready when she gets to her hotel room.
"I wish I could check into the hotel and order my room service the minute we hit the runway, so that by the time I arrived at my serene, sound-proofed room, there would be a masseuse and a burger waiting for me. With fries. And a Coke. Calorie-free."
Use the vacation time you have
"I want people to take just one more vacation in 2013," said Clem Bason, president of the Hotwire Group. "Just one."
"Our American Travel Behavior Survey indicated the majority of Americans are leaving an average of 9.2 unused paid vacation days on the table, up from 2011's 6.2 days, and that needs to change. Now is a great time to set the goal of rejuvenating the body and mind by taking one more getaway in the new year."
An airline running on garbage?
Brett Snyder of
has more magic wand-intensive wishes.
"My wish for the airline industry is that instead of increasing storm intensity, climate change results in exactly the opposite: Bad weather disappears completely," Snyder said. "Further, aircraft manufacturers come up with a new manufacturing process that not only guarantees airplanes will never have mechanical problems but also allows them to run solely on garbage.
"Without storms and broken airplanes, airlines run 99% of their flights on time. Free from the high cost of oil, airfares plunge, and the world learns to love them again. As the owner of an air travel assistance business, this would put me out of work, but it would be well worth it."
A strengthened airline inspection system
William J. McGee
, author of "Attention All Passengers: The Airlines' Dangerous Descent -- and How to Reclaim Our Skies," interviewed FAA and airline employees about U.S. inspection of airline maintenance facilities.
McGee says they told him "that the industry's stellar safety record is being compromised by a neverending race to cut expenses, because the traditional model of airlines employing their own licensed mechanics for major service and repairs has been upended in the last decade."
His wish: "That the FAA strengthens its oversight and enhances on-site inspections of airline maintenance facilities."
What are your travel wishes for 2013? They can be practical or something out of a science fiction novel. Dream big, and your idea could become part of a future CNN travel story.
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Blood (serum) myoglobin is a test that measures the amount of myoglobin in the blood.
Myoglobin is a protein in heart and skeletal muscles. When you exercise, your muscles use up any available oxygen. Myoglobin has oxygen attached to it, which provides extra oxygen for the muscles to keep at a high level of activity for a longer period of time.
When muscle is damaged, myoglobin is released into the bloodstream. The kidneys help remove myoglobin from the body into the urine. In large amounts, myoglobin can damage the kidneys.
may also be measured with a urine test.
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Serum myoglobin
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed. This may be taken from a vein. The procedure is called a
How to Prepare for the Test
There is no special preparation.
How the Test will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, or only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the Test is Performed
Serum myoglobin levels may be obtained to confirm suspected muscle damage, including heart and skeletal muscle damage.
Normal Results
A normal (negative) result is 0 – 85 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL).
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different samples.
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Greater-than-normal levels are called a positive result. This may be due to:
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- Skeletal muscle ischemia (oxygen deficiency)
- Skeletal muscle trauma
There is very little risk involved with having your blood taken. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Taking blood from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
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HOUSTON - A Katy ISD high school student has been accused of having child pornography on his iPod, including pictures of fellow female students.
Kyle Trent Boman, 17, was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography.
Court documents said that on Tuesday, two assistant principals with Morton Ranch High School told a Katy ISD police officer that Boman's iPod Touch was confiscated and that they found it contained sexually explicit images.
"The assistant principal took a look at it, recognized two of the underage girls," Assistant Harris County District Attorney Shannon Davis said.
There were more than 3,100 images of nude adults and children on the iPod, including nude, pre-pubescent children in sexually provocative poses, according to the court document.
Boman, an 11th-grade student, was arrested at his home Wednesday night.
Katy ISD officials said they received a tip through the district's Safety Net program on Tuesday. Officials said there is no evidence that any of the pictures were taken on campus.
Classmates said they were surprised by the allegations, but some said Boman had asked for photographs of other girls.
"A couple of my friends told me he asked for their pictures," classmate Jake Kleinman said.
Prosecutors said the investigation isn't over yet.
"We may find more on this particular story regarding the amount and type of child pornography," Davis said. "It's still too early to see how the web has spread."
Boman is being held on a $40,000 bond.
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Year: 2009
Duration: 100 min
IMDb: 5.5
Country: USA
Actors: Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, Russell Crowe
Eric Poole, who at 18, is released from jail having served his sentence for the murder of a young girl. Russell Crowe plays the hard-bitten detective who put him away and who is sure that Poole is a potential serial killer who will reoffend. He makes it his mission to keep Poole under surveillance as he sets off on a seemingly innocent road trip up-state. But all is not as it seems as Poole soon finds himself on the run with a young girl who has become obsessed with him and may or may not have been witness to the first murder.


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Ernest Eugene Fox "Ernie" 72 of Taylorsville passed away Saturday June 21, 2014 after a long battle with cancer with his wife by his side. The Fox family is in the care of Robert F. Bennett, Funeral Service Licensee.
Harvey Lee Hodge, 64, of Conover went home to be with his Lord on June 22, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Catawba Memorial Park, Funerals & Cremations are providing professional services to the Hodge Family.
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Real-time bar specials in your hood
First off, this is the second design contest I've run on this idea, and admittedly I did not know what I was doing in round 1, so I apologize to those that put time into submitting entries. I now understand the level of feedback and detail I need to provide to get what I'm looking for. I encourage you to try again if I gave you positive feedback.
Spent the last 6 years growing a successful NYC based web startup. Looking to start something new, which led me to HoodTap.
HoodTap will enable local bars to communicate real-time drink specials and promotions to local consumers via Twitter.
This will be a mobile based business.
Words I'd associate with the brand: hip, local, real-time, easy.
Men and women 18-35 in major metropolitan markets.
I'd like the logo to be layed out like this:
Real-time bar specials in your hood
Available only on Twitter
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Bar specials. Right now. Your hood.
Available only on Twitter
Bar specials. Right now. Your hood.
As you can see I'm not certain on whether or not I want the Twitter mention to be part of the logo. Or which tagline I like best. Hoping seeing the designs will help with that decision.
A few more things I'd like to see:
1) Incorporate the Twitter blue fond with white or black outline, including the special Twitter "T", for the word "Tap". I DO NOT WANT THE TWITTER FONT FOR ALL WORDING. JUST TAP.
2) Could the T in tap also show a bar tap as one arm?
3) Could the O's in Hood be filled with beer?
4) I like the Stella Artois font. But I'm not the creative type, so I trust other opinions more than my own.
5) Potential colors include, blue, black, yellow, burnt orange....not a fan of green, purple or red. But again, I trust a designers opinion.
6) Don't really like random symbols, really just want the name and the tagline to be the logo. Unless it was the Twitter bird having a beer looking cool.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- I have no idea if the Dolphins are going to make the playoffs. No one does.
As of today, they are still on the outside looking in as Baltimore is holding the final AFC playoff spot over Miami despite both teams having the same 6-6 record. The Ravens, you'll recall, defeated the Dolphins and that is the difference between them now.
Frankly, I saw a bad first half from Miami Sunday followed by a promising second half. That speaks about these Dolphins because they are nothing if not inconsistent. So I can't tell you that fine second half dominance over the Jets is going to carry over to next week.
Or the week after.
Or the one after that.
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The Dolphins ruined the Jets season on Sunday. They not only beat the Jets, they demoralized them.
The Dolphins pounded not one but two Jets quarterbacks. People got benched.
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The Kotoka International Airport is the main airport of the city. It serves flights to nearby cities in the country and other African countries. Some of the airlines with direct flights here are Gambia Bird, Kenya Airways, KLM and Rwanda Airlines.
An educational trip
If you want to be informed more about the prehistoric details of Ghana, you should visit the Ghana National Museum. It contains information about Ghana starting from ancient civilizations until the modern period. Tour guides are also available in the museum to explain to you some details regarding the items that you see.
National Theatre: Your One Stop Shop
If you are interested to bring something home after your trip to Accra, you should go to this theatre. Inside, you will find interesting shows and performances reflecting Ghana Culture. You will also find the Center for National Culture here. Outside, there are lots of shopping complex, food stalls and local stores where you can find authentic items from Ghana.
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The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani , is India's largest private
sector enterprise, with businesses in the energy and materials value chain. The
flagship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company and
is the largest private sector company in India.
Dhirubhai Ambani founded Reliance as a textile company and led its evolution as
a global leader in the materials and energy value chain businesses. It was in 1957
when he returned to India after a stint with A.Besse& Co., Aden he started yarn
trading business from a small 500 sq.ft. office in Masjid Bunder, Mumbai.he set
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Swimming to Elba
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The provocative international bestseller about two young girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of Italy They were always a pair: daring, intelligent Anna and breathtakingly gorgeous Francesca. Just shy of fourteen, their newly acquired curves and skimpy bathing suits have earned them celebrity status on the beaches of their gritty town, where the glittering resort island of Elba taunts them from across the bay. The girls, aware of their newfound power, are on the brink of everything high school, adulthood, ambition-but when their intense friendship suffers a blow, each sets off on her own, only to learn that the "glamorous" world of adult physicality can be at best banal and at worst dehumanizing. As their choices take them to a painful crossroads, the girls must reconnect if they have any hope of escaping their small-town destinies. Frank, sensual, and evocative of the Academy Award-winning film Cinema Paradiso and the international bestseller The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Swimming to Elba is a harrowing yet redemptive meditation on politics, family, sex, and the lasting power of friendship.Boyutlar(cm):135 x 135 x 0
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A division of the City of Burlington Public Works Department, the Sanitation Division provides weekly curbside collection of household garbage. In addition to the collection of household garbage, the Sanitation Division also provides yard waste collection and bulk waste collection. The office hours of the Sanitation Division are 7:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Detailed information regarding the services offered by the Sanitation Division can be found by accessing the City's Solid Waste Guide. Below, you will find a summary of all of the services provided by the City's Sanitation Division as well as links to additional information about each. Please direct specific questions directly to the Sanitation Division at 222-5111.
Household Garbage Collection
The City of Burlington's Sanitation Division provides once a week curbside automated garbage collection. Collection days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday depending on your location. An interactive map is available to help you determine your collection day. Additional ways to locate your collection schedule are available here.
The City issues each residential customer one black 95 gallon roll out container that must be placed at the curb by 7:00 AM on your scheduled collection day. City ordinance requires the removal of the container from the curb by 7:00 PM the day of collection. The container must have a clearance of 5 feet on each side and 15 feet above the container to be serviced. Details regarding solid waste collection can be found here in the Solid Waste Guide.
The City provides sanitation services in multi-family developments where collection is feasible. To learn more about this option, follow this link.
Collection schedules are often altered by holidays. Schedule modification are advertised on the City's website homepage, through the City's email notification system, on the City's social media, and in the Times-News. Click here to view a current year holiday calendar to see if a holiday will alter your solid waste collection.
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The Sanitation Division provides yard waste collection on the same day as garbage collection. Yard waste must be at the curbside by 7:00 AM on collection day. Get the details about yard waste collection by following this link.
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The Sanitation Division provides bulk waste (tree limbs and junk) collection on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on a convenience schedule. Bulk collection trucks collect white goods, large "junk," and yard brush separately. Learn more about your options for disposal of Electronic Waste by clicking here. Get the details about bulk waste collection by following this link.
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The City contracts with Waste Industries to provide curbside recycling service (corrugated cardboard & chipboard, newspaper, inserts, magazines, phone books, mixed paper, inserts/junk mail, aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic milk jugs, plastics labeled #1-#7, soda bottles and water bottles) every other week. Do not place these items in the black City container or yard waste containers. Additional recycling information can be found here. Please direct any recycling questions to Waste Industries at 229-0525.
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Quarterly, the City of Burlington holds FREE E-Waste Recycling days in order to give its citizens an option to keep Electronic Waste out of landfills as per the State Ban. These events have been very successful and well received. The events are held on the 1st Saturday February, June, and October from 9am-2pm at the Public Works Department (234 East Summit Avenue).


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John Ford in "Undercurrent"
Chris Fujiwara has assembled a wonderful, diverse dossier of essays on John Ford in the new issue of Undercurrent. The roster of 18 writers is first-rate--and the range of pieces a real treat.
One of my favorite 'minor' Fords is She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and since it doesn't appear in the Undercurrent special section, I thought I'd say a few words about it.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon--the first thing we notice about it is the searing Technicolor!--is the middle work of the Cavalry trilogy, sandwiched between Fort Apache (1948) and Rio Grande (1950), both of which are in black-and-white. It is a comedy, a romance, an adventure film, but most of all it strikes me as a Cavalry procedural. An elaborate web of rituals--and their underlying rules--envelops this film. These rituals aren't grand but small-scale, ordinary, everyday.
For Ford, these Cavalry rules and procedures form a grid that serves two purposes: (1) To ground the film, moment by moment, in the minutiae of the work that Cavalrymen do; and (2) To provide a solid support structure within the film through which emerge its humor, romance, and pathos.
Ford uses, repeatedly and with great imagination, that lowliest and least-respected of bureaucratic activities: making a report. In a moving moment, a corporal is rescued after being seriously wounded in a Cheyenne attack. But before being attended to, and half-fainting, he insists on delivering his report. Capt. Brittles (John Wayne) listens attentively, then replies according to proper procedure without acknowledging the man's wounds: "That's a good clear report. It'll join your record. You'll come up with that extra stripe in 2 or 3 years." As written, the words are unemotional but Wayne's expression and delivery undercut their neutral, businesslike quality with sadness. Later, when the corporal is being operated upon by a surgeon, Brittles refuses to bend the rules and stop the troop for even a few minutes ("You know I can't halt even if it were my own son!"), and so the operation takes place on a wobbling, lurching wagon with the inebriated nurse (Mildred Natwick) singing a lusty perversion of the title tune ("She wore a yellow garter/wore it for her lover/in the US Cavalry").
In another report-making instance, a former Confederate brigadier-general, now a trooper for the US Army, spends the final moment before his death praising, with Cavalry formality, the sergeant (Ben Johnson) who aided him. At the close of the film, Brittles is brought out of retirement in a photo-finish--just as he is about disappear into a flaming-red John Ford sunset--and returns to the fort. A celebration dance--that Fordian axiom--is about to begin. But business comes first: Brittles must make a report. We see him exit through a door but puzzlingly, the camera stays in the ballroom, with his commanding officer (to whom he would ostensibly report) in full view. Who on earth could Brittles be making his report to instead? To his long-dead wife, it turns out, as he kneels at her grave.
In his essay on Fort Apache, Dan Sallitt proposes the fascinating idea of the Fordian "container"--a deliberate authorial setting of mood that operates independently of story, often undercutting or deflecting the deep tragedy and sadness of the film. There is nothing in Yellow Ribbon that is close to the shattering ending of Fort Apache but when we peer through the thick net of work and ritual, procedure and process in Yellow Ribbon, we find that at the heart of the film lies defeat: the complete and utter failure of "the last patrol," the mission that forms the film's central section and occupies most of its running time.
Leaving aside what are often considered to be the 'major' Fords--The Searchers, My Darling Clementine, Liberty Valance, Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, etc.--I'm curious to learn if you have any favorites among his other, possibly 'minor' works?
The Ford at Fox collection has gathered great praise but its very size (21 DVDs!) has daunted me. I'm wondering: what are (in your opinion) the high points of this set, the films you might recommend first?
Also, any ideas or comments on the Undercurrent essays? Please feel free to share.
Cavalry procedure? A lieutenant (John Agar) embraces his sweetheart (Joanne Dru) and turns around to ask his captain (John Wayne) a silent question. The captain barks: "Well, haul off and kiss her back, blast you, we haven't got all day!"


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We want this page to blend well with the current design at http://www.seoinsites.com.
This is a page that will be a landing spot once members login. This will be the location of everything new that has happened and been added to the membership site in the last 3 months. We can have a featured resource for the month.
The different sections will be divided by topic and need clean emoticons and also need to blend well with the current site design:
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The mockup image I've included just shows the base information that needs to be included on this page. The example of design image shows the landing page members see when they login. We will link out to this what's new page from there OR completely replace the old landing page with the one you're designing.