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After 10 days of fashion shows, it's hard to imagine there's a boundary left to push, a color that's gone unused or a silhouette that hasn't been relaxed. While the collections were all over the map (and in some cases, the maps were all over the collections), there were a few big takeaways from the spring and summer 2015 shows at New York Fashion Week, which ended Thursday.
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Lisa Copen, who lives with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, is founder and director of RestMinistries.com, a nonprofit dedicated to practical and spiritual encouragement of persons coping with chronic illness or pain – and sponsor of (National Invisible Chronic Illness Week), Sep 10-16, 2012. This article, outlining one suggested activity for Invisible Illness Week, is reproduced with kind permission.*
Tell Me, What's It Like to be You for a Day?
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What is it like to be you? How rarely we ask one another this question.
When those of us who live with invisible illnesses think about things we would like others to ask us, does the question, "What is it like to be you?" ever come to mind?
Perhaps not. And yet, think of the power behind this simple question.
If you live with an invisible illness you may feel like you live two separate lives.
• Perhaps you are one "self" at a job, where you rarely, if ever, talk of your illness or allow your peers to see your limitations.
• Maybe you even have a bit of a stubborn streak and refuse to even tell your loved ones that you are coping with an invisible illness.
If this is the case, it would be pretty odd for them to ever ask, "What is it like to be you, to live with this disease?"
And then maybe you come home from work, or a dinner with relatives and you collapse. You may crawl into bed with a heating pad and cry yourself to sleep.
Soon it is time for your doctor appointment.
He or she likely doesn't ask, "What is it like to be you?" Yet the doctor may ask, "So, how are you doing?" And at this time you have to be as honest as possible. This is the person who is there to try to help you.
Ignoring the pain and not talking about it to your doctor will only make it worse. And when you do tell him, he may believe you are overstating the pain because "you look so good."
And yet, it is so hard to be both of these selves – to be the 'healthy-looking' one and to be the patient.
We often feel very self-conscious about whom we complain to and how much we say to our healthy friends. And yet, our lives are so very, very different than they were before illness entered our life.
You can see a smidgen of just how different by reading a few of the memes here on "30 Things You May Not Know About My Invisible Illness."
By asking an ill friend, "What is it like to be you?" you are opening a conversation.
You are allowing your friend to express what she is learning through it all:
• What she would do differently,
• How hard it is some days just to get up, get her kids breakfast, and get dressed.
If your friend is a man, it may typically be even harder for him to share his challenges, as men are supposed to be "strong" and providers for their families.
"I know it must be hard some ways to be you, to live in a body that frustrates you. If you ever want to just share with me what it is like to be you, what your typical day is like, please know I am here and would love to just listen."
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2. I was diagnosed with it in the year:
3. But I've had symptoms since:
4. The biggest adjustment I've had to make is:
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8. A gadget I couldn't live without is:
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10. Each day I take __ pills & vitamins. (No comments, please)
11. Regarding alternative treatments I:
12. If I had to choose between an invisible illness or visible I would choose:
13. Regarding working and career:
14. People would be surprised to know:
15. The hardest thing to accept about my new reality has been:
16. Something I never thought I could do with my illness that I did was:
17. The commercials about my illness:
18. Something I really miss doing since I was diagnosed is:
19. It was really hard to have to give up:
20. A new hobby I have taken up since my diagnosis is:
21. If I could have one day of feeling normal again I would:
22. My illness has taught me:
23. Want to know a secret? One thing people say that gets under my skin is:
24. But I love it when people:
25. My favorite motto, scripture, quote that gets me through tough times is:
26. When someone is diagnosed I'd like to tell them:
27. Something that has surprised me about living with an illness is:
28. The nicest thing someone did for me when I wasn't feeling well was:
29. I'm involved with Invisible Illness Week (http://invisibleillnessweek.com) because:
30. The fact that you read this list makes me feel:
See also:
• The results of a 2008 Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week survey – 55 ways chronically ill people said they respond when told "You Look So Good." Selected from the responses of more than 1,200 people.
• "You Are Too Young to Look That Sick! Invisible Illness Challenges," by Lisa Copen.
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Staten Island is so large you could run a marathon on the levee circling its vast cornfields. And yet, by car, there is only one way in and one way out.
Staten Island is so large you could run a marathon on the levee circling its vast cornfields. And yet, by car, there is only one way in and one way out.
Abundant food, plenty of privacy - all the better for the sandhill crane.
"They're not disturbed much here, and that's partly why they like it," land manager Dawit Zeleke said at sunset earlier this week as his car slowed to a stop adjacent to a flooded field. Even his quiet Prius was enough to startle some of the cranes into taking flight.
Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed water diversion tunnels would pass perhaps 150 feet beneath this very spot, raising questions among crane admirers how this majestic and ancient species - whose numbers have declined over the decades - could coexist with a multiyear industrial project of that magnitude.
Doubtless, the debate will continue at Lodi's annual Sandhill Crane Festival, which begins today.
State officials have assembled a team of crane experts as consultants. They say the disruption will not be as significant as birders might expect. The 9,100-acre island north of Highway 12 is so large that the cranes wintering there should still have room enough to forage and roost, even as the work commences.
It is difficult to know how any species might react to new disturbances, said Mike Bradbury, an avian ecologist and program manager for the state Department of Water Resources.
"But I think that by the time we get done with the final designs and construction plan for Staten Island, we're going to have a plan where the cranes do very well out there," Bradbury said.
Mike Eaton, a crane advocate who worked for The Nature Conservancy when that environmental group purchased Staten Island in 2001, is skeptical. Cranes have already seen much of their territory swallowed up by sprawling cities, and many farms are converting from row crops to more lucrative vineyards and orchards, which do not provide the habitat cranes need.
Eaton said he thinks it's "theoretically possible" to protect cranes from the impacts of building the tunnels but says details about how this would be accomplished are missing.
"Yes, they have goals, ... but there is no content at all in terms of how you get from A to B," Eaton said. "It's like the publicists are writing the plan and the scientists are lagging."
One of San Joaquin County's largest tracts of farmland, Staten Island was once owned by a real estate company based in Portland, Ore. It was farmed by Jim and Sally Shanks, whose wildlife-friendly practices gave safe harbor to an estimated 20 percent of the cranes that visit the Central Valley each winter.
When the Shanks retired, The Nature Conservancy bought the island using about $30 million in public grants awarded by the state, which also obtained an easement requiring wildlife-friendly farming to continue there.
"We thought we were saving it for the cranes," Sally Shanks said in a phone interview this week. "We thought it would be their last bastion. Now look what's happening. It's very disappointing."
The $14.5 billion tunnels would divert some Sacramento River water underneath the Delta rather than allow it to flow through the estuary. The idea is to establish a more reliable water supply for much of the state. Billions more would be spent on efforts to improve the Delta's ecosystem by restoring habitat for wildlife, including cranes.
The tunnels were originally slated to cross the Delta farther west. In August the state announced a change in the alignment, reducing harm to communities along the Sacramento River but also moving the project closer to the cranes.
With the guidance of crane experts, however, even more changes have been made since the new alignment was announced, the state says.
Muck unearthed by giant tunnel boring machines is no longer expected to be piled across 1,274 acres on the southeast corner of the island.
Much of the construction activity will be shifted to the north end of the island, an area less likely to be used by cranes. And as much of that work as possible will take place during the spring and summer when the cranes are absent.
Harvested cornfields will be strategically flooded to help returning cranes find a new place to roost, should their favorite fields from past winters no longer be available.
And some fields might not be harvested at all, increasing the amount of food and allowing more foraging in a smaller area.
For the long term, the tunnel plan calls for 48,000 acres of farmland throughout the Delta to be preserved through conservation easements, with 7,000 acres of that land designed to help cranes.
As for the tunnel machines themselves, the deep drilling seems unlikely to bother the birds, Bradbury said. Cranes in the Delta are used to the slow, constant noises often associated with agriculture - it's more the sudden, unexpected noises that might frighten them, he said.
"The one thing that I think needs to be addressed is this idea that the construction would result in this catastrophic loss of use of Staten Island," Bradbury said. "I think that kind of thinking comes from people that don't understand the biology of the bird very well. The experts we work with, nobody thinks that's going to happen."
Still, sandhill cranes have not been exposed to a construction project of this scope in the past, said Sacramento biologist Paul Tebbel, who worked with cranes for more than a decade at a refuge on the Platte River in Nebraska.
If the cranes are unhappy with the fields that are available, they will find someplace else that might not be as safe from people or predators.
And satisfying cranes is not always easy. For example, they demand flooded fields in which to roost, but the water should be only about 4 inches to 6 inches deep.
"They don't like to get their skirts wet," Tebbel said.
Experts at the Nebraska refuge did the best they could to create high-quality habitat for cranes. "But when we screwed up ... we immediately saw the cranes react and move to other locations," Tebbel said.
So when it comes to Staten Island and the tunnels, he said, "Everybody's speculating. We don't actually know what's going to happen."
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Crystal City, Virginia was the center of the hemp universe Tuesday, as state agriculture leaders gathered for a special meeting of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA).
Featured on NASDA's agenda was a speech by the Roundtable's own General Counsel, Jonathan Miller, who shared the industry's goals for the permanent legalization of hemp and hemp products such as CBD, in all fifty states.
But far more important (sorry Jonathan!) was the presence of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Scott Gottlieb. This was Gottlieb's first speech on hemp since the release of his December 20 statement, which for the first time discussed a regulatory path for the full recognition of CBD as a food additive or dietary supplement. While the FDA promised public outreach and meetings, the agency had been silent since, not even answering letters sent by U.S. Congressmen.
Gottlieb assured anxious state officials that the agency is "planning to engage," while admitting the full regulatory process could take time. But then Gottlieb offered something new:
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When will the FDA discussions take place? Still unknown. Hemp champion Ryan Quarles, Kentucky's Commissioner of Agriculture, pressed FDA officials for a timeline, but none was forthcoming. (Here's a Facebook Live the Roundtable conducted with Commissioner Quarles after the meeting.)
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Lawsuit comes as the administration is close to declassifying a Senate report on the agency's one-time interrogation techniques.
A pair of open-government advocates are suing the CIA for its continued secrecy regarding its alleged hacking of Senate computers, marking the latest escalation in a covert war raging between Congress and the Obama administration over Bush-era torture practices.
Freelance journalist Jason Leopold and Ryan Shapiro, a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, filed a lawsuit Tuesday on grounds the intelligence agency has refused to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests they sent in April. The pair is seeking CIA records that pertain to a classified Senate review of the agency's now-defunct detention, rendition, and interrogation activities.
That review gained new attention this spring after Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on her panel in an attempt to impede its investigation. The powerful California Democrat, in a blistering 40-minute speech from the Senate floor, attacked the intelligence agency for possibly violating the Constitution by removing key files from computers used by her staff during the probe. She additionally called on the Justice Department to investigate whether the CIA had broken the law.
Feinstein's theatrical gambit paid off, as her committee voted to make a 500-page executive summary of the report public. That summary is currently undergoing an exhaustive redaction process, and the CIA is reportedly nearing completion of its review. The White House is expected to begin its redaction process soon.
But open-government activists have demanded that the agency reveal to what extent it was snooping on its Senate overseers, a tactic that, if true, is seen as fundamentally undermining the separation-of-powers principles of government enshrined in the Constitution.
In April, Leopold and Shapiro filed a sweeping information request with the CIA seeking, among other things, copies of "all written agreements and correspondence" between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA dealing with an agreement made to allow the panel's staffers to access agency documents at its facility in Langley, Va. The pair additionally sought records "documenting any CIA investigation" into the Senate's investigation, and any internal "talking points" circulated advising officials on how to discuss the controversy.
But the CIA has not yet complied, Leopold and Shapiro said in their lawsuit, which is requesting swift compliance.
Leopold and Shapiro are well-known and effective open-government agitators, and have successfully obtained government documents that have shed light on a litany of sensitive issues, ranging from the U.S. involvement in the 1962 arrest of Nelson Mandela to the National Security Agency's internal insistence to use the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a "sound bite" to justify its surveillance programs.
"The U.S. intelligence community is notorious for its profound hostility to transparency," Shapiro said. "In the present case, the CIA appears to have spied upon the very Senate Intelligence Committee tasked with overseeing the CIA's torture program, while at the same time smearing that Senate committee's review with unsupported allegations of criminality."
The Senate report at the center of the saga, parts of which have been leaked already, is expected to cast an unflattering light on the CIA's secret interrogation techniques employed during George W. Bush's presidency, which brought the country into two separate wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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One night last week, my husband, Kenny, and I were driving back to Marion on U.S. 77 when we got a scare.
We were close to the Antelope corner and a car was coming toward us. Suddenly, in the dark, we could see the oncoming car jerk, their headlights explode and extinquish, and debris flew onto the highway hitting our car.
I quickly hung on to our little dog, Henry, expecting the worst. Kenny said "I saw a shadow, I think a deer crossed the road. We better go back and check on the other car."
We turned around and pulled up behind the damaged vehicle.
Two women were standing alongside the road. The driver of the vehicle, Ida Saadon, a Centre Junior High School paraprofessional, who was noticeably, and rightfully, upset and shaking. The other, a teacher at Centre, Ann Collett, was fairly composed and dialing 911.
Both Ida and Ann were coming from a meeting in Marion and were headed back to Centre.
Kenny checked the highway and the ditch and found the doe lying lifeless off the roadway in the bottom of the thick grassy ditch.
I repeatedly told Ida what a great job she did.
She didn't swerve, she didn't panic, she didn't come into our lane or hit the shoulder and possibly chance rolling her vehicle into the deep ditch.
It's that time of year folks. White-tail deer are in rut, mating season, starting mid-November. They are on the move and chances of deer — vehicle accidents increase significantly.
Most serious deer accidents occur because someone panics and they swerve to avoid a deer and hit another vehicle or a stationary object.
According to Sheriff Rob Craft, the best driving safety tips are: to be extra cautious during the early morning dawn and in the evening hours of dusk. Deer tend to be more active between 6 and 9 p.m. Deer rarely travel alone so watch for more than one deer. Watch for deer crossing and speed limit signs. Use caution where there are wooded areas or rivers and streams. Use bright lights and watch for reflective eyes of animals. Always wear your seatbelt. Do not swerve to avoid hitting a deer. Apply brakes firmly without skidding. Never rely on deer whistles. Caution is your best bet.
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The Compelling Case for Bank of America
Bank of America is probably one of the most hated and reviled corporations in America right now. They are the poster boy for just about everything that's wrong with the American financial system – from corporate greed, TBTF banks, excessive compensation etc. However, with all the emotions involved, it is important for us to take a step back and examine whether the relentless pressure on BAC is truly deserved.
Market Capitalization of BAC – Has it really lost 2/3 of its value in a year?
Here's a disclaimer, if you're going to consider in BAC, you should at least have a basic understanding of how the banking system works, and how banks in general generate their revenue. Furthermore, it's important to at least have a grasp of the underlying failures of the financial system that eventually led to the subprime crisis, and an understanding of the credit cycle.
I will be attaching some links at the end of my post to provide further reading if you're interested.Brief Summary of BAC: BAC 2010 Operating Results: Net Income: -$2.238 billion EPS: -$0.37 Book Value Per Share: $21.62 Return on Assets: -0.16% Current Valuation: P/B: 0.3 Industry Average: 0.7 BAC 5 Year Average: 1.0
The central thesis for investing can be summarized:
"…Its earnings power has been disguised by the intense provisioning for loan losses. But when the provisioning gets back to a normal level, you'll start to see that incredible earnings power come down to the bottom line. And it's as simple as that."
Bruce R. Berkowitz, November 25, 1992
Interestingly enough, Bruce Berkowitz and Warren Buffett made a similar investment in Wells Fargos during 1992 when the housing bubble in California bursts, leading to similar write downs by Wells.
Here's a simple overview of what Bruce Berkowtiz is driving at:
Despite the massive write downs on their real estate assets, Bank of America is an immensely profitable company with significant earning power. Almost every American institution or citizen does some form of business with BAC and it's an integral part of the financial institution. Charge offs have been steadily declining since late 2009, and once BAC clears through its legacy loans, the underlying profitable businesses of BAC will be realised.
Bank of America now is vastly different from the Bank of America in 2008. The CEOs have changed and the company has gone from its "merger" mentality to one of consolidation and restructuring. They are making massive charge offs on their non-performing loans and assets. They are also selling off assets and shoring up capital.
Loans made in recent years are much stricter than they were before. One of the reason (though not the only) why people find it difficult to get loans these days is because the criteria for making a loan has gone from incredibly easy to being infinitely hard. However, these means that the overall quality of loans that BAC has been making has drastically improved.
Now, BAC still has legacy loans made by Countrywide, one of the most notorious subprime lenders. However, it's important to note that all loans have "half-lives" and BAC is slowly burning through these legacy loans.
Under normal circumstances, it's not unreasonable to expect BAC to earn a 1% return on asset, or 10% return on equity which works out to be roughly around $2 per share. Contrast this to its current $6 a share price. Furthermore, BAC is selling at a 40% discount to its tangible book value (excluding goodwill and intangible assets), which works out to be about $15. Under normal operating conditions, it's not unreasonable to expect BAC to sell for at least tangible book value, giving us a base price of around $15.
Even so, there are many challenges that are involved in investing in financial institutions:a) We still do not fully understand or trust the numbers b) Financial regulatory reform may reduce earning power c) New Basel rules may require more capital and reduce profits d) There may be a double dip recession e) The unemployment rate may go higher and create more defaults f) Commercial real estate prices may fall dramatically g) Banks are still not marking loans in their books properly h) Residential real estate prices may fall further i) States and municipalities are in bad shape – Francis Chou Semi Annual Report 2010
It's important to note that investing in BAC requires a long term horizon of at least 3 – 5 years as there remains many unresolved issues.
Concluding thoughts:
Many people are familiar with Graham's view on investing, and the strict definition that he placed upon it. However, he went into great lengths to disabuse the notion that all speculation was inherently bad. There is after all intelligent speculation just as there is intelligent investing. Situations which involve unintelligent speculation include:
- speculating when you think you are investing
- speculating seriously when you lack proper knowledge and skill for it
- risking more money in speculation than you can afford to lose
Any investment in Bank of America involves a leap of faith that most at the very least, makes it speculative. However, I believe that as at least for the next few years, the quality of earnings on banks will improve, and that management will be far more risk adverse considering the fragile state of the economy.
Notes on how I structured my investment in Bank on America:Small percentage of portfolio – currently 2.5 – 3%, potential to move up to 5% if the price is attractive Current price: $6 Estimated intrinsic value: $15 – $30 (1x – 2x tangible book value) Holding period – 5 – 8 years
I have a certain aversion when investing in financial institutions as they are inherently more complex than the average company. If there is one thing that I learnt from the subprime crisis, it is simply impossible (and foolish) to be absolutely sure whether a financial institution can whether the storm. Obviously, due diligence is done as humanely possible beforehand and the basic leverage ratios/long term debt holdings are examined.
As a result, I decided to purchase a protective put option. Let me illustrate it with the following example (date taken from the close on 21/11/2011).BAC: $5.49 BAC Put Option, $4 Strike Expiring Jan 2013: $0.87 Total cost (100 shares): $6.36 * 100 = $636
A put option gives you the right to sell 100 shares of BAC at $4 before the strike date in January 2013. Think of it as an insurance policy that you pay for in the event that BAC collapses. The price that you pay represents the premium that someone would need in order for him to take that risk.
There are 3 main scenarios that might happen:BAC hits the bottom range of our expected price – $15 Our profit per share is $15 – $5.49 – $0.87 (price paid for the put option) = $8.64, representing a return of 135% BAC hits the top range of our expected price – $30, Our profit per share is $30 – $5.49 – $0.87 (price paid for the put option) = $23.64, representing a return of 371% BAC goes bankrupt and the common stock becomes worthless, Exercise PUT option, sell shares for $4 per share. Our loss per share is $6.36 – $4 = $2.36, representing a loss of 37%
In this way, I structured my investment such that the risk reward ratio is heavily skewed towards my favour. Most of my capital is substantially protected in the event that BAC gets wiped out. However, in the event that BAC returns to its normalized operating profit, and earns a reasonable rate of return, I stand to earn a significant return on my investment.


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May 5, 2014
From staff reports; Photos by Jonathan Adams
There were plenty of smiles and cheers and even a few tears this past weekend as more than 3,000 undergraduates capped off their academic journey at Ohio University during Commencement ceremonies held Saturday, May 3, on the Athens Campus.
Ohio University administrators, faculty, staff and students as well as proud parents and loved ones packed the Convocation Center to honor members of OHIO's Class of 2014 and welcome them into the Bobcat alumni family.
Here are few memorable moments from Saturday's events:
Ohio University graduates celebrate as they begin the procession into the Convocation Center for the Commencement ceremony.
Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis welcomes everyone to this year's Undergraduate Commencement, telling the Class of 2014, "Today, we honor you, your achievement, your commitment and your passion."
Members of Ohio University's Class of 2014 move their tassels from right to left after President Roderick J. McDavis confers their degrees. The color of the tassel indicates the graduate's field of study.
Michael Ciraky gives Ohio University graduate Alexandria Cooke a hug after Saturday's Commencement ceremony. Ciraky had driven Cooke to Athens from Solon, Ohio, in Northeast Ohio for her first visit to the campus four years ago.
Charles "Chuck" R. Stuckey Jr. delivers the Commencement address at Saturday's ceremony. Stuckey, a 1966 OHIO alumnus who earned a degree in mechanical engineering and received an honorary doctor of engineering degree in 2005, is chairman emeritus of computer security giant RSA Security and led a prestigious 40-year career in the field of information technology. A stalwart supporter of Ohio University, Stuckey shared with the graduates five lessons he learned throughout his personal and professional journey:
Don't be afraid to get outside of your comfort zone.
Never lose sight of where you came from or compromise on your values.
Listen to your inner voice or gut in making important decisions in life. Let passion – not dollars – be your motivator.
Surround yourself with the brightest and smartest people you can find, and then try to keep out of their way.
It's not the failures in life, but how we respond to them, that determine how much success we'll ultimately achieve.
Members of Kappa Alpha Psi join together in song outside of the Convocation Center following the Ohio University Commencement ceremony on Saturday.
Adam Bogden celebrates after being recognized on stage at the Ohio University Commencement ceremony on Saturday.
Honors Tutorial College graduates, from left, Taylor Reinhart, Renee Hagerty and Tyler Borchers snap a selfie before the start of Saturday's Commencement ceremony at Ohio University.
OHIO graduate Hannah Van Brunt pays tribute to her home state of Kansas by decorating her mortarboard with a "Wizard of Oz" theme. There were plenty of eye-catching mortarboard designs at this year's Commencement ceremonies, including a couple decorated with LED lighting.
Ohio University's Convocation Center played host to all of the University's Commencement ceremonies on Saturday. The University's final Commencement ceremony of the semester – for graduates of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine – will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.


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Nugent keeps NRA members rocking for conference finale
The fact Ted Nugent played at the first concert Joseph Flowers ever attended was only a bonus for the Lake Jackson man anchoring the end of a hundreds-long line at a book signing.
Flowers said he respects Nugent's music, but he's here primarily to buy a signed book written by the vocal board member of the National Rifle Association and to support the organization working diligently to guard his rights.
"Ted Nugent! Ted Nugent!" chanted Flowers' 3-year-old son, jumping a little as he threw his arms in the air.
The final day of the NRA's annual meeting and convention in Houston might as well be called Uncle Ted Day because the Texas rocker-turned-guns'-right advocate will sign books until noon then rally members behind protecting American freedoms in an afternoon speech.
Wilfred Williams of Austin was hesitant to embrace Nugent as an NRA idol.
"He seemed like a punk rock guy. I don't like loud music," Williams said. "But then I listened to what he had to say, going back to old American values that made this country strong."
The Green family had planned to leave Sunday morning, but delayed their drive home after hearing about Nugent's signing and afternoon speech.
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"He's a bigger-than-life personality," said Mike Green of Katy.
Although hundreds attended Nugent's afternoon speech and Freedom Rally, which was closed to the press, a third of the seats remained empty.
The exhibit halls and seminars weren't as crowded Sunday, but more families came with their children for Youth Day, getting stamps in a passbook for activities like shooting at the air gun range, coloring a book about gun safety and stopping by the Winchester booth for a free trigger lock.
Attendance at the weekend event was expected to surpass 70,000 but an NRA official said they won't start the final tally until the doors close Sunday night.


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Genetic factors do play a role in obesity, but you can generally prevent obesity with a healthful diet and regular exercise.
Eat a Balanced, Healthful Diet
Recommendations for a healthful diet change periodically as research evolves—and fads come and go. Current dietary recommendations can be found at the US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human Services, which outlines dietary guidelines for Americans.
Consult your doctor or a dietitian about an appropriate number of calories for you to eat each day. Ask for ideas that will help you maintain a healthy weight or lose weight if necessary.
If you have special dietary needs because of a medical condition, consult with your doctor. Ask for a referral to a registered dietitian for more personalized help.
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- Paying attention to how food is prepared. Foods cooked or seasoned with high amounts of fat can quickly increase calories.
- Limiting fast food, take-out, and dining out.
- When grocery shopping, choose healthy foods.
- Focus on unprocessed foods.
- Cook less food at mealtime and don't bring it all to the table.
Factors to consider in children
- Give your child healthy lunches and snacks to take to school. This may keep your child from buying unhealthy options at school.
- Do not use sweets as a reward for good behavior or test scores. Think of other, more active rewards.
- Set a good example by:
- Preparing healthy meals at home. Children are strongly influenced by their parents behavior.
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- Teach your child how to make good choices in the grocery store.
- Teach your child about proper portion sizes. Your child may be able to continue eating favorite foods, just in smaller portion sizes.
- Focus on healthy foods your child can eat. Do not eliminate all sweets and treats. Overdoing this may make your child want them more. Include occasional treats in proper amounts.
Exercise Regularly
Exercise burns calories, takes your mind off eating, and helps prevent a number of medical conditions. It also increases your metabolic rate long after you are done exercising, which helps you to burn more calories throughout the day, even when you are at rest.
Regardless of your weight and health status, there is an exercise program that will work for you. Talk to your doctor or a qualified exercise professional about working physical activity into your daily life. This may include walking more on your errands, going to the gym, or taking up activities such as biking, swimming, dancing, golf, or tennis. You do not have to be an athlete to stay in shape. If you are not used to exercise, aim for a moderate intensity of physical activity, but do it regularly.
Adults should aim for 150 minutes per week and children for 60 minutes per day.
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Consider counseling or behavior therapy if you feel that stress or emotions are playing a role in your eating habits. Obesity is often associated with unhelpful thought patterns related to your social image and frustration with attempts to lose weight. Often these thoughts can be a barrier to success. Consider counseling if you think such attitudes stand in your way.
Behavior therapy may help you understand:
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Sleep Well
Sleep is very important for good health, especially in children. Studies have found that shorter sleep duration in children has been associated with increased risk for obesity. Ten-year-olds should be getting at least nine hours of sleep every night, and five-year-olds should be getting at least 11 hours of sleep. On weekends and holidays, many children and teens want to sleep late to make up for their lack of sleep during the school week. Studies have found that this extra sleep may reduce your child's risk of being overweight or obese.
Other Preventive Measures
Breastfeeding for at least 6 months.
Encouraging school systems to provide adequate health and nutrition education and opportunities.
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Have you ever looked up your family history, also known as geneology or "family tree," to see when and where your ancestors came from? Maybe there is a skeleton in the closet or a pot of gold buried beside the oak tree. I have had some help looking up part of my family history from my niece Joy Mullis of Gaffney. (She is a real whiz at geneology.)
It has been my experience that whatever you find is interesting and fascinating.
Spring floods, summer droughts and temperature extremes take their toll on gardens and the gardeners who tend them.
It is possible to help gardens recover from the crazy temperature and moisture extremes that seem to occur each year.
Start by assessing the current condition of the landscape. Remove dead plants as soon as possible; they can harbor insect and disease organisms that can infest healthy plantings. Consider replacing struggling plants with healthy plants better suited to the space, growing conditions and landscape design.
Sal and Lois Rao moved into their home at 1839 Tara Trail almost 20 years ago. Since that time they have steadily been improving the landscaping. Their front yard is now filled with mature azaleas growing freely under majestic hardwoods. A blend of small and large, single and double blooms, these azaleas create a colorful impact from early to late spring.
I have always loved the way old trees, especially Live Oaks, arch over roads and lawns.
Every time I drive toward Edisto Island, the loveliness of moss-draped limbs hanging overhead gives me goosebumps.
Years ago it was such a thrill to walk under the magnificent trees in front of Oak Alley Plantation near New Orleans, that iconic scene that I had looked at wistfully in magazines for years.
Both of these places are examples of tree tunnels, roads or paths with trees on both sides forming a canopy overhead.
by Judith A. Weeg/President Lyme Disease United Coalition
Ticks, mosquitoes, biting flies, fleas and mites are capable of carrying Borrelia burgdorferi, or, as it's more commonly known, Lyme disease.
Dr. Paul Meade, of the Centers for Disease Control, called Lyme disease an "epidemic" at a 2010 Institute of Medicine meeting.
A few weeks ago as I was buying greeting cards, I noticed this statement on the backs of several: "This card is made with paper from sustainably managed forests."
What exactly does that mean?
Sustainable forest management (SFM) is a complex concept, but essentially its goal is to make certain that the forest resources the world enjoys today will continue to be available in the future.
SFM promotes practices that generate timber and non-timber forest products with respect for the highest ecological, ethical and social standards.
BY Barbara Westbrook
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
"Helping hands and linking arms" describes the recent Day of Service project performed by 19 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lancaster branch. The members assembled five Master-Gro Gold greenhouses.
Trees can be source of comfort
Recently my dear friend Lindsay Pettus of Lancaster sent me an article from americanforests.org's magazine titled, "Finding Strength and Solace in a Tree."
The onset of warmer weather causes many people to think about gardening, and the Lancaster Community Garden offers gardening opportunities to local residents free of charge.
From beginner to master gardener, everyone is welcome to take advantage of the garden's 10-by-20-foot plots, said Elaine McKinney, project manager and garden coordinator.
While driving through a Chester County neighborhood recently I was surprised to see a tall tree, perhaps 30 feet high, covered in lavender bell-shaped blossoms.
I stopped, backed up and sat for several minutes gazing at the unusual sight.
The person with me offered to ask the property owner, his neighbor, what kind of tree it was.
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Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire Scientific Atlanta, a leading developer and manufacturer of consumer video and data services products, for US$6.9 billion. While just over the horizon, there's a revolution coming in the video entertainment world, and Cicso doesn't want to be left behind. The company has made great leaps with its Linksys division specializing in home networking products, but it has becoming increasingly clear that that the future of Internet services in the home may be reorienting towards video entertainment over the next several years. And, for better or for worse, that reorientation will likely include the development of a number of proprietary devices aimed at expanding video entertainment options in a secure (read: DRM'd) fashion.
"Video is emerging as the key strategic application in the service provider triple play bundle of consumer entertainment, communication and online services," said John Chambers, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems. "The combination of Cisco and Scientific-Atlanta brings unmatched experience and innovation in delivering large scale video systems and networks, and the addition of Scientific-Atlanta further extends Cisco's commitment to and leadership in the service provider market. Moreover, Cisco's international presence and IP leadership will also create strategic synergies that accelerate the combined growth opportunity."
Those of you lucky enough to have something akin to Verizon's Fiber-to-the-premises service (FTTP), dubbed FiOS, can already see a bit of the future now. While digital cable already offers the ability to merge voice and data communications lines, FTTP services can do it in style: currently up to 30Mbps/5Mbps of style, in fact.
With Scientific Atlanta, Cisco gets access to about 40 percent of the United State's installed set top space, putting them squarely up against the only other giant in the field, Motorola. The question is: are either of these giants poised to protect their realms in the turmoil that awaits. Conventional wisdom says that set top boxes are nowhere near the peak of their penetration potential, and some analysts would tell you that the digital television transition will mean big bucks for anyone hawking such products. But on the other hand, CableCARD 2.0 is coming (albeit slowly), and the entire purpose of CableCARD is to eliminate the need for a set top box to watch TV and use interactive features. Instead, a card from your cable company would allow you to operate your cable directly from your TV or Media Center.
If I were Cisco, I'd place a call to TiVo right now and see how much money it would take to buy their software and send everyone packing. With this acquisition, Cisco now has the set top boxes and an existing deal with the nation's second-largest cable operator, Time Warner. A TiVo acquisition could add a potentially great contract with Comcast and arguably the best DVR software out there.
"Ah," you say, "they can just reinvent TiVo like all of the others do." Perhaps you are right, but I think we're in for changes. Right now in the nascent days of DVRs, where only a tiny fraction of cable and satellite customers even use the devices, the sundry offerings compete less on features and more on price points. This likely will not last, however. At some point more than price will truly differentiate this market, and there's already an 800 lbs. gorilla in the room in the form of Microsoft and its Media Center technology. Right now Microsoft is making all the right moves. When CableCARD 2.0 ships, the very generic, very uninspired DVRs that make up a large portion of the set top box market right now will be under threat from an emerging "gee whiz" market that will see players trying to integrate video entertainment with online marketplaces, communications tools, and portable and streaming media services. If CableCARD 2.0 hit today, either Microsoft or TiVo would be in the best position to steer the marketplace out of the doldrums. Cisco has plenty to think about as it enters this competitive arena.


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It has long been noted that relationships between the police department and the Frogtown and Summit-University communities, particularly the communities of color in these two communities, have been very strained. The initial intent of the program was to address the issue of repairing and making these strained relationships better. From a functional standpoint, it was felt that to address this issue the place to start was with the younger kids, ages 5 and up. The effects of the program are multi-faceted. Shop with Cops hopes to break down the barriers between the community and the police with the intent of developing a better and more trusting relationship.
Currently, no measure of success has been employed because there is no paid staff. All contributions the years have come through donations and all program operation functions are accomplished through community volunteers. When resources are available, it is certainly our intent to accomplish some of the goals of creating and using appropriate measuring devices. We believe the program has been successful but realize that future program direction will be best bolstered by previous history and success.
The program started in the winter of 2000. The initial idea started with Retired Chief John Harrington, then a Senior Commander with the St Paul Police Department Western District and Arnoldo Curiel, then Coordinator of the Frogtown Weed and Seed initiative. As the program progressed it was joined by the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, District 7 and 8 Planning Councils, West Minnehaha Recreation Center, and various members of the Frogtown and Summit-University communities. From 2000 -2004 the operating support for Shop with Cops came from federal Weed and Seed dollars, a strategy which " weeds" out crime in communities and plant the "seeds" for positive change and development.
Since its original conception, those involved in the planning and implementation have changed somewhat. For example, the Frogtown and Summit-University communities no longer qualify for Weed and Seed funding and therefore no longer cover operating expenses. However various members of the Frogtown and Summit-University communities continue to volunteer to operate Shop with Cops.
In addition. while the involvement of the St. Paul Police Department has not changed, personnel changes have occurred. Retired Chief John Harrington is no longer involved with the program from an operation standpoint. But Chief Smith, the city's current Police Chief, is in support of this program and its objective in creating positive ties between children and police. Senior Commander Paul Iovino (current Western District Commander) has assumed those duties supplied by the police.
In 2000, its first year in operation over 50 kids and 15 officers were involved. During the 2016 event, Shop with Cops had 187 kids participating and over 100 officers from St Paul Police Department volunteer their time.


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Obama dodges on entitlements
President Barack Obama insisted four years ago that the nation must make "hard decisions" to preserve entitlement programs.
But on Monday, the "hard choices" he spoke of on health care and the deficit came with a major caveat: He's not willing to give up much.
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"The commitments we make to each other — through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security — these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us," Obama told the cheering crowd as he launched his second term. "They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."
( See also: Complete coverage of the Inauguration 2013)
His inaugural address promised an ambitious progressive agenda — and laid bare Obama's deeply conflicted relationship with entitlement reform.
He's done just enough to earn credit for trying harder than any other Democratic president to tackle the issue, but he has yet to throw the full weight of his office or his formidable campaign operation behind it. His best chance will come early in his second term as lawmakers confront a series of budget battles, but Obama appears more ready to spend his political capital on guns, immigration and climate change.
( Also on POLITICO: 10 memorable lines from Obama's speech)
The president has never precisely defined what hard choices he would be willing to make on Medicare and Social Security. It's not even clear what he would do if he had the power to remake the programs on his own, without worrying about opposition from Republicans or Democrats.
And though Obama has talked about shared sacrifice from both parties, he has not gotten to the point in deficit negotiations at which he's had to pressure rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers to cross their red line on the sacred issues, as House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) did with his own party in raising taxes.
Unless Obama seizes the opportunity in the next few months, entitlement reform will hang over his second term, lurking like a legacy-killer if he hands off the task to the next president, deficit hawks warn.
( PHOTOS: 18 defining Obama moments)
"Either you get a handle on health care and Social Security solvency or he will have a failed presidency," said Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the president's fiscal commission and a former Republican senator from Wyoming. "It is that simple. I don't think he ran for reelection to have a failed presidency."
It certainly wouldn't be for a lack of trying on the issue, White House officials insist.
Obama infuriated Democrats by proposing controversial changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security during his failed 2011 grand-bargain talks with Boehner. The president was ready to make some entitlement concessions in the fiscal cliff negotiations last month, but that effort fizzled, too.
White House officials said if they had a bipartisan deal to sell, they would do so. But with the barometer of White House commitment measured these days in email solicitations, Twitter hashtags and Air Force One miles, entitlement reform has barely registered so far.
Obama is willing to pick up where he and Boehner left off in December, administration officials said, but a deal rests on whether Republicans choose to re-engage as productive negotiating partners.
"The Republican Party talks a big game when it comes to entitlement reform, but when push comes to shove, they lack the courage of their convictions," White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said. "They selected the author of their Medicare voucher plan as their vice presidential nominee and then pretended the plan didn't exist and spent millions of dollars attacking Democrats for cuts in Medicare they supported."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's not-quite Camelot)
The White House's blame-the-GOP approach frustrates deficit hawks.


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Los Angles Karting Championship
February 2016
A new year and a new race season begins. This was the kick off event for 2016 and there was some great racing, close contests, and a ton of fun.
These images captures some of the action on the track and in and around the paddock.
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Welcome to the site of the Lexington City Schools annual report card. Within this site you can find some important information regarding our schools, our students, and our staff. As you examine our results, please reference some of our previous report cards. You will see that the Lexington City Schools are moving forward and student achievement is at the heart of what we do. We will continue to improve and anticipate scores exceeding the state average in all areas within the next few years.
The report cards are available on the Report Card Web site or clicking here. As you examine our results, please feel free to call or email me with any questions that you might have. We are proud of our students and where they are going.


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Just days ago, Greece and Italy's new governments were hailed as the solution to the European debt crisis, but markets have instead responded with more turmoil.
Observers characterize the phenomenon as a "contagion" that has now spread well beyond Europe's weaker economies.
They say the trend suggests that no economy is immune to the crisis – and that the EU may need to consider bolder solutions, particularly given its failure to persuade Asian investors to come to the rescue.
George Mangus, a senior economist at Swiss bank UBS, warns of a "very sour mood" among investors when it comes to the political measures proposed to contain the crisis. Yesterday, the crunch began to hit the stronger economies of Belgium and France and, most worrying, the Netherlands, Austria, and Finland, with investors taking flight and selling the countries' triple A-rated bonds.
"Incremental change is not seen as enough. Confidence requires a sizable response, not just making citizens 'take their [austerity] medicine,' " says Mr. Mangus. "Nothing short of a total transformation of the eurozone bond market is enough."
'Self-reinforcing panic'
Bonds are crucial to the health of national economies, because they provide a means for governments to finance their spending. As yields on the bonds rise, the more expensive it becomes for governments to borrow that money – and thus high bond yields can add an unbearable burden to countries already struggling with extensive debt and low – even negative – economic growth.
So far, the EU has been unable to calm the markets. Italy's borrowing costs have now risen above 7 percent, a level considered unsustainable, while yields also rose in countries like Austria – a country not seen as part of the "usual suspects" group when it comes to debt concerns.
All this despite the European Central Bank (ECB) buying around €1 billion worth of eurozone bonds daily.
"There's a self-reinforcing panic about the whole thing," says finance analyst Daniel Ben-Ami, author of the book "Ferraris for All: In Defence of Economic Progress."
"There's still an element of panic, partly about the integrity of the European banking system – which isn't just about Italy and Greece – but also because investors are not certain these new governments will be able to solve the problem," he says.
Mr. Mangus, the UBS economist, suggests bolder measures are necessary to calm investors. Such measures could include: the ECB providing a so-called "backstop" guarantee, including by acting as lender of last resort to Italy – a creditor to be counted on even if the country defaulted on its debts; German agreement on the issuing of shared eurobonds, and "hard and fast" proposals on eurozone fiscal integration.
EU turns to Asian investors for help
This week's big bond sell-off comes just days after analysts raised worries that the EU bailout fund, known as the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), was failing to woo sufficient interest from Asian investors. The EFSF is charged with issuing bonds to fund the "bailout countries" of Ireland, Portugal, and Greece.
Speaking on a trip to Beijing on Oct. 28, EFSF chief executive Klaus Regling said China was a "good, loyal investor" in eurozone bonds but his upbeat account of Chinese appetite for European debt now seems to have been overstated.
"If you were an Asian sovereign wealth fund, would you put money into any European investment other than in Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria?" asks Irish economist Brian M. Lucey.
Mr. Lucey, based at Trinity College Dublin, says the €3 billion EFSF auction of 10-year bonds in support of Ireland, held on Nov. 7, was met with tepid demand, indicating a loss of faith in the EU's ability to put a lid on the crisis.
"That's great lads, only another 997 billion to go," he says, referring to a €1 trillion goal envisioned for the bailout fund. "On average, 40 percent of EFSF funds raised have been from Asian investors, but the last sale saw only 20 percent."


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Gaelic Football
The summer of Sam all about expecting the unexpected
Winter Talk - the staple diet of GAA people from October until May - is finally over and we can all start speaking about the actual games of football and hurling.
Gaelic Football
Winter Talk - the staple diet of GAA people from October until May - is finally over and we can all start speaking about the actual games of football and hurling.
It is hard to understand why the Australian team that arrived to play Ireland in Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday night should be the poorest we have seen since the series started nearly 30 years ago.
Most sectors of Irish society have what is called a 'silly season' – a time of year when whatever logic and common sense existed in the rest of the year goes out of the window, and all sense of...
It can often be hard to get excited about the draws for the provincial championships, mainly because a lot of what happens is predictable, and the competitions don't begin until next May.
Compared to the drama attached to the two recent hurling finals, most neutrals in Croke Park for the football final seemed to be disappointed at the end.
Practically everybody in the GAA – other than Dublin of course – would have loved to see Mayo win the All-Ireland after failing to win their previous seven finals.
Nobody should be the least bit surprised that there has been a bust-up in the Donegal football camp. In a set-up which promotes an amateur sport like Gaelic football there is bound to be friction...
Anyone who strongly believes that either Dublin or Mayo are brilliant teams, one of whom will easily win next Sunday's All-Ireland final, must have very poor powers of recollection.
While the GAA community in Kildare is aghast at what is happening in their county, the GAA as a whole should be very concerned at this latest turn of events.
Maybe it is the warm weather this summer but, for whatever reason, there seems to be an inordinate amount of whingers on the Gaelic football scene...
I don't know when exactly the term 'cynical play' arrived into the GAA lexicon but it certainly was not in vogue any more than 10 years ago. However, the activity itself has been there in numerous guises since the GAA was founded.
THE black card... remember it? In my innocence, I was trying to forget it myself once the 71pc of GAA Congress delegates in Derry last March voted to implement it from January 2014.
The Mayo-Donegal game wasn't a match, it was a massacre. Not since the heady days of Kerry in the '70s when they steamrolled opponents at will have I seen such a clinical destruction of one major...
'Meath have a lot of nice footballers on that team," said a man on his way out of Aughrim on Saturday evening as if that was the final seal of approval for the new-look side that had just weathered a very stormy 75 minutes against Wicklow.
There had been telltale signs about Tyrone's right to be named among the best six teams in the 2013 All-Ireland race over the past few months, despite their fine achievement in reaching the National League final against Dublin.
There have not been many great days for Cavan senior football teams in recent times but yesterday was certainly one of them.
Some months ago I wrote a small piece about an advertisement in national papers for a course called 'Adult Coach Membership', which the blurb stated would 'focus on theoretical and practical aspects...
This has been one of the best National Football Leagues for many a year, with a host of exciting and high-quality games that have made a mockery of those team managers who claim they never take the league seriously.
After all the talk in recent weeks about anti-social behaviour on the GAA field – spitting, biting, etc – it was a joy to visit O'Connor Park in Tullamore to watch four teams made up of top U-21 players...
Friends I have in the media sometimes tell me I should be a bit more emotional at times, but they got a rude awakening at The Venue in Derry City at about 1.35 on Saturday afternoon. That was the moment when the large screen giving the result of the vote on what was known for months as the black card flashed up in lights and there in green was the startling figure 71.8.
People always seem to be surprised when a well- known sports sponsor pulls out. The sponsor's name tends to be associated with the actual team, especially through the popularity of supporters wearing the team replica jersey.
I HAVE always said that money talks in the GAA and was there ever a better example of that than the agreement of the Kildare County Board, presumably with the nod from the county team mentors and players, to switch what would have been a home game in Newbridge for their league meeting with Dublin to Croke Park?
Dublin and Mayo games have provided some of the most exciting and positive games of football we have seen over the past 25 years and their contest in Croke Park on Saturday was another fine clash.
WHo has control over GAA players? Does some unit of the Association actually have ownership of the players? Have players the final decision on what teams they play for or when – within the current rules of the GAA regarding membership, that is?
The GAA world and its mother know by now that there are huge disparities in the scheduling of the All-Ireland championship and a glance through the new GAA fixtures diary turns up many examples.
At the present time, we have a flurry of GAA activity on the inter-county football scene as counties get ready for the new league campaign and, as always in the months of January and February, these competitions expose one of the greatest scandals in Gaelic games.
The GAA has spent many millions on coaching, from young children to adult level, over the past 40-plus years, with each provincial council and the central authority in Croke Park devoting more money to coaching than anything, other than the construction of facilities. It is often asked whether this represents good value for money from the point of view of the GAA and the wider Irish society.
It has been a long year of football, but I haven't seen a better contest than the Leinster club semi-final, which I watched in terrible conditions in Portlaoise. This game really had it all except for one thing – a fairy-tale ending.
County finals in the GAA must be one of the greatest phenomena in Irish sport. Bearing in mind that media coverage of GAA tends to concentrate on inter-county activity, it is truly remarkable that county football and hurling finals still take on a life of their own.
I was waiting to hear from my old friend Larry McGann of Knocknavanna Gaels for a while, because I knew he was sure to comment on the Football Review Committee (FRC), so I was not disappointed when the phone rang last week.
Elitism is not a trait very common in Gaelic football and even great county teams who have won two, three or four successive All-Irelands have always maintained a strong sense of modesty -- just like the Kilkenny hurlers of the present time.
There is an annual ritual that takes place around this time of year after a team has made a particularly big impact in winning the Sam Maguire Cup. Because first impressions are so important in sport, there is a tendency to overplay the long-term prospects of the winning team, and we have had a classic example of this in the past week.
It is a contest that has the country in a state of excitement more usually associated with a match-up like last year's when great traditional rivals Dublin and Kerry clashed for the Sam Maguire Cup.
Celebrating All-Ireland final success is an admirable trait in the GAA which few other sports can match. It represents the high point of the relationship between the GAA and the people because the stars of All-Ireland final day are transformed overnight into iconic figures yet they retain their commitment to their clubs to an extraordinary degree.
The first half of the Mayo-Dublin game was not really a match, more of a massacre. The reigning All-Ireland champions were simply outclassed in every aspect of the game and Mayo looked like a team of invincibles.
When favourites lose a big game in Croke Park the winners often do not get the credit they deserve -- as those who have tipped the favourites tend to blame the losers more than praising the winners.
There are many reasons why supporters look forward to a big championship game in Croke Park -- local rivalry, watching top-class players in action, or the possibility of an upset.
Kildare and Sligo are poles apart, based on the result of their game on Saturday night. In all the key aspects of the game, Kildare were superior and many of Sligo's efforts to match them were little more than token gestures.
The psychological impact of a football team scoring a goal just before half-time is recognised as a seminal event -- especially in a big final -- but when it happens twice within a minute, then the victims hardly ever recover to win.
IT is hard to describe just how awful the scoring attempts were in the first half by both teams in the Connacht final yesterday. For, let us remember, these teams have been doing intensive training and preparation for at least seven months.
Despite the huge margin of victory for Cork in the Munster final, there was probably a lot of admiration among neutrals for the display of the Clare footballers yesterday. They were, after all, 22/1 outsiders to win yet throughout the entire game they kept their heads up and at the end had scored 13 points against the All-Ireland favourites.
No team has ever won their first All-Ireland and enjoyed such prolific long-term benefits as Down after they beat Offaly in the 1960 final. Not only did they make history with that triumph, they created a legacy that set the template for Down football thereafter, which has resulted in another four All-Ireland titles.
At long last the GAA is making a conscious decision to start marketing their inter-county games. Even though they have been forced into this by declining attendances and serious competition from soccer and the Olympic Games this summer, it is still very welcome.
So, why is Paddy Power -- a man not usually associated with charitable donations to punters -- quoting Mayo at odds of 16/1 to win the Sam...
The shocking depths to which the Offaly senior football team has sunk in the past decade is a cause for major concern, even despair, to followers of the Faithful county, but it should also be a worry to the Gaelic football world at large.
The start of the new year and already we have headlines after yet another brawl at a GAA game. Over the years lots of things have changed in the GAA world, usually for the better, but the one...
The silence of the lambs is about the best description I can find for the results of the Irish Independent survey regarding payments to GAA managers.
IT'S terrible that one of the top games of the Gaelic football season has to be played within one week of Christmas Day -- and in conditions that are not only unsuitable for good football but also add to the risk of injury.
In recent years, many GAA officials tended to glory in the fact that, for the first time, they were the top spending sports organisation in the country and wasn't it time to put manners on the soccer and rugby crowds anyway.
One of the great mysteries of our time is what exactly it is 'referee assessors' do. Like most people, I do not know who they are, what their terms of reference are, how they go about their business, who appoints them, what they actually assess, or what action they take, if any, as a result of their deliberations?
THE Dublin County Board last week announced their latest strategic plan, which lists some revolutionary goals for a massive long-term development of the GAA in the city and county, where about one-fifth of Ireland's population resides.
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Another Dimension: 3D visualisation redefines Milky Way's local architecture 16 November 2015 Astronomers have used modern techniques to visualise data from ESA's Hipparcos space astrometry mission in three dimensions. Read more
Unique to Europe was the very first space mission for measuring the positions, distances, motions, brightness and colours of stars - for astrometry, as the experts call it. ESA's Hipparcos satellite pinpointed more than 100 000 stars, 200 times more accurately than ever before. As astrometry has been the bedrock of the study of the Universe since ancient times, this leap forward has affected every branch of astronomy. The primary product from this pioneering and successful mission was a set of stellar catalogues, The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues, published by ESA in 1997.
Michael Perryman awarded prestigious Tycho Brahe Prize 06 June 2011 Professor Michael Perryman, the scientific leader of ESA's Hipparcos mission, and a founding father of its successor mission, Gaia, has been awarded the 2011 Tycho Brahe Prize from the European Astronomical Society. Read more
Special Features
Science@ESA: Episode 6: Charting the Galaxy - from Hipparcos to Gaia 15 October 2009 In this sixth episode of the Science@ESA vodcast series Rebecca Barnes discovers the motions of the stars, learns how astronomers measure their distances and looks at the new European mission that will really get to grips with our place in the Universe. Read more
Query the Hipparcos & Tycho Catalogues 12 February 2004 Several research tools have been developed to facilitate access to data from the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues, and the Tycho-2 catalogue. Read more
Hipparcos Star Globe 02 October 2007 The Hipparcos Star Globe depicts the celestial sphere that was astrometrically viewed as a whole for the first time by the Hipparcos satellite. It is a projection of the night sky onto an icosahedron (a polyhedron with 20 triangle faces), highlighting especially bright stars and the constellations. Printed onto two sheets of A4 paper, the globe can be assembled to form a 3D star map that fits in the palm of your hand. Read more


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Supported by a frame with two handles, it sits on any cup or teapot rim measuring 2-1/2" to 3-3/4" in diameter. Simply load the basket with loose tea and steep in hot water. The lid helps retain heat during brewing and doubles as a saucer for the basket to catch drips when done.
Made of stainless-steel mesh with a durable polypropylene frame and lid, it is dishwasher safe. Measures 3" tall with a 2-1/2" inside top diameter. Also suitable for brewing coffee or herbal infusions.
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Johnny Manziel teamed with Dude Perfect to make an epic trick shot video.
He won the Heisman as a freshman and quarterbacked his team to a huge Cotton Bowl victory and now…. he made an incredible trick shot video.
All-American Johnny Manziel has proven this by partying at casinos, sitting courtside at sporting events a lot, commenting on Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax on twitter ("Mindblown) and now has made a hot viral YouTube video.
Johnny Football created his trick shot video with YouTube masters "Dude Perfect."