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It's always fun catching up with a few of our local boutiques about upcoming fashion trends. We are forever grateful for their continued support of The Voice-Tribune's BD2012, presented by Churchill Downs.
Michelle Tasman from Rodeo Drive:
Lori Kommor: Who are some of your favorite designers that can be found in Rodeo Drive, and why?Â
Michelle Tasman: Alice + Olivia always brings a fresh new twist to their sophisticated styles. J Brand jeans and AG jeans both have great fits in new colors that are flattering for every body type. Elizabeth and James stays city-chic in a feminine way that everyone seems to love.
L.K.: What new colors and fabric trends will be hitting the racks this fall?Â
M.T.: Both silk and leather are huge for this fall. Not just leather jackets, but leather pants, skirts, leggings with leather patches, and everything else trimmed in leather! Lots of neutrals with a pop of color, such as an off-white blouse paired with cobalt leggings that are trimmed in black leather accents. Add boots and a statement handbag, and the outfit is complete.
L.K.: Women love their handbags – is there a must-have for this season?Â
M.T.: A barrel bag for daytime and any envelope clutch at night – either one is fabulous in a bold color like tangerine or cobalt.
Meggie McMahon from Clodhoppers:
Lori Kommor: What advice would you give someone who is considering opening a boutique?
Meggie McMahon: Work for a boutique for a couple of years to know the business before deciding to open your own. While most of the time working for a boutique is a lot of fun, it takes a lot of dedication and hard work to own one. Kathy and Kelly have owned Clodhoppers for almost 19 years! You definitely need a passion for the industry to be successful like they have been.
LK: How would you describe Clodhoppers to someone who has never been in your store?
MM: Clodhoppers is a local boutique with an eclectic mix of southern classics, fashion-forward pieces, great-fitting jeans and beautiful jewelry from local artisans. It's a place where you can find help updating your wardrobe and a sincere, friendly opinion on style and fit.
LK: Who are some of your favorite designers, and why?
MM: Michelle Smith, the designer of Milly, our most popular label. Michelle has a way of creating beautiful, classic pieces with just the right amount of feminine flair to keep us excited. Her sheaths show us how well she knows how to fit the female form, and her use of color and pattern always produces exquisite fabrics for her designs.
Lauren Moffatt's vintage-chic aesthetic always gets us excited. She has a way of staying on trend while still incorporating her well-known vintage look to every garment she designs. It's her penchant for detail that sets her apart in the fashion industry.


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Kudos to the National Science Foundation and the states of Maryland and Delaware for adopting a curriculum to teach the science of global warming and climate change ("A grant to help teach climate change," Aug. 16). We need to address this issue before we witness parts of the Inner Harbor and the Eastern Shore go underwater.
Some may dispute the approach, but there's no dispute among the scientific community about whether climate change represents an existential threat to the planet unless humans take drastic steps to reverse the trend.
This is the position adopted by the National Academy of Science and the great majority of scientists worldwide. Those who question these facts are primarily special interest groups, like the energy industry, who fear the costs of countermeasures such as a carbon tax, or those too ignorant or gullible to understand the facts.
Jack Kinstlinger, Baltimore

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Icahn Escalates War of Words With eBay
Mar 12, 2014 5:00 AM PT
Carl Icahn's latest move in a campaign to compel eBay to sell its PayPal division is to take on its CEO John Donahoe.
The company on Monday rejected Icahn's nominees to the eBay board -- employees Daniel Ninivaggi and Jonathan Christodoro -- on the grounds that they were unqualified. The board urged shareholders to vote against them at its upcoming annual meeting.
Icahn responded with an open letter to shareholders in which he accused Donahoe of "inexcusable incompetence" that cost shareholders more than US$4 billion.
This broadside follows a letter Icahn released last month decrying members of eBay's board -- namely, Vice Chairman Marc Andreessen and Scott Cook -- for placing their interests ahead of investors.
Rehashing the 'Premature' Skype Sale
The club Icahn is using is the same in both instances: the sale of Skype to an investor group in which Andreessen once was involved. There had been discussions of eBay spinning off that unit in an initial public offering and Icahn last month accused Andreessen of ignoring his fiduciary responsibilities and pre-empting the planned IPO "to further his own interests."
The sale of Skype was premature, Icahn contended. Shareholders lost more than $4 billion, based on the price the company fetched 18 months later when it was sold to Microsoft.
Now it is Donahoe's turn on the hot seat.
"Who can doubt that if eBay were a private company, Donahoe would be fired when the facts were disclosed to the owners?" Icahn wrote. "But sadly at many of our public companies, such as eBay, there is a lack of accountability, and transgressions by management are swept under the rug by crony boards."
Icahn is not lobbing completely baseless accusations concerning the deal. In 2009, Microsoft was interested in buying Skype, as he noted, but decided against it because of concerns over technology licensing litigation between eBay and Skype's founders.
Icahn has uncovered litigation documents, he said, in which Skype's founders allege that Donahoe and Andreessen's investor group received information that there could be a workaround of the technology that was the subject of the licensing dispute between eBay and Skype's founders.
"With the apparent benefit of this information, Andreessen's investor group purchased a controlling interest in Skype from eBay for $1.9 billion," Icahn charged. Then, the Andreessen investor group settled the licensing litigation with Skype's founders and flipped Skype to Microsoft for $8.5 billion.
Donahoe's Reputation
These are serious accusations, of course, and there is a good chance Donohoe's reputation could suffer as a result, David Johnson, CEO of Strategic Vision, told the E-Commerce Times.
"It may not be taking a direct hit right now, but if someone else, someone outside of Icahn's circle, makes similar accusations it is possible Donahoe's reputation could collapse," he said.
In Donahoe's favor is the fact that Icahn doesn't have exactly a pristine reputation himself, Johnson noted. Still, "these stories tend to linger and fester."
Old News, What About Now?
The Skype deal is old news, of course, and in retrospect Skype does appear to have been undersold. What matters now is whether Icahn's tactics will lead to a spinoff of PayPal, which is his goal.
Icahn probably thinks he has the upper hand at this point, Francis Petit, associate dean for executive programs at Fordham University, told the E-Commerce Times.
eBay's revenue's increased over the past year by 13 percent, but it still fell short of its financial goals, he noted. Also, Donahoe's salary was cut from $29.7 million to about $13.8 million.
"When you look at this salary adjustment more closely, it was mostly because of a one-time award of $14.2 million in performance shares," Petit said.
"Even though the eBay board rejected Icahn's recent nominees, we should all expect additional moves by Icahn pushing for the spinoff of PayPal," he added.
Icahn is going to utilize a frontal attack in order to make this spinoff work, Petit predicted. "The damage has been done between Donahoe and Icahn, and it has been irreparable."


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Morales, Smoak homer, M's beat Rockies 4-3
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- If spring training is any indication, the
Seattle Mariners appear to have been successful in upgrading
their offense.
Raul Ibanez hit a sacrifice fly and Brad Miller added an RBI
double off Matt Belisle in the eighth inning to help the
Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies in their final spring tuneup,
4-3 Saturday.
The Mariners, who had the AL's worst offense the past couple of
years, hit two more homers to run their franchise spring
training record to 58 in 33 games. The 58 homers is most in
spring training since the Cubs hit 62 in 1999.
"We've got some good young hitters that are getting better and
we have some veterans that are proven," Mariners manager Eric
Wedge said. "It's a good mix. You saw that out on the field
During the offseason, the Mariners added Kendrys Morales,
Michael Morse, Jason Bay and Ibanez in search of a new offensive
Morales, who played for three years (2006-08) with the Triple-A
Salt Lake affiliate, ripped a fastball over the left-center
fence in the top of the fourth inning and Justin Smoak homered
in the fifth to help the Mariners post their best spring
training record ever at 22-11.
"We are all excited to get the season started. We had a great
spring and now one through nine you don't know who will get you
a double or a homer," said Smoak, who finished the spring
hitting .407.
For Colorado, Troy Tulowitzki and Todd Helton both hit solo home
runs onto the berm in left field in the fourth inning to chase
Brandon Maurer, who is slated to be Seattle's fourth starter.
"I was a little uncomfortable and only my slider was working out
there today," said Maurer, who had a stellar spring (3-1, 1.50
ERA). "But you saw how we could hit the ball today."
The Rockies (16-15) had the bases loaded in the eighth after
Jordan Robera's single scored David Kandilas and trimmed the
lead to 4-3. The rally was stopped when Ibanez caught Jonathan
Herrera's line drive on a full sprint toward the infield.
"Spring training was real long this year. It will be good to go
out there and play for real. I only have so many swings in me,
so I'm looking forward to making them count," Helton said after
hitting .448 in limited action.
With Helton nearing 40, the Rockies are counting on Tulowitzki,
whose 2012 season was shortened because of groin surgery, to
help them bounce back from their franchise-worst 64-98 record a
year ago.
Rockies second baseman Josh Rutledge left the game after
colliding with right fielder Michael Cuddyer in pursuit of Jesus
Montero's blooper down the right field line. After lying on the
ground for a couple minutes, Rutledge walked slowly to the
dugout under his own power and is expected to fill his No. 2
batting spot in the opening day lineup Monday.
"Rut's OK. He got the wind knocked out of him when he took a
good shot from Cuddy, who is a big boy. I told Cuddy that if
this was the NFL, they would have fined him. But they're both
OK," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
Stephen Pryor got the win and Bryan Sweeney earned his first
save of the spring. Rex Brothers was the losing pitcher.
It was the first major league game in Salt Lake City since
Reggie Jackson and the Oakland Athletics played the San Diego
Padres in 1970. More than 15,400 fans attended the exhibition,
which sold out within an hour of the ticket availability
announcement. After the game, the Mariners celebrated on the
field with unexpected gusto for an exhibition game.
"I think it was a combination of (both the win and the end of
spring training)," Wedge said. "I'm proud the guys. They've
worked hard all spring and they're getting better. Now it's time
to really get things started."


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Add this planning information to the Device Group Configurations Worksheet and the Volume-Manager Configurations Worksheet. For Solaris Volume Manager, also add this planning information to the Volumes Worksheet (Solaris Volume Manager).
This section provides the following guidelines for planning volume management of your cluster configuration:
Sun Cluster software uses volume-manager software to group disks into device groups which can then be administered as one unit. Sun Cluster software supports Solaris Volume Manager software and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) software that you install or use in the following ways.Table 1–4 Supported Use of Volume Managers With Sun Cluster Software
Volume-Manager Software
Solaris Volume Manager
You must install Solaris Volume Manager software on all voting nodes of the cluster, regardless of whether you use VxVM on some nodes to manage disks.
You must install and license VxVM with the cluster feature on all voting nodes of the cluster.
VxVM without the cluster feature
You are only required to install and license VxVM on those voting nodes that are attached to storage devices that VxVM manages.
If you install both volume managers on the same voting node, you must use Solaris Volume Manager software to manage disks that are local to each node. Local disks include the root disk. Use VxVM to manage all shared disks.
See your volume-manager documentation and Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software or Installing and Configuring VxVM Software for instructions about how to install and configure the volume-manager software. For more information about the use of volume management in a cluster configuration, see Multihost Devices in Sun Cluster Concepts Guide for Solaris OS and Device Groups in Sun Cluster Concepts Guide for Solaris OS.
Consider the following general guidelines when you configure your disks with volume-manager software:
Software RAID – Sun Cluster software does not support software RAID 5.
Mirrored multihost disks – You must mirror all multihost disks across disk expansion units. See Guidelines for Mirroring Multihost Disks for guidelines on mirroring multihost disks. You do not need to use software mirroring if the storage device provides hardware RAID as well as redundant paths to devices.
Mirrored root – Mirroring the root disk ensures high availability, but such mirroring is not required. See Mirroring Guidelines for guidelines about deciding whether to mirror the root disk.
Unique naming – You might have local Solaris Volume Manager or VxVM volumes that are used as devices on which the /global/.devices/node@nodeid file systems are mounted. If so, the name of each local volume on which a /global/.devices/node@nodeid file system is to be mounted must be unique throughout the cluster.
Node lists – To ensure high availability of a device group, make its node lists of potential masters and its failback policy identical to any associated resource group. Or, if a scalable resource group uses more nodes than its associated device group, make the scalable resource group's node list a superset of the device group's node list. See the resource group planning information in the Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS for information about node lists.
Multihost disks – You must connect, or port, all devices that are used to construct a device group to all of the nodes that are configured in the node list for that device group. Solaris Volume Manager software can automatically check for this connection at the time that devices are added to a disk set. However, configured VxVM disk groups do not have an association to any particular set of nodes.
Hot-spare disks – You can use hot-spare disks to increase availability, but hot spare disks are not required.
See your volume-manager documentation for disk layout recommendations and any additional restrictions.
Consider the following points when you plan Solaris Volume Manager configurations:
Local volume names – The name of each local Solaris Volume Manager volume on which a global-devices file system, /global/.devices/node@nodeid, is mounted must be unique throughout the cluster. Also, the name cannot be the same as any device-ID name.
Dual-string mediators – Each disk set configured with exactly two disk strings and mastered by exactly two Solaris hosts must have Solaris Volume Manager mediators configured for the disk set. A disk string consists of a disk enclosure, its physical disks, cables from the enclosure to the host or hosts, and the interface adapter cards. Observe the following rules to configure dual-string mediators:
You must configure each disk set with exactly two hosts that act as mediator hosts.
You must use the same two hosts for all disk sets that require mediators. Those two hosts must master those disk sets.
Mediators cannot be configured for disk sets that do not meet the two-string and two-host requirements.
See the mediator(7D) man page for details.
/kernel/drv/md.conf settings – SPARC: On the Solaris 9 OS, Solaris Volume Manager volumes that are used by each disk set are created in advance, at reconfiguration boot time. This reconfiguration is based on the configuration parameters that exist in the /kernel/drv/md.conf file.
With the Solaris 10 release, Solaris Volume Manager has been enhanced to configure volumes dynamically. You no longer need to edit the nmd and the md_nsets parameters in the /kernel/drv/md.conf file. New volumes are dynamically created, as needed.
You must modify the nmd and md_nsets fields as follows to support a Sun Cluster configuration on the Solaris 9 OS:
All voting cluster nodes must have identical /kernel/drv/md.conf files, regardless of the number of disk sets that are served by each node. Failure to follow this guideline can result in serious Solaris Volume Manager errors and possible loss of data.
md_nsets – The md_nsets field defines the total number of disk sets that can be created for a system to meet the needs of the entire cluster. Set the value of md_nsets to the expected number of disk sets in the cluster plus one additional disk set. Solaris Volume Manager software uses the additional disk set to manage the private disks on the local host.
The maximum number of disk sets that are allowed per cluster is 32. This number allows for 31 disk sets for general use plus one disk set for private disk management. The default value of md_nsets is 4.
nmd – The nmd field defines the highest predicted value of any volume name that will exist in the cluster. For example, if the highest value of the volume names that are used in the first 15 disk sets of a cluster is 10, but the highest value of the volume in the 16th disk set is 1000, set the value of nmd to at least 1000. Also, the value of nmd must be large enough to ensure that enough numbers exist for each device–ID name. The number must also be large enough to ensure that each local volume name can be unique throughout the cluster.
The highest allowed value of a volume name per disk set is 8192. The default value of nmd is 128.
Set these fields at installation time to allow for all predicted future expansion of the cluster. To increase the value of these fields after the cluster is in production is time consuming. The value change requires a reconfiguration reboot for each voting node. To raise these values later also increases the possibility of inadequate space allocation in the root (/) file system to create all of the requested devices.
At the same time, keep the value of the nmdfield and the md_nsets field as low as possible. Memory structures exist for all possible devices as determined by nmdand md_nsets, even if you have not created those devices. For optimal performance, keep the value of nmd and md_nsets only slightly higher than the number of volumes that you plan to use.
See System Files and Startup Files in Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide (Solaris 9 or Solaris 10) for more information about the md.conf file.
Consider the following points when you plan Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) configurations.
Accessibility to nodes – You must configure all volume-manager disk groups as either Sun Cluster device groups or as local-only disk groups. If you do not configure the disk group in one of these ways, the devices in the disk group will not be accessible to any node in the cluster.
A device group enables a secondary node to host multihost disks if the primary node fails.
A local-only disk group functions outside the control of Sun Cluster software and can be accessed from only one node at a time.
Enclosure-Based Naming – If you use Enclosure-Based Naming of devices, ensure that you use consistent device names on all cluster nodes that share the same storage. VxVM does not coordinate these names, so the administrator must ensure that VxVM assigns the same names to the same devices from different nodes. Failure to assign consistent names does not interfere with correct cluster behavior. However, inconsistent names greatly complicate cluster administration and greatly increase the possibility of configuration errors, potentially leading to loss of data.
Root disk group – The creation of a root disk group is optional.
A root disk group can be created on the following disks:
The root disk, which must be encapsulated
One or more local nonroot disks, which you can encapsulate or initialize
A combination of root and local nonroot disks
The root disk group must be local to the Solaris host.
Simple root disk groups – Simple root disk groups, which are created on a single slice of the root disk, are not supported as disk types with VxVM on Sun Cluster software. This is a general VxVM software restriction.
Encapsulation – Disks to be encapsulated must have two disk-slice table entries free.
Number of volumes – Estimate the maximum number of volumes any given device group can use at the time the device group is created.
If the number of volumes is less than 1000, you can use default minor numbering.
If the number of volumes is 1000 or greater, you must carefully plan the way in which minor numbers are assigned to device group volumes. No two device groups can have overlapping minor number assignments.
Dirty Region Logging – The use of Dirty Region Logging (DRL) decreases volume recovery time after a node failure. Using DRL might decrease I/O throughput.
Dynamic Multipathing (DMP) – The use of DMP alone to manage multiple I/O paths per Solaris host to the shared storage is not supported. The use of DMP is supported only in the following configurations:
A single I/O path per host is configured to the cluster's shared storage.
A supported multipathing solution is used, such as Solaris I/O multipathing software (MPxIO), EMC PowerPath, or Hitachi HDLM, that manages multiple I/O paths per host to the shared cluster storage.
ZFS – Root-disk encapsulation is incompatible with a ZFS root file system.
See your VxVM installation documentation for additional information.
Logging is required for UFS and VxFS cluster file systems. Sun Cluster software supports the following choices of file-system logging:
Solaris UFS logging – See the mount_ufs(1M) man page for more information.
SPARC: Veritas File System (VxFS) logging – See the mount_vxfs man page provided with VxFS software for more information.
Both Solaris Volume Manager and Veritas Volume Manager support both types of file-system logging.
This section provides the following guidelines for planning the mirroring of your cluster configuration:
To mirror all multihost disks in a Sun Cluster configuration enables the configuration to tolerate single-device failures. Sun Cluster software requires that you mirror all multihost disks across expansion units. You do not need to use software mirroring if the storage device provides hardware RAID as well as redundant paths to devices.
Consider the following points when you mirror multihost disks:
Separate disk expansion units – Each submirror of a given mirror or plex should reside in a different multihost expansion unit.
Disk space – Mirroring doubles the amount of necessary disk space.
Three-way mirroring – Solaris Volume Manager software and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) software support three-way mirroring. However, Sun Cluster software requires only two-way mirroring.
Differing device sizes – If you mirror to a device of a different size, your mirror capacity is limited to the size of the smallest submirror or plex.
For more information about multihost disks, see Multihost Disk Storage in Sun Cluster Overview for Solaris OS and Sun Cluster Concepts Guide for Solaris OS.
Add this planning information to the Local File System Layout Worksheet.
For maximum availability, mirror root (/), /usr, /var, /opt, and swap on the local disks. Under VxVM, you encapsulate the root disk and mirror the generated subdisks. However, Sun Cluster software does not require that you mirror the root disk.
Before you decide whether to mirror the root disk, consider the risks, complexity, cost, and service time for the various alternatives that concern the root disk. No single mirroring strategy works for all configurations. You might want to consider your local Sun service representative's preferred solution when you decide whether to mirror root.
See your volume-manager documentation and Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software or Installing and Configuring VxVM Software for instructions about how to mirror the root disk.
Consider the following points when you decide whether to mirror the root disk.
Boot disk – You can set up the mirror to be a bootable root disk. You can then boot from the mirror if the primary boot disk fails.
Complexity – To mirror the root disk adds complexity to system administration. To mirror the root disk also complicates booting in single-user mode.
Backups – Regardless of whether you mirror the root disk, you also should perform regular backups of root. Mirroring alone does not protect against administrative errors. Only a backup plan enables you to restore files that have been accidentally altered or deleted.
Quorum devices – Do not use a disk that was configured as a quorum device to mirror a root disk.
Quorum – Under Solaris Volume Manager software, in failure scenarios in which state database quorum is lost, you cannot reboot the system until maintenance is performed. See your Solaris Volume Manager documentation for information about the state database and state database replicas.
Separate controllers – Highest availability includes mirroring the root disk on a separate controller.
Secondary root disk – With a mirrored root disk, the primary root disk can fail but work can continue on the secondary (mirror) root disk. Later, the primary root disk might return to service, for example, after a power cycle or transient I/O errors. Subsequent boots are then performed by using the primary root disk that is specified for the eeprom(1M) boot-device parameter. In this situation, no manual repair task occurs, but the drive starts working well enough to boot. With Solaris Volume Manager software, a resync does occur. A resync requires a manual step when the drive is returned to service.
If changes were made to any files on the secondary (mirror) root disk, they would not be reflected on the primary root disk during boot time. This condition would cause a stale submirror. For example, changes to the /etc/system file would be lost. With Solaris Volume Manager software, some administrative commands might have changed the /etc/system file while the primary root disk was out of service.
The boot program does not check whether the system is booting from a mirror or from an underlying physical device. The mirroring becomes active partway through the boot process, after the volumes are loaded. Before this point, the system is therefore vulnerable to stale submirror problems.


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Thanks, Martin!
Tuesday morning we woke up to a new era at the Sierra Club's Mission Outdoors; an era without the leadership of Martin LeBlanc. It was a weird feeling for all of us coming into work on Tuesday knowing none of us would be calling out to Seattle for our various weekly check in call with Martin, no e-mails coming in over the weekend following up on our latest brain storm about how we could get more people outside or tell the story of one of our amazing volunteers to a larger national audience.
For the last ten years, Martin has spearheaded successful policy, advocacy, granting, and service provision programs at the Sierra Club. His contributions to the movement of getting all of America outside have been significant, as were his travel miles and hours away from home. At conferences and on trails throughout America, Martin not only talked the talk, but walked the walk.
He was responsible for the creation of the Building Bridges to the Outdoors and the Military Families Outdoors programs. Through his leadership, Martin has helped connected literally hundreds of thousands of underserved youth, military kids and their families and veterans with the great outdoors. In Martin's final year at the Club he oversaw the formation of a new entity, Mission Outdoors, which aims to unite Sierra Club's programming and advocacy work to get all of America outdoors. He has set the foundation for the rest of us to really build the program in the coming months and years.
We can look around the Mission Outdoors team, and the broader Sierra Club and see different imprints of Martin and how his time at the Sierra Club has left a positive impression and the foundation for a lasting legacy. The good thing is, we will not have to look far for outside the Sierra Club to find Martin. He is taking over as the Vice President at IslandWood; a beautiful place of respite and environmental education on Bainbridge Island, just west of Seattle.
IslandWood has been the host to a number of Sierra Club programs and retreats in the past, and no doubt will continue to be a place we can call home in the future. Martin, we congratulate you on your work with the Sierra Club and thank you for giving us a chance to do the work we love. We wish you all the best in the future and no doubt, we'll see you out on the trail….after all, as we lose a director, we know we stand to gain a volunteer!


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Heading out at dawn on a Big 5 safari, soaking up the sun on unspoilt beaches, sampling fine wines in mountain vineyards or living it up in a world-class restaurant after 18 holes on a championship golf course – no matter what's on your getaway wish list, a South Africa holiday will tick all the right boxes.
Anchored at the base of the African continent, South Africa is perhaps its most diverse country and is home to some of Africa's most iconic characters, destinations and experiences. Starting in the south with Africa's favourite city, the incomparable Cape Town, this country encompasses classic holiday destinations such as the coastal towns, forests and lakes of the Garden Route, the long subtropical Indian Ocean coast of KwaZulu-Natal plus dozens of wildlife-packed reserves including the world-famous Kruger National Park.
And with a range of accommodation as varied as these magnificent landscapes plus a sophisticated and extensive infrastructure network, getting around South Africa is simple: you can easily self-drive from your beachfront accommodation on the Garden Route to child-friendly lodges in the Eastern Cape's Big 5 game reserves or fly from a stylish suite in a private Kruger reserve to the exclusive boutique hotels of Cape Town.
Family holidays and honeymoon escapes; affordable breaks and luxury safaris; outdoor adventures and gourmet experiences - holidays in South Africa really do cater for all tastes and budgets but if you're not sure where to begin, then you can start by relaxing.
We have a cosmopolitan portfolio of tried-and-tested accommodation as well as an extensive range of holidays in South Africa, many of which include other great holiday destinations such as Botswana, Mauritius and Mozambique's Indian Ocean islands. And we know what we're recommending: our Africa Safari Experts have travelled the length and breadth of South Africa so who better to trust with your dreams? Send us that wish list and we'll put together a never-to-be-forgotten South Africa holiday.
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Sun City - Africa's premier holiday resort
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Courteney Cox takes a weekly pee outside on her balcony
Actress Courteney Cox has started peeing on her pet dogs' "pooch potty" on her balcony – so they'll follow her lead.
The former Friends star and her daughter Coco recently moved into a new 25th floor condo with their dogs Hopper and Harley and she bought them a patch of grass so she wouldn't have to leave her kid late at night to take the pets out.
But the fussy dogs refused to use the grass, which Cox placed on the balcony.
In a pre-taped interview with pal Ellen DeGeneres, which will air in America on Monday (07Jan12), Cox explains, "I'm like, 'How am I going to work this out? I could walk them at 10pm at night but what if they have to go in the middle of the night? I can't leave Coco.
"I thought, 'It's (grass patch) going to come with some coyote pee or something, so the dogs want to mark where someone else has marked… but it didn't.
"It does sound weird but back in the day that was a way to get your dogs to go in certain areas. But this didn't come with anything. Hopper and Harley would not go. I tried and I tried and it's getting late and I can't leave Coco in the condo by herself while I take them out… so I just thought, 'To hell with it. I'll mark the grass.' So I did… I didn't think it through… but I will say Hopper peed on my pee."
Her plan worked – but now she has set a precedent for the dogs: "Unfortunately, a new grass pad comes weekly… Once a week I'll be peeing (on it). (That said) can I tell you how rewarding it is to pee outside on grass?"
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This is a quick article with several key messages. But the one that strikes me is that when crafting a story, the most interesting beginning that gets reader's hooked, is often found in the middle of the story.
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Jones earned a team-high 25 points for the Cardinal and Grey while reaching a pair of NCAA provisional qualifying marks. Jones captured her first ever Indoor New England Championship in the 55-meter hurdles, finishing nine one-hundredths of a second ahead of Wheaton's Didi Jusme, in 8.34 seconds. Jones was second in the event at last year's regional Championship, behind teammate Amy Magnuson, who has been hampered by injury for much of the season and was not able to defend her title.
Jones finished as the runner-up in the 400m, an event in which she already holds the top time in Division III on the season, with a time of 58.13. The sophomore All-American was also a part of the second-place 4x200 relay, along with Margaret Leibovic, Martha Gross and Simmons. She then had a fourth-place effort in the 200, completing one lap of the track in 26.09 seconds.
Simmons captured the individual title at 600 meters in 1:37.01, beating Middlebury's Julie Ryan-Davies to the finish by 0.05 seconds.
Hazel Briner cruised to the win in the Pentathlon, outscoring her nearest competitor by 180 points while finishing no lower than fourth in any single event. Briner won the 55-meter hurdles (8.73 seconds) and 800m (2:22.89) and finished second in the high jump (5-0.25 feet).
Brooke Johnson set a new MIT standard in the mile, finishing in 4:57.75 en route to a third-place showing. Johnson's time leaves her seventh in the nation currently.
Tech brought home the most total points in the pole vault, as three Engineers were among the top eight, for a total of 14 points. Karin Fisher led the way with a second-place finish, clearing an NCAA Provisional qualifying height of 11-5.75 feet. Briner made it over the same bar but finished in fourth place based on attempts. Lynn Jepsen earned points with an eighth-place effort.
The Engineers will travel to Boston University next weekend for the NEICAAA Championship, beginning on Friday, February 26 at 11:00 a.m.


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Happy holidays, Grand Islanders!
It was an honor and privilege to attend breakfast and a tour of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station this week. The presentation by 914th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Walter Gordon, 107th Airlift Wing Commander Col. John Higgins and Niagara Military Affairs Council Chairman John Cooper Sr. was most informative. The station is the largest employer in Niagara County and includes many Grand Islanders. With nearly 2,000 personnel assigned to the station, and a total economic impact of $143,243,852, it is easy to see how important this facility is to Western New York.
The Chamber of Commerce reminds you to "buy local" this holiday season. We have many Island merchants who will be happy to help you find the perfect gift!
With all of the recent snow, some winter weather-related reminders are in order:
•Please keep the sidewalks in front of your homes clear of snow and ice. We've taken several complaints at Town Hall about pedestrians being forced to walk in the street because the sidewalks are not cleaned up after a snowfall. It is especially dangerous when students are waiting in the street for the school bus on these dark mornings because a sidewalk is filled with snow. Please do your part to keep the Island sidewalks as safe as possible. If you are able, help an elderly or ill neighbor with the task of shoveling their sidewalk.
•Remember that there is no parking on roads between the hours of 2 and 7 a.m. from Nov. 1 until and including March 31. Avoid a ticket and help make it possible for the highway crews to keep your road in the best condition possible by keeping cars off the road.
•New York State Law prohibits placing or leaving snow, ice or other substances on any highway, which includes pavement, shoulders and ditches. It is particularly dangerous (and illegal) to plow or blow snow into the road, assuming that the highway plows will push it off. Whether you do it yourself or hire a snow plowing service, the snow from your property is best kept on your property.
•Garbage and recycling pick-up will not happen on Christmas and New Year's Day. The Wednesday pick-ups will move to Thursday, Thursday to Friday and Friday to Saturday. Please be considerate with your recycling bins by putting the heavier items on the top so papers and lightweight plastics do not blow all over the neighborhood on windy days.
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Perhaps you caught the story in Mashable, The Daily Mail, Adweek, or The Huffington Post.
Coca-Cola's Singapore team designed a novel double can that
splits into two, so customers can share the fizzy beverage with a friend.
Fantastic PR. But one major reason it got so much play was "because we covered it," says Ashley Brown, who leads digital communications and social media for The Coca-Cola Company.
In a session titled "Brand journalism at Coca-Cola: Content, data, and cutting through noise," Brown tells how Coca-Cola uses its ambitious brand
journalism project, Coca-Cola Journey, to tell its own story. The digital magazine has been so successful that the company is planning to ditch news
releases altogether.
Here are a few lessons Coke learned in the first year of Journey:
1. Leverage your current website.
Journey was an old print publication at Coke, and the chief executive challenged Brown's team to bring it into the modern era. They had a corporate website
that was "really ugly."
"It was in an odd shade of faded green," Brown says, "but it got tremendous traffic, and that was transactional traffic, largely."
So, why herd all that traffic into a new site? Coca-Cola remade its main Web portal into a magazine.
2. Build a newsroom, kill the press release.
Coke created a newsroom with people who had journalism backgrounds, and they hold a daily meeting at 9 a.m. to plan its content, often on the fly. At the
same time, Coke has a goal of reducing press releases by half this year and getting rid of them entirely by 2015.
"I'm on a mission," Brown says. "What I want to do is kill the press release."
For the first time ever, Journey challenged PR teams to think beyond press releases, toolkits, or launch packages, he says.
Coke's PR people began asking questions such as: What is a two-minute, really high-quality video that someone really would want to share? How do I package
that announcement so that someone who doesn't work at Coke would want to read it and share it?
3. Fill your 'careers' section with stories.
Click on Coke's careers page, and you won't find a static page with a form application. Instead,
you'll see a storytelling approach even here, such as the piece titled
Photographer Lands Picture-Perfect Gig With Coke, about a cameraman who will visit 89 countries for the beverage maker.
4. Touch their hearts.
In recent years, Coke has excelled at telling lump-in-the-throat stories. One story, a first-person piece about surviving a flood, is called "Sharing a Moment of Happiness in Flood Ravaged Colorado."
Another story and video tells how the company set up camera-outfitted Coke machines in malls in India and Pakistan — longstanding enemies — and gave people a
chance wave at each other and make friends.
The company issued no press releases for the "Small World Machines" in India and Pakistan, yet the video won 2.2 million views on YouTube. In the first week alone, an affiliated article got 84,000
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6. Design for smartphones.
A global business can't ignore the fact that much of the world accesses the Web through handheld devices. More than 1 billion people own a smartphone,
Brown says.
"With smartphones in the hands of so many people, we now have a tremendous ability to deepen engage with our consumers," he says.
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For example, a recipe for Coca-Cola cake is the most popular item on the site. So Coke created four more recipes. There's even one for Diet Coke.
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Although the Bruins finally got two goals from forwards who do not skate on their third line, it was a shot from their defense that was the difference tonight.
Zdeno Chara capped a three-point night with a 4-on-4 goal from the right point off Roman Hamrlik's stick that was the game-winner with 1:53 left in regulation in a 4-3 win against Washington in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
The Bruins twice trailed by one goal in the game and also squandered a one-goal lead in the third period.
Chara also recorded two assists, on goals by Rich Peverley (first of the series) and Brian Rolston. Daniel Paille scored the Bruins' fourth goal.
Boston now leads the series 2-1 with Game 4 scheduled for Thursday also in Washington.
▪Chara produced three points, but defense partner Dennis Seidenberg, who finished the night with just one assist, was even better than the captain. Seidenberg kept the puck alive down low and the helped screen Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby on Chara's goal. Seidenberg also drew a penalty, threw four hits and blocked four shots. He also kept the puck in along the wall before Rolston's score.
The only negative against the Chara-Seidenberg pair was Brooks Laich's game-tying goal in the third period. Somehow Laich made it to the Boston blue line unscathed without the puck and then took a Nicklas Backstrom pass in for a goal. Boston's top pair made than made up for that gaffe over the course of the rest of the night.
▪With Rolston's goal that's three goals in three games for Boston's newly-named "Bennie & The Vets" line. Rolston scored on the rebound of a Chris Kelly shot. Kelly scored in Game 1, Benoit Pouliot in Game 2.
▪Head coach Claude Julien tried to wake up his offense – to mixed results – by switching Patrice Bergeron to a line between Milan Lucic and Peverley, and David Krejci between Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin. Peverley scored his goal 4-on-4.
▪Paille, Gregory Campbell and Shawn Thornton were back in fine form and it finally paid off with a Paille goal on a rebound of a Greg Zanon shot. Campbell made the pass out to Zanon, and the Bruins got position because of Thornton's hard work on the forecheck against Jeff Schultz.
▪ Marchand didn't record a shot on net, but drew two penalties.
▪Backstrom was handed a match penalty at 20:00 of the third period for taking a post-horn run at Peverley. It will be interesting to see if there's any additional discipline coming for the Caps center.
▪Lucic got his feet moving better as the game went on. But he lost his temper again and was punished with a double-minor during a late-game power play. He engaged with Matt Hendricks and then went nuts on Karl Alzner after the Caps defenseman grabbed Lucic from behind. Can't blame Lucic for going after Alzner, but he could've backed away from Hendricks considering it was a power play.
▪Tim Thomas finished with 29 saves on 32 shots, none bigger than a point-blank save on Jay Beagle. The Bruins also blocked 21 shots to Washington's 15.


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By Ghazi Balkiz, NBC News Producer:
Farmers, barbers, bakers, policemen. These are just a few of the professions of the men who call themselves the "Free Syrian Army" or simply, "the rebels" in Syria's mountainous northwestern Jabal al-Zawiya area.
An NBC News team made up of chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, cameraman John Kooistra and myself entered Syria to report on the conflict there. In the course of our reporting we came across many people who were involved in the struggle against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime.
The rebels who we met came from various backgrounds, all walks of life and all ages. They opened their homes to us and welcomed us with open arms. We had no choice but to trust them as our guides as we traveled with them around the war-torn region. We had come to report on their side of the conflict.
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The Viking women are ranked 16th in the Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25 poll released on Monday. Sioux Falls natives Emily Schulte and Shaunteva Ashley and sophomore Riley Nordgaard return from a record-setting Augustana team that finished with a 28-7 record, it's first Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament title and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II Elite Eight tournament.
Schulte earned NSIC Tournament MVP honors, Ashley was named second team All-NSIC and Nordgaard earned All-NSIC Freshman team honors.
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I agree with everyone that public voting would be a bad idea. We only see what the directors want us to see. They probably edit out so much stuff that is pertinent to game play, but not entertaing to watch on TV, that we would end up voting someone off who really deserved to be there while letting someone stay just because we like the way they look or talk or whatever!I do like the idea of maybe 1 immunity challenge being a viewer vote off just to mix it up a bit.Expect the unexpected
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Lifestyle services is working from the Magnolia Hall Box Office while Pinckney Hall is being renovated over the next two weeks.
Lifestyle services will be closed Saturday and Aug. 4. Saturday office hours, normally from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., will resume once Pinckney Hall reopens.
The Book Exchange will be closed during the renovations. Please note that donation drop-offs will not be accepted during the closure. This includes coupons for the military, soda pull-tabs, glasses, cellphones, hearing aids and any back-to-school donations for area schools.
Academy Award-winning movies on tap
Come for the movie. Stay for the discussion.
Join educator and film analyst Bonnie Strongin at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lakehouse to screen and discuss "The Fighter," a drama that documents the struggles of boxing champ "Irish" Micky Ward and his half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded after nearly being destroyed by drugs and crime. Bring your own snacks.
Tickets cost $5 each with your activity card and are available at lifestyle services. Walk-ins are welcome, too. The next movieSPEAK will feature "Billy Elliot" on Aug. 2.
Ticket sales
Tickets for September events go on sale at 8 a.m. Aug. 1 in Magnolia Hall.
Tickets going on sale include: Wii Bowling Bonanza (Sept. 5 and 26); Block Party Featuring The Headliners (Sept. 7); Jazz on the Lawn by the Pavilion (Sept. 9); Make-It & Take-It Mondays: Creating Cards (Sept. 10); Make-It & Take-It Mondays: Glass Painting (Sept. 17); Cocktails & a Comedian (Sept. 19); Tables for the Fall Parking Lot Sale (Sept. 22) - Tables will be 8-foot banquet tables, cost $20 each and are for Sun City Hilton Head residents only.
BOGO begins Aug. 1
Each year, the Health & Wellness Department offers a two-for-one summer price promotion on six-week personal training programs. This year is no exception, but the program has a new name, Buy One, Get One (BOGO), and will incorporate some new features.
If you haven't worked with a trainer before, now's your chance to start on your path to wellness with your partner for a discount. Be one of 25 couples/pairs drawn from all those expressing an interest in BOGO. If you are interested, call or stop by one of the Fitness Centers (Hidden Cypress, 705-4030; Lakehouse, 645-4515; Purrysburg, 705-4022) and submit your name and contact information between Aug. 1-8.
On Aug. 9, 25 names will be drawn randomly and you will receive a phone call Aug. 10 if you're one of the persons/pairs. Residents who have completed at least one six-week trainer program in the past can also submit their names to enter this year's BOGO. It's a great time to get fit, and at half the price.


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Sponsor/Title: 2008-2009 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law (co-sponsored by the Institute for Law and the Workplace and the Jackson Lewis Firm).
Topic: Papers may address any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration. Submissions must be the law student author's own work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accredited law school during the Fall 2008 semester. There are formatting guidelines that must be followed. For questions, contact Professor Martin H. Malin by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Prizes: One top honors award of $3,000 and two $1,000 awards will be presented to the top three entries. In addition to the cash awards, the top three entries will be published on the Institute for Law and the Workplace website. (Electronic versions of winning papers will be required).
Deadline: Submissions are due no later than Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
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Sponsor/Title: The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers 2009 Writing Competition Rules (click on link for PDF)
Topic: The scope of permissible topics is broad, i.e. any aspect of public or private labor or employment law. Students are encouraged to present a
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b) critique of a leading case or doctrine
c) comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification, or
d) comment on a common law doctrine
Eligibility: All currently enrolled undergraduate law students attending accredited law schools in the United States.
Guidelines: There are formatting guidelines that must be followed. For information visit the website at <http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/plel/record.html> hard copies are also available at Sharon Wyatt-Jordan's desk, room 803.
PRIZES: First prize - $1,500.00/Second prize - $1,000.00/Third prize/$500.00
In addition to a monetary award, the winner will have his/her article published in a future issue of the College newsletter and posted on the College's website. The Labor Lawyer, a journal of ideas and developments in labor and employment law, published by the American Bar Association and the Section of Labor and Employment Law, has indicated a strong desire to publish the winning entry, if it meets their publication standards. Winners will also be invited guests at the Annual Induction Dinner of the College, where they will be recognized and honored during the evening program. PLEASE NOTE: All articles must be e-mailed no later than 5:00pm (pdst) on May 15, 2009 or post marked no later than May 15, 2009.
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Johnny Manziel might be the first freshman to win a Heisman Trophy in the history of college football, but that doesn't mean he's too happy with the way things are panning out.
The 20-year-old quarterback who has been dubbed "Johnny Football" for his impressive moves on the field wrote an unhappy post on Twitter early Sunday morning.
Manziel, a sophomore at Texas A&M University, deleted the post shortly after writing it, but followed up with a related tweet.
"Don't ever forget that I love A$M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes," he wrote.
According to ESPN, Manziel's popularity has risen considerably ever since he won the Heisman Trophy in December. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M coach, said he's never witnessed a player getting so much attention.
"I've seen it, just like everybody else," Sumlin said. "I think being around other guys in the past has helped me, but there's never been anything like this before. Being around Adrian Peterson or Jason White or Sam Bradford or Case Keenum or Drew Brees, people like that, that's part of the deal. When you are a nationally recognized person, whether you're young or a freshman or an older guy, there are some things that come with that. "


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No. 22 UCLA holds off Drexel 72-67 in Steve Alford's debut as Bruins coach
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LOS ANGELES – Jordan Adams scored 16 points and No. 22 UCLA held off Drexel 72-67 Friday night in Steve Alford's debut as coach of the Bruins.
Zach LaVine and David Wear added 14 points each, and Kyle Anderson had 12 points, 12 rebounds and tied his career high with seven assists for the Bruins, who let an early 13-point lead dwindle to one with 2:19 to play.
Frantz Massenat scored 20 points, Damion Lee added 17 points and Dartaye Ruffin had 13 rebounds for the Dragons, who traveled cross-country from Philadelphia to play a game that started at midnight EST.
There were plenty of empty seats for Alford's first game since taking over from Ben Howland, fired in March after a 10-year run that included three consecutive Final Four appearances.


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Eric Milks walked on the mat, the biggest moment of his high school wrestling career, looked around and saw his New Bern teammates rooting him on.
Eric Milks walked on the mat, the biggest moment of his high school wrestling career, looked around and saw his New Bern teammates rooting him on.
Milks proceeded to do what he does best � win matches.
The Bears� senior won the 4-A state wrestling championship in the 145-pound weight class on Saturday at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Milks is New Bern�s first state champion since former Bears� and University of Missouri wrestling star did it three straight years from 2002-04.
�It�s a great feeling,� said Milks. �The first day, I hurt my knee and didn�t think I was going to do as well. The second day, I took it to them, then (Saturday) I kept it going.�
Milks beat Parkland�s Marcus Cross, 6-2, in the championship bout.
�There is always a big adrenaline rush before a match,� Milks said. �I had a little anxiety, then I looked around and saw the guys rooting for me and I did what I�ve done every match and wrestled a perfect one.�
On his way to the state title, Milks edged out Alex Central�s Zane Knight in Thursday�s first round. He continued to crush Glenn�s Cary Shields (10-0) in the quarterfinals and East Gaston�s Alex Ledford (10-0) in the semifinals.
Milks is a two-time state qualifier. He didn�t place as a junior.
�He�s worked harder than anybody I�ve ever coached just in the past year,� said New Bern wrestling coach Bo Lansche. �He�s done a great job this year. He deserves every bit of this.�
Milks won 59 of his 61 matches this season. He is a conference champion, a regional champion and now a state champion.
�He took it one match at a time,� Lansche said. �All year long, he�s had the competition to help get him in. He just had to execute, be mentally ready and the last three rounds of this tournament, he looked perfect.�
Of the six New Bern wrestlers that qualified for the state tournament, two competed in the championship finals.
Junior DeAndre Jones finished as a runner-up in the 182-pound weight class. He fell, 7-0, to Sun Valley�s Michael Macchiavello in the championship bout.
On his way, Jones beat Reagan�s Matt Waldrep, Hough�s Charles Smith and Davie County�s Alex Gobble.
�(DeAndre) wrestled the best tournament he could have wrestled,� Lansche said. �He was excellent on his feet, moved well and took opportunities when he had them.
�He was very aggressive. He looked great.�
Senior, and two-year wrestler, Pa Sanneh won his first match Thursday at 138 pounds, but was forced to forfeit his next two bouts because he missed his require weight by .1 pound.
Senior Jon Sherman (132 pounds) won one match by forfeit, then lost two; senior Max Stout (152 pounds) and junior Nick Wheeler (106 pounds) lost both their matches.
Rams� Davis is runner-up at 3-A wrestling tourney
Havelock junior Ryan Davis showed that his freshman year was no fluke.
He placed sixth at the 2011 state wrestling tournament, and then failed to qualify the following year.
Davis rebounded with a second-place result in the 132-pound weight class at the 3-A state championships.
�He�s had a great year,� said Havelock wrestling coach Pat Whitford. �After his freshman year, people started taking a little bit of notice, then after last, somebody said maybe that freshman year was a fluke.
�People definitely know who he is now.�
Davis went 55-5 on the season, won his weight class at conference and regionals, then took runner-up at Saturday�s state tournament in Greensboro.
�I can�t help but be disappointed for not winning but I can see a bright side out of it � I�ve been working hard,� Davis said. �I feel like I deserve it, but I got second.
�I�m going to hit the gym hard like I always do and try to get it next year.�
Davis lost to West Iredell�s Payton Shuford, 6-4, in the finals. Before that, he beat East Henderson�s Aaron Ownesby (8-1), Northeast Guilford�s Patrick Brown (3-2) and Fred T. Foard�s Ben Pitts (7-4).
�I guess there were a lot of jitters,� Davis said. �It was my first time in the finals, so I was slow into the match. Once I got into it, I was doing really well, but I just came up short.�
Junior John Ellis, at 152 pounds, won one match of three, while freshman Tanner Stamper-Smith lost both of his matches.
�Tanner, just making it states as a freshman, is quite an accomplishment,� Whitford said. �This is a kid that wasn�t even in our starting lineup a couple months ago.
�To work his way in says a lot. If he can make the same strides, and we get him in our offseason program, he could be back.�
West Craven�s lone representative Robert Baker, a 138-pound junior, dropped back-to-back matches.
Pamlico�s Hoff takes second at state
Pamlico wrestling coach Kevin Knox doesn�t have any complaints about senior Chad Hoff�s work ethic.
Hoff came in as a freshman without any experience. The past three years, he�s placed at the state tournament.
Hoff was runner-up in the 145-pound bracket on Saturday at the 1-A state wrestling tournament. He placed fourth as a sophomore and third as a junior.
�I�ve had him since his freshman year, and he came in not wrestling at all,� Knox said. �He didn�t really know anything as a freshman, but he is probably the hardest worker I�ve ever coached.
�He�s progressively improved all year and he did a great job.�
Hoff lost to two-time state champion Jorge Lima from West Wilkes 7-3 in the finals. He defeated Southwest Onslow�s Jacob Farmer in the semifinals.
�My mentality was to treat them like anyone else,� Hoff said. �I gave it my all.
�I wasn�t as nervous. I was used to it because it was so big. I was ready, I was focus and I was more prepared.�
Hoff finishes his year with a 33-6 record, a conference title, a regional title and is a state runner-up.
�It was an incredible journey,� Hoff said. �It was a great year with some great guys. I had some good times and some bad times, but I am pretty happy with my season.�
Two-time state qualifier Connor Hough, a sophomore, won his first match at 160 pounds, then lost his next two.
Senior Humberto Mendoza lost his first match, won his second and lost his third.
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Sesamo Apriti (Open Sesame) was the Italian version of Sesame Street, first broadcast in 1971. Approximately 50 episodes of the American show were cut to a half hour, and translated into Italian. A Sesamo Apriti board game and record album were released in 1978.
The word Muppet, in the original dubbing, was translated by the term "babau" - which is the name of a legendary monster of fairy tales.[1]
The Sesame English and Il Mondo di Elmo (Elmo's World) spinoffs were broadcast in Italy beginning in 2004. 11 episodes of Giocate Con Noi (Play with Me Sesame) were broadcast in 2005. Global Grover began airing on RaiSat YoYo in October 2007 and RaiTre in 2008.
The voices on the series were dubbed into Italian.
Sesamo Apriti
- Ernesto (Ernie): Dario Mazzoli
- Berto (Bert): Loris Gizzi
- Bob: Pierluigi Zollo
- Maria: Pina Cei
- Luis: Guido Celano
- Linda: Emy Eco
- Susan: Rita Baldini
- Kermit: Leonardo Severini
- Pasticcino (Cookie Monster): Franco Latini
- Ghiottoncello (?): Edoardo Nevola
- Grifo (Herry Monster): ?
- Ciuffo (?): ?
- Rocco Scirocco (Grover): Fernando Cerulli
- Mamma (?): Magda Mercatali
- Bingo Rock (Little Jerry): Edoardo Nevola
- Professor Ronfo (Professor Hastings): ?
- Sherlock Alloc (Sherlock Hemlock): ?
- Magone (The Amazing Mumford) : ?
- Palanca (Lefty): ?
- Gaudenzio (Guy Smiley): ?
Sesame English
- Tingo: Luigi Rosa (Sesame English)
Il Mondo di Elmo (Elmo's World)
- Elmo: Davide Garbolino (Il Mondo di Elmo and Giocate Con Noi)
- Other Muppets: Alberto Höiss (Il Mondo di Elmo)
Giocate Con Noi (Play With Me Sesame)
- Aurorabella (Prairie Dawn): Anna Lana (Giocate Con Noi)
- Grover: Tommaso Andrei (Giocate Con Noi)
- Bert: Stefano Brusa (Giocate Con Noi)
- Ernie: Andrea Zalone (Giocate Con Noi)
- Cookie Mostro (Cookie Monster): Mario Zucca (Giocate Con Noi)
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- Grover: Andrea Zalone (Global Grover)


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So, you want to take your management team off site and work on building cohesion? After having conducted management team retreats for over 9 years, I have learned a few things. Here are some tips to keep in mind:
1. Identify your objectives. If you want maximum focus from your management team off site, get clear on what outcomes you want to achieve. Also identify what challenges will stop the team from achieving the expected results and what will be different when those challenges are overcome.


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Los Angeles: Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley once waited nervously to meet Rihanna, but the pop star left her disappointed as she failed to turn up.
Huntington-Whiteley eagerly waited for three hours and then gave up, reports contactmusic.com.
"I was standing there going, 'Oh my God, I'm going to meet Rihanna'. I stood there and 20 minutes went by, and as more time went by the more nervous I got," Huntington-Whiteley said on a radio show.
"Then, after about three hours of waiting, I was like, 'I've had enough'," she added.


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Bluegrass Underground "The Del McCoury Band" Band patriarch Del McCoury has impeccable traditional credentials, including an early-'60s stint with Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, a 2010 National Heritage Fellowship and 2011 induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. But the Grammy-winning singer/guitarist who personifies the "High Lonesome" sound also takes it to new frontiers playing with everyone from jam band Phish to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. McCoury's band features sons Ronnie (mandolin) and Rob (banjo), with fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram. D
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Music Voyager "Israel: Tel Aviv - Rocking Israel" Tel Aviv, Israel's biggest city, is a vibrant and striking blend of old and new. From the ancient port of Jaffa to modern skyscrapers and trendy nightclubs, Tel Aviv is the epicenter of Israel's arts scene and most of the country's top musicians live in and around the city. Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar meets Ehud Banai, the revered singer-songwriter who hails from one of Israel's most important musical families. D
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Land Girls After a farm accident, Connie challenges Vernon to a farmers-versus-land-girls competition. At the military hospital, Joyce worries about her husband's recovery.G
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Midsomer Murders "Garden of Death, Part 1" The Inkpen family buys back its ancestral home, Inkpen Manor at Midsomer Deverell, with plans to turn a village Memorial Garden on the land into a tea shop. The family who previously owned the manor and installed the garden leads the opposition to the changes. When the eldest Inkpen granddaughter is found dead in the garden with her skull smashed in, DCI Tom Barnaby and DI Gavin Troy find more than one possible suspect. Part 1 of 2G
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Masterpiece Classic "Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2 - Somewhere Over The Rainbow" On the eve of war, Beryl and Harry face a race against time to get married. Meanwhile, Mr. Prichard makes a decision, which throws the running of the house into chaos, until an old face lends a helping hand. And, as Lady Agnes returns to London, a dark discovery has explosive consequences for all inside Eaton Place. Part 6 of 6G
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New Tricks "Bank Robbery" Family ties might be the undoing of police informant Pete MacKintyre, who returns to the U.K. for his son's 18th birthday after a full 17 years on the run. The UCOS team wrings some fresh evidence from him that might help solve the old crime - if they can work through the contemporary rivalries and complicated connections.G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S1 E1)" On the brink of the modern era, the inhabitants of Downton Abbey face a more immediate change - Lord Grantham loses his heir and his daughter Mary loses her fiance when the Titanic goes down. The family and its army of servants are thrown into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a handsome lawyer with novel ideas about country life. Part 1 of 4G
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Exercise your right to roll your eyes this picture day.
November's theme is EVOLUTION. For details on how to send us your work, please read our Submit page. ✴
Rookie is an online magazine and book series for teenagers. Each month, a different editorial theme drives the writing, photography, and artwork that we publish. Learn more about us here, and find out how to submit your work here!


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Did actor James Franco try to hook up with a 17-year-old visiting New York? Or is this just a "performance" stunt by the 35-year-old native of Palo Alto?
A leaked Instagram conversation and text messages seem to reveal flirtations between Franco and Scottish teenager Lucy Clode.
Daily Dot first reported the exchange that started when Clode allegedly met Franco at an autograph signing for his play "Of Mice and Men" in New York on Tuesday. An Instagram video she posted showed the actor saying, "You gotta tag me."
She did and what followed was a flirty Instagram conversation in which Clode admits to being 17 and Franco asks for her number.
The exchange then shifted to text messages, which Gawker released to the public. In those messages, Franco asked Clode: "You're single? What's the hotel? Should I rent a room?"
"April fools was an hour ago though…," Clode replied.
The teen then asked Franco to prove he was texting by writing her name on a piece of paper and taking a selfie, which he did. Clode eventually declined to meet the actor, saying, "I'll come back when I'm 18."
Although Gawker noted that the messages could be faked, it also verified that the exchange was shared on the image site Imgur.
Franco seemed to respond to the situation by posting Wednesday on Instagram, "I hope parents keep their teens away from me. Thank you." He later deleted the post, but the link remained on his Twitter account.
All of this has led to some media speculation about whether the incident was really just the latest publicity stunt by the actor.
Hillary Busis of Entertainment Weekly wrote about the possibility of this being "a stunt plotted by Franco himself in order to stealthily advertise his new movie, 'Palo Alto,'" which is adapted from his short story collection of the same name. In one of the stories, a soccer coach (Franco) has an affair with a teenager (Emma Roberts).
"This is just the sort of thing we've come to expect from Hollywood's most irrepressible meta-artist," Busis said. "Plus, someone as plugged-in as Franco is couldn't possibly think he'd get away with propositioning a teenage stranger, right? Right?"
Franco's history as a "meta-artist" started with him jumping on the trend of publishing selfies in the early 2000s.
In 2010, Variety reported the absurdity of Franco's performance art of combining a "General Hospital" taping and live art exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Los Angeles.
In 2011, he made news for opening an art museum that was completely empty and titling the project, "Museum of Non-Visible Art." He also came under fire for what some critics called his "disastrous" co-hosting of the Oscars that year.
Last year, Franco teamed up with "Spring Breakers" co-star Ashley Benson to create a parody video of Justin Bieber that went viral. Hollywood Life and other media outlets reported that Franco and Benson, then 23, had an affair while she was still in a relationship with Ryan Good. Both Franco and Benson denied the rumors.


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Homebuyers Want Pictures? Give 'em Pictures!
People love pictures.
Homebuyers REALLY love pictures of homes and buildings and parks and waterways and anything that will help them gain a better feel for the place they will be moving. (I'm assuming an out-of-town buyer who is unfamiliar with the area.)
If you have a website with a photo album function and the ability to write text below the pictures, I suggest you utilize it, and if you don't, then I suggest you set something up you can link to.
Photos are a great way of making your site useful and worth coming back to. But photos are only one part of it, the power of the photo idea goes beyond just the picture, plus Google doesn't do photos, so it won't help with search engine placement just to have pictures.
Having the ability to place text below the image serves two purposes—
The most important is it allows you to tell the story of the city to the potential buyer and to inform them of important facts about the city (or neighborhood, or area, or particular house), and it helps with search engine placement so you can be found online.
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There were other worthy contenders for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, but no reporting was more deserving than the revelations about the National Security Agency's widespread secret surveillance program at home and abroad.
The Pulitzer committee awarded journalism's highest honor to The Washington Post and the American office of The Guardian, a British newspaper, for publishing NSA documents and explaining its activities to a public that found its extensive snooping on the communications of ordinary Americans hard to fathom.
When Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor leaked thousands of classified documents last year detailing the spy agency's mass surveillance, he was denounced as a traitor by many elected officials. The Obama administration said it would arrest him at the first opportunity and charged him under the Espionage Act. Snowden, however, was given asylum in Russia.
The Post and The Guardian US deserved their Pulitzer for the difficult decisions they made on how to handle the sensitive material, balancing the government's demand for secrecy and the public's right to know. The Guardian even faced threats of a shutdown by British authorities, who claimed that its revelations endangered national security.
By showing their readers the extent of NSA surveillance and sparking a debate over national security and personal privacy, the news agencies epitomized the best practices of modern journalism. Americans are far more informed as a result.
Editorial by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Football: Marshwood rolls to second straight title
Football state championship notes: Best friends hoist gold ball
Maine Crime
Man surrenders after standoff with police in Rockland
Sidelines: Nokomis football seniors savor historic title run
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The N.C. Department of Transportation is open to at least looking at the possibility of creating a new turn lane through the median on East Main Street.
The N.C. Department of Transportation is open to at least looking at the possibility of creating a new turn lane through the median on East Main Street.
Dwayne Alligood, DOT engineer, said that the state met with engineer Susan Sayger, who is representing several Havelock businesses, about creating a left-turn lane from East Main Street to Charles Boulevard where the Expressway drive-through convenience store is located.
Nick Patel, an outspoken critic of the median that he has said is hurting his business, owns the Expressway and is one of the owners pushing for the turn lane.
Alligood said the DOT is not committed to creating the turn lane. He said the business owners would need to have a qualified traffic engineering firm do an evaluation that shows such a turn lane would not have a negative effect on traffic flow before it would even be considered.
�We�re not committing to anything at this point,� he said. �We�ve already told the city of Havelock that before anything gets done we�d be looking for their support prior to changing anything if we are to go in that direction.�
Alligood said the study, paid for by the local businesses, would look at traffic volume, turning movements and the number of people that would be making the turn. Before the median was constructed in 2011, Charles Street was often used by residents along Webb Boulevard and surrounding streets to access their neighborhoods.
�We�re focused on the mobility along 70,� Alligood said, referring to East Main Street. �If you can maintain the mobility along U.S. 70 and improve access, then most likely we�re going to support that. But if it improves access but is detrimental to the mobility along U.S. 70, then we�re going to have some concerns about that.�
The traffic engineering study would determine what form the break in the median would take.
�My expectation is that it would be a channelized left turn,� Alligood said. �That�s what the property owner is asking for, essentially a channelized left turn that would go into Charles Street.�
East of Charles Street, at the break in the median at Forest Hill Drive, there have been complaints that the road is not wide enough to allow U-turns, Alligood said.
�There has also been a complaint that U-turning traffic down at Forest Hills is making a left, then cutting through the parking lot of the establishment there, so that�s part of what will get looked at too,� he said. �That�s one thing that DOT had recognized earlier.�
Alligood said the spot may require additional pavement added to the right side of the westbound lanes to allow for the wider U-turns, but there isn�t funding available for the necessary right-of-way property acquisition and utility work that would be required.
Such a measure might also be necessary at the Charles Street intersection, Alligood said.
�That same issue that you�ve got at Forest Hills would also have to be looked at at Charles to make sure that you don�t create a situation there the same way � ,� he said.