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Groups provide an opportunity for members to share with one another regarding problems related to addiction to lust, sex and pornography and attempts to achieve stable sobriety. In many cases meetings are held in churches other locations owned by a third party. However, according to SA tradition, all groups are fully autonomous and are not allied with any denomination, religious group, or hold any other outside affiliation.
Groups are self supporting, declining outside contributions from others. During the meeting there is usually a period for local SA announcements, and the meeting chairperson passes the basket to defray costs of the meeting hall, literature, and incidental expenses. Once the meeting adjourns, there is often a time of informal visiting among members.
Newcomers are welcome at all meetings.
All meetings are non-smoking
All meetings are mixed with both men and women welcome unless otherwise noted
Meetings generally follow a group discussion format unless otherwise noted
All meetings are closed meetings (see definition below) unless otherwise noted
Closed meetings
These meetings are limited to sexaholics. Only those desiring SA sexual sobriety may attend closed meetings. They permit detailed discussion of various elements of the SA recovery program. If you have never been to an SA meeting, you are welcome at any meeting. You will be able to attend a newcomer's breakout meeting at any closed meeting.
All meetings are closed meetings unless otherwise noted.
Open meetings
As the term suggests, meetings of this type are open to sexaholics, their families, and to anyone interested in solving a personal sexaholism issue or helping someone else to solve such a problem. Guests at SA open meetings are reminded that any opinions or interpretations they may hear are solely those of the speaker involved. All members are free to interpret the recovery program in their own terms, but none can speak for the local group or for SA as a whole.
Unlisted Meetings
Not all meetings that Middle Tennessee Intergroup serves may have chosen to be listed online. To inquire about areas not listed below, contact us by telephone or email. To have a meeting added to the online listing, a group conscience decision will need to be made. Then send an email to webmaster with your name, phone number, and best time to call. Someone will call you to obtain the necessary information.


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STOCKTON - Lt. Lee Kissell will patrol the streets of Stockton for the final time today, ending a stellar, 28-year law enforcement career that began when he took an oath to serve the community on Sept. 16, 1985.
STOCKTON - Lt. Lee Kissell will patrol the streets of Stockton for the final time today, ending a stellar, 28-year law enforcement career that began when he took an oath to serve the community on Sept. 16, 1985.
Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones described Kissell as a highly trained officer who has served in a variety of roles, always upholding the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and integrity.
"He has the experience, he has the knowledge, he has the expertise, and he makes it a point to impart that knowledge down to his sergeants and the officers," Jones said. "I really admire him. He's had a long career with the Stockton Police Department, and his dedication to this department and this community over his decades of service is very commendable. He's really given back to this community in a number of ways."
Kissell, 51, spoke poignantly while discussing his career, pausing now and then to gather his emotions and reflect. He has been part of some of the department's highest and lowest moments over the years - from daring raids and rescues to deadly shootings - but nothing has prepared him for his last day on the job, he said.
"It's going to be surreal, I'm sure," said Kissell, who plans to spend more time with his wife and daughters. "It's been 28 years, which means this is pretty much the only job I've ever had in my life. I'm going to miss the camaraderie. I'm going to miss the job. I've had an incredible career, and I've gotten to do everything I wanted to do, and now it's going to be over. The realization that I'm not going to be doing it anymore just leaves a hole."
When Kissell decided to pursue a career in law enforcement, he was following in the footsteps of his father, Larry, who served as chief of the Tracy Police Department in the 1980s.
"That's what influenced me greatly to want to become a police officer - the uniform, the police work, going to emergency calls, the excitement of it," Kissell said. "That's what I was looking for, and I definitely found it."
Kissell started his career as a patrol officer after attending the police academy at San Joaquin Delta College. He was promoted to sergeant in 2000 and was named a lieutenant earlier this year.
"I think you're always proud of your son's endeavors, and certainly he has done an excellent job," Larry Kissell said. "He's succeeded in everything he's ever tried."
Lee Kissell spent 22 years as a member of the SWAT team, first as an officer and later as a sergeant. He has also served with the narcotics and gang units. In 2009, Kissell and his partners in the narcotics unit investigated a major drug trafficking operation. The investigation led to several arrests and the seizure of a large amount of guns, money and drugs. It was one of the largest drug busts in the history of the department.
Kissell said he is still haunted by the thought of a 1992 drug raid that went horribly wrong. Kissell was providing cover outside a north Stockton home when SWAT officers entered the residence with a search warrant.
Gunfire erupted inside the home. Kissell dropped to the ground as bullets pierced a bedroom wall near his position. Officer Arthur P. Parga, 31, was shot and killed. The man who shot him, 63-year-old Manuel Ramirez, was also killed in the shootout.
"I'll always remember going to that location, serving the search warrant, shots ringing out and then our fellow officer being pulled out, dead, on a stretcher," Kissell said, choking back his emotions. "That always had an impact."
Kissell said he has never fired a shot in the line of duty, but he came very close once after Don Machado, 39, shot his estranged wife outside a post office on East Main Street in 2001. The victim was bleeding and needed immediate medical care, but Machado was standing over her with a gun, refusing to comply with commands, Kissell said.
"We could see she was still alive on the ground, and he was preventing us from getting medical aid to her," Kissell said, pausing for about 20 seconds before continuing. "Just about the time I made the decision that I was going to shoot him, he raised the gun to his head and shot himself."
Jones called Kissell a "steady, calming force in very stressful situations." Jones cited his "trust" and "confidence" in Kissell as reasons he chose Kissell to lead the department's Community Response Team.
Kissell heads one of two 11-man CRT units, which were created in 2012 to combat a troubling rise in violent crime. After setting all-time highs with 58 homicides in 2011 and 71 in 2012, Stockton has experienced more than a 50 percent reduction in homicides in 2013.
"I feel blessed to have spent the last year and a half as one of the commanders of the Community Response Team," Kissell said. "The teams have been largely beneficial in our reduced crime and murder rates. We have done some fantastic work, so I really feel like I'm leaving my career on a high note."
Jones agreed, saying Kissell has been a "model" law enforcement officer.
"He is part of what makes the Stockton Police Department's legacy what it is, and that is adhering to the highest amount of training, standards and ethics, and imparting that knowledge to newer recruits," Jones said. "That's just who Lee Kissell is."
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8279 or email@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/crimeblog and on Twitter @Stockton911.

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When Rick Ostfeld heard about the sky-darkening flocks of birds descending this winter on Hopkinsville, Ky., he couldn't help but think of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds."
"I remember watching it multiple times as a kid, just to scare myself," said Ostfeld, a disease ecologist with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.
California's Bodega Bay, where Hitchcock set his horror flick, also happens to be where Ostfeld toiled on his doctoral thesis. Still, what struck him most about the latest news was the familiar nonfiction storyline from his years of studying the ecology of infectious disease: A congregation of millions of blackbirds and European starlings -- possibly influenced by climate change and a human-altered landscape -- is coating neighborhoods in white excrement and may be increasing the risk of disease for people and pets.
The disease du jour is a fungal infection called histoplasmosis. The pneumonia-like illness can be deadly to dogs, and also serious for humans if left untreated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"We're disturbing the environment, and that could be creating the perfect storm," said Ostfeld.
He has known other biologists who fell ill from histoplasmosis while researching in bat caves. In his own research, Ostfeld has found that the risk of Lyme disease rises when biodiversity drops due to human activities. He is now investigating the potential role of climate change on that disease's spread. And this past October, Ostfeld discussed with The Huffington Post the potential for city rats flooded from their underground residences by Hurricane Sandy to begin infesting more human homes and businesses, possible raising the human risk of infectious diseases carried by the rodents, such as leptospirosis, hantavirus, typhus, salmonella and even the plague.
Climate scientists have suggested that global warming could be increasing the threat of extreme storms like Sandy, and reports are now coming in that rat populations are escalating in some Sandy-struck neighborhoods.
The New York City Department of Health told The Huffington Post in a statement that rat reports are actually down citywide after the storm compared to the previous year. City council officials, however, are pushing for more money to bait, kill and remove rats, reported The New York Times, which points out that areas along the hard-hit shorelines -- such as Manhattan's Lower East Side and Brooklyn's Greenpoint -- have seen an uptick in complaints.
Ostfeld remains concerned about possible implications for public health. Leptospirosis, he said, is similar to the flu and might "easily be undetected and unreported."
As for the birds down South, recent studies suggest that increasing temperatures and altered precipitation patterns could change migratory patterns. Frank La Sorte, a researcher at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, noted that with changing climate conditions, more food is becoming available farther north during the winter, and that could be causing some birds to stop early in their annual southward journey.
"As these species roam around looking for food, they increasingly test the northern limit -- especially if they're not tied to a specific resource or habitat," La Sorte said. "That could be at play here. But it's hard to say any specific cause unless you study a particular event in detail."
As with proving that climate change is connected to a singular weather event, linking it to the movement of wildlife is extremely difficult. For one, this is not the first winter that Hopkinsville has seen millions of birds take up residence.
"That area is notorious for blackbirds," said Norman Goodman, a microbiologist and emeritus professor at the University of Kentucky, who recalled increased cases of histoplasmosis with massive roosts in years past. "At one time, we had about 5 million blackbirds in a pine grove at Fort Campbell."
As Goodman explained, the birds' feces act as good fertilizer for histoplasmosis spores that naturally live for years in the soil. If the fertilized dirt is then disturbed, those spores can become airborne and infect the lungs of people and pets. However, he emphasized that the mere presence of the birds -- even their droppings-- doesn't mean people will get sick.
Dr. Wade Northington, director of the Murray State University Breathitt Veterinary Center, an animal disease diagnostic facility that covers Hopkinsville, added that birds and bats can also pick up the fungus off the ground. While the animal won't show symptoms, its intestinal tract can play host to multiplying histoplasmosis spores, which the animal then deposits elsewhere as it flies about.
"The area where these birds have been roosting will be a problem," said Northington, who noted he hadn't seen flocks this large for at least 15 years. "People need to be very, very careful."
The best idea, according to Goodman and Northington, is to leave soiled soils alone.
Raina Plowright, a researcher at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State University, sees a parallel between the Kentucky birds and her work on Australian fruit bats.
"Bats rely on nectar and fruit, and generally have to move great distances to always find it. But they discovered that urban food sources are there year-round," Plowright said. "This could be a factor in the increasing number of deadly Hendra virus outbreaks in Australia."
Hendra is known to infect horses, likely from the urine of infected bats. Horses can then transmit the virus to people.
Plowright added that climate change may well be playing a role in Hendra, too, but just what role remains unclear. "There does seem to have been some links between environmental perturbations and Hendra outbreaks," she said, emphasizing the complexity of teasing apart the factors in the spread of disease.
In addition to the Hitchcock classic, the swarms of birds in Kentucky also reminded Ostfeld of the final scene in the more recent Hollywood film "Contagion." The 20-second sequence of clips acts as a prequel to the nightmare scenario played out in the movie: A bulldozer clears a patch of trees for a new piggery, into which a displaced and diseased bat drops a chunk of banana, which is gobbled by a pig that later lands in the hands of a chef.
As the film illustrates, and as HuffPost has reported in "The Infection Loop," wild flocks of animals don't always just bring along familiar diseases. Three-quarters of new, emerging or re-emerging human diseases originate in animals.
"You've got these mobile creatures harboring pathogens that get disturbed in various ways by human activities, which are then brought into close proximity to humans," said Ostfeld. "These are common themes that might suggest a general pattern, and something that may continue to happen."


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By Willaim Woys Weaver
If you go through the Baker Creek seed catalog, you will discover an attractive variegated pepper called Fish Pepper. This pepper came from my grandfather's seed collection, passed on to him in the 1930s by African-American folk artist Horace Pippin (1888-1946) of West Chester, Pennsylvania. The story of Pippin and his fascination with my grandfather's garden is retold in my book Heirloom Vegetable Gardening, and while that narrative is indeed a monument to Mr. Pippin's persistence to get stung by my grandfather's honey bees (in order to "cure" a rheumatic condition in Pippin's bad arm), there were a lot more Pippin peppers in the collection that have never gotten as much attention or even the widespread distribution that the Fish Pepper now enjoys. In short, Mr. Pippin bribed my grandfather with rare seeds, and among them was a pepper called Little Nubian. I don't think I have ever released it, not even through Seed Savers Exchange.
I thought the name a bid odd and perhaps just another cloaked way of saying something was black without actually using other more offensive labels (we all know them), but since it came from Mr. Pippen, who did not seem to have any problem with it, I accepted the whole thing on face value. After all, there are a lot of heirlooms with names that were once considered humorous but which today are best forgotten. So what's in the name? I started to do some research.
By way of description, Little Nubian is a small 2 ½ foot tall bush with black stems and leaves, black fruits, somewhat blocky in shape, and with extremely deep purple flowers. The black pods ripen brown and then turn red. From that point alone, it makes a nice ornamental, and due to its small size, it is ideal for pot culture --- which is how my grandfather used to grow it. He never ate the peppers because they are little fire bombs; even one or two in a pickle changes the "accent" to volcanic.
Much to my surprise, I discovered that there was indeed a nineteenth century pepper called Nubian, and it is illustrated in the color plate from an 1891 seed catalog accompanying this blog. As you can see, that pepper is long and pointed. It was promoted as an ornamental, but of course, anyone brave enough to eat it could test their machismo on steak or barbecue. The conclusion I came to was that Mr. Pippin's rare heirloom pepper must be a relative of this one, although smaller. And by chance, I happened to be looking one day at William Titford's 1811 Sketches Towards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus and there it was, my Little Nubian. Its right there in the magnificently hand-colored frontispiece, and the little number on it takes you to a page which tells you succinctly exactly what this pepper is called in Jamaica where he recorded it: Sore Throat Pepper.
I thought so! Little Nubian just had to have come from the Caribbean where spicy food is the vogue. In Jamaica the locals infuse the pepper in rum, which they use in turn as a gargle for sore throats, coughs, and anything else you want to blast out of your body in one swig. So instead of trading off some workaday seeds for a few bee stings, Mr. Pippin entrusted to my grandfather a pepper with an amazing genealogy and most likely well embedded in the African heritage of the Caribbean. It pleases me to know that when I grew it out last year for seed renewal, that I have become the keeper of this very precious vestige of old-time folk medicine. I think it is time to start sharing seeds….
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by Molly Lambert
Just because The L Word is over doesn't mean you're at a loss for hot same-sex television pairings. Forget the endless seduction wankfest that is Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf, it's all about the tender loving care made manifest by Blair and Serena.
In the wake of so many bromosocial movies and sitcoms and fan-fiction about threesomes between Obama, Joe Biden, and Rahm Emmanuel, we have no choice but to champion an alternative sisterly kind of love. A deep feminine bond.
If you're in the dark about "shipping" and what it means for a Big Love fan to "ship" Barb and Margene, you can learn up at Fan Secrets. Unless you'd rather just not know about the dark underbelly of the internet. It's a strange and deviant world.
Blair: "sorry Chuck. I love you but I've chosen dykeness."
Kanye And The Real Girl
In a time when the economy is crumbling and heterosexual relationships are fraught with violence, who can be blamed for taking safe refuge in the (beautiful in totally different ways) bosoms of rich and fashionable fictional socialites.
power lesbians Amber Rose and Pink planning a business lunch
Kanye's girl got a (ex) girlfriend
Pretty sure Amber Rose's ex girl could take Kanye in a fight.
Perpetual belle of twitter John Mayer has a man-boner for Kanye, likes sex and he's good at it.
More pictures of Kanye and new girlfriend Amber Rose
channeling Lady Gaga and Archie Andrews
Beyonce and Bey-Z, the ultimate in being a diva
Keri Hilson and a still mulleted Kanye reenact the androgynous Andrew McCarthy and Ally Sheedy sex scene from St. Elmo's Fire which we wrote about recently.
Kelly Clarkson's new single "I Do Not Hook Up" is about eschewing casual sex in favor of a longer lasting emotional connection. It was written by Katy Perry, of last year's bisexual crossover hit "I Kissed A Girl."
Which begs the question, can you be a bisexually curious prude? What does that entail? Lots and lots of scissoring? Third wave feminism is red pandas.
I'm a ninth wave feminist. What does that mean? You'll find out when you get here. Get on my level, womyn.
Other Gay Couples We Like:
Steve Buscemi and Paul Rudd (kute!!!)
Jason Segel and Alex Carnevale's favorite actor Jack McBrayer
Jason Segel and Paul Rudd do "Dracula's Lament"
Back in the dull heteronormative world, Emily Gould convinced me to resurrect my short-lived but remarkably successful (thank u Ed Westwick fans!) ladyporn venture Mrs. Skin, now with her contributions. So if you are a straight girl or gay dude or bisexual octopus person come check out our gallery of hot menfolk. Occasionally NSFW.
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I'm trying to solve this recurrence relation:
$$a_m = 8 \cdot a_{m-1} + 10^{m-1}, a_1=1$$
By the change of variable $\displaystyle b_m = \frac{a_m}{10^m}$ I obtained this linear non-homogenous relation:
$$b_m = \frac{8}{10}b_{m-1} + \frac{1}{10}, b_1 = \frac{1}{10}$$
Now I'm trying to solve this one. Since it's non-homogenous because of a constant, I thought maybe it was a good idea to use linear algebra by writing this recurrence relation in this matrix form:
$$\begin{bmatrix} b_m \\ b_{m-1} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} \frac{1}{10} & \frac{8}{10}\\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ b_{m-1} \end{bmatrix}$$
So, If we set $A=\begin{bmatrix} \frac{1}{10} & \frac{8}{10}\\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$, my recurrence relation can be written like this:
$$\begin{bmatrix} b_m \\ b_{m-1} \end{bmatrix} = A^m \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ a_1 \end{bmatrix} = A^m \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ \frac{1}{10} \end{bmatrix}$$
The problem arises when I want to calculate the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of $A$ to find $A^m$. It involves square roots and stuff and apparently they don't get canceled. Another problem is that if I write the same recurrence relation in the following way my calculations TOTALLY changes, I mean eigenvalues change, so, eigenvectors will change too, and it seems like a totally different problem:
$$\begin{bmatrix} b_m \\ b_{m-1} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} \frac{8}{10} & \frac{1}{10}\\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} b_{m-1} \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}$$
Using wolfram alpha I know the exact form for $b_m$:
$$b_m = \frac{1}{2} ( 1 - (\frac{4}{5})^m ) $$
Which agrees with what I expect.
Is there something wrong with my method that such complications arise?


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David Champion, head of auto testing for Consumer Reports, provided a perfect cure for sudden unintended acceleration to CNN Money yesterday.
Truly deserving of an "Excellent" rating in our book, Champion suggested:
"The one thing we could do would be to ban automatic transmissions altogether and sell only manuals".
We are almost as overjoyed by the fleeting pipe dream of a world with only manual transmissions as we are shocked someone at Consumer Reports has a sense of humor. (Hat tip to Se7en_speed!)


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SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N) is making a major push on Monday to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous piles of data being created inside their organizations.
The company is announcing more then 30 new or upgraded products or services that are the result of a $2 billion investment over the last three years involving thousands of IBM researchers and eight acquisitions of data storage start-ups.
Even as the economy slows and businesses move to slash spending on computers and network gear, sales of storage will continue to spiral — at least until someone invents a way for companies to stop collecting so much data, analysts say.
Proliferating data storage requirements brought on both by customer demands to keep information instantly available and by mounting record-keeping mandated by regulators are forcing companies to retool their corporate data centers.
IBM said its new line-up of storage products and services are designed to help customers manage the transition from static data archives to dynamic storehouses ready to manage two-way data flows over the Internet.
"IBM is trying to illustrate how many facets of their storage offerings can be viewed as something strategic and cohesive as opposed to just another series of 'cool products,'" said analyst Clay Ryder, the president of Sageza Group.
International Business Machines Corp said it aims to help customers — big banks, retailers, government agencies and other organizations — contend with the growing digitization of entertainment, health care, security and retail information.
IBM estimates that the average individual's "information footprint" — the amount of data connected to a person — will grow to more than 16 terabytes by 2020 from roughly one terabyte, or trillion bytes, of data currently.
"IBM is saying let's talk about general business requirements first, then will go the technology bag of tricks and figure out what the customers need," said Mary Turner, an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group. "This is a cross business-unit effort."
Competitively, IBM is showcasing how the breadth of its storage-related hardware, software and related services can be made to work together for customers small and large.
Only EMC Corp EMC.N, the leading independent storage maker, has articulated a similarly broad strategy for managing all parts of an organization's "information infrastructure," analysts said. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) and Dell DELL.O still sell storage largely tied to their server products, while Sun Microsystems JAVA.O is also active in the tape market, but its offerings are nowhere near as comprehensive as IBM or EMC.
"At some level IBM is announcing the latest, greatest versions of products that have been around quite a while," said Charles King, an analyst with Pund-IT Research. It is also showing off really interesting next-generation capabilities."
Seeking to show it can cut the costs of storing massive amounts of data, IBM is demonstrating new technology from its January acquisition of XIV using solid-state memory instead of disk-drives or magnetic tape now used to store data.
The transition from disk drives to flash-memory has begun to occur in consumer electronics, but IBM's announcement suggests that solid state storage — memory with no moving parts — is becoming cost effective in big business storage.
"This is the industry's first stab at big solid state storage," Ryder said. "If you don't have spindles and disks, you have no parts to fail and you can use less power."
And it is incorporating the latest data "deduplication" technology that eliminates the need to keep many copies of the same information, a move that promises to help customers save vastly more information in the same amount of office space.
Making use of software and hardware it acquired by buying Diligent Technologies in April, IBM said the deduplication technology can reduced redundant data by up to 25 to 1.
Deduplication joins storage virtualization, another technique that IBM and it rivals are promoting to increase the usage of existing storage equipment while making it easier to manage and cutting energy usage.
Companies are running out of room in existing data centers to store these growing piles of information.
IBM is offering a high-density tape storage library system that uses robotic arms to locate and read archival data tapes that holds three times more cartridges in the same floor space. Businesses can store up to three petabytes, or quadrillion bits, of data in 10 square feet of floor space, it said.
To secure this data, the company also is offering systems with automatic data encryption that take advantage of disk supplier Seagate Technology's STX.N encrypted hard drives.


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Soooo Boards of Canada yeah? Music has the Right to Children, whew, what an album! Er, OK we'll level with you: when the list of albums up for review this week came around there was a suggestion of some nice shiny free vinyl for us poor old DiS staff writers. We were also less than subtle about hinting at it when the e-mail went in to the PR. Alas, I haven't been sent any.
If all of this sounds like a spoilt music journo bitching and whining about not getting any free stuff then, well, that's kind of the point. After all, what's the point in reviewing this reissue of an album that featured in the upper echelons of Pitchfork's "Top 100 Albums of the 90s" list and made its way on to Mojo's "100 Modern Classics"? An album fetishised by DiS's readers, contributors and a million like-minded others? With no new material or even flashy new packaging to speak of, what's new to say about it, let alone for fans to splash out hard-earned cash on?
Fans, presumably, are the target of this reissue, as it's unlikely anyone heard a track from this year's Tomorrow's Harvest on Radio 2 and wanted to check out the back catalogue. Perhaps younger visitors to sites such as this, who read the (much-deserved) praise heaped upon this year's release and wondered what the fuss around these guys was? If so then the original release is still out there and available. So is the 2004 reissue. A remaster is wholly unnecessary because let's face it, very few albums released either in 1998 or since then have been so gloriously, perfectly produced as Music has the Right to Children.
It's a 9-or-10/10 album, but so what? With literally nothing new to review since that 2004 version added 'Happy Cycling', what do you want me to talk about? There's nothing I can say that Mike Diver didn't earlier this year. You already know it's a landmark album in its genre and that it's treated with almost cultish reverence. There are tomes written on it that won't be improved with any thoughts on a near-identical version of something that's been out there for you to hear for 15 years anyway. Bugger giving it a score.
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Finally, as of last night....I learned to knit in the round. After many many MANY failed attempts. I finally got. Using the 'Magic Loop Method' no less! I have no idea just yet what I want to try and make with my new found skill, but I want it to use the ML method that I learned on.
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Two years ago, fifteen-year-old Jamie Henry breathed a sigh of relief when a judge sentenced his older sister to juvenile detention for burning down their neighbor's fancy horse barn. The whole town did. Because Crazy Cate Henry used to be a nice girl. Until she did a lot of bad things. Like drinking. And stealing. And lying. Like playing weird mind games in the woods with other children. Like making sure she always got her way. Or else.
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Benedikt Nuenemann necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
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Palestinian militants fired a rocket aimed at Jerusalem yesterday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city and opening a new front in three days of fierce fighting between Israel and armed groups in the Gaza Strip.
An attack on Israel's capital marks a major escalation both for its symbolism and the fact it was thought to be out of range of Gaza rocket squads at 50 miles from the Gaza border.
The escalation of the Palestinian attacks on Israel came as Egypt's prime minister had rushed to the Gaza Strip, which has been at the centre of an Israeli air offensive.
A Palestinian rocket was also aimed at Tel Aviv yesterday. Sirens wailed across Israel's main metropolis moments before an explosion was heard, but police said the rocket appeared to have fallen into the sea.
Israel said it halted its incessant air attacks on militant targets in Gaza during the brief visit of Egyptian prime minister Hesham Kandil. Palestinian militants, meanwhile, fired off more than 60 rockets after Mr Kandil arrived in Gaza.
He toured Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, accompanied by the territory's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, who was making his first public appearance since Israel's offensive began on Wednesday.
In one chaotic moment, a man rushed toward the two leaders, shouting as he held up the body of a four-year-old boy. The two men cradled the lifeless boy who Hamas said was killed in an Israeli airstrike - a claim Israel denied.
Fighting to hold back tears, Mr Kandil told reporters that the Israeli operation must end.
"What I saw today in the hospital, the wounded and the martyrs, the boy ... whose blood is still on my hands and clothes, is something that we cannot keep silent about," he said.
The Israeli campaign has been limited to airstrikes but military officials say they are considering expanding it to a ground campaign.
Lt Col Avital Leibovich, a military spokeswoman, said the military had called 16,000 reservists to duty as it geared up for a possible ground offensive.
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Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the rocket aimed at Jerusalem landed in an open area near Gush Ezion, a collection of Jewish settlements in the West Bank southeast of the city.
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Having had my MD-9600 for a few days I decided to write a few reports on my impression so far.
This post is concentrating on my first impressions of the radio from a users point of view. See my other posts on the CPS and the RF performance.
Overall after playing with the radio for a few days my feeling is that I am quite disappointed with the current offering. Despite having updated to the latest firmware there are still some significant issues outstanding. Despite the delays in production it appears the radio is still not quite finished. (where have we heard that before?)
A minor issue that seems to plague other similar radios is that when receiving a signal it is impossible to select the menu.
There is a very loud click from the speaker every time the squelch closes on FM and at the end of each transmission on DMR. This is not controllable with the volume control and becomes really annoying very quickly. It sounds like the power is being removed from the audio amplifier whenever the radio needs to be silent. I am not sure if this can be fixed with a firmware update or if it will need a hardware modification.
Apart from the above the FM mode seems to perform well. However the same cant be said for DMR mode.
Quite often the screen will display the ID and Talkgroup of a station but no audio will be received. Listening on another DMR radio shows that they are actually talking. Sometimes the audio will appear after a fraction of a second, sometimes after a few seconds, sometimes not until the next transmission. Removing and reconnecting the antenna whilst receiving a signal will often cause the audio to disappear again. This tends to point to some issue with the 'Late Entry' decoding of the audio which is supposed to handle this situation.
Interestingly the problem appears to be worse on some stations than others even through the same repeater. This is odd in a digital system where all signals should appear to be identical. Maybe this points to a decoding error somewhere that is affected by the data differences caused by the different ID number.
Sometimes the radio will fail to access a DMR repeater from cold. This occurs even with a strong signal from an external antenna so it is not a signal level issue. The Downlink activate burst is sent and the repeater does respond to this by keying up and sending idle frames but the radio does not appear to receive these and the connection fails. Re- attempting the access immediately while the repeater is still up always works. This points to the radio not receiving the repeater during the wake-up sequence.
Maybe the two problems are related in that the radio has problems synchronising with the received signal.
I would be interested to hear from someone else who has one of these radios so we can do some comparisons. It is always possible that mine has a fault. However I suspect it may all be down to the firmware and they are all the same.
Potentially if these things can be fixed the radio could be good. Hopefully TYT can fix the firmware. At the moment I feel the radio is not really usable with any feeling of comfort, I am always thinking what will go wrong next!
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Letter of Release Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Letter of Release Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Asia Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message nighthawkJoined: 12 Feb 2003Posts: 60Location: USA Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 4:30 pm Post subject: Letter of Release Im an American working in South Korea. Ive got some problems with my employer, and Im thinking about going elsewhere in Asia. I just want to understand my options. In South Korea you get a work visa that lasts 1 year. One of the things that really irks me about South Korea is that if you want to quit your job and get another in SK, then you have to get a letter of release from your 1st employer in order to work legally or you have to leave the country and wait until your 1-year work visa expires before you can reenter. Well, as Im sure you can imagine, there are a lot of employers that dont provide these letters of releases like they should, so the teacher either has to put up with his employers b.s., try to fight the system legally, which is often futile, or pack his bags and leave the country. Is a letter of release required to change jobs in other Asian countries? If you need specifics, then heres a list of the ones Im thinking about: China, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Can a teacher just quit a bad employer and start working for a better one? Do you have to leave the country? Basically what I'm asking is what happens if you find out that your employer is a scumbag and you want out? What are your options then? Also, how common is it to work in these countries illegally? How much do you get fined if you get caught working illegally? How long do they prohibit you from reentering the country if you get caught working illegally? Thanks in advance for the help. Back to top stillnosheepJoined: 01 Mar 2004Posts: 2068Location: eslcafe Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 2:59 pm Post subject: In Japan your working visa belongs to you; not to any sponsoring school. You may use a sponsor to get your visa in the first place (unless, for example, you enter on a working holiday visa), but if you quit the school you get to keep your work permit and can legally work elsewhere until your visa runs out.Last edited by stillnosheep on Mon May 31, 2004 3:15 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top silkroadJoined: 12 May 2004Posts: 3 Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:02 pm Post subject: Yes! Please see my post under Jobs in Mongolia. Mongolia has this system too, and what's worse you can't leave the country without it (if you don't have an exit visa). Back to top nighthawkJoined: 12 Feb 2003Posts: 60Location: USA Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 10:56 am Post subject: Thanks Thanks for the replies. I really appreciate it. Does anyone have any info on the other countries I mentioned, i.e., Thailand, Cambodia, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam? Are letters of releases required to change jobs in those countries? And what happens if you get caught working illegally? Thanks again. -nighthawk Back to top cheekygalJoined: 04 Mar 2003Posts: 1987Location: China, Zhuhai Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:10 am Post subject: I work in China and when I moved from South to North I was required to have a letter of release from the labour bureau (Foreign expert's permit)as well as the police station (for Z - working - visa). It would ease the process of obtaining visa and other documents when you change jobs. If you are on F (business) or L (tourist) visas you don't need such letter because officially you are not to work with these types of visa. Back to top PolinaJoined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 71 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:14 am Post subject: In Taiwan you used to need one until early this year, and now I believe you don't. A lot of people work illegally here and it is very rare that any are caught. 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Dubbed "Ski Town U.S.A.", Steamboat Springs is a world-class ski destination with an ample supply of summer sports activities as well. You won't find any steamboats in town, however. The city gets its name from several geothermal hot springs in the area and there are two hot springs open to the public. Consider a spacious holiday rental instead of a small, sterile hotel room. From luxurious mountainside chalets to quaint cabins and ultra-modern, amenity rich condominiums, your holiday choices in Steamboat Springs are diverse in a wide variety of price ranges.
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The Model + Stylist: Fashion blogger Kimberly Pesch from eat.sleep.wear (who Alison had the pleasure to meet and fall in love with recently) has been making quite an impression with her playful, colorful and oh-so-chic ensembles. Often seen in brown rimmed glasses, bright orangey-red lipstick or a top knot, Kim scored a spot this summer guest blogging for Coach and is featured in the current issue of Lucky magazine, alongside a few other amazing female bloggers.
The Look: We made a fun summer dress with a fitted bodice + princess seams attached to a pleated rectangle skirt. Beginners: This pattern = super easy to construct. We gave Kim the reigns to style and photograph herself in, and this is what she's come up with! We love it…
Material Notes
2 yards cotton voile; 2 yards lining. Invisible zipper.
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- Spring, Summer, Fall
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Aug 21, 2011, 05.49 PMby ldlakip
Love this dress and esp the wedding version shown in tea legnth. Do you also have the shrug pattern that it is shown with? I love the shurg too!
Aug 20, 2011, 09.44 PMby janul
Hm, I really love the bag!
Aug 17, 2011, 03.43 PMby dreamydeary
Too bad we can't see the dress — I have no idea what that neckline looks like on, it's entirely covered up by that shirt and the flowers. Oh well.
Aug 17, 2011, 09.10 AMby Livisquiv
Looks great, would be nice if we could actually SEE it though!!!
Aug 17, 2011, 06.59 AMby dosimon
Hello! I love the dress and downloaded the instructions, but I wonder, do I have to buy the wedding dress pattern just for the bodice? I don't intend to marry anytime soon !
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Aug 17, 2011, 03.15 PMby alisondahl
The pattern download contains just the print out for the bodice, so you're essentially purchasing a dress pattern, whether you want to call it a wedding dress pattern or not, you'll have the bodice you're looking for. The skirt pieces are simply gathered rectangles of fabric which you draft yourself :)
Aug 17, 2011, 06.19 AMby iron-on
The pattern is okay. But the dress is not flattering. It looks a few sizes to big for the girl or possibly just poorly made. I'm a little disappointed with this one…
Aug 17, 2011, 02.43 AMby debbieisbell
Can't really see the dress
Aug 17, 2011, 12.41 AMby PeaBea
I have just made a top for my grand daughter from a dress pattern styled very much like this one but with fabric lacing at the back . It would of been nice to see a pic of the back view & without the shirt on .
Aug 16, 2011, 03.42 PMby atrinka
The dress is ok and you cannot see it with the white shirt over…..
Aug 16, 2011, 06.38 AMby hasi
I love it. I am surprised how versatile it is. The plain dress looks like a cute summerdress but styled with these great shoes and the whit blouse it looks so different. Very cool!
Aug 16, 2011, 06.35 AMby nikkishell
Lovely dress!
Aug 15, 2011, 07.13 PMby fabricaddict
I love this dress! and the way it's been styled
Aug 15, 2011, 05.45 PMby nouvellegamine
wow! great look & great style! (i'm biased- sporting the bun & winged eyeliner right now)
seriously though, i like how she styled the dress, especially the flower pins. super cute.
btw- just saw her on anthropologie's fb page. loved her outfit!
Aug 15, 2011, 04.58 PMby ichigogirl
I love the dress! I don't LOVE the girl (probably simply because I haven't actually met her), but she's fabulously cool, and I do love her shoes, and bag!
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designed to help active Cubs earn their Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scout ranks by February.
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We now have proof that selfies existed 60 years ago.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell posted a vintage photo of himself on Facebook to celebrate "Throwback Thursday," also known as #tbt.
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Classic Woman Awards 2011
Meet five incredible women who represent the best in American caring and giving.
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With deep thanks and profound admiration, we salute the phenomenal honorees of our seventh annual Classic Woman Awards. Making a better future by giving themselves to the present, they run organizations that provide comfort items to children in homeless shelters; encourage young peoples appreciation of music by giving them new musical instruments; help poor women in Latin America support their families; give girls at risk for abuse self-confidence through athletics; and extend financial, educational, and emotional support to people undergoing bone marrow transplants.
Our honorees represent dozens of nominees across America who give heart and soul to causes like suicide prevention, animal adoption, and elder care. One is Jean Van Horn Cavanaugh of Great Bend, Kansas87 years old and still giving. Piling disadvantaged students in her car to go to games, concerts, or the Kansas State Fair, she provides the guidance that helps them prepare for college education. Orlando Garcia credits Jean for helping him graduate from medical school last May: She listened. She understood my desire to excel. She was always there for me.
The Classic Woman Awards are produced by Executive Editor Marsha Raisch.
Thank you to our sponsors Century Furniture and Silver Promotion Service for their support of the 2011 Classic Woman Awards.
Photography: Colleen Duffley
Lynne Patterson
Pro Mujer
New York, New York
Lynne Patterson is the embodiment of quiet passion. She did not set out to empower some one million women in Latin Americas poorest countries by giving them micro-loans to start businesses. In fact, when she went to Bolivia to teach in 1989, her focus was young children. But she learned that, To reach the children, we had to reach their mothers, who had such low self-esteem from being poor and living in a society where men are given preference.
Soon she and fellow teacher Carmen Velasco, eventually Lynns partner in founding Pro Mujer (For Women), were holding meetings in which impoverished young mothers reflected on ways to improve their lives. The consensus: We need to increase our familys income. Could you help us start small businesses?
Neither teacher had business experience, but their response was immediate: Absolutely. When we were starting, says Lynne, I would never have dreamed in a million years that we would now be running this program in five countries with the success that we have had.
Today, Pro Mujer employs 1,450 people serving 208,000 clients, and has disbursed a billion dollars in loans. The organizations mottoGiving Women Creditreflects the fact that the organization is much more than a bank. Services include business training, preventive health education, quality low-cost health care, and peer-group support. The rate of loan repayment is an amazing 98 percent.
The repayment for Lynne is much dearer. She will long cherish memories of women like Sandraa young Nicaraguan mother transformed from an abused, illiterate wife to a radiantly confident businesswomanproclaiming with pride: My children will never be like I was.
Liz Ferro
Girls with Sole
Cleveland, Ohio
Former foster child Liz Ferro is not just a marathoner but a triathleteand not just a triathlete, but an ironman triathlete (thats swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles, and running 26.2 miles).
Such perseverance takes the kind of indomitable spirit Liz needed to triumph over her childhood abuse and to channel her pain into helping at-risk adolescent girls through the power of sports.
Today, Liz lights up a room with energy and enthusiasm, explaining, I credit athletics with getting me through the dark times and empowering my mind, body, and soul. Because I did not receive any help or support when I was abused as a child, I found an outlet and a healing strength through sports.
Since founding Girls with Sole in 2009, she has helped 400 girls in the foster or juvenile justice systems focus on exercise, nutrition, and overall healthy living. The organization offers sports, yoga, dance, and nutritional advice plus free running shoes, jog bras, and fitness journals.
One 15-year-old came to her first meeting moody and prone to self-harm, determined not to participate. Within a month, she had become a leader, encouraging new girls to give the program a chance. Recently she is being considered for foster home placement, meaning she can leave residential treatment.
Im so proud of my girls for their resiliency and good hearts, Liz says.
A personal thrill this past summer was crossing the finish line during a triathlon in Switzerland as the announcer reported she represented Girls With Sole.
Liz, who believes strength builds with every run, says of her quickly growing program, I started running with this ideaand I havent stopped.
Christina Merrill
The Bone Marrow Foundation
New York, New York
At first, Christina Merrill says, I couldn't believe it was possible. As a hospital social worker in the early 90s at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center, she was shocked that in 20th-century America, patients who might have survived with bone marrow transplants were sent home to die because they couldnt afford it.
Thats when this soft-spoken woman found her voice as an advocate for her patientsand then there was no silencing her. First she turned to family. Her late father, jazz pianist Joe Bushkin, who had toured with Bing Crosby, called on his musician friends to put on a rousing fund-raiser.
Since she founded The Bone Marrow Foundation in 1992, it has helped 45,000 children and adult bone marrow/stem cell transplant patients with financial assistance, education, and free support serviceseverything from help with paperwork that can be overwhelming for the desperately ill to searching for donors and paying for procedures and child care. Impressively, private donations provide 100 percent of these services. Its heartbreaking to Christinawho does everything from licking stamps to counseling patients on the phonethat her organization can only afford to fund about half of those who seek its help. For inspiration, she turns to her patients. They have unbelievable strength and endurance, she says.
Christina particularly treasures this simple, heartfelt letter from a patient: I want to thank you for the $500. The day it came we were the most depressed since all this illness began. We didnt even have money to put gas in our cars. When I went to the mail and opened that letter, my wife and I couldnt believe it. I cant tell you how relieved it made us feel.
Kendra Stitt Robins
Project Night Night
San Francisco, California
Simply put, Kendra Stitt Robins helps homeless children have sweeter dreams. A former corporate attorney, Kendra got bitten by the giving bug while helping clients form nonprofit organizations. When she and her husband took an extensive trip with their then-18-month-old son, Cole, she noticed that he could fall asleep peacefully anywhere and wake up to a great day if he had consistent reminders of home: blanket, book, and stuffed animal.
On their return home, Kendra took spare comfort items for children out of her own household to a homeless shelter. She was promptly asked if she could provide more. Soon her neighbors pitched in, and Kendra realized, Victims of domestic violence are lucky to be able to escape with their children, let alone their childrens favorite teddy bears. Adults need a roof over their heads and food on the table to feel safe; children need to know theres nothing scary under the bed. A book, a blanket, and a stuffed animal make them feel secure.
Founded in 2005, Project Night Night has provided those items, tucked in a canvas tote, to 125,000 children through the efforts of some 10,000 volunteers a year in every state.
Among the ways to get involved are by donating items or money, by hosting events, or by sponsoring a night-night package. Donors may ask that shelters in their own communities be served. Children, especially Girl Scouts, are among the organizations most zealous volunteers, making no-sew blankets and fund-raising. One troop even made Project Night Night badges for their uniforms!
Kendras heart was warmed by a shelter workers story about a little boy who declined an offer to have the tag cut from his blanketit was the first time he had ever received anything new.
Mary von Kurnatowski
Tipitina's Foundation
Instruments A Comin'
New Orleans, Louisiana
Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music, composer Sergei Rachmaninoff once wrote. For Mary von Kurnatowski, music has accidentally become her lifes work.
Like many a grand adventure, hers started without a map. She and husband Roland, both real estate entrepreneurs, had never expected to own a jazz club in New Orleans. That was never on our radar! Mary recalls. But when they found themselves in possession of Nawlins iconic Tipitinas, they soon felt the beat. Believing that music is both an integral part of culture and a healthy outlet for youth, Mary founded Tipitinas Foundation in 1999. Since then, its Instruments A Comin program has provided new band instruments for more than 50,000 children in the greater New Orleans area. (It also sent money for instruments to school bands in Japan after the tsunami; the grateful kids recorded When the Saints Come Marching In as a sort of musical thank-you note that went viral on YouTube.)
The foundation runs an internship program for young musiciansone alum is Troy Andrews, aka the jazz sensation Trombone Shorty. He was offered a full scholarship but turned it down to go on tour with Lenny Kravitz, the effervescent Mary exclaims.
During Sunday Music Workshops at Tipitinas, professional musicians come to play and talk about their careers, then invite young people onto the stage to jam with them. In certain circles of music aficionados, Tipitinas is a world-class shrine, says Mary. Mothers have told me their kids now wont wear any other shoes than the ones they wore when they walked on that stage.


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Best Boys Basketball Coach 2014
Final Round Results
- Results:
- Final Round
- Round 2
- Round 1
Three rounds of voting, 306 coaches and a month of competition ended Friday with Shane Cowherd of Memorial (Edmond, Okla.) outlasting Joe Fenlon of Tampa (Fla.) Prep to be named America's best boys basketball coach. Cowherd, who received 1,831,735 votes in the final round alone, wins $2,000 for Edmond Memorial and will receive a trophy during a ceremony at the school.
There were 4,327,966 votes casts nationally in the final round and 6,160,903 overall. The final round became a two-man race between Cowherd and Fenlon in the final few days, as the lead changed hands multiple times. Fenlon, who advanced to the final round as a wild card, finished it with 1,526,949 votes.
Cowherd has compiled an 110-20 record in six seasons, winning state titles in 2011 and 2013 in Class 6A. He received 1,892,703 total votes combined in all three rounds of the best coach contest.
Fenlon and Cowherd were among 10 finalists that advanced from regionals. The eight regional winners were Frank Ostanik of Monroe Catholic (Fairbanks, Alaska), I.J. Pinkham of Boothbay (Boothbay Harbor, Maine), Brendan O'Connell of Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, Md.), Jack Doss of J.O. Johnson (Huntsville, Ala.), Dan Fleming of LaSalle (Cincinnati), Danny Fletcher of Rosepine (Rosepine, La.), Doug Robison of Billings West (Billings, Mont.) and Cowherd.
Joining those eight in the final round were two wild card entrants receiving the highest number of votes nationally without winning their region: John Mirabello of Northwest Catholic (Hartford, Conn.) and Fenlon.
There were 1,300,813 votes cast in the regional round alone, bringing the contest total to nearly 2 million votes. Pinkham led the country in the regional round with 127,886 votes, and Doss was close behind at 127,812.
USA TODAY High School Sports selected six active high school basketball coaches in each state and Washington, D.C. after more than a month of conversations with local media and other state/school officials with expertise. From there, the fans are deciding which boys basketball coach will emerge from a list of 306.
Fifty-three coaches advanced from the state round to the regional round. In the state round, Cedric Lane of Wenonah High School in Birmingham, Ala., received the most votes nationally with 56,889. More than 532,124 votes were cast nationwide during the state round.
The "Best Of" contest series launched in November 2012 with the first best high school football rivalry competition, won by Brookfield vs. Marceline in Missouri. The teams celebrated their national title rivalry on Sept. 13 in Brookfield.
In January, Hartford (Vt.) was crowned as the People's Champion high school football team. The monster of them all – the top high school mascot last spring – was won by the Centralia (Ill.) Orphans after 80 million total votes were cast during the competition.
Earlier this fall, the best high school football coach competition crowned Philip Haywood of Belfry (Ky.) as its champion. And the most recent contest, the second annual best high school football rivalry, went to the North Carolina small-town matchup of Bunn vs. Louisburg when voting wrapped up in December.


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Under Armour Among U.S. Brands Going Global With English Premier League
By Barry Janoff
July 12, 2012: Following recent launch and marketing for Spine RMP, Under Armour has officially unveiled its home-and-away jerseys, shorts and cleats for Tottenham Hotspur of the Barclays English Premier League.
According to the club, the five-year deal signed in January is one of Under Armour's biggest team sponsorships, estimated to be in excess of $77 million, per industry analysts. Under Armour also has a marketing deal with Tottenham Hotspur all-England defender Michael Dawson, and its deals in Europe include the Welsh Rugby Union and Hannover 96 of the German Bundusliga.
This is the first alliance for Baltimore-based Under Armour in the EPL, but continues a trend of U.S.-based companies forging marketing and sponsorship deals with EPL clubs. Within the past two months, General Motors' Chevrolet brand became the official global automobile partner of Manchester United and Delta Air Lines signed on as the official carrier of Chelsea FC.
Tottenham Hotspur marketing partners also include Visa, Thomas Cook and HP division Autonomy, whose mobile-technology unit, Aurasma, is the club's jersey sponsor.
"[This] is a defining moment for the Under Armour brand as we debut our new kits for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club," Kevin Plank, Under Armour founder and CEO, said in a statement. "Tottenham has a tremendous heritage and a passion for winning that makes them the perfect match for our brand. This partnership will introduce millions of football fans around the world to our innovative performance apparel, footwear and accessories that are designed to help all athletes perform better."
Like GM and Delta, Under Armour is using its Tottenham alliance to build upon and expand a global presence. The company's European headquarters are in Amsterdam and UA also has offices in Denver, Hong Kong, Toronto and Guangzhou, China.
"This partnership will introduce millions of football fans around the world to our innovative performance apparel, footwear and accessories."
"This is a highly significant and exciting partnership for Under Armour," Plank said in a statement at the time of the signing. "Aligning with an elite organization like Tottenham Hotspur demonstrates our deep commitment to growing the Under Armour brand in the U.K. and to showcasing our apparel and footwear on the world's most prestigious athletic stages."
According Daniel Levy, chairman forTottenham Hotspur, "With the Club about to move into a new state-of-the-art training Center, the launch of this partnership with Under Armour comes at a very exciting time for us. Not only are they one of the most exciting brands in world sport, but Under Armour also has a reputation for performance and technical excellence and this is demonstrated by the fantastic kit they have designed for this coming season."
Under Armour and Tottenham are supporting with marketing in the U.K. to include Internet, social media, print in the club's game program and signage in White Hart Lane Stadium, the club's home pitch.
London-based Barclays this week renewed its title sponsorship of the EPL for three years in a deal valued at $185 million. The new pact begins with the 2013-14 season and runs through 2015-16. Barclays has been aligned with the EPL since 2001.
The 20-club league attracted more than 13.4 million fans last season and its games are broadcast in more than 210 territories reaching a potential 650 million homes and close to 5 billion viewers, including the U.S., according to EPL.
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It's that time again, time to cozy up and enjoy your home for the holidays. Now that Halloween and the rest of that early-autumn period are behind us, the idea of decorating your home for the holidays is probably slowly sneaking onto your to-do list. But before you lug those boxes of lights, garland, ornaments, […]
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Dolly Parton offers to adopt 'Dolly' the dog
LONDON (AP) — Dolly Parton wants to take an unlikely fan home.
"Dolly" the dog was abandoned after the country music legend's performance at the Glastonbury festival last month. The fluffy white lurcher was found after 150,000 revelers decamped the site in the southwest of England, and was being fostered Monday by the Happy Landings animal shelter.
Parton has pledged to adopt the dog, which staff at the shelter named in her honor.
"I will take the dog home to America if nobody claims her," the singer said in a statement.
"Dolly" is being treated for an ear infection at Happy Landings, which is near the festival site and is appealing for donations.
The shelter says in a statement that Dolly — the dog that is — is a "sweet-natured older lady" and that it is trying to determine her owner.


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Phi Mu ~ ΦΜ
Open Motto: "The Faith Sisters.
Mascot: The Lion "Sir Fidel"
Symbol: Quatrefoil
Colors: Rose and White
Flower: Rose Colored Carnation
Phi Mu is the second oldest women's fraternity in the nation. It was originally founded as the secret society Philomathean Society on January 4, 1852 at Wesleyan College. It was founded by three dynamic young women who were pioneers of their time; Mary Elizabeth Myrick (Daniel), Mary Ann DuPont (Lines) and Martha Bibb Hardaway ( Redding). The came together to form this society to support and encourage one another, for friendship and sisterhood and to challenge each other academically. After many very successful years of growth and development, the Philomathean Society had achieved a lot of respect, recognition and prestige. August 1st, 1904 they were granted a charter to become a national and they adopted the Greek Letters Phi Mu. Mary Ann DuPont (Lines) was the only one of the three founders to see the Philomathean Society become Phi Mu. In 1911 Phi Mu became a proud member of the National Panhellenic Conference. There are currently 115 chapters and they boast over 175,00o collegiate members.
To lend to those less fortunate a helping hand.
To think of God as a protector and guide of us all.
To keep forever sacred the memory of those we have loved and lost.
To be to others what we would they would be to us.
To keep our lives gentle, merciful and just,
Thus being true to the womanhood of love.
To walk in the way of honor, guarding the purity of our thoughts and deeds.
Being steadfast in every duty small or large.
Believing that our given word is binding.
Striving to esteem the inner man above culture, wealth or pedigree.
Being honorable, courteous, tender,
Thus being true to the womanhood of honor.
To serve in the light of truth avoiding egotism, narrowness and scorn.
To give freely of our sympathies.
To reverence God as our Maker, striving to serve Him in all things.
To minister to the needy and unfortunate.
To practice day by day love, honor, truth.
Thus keeping true to the meaning, spirit and reality of Phi Mu.
From the official Phi Mu website ~ www.phimu.org
The members of Phi Mu do so much to help each other, their community and the Children's Miracle Network. Phi Mu strives to raise 500,000 annually for Children's Miracle Network, which they donate to one of the 170 CMN hospitals nationwide. They contribute their time, treasure and resources to assist those in need.


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Here in Waynesboro, VA, our hotel's guests are surrounded by the beauty of nature while being just minutes from major local businesses. In addition, the Holiday Inn Express® Hotel & Suites Waynesboro - Route 340 is situated near I-81, just off I-64, so getting around the area is a cinch.
The superior amenities and experienced staff at this hotel cater to the needs of each corporate guest. You can check in with the office using free Wi-Fi access while in the Business Center. A 572-sq-ft meeting room can accommodate up to 20 guests for your next gathering. Near the hotel's property in Waynesboro, VA are companies like DuPont, Target Distribution Center, PGI and Hollister Inc.
Looking for something to do during your stay in Waynesboro, VA? This hotel's near the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenandoah National Park. You can take a day trip to the historic home of Thomas Jefferson: Monticello. The city hosts incredible festivals throughout the year, like the Taste of the Town and the VA Fly Fishing Festival.
Let this award-winning hotel pamper you like never before. You'll completely relax in the 24-hour indoor, heated pool, whirlpool and dry sauna. Every morning, we treat our patrons to a hot and free Express Start Breakfast Bar with our exclusive Smart Roast coffee. So join us here in Waynesboro; we look forward to serving you.
- Rollaway Bed/Cot Available
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- Full Breakfast Included
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- Room Service Available from 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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- On-Site Business Center
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- Free High-Speed Internet in all Rooms
- Wireless Internet service is free for all IHG® Rewards Club members
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- Indoor Pool
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- Indoor Pool Hours of Operation: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Health & Fitness
Complimentary Fitness Center
2 Treadmills, 1 bike, and 1 elipitcal.
Hours of Operation: 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Fitness Center Type: LIMITED
Fitness Center Equipment:
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Last Renovation of Fitness Center Equipment: 2007
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- Hours of Operation: 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Fish Food!
5 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2011 at 8:50 AM
It's maddening. This team is so lousy. I don't think they'll ever win anything. A complete disaster.ReplyDelete
You know, I'm note even a Mets fan.. quite the opposite, I root for the Braves. But I love looking at all of your latest Mets journal entries Joe. Very entertaining, I look at em every morning. Looking forward to more!ReplyDelete
Thanks. There are a lot of people who are fans of other teams that follow the blog. Baseball is baseball and we all can relate to each others problems.ReplyDelete
Thanks to the Phillies...I no longer hate the Braves.
Thanks again for your comments!
@ Anonymous - This team IS lousy - when its four best hitters are out of the lineup and you have to throw up a bunch of bench players and kids who belong in AAA! If Ike, David, Jose and Beltran had all been around lately, we would be well above .500! Bad luck does not equal a bad team, and while this season is effectively over, I'm optimistic about the future!ReplyDelete
Lakeman you are so right. Even though it seems grim now, the future looks bright. Always does. LGMReplyDelete


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Oh No, Michelle Obama! It's Your First Wardrobe Malfunction!
Even the fashionable First Lady has some style slip-ups!
It's hard to believe someone so chic like Michelle Obama has fallen victim to a wardrobe malfunction, but she's only human! After having such a strong career as one of the most fashionable First Lady's to ever grace the White House, Michelle stepped out today and, gasp, her undergarments were showing! Can you believe it? I know I didn't until I saw this photo. While Michelle was festive in a green sweater on St. Patrick's Day, we couldn't stop staring at her very visible cami (or bra!) underneath her very thin sweater! Michelle, by now you should know when you're standing behind bright lights and in front of the camera these things tend to pop out! While you're mixing colors and single strand of pearls looked lovely, we hope next time you make sure to keep these things hidden! Then again, it's nice to know that someone as chic Michelle is only human and sometimes these slip-ups even happen to her!


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darkobres necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 99 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
Kloven Studio
I'm a sculptor and artist that is interested in interesting exoskeletons and odd connections in the art I create. My art is dual-natured, half good, half bad.1 part minimal and 1 part detail. Half dark / half light. Recurring themes in my work are things like masks, insects, bones, fish, parasites, puppets, shells, cocoons, horns, scars, teeth, tusks, things hidden inside other things. My word deals with the timeless loop, evolution, antiquity, pain, banishment, redemption, limbo, life cycles, death, birth. The word 'kloven' means "split in 2". One side dark and the other light. Not balance acheived from unity, but by opposites. I'm looking for a logo that represents this duality. I both paint and sculpt, so I'm a fan of both line and form.
My target audience is art lovers who have taste for somber, dark art. These people may listen to Nick Cave or Tom Waits.
This logo should represent duality. It's important that it have a timeless appeal. It's important it not have blood or guts or human skulls. With this subject matter it is very easy to design something immature, corny or cheesy. Please create a design that is noble, interesting and melancholic.
Typography: Fonts can be established or custom. It should have the word 'Kloven' rendered larger than the word 'Studio'. I have no preference on capitalization. This logo may be minimal or ornate.
Icon: This logomark must inlude an icon. Icons can be an abstracted symbol or representational. For possibilities I please refer to the recurring items in my work above (masks, insects, bones, fish, parasites, fossils, puppets, shells, cocoons, horns, scars, teeth, tusks, thorns, feathers, things hidden inside other things, etc.) I welcome any your creativity and suggestions.
Colors should be simple and limited. Possible colors include: black, white, bone, warm grays, clay. You may also use muted colors.
This logo may be minimal or have a sculptural 3D feel. It should be rendered on 3 backgrounds: white, "brown paper or cardboard color" and black. It may be a bit 'grungy' (but not overdone) or have a handmade, inky quality.
Please use original work only. No clipart please.
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Larry Kreiser CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Pension plans have recently received considerable publicity in financial and accounting periodicals, and in general circulation magazines and newspapers. Comments about Social Security and the taxation of private pension plans, as well as comments on ac-counting for the cost of pensions, have appeared on a regular basis. Considering this frequent discussion about pension plans, one might wonder about the economic conditions which have laid the ground-work for the current interest in pensions. The purpose of this paper is to provide a short history of the economic conditions which have led to the development and expansion of pension plans. Accounting for the cost of pension plans is also considered from a historical perspective.
Providing for Old Age Before the Industrial Revolution
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people provided for old age through their own initiative. Agriculture was the main occupation. If a person's health was good, he continued to work until he died. If he became incapacitated, his children provided for him. If there was need for aid outside the family unit, the Church was the pro-vider of the last resort. Public aid to the needy aged did not be-come generally available until the sixteenth century when the first English Poor Law was enacted. Under the Poor Law, the old age poor were granted limited help but only when there were no relatives capable of providing support.
Economic Changes Caused by the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution changed employment opportunities available to workers. The demand for agricultural workers lessened; thus, an increasing supply of laborers became available for indus-trial positions. The occupational shift away from agriculture caused