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Ever watched a promo for The Ultimate Fighter and thought, "man, I wish this looked and felt a lot more like The Voice?" Well then you're gonna love this trailer Spike TV has put up for their "definitely not Ultimate Fighter, but probably really similar no matter what we do" show, Fight Master. I would love to talk to the person who thought it'd be a great idea to have Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson, and Joe Warren all look like they're in a luxury suite of a TapouT casino(tm) and have fighters brought to prove themselves in front of them. The only thing missing in this promo to complete the look is a bottle whiskey and cigars.
But hey, it's not exactly like The Ultimate Fighter, the choice is yours... Well, not yours. But the fighters. They choose their own coach (again, The Voice) and their opponent (you mean fighters weren't primarily picking who they wanted to fight on The Ultimate Fighter recently? News to me).
I'll overlook the name for the time being (Fight Master... really? That sounds like a B-action flick that even Brian Bosworth passed on). The choose your own coach aspect has some potential ("So Randy Couture, what exactly can you offer me?"), but it also feels a little gimmicky. We at VERBAL TAP are huge fans of fights, so I'll reserve judgement on just about anything else until we see the first set of prelims.
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A delicious sandwich made with buttered and grilled Rêver Artisan Bakery™ Hawaiian buns, Kalua-style pig, Don's Kona Lava BBQ Sauce, and Aloha Dreams Coleslaw made with pineapple and mango.
Kalua Pig is popular at Hawaiian luaus where a whole pig is smoked in a sand pit with sea salt, banana leaves and koa wood. Our simple crock pot method mimics the smoked flavor of using natural liquid smoke and the results are an easy, mouth-watering, juicy pork recipe anyone can make at home.
How to Make the Kalua Pork
For the Pork
- 2 to 3 lb trimmed pork shoulder blade roast
- 1 tbsp liquid mesquite smoke
- coarse red Hawaiian sea salt (I get mine at Trader Joes), or sea salt
- Place pork in the crock pot and stab it all over with the tip of a knife. Rub sea salt all over pork. Drizzle the liquid smoke all over and set crock pot to low; cook until the meat is tender, about 12 to 16 hours.
- Remove from crock pot and place on a large platter. Remove any fat you may have missed and shred pork with two forks. Discard liquid reserving a little as needed to keep pork moist.
How to Make Don's Kona Lava BBQ Sauce
Bulgogi, loosely translated, means "fire beef". Most likely because of the sweet and spicy sauce it is marinated in. In American, it is known as Korean BBQ, and the sauce is used for many cuts of beef, including spareribs. For this recipe, I substitute pineapple for pear, and teriyaki sauce for soy sauce.
- 3 cups reduced homemade teriyaki sauce (see recipe below)
- 3 cups dark brown sugar
- 1 cup plus 1/4 cup water divided
- 1 cup soju or sake
- 1/2 cup gochujang Korean chili paste
- 1/2 cup mild honey
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons minced garlic (about 16-20 cloves, minced)
- 1/4 cup grated fresh ginger root (about a 4-inch piece)
- 4 scallions trimmed of the root end, thinly sliced
- 1 cup fresh pineapple, finely grated
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground tellicherry black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Korean chili pepper powder or crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch or canning starch (if you wish to can the sauce)
Combine the teriyaki sauce, dark brown sugar, 1 cup water, soju, gochujang, honey, rice wine vinegar, garlic, ginger root, sliced scallions, grated pineapple, tellicherry pepper, and chili powder, or pepper flakes in a large stainless pot. Stir while bringing to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
In a small measuring cup or bowl, whisk together the cornstarch, or canning starch with the water. While stirring the barbecue sauce vigorously, slowly pour the starch mixture into the sauce. Return the barbecue sauce to a boil and boil for 1 minute or until thickened. (If you intend to can this sauce, proceed to the next paragraph now.) Pour the sauce into jars and store in the refrigerator for up to three weeks. Enjoy!
OPTIONAL CANNING DIRECTIONS: Ladle the hot barbecue sauce into sterilized pint or 24 ounce jars, leaving ½-inch of headspace at the top of the jar. Moisten a paper towel with vinegar and wipe the rims of the jars clean. Position new, two-piece lids on the jars and tighten to fingertip tightness.
Use canning tongs to transfer the jars to a canner full of boiling water that covers the jars by 2 inches. Put the lid of the canner in place, return the water to a boil, and process for 15 minutes. Carefully transfer the jars to a towel lined counter or wire cooling rack and allow them to cool completely, preferably overnight, before removing the rings, wiping the jars clean, and labeling.
Store the jars in a cool, dark place for up to a year. Once a jar is opened, it will be good for up to 3 weeks when stored in the refrigerator.
Yes, you can halve or even quarter this recipe if you don't need a full batch, but I'll be honest and tell you that I've never had extra sauce. If you make the full recipe and just toss it in the refrigerator, you'll have enough for a few different meals and you will be happy to have it tucked away.
If you don't intend to can this sauce, you can substitute cornstarch for the canning starch.
How to Make Don's Aloha Dreams Cole Slaw
This Hawaiian Aloha Dreams Cole Slaw is inspired by the Lava Lava Beach Club on the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
If you're ever on the Big Island you should drop by. It's a wonderfully relaxed place to sit with your toes in the warm sand.
This coleslaw is very good on its own, and EXTRAORDINARY on our Hawaiian Pulled Pork sandwich with Don's Kona Lava BBQ Sauce, and our buttered and grilled Hawaiian buns.
For the Dressing
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger freshly grated
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon tamari soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 teaspoons honey
For the Slaw
- 1 cup pineapple, diced
- 1 head red cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup mango, diced
In a medium bowl combine all dressing ingredients.
Chop pineapple and mango into 1/2 inch cubes and add to the dressing.
MAKE AHEAD NOTE - Can be made to this point up to 1 day ahead and refrigerated.
When ready to serve, shave thin slices off the red cabbage head. Toss shredded cabbage with dressing. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
How to Make Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
An easy homemade teriyaki sauce recipe made from pantry staples. This sauce is bold and thick and is great as a marinade or as a sauce served with your favorite meats.
- 1 cup water
- 5 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1-2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large clove of garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup cold water
- Combine the 1 cup water, brown sugar, soy sauce, honey, garlic and ginger in a medium saucepan and set over medium heat.
- In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch with the 1/4 cup water and whisk until dissolved. Add the cornstarch mixture to the saucepan.
- Heat the sauce until it thickens to your desired thickness. If the sauce becomes too thick, add more water to thin it out.


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At Honor Mansion, we offer several different Healdsburg and Sonoma County vacation packages and specials for our guests. Our specials and packages help make your romantic getaway in Sonoma County memorable and luxurious. We believe a stay at our Healdsburg hotel should be more than just a place to stay.
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You can also choose from recurring hotel room specials like our Returning Guest Special or our seasonal specials that are continuously changing. Browse our current specials below and feel free to contact us with any questions. In addition, while you're planning your romantic getaway to Sonoma County, explore our list of the best Healdsburg attractions and download a free copy of our Healdsburg travel guide.
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If you are not in the UK, you probably wonder 'what is the fuss all about'. Well, let me tell you – Chelsea Flower show is huge, huger than huge, it is an absolute 'stop everything you are doing' it is Chelsea Flower show time. Let's talk about it and why is it so important, and why it should be on your must visit list every year if you are in town when it is happening.
First, it is all about them flowers. Pretty, colourful and the best of British. Flowers are a big thing in London (and I assume the rest of the country but I will talk about London only here). They make a sometimes gloomy city, an absolute stunner. Mayfair, Belgravia and Chelsea go absolutely flower power crazy from March onwards, decorating each and every facade they can get their hands on. It is like walking in a beautiful garden in Central London. The Chelsea Flower Show has a theme every year, there was Alice in Wonderland, Jungle and Environment and Mental health this year, a much deeper theme compared to the past. All shop fronts tend to align their decoration to the theme, so it is not only a beautiful garden feel, but a curated to perfection beautiful garden.
It was my first year being invited as press to the event, and I could not withhold my excitement to be honest. Being invited to mingle around flowers for hours (it rhymes 😉 ) was a dream come true.
There are a lot of people visiting the show from all around the world. The exhibits vary from flowers to full on house creations, which you can buy on the spot. There was a kids' slide and tree house combo for £250k. There were kids enjoying it, I really wanted to play with it too but I felt it might be frowned upon. Not a child but mom, dad can I please have it?
There are multiple parts of the event – the outdoors exhibits and curated gardens, the indoors flower exhibits of anything that has ever bloomed, the food and drinks and then the experiences. As I had a press pass, I got to stay after hours and wonder around the grounds until 10pm at night. I visited the British Flower Bus, got to make my own bouquet and learn about why buying local is important. Side note rehearsing, do try to buy local flowers as much as possible.
This supports small, independent farms and growers, and also the flowers are much better quality. There isn't much independent produce left, so any time you want a bunch think local, you are supporting a small business and the bees (we all know, if the bees go extinct we are doomed, so help them have flowers to play with).
I am obsessed with roses and the indoors exhibit showcased 10s if not 100s of different rose breeds. It was like heaven – rose tunnels and walls of roses to smell and touch.
There were ice cream vans around too, so you could always have a cone. Just at the backside of the Chelsea Flower Show is the Veterans' museum and you can observe the most beautiful sunset on top of it from the grounds of the show.
It is really worth considering buying an after hours ticket, I rarely advise people to go for the expensive options but sitting in the show after it closed its doors for the public was a priceless experience. The garden which hosted all the eating and drinking pop ups was decorated with fairy lights and flower signs, lovely ladies were giving away flower crowns and pitchers of Pimms were flowing. I felt so much peace and love this evening, with so much beauty surrounding me.
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I grew up in the 60s and 70s like any other kid from any other generation. There were the cool kids, and there were the uncool kids. Well, I was one of the uncool kids--this is why it cracks me up when Sammy and Paiky try to re-assure me that I'm cool. Hahahah, Yeah, like, "Right." * Anyway, the cool guys at my all-Japanese Catholic parochial school lived on the Westside. The Eastside was where all the phoofy parents moved to escape the urbanization (read: growing black population) of the Westside. The hardcore Buddhaheads lived in the Crenshaw district. But Reed was from the uber-cool area. He didn't live on the Eastside or the Westside. He lived in South Central, right in the middle of Watts. If memory serves me correctly, it was near Vernon and Broadway. Man, he invited me over once when we were in the second or third grade and I thought I had landed in a foreign country. I had never seen any area like it. I mean, was from East L.A. where all the Chicanos lived, so I was no virgin to minority central. But this was a bit different.
Of course, being with Reed, I wasn't afraid of anything. Reed was the largest dude in our class. He was always taller and bigger than any of us. Not fatter, but bulkier. I remember going to the corner store with him to buy some soda pop, Bubble-Up as I recall. And it was an adventure. African-Americans--we called them colored back then--of every size and age. It was exciting.
"Hey there, Reed. You practicing with your friend here?" the old white-haired store owner asked him, as he glanced at me over his horn-rimmed glasses.
"No, he just came over to play," he responded.
On the way back to Reed's house, I had to ask, "Practice what?"
Of course, in the third grade, playing the guitar didn't make him cool... yet. It was just a distraction to him and his friends. We would have baseball practice for our church league and Reed would always come late.
"Hey, man. We finished running drills, already. Where you been?"
"Guitar practice"
The dude was always practicing classical guitar, which is what made him even better on electric. And by the 6th grade, that made him ultra uber-cool.
From then until about 11th grade, we grew apart. Reed got to hang out with the cool crowd, the Westsiders to whom he would teach easy guitar chords and riffs to songs like Cream's "Sunshine of your love" or Steppenwolfe's "Born to be wild". I got to hang with guys with names like Meldon and Kim who taught me how to play chess and play the characters from The Man From Uncle (can you say Illya Kuryakin?).
However, at 17, when I found myself in a budding rock/dance band, they asked me if I knew a bass player. I was not the best keyboard player around, but I could raise my stature in the eyes of my cohorts by providing a solid bass player. Reed.
Well, we rocked together for a short while, I elevated myself to the world of cool, as fleeting as it may have been. After the band broke up, we went our separate ways again. And after high school, I only saw him twice in J-town. He was glowing about having been named salesman of the month for a beer distributing company, not a mean feat in a town with a ton of beer salesmen. But I had heard that Reed had gotten into worse things than I. We had all done our share of pharmeceuticals in the band, but apparently, Reed went hardcore, and after experiencing problems with his first marriage, he was on a downward spiral. He had apparently cleaned up his act by the mid-90s, but by then his body was a wreck and he passed soon after due to a number of medical complications. He was in his early 40s.
I will miss his guitar...
* I didn't reach cool until I started to work part time and then hooked up with some people to start a band. Ref. NLUTE
This is so different from my other queries, but have you lost anyone to drugs? For me, Reed wasn't the only one.


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As mentioned in a post on EMR Thoughts, the New York eHealth Collaborative recently launched the New York Digital Health Accelerator. This program is for "early- and growth-stage digital health companies that are developing cutting edge technology products in care coordination, patient engagement, analytics and message alerts for healthcare providers."
The application for this program is now open, though the deadline is quickly approaching on June 1st. After the deadline, a committee will review the applications and select up to twelve companies to participate based on different expectations such as product innovation, management's track record, and company stage.
The companies that are selected will receive up to $300,000 throughout the course of the program. According to the NYDHA website, participants who are selected will also receive the following:
- Access to clinical and technology feedback from the participating provider organizations.
- Technology experts to help customize and integrate product to the statewide network that integrates all of the EHR data across the state.
- Participating in a leadership program in which you will be able to interact with a network of healthcare leaders, successful entrepreneurs and investors.
- Access to the NYeC-led EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup network of providers, states, and vendors from across the country.
This program is being sponsored by many different providers and investors. A full list can be found here.
Companies all around the country can apply as long as they meet the requirements. Companies that should not apply include pharmaceutical, biotech, surgical medical device, and diagnostics companies. Frequently asked questions are available concerning a variety of topics relating to the application and the program.
There was a information and networking event held on May 10th concerning the accelerator program and it was streamed live. It has been posted here for those who missed it.
For companies that are interested, the application is available here. Be sure to turn it in by June 1st, and finalist interviews will be held on July 19th and 20th in New York City. The program will officially begin on September 10th.


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Has Gov. Scott disclosed all his personal finances or not? Court could decide
Will there be a trial over whether Gov. Rick Scott is violating the state's financial disclosure and blind trust laws and failing to disclose all the companies and investment he controls while governor?
That is the question the First District Court of Appeal will now decide after oral arguments were heard in the case on Tuesday.
Tallahassee attorney Don Hinkle filed the lawsuit last November, alleging that the governor is violating the intent of Florida's financial disclosure laws because he has failed to report all the assets that he controls in his partnerships and his wife's revocable trust. The claim also alleges that because Scott established a series of partnerships whose assets can't be sold without his knowledge, he is violating the blind trust law.
But instead of having those claims heard at trial, the governor's lawyers have asked the appellate court to issue a "writ of prohibition" that says the trial court has no jurisdiction in the matter and Hinkle, a longtime contributor to Democratic candidates, has no standing to sue. If the appellate court agrees with Hinkle, a trial could be held before the November election.
A multimillionaire and former hospital executive, Scott has shielded his assets from the public and, allegedly himself, by holding them in a blind trust that is managed by a financial adviser who has worked with the governor for decades.
On Monday, Scott said he knows nothing about his investments, including the fact that in 2017 he and his family made as much as $550 million from the sale of a Michigan plastics company that Scott ran for five years before becoming governor.
Hinkle not only casts doubts on the governor's claim, he argues that the list of assets the governor provided on his disclosure form is proof he is violating the blind trust law.
The assets "show that Governor Scott has many investments with restrictions on their transfer or sale, or in which transfer of the assets by the trustee would be 'improbable or impractical' without Governor Scott's knowledge,'' Hinkle argued.
Because "such assets are not appropriate for a 'blind' trust,'' Hinkle claims the public has no way to know if Scott is separating his private holdings from his public policy decisions as governor.
Dan Nordby, the governor's general counsel, counters that the Florida Commission on Ethics is the proper venue to bring a financial disclosure claim, and it has rejected Hinkle's claims three times.
In April, Nordby asked Leon County Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers to dismiss the case. She rejected the motion, so the governor's lawyers moved to have the Republican-dominated appellate court stop it.
During a hearing Tuesday, Judges Ross Bilbrey and Lori Rowe asked what remedy the public has if the Ethics Commission doesn't do its job.
"What do you do if the Ethics Commission totally messes up the law?'' Bilbrey asked. "Does a complainant have no remedy whatsoever?"
Nordby said the governor, the chief justice of the Supreme Court and the presiding officers of the Legislature can remove members of the Ethics Commission "but that's simply not the circumstance here."
Hinkle countered that the Florida Constitution requires public officials to disclose their financial interests and, while the Ethics Commission can issue a fine, a reprimand or recommend impeachment for violating the law, it has no authority to order disclosure if a public official fails to do it.
He said the trial court is the only remedy a citizen has to demand that the law is followed.
Bilbrey asked if the legal challenge "may be moot" for Scott, a candidate for U.S. Senate, whose federal financial disclosure report is due on July 29. Unlike state law, federal law requires that Scott disclose all his wife's assets as well as his own.
But Hinkle said the violation of law will remain and the public has a right to have it settled.
Regardless of what Scott reports, Hinkle's lawsuit may have long-term implications. The precedent established by the ruling could play out if any of the millionaires now running for governor gets elected and creates a blind trust, as some have said they would.
Hinkle said he filed the lawsuit because "it gnawed at me" that Scott filed his financial disclosure without including all the assets he controls and the Ethics Commission did not have the authority to ask him to revise it.
"My contention isn't that you can't have a blind trust. My contention is if you do it, you have to do it right and this isn't done right,'' Hinkle told reporters after the hearing Tuesday. "This isn't blind. This is a sighted trust. There are assets outside the trust we know he controls, because he's sworn to the Securities and Exchange Commission that he's the sole person who can control investments in those trusts that aren't in his blind trust."
He also noted that the trust in Scott's wife's name, the Frances Annette Scott revocable trust, mirrors many of the same assets Scott holds in his blind trust and "he's got things in his blind trust that cannot be sold without his knowledge."
In 2017, for example, Scott earned $120 million more in income than the year before. A Herald/Times investigation found the governor and his family may have earned as much as $550 million from a single transaction, raising new questions about how blind Scott's blind trust really is.
"The governor's assets don't fit within the trust,'' Hinkle said. "If all you owned were mutual funds or something, maybe you could put them in a blind trust and have someone else manage them. Those aren't the nature of his investments. His investments are in things that require active management and they can't be sold without his knowledge."
The case is already generating some friction in the U.S. Senate race, in which Scott is attempting to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson.
When asked by a reporter Tuesday how plausible it is that Scott did not know that he made $120 million in new income if he signed his tax return, Scott responded: "Whatever is on my tax return, I signed it."
Scott's campaign staff later clarified that the governor has not yet filed his 2017 income tax but has asked for an extension.
The Nelson campaign responded: "Rick Scott's been accused of filing misleading state financial disclosures; delaying the legally required disclosure to run for senate and now, it's been reported he's delayed filing his taxes — hiding a reported half-billion dollars that went to him and his business partners from a foreign conglomerate that he contacted on a trip paid for by Florida taxpayers."
Hinkle had tried and failed three times to get the Florida Commission on Ethics to investigate the governor's financial disclosures. He wanted commissioners to investigate why Scott signed federal securities documents indicating he was the "beneficial owner" of assets in his wife's trust, but he didn't report them as assets on his own financial disclosure form.
But the commission, some of whose members the governor appointed, dismissed the complaints without looking at Scott's trust and determining who controls Ann Scott's trust and without investigating the federal documents.
"Our point is, someone should look into this and see,'' Hinkle said. "We have this conflict between what's filed in the Securities and Exchange Commission and what's in his financial disclosure in Florida."
Why is this important?
"It's important with respect to all public officials,'' Hinkle said, then referring to the Medicare fraud claims against Scott's former business, Columbia//HCA. "In this particular case, his last enterprise pled guilty to seven felonies. So maybe we should be able to check his homework here."


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I've mentioned the repúblicas of Coimbra before: student social groups engaged in community and university-related activities residing in various houses throughout the city. The closest American equivalent would be college fraternities and sororities, but comparing the two is like apples and oranges. It is said that the experiences from living one year in a república are equal to 100 years worth in the rest of the world. Hence, the idea of the annual Centenário - a huge celebration honoring the bonds between past and current members, along with their family and friends. There is eating, drinking, laughing, and music and it goes all night and into the afternoon of the next day.
There is a lot of preparation that goes into a Centenário celebration before any partying can take place. Prior to the actual day, a thorough cleaning and multiple renovations were taking place in the building, meetings occurred with alumni regarding house business, and members had to come up with an ad and a song to announce the upcoming event to all the other repúblicas. On top of this, they worked with the house cook to gather supplies and create plate after plate of mouthwatering food for the special evening meal, all while doing homework and studying for tests. It's really amazing to watch everyone come together to make something great happen.
After the meal was more or less over people gathered inside, drinking and talking, while members of Rápo-Táxo attached the newest artwork (with a curtain obscuring it from view) to the wall. Eventually people stopped talking as the speeches and songs began. Each república has its own house song that is sung by its members on special occasions.
Later, the artwork was unveiled. It incorporates a cartoon version the república's pot logo along with a decree and nicknames for all the current members.
Another piece of artwork was created in honor of the house chef and basically all-around-mom to the students, Elisabeta, who was overwhelmed with happiness and surprise when she saw it. Later, Edgar, an amazing one person band who can sing and play several instruments at a time, took the stage in Rápo-Táxo's living room singing songs from my teen years.
Eventually after an amazing evening, we ended up feeling the same as the dog and left to head home, but the party kept going, as folks both young and old continued to pile into the courtyard. Being a part of these customs has opened our eyes to a wonderful world where people of all ages can come together peacefully, can share drinks and have interesting conversations until late into the night even if they just met. No one starts a fight, no one gets violently offended about different points of view, and no one gets so drunk they're passed out or puking or crying. In fact, everyone seems to be friendly, kind, and helpful, which is really wonderful and something I am just starting to get used to.
Here's to many more centenários at Rápo-Táxo and years for me in Portugal!


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Studio Makeover with Amanda Louise Interiors
Dorothy Shain
After recently moving in to my dream studio space in Art and Light Gallery, I had the absolute pleasure of making this space my own! With the help of Amanda Louise, I added spunk and color to the place where I express all of my creativity. Amanda Louise is an interior designer based in Greenville, South Carolina who brings life and personality into spaces making them uniquely you. Her passion for beauty and imagination is so evident and I am beyond thankful to be a part of this! Her style is fun and playful and combines a mix of bright and subdued that create the most comfortable environments.
With just a pop of purple, a fresh coat of paint, and some new shelves, my studio now radiates me! I am a big believer that where you work defines how you work and my studio is nothing but fun. Amanda Louise's interior design has added life and excitement to every aspect of my day and I am so grateful to have a space that makes work and fun the same thing!


text: I really doubt if The Cavs can beat The GS Warriors 2 games in a row……but anything is possible in basketball. Tonight….was a highlight reel for The Chef and the rest of the cooking staff. Do you think the Cavs can pull it off??? What are your thoughts?? If Lebron wants to be mention in the same breath as Jordan….., he has to win it all.


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According to the Gemius report "E-commerce in Poland 2018" up to 56 percent. Polish Internet users prefer to shop online. What encourages us to this form of purchase? What to watch and remember when we add a product to the cart?
The same study showed that more than 26%. respondents believe e-shopping in complete safety, and almost half – too simple and uncomplicated. In fact, just a few clicks and data entry, and it does not matter at what time of day or night, to a few days to enjoy the ordered product.
We save time but also money because prices in online stores are very often reset compared to products available offline. Sellers are well aware of how profitable the market is e-commerce, so at every step use a variety of marketing tricks to attract customers to yourself. Fortunately, when shopping online we have more time to consider the pros and cons and reconsider the purchase.
How, therefore, can the consumer find online purchase offers in the jungle?
Cost of delivery
- Priceless comfort on the Internet is the ability to compare prices for goods in different stores. Just use the comparison, with which one click go to the side with the best offer. However, comparisons show products sorted by prices that take into account the most favorable shipping cost. Shops, as a rule, offer several delivery options-courier, parcels, reception at the kiosk. Some of them guarantee free shipping, but with a certain amount of purchases.
- Before offering a comparison and adding to your cart a seemingly cheapest product, see how much SORIANoticias it will cost with your chosen intake option. It can quickly turn out that the cheapest choice is not the same, and more you will save if you decide to deal with another store.
There are not enough pages containing discount codes that you can use by entering them in the appropriate field on the site – after adding the purchase to the cart. If you care about the funds, it is worth subscribing to the newsletter of your favorite online stores. Sometimes, adding to the newsletter you get a discount. Stores regularly report promotions for certain products, so it's worth keeping an eye on the emails they send to use the price reduction.
A trusted seller
Before you decide on a deal in this store, make sure that it has quality marks and certificates confirming its reliability, such as the quality mark of a bona Fide Company. See if the store provides accurate contact information, return policies, and rules. Read reviews from other users-for example, on Facebook of a particular entrepreneur.
However, don't trust all the positive reviews endlessly, as many stores prefer to advance through whisper marketing and buy back the positive voices praising the services and products on the net. Always use from parties that have an SSL certificate that ensures a secure Internet connection and the privacy of the data you enter. The site with such a certificate you will learn by the green padlock that displays on the panel with "https". As a buyer, you should pay attention to whether your information lands on a secure website.
The above advice regarding an SSL certificate that encrypts sensitive data is also important for online payments. Depending on the store and the severity of the sales platform, we may be doomed to only one type of payment or choose from several. One thing is certain – entrepreneurs come out in this regard to meet the expectations of consumers.
One of the ways to make purchases on the Internet, payment card.
This type of payment must enter your card number, expiration date and CVV2 code, located on the right side of the panel, on the other side of the card (where your signature is located). To secure transactions, Your Bank may contact us for additional approval of payments, for example, using a password sent by SMS or push notifications in the Bank's mobile application. In the case of Visa cards, this mechanism is called Verified by Visa.


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MANILA, Philippines – After two seasons on unfulfilled Final Four hopes, the Adamson Baby Falcons are in the UAAP's second season.
The Baby Falcons missed the Final Four of Season 80 by a whisker finishing at 7-7. Two seasons ago, Adamson was leading the juniors tournament of Season 79 with an 11-1 record when Baby Falcon Encho Serrano was declared ineligible to play, forcing the forfeiture of all its wins.
This Season 81, with a 9-5 record, Adamson finally made it to the semifinals where they will face heavily favored National University, which owns a twice-to-beat advantage. The Falcons though are the only squad to blemish the Bullpups' near-perfect record.
While the Baby Falcons have the wondrous Joem Sabandal in uniform as are Jake Engbino, Adam and Andrei Doria and the bull-strong Ap Manlapaz, one has to give credit to the team's coach: Mike Fermin.
Fermin, who played for the Letran Squires in the NCAA and the UP Fighting Maroons in the UAAP (1994 during Joe Lipa's second stint), can be said to be a "miracle worker." One who comes in and makes the most out of a mess.
In Season 78 of the UAAP seniors tournament, Fermin was handed the reins of the Adamson Falcons after parting ways with Kenneth Duremdes in the summer; mere months before the start of competition. Reeling from also the departure of center Matt Aquino, who left the same time as Duremdes did, Fermin's Falcons were a tough team to beat.
Although they finished with a 3-11 record, in the second round of play, they figured in five games where the result was decided in the last two minutes of play. Despite the decent job, the coaching papers were handed to Franz Pumaren the next season.
Now with the Falcons, following the crushing forfeitures of Season 78 and the departure of then head coach Goldwyn Monteverde and the bulk of his recruits for NU, Adamson, in one of the quickest turnarounds in high school basketball history, is aiming for glory.
"My coaching philosophy," explained Fermin, "is about being a no one and wanting to be a someone. That is what the coaches and I try to instill to our players. We started from scratch and found players who were willing to learn the system and be an asset to the program. That philosophy has brought me a little success in the seniors although I was able to bring the women's team to the Final Four."
Fermin waved off the assertion and is quick to point to his assistant coaches and players as equally important to the team's success.
"Ako naman, I do not promise something that we cannot do," said the coach. "Practical lang. But I let the players decide our fate. I try to instill this trust among all of us.Ang pinagusapan naman namin ni Fr. Aldrin (Suan, CM) is to build a competitive team. Wala sa usapan yung Final Four kaya na surprise kami this season. And we almost made it last season."
The Baby Falcons are ranked fourth in the offensive and defensive standings.
However, in this Final Four, he will match wits with Monteverde's top-seeded Bullpups. "I know it is tough to beat NU, but I have to motivate our players and to instill in their minds that we can accomplish that. Dapat lang maiwasan namin na maiwan early in the game."
Fermin will have a full complement of players with Ap Manlapaz ready to go. The 6'1" forward, who is averaging 11.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.0 steals in 20 minutes per game, missed the last four matches of the second round with a sprained right ankle.
"Ap will play given the win-or-go home situation," revealed Fermin.
Whatever happens this Final Four, it can be considered a successful two seasons for Fermin and the Baby Falcons.
"I think we may even have exceeded our own expectations," summed up Fermin.
The Baby Falcons take on the NU Bullpups at 1 p.m. Friday, February 15, at the Filoil Flying V Centre.
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We are all the same. There are some people we simply just don't like! They bug us. Their very presence annoys us. And in some cases, if we could, we would actually wish some distress in their lives so that they could be made to repent.
Jesus says instead, "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 5:44, ESV)
Loving your enemy is not about agreeing to disagree, nor just playing nice when we see them face to face. Love desires another's best. It desires their success, regardless of our feelings about them. It doesn't want them changed for our benefit, but for their victory. Love says, "I want God's plans fully realized for them!"
Wow; that is a profoundly intense kind of love!
Take a moment, and lift up your enemies to the Lord. Find a new heart for them. Ask for God's grace to be poured out on them, and to grant them access to their greatest good. Leave yourself out of the equation, and then, you will become "perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect."(Matthew 5:48)


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Love That Is
I want to take this time to describe true love. I thought I hadn't felt it before; a love that is breathless, mind-blowing, and nearly too good to be true. A love that is innocent but passionate, a love that makes you feel alive again. The kind that gives you that silly grin for no good reason except that a certain someone is on your mind again.
I've always wanted that kind of love. Love that is beautiful. Love that is pure. Love that is honest. Love that simply is …
I've always wanted someone I could look at and know exactly what they were thinking. Someone who knew how I felt before I did. Someone I knew I could trust and wasn't afraid to talk to. I thought I would find that in someone who was handsome, well-off, educated, and, of course, a true Believer. I thought I would find all that in The One. The man of my dreams. The guy who made my heart go THUD. But I didn't. I found it in someone who was gentle, kindhearted, and somewhat quiet.
I don't really like quiet guys but suddenly I was head over heels with this man. He gave me hugs when I needed them, support when I wanted it, and He told me the sweetest things. Like how much He loved me. How I meant more than the world to Him. And that I was so special to Him. I found a love that no man could ever replace. I found a precious love that tugged at my heart and was so rich it was almost painful. I fell in love with Jesus and now I don't want anyone else.
Everyone has heard that Jesus loves them. But do you KNOW it? Do you believe it in your heart? When someone loves you they want to give you the world. They want to be with you every moment of the day. You're all they think about. Isn't that romantic? To know that you are always on someone's mind. Imagine always being on the mind of the creator of the universe. The God who holds this world in the palm of His hand is obsessed with you. He's crazy about you and all He wants is your attention.
Why is it important to know and understand how much Jesus loves you?
Because love is what fuels us as Christians. Jesus died because He loves us. Jesus forgives because He loves us. Jesus shows us mercy because He loves us. Jesus blesses us when we don't deserve it because He loves us. Everything is because of love.
When we know that Jesus loves us, when we TRULY know it, we can't help but love Him in return. Once you truly love Christ, you learn to love yourself. When you love yourself, you learn to love others. Once you begin to love others, you begin to see the world the way Jesus did and that is how we are supposed to live as Christians.
Love Jesus. Love you. Love them.
It all starts with love. A kind love, a gentle love, an encouraging love. A love that is ….


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Topic Page: Colorado
State of the western central USA in the heart of the 'Mountain States', bordered to the west by Utah, to the north by Nebraska and Wyoming, to the east by Kansas and Nebraska, to the southeast by Oklahoma, to the south by New Mexico, and meeting Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico at the 'Four Corners' to the southwest; area 268,628 sq km/103,718 sq mi; population (2010) 5,029,196; capital and largest city Denver. The economy is led by the service sector, and tourism is important in the central and western parts of the states; information technology and engineering are also significant industries. Other major cities in Colorado include Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins, Greeley, Pueblo, Boulder, and Arvada. The state's expansion from World War II onwards has been closely associated with the USA's military-industrial surge. More than one third of Colorado is owned by the US federal government; the US Air Force has its academy close to Colorado Springs, and has defence headquarters in Cheyenne Mountain, with its finance centre based in Denver. Colorado joined the Union in 1876, the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, as the 38th US state.
Physical Colorado has four main land areas: the Colorado Plateau, the Intermontane Basin, the Rocky Mountains, and the Great Plains.
The Colorado Plateau's flat-topped steep hills, known as mesas, cover one-fifth of the entire state, along the Utah border. The Intermontane Basin, a small upland grassland area lies north of the plateau region. The Rocky Mountains dominate central Colorado and include Front Range, itself comprised of the Park Range, Sawatch Range, and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Mount Elbert in the Sawatch range rises to 4,402 m/14,433 ft, the highest point in the state; Pikes Peak, 4,300 m/14,110 ft high, is a historical landmark. The San Juan Mountains stretch southwest with lush valleys and multiple peaks of over 3,500 m/10,000 ft. The treeless areas surrounding Colorado's mountains are known as parks, the largest being North Park, Middle Park, South Park, and the San Luis Valley. The remaining two-fifths of Colorado is the rolling Great Plains region, stretching east to west towards the Rocky Mountains.
Colorado is the source state for many of the USA's most important rivers, including the Colorado, South Platte, Arkansas, and Gunnison rivers, and provides water for many other states. Rising from around 1,022 m/3,350 ft along the Arkansas River in the east, Colorado has the highest mean elevation (around 2,100 m/6,800 ft) of any US state, and includes within its borders two-thirds of all peaks over 4,267 m/14,000 ft on the continent. Its thin, dry mountain air warms quickly, giving the state a comfortable year-round climate, though there is snowfall in mountain areas in winter. Precipitation levels vary according to altitude and are highest on western-lying slopes. Colorado is at least one-third forested and game animals, including deer, elk, beavers, foxes, and marmots, and game birds thrive in all parts of the state. Common trees include ash, pine, fir, maple, and spruce.
Canyons and deep gorges with cascading waterfalls are among Colorado's most striking features. There are many lakes; Grand Lake and Summit Lake are the largest, with freshwater fish, including bass, perch, and trout. Colorado has a wide variety of grasses and wild flowers, which include buttercups, columbine, violets, and wild irises; cacti and sagebrush are found in dry areas, particularly in the San Luis Valley in the south.
Features Colorado is one of the most scenic states in the USA with four national parks: Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, and Black Canyon. Mesa Verde National Park, near Cortez, has American Indian Anasazi cliff dwellings dating from AD 1000. Other national monuments include the Colorado National Monument, Dinosaur National Monument, Florissant Fossil Beds, Great Sand Dunes, Hovenweep National Monument, and Curecanti National Recreation Area. The 13 national forests are Arapaho, Comanche, Grand Mesa, Gunnison, Pawnee, Pike, Rio Grande, Roosevelt, Routt, San Isabel, San Juan, Uncompahgre, and White River. The Garden of the Gods, near Colorado Springs, is a striking red sandstone rock formation. Pikes Peak, also near Colorado Springs, is one of the most visited mountains in the Rockies; the US explorer Zebulon Pike mapped it in 1806. Pikes Peak Cog Railway, built in 1891, is still in operation and provides one means of access to the summit. Royal Gorge, near Canon City, eroded by the course of the Arkansas River, has the world's highest suspension bridge. Bent's Old Fort, near La Junta, marks the site of the first permanent US settlement in Colorado in 1833.
Colorado has many unusual railway systems, including a narrow-gauge railway, which runs between Durango and Silverton, and is the last passenger railway of its kind in the country; and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, which uses steam trains and runs between Antonito, Osier, and Chama, New Mexico, traversing such historic areas as Cumbres Pass, the Toltec Gorge, Tanglefoot Curve, and the Los Pinos River Valley. The grave of the frontier entertainer William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody is located on top of Lookout Mountain near Golden and there is a museum here about his life.
Historic towns in Colorado include former gold-mining towns, such as Breckenridge (now a popular ski resort), old railroad towns such as Durango, and the silver-mining towns of Leadville and Silverton. Present-day military bases in Colorado are concentrated in the Colorado Springs area. NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, occupies the core of Cheyenne Mountain. Federal scientific agencies include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology, both in Boulder.
Culture Colorado's outstanding natural scenery and excellent winter sports conditions make it a popular tourist destination. Residents of the state work mainly in the Great Plains area, however, or are employed by the US government in Colorado Springs or Denver. Colorado's climate makes it especially attractive as a location for conferences and festivals. The state hosts numerous music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, the Boulder Bach Festival, Central City Opera Festival, the Colorado Mahler Festival, the Colorado Music Festival, and the Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival. Theatre and film are also important in Colorado; there are annual film festivals in Aspen and Telluride, and many arts organizations and performing arts companies are located in Denver, Boulder, Aspen, Aurora, and Fort Collins. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival takes place every summer in Boulder. Other annual arts festivals include the Denver Cherry Creek Arts Festival, and the Festival of the Arts in Crested Butte. Denver is home to the Denver Art Museum, which includes an important collection of American Indian art, and also has botanical gardens and a museum of natural history.
There are many state fairs and sporting events in Colorado, including the National Western Stock Show, the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival, the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, and the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo. Folk festivals include the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver and Larimer Square Oktoberfest in Denver. Nearby Red Rocks Amphitheater is an open-air amphitheatre surrounded by natural red rock formations. It has a seating capacity of 9,450 and stages concerts and stage shows throughout the year. The University of Colorado, located at Boulder, holds diverse cultural events.
Skiing is one of Colorado's recreational specializations with internationally renowned resorts at Aspen, Arapahoe Basin, Breckinridge, Steamboat Springs, Telluride, Vail, and Winter Park. The world cup ski racing competitions are held in February and March in Vail and Aspen. Colorado Springs contains the US Olympic Center and the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy. Car and motorcycle racers from all over the world compete in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb every Fourth of July, and every August runners compete in the Pikes Peak Marathon. Exercise and outdoor pursuits define the recreational life of most people in Colorado.
GovernmentColorado's state constitution The constitution was adopted in 1876 and is still in place, though it has since been extensively amended. Colorado's bill of rights places particular emphasis on the people's power to legislate and participate in democratic state government.
Structure of state government The governor serves a four-year term with a maximum of two consecutive terms. Democrat John Hickenlooper took the governorship in January 2011. The legislature, known as the General Assembly, has a Senate with 35 members and a House of Representatives with 65 members. Colorado has nine electoral votes in presidential elections. It sends nine members to Congress: seven representatives and two senators. Senators serve four-year terms, and representatives serve two-year terms.
Colorado's highest court is the Supreme Court, led by a chief justice and six associate justices who serve ten-year terms. They are appointed by the governor, but initially nominated by a commission of private citizens. The court of appeals has 22 members serving eight-year terms. There are 22 judicial district courts. Each of the 64 counties in Colorado has a county court governed by either three or five commissioners who serve four-year terms. The city and county of Denver operate as a single government, with the same borders and the same officials.
Economy Colorado has a service industry-led economy, with a strong agricultural base in the east, and a major tourist industry in the scenic central and western parts of the state. Private health care, hotels, ski resorts, and legal services are all important service industry sectors. Information technology and engineering are significant sources of revenue and employment. Computing and electronics head Colorado's manufacturing industry, and Colorado brews more beer than any other state. Colorado also specializes in food processing, canning, meat-packing, and the production of scientific instruments, transport equipment, machinery, chemical products, and gold, oil, coal, uranium, iron, and steel. Agricultural produce includes cattle, wheat, dairy products, corn, and hay. The US federal government owns a third of the state and controls grazing, logging, and mining activities there. Federal military bases are concentrated at Colorado Springs and one of the four US mints is located in Denver.
HistoryEarly settlement Colorado was first inhabited around AD 1000 by the prehistoric Anasazi, who built pueblo (village) cliff-complexes in the Mesa Verde region. The sites were abandoned at the end of the 13th century, possibly as a result of a great drought or pressure from nomadic tribes. Later, the American Indian Ute moved into the Colorado Plateau region, where they remain as the oldest continuous inhabitants of Colorado. Other peoples moved onto the Great Plains to hunt buffalo, particularly after horses became available in the early 18th century. Known collectively as the Plains Indians, they included the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Pawnee.
Spanish explorers seeking gold were the first Europeans to visit the area. France claimed the area east of the Rocky Mountains in 1682 and Spain declared the remainder of present-day Colorado as Spanish territory in 1706. Eastern and central Colorado became part of the USA at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The US government quickly set about exploring the region and army officer Zebulon Pike entered the Colorado area in 1806, with Major Stephen Long leading a second expedition in 1820. Bent's Fort near La Jute was the first permanent US settlement in 1833 and became an important fur trading post. The remainder of Colorado was ceded to the USA in 1845 and in 1848, after US victory in the Mexican War (1846–48). Denver was founded when gold was discovered near the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek in 1858, and thousands of prospectors poured into the Colorado region.
Indian wars The Colorado Territory was officially designated in 1861. The territory proved almost ungovernable, however, with conflicts over land rights continuously breaking out between the American Indians and white miners. Although much of the USA was fighting the Civil War, Colorado was entrenched in the long struggle of the Indian or Plains Wars. Major incidents included the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864, when troops of the Colorado militia attacked a Cheyenne and Arapaho village; an American Indian attack on 50 army scouts on the Arikaree River in eastern Colorado in 1868; and the Meeker Massacre of 1879, when the Ute killed their reservation agent Nathan C Meeker and ambushed a body of troops. There were many efforts to resolve tensions; notable American Indian diplomats during the period included the Ute chief Ouray and the Cheyenne chief Black Kettle.
Statehood Many people in the eastern USA fervently supported the opening up of the American West, and Colorado benefited from development plans, including those of New York newspaper editor Horace Greeley, who urged young people to move west and sponsored farming communities. Settlements took root along streams and rivers and the dry plain soils were crudely irrigated. The Great Plains were extensively settled in the 1870s as railroads extended to and along the base of the Front Range mountains, and on 1 August 1876 Colorado was admitted to the Union. Silver strikes in Colorado's mountain areas spurred a mining boom, attracting many more people to live and work in the state, and Leadville became the silver capital of the USA when silver ore was discovered there in 1877.
By the 1890s, however, silver prices had collapsed and Colorado entered a period of depression. Seeking to diversify its economy, Coloradans concentrated on the state's agricultural interests, and successfully cultivated sugar beets and potatoes, which were suited to its thin soils. The construction of sugar refineries and Colorado's role as a transport hub helped to make the state's economic survival possible.
Expansion After gold was discovered at Cripple Creek, a US mint opened in Denver in 1906. Colorado saw an increasing demand for its metals (especially molybdenum and tungsten) during World War I and steadily industrialized. Irrigated agriculture, ranching, tourism and outdoor sports, energy development, and the establishment of military bases fuelled rapid growth after World War II. The energy boom of the 1970s contributed to further growth and development.
Contemporary Colorado Today the Denver area is a centre of high-tech manufacturing and operations, especially telecommunications. It is also the metropolis of the Mountain States, the financial and business centre of a vast inland region and the second-largest federal operations base (after Washington, DC) in the USA.
Politically, Colorado is an independent state, with support oscillating between Democrats and Republicans in both state and national elections. Many Coloradans come to the state from elsewhere and Bill Ritter, who became governor in 2007, was the first native-born governor to be elected since 1958.
Colorado has professional teams for all major US sports. Its Denver Broncos American football team, one of the elite teams of the National Football League (NFL), won the Superbowl in 1997 and 1998. At the end of the 20th century the town of Columbine, near Denver, gained international attention when a school shooter killed 12 students and one teacher and injured 23 others before killing himself in 1999.
In January 2014 Colorado became the first US state to legalize the recreational possession and sale of cannabis following voter approval in a referendum in November 2012.
Famous peoplesport Jack Dempsey (1895–1983), boxer; John Elway, football player (1960– )
the arts Lon Chaney (1883–1930), silent-film actor; Douglas Fairbanks, Sr (1883–1939), actor; Tim Allen (1953– ), actor
science M Scott Carpenter (1925–2013), astronaut; Robert J Seiwald (1925– ), inventor of dyes for diagnosing infectious disease
politics and lawBlack Kettle (c. 1803–c. 1868), Cheyenne chief; Ouray (c. 1820–c. 1880), Ute chief; Homer Lea (1876–1912), soldier and political writer; Henry Teller (1830–1914), senator; Byron White (1917–2002), Supreme Court justice; Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933– ), first American-Indian US senator.
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Boykin delivers first pitch for Rangers, takes swings at Heisman questions
Trevone Boykin threw out the ceremonial first pitch Wednesday night at the Texas Rangers' game.
He better get used to the fuss.
The TCU quarterback could be in the spotlight all season, not only as the face of the Horned Frogs' bid to reach the College Football Playoff, but also the subject of a Heisman Trophy campaign.
The senior from West Mesquite became the favorite this week for college football's most prestigious trophy.
"I didn't see that," he told reporters after his celebrity turn.
But what does he think about it?
"We need to win games is what I think about it," he said. "Right now, we're not the same team we were last year. We've got to grow guys up on defense. We have to be better on offense. This is our second year — we're a veteran offense now. I feel like we should play to our potential. With that, if the Heisman Trophy comes, I'll be very blessed, and my family will be, too."
Boykin's pitch was high but into the glove of TCU baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle, whose College World Series and Big 12 championship team was also recognized on "TCU Night" at Globe Life Park ahead of the Rangers' game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Boykin smiled about the pitch.
"Yeah, I didn't bounce it," he said. "I didn't 50-Cent it. I feel pretty good about it. I'm going to keep the ball forever. I'll never let this one go. It's the first one."
Schlossnagle enjoyed the experience, too, catching the ball at the plate as eight of his players — Nolan Brown, Dane Steinhagen, Garrett Crain, Derek Odell, Brian Howard, Mitchell Traver, Ryan Burnett and Brian Trieglaff — got a firsthand view on the field. Many of the other members of the team were away playing professional or amateur baseball.
Schlossnagle said he can't judge Boykin from a football coach's perspective but is impressed by him personally.
"My favorite thing about him, as far as I can tell, is he's just a great teammate," Schlossnagle said. "That's the best thing that can ever be said about anybody. He comes around the baseball team a lot — all those football guys think they can play baseball. He has an open invitation to be around the baseball program. I'm excited about the season he has a chance to have."
TCU football coach Gary Patterson was also recognized on the field before the game. He said with a smile that Boykin has a conditioning run waiting for him Thursday before he leaves for four days at the Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State in Thibodaux, La.
Boykin said he wants to pick up all kinds of knowledge from each of the Mannings — Archie, Peyton, Eli and Cooper.
"I'll be like a sponge with those guys and ask as many questions, soak up as much information as I can," he said. "All of them, not just [Peyton]. It's Eli and even the brother who doesn't play — how do you deal with it? It's just questions like that."
Boykin said he is recovered from surgery on his left wrist and called it "nothing major," but he did say it was part of the reason he didn't work out with a private throwing coach in the off-season.
He said he is back to throwing as well as before the injury, but has been working on throws over the middle.
Maybe he's also been thinking about how to handle Heisman questions. There will be a lot between now and when the season starts for a player who ended up fourth in the voting last season after his first full season at quarterback. On July 20, Boykin will be one of the TCU players available for interviews at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas.
"It's something that every player grows up dreaming about," Boykin said, answering another Heisman question. "You always want to be either the person that wins the national title or one of those guys that wins a major award. To be mentioned with guys like Tim Brown, people that have won a Heisman in the past, when you mention guys like that, it's an honor and a blessing to be even thought of in that category."
The Heisman campaign may get bigger every week. But it won't be him promoting himself. And it won't be him doing anything different, he said.
"I still would be who I am today," he said. "I don't think I would change. I would still be the same kid — I would laugh, joke around with teammates like I do now. It's all about having fun and winning games, and the more games we win, the more fun we'll have, and all the trophies and stuff will come with it."
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In light of the pending repeal of the Municipal Solid Waste Tax, which generated considerable controversy when it was introduced last year, Opposition spokesman on the Environment, Senator Wilfred Abrahams is asking where did the money collected go.
Abrahams said he was concerned about how this tax revenue was used because it was meant to cover waste disposal costs, but truckers and other haulage operators were now being asked to pay a tipping fee to raise money for the same purpose.
The Opposition shadow minister expressed the view that because Government was deep in debt, that revenue was being used to meet other obligations. He predicted Government's cash crunch would lead to more job losses in the public sector.
"They said that the Government was having difficulty dealing with the commitments to SBRC [Sustainable Barbados Recycling Centre] . . . and they slapped on the Solid Waste Tax, saying it was not a land tax," Abrahams told a Barbados Labour Party branch meeting at the West Terrace Primary School over the weekend.
He added: "The Government said that the Solid Waste Tax was to raise money to pay SBRC. The Government's debt to SBRC per year is $21 million. The Solid Waste Tax raised over $40 million. I want to know what happened to the rest of the money."
Abrahams noted that under the authority of Minister of the Environment, Dr Denis Lowe, his political rival in Christ Church East, the tipping fee was this month implemented and the given reason was to compensate SBRC for the debt that Government owes it.
"So if you collected the whole of last year's worth [of Solid Waste Tax], and then the equivalent of this year's worth, what are you imposing a tipping fee on Barbadians for?" he asked.
"That means the reason you are giving for collecting revenue, or imposing taxes, is not the reason."
He charged that the cash-strapped Government was creating new revenue sources but diverting the income to areas other than the stated purpose of the new levy.
"The Government is trying to collect money to pay the same people it took on for elections, and that is half of the problem in Barbados. Almost all of the money Government is raising through these measures is a cash grab. It is to stave off the inevitable."
Explaining what he saw as inevitable, Abrahams spoke of Government's commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last year to reduce overall expenditure and increase revenue.
"It hasn't done it. I don't want anybody to go home, but we know it is going to happen . . . it has to happen because of the choices that the Government has made".
He referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital's outstanding debt to suppliers, money Government also owed to trading partners in tourism, and the fact that it had to service loans at a high cost.
"Out of every dollar that the Government of Barbados takes, over 60 cents is going to service our debts. We are in a hole," Abrahams said.


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From 1970 to 1979, Victor M. Kogan worked as a researcher at the All-Union Institute for the Study of Crime and Crime Prevention. From 1979 to 1989, he worked as Senior Researcher at the Institute of State and Law, USSR Academy of Sciences.
In his first book (1966), Kogan proposed the concept of formalism as a foundation for the rule of law, and presented Soviet criminal law as a logical structure with the formalism of content, expression and order of norms that serve as the basis for self-restriction of the criminal justice system and the lawmakers themselves, who, for many reasons, are naturally prone to using a free hand, discretion and abuse.
Working in the Department of Criminal Law, at the Institute of State and Law, Dr. Kogan defined three stages for making criminal law an effective tool for the defense of a society – conditioning, formulation and implementation. According to Kogan, criminal law should be defined and evaluated with regard to its scope, severity and justice, which is its integral feature. Legal norms are primary but not the only component of the influence of criminal law; they are supported, reinforced or weakened by their moral content, which is more or less compatible with the morality of different demographic groups. The work of the criminal justice system includes the degree of security the system provides people, official assessments of law-enforcement and the correctional institutions' success or failure, the certainty, celerity and severity of sentencing, and the image of the criminal in the public's eyes.
From 1990 to the present, Dr. Kogan has been a professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at Saint Martin's University, where he has taught Criminology and Juvenile Delinquency, Law and Society, Judicial Process, American Social Problems, Race, Sex and Disability, and Intercultural Communication. Accordingly, his current interests include the functioning of the jury system, race and ethnic relations, and multiculturalism. Dr. Kogan is a second term chair of the social justice department.
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"Logical-Judicial Structure of Soviet Criminal Law," Alma-Ata, 1966
"Social Characteristics of Crime," Moscow, 1977
"Social Mechanism of Criminal Law Influence," Moscow, 1983
"Russian Criminological Outlook," Moscow, dedicated to Dr. Kogan the Issue 1, 2011 (www.crimimology/ru ).
Dr. Kogan's works had been included in the top 100 books in criminal law and criminology according to Russian Criminological Outlook, 2014 nos. 2 and 3.


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Tug-of-war is a long-time game that we humans love playing with our loving, playful canine family members. But, to play safely and successfully, we MUST play by the rules.
Most of the information that I am presenting to help us experience successful play is gleaned from an article that is several years old and written by Pat Miller for the Whole Dog Journal. While published in November of 2013, it continues to offer great guidelines for playing tug-of-war with our beloved dogs. The bottom line—we are the "masters," and we must remain in control in order to provide for the safety and protection of two-legged and four-legged family members. Let's have fun, safe playtime.
Rules for Playing Tug of War With Your Dog
Information excerpted from an article by Pat Miller
Tug is a great game to play with your dog to work off energy and allow us to roughhouse safely. It won't make him "dominant," and it won't make our dogs aggressive, as long as we play by the rules. And it's the process of being able to follow the rules and exhibit a degree of self-control that makes this game such a great one for Do-Over Dogs. The rules are designed to remind our pups that we are the ones who are the leaders—in charge. Following the rules also let our dogs know which behaviors are acceptable.
1. Use a toy or rope that is sturdy and long enough to keep your dog's teeth away from hands. It should be comfortable for holding during the pulling. Remember to keep the tug toy stored away until it's time to play.
2. Hold out the toy or rope. If your dog lunges for it, make a correction sound and keep it at a distance or behind your back. Be sure to let your dog know that it's your toy. The game is played only when permission is given.
3. Your pup needs to sit until you invite him or her to grab it. Be gentle yet enthusiastic.
4. During the game, be sure to take breaks which require your dog to give up the toy to you. Again, the toy belongs to the human! The game is played by our rules—not the dog's rules!! And, perhaps most importantly, the human ALWAYS wins—ends up with possession of the toy, not the dog.
5. If the mouth or teeth begin to get too close to your hands, you need to be sure to let your pup know immediately with a positive "correction," taking possession of the rope, and giving a short break from tugging. This sets clear boundaries that our dogs can understand.
6. Similarly, if teeth touch any part of your body or clothing, give a gentle correction immediately and take a break. Depending on the intensity, you might consider putting away the rope or toy for a while.
7. Store the tug toy until you want to play again.
8. Small children should NOT play tug with your dog. Older children might be able to handle the game but ONLY if everyone is absolutely certain that all the rules can be followed without exception.
I believe that it's only fair to let our pets know what the rules are in any game or activity. We want to know the rules, so do they! Happy and safe playing! Create fun times for everyone!
Adapted from Whole Dog Journal's FREE Tip of the Week November 2013.


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Cleaning, sealing, and caulking your concrete is one of the best investments you can make for your home. The cost of replacing concrete can be extremely high, but untreated concrete can break down over a fairly short amount of time. Concrete acts like a sponge and absorbs large amounts of water. This water can freeze and cause your concrete to spall, pit, crack and eventually break up. Properly sealing, then caulking the cracks in your concrete, greatly reduces water's ability to penetrate the concrete's surface, which in turn dramatically increases the beauty, and lifespan of your concrete driveways and walkways.
The experts at A-1 Concrete use the latest technologies to clean and seal all of your concrete surfaces. Our services include pressure washing the concrete with hand-held power washers and walk-behind surface cleaners. Many times we also use a biodegradable cleaner to lift and remove contaminants and surface stains.
After the concrete has been cleaned A-1 applies a sealant. We offer two varieties:
- The first is a deep-penetrating, siloxane-based concrete sealant, which is absorbed into the slab to protect the concrete and preserve its longevity. This sealant creates a waterproof barrier which causes the water to bead on the surface. It is suggested that the concrete is cleaned and sealed every 7-10 years after this sealant is applied.
- The second is a product called DensiCrete, which chemically alters silica within the concrete's microcracks and pores and creates new concrete. This densifies the slab to the point where it is unable to absorb water and helps to prevent issues with spalling and cracking in the future. This is a one and done solution and would not need to be reapplied in the future.
Finally, the cracks in the concrete are caulked with a long-lasting caulking to prevent water from penetrating within, and beneath the concrete. This lessens the impact of the freeze/thaw process and, along with sealing, is an important step to maintain the integrity of your concrete. Contact your local A-1 Franchise to learn how Cleaning, Sealing, and Caulking can keep your concrete looking great for years to come.


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Staging is changing the way real estate is being sold. It is the process of addressing your home's condition, enhancing its best features and neutralizing the space so that the potential buyer can envision themselves living there. As a Certified Staging Professional, I can show you where to start and guide you easily and efficiently through the entire pre-listing process. I look forward to helping you gain a competitive edge by transforming your home into an attractive and welcoming space.
Prep it. Stage it. Sell it. Your home is probably your largest investment. When you make the decision to sell it, obtaining the maximum return on that investment (and selling it as quickly as possible) need to be your primary goals. That's where I come in (literally).


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The Pee-Kay Episode
We get larged by bouncers. That is to say, 2 Broke Twimbos tobhigwa nemamonya. Of which this happens to be the case because we know all the bouncers in Harare from all the times we have been thrown out of establishments for sneaking in. Notwithstanding, this episode features 3 time Hip-Hop Award winner, Ma1 & Show Me Love hit singer, the original monya himself Pee-Kay.
Within 2 minutes of the interview, Dan & Phil had secured a promise of their first meal in days, so they were able to sit back and in relative comfort discuss in depth the rise of the enigma that is Pee-Kay. Listen in as stomach rumblings occasionally interrupt an analysis of coming up in the Zimbabwean music industry, the creation of Ma1, working with Zimbabwean and international artists including Busy Signal and Speedy and of course the plan for infiltrating the African market.
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The genesis and development of research in multilingualism: Perspectives for future research
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This contribution focuses on current multilingualism research initiatives, in particular on issues of cultural and linguistic diversity which influence research perspectives and choices. In addition, a new comprehensive definition of multilingualism is posited, one which incorporates the factor of influence at the discursive level and also outlines perspectives of future research. The research desiderata include the historical dimension of multilingualism, comparative studies of linguistic phenomena among minority language users, the exploration of "emergent varieties" especially in young people, "linguae francae", and dialect border areas for "a grammar of language contact". The topics of "receptive multilingualism" and "unintentional, unfocussed learning" are referred to. The chapter calls for intensifying the statistical basis for multilingualism studies and highlights an important role for the representatives of second and third generation migrants in many sociolinguistic areas. Research fields for the analysis of multilingualism in institutions, the media and the economy are also suggested. In conclusion, the need to develop theoretical foundations of multilingualism and systematic and continuous review is underlined, so that independent research can develop.
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