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Southington gymnasts launched themselves across the vault in perfect precision to set the tone for the Class L championships and carried that momentum onto the bars. On Saturday, Feb. 23 the Lady Knights held a comfortable lead after two events, but it all came crashing down as one-by-one the Lady Knights slipped off the beam.
First-year coach Kaitlyn O'Donnell gathered her gymnasts in a huddle halfway through the rotation, but even that couldn't stop the bleeding. Lady Knight gymnasts fell six times in five beam routines and their 0.65 point lead vanished into an almost insurmountable deficit with one event left.
"This was our first stressful situation, and it was my first time coaching in such a stressful situation. I think it was just our nerves that got to us today," said the coach. "Beam makes the meet. It's hit or miss. We train it really hard, but today just wasn't our day."
It looked like Southington would have to wait another year to regain their position on the Class L podium. Or would they?
"I told them that it's not over yet. We're not going to win by a lot, but it's not over yet. We had to work really hard to gain back what we lost," said the coach. "I told them to fight, work really hard, don't give up, and take your time. Do each thing one skill at a time. Don't get too far ahead of yourself."
Slowly, but surely the Knights began to dig themselves out of the hole.
Erin Malone led the way. Southington's lone senior led all Class L gymnasts in the first two events with a 9.475 on vault and a 9.675 on bars. Even with a slip she managed to score the second highest result on the beam (9.0), but Malone wasn't finished. Her 9.5 score on floor beat her closest competitor by more than half a point.
Over four events, Malone scored 37.65 out of 40 possible points. Although there is no all-around title presented at the team event, her score edged the second best scorer by nearly two points.
"She just hit on everything. She didn't miss, and she showed good form as always," said O'Donnell. "She had a little bit of a fall on beam, but she tried to save it. There was just no way. She had a great day on every event. She upgraded her floor routine. She upgraded her bar routine, and that really worked in her favor today."
Sporbert (32.875) was the only other Knight to score for Southington in four events. Nati scored on vault (9.0), bars (8.725), and floor. Rothstein scored on vault (8.85), floor, and was the only Knight to avoid a fall on beam (8.2). Lindsey Socquet continued her return from injury with scores on bars (8.25) and beam (6.85).
Still, the meet was won on the floor.
Kayla Nati (8.75) and Marilyn Sporbert (8.6) scored. Malone capped the event with the highest score in the competition, but it didn't hurt that the second highest score was tied by Rothstein (8.85). Southington scored five of the top seven scores on floor, and the Lady Knights (35.7) won the event by more than two points over Ludlowe (33.4) and more than three points over two-time defending champion Glastonbury (32.3).
"It feels great, but we have a lot of work to do," said O'Donnell. "I think this was kind of a wake-up call."
Glastonbury entered the final event with a 1.575 point lead, but Southington turned the tables in the final event. Southington's score of 138.0 won't turn many heads in the gymnastics community, but it was enough to edge top-ranked Glastonbury (136.175) for Southington's sixth title in nine years. Southington placed fifth out of eight teams on beam (30.85) but that was offset by a first place finish on vault (36.375) and floor with a second place finish on bars (35.075).
"It's a great feeling, and it's great to keep up our undefeated season," O'Donnell said. "I think the team had a lot to prove, especially after last year. We didn't have a great year last year, and we came out ready to go."
With their victory, Southington qualified for one of four chances to represent Connecticut in the upcoming New England championship, but they fell to third place in the overall standings. This Friday, the Knights will compete at the State Open against Class S champ Woodstock Academy (142.95), Class M champion Daniel Hand (139.275), and Glastonbury.
The competition is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. at New Milford High School.
"Without a doubt, we will do better next week. We've just got to train, train, train," said O'Donnell. "We'll get back to the gym, and we need to go to the beam…a lot."
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Police: Colorado man faces charges after pointing toy gun at officer in Halloween prank
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – A Colorado man who police say pointed a toy gun at an officer and called it a Halloween prank is facing criminal charges that prosecutors are calling "felony stupid."
Police say 29-year-old Patricio Preciado pointed a toy gun in the face of Grand Junction police Officer Cody Kennedy early Friday. The Daily Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1auSc0K ) reports that the officer said he drew his handgun as Preciado laughed and said it was a joke.
According to the officer's arrest affidavit, Kennedy "told him it wasn't funny and that I had almost shot him."
Preciado faces charges of attempted robbery and felony menacing. He was released on bond Friday, and a number listed for him was disconnected. His attorney didn't return a message left at her office Saturday.
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School counselors work with students as advocates as well as to foster their personal, social, academic, and career development by establishing realistic goals. Counselors help students choose colleges or technical schools, as well as assist with applications, exams, and career planning. College counselors may assist students with major planning and career development.
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Education administrators provide leadership as well as manage the daily activities in schools of all levels, from preschools to colleges. They establish policy and procedures to meet curriculum standards and general goals. They also supervise school faculty and employees, train teachers, develop programs, ensure academic progress, prepare budgets, and handle public relations.
Elementary school teachers work with students in grades 1-5 and generally teach one group of students a broad range of subjects, though some elementary teachers specialize in one area, such as reading, math, art, or music.
Kindergarten teachers instruct students in numbers, science, letter recognition, and phonics, and employ play, games, and other methods to provide students general academic awareness.
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It's the end of an era – the big hurrah-hurrah, doors shut, sparklers last glowing flame goes out to one of my favorite adventures since I started this blog.
It has taken 1.5 years, seven seasons, around 300 miles, and who-knows how many calories to complete, yet this weekend, my roommate Sarah and I landed for the last time.
Jumping into the air for a freeze frame photo, we finished the jumping covered bridges tour of Lane County (Flickr). (Bucket List item)
While we intended to finish the tour this fall among Oregon's beautiful scarlet and gold colors, as life goes the trip was delayed – but to our delight the road trip Gods shined down on us once again.
With warm Starbucks coffee as sidekicks, Sarah and I ventured north from Eugene along highway 99 toward Junction City mid-Saturday morning. The care ate fog like thick cream of wheat as we crossed our fingers to actually even see the bridges at best.
Turning on to highway 36 west, we followed the curvy, two-lane road into the foothills of Oregon's Coastal Mountain range. Frost and freezing fog stuck to the road-lining brush leaving little icicles clinging to the stiff plants. Through the fog you could only see the dim outline of country-houses and property fences, as the flat fields quieted for the coming winter hibernation.
Slowly though as we climbed ever-so-slightly in elevation the fog rolled down the hills – hiding now only in the deep knolls and the sunlight flickered through the trees like fence lattice.
By the time we rounded the bend into the small, water front town of Triangle Lake, the sun had broken free – illuminating the clear, flat water and reflecting the cloudless sky – that had been hidden through the morning.
Perfect bridge jumping weather – especially since the limbs still needed some extra blood flow encouragement against the brisk, December air.
Continuing along Hwy 36, we pulled off at the first bridge of the day – Lake Creek Covered Bridge. Also known as Nelson Mountain Bridge, this white, covered bridge was built in 1928 (reconstructed in 1984) and spans 105 feet.
After 18 jumping photos, we struggled to brainstorm new poses. Yet to our luck, our foolish lack of grace solved that problem – like this strange karate chop action-shot.
Only a few more miles down the road, hidden off of Deadwood Creek road (doesn't it just sound creepy), our last Covered Bridge waited. Deadwood Covered Bridge, constructed in 1932 (restored in 1986), also spans 105 feet and features false end beams and semi-elliptical portal arches with trim.
Surrounded by what else – deadwood – and with dark green-gray moss dripping from their crooked limbs, this bridge's location while slightly-scary in the winter was also very picturesque in the time-has-stopped-here-forever kind of way. Even the damp air felt like it had been sucked downward into a time-warped black-hole – a few degrees significantly cooler than elsewhere along the drive. The damp air and rain also over time skewed the bridge's floor surface leaving a creaky, slanted character to the wooden structure.
Going all-in, we clamored down the bridge – setting up the 10 second timed camera on the gravel ground, balanced on my iPhone to get the just right angle, for this last leap.
Lifting from the knees – I got my best height yet in this frogger-style jump – why it took me 20 bridges to finally learn to lift from the knees, who knows! – But what an iconic shot to end this adventure chapter.
I would love to continue the journey and complete all 50 covered bridges in Oregon – but officially Sarah's friendship-bound contract is up – though I might try to twist her arm. We will just have to see!
Where should I go next for a leap-along adventure? Who wants to join me?
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
NOTD: Halloween Orange & Black Flames Water Marble + Tutorial
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HANG TIME, Texas — Stop me if you've heard this one: A priest, a rabbi and DeMarcus Cousins are sitting on a bench…
Yeah, it's getting to be the kind of stale old joke that sounds like it came out of the Catskills in the 1950s.
Cousins is at the center of another flap. This time the Kings' leading scorer and rebounder was left in the locker room at halftime Friday night following a verbal run-in with coach Keith Smart.
Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee delivers the details that were available:
"It was conduct detrimental to the team and we left it at that," Smart said without elaborating.
Smart did not say if Cousins would play Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers.
"I'm going to focus on (Friday night)," Smart said. "And then I'll move forward to the next day."
Cousins said he "was in the wrong" during halftime.
"What happens in the locker room stays in the locker room, but I was wrong," Cousins said. "But what happens in the locker room stays in the locker room."
Cousins then was asked what he could do to avoid further situations where attention was on his actions off the court.
"Don't talk back," Cousins said. "That's the thing. I shouldn't have responded back. Should have accepted what was said and stayed quiet."
Of course, nobody has ever questioned the raw talent and ability that Cousins possesses, only the maturity and professionalism that he doesn't.
As a potential foundation-type player on the front line, it was understandable that Kings management sided with Cousins and gave Paul Westphal the ax when the two of them couldn't get along.
There may also be legitimate reasons to question whether Smart (73-134 career record) has the right stuff to be a successful coach in the NBA. But the main reason he was brought in to replace Westphal and had his contract extended was because he could supposedly relate to Cousins and steer him correctly and now that plan seem to have jumped off the tracks.
Already this season, Cousins has been suspended two games for confronting Spurs broadcaster Sean Elliott after a game, suspended another for whacking the Mavs' O.J. Mayo in the groin and ejected in the third quarter of one more game for arguing calls by the refs. Now this.
More from Jones:
"We're trying to set a standard for all of our players and all our guys who are here," Smart said after the game. "When guys don't fall in line to that we've got to move on."
Smart intends to maintain this stance, too. You have to assume that means penalties will escalate if the behavior does not change.
Smart wouldn't address whether Cousins would play in Sunday's game against Portland. If he does, another blowup could mean suspensions for conduct detrimental to the team.
Cousins doesn't believe Friday's incident will be held over his head and that he and Smart can move past the incident.
"It happens all the time between players and coaches," Cousins said. "I believe we'll talk about it, get past it and we'll move forward."
Cousins can only hope. All of these shenanigans are overlooked if he were delivering like the punchline in the Kings' lineup. But after a breakout season a year ago, Cousins has not only reverted to troublesome form with his behavior, but his play has deteriorated as well, not concentrating on defense and taking far too many bad shots.
Could Cousins simply be tiring of the losing atmosphere in Sacramento and trying to force the Kings to ship him out of town?
We can only assume that he knows the rest of the NBA gets LeaguePass. The offers coming in at this point for a mediocre malcontent would hardly make the Kings want to jump at this point.
So DeMarcus Cousins walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder…
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Ray's Take Around half of all workers older than 55 have less than $50,000 saved for retirement. We hear this message over and over along with warnings that many Americans may never be able to afford to quit working. Some respond by effectively giving up hope. Others keep saving, but live in constant anxiety that it probably won't be enough. They may be fine and not even know it!
It is important to face the truth – good or bad – by determining what you do need to be saving. There's a common rule of thumb for determining just how much money you need for retirement – and plenty of online calculators to help you determine that magic amount. Many of these formulas assume you'll need around 70 to 80 percent of your working salary to fund your retirement lifestyle, along with investments that at least keep pace with inflation, and enough funds to live on for 30 (or more) years.
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Retirement can be the perfect time to pursue a purpose-driven life – on any budget. Adding life to your years can add years to your life.
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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
The Dow climbed on Friday, helped by stronger-than-expected data on the U.S. labor market. But falling Apple shares attributed to losses in the tech-heavy Nasdaq.
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Today's Markets
As of 3:20 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 50.1 points, or 0.38%, to 13124, the S&P 500 gained 0.92 point, or 0.07%, to 1415 and the Nasdaq Composite slumped 16.8 points, or 0.56%, to 2972.
It has been a choppy weak for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares. They took the worst fall in four years Wednesday, just to climb on Thursday. Today, the world's biggest publicly traded company was greater than 2% to the downside again, weighing on the tech-heavy Nasdaq.
Data Paint Muddled Picture
The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls rose by 146,000 in November from October, significantly more than the 93,000 expected. The unemployment rate fell to 7.7% from 7.9% the month prior to its lowest level since December 2008. Economists were expecting the unemployment rate to remain at 7.9%. The Labor Department said Hurricane Sandy "did not substantively impact the national employment and unemployment estimates for November." Many economists expected the superstorm to have a negative impact.
"The good news is not that the labor market is improving rapidly – it isn't – but that employment growth is holding up despite all the fears over the fiscal cliff," Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight wrote in a research note.
Digging into the report, the private sector added 147,000 jobs, while the government shed 1,000. Average hourly earnings climbed four cents to $23.63.
Still, many economists don't expect the recently upbeat data to impact the Federal Reserve's highly-aggressive monetary policy stance.
"While the data ... suggest that the labour market continues to recover, and bodes well for economic growth in the final quarter of the year, the gains are unlikely to persuade the Fed from changing its stimulus stance," Markit Chief Economist Chris Williamson wrote in an e-mail.
Consumer sentiment fell much more than expected in early December from November. The Reuters/University of Michigan gauge slid to 74.5 from 82.7, far lower than the 82.4 that was expected. These data are especially important given the key holiday shopping season is kicking into high gear.
Later, the Federal Reserve releases its reading on consumer credit conditions.
In Europe, Germany's Bundesbank said it expects Germany's economy to grow at a pace of just 0.4% next year, down sharply from a June forecast of 1.6%. The country is Europe's economic powerhouse, but has been showing increasing vulnerability to the eurozone debt crisis. The news comes only a day after the European Central Bank cut its economic forecast for the entire currency bloc.
Commodities markets were fairly stable. The benchmark crude contract dipped 33 cents, or 0.38%, to $85.93 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline rose 0.02% to $2.597 a gallon. In metals, gold gained $3.70, or 0.22%, to $1,706 a troy ounce.
On the corporate front, Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and its chief executive Reed Hastings received "Wells Notices" from the Securities and Exchange Commission on fair disclosure questions, a filing released late Thursday revealed.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 dipped 0.08% to 2601, the English FTSE 100 climbed 0.22% to 5914 and the German DAX slumped 0.22% to 7518.
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Institutional Master Plan
As required by the City of Boston, all institutions, including colleges and hospitals, must file an Institutional Master Plan (IMP) every 10 years. Emmanuel College's IMP, unanimously approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) on May 15, 2012, provides a framework for planning and arrays anticipated changes to the College's campus over the next decade.
The College's previous IMP, filed in 2000, provided a blueprint for Emmanuel to build the campus of today, including the creation of an Endowment Campus (and resulting partnership with Merck Research Laboratories - Boston) and the approval for the building of the Jean Yawkey Center and the Maureen Murphy Wilkens Science Center.
With the renewed IMP for 2012-2022, Emmanuel is building on the success of the past decade. This plan will allow Emmanuel to enhance and increase residential, academic, student programming and outdoor green space to accommodate a gradual growth in undergraduate enrollment over a 10-year period.
Institutional Master Plan Goals
- Accommodate undergraduate growth to 2,200-student campus
- House 76% of students on campus, with more competitive housing choices
- Provide state-of-the-art learning spaces and technology and increase academic and student-life space to address current limitations.
- Continue to enhance usability of campus green space
2012-2022 Institutional Master Plan Projects
Julie Hall
- Will replace existing Julie Hall
- 17 stories
- 220,000 SF of resident space for 720 beds-net increase of 500 beds, 220 replacement beds
- 21,000 SF of academic space
- 34,000 SF of dining/student life space, 450-500 additional seats in dining area
Proposed uses: Additional academic and student life space, including an expanded dining hall and related kitchen space; study/meeting rooms; classrooms; commuter lounge; larger fitness center
Parking: 200 spaces, below grade (net increase of 129 spaces with removal of surface parking)
Cardinal Cushing Library/Academic Center
76,000-square-foot, 5-story additional to current Cardinal Cushing Library
- Expanded Janet M. Daley Library Lecture Hall, from 239 to 300 seats
- New 75-seat lecture hall
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- 12 seminar rooms
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text: Durban - Two-time US Open winner Retief Goosen will play his first tournament for nearly five months at this week's Volvo Golf Champions after having surgery on a "totally disintegrated" disc in his back. The 43-year-old South African, who rated his health as "about five out of 10" at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August in his penultimate event before an extensive break to repair his back, is itching to play tournament golf again. "I'm very excited about the New Year," said Goosen who is making his comeback about six weeks ahead of schedule. "Obviously the last three years have been pretty bad. "Last year I tried a bit of everything... injections, loads of physio, anything you could think of but nothing really helped. In the end we had no choice but to have the operation," he told the European Tour website (www.europeantour.com). "It's been great. It's been almost five months now. I've been off painkillers and that cleans the system out a little bit. I started hitting balls, or half shots, about three weeks ago and I felt pretty good." Goosen, who has 14 European Tour wins to his name but has not triumphed on the circuit since 2007, said he entered this week's event in Durban just before the deadline. The 2001 and 2004 US Open winner lost to compatriot Branden Grace in a playoff, which also featured Ernie Els, at the same event last year and said 2013 could be his season such is the unpredictability of golf. "Hopefully the back will stay as good as it feels now. I just need to really work on my swing a little bit and find a bit of game. I'm not really sitting here expecting to win but you never know in this game."


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I made banana bread a few days ago. I used the old family recipe, but this time, I added milk chocolate chunks. It was moist and good. I made one loaf and six muffins from one recipe. Simple and sweet.
Banana Bread (with chocolate and/or nuts)
1 stick (sweet) unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 extra large eggs at room temperature (large eggs are fine)
2 cups banana puree (about 4 bananas-over ripened are best)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 TBS baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg or cinnamon
optional additions: approx. 1 cup of any of the following: chopped chocolate (or chocolate chips), chopped nuts (either pecan or walnuts) or any combination of these would be good.
Heat oven to 350º. Blend butter, sugar, and eggs together until smooth. Add pureed banana and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix well till completely blended. Fold in additions, if using. Grease and line baking tin. Bake for approximately 55-60 minutes until slightly browned on top. For muffins-Bake at 375º for 22-25 minutes.
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newarenanow wrote:shmenguin wrote:Troy Loney wrote:Eismann wrote:I have found the new season of Sunny to be largely uninteresting.
I'm starting to dislike the D and Dennis characters. Otherwise, I'm enjoying this season.
Dee's character reached her saturation point last season. Now she's a sinking ship. Dennis still has a lot left, IMO.
Frank with the therapist was hilarious.
I really enjoyed that episode. I thought all 5 sessions were great. One of the better episodes in a while.
Yeah. And I don't understand why people are disliking Dee and Dennis. I think they're as great as ever. Dee is actually better and crazier. Dennis so full of himself it's hilarious. Anyway, Dee is probably my favorite right now. The way she went totally psycho in the end of the shrink episode was epic.


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The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) sponsored by the Utah Genealogical Association has announced their courses for 2014. It looks like a great line-up! There are some favorite courses returning, and some new ones that look very interesting. This institute will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 13-17, 2014. Registration for these courses will open on June 2, 2013.
Which course would you like to take if you could make it to SLIG in January of 2014?
Which course would you like to take if you could make it to SLIG in January of 2014?
2014 Courses and Coordinators:
American Research and Records: Focus on Families
Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FUGA
New York Research
Karen Mauer Green, CG
Research in the South
J. Mark Lowe, CG
Scottish Research
Carolyn Barkley, MLS
Advanced Research Tools: Land Records
Richard G. Sayre, CG and Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL
Comprehensive Photo Detecting
Maureen Taylor, MA
Producing a Quality Family Narrative
John Philip Colletta Ph.D., FUGA
Researching in Eastern Europe
Kory Meyerink, AG
Advanced Genealogical Methods
Thomas Jones Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum
Angela McGhie and Kimberly Powell
Credentialing: Accreditation, Certification, or Both?
Apryl Cox, AG and Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL
Problem Solving
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Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in Hill Lawsuit
A district judge in Cheyenne has rejected state schools Superintendent Cindy Hill's request to have her powers and duties immediately restored. Judge Thomas Campbell on Wednesday refused to issue a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit Hill has filed challenging the constitutionality of her job changes. Campbell also sent the lawsuit directly to the Wyoming Supreme Court for further action.
The Legislature and Gov. Matt Mead approved a law this winter taking away many of the superintendent's powers and duties. It included replacing the superintendent as administrative head of the state Education Department with a director appointed by the governor. The superintendent remains a statewide elected official.
In his ruling Judge Campbell said the plantiff's had failed to provide sufficient evidence that irreperable harm to the plaintiffs, students, teachers and other stakeholders has nor will occur in the time it takes the Wyoming Supreme Court to decide the case. He added that the plaintiffs also did not establish the likelihood that they will suceed on the merits of the case and overcome the presumption of the laws constitutionality.


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Bullock overcomes odds to reach NBA
Reggie Bullock (center) reacts to hearing his name called during the NBA draft on Thursday. Bullock was taken 25th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Janet S. Carter / The Free Press
Published: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 18:41 PM.
The memories of what it was like growing up in east Kinston will forever linger in Reggie Bullock's mind.
The drugs. The gangs. The hardships that come with being raised in "the projects." But Bullock refused to let the negativity that surrounded his upbringing define who he is and be the deciding factor in what he was going to do with his life.
On Thursday, with roughly 75 friends and family members gathered in a side room at the Woodmen Community Center, Bullock watched on a large, pull-down screen as NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the Los Angeles Clippers had selected him with the 25th overall pick in this year's NBA draft.
In almost an instant the 6-foot-7, 205-pound swingman's life changed. What became commonplace to him as a child is something Bullock will never have to worry about going back to.
But his upbringing is at the center of the strength, courage and drive that he has today.
"I finally made it, I finally made it," Bullock said, smiling from ear to ear. "Just hearing my name called, it's a blessing for me.
"It's a blessing to be in this position, making it to the NBA. But the work don't stop here. I still got a long way to go to prove myself that I belong there. I'm ready for the challenge."
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Bullock was raised by his grandmother, Patricia Williams, who passed away while he was a freshman at UNC.
Williams, a minister, saw to it that Bullock did the right thing and made the right choices. The homework and chores had to be completed before he could go to the gym. His top priority was attending church.
Even with such negative outside influences, Bullock had a solid foundation in his home.
"You had to convince Grandma to let him play," said retired Rochelle Middle School basketball coach Alexander "Skeet" Davis, a mentor of Bullock's. "I'll never forget. I was going to put him on a little tournament team and she said, 'He's got to go to church.' I said, 'You let him practice, I'll bring him to church.' I've always felt like he was special."
Special enough to separate himself from the haves and have nots.
"He's had it hard. I can identify with him because I'm also, out at Tarboro, from the projects — Eastside homes," Davis said. "Don't nobody expect nothing good to come out of the hood, but they do.
"It don't matter where you're come from, it's what you do to get yourself right."
Bullock went to work on his game at a young age. In middle school he heard the comparisons to Kinston native Jerry Stackhouse, who just completed his 18th season in the NBA.
Bullock told the Raleigh News and Observer in March about a time when he banked in a 3-pointer as a youngster playing against Stackhouse in a pick-up game. That's when he knew he had a shot at doing something great.
Bullock has worked hard to hone his craft since, and has become a beacon of hope for a city which needs one.
"What is so beautiful about this story is the adversity that Reggie has overcome. To be where he is, it shows all these young men and all these young ladies that are in the streets and in the schools that they can achieve it, too," Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy said. "But it takes hard work, perseverance, it takes mentors … it takes the kids to take one step and all these other folks, the mentors, to take a couple of them with them."
What Bullock knows to be home and what will become his home are two different places.
Los Angeles is a mecca for the entertainment industry, from movies to music to professional sports.
Bullock was drafted by one of the more popular franchises in the NBA. He'll play his home games in the Staples Center, with big time Hollywood celebrities sitting courtside.
NBA all-star and Clippers point guard Chris Paul, who sponsors an AAU team Bullock used to play for, tweeted his excitement of playing with Bullock in the future.
"Congrats to (Reggie Bullock) on being drafted," the tweet read. "He was on my 1st 15 and Under CP3 All-Stars team. (hashtag)teamCp3"
The Clippers, who chose Bullock with their only draft pick this year, also recently dealt for former Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers.
Rivers' son, Austin, played for Duke for one season and coach Rivers attended his games regularly.
Coach Rivers had his eye on Bullock before making the move to the West Coast, he said.
"I like him," Rivers told the Associated Press. "That's one of the guys that we wanted. We felt like we needed more shooting and he does that.
"Having been a guy that went to a lot of Duke games and Duke-North Carolina games, I got to see him up close. He has size, can play the small forward position, he can shoot it on the catch and he can defend. Those are all of the things that we targeted, and that's what we got."
Bullock's mother, Danielle Brown, was so excited for her son Thursday that she had trouble putting her emotions into words.
"It's exciting. When he was little and playing ball I never thought of (him going to the NBA)," she said.
"I feel OK about (him being so far away). One day I'm going to be there."
Bullock will sign his first professional contract soon, move to L.A., and begin his new life as a professional athlete.
In the near future he will receive a hefty signing bonus to go along with his guaranteed two-year contract, which has club options for a third and fourth season. He'll also make, according to the league's rookie salary scale, around $1 million in salary next season. But money isn't something that has driven Bullock.
As he's said, time and time again, "I put on for my city."
He showed home much home means to him when he decided to find out his professional destination here surrounded by those who love him and led him in the right direction instead of New York.
Bullock's tattoos are a constant reminder of what Kinston means to him.
"I think it says a lot about Reggie. I think it says a lot about his character. It says a lot about his family. The biggest thing is, I think, he wanted to have it here because he just loves Kinston. It's not in Chapel Hill, it's in Kinston," former Kinston High basketball coach Wells Gulledge said.
"This night is about the journey of Reggie Bullock."
And quite the journey it has been, but it's not over.
Bullock still has to continue to work. No doubt he wants to earn a starting spot along side Paul and superstar forward Blake Griffin. No doubt he wants to earn a second contract 10 times as big as the first.
But no matter what happens next, it's the last 22 years that Bullock can hang his hat from.
"It's not going to change me as a person. I'm still going to be humble about where I come from," Bullock said. "It's just great to go out there and play with a good team."


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Brent oil rose by nearly $2 per barrel on Friday as traders covered short positions going into the weekend and kept a close watch over a meeting between Western powers and Iran over its nuclear program and renewed violence in Libya.
Six western nations and Iran were expected to iron out an agreement during a meeting in Geneva. This could ease sanctions against Iran, which have removed more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil from world markets. Any increase in supply from the Islamic Republic could push oil prices sharply lower.
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In Libya on Friday, protesters prevented a tanker from loading 600,000 barrels of oil headed for Italy at the eastern port of Hariga. On Thursday in Tripoli, the worst fighting in months broke out.
"You've had kind of a down week and there are lots of moving pieces in the Mideast right now," said Bill O'Grady, chief market strategist at Confluence Investment Management in St. Louis. "If you've been short all week, why carry the shorts into the weekend?"
In early trade, Brent hit a four-month low. But it but surged nearly $2 per barrel higher to a high of $105.38. The contract settled $1.66 per barrel higher at $105.12 after trading as low as $102.98, the lowest since early July.
U.S. oil ended 40 cents higher at $94.60, after dropping to a session low of $93.90.
U.S. oil briefly turned negative early in the session after U.S. Labor Department data showed an increase of more than 200,000 jobs last month. The positive economic data fed expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve may pull the brake on its quantitative easing program, which would dampen demand for oil, analysts said.
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The European benchmark's premium over West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the grade of crude oil underpinning the U.S. oil futures contract, <CL-LCO1=R> widened by close to $1.70 to a high of $10.82. Earlier, it had narrowed to a three-week low of $8.60 per barrel. It settled at $10.52.
A deal between the six Western nations and Iran was not yet imminent, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said early on Friday, noting that "there are some important gaps that have to be closed."
News that Saudi Arabia cut its crude output in October to 9.75 million bpd from 10.1 million in September also helped keep a floor under prices. The figures were given to Reuters by an industry source familiar with the matter.
Still, both Brent and U.S. oil ended with their fourth and fifth straight weeks of losses, respectively, as oil markets remain well supplied. Money managers had also cut their bullish bets in U.S. crude oil futures and options to the lowest since June, government data showed on Friday.
The apparent improvement in relations between Iran and the West is raising the possibility of even more supply, analysts said.
"The theme is overwhelmingly bearish," VTB Capital oil and commodities strategist Andrey Kryuchenkov said. "The long-term fundamental picture (for supply) is comfortable anyway you look at it."
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The Kansas City Chiefs are down to four possibilities at the top of the 2013 NFL Draft, two of which are believed to be offensive tackles Luke Joeckel of Texas A&M and Eric Fisher of Central Michigan.
NFL Network's Mike Mayock, who recently moved Fisher past Joeckel as his top-rated tackle, explained his reasoning in a Tuesday podcast with The Sideline View's Lance Zierlein.
"This is no shot at Joeckel at all, but I think (Fisher) has got a little more upside," Mayock said. "He's a little longer and he's a little more athletic."
Mayock does believe Joeckel will be "very, very good," but Fisher combines upside and consistency without any concerns about his floor.
Here's what else Mayock had to say about offensive line prospects:
» Oklahoma tackle Lane Johnson's 2013 NFL Scouting Combine performance might have been the "freakiest" of any player in the last 10 years. "His numbers were off the charts," Mayock said. "He has the highest ceiling of them all."
» "You know, what's interesting is that if you watched early tapes of (Lane Johnson) at Oklahoma it's okay," Mayock explained. "The later tape is pretty darn good and the Senior Bowl was excellent. If you want to bet on the kid, it's a pretty good bet because you can see progress. And you know -- four years ago the freaking kid was a quarterback!"
» Mayock recently elevated Cal's Brian Schwenke to the top center prospect in the draft.
"Prior to the Senior Bowl, I watched two or three games and I thought he was the twitchiest center in the draft. I'm immediately thinking zone scheme teams," Mayock said. "Then we got to the Senior Bowl and I watched him anchor against some of the big nose tackles in the one-on-one stuff and that changed my mind a little bit."
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Formation and Education for the Life of the Church
I was pleased and proud to be asked to make a contribution to
Saint Meinrad's new blog. One of my sons, Kenny, was asked to blog
a few months ago. I don't like to let the young folks get ahead of
I fit in two categories of Saint Meinrad bloggers. I'm an oblate
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I do have a day job - I'm a U.S.bankruptcy judge - and am
working on another degree or two. I sing in my parish choir, teach
adult faith formation and am principal bassoonist in the Germantown
(Tennessee) Symphony Orchestra. I'm thinking that one or more of
those things will give me something to talk about.
But since I started out with Kenny, I think that I'll talk about
him first. Kenny is my third son. He and his younger brother,
David, form the middle pair. They had two older brothers, Robert
and John, and two younger sisters, Evelyn and Judy.
Kenny takes a lot of ribbing from his siblings. Kenny, like all
of his brothers, graduated from Christian Brothers High School here
in Memphis. He liked being a Brothers Boy so much that he continued
with them for four more years at Christian Brothers University,
also here in Memphis.
While he was there, he invited me to go with him on a class trip
to Rome, where we stayed at the Christian Brothers Generalate.
There we were able to visit a museum that highlights the work of
the De La Salle Christian Brothers over more than 300 years of
their history.
The De La Salle Christian Brothers are a community of religious
men founded by St. John Baptist De La Salle. In 1679, De La Salle,
then a young priest, was asked to assist in opening a parish school
for poor boys in his hometown, Rheims, France. This led to the
gathering together of a group of laymen whom he formed to be
teachers for his school.
As De La Salle continued to follow the promptings of Divine
Providence, he eventually found himself the superior of a new
religious order of consecrated laymen who oversaw a network of free
schools for the poor throughout France. Today there are more about
5,000 Christian Brothers who, together with their 80,000 religious
and lay colleagues, serve some 900,000 students throughout the
world. (See www.lasalle.org.)
Kenny became so interested in the work of the Christian Brothers
that he became a LaSallian Volunteer ("LV") after his graduation
from the university. For the past two years, Kenny has lived in
community with the Brothers and other LVs of the Bedford Park
Community in The Bronx,New York. Each morning, he takes the subway
into Manhattan, where he and another LV staff the Academic Support
Center at La Salle Academy, a high school for boys.
Kenny is a tutor who has had the opportunity to work with a wide
range of young men of various abilities and backgrounds. He not
only helps them with their academic struggles, however. He has
taken them on overnight retreats and camping trips, and has fielded
occasional questions about their lives and loves.
One of the highlights of his years as an LV was a bicycle ride
across half of the country last summer. In Chicago, Kenny joined up
with a group of riders who had dipped their back tires in the
Pacific Ocean in Oregon and continued across the Allegheny
Mountains and on to the Atlantic Coast, where they dipped more than
their tires into the welcome ocean waters.
This was the "LVs Ride: A Coast to Coast Movement" to raise
awareness about poverty in the United States and the work of the
Lasallian Volunteers. Kenny became one of the "stars" of the
documentary that recorded the volunteers as they stopped at
schools, food banks and homeless shelters along the way to meet the
local people and share their lives and mission. (See www.lvsride.com.)
Yes, I'm a very proud mama. More than that, I am humbled at what
Kenny and his young friends are doing. These are not the typical
teens that you read about in newspapers or watch on TV "reality"
shows. These young people are very real and very determined to make
a difference in their world.
Unlike some of the Boomers of my generation, I have no fear
about tomorrow. I have seen the next generation, and I know that
the Lord is working marvelous work. On second thought, I'll have to
change my opening lines: I am very happy to let these young folks
get ahead of me!
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When I was in middle school I wanted desperately to fit in, to be liked by the cool kids. Didn't we all at that age? So when one of the "it" girls handed me a burn book to write in anonymously, I foolishly took it home and did exactly that. A burn book back then was a place for us to rate the looks of people or write about who we had a crush on. It was also a book where people inevitably got slammed for their appearances or personalities.
And yes, I'm ashamed I ever wrote a single word in it.
After writing in it, mainly about who I had a crush on at the time, I passed it to someone else. This went around for a while. Eventually it made its way back to the girl that created it. She was someone I had assumed was a friend and badly wanted to be best friends with. Instead of keeping it private, she showed it to everyone. Soon everyone knew what had been written about them both good and bad. It was a total middle school nightmare straight out of the movie "Mean Girls".
Pretty soon I found myself surrounded by an angry mob of sixth graders. The friend decided to announce the book was my creation and put my name to ninety percent of what was written in the book. I was absolutely mortified. It was my word against hers and her army. I didn't stand a chance.
A teacher came over at some point and I did my best to plead my case. One other girl came forward and admitted to having written in the book. We were instantly the school pariahs.
That day was towards the end of the school year and we were having a field day. A field day is when the majority of the school goes outside to participate in activities and mingle. It was truly the worst day possible to have angered my entire grade.
At the end of field day I found myself again surrounded by an angry mob of students, screaming at me and threatening me. The leader was my now former friend. I remember trying to stand up for myself but soon older kids were part of the angry mob madness. I was scared and so embarrassed, humiliated in front of the entire school. In the end I was saved by a teacher before it escalated to hair pulling and physical blows.
When school let out for the summer I was still devastated and concerned about my safety. Hardly anyone would speak to me and a few kids on the bus threatened that if they ran into me over the summer I would pay for it. And at roughly 89 pounds and 4'11" I was not exactly the fighting type. I spent most of that summer indoors. I cried a lot. I wondered if I would ever have friends again and if I would ever be able to trust another if I did.
The shame I felt from my participation in the burn book was immense. I was not a bad person but I certainly felt like one. And while I didn't write the entire book or create it, I still took part in it and was paying a very heavy price.
I survived that summer and lived to eventually, slowly, make new friends. Better friends. But I never forgot the impact the burn book had on me and the toll it took on my confidence at that age. I apologized to those that I hurt and even to some that I didn't.
And it took a while to realize that I was not a bad person even though I had done a bad thing. Kids that age are so susceptible to peer pressure and to joining in with the crowd. Oliver Sheldon of Rutgers University explains in his study on behavior that "Unethical behavior may not be experienced as something that needs to be resisted if people think it's socially acceptable." Admittedly, I thought it was fun because everyone else was doing it even though my instincts screamed it was wrong.
We all have done stupid things as kids and even as adults. What defines us is not how we acted in those situations but how we turned those situations into either a positive or negative growth experience. And, while painful, I believe that I did grow from the burn book experience.
I learned the pain of being bullied and how it felt to sit in the cafeteria alone. This led to a high school experience where I purposely befriended those that seemed alone or had unfair reputations. And that has carried over into how I treat people today.
This helped develop my empathy and taught me that trust shouldn't always be so easily given. And, more importantly, that nobody is worth abandoning my moral values for no matter how cool they seem to be.
Because the real cool kids know that kindness is king.
~Stephanie March (writer and advocate)
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As vital to life as oxygen, soil is rapidly depleting, says Ashok Khosla, President of IUCN and chairman of the New Delhi-based Development Alternatives Group, an IUCN Member.
On the status of soil and land
Land is a major resource. Its importance is under-recognized and it's under great threat. There's considerable evidence that the quantity of soil now being lost to erosion, urbanization, roads, agriculture and so on is far greater than the quantity being regenerated by nature. The amount lost each year could be as much as a factor of one hundred times greater than the amount being created. It's pretty awful, no matter what the exact numbers are.
The issue, of course, is that feeding the nine-odd billion people that we're likely to have soon unless we change our development strategies is not the only thing that soil is essential for. Bricks for our buildings are made entirely of soil. None of our forests, grazing lands and productive ecosystems could survive without healthy soils. Soil is as essential to sustain life as water. The waste of good soil is no less a crime, both in the present and against the future, than destroying the oxygen we need to breathe.
Why is the value of soil so widely ignored? No farmer or Third World villager could ever forget its fundamental importance to daily survival. But one big reason for our ignorance is that, ever since humans started moving away from agricultural livelihoods to industry and from rural settlements to the cities, we've just stopped seeing it. Even for those of us who do see the erosion of soil, we often do not recognize the other equally important invisible things that go with it, like the breakdown of bio-geochemical cycles. I mean the depletion of nitrogen and phosphorus, the loss of humus, carbon and moisture in soil, the loss of trace elements and other micronutrients and the accumulation of salt, alkalis and toxic chemicals.
Things like this hit us all of a sudden. It's sort of like falling off a cliff. We're driving merrily along and by the time we realise the road ends in a sheer drop into the abyss, it's too late to stop. Our soils lose their vitality, slowly at first and then all of a sudden, we find that it's all gone. This is what happened in the 1930s with the Dust Bowl in the United States, and more recently as a result of the Green Revolution in the Punjab in India.
Nutrient depletion, salinization and degradation of soil are now going to haunt us for the foreseeable future. Given that the population of the world is outstripping the capacity of the soil to produce food, our present systems for providing nourishment to citizens in almost any part of the world are showing signs of severe strain. If we don't radically change our cropping patterns, our constructions methods, our use of ground water and our use of soil, and do it now, we are creating a very big mess for all.
On the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
The UNCCD has a long-standing mandate from governments – a mandate that goes right to the heart of the environmental problematique the world faces today. Yet, it is one of the global environmental conventions that is most neglected, particularly by the rich and powerful. By their actions, and often by even their words, those who dominate decision making in such arenas don't seem to understand that soils and land productivity are the most stark examples of the old maxim 'anyone's problem is everyone's problem'. While the rich have been able – temporarily – to deal with their soil and productivity problems by measures such as remediation or even removing land from use, the poor cannot afford such measures.
Despite the fact that soil loss in one place will have a huge impact in all other places as the world's population has access to less and less food, the affluent have been reluctant to endorse the importance of these issues because they fear the additional financial demands they will face. This is really short-sighted because it's going to rebound on them very badly. UNCCD has a mandate to bring back the rapidly degrading and desertifying lands on the planet. And if we are losing land at the rate of 60 or 70 thousand square kilometers a year, that cannot but be a threat to the wellbeing of everyone on the planet.
The subject addressed by UNCCD, restoration of land and ecosystems, could well be the number one environmental issue facing the planet. One of humanity's biggest challenges is the regeneration of forests, the revival of grasslands and the rehabilitation of wastelands. It's essentially about bringing nature back to its former health. Such activities do cost money. You've got to prepare the ground, you've got to bring the water in, you've got to be able to do the kinds of things that any new venture needs, including capital investment up-front. But the pay-offs are so huge, the return on investment is so high, that it's a no-brainer. It's where the first money should be going, and it's much more important for human survival than building more shopping malls, factories and airports that serve the greed and passing desires of a relative minority.
On the need for new indicators of poverty and development
To understand where we are in terms of the really important things in life, and where we are going, gross domestic product (GDP) is a very poor indicator. It has its limited uses, but we certainly can do a lot better. Economic indicators are needed that include factors that normal GDP calculations leave out entirely: the unpaid work of women, the earnings of informal sector industries, the large number of goods and services that are bartered. In the global south, such transactions may well add up to more than the entire formal economy, which is all that is measured by GDP.
And then there is the huge subsidy provided by ecosystem services. These factors are not only omitted from GDP but treated as income when they are often actually increased liabilities in the form of lost capital. And then what does GDP have to say about the things that really matter – human fulfillment, security and happiness? We seem to have got stuck with tools for decision making that were OK for the middle of the 20th century but have completely outlived their usefulness.
Bobby Kennedy once said, GDP measures everything except what we really value. I think the idea of the former king of Bhutan to create the National Happiness Index was a great way of responding to that problem. But, again, it's pretty obvious: if you're going to use an indicator that is so flawed as to give the wrong signals, you're going to do the wrong things. GDP does not take account of the fact that we are using up our material resources at an abnormal rate and that we're in serious trouble, now. So basically, GDP is going to have to be revised considerably.
The fact that after 14 years of deliberation, the UNCCD's Committee on Science and Technology has come up with only two indicators, neither of which means very much because of its generality and relatively low importance, shows that our international policy making structures are broken and need urgently to be fixed. They have to be made more democratic, participative and interested in results. Our present systems seem unable to hear the anguish of three billion people who remain outside the mainstream economy, one billion of whom go to bed hungry every night.
It's sad that we continue to be represented in international forums by people with little sensitivity, few ideas and inadequate authority to make the commitments needed, sitting around the table saying, 'No, no, no, you can't say that!', either because they're afraid to put more money into the kitty or because they can't see that a sustainable future for the privileged few is only possible if there's a better world for all.
On aid and development efforts
After about 60 years of so-called international development, it should amaze the powers that be that we've ended up with 3 billion people left outside. This is as thorough an indictment of the trickle-down theory as one can imagine. But the powers that be seem to be quite oblivious to all this. If policies are based, as they almost always are today, on what is good for the rich, what is good for the stock markets, what is good for foreign direct investment, if they are designed to make more money on defense, on wars, on exploiting the earth, then it is only logical that the world will end up with three billion poor people. There's just no way around that. Even if you believed that neo-classical economics had any meaning in the 1950s or 1960s, you cannot believe in it now. Much less [can you believe in] neo-liberalism, which dominates the world of decision making today
There are people going around saying that climate change is the biggest market failure. What the hell, then, is poverty, for goodness sake? If there's one market failure that humanity ought to be ashamed of, it's the massive poverty that exists. Our entire focus today ought to be, how to remove poverty, because poverty is not only degrading for the poor, even the rich are paying a heavy cost for it. The bigger the population, the more the resources it needs.
On civil society and the role of business
I don't know of many countries that nurture civil society any more. India, like the US and, to some extent, the UK, had a vibrant, huge civil society. The whole freedom movement in India was a civil society movement, and for thousands of years, philanthropic and voluntary work has been the basis of Indian society as much as it has been, more recently, in the US, a country that one can admire greatly for its commitment to voluntarism. But this is now under threat both in the US and in India. There are some very large countries, like China, that don't even have civil society movements, and their future generations will pay a heavy price because of that. All sectors are needed: government, business, civil society, but unfortunately, the mix has lost its balance. The big corporations are now so influential, so heavy, in most countries that even governments don't have much say any more, and civil society has virtually none.
I have devoted a lot of time and effort trying to convince businessmen to see things differently. Every time I talk to business about socially responsible investment, however, the response I get is, "Yes, but our first responsibility is to our shareholders." I don't know of any businessman who takes the long view, unless that long view happens to mean very good profits within the tenure of that particular CEO.
This article was published in UNCCD News - a bi-monthly update on the work of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).


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"TUNA" is slang for an over-abundance of straight girls that for one reason or another invade gay bars. The slang is mostly used my gay/bi guys that are annoyed that these creatures choose to gather in crowds at these establishments when there are plenty of straight bars for them to swim around in.
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That which confuses Jessica Simpson.
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(sniff) shit yo tuna stank!
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Tuna is a term used to classify teen girls. These girls are considered sluts, whores, and of course bitches. They preform activity such as preforming oral sex or cheating with best friends boyfriends. One of this nature can not be trusted. Any of which that partake in these ruthless group will soon inherited a bad repetition as the towns/schools/cities tramp. Tuna also has a tale of smelling like of course...tuna. Guys that are willing to risk it all and "hook up" will have to suffer with the pain of smelling like week old fish. It is not recommended to go any where near 100 feet of this dangerous character.
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European Commission – Press Release
Promoting the tastes of Europe
Brussels, 30 March 2012 – The European Commission has today adopted a Communication entitled 'Promotion measures and information provision for agricultural products: a reinforced value‑added strategy for promoting the tastes of Europe'. The Communication is the second stage of the promotion policy reform process launched in July 2011, which aims to make the agriculture and agri‑food sector more dynamic and more competitive and to promote sustainable, intelligent and inclusive growth.
On this occasion Dacian Cioloș, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said: 'The European Union has a good hand to play to make its economy more dynamic and boost growth and jobs by further optimising the benefits of its agricultural and agri‑food products, both on the European market and world markets. Exports in this sector already represent more than €100 billion. In an increasingly open world, the success of European agriculture also depends on its capacity to strengthen and develop its position. This entails new ambition for our promotion policy and putting in place a real Community strategy for optimising the use of our products.'
This new ambition is expressed in the key objectives set for the future promotion policy, centred around four themes:
This Communication reflects the in‑depth consideration launched in July 2011 by the adoption of a Green Paper1 about the policy of information and promotion for agricultural products which was a leading initiative to strengthen the competitiveness of EU agriculture and which generated a broad public debate, as well as the information in the report on the external evaluation carried out in 2011 on the present promotion policy2.
This document opens the debate on the content of the future promotion policy at interinstitutional level. Once these discussions have been concluded, the Commission will present legislative proposals before the end of the year.
The EU rules in force on information and promotion in the agri‑food sphere were drawn up in the 1980s. They have been adapted over the years, particularly thanks to the increase in the number of quality labels. The EU budget spent on promotion under Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 was €47 million in 2011 and €55 million is earmarked for 2012.
Between 2001 and 2011, 518 programmes were approved, mainly three‑year programmes, representing a total of €576 million from the EU budget. (NB: These programmes must be cofinanced by the proposing organisations and may be the subject of a financial contribution by the Member States). For the period 2001‑2011, the majority of the programmes were centred on the EU market (70% by number and value of programmes) and about 9% were multinational programmes (borne by several Member States).
This horizontal promotion system coexists with other promotion measures within the CAP, implemented within the framework of the Common Organisation of the Market [wine sector for third countries (€112 million in 2011) and the fruit and vegetable sector, through producer organisations' operational programmes (€34 million on average in 2008/09)], as well as within the framework of Rural Development.
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* Any impact five to six days out, scientists say
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* Landfall anywhere from mid-Atlantic to Canada
Oct 25 (Reuters) - As Hurricane Sandy makes its way toward the eastern seaboard of the United States, disaster experts and meteorologists warn that the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states face dangerous winds and heavy rains that could trigger flooding in the coming days.
Some forecasters even say that Sandy has the potential to be a multibillion dollar disaster greater than last year's Hurricane Irene, though it may be too soon to tell if it has the power and trajectory to fulfill that worst-case scenario.
There are concerns that Sandy could join with another storm approaching from the west, a ``nor'easter'' that was going to strike somewhere around New York City and New England next week anyway, hurricane or not.
If the two systems combine, the effects will be much worse than if Sandy were to turn and go out to sea.
``When that occurs there can be a bit of a synergy, sort of a 1 plus 1 equals 3 effect,'' said Michael Kistler, a product manager at RMS, one of the main firms used by the insurance industry to model potential disaster exposure.
``There's a lot of folklore in popular media around a 'perfect storm' or that kind of event but essentially what you're doing is bringing two sources of energy together.''
Kistler said it was too soon to know if that would happen, how strong Sandy would be if it did and where landfall might ultimately occur - potentially, anywhere from the mid-Atlantic states up to the Canadian Maritimes, based on current tracking.
But he added that the computer models were suggesting that no matter where it hit, Sandy could be packing sustained winds from about 70 miles per hour (113 kph) to about 100 miles per hour (161 kph).
``Even at the weak side of this intensity range you're talking about things like tree fall, power disruption, disruption of infrastructure, and at the high end you're talking about more direct property damage,'' he said.
The uncertainty going into the weekend will remind many in the region of Irene, which struck in August 2011 and caused unexpectedly strong flooding from New Jersey to Vermont.
At $4.3 billion in losses, Irene ranks as one of the ten costliest hurricanes ever, adjusted for inflation and excluding federally insured damage, according to the Insurance Information Institute, an industry group.
Sandy slammed into southeastern Cuba on Thursday after sweeping through Jamaica and Haiti, cutting power and blowing over trees across the city of Santiago de Cuba.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) that it had moved well off the coast of Cuba and was approaching the central Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (169 kph).
It was still a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity, but some weakening is expected over the next 48 hours as Sandy moves through the Bahamas island chain.
Sandy was forecast to drop below hurricane strength before making its expected U.S. landfall, but it's projected to be moving at a much slower speed, increasing the potential for damage because it will be longer lasting.
``If the storm were to make landfall in the U.S., it would be very large, perhaps even larger than Hurricane Irene,'' said Scott Stransky, a senior scientist at AIR Worldwide, another of the key modeling firms used by insurers.
``If it were to hit the exact same spot that Irene hit ... the damage could be worse than Irene.''
For those who keep abreast of the weather via Twitter, warnings that were ominous on Wednesday started to turn outright panicky by Thursday morning.
``Window of escape closing ... only true question may be where, not if. All areas NC (North Carolina) to Mass (Massachusetts) likely to have hurricane conditions!'' said Joe Bastardi, the former chief long-range forecaster at AccuWeather who now serves as chief forecaster at analytics firm Weatherbell.
Even the Occupy Wall Street movement was keeping a close eye on conditions, crucial since many of its members are still outdoors more than a year into its campaign to highlight what it describes as an unfair economic system.
``Now is the time to start becom(ing) concerned. If the Euro model verified, it's lights out NYC, literally,'' the Occuweather feed wrote, referring to one of the main computer models used to predict storm paths.
But the experts agree it is far too soon for that level of panic, especially given that some models still suggest Sandy could weaken substantially or even turn to sea.
AIR's Stransky said it could be another five to six days before Sandy actually hits land, depending on how far north it goes - potentially threatening Halloween festivities, just like last year's unexpected snow storm.


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