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The New York Knicks continued to spend for quality depth before the end of the July Moratorium, agreeing to terms with veteran center Marcus Camby on a three-year, $13 million contract Monday in a sign-and-trade deal with Houston that will send Toney Douglas, Josh Harrelson and Jerome Jordan to the Rockets, along with two future second-round picks.
The 38-year-old Camby is still a productive player, averaging 7.1 points and 9.3 rebounds last season in 24 minutes a night for the Rockets after being traded to Houston from Portland for Jonny Flynn and Hasheem Thabeet. In New York he'll be the backup to starter Tyson Chandler at center and spot Amar'e Stoudemire at power forward. It will be Camby's second tour of duty in New York, after playing for the Knicks from 1998-2002.
His deal, according to a source, is only partially guaranteed for the third season, meaning it will either be a two-year deal for $10 million or revert to the three-year, $13 million deal if New York decides to keep him.
Douglas saw significant playing time as a rookie, but injuries and the electric play of Jeremy Lin consigned him to a deep reserve role last season. But in Houston, Douglas will be one of the few point guards on the roster. The Rockets have committed to giving Lin a four-year deal worth $28 million when the free-agent moratorium ends on July 11, but the Knicks are almost certain to match.
New York also agreed to terms last week with Jason Kidd to be Lin's backup next season. Houston lost free agent Goran Dragic to the Suns in a free-agent deal and opted to trade last season's starter at the beginning of the year, Kyle Lowry, to Toronto for a conditional Lottery pick.
The Rockets continue to amass assets in an attempt to acquire either Dwight Howard from Orlando or Andrew Bynum from the Lakers. In the last two weeks, Houston has acquired forwards Jon Brockman and Jon Leuer from Milwaukee in a trade sending center Samuel Dalembert to Milwaukee, taken Jeremy Lamb, Royce White and Terrence Jones in last month's Draft after getting an extra pick from Minnesota for forward, Chase Budinger gotten the future Lottery pick from Toronto and gotten the three Knicks' players.
Houston still has guard Kevin Martin, who'll be entering the final year of his contract and forwards Luis Scola, Marcus Morris, Chandler Parsons and Patrick Patterson on its roster, and the Rockets are expecting 2011 first-round pick Donatas Motiejunas to come over next season from Europe.


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Running for his life
With 116 races and 130,000 miles since age 12, Dave McGillivray is Boston's marathon man
God knows, you don't want to turn down Dave McGillivray when he asks you to go for a 5-mile run, even though your better instincts, and your calves, tell you not to. But to him, 5 miles is a walk downstairs for coffee. So, as he sprints the familiar hilly loop from his North Andover home, he keeps up a steady conversation, or rather a monologue, because it's all you can do to breathe, let alone talk. McGillivray is to the Boston running scene what Herb Chambers is to the Boston auto scene: He rules. His athletic accomplishments alone take up two single-spaced pages -- and those are just the highlights. He has run 116 marathons, including the past 32 in Boston. He has completed eight Iron Man Triathlons, swimming 2.4 miles in rough ocean water, jumping on his bike for 112 miles, and ending with a 26.2 mile-run.
This is a guy who, starting on his 12th birthday, began running a mile for each year of his life. On his 40th, he did the first 36 miles by himself, and was joined for the final four by 150 friends. In August he'll run 50 miles to celebrate his 50th birthday.
He'd better hope he doesn't live to be 100.
McGillivray has completed a 24-hour swim, a 24-hour run, and a 24-hour bike ride, all for charity. Once, he ran the Boston Marathon while blindfolded (with a guide at each elbow). That stunt netted $10,000 for the Carrol Center for the Blind.
Another time he ran, cycled, and swam 1,522 miles throughout the six New England states, including a run up and down Mount Washington. In 1980, he ran from Florida to Boston, joined by a wheelchair athlete. "I beat him going up the hills, and he beat me coming down," McGillivray chuckles. He once swam the 7 miles from Martha's Vineyard to Falmouth in 50-degree water.
But his defining event was one of his first: In 1978, he ran 3,452 miles across America, averaging 43 miles a day for 80 days. He ended in Fenway Park to a thunderous standing ovation, having raised tens of thousands of dollars for the Jimmy Fund.
McGillivray is preparing to repeat the feat, but this time with nine buddies; he is, after all, pushing 50. On May 1, the men will set out from San Francisco, each running 15 miles a day via relay, ending at Fenway Park on May 25. They will dash across the desert, up the Rockies, through the Great Plains and the rolling hills of Pennsylvania. They will likely encounter heat, cold, rain, wind, snow, and sandstorms. The oldest is Dr. Hap Farber, 57, a pulmonary specialist; the youngest is Fernando Braz, who is 43. Among the 10 of them, they've run 361 marathons. Their goal, besides bragging rights, is to raise $250,000 for five local children's causes.
But first, there's the Boston Marathon, being run today. McGillivray runs it and runs it. As race director for the past few years, he can't do the course until the others come in. So, at about 4 p.m., he'll lace up his Adidases and take off, finishing around 8 p.m. What makes McGillivray run?
Failure, actually. Growing up in Medford, he gravitated toward sports. But he was the smallest kid in the class. ("Five-five on a good day" is his adult height). He was always the last one picked for school yard games, the first one cut for varsity teams. At age 12, he put a sign over his bed: "Please, God, let me grow."
Born to run One sport that didn't require height was running. At 16, he did his first Boston Marathon, without training. He and his grandfather planned to meet at mile 24. But at mile 20, in the Newton hills, McGillivray collapsed and went to the hospital.
"I told my grandfather I failed. . . . He told me to train for the next year, and he'd be there." Two months later, his grandfather died. McGillivray dedicated the marathon to his memory. Two days before the race, he came down with a stomach virus. He ran anyway, stopping to vomit. At 22 miles, he sat on a curb and cried. "I said, `Grandpa, I failed you.' Then I looked up and saw Evergreen Cemetery. Grandpa was buried there. He said he would be there, and he was. So I picked myself up and finished. And when I finished, I said I was going to run this race every year for the rest of my life."
Stories about Dave McGillivray abound. There was the time he and a buddy decided to watch the New York Marathon rather than run it. But once they got there, they got caught up in the excitement and took off, ill-clad. "They both had their sneakers on but not much else; it was colder than expected and Dave was not prepared," says his friend Linda Fechter. Along the route, as overdressed marathoners began shedding their clothes, McGillivray and his friend picked up some items and donned them. "A few women's items fit Dave, so that is what he wore," Fechter recalls.
Josh Nemzer remembers meeting McGillivray in 1982 during a relay race from Providence to the Pru. Nemzer, who was running with five other teammates, asked McGillivray who he was running with. He gave a vague answer; Nemzer later learned he was running the relay solo.
Like any self-respecting obsessive-compulsive, McGillivray never missed a class in high school or college. He was valedictorian at Medford High, and made the Guinness Book of World Records for doing 5,000 consecutive sit-ups ("I stopped when my mother called me to dinner."). At Merrimack College, he was valedictorian and president of his class -- while working on an assembly line to pay his way through. "I wasn't the smartest kid by any means, and I'm not the most athletic guy in the world," he says. "But I understand the value of the work ethic."
Nemzer, who is McGillivray's chief competitor and best friend, says that, in his prime, McGillivray was a solid distance runner but never elite material. The two men go head-to-head in everything from bowling to free throws. "Dave is a fierce competitor, and we go right at it in a very friendly way," says Nemzer, 46, who is on the cross-country relay team.
Over the years, McGillivray figures he's run 130,000 miles. Amazingly, he's had few injuries. Twenty years ago, he had minor knee surgery to remove scar tissue, and he occasionally has calf cramps. "I'm certainly not pain-free, but for all the things I've done, a case could be made that I should be in a wheelchair now," he says.
In 1980, capitalizing on his cross-country feat, he founded Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, which has produced or consulted on more than 700 athletic events throughout the world. In 1988, he was hired as technical coordinator of the Boston Marathon; four years ago, he became director, responsible for all the logistical, operational, and technical aspects of the race, which today will include 20,000 runners, 7,000 volunteers, 1,200 police officers, and more than 1,000 medical personnel -- not to mention 85,500 safety pins, 35,000 gallons of water, and 5,000 Band-Aids.
McGillivray is a compact man with a head of dark, thinning, hair. He speaks quickly, his hands in constant motion. He weighs 142, and his goal is to lose 10 pounds during the cross-country trek. His wife, Katie, is bigger than he is, but she's eight-and-a-half months pregnant.
The couple met in Atlanta, where both were working on the 1996 Olympics. The father of two young boys, he was going through a painful divorce. When she moved back home to Salem, N.H., she went to work for his company.
"Even thinking about what he does makes me tired," she says. "I'm 17 years younger and I can't keep up with him." She has run three marathons, inspired, she says, by her husband who stays with her until the finish line. "New York was my fastest and his slowest," she says. "4:20."
They married last August, and the baby is due May 5, about the time McGillivray will be crossing the Nevada desert. The trek has been in the planning stages for two years, longer than the baby. But McGillivray is used to logistical nightmares; it's what he does for a living. He has already pinpointed airports throughout the course, and when the call comes, one of the support team members will drive him there. He'll come home for a few days -- while a substitute runner takes his place -- and then return to the route.
Pushes through the pain Sometimes it's hard for Katie McGillivray to watch her husband's next exploit. "I've seen him fall asleep at the table after an event. But Dave gets something in his mind and he'll do everything in his ability to accomplish it. He just pushes through the pain." She giggles. "I'm thinking now that he should have this baby instead of me."
McGillivray is not content to just do his own thing; he wants the world to join in. Recently, his nonprofit foundation became involved in the fight against childhood obesity. And then there are the inmates. Several years ago, he went into MCI-Walpole to race against 30 prisoners who had built a half-mile dirt track in the prison yard. It wasn't long before he started the only running club in a maximum security prison in the country, sanctioned by the US Track and Field Association. He directed several races in the yard, including a marathon -- "It was 52 or 54 laps around the track," he recalls. He had T-shirts made up: "Walpole State Prison Yard Runners' Club." He attended the jailhouse wedding of one runner. Eventually the club got so large that the nervous prison administration disbanded it.
McGillivray, who tends to live in T-shirts, running pants and shoes, readily admits that he's an obsessive workaholic. He rarely sleeps more than four or five hours a night: "My motto is that eating and sleeping are overrated."
A typical day goes like this: Rise at 3:45 a.m., put on coffee, go into home office, work on e-mails (he gets more than 300 a day), run, shower, eat breakfast, back in office by 9. "When everyone else is starting work, I've been at it for five hours."
So, is he a classic overachieving egomaniac, constantly performing on "The Dave McGillivray Show"? There's no question he enjoys all the notoriety. One chapter in his memoir-in-progress is titled "Ego is not a four-letter word."
"I don't look at ego as being boastful," he says. "I don't think I'm better than anyone. I'm just motivated, and I try to get other people to be motivated. I try to be both humble and confident at the same time."
Even on the cross-country trek, he'll have his laptop and cellphone. "My hope is I can carry on my business from the road," he says. He'll also be checking in with his sons' school, which will be following the trip via the website (www.trekusa.org). Three days after his return, McGillivray will hold his seventh annual mini-Olympics at the school, complete with several events, a public-address system, medals, and T-shirts.
But first, he has to get through today, Marathon Monday. Around dusk, if you see a lone figure huffing up Heartbreak Hill, it's probably Dave McGillivray, running late.


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Proposed Canon
Units that are croaked (killed) can be reanimated using Croakamancy to become "uncroaked" (undead).
First Appearance: TBFGK 3
Uncroaked units have no will of their own, and limited intelligence. Uncroaked warlords are capable of following simple orders and leading troops.Erf-b1-p027-p6
Uncroaked units decay over time, and eventually fall apart. While they last, they are still capable of gaining experience and leveling up.Erf-b1-p055-p9
There are limitations on what units can and cannot be uncroaked. Erf-b1-p146-p8
Uncroaked Casters function as infantry.Erf-b1-p077a
Uncroaked Warlords may remain Warlords (as did Manpower) or with less attention may become infantry (as did Sir Webinar). Uncroaked Warlords may normally lose levels when they are uncroaked.Erf-b1-p145 They are capable of leveling after being uncroaked, but will still decay. Erf-b1-p055
Uncroaked units have their livery set by the caster who created them. The caster may elect to retain the unit's original livery, or match the livery to their own or an allied warlord's livery.
Uncroaked units do have upkeep costs, but lower than normal units. IPTSF Text 33
How long the uncroaked unit lasts and how many levels it retains is determined by the skill of the Croakamancer. When Wanda was a first level Croakamancer, she could try to uncroak a warlord, and he would keep half his levels, and last about 10-12 turns. Or she could try to uncroak 66 units all in one hex, and they would last one turn.IPTSF Text 6
Stanley's limited forces have been supplemented by uncroaked infantry created by Croakamancer Wanda Firebaugh. In particular, Stanley's last living warlord (Manpower the Temporary) fell at the Battle of Warchalking, leaving him with only five (after Manpower's body was retrieved and uncroaked by Wanda) uncroaked warlords to lead his forces in the field.
Later, while Jillian Zamussels attempts to persuade Wanda to defect from Stanley, several unipegataurs and Archons (including Jaclyn) are croaked, and then uncroaked. In addition, after a failed attempt by the Royal Crown Coalition to attack Gobwin Knob from its tunnels, at least 2870 fallen Jetstone troops, including warlords Sir Webinar and Dora, are uncroaked.
Uncroaked Characters
- Archduke Ferdinand
- Sir Leeroy Jenkins
- Lord Manpower the Temporary
- Lady Phat-Singh
- Ensign Toast
- Sir Webinar
- Dora
- Jaclyn
Unit types seen to be uncroaked
An uncroaked unit may or may not retain all of the abilities it had in life, for instance, uncroaked Jaclyn and several uncroaked unipegataurs were shown in flight,Erf-b1-p119-p8 and an uncroaked warlord is still capable of functioning as a warlord; however, an uncroaked caster does not retain spellcasting abilities and functions as generic uncroaked infantry.Erf-b1-p077a
Units can be uncroaked en masse, but the resulting creations are weaker and decay more rapidly than ones that are animated with careful individual attention.Erf-b1-p116-p8
When lead into battle by a Croakamancer, uncroaked gain a "huge" bonus.Erf-b1-p084a
Uncroaked infantry, led by a master-class Croakamancer is capable of dance-fight.Erf-b1-p127
Re-croaking a.k.a. dusting
When an uncroaked unit reaches zero hit points, or expires, it immediately turns to dust, leaving no corpse. (Decrypted units also dust upon reaching zero hit points.)
Effect of Arkenpliers
Wanda, having attuned to the Arkenpliers, reanimated Prince Ansom and a lot of the fallen units of the Royal Crown Coalition into Decrypted,Erf-b1-p144 giving them a different appearance than most Uncroaked. She was also able to animate unit types she couldn't uncroak previously.Erf-b1-p146-p8
There are restrictions on what units can be uncroaked. Its likely that just as nothing which can talk is capable of being harvested for rations, that nothing which can't talk can be uncroaked (i.e. if you can harvest it for rations, you can't uncroak it).
The first Uncroaked to appear in the comic were three skeletons. Ever since that point, all uncroaked have taken the appearance of the units they had been previously. There are three explanations for this phenomenon:
1) Unlike the 'standard' zombielike uncroaked seen throughout the comic, these skeleton-croaked can be made whole-cloth by a Croakamancer, with no bodies required. This advantage would be offset by their having no special abilities (like gobwins or marbits' tunnel prowess, for instance), lower stats, or higher cost in Juice.
2) These are in fact regular uncroaked that have merely deteriorated such that their flesh is gone and they are no longer identifiable. Their stats would have decreased over time to a low level.
3) Rob Balder had not planned ahead in this case, or changed his mind at some point, and the skeletons will be Retconjured out or explained away in the future.


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Illicit drug use, alcohol abuse and unemployment all play a role in Gardner's high suicide rate, but steps are being taken to try to deal with the problem.
Gardner had 28 suicides, or 13.5 per 100,000 people, from 2000 to 2009, according to the state Department of Public Health. The rate was about twice as high as the state rate during that time span.
Jon Marcinkiewicz, manager of the mental health unit at Heywood Hospital in Gardner, said one challenge for reducing the Greater Gardner area's high suicide rate is the geographic isolation of some people in the area. It makes it difficult for people to get themselves to the doorstep of counseling or therapy sessions, he said.
The bus system doesn't reach the outskirts of Gardner or surrounding towns, he said.
Moreover, counseling and therapy openings are lacking, Mr. Marcinkiewicz said.
A person in need of services would likely have to wait six to eight weeks, excepting a trip to the emergency room, Mr. Marcinkiewicz added.
In an effort to help, the state Commission of Higher Education recently granted about $74,000 to Mount Wachusett Community College to train Heywood Hospital's 730 health care workers in suicide prevention techniques.
The school will develop a training portal for hospital employees to use.
The college's Web-training in suicide prevention will be made available to hospital medical staff and volunteers who might not have the time for face-to-face training, said Barbara Nealon, the hospital's director of social services.
The hospital already has eight employees who can do QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) training, Ms. Nealon said.
Many members of the community and area public schools take part in the training. It involves the three steps that the average person can learn to help save a life.
People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help, according to the QPR Institute in Washington.
In March 2012, Heywood Hospital established the Greater Gardner Suicide Prevention Task Force for Ashburnham, Baldwinville, Hubbardston, Templeton, Westminster and Winchendon.
It receives assistance from the state Department of Public Health's Suicide Prevention Program.
Meeting the first Monday of each month in the hospital cafeteria, the task force works with the district attorney's office and state police to try to obtain information that is more current than the 3-year-old state rates, said Ms. Nealon. She noted there were three suicide deaths in the Gardner area during April.
With the current information, the task force can provide education to the community to effect change immediately, Ms. Nealon said.
Two years ago, the hospital put together a suicide survivor support group. It had been meeting once a month but now meets twice monthly, she said.
A version of QPR suicide prevention training will be taught to area bartenders, barbers and beauticians because these people tend to have relationships with their customers and might be able to pick up warnings signs and tell the customer help is available, Mr. Marcinkiewicz said.
The hospital will soon send out postcards to Gardner area homes listing the warning signs of suicide, the phone number of the national suicide prevention hotline and information about the task force's work.
While suicide is a concern, it isn't a statewide epidemic, according to Alan Holmlund, director of the DPH Suicide Prevention Program.
Massachusetts consistently has more than 500 suicide deaths per year, one of the lowest suicide rates in the country, he said.
But there is a concern because from 2003 to 2010 there was a 37 percent increase in suicide deaths in the state, Mr. Holmlund said.
Suicides are almost always the result of a combination of circumstances, such as diagnosed or undiagnosed mental illness, with depression highest on the list, he said.
"We do know that strategies such as what has been adopted in the Gardner area (bringing providers together with parts of the community who deal with people who have mental health issues) can make a significant impact," Mr. Holmlund said.
Often, a youth suicide brings a community together, the state official said.
Yet suicides among middle-age men are the fasting growing group, accounting for most of the increase between 2003 and 2010, he said.
The stigma of suicide being sinful or taboo is beginning to change, he said. "I don't think we're there yet. I think families who suffer a suicide still struggle with whether or not to talk about it in public," the state official said.


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The last gasp of a dying star produces a spectacular cloud of gas and dust in this Hubble Space Telescope image. When first seen through a telescope more than two centuries ago, its outline resembled that of the planet Saturn, so it was named the Saturn Nebula. (It is also known by the catalog number NGC 7009.) It is about 1,400 light-years away, in Aquarius. As a star like the Sun nears the end of its life, it expels its outer layers into space, forming a colorful shell of gas and dust like this one. The Sun will undergo this fate in several billion years. [Bruce Balick et al./NASA]
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Saturn Nebula
Saturn is just climbing into good view in the early morning sky right now. The planet's low in the east at first light, and looks like a fairly bright star. The true star Spica is a little to its right.
An object that looks a lot like Saturn is in the early evening sky: the Saturn Nebula. It's well up in the south at nightfall, at the western edge of Aquarius.
Through a telescope, its outline looks like Saturn seen with its rings nearly edge-on. Unlike golden Saturn, though, the nebula shines blue or green. That's because the Saturn Nebula is nothing like its namesake. Instead, it's a final blaze of glory for a dying star.
Originally, the star was similar to the Sun. For billions of years, it steadily burned the hydrogen fuel in its core. When that supply was used up, though, the star began to change.
First, it expelled its outer layers, forming an expanding shell. It then began to burn the hydrogen in a thin layer around the core. That heated the star's surface to a hundred thousand degrees Fahrenheit. At that temperature, the star pumps out lots of ultraviolet energy, causing the shell around it to glow. Radiation and particles from the star have also carved a "bubble" in the center of the shell.
That's created a complicated structure — shells within shells, and high-speed "jets" squirting away from them. This beautiful nebula will last for millennia — until the gas dissipates into the galaxy, leaving behind only the star's dead core.
Script by Damond Benningfield, Copyright 2011
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i have installed symantec antivirus corporation 10 on a computer as primary server in our lan,
it's IP addrr is 192.168.2.4 .
and installed the same antivirus on other computer as secondary server which has 192.168.1.214 IP addr,
but the problem is the primary server doesn't update secondary server.
the clinets which are on different range from primary server recieve update from it well but the secondary one not,
what is the problem ?
it is related to firewall ?
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Some rec center directors are finding themselves in a bit of a bind these days. Students come to college looking not just for superior academics but also for high-quality rec centers and programming, and multi-million dollar rec centers are being used as recruiting tools for more than athletes. But the economy has caused states to cut or flatten funding of higher education. The end result is that directors now must think like entrepreneurs and find new sources of funding.
For most colleges and universities, student fees cover the lion's share of the cost of running recreational programs. Student tuitions have increased faster than the inflation rate during the past 10 years, but student fees have remained relatively flat at most colleges and universities — although trends vary from state to state depending on state laws and policies.
"It's a little more difficult to diversify and grow programs due to the stagnation of funding," says Joe MacLean, director of recreational sports at Texas Tech University. At Texas Tech, the student government association approves the student fee each year.
"We have not raised fees in the last three years," he says.
MacLean's program receives $4.7 million in student fees each year and only $500,000 in state support. The remaining $1.2 million of his budget comes from outside sources.
"The student fee helps cover operating expenses," says Maureen McGonagle, director of campus recreation at DePaul University in Chicago, who adds that the situation at DePaul is similar. "But it helps to have supplemental income."
Funding for the rec center at Florida International University in Miami is allocated through student government, says Rob Frye, director of recreational services. Around 80 percent of his department's revenue comes from student government funding, representing about $15 per semester per student.
"Those who have a dedicated fee are probably in a stronger fiscal position," says Mike Waldron, president of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) and associate director for business services at Texas A&M University's department of recreational sports.
Student fees generate about $2.1 million per year for the rec center at the University of Maine, according to Jeff Hunt, director of campus recreation. Much of that money goes to repay the bond issued to build the three-year-old facility. The rec center's budget is $2.9 million.
In 1997, central administration funded 53 percent of the University of Arizona's student affairs budget, which includes recreational programs. Today, that number has dropped to 35 percent. Frank Farias, assistant vice president for student affairs at the University of Arizona, blames cuts in state allocations.
"That is something everybody has been experiencing in Arizona," he says. "The state has continually been declining allocations to higher education, period. So the impact has been across the board."
But Farias doesn't let this get in his way.
"What we've basically been forced to do is think in a more entrepreneurial way," he says.
Many university rec center directors are adopting more of a business mindset these days to meet their funding needs. They have transformed the way they fund their multi-million dollar programs, depending more and more on creative sources, such as sponsorships, pro shops, equipment and facility rentals, paid programming and community memberships. At many universities, students must now pay to participate in intramural or club sports — activities that were once traditionally covered by student fees.
The University of Maine's rec center finds its funding in many of these areas and more. It generates $630,000 in revenue annually from outside sources, including community memberships, equipment rentals, group exercise class fees, personal training fees, snack and drink sales, sponsorships and summer camps for area youth. The center's outdoor adventure program generates another $100,000 per year.
Often, these entrepreneurial efforts involve inviting in the community outside the campus, whether to rent event space in the facility or to join as members. This option not only helps bolster the recreation programs' bottom line but also helps universities and colleges be neighborly.
DePaul offers one example. The university extends memberships to alumni, faculty and staff, voluntary students (graduate and part-time students) and community members in close proximity to the campus.
"For us, the largest chunk of outside money is from memberships," McGonagle says, though she admits that it takes balance to provide services to both students and the community. Still, that extra work can be worth it as community memberships can increase the breadth of programming at the facility, she says. A Pilates class attended by only a handful of college students can continue to meet if external members round out the class.
Last year, the poor economy forced the city of Tucson, AZ, to close 17 public pools. Meanwhile the University of Arizona's outdoor, Olympic-sized pool was virtually unused during the summer.
"We're now looking at how to partner with the city and get grant monies," Farias says. "We have a lot of capacity that goes unutilized."
The University of Arizona's recreation program also rents banquet space to campus and community organizations.
"That's one of the things that we want to start marketing," Farias says.
A more traditional funding stream comes from summer camp rentals by outside groups — an almost common service offered by colleges and universities. Then there are equipment rentals, including canoes, bicycles, skis, snowshoes, tents, and backpacking and rock-climbing gear.
Many university rec centers also offer fee-based services to students, faculty and staff, including massage and personal training.
But none of these efforts are free. Although MacLean says that budget cuts have prevented him from creating any new full-time positions for a long time, he says that before the economic downturn he had to hire a full-time employee to run summer camp programs. The camps previously were headed by a graduate student, but the size of the program demanded more attention than a student could offer.
"We try not to pass some of these costs to the users, but that's where the philosophy is going now," MacLean says.
Sponsorships are a typical source of revenue for university athletic programs, but they are less common in higher education recreation programs. The University of Maine has received a few small sponsorships, including one from Subway for a "Biggest Loser"-type contest, but Hunt says that he is looking for more of them.
Texas A&M has received sponsorships from about 14 organizations, including the U.S. Marine Corps. Waldron chooses those sponsors carefully.
"From a university standpoint, we have to be careful with how we align ourselves with a particular brand," Waldron says. "You don't want to turn yourself into a NASCAR race car with every sticker. That's unseemly."
When seeking sponsorships, there is a need for a clear distinction between athletics and recreation.
"What we have found when we go to typical sponsors is they are already tied into the athletic programs," MacLean says.
Farias is looking at leveraging sponsorships across student affairs' venues.
"Those are opportunities for companies — local or national — to promote their brand and services," he says. "We can enter into contractual relationships for the year and offer different options."
But that means not stepping on the toes of athletic programs.
"We're not trying to compete or take away from campus athletics," Farias says.
A more unique source of funding from which the University of Maine has benefited is endowments. A recent gift of $450,000 was made to the university rec center, and the center uses the roll off from that investment for maintenance of the facility.
"That's a huge thing for us," Hunt says. He can use the money to keep up with painting, flooring and other maintenance issues that might get deferred at other rec centers due to lack of money.
"I think we're seeing that happen more often," he says about endowments to rec centers, "although most people who give to universities give to athletics and to scholarships. It's not widespread, but I think it's growing."
Whether funding comes from endowments, sponsorships, student fees, community memberships, group exercise fees or other sources, Hunt says that it is a new world now for rec center staff and funding, and he doesn't expect that world to revert back even after the economy improves.
"It's a new way of operating," he says. "It's the wave of the future for rec centers and for other areas on campus."
Most university administrators are well aware that the benefits of a fully funded recreational program are so strong that creative efforts are necessary to keep these facilities and their programs funded. These programs have become part of the landscape of higher education, and the professionals who run them are now committed to growing and maintaining them in ways they may not have considered years ago.
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When a university opens its rec center to community memberships, it also opens itself to potential problems. The influx of community members can cause overcrowding, which is why Florida International University in Miami does not offer community memberships, says Rob Frye, director of recreational services.
But perhaps the biggest criticism might come from area club operators who might contend that the rec center is competing with them.
Jeff Hunt, director of campus recreation at the University of Maine, says that when his rec center opened in 2007, the local Y took a hit as students switched their memberships to the rec center.
"The Y in the first year after that struggled, but they realized that they had a different niche," he says. "Theirs is more family oriented, and they've moved in that direction."


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"Sometimes you just gotta give 'em a good whack. Stirs up the molecules and makes 'em light up," the man responded as he tapped the tube with the broom.
The room was roughly sectioned off into three distinct flavors. We'd stepped through the door and into a dinosaur emporium full of outrageously painted prehistoric beasts and racks of dinosaur-themed children's books and "scientific exploration" kits. Another group of people was here, parents with two young boys who had discovered a stash of authentic prehistoric plastic ninja swords and were busy striking Power Rangers poses.
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"I'm gonna give that Santa a good whack if he don't shut up," the man added.
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"Ahh, he's the saint of pains in my butt," the man said, which caused him to break into a fit of wheezing laughter as he abandoned his pinata treatment of the fluorescent light and turned to us. "How you folks doing?"
"Good," I said. "We came in here because I heard there were some singing Santa I figures I could try out."
"Shht," the man breathed in that way people do when they don't want to commit fully to simply saying "shit," especially when children are around. He brandished the broom handle. "Now don't make me use this on you, too!" Another fit of wheezing laughter erupted after his threat.
Dinosaur Land first opened the jaws out front in 1968, peppering the back roads of Virginia with enticing billboards screaming, "Spectacular!" and "Unbelievable but True!" There was no way a family station wagon was getting past the place without a pit stop to marvel at the assembled behemoths and pick up some quality dinosaur toys or dreamcatchers in the souvenir shop. After all, what does the soft green beauty of the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains have over a garishly painted assembly of monsters gathered behind an Amoco? Roadside attractions like Dinosaur Land are largely memories, brief spots on "Remember When" specials that air on the Travel and Discovery Channels but have otherwise disappeared from much of the American landscape. Dinosaur themed parks, however, seem to have fared better. Somehow, dedicating yourself to extinct animals is a good way to keep your business from becoming extinct itself, though unfortunately it didn't seem to save Agar's World of Kong, opened by B-movie mainstay John Agar.
Agar would be at home in White Post, though. We stepped through a rickety porch door and came face to face with a menacing, horror-faced fiberglass tree, the ominous open mouth of which was the only gateway through which one could pass to access the wealth of treasures beyond.
"I'm walking into a lot of mouths today," I said as we ducked our heads and stepped into the tree's waiting opening. "I really didn't think I'd ever be in a situation where I'd say something like that."
Inside the tree was a small, damp room made smaller by the presence of a skulking giant caveman statue that bore a striking resemblance to the caveman that used to chase Shaggy and Scooby around from time to time. We took turns posing with him until the two kids from the souvenir shop burst through the tree's opening and stopped suddenly, apparently startled to discover two other people lingering about in the gut of a howling haunted tree. They recovered quickly, however, and immediately directed their attention toward the fiberglass caveman. We moved on, and as we exited I could hear a raucous explosion of laughter and one of the kids, struggling between his giggles,' saying, "I punched the caveman in his wiener!" Beyond the tree, Dinosaur Land opened into a wide, wooded lot crisscrossed by gravel footpaths. From behind a distant thicket of trees, we could hear the high rumble of a lawnmower. Thrak of the Stone People out on his John Deere. I hoped when we saw it, it would be a stone cart with baby alligators strapped to the bottom.
The kids rocketed by us, dragging their parents in tow. The father was staring intently at the viewscreen of a camcorder, doing that slow pan that seems like a good idea when you're doing it, but is always too slow or too fast when you actually get around to watching your video back home. The kids stopped beneath the dangling feet of a somewhat lumpy, brown pterodactyl suspended from a low-hanging tree branch.
"Sweetie, do your thing!" the mother shouted out as the father swiveled the camcorder around to focus on his children. One of them began flailing and jerking about in what I eventually deciphered to be some sort of imitation of Michael Jackson's dancing style while the mother laughed and clapped. The other child grabbed her fifteen seconds of fame by slapping her brother on top of the head and screaming, "Dinosaur poop!"
We had lunch at the park's picnic spot, nestled in a quaint spot just below the crotch of a T Rex that was ripping a huge gory hunk of meat from the throat of a hapless brontosaurus. The remainder of the park was populated by a variety of prehistoric beasts, including my old favorite, the ankylosaurus, plus the giant cobra, giant mantis, giant sloth, and towering statue of King Kong with one hand extended so that you could sit in his palm and have your picture taken, provided you didn't mind sitting in a pool of cold, brackish water. At one point, the Kong statue had been pestered by a biplane suspended from a tree branch, but the plane had long since disappeared, presumably stolen by the proverbial "hooligans," or possibly "young punks." I vowed then and there that if I ever struck it rich, I'd purchase a new fiberglass biplane and donate it to Dinosaur Land. At the same time, I suppose it was nice for Kong to finally get a break from the incessant machine gun fire he'd otherwise have to endure.
These are the moral dilemmas that keep me up at night.
After wrapping our tour of Dinosaur Land and walking out of the souvenir shop with a bag full of little rubber dinosaurs, we headed over to see the white post for which the small town of White Post was named. The post was put in place sometime around 1750 by none other than George Washington himself, ostensibly as a marker to signify the way to the estate of one Lord Fairfax. I assume what Washington was really saying was, "Egads, man! When riding from stately Mount Vernon to visit Lord Fairfax, one simply must stop in to marvel at the lime green dimitredon on display at Ye Oldde Lande of Dynosars and Dragyns," but my history is fuzzy on this account.


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Open the broker's instance configuration file.
The instance configuration file is named config.properties and is located in a directory identified by the name of the broker instance to which it belongs:
(See Appendix A, Platform-Specific Locations of Message Queue Data for the location of the instances directory.)
Add httpjms or httpsjms to the list of active connection services.
Add the value httpjms or httpsjms to the imq.service.activelist property: for example,
Set any other HTTP/HTTPS-related configuration properties as needed.
At startup, the broker looks for an application server or Web server and an HTTP or HTTPS tunnel servlet running on its local host machine. If necessary, you can reconfigure the broker to access a remote tunnel servlet instead, by setting the servletHost and servletPort properties appropriately (see Table C–2): for example,
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You can also improve performance by reconfiguring the connection service's pullPeriod property. This specifies the interval, in seconds, at which each client issues HTTP/HTTPS requests to pull messages from the broker. With the default value of -1, the client will keep one such request pending at all times, ready to pull messages as fast as possible. With a large number of clients, this can cause a heavy drain on server resources, causing the server to become unresponsive. Setting the pullPeriod property to a positive value configures the client's HTTP/HTTPS transport driver to wait that many seconds between pull requests, conserving server resources at the expense of increased response times to clients.
The connectionTimeout property specifies the interval, in seconds, that the client runtime waits for a response from the HTTP/HTTPS tunnel servlet before throwing an exception, as well as the time the broker waits after communicating with the tunnel servlet before freeing a connection. (A timeout is necessary in this case because the broker and the tunnel servlet have no way of knowing if a client that is accessing the tunnel servlet has terminated abnormally.)


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In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer, sportscaster, or play-by-play announcer) gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentators are on screen rarely if at all during the event (although they may appear on camera at the start or near the end of the broadcast).
Types of commentators
Main/Play-by-play commentator
The main commentator, also called the play-by-play announcer or commentator in North America, or lap-by-lap commentator in the case of motorsports coverage, is the primary speaker on the broadcast. They are valued for their articulateness and for their ability to describe each play or event of an often fast-moving sporting event. Because of their skills, some commentators like Al Michaels in the U.S. and David Coleman in the UK may have careers in which they call several different sports at one time or another. Other main commentators may, however, only call one sport.
Analyst/Color commentator
The analyst or color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy on the teams and athletes, and occasionally anecdotes or light humor. They are usually former athletes or coaches in their respective sports, although there are some exceptions.
The term "color" refers to levity and insight provided by analyst. The most common format for a sports broadcast is to have an analyst/color commentator work alongside the main/play-by-play announcer.[1][2][3] An example is NBC Sunday Night Football in the United States, which is called by color commentator Cris Collinsworth, a former American football receiver, and play-by-play commentator Al Michaels, a professional announcer. In the United Kingdom however there is a much less distinct division between play-by-play and color commentary, although two-man commentary teams usually feature an enthusiast with formal journalistic training but little or no competitive experience leading the commentary, and an expert former (or current) competitor following up with analysis or summary. There are however exceptions to this—all of the United Kingdom's major cricket and snooker commentators are former professionals in their sports, while the legendary Formula One racing commentator Murray Walker had no formal journalistic training and only limited racing experience of his own.
Although the combination of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator is standard as of 2014[update], in the past it was much more common for a broadcast to have no analysts and just have a single play-by-play announcer to work alone. Vin Scully, longtime announcer for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, is one of few examples of this practice still existing today.
Sideline reporter
A sideline reporter assists a sports broadcasting crew with sideline coverage of the playing field or court. The sideline reporter typically makes live updates on injuries and breaking news or conducts player interviews while players are on the field or court because the play-by-play broadcaster and color commentator must remain in their broadcast booth. Sideline reporters are often granted inside information about an important update, such as injury, because they have the credentials necessary to do so. In case of big events, teams consisting of many sideline reporters are placed strategically so that the main commentator has many sources to turn to (for example some sideline reporters could be stationed in the dressing room area while others could be between the respective team benches).
Sports presenter/studio host
In British sports broadcasting, the presenter of a sports broadcast is usually distinct from the commentator, and often based in a remote broadcast television studio away from the sports venue. In North America, the on-air personality based in the studio is called the studio host. During their shows, the presenter/studio host may be joined by additional analysts or pundits, especially when showing highlights of various other matches.
In North American English, sportscaster is a general term for any type of commentator in a sports broadcast. It may also refer to a sports talk show host or a newscaster covering sports news.
United States of America
While sports broadcasts took place from 1912, Florent Gibson of the Pittsburg Star newspaper broadcast the first sports commentary in April 1921, covering the fight between Johnny Ray and Johnny "Hutch" Dundee at the Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh.[4]
In the United States nearly all professional sports teams, most collegiate teams — as well as a dwindling number of high schools — have their own sports commentators, who are usually recognized[by whom?] as the voice of the team on radio broadcasts and are often identified as part of the team like the players and the coaches. In addition, television networks and cable channels will have their own stable of play-by-play announcers who work with various teams - like Michael Kay from YES's New York Yankees baseball network or Mike Breen for New York Knicks basketball on MSG.
As of 2015[update] women are integrated into sportscasting. In the late 1970s and into the 1980s, broadcasters like Anne Doyle pioneered the entry of women into all aspects of sports coverage.[5] A breakthrough came in 1978, when a federal court mandated allowing a female reporter into a Major League Baseball locker room.[6]
See also
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- ^ http://inklingmedia.net/2012/05/02/color-commentary-and-play-by-play-a-well-rounded-approach-to-facebook/#.Uk8WfhzN63Y
- ^ http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/color-commentator-12656.html
- ^ http://www.sportsideo.com/blog/johnlund1120/the-business-ofsports/baseball_basketball_football/the-top-three-keys-for-becoming-a-color-commentator-1681.html
- ^ Patterson, Ted (2002). The Golden Voices of Baseball. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 12. ISBN 1-58261-498-9.
- ^ Hilaire, Chris St.; Padwa, Lynette (2010-09-07). 27 Powers of Persuasion: Simple Strategies to Seduce Audiences & Win Allies. Penguin. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-0-7352-0451-5. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005)". Brown@50 – Fulfilling the Promise. Howard University School of Law.
External links
|Look up sportscaster in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Sportcaster Chronicles – Internet radio show in which John Lewis interviews leading American sports announcers.


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Interesting that the Breen DNA is pegged as R1b-L513. FTDNA has Thomas Breen born c1770 of "Kerry Breens" as R1b-L513 - The MRCA (most recent common ancestor) with Patrick Breen (1809-1884) DNA R1b-BY9000 and also from Kerry is 3939ybp (years before present) So much for tribalism.
(Part 1 of 3) The Breen name has a long history in Ireland, but now DNA and some recorded history says its origin is from the north-west region of the Emerald Island. The Breen story [dominated by DNA tribal marker R1b-L513, Subgroup D2] can trace their beginnings to the Finn Valley in Donegal, Ireland from 50 BCE. Perhaps the journey begins with the Clanna Dedad; Deda, son of Sen or Deda Mac Sin. The Breen surname origin is from the Cenél Conaill [R1b-L513, Subgroup D] who found the Dál Fiatach.
(Part 2 of 3) A group will also found the Kingdom of Ercing in Wales as trade with Romans will become essential around 300 CE. But how could this be? Recent discoveries from DNA testing are unlocking the migration patterns of Celtic tribes as late as 800 CE to 1200 CE. The Breen story begins in pre-history Ireland but this line and many of his kin will move to Wales, then travel to Brittany, France during the Dark Ages.
(Part 3 of 3) Discover their newly found untold story and how forgotten texts bring their story back to life. From the ebook, "The Tribe Within" learn how DNA unfolds this amazing tale and if you look in the right places, how history narrates this evidence. There is another written account of their story, but it is camouflaged in smoke and myth – it will become the tales of King Arthur. Come follow in the footsteps of Deda Mac Sin and visit https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/401207
My father was Michael Joseph Breen, born in Dublin in 1923 to parents Daniel and Sarah Breen nee Snow who married in 1918. Their addresses on the marriage certificate was 8 Whitworth Row, L Oriel St for him and 29 Richmond Cottages, Dublin for her. I dont know much at all about his family as my father came over to England during WW2 and never went back to Ireland. My father had a brother Joseph and sister Patricia and apparently a sibling who died during childhood. I would like to know if anyone is related and could throw light on the family. Thank you
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I'm going to be blogging at The Lens, with increasing frequency as some of the kinks with the site redesign are ironed out. My hope is to establish a regular intellectualesque conversation that I hope long time and new readers will enjoy. I'll elaborate on that idea later on.
In the mean time, my first post is up now.
Go read the super important things I have to say.
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We Could blog at The Lens
I'm going to be blogging at The Lens, with increasing frequency as some of the kinks with the site redesign are ironed out. My hope is to establish a regular intellectualesque conversation that I hope long time and new readers will enjoy. I'll elaborate on that idea later on.
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- Anonymous said...
Don't like the new comment section on The Lense. Can you make it more like this one?
- January 19, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- E said...
What are the differences between your experience as a commenter at the Lens compared to here?
- January 19, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- jeffrey said...
I object. "Intellectualesque" is just not something I am prepared to accept as a word. Neither is "Lense", actually.
On the other hand, the verification word on this comment form is "recrolog" I kinda like that one.
- January 20, 2010 at 1:36 AM
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Wow E, I'm kvelling:) I can truly say I remember when, before Charity Hospital campaign, before this sexy new hype-ass gig that's gonna blow up. Just another step baby! Mazel
- January 20, 2010 at 3:57 AM
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okay this whole thing with the perry campaign is just getting creepy. to the non-trained eye it seems like you either wanted the job of running this campaign and its just sour grapes our you have a crush on james perry.
there is definitely nothing wrong with you having feelings about another man but it's just reeeeaaally weird that you are so publicly obsessed with this campaign.
it really does creep me out.
- January 20, 2010 at 2:55 PM
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Way to keep it classy, anon. If you don't want to read what I'm writing, go read something else.
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ha ha ObamaCare is dead
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Hurray! Pre-existing conditions still grounds for refusal of coverage!
Hurray! Dire long-term deficit remain intact!
Hurray! 30 million Americans remain uninsured.
Hurray! Out of pocket costs for average families will continue to rise!
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We've all heard the rumors that Google is going to be launching its IM service soon. The Los Angeles Times and CNN both have articles about it being announced some time tomorrow. Well this guy is claiming that he and anyone else with a GMail address/account can already login in with any Jabber Client. Supposedly, the server is talk.google.com:5222. I can't confirm this, I'm downloading Trillian right now, but he has a couple of screen shots that look pretty convincing.
I'm on dialup and its slow, so sorry if someone else beats me to this


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Abstract: Seth, Evil God of Power and Might
We often see the ancient Egyptian god Seth as the god of evil in ancient Egyptian religion because he had killed his brother Osiris in order to claim the kingship of Egypt. This lecture will try to rehabilitate Seth's stature taking into account numerous new studies (including the speaker's) on the numerous protective roles that Seth held throughout Egyptian history. Some new and unpublished scenes of the god Seth from the speaker's own field work in Egypt will be shown.
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Can't believe it's December already! Whew, time flies so fast. I feel like it's just yesterday we celebrate Christmas, and now we are going to again! I really hope that my targets and goals this year can be accomplished. How about you? :)
Even though in Indoneia we don't have Fall season (i wish we had! hahaha), i always love to dress like in the Fall season. Wearing maxi dress is also acceptable during fall! I styled this gorgeous maxi from Sheinside.com with ankle boots and a little black dress underneath. Get it here!
Added a thin rope belt with a maroon choker too!
Sheinside.com is a fashion e-commerce you'll love! They have so many promotions program such as Cyber Monday and Black Friday. Bet you won't miss the sale! It is always exciting to search treasures online ;p
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Because the dress is maxi and has a huge geometric print, tone it down with neutral colors and try to dress in one color palette. It will make us fashionable but not too much!
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In the end of the month, let's count more our blessings God has given us! Rather than complaining about life and all the stuffs, it is better to look back, realized and be grateful for everything we have. Cheers to the upcoming 2017! Can't wait to start another journey with God!
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Putting your work out there
Being an author means having to be brave enough to put your writing out there for the world to read, and judge. The first part is what most of us strive for, while the second is what many first-time authors dread. They say you have to be "thick-skinned" to be an writer, and that's true. The best way I've found to handle negative reviews is to look at the reviews of any of your favorite authors. Do they only receive glowing, 5-star reviews? No. You honestly can't please everyone, nor should you even try.
However, after a dozen or so reviews, a pattern should start to appear, and that pattern ought to tend toward the positive side. In other words, you can brush off a few negative reviews, but if most readers are having a problem with your book, then it's probably time to reexamine your writing. Is it poorly-edited? Is the plot incoherent? Are your characters flat and lifeless? Is your dialogue stilted and predictable? If you honestly have to answer yes to any of these, then maybe your book needs some more work. Luckily, Indie authors have the amazing ability to pull their books off the virtual shelves and make them better (or just nuke them outright if needed!) Use that ability and vow to make your next version (or new book) that much better.
I've been very fortunate with my first novel, Cyberdrome, in that I've received far more positive reviews than negative ones (85% of readers liked or loved the book), but that could change. About a year ago, right after the move, "Tron: Legacy" came out, my book received three 2-star reviews in a row. They mostly informed me that my book was too similar to Tron even though my book came out before the movie.
While a part of me cringed seeing those pop up, the next five in a row were glowing 4- and 5-star reviews. It all balances out in the end, and I actually like have some negative reviews. It makes my book seem more "well-rounded" if you know what I mean. Honestly, does anyone trust an Indie book with nothing but 5-star reviews these days? I feel I earned my current 4.2-star (out of 5) average on Amazon the old fashioned way, by writing the best book I could, and then investing in many months of editing, workshop and beta-reader critiques, and countless rewrites.
In the end, it was worth it to me to take a chance and put my book out there. If you're a writer (or hope to be some day), I hope it will be worth the effort for you as well, and that you'll take a chance.
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PRINCETON, N.J. - Ashley Nolet nearly broke Molly Lederman's meet record (3.88 meters) as she won the pole vault at a height of 3.85 meters Saturday afternoon at Princeton's Weaver Stadium. She also qualified for regionals both by winning the conference title and clearing the qualifying height of 3.80 meters, highlighting the first day of Heps competition for the Bulldogs. Yale ended the day in second with 32 points.
Erica Davis was another winner for the Bulldogs, taking the shot put with a throw of 13.79 meters, a full 20 centimeters ahead of second place Jamila Smith of Dartmouth.
It was a big day for Olakitan Awolesi as she took second in the long jump with a distance of 5.90 meters. The final scorer for the Bulldogs on day one was Katherine McKinstry in the 10,000-meter run. She took fourth with a time of 35:57.73.
The Bulldogs also had some qualifiers for finals on Sunday. Lindsay Donaldson lead the way early in the afternoon, taking second in her heat and qualifying for finals with a time of 4:33.09.
Following Donaldson's performance, Katrina Castille qualified through to finals in the 100-meter dash by placing second in her heat with a time of 12.09. She also made it through in the 200-meter dash when she placed fourth in her heat with a time of 25.33.
Another qualifier for finals was Kathryn Schleckser in the 800-meter run. She was fourth in her heat with a time of 2:13.04.
Competition will resume Sunday morning.
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His research in corporate finance, investments and insurance has been published in the Financial Review, Economics Letters, Journal of Investing, Journal of Insurance Issues and other journals. Before starting on an academic career, Dr. Shankar worked in the finance divisions of multinational companies in India and Nigeria.
He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting and finance from Bangalore University, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad and Syracuse University. Dr. Shankar has also taught at SUNY-Oswego, Cornell, Syracuse and Bangalore University.
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Building on a strong commitment to civic engagement, we have launched the Davidson Impact Fellows (DIF) program. This post-graduate fellowship initiative enables recent Davidson graduates to work with organizations that address critical social issues such as health, education, and the environment. Through this work, DIF Fellows create and implement solutions to some of the most urgent problems our society now confronts, positively affecting their communities as they learn and develop into effective leaders.
The Davidson Impact Fellows program is a chance for new graduates to work in nonprofit agencies after graduation with direct supervision from high-level leaders. Each experience will give the fellow an opportunity to develop his/her understanding of the challenges and efforts that are a part of bringing social change in our communities. In addition, fellows will take on substantial projects for the organizations to contribute to the efforts in a powerful and meaningful way.
Davidson partners with selected foundations, federations, or other nonprofit organizations to host one or more DIF fellows. These are paid positions (salaries and benefits) with carefully selected nonprofit agencies dedicated to making this a rich experience for the fellow.