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Wednesday at the London 2012 Paralympics was "Preliminary Inquiry" day – where the team uniforms are checked to make sure they were made to the guidelines of the International Paralympic Committee and the World Organization of Volleyball for the Disabled (WOVD). The teams I checked were batting about .200, with variations from nations having huge logos of their national federation (this is not allowed, only the country flag and 3 letter code – that is why you see our Olympic and Paralympic teams not wearing the USA Volleyball logo, it is forbidden at this world level), to player names being too small (television needs large as possible). The teams were sent this "how to" guideline a year ago, yet most still err in some way or another.
We also check the rosters and passports, as spelling mistakes happen (not good for the media) and staff changes were frequent for various reasons including tragedies back home. Probably the most genuinely spirited teams here is Rwanda, who under the guidance of Pieter Karreman, have qualified from the African zone. I first met Pieter two years ago while working the World Championships in Edmond, Oklahoma. He has been living away from his friends and family in Holland for several years, working to help the sitting volleyball program grow almost as a volunteer getting his expenses covered. Check out this YouTube clip of the team to get a sense of that great spirit with which they play the game we all love.
One nite Pieter joined John Armuth, long time USAV junior leader, who was in Oklahoma on his own time to help me photograph the event. We celebrated John's 59th birthday together, and his retirement from teaching for over 30 years. Armuth's mom and dad had passed and left him a farm, and he had bought a new sports car and was loving life. John had been a part of our USAV junior division for decades, and we had first met when I was doing a CAP coaching course in the 1980s, and he worked tirelessly at both the high school and club level to grow the game with USA Volleyball and the Hoosier RVA.
He found one of our Paralympic sitting volleyball medalists, Brenda Maymon, and also helped three-time Paralympian, Kendra Lancaster, at the high school level in Indiana. He followed their success with great pride as they won a bronze medal in 2004 while in high school and a silver in 2008. One of my favorite moments of the 2004 Athens Paralympics were with Kendra, as I served as team leader, a position that this year is being performed so capably by the wonderful Cecile Reynaud, long time Florida State head coach and USAV leader/CAP clinician. You can read those blogs I posted daily 8 years ago here, if interested. This time as a jury member, my blogging is going to be very limited, and instead you can see what Kendra, Katie and Cecile are writing about in their blogs.
Kendra is an arm amputee, a real disadvantage in the sitting game as you move with both legs on the court, while much of the game is played above the head. Kendra's prosthetic hand was falling apart at the fingers, from all the high speed blocking, serving and setting going on. So we journeyed cross the village to the Otto Bock center where the technicians there inserted thicker, stronger wires into her "hand" and shaped it a bit more volleyball set like, while still keeping a shape that allowed her to also block. The center was filled with athletes getting their prosthetics fixed in some way, including getting better fits to their unique situation. One of my favorite moments was before the medal ceremony. Kendra was off the floor in the stands and had removed her arm to put on the US Paralympic award sweatsuit. Somehow that arm then vanished into the celebrating USA men and women's team gathered there, and remained "actively hidden" shall I say, in a variation of a game of invisible hot potato, as Kendra pleaded with her volleyball family to give her back her arm. So many big brothers she had there in the team and the team around the team, with sheepish grins of "I dunno where it is Kendra, just go out there with out it, they will give you the medal either way…"
Kendra last year was in a major head on car accident which almost took her life. Like the fighter she is, she preserved, and is back again for her third Paralympics, something all in the Hoosier RVA and all of USAV can be proud and thankful for, as her arm is still a whip and her skill and attitude is a valuable part of this team's push for a gold. See this recent story by Becky Murdy - http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2012/May/16/Return-to-the-Floor.aspx
I had dinner last nite in the Paralympic Dining hall, that wonderful place that is open 24/7, with Kendra and two others of the four Paralympians from Athens still on the team. Lora Webster is now a mom of a 19 month old, Allie Aldrich is now a teacher in Nebraska, and met Kendra's boyfriend, who is on the Great Britain team. They met at those same 2010 Worlds, and this fall Kendra is likely to be in the middle east as her boyfriend is a pilot in training. Of course, I would hope that any pilot of my plane considers his or herself a lifelong learner and always a pilot in training, seeking to stay up with the latest technology, as having a pilot who simply relies on their certificate from 20 years ago would not be good. Hmmmmm…wonder what that means in relating it to coaching….lol.
After the Worlds, John came to the USA Volleyball offices to work with Andy Reitinger on the less fun area of structure and function, the administrative side of junior volleyball that is not as enjoyable as being on the court, but still so very important. We went out one nite, and after talking about my ideas in youth and sitting volleyball, he had me drive to Walmart at 1 am, so he could buy some 2 inch wide white ribbon, to do both sitting volleyball and kids options with a fast set up, as noted in my recent blog "The Evolution of Volleyball Nets." Two weeks later, John was on his way to his new farmhouse in his new sportscar, waiting at a stop sign before crossing into a busy street when a car from behind him failed to stop and pushed him into oncoming traffic which t-boned the driver's side and took his life.
His loss I still feel deeply, as he gave back to our sport not in the way of the easier and profitable ways of junior girls volleyball, but in the areas that were not so fiscally rewarding and those areas which were less popular, like the sitting team and the administrative work needed. I had talked about getting him here to London in some capacity as with retirement comes time to do things like this which are not about profit, but about doing the right thing. He would have rejoiced at Kendra's comeback from her serious accident, and helped those less fortunate understand what is possible both with technology, which he taught for decades, but also in people working together to grow the game. So tonite, jet lagged awake at 4 am London time, after the joy and hope seen in being part of the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies, I raise a toast (the benefit of the Paralympic Village dining hall being open 24/7…) to one of the good guys gone, and ask that all in our sport do a better job of working together to grow the game with USA Volleyball, in his honor and that of so many others who have left our sport too early. Armuth, this one is for you.
FYI, pics of all matches posted just after competition come up at www.wovd.info if you just sign up for their Facebook page. This morning the famous mayor of London, Boris Johnson, paired up with one of Great Britain's treasures, the TV and film actress from the East End, Barbara Windsor, to play sitting volleyball after the Great Britain women's match. The pics of that and tons of great action shots are posted at the WOVD site, as part of our work here in developing the sport. The other pages worth keeping up on our Paralympic adventures are found at these links…
Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have questions about our sitting volleyball program or work we are doing around the world to grow the game of sitting volleyball, or comment below and we will get back to you!
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[This is a re-post of my review from the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Spring Breakers opens today in limited release.]
Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers is a wild, aggressive, mildly disturbing, darkly comic, and surprisingly thoughtful film about hedonism so thick you'll about to choke on it. For college kids who feel entitled to a good time and never want the party to stop, Spring Breakers takes their debauched desires, and plays them out to a grotesque degree where the characters are tested in how far they'll go to keep the passion of spring break burning forever (the other burning will require penicillin). Complimented by the glorious stunt casting of James Franco as a goofy drug dealer, Spring Breakers defies simple explanation, and sends the audience spinning as we grasp for some kind of anchor in this sweaty mosh pit of a movie.
College girls Brit (Ashley Benson), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Cotty (Rachel Korine), and Faith (Selena Gomez) are hungry to go on spring break. They need to escape from their small college town, and feel entitled to their birth right of binging, hedonism, and having as much fun as they want for as long as they want. Short on the cash they need to make it to spring break, Brit, Candy, and Cotty rob a restaurant, and use the money to go a magical time of dancing, drinking, grinding, smoking, snorting, and the other markers of recklessly abandon. After blowing through all their money, the quartet ends up getting arrested for disorderly conduct, but they're released from jail after their fine is paid by the drug-dealing Alien (Franco). Thinking that the girls are easy prey to hit it and quit it, Alien discovers that Brit, Candy, and Cotty are far from ordinary party girls.
Watching people party in movies tends to be boring. It's not like watching the food network, and you're hit with a desire to start cooking. Korine makes his point from the get go when he shows us a spring break party so lurid that it feels like the Visigoths are going to charge in at any second and sack Florida. We drown in a sea of bare breasts, ripped pecks, beer funnels, and makeshift bongs. In Spring Breakers, we don't want to join the party. We're just grateful chlamydiae isn't airborne.
But for the girls, they crave this depraved land. It's in their blood, and they romanticize the experience. "I'm starting to think this is the most spiritual place I've ever been," Faith narrates over slow motion shots of swaying breasts, scooter rides, and guys using beer bottles to ejaculate alcohol over grateful bimbos. And if spring break is a holiday, literally a "holy day", then Alien is its patron saint. He is its sleazy symbol of excess beyond excess, and yet he still doesn't match the intensity of Brit, Candy, and Cotty (who are basically one person since they don't have distinct personalities). These are girls who tell each other, "You've got to be hard. Don't be afraid of anything," before they rob the restaurant.
Spring Breakers opens the door for some fascinating discussions of gender power and sexuality. But the serious stuff never becomes overbearing when you put a character like Alien at the forefront. Once he enters the picture, Alien almost takes over as Franco explodes off the screen. He merrily chews every piece of scenery with his silver grill, but always makes sure his character fits within Korine's twisted vision where lines like "the water is pretty, but the sharks are waiting," stand as zen wisdom, and a crime spree is set to Brittany Spears' "Everytime."
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blueberry and banana muffins
We cant get enough of these blueberry and banana muffins in the morning especially from the two boys. I thought I would share the recipe with you as its really quick and easy.
150g plain flour
75g porridge oats
75g light brown sugar
2 teaspoons of baking powder
pinch of slat
150ml of skimmed milk
30g of butter
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 medium egg
200g of blueberries
1 banana ripe
*please note not all ingredients are shown above in the ingredient picture
1. Preheat oven to 200C/fan 180C/350F
2. Take all your dry ingredients and sift in the flour and baking powder and then gentle stir in the sugar, oats and the salt.
3. Take a separate bowl and beat your egg together with the milk, vanilla and then the butter.
4. Once all mixed together pour into the dry mixture gradually adding a mashed banana.
5. Gentle fold in 3/4 of the blueberries leaving the rest to sprinkle over the top once placed in the muffin tray.
6. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden.
We like them with a little heat in them so whenever we want one I will put them in the oven for 5 mins. The best thing is they can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months be sure to defrost them the night before.
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The perfect way to start a morning :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 07, 2013
seems sooooo delicious!!!ReplyDelete
love the clean simple styling! i turned out so good!ReplyDelete
looks amazing! see my blueberry pancake recipe today at 08:00 am on www.blackpeppercafe.blogspot.comReplyDelete
oh looks delicious!ReplyDelete
thanks for the recipe.
Yum! I really need to bake more...ReplyDelete
Oh wow, these look gooooood! Thanks for the recipe! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 08, 2013
oh my gosh these look amazing!ReplyDelete
these sound delightful, I may just try these this weekend.ReplyDelete
just made these :)!ReplyDelete
So beautiful pictures! I just felt like baking muffins this weekend, I think I'll try these :) Thank you and have a lovely weekend!ReplyDelete
What beautiful looking muffins!!! I wish I had all the ingredients! I would make it right now!ReplyDelete
Yummy! These sound and look delicious. I love the way you have taken these pictures too.ReplyDelete
MM those look fabulous. I would love to have a few with my espresso.ReplyDelete
They look absolute delicious!ReplyDelete
Yummy yummy! Love muffins for rbeakfast. They are easy, quick and can be filled with whatever I feel like. Usually make them for Sunday brunch :)ReplyDelete
Btw, what material is your counter top? (if the pictures are taken on your counter top that is)
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Operators of a Missouri movie theater apologized Friday for a stunt in which an actor dressed in black, wearing body armor and carrying a fake rifle walked in to the movie house.
The stunt occurred during a promotion for the movie "Iron Man 3" last weekend at the Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters in Jefferson City. Actors appeared at the theater, including some dressed as officers and one as Iron Man. Another actor was wearing what appeared to be assault gear and carrying a rifle.
Some moviegoers were frightened and called 911, recalling the shooting in July at a Colorado theater during the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises." That attack killed 12 people and injured dozens others, and authorities said the gunman was dressed in police-style body armor.
Management of the Jefferson City theater apologized on the theater's Facebook page, saying it was meant to be part of the entertainment. They noted that similar dress-up promotions have occurred at past movies.
"We apologize and are sympathetic to those who felt they were in harm's way with our character promotion for Iron Man 3," the Friday posting read. "We didn't clearly tell our customers and some people didn't realize it was for entertainment purposes only."
A phone message left with a regional manager for Goodrich Quality Theaters, the chain that owns the Jefferson City cinema, was not immediately returned Friday afternoon.
Police also were upset, initially believing they were responding to a potential active shooting situation.
"Everything was in place — it's the opening night of a superhero movie, it's somebody walking in all-dark clothes — everything pointed to bad things about to happen," Capt. Doug Shoemaker told KMIZ-TV in Jefferson City. "There's really no good that can come of this."
Shoemaker added that it was a good thing off-duty officers weren't in the theater, because they may have confronted the actor, potentially creating a dangerous situation.
"It's an unfortunate lack of wisdom in this particular judgment that hopefully will never occur again," Shoemaker said.
The theater said steps have been taken to ensure it doesn't.
"Security and safety for our customers in our number one priority," its Facebook posting read.


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Is SiriusXM a bank or investment institution? It sure is being treated as one. What is going on? How much more can we swallow? Is it time to revolt as shareholders? Are we going to continue to accept silence from Karmizan?
Is SiriusXM a bank or investment institution? It sure is being treated as one. What is going on? How much more can we swallow? Is it time to revolt as shareholders? Are we going to continue to accept silence from Karmizan?
down we go again
SiriusXM will need refinancing in the next few months. Credit not being available is a great worry of a lot of people and institutions - that is what this $700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 discussion in congress is all about. Not only that, it's a Friday, and a lot of people do not want to hold investments over the weekend in iffy times like this. I, for one, am not surprised at today's decline (although I, too, would wish it would stop). Like others on this board have stated, when (and if) financing is in place, a lot of uncertainty about Sirius XM will go away, and there will, theoretically, be an increase in the stock price.
Everyone have a great weekend!
Does anyone realize that institutions and top mutual funds still hold, on today's market price, hundreds of millions of dollars in Sirius XM Radio?
Any yet some people think Sirius will not get the refi... when everyone familiar with these companies know this is the major burden overshadowing this new company. A complete refi, resolving the convert issue, will likely rocket this stock into the stratosphere.
What am I missing? It seems like the sentiment at Sirius Buzz is largely negative lately. Why emphasize the negative? You honestly believe what the street is telling you? This stock is way, way undervalued right now.
I think you are right that some who comment on this board are negative, but a lot of us are just frustrated at the current stock price direction. (Many of us have been long Sirius for a long time and are optimistic about Sirius XM's future.) I also think you are right that a lot of big money is optimistic about the successful outcome of Sirius' refinancing.
So I, like you, are trying to mitigate my frustration at what is happening with the stock price (and the overall economic problems our country and the world are facing), with the firm belief that there is a bright future for satellite radio in the future. If people are willing (and they are) to fork over a hundred bucks a month for a telephone they can walk around with on the street, and another hundred bucks a month for cable tv (both of which a lot of people think of as "necessities"), I don't see a problem of a lot of people continuing to pay 13 bucks a month for great satellite radio in their cars and homes.
SiriusXMInvestor: With the talk of the 700 billion dollar bailout being down the drain as last night, did you really think that stocks were going to skyrocket? Sirius XM is soley dependant on financing right now. Remember last year when nothing could move the stock except merger news? Same thing is happening now, but with finance. Once the financial markets get cleaned up, then people will get more confidence in the company being able to refi their debt. Until then, look for the volitility you are seeing today.
Seamless: I understand that SiriusBuzz is normally seen as a gun-hoe Sirius XM site. For the most part, we are. I wont speak for the rest of the writers here, but I personally feel (as I have stated in several articles) that if you are going to be invested in a stock, you need to make a well informed choice. In order to do that, you need to know the pros AND the cons. Right now, there are a lot of pros, but one big con - financing. I have a MILLION ideas that could make me rich beyond my wildest dreams, but you know what? I dont have the financing to make them reality. Sirius XM is the same way. Great company, awsome product, but if they dont have the financing, it doesnt really matter. I am confident that they will get the financing, but until they do, the stock is not going anywhere. I am not being NEGATIVE, I am being REALISTIC. Big difference.
Just like SteveSirius, I believe in this company and I think that the combined Sirius XM is going to make a lot of people a lot of money one day, but not TODAY. That is the thing about being a long term investor. You are looking YEARS down the road, not day to day.
My two fears:
Private Equity Sell Out-Very Possible
I know but I just can't seem to help but look every half hour!!!
I'll admit that I am frustrated but.........now it is more than that. I understand why Mel had to be somewhat quiet during the FCC fiasco but why the almost total lack of guidance since the merger. An appearence on Cramer and a botched Merrill Lynch conference leave a lot to be desired. I really expected more from the company. Sirius has a great product and its getting better all the time, better, better, better!!!! But Sirius Leadership, it can get no worse.(Beatles) I hope!!!!!
SiriusBuzz is more informative than Sirius Corporate.
J56D, and others concerned over the lack of guidance. You can't have it both ways. When Mel opens his mouth and doesn't come out with something decisive, the stock tanks and everyone complains. When he keeps his mouth shut and the stock goes down, everyone complains. Everyone is frustrated. I am wayyyy down and not happy about it at all. I can't even really fathom how much I am down.
IMO, I think they are ready to go with advertising, new plans, products, services, etc... It does no good to put out any guidance until the financing is resolved. I really hope that he is keeping his cards extremely close until he's confident he can come out of the gates running. Most folks believe there was a lot of funny business with the NAB, congress, FCC, etc. A lot of folks believe there has been a lot of unnecessary manipulation of this stock as well. I don't believe that anything good SiriusXM has going could be kept secret from whoever might use the infomation agains SiriusXM, but maybe Mel is being extra quiet so as not to attract undue attention until things are worked out.
I could care less if I am back to even in a year or two, I just want all this shit behind us so we can start making some progress (not just SIRI, but the whole country).
That's my story anyway :-)
Out of curiousity, how many folks here watch the news, cnbc, etc.... I've stopped watching that crap for many years now. You can get everything you need and more from the internet without all the hyperbole, emotion, and all the other crap. Turn it off! You will feel your stress level go down quite a bit.
Cheers all and good luck.


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Glasgow 20 Ulster 14
Glasgow tonight teed-up an intriguing RaboDirect PRO12 run in as they edged out leaders Ulster at Scotstoun to slash their advantage at the top of the table to just four points.
Gregor Townsend's men, fresh from last weekend's record-breaking 60-3 mauling of Newport-Gwent Dragons, completed their sixth successive league victory to ensure a thrilling climax to the league campaign.
Yet they flirted with disaster as stand-off Peter Horne missed all five of his goal attempts, including an embarrassing conversion effort late in the second half while stationed dead centre and just 15 yards from the posts.
However, tries from Tim Swinson, Tommy Seymour, Peter Murchie and Nikola Matawalu were enough to hold off a determined Ulster side who could only manage three successful penalties from Ruan Pienaar and Stuart Olding's second-half touchdown.
The victory thrilled a capacity 5,600-strong crowd that included Rangers manager Ally McCoist, but there were worried looks as the hosts' South African wing DTH van der Merwe was stretchered off wearing a neck brace and oxygen mask eight minutes into second half following a clash of heads.
Thankfully the early prognosis from Glasgow's medics was positive and his immediate withdrawal had only been precautionary.
Ulster were first to trouble the scoreboard as South African scrum-half Pienaar made up for one ambitious 45-yard penalty miss by succeeding with another from a similar lengthy distance six minutes in.
Pienaar's power with the boot was contrasted by Horne – making his 50th appearance for Warriors – who failed to even reach the goalposts with his tame first effort from just outside the Ulster 22.
It was a kick the fly-half should have managed with ease, but instead he would miss again as he failed to convert Swinson's opening try on 13 minutes.
The score came as Glasgow worked quick ball from the left while the visitors found themselves hopelessly outnumbered on the opposite side. Centre Mark Bennett spotted the three-on-one imbalance and played in Swinson to swan dive over the line for his third score in two games after his double against Dragons.
The league leaders though failed to make much of their own ventures forward, first failing to cross over as Michael Allan was held up by Alex Dunbar and then later suffering a handling lapse as Andrew Trimble closed in on the whitewash.
Pienaar, however, did keep them ticking over in the meantime, putting over a second penalty to hand Ulster a 6-5 lead.
The scores remained as such until two minutes before the break when Warriors scrum-half Matawalu robbed Pienaar as he waited for the ball to emerge from a scrum and handed over to right wing Seymour for a simple finish. A third miss by Horne, though, kept the score at 10-6.
Pienaar finally missed with the boot as he erred from just 20 meters out, while the home side's Pat MacArthur was held up at point-blank range right before the half-time break by some determined Ulster defending.
Just 31 seconds into the second period, however, they just about handed the hosts their third touchdown on a plate.
Full-back Murchie chased down Paddy Wallace's kick five meters from his own try line and snaffled up the loose ball to extend Glasgow's lead to nine points.
A fourth miss with the boot from Horne meant another unconverted try and Pienaar was able to add a third penalty of his own to bring the scores to 15-9.
Ulster thought they had then conjured their first try after 62 minutes when number eight Robbie Diack crossed over but Welsh referee Nigel Owens called it back for a forward pass.
But Mark Anscombe's team were enjoying their most prolonged spell in Glasgow territory and finally found their way over the tryline on 67 minutes as Olding made the most of an overload down the right to score in the corner. Pienaar, though, missed for a second time with the conversion to leave the score at just 15-14 in the Scots' favour.
Just as it looked set for a tense finish, however, Glasgow struck again as Matawalu collected a stunning offload by substitute Sean Kennedy just as he hit the deck to run in under the posts.
The fact that Horne pulled wide even the straightforward conversion that followed illustrated just how low his confidence had sank.
Morale among his colleagues, though, will soar high as they prepare for the final six games of the season and the fight for the play-off places.


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This is What Awkward Looks Like: Flirting
"Carol were you trying to flirt with that guy?" Asked a staff member at my favorite bar this past Saturday.
"Ugh... yes? I'm actually not entirely sure what that was."
"Yeah... Something... was happening there."
"Did he seem into it at least?"
"Whatcha drinkin' honey?"
What goes through my brain when I'm talking to a man I find very attractive, especially if he is also smart and funny? Nothing. NOTHING!! It's like being black out drunk without the excessive alcohol or any justification for what I just subjected this man to.
"Wait? I said what to him? Why would I say THAT?!"
"There was dancing? Was anyone else dancing?"
"That isn't even the right context for the term Bossy Bottom.... Oh, God!"
Maybe it's the jock in me but I really feel a game tape of ...of... what ever you can describe me as doing would really help. So, here I review this past Saturday; because in all honesty I had no idea how painful it was to watch from a distance until it was reviewed.
I would like to say first off I don't think I was flirting, I might have been, I hope not, poor man...
I've seen this man around for a long time and always thought he was very handsome but called it a day at that. Then we started interacting a bit and... Damn it! He's funny. And smart. Shit. Here comes a lot of hand movements and fidgeting.
So, each conversation since the first one has become that much worse and more awkward than the last one. I came over at first to chat with his two friends who I have worked with in the past and enjoy so I wanted to say, "hey." Then, as it was pointed out to me afterwards, while they were all sitting I stood (all 6'1" of me) towering over them. Only pulling up a chair when one of his friends said, "pull up a chair so I can tell you a tale about my youth in Nazi Germany. " I did as told and waited for his story- then realized he is 30, not 70. That's what we call a bit.
Fine, do your little bit. I'm about to charm the pants off your attractive friend.
This might be the place to mention I was in work out clothes, hair in a bun, and no make up. I continuously zipped and unzipped my Chicago Marathon jacket. Repeatedly covering and uncovering my face. Just a lot of zippering happened.
I felt a good conversation topic was how Dick Cheney is over compensating for a small penis, then proceeded to act out what I imagine Dick Cheney masturbating looks like. Topped it off with, "hope you dream about that and think of me." Oh, Carol...
I was told asking people about themselves is good, it's like a nice thing to do. It shows you are interested in them. I kept asking the same question over and over again about his work and don't know why I would think there would be any kind of different answer than what he had just said. What was Einstein's definition of insanity?
Then looking for a conversation change to me asking the same question over and over again I came out with, "You seem like the kind of guy who didn't peak in high school. No... ya know. Like you weren't cool. I mean. Your. ya know. Your best days weren't in high school. Right? I hope."
Accusing a guy of being uncool in high school never helps. Shockingly when he and his friends (again people I know and can chat with) were leaving to get food I was not invited. I did mention I was very hungry and eventually one of the guys (not the one I just awkward all over) said, "uh.. you can come, er, if you. ah, want to."
I stayed, got tater tots from next door. Ran around like a crazy woman because my sister had just called me to tell me she had gone into labor. And then was told how awkward my interaction looked like from a distance.
I keep reminding people: it might be painful to watch me interact with men, but I have to live with being this. All of this.
So... I think we can all say it together, "Nailed it."


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Or, In this sense, too, the Orthodox Insist Works are Necessary
Warning: What follows is preachy, even though I'm mostly preaching to myself. Skip it if you're not in the mood.
We are used to realizing, with respect to diet, that what we eat and drink matters. It matters whether we drink whole milk or low-fat. It matters whether we add the jam to my toast or leave it off. To many of us, it matters a great deal whether our morning coffee is decaffeinated or not. It matters how many calories we consume; if you could lose just one pound a week, you'd be 52 pounds slimmer by this time next year or 25 pounds lighter by April!
Most of us are also aware that it matters whether and how much we exercise. Just 10 minutes of brisk walking every day would do each of us worlds of good. Lifting 2 pounds may not seem like much, but do it for a while and very soon, you'll be up to 10 and more and your body will be acquiring a nice definition.
We all know it matters how much alcohol we consume and whether we smoke that cigarette or not.
What must of us remain willfully unaware of is that every single choice we make throughout our whole lives matters – in a similar way, too.
Usually we tell ourselves that whatever we decide to do with this moment makes no difference, but it does. Everything we do or do not do builds or reinforces or weakens neuron patterns in our brains. Every decision we make either promotes healthy growth or places a tiny block to normal growth. (And we're all still growing, our whole lives long, not just when we are children. Or to put it another way, we are all still spiritual children.) Everything we do leaves its imprint upon us (and quite literally upon our brains). Everything we do reforms or deforms us; in religious terminology, leads us toward heaven or drags us toward hell. The immediate effect of our decisions and actions is miniscule, but the cumulative effect is unimaginably enormous.
It matters whether I spend the next hour praying or vacuuming or doing puzzles. It matters whether I shall set out to please myself or to live for something higher than myself. It matters whether I watch trash on television, loading up my consciousness with violence, horror, death, and gore, or whether I take St. Paul's advice: "Whatever is true, whatever is honest, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatsoever is lovely, whatever is of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things." (Philippians 4:8)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
It All Matters
Or, In this sense, too, the Orthodox Insist Works are Necessary
Posted by Anastasia Theodoridis at 9:09 AM
Labels: Christian Life
3 comments:
- Anam Cara said...
Amen. You put it all so well.....
- October 20, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- GretchenJoanna said...
"Everything we do reforms or deforms us." That is a sentence I pray gets repeated in my mind as a reminder throughout the day. Thank you.
- October 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM
- Christopher D. Hall said...
Thanks for that sermon :)
- October 26, 2009 at 9:36 AM


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In my Night Time Vision revelations last night, God asked me to write some caution words about the ongoing Conservative Christian campaign designed to create a wedge between the democrat apparatchik and the negro voter, who has been brainwashed to vote for democrats since the days of our Founding Fathers.
As His interblog emissary, God has reveled to me that great danger lurks by bringing the negro voter into the Conservative Christian (Republican) tent. That we may be asking for more than we are willing to endure.
A key element of this ongoing campaign has Conservative Christians pointing out to the negro that it was, in point of Historical Fact, the democrat party who was responsible for enslaving the negro and for all of the trouble the negro has endured in his long, miserable history.
Furthermore, much like today when the Nobama administration has no control over the waves of mexxican rape squads streaming over our borders, back in the day it was also a democrat administration's failure to keep people in their proper places which caused all the race rioting in Sanctuary City, illicit drug bedlams, and the epidemic of woman deflowering that ensued in the 1960's—all owing to the dissatisfaction of the negro with his plight.
Furthermore, it was democrat administrations that started a war against the Vietnam chinamen, and then conscripted the negro, got him all addicted on the heroin (which back in the day was like meth), and then sent the negro over there to kill the Vietnam chinamen in an intoxicated opiate fog. If the negro soldier wasn't killed, he was shipped back home for life long enslavement in the democrat entitlement culture.
Furthermore, it is a Historical Fact that the KKK was an elite offshoot of the democrat party, and was originally founded in order to terrorize Republican Christians. Indeed, in order to become a member of the KKK, one had to swore blood oaths to the democrat party and also to a long list of liberal progressive democrat principles and causes including but not limited to socialism, the New Deal, Planned Parenthood, Govt Schools and Education, the EPA, Clean Air legislation, Entitlements, Reparations, subsidies for the Hollywood Porno Film Industry, NPR, Evolution, Sharia Law, the Global Warming Scam, Pornographic Homosexuality, the proliferation of non-Christian religions such as momonism and papism, and any other Proclivities of Weakness not mentioned explicitly here.
The democrats and the KKK were such a powerful political force back in the day that they enacted Jim Crow laws, separate and not equal schools and facilities, and harassed the negro mercilessly.
And so today's Conservative Christian campaign is merely pointing all this out to the negro so that he can understand that the history of anti-negro hate is a democrat party problem, not a Conservative Christian Republican problem.
However, there is a problem with this campaign, and that problem is, What do we do if it is successful? If we bring all the negroes under our tent, are we not obligated, as Christians, to share our loaves of bread and hunks of fish to feed them? And what do we do if so many come under the tent and we run out of bread and fish? All those negroes are going to demand their share of food!
Well, it isn't difficult to see where this is going. We'd have to raise taxes on small businesses and the job makers. And they wouldn't be happy about that at all, because raising taxes will destroy our economy and take money out of our pockets and redistribute the wealth: Which is socialism!!
The Wisdom of God has warned me that to invite the negro under our Conservative Christian Republican tent is to invite a culture of entitlement and socialism, which could turn us from being a Conservative Christian Republican party into something more like democrat party. Because to invite the negro into our party involves inviting centuries worth of problems that are associated with it. Should it be the role of Conservative Christian Republicans to clean up yet another mess that was created by the democrat party?


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As I've lamented here previously, graffiti is an artform that's been woefully under-represented in video games. Something Diego Bergia agrees with.
So over the past few years the former graf artist has been putting together animated clips imagining the great graffiti game that never was.
It's a damn shame this is only an animation series, because I would play this until my thumbs fell off.
You can follow the project on its site, linked below.
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Hi. My name is Shaunalynn. I'm new to this board. My husband and I decided before our daughter was born that we would definitely be homeschooling. I'm excited and committed to the challenge.
I have almost completed a degree in secondary education and have all of the information necessary to know what my state requires, both legally and academicly.
I have a few text books for Math and English, but I do not really plan to use a packaged curricullum. My niece is 15 and will begin a HS program with me after her 9th grade year is completed. I have no trouble with her HS plan. My training is for the High School level.
I have a daughter who will be 2 in September. I plan to begin establishing a routine for her schooling in the Fall. My question is focused on her HS plan.
How do I plan a topic for this age? I intend to begin with letters and then numbers. I plan her exposure to be very casual and involve lots of coloring and such for a while. As it is, we already have lessons about animals and the sounds they make. I'm having trouble coming up with a system of organizing my thoughts and her activities. I want to put together plans that I will be able to keep and use for the next child instead of having to recreate my lessons each time I teach the topic to a child.
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If you had it to do all over again, would you?
One thing I wish my parents would have done with me at an early age is beginning language. I highly recommend some kind of basic spanish and/or French lessons. These usually come in the form of videos (mostly cartoons) that teach spanish and english words. Dora the Explorer is a great start because she integrates spanish words along the way.
There's also Muzzy Spanish, or you could get audio tapes...
There's also Muzzy Spanish (on both DVD and video now), or you could just get Spanish audio tapes or CD's of some sort and have your children play them while in the bathroom. They don't have to even pay attention - a few years of listening to the language will give them proper language patterns and most of the vocabulary. The formal part of learning the language (reading, writing, filling in whatever gaps in vocabulary are left) will then be far easier.
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Belgium Goes Detroit
Label: Bonzai Basiks
Release date: 2013-07-15
Catalog number: BB2013104
Franky Jones returns to Bonzai on production duties with this tech house stomper "Belgium Goes Detroit". Franky is considered with legendary status due to his huge DJ workload, but more so for his all time classic "The First Rebirth" as Jones & Stephenson. In recent years, apart from one of the most busiest DJ schedules around, he has also been busy with his own label Bangtraxx Records. Today's release comes backed with three superb remixes to get those techno juices flowing.
First up is Belgian DJ and producer Redhead aka Steve Vangilbergen with his remix. Steve has worked with Marco Bailey and today he continues to deliver top quality cuts across different labels. Getting right to the point with a straight in your face techno groove, huge kicks and multi layered hats alongside a stunning bass and percussion section. The track holds its course perfectly creating a hypnotic rhythm and a stomping party tune at the same time.
Dutch DJ and producer Jan Liefhebber is next to the mixing desk with his remix. Jan is one of the stalwarts of the Dutch techno and has been since the early nineties. He set up Highland Beats label to showcase the techno and acid scene of the time with big success and today he still churns out quality vibes across many labels. His remix injects a dose of energy into the sound with a well rounded groove. Big chunky kicks are dominant alongside a raw bass. Multiple synth stabs are the perfect contrast giving this track the ability to rock any floor.
Belgian DJ and producer Nice Therapy delivers his 6AM in Detroit remix which sets a darker scene with an intense sounding arp tripping along the groove. The low end on the kicks will have the floors shuddering as they wield massive power. Deep basses rise from the depths and a stark contrasting, almost sweet melodic synth tries to pull the track into the light. After the drop you can settle in for one hell of a ride and lose yourself in this sublime rhythm.
Franky's Original Mix is the intros with a strong thumping kick and sharp, crisp hat and clap combo. Percussions build in classic style and then a huge stab reverberates through the waves, all the while the bass creeps up and jumps right out into your chest as it pulsates a tough rhythm. On the break modulated synths take over with the bass refusing to let go and locking you firmly into its grip. The build up gets us right back into this awesome ride on the techno rollercoaster, superb stuff!


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Hello, Everyone! I'm trying to create a Facebook Fun Page, but I don't know how to create it. Does anyone here who helped me about this?
Hello, Everyone! I'm trying to create a Facebook Fun Page, but I don't know how to create it. Does anyone here who helped me about this?
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Here are some tips I regularly give new divers:
1. Dive more. As a new diver, you are still anxious and/or excited in the water. Dive more to become more comfortable.
2. Wear the proper exposure protection. i.e. wet suit or drysuit. If you are cold, you will suck down more air.
3. Dive more.
4. Work on your weighting. If you dive with too much weight, then that is just more air you have to add at depth to compensate for it.
5. Right on the heels of #4, work on your neutral buoyancy, the more up and down that you do, the more air you are wasting trying to stay neutral.
6. Dive more.
7. Exercise more. Cardiovasular exercise is the key, but even some strength training will help.
8. Dive more.
9. Find that sweet spot in your breathing. Don't take shorter breaths or longer breaths. Take breaths that get the job done.
10. Dive more.
11. Big peopole breath more than little people, and there is nothing you can do about it. For example, I am 6'9" 230 and my fiancee is 5'2" 105. She just needs less air. If this is the case, look into getting a bigger tank.
12. Dive more.
13. Streamline your gear. You want the least amount of resistance in the water.
14. Dive more.
15. Move slowly and with a purpose underwater. It is not a race. Don't use your hands. Use an effective kick.
16. Dive more.
Very good suggestions, might I add #13 dive more and go places when you dive!
I once saved a man in Wichita just to watch him dive...(inventor)
#14 Once you learn the basics it's a good idea to advance your knowledge in dive theory and advanced skills. It doesn't mean you have to do tech diving but the classes give you a better understanding and increases your skill level.
Once you complete Open Water, get a few dives in, take at least one more class or get at least one more certification. I recommend Advanced Open a Water or Nitrox. Getting the other certifications will expand your knowledge and reinforce what you learned in Open Water. The extra training will help you to be more comfortable, and help keep you safe.
Watch other, more experienced divers. Learn from and try to emulate the good techniques you see...and avoid and learn from the mistakes you see other divers make.
Learn to a Frog kick. Especially in a silty quarry. Stay at least four feet off the bottom... Don't kick up,the silt.
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Bank of America fired Jackie Ramos after she took a stand against the bank's $15 "convenience" charges and $39 over-the-limit fees so she could sleep better at night.
"There was something inherently evil about my job," the 23-year-old said in a YouTube video she uploaded on Nov. 27, two days after her termination.
Ramos, of Fairburn, Ga., worked as a "customer advocate," which involved calling people who fall behind on credit card payments and either encouraging them to pay or modifying their accounts. But not all customers qualify for modification programs that will help them, and Ramos grew tired of saying no after six months on the job.
"So I stopped denying people," said Ramos. "I helped people get on programs that they didn't necessarily qualify for but who definitely needed the help."
Bank of America declined to comment on Ramos's video but confirmed her account of the firing.
"Ms. Ramos clearly violated some bank policies, particularly around misrepresenting customer information," said spokesman Tony Allen. "Perhaps more egregious, she encouraged customers to misrepresent their information."
Allen said that as of Oct. 31, Bank of America has modified over one million customer accounts totaling $10 billion in outstanding debt by lowering interest rates or modifying monthly payments. He said the bank expects to modify between 1.2 and 1.5 million consumer and small business credit card accounts in all of 2009.
In an interview with HuffPost, Ramos emphasized that she did not make the video out of any bitterness toward Bank of America, and she said that she does not consider her former employer any worse than other credit card companies -- she's angry about the whole system.
"I feel like there's a real credit problem in this country," she said. "Too many people are complacent... Slavery was also legal at one point in time. It was the law. Now we have 30 percent interest rates, $39 late fees and over-limit fees. I want the laws changed. I want the federal government to protect its people and do what it's supposed to do."
YouTube has been an effective venue for bank customers outraged that an industry kept afloat with taxpayer dollars is raising fees, interest rates and minimum monthly payments. Ann Minch of Red Bluff, Calif. won a reduced interest rate after she declared a "debtors' revolt" in September. Her video spawned imitators such as former Bank of America employee Ben Frasier of Douglas, Ore., who said "Bank of America will stop at nothing to turn an insane profit at your expense."
Personal finance guru Suze Orman hailed the "debtors' revolt" and said banks should take notice.
In her video, Ramos said she'd never forget one customer in particular -- a 24-year-old mother with cancer who'd recently lost her mom and husband but still wanted to pay off a $6,000 debt. The woman didn't qualify for any program that would help her.
"She sobbed on the phone telling me she couldn't afford the 30 percent interest... that we had her account on. She couldn't afford the $39 late fee, the $39 over-limit fee. She told me that we were her first credit card when she turned 18, we were her only credit card, and that she was a loyal customer. And given the time to be on this earth a little while longer she would have always remained a loyal customer.
"According to Bank of America, she doesn't have enough income to be put on a program, but she can however keep paying the high interest rates on the account, and fees, because at the end of the day, it is her account, she did rack up the debt, she was late, and she did deserve the 29.99 percent interest rate."
Ramos lives with her fiance and two-year-old son in Fairburn, Ga.
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Over the next few days, one of my favorite investing events take place: The release of money manager 13F filings, which reveal what investment actions they took during the 2012 fourth quarter. The U.S. stock market is near an all-time high and good ideas are hard to come by (as they should be, if you are a price-conscious, value-seeking investor) so piggybacking on the shoulders of some great investors is not a bad strategy to follow.
To be sure, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that 13Fs be filed 45 days after the end of the quarter so most filings will come out at the end of this week. However, some 13Fs start trickling out earlier, so I will devote a couple of columns over the course of the next week or so to highlight some of my favorite investors.
Frank Martin, of Martin Capital Management, is one of them. Martin Capital is a value oriented firm in the purest sense of the word. The fund is based out of Indiana, so he isn't interested in any fast-paced Wall Street market activity. Martin's annual letters are a breath of fresh air and his firm's annual performance has beaten the socks off the S&P 500 over the course of many years. Martin's 13F is out and the first thing that jumps off the page is the reduced exposure to equities: 19 positions worth $75 million in the 2012 third quarter vs. 12 positions worth $50 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Martin eliminated all exposure to oil and sold off stakes in Chevron (CVX) and ExxonMobil (XOM). He also sold Yahoo! (YHOO) and Lowe's (LOW), two stocks Martin has held for a while and have appreciated considerably over the past two years. Lowe's is trading at a 52-week high and has more than doubled in less than two years. Martin added only one new position the fourth quarter and that was Gentherm (THRM), a maker of heating, cooling, and other ventilation devices for the automotive sector. Interestingly, Martin's largest position is Gentex (GNTX) -- a name I've written about in detail -- makes rear-view mirrors and other lighting technologies for the auto industry. Given Martin's purchase of Gentherm, there seems to be a general bet that the U.S. auto industry is headed for a multi-year period of robust results which should benefit auto parts companies that supply directly to the OEM's.
What I find most illuminating, however, is Martin's significant reduction in exposure to equities in the midst what many are calling the best time to be in stocks. This contrarian behavior is in the DNA of the true value investor. In the coming days and weeks, when the majority of other investment managers release their quarterly digest of investment activity, I will be paying great attention to the overall portfolio exposure to equities, perhaps more intently, than I will the actual picks. Most investors think about investing in terms of making money. Great investors think about investing in terms of not losing money. That's clearly what Martin is doing, and I will be curious to see if other names like Klarman, Berkowitz, Einhorn, Gabelli, and others are doing the same thing.


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Step-by-step tasks when planning a NNO party
Follow the overall steps below, and use the links to the left for specifics.
Step One: Decide what size of party you want, make an initial list of activities you'd like to have, and be flexible
Do you want to get to know the neighbors on your block or in your apartment building? Or would you like to see neighbors from many surrounding streets? Would you like an intimate party of 20 people, or a huge bash of 500? Any size party will be fun. The main point is to bring neighbors together. Start to think about what activities you'd like to have at the party, but be ready to change the plan if necessary.
Step Two: Decide where you want to hold your party
Make this decision before you figure out anything else, and make the decision AT LEAST two months before the party. You will need to work with whoever owns or manages the property to get the appropriate permissions, and this can take a few weeks.
The most common places to hold a National Night Out party are: (1) on the street in front of neighbors' houses; (2) in a City park, or (3) on private property, such as someone's yard or at a business. If you hold your party in the street, you will work with the Portland Bureau of Transportation to get a permit to close the street. If you hold your party in a City park, you will work with Portland Parks and Recreation to reserve a space in the park. If you hold your party on private property, who you will work with and what you will need to do will vary depending on what the property owner requires.
Step Three: Register your party with the City
Party registration begins in early June and ends in late July. Registering your party will put you on the list for police and firefighter visits, and make you eligible to receive some fee waivers. Use our worksheet to gather all your info, then either sit down at a computer to register, or call 503-823-4064 to get assistance with the online registration.
Step Four: Develop a budget
How much money will you need to have your party? Do you want to seek donations from neighbors or businesses for the party? NNO parties don't have to be expensive, and usually aren't, but they aren't totally free. You can cut down on the cost by having a potluck instead of providing all the food, or by requesting people bring games from their houses rather than renting or buying them. If you are closing the street, you will need some money for rental of the street barricades. You may need insurance. These costs are identified when you work with the owner or manager of the party location to find out what they require for the use of their space.
Step Five: Start the more detailed party planning and send a "save the date" message to the attendees
Once you have secured the location of your party, you're registered, and you have a general idea of the budget, it's time to work on the details. What activities will you have, and how many volunteers will you need? If you haven't already, tell the people who will be invited to your party where and when it will be so they don't make other plans. We recommend doing this about four to six weeks in advance, if possible.
Step Six: Firm up the final details and send a reminder to the attendees.
In the last week or two before the party, most of the details will be sewn up, and you'll want to send an official invite or a reminder to the neighbors.
Step Seven: Enjoy your party!
Step Eight: Thank the volunteers
Send an email, a thank you card, or some other show of gratitude to the people who made the party happen. They'll appreciate it, and it will make them more willing to help out for next year's party.


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Mayor Bloomberg and Forest City Ratner Announce Plan to Fill 2,000 Jobs at New Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Barclays Center and Partners Will Use City's Workforce1 Services and Give Preference to NYCHA Residents
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today joined Forest City Ratner Companies Chairman and CEO Bruce Ratner to announce a plan to fill approximately 2,000 jobs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn using the City's Workforce1 services. Priority hiring for the jobs, which will include full- and part-time positions, will be for residents of Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 3, 6 and 8, graduates of Brooklyn United for Innovative Local Development's training program, and New York City Housing Authority residents of Ingersoll, Whitman, Farragut, Atlantic Terminal, Wyckoff Gardens, Warren Street, Lafayette Gardens and Gowanus Houses. Job fairs will be held in June, July and August in locations near the arena to fill the majority of the positions. Beginning next week, Forest City and Barclays Center partners, including AEG, which will assist in the management of operations for the Barclays Center, and Levy Restaurants, which will oversee all food services, will meet with local community boards and elected officials to discuss hiring plans. The Mayor made the announcement at the Barclays Center construction site and also was joined by Borough President Marty Markowitz, Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Robert W. Walsh, New York City Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea, Brooklyn United for Innovative Local Development President James Caldwell and Charlene Nimmons, Executive Director of Public Housing Communities, Inc.
"Tens of thousands of people will soon come to the world-class Barclays Center, and that means more economic growth, more tax revenue, and more jobs," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Local residents should have every opportunity to get these jobs, and we are working closely with Forest City Ratner to make sure that happens."
"We are very excited that we are close to opening and even closer to hiring," said Bruce Ratner. "From the start, we've been focused on how Barclays Center and the larger Atlantic Yards project can provide opportunity for the people of Brooklyn. Over the next few weeks and months, we will be posting approximately 2,000 jobs, everything from food service to security and ticketing, as we prepare for the arena's grand opening on September 28th."
The Nets also announced that they have completed their corporate relocation to Brooklyn. The Nets, together with the sales and marketing team for Barclays Center, have 150 employees working in their corporate offices at MetroTech in Downtown Brooklyn. As of last week there were 837 construction workers on the site, including 442 from New York City and 186 from Brooklyn. In addition, contracting purchases to date on the arena have exceeded $550 million, with 16.3 percent going to minority-owned business enterprises and 6.3 percent going to women-owned business enterprises.
As many as 800 people will work at the arena at any given event, and it is expected that there will be more than 220 events a year at Barclays Center. Each employee will be trained by the Disney Institute which, as part of its comprehensive and customized approach to Barclays Center, will offer unique experiential services and best practice training for arena staff. Once the arena has opened, Forest City Ratner will report quarterly on the number of employees and the neighborhoods that they are from.
"Under Mayor Bloomberg's leadership, Downtown Brooklyn is thriving, and the opening of the Barclays Center this September will be another catalyst for long-term growth," Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel said. "This project will also have an immediate impact, with 2,000 jobs created in a matter of months."
"Bringing the Nets to Brooklyn means more than exciting, in-your-face basketball with a Brooklyn attitude – it will create 2,000 sorely-needed full- and part-time opportunities for jobseekers, with priority placement for Brooklynites in the neighborhoods and NYCHA housing surrounding Barclays Center," said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. "Kudos to Mayor Bloomberg, Bruce Ratner, Commissioner Walsh, Chairman Rhea and all of their partners for ensuring that the Nets and Barclays Center provide not just 'lobs' – but jobs."
"We will work closely with FCRC, BUILD and the Housing Authority to ensure that local residents know about these jobs and benefit from this project," said Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Walsh. "The arena will provide a great diversity of employment, which means greater opportunity for a wide range of people."
"The New York City Housing Authority applauds the Mayor, Forest City Ratner, the Barclay's Center partners and our sister-agency SBS for their commitment to the neighborhood, especially in connecting local residents to meaningful employment with opportunity for growth at the new arena. This is, and will continue to help build a strong future for so many NYCHA families."
"New York's economy gets stronger every time we put another New Yorker back to work," said President, CEO, & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams. "With nearly two thousand new jobs being filled with the help of the State Department of Labor's Jobs Express Website, we are creating an extraordinary employment opportunity that will make an immediate and lasting impact in the lives of families and communities that need it most. Under the leadership of Governor Cuomo, and working with our partners in New York City government and the private sector, we are building the foundation for a brighter economic future for all New Yorkers."
Scheduled to open in September 2012, Barclays Center will be a major sports and entertainment venue in the heart of Brooklyn. Developed by Brooklyn-based real estate developer Forest City Ratner Companies, and designed by the award-winning architectural firms AECOM and SHoP Architects, Barclays Center will have one of the most intimate seating configurations ever designed into a modern multi-purpose arena, with unparalleled sightlines and first-class amenities. Barclays Center will offer 18,200 seats for basketball and up to 19,000 seats for concerts, and will also have 100 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, three clubs, and a restaurant. Located atop one of the largest transportation hubs in New York City, Barclays Center will be accessible by 11 subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road.
Barclays Center will host an extensive variety of events, including premier concerts, monthly major professional boxing cards, top college basketball, family shows, professional hockey, and NETS Basketball. Some of the special programming that is already scheduled includes JAY Z, who will open the building on September 28 with the first of his multiple concerts, Andrea Bocelli, Barclays Center Classic men's college basketball tournament, Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship, Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Legends Classic, Islanders vs. Devils game, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice, and the New York Masters equestrian show jumping. Current programming alliances with Barclays Center include Golden Boy Promotions, IMG, Feld Entertainment, Lagardère Unlimited, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In addition to Barclays, the naming rights partner, founding partners for Barclays Center include Cushman & Wakefield, EmblemHealth, Foxwoods Resort Casino, MetroPCS, and Stolichnaya. Other sponsors include: Anheuser-Busch, The Coca-Cola Company, Haier America, HighPoint Solutions, LIU Brooklyn, New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, Phillips-Van Heusen, Tyco, and Willis.


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The Central Connecticut men's track and field team placed third overall at the 2014 NEC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday in Landover, MD. Senior Craig Hunt posted one of four gold-medal winning performances in the final day of competition for CCSU. He finished the 5,000m run in 14:44.57, defending his title in the event.
Once again, CCSU dominated the distance events. Hunt led Central in the 5,000m run but was followed closely by sophomore Matt Walker in fifth (14:51.90), freshman Tyler Raymond in seventh (15:11.62) and junior Andrew Hill (8th, 15:20.12). All four Blue Devils combined for 18 points in the event.
In the mile race, junior Brian Biekert clinched the victory after claiming fourth in yesterday's prelims. The CCSU record-holder crossed the finish line in 4:17.04 in Sunday's finals.
Biekert was followed by junior Patrick Hubbell in fifth (4:20.13) who added four more points for Central. Freshman Derek French also qualified for the finals but finished just one spot shy of scoring position, crossing the line in 4:31.11.
Junior Jamal Fruster sprinted to victory in the 400m dash finals Sunday after placing second in Saturday's prelims. Fruster tied for the win with his IC4A qualifying time of 48.98 seconds. Fruster crossed the line side-by-side with LIU Brooklyn's Alistar McLean as each earned nine team points for their efforts.
WATCH FRUSTER HERE in the closest race in NEC Indoor Championship history!
Also earning points for CCSU in the 400m dash was freshman Zach Andrews who finished seventh with his time of 51.38.
The final gold-medal performance came in the distance medley relay. The Blue Devils crossed the finish line in 10:26.05 for the win.
Junior Jordan Watkins earned third place overall in the 60m hurdle finals. Watkins qualified for IC4A competition with his time of 8.24 seconds while also earning six points for CCSU. Freshman Dan Baum also earned points for Central as he posted a career-best time of 8.49, good for fifth place, in the race.
Biekert struck again in the 800m run on Sunday, finishing fourth overall with his time of 1:55.57. He was followed by freshman Thomas Lupoli in sixth (1:57.30). The pair combined for eight points.
In the 500m dash finals, the two CCSU qualifiers finished sixth and eighth. Junior Ryan Budd, who was the first Blue Devil to cross the line, posted a time of 1:07.32 while sophomore Brian Beckwith crossed in 1:08.07.
Other notable point-earning performances include freshman Garrett Shaw who finished seventh in the triple jump, registering 13.65 meters, and the 4x400 meter relay team. The relay squad placed sixth overall in a time of 3:25.56.
CCSU posted 102 total team points in the competition. This year's champions, the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, finished with 125 points. Sacred Heart finished just ahead of Central in second with 108.5 points. Following CCSU, Wagner (71.5) and Mount St. Mary's (64.5) rounded out the top five. Saint Francis U (62.5) finished sixth followed by Robert Morris (56), Fairleigh Dickinson (51), Bryant (16) and St. Francis Brooklyn (6).
Several CCSU qualifiers will return to the track for post NEC competition. The first event slated for the Blue Devils is the New England Championships, a two-day competition hosted by Boston University from February 28-March 1.
Brian Biekert stands atop the podium as he receives the gold medal for his one mile performance.