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Joanne Putnam
numerous articles and editorials in various Christian and secular publications, and has also written Sunday school material for Word Aflame Publications.
She is a graduate of the Christian Writer's Guild.
She has spoken at ladies' retreats and conferences for thirty years and taught marriage seminars with her husband, Rev. John Putnam, Wisconsin District Superintendent.
Joanne has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education and Elementary Education and taught in the public spectrum for thirty-five years. As well as being a minister's wife, she is the mother of three grown children who are all active in various aspects of ministry and grandmother of six.
She writes to encourage people to fulfill the call of Christ as they endeavor to do His will in their life. Her recent subjects include becoming a published author and spiritual growth issues.


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Monday, 14 September 2015
Basic Watercoloring Techniques for Handmade Cards
Good Monday morning - I hope you had a fabulous weekend!
A couple weeks ago I asked for video suggestions on my Facebook page and watercoloring techniques was one of the requests. I am no expert in watercoloring but I do love the look! First of all I want to point out that there are lots of different ways to use our Aqua Painters. I thought I'd cover just a few of the basics and some of the differences between Aqua Painters and Blender Pens today. Take a look at this video where I share some of the things I've learned about these two types of coloring tools.
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Five Elected to Board of Trustees
October 6, 2015 – Five members were elected to the Carroll Lutheran Village Board of Trustees at the annual Corporation Meeting on September 29.
Dr. Alice Daum-Coen, a retired teacher and Carroll Lutheran Village resident, and Arthur Wisner, treasurer/director of financial services for McDaniel College, were elected to their first three-year term. Roberta Dillow, a Baltimore Gas & Electric retiree and Carroll Lutheran Village Resident, Carol Plunkert, a Realtor with Century 21 in Westminster, and Marlene Titus, cyber technology navigator for Carroll Community College, were elected to their second three-year terms.
Ed Leister of Westminster retired from the board. In addition to recognition for his years of service to the Board, Leister was awarded the President's Award for his more than 35 years of service to the Village. He served as a board member and board leader from 1978-1983, 2000-2006 and 2009-2015, making significant contributions to the start-up and growth of the community. Leister chaired the first benefit auction in 1986 for the Resident Assistance Fund; participated in the former auxiliary, Friends of the Village; and has served on the Golf Committee. In 2004 he was named to the founding Board for The Lutheran Village at MILLER'S GRANT, an expansion community under construction in Ellicott City, a position he still holds today.
When not advancing the mission of Carroll Lutheran Village, Leister gives generously of his time, talent and treasure to Grace Lutheran Church, Carroll Lutheran School, Carroll County Food Sunday and the Carroll County Commission on Aging and Disabilities, among other worthy organizations.
Continuing to serve the board in their existing terms are:
- Kay Betz, Outfluence
- David Bollinger, Barnes-Bollinger Insurance Services, Inc.
- Dave Bond, CCRC Actuaries, LLC
- Rev. Kevin Clementson, Grace Lutheran Church
- Ronald Fairchild, Consultant
- Sandra Ferguson, Retired
- Donna Kent, Retired
- Wanda Lynn, Rager, Lehman & Houck, P.C.
- Louna Primm, New Windsor State Bank
- Rev. Robin Simpson-Litton, Holy Spirit Lutheran Church
Carroll Lutheran Village is an accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Westminster that includes 398 homes and apartments, 50 assisted living suites in the Diven House and 103 skilled nursing beds in the Health Care Center.


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Affecting every employer in the UK, Auto Enrolment requires employers not only to set up and contribute to employees pensions, but also to comply with a whole new set of legislation. This new legislation, the most radical change to the UK pension system in our lifetime, is designed to tackle the double difficulties arising from increased life expectancy and low pension savings.
To meet their duties employers will have to:
- Know their staging date.
- Assess their workforce – identify and categorise employees.
- Review existing pension schemes to see if they meet the new requirements.
- Communicate with workers in line with obligations.
- Automatically enrol eligible job holders.
- Manage opt-ins.
- Manage opt-outs.
- Make required contributions for and on behalf of jobholders.
- Make arrangements for any "entitled workers" who want to join a pension scheme to do so.
- Keep records and provide information to the Pension Regulator if asked to do so.
Whilst the legislation is well intended, as you can see from the above, it is complicated and potentially onerous for employers!
With potential daily fines of up £10,000 for getting it wrong or failing to comply, employers need to act now.
In the next few years a staggering 1.4 million pension schemes will need to be created with 8.8 million employees needing to be auto enrolled. The pension industry is struggling to cope with this demand and already we are seeing providers being selective about which schemes they want to act for.
It is critical to start the planning process as early as possible (we would recommend at least six to nine months in advance of your staging date).
For further information on pensions and auto enrolment please contact Antony Keen on email@example.com or 01254 679138.


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|For current information on this topic, see 2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season.
|Portland Trail Blazers
|Western Conference
|Northwest Division
|Portland Trail Blazers
|Rose Garden
|Portland, Oregon
|Team colors
|Black, Red, Silver, White
|Paul Allen
|General manager
|Kevin Pritchard[1]
|Head coach
|Nate McMillan[1]
|D-League affiliate
|Idaho Stampede[2]
|1 (1977)
|Conference titles
|3 (1977, 1990, 1992)
|Division titles
|4 (1978, 1991, 1992, 1999)
|Official website
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the Memorial Coliseum, before moving to the Rose Garden Arena in 1995. Based in Portland throughout its existence, the franchise entered the league in 1970, and is the only major league franchise in Oregon until 2011 when the Portland Timbers will join the MLS. The franchise has also enjoyed a strong following; from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American professional sports.[4]
The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA Championship once, in 1977. The other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992.[5] The team has qualified for the playoffs in 26 seasons of their 39-season existence, including a streak of 21 straight appearances from 1983 through 2003.[6] Four Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, and Dražen Petrović),[7] as well as one player (Scottie Pippen) who was recognized as one of the league's 50 greatest but who is not yet eligible for the Hall. Bill Walton is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1977, and the regular season MVP the following year.[5][8] Three Blazer rookies (Geoff Petrie, Sidney Wicks, and Brandon Roy) have won the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Two Hall of Fame coaches, Lenny Wilkens and Jack Ramsay, have patrolled the sidelines for the Blazers, and two others, Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy, have won the NBA Coach of the Year award with the team.[9]
The team has been known as the "Trail Blazers" throughout its history. Two weeks after being awarded an expansion franchise in 1970, team management held a contest to select the team's name. More than 10,000 entries were submitted. The most popular choice was "Pioneers", but that name was excluded from consideration as it was already used by sports teams at Portland's Lewis and Clark College. The name "Trail Blazers" received 172 entries, and was selected as the name.[3]
The team's colors are red, white, black, and silver, which was added in 2002.[10] The team's "pinwheel" logo, originally designed by the cousin of former Blazer executive Harry Glickman, is a graphic interpretation of two five-on-five basketball teams lined up against each other. One side of the pinwheel is rendered in red; the other side is rendered in a monochrome color (black, silver, or white). The logo has gone from a vertical alignment to a slanted one over time.[3]
Portland's home uniforms are white in color, with red, black, and silver accents; the primary road uniform is black, with red, white, and sliver accents. The alternate road uniform is red with white, silver, and black accents. From 1970 to the 1977–78 season, the team wore red road uniforms, switching to black in that year. The team again wore red during the 1984–85 season, switching back to black road jerseys after that. In 2002, the team reintroduced red jerseys.[10]
The team's mascot is Blaze the Trail Cat, a two-tone silver-colored mountain lion,[11] which has been the team's official mascot since 2002.[12] Prior to Blaze's debut, the Trail Blazers never had any official mascot. A popular unofficial mascot was the late Bill "The Beerman" Scott, a Seattle beer vendor/cheerleader who worked for numerous pro teams, including the Trail Blazers, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Seattle Mariners. Scott worked for the Trail Blazers from 1981 through 1985.[13]
The Trail Blazers entered the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team, playing in the Memorial Coliseum. The team was led in its early years by Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks, and failed to qualify for the NBA postseason in their first six years of existence. During that span, the team had three head coaches (including future hall-of-famer Lenny Wilkens); team executive Stu Inman also served as coach.[14] The team won the first pick in the NBA Draft twice during that span. In 1972 the team drafted LaRue Martin with the number one pick, and in 1974 the team selected Bill Walton from UCLA.
In 1976, the ABA-NBA merger saw those two rival leagues join forces. Four ABA teams joined the NBA; the remaining teams were dissolved and their players distributed among the remaining NBA squads in a dispersal draft. The Trail Blazers selected Maurice Lucas in the dispersal draft.[15] That summer they also hired Jack Ramsay as head coach. The two moves, coupled with the emergence of Walton as a premier NBA big man, led the team to its first winning record (49–33), its first playoff appearance, and its only NBA Championship in 1977.[5] Starting on April 5 of that year, the team began a sellout streak of 814 straight games—the longest in sports history—which did not end until 1995, after the team moved into a larger facility.[4]
The team started the next season with a 50–10 record, and many[16] predicted a dynasty in Portland, but it was not to be. Walton suffered a foot injury that ended his season and would plague his entire career, and the team struggled to a 58–24 record, losing to the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1978 conference semifinals.[17] That summer, Bill Walton demanded to be traded to a team of his choice (Clippers, Knicks, Warriors, or 76ers) because he was unhappy with his medical treatment in Portland.[18] Walton was never traded, and he held out the entire 1978–79 season and left the team as a free agent thereafter.[19] Maurice Lucas left the team in 1980, and the Blazers "dynasty" was finished.
During the 1980s, the team was a consistent presence in the NBA post-season, failing to qualify for the playoffs only in 1982. However, they never advanced past the conference semifinals during the decade.[20] The Pacific Division of the NBA was dominated by the Los Angeles Lakers throughout the decade, and only the Lakers and the Houston Rockets represented the Western Conference in the NBA Finals. Key players for the Blazers during the early 1980s included Mychal Thompson, Fat Lever, Darnell Valentine, Wayne Cooper, T. R. Dunn, Jim Paxson, and Calvin Natt.
In 1983, the team selected University of Houston guard–forward Clyde Drexler with the 13th pick in the draft;[21] "Clyde the Glide" would become the face of the franchise for over a decade, and the team's second-most decorated player (after Walton).[22] The following year, the Trail Blazers landed the #2 pick in the NBA Draft. After the Houston Rockets selected Drexler's college teammate Hakeem Olajuwon, known at that time as Akeem Olajuwon, at #1, the Trail Blazers selected Kentucky center Sam Bowie. Drafting third, the Chicago Bulls selected Michael Jordan. Many sportswriters and analysts have criticized the selection of the injury-plagued Bowie over Jordan as the worst draft pick in the history of American professional sports.[23][24] That summer, the Blazers also made a controversial trade, sending Lever, Cooper, and Natt to the Denver Nuggets for high-scoring forward Kiki Vandeweghe.[25]. In the 1985 Draft, the Blazers selected point guard Terry Porter with the last pick of the first round. Porter would go on to become one of the top point guards in the league, and the Blazers' all-time leader in assists.
However, the Blazers continued to struggle in the post-season, and in 1986, Ramsay was fired and replaced with Mike Schuler.[14] That off-season, the team drafted two players from behind the Iron Curtain, Arvydas Sabonis and Dražen Petrović,[21] and sent Thompson to the San Antonio Spurs for former Oregon State University star Steve Johnson. Johnson was a high-scoring forward-center who the team intended to pair with Bowie on the frontline. It was not to be, as Bowie broke his leg five games into the 1986–87 season, missing the next two and a half seasons.[26][27] During Schuler's brief tenure, the Blazers failed to advance out of the first round of the NBA playoffs.[20]
In 1988, billionaire Paul Allen purchased the Blazers.[28] His first season as owner was one marked by turmoil, as conflicts erupted over who should start at several positions. Both Vandeweghe and Johnson suffered injuries; they were replaced in the starting lineup by Jerome Kersey and Kevin Duckworth. Several players, most notably Drexler, were accused of undermining Schuler.[29] The team struggled to a losing record and appeared in danger of missing the playoffs. Schuler was fired and replaced on an interim basis with assistant coach Rick Adelman,[30] and Vandeweghe was traded to the New York Knicks.[31] Under Adelman, the team achieved a 39–43 record, and barely qualified for the playoffs. That offseason, the team traded Sam Bowie (who had returned to the team to end the season) to the New Jersey Nets for forward Buck Williams, and Adelman was given the coaching job on a non-interim basis.[14]
The addition of Williams, and the replacement of the defensively-challenged Vandeweghe with the defensive-minded Kersey, turned the team from a poor defensive squad into a good one.[32] Led by the charismatic Drexler, the team reached the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992, losing to the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls, respectively. Possibly inspired by the 1985 Chicago Bears's Super Bowl Shuffle, during the runnup to their 1990 Finals appearance, the Blazers recorded two songs: "Bust a Bucket" and "Rip City Rhapsody" (in reference to the city's nickname). The year in between their two finals appearances, the team posted a league-best 63–19 record before losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals. However, the team failed to win an NBA title, and failed to advance past the first round in 1993 and 1994.[20] Adelman was fired after the 1994 season,[33] and replaced with P. J. Carlesimo,[34] which led to the resignation of executive vice-president Geoff Petrie, a close friend of Adelman's.[35]
In July 1994, the Trail Blazers announced the hire of a new team president, former Seattle SuperSonics general manager Bob Whitsitt.[4] Whitsitt immediately set about revamping the Blazers roster; this included dismantling the aging Drexler-led team that had twice been to the finals,[36]. In 1993, Kevin Duckworth was traded to the Washington Bullets for forward Harvey Grant. Several key players were permitted to walk away in free agency, including Buck Williams (1996), Terry Porter (1996), and Cliff Robinson (1997),[37] which left Jerome Kersey unprotected in the 1996 expansion draft.[38] Drexler requested to be traded to a contender, and the Trail Blazers traded him to the Houston Rockets.[36] In the fall of 1995, the team left the Memorial Coliseum for a new home, the 20,000-seat Rose Garden.[14] The sellout streak ended in the new building.[4]
In an effort to rebuild, the team acquired several players who were highly talented, but had reputations for off-court troubles. Isaiah Rider, who was traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves for just a draft pick and career backups due to his frequent arrests and lack of punctuality,[39] was arrested for marijuana possession two days before his debut with the Blazers.[40] Rasheed Wallace, who was acknowledged as a hot-tempered player since college,[41] was also acquired in a trade with the Washington Bullets. Point guard Kenny Anderson was signed as a free agent,[42] and subsequently traded for Damon Stoudamire.[43] Initially, this approach worked, as the team returned to the Western Conference finals in 1999 under head coach Mike Dunleavy.[14] After being swept by the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs, Whitsitt sent Rider and guard Jim Jackson to the Atlanta Hawks for guard Steve Smith and acquired former All-Star forward Scottie Pippen from the Houston Rockets. This team again advanced to the Western Conference Finals, where they faced a Los Angeles Lakers team led by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. In that series, the Trail Blazers dropped three out of the first four games before winning the next two, forcing a pivotal Game 7. The Blazers had a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter, but lost the game and the series to the Lakers, who went on to win the first of three consecutive titles.[44]
The Portland Trail Blazers made a series of personnel moves in the 2000 and 2001 off-seasons that failed to produce the desired results, and continued to alienate the community. Up-and-coming forward Jermaine O'Neal was traded to the Indiana Pacers for Dale Davis. Brian Grant signed with the Miami Heat, and he was replaced with troubled ex-Seattle forward Shawn Kemp.[45] The team started off well, posting the Western Conference's best record through March 2001, but then signed guard Rod Strickland to augment their point guard corps.[46] The move backfired, and the team lost 17 of its remaining 25 games, and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs (swept by the Los Angeles Lakers).[47] Many in the media began to criticize the team,[48] and Whitsitt, previously proclaimed a genius for his work in both Seattle and Portland, started coming under criticism.[47] A particular criticism was that Whitsitt was attempting to win a title by assembling a roster of superstars, without paying attention to team chemistry.[47] Longtime NBA coach and analyst Doug Collins referred to Whitsitt as a "rotisserie-league manager."[46] A fan was ejected from the Rose Garden for holding up a banner that said "Trade Whitsitt",[49] and many in the national media started referring to the team as the "Jail Blazers".[50]
That offseason, the churning continued. Dunleavy was fired,[51] and replaced with Maurice Cheeks, a "players coach" who some thought would relate better to the players than Dunleavy did.[52] More transactions followed as the Blazers traded Steve Smith to the Spurs for Derek Anderson.[45] In one of his most controversial moves to that time, Whitsitt signed free agent Ruben Patterson, who had previously pled no contest to a felony sexual assault charge, and was required to register as a sex offender.[53] Popular center Arvydas Sabonis, who during the playoffs had a towel flung in his face by Wallace,[54] decided to leave the team.[55]
The next two seasons were just as disastrous for the team's reputation. Numerous players, including Wallace, Stoudamire, and Qyntel Woods, were arrested for marijuana possession.[56] Woods pled guilty to first-degree animal abuse for staging dog fights in his house, some involving his pit bull named Hollywood. Both Hollywood and Woods' other pit bull, Sugar, were confiscated, and Woods was given eighty hours of community service. He also agreed to donate $10,000 to the Oregon Humane Society.[57] Wallace was suspended for seven games for threatening a referee.[58] Zach Randolph and Patterson got in a fight during practice, with Randolph sucker punching his teammate in the jaw.[59] Police answering a burglar alarm at Stoudamire's house noticed a marijuana smell, searched the premises, and found a pound of cannabis located in a crawlspace;[60] the search was later declared illegal and charges in the matter were dropped.[61] Guard Bonzi Wells famously told Sports Illustrated in a 2002 interview:[62]
"they [fans] really don't matter to us. They can boo us every day, but they're still going to ask for our autographs if they see us on the street."
Fan discontent soared; despite the team continuing to post a winning record, attendance at the Rose Garden started to decline.[49] In the summer of 2003, with attendance declining, the team going nowhere on the court, and an exorbitant payroll, Whitsitt announced that he would leave the team to focus on Paul Allen's other franchise, the Seattle Seahawks.[63]
To replace Whitsitt, the team hired two men at new positions. John Nash, a veteran NBA executive, was hired as general manager,[64] and Steve Patterson as team president.[65] The new management promised a focus on character while remaining playoff contenders; the team soon published a "Twenty-Five Point Pledge" to fans.[66] Troublesome players including Wells, Wallace, and Jeff McInnis were traded away.[14] However, the team failed to qualify for the 2004 NBA Playoffs, ending a streak of 21 straight appearances.[6]
The following year was marked by more trouble as the team plummeted to a 27–55 record. The bankruptcy of the Oregon Arena corporation, which resulted in the Rose Garden being owned by a consortium of investment firms, further alienated the fanbase, as did an incident in which forward Darius Miles (himself African-American) called coach Maurice Cheeks a "nigger."[67] The latter incident was compounded by what many viewed as inadequate discipline for Miles, followed by a secret agreement between the team and Miles to refund the amount of his fine.[67] Cheeks was fired that season and replaced on an interim basis by director of player-personnel Kevin Pritchard.[68] That summer the team hired Nate McMillan, who had coached the Sonics the prior season,[69] and Pritchard returned to the front office.
The following 2005–06 season was not better, as the Blazers posted a league-worst 21–61 record.[70] Attendance was low, and the year was not free of player incidents. Players such as Miles, Patterson, Randolph, and Sebastian Telfair were involved in either on-court bickering or off-court legal incidents.[70] Nash was fired at the end of the season, with Steve Patterson assuming the general manager role in addition to his duties as president.[71] In addition, the team had a poor relationship with the management of the Rose Garden, frequently complaining of a "broken economic model".[72] It was widely speculated by the end of the year that Paul Allen would sell the team; and the team was offered for sale that summer, with several groups expressing interest.[73] However, Allen was willing to spend money and urged Pritchard to make draft-day trades. He subsequently took the team off the market.[74]
In the spring of 2007, Steve Patterson resigned as team president,[75] and Paul Allen entered into an agreement to re-purchase the Rose Garden.[76] On the court, the team finished with a 32–50 record, an 11-game improvement, and rookie shooting guard Brandon Roy was named the 2006–07 Rookie of the Year.[77] That summer Pritchard was promoted to general manager,[78] and former Nike Inc. executive Larry Miller was hired as team president. The Blazers won the 2007 NBA Draft Lottery and selected Ohio State center Greg Oden with the #1 pick in the draft. Some had speculated that they might choose Kevin Durant instead;[79] Durant was picked at #2 by regional rivals the Seattle SuperSonics. Oden suffered a pre-season knee injury requiring microfracture surgery, and missed the entire 2007–08 season.[80]
Despite this, the Trail Blazers had a 13-game winning streak that began in early December, resulting in a 13–2 record, an NBA best for the month of December. McMillan won NBA Coach of the Month honors, and Roy garnered NBA Western Conference Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks (the first Trail Blazer to accomplish the feat since Clyde Drexler in the 1990–91 season). Roy was also named as a reserve for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game, the first All-Star for the Blazers since Rasheed Wallace in 2001.[81] The Blazers finished the season 41–41, their best record since the 2003–04 season.
The team continued to improve in the 2008–09 season. Greg Oden debuted with the Blazers, as did Spanish swingman Rudy Fernández. Roy appeared in his second straight All-Star Game, and had a career-high 52 points against the Phoenix Suns and game-winning shots against the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks.[82][83][84][85] The Blazers clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2003 and achieved a winning season for the first time since the 2002–03 season.[86] As the fourth seed and holding home court advantage, the Portland Trail Blazers played the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets in the 2009 Playoffs, losing the playoff series 4 games to 2.
In the 2009 off-season, the Trail Blazers traded the #24 pick to Dallas for the #22 pick and selected Victor Claver. They also selected Villanova forward Dante Cunningham with the #33 pick, Jon Brockman and guard Patrick Mills. Brockman was traded to the Kings in exchange for #31 pick Jeff Pendergraph. Free agent Channing Frye signed with the Phoenix Suns and Sergio Rodriguez was traded to the Kings. The Blazers attempted to sign free agent small forward Hedo Turkoglu, who led the Orlando Magic to the 2009 NBA Finals, but after a verbal agreement he decided to sign with the Toronto Raptors. The Blazers then attempted to sign restricted free agent Paul Millsap; however, their offer was matched by the Utah Jazz. On July 24, 2009, the Trail Blazers signed point guard Andre Miller.
However, the 2009–10 season has been a painful one. Despite toting a winning record, injuries have hobbled the team. Reserves Nicolas Batum and Rudy Fernández started the season on the inactive list. Both centers Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla suffered season-ending knee injuries, while Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge played through shoulder and hamstring, and ankle injuries, respectively. Head Coach Nate McMillan was likewise not spared, suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon during practice and was in a walking boot. The Blazers managed to fill a void in the center position, acquiring Marcus Camby from the Los Angeles Clippers for Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw.
In the Blazers' 39 years of existence (through summer 2009), they have qualified for the NBA playoffs 27 times. This includes a streak of 21 straight playoff appearances from 1983 through 2003. The team has one NBA title, in 1977, and appeared in the NBA Finals two other times, in 1990 and 1992. The best record posted by the team was 63–19, in 1991; the worst record was 18–64, in the team's second season.
Portland Trail Blazers roster
Roster • Transactions
The Trail Blazers have had the #1 pick in the NBA Draft four times in their history; each time selecting a center. In 1972 the choice was LaRue Martin, Bill Walton was picked in 1974, Mychal Thompson in 1978, and Greg Oden was taken in 2007. Several Blazer picks have been criticized by NBA commentators as particularly unwise:[23]
Other notable draft picks include player-coach Geoff Petrie, Sidney Wicks, Larry Steele, Lionel Hollins and Jim Paxson in the 1970s and Clyde Drexler, Jerome Kersey, Terry Porter and Arvydas Sabonis in the 1980s. In the 1990s the Blazers selected Jermaine O'Neal and in the modern millennium drafted Zach Randolph and, in 2006, acquired Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge in a blockbuster draft day that included six trades involving the Trail Blazers.
The team is ultimately owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen; ownership of the Trail Blazers is via a series of holding companies which Allen owns. Vulcan Inc. is a private corporation which has Allen as chairman and sole shareholder. A subsidiary of Vulcan, Vulcan Sports and Entertainment (VSE), manages Allen's sports-related properties, including the Trail Blazers, the Seattle Seahawks NFL team, the Seattle Sounders MLS team, and the Rose Garden. The president of VSE is Tod Leiweke, who also briefly served as the president of the Trail Blazers.[75]
The Trail Blazers as a corporate entity are owned by VSE. Allen serves as the team's chairman, and his longtime associate Bert Kolde is vice-chairman. The current president of the Trail Blazers is Larry Miller. The post of chief operating officer is currently vacant; the most recent COO of the team was Mike Golub, who resigned in July 2008 to take a more enhanced role with VSE.[87][88]. The team's general manager is Kevin Pritchard.[89] Before Allen purchased the team in 1988, the Trail Blazers were owned by a group of investors headed by Larry Weinberg.
The Trail Blazers play their home games in the Rose Garden, a multipurpose arena which is located in Portland's Rose Quarter, northeast of downtown. The Rose Garden, which opened in 1995, can seat a total of 19,980 spectators for basketball games; capacity increases to 20,580 with standing room.[90] Like the Trail Blazers, the Rose Garden is owned by Paul Allen through subsidiary Vulcan Sports and Entertainment,[75] and the arena is managed by Global Spectrum.[91] During a two-year period between 2005 and 2007, the arena was owned by a consortium of creditors who financed its construction after the Oregon Arena Corporation, a now-defunct holding company owned by Allen, filed for bankruptcy in 2004.[92]
Prior to 1995, the Trail Blazers home venue was the Memorial Coliseum, which today stands adjacent to the Rose Garden. This facility, built in 1960, can seat 12,888 spectators for basketball.[90]
The team has a cheerleading/dance squad known as the BlazerDancers. Consisting of 16 members, the all-female BlazerDancers perform dance routines at home games, charity events, and promotional events. The 2008–2009 team held auditions in late July 2008. Seven new dancers, as well as nine returning dancers make up the new team.[93] A junior dance team composed of 8–11 year old girls also performs at selected home games,[94] as does a hip-hop dance troupe.[95] Other regular in-game entertainment acts include a co-educational acrobatic stunt team which performs technically-difficult cheers,[96] a break dancing squad known as the Portland TrailBreakers,[97] and a pair of percussion acts.[98][99]
The relationship between the team and its fans, commonly known as "Blazermania", has been well-chronicled. The Trail Blazers have long been one of the NBA's top draws, with the exception of two periods in the team's history. The team drew poorly during its first four seasons of existence, failing to average more than 10,000 spectators per game. Attendance increased in 1974, when the team drafted Bill Walton.[100]
The phenomenon known as Blazermania started during the 1976–77 season, when the team would post its first winning record, make its first playoff appearance—and capture its only NBA title, defeating the heavily-favored Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals; the team has been wildly popular in Portland since that time.[19][101] That season, the team started their famous sellout streak which would continue until the team moved into the Rose Garden in 1995.[4] The team continued to average over 19,000 spectators per game until the 2003–04 season, when attendance declined after the team continued to suffer image problems due to the "Jail Blazer" reputation it had gained, and was no longer competitive on the court.[49] After drafting eventual Rookie of the Year and two-time All Star Brandon Roy in 2006, attendance climbed in the 2006–07 season and continued to rebound in the 2007–08 season. The final 27 home games of the 2007–2008 season were consecutive sell-outs, a streak which continued through the entire 2008–2009 season and remains unbroken thus far in the 2009–2010 season.[citation needed]
Like all NBA franchises, games of the Trail Blazers are routinely broadcast via television and radio. The team was one of the first in the NBA to produce its own television broadcasts.[102] The team's television production facility is known as Post-Up Productions. Television broadcasts of Blazer games, when not carried on a national network, are broadcast either on Comcast SportsNet Northwest or the Blazers Television Network, a network of four over-the-air television stations located in Oregon.[103] The flagship station of the Blazers Television Network is KGW-TV in Portland.[103]
For the 2007–08 season, all but six regular-season games were carried on one these networks; the other six were broadcast nationally on TNT or ESPN. Thirty-four games were produced and broadcast in high-definition television.[103] The Trail Blazers television play-by-play announcer and analyst are Mike Barrett and Mike Rice, respectively. The sideline reporter during the broadcasts is Rebecca Haarlow. The team was also known for its long association with Steve "Snapper" Jones, who played for the team prior to his career as a television analyst; Jones departed the franchise in 2005.[104]
All Trail Blazer games are broadcast over the radio, with broadcasting carried on the Trail Blazers radio network, which consists of 25 stations located in the Pacific Northwest. The flagship station of the Blazers' radio network is KXTG (95.5 The Game), the FM sports radio station in Portland. The radio broadcasting team consists of play-by-play announcer Brian Wheeler, analyst Antonio Harvey, and studio host Jay Allen.[103][105] All games are preceded by a pre-game analysis show, Blazers Courtside, and followed by a post-game show known as The 5th Quarter.[103] Bob Akamian serves as studio host and former Trail Blazers' player Michael Holton as studio analyst. The original radio announcer for the team was Bill Schonely, who served as the team's radio play-by-play announcer from 1970 until his retirement in 1998—calling 2,522 Blazers games—and remains with the team as a community ambassador.[106]
Trail Blazers broadcasts have been criticized on several fronts. The broadcast personalities, all of whom are Trail Blazers employees, have been criticized in the media for being "homers"; further it has been alleged that the 2005 departure of Steve Jones was due in part to team displeasure with Jones' sometimes frank analysis of the team's on-court performance and off-court decisions.[107] A television deal signed with Comcast SportsNet in 2007 has also been criticized for not ensuring access to Blazer games via cable company Charter, as well as satellite television providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network, both of which compete with Comcast's cable television operations.[108]
Several local news outlets provide in-depth coverage of the Trail Blazers. Chief among them is The Oregonian, the largest paper in the state of Oregon. Other newspapers providing detailed coverage of the team (including the assignment of beat writers to cover the team) include the Portland Tribune, a weekly Portland paper, and the Vancouver, Washington Columbian. Notable local journalists to cover the team include John Canzano and Jason Quick of the Oregonian and Dwight Jaynes of the Portland Tribune. Online coverage of the Oregonian is provided through oregonlive.com,[109] a website collaboration between the paper and Advance Internet.[110] In addition to making Oregonian content available, oregonlive.com hosts several blogs covering the team written by Oregonian journalists,[111][112] as well as an additional blog, "Blazers Blog", written by Sean Meagher.[113]
Relations between the team and The Oregonian have often been tense; the paper is editorially independent of the team and is often critical. During the Steve Patterson era, relations between the two institutions became increasingly hostile; several NBA executives told ESPN's Chris Sheridan that the situation was the "most dysfunctional media-team relationship" that they could recall.[114] For instance during a portion of a pre-2006 NBA Draft workout, which was closed to the media, an Oregonian reporter looked through a curtain separating the press from the workout and wrote about this on his blog.[115] Outraged, the team closed subsequent practices to the press altogether,[116] leading John Canzano of the paper to respond with outrage on his blog.[117] In November 2006, the Oregonian commissioned an outside editor to investigate the deteriorating relationship,[118] a move the rival Willamette Week called "unusual".[119] In the report,[120] both sides were criticized somewhat, but did not make any revelations which were unexpected.[119]
Additional coverage is offered by various blogs; including Blazers Edge (part of SB Nation) and The Portland Roundball Society (part of ESPN's TrueHoop Network).


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In the fall of 2008, Coheed and Cambria treated fans in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London to Neverender. Four nights, four albums played in their entirety. For the spring of 2011, the upstate New York band plans to hit the road in celebration of 10 year anniversary of their massive debut record The Second Stage Turbine Blade. The "Evening With" tour will feature the group performing Turbine Blade from front to back, a 30-40 minute acoustic set and fan favorites from the groups back catalog.
Initial dates for the tour are below. As always, check with the bands official site for the latest information.
Apr 08 Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater
Apr 09 Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Apr 11 Austin, TX @ Stubbs
Apr 12 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Apr 14 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Apr 15 Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live
Apr 18 Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore
Apr 19 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
Apr 20 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Apr 22 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Apr 25 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Apr 26 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Apr 27 Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
Apr 29 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater
Apr 30 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
May 02 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
May 03 Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue
May 05 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
May 06 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
May 07 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
May 09 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
May 10 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
May 11 Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia
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Many new laptop computers are now being sold with Solid State Drives (SSD) in place of the traditional mechanical drives with motor and spinning disks.
Once these SSDs were quite expensive but prices have come down to the point that SSDs are commonplace in new laptop computers. Solid state is ideal for laptops and phones because these drives are not susceptible to damage from vibration or being bounced about.
Solid state drives are divided into two types: Single-Level Cell (SLC) and Multi-Level Cell (MLC). SLC is faster, much more reliable, and expensive. MLC is less reliable, less expensive, and often found in consumer-grade products such as smart phones, and USB memory sticks.
A common misconception is that a solid state component with no motor and no moving parts is something that will never wear out. The reality is that solid state components do in fact wear out — they just do so differently than mechanical parts. They all eventually fail and they do so spontaneously with no warning.
One way to understand solid state memory is to visualize a piece of blank paper. Every time you want to write a bit of data to the memory you take a needle and poke a tiny hole in the sheet of paper. You can do this many thousands of times if you space your holes close together, but eventually you will run out of paper and have no place for any more new holes.
All flash memory (the implementation that underlies SSD) suffers from wear. In technical terms this happens because an electric charge is trapped in the transistor's gate dielectric and causes a permanent shift in that cell's characteristics, which, after a number of cycles ultimately manifests as a failed cell. Each cell of an MLC drive is typically rated at 10,000 write/erase cycles, while an SLC cell might go 100,000 cycles before failing. But it will still fail eventually! It is not a question of if, only when.
The old-style mechanical hard drives with motor and spinning disks were good about giving warnings before they failed. The drive would get sluggish, overheat, and even sometimes make strange noises. Any of this was warning of an impending failure. SSDs never do any of that. They work just fine up until the moment they die without warning. The manufacturers of memory chips have yet to come up with an accurate predictive failure model, except to know that Single-Level Cell (SLC) drives are more dependable than Multi-Level Cell (MLC) drives. This is what buyers of laptops should look for.
Recovering data from inside the chips of a solid state drive is an expensive process that could cost thousands of dollars, so if you do not have a backup of your documents and photographs you might as well say goodbye to ever seeing that data again. The defensive strategies against this kind of data loss are to always make good backups, or to replace your SSD once it is two or more years old and before it fails. I recommend doing both.
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Bowen Island Municipality were pleased to play hosts once again to the Forum members. Bowen Council member Alison Morse was present at the Forum on Bowen for the signing of the Principles for Cooperation back in 2002.
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Author: Sarah Prineas
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 464 pages
Summary: When the glass slipper just doesn't fit . . .The tale of Cinderella has been retold countless times. But what you know is not the true story. Sarah Prineas's bold fairy-tale retelling is a dark and captivating world where swords are more fitting than slippers, young shoemakers are just as striking as princes, and a heroine is more than ready to rescue herself before the clock strikes midnight.
Pin has no recollection of who she is or how she got to the Godmother's fortress. She only knows that she is a Seamstress, working day in and out to make ball gowns fit for fairy tales. But she longs to forsake her backbreaking servitude and dares to escape with the brave young Shoemaker.
Pin isn't free for long before she's captured again and forced to live the new life the Godmother chooses for her—a fairy-tale story, complete with a charming prince—instead of finding her own happily ever after.
My Review: So, if you read the jacket's summary, it says that Pin exchanges her glass slipper for a sword. Not to ruin it or anything but she doesn't. At all. Whatsoever. Nada. She doesn't change any shoe for any sword. She
Anyways, when I read the beginning, I was so confused. I was wondering how it all tied into the Cinderella story and why they were all going through that type of servitude. It all unfolds slowly, but it all makes sense at the end. I loved what they did with all the characters.
This book was separated into 3 parts. The first part was when Pin was in servitude. The second part is where the Cinderella story actually starts. The third part is where they all are trying to escape from Story (< - - That reference only makes sense if you read the book).
The story itself was beautiful and timeless. The concept and idea was something I would have never thought to put together. I was completely dumb struck at the way it was executed and the beauty of the writing.
To me, all the characters were developed quite beautifully. My favorite character was Shoe. Hands down, no question. Shoe was so perfect and wonderful and amazing and stubborn, but he was doing everything he did with the right intentions. That's just some of the things of what I like about him.
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Nobody should go into a film expecting the worst: cinema is a treat to be savoured and people that take pleasure in going to a film just to tear it in bits are not getting the best out of this treat. However some films leave you so bewildered, so dazed, so repelled and so shocked by their terrible content that you cannot help but ask serious questions about their making. Sadly the biggest offenders can be found within the comedy genre .
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Mormon church's storied Granite Mountain vault opened for virtual tour
jj5 Ogden, UTJune 22, 2018 8:52 a.m.
I suspect they used ammonium nitrate and diesel rather than ammonium sulfate.
LordPillsburyApril 30, 2010 12:53 p.m.
@ChrisVaWa- First of all, we do not have endless geneologies. Second- The scriptures did not say geneologies are evil, but "to avoid 'endless' geneologies, which minister questions, Rather than Godly edifying. I would agree that LDS should not engage in silly questions such as the one's you put forth. In fact, Apostles and the Prophet have given us the same advice found in the scriptures. Don't ask silly questions like "Did Adam have a belly button?" There are some who would strive with this question to the point that they lost their faith! That is the point Titus and Timothy were making. LDS folks should put Christ at the center of their faith, as counseled by scriptures and church leaders. The church has always taught us this and warns us not to get deviated by silly questions, endless genealogies,contentions or strivings about the law or shall we say "gospel of Christ" for that is what the law directs us to. I see no conflict here, in fact, only support that our work is true, and the warning not to get caught up in questions that might undermine our faith.
ContraltissimoApril 29, 2010 5:01 p.m.
Flashback | 2:40 p.m. April 28, 2010
I do remember a cartoon from Grondahl years ago that depicted Wild Willy who lived in the underground vaulds. Hysterical.
Wild Willy! That one was probably my favorite of those cartoons. I'm so happy to see someone remembers that. They should put *him* in the virtual tour.
ContraltissimoApril 29, 2010 4:56 p.m.
@Flashback - Wild Willy! That one was probably my favorite of his cartoons. Pity they probably won't have him in the virtual tour....
ClubberlangApril 29, 2010 1:45 p.m.
If you truely and sincerely investigated the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints you would know that Christ is at the center and head of the Church.
ChrisVaWaApril 29, 2010 12:36 p.m.
Thank you for your kind words...
In Old Testament times genealogy was important because Priesthood was by lineage and the genealogy of Jesus was important because it established his lineage in fulfilling scripture prophecies concerning his coming.
I think it funny how "endless genealogies" and "foolish questions" go hand in hand in these verses. Like when someone is sorting out who they will be sealed to if their parents are divorced but still sealed together and their father is sealed to another woman who is not the person mother. Or who a person will be sealed to if raised by a faithful Mormon Aunt who never married and who's parents are divorces, remarried and not Mormon, and wouldn't want someone to come along and seal them to their parents, because the Aunt is the one who raised them.
Your endless genealogies do raise lots of ridiculous question, just as the verses state.
Dave from TaylorsvilleApril 29, 2010 11:10 a.m.
ChrisVaWa | 9:26 a.m. April 29,
"I Timothy 1 : 4 "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do."
Titus 3 : 9 "But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.""
So then Chris, we should run to our bibles and rip out the first 16 verses of The New Testament (Matt. 1: 1-16). And also countless chapters in the Old Testament.
If you were to understand the verses you quoted in scriptural context and their historical context you'd know that the Jews of that time were justifying themselves though their lineage.
But to the ignorant, gullible and foolish these verses just might support your argument.
snowmanApril 29, 2010 9:44 a.m.
The question all of us want to ask. How long will it take to get all of that garbage out of there and convert it to a long term survival shelter in event of a meteor threat.
It isn't garbage.
DetailsApril 29, 2010 9:27 a.m.
It's important to read the full sentence to get the meaning. Those of you worried about the two people in photos wearing jeans, the rest of the sentence in the article says, "cotton fibers created by brushing pant legs when LARGE GROUPS walk by".
I too would love to see the virtual tour if it becomes available. Enjoyed the few photos with the article!
ChrisVaWaApril 29, 2010 9:26 a.m.
I Timothy 1 : 4 "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do."
Titus 3 : 9 "But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain."
When will the Restoration Movement get back to the center of the whole Gospel... Jesus Christ?
Dave from TaylorsvilleApril 29, 2010 8:59 a.m.
Hugh G. Hater | 2:03 p.m. April 28, 2010
"I want to know how the water tastes."
Hugh; the water tastes GREAT!
Got to taste the water several times. It was stored in what looked a bit like a lap pool at the far back of the vault.
I was the graphic designer and presentation designer for the family History Dept. for over 18 years. I went to the vault several times. What's funny about the photos is that many are staged with employees and non-employes with the jeans. There are parts of the vaults where they are similar to "Clean Rooms" where more protective measures are taken.
Another funny story is that, back in the 80s, a Church general authority has some visitors in town and showed up at the vault wanting to give them a tour. He and his group were turned away because EVERYONE must get permission to tour the vault.
The answer on original microfilms is, even when digitized, the originals are stored because many records were aloud to be filmed under promise to permanently store the film. If they didn't keep that promise, record collecting would be damaged.
sistakApril 29, 2010 7:30 a.m.
Will the Virtual Tour be available online or somewhere for the public?
ButtonsApril 29, 2010 6:34 a.m.
Thank you!!
John Stewart PillApril 28, 2010 3:44 p.m.
That cave seems pretty awesome!
FlashbackApril 28, 2010 2:40 p.m.
I do remember a cartoon from Grondahl years ago that depicted Wild Willy who lived in the underground vaulds. Hysterical.
FlashbackApril 28, 2010 2:38 p.m.
Hugh, if you want to know how the water tastes, just check out your bottled Mt. Olympus Spring Water (even though Mt. Olympus is one canyon over). After filtering through all that rock it must taste great.
roseApril 28, 2010 2:17 p.m.
get some from store sounds
like you never been too utah
Hugh G. HaterApril 28, 2010 2:03 p.m.
I want to know how the water tastes.
roseApril 28, 2010 1:56 p.m.
thank you for the story
very interesting news
wild horsesApril 28, 2010 1:03 p.m.
I think this was a terrific story.
Thanks for sharing!
DuhApril 28, 2010 1:02 p.m.
I worked there 18 years ago. Nothing secretive only a storage. There is duplication being done so that the originals never leaves the place. The blue jean thing was weird as I use to wear them every day. I think it is misunderstood what he is talking about becuase he is talking about tour groups rubbing against each other, blah blah blah. It is a controled environment to help preserve, nothing more.
Hank JrApril 28, 2010 12:45 p.m.
Great story, but you forgot to mention the website.
LuVpacificaApril 28, 2010 12:12 p.m.
inspired information thru so much History
JohnJacobJingleHeimerSchmidtApril 28, 2010 11:54 a.m.
It is microfilm storage not microchip manufacturing.
LuVpacificaApril 28, 2010 11:42 a.m.
inside views on who were really related to
AlexApril 28, 2010 11:30 a.m.
@9:41 - Really? Come on, man.
MoJulesApril 28, 2010 10:56 a.m.
Wow, nice pics, love those jeans. I kind of think that there needs to be an exclamation about the photos with these people in jeans. Maybe it was a area where there are no records and so the issue of clothing was not there and also flashes of cameras. But we need to know about the jeans, it totally is distracting from the rest of the information.
Floyd JohnsonApril 28, 2010 10:53 a.m.
Ammonium sulfate and diesel.... Sounds like a good way to spend the weekend.
The question all of us want to ask. How long will it take to get all of that garbage out of there and convert it to a long term survival shelter in event of a meteor threat.
I remember the day I walked into the BYU library and discovered the card catalogs were gone. Is the microfilm being disposed of as it is being digitized, or are they holding onto them as redundant copies? It is incredible that billions of records have been condensed to fit into a single location, and that they will again be condensed to fit on a few hard drives.
elwoodApril 28, 2010 10:43 a.m.
My dad has worked there for almost twenty years now. really boring actually, Ive heard about it every day at the dinner table for all of those twenty years now. they really dont want people up there mostly because so many nuts used to bother them. apparently some people think there all kinds of crazy things in there. I only went on a tour once about a decade ago. once again, very boring. you can tell nothing is going on when they are doing stories on stuff like this.
Johnny TriumphApril 28, 2010 9:48 a.m.
At least they're protecting 'Johnny Lingo', we'd be in dire straights if we ever lost that gem!
GrannyApril 28, 2010 9:34 a.m.
Regarding the "contamination" issues stated by the archivist:
In addition to the male employee wearing blue jeans, there is also a young woman shown in the photo gallery wearing jeans. Neither employee is wearing gloves to protect the records, the guy doesn't have "booties" over his shoes and the girl doesn't have her long hair pulled back. Neither one has protective clothing (and besides it's 55 degrees!). Some inconsistencies here.
yarniclesApril 28, 2010 9:31 a.m.
I work in a different photo archive in the valley and I understand what the archivists are talking about. We are trained and know how to handle the materials properly. For example, while we require patrons to wear white cotton gloves when handling any materials, we usually do not because we know how to handle the photographs in a non-damaging way. I've never heard the bit about cotton fibers before though...
M&MsApril 28, 2010 9:08 a.m.
Really interesting story. But it's funny that they say they don't want people wearing jeans because of the fibers that can come off of them, but then the guy in the photo is wearing...jeans.
RobertApril 28, 2010 8:58 a.m.
The archivist decries "merely bringing in any contamination, such as "blue jean dust," the cotton fibers created by brushing pant legs when one walks."
And then the photo shows an employee wearing blue jeans.


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The stars of the two-time Tony award winning musical "American Idiot" dropped by the studio ahead of this weekend's final run of their massive tour. "American Idiot," often cited as "The Green Day Musical" is based on the rock opera of the same name that tells the story of three lifelong friends forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia!
Guests Casey O'Farrell (Will) is an original Broadway cast member has been performing as this character for two years along with Jared Nepute (Johnny) and Dan Tracy (Tunny), who have been a part of the musical for seven months. Since this is the final stop of the production, they tell host Alisha Sweeney about a few guests who will be at these final shows, plus they reveal embarrassing moments onstage and what they've been listening to.
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Can you give us a quick summary on Who is Barbara Zatler for those who don't know?
I am a Danish redneck that was born in Horsens Denmark, 1980. Back in 2002 I hunted down a career as a model and I am mostly known from Playboy, Esquire, GQ, Maxim and FHM where I have almost been published in every country where you can find FHM. I have also done some acting on the side of my modeling career and of movies which I can mention, Teddy Bear and Klovn The Movie. I've been voted as the most sexiest woman in the world by FHM and I won the title as most funny bunny of the year by Playboy radio USA. This was a short summary of who I am.
Why I wanted to become a part of the Playboy world was because as a lingerie model Playboy was the biggest achievement! I always found the images in the magazine very sensual and tasteful than vulgar. So I had a goal to be in Playboy and I was lucky to reach that goal and I feel very blessed for that!
How was your experience working with playboy and how did you feel as being a playmate?
The crew was very professional and made me feel very comfortable even-though I had to take off my clothes. Not something I was used to in front of a camera, but they were kind and professional so I almost forgot that I was naked during the shoot. I was nervous of course because I wanted to live up to their expectations but I managed to get through the long shoot that took 16 hours. But I was very happy to become a part of the Playboy family and they surprised me with the cover, something that I had not seen coming!
Have you ever been to the playboy mansion and have you met Hugh Hefner?
Yes I've been to the mansion two times. Once for the halloween party where I also met Hugh Hefner, he is a kind man and he is always smiling. The other time was one of the regular parties that are often held at the mansion. But non the less some of the best parties I've been to.
But I was suppose to go for the superbowl event also where I was one of the hosts and I was on the posters. But I ended up in a car crash where I got me a big concussion so I had to lay in bed for several weeks. So no Playboy mansion for me that day.
Are you still a playmate? And what are you currently doing in life any plans for the future?
Do that ever stop? 😉 I have become an international Playmate since I was a Playmate for the first time in 2009, last time I was presented in Playboy was USA Playboy Dec 2012. Right now I'm working hard as a model, and have 18 interviews I have to tend to and a whole lot of photo shoots some of the clients are Esquire, GQ and Maxim so I'm sure to not get bored just yet. My future plans I really can't say, because a lot can happen and change my plans for the future so I'd rather not plan too much ahead but take it one day at a time.
Do you have any plans of being more than a playmate and getting deeper into the adult industry?
No that I have no interest in what so ever. Thats not something I would ever do as I am a model and nothing more or less. I only made pictures for Playboy as I know how they make tasteful images and mine was very much like that.
Who is barbara zatler today and tomorrow?
I'm exactly the same, goofy kind a type 😉
What are your hobbies?
I love to read books about history or paint! But I truly find my peace of mind out deep in the forest where I often go for a walk with my two dogs. Besides that I spend time doing genealogy research to find ancestors. A bit of a nerd I know but that is one of my main hobbies.
What are the things you like and like to do in life?
I like to travel and see the world, meet many different people and cultures. This is really exciting and you learn a lot about how the world looks like! There is so much beauty that is just waiting for you to go see! I also like to spend much time in the nature, I am a real nature person. The best thing I know is to go deep in the forest and find a quiet spot in the sun and lay down in the grass and read a good book while the birds are singing and my dogs are playing! This is really life at its best!
What do you like in a man and what is a perfect man to you?
I don't really look for anything, I think things comes natural if I should get attracted to anyone. I don't believe in a dream man because then you will just end up looking for something that you will never find and maybe lose Mr. Right while looking for Mr. Non-Exist!
What do you think of Slickmen.com and you being the first time on Slickmen.com?
I think you have a lot of good articles on there and I am very happy and honored to become a part of the Slickmen world. That I want to thank you for!
What would you like to say to all your fans out there?
I want to use this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to read what I have to say and I do hope you will join my social network facebook https://www.facebook.com/
Anything else you would like to say to conclude this interview?
Once again thank you for having me and stay goofy! Oh and if you want to stay updated on whats going on join my facebook or you can check my web www.barbarazatler.com Cheers!


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High quality Screw sprayer 16mm perfume plastic mist fine pump
Zhangjiagang Xin Ye Chemical Sprayer CO.Ltd. was founded in the year of 2006. The company covers an area of 35,000 square meters, construction area of 25,000 square meters. It is a company with strong technical force, with more than 300 employees, including 8 senior managers and nearly 30 quality management and technology development staff.
1.Your company have two factories?
We are a manufacturing factory dedicated to the production of perfume pump and cap. Due to environmental restrictions,We produce aluminum production line distributed in jiangsu lianshui.And our pump production line is in Jiangsu Zhangjiagang. Our assembly, packing, shipping Is done in Zhangjiagang factory.
2. How do I get fast response of products?
If you sent emails and want quickest response for our products details,you can find another way that add our trade-manager or add our mobile number showed in the alibaba page,because we have very fast talking tool such as we-chat,whats-app etc.
3. How soon can I get a price quote?
For most projects, once we know pump quantity and material,we can provide you with a price quote within 24 hours.
4.How long will it take to receive my products?
As a general rule for available mold's products, it will take 1 weeks for us to produce your products.But if we have stocks pump,we can ship immediately as you wish.
5. Can I have a custom designed and mock up sample?
We are a custom shop. We design and construct each project to the individual customer's needs. We also can mock up samples quickly after getting design from customers.
6. Is there a minimum order requirement?
Due to the daily production capacity is very huge and shipping freight, we do not accept small orders. Our minim order quantity is 10,000 pcs each type pump. It is recommended for you to order a 20"GP or 40"HC to reduce the unit price and shipping cost.
7.Can I get a sample?
Yes,about some common items,we can send immediately.As for shipping charge,if you are new customer for our company,only provide us FedEx,DHL or TNT or ups account number for freight collect.If You are our old customer,we can send free samples exclude the certain items.
8. Customer satisfaction?
We have been in business since 2006 and are committed to bringing our customers 100% satisfaction.
9. Can you do the design for us?
Yes. We have a professional team having rich experience in perfume pump and cap design and manufacturing. Just tell us your ideas and we will help to carry out your ideas into perfect pump and cap to match your bottle.we can make design drawing and 3D display to you . It does not matter if you do not have someone to complete files. Send us high resolution images, your Logo and text and tell us how you would like to arrange them. We will send you finished files for confirmation.
10. What is your terms of delivery?
We accept FOB, CIF etc. You can choose the one which is the most convenient or cost effective for you.Leave us a message and give parts one more chance to see what we mean.
11.How long is the soonest you can deliver goods?
The normal specifications of the products delivery date:20-25days. Need special customized product need to open mold, Before the production, the delivery time :45-60days.
12.About the mould cost?
If it is customized products, need to open mold, customers need to pay mould cost. If the order quantity is more than 500000pcs, After deals are completed,we will return the mould cost.


text: Thousands will witness the red carpet arrivals on Hollywood's glitziest night [Reuters] Mirren as The Queen is seen as front-runnerfor the Best Actress award [EPA]Scorcese is also thought to be a hot tip for this year's best director Oscar, having been nominated seven times previously. Having already picked up a slew of other awards for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Dame Helen Mirren is widely expected to win best actress for her role in The Queen. Other nominees include Penelope Cruz, Dame Judi Dench, Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet. Meanwhile Forest Whitaker is favourite to win the best actor category for his portrayal of Idi Amin, the former Ugandan dictator, in the film The Last King of Scotland. Nominees Best FilmBabel The Departed Letters From Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Best DirectorClint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima Stephen Frears, The Queen Paul Greengrass, United 93 Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel Martin Scorsese, The Departed Best ActorLeonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson Peter O'Toole, Venus Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland Best ActressPenelope Cruz, Volver Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal Helen Mirren, The Queen Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet, Little Children Best Foreign Language FilmEfter Brylluppet (aka After the Wedding), Denmark Indigenes (aka Days of Glory), Algeria El Laberinto del Fauno (aka Pan's Labyrinth), Mexico Das Leben der Anderen (aka The Lives of Others), Germany, CanadaWhitaker is up against Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Ryan Gosling and Peter O'Toole – who some expect to give Whitaker a run for his money for his role as an elderly man in love with a young woman in Venus. Dreamgirls actor Eddie Murphy and actress Jennifer Hudson have both been picked as front-runners for the supporting actor and actress Oscars, respectively, but they both face challenges. Alan Arkin of Sunshine is a hotly-tipped challenger for the supporting actor category, while Adriana Barraza in Babel and Abigail Breslin from Sunshine, are given a shot at supporting actress. In the documentary category, Al Gore, the former US vice president, is regarded as the best bet for his hit climate change documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Environmental issues are also weighing on several of the stars attending the ceremony, many of whom have ditched the traditional stretch limo in favour of hybrid vehicles. Leonardo DiCaprio, best actor nominee for "Blood Diamond." DiCaprio, is expected to arrive in a hybrid Toyota Prius. He has used the build-up to the awards to call on the US government to introduce legislation that would enforce a reduction of carbon emissions. "Cleaner cars, energy efficient homes, and green building help reduce greenhouse gas emissions," DiCaprio said in a statement issued Sunday. "We need our leaders in Washington to listen to the growing chorus of scientists and experts saying that we must put in place binding emission reductions to combat global warming." The Oscars are given out annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Hollywood's biggest celebrities turn out for the gala awards ceremony. This year the three-hour show will be hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres, only the second woman, after Whoopi Goldberg, to present the awards. SOURCE: Agencies


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I did the BEST kind of shopping ever – closet shopping! And boy, did I find some awesome stuff (none of which fit at all before!)
NY&Co Cami and Old Navy white shirt:
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"Casualty of Love" t shirt. I bought this when I went to see "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway:
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Education Committee
updated: 19 December 2018
Committee Charges
- Promote scholarships with notices to eligible schools.
- Prepares notices to announce the scholarship program and application forms.
- Review applications and select the winners in time for publication in the December issue of the Wisconsin Professional Surveyor.
- Promotes a paper writing contest, to include a notice in the March and June issues of the Wisconsin Professional Surveyor.
- Continue exploring the possibility of a four year degree program in surveying in Wisconsin, Until that happens, it supports and encourages the continuation of a four year degree program at neighboring state schools.
- Distribute the film, Professional Land Surveying: A Career Without Boundaries.
- Prepare a brief for publication about the pro's and con's of a four year degree and continue exploring an in State 2+2 surveying degree between the vocational schools and University System.
- Meet with the CST Program Committee to discuss CST as an evaluation tool for future employment and pro's and con's of a certificate needed for employment.
- Investigate private online education opportunities and its presence on the WSLS website.
- Use the WSLS Website to promote the committee and the value to the members of the WSLS.
- Appoint an Education Committee member to liase with the Foundation to assist with communication on scholarship matters.
Adam Gile
1870 Paddock Place
Oregon, WI 53575
Committee Members
Next Meeting
The Committee's next meeting will be in person and by teleconference on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.
Scholarship News
WSLS Foundation is offering a "1st Year Scholarship" to survey students for the amount of $1500. This year, the Foundation will be honoring Mark Teuteberg by naming the "1st Year Scholarship" after him. He is a member of the Northeast Chapter and has served as the Oconto County Surveyor. "Mark has always shown leadership in efforts pertaining to land surveying and its involvement with Wisconsin land information and land records modernization" (by Emily Pierce in the Wisconsin Professional Surveyor, in the June 2016 President's Message). This scholarship will be awarded at the Summer Meeting at the Radisson Hotel in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Saturday, July 29th, 2017.
The Education Committee is now accepting applications for the "1st Year Scholarship". Description, qualifications, and application process are detailed on the First Year Scholarship page.
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In collaboration with Human Resources newly employed administrators and staff receive an orientation, which includes the history of USD, an explanation of its mission and core values as well as the principles of Catholic Social Thought. There is opportunity for discussion and exchange regarding living the mission at the university.
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- Poster presentation
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A bioinformatics approach for the interrogation of molecular events in single cells: transforming fluorescent time-lapse microscopy images into numbers
© Khan et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2007
- Published: 8 May 2007
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- Mammalian Cell Cycle
- Morphological Landmark
- Cell Cycle Traverse
- Genomic Expression Data
Exploring and exploiting the enormous potential for pharmacological modulation of the mammalian cell cycle are key goals for basic research and drug discovery. We have developed a critical advance – the high temporal resolution monitoring of cell cycle progression enabling the tracking of single cell checkpoint transitions in a non-invasive manner even within heterogeneous populations. The green fluorescent protein (GFP)-based probe has expression, location and destruction characteristics that shadow cyclin B1 dynamics in living cells [1]. The non-perturbing stealth reporter performance has been validated on high content to high throughput detection platforms comprising multi-well high-throughput screen (HTS) imaging, single cell kinetic-tracking and multi-parameter flow cytometry [1, 2]. Cyclin B1-GFP tracking provides sub-phase information on cell cycle progression, cell-cycle regulator dynamics in parallel with morphological landmarks and DNA content analysis. We have developed a bioinformatics software – FluroTRAK that semi automatically tracks the continuous progression of cell cycle traverse and encodes molecular readouts in bifurcating lineages. Single cell lineages which underlie the basic concept provide an elegant assay for determining the evolving and complex interplay for tumour survival at the single cell level. Our primary premise is that a bioinformatics approach dedicated to cell-based measurements provides an essential route to determining inter-event relationships revealing novel cellular and molecular event patterns.
Therefore our overall aim is to develop an integrated bioinformatics environment which encompasses the analysis tools to encode microscopy images into numbers and deposits the encoded data into relational databases. The intention is to provide a web-based interface with access to a suite of databases called CyMART http://biodiversity.cs.cf.ac.uk/cymart/ these provide databases enable robust hypothesis-driven data-mining and drug signature queries.
Authors' Affiliations
- Thomas N, Goodyear ID: Stealth sensors: real-time monitoring of the cell cycle. Targets. 2003, 2: 26-23. 10.1016/S1477-3627(02)02282-1.View ArticleGoogle Scholar
- Thomas N: Lighting the circle of life. Cell Cycle. 2003, 2 (6): 545-549.PubMedView ArticleGoogle Scholar
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