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Audio::TagLib::Ogg::FLAC::File - An implementation of Audio::TagLib::File with Ogg/FLAC specific methods
use Audio::TagLib::Ogg::FLAC::File; my $i = Audio::TagLib::Ogg::FLAC::File->new("sample file.flac"); print $i->tag()->album()->toCString(), "\n"; # got album
This implements and provides an interface for Ogg/FLAC files to the Audio::TagLib::Tag and Audio::TagLib::AudioProperties interfaces by way of implementing the abstract Audio::TagLib::File API as well as providing some additional information specific to Ogg FLAC files.
Contructs an Ogg/FLAC file from $file. If $readProperties is true the file's audio properties will also be read using $propertiesStyle. If false, $propertiesStyle is ignored.
Destroys this instance of the File.
Returns the Tag for this file. This will always be a XiphComment.
Returns the FLAC::Properties for this file. If no audio properties were read then this will return undef.
Save the file. This will primarily save and update the XiphComment. Returns true if the save is successful.
Returns the length of the audio-stream, used by FLAC::Properties for calculating the bitrate.
None by default.
Dongxu Ma, <email@example.com>
Copyright (C) 2005 by Dongxu Ma
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.


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Foul play suspected in tree deaths
Live oaks near UA stadium died after holes were drilled into them
Published: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 11:36 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | Tuscaloosa Police are looking into a death that could involve foul play.
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But the perpetrator could only be charged with criminal mischief at best, because the victim isnt human. Its not even an animal.
The police departments Criminal Investigation Division is looking into the possible poisoning or intentional destruction of four oak trees lining the south side of Evergreen Cemetery on 12th Street.
Someone drilled holes near the base of the trees, said Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation Director Joe Robinson.
Investigators are looking into whether some type of poison was poured into the holes. Robinson has little doubt the act was intentionally done to kill the trees.
Someone drilled holes in the trees, and we believe that is what killed the trees," Robinson said.
Glenda Gamble, a member of the citys legal staff, said the city must determine the value of the trees before it could determine whether the crime was a felony or a misdemeanor.
Two quarter-inch holes two to three inches deep were drilled at a downward angle into the base of each of two large live oaks growing on the city right of way. The oaks are part of a row of trees that line the cemeterys south side.
About three feet in diameter, the trees are too large for a grown man to wrap his arms around and join hands. Robinson did not know how old the trees are.
The trees started dying more than a year ago, and city crews removed two last year. A cemetery groundskeeper called the Tuscaloosa Department of Transportations attention to the holes. Robinson didnt know if drilled holes were found in the trees removed last year.
The trees stand between The Legends, a new condominium development on 12th Street, and Bryant-Denny Stadium. Richard Ellis Jr. of Advantage Realty, the company selling the condos, said his company had nothing to do with killing the trees.
If there are owners over there who wanted a better view and did that, I dont know about it," Ellis said. I dont know who would do that. I wouldnt dare do something like that. I would hate for anyone to think we would do something like that."
The trees did not obstruct the view above the second floor, Ellis said.
The pricey condo development has all but sold out, Ellis said. The one, two and three-bedroom units sell for between $350,000 to $600,000. Among the buyers are those seeking a second home in Tuscaloosa during athletic events, but condo residents will also include empty nesters and students.
Ellis said he didnt know what anyone would gain from killing the trees. He speculated that the stadium would soon be fully enclosed and said that there are also trees in the cemetery.
There appear to be no holes in the trees next to the dead ones or any damage to the trees nearby inside the cemetery.
City crews would be inspecting other trees for holes, Robinson said.
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Get an overview of this hotelArt Deco Paris hotel in 6th Arrondissement, walk to Luxembourg Palace
Located in 6th Arrondissement, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Musee du Luxembourg, Luxembourg Palace, and Luxembourg Gardens. Sorbonne University and Tour Montparnasse are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
This hotel features a bar/lounge, a 24-hour front desk, and tour/ticket assistance. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include multilingual staff and a front-desk safe.
Room Amenities
All rooms are soundproofed and offer free WiFi and hair dryers. For a bit of entertainment, guests will have LED TVs with satellite channels, and other amenities include safes and desks.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Hôtel Perreyve63 Rue Madame Paris Paris 75006
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Hôtel Perreyve features tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 6
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 30
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 1901
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SoftDry drum system: soft, even drying thanks to the unique drum structure.
AntiVibration™ Design: highly stable and extremely quiet thanks to special vibration protection.
TouchControl buttons: convenient to operate thanks to the electronic control panel.
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Find out where you can buy Bosch home appliances.
Our complete range of freestanding and built-in home appliances available for you to download.
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Warning: To avoid risk of explosion, never use solvents or highly flammable liquids for cleaning. Incorrect cleaning may damage the dryer. Do not spray with a pressure washer. Do not use scouring agents or all-purpose cleaners. Do not use steam cleaners.
To clean the exterior: Wipe the housing with a soft cloth and soapy water only. Rinse and then dry. Wipe the control panel with a damp cloth.
To clean the interior: Wipe the drum, door seal and inside of the door with a damp cloth only.
To clean the lint filter housing: Lint and small debris may accumulate in the lower portion of the lint filter opening. The lint and small debris can be removed with a vacuum cleaner using a cleaning tool that can reach into narrow crevices.
To clean the lint filter: Run the lint filter under warm water and gently scrub with your fingertips or a soft brush. This should be done monthly. Dry with a soft cloth and reinsert into the housing.
To clean the condenser in your dryer: The condenser is also referred to as "air cooler" in the Use & Care Guide.
View our How-to-Videos on the Bosch YouTube Channel to learnhow to clean your condenser.
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Enter your appliance's Model Number (E-Nr) in our Owner Manuals section to download your Use & Care Guide.
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The Juneau Youth Football League playoffs began on Saturday with three games.
In the Cub Division the Vikings defeated the Cowboys 21-18 and advance to play the top seeded Seahawks on Saturday at 9 a.m. on Adair Kennedy Field.
In the Junior Division the Gators topped the Wolverines 25-12 and will play the top seeded Bulldogs on Saturday at 11 a.m. on Adair.
Tuesday, October 6
Today, October 4
Home, 3-5 p.m., Juneau Jumpers tryouts at Glacier Valley Gymnasium. Call Karen at 321-8987 for more information.
Thunder Mountain High School senior Q'on Bear-Clark led the Falcons to their first-ever win over cross-town rival Juneau-Douglas, rushing for 324 yards in a 48-0 Glacier Bowl win over the Crimson Bears at Adair Kennedy Field on Saturday night.
The lopsided victory earns TMHS the Southeast Conference No. 2 seed for next week's state medium school football playoffs and ends the season for JDHS.
Bear-Clark scored his first touchdown with 7:20 remaining in the first quarter on an 18-yard rumble into the end zone. The Falcons failed on the conversion.
Thunder Mountain High School senior Naomi Welling showed she was more than the athlete that sprints, hurdles and jumps to state track championships, placing fourth in Saturday's 4A girls state cross country championship on the Bartlett High School trails in Anchorage.
Welling ran the 5k course in a time of 19 minutes, 30 seconds, which came out to a 6:17 pace per mile.
"I knew that I put in the training and I had a lot of support from my coaches and my family," Welling said. "I was just ready to go out and see what I could do."
The Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain swim teams celebrated senior night by hosting an invitational meet this weekend, and juniors Mia Ruffin and Gabi Kito honored their upperclassmen with wins.
Ruffin's included the girls 100 free in 55.96 and 100 breast in 1:10.86, and Kito's completed the girls 100 fly in 1:05.51.
Friday, October 2
Home, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., JDHS team competition at JRC/Alaska Club Valley.
Home, 6 p.m., JDHS & TMHS host southeast teams at Dimond Park Aquatics Center. 5:45 p.m. JDHS senior appreciation, 7 p.m. TMHS senior appreciation.
Away, JDHS at Petersburg, TMHS at Ketchikan.
Saturday, October 3
Southeast's top high school runners will vie for bragging rights at the Alaska School Activities Association's cross country championships on Saturday at Bartlett High School in Anchorage.
The Juneau-Douglas High School boys and girls qualified as the 4A team representatives with their Region V championships last weekend.
Tomorrow at Adair Kennedy Field, the biggest game of the season will be played for both Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain high schools.
The Crimson Bears are 5-2 overall and tied with the Falcons at 1-1 in the Southeast Conference. TMHS is 3-4 overall. Both teams have lost to SEC number one North Pole (4-3, 3-0 SEC) and beaten SEC rival Ketchikan (2-3, 0-3 SEC).
Whichever team the scoreboard favors when the final seconds have ticked off will be playoff bound and the vanquished will be left wondering what might have been.
Juneau-Douglas High School junior Sami Good hits a forehand during the Region V tennis tournament at the JRC/The Alaska Club Valley on Thursday. Play continues today from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The boys singles semi-finals is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and the final at 1 p.m. The girls singles championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. The mixed doubles final is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
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Treasuries Decline as U.S. Prepares $42 Billion 5-Year Auction
Treasuries fell on speculation yesterday's surge drove bond prices high enough to curtail demand when the U.S. sells $42 billion of five-year notes today.
The bonds jumped the most this year yesterday after Greece had its debt rating cut to junk. The "absolute carnage" boosted demand for safer securities such as Treasuries, Adam Carr, senior economist in Sydney at ICAP Australia Ltd., wrote to clients. The rally made Treasuries more expensive for investors who plan to bid today and at a seven-year auction tomorrow, the last of four sales this week totaling a record $129 billion.
"The market needs to cheapen a bit into the auction, and that's to be expected with new supply coming, especially after the rally yesterday." said David Schnautz, a fixed-income strategist at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. "But I expect any concession to be short-lived. The Greece crisis really boosts demand for safety."
The yield on the benchmark 10-year note rose four basis points to 3.72 percent as of 7:20 a.m. in New York, according to BGCantor Market Data. The 3.625 percent security due February 2020 fell 10/32, or $3.13 per $1,000 face amount, to 99 6/32.
Yields slid 12 basis points yesterday, the biggest drop since Dec. 17, and touched 3.67 percent, the lowest since March 23.
"The auction could be a little weak given the rally we've seen," said Adam Donaldson, Sydney-based head of debt research at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the nation's largest lender.
Treasury prices surged yesterday after Standard & Poor's cut Greece's credit ratings to high-yield, high-risk status, and borrowing costs rose in Italy, Portugal and Ireland.
'Feeling the Love'
"Treasuries were feeling the love" as investors sought the safest securities, wrote Carr at ICAP, a unit of the world's largest interdealer broker.
S&P forecast investors would be paid no more than half their initial outlay in the event of any restructuring of Greek debt. It lowered the long-term sovereign ratings on Greece to BB+ from BBB+, and reduced Portugal's long-term local and foreign-currency sovereign-issuer credit ratings to A- from A+.
The MSCI World Index slid 0.8 percent. The euro fell below $1.32 yesterday for the first time since April 2009.
Default Swaps
Credit-default swaps linked to Greek government bonds surged to record high levels, signaling investors perceive it to be the world's riskiest debt ahead of Venezuela and Argentina.
Swaps on Greece imply there's a 54 percent probability of default over the next five years after surging 116.5 basis points to 940.5, according to CMA DataVision prices. That compares with a 48 percent likelihood of Venezuela failing to meet its commitments and 44 percent for Argentina.
Credit-default swaps are contracts for protecting bonds against default and traders use them to speculate on credit quality. An increase suggests deteriorating perceptions of credit quality. The contracts pay the buyer face value in exchange for the underlying securities if a borrower fails meet its debt agreements.
Guy Debelle, assistant governor of Australia's central bank, said Greece isn't affecting funding markets in his nation, easing concern short-term lending rates will rise as they did during the global financial crisis.
"It's pretty much been confined to Europe," Debelle said at a function organized by the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia in Sydney.
The difference between what banks and the Treasury pay to borrow money for three months, the so-called TED spread, increased to 19 basis points, from 14 basis points at the start of April. The spread reached 4.64 percentage points in October 2008 as credit markets froze around the world following the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. the month before.
Breakeven Rate
The spread between yields on 10-year notes and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of expectations for inflation known as the breakeven rate, was at 2.34 percentage points after yesterday touching an 11-week high of 2.39 percentage points.
The Federal Open Market Committee will issue a statement at about 2:15 p.m. in Washington at the end of its two-day meeting. The panel is likely to repeat its pledge to leave its benchmark rate close to zero for an "extended period," said Damien McColough, head of fixed-income research at Westpac Banking Corp. in Sydney.
Fed Futures
Futures on the CME Group Inc. exchange showed a 63 percent chance the Fed will raise its target rate by at least a quarter point by year-end, down from 76 percent odds a month ago.
The five-year notes being sold today yielded 2.46 percent in pre-auction trading, down from 2.605 percent at the prior sale on March 24. Investors bid for 2.55 times the amount on offer last month, matching the average for the past 10 auctions. Indirect bidders, the category of investors including foreign central banks, bought 39.7 percent of the notes, versus the 10-sale average of 49.3 percent.
The U.S. sold $44 billion of two-year notes yesterday at a yield of 1.024 percent, compared with the average forecast of 1.022 percent in a Bloomberg survey of eight of the Fed's 18 primary dealers, companies required to bid at the government's debt sales. Investors bid for 3.03 times the amount offered, compared with 3 times last month.


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Shore Leave, A fan run Science Fiction Convention
Friday 2 PM - 8 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 7 PM
Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM
The Dealers area for Shore Leave 38 is sold out. Thank you to all the Vendors who are joining the fun - it's gonna be a great weekend!
Welcome back to Shore Leave in July! Our fan-run, all volunteer staff offer a wide range of activities during the convention covering everything from an art show and auction, actor guests, a blood drive, science guests with science based tracks, a masquerade contest, panel discussions, writer guests, gaming and a wide variety of programming. Shore Leave will once again be held at the newly renovated Wyndham Grand of Hunt Valley located in Hunt Valley, Maryland (just north of Baltimore).
Shore Leave welcomes new and interesting Vendors to our Dealers Room. We are specifically looking for those who have unusual, unique, and interesting wares that are beyond the norm of what can be found in the mundane world. In addition we are inviting you to participate with other fans in activities outside the Vendors' areas. Maybe you'd like to do a demonstration of your craft? Or perhaps offering to participate in a panel discussion is more to your liking. The panels last about 55 minutes and we will cover your table for you if you'd like.
With the start of an exceptional year we are making changes to our policies and procedures. Our Vendor spots are in such a limited supply that we must seek a way to bring varied crafters together to benefit both our attendees and vendors alike.
If you are interested in attending you must email us a detailed description of what you are selling and pictures of your merchandise and/or your set-up at another event. Once your information has been reviewed our committee will make a decision on whether to extend an invitation to attend or not. If you are chosen to attend you will receive an email with further instructions. If you do not respond to that invitation email within 3 weeks we will be forced to give your space to another approved Vendor. If you are denied a space this year you will receive an email indication of non-acceptance.
Whether you attend or not, you can always advertise in our program book. Any Dealer interested in placing an ad in the Shore Leave Program Book please visit our advertising page, or contact our program book editor.
If you would like to find out more about our convention, or would like to contact other dealers who have attended Shore Leave, please check out our website at www.shore-leave.com.
If you have any questions or concerns about attending Shore Leave, please contact the Dealers Room Coordinator


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Mark Humphrey, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August.
Voters in 11 states have gone to polls and Romney has won six of them. Perhaps even more important, he has won 51 percent of the delegates at stake in those contests.
But at that pace, the former Massachusetts governor won't ever win enough delegates in the primaries and caucuses to clinch the nomination. He would need help from Republican National Committee members who automatically attend the convention and can support any candidate they choose.
Even without reaching the 1,144 delegates needed for the nomination, Romney could potentially build an insurmountable lead and become the obvious nominee. But his slim margin for error, inability to build lasting momentum and trouble connecting with the party's conservative base provide incentives for the other three candidates to stay in the race.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says it's down to a two-man race, trying to make the case that he's the candidate who can rally the anti-Romney forces within the Republican Party. Santorum has halted Romney's momentum before. After Romney posted big wins in Florida and Nevada, Santorum upended the race by sweeping the Feb. 7 caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota and nonbinding primary Missouri.
"A month ago they didn't know who we are, but they do now," Santorum said Tuesday night after narrowly losing to Romney in Michigan.
Romney and his aides repeatedly have said their campaign is built for the long haul, with more money and a more extensive organization than his rivals.
"On to the March contests," Romney said, looking ahead to voting in 10 states next week on Super Tuesday.
In race for delegates, Romney leads with 165, including endorsements from RNC members. Santorum has 85 delegates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has 32 and Texas Rep. Ron Paul has 19.
If Romney and Santorum keep winning delegates at their current pace, Romney's lead would grow to more than 240 delegates by the end of March. By the end of April, his lead would be about 320 delegates.
"What I think happens over the course of March is, one or the other candidates will build such a lead that the world recognizes that that's going to be the guy," said John Ryder, an RNC member from Tennessee who served on the panel that wrote the party's rules for awarding delegates. "There's a point at which it becomes mathematically impossible, or unlikely, for any of the other candidates to overtake the leader."
Some 2,286 delegates are slated to attend the party's national convention in Tampa, Fla.; 2,169 of them are at stake in the primaries and caucuses in each state. The RNC delegates make up the other 117. It takes a majority of the delegates, or 1,144, to win the Republican nomination for president.
So far, the vast majority of RNC members are taking a wait-and-see approach. Romney has endorsements from 18 of them, Gingrich has three and Santorum and Paul have one apiece, according to a survey by The Associated Press.
On Tuesday, Romney picked up 29 delegates in Arizona's winner-take-all primary. In Michigan, he won the statewide vote but he and Santorum were on pace to roughly split the state's 30 delegates because Michigan awarded most of its delegates based on results in individual congressional districts.
Several factors are helping turn the race into a long march. Nearly every state uses some sort of a proportional system to award delegates, so even losing candidates can win a significant number. As long as at least three candidates stay in the race, it will be difficult for one candidate — even a successful one — to win much more than half the delegates.
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The University of San Diego's Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County in November was 103.7, unchanged from October's reading.
Two of the components -- consumer confidence and the outlook for the national economy -- were up sharply during the month, and there also was a small increase in help wanted advertising. On the downside, local stock prices took a big tumble during the month. Building permits and initial claims for unemployment also were negative, but there were only slight declines in those components.
November's unchanged reading broke a string of seven consecutive increases for the USD Index, said USD professor Alan Gin, who compiles the index every month. There is no change though in the previously reported outlook for 2010. The first few months of the year may be weak, with the local unemployment rate edging up to approach 11 percent, Gin said in his release.
Gin added that things will improve in the second half of the year, with a net overall gain of between 3,000 to 5,000 jobs for the year. An improving housing market will boost employment in construction, while research and development and health services will remain relatively strong. Rebounding local and national economies will stabilize employment in retailing and in the leisure and hospitality sector. However, job losses are expected to continue in manufacturing, which has lost jobs in 10 of the last 11 years.
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By Alison Weiss - Originally posted on Profit
Cloud computing has forever changed the economics of enterprise IT--but for many, the savings of cost and time are not being fully realized. According to Rod Johnson, group vice president, Oracle Applications and Industries Solutions Group, the rush to move to the cloud left many line-of-business managers spending IT budget on new cloud features, while the IT team still had to run and maintain (and pay for) traditional on-premises applications while also trying to integrate these systems.
Facts bear this out: according to the Oracle-sponsored study Cloud for Business Managers: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 75 percent of business managers report they have not been able to fully realize the benefits of cloud applications"and the main hindrance is a lack of integration with existing systems.
And now customers are looking for guidance about the best way to successfully navigate this transition. "We asked all our applications customers how Oracle could make it easier for them to adopt Oracle Cloud applications," he says. "That's why we created Oracle Customer 2 Cloud."
The new Oracle Customer 2 Cloud program offers a powerful combination of financial incentives, quick startup services (called Oracle Cloud Express), and packaged cloud integrations. These offerings were designed to help ease the transition and reduce the common barriers and pitfalls customers often face when adopting a software-as-a-service application. The program enables Oracle Customer Relationship Management and Oracle Human Capital Management customers with on-premises instances of Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's PeopleSoft, Siebel, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications to convert existing support spend to Oracle Cloud applications.
Thousands of companies around the world currently use either PeopleSoft applications or Oracle E-Business Suite as their core HR system. Recently, many have requested help with extending these HR systems with new integrated talent management capabilities offered with Oracle Talent Management Cloud (such as onboarding, recruiting, and performance management). With Oracle Customer 2 Cloud, they can retire some of the older on-premises modules and/or seats, reducing the cost of maintaining the systems.
Siebel customers can use the program to supplement call center systems with the addition of web self-services offered with Oracle Customer Experience Cloud. And customers looking for integrated sales force automation functionality can use new packaged integrations between Oracle Sales Cloud and their Oracle E-Business Suite applications.
"Cloud is going mainstream," says Johnson. "Oracle Customer 2 Cloud addresses challenges of cost, security, and integration while providing access to modern business capabilities."


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Labor Day weekend travelers are benefiting from seven weeks in a row of gas price drops, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch.
The retail state average was $3.856 a gallon for regular as of Thursday, 2.1 cents less than last week.
In San Diego, the average price is $3.827, which is a penny less than last week, 15 cents lower than last month, and 1 cent lower than last year.
"As Southern California holiday travelers make their way out of town, they'll be filling up at prices very similar to this time last year," said Auto Club spokesman Jeffrey Spring.
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This creamy lip color is packaged like a traditional twist-up lipstick yet it applies like a lip balm, imparting soft, sheer color that heightens lip's natural color while adding a soft shine finish. More moisturizing than slick or glossy, we found this very comfortable to wear, yet the color didn't last long. Since the finish has some movement, this can slip into lines around the mouth.
The fragrance-free formula contains a good mix of plant- and vitamin-based antioxidants to help smooth and condition lips though in terms of reducing the appearance of wrinkles on lips, this doesn't do a better or worse job than lots of other moisturizing lipsticks or tinted lip balms. IT Cosmetics offers a small but attractive range of shades that are just fine if you want soft, non-dramatic color.
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all IT lip products are great. none "stain" anything but there is a creamy sheerness to all that appears to be a natural staining as if you had used a berry to color your lips. i have all in every color and biggest decision is which one to wear as they are all beautiful. you cant go wrong with any choice if you like a flush of color that is moisturizing.
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Strengths: Excellent color products, standout foundation and concealer options, impressive highlighters.
Weaknesses: Can be on the pricey side; has a few makeup products with exaggerated anti-aging claims.
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The labels on most IT Cosmetics products reveal a variety of age-defying claims centered around ingredients like antioxidants, peptides, vitamins, and collagen. Those are indeed great additions to any cosmetic product, but unfortunately, the combination of compact or jar packaging among the formulas that include those helpful ingredients isn't a good thing.
Of course, IT Cosmetics does have products that are absolutely worth checking out. The line boasts an excellent range of color products, highlighters, foundations and many more worth consideration. As with any line that has a mix of standouts and caveats, shopping using our reviews to guide you is a great way to ensure you'll at least get your money's worth, and your skin will be the better for it.
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Telephone System
We are pleased to report that the new telephone system has now successfully been installed and will go live on Wednesday 27th July 2016.
The system will enable you to choose an option, for example; Choose 1 for appointments and home visits.
Please bear with us while we train our staff on this new system.
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Faversham Minor Injuries Unit-See message under News on Home page
Did you know, you can access GP services from your computer, tablet or mobile phone with Patient On-line? You can book GP appointments, view your health record and renew prescriptions. To register for this service please come to the surgery reception for further details. You will need 2 forms of identification (one needs to be a photo identification such as a passport or driver's licence) to access this service.
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Welcome to the website for the merged former practices of Dr Logan & Partners and Cross Lane Medical Practice.
The practice now runs the Minor Injuries Unit at the Faversham Health Centre. It is available to all patients both in and out of Faversham.
It is open from 8 AM till 8 PM 7 days a week, including Bank Holidays.
You can get help for any Minor Injuries, cuts, wounds, grazes, eye and ear injuries, bites, abscesses, falls, burns, sprains, strains and foreign bodies.
You can also get treatment for Minor Illnesses for problems like infections, rashes, coughs and colds when your GP surgery is closed.
We are excited to announce that the X-Ray unit at Faversham Health Centre has now started operating. Patients can get their X-Rays done at Faversham Health Centre between 10am-4pm Monday to Friday. Patients need to bring with them the forms provided by their GP and do not need to book an appointment.
Dr Ponraja has taken over from Dr Logan who has retired. If you have received a letter from us telling you that your named GP is Dr Logan, your named GP is now Dr Ponraja.
Named GP-Please note that all patients in the practice are allocated to a Named GP. This is following guidelines from the Department of Health. Although it is preferable to try and maintain some continuity with seeing the same GP for an existing medical condition, this does not stop you from seeing any GP within the practice.
If you currently have a repeat medication on prescription, your named GP will be printed on your repeat medication order form. If you are still unsure as to whom your Named GP is, please ask at the reception desk, or speak to a GP/nurse at your next appointment.
With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you'll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.
Of course we're not just here for when you are unwell. Our team of healthcare professionals and back-up staff offer a number of clinics and services to promote good health and well-being whatever your medical condition.
We hope you enjoy having a look around the site and familiarising yourself with some of the on-line features such as ordering a repeat prescription. Whatever your thoughts, be sure to let us know via our feedback function. Comments and suggestions are always a great way of helping us continue to enhance the way we look after you.
Our local CCG is C4G. Their details are below:Website link to our local commissioning consortium: http://www.canterburycoastalccg.nhs.uk/Their Telephone Number is: 01227 791359
If you have previously registered with the Vision On-line Service to order repeat medications and to book GP appointments on-line as a patient of the former Cross Lane Medical Practice, you will need to re-register to use the system under Faversham Medical Practice. Our IT supplier has tried to automatically transfer patients across to the new merged practice system, but due to technical difficulties this has proved to be unreliable, so unfortunately patients will need to re-register with the new system.
Please note we are currently running 2 systems for repeat prescriptions. One is a request system via the website, the other is via our GP computer record system (Vision On-line Services). Previous Dr Logan & Partner patients have been using the website version and previous Cross Lane Medical Practice patients have been using the Vision On-line Services. At some point all patients will need to move to Vision On-line Services (as directed by the Department of Health).
The main issue with Vison On-line Services is that patients are unable to choose or even see any repeat medications that need re-authorising (which is why we haven't currently chosen to use this system alone). We have been concerned that patients may then either forget to order all their medications, or believe that some medications have been stopped by their GP. We have reported our concerns to the GP IT system developer (Vision).
The main benefit of using the Vision On-line Services is the facility to also book GP appointments on-line.
All patients are currently able to use either the website request system or Vision On-line Services to order repeat prescriptions, but we will eventually need to turn off the website service for ordering repeat medications, and only use the Vision On-line Services, as this is a national directive from the Department of Health and is in our GP contract. All patients can currently use Vision On-line Services to book GP appointments on-line.
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About the company
The mission of Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion is to create an evocative interdisciplinary body of work. Born into hip-hop culture in the late 1970s and grounded in Abraham's artistic upbringing in classical cello, piano, and the visual arts, the goal of the movement is to delve into identity in relation to a personal history. The work entwines a sensual and provocative vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behavior and all things visual in an effort to create an avenue for personal investigation and exposing that on stage. A.I.M. is a representation of dancers from various disciplines and diverse personal backgrounds. Combined together, these individualities create movement that is manipulated and molded into something fresh and unique.
photo credit: Carrie Schneider
Shows and venues
August 30-31
HAU1, Berlin, Germany
September 2
Tanzmesse, Düsseldorf, Germany
September 4-5
Tanz Theater International, Hannover, Germany
September 9
Tearto Zandonai, Rovereto, Italy
September 22-23
Laguna Dance Festival, Laguna Beach, CA
November 2-5
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
photo credit: Tim Barden
photo by Steven Schreiber
ABSENT MATTER explores the perceived posthumous grandeur of death and violence in urban communities throughout the US through sound and movement, tracing the racial epithets in songs of Grief, Love, and Death by artists ranging from Notorious B.I.G and Tupac to contemporary rap artists like Kendrick Lamar and Drake. The work explores hip-hop's lineage to create an abstracted dialogue about race in America through the lens of those who feel unacknowledged or without value.
THE WATERSHED, an evening-length work for nine dancers, is a commanding and provocative cross-cultural exploration of freedom. Featuring Abraham's signature style of mellifluous fluidity juxtaposed with sharp accents, The Watershed follows the universal aspiration toward freedom and simultaneously references the emancipation following the Civil War, the political tumult of 1960s and the civil rights challenges of our present day. The work features arresting scenic design by world-renowned visual artist Glenn Ligon and a score ranging from a contemporary cello suite to the soulful sounds of Otis Redding.
WHEN THE WOLVES CAME IN, a stand-alone repertory-based program, explores the historical legacy of two totemic triumphs in the international history of civil rights: the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 20th anniversary of the abolishment of apartheid in South Africa. The works take their inspiration from Max Roach's iconic 1960 protest album We Insist: Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite, which celebrated the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation and shed a powerful light on the growing civil rights movements in South Africa and the U.S. The potent themes inherent in these historical milestones are evident in Abraham's choreography, evocative scenery by visual artist Glenn Ligon, the visceral power of Roach's masterwork and original compositions of Grammy® Award-winning jazz musician Robert Glasper.
PAVEMENT, a reimagining of Boyz N The Hood set in Pittsburgh's historically black neighborhoods, Homewood and the Hill District, pays comedic homage to the bold Kris Kross/backward jean and high top fade era in Hip-Hop, while creating a strong emotional chronology of a culture conflicted with a history plagued by discrimination, genocide, and a constant quest for a lottery ticket weighted in freedom.
THE QUIET DANCE, Subtly and what goes unsaid are what lie at the heart of this 12 minute quintet. Set to Bill Evans' interpretation of the Bernstein classic, Some Other Time, The Quiet Dance made its world premiere at The Joyce Theater as part of Gotham Arts Festival, June 2011.
Inspired by Pinocchio's plight to be a "real boy," this new ensemble dance work investigates gender roles in the black community and the quest for acceptance in the world of hip-hop celebrity. Live! The Realest MC, an evolution of previous solo work, Inventing Pookie Jenkins, references our own humanity in this digital age, creating an abstracted emotional and humorously dark narrative that places the iconic childhood character in an industrial dystopia.
The Radio Show
2010 New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award recipient
The Radio Show creates an abstract narrative around the loss of communication, investigating the effects of the abrupt discontinuation of a radio station on a community and the lingering effects of Alzheimer's and aphasia on a family.
Broken up into various shorter works that blend my fondest memories of driving with my family and listening to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's radio station Hot 106.7FM WAMO and its sister station AM 860. On September 8, 2009, WAMO, the only urban radio station in Pittsburgh sadly, went off-air.
With the recent turmoil surrounding the death of 16 year old Derrion Albert in Chicago discussed over the airwaves of radio stations around the world, I wondered how aware listeners were to the goings on in other urban communities around the country now that its voice had been taken away.
Without Black Radio, where is the audible voice of the black community? Radio was so prevalent during times of strife in the past. Where is its place today? Is radio fading away? Are we still listening?
Reinterpreting those questions into the context of my father's diagnosis of Alzheimer's ten years ago and his more recent aphasia-afflicted conditions where these losses of voice find a common thread.
News & Updates
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Sand Dunes State Forest
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• Sand Dunes State Forest is located in central Sherburne County, about three miles west of Zimmerman and 5 miles north of Big Lake. The forest can be reached by taking Sherburne County five north from Big Lake, off U.S. 10, or following Sherburne County Highway 4 west from Zimmerman off U.S. 169.
• Sand Dunes has something for everyone. The 225-acre Bob Dunn Recreation Area, nestled within the forest, holds a 36-unit Ann Lake Campground and Day-Use including the Sand Dunes Horse Camp which is busy on summer weekends.
• Sand Dunes consists of oak savanna forest and prairie and 2,700 acres of pine plantation on rolling terrain. It provides beautiful areas for many recreational activities, such as horseback riding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, hunting, swimming, panfish fishing on Ann Lake, camping and hiking.
• Over the next 30-50 years, parts of Sand Dunes State Forest will undergo changes. To better support a variety of rare plant and animal species found in this forest, areas of planted pines will gradually give way to oak savanna and prairie. Details on the changes can be found in the Sand Dunes State Forest Operational Plan and the Subsection Forest Resource Management Plan.
Sand Dunes State Forest at a glance...
Boat Ramp Nearby
Dispersed Camping
Canoe / Kayak
Picnic Area
4 Miles Hiking
29 Miles Horseback
4 Miles Mountain Biking
23 Miles Snowmobiling
• This area is very sandy, which may make mountain biking difficult.
•Notice: Groomed snowmobile trails, as signed, are closed Dec. 1 to off-highway vehicles (OHVs) and highway licensed vehicles (HLV's).
• State forest roads are open to highway-licensed vehicles. There are no off-highway vehicle riding opportunities in this forest.
•Ann Lake Campground & Day-Use Area
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Arts I Just Blogged the Boards
You can read my throw-thoughts-at-a-webpage, see-if-they-stick review of On The Boards' Northwest New Works Festival Studio Series, Weekend 2 (whew!) review right here.
Long story short: I loved Alex Martin (of Better Biscuit Dance) and her little brown dress. And I want to publish the link to her webpage, which is (mais oui) at littlebrowndress.com. Even though I don't like reductive artist's statements (especially artist's statements about consumerism) nearly as much as I like (or like to hate) the art itself, this one, in which Martin explains her project of wearing the same dress for 365 days straight, has a blog and lots of pictures and an invitation to the undressing party. Which takes place July 7. I'm gonna try and be there. (In my new jeans, probably. I'm sorry.)
More dance! I just went to 10 Tiny Dances at CHAC. It was really fun. I highly recommend the conceit, if not every last one of the results. If you're in Portland, you can see 10TD at the Doug Fir next week.
Also, at 10 Tiny Dances, I spied a most unique being. It was The Ideal Audience Member. More about this later.


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The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17 series Announcement has been published.To access th ...
In order to protect the clean Skaters and in line with the ISU Anti-Doping Rules (ISU Communication 1922, Article 6.5 "Further Analysis of Samples"), the ISU has improved its Anti-Doping Program by implementing a "Samples Long Term Storage and Reanalyze" Policy based on Article 220.127.116.11.1 of the WADA International Standard for Laboratories and applying the respective WADA Guidelines for Long Term Storage.
The ISU is truly appalled and deeply saddened by the findings of the McLaren Report (IP Report).
The ISU has decided to hold a course for Speed Skating Referees, which will be organized by the ISU Speed Skating Technical Committee and US Speedskating (as hosting ISU Speed Skating Member) in Park City, Utah (USA), September 29–October 2, 2016
On behalf of the Académie Internationale des Sciences et Techniques du Sport (AISTS), ISU Members are informed that AISTS is organizing the AISTS SEMOS™ and SEMOS+™ modules.


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Tennessee's football team had nine players earn All-SEC preseason honors and got the nod as favorite to win the East Division as SEC Media Days concluded last week in Hoover, Alabama.
All signs point to the Vols making a return to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta for the first time since 2007, with their two biggest games are at Neyland Stadium this year against Florida on Sept. 24 and Alabama on Oct. 15.
My parents were big fans of Pat Summitt. They loved the Lady Vols. They reveled in the program's glory days.
Both of them died several years ago, so they weren't here to see Summitt's demise from early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type, or her death from the brain disease Tuesday. She was 64.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Tax-filing season is turning into a nightmare for thousands of employees whose companies have been duped by email fraudsters. A major phishing scheme has tricked several major companies – among them, the messaging service Snapchat and disk-drive maker Seagate Technology – into relinquishing tax documents that exposed their workers' incomes, addresses and Social Security numbers.
As the 2015-16 regular season winds down, the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team is navigating uncharted territory, and the winds aren't favorable.
The Lady Vols began the season ranked No. 4 in the nation by the Associated Press and picked to finish second in the SEC by coaches and media. They had Final Four aspirations. Their roster was loaded.
Tennessee football coach Butch Jones keeps his pulse on recruiting year-around, along with his SEC counterparts and other FBS coaches.
Chasing recruits is an endless cycle, the lifeblood of championship football teams.
Tennessee baseball coach Dave Serrano wasn't setting the bar too high when he met with the media for his 2016 preseason press conference.
Serrano made that mistake before the 2015 season with talk of reaching an NCAA regional and perhaps Omaha, Nebraska, site of the College World Series.
Bert Bertelkamp would be the first to tell you he's pulling for Tennessee when calling basketball games as color commentator for the Vol Network.
And why wouldn't he?
Bertelkamp is Big Orange to the bone. His father Hank played for the Vols (1951-53), was a team captain and remains a big supporter of UT.
Tennessee football coach Butch Jones got serious about taking the next step with his football program not long after his team's 45-6 victory over Northwestern in the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl.
Jones fired defensive coordinator John Jancek on Jan. 6, and three days later hired his top candidate for the opening, Bob Shoop of Penn State.
There's nothing like spending the Christmas holidays in Florida, and Tennessee's football team will savor every minute of it for the second consecutive year.
The Vols (8-4) board a flight Saturday morning to Tampa, Fla., where they will spend almost a week before the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl against Northwestern (10-2).
Here's a glimpse at the Vols' roster, and what's happened through the first eight games (in order of scoring).
Kevin Punter Jr.
Junior guard, 6-2, 190, Bronx, N.Y./State Fair (Mo.) Community College. 22.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 35.1 mpg
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes isn't complaining about the shortcomings of his basketball team.
Tennessee football fans already are talking about their bowl destinations for the Christmas holidays.
Will it be the Belk Bowl in Charlotte, the Music City Bowl in Nashville or the Outback Bowl in Tampa?
Tennessee's football team may be headed into a perfect storm Saturday night at Missouri.
It's been an emotional whirlwind the last two weeks for the Tigers (5-5, 1-5 SEC), and they will have plenty of motivation against the Vols (6-4, 3-3).
No way Tennessee's football team can lose Saturday's homecoming game against North Texas, one of the worst teams in college football.
Tennessee (5-4) was a 40.5-point favorite early in the week coming off a 27-24 victory over South Carolina last Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
I miss Steve Spurrier.
It won't be the same without Spurrier coaching South Carolina when Tennessee (4-4, 2-3 SEC) plays host to the Gamecocks (3-5, 1-5) on Saturday.
It wasn't the same this week without Spurrier throwing a jab or two at UT leading up to the game.
Leaves are changing colors, a chill is in the fall air and Tennessee's football schedule is getting softer.
Happens every year.
We've all heard by now how Tennessee is the best 3-4 team in college football. Now is the time to prove it.
Tennessee place-kicker Fuad Reveiz was anxious and nervous much of the week leading up the Vols' game against Alabama on Oct. 16, 1982.
It was a tall order for the Vols.
Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant had an 11-game winning streak against UT. The Crimson Tide was 5-0, ranked No. 2 in the country and coming off a 42-21 victory against then-No. 3 Penn State.
Order has been restored in Vol Nation, at least for now.
Tennessee's football team restored it with a 38-31 victory over then-No. 19 Georgia last Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
UT's rally from a 24-3 deficit has much of the fan base back on board with Vols coach Butch Jones and his staff after a precarious week leading up to the game.
It's been a long week for Tennessee football coach Butch Jones.
Kickoff can't come soon enough for Jones and his staff Saturday night when the Vols (2-2, 0-1 SEC) play host to Arkansas (1-3, 0-1) at Neyland Stadium.
Tennessee's Butch Jones will coach the biggest game of his three-year tenure with the Vols – and probably the biggest of his entire coaching career – at Florida on Saturday.
Like it or not, Jones is carrying the weight of UT's 10-game losing streak to Florida on his shoulders.
Tennessee defensive end Derek Barnett won't be in a strange place Saturday when he walks into Nissan Stadium in Nashville for the 2015 season opener against Bowling Green.
I can't help but get fired up for a college football game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech in front of 150,000 people at Bristol Motor Speedway.
John Jancek begins his third season as Tennessee's defensive coordinator under head coach Butch Jones, and thanks to two solid recruiting classes should have his best defense with the Vols.
UT is bigger and faster on the defensive side than the previous two seasons, when the Vols showed improvement from the 2012 season by shaving more than 100 yards and 11 points per game allowed.
With Tennessee's football team three weeks into fall camp, the offensive depth charts are set at some positions, while others remain open.
UT coach Butch Jones enters the 2015 season with no questions at quarterback or running back. His has plenty of receivers and all should get their share of playing time.
Tennessee's football team has something to prove as it concludes the first week of preseason practices and moves forward to the 2015 season.
The Vols must prove they belong in the national picture in Butch Jones' third year as coach.
Chris Lofton is on the comeback trail again. The former Tennessee All-American guard is on the mend from a turf-toe injury that ended his 2014-15 season with Besiktas in Istanbul, the top level of Turkish pro basketball.
KNOXVILLE – Hoops fans, rejoice. Your summer basketball fix is almost here.
The Pilot Rocky Top League returns for its eighth year starting June 15 and should feature 11 players who will be on the University of Tennessee's roster in 2015-16.
SEVIERVILLE – You don't have to be an avid baseball fan to have a great time at Smokies Park.
Of course, the most ravenous baseball fan also will find the Tennessee Smokies' home stadium has all you could want in a minor-league ballpark. There also is Southern League baseball, a Double-A league from which players often make the jump straight to the major leagues.
SEVIERVILLE – Tennessee Smokies catcher Kyle Schwarber didn't waste any time catching the attention of the Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon during spring training.
It was March 5, Schwarber's 22nd birthday, and the Cubs were playing San Francisco. Schwarber came to bat for the first time in spring training with the bases loaded against Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong.
Haley Bearden will watch every pitch this weekend as the University of Tennessee softball team pursues its ultimate goal in the NCAA Women's College World Series.
The 2015 Clarksville High School graduate and UT softball recruit has been a fan since she was young, hardly ever missing a televised game, and dreamed of playing for the Lady Vols one day.
Senior right-handed pitcher Will Neely, who opened the TSSAA Class AAA state tournament this week with a no-hitter and a 2-0 win against Bartlett, was the driving force behind Hardin Valley Academy's run to its first-ever state tournament appearance.
I was standing on the edge of a cliff during a hike to Mt. LeConte about two weeks ago.
Holding onto a thin metal handrail cable, I was walking a path maybe two feet wide on jagged rock with some water running through it, on the side of the mountain, about 4,000 feet above sea level.
Jimmy Hyams moved to Knoxville from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the summer of 1985 looking for a fresh start to his journalism career and found a job as a sportswriter for the Knoxville News Sentinel.
As the NHL playoffs heat up, the Southern Professional Hockey League is done for another season.
All is quiet inside Civic Coliseum, home of the Knoxville Ice Bears. They ended their 2014-15 season by claiming Knoxville's fourth President's Cup as champions of the SPHL.
Todd Kelly Jr. concludes his first spring practice with Tennessee's football team this week in a heated competition for a safety job.
Turn on local TV news in Knoxville, and University of Tennessee spring football is the usually the lead story.
Pick up the daily newspaper, and the Vols' football team is all over the front page.
Tennessee football fans might want to look past the defensive lineup for the Orange & White Spring Game. It will bear little resemblance to the unit that will start the 2015 season opener against Bowling Green on Sept. 5 at Nashville's LP Field.
Joshua Dobbs enters his junior season as Tennessee's undisputed No. 1 quarterback and team leader, the player most responsible for the Vols' relevance again in SEC football.
You don't need to search the Allan Jones Aquatic Center for a reminder of Tennessee's glory years in men's swimming under legendary coach Ray Bussard.
Hanging from the rafters are 10 SEC championship banners and the 1978 NCAA championship banner. Bussard coached eight SEC championship teams – the first in 1969 and seven consecutive from 1972-78 – and the NCAA title team.
It's a mid-March afternoon, and the Webb School of Knoxville boys' tennis team is fresh off an 8-1 loss to Bristol's Tennessee High School.
Webb coach Jimmy Pitkanen sees it as a learning experience – just like every other match, win or lose.
His feet were killing him. That's why former Ole Miss linebacker Patrick Willis recently walked away from the NFL at age 30.
Tennessee senior Mikelis Libietis sits on the bench before a match on Court 1 at Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center and is reminded of one of his greatest losses.
Not a tennis match.
Court 1 is named "Sean Karl Court" in memory of Brentwood's Sean Karl, former University of Tennessee tennis player who died Nov. 16, 2014 of cancer. He was 20.
Snow and ice covered the field at Tennessee's Lee Softball Stadium, gripping it in the silence of winter.
Inside the clubhouse, UT's players were coming and going after indoor workouts and meetings with coaches.
KNOXVILLE – There is a bronze statue of legendary Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt standing proudly across the street from Thompson-Boling Arena.
Summitt's arms are crossed and she has a smile on her face. Thousands of Lady Vols fans have walked past the Summitt statue since it was unveiled Nov. 22, 2013.
KNOXVILLE – Tennessee baseball coach Dave Serrano wasn't pushing the panic button after his team lost two of three games in their season opening series at Florida International University in Miami last weekend.
KNOXVILLE – Butch Jones has done it again.
Tennessee's football coach has created a national buzz with his 2015 recruiting class.
UT finished with the No. 4 class in the nation as rated by 247Sports and ended up ranked No. 5 by Rivals when the Feb. 4 national signing day was over.
KNOXVILLE – National signing day is in the books, and Tennessee football coach Butch Jones and his staff can relax and savor another top-tier recruiting class.
Oops. Wait a minute. No time off for Jones and his assistants when it comes to recruiting. They're already busy putting together the 2016 class, and looking at recruits for future classes.
KNOXVILLE – Galen Campbell might get to play a minute here or there as the University of Tennessee men's basketball team pursues its surprising run toward bubble status for the NCAA tournament.
KNOXVILLE – Jack Jones didn't want to waste any time getting started with his football career at the University of Tennessee, so he graduated in December from Murfreesboro Oakland High School.
KNOXVILLE – Recruiting is anything but an exact science. Experts are everywhere. Star ratings rise and fall. Player projections are widely varied.
One thing is certain: Only time will tell if coaches hit or miss on a recruit.
KNOXVILLE – There's nothing like going into the offseason on a high note. The Vols will be riding the momentum from the resounding 45-28 victory against Iowa in the Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl through the end of recruiting season, winter workouts, spring practices and into the summer months.
KNOXVILLE – Donnie Tyndall has hardly slowed down since the former Southern Miss head coach took over Tennessee's basketball program in April.
Of course, Tyndall had little choice.
KNOXVILLE – Christmas break has come and gone for the University of Tennessee's football team. Now it's back to business.
The Vols return to campus for practice Saturday and, after a Sunday practice, fly to Jacksonville for the Jan. 2 game against Iowa in the TaxSlayer Bowl, formerly the Gator Bowl.
KNOXVILLE – Derek Barnett is spending most of the Christmas holidays away from his Nashville home, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
For all the tough times University of Tennessee football has endured in recent years, a turn for the better was bound to happen.
It certainly did early this week.
UT's invitation to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville – now called the TaxSlayer Bowl – was a stunning coup for a 6-6 team that seemed destined for anything but a January bowl on the beach.
If the University of Tennessee's football team gains bowl eligibility with a victory Saturday at Vanderbilt, it can look back to a quarterback change Oct. 25 against Alabama as a pivotal point in the season.
KNOXVILLE – All seemed so right for the University of Tennessee's football team for 36 hours or so after last Saturday's 50-16 victory over Kentucky at Neyland Stadium.
UT (5-5, 2-4 SEC) won its second straight conference game and moved within one victory of gaining bowl eligibility for the first time since 2010.
KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones doesn't have to remind his team about the disappointing fade last November.
UT went 0-3 to start what has historically been its best month of football. First, the Vols lost to Missouri and Auburn. Then a 14-10 loss to Vanderbilt in Neyland Stadium knocked the Vols out of bowl eligibility.
As the jubilation settled this week, the University of Tennessee's football team and its fans still savored last Saturday's 45-42 overtime victory at South Carolina.
This week's open date is so much sweeter for UT (4-5, 1-4 SEC) because of the stunning comeback victory.
KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones faces a big question this week about his starting quarterback for Saturday night's game at South Carolina.
Will it be sophomore Josh Dobbs, whose impressive debut off the bench in last Saturday's 34-20 loss to No. 4-ranked Alabama gave UT a dual-threat QB?
KNOXVILLE – Bud Ford usually had no problem wearing the orange blazer in his early days as assistant sports information director at the University of Tennessee.
Not on this day, though. It was Nov. 15, 1969.
KNOXVILLE – Much has happened since Tennessee placekicker James Wilhoit booted a 50-yarder with seven seconds remaining and the No. 13-ranked Vols beat No. 11 Florida 30-28 at Neyland Stadium.
KNOXVILLE – It doesn't get much easier for the University of Tennessee's football team.
The Sept. 20 open date has come and gone. UT's coaches and players had ample time to digest and dissect details of the 34-10 loss to No. 4-ranked Oklahoma on Sept. 13 and a week to prepare for a challenge just as formidable.
Nothing surprises Murfreesboro Blackman High School football coach Philip Shadowens when it comes to college recruiting.
Shadowens has seen it all – including the flurry of activity created by Blackman senior quarterback and safety Jauan Jennings, rated the No. 18 athlete in the nation by Rivals.com.
Butch Jones was sitting in the office of Knoxville's South-Doyle High School athletic director and football coach Clark Duncan during a visit to see recruit Jocquez Bruce last winter.
Two games into the 2014 season, and it's time for the University of Tennessee to play some big-boy football.
The Vols (2-0) took care of business at Neyland Stadium in the first two games against Utah State and Arkansas State.
University of Tennessee quarterback Dewey "Swamp Rat" Warren stood on the field during a timeout with a few seconds left in the Jan. 1, 1968 Orange Bowl.
Warren was the holder for UT place-kicker Karl Kremser, who lined up for a 43-yard field goal attempt against Oklahoma. The Sooners led, 26-24.
KNOXVILLE – You had to be hiding under a rock not to hear the buzz this week about the University of Tennessee's football team.
One person not reveling in the Vols' 38-7 season opening victory over Utah State on Sunday night was UT coach Butch Jones.
KNOXVILLE – For better or worse, University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones won't need to wait long to see the talent level of his highly touted freshman class.
Jones will find out Sunday night at 7 when the Vols play host to Utah State at Neyland Stadium. The Aggies will be an underdog – probably by a touchdown or so – and a trendy pick for some as an upset special.
Pull out your 2014 schedules, UT fans.
Fall camp is done, and it's time to get in game-week mode with the season opener against Utah State fast approaching.
So go to the little box next to each of UT's opponents on the 2014 schedule and pick the winner.
None of the receivers on the University of Tennessee football team were born when the program was dubbed "Wide Receiver U" in the 1980s.
Guys like Tim McGee, Anthony Miller, Alvin Harper and Carl Pickens paved the way for UT to become the premier destination for wide receivers seeking stardom into the 1990s.
KNOXVILLE — Don't look for University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones to play favorites when fall training camp begins Friday, Aug. 1.
Jones is all about open competition. Every practice. Every session. Every minute.
Seventeen Pro Football Hall of Famers and Dave Robinson, who will be inducted this weekend, have signed a letter telling NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell they are concerned about medical care for former players and the league's "continued denial of the link between repeated head impacts and permanent brain damage."
Mike Miller had several teams interested in his 3-point shooting as a possible missing link for a long playoff run. It didn't take him long to figure out where he wanted to be: Memphis.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias.
Part two of a three-part series People use their cell phones day and night. Many use iPads or other tablets. Gone is the phone booth, and for many, gone is the checkbook. Communication and financial transactions take place online, in real time, while people are on the move. It's all about being mobile.
It's been 46 years since Marshall McLuhan declared, "The medium is the message."
In that time, the visionary media critic's five-word analysis has been debated and interpreted in ways even he likely couldn't imagine.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The massive cranes slicing the skies over Brazil, Dubai and China can't come off the assembly lines fast enough at Manitowoc Co.'s manufacturing plants here and overseas.
But an insatiable global appetite doesn't mean the Wisconsin-based heavy equipment maker is boosting its payrolls.
The River of Trade Corridor Coalition, a partnership of more than 225 members spread out over nine states and dedicated to the promotion of commerce, selected Memphis as the site of its major quarterly meeting, which convenes today.
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The Diamond League arrived in Europe for the first time this season on Thursday night with Gemili making sure to leave his mark in the 100m in a time of 10.07seconds.
Just shy of his 10.05 personal best, he finished third behind winner Justin Gatlin, who clocked 9.91, and Jamaica's Nesta Carter (10.02), while Britain's world indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty came home in ninth.
"It's a great feeling to come third in a field like that. I love racing; it's what we train every day for, so to do it on a stage like that with an awesome crowd, it's great," said Gemili, who improved on his time of 10.08 seconds from last weekend's Bedford International Games Open.
"It was better than last week and the times are getting quicker, so as long as I keep getting better and keep working hard I can't see why I can't keep it progressing, and hopefully I can glue that together with a good second half and the times should be quicker."
Earlier in the evening Child shaved almost a second off her season's best, clocking a time of 54.82 in the 400m hurdles for third behind Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica and America's Georganne Moline.
She said: "I'm delighted with that even though the race didn't go quite as planned. We've been trying a new stride pattern in training, which I lost a little bit at hurdle five but it was a solid performance and it was great to be in amongst it. Hopefully I can just keep shaving a bit off my time every race.
"I was thinking if I could run low 55 seconds I'd be happy, so to go sub-55 I'm really happy. There aren't many girls who have gone under 55 seconds yet this year, so it's a nice place to be."
Elsewhere, Tiffany Porter finished fifth in the 100m hurdles while Jo Pavey clocked a season's best of 15:04.87minutes in the 5000m to finish tenth ahead of Julia Bleasdale in 14th.
Nigel Levine also recorded a season's best on the way to seventh in the 400m, one place ahead of Conrad Williams, and Brett Morse finished 11th in the discus with a throw of 58.88m.
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND; Success for Some
Published: November 10, 2002
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Success for All is based on a carefully planned, minutely choreographed sequence of skills for kindergarten through the elementary grades. Teachers, especially in the early grades, are not to deviate from the program. Success for All provides books with phonetically regular vocabularies so that children do not have to cope with exceptions to the rules they have learned. They make for vapid literature but effective instruction. Nor do teachers decide on the structure of the day, or the week: units come in five-day sequences, and each 90-minute lesson is broken down into skills and subskills.
What is probably most jarring, both to teachers and to visitors accustomed to the contemporary classroom, is that children are expected to respond chorally, and often in a kind of chant -- though this does not seem the least bit jarring to the children. After Ms. Gencarelli finished reading comprehension, she moved on to ''shared reading.'' She pointed to a sentence in the book, and the children, gathered around on a square of carpet designed for group activities, sang out, ''Ma said, 'Get up, Bob' . . . Tick tock tick tock said the clock.'' The class then switched to letter recognition. The teacher held up a square with a ''P'' on it: ''What is this?''
''What sound does it make?''
''Puh, puh, puh, puh!''
''How do you make it?''
''One stroke down, back up and around, the sound for P is puh, puh, puh!''
Some teachers say they find the call-and-response format disturbing, and yet it prevents children from sinking into the woodwork and allows the teacher to quickly gauge their progress. Indeed, the entire Success for All formula seems to have less to do with educational dogma than with choosing whatever has been shown to work, and then designing a system that keeps teachers and children firmly, perhaps relentlessly, focused on those practices.
The Success for All school is suffused by a distinctive sense of purposefulness -- of a transparent architecture designed to serve an unambiguously stated goal. Teachers, including kindergarten teachers, are expected to post the day's objectives on the classroom door. This is, of course, a reminder and admonition for the teacher, though students are also supposed to be aware of their own trajectory of learning. The objectives are posted inside in greater detail. The ''listening objective'' for a more advanced group at Madison was listed as ''TLWBAT draw conclusion by listening to the story, clues and what they already knew.'' The acronym is short for ''The learner will be able to.''
Madison is just the kind of profoundly-behind-the-eight-ball school for which Success for All is designed. It is virtually 100 percent black and 100 percent poor. The principal, Christiner Carter-Betts, says that many of the children live in foster homes, or even homeless facilities. And yet in 2001, after three years of Success for All, 75 percent of fourth graders were reading at or above grade level, up from 21 percent two years earlier. Mrs. Carter-Betts and other teachers credit not only the reading method but also the enormous amount of staff training and supervision that Success for All provides. None recoiled at the program's rigidity.
Success for All is highly controversial because it is so prescriptive, and perhaps also because choral response seems joyless; it is said, pejoratively, to be teacher-proof. And yet no schoolwide reform model has been so widely adopted. In a school like Madison, where many teachers seem to have language problems of their own, you can see the virtues of having a script.
''Authentic'' Learning
FEW years back, the staff at the Columbus Park Preparatory Academy, an elementary school in Worcester, Mass., that serves an extraordinarily diverse and high-poverty population, concluded that the school was mired in conventional thinking. Columbus Park had adopted the Accelerated Schools model, whose central feature is an ''inquiry process'' in which teachers and administrators, along with parents and the community, take stock of the school, assess its strengths and weaknesses and plan collectively for reform. ''We realized that we were still textbook-driven, teacher-directed, with a pullout remedial model,'' the principal, Dolores Gribouski, said. ''We concluded that we had to be more inclusive, more interactive, more focused on the children.'' And so the staff adopted an entirely new approach in which small groups of children rotate among three or four ''learning centers'' in each classroom.
Different schoolwide reform models dictate different aspects of the school experience -- a pedagogy, a curriculum, a means of organization. The Accelerated Schools model essentially offers a method for channeling the energies of reform and is now in more than 1,000 elementary and middle schools in 41 states. Henry M. Levin, the professor of education at Stanford University who devised the model, concluded that, to be meaningful, change would have to well up from within each school. The very act of taking responsibility, he believed, would cause ''an explosion of good ideas'' from the staff. And so what Dr. Levin actually stipulated was a process of analysis to be guided by three principles: ''unity of purpose,'' which refers to the need to bring all ''actors'' together, ''empowerment coupled with responsibility,'' which entails ''shared decision-making,'' and ''building on strengths.''