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March 28, 2005 by Jeff Samsell
Most veteran bass anglers know that jerkbaits can be productive tools during early spring. However, knowing to use a jerkbait and knowing how and when to jerk it can be two totally different things.
Roger Stegall doesn't jerk a jerkbait. Well, at times he jerks. However, during early spring, when the prespawn bite sizzles and big smallmouths crush jerkbaits on Pickwick Lake, Stegall "pulls" a jerkbait instead of jerking it.
"Shad are dying late in the winter and early in the spring," said the EverStart Series pro, whom many consider to be the best smallmouth fisherman on one of the nation's finest smallmouth lakes. "That's why jerkbaits work so well at that time, and pulls and pauses - almost like you use when you fish a Carolina rig - make that jerkbait look more like a dying shad than anything else I have tried."
Early spring beckons jerkbaits from tackle trays on lakes all over the country. Largemouths and smallmouths alike find suspending jerkbaits difficult to resist as they stage to spawn.
"I consider a suspending jerkbait the ultimate lure when the bass are staging prior to the spawn," said Fujifilm pro Sam Swett. "The fish aren't on top and they aren't on the bottom. They want to eat as they prepare for the spawn, but the water is still pretty cold so they aren't very active."
Unlike Stegall, Swett works jerkbaits with sharp tugs. The aggressiveness of each jerk and the length of the pause between them varies largely by water temperature and by the stage of any front pushing through. Cool water temperatures and post-frontal conditions call for a very slow approach.
"That's actually one of best times to fish a jerkbait - when the skies are high and the air is cold - but you have to fish it slowly," Swett said. "I'll give a bait a couple good twitches to get it down, and then I might leave it to suspend for 10 or 20 seconds before twitching it again."
Swett and Stegall both look for the jerkbait bite to heat up when the water temperature gets above 45 degrees during late winter/early spring, although Swett noted that he wants it to be a "steady 45," as opposed to hitting 45 degrees at the surface late on a sunny afternoon.
Stegall sticks with a suspending jerkbait from the time he ties on his first lure each spring until the water hits 56 or 57 degrees. After that he turns to a floating model, which he works much faster and more aggressively. Somewhere around the 50-degree mark he also transitions from slow pulls to jerks and pauses with suspending baits.
Jerkbait waters
One real key to catching jerkbait fish during early spring is fishing the bait over the right types of locations, which typically means close to spawning grounds.
Swett always looks for a bottom break in eight to 10 feet of water, where a long, tapering point drops off toward deeper water or the channel edge breaks off along a river bend. "If I can find that kind of break and it is close to an area where I know the bass are going to spawn, I want to fish a jerkbait directly over the break," he said.
Key areas for Stegall vary depending on whether he is targeting largemouths or smallmouths. For smallmouths he looks to the edges of gravel bars - looking for drop-offs from the gravel into notably deeper water. "They'll be in places where they can move up to feed but then get back to that deep water quickly and easily," he said.
Largemouths will use similar areas and sometimes will be mixed in with smallies. However, Stegall also expects to catch largemouths along bluffs and over the top of riprap during early spring.
Most anglers consider jerkbaits clear-water baits and look for the clearest water they can find. However, neither Stegall nor Swett will allow a little mud to keep them from throwing their favorite early-spring offerings. "I switch to darker colors that offer an easier profile to pick out when the water is off-colored," Swett said.
Both pros pointed toward natural colors and color patterns that feature a lot of chartreuse in them as preferences, with the chartreuse patterns getting the nod any time smallmouths are a major part of the equation or the water is stained.
Tackle considerations
Stegall does the bulk of his jerkbait fishing with baitcasting gear. He favors a 6-foot, 6-inch titanium rod that has a soft tip. "A high-speed reel is important for getting up slack between pulls and being ready if a fish hits," he said. He spools up with 8- or 10-pound-test monofilament.
Swett varies his line size from day to day, as he once learned the hard way the huge difference line size can make. He spent half a day on Lake Seminole getting "schooled" by another angler, with both of them of them throwing the same color jerkbait over the same cover.
"He had a limit in the box and was culling, and I had one fish and had missed a couple short strikes," Swett said. "I finally figured out that he had on 8-pound-test line, as opposed to my 12. I switched to an outfit that was spooled with 8-pound line and immediately started catching fish. We were fishing over hydrilla, and the lighter line allowed the baits to tick the grass. That made all the difference."
Swett also varies his rod according to the bait he is fishing. For large jerkbaits, he likes a 6-foot, 4-inch rod. For the smaller jerkbaits, he goes to a 6-foot medium-action rod, finding the other rod can overpower the smaller bait and take away from its natural action.
Stegall also suggested that anglers keep spinning gear available, noting that when the wind kicks up, having a spinning rod for throwing a jerkbait makes things far easier.
Most jerkbait strikes are one of two types, Stegall said. "Either the fish will try to rip the rod out of your hands or you'll feel a little `tap, tap,' almost like a worm bite. Be ready when you set the hook, even on the smallest tap. On Pickwick it could be a 6- or 7-pound smallmouth."
C-rigged jerkbait
When bass on the beds turn finicky and won't take traditional jigs or soft-plastic lures, Sam Swett digs deep into his bag of tricks and rigs a 3 1/2-inch jerkbait on a Carolina rig.
"I'll cast past the bed and drag the weight across the bottom, right to the edge," Swett said. "By just twitching the rod and then giving it line, I can make the bait dance without moving the weight. When I give it slack, it sort of backs up and starts to float up again. A bass can only stand that for so long."
Swett typically uses a 10- to 12-inch leader, which is just long enough to keep the bait up off the bottom, and weights the rig with a 1/4- to 1/2-ounce bullet weight.
Jerkbait cousins
Some lures resemble jerkbaits closely enough that they accomplish some of the same purposes. Yet they are sufficiently unique to fill different niches:
• Soft-plastic jerkbait - Sam Swett always has a soft jerkbait rigged when he fishes a hard jerkbait. It serves as his follow-up bait for when a bass strikes short or follows his hard jerkbait but doesn't take it. The slow fall and unintimidating action of the plastic bait often will draw strikes from fish that won't quite take a plug.
• Deep minnows - Used mostly by walleye anglers for trolling, deep-diving plugs that have jerkbait-type bodies can be cranked several feet deeper than traditional jerkbaits but fished using the same basic techniques, which can provide a real advantage in deep-water lakes. Some baits, like Spoonbill Rogues, even come in suspending versions, so you can dig them 10 feet down and then jerk and stop them, just like traditional jerkbaits.


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TravelPod Member ReviewsThe George Hotel London
We rented a room with two twin beds and shared bathroom. We were in the basement, but still had a nice large window with lots of light. It was nice to have plenty of storage space in the room too. The bathrooms were clean, although the toilet and the shower were practically touching and there was no sink (we had to wash our hands back in our room which had a sink). The included breakfast was a classic English breakfast, with cereal and fruit salad (not fresh though, a canned version) options as well. Overall, all the staff were friendly. If you like tennis, there is a court right across from the hotel and the front desk will lend you equipment for that.
The location was ideal - very close to Euston and Russel Square (ideal for taking the Picadilly line from Heathrow airport). The British Museum was also very close, and many other sites are in walking distance. There are many good pubs in the neighbourhood and all the amenities you need in a plaza by the Russel Square (grocery store, pharmacy, restaurants, etc).
For the price in London, we were very happy. An ensuite would be better, but we rarely had problems accessing the bathroom when we needed it.
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We stayed at The George for a total of three nights. The rooms were clean and neighborhood safe. The staff were friendly and there are plenty of restaurants in the area as well as a tube station.
The bad-the advertised "full English Breakfast." Not worth staying in for. Powdered eggs and CANNED tomatoes.
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Definitely not worth the price. Checked out early. Desk staff surly, unhelpful; bfast and cleaning staff good. Bathroom smaller than on boat or camper van. Furniture heavily worn, filthy stains inside drawers, bug crawling across floor. Kept our belongings in plastic bags hung in closet to avoid contamination. Room security poor- door bolt and frame flimsy; no locks or screens on windows. Front door security at street good. Quiet neighborhood and st, but noisy guests behind flimsy walls.
From being greeted with the fact that they had no record of my reservation the staff were uniformly unhelpful and inhospitable. The hotel has no elevators, and no staff to help you. I arrived with a broken ankle and my 86 year old mother, our room was on the second floor. There was no-one to help take our luggage upstairs. The one bright point was the young receptionist on our departure morning who did help carry a suitcase downstairs. Don't be a moment late for breakfast, which is served only between 8 and 9 am, there is no leeway, not even for a glass of juice. Very worn and tired hotel. Be prepared to sleep on mattress springs. There are many better hotels close by at the same or less rate.
Unimpressed, wouldn't return
My wife and I stayed at this hotel for two nights in mid september. We ended up with a basement room that was supposed to include a shower and bath. The shower never worked and the staff's answer was to simply use one of the public baths. If you stay at this place try and determine the room you'll get ahead of time. I found the basement room extremely cramped and in general feel the hotel needs some repair. The hotel is close to a tube stop so if that's important this might be worth while.
But aside from the included breakfast little about my stay at this hotel would cause me to return.
Renovation needed
We (family with one little child) stayed at the George for one weekend.
We had a room with shower and they just put in a shower cabin in one edge of the room. The WC was on the floor and more than 50 years old.
The third bed - where our girl slept - was extremly weared down in the middle. The wooden bench of our window was totaly wrecked and there must have been minimum 10 covers of paint on the window. The staff was friendly and the breakfast o.k. but thats not what you need most in a hotel. So I can't recommend the hotel since they dont improve and renovate the rooms.
Ok if you have luck with the room
Some of the staff are very nice but there are also unfriendly people among them. Good location. Very poor furniture, well I only expect a cupboard that doesn't fall apart when you open it. Nice breakfast. We were 5 people and we changee twice the rooms, so we have seen half a dozen of them. And there is a great difference in quality among rooms: you can find a nice wide room with garden views or a narrow, cave-like hole with no light nor ventilation in the basement. We had bad luck: we arrived during this summer heat-wave, and this hotel doesn't have air conditioned, so we suffered serious heat. The bathroom are really small. Conclusion it's a fine place if you have a little luck with the room and don't spend much time in it.
Ok at the time!
Stayed here in 2001, at the time under the impression that this was reasonable value for money. After living in the UK for a year, and travelling frequently to London, have discovered that one can book 3 or 4 star hotels in great areas for at least as much as we paid here for a twin room with no bathroom!! Definately a lesson learned. Personally I'd rather stay at the Radisson than here, and it sometimes can cost the same!!
OK if you don't want to spend any time at your hotel
I stayed at another one of the Cartwright Gardens hotels (the Euro) when I was 18. I remembered it fondly, so I tried to book it again for my honeymoon, but it was full, so we stayed at the George, right down the street.
The staff was helpful and friendly and the breakfast was quite good and filling. (They had a granola cereal every morning that was just wonderful!) But the hotel is far from homey and far from the type of place you would want to stay in for your honeymoon. We had a room with a private bath, and the bath was simply a converted closet. No joke.
You had to wedge yourself under the sink to use the toilet, and you could literally not turn around in the bathroom, it was so small. The beds had mattresses which sorely needed replacing - big dips in the middle and you felt the springs along every inch of your body. What I remembered as being a quiet neighborhood 10 years ago was far from it this time. Being so close to housing from the university of london and 2 pubs, every night we were awakened by loud drunken shouting.
The rooms were cleaned very well every day, but the facilities were just too uncomfortable and so, after 6 nights of what would have been a 10 night stay, we moved to a hotel in Notting Hill (The Pembridge Court - at, unfortunately, nearly three times the price). I can't say enough wonderful things about the Pembridge Court, but that's another review.
The George would be a fine place for backpackers or others not requiring many (or hardly any) creature comforts. If you're not that kind of traveller, then the George, unfortunately, is not for you.
Great return trip
Had stayed at the George a few years back and always remembered how friendly the staff were. Nothing's changed from that score but the hotel has had a make-over and the room I had was newly painted and furnished and the place was much nicer than I remembered. This was a pleasant surprise. I had a room without a bathroom as this was much cheaper and the bathroom I shared with other guests (never had to wait to use it) was only just along the corridor and down about 6 steps. I arrived early as my plane flew in at 6.30 a.m.! Very attractive and friendly receptionist who was also from Australia. Checking in was easy as they had my emailed information at the desk but my room wasn't ready. No problem, they took my bags, sent me into breakfast (which they didn't charge me for) and then I went out for a bit of sightseeing while they cleaned my room. Good location which was only about a 10 minutes walk from Soho. The breakfasts there are something else and you can eat enough to carry you through to lunch.Apparently, due to the Gulf War, London's suffering from a lack of tourists this year so they've reduced prices to try to attract more customers. Every cloud has a silver lining and my room was about the same price that I paid 4 years ago.The free use of the guest computer to do my emails was a bonus. This hotel's a gem.
Great value, would return!
Enjoyed our stay at George Hotel. The off-season rate was great, 61 pounds for double w/shower. Location is about 4-5 blocks from British Musuem (and lots of bookshops). Our room faced back and could have used a little fresh paint and carpet, but neverless was quite clean and we received fresh towels etc. daily. We would recommend having a room w/shower in winter months as hallway shower and toilet room were quite cold (rest of rooms nice and warm).The staff were friendly and very helpful with directions and suggestions for eating out. Also nice is there's free internet access available.The breakfast, though, capped it for us! There is plenty of juice and breakfast cereals to choose from. But while you're on holiday, why not indulge in the English breakfast? The food is fresh and there's plenty of it (sausage, bacon (bit salty), toast, eggs, beans, tomato).All in all, a nice stay and would definitely come back to it!
Good Enough To Return
Stayed there in 1994 with two friends in a triple. Liked it so much that I remembered it and booked it again this year (haven't been to London in the interim).
I don't think it has changed much, but my recent 2002 booking experience in was very pleasant. They were able to offer us a double for 55 pounds a night. This is their special rate for winter. The bath is next door, not ensuite. Extremely friendly staff who took the booking right away by phone and credit card, no faxes or hassle.
The hotel is part of a series of very similar hotels in a crescent of 19th-century Bloomsbury row houses called Cartwright Gardens. You can see a photo on the hotel's website if you search on the web for it. Any of those hotels offer similar quality (at least, they looked so on the outside) and prices, so if the George is booked, try Jenkins, Crescent, Mentone hotels.
On my last trip, I recall: chintz window curtains, clean rooms and bathrooms, pleasant vague Victorian feel, quiet street in front (with tennis court for guests in summer), and a nice breakfast room which served a piping hot full English breakfast (with English bangers, eggs, choices of toast, etc.) that was absolutely delicious.
Best of all, it's walking distance to the British Museum. It's not in a major shopping/cafe area, being rather quiet (though not dangerous or anything), but I zipped around on the subway. It did not strike me as a crowded, touristy, backpacker heaven type of neighborhood (of course, being Bloomsbury), so this hotel is a real bargain.
I recall it being run by friendly young people used to American travellers. If you are looking for a place run by "innkeepers Mr and Mrs X" who know you by name and fuss over you at breakfast, this is not the place for you. And if you're saving London for a special once-in-a-lifetime first visit, and want the full experience, you might want to find something more expensive and fancy in a fancier neighborhood.
If you're a frequent traveller and have been to London before, and just want a casual place to park, this is a good base.
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DETROIT ľ Detroit Red Wings forward Daniel Cleary noticed something different about Valtteri Filppula at the teamĺs morning skate Monday at Joe Louis Arena.
Filppula was shooting the puck more than normal.
And shooting the puck is what the Wings want more out of the forward who has struggled to come close to last seasonĺs career numbers he put up.
ôHeĺs got a good shot, but obviously heĺs a creative player and creative players like to pass,ö Cleary said. ôJust like (Pavel Datsyuk) or (Henrik Zetterberg), he likes to pass first. Itĺs just in them. But certainly when they decide to shoot the puck on net, even late in the season, thatĺs when theyĺre going to score goals. Itĺs good to see it, because heĺs an important player for us.ö
Filppula scored the Wingsĺ third power play goal in Monday nightĺs 4-0 win over Phoenix.
ôItĺs different seeing Fil shoot the puck on a two-on-one,ö Cleary said of Filppulaĺs goal that he one-timed after a pass from Zetterberg to beat Mike Smith on the short side. ôHe probably could have had three (Monday), for sure.ö
The goal was Filppulaĺs first in eight games and just his second in the last 17 games, giving him eight on the season.
ôItĺs just great, get a goal, we needed him to get a goal, to be an important player, to be on the inside, shoot pucks, be dominant for us,ö Wings coach Mike Babcock said. ôWe count on him for that. Ideally, (that) goal will help him take a step for us.ö
Filppula had a career-high 23 goals last season to go along with a career-best 43 assists. He has 16 points in 38 games this season.
ôObviously I donĺt think Iĺve been playing as well as I should, but at the same time Iĺve been trying to do the same things that I have been doing,ö Filppula said. ôIĺve been feeling pretty good out there of late and hopefully I can keep on improving.ö
Filppula is in the final of a contract thatĺs paying him $3 million. Heĺs reportedly looking for a deal that will give him a $2 million increase per season.
ôItĺs always tough especially when your team (doesnĺt) get wins, thatĺs the most important thing,ö Filppula said. ôYou want to help the team to win. Iĺm getting a lot of ice time so you hope you can help the team more when you can. Itĺs frustrating. I feel like Iĺve had good games, but you need to produce when you get to play that much and thatĺs something that I havenĺt been able to do and hopefully that changes.ö
Three on the PP
The Wingsĺ three goals on the power play Monday matched their season high in a game this year.
ô(The) power play was the star of the game (Monday),ö Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said. ôFor them to go out there and get three power play goals for us, especially when the power play hasnĺt been all that great. By them finding the back of the net, hopefully we gain some confidence going into Wednesday night (against Los Angeles).ö
Detroit had gone three straight games without a goal on the power play prior to Monday, going 0-for-10 in that stretch.
ôIt was obviously a good sign,ö Cleary said. ôThis is what can get us in there. This is what can get us going. Itĺs an important piece of our team.ö
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n ôTheyĺre big boys, they understand whatĺs going on more than anybody,ö Babcock said on the importance of the Wings extending their consecutive seasons of reaching the playoffs to 22. ôThey make their living here and they got a lot of pride in wearing the sweater. I think our commitment to detail and our commitment to process has been very good. Just because people on the outside who donĺt live here donĺt see it the same way doesnĺt change what we think. Weĺre a different team than weĺve been. That doesnĺt mean weĺre not working and competing.ö
n Babcock on if Howard can carry the team, ôHe has to. Itĺs not about Ĺcan,ĺ he has to. Thereĺs no option. We have a huge game against LA. Theyĺre a big heavy team, theyĺre going to be hard to play against.ĺĺ
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Happy Canada Day! Let's celebrate with yet another Windows Azure developer story!
A few weeks ago, I started my search for untold Canadian stories in preparation for my talk, Windows Azure: What's In the Cloud, at Prairie Dev Con. I was just looking for a few stores, but was actually surprised, impressed, and proud of my fellow Canadians when I was able to connect with several Canadian developers who have either built new applications using Windows Azure services or have migrated existing applications to Windows Azure. What was really amazing to see was the different ways these Canadian developers were Windows Azure to create unique solutions.
This is one of those stories.
Leveraging Windows Azure for Applications That Scale and Store Data
Back in May, we talked about leveraging Windows Azure for your next app idea, and specifically, usage scenarios around websites. We talked about how Windows Azure is ideal for sites that have to scale quickly and for sites that store massive amounts of data. Today, we'll chat with Morton Rand-Hendriksen (@mor10) and Chris Arnold (@GoodCoffeeCode) from PhotoPivot.com and deep dive into the intricate ways they've used Windows Azure as a backend processing engine and mass storage platform for PhotoPivot.
PhotoPivot is an early stage, self-funded start-up with the potential for internet-scale growth as a value-add to existing photo platforms by adding a DeepZoom layer to peoples' entire image collections. This, coupled with its unique front-ends, creates a great user experience. PhotoPivot experiences huge, sporadic processing burden to create this new layer and is constantly in need of vast amounts of storage.
Jonathan: When you guys were designing PhotoPivot, what was the rationale behind your decision to develop for the Cloud, and more specifically, to use Windows Azure?
Morten: Cloud gives us a cost-effective, zero-maintenance, highly scalable approach to hosting. It enables us to spend our valuable time focusing on our customers, not our infrastructure. Azure was the obvious choice. Between Chris and I, we've developed on the Microsoft stack for 2 decades and Azure's integration into our familiar IDE was important. As a BizSpark member, we also get some great, free benefits. This enabled us to get moving fast without too much concern over costs.
Chris: I like integrated solutions. It means that if (when?) something in the stack I'm using goes wrong I normally have one point of contact for a fix. Using something like AWS would, potentially, put us in a position of bouncing emails back and forth between Amazon and Microsoft - not very appealing. I've also been a .NET developer since it was in Beta so using a Windows-based platform was the obvious choice.
Jonathan: What Windows Azure services are you using? How are you using them?
Chris: We use Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Blob Storage and CDN. Currently our infrastructure consists of an ASP.NET MVC front-end hosted in Extra Small web roles (Windows Azure Compute). We will soon be porting this to WordPress hosted on Azure. We also have a back-end process that is hosted in worker roles. These are only turned on, sporadically, when we need to process new users to the platform (and subsequently turned off when no longer needed so as to not incur costs). If we have a number of pending users we have the option to spin up as many roles as we want to pay for in order to speed up the work. We are planning to make good use of the off-peak times to spin these up - thus saving us money on data transfers in.
We use SQL Azure to store all the non-binary, relational data for our users. This is potentially large (due to all the Exif data etc. associated with photography) but, thankfully, it can be massively normalised. We use Entity Framework as our logical data layer and, from this, we automatically generated the database.
We use Blob storage for all of the DeepZoom binary and xml data structures. Public photos are put in public containers and can be browsed directly whilst non-public photos are stored in private containers and accessed via a web role that handles authentication and authorization.
One 'interesting' aspect to this is the way we generate the DeepZoom data. The Microsoft tools are still very wedded to the filing system. This has meant us using local storage as a staging platform. Once generated, the output is uploaded to the appropriate container. We are working on writing our own DeepZoom tools that will enable us to target any Stream, not just the filing system.
Our existing data centre was in the US. Because our Silverlight front-end does a lot of async streaming, users in the UK, noticed the 100ms lag. Using the CDN gives us a trivially simple way to distribute our image data and give our worldwide users a great experience.
Jonathan: During development, did you run into anything that was not obvious and required you to do some research? What were your findings? Hopefully, other developers will be able to use your findings to solve similar issues.
Chris: When designing something as complex as PhotoPivot, you're bound to run into a few things:
Jonathan: Lastly, what were some of the lessons you and your team learned as part of ramping up to use Windows Azure or actually developing for Windows Azure?
Chris: Efficiency is everything. When you move from a dedicated server to Azure you have to make your storage and processes as efficient as possible, because they directly effect your bottom line. We spent time refactoring our code to 'max out' both CPU and bandwidth simultaneously. Azure can be a route to creating a profitable service, but you have to work harder to achieve this.
How did we do it? Our existing back-end process (that, basically, imports new users) ran on a dedicated server. Using 'Lean Startup' principles I wrote code in a manner that allowed me to test ideas quickly. This meant that it wasn't as efficient or robust as production code. This was OK because we were paying a flat-rate for our server. Azure's pay-as-you-go model means that, if we can successfully refactor existing code so that it runs twice as fast, we'll save money.
Our existing process had 2 sequential steps:
During step 1 we used as much bandwidth as possible but NO CPU cycles. During step 2, we didn't use ANY bandwidth but lots of CPU cycles. By changing our process flow, we were able to utilise both bandwidth and CPU cycles simultaneously and get through the process quicker. For example:
Another HUGELY important aspect is concurrency. Fully utilising the many classes in the TPL (Task Parallel Library) is hard, but necessary if you are going to develop successfully on Azure (or any pay-as-you-go platform). Gone are the days of writing code in series
Thank you Chris and Morten. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking us on this deep dive exploring the inner workings of PhotoPivot.
In Moving Your Solution to the Cloud, we talked about two types of applications – compatible with Windows Azure and designed for Windows Azure. You can consider the original dedicated server hosted version of PhotoPivot as compatible with Windows Azure. Would it work in Windows Azure if it were deployed as is? Yes, absolutely. However, as you can see above, in order to really reap the benefits of Windows Azure, Chris had to make a few changes to the application. However, once done, PhotoPivot became an application that was designed for Windows Azure, and leveraging the platform to its max to reduce costs and maximize on scale.
If you're a Flickr user, head over to photopivot.com and sign up to participate in the beta program. Once you see your pictures in these new dimensions, you'll never want to look at them in any other way. From the photography aficionados to the average point-and-shooter, this is a great visualization tool that will give you a new way of exploring your picture collections. Check it out.
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NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a
Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey
meat into the U.S.
Judge Raymond Dearie ruled that Mamie Manneh's faith didn't preclude her from applying for permits to import exotic food or explain why she misled officials.
Manneh was charged with smuggling the meat three years ago after
customs agents seized a shipment of primate parts as it passed
through Kennedy Airport on the way to her home in Staten Island.
She faces up to five years in prison and deportation if convicted. Her lawyers claimed a First Amendment right, arguing that some Liberian Christians eat monkey meat for spiritual reasons.
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1A player positioned behind the center who directs a team's offensive play.
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Is there a way to set a catogories for single images in a post instead of for the whole post? So you set different catogories to the images and not the complete post, so when you check a catogorie you only get relavant images.
So for instance if you have post several posts on your different travels. you should catogories the pictures to "beach" and "mountain", then when you check the catagories you will only see the mountains pictures instead of all the holliday pictures..
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do we need tickets for Commencement?
No, you do not need tickets for Commencement, but to ensure seating for all, we request that each graduate's family restrict itself to five family members and/or friends. Please impose this restriction yourself so all family and friends of graduates can enjoy the Commencement exercise. The seating area will consist of approximately 2,200 folding chairs on the lawn with another 480 seats on bleachers in the back.
What if we have more than five people who want to attend?
The Commencement ceremony will be broadcast live in three overflow seating locations: Walter Theatre in Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts, Fort Howard Theater in the F.K. Bemis International Center, and the first floor presentation room in the Miriam B. and James J. Mulva Library. Additional guests are also welcome to bring their own lawn chairs and watch from the forest/festival seating area outlined on the diagram.
How early should we arrive at the for the Commencement ceremony?
Seating is on a first-come basis beginning at noon and we ask that everyone be seated by 1:20 p.m. Please note that the staff needs time to reconfigure the seating areas after Mass so you may be asked to move if you arrive before noon.
Will you have special seating for persons with disabilities?
Wheelchairs will be accommodated at the ends of each row on the sidewalk areas, but no chairs may be moved and the center aisles must be kept clear. As noted above, there will be approximately 2,200 folding chairs on the lawn seating area with another 480 seats on bleachers in the back. Guests with difficulty sitting in folding chairs may prefer to watch the ceremony from one of the air-conditioned overflow seating locations noted above.
On our arrival to campus, where can we park?
All campus parking lots are available for Commencement parking. Handicapped parking is available in lot P5 behind Victor McCormick Hall. Vehicles must have a handicapped permit displayed. Please refer to the campus parking map but note that due to construction on Schuldes Sports Center some lots on the south end of campus may be closed.
Some city streets will be available for parking. Please park properly and legally. Street parking requires a four-foot set-back from driveway entrances. Please cooperate in allowing emergency vehicle access by not parking on the dead-end streets south of campus. Also, the college asks your cooperation in not parking on college-owned or public lawns in the neighborhood before or after Commencement.
How long is the Commencement ceremony?
The Commencement ceremony will last approximately two hours.
In what order will the graduates proceed into the Schuldes Sports Center?
The Commencement procession will enter from the back of the arena promptly at 1:30 p.m. in the following order:
- ROTC Color Guard
- Faculty
- Masters (Graduates)
- Seniors (Graduates)
- St. Norbert College Trustees
- Ceremony Participants
- Master's degree and BA graduates on east side of aisle (right as looking at stage)
- BBA, BM, BS and BSN graduates on west side of aisle (left as looking at stage)
For exiting, the ceremony participants will leave first, followed by the faculty and the new St. Norbert College alumni.
Will a professional photographer take pictures as diplomas are distributed or will I be allowed to take pictures from in front of the stage?
The college photographer will capture the moment of each graduate being congratulated by President Thomas Kunkel. This color photo is free and will be mailed to each graduate in early June, along with a form to order extra prints for a nominal fee.
You may also take your own photos, but because of the number of graduates, we ask for your cooperation. Ushers will be in the area just to the left of the stage and will help you get positioned for a good photo shortly before your graduate crosses the stage. Please return to your seat immediately after taking your photos.
Will Commencement be televised?
Will Commencement be streamed live on the internet?
Yes, the Baccalaureate Mass will be streamed at 9:15 a.m. and the Commencement ceremony will be streamed at 1:30 p.m. Just follow the "Livestream" link on the Commencement home page. Both events will also be broadcast in three overflow seating locations: Walter Theatre in the Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts, Fort Howard Theater in the F.K. Bemis International Center, the first floor presentation room in the Miriam B. and James J. Mulva Library.
Will there be a first aid station at Commencement?
First aid will be available in the Health & Wellness Center in the lower level of Main Hall during Commencement. This station is staffed by a St. Norbert College nurse. Loaner wheelchairs will be available at the Campus Center Information Desk.
Is smoking allowed on campus?
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By Harold Gwin
YOUNGSTOWN — The city school district isn't getting the revenue it anticipated from the four-year emergency tax levy voters approved in November 2008.
William Johnson, district treasurer, told the school board's finance committee that the district is getting only about $4.8 million of the projected $5.2 million in annual revenue the 9.5-mill levy was to produce.
Lock P. Beachum Sr., committee chairman, said the shortfall will hurt the district's budget as the system seeks to emerge from state-imposed fiscal emergency, the result of it running a general-fund deficit in 2006.
The levy was expected to provide $20.8 million in new revenue over its four-year run. Collection rates indicate the total may fall about $1.6 million short, Johnson said.
The district is having problems collecting its property taxes in general, he said, telling the committee that delinquencies now total about $9 million.
People have left their properties and moved away, and some just aren't paying their taxes, opting to spend their money on necessities in a difficult economy, he said.
This year's budget shows the district ending the current fiscal year June 30 with a general fund balance of between $3 million and $4 million. The district has trimmed $32 million in spending and cut about 450 jobs over the last few years as it seeks to return to fiscal solvency.
That black ink will begin to dwindle when the tax levy expires in 2013, and the school board has been talking about the need for another $2 million in spending reductions to help avoid a return to insolvency.
Beachum asked if that additional reduction is still necessary and advised Johnson to prepare a "state-of-the-state" financial report to show the board and the public exactly where things stand.
Johnson has suggested in the past that the district might have to ask voters to renew the levy or approve a smaller levy down the road to keep spending out of the red, and the state fiscal oversight commission controlling district spending during its time in fiscal emergency has suggested a similar scenario.
School board members aren't interested.
Give the board a picture of what is needed to avoid another levy, Beachum told Johnson.
The district will never pass another levy, board member Michael Murphy said, suggesting that additional spending cuts are the only key to avoiding a budget deficit. The district needs to adopt a "no-more-levy" mind set, he said.
Superintendent Wendy Webb told the committee that a plan for additional reductions to be made in 2010-11 is nearly finalized and will be presented to the school board soon. The administration is fully aware of the need to continue cutting costs, she said.
Once again facing harsh economic times it will take a reduction in programs to balance the budget. Let this be proof that no matter how much leniency the people of Youngstown give our elected officials it takes tax increasing deficits to realize that overspending programs do not work!


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I am pulling my hair on this one, hopefully someone can help me.
I have looked everywhere and can not find a function/get that will grab the tag slug of the current post I am viewing.
The reason why I need this is because I have content in tabs that will get loaded on tags.
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EquitAble is a four-year collaborative research project comprised of researchers from
Ireland, Norway, Sudan, Namibia, Malawi and South Africa. The project has produced empirical
knowledge on access to health care for vulnerable people in resource poor settings in Africa.
EquitAble brings together several teams comprised of both leading and upcoming
researchers, from two European and four African countries.
This strong consortium, with established project management and research credentials, presents a valuable opportunity to provide data to inform crucial policy decisions, as well as building research capacity in this area. EquitAble undertook policy analysis, intensive ethnographic analysis, and extensive household surveys across Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, and Sudan.
Healthcare can be neither universal nor equitable if it is less accessible to some
sections of society than it is to others. EquitAbles focus on activity limitations in Africa has
provided data that is crucial to enable universal and equitable access to healthcare in resource
poor areas.
The project aims to provide the disability sector with data to develop evidence-based advocacy; government ministries with opportunities to implement evidence-based policy decisions; and service-providers with data to enact evidence-based practice. However, this project has gone, and will continue to go, beyond making recommendations and producing guidelines; it will address the process of bridging the evidence-policy-practice gaps, by identifying barriers and facilitators for the implementation of our research findings, thus enabling the project to have a real impact.
EquitAble Project Manager Dr. Hasheem Mannan affirms that currently our health systems and policies and practices are not inclusive for vulnerable groups such as woman-headed households, displaced populations and persons with disabilities. While the importance of addressing the health needs of vulnerable groups in low-income countries is increasingly being recognised, there are many challenges in how this should be addressed and implemented for different categories of vulnerable people.
While different groups of vulnerable people present some similar challenges for their equitable access to healthcare, there are also distinctive challenges presented by different groups. While a wider range of vulnerable groups have been addressed in the EquitAble project, the project has focused particularly on the challenges that persons with disabilities present to achieving universal and equitable access to healthcare in resource poor settings.
EquitAbles primary objectives:
EquitAble consists of five work packages:
EquitAble has developed a new policy analysis framework - EquiFrame with the intention
of developing a health policy analysis framework, that examines policy content, which would
be of particular relevance in low-income countries in general, and in Africa in particular.
The framework, based on a comprehensive development and validation process, was formulated through extensive literature searches and consultation with over 100 stakeholders across Sudan, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Norway, and Ireland, incorporating universities, research organizations, and non-governmental organizations. The framework addresses the principles of universal, equitable, and accessible health service provision, by assessing the degree to which vulnerable groups and core concepts of human rights feature in health policies.
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Further, this analysis has highlighted
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patterns. As described by Paul E. Farmer, Editor of Health and Human Rights, EquiFrame is
a theoretical tool that facilitates the integration of human rights concepts into policy-making.
It offers a smart and pragmatic strategy for promoting global health equity by moving rightsbased
concepts forward in policy makers toolkits.
The EquitAble project Work Package that developed EquiFrame was led by Professor Mutamad Amin, Director of Research at Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan, a former Minister of Health. It was the guiding framework for the development of Malawi's first National Health Policy, and will be used to guide all future health policy revision and development in North Sudan. There are currently plans to use EquiFrame in other countries, and it has already been used to evaluate the health-related donor policies of the Governmental Aid agencies in Ireland, UK and Norway. More than 10 papers have now being published using EquiFrame (please see MacLachlan et al., 2012; Mannan et al., 2011).
Furthermore, ethnographic work conducted is currently being published and the consortium has conducted analyses of its unique quantitative data-set of over 32,000 people across 17 sites in Africa.
The research results arising from EquitAble will feed much-needed
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Such systems-failures, such as multiple drug resistance and exacerbation of health problems, could be cured or prevented with better information and greater accessibility. Finally, this consortium is committed to disseminating the Projects findings to a broad range of people with activity limitations and other characteristics that may make them vulnerable to inequitable access to health services. These groups are also traditionally amongst those with whom research results are seldom shared.
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Also, does anyone know if we can do the international drivers test while we are still stateside? And if so, who in the world do we talk to about that?
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Bearcats sitting pretty at #16 in the lastest SI Power Rankings.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/col...#ixzz2pxZjan00Cincinnati Bearcats (13-2)
Mick Cronin has a rep as a strong defensive coach, but I'm still surprised to see the Bearcats ranked higher in adjusted defensive efficiency (5th) than Louisville is (14th) in January. Given the Cardinals' issues, how much Memphis has underwhelmed, and UConn's midseason swoon, it seems reasonable to call Cincy the new favorite to win the American Athletic Conference in its first year of existence. Following a 17-point loss to Xavier in mid-December, the Bearcats' defense locked down and has yet to allow an opponent to score more than 0.979 PPP.
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Bearcats crack the AP Top 25, settling in at Number 19.
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Another win.
I've been really, really impressed with the play of Justin Jackson this season. In the past I've been critical of the lack of player growth and development that taken place under Cronin's watch but Jackson has really made a huge leap forward this season.
Bearcats struggle before putting Temple away late. The final score is 69-58. Sean Kilpatrick led the way with 23. Rubles and Jackson also in double figures. A win is a win.
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17-2 works for me
Bearcats go on the road and take care of business. 61-54. Wins are wins.
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Will be interesting to see the polls today. Should be in the 14-16 range. Take care of business against UCF and Temple this week and then the schedule starts getting pretty tough for the remainder of the season. Going 9-3 would be pretty solid in that stretch and would give them a good chance to win the conference.
Bearcats in at #15. Nice.
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I think UC is the better team than Ohio State at this point. Ohio State's best win is probably Marquette, who is 11-8 on the season. Not exactly a quality win. Their other two "best" wins are Notre Dame and Maryland, who are 11-7 and 11-8. They have one top 50 RPI win against North Dakota State, who checks in at #49. After dropping a game last night to Nebraska who was 8-8 and 0-4 in the Big Ten I'm convinced they don't belong in the top 25 until they show they can beat a quality opponent.
Same goes for Duke really. They have beat a couple decent teams in UCLA and Michigan, but they also have losses to Notre Dame and Clemson. At this point that resume does not deserve to be ranked ahead of UC.
Iowa State I would rank ahead of UC. They have some really nice wins, paired with a couple head scratcher losses against Oklahoma and Texas, but overall I would put them in the top 15.
If you were talking in terms of talent, then yeah, Ohio State and Duke should be ranked in the top 5, but at this point in the season neither of them deserve to be ranked any higher than they are.
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Bearcats are up to #11 in the CNNSI power rankings. I guess we will find out on the 30th when they travel to Louisville. That certainly would appear to be a solid test.
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Justin Jackson is quite simply playing his butt off tonight. Cincinnati is definitely playing like a top 15 team in the second half so far.
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Blueberry-Apricot Jam
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr
You can taste each fruit separately in this chunky, not-so-sweet jam. Thickens naturally without pectin.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 cups apricots, pitted and halved
- 1 pint blueberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 lemon, juice and zest of
- Mix all ingredients together, stirring frequently, in a heavy-bottom pot over medium heat.
- Cook about an hour, until consistency is thick when dribbled off a spoon.
- Can (in either a water bath canner or pressure canner) according to manufacturer's directions, or store refrigerated and use within three months, or freeze for up to a year.
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I have been using this recipe for 3 years now exactly as written and I love it. I'm a diabetic so I like to control how much sugar is in my food. This is not a really sweet jam, but since most jams have large amounts of sugar, and you'll find that with less sugar the fruit flavors really shine. I put it up as a freezer jam in small containers that I can use in a week or less after opening. Without the high sugar content this jam molds more easily at refrigerator temperatures.
I didn't have any lemons on hand, so I used the fruit of an orange sans the zest. I used 2 T of lemon juice. I kept everything else the same. The blueberries cooked way faster than the apricots, so next time I make it, I will cook the apricots first for a while or I'll weep them with the sugar first. I am planning to use this in a tart with a cheese cake type base. It has a great flavor, and I think mine was less tart than others' due to not having the lemon zest. I like the fact that it's not overly sweet.


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I have a little fix for the problem with the dashboard widgets. They don't work/display after login and seemed to work only at random times.
I think it is also the bug mentioned here:
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I tried a little bit around and figured out that the widgets are only displayed, when the dashboard is called with "wp-admin/index.php". If the dashboard is called with "wp-admin/" without "index.php" (like after the login) they are not displayed.
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The former Wakefield, Huddersfield and England prop, who was a member of the Rhinos' Grand Final-winning team in October, joined the City Reds on a month's loan after being unable to force his way into Brian McDermott's team so far this season.
Instead of lining up against Melbourne Storm in Friday's World Club Challenge, Griffin was preparing to make his Reds debut in Sunday's Super League televised match against Hull KR at the City of Salford Stadium.
"I've come to get some game time," he said. "If I can help the boys in any way, that's great."
The experienced Griffin will help bolster the Salford ranks while coach Phil Veivers waits for the arrival of reinforcements, initially in the form of Manly Sea Eagles duo Vic Mauro and Liam Foran, but he remains part of the Rhinos' future plans.
Meanwhile, Huddersfield look to maintain the only 100% record when they visit Wakefield, who bounced back from their heavy opening day defeat by Bradford to post back-to-back wins.
That makes the Wildcats dangerous opponents, according to the Giants' former Wakefield full-back Scott Grix.
"We have looked at the tapes of their games and they are definitely looking pretty sharp," said Grix, whose side will be on a high following their impressive win over Wigan.
"With the way we played at the weekend we don't want to get ahead of ourselves. It will be tough going over there and I know they will be ready for it."
Elsewhere, Wigan will be expected to return to winning ways when they host London Broncos, who have lost all three matches so far, and Castleford will be hoping to end a traumatic week on a high note when they host Catalan Dragons.
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Kim vs. Kourtney: The Kardashians Go Dragon Boat Racing! (Photos)Shana Aborn
Start your…um… paddles!
The Kardashian family engaged in a little friendly competition as they split into teams for a dragon-boat race in Miami.
The centuries-old sport features long, thin boats maneuvered by a large team of paddlers, plus a steerer in the rear and a drummer or caller on the bow who keeps the pace and cheers on the rowers.
Alongside their teammates, Kim and Kourtney, younger sis Kylie Jenner, mom Kris Jenner and stepdad Bruce Jenner did some stretches and practiced handling their oars before heading over to the docks.
Then it was sister against sister as Kim and Kris sat at the front of one boat while Kourtney, Kylie and Bruce took the head positions in the other.
Who emerged triumphant? From the pics, it looks as though Team Kim took first place. But everyone had a good time, which is what really counts in the end.
Maybe Khloe will join in next time!
Check out the race pictures here.
Paddle stretches 1 of 10As Bruce Jenner looks on, the family and their teammates do some pre-race stretches.
Oar right 2 of 10Kourtney and Kylie learn proper paddle techniques.
Making like a frog 3 of 10Kim and Kris practice squats.
Game face on 4 of 10Kourtney wore a loose plain white T and sweatpants for the race.
Ready to race 5 of 10Her life vest on, Kourtney heads for her team's boat.
It's on! 6 of 10Kim and Kris lead their team in the friendly challenge.
Digging deep 7 of 10Kourtney, Kylie and Bruce paddle furiously toward the finish line.
Smiles all around 8 of 10As the race concludes, Kim's team looks triumphant.
Congratulations 9 of 10Who won? Not sure, but it looks like Bruce is giving his stepdaughter a congratulatory squeeze.
Looking cool 10 of 10After the race, Kim looked both sporty and sexy in her low-cut workout wear.
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Let's leave the greater meaning of the Michael Vick plea bargain to everybody else. Clearly, there are enough people out there with strong feelings about Vick vis-�-vis dogfighting, gambling, racism, cruelty, sentencing, image rehabilitation and the long-term implications of just about everything. They can proceed unabated.
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It's time to stop making any kind of excuses for Michael Vick's behavior.
The dogfighting subculture is apparently a subsidiary of the Southern subculture, which is itself a subsidiary of American culture.
By strict definition, the defenders and explainers of Vick -- Harry Edwards and Ray Buchanan were two I heard on Monday -- are correct: Three guys who hold up a convenience store are a subculture, the same way three teenagers who play pinochle with their grandparents are a subculture.
A religious cult is a subculture, a drug ring is a subculture, a quilting bee is a subculture.
And then there is a subculture of people who like to train dogs, then like to watch them fight while betting on them, then kill them by hanging or electrocution or drowning afterward. Yes, that subculture exists.
The problem is one of usage. The way I hear it, subculture is used as a justification, as if attaching the word culture -- in whatever form -- somehow imbues this activity with credibility.
In other words: However depraved it might be, you have to somehow respect it because it's cultural.
Nice try, but it doesn't work. Three weeks ago, I raised the issue of whether the NFL and Nike were being duplicitous by attempting to purge the marketplace of anything related to Vick. I felt they had profited from Vick's edgy image, perhaps knowing how unstable that edge really was.
But now that Vick has pleaded guilty and will go to prison for his crimes, the justifications and defenses need to stop. The people who justify and defend on the basis of culture are demeaning themselves in the process. Don't tell me about Leonard Little or Jamal Lewis, and please, please, please don't tell me everybody who eats a T-bone or a piece of barbecued chicken is as guilty as Vick because the meat-processing business in this country is as inhumane as Bad Newz Kennels. Spare us both the specious comparisons and the pieties, and see it for what it is.
And do yourself and us a favor: Don't tell us we don't understand the subculture.
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• There aren't many sure things in life, but here's one: Tim Wakefield against the Devil Rays.
• You know how you can tell there is no way on earth you could slip anything past the ESPN research crew? Well, here's why: In the daily research notes that arrived in my inbox Monday afternoon, there was the following note on the Pirates: "It was only the eighth time in major league history that a team in sole possession of its league's worst record won consecutive games after trailing by four or more runs in both."
• And you know what? That's why nobody can stump the Schwab.
• Second-best trade acquisition, behind Mark Teixeira: Wilson Betemit, Yankees.
• Well, then mission accomplished: After the Dodgers acquired Shea Hillenbrand and his notoriously offbeat personality, manager Grady Little said, "At this point, we're not looking for a good presence in the clubhouse."
• Just for the heck of it: Steve Renko.
• But they at least knew the rules, which probably helped: Ric Clarson, PGA senior VP for brand marketing, came up with the following comparison for golf's inaugural FedEx Cup: "I wonder if the members of the Green Bay Packers when they won the very first Super Bowl in 1967, which wasn't even called the Super Bowl then, realized their place in history."
• Right, Phil, because if you told the average guy he just earned a $10 million annuity, he'd probably turn up his nose and ask, "Hey, where's that big cardboard check?" Discussing the prize money allotted to the FedEx Cup winner, Phil Mickelson said, "For the last year, I felt it would be really cool if we had this big check or we had cash to pay the winner. Instead, guys won't see it for 20-plus years, so it takes some of the luster out of it."
• And finally, sometimes you travel the country and experience something that makes you shake your head in awe of the benefits of freedom: While driving in the Northwest on Sunday afternoon, idly listening to the Mariners play the White Sox, I was treated to the unexpected pleasure of listening to a man -- professional baseball announcer Rick Rizzs -- talk to a dog.
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Graduation Ceremonies and Principal's Reception 2011, The UWI, St. Augustine Campus
The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus hosted its Graduation Ceremonies on October 27th, 28th and 29th, 2011.
Six students were named Valedictorians this year. Ms. Bernice Robinson spoke on the morning of Thursday 27th October at the Faculty of Science and Agriculture ceremony, and Mrs. Meera Rampersad-Janglee delivered the Valedictory address at the Faculty of Engineering ceremony on the same afternoon.
On Friday 28th October, two ceremonies took place for the Faculty of Social Sciences. Ms. Anais Joseph spoke at the first, while Ms. Fameeda Mohammed, addressed the second.
Finally, on Saturday 29th October, Mr. Dexnell Peters, Valedictorian from the Faculty of Humanities and Education, addressed the morning ceremony, while Mr. David Milne, from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, did the honours in the afternoon ceremony.
The Campus also conferred eight honorary degrees at its ceremonies. The honorary LLD was conferred on: Professor Anantanand Rambachan, who addressed the audience on the morning of the 27th; Sir Fenton H. Ramsahoye, who delivered his address at that afternoon's ceremony; Mrs. Helen Bhagwansingh and Mr. John Reginald Dumas was honoured on the morning of the 28th, where Mr. Dumas addressed the audience; Mr. Brian Charles Lara spoke at the afternoon's ceremony (on the 28th), and Mr. Kamaluddin Mohammed spoke at the evening ceremony on October 29th. On the morning of October 29th, the honorary DLitt was conferred upon Mr. Donald 'Jackie' Hinkson and Mr. Roy Cape, who both addressed the audience.
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TiltonRoad TiltonRoad May 8, 2008 00:32 Flag
Jimmy Mac say's he will stay with Blues no matter what...and that goes along with Kapo.
Isn't it refreshing that to quality player's are prepared to face up to their role in the position Blues are in and help them get out of it. Loyalty...that is.....are you watching Gareth Barry??Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
foxyladysc3 foxyladysc3 May 9, 2008 05:52 Flag
sorry nige out of order there , their combined period of service is???
barry has done nothing wrong and while you know that we are desperate for him to stay,, very few would blame him for calling time on it,,
we hope to keep him but the out of order issue here is down to liverpool and benitez not barry looking for a move
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TiltonRoad TiltonRoad May 9, 2008 06:04 Flag
Janice??...doesn't suit you me old mate!!
I see what your saying, and you know my feelings about that, I alway's dispair when I see the regions top players linked with teams out of the area. Liverpool...Why...? Don't answer that...but what I am saying is this, I would really like to see OUR teams doing really well, but when OUR best players are continually creamed off, and become squad players at the so called big '4'...how are we evr going to have a Villa win the league of EC again? Not a hope.
I hope Barry does stay, but I wont hold my breath.
Loyalty is also with fans.
So please all you fine weather supporters...Get behind your team.
This is a Baggie talking...I have suffered too but am still a true stripes supporter and have been since the early 1960's.
I want ALL west midlands' teams to succeed.
First your own..Then your local friends and neighbours and then England etc.
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A Yahoo! User May 8, 2008 06:21 Flag
Well said Clive
Take your preferences from the local area, and stop when you get to England.
I have done the same thing down here in Bristol.
Bristol 1st, then Villa.....There's naff all in between Bristol and Birmingham to support, so i feel justified in leaping an hour or so away for my second team.
OK i could have gone 45 mins east to swindon or........Oh shut up Roy.
And Nig...Barry is going nowhere. I know cus it said so in the Daily Star!!


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