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The Grand Rapids Griffins found a way to cool them off -- and climb out of last place.
The Griffins jumped out to a 5-1 lead and then had to hold on for a wild 5-4 win before a crowd of 9,055 at Van Andel Arena.
Thirteen players had points for Grand Rapids (28-25-1-8), which leapfrogged Rochester (29-28-3-3) for sixth place in the North Division -- but not without a fight from the Americans, who clearly didn't want to be in seventh.
Rochester scored three times in the final 10 minutes of play before the Griffins finally were able to capture their fourth win in the past five games.
"That's a coach's worst nightmare, especially when we play them tomorrow," Griffins coach Curt Fraser said. "We got that fifth goal and then we started to back up and think it was going to be easy sailing.
"The same has happened to us many times. A team gets up on us and take their foot off the gas and we come right back on them, so no lead is ever safe. You just don't want to have the game end up like that."
Brandon Straub, Chris Minard, Ilari Filppula, Jamie Tardif and Brendan Smith scored for the Griffins, and Jamie Johnson added two assists.
Smith had no idea that his blast from just inside the blueline 2:12 into the third period would prove to be the game-winner.
But Rochester got three consecutive goals from P.J. Fenton, Triston Grant and A.J. Jenks in a span of 7:18 near the end of the third to make it interesting.
The Americans had one last rush in the final minute of play, but Griffins goaltender Jordan Pearce snagged a blast from Mike Kostka with 6.6 seconds remaining to staunch the rally.
"I guess it's good for the stat sheet for me, but we have to have a better effort at the end there," Smith said. "It's just not acceptable."
Griffins 5, Americans 4
Next game: Grand Rapids vs. Rochester, 7 p.m. Saturday at Van Andel Arena
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Through two periods, it was all Grand Rapids.
The Griffins took a 1-0 lead with 6:31 left in the first when Joakim Andersson flipped the puck to the front of the goal and the puck bounced off Straub's stick and past Americans goaltender Tyler Plante.
Minard made it 2-0 with a harmless looking shot that trickled through Plante's five-hole and across the goaline with 1:13 remaining in the first.
Filppula ran the lead to 3-0 when he scored during a 5-on-3 power play 6:15 into the second. Tardif made it 4-0 with 7:50 left in the second after taking a pass from Tomas Tatar on a breakaway and scoring his 74th career goal with the Griffins, good for third all-time.
Rochester finally got on the board when former Griffin Clay Wilson scored on a power play with 1:58 left in the second.
After Smith's goal, though, the Griffins might have gotten a little too complacent.
"I don't think we expected that when we came out for the third period, but they took advantage of some little mistakes and those are mistakes that we can't make trying to get into a playoff spot," Minard said. "Positive thing is we got the two points, and that's what mattered today."
Grand Rapids spent the past week in last place, but that really wasn't indicative of its positioning. The Griffins are only seven points of first place.
"Fantastic two points. Gets us out of the bottom, gets us closer to the top," Fraser said. "Lots of good things tonight, great goals. To me, high-end performances from a lot of the guys -- and then you get that last bit at the end, so maybe we'll just turn the page on that."
Griffins notes
• Grand Rapids' Greg Amadio fought Rochester's Eric Selleck with 7:31 left in the first. Both players landed several shots before Amadio was taken to the ice.
• The Americans' roster has three former Griffins: Wilson, Patrick Rissmiller and Mark Cullen. Rissmiller had an assist on Wilson's goal in his Rochester debut after being acquired at the trade deadline; he has 12 goals and 20 assists in 50 games for three teams this season. Wilson has 10 goals and 33 assists in 61 games. Cullen has two goals and five assists in 14 games after missing the first half of the season with a ruptured Achilles' tendon.
• Johnson's first assist, on Minard's goal, gave him 300 pro assists. Adam Keefe also played his 200th AHL game.
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Tropical Pavilion
Explore the world's tropical seas !
Direction the tropics to discover the magic of coral reefs ! In the tropical pavillion with its 2 million litres of seawater, discover the incredible diversity of the species and habitats found in the tropical seas. You will be amazed at the abundance of tropical life; an explosion of colours and emotions... And don't miss the incredible face-to-face exprience with our 7 species of shark !
Polar Pavilion
Travel to the frozen seas !
Discover two frozen windswept territories: the Arctic and the Antarctic. Set out on a journey to the heart of the frozen seas: an amazing panoramic experience! Discover the biggest penguin colony in Europe along with a real ice-floe inhabited by seals from the frozen north.
Temperate Pavilion
Discover the Breton coasts !
The Temperate Pavilion is dedicated to the ecosystems of temperate marine climates, from the sea in Brittany to oceanographic phenomena such as tides, currents and waves. In an underwater world, visitors wander the ocean floors, making their way up the continental shelf to arrive on the coastline of Brittany.
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LYTTON - When a barn starts to fall into disrepair, this often marks the beginning of the end for the building. This wasn't the case, however, for LaVerne and Colleen Arndt's barn southwest of Lytton.
"When we moved back to the farm in 1983, the barn was in pretty sad shape," said LaVerne Arndt, who grew up on the Coon Valley Township farm. "It hadn't been used since the 1960s, and there were holes in the roof.
"It became a question of whether the barn should be saved, but we decided to keep it."
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The Arndt barn was unused for 20 years when the family moved onto the farm in 1983. They refurbished the barn and its become the center of the farm's activity since.
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The Arndt family has been on the farm since 1895. A herd of eight to 10 dairy cow were milked by hand here and the milk sold to Lake City Creamery. The dairy cows are gone, but the barn still houses LaVerne Arndt's Angus cattle.
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The Arndt farm entrance is welcoming. The barn's quilt design draws vistors for photographs. It is detailed in the book, "The Barn Quilts of Sac County."
The Arndts repaired the barn, added cement floors and a new roof. The barn once again became a hub of activity on the farm, housing hogs, cattle and horses.
The Arndts' daughter, Robin, raised her 4-H livestock in the barn, as did her brother, Troy, who raised livestock for 4-H and FFA projects.
The barn continues to shelter LaVerne Arndt's small herd of Angus cattle.
"The barn is a good fit for how I use it," he said.
Hand-milked cows
While no one knows how old the barn is, it's likely at least a century old, said Arndt, who noted that his grandfather, Chris Arndt, purchased the farm in 1895.
When his son, Elner, operated the farm, he kept eight to 10 dairy cows in the barn and sold cream to the Lake City Creamery.
"Dad never had a milking machine, and I helped milked the cows by hand," said Arndt. His father got out of the dairy business around the mid-1950s.
When Arndt joined the Coon Valley Coons, a local boys-only 4-H club, he kept his 4-H cattle and hogs in the barn.
While Arndt and his older brother, LeRoy, had plenty of chores to do, they also made time for fun, like building hay tunnels from one end of the barn to the other. "Dad wasn't always happy about this, though, especially if he fell into one of the tunnels," Arndt recalled.
Barn quilt attracts nationwide attention
While the hay tunnels are long gone, these stories of the barn live on, thanks to the Arndts' "Birds in a Square" quilt block that graces the west peak of the barn.
The barn quilt and history of the barn is detailed in the 2007 book "The Barn Quilts of Sac County."
Each year, visitors driving through Sac County from California, Minnesota and beyond stop at the farm to photograph the large barn quilt and a smaller barn quilt that the Arndts painted with the same pattern and colors to enhance the east end of the barn.
"Some people want to find out more about the barn, while others want to learn how to get a barn quilt project started in their area," said Arndt, who retired from the Farm Service Agency in 2010.
Arndt is glad he and Colleen decided to preserve the barn 30 years ago.
"The barn is the oldest building on our farm. It's still a practical building for us, but it has a lot of sentimental value, too."


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A brazen bank robbery in Michigan involving. ... spaghetti sauce?
According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, police said a woman robbed a bank over the weekend using some cans of spaghetti inside a cloth bag -- which she claimed was a bomb.
It was not known how much money the woman made off with, according to the Detroit Free Press report.
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When arterial pressure is measured using a sphygmomanometer (i.e., blood pressure cuff) on the upper arm, the systolic and diastolic pressures that are measured represent the pressure within the brachial artery, which is slightly different than the pressure found in the aorta or the pressure found in other distributing arteries. As the aortic pressure pulse travels down the aorta and into distributing arteries, there are characteristic changes in the systolic and diastolic pressures, as well as in the mean pressure. The systolic pressure rises and the diastolic pressure falls, therefore the pulse pressure increases, as the pressure pulse travels away from the aorta. This occurs because of reflective waves from vessel branching, and from decreased arterial compliance (increased vessel stiffness) as the pressure pulse travels from the aorta into systemic arteries. There is only a small decline in mean arterial pressure as the pressure pulse travels down distributing arteries due to the relatively low resistance of large distributing arteries.
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HOLLAND – At one time or another, nearly 50 companies in the Holland area have built boats for the pleasure boating industry.
Some of the company names are famous, such as Chris-Craft, S2 Yachts and Grand-Craft. Other companies lasted only a short time.
But what's most interesting to Geoffrey Reynolds, chairman of the board of the Holland Historical Trust, are the people behind the companies. Reynolds interviewed more than 100 people who worked in the local boat building industry over the last 12 years.
That research turned out to be the backbone of the Holland Museum's newest exhibit, "From Craft to Industry: The Boat Builders of Holland," which opens Friday, June 14, and will continue through December 30.
"There's been a lot of books written about boats, but there wasn't anything about the men and women behind the boats," said Reynolds, who will be the guest curator for the exhibit.
The local boating industry dates back to Holland's very early days. In 1836, local craftsmen began building ships to move products out of the area to consumers around Lake Michigan. It was not long after that builders began building small pleasure boats and marketing them to local resort owners, museum spokesman Alex Boley said.
The exhibit, which will be in the museum's Wichers Gallery, will feature items and images from more than 20 watercraft manufacturers, as well as audio clips from some of the builders Reynolds interviewed through his collection of their oral histories. The interviews will give visitors a chance to learn what it was like to work in the boating industry, as well as some of the challenges they faced in changing economic conditions.
"It's probably more dangerous to be a boat builder/businessman (than to be in other industries)," Reynolds said. "It's something people buy for pleasure, and when things get rough, it's the first thing that goes."The boat builders exhibit will feature a number of special programs, including a "Meet the Builders" speakers series. Leon Slikkers, who started Slickcraft in 1955, and later founded S2 Yachts, will be the first "Meet the Builders" speaker on Wednesday, June 26 at 6 p.m.
Several children's programs are also planned, including a "Science of Boats" workshop from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 22. A vintage boat show is planned for Aug. 25 in front of the museum, 31 West 10th Street.
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Money Gets Tighter Almost Everywhere
Why rates are rising. Where they won't. Is the U.S. next?
The first shot was fired on Oct. 1 by the Bank of Canada, which boosted interest rates to cool the country's red-hot economy. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered his own October surprise a week later with a terse warning that U.S. growth was "unsustainable," a hint that the Fed was closer to raising rates than was widely assumed. But the big shock came on Oct. 9, when the German Bundesbank approved its first rate increase in five years--a move that prompted similar hikes in France, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
A diabolical plot by central bankers to tighten credit just when the world economy is hitting full stride? Hardly. But the outbreak of interest-rate hikes may well signal a turning point in global monetary policy: After years of keeping rates relatively loose, many central banks are suddenly feeling pressure to reverse course. Their reasons vary widely, but the direction for interest rates is the same: up.
The Bank of Canada is not only trying to temper a growth rate of nearly 5%, but it also wants to bolster a currency that has been sagging as the country's trade surplus shrinks. In Europe, the Bundesbank has two headaches to cope with: Import prices and inflation are rising, and German bankers also are shouldering the burden of bringing Europe's disparate economies and interest rates into sync as the Continent moves toward a single currency in 1999.
In the U.S., Greenspan's saber rattling seemed aimed less at inflation than at a stock market that had gotten ahead of itself. "Greenspan's deep concern is that excessive optimism in the markets turns into a financial bubble," says David M. Jones, chief economist for Aubrey G. Lanston & Co. "He's afraid that if the markets keep soaring, the Fed at some point loses control."
As a result, some bearish forecasters predict that the central bank moves will feed through into higher long-term rates in the U.S. and Europe. Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co.'s Stephen S. Roach sees rates at least a full percentage point higher in many countries next year as central banks try to mop up liquidity that has flowed from low rates. By easing too much, Roach believes the central banks are now in a fix. He fears these past "policy mistakes by the world's wise men could have dire consequences for the liquidity-driven asset bubbles of the late 1990s."
BUBA MISSION. Other forecasters, however, predict that any future rate hikes are apt to be minimal--certainly less than during recent business cycles. Why? Inflation stands at very low levels--1.8% in Canada, 2.2% in the U.S., and 1.9% in Germany.
Any hike, no matter how small, could be bad news for Latin America and for Asian economies on the mend from currency crises. Meanwhile, Japan is unlikely to join the rate parade. Its economy is still reeling from financial excesses of the 1980s and central bankers there have publicly ruled out any near-term rate hikes. "The domestic economy can't take it," says Richard Jerram, a Tokyo-based economist with ING Barings Securities (Japan) Ltd. "You'll force a whole load of companies into bankruptcy."
None of that is likely to deter the Bundesbank from what it sees as its mission. The Buba cited the potential inflationary pressures from a weakening Deutschemark as justification for raising a key short-term rate to 3.3% from 3%. But politics was at work too. With short-term rates in Germany and France much lower than those in Italy and Spain, policymakers need to align European rates to avoid triggering a currency crisis of their own. Indeed, after the Bundesbank's hike, the Bank of Spain slashed its key short-term rate by more than a half-point, to 5%.
The Germans may take the lead with each hike, for fear that allowing weak sisters such as Italy and Spain to cut rates too much could pump unwanted stimulus--and inflation--into the European economy. Analysts expect the Bundesbank to push short-term rates as high as 4.5% to reach equilibrium by the time the European Monetary Union takes effect.
Eventually, the U.S. could get dragged into the European rate rally. If rising German rates push the dollar too low against the mark, Greenspan & Co. would have one more reason to tighten. While the Fed's next move remains uncertain, the direction for rates in much of the rest of the world no longer is.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - It all starts with Barrett Jones.
Tiny snapshot. Big picture.
A single play. Another trip to another national championship game.
When he walks off the field Monday night, with or without crutches, the fifth-year star with two degrees, two SEC titles, two national championships and three major national awards will leave one of the greatest individual and team legacies in Alabama football history.
He's been the point man in restoring Alabama to its former place as the top football program in the nation, all the while refuting the notion that his school is nothing but a football factory.
The worst thing anyone's ever said about him, at least in public, may be the best thing you can say about a 302-pound scholar-athlete who could've coasted through the last five years in college on his brains or his brawn alone.
"Probably what gets under his skin so much is when I prove him wrong," AJ McCarron said. "He hates to be wrong, so I always love it when I do that."
"I will tell you this: I'm right more than I'm wrong," Jones said. "There are times I'm wrong, and I don't like being wrong, but when I am, like a man, I stand up and admit it."
Leave it to the center and the quarterback, the best center in college football and the nation's leader in passing efficiency, to turn an exchange into entertainment.
They were talking about protections. Jones might see the defense one way and call out a blocking scheme to attack it. McCarron might see it in a different way and overrule him.
"We go back and forth on it," McCarron said, "and we'll both probably say that we've saved each other a couple times, but I think that's the relationship the quarterback and center need to have."
Hard to imagine a better relationship. Or a better combo of two players joined at the, um, snap. Alabama's here getting ready to play for a third national title in four years for a lot of reasons, but the team's axis is the men in the middle.
The quarterback from Mobile and the center from Memphis have become Alabama's Odd Couple. Last year it was Jones and a fellow lineman, the man who set the bar for him at center, William Vlachos. They were road roommates and solar-polar opposites, Jones the neat freak who used up all the hot water in the shower, Vlachos the gruff and lovable slouch.
This year, as if McCarron doesn't see and hear enough of Jones - "he talks so much sometimes, what gets under my skin is I've got to tell him to be quiet in the huddle," McCarron said - they share a room on the road.
"You have to put skill players in a whole different category," Jones said. "He's got all his hair gel and all that kind of stuff to make himself look good. Have to let him take the first shower because it's going to take him longer to get ready."
They sounded like an old married couple Thursday in different ballrooms at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort, but Jones described them as "more like brothers."
"We bicker a lot but it's because we want the same thing," Jones said. "We want to win."
They're 60 minutes away from their third national championship ring. So they have that in common, which is nice, but there's more. Long before the stars and the graduation of the rock Vlachos aligned them, Jones did something rare for an offensive lineman. He became a mentor to the quarterback.
"Me and Barrett have been really good friends for a long time, ever since I came
here in '09," McCarron said. "He's kind of taken me under his wing and just taught me the ropes and everything. He's helped me tremendously.
"I can't say enough about him. I really do love him. He's a great friend to have."
Jones saw something in McCarron that most people miss when they focus on the fun-loving, expanding-tat personality who leads the country in retweets at the request of star-struck teen-aged girls.
"AJ loves to learn the game," Jones said.
While different coaches have helped Jones understand the complete game, he said, "I've been able to teach AJ a lot of that, especially in the run game and with blitz packages, and been able to show him exactly what it is the defense is trying to do.
"He's come leaps and bounds in the way he manages the offense and the way he really controls what's going on at the line of scrimmage. We're able to do so much more now at the line than we were last year."
Last year, at left tackle, Jones had McCarron's back. This year, the center has the quarterback's front. They're so in tune, even when they sing a different song, it was shocking to learn that McCarron completely missed something rather important about his battery mate in their last game.
McCarron said he had no idea Jones had badly sprained his left foot late in the first quarter of the SEC Championship Game, so badly he would play the last three quarters on one foot, until after the game.
"That should let you know how he played," McCarron said.
That should let you know that, when a title's on the line, Jones and McCarron are a lot alike. They both know when to shut up and let their play do the talking.
They'll have more to say about what happens Monday night than anyone.
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July 15th, 2012
It's Broom Time
Matt Cain got his 10th win of the season as the Giants beat the Astros 3-2. With the third sweep of the season the Giants and the Dodgers loss the Giants are now 1.5 games in first place.
Quick Hits for Sunday, July 15, 2012 (Game 89)
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Google acquires LabPixies
In the wee hours of the morning, Google announced that they have acquired LabPixies. The blog post announcing the acquisition talks about the work that LabPixies has done with iGoogle and OpenSocial gadgets. Here's a snippet from the post:
One of the first developers to create gadgets for iGoogle was Labpixies. Over the years, we worked closely together on a variety of projects, including the launch of a number of global OpenSocial based gadgets. Recently, we decided that we could do more if we were part of the same team, and as such, we're thrilled to announce the acquisition of Labpixies.
What's NOT mentioned are the other products that LabPixies has developed. They offer social games that integrate with Facebook, MySpace and My Yahoo, to name a few. They ALSO offer a handful of games for iPhone and our lil, green, buddy; Android.
I'm very curious to see what happens with these other products. Are you a fan of the LabPixies games? I'm going to try them out now.
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Welcome to WICSA/ECSA 2009
- Robinson College, Cambridge, UK, September 14-17, 2009.
- Conference website: www.iso-architecture.org/wicsa2009.
WICSA 2009 is the eighth international conference devoted entirely to Software Architecture. Its purpose is to bring together software engineering practitioners and researchers from industry and academia to exchange experiences, results and ideas related to all aspects of software architecture. Its mission is to strengthen and expand its role as the premier conference on architectural issues in software system design, development and maintenance, practitioners as well as academics
WICSA is a Working Conference!
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Working sessions are designed to allow plenty of time for discussion and to capture that discussion in this wiki. Working sessions are two hours. Each working session contains three or four short papers about related subjects, and starts with 10-minute presentations of each short paper. The remaining time of the working session will be spent discussing the session's topic with the paper authors and other workshop participants. The working sessions will be facilitated by two working session chairs: one from industry and one from academia. Please visit the working session pages, sign up for two of them, and start now contributing to the discussion.
- WICSA 2009 WS1 -- Architecture Knowledge 1 -- Patterns and Constraints
- WICSA 2009 WS2 -- Stakeholder Concerns
- WICSA 2009 WS3 -- Analysis
- WICSA 2009 WS4 -- 21st Century Architectural Styles
- WICSA 2009 WS5 -- Architecture Knowledge 2 -- Decisions and Rationale
- WICSA 2009 WS6 -- Architecture Design
- WICSA 2009 WS7 -- Architectural Description
- WICSA 2009 WS8 -- Adaptive Architectures
The following workshops are planned for WICSA/ECSA 2009. Visit each workshop's web site for further details, the Call for Participation and the latest information. Workshops are invited to use this wiki in the same fashion as the working sessions: collect pre-workshop materials, summarize discussions, post workshop preliminary results, and continue the debates after the workshop.
- Exploring Enterprise, System of Systems, System, and Software Architecture. See also Exploring Enterprise, System of Systems, System, and Software Architecture
- How Much Architecture
For a tutorial overview, see Conference At-A-Glance.
Available for download: Handouts for the tutorial Recurring Architectural Decisions - A Context-Specific Guide through Architecture Design
Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) Sessions
A BoF session is a short, informal forum for discussions related to any aspect of software architecture. Attendees wishing to get together with others who share their interests, goals, technologies, environments, or backgrounds were invited to organize and attend a BoF session.
Requirements for holding a BoF and to attend one were very flexible. A few BoFs were proposed and advertised before the conference, others were convened at the conference when the need for one was recognized. There was a preference that attendees sign-up for BoFs in advance but people were allowed to just show up. BoFs were used to continue a discussion that began in another session, for a group to get together to pursue a common interest or just to discuss a range of opinions around a topic.
The following BoFs were held:
- Architecture Viewpoints and Framework: Monday, 14 September, 1800:1900
- Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Software Architecture: Tuesday, 15 September, 18:00 – 19:00
- Business Goals and Architecture: Tuesday, 15 September, 18:00 – 19:00
- Architecture Analysis with Lattix, A Comparison of Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome: Tuesday, 15 September, 18:00 – 19:00
Getting Oriented Quickly
- First, become a registered Wicsa 2009 wiki user by registering for the conference.
- To contribute/edit, make sure you are logged in to this site.
- You can create your own individual home page by clicking on your ID, which will take you to a personal page where you can add your personal information.
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Helena Christensen has launched the very exciting Fashion Shooters campaign with Warehouse.
The high-street favourite and renowned supermodel are looking for female fashion photographers to take part in this ground-breaking campaign.
Since photography is now an integral part of everyday life, Warehouse is seeking out the next big thing in fashion photography.
Whether you use your phone or SLR camera to shoot, you could be in with a chance of working with the legendary model on the Warehouse campaign shoot.
The winner of the Fashion Shooters competition will get the opportunity to be mentored by Helena during a live shoot on Saturday March 22, and one of the shots will be used as the final shot for a Warehouse campaign.
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Sandra Bullock knocked it out of the park in a form-fitting pink dress at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
The Gravity star was a welcome splash of colour on the red carpet in a pink Alex Perry frock with orange lace sleeves.
This gorgeously feminine number featured floral appliqué on the bodice and orange panelling at the back.
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Indian Creek students honored at academic letter breakfast
WINTERSVILLE – Indian Creek High School began its 2013 awards season Thursday during the annual academic letter breakfast.
According to Jim Maul, school guidance counselor, the academic letter is a high honor to obtain.
"Students must complete three objectives in order to obtain this award," he explained. "They must accomplish a minimum of 45 hours of community service, they must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher or have been on the honor roll for the first two trimesters of the school year and they must present a letter of recommendation with their application."
Maul also noted that students who do not meet the honor roll/GPA but complete the community service hours receive a community service award.
First-year award winners included freshmen, Cheyanne Allan, Justin Bare, Samantha Byrd, Bethany Davis, Cheyenne Bodnar, James Cable, Jonathan Dailey, Allyssa DiPietro, Ashley Durbin, Aaron Foldi, Adrian Greco, Cody Hopkins, Andrew Markja, Lauren Marracino, Tristan McDonald, Brianna Piergallini, Camdyn Starkey, Matthew Thomas, Feliciti Thompson, Harrison Trikones, Gage Turner, Sierra Vahalik, Zachary Wajda, Kyle Weaver and Zachary Williams; sophomores, Cody Adams, Megan Balvin, Madelene Billick, Nolan Burchfield, Chris Carr, Justin Dailey, Marissa Defallo, Shelby Dye, Skylar Dye, Kaleb Everhart-Knowlton, Brianna Hibbits, Kaylee LaRue, Martina Marko, Isabella Nicosia, Madison Sims and Corey Virture; juniors, Cody Durbin, Mallorie Sullivan and Jonathan Woodbury; and seniors, Arianna Cozart and Russell Whanger.
Second-year awards were presented to sophomores, Abby Bevilacqua, Zach Connor, Jonathan Cortez, Zachary Crawford, Emily Crossley, Aaron Eckley, Nicholas Fortunato, Tyler Gaydosh, Abby Greco, Jordan Herald, Max Lewis, Mitch Porter, Madison Rees, Joshua Shield, Brooke Spence, Jacob Sutton, Steven Westlake, Addison Winland and Cole Yeater; juniors, Alyssa Aldridge, Jonathan Davis, Jessica Eckersberg, Adam Freshwater, Kiarra Kamarec, Kylee Lash, Whitney Martin, Alexis Monroe, Nico Treglia, Eli Vaughan and Skylyn Wright; and seniors, Ashley Bolitho, Jared Conn, Isaac Foldi, Jake Mamula, Trevor McDonald, Ashley Renforth and Zoe Weaver.
Students awarded third-year letters included juniors, Sonia Constable, Alexis Fithen, Jessica Furda, Malieka Gurrera, Tamara Hauck, Shannon Kovach, Jasmine Lenko, Kelsey Pool, Kyle Probert, Russell Ratcliffe, Jeanna Scarabino, Kristen Shimko, Andy Srock, Abbie Straughn, Emily Todoroff, Annika Trikones, Hannah Webb, Jocelyn Wolpert and Zachary Williams; and seniors, Frank Kamarec, Alyssa Moran, Lauren Recinella, Macy Santicola and Kristen Summy.
Four-year academic letters were awarded to seniors, Kasey Celestin, Ali Collaros, Paige DeMattio, Taylor Fante, Matt Furda, Corey Jacobs, Megan Markja, Breyanne Mays, Brooke Piergallini, Cassie Sanchez, Hannah Siemer, Karli Wilson, Kennedy Wilson, Shane Winland, Alex Young and Anthony Young.
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CLEVELAND, Ga. - Senior Rachael Nolan had a game-high 19 points and nine rebounds as the Loyola University New Orleans women's basketball team bounced back to knock off Truett-McConnell, 69-61, on Saturday afternoon at the Bears' Den.
Loyola maintained control in the first period and used an 8-0 run to close out the half, taking a 37-23 lead at the break. Truett-McConnell was able to come as close as five points late in the game, but the Wolfpack would hold on for the eight-point victory.
Loyola (5-1) dominated play inside, outscoring Truett-McConnell 42-6 in the paint. The 'Pack also won the battle of the boards, 50-32, which included 18 offensive rebounds.
Nolan, who came into the game ranked 11th in the SSAC at 14 points per game, led the Wolfpack with a season-high 19 points. The senior forward shot 62 percent from the field (8 of 13) and was one rebound shy of recording her second double-double of the early season.
Senior Keiva Council and sophomore Molly Emig added 10 points each for Loyola. Freshman Jasmine Brewer chipped in with nine points and nine rebounds.
In the game, LU pushed their lead to 21-16 following a bucket by Emig with less than eight minutes left in the first half.
Sophomore Megen Berner scored the next four points for Loyola to put the score at 25-20 before the 'Pack closed out the stanza with a 12-3 run.
The Lady Bears opened up the second half with the first eight points before a field goal by LU's Jackie Padilla made the score 39-31.
Midway through the second-half, Berner found Council for a basket to give Loyola their largest lead of the day, 52-36.
Truett-McConnell made a late comeback, cutting the deficit to five points with 1:36 left. On the ensuing possession, Padilla nailed a three to make the final score 69-61.
LU finished the day shooting 39 percent (28 of 72) from the floor while holding TMC to 33 percent (17 of 51). The Lady Bears hit seven three-pointers in the game.
Truett-McConnell (1-3) was led by Maryam Kirk with 14 points. Kelsey Montgomery added 13 points while Jasmine Butler finished with 10.
Loyola returns to action on Monday, Nov. 22, when they host Wiley College at 7 p.m. at The Den.
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LSU coach Les Miles has a strong track record in recruiting. He landed one of the top prospects in the nation in February in running back Leonard Fournette.
But his recruiting pitches don't play as well in his own house, apparently.
Miles was in Michigan this month to watch his son, 2015 quarterback prospect Manny Miles, take part in the Sound Mind Sound Body camp, and the Detroit News asked him about recruiting his own son.
"I said to him, 'Under what circumstance could you come to LSU?'" Miles told the News. "He says, 'None.' He said, 'Dad, you're the head coach. I don't know (that I) see that path.' Right now, I'm recruiting him. The good news is, I can work on him pretty good."
The younger Miles, who attends University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge and wants to play football and baseball in college, does not have prototypical Division I quarterback size at 5-foot-11, 175 pounds and is not rated by any of the four major recruiting services. But his father told the News that Manny is "a very good athlete" who "could have played for me in the last season."
Miles, a University of Michigan alum, gave his son a tour of UM's Ann Arbor campus and said he was attending the camp "as a dad." SEC rules do not allow league coaches to participate in out-of-state camps.
"I don't know that I've ever really been to a camp where my son was a prospect and I had no camp responsibility," Miles told the News. "I was thinking when I came over, 'So where am I going to stand? I guess I sit in the stands. I'm trying to remember. Do I get to walk around? I'm going to get in the line with the other parents and wherever they're at, that's where I'm at."


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Karla M. Johnstone
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Accounting and Information Systems
Jean C. Bedard
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1-32, September 2004
We examine client acceptance and client continuance decisions of a large audit firm to provide empirical evidence on the extent and nature of risk avoidance that the firm uses to purposefully manage its client portfolio. Our results support several key new inferences regarding audit firm portfolio management decisions. First, the results show that this firm is shedding the riskier clients in its portfolio, consistent with the risk avoidance theory of audit firm portfolio management. Second, the results show that the firm's newly accepted clients are less risky than its continuing clients. Although results of both the client continuance and client acceptance decisions imply a less risky portfolio emerging over time, there are greater differences in risk between continuing and discontinued clients than between continuing and newly accepted clients. Third, we find that audit risk factors are more important in audit firm portfolio management decisions than are financial risk factors. Finally, we find no evidence that audit pricing affects the client acceptance and continuance decisions of this firm, controlling for risk and other client characteristics.
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Eastern Michigan University joined iTunes U Tuesday, allowing the public access to university lectures and events on a multimedia platform.
The service is free and works on Macs and PCs. So far, EMU has roughly 140 podcasts and other events on the site, with plans to add many more, said Rhonda DeLong of EMU's Web communications.
The application can be used to access events when you can't attend, such as lectures and presentations. It doesn't cost the public or university anything.
"It's really something that has taken off among universities nationwide," DeLong said. "So it's a great place for Eastern to be. We're among really big names out there."
Over time, EMU professors will be able to share the content of their courses with the world via EMU on iTunes U.
The University of Michigan began offering content via podcast on iTunes in 2005.
To learn more, visit www.emich.edu/itunesu.
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Gulf Bank has received the Bank of the Year award from Arabian Business, the best selling business magazine in the Middle East. The award was received by Mr. Fawzy Al-Thunayan, General Manager Board Affairs of Gulf Bank at a ceremony held in Kuwait at the Raya Ballroom, Marriott Courtyard, under the auspices of HE Mr. Anas Al-Saleh, Minister of Commerce and Industry, and was attended by HE Mr. AbdulAziz Al-Khaldi, Under Secretary of the Ministry. The ceremony was also attended by regional senior bankers, executives, and key figures in the business, financial and banking sectors. The The Best Ban' award was evaluated by a panel of judges from the ITP Publishing group, the publishers of Arabian Business.
Mr. Al-Thunayan said: "We are extremely honored to be named 'Bank of the Year' by Arabian Business. This award is an acknowledgement of our efforts towards providing customer convenience and signifies our remarkable success in giving our customers the best and the fastest tailor-made banking services. Gulf Bank will continue seeking innovative ideas that further reinforce our reputation of being one of Kuwait's leading Banks.
Looking ahead, we will continue to focus on the needs of our customers and on developing our customer base as we address new opportunities to grow and deliver excellence in corporate and consumer banking services to the Kuwait market"added Mr. Al-Thunayan.
Gulf Bank has already won a number of important industry awards in 2012, including: 'Best Retail Customer Service' and 'Best SME Startup Package' awards for 2012 by Banker Middle East; '2012 Best Foreign Exchange Bank Provider' in Kuwait by Global Finance Magazine and Best Retail Bank by Asian Banker 2012 and 'Best Creativity' Award from Pan Arab Web Award.
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Recently the "Best of Both Worlds" star Miley Cyrus spoke with Marc Malkin's E that she "hates vampires"
During the Premier of Eclipse 3 major stars of the film (Rpats, K-Stew and TL) was asked to what they have to say concerning MC's revelation.
R.Pattz: says he has a simple idea to get the "Can't Be Tamed" singer to come over to the fang side He laughed, "It's so obvious—just watch Eclipse."
T.L: "She doesn't need to like vampires," he said. "As long as she likes werewolves, we're cool."
K-Stew: "She does?" Stewart asked wide-eyed when we broke the sad news to her. "Is she scared of them or does she just not like them?" Whatever the reason, Stewart said, "I don't think you should convince people of something if they already have their way of thinking about. Whatever—if she hates vampires, that's cool."
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Apparently, fools really do rush in where angels fear to tread.
The uproar over Gov. Chris Christie's proposed "merger" — a takeover, actually — of the Camden campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, by state-related Rowan University illustrates why politics and education don't mix.
In January, Christie announced a limited realignment of the state's higher education facilities which would grant control of the troubled University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to Rutgers and, in some kind of trade-off, give Rutgers-Camden to Rowan. Details — the how and why — were unclear at the time and haven't surfaced since.
But the governor, never one to pause before uncertainty, insisted that the two South Jersey schools would merge under the Rowan name by July 1.
At first, area politicians embraced the possibilities. State Senate President Steve Sweeney, a perennial Gloucester County booster, opined that — by some kind of institutional osmosis — the takeover would grant Rowan instant status as a top-notch research university. Cooper Hospital Chairman George Norcross, the insurance magnate with a reputation as a power broker, predicted that big grant money would pour into the new entity. State Sen. Donald Norcross, George's brother, thought a merger would somehow remediate New Jersey's scant public funding for higher education. Sen. Norcross has since backed away from Christie's plan, suggesting a modified alternative.
Down in the trenches, Rowan officials hailed the proposal with unabashed enthusiasm while folks at Rutgers were outraged. Elsewhere, any talk of compromise has been stymied by Christie's repeated insistence on his plan, despite widespread opposition.
Over the last 20 years, a number of high-profile studies have recommended stronger oversight and more cohesion for New Jersey's disjointed set of publicly supported colleges and universities — the flagship Rutgers as well as the nine state colleges or universities and the 19 county colleges. In 2008, a state commission warned of the potential for abuse when quasi-independent institutions award contracts without state oversight. In 2006, a federal investigation at UMDNJ found illegal political influence.
The lesson here is that academic organization, or reorganization, is not something to be taken lightly, quickly, or for purely political ends. New Jersey might need more cohesion and better funding for higher education, but the current proposal, with its as-is demands from the governor, would not achieve those ends.


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Introduction to Kemetic ScienceMany people think that Kemetic is an ancient religion but in reality it is an advanced science. For example our ancestors say that Shu is the god of the air, Tefnut is the goddess of moisture and Geb is the god of the Earth. This is similar to American elementary science class they teach phases of matter are gas, liquid & solid. But the difference is our Kemetic ancestors knew that the universe is alive. Our ancestors showed love & respect to the universe & gave the different parts of the universe names like gas is god Shu, liquid is goddess Tefnut & solid is god Geb. This helps scientific development like if you want your friend Tommy to help you work on a project you don't call your friend human you call him by his name Tommy. Loving and respecting Tommy increase the likeliness of him wanting to help you. Our ancestors knew that by loving, praising & thanking every part of the universe this would make growing with the universe much more productive. The universe is alive and each part of the universe has its own personality. We all need to feel loved and appreciated & we like receiving gifts from our loving friends & family. Every part of the universe wants to feel loved and appreciated also & this is why our Egyptian ancestors built so many temples & statues as tributes/gifts to the gods & goddesses.
Kemetic Science Accessing the Awareness & Intelligence of the UniverseSo when we speak of Kemetic it is not a religion it is a science, the study & love of the living universe. We work with & serve our gods & goddesses(different parts of the universe) to develop life & give to all. By working in collaboration with the living universe we are accessing the awareness & intelligence of life. Our gods & goddesses are highly aware & they love to teach us, just like if you spend time with your loving friends they are happy to tell you about their life and what they are doing. We practice meditation, Yoga (Smai Tawi), Tantra Sex & many more methods that allow us to enjoy time with our gods & goddesses. Plus we serve the universe diligently so every part of the universe knows we are good friends who play, work & give love to all.
Benefits of Kemetic ScienceAmerican elementary science class can teach you how a flash light works & show you how to build a simple circuit. Thanks to elementary science you can make a light bulb produce light for you. Kemetic science the love & study of the universe enables us to make the best life possible for all. We work diligently with our gods & goddesses to create ways for life to be heavenly.
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In a religion like Christianity you don't need to study anything you can just show up and say Jesus Christ died for me, then pray & have faith that god will bless you. Putting faith in a religion like Jesus Christ or Allah is the best option for most people because religions do not require that you study & know what god is. With science you are required to know what you are working with because electricity, chemicals & elements can be dangerous and if you don't know what things are you are unlikely to be able to create with them. This is why most people can not practice Kemetic science because they are not willing to put forth the effort required to serve and work with living gods & goddesses. Kemetic science requires a high level of dedication, focus and work. But for the people who are willing to put in the time and energy Kemetic science allows you to know & work directly with the gods & goddesses in create blessings for all. We understand that not every body cell is a brain cell; we all have our own natural abilities and talents. Religions are great because the power if faith is real. We give love, praise & thanks to all religions who are working right now feeding the hungry & curing the sick in the name of Jesus Christ, Allah, Jah & many more. We also thank our ancestors for giving us Kemetic science so we can receive blessings by knowing exactly how the universe works & how we can create & contribute to the development of all life.
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The Allegan County Community Foundation today announced an initiative designed to focus on the funding needs of local arts organizations.
The group announced the Keep Your Arts Alive! for non-profits and culture organizations in Allegan Country. Keep Your Arts Alive! is a voting competition that allows all Allegan County residents to declare their desire to keep their arts alive by voting for their favorite arts or cultural non-profit organization. The top five organizations with the most votes will split the proceeds from the campaign.
Votes are a $1 each with supporters allowed to vote as much as they like, for as many organizations as they like, as often as they like.
According to the Foundation's release, over the past couple of years the struggles of the non-profit food pantries and homeless prevention organizations have endured. But the struggle of the Arts & Cultural non-profits has remained invisible. Many of these arts and culture organizations have seen funding diminish by as much as 90 percent. With such dire circumstances it is imperative that these organizations receive financial support before they are forced to close their doors for good, the Allegan County Community Foundation stated.
The competition will culminate with a bash event on September 24 with the top five vote-getting organizations announced at that time. For more information including guidelines, visit www.artsaliveallegancounty.org


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PadTab- the Wall Mount for your iPad gadget
For that moment when you can't find the perfect location to place your iPad, PadTab comes to the rescue; you practically get to put the gadget on the wall resting assured that it's safe positioned.
Ideal for moments like washing the dishes, doing laundry and still having the possibility of watching a movie. You could also perform your daily gym exercises and take a glance from time to time on the wall for seeing a video.
What captured our attention was the fact that it does not require powertools or experience for installing it, you simply slide your tablet on and it'll stay safe and steady. It can be mounted not only on walls but also on cabinets, doors, cabinet, refrigerator, or clean flat surface. The accessory is available for $19.99 at ThinkGeek Shop.
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- Low profile PadTab means that your tablet will still fit into most soft cases and lay flat on a tabletop
- Kit comes with two WallTabs to mount into two areas
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Next time you have a science project due, jazz it up a bit with one of these Science corporate identity. You have enough to do with your science project with all of that lab work such as experiments, analyzing the contents of test tubes with your microscopes, and other cutting edge science. Do you teach a science class, and want to give your students an up to date place to keep up with assignments and materials? Even if you just love science and want to setup a place to show people what you know, one of these science corporate identity will make your life a lot easier! Our corporate identity package includes logo, standard letterhead, envelope, and business card design templates which is useful for any company that wants to have a particular style on all of their paperwork. A company's corporate style is of vital importance to any business and usually can cost thousands of dollars to create. We have created these to help company's on a smaller budget get a professional look at a much lower cost. These corporate templates are fully customizable which allows you to replace the company name, colors, and more so that it meets you exact needs. All of the science corporate identity packages under this section have been purchased by other customers in the past which means they will not be unique. You will need to visit our Unique Corporate Identity section if you want something that hasn't been used before.
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BAY CITY, MI — A 21-year-old man accused of drunkenly crashing his mother's SUV through a brick house and killing a sleeping resident inside, is a step closer to going before a jury.
Hunter D. Motko on Friday, April 11, appeared before Bay County District Judge Dawn A. Klida and waived his right to a preliminary examination. Klida then bound Motko's case over to Bay County Circuit Court for trial.
Motko's next court date is pending.
Motko's attorney, Matthew L. Reyes, said his client waived the hearing because they conceded there was enough probable evidence to move the case to trial.
Motko is charged with a 15-year felony count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing death, operating while intoxicated causing serious injury and operating while intoxicated, second offense. Bay County Assistant Prosecutor Jeff Stroud on Friday amended the first count to contain language that he operated a motor vehicle with an unlawful blood alcohol level content death.
Police say Motko at about 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, was driving his mother's 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe south on Edwards Street in Auburn when he ran a stop sign and crashed through the wall of a home at 501 Ruth St., killing sleeping occupant Vaughn E. Lietzke and injuring his wife, Sandra A. Lietzke.
Sandra Lietzke, 42, was airlifted to St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center for treatment of her injuries. Vaughn Lietzke, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bay County Sheriff's deputies wrote in their reports, contained in court records, the SUV took up nearly the entire bedroom, leaving little space to move around in with concrete rubble scattered about. Motko was still in the SUV when deputies arrived. He swore at them and refused to exit the vehicle, and recoiled when deputies attempted to pull him out, records show. They had to stun him with a Taser, which had little effect, and then pulled him out from the back of the vehicle, records show.
Deputies arrested Motko and transported him to the Bay County Jail. During the ride, Motko told the deputies he didn't understand why they weren't taking him home.
"I didn't (expletive) kill anyone!" Motko insisted to the deputies, records show.
Deputies obtained a search warrant for a blood sample and took him to McLaren Bay Region hospital. Motko continued being unruly with deputies and hospital staff. At one point, Motko urinated on himself in a lobby and laughed, saying, "I'm going to get away with drunk driving," court records show.
Deputies handcuffed Motko to a chair as a phlebotomist drew his blood at 8:22 a.m. He kicked a deputy twice in the shin during the process, court records show.
With the process over, deputies returned Motko to the Bay County Jail. They interviewed him at 11:46 a.m. after reading him his Miranda rights.
Motko said he wasn't driving the SUV and didn't believe deputies when they told him the charges he was facing.
"I was (expletive) up," he said, according to court records. "I don't know what happened."
Motko told the interviewers he frequently blacks out.
"You know, when you drink, doesn't everybody black out?" he asked the deputies, according to court records.
Deputies administered a Breathalyzer test to Motko at about 12:35 p.m. the day of the crash. At that point, his blood alcohol level registered 0.138.
The results of his blood analysis have not been made public.
Motko remains jailed on a $500,000 bond.


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Before you read this story, you should know up front that I am a little nuts and exercise very poor judgement sometimes (although you probably already knew that if you've read any of my Craigslist Adventures stories). All I can say is that I honestly, at the time, just thought I was having fun with an interesting person. Only in hindsight did I realize that "pretend-murder" might actually get me murdered one day and that I should probably be more careful
While I was visiting New Mexico, I drove past this house a million times and wondered every time what the deal was with those stuffed animals.
So, of course, I pulled over and took a bunch of pictures of me hanging out with the inanimate objects.
Just as I was about to pull away, this man came outside. Apparently, he'd witnessed the whole photo shoot and was curious why I was doing such a thing. I wasn't really sure myself, other than the fact it cracked me up. I told him I liked his stuffed animals and asked why he had them displayed like that. "Why it's a ceremonial circle, of course!" He also said its kept people from making u-turns in his driveway. What a hilarious guy!
He invited me to come join him in the ceremonial circle. I accepted of course. He also offered to take pictures for me since he'd noticed that propping my camera up on the hood of my truck wasn't really working too well.
I pet his dog Montague while he took pics. "Monte" had lost use of all his senses, except for touch. According to the man, who I'll call John, Monte had it "even worse than that Hellen Keller!"
He was right. Poor Monte was terrified of everything and just ran around, bumping into this plant over and over, until John put him back on the leash.
John let me hold Monte and offered to take a pic. I didn't see this picture until after our little photo shoot.
(I'm still kind of hoping John wasn't intentionally taking pictures of my crotch – that maybe he just sucked at photography)
A few minutes later, he brought out his tripod so we could do a photo shoot together.
Now, this sounds a little crazy I know, but one of my favorite things to do is take pictures with people I meet. Mostly of us pretending to be narcoleptic
or pretending to be murdered
The camera was set on a timer. These two photos were not intentionally part of the photo shoot.
But when I realized we now had pictures of him staring at me, I decided to star back.
During our binoculars photos, I realized John is quite the actor!
Just look at that face!
I also like to do high-five pictures
Apparently John does too! Again, just look at that face!
We chatted for awhile and I ended up telling him about Summer Tour and Dora. So of course, he wanted a picture with her in the ceremonial circle.
I showed him one of my silly cards about this blog
and he insisted on an autorgraph, saying he thought I'd be famous one day. Silly John.
He also gave me his address so I could write to him and send him pictures as soon as possible. I wasn't sure what to say, so I blurted out that I'm a New Yorker now, which means I don't really have time for writing letters, but maybe. (This is the dumbest excuse I've ever come up with, but I was afraid this poor old guy would get upset if I said okay and then never sent them. Have I mentioned that my primary goal in life is to not make people mad at me? That's how emotionally mature I am).
Before I left, I got one last photo with him
And then he insisted on one more
So this seems like a good ending to this little "adventure" of mine, doesn't it? I thought John and I were kind of like kindred spirits and felt lucky to have met him. But I take everything, especially good things, too far, so this couldn't be the end.
The next day I drove by his house and noticed that the ceremonial circle had changed.
Apparently, John was having a yard sale.
John was incredibly happy to see that I'd returned. He was more playful than usual (as if I really know his "usual"), and was actually sort of flirting with me. I, of course, didn't realize this at the time because I just assume men forty years older than me know I'm not interested and am only looking for a buddy. Silly me!
John didn't say why, but he'd decided to get rid of everything he owned, including the ceremonial circle.
After hearing my stories about living in the outdoors for years, he insisted I take his gift: a star machine!
As I checked out my cool new star machine, a potential customer showed up. John was ecstatic!
While she looked around
he leaned on her car (in his waiter's apron), ate peaches, and told me long-winded stories about his own travels.
When the lady finally decided to buy something, she haggled over the price with John. I figured it was a good time to try to use the bathroom
I didn't actually have to go. I just really wanted to see Monte. He reminded me of my deceased toy poodle, Fifi, who was also blind and deaf (just like Hellen Keller!).
When I came back outside, John said he wanted to take photos of me with my new star machine. Even though I was a little weirded out by some of John's sexual comments, I went along with it because the lady was there and she'd be the one taking the photos. What could possibly go wrong with that lady around, right?
"Now it's my turn to murder you," he said.
"You mean pretend murder," I corrected.
"You know something? Some people get off on that asphyxiation stuff."
"Ha ha. That's funny…. but you don't actually choke me. This is just pretend murder," I reminded him.
As you can see by this photo, he didn't pretend very well. He actually grabbed my neck, which completely goes against all the rules of pretend murder!
He didn't really understand why I was pissed since pretend murder had been my idea to begin with and tried making it up to me by giving me his tripod. I, having already forgotten he was starting to creep me out, thought this was super nice of him. I accepted his gift but insisted on paying for it, especially since he'd already given me a star machine. Here's the catch: I'd have to come back for the tripod because he wanted to use it to display the camera he was also trying to sell. I left and said I'd try to stop by another day, knowing in the back of my mind this probably would be a bad idea.
Now you would think this would be a good ending to the story, wouldn't it? Nope. I went back AGAIN!
Later that night, I drove by this house (he lives on the main highway in case you're wondering, so I couldn't not drive by his house.) I saw him just sitting in his chair with all of his crap still outside. Part of me thought "what would a woman who's not nuts do in this situation?" Well, probably not hang out with a man who'd grabbed my neck hours before at his house late at night. But my concern for his well being (and curiosity) overruled logic.
I soon realized why he was just sitting there – he was completely waisted. Right away he started saying inappropriate things like "I can go all night baby. Can you?" I engaged in this banter for a short while because I am an idiot. When I actually heard myself say the line "you're a lot more fun when you're not drunk" I realized that I was the crazy one for staying. So I left. Oh, but wait. What about the tripod?
I tried giving him money for the tripod, but he insisted I go to the liquor store down the road and pay him in beer instead. Would you believe I almost did this? When I said I didn't want to buy him any more beer, he got pissed. I gave him his cash and never returned. I swear I didn't!
I've questioned whether I should post this story for quite some time, mostly because I'm a little embarrassed by how stupid I can be sometimes. And also, because I'd had a lot of fun with John, before he'd turned into a drunk creepy old man that is. I shouldn't have gone back the second or third time, but as you can see, I don't always listen to reason when I find someone willing to be goofy with me.
The upside to all this? I scored a tripod and sweet star machine.


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The first of my positional rankings for the last decade, I've considered each player's performance only from January of 2000 through December 2009.
Many current players have been left off the list because they just don't have the career numbers yet to qualify.
Every player on the list has at least 8,000 yards from scrimmage. I've taken into account yards, YPA, receiving yards, total TDs, post season performance and awards, as well as impact on the game.


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In the hours leading up to the 4 p.m. 75-man roster deadline, the New England Patriots made a shocking roster move, sending off one of the teams longest-tenured players in a trade.
On Tuesday, the Patriots have traded longtime left guard Logan Mankins to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. New England will reportedly receive TE Tim Wright and a fourth-draft pick in return. The team confirmed the details of the deal Tuesday afternoon.
The 32-year-old Mankins is a six-time Pro Bowler at left guard, having spent his first 11 seasons in New England after being selected in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of Fresno State. A surprise selection at the time at No. 32 overall, Mankins started all 16 games as a rookie, the first of five seasons in which he did not miss a start. As a Patriot, Mankins emerged as one of the league's top interior offensive lineman, establishing himself as a mauler inside.
In recent years, though, the perception of Mankins' play is that he has begun to decline, particularly in pass protection. That, combined with his sizable contract likely led to the Patriots deciding to move him. In 2011, Mankins signed a six-year, $51 million contract to stay in New England. At the time, it was heralded as a move to retain one of the team's essential cogs up front. Now, that salary is an issue. Mankins' contract runs through the 2016 season and carries a $10.5 million cap hit this season, an $11 million hit in 2015 and a $7 million hit in 2016. The Patriots will still be charged for $8.25 million in 2014 and $4 million in 2015 in dead money.
The details surrounding the draft pick remain undetermined. As such, the scrutiny on the return for one of the Patriots' mainstays up front will be placed on Wright, a second-year tight end out of Rutgers.
As a rookie with the Buccaneers, Wright played in all 16 games, starting eight and finished with 54 catches for 571 yards and five touchdowns. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Wright is an athletic receiving-type tight end that fits more of the "move" tight end role that have been absent for the Patriots since the days of Aaron Hernandez.


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While U.S. stocks are not at bear market lows, they are selling at reasonable valuations, especially large caps. Meanwhile, European stocks, Day said, are at bear market lows, trading at two times earnings, and this provides a great opportunity for investors. In the last two to three months, Day has upped his allocation to European stocks to 20 percent.
Right now, investors are underinvested, with retail investors pulling money out of the markets for the last four years, and institutional investors with lots of cash on the sidelines, Day said.
"I don't think you have to have economic resolution to have a rally," he said.
But he also doesn't believe retail investors will jump on this rally (big surprise). Day said retail investors want to see the stock market stabilize somewhat before they get in. They can't stomach the volatility, even if it means a bumpy 20 percent return.


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Bloomington and Monroe County officials have declined to include aspects of the I-69 project in their transportation improvement plan.
A deputy commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation says the state and local plans must much for federal money to be spent in an area. Samuel Sarvis tells The Herald-Times he didn't believe the agency would spend any construction money in Monroe County until the two plans are in line.
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Tyler Moore ready to fight for job
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WASHINGTON — Describing last season as a "wakeup call," Tyler Moore is preparing for Spring Training with the mindset that he will need to win a spot on the Nationals' 25-man roster.
Moore, who turns 27 on Thursday, burst onto the scene with a strong rookie season in 2012 but struggled throughout much of '13, enduring a demotion to the Minor Leagues along the way. He figures to be a part of Washington's bench again this year but isn't taking that job for granted.
"I'm not given anything," Moore said on Saturday at FanFest. "I definitely have to earn what I'm gonna get. I'm just looking forward to it, looking forward to competing."
Moore knows that playing time could be scarce this season. Adam LaRoche remains as the starter at first base, and while the right-handed Moore could get some starts there against lefties, The Washington Post reported in December that the club plans to have third baseman Ryan Zimmerman work out at first this spring. If Zimmerman takes some starts at first, and with Scott Hairston providing an extra righty bat in the outfield, Moore likely would be relegated mostly to a pinch-hitting role.
That puts the onus on Moore to produce in more limited opportunities.
"I think last year maybe I was a little too lackadaisical in spring, and that's what I want to kind of correct this year because I know I don't have an everyday job, obviously," Moore said. "I have to be ready to come in and hit when I have a chance, and when I have that chance, I have to take the best advantage of it."
As a rookie, Moore hit .263/.327/.513 in 171 plate appearances, with 10 home runs and 29 RBIs. But in '13, he posted a .222/.260/.347 line in 178 plate appearances, seeing his walks drop and his strikeouts rise while collecting four home runs and 21 RBIs.
Then-manager Davey Johnson talked frequently about how difficult it can be for a young player, used to being in the lineup every day in the Minors, to fill a bench role in the Majors. Although he enjoyed some success as a pinch-hitter in '12, Moore went 1-for-18 with 12 strikeouts last year.
"Physically, I definitely know how. Mentally it's still a challenge," Moore said of coming off the bench. "I think it's still a challenge, even for the veteran guys, and it's something you have to figure out every day and your own personal way to do things. The biggest thing for me is just to slow the game down and really just get locked in when I'm watching the game on the bench, to stay in the game and not lose myself."
Moore spent about a month and a half at Triple-A Syracuse last summer, but when he returned, he was clicking. Making the most of some chances to start, Moore went 21-for-61 (.344) from Aug. 17 on, with four doubles, a homer and seven RBIs.
With that finish as a springboard, Moore intends to come to Nationals camp in Viera, Fla., with a sense of urgency as he looks to put 2013 behind him.
"It was tough. But at the same time, it was kind of a wakeup call, like, look, you can't just roll in here [to the Majors] and think you're gonna do good all the time," Moore said. "This is a tough and humbling game, and it's an eye-opener, makes you a little bit more hungry, because a lot of people are talking bad and you just want to prove them wrong, but at the same time you want to prove to yourself that you belong here and you want to stay."


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Brewers shake-up roster
The Brewers have made some major roster changes today. They:
— Recalled second base prospect Scooter Gennett from Triple-A Nashville in the most notable portion of the shake-up. Gennett, 23, was batting .297 in the Minors and may not be the sort of player who want to stash on the bench. This could be significant for the still-slumping Rickie Weeks.
— Released veteran infielder Alex Gonzalez, who returned from knee surgery and could not take advantage to start at first base, batting .177 in 113 at-bats.
— Optioned right-hander Mike Fiers back to Triple-A Nashville, a day after Fiers surrendered seven runs, five earned, in 1 2/3 innings of what he termed an "embarassing" loss to the Phillies.
— Acquired third baseman Juan Francisco in a trade with the Braves for Minor League left-hander Thomas Keeling. Francisco, 25, is a career .254 hitter with 19 home runs and 77 RBIs in 209 Major League games with the Reds and Braves. He hit .241 with five homers and 16 RBIs in 35 games with Atlanta this season but was designated for assignment on Thursday.
Francisco will be in uniform No. 21 for Tuesday's game against Oakland at Miller Park.
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Any hope for Fiers as a starter in the future? Looks doubtful to me based on the record.
Fiers, last 2 seasons as starter prior to 8/13/12: 1.82 ERA.
On 8/13/12 at Colorado (starter): 8 ERs in 2 innings pitched
Fiers, in starts beginning 8/13/12 through yesterday: 7.92 ERA
In last 13 starts: Went beyond 5 innings 4 times. Went beyond 5 innings allowing 3 runs or fewer twice, none in last 10 starts.
So what happened to Mike?
Gonzalez is a better defender than Weeks. Should have kept him and sent Rickie on his way. All comes down to $$ though. Could be gearing up for some major changes this year unless the team perks up.


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[Verse 1: Drake]
Money just changed everything
I wonder how life without it would go
From the concrete who knew that a flower would grow
Looking down from the top and it's crowded below
My fifteen minutes started an hour ago
Truth over fame, you know I respect the blatant shit
When I hear 'em talking, I just don't know what to make of it
Hate is so familiar to me, I'm slowly embracing it
Doesn't come natural, bear with me, it could take a bit
Yeah and my dreams are who I'm racing with
But you can see I'm pacing it so that I'm always chasing it
Wayne put me right here, that's who I get the paper with
I hope that my success never alters our relationship
Yeah, this life is something I would die for
October's Own but it's looking like July 4
I just wish they'd let you try it first
This time I'm really going off, fireworks
[Pre-Hook: Drake]
Oh, today it begins
I've missed them before, but won't miss them again
I keep having the same dream
And I think that I just realized what it means
Drake opens his debut LP Thank Me Later with a "monologue" that answers some of the common questions that he ignores in interviews. The song was produced by Drake's frequent collaborator Noah "40" Shebib and features Alicia Keys singing the hook. Drake told MTV News why this track opens the album. "The song itself is the first song on the album; I think it's the biggest indicator of what the album is gonna be like," he said. "That's why I picked that song to go first, and that's why I wrote the first verse like that. It's really where I am in my life right now. I know they're looking forward to the album, so I want them to get a feel of how the story starts off."
I took the time on that song and every single verse to be really honest about questions that I never, ever answer. I guess the sort of fear that me and Wayne will be driven apart by the fact that I actively did gain success as an artist, and I always worry that sometimes that might drive a wedge between us, which I pray it never will and which I say in the song.
In the second verse, I address the relationship that I'm often questioned about and I duck and dodge questions about it.
In the third one, I talk about my parents. So really, it's just one of those songs where to listen to it in a room full of people makes me feel awkward, and that's a good thing to me. I'm really proud of that song.


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Follow live stats all weekend long on hokiesports.com and get game updates via twitter @VT_Baseball and instagram VTHokieball. All games this weekend can be heard on HokiesXtra - with video on Friday and Sunday - or on 101.7 FM.
The weekend series: Tech continues its 121st season of baseball by hosting the last of three straight ACC series at English Field. The Hokies welcome Duke to Blacksburg for an ACC series that has been difficult to predict since 2010. Tech is 5-1 in games played at Duke the past four seasons, but is just 2-4 in games at English Field, which includes getting swept by the Blue Devils the last time they were here. Duke has won the last four in Blacksburg and is 8-4 here in conference games.
Hokies playing at home: Because Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the Hokies' baseball schedule through the first seven weeks of the season - Tech lost a total of five games - the team had to adjust and added four games to the April slate. As a result, starting with their ACC series at Virginia, the Hokies started a string of 20 straight games in the Commonwealth - with 14 at English Field - and includes three straight home ACC weekends. However, one (the Hokie-Smokey Classic game with Tennessee in Salem) was cancelled.
Only once before in the program's history as a member of the conference have the Hokies played either three straight road or three straight home series - 2007. Tech hosted North Carolina, Virginia and Clemson in back-to-back-to-back weekends. The Hokies were looking to improve on that 2007 stretch as they went just 1-8 in the nine games. In the 2014 stretch, they are 2-4.
Zagunis' career numbers climbing: Entering the weekend, junior Mark Zagunis has compiled 192 career hits, eight shy of becoming just the seventh Hokie to reach the 200-hit milestone as a junior. The last Tech player to reach the milestone before his senior year was Ronnie Shaban, who notched career hit No. 200 on May 19, 2011.
Also, entering the week, Zagunis ranked in the top four in the ACC in four career categories (among active players - min. 250 ABs). Those categories include second in batting average, third in both slugging percentage and stolen bases, and fourth in runs scored.
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