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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:04 am
Post subject: Okay here's my final mock
Well here we go, using the Mel Kiper criteria I'm aiming to match 6 players to the exact team that selects them, and 26/32 players in the first round. This is my hardest mock I've ever had to do as it's so unpredictable this year, but I love doing mocks. Overall, it's all just a bit of fun, but here's hoping it's a good one.
Luke Joeckel, Offensive Tackle, Texas A&M
Never say never, but it sure as hell doesn't look like the Chiefs are going to find a trading partner for this pick. I'm projecting a trade with the Dolphins for the 54th overall pick, sending Brandon Albert to Miami. So Joeckel will be the franchise Left Tackle, Donald Stephenson will bookend him, with Jon Asamoah and Jeff Allen as the Guards and Rodney Hudson snapping the ball for Alex Smith. Kansas City has a talented roster and should certainly make a big improvement on their 2-14 season. This pick comes down to a straight choice between Joeckel and Central Michigan's Eric Fisher.
Eric Fisher, Offensive Tackle, Central Michigan
Let me start by saying that I do not agree with this pick. Personally I think it should be Dion Jordan here. I feel like he is a perfect fit for coach Gus Bradley's defense and also that their current Left Tackle Eugene Monroe is one of the better players at his position. Personally I think they should take Jordan here and then spend their second day picks on a Quarterback and a Right Tackle. The positional value just isn't there. However, I fully believe Jacksonville is going to take Fisher here. Caldwell has said they won't be trading down, so they don't have too much reason to smokescreen, and the beat writers are all predicting Fisher here. It sure looks like they're planning to take the Right Tackle here.
Dion Jordan, Defensive End/Outside Linebacker, Oregon
The Raiders are desperate to trade down here, but it sure don't look like they're going to find a willing partner to come all the way up to the 3rd overall pick. It's not out the question that we could see someone come up for Jordan, Lane Johnson, Star Lotulelei or Ziggy Ansah, but I can't find the market. The consolation prize for Reggie McKenzie is the best edge rusher in the draft. The Raiders desperately need a threat off the edge and I think Dennis Allen can use Jordan much like he used Von Miller when he was the defensive co-ordinator of the Denver Broncos. He can play outside linebacker on the early downs and then Defensive End in the Nickel situations. I really like this pick for the Raiders.
Star Lotulelei, Defensive Tackle, Utah
There are a lot of rumours that Chip Kelly and the Eagles brass are very high on Star Lotulelei. I think if Dion Jordan is off the board, Star is going to be the pick. They're moving to a 3-4 front, so having a guy like Lotulelei who can play all 3 positions on the DL is a fantastic asset to have.
Ezekiel Ansah, Defensive End, BYU
There are a few ways they could go here. Lane Johnson and Dee Milliner are in play as well. Having said that, Jim Schwartz loves to draft defensive linemen high in the draft. And there is a lot of talk out there that Jim Washburn has fallen in love with Ansah. This is one pick that is bound to please Lions fans.
*** :CLE: trade pick 6 to :SD: for pick 11 and 76 ***
Lane Johnson, Offensive Tackle, Oklahoma
With all the talk that Joeckel and Fisher won't escape the top 3 picks, it's helping to drag Johnson's stock up too. There are a lot of murmurings that Johnson might be a top 5 overall pick. If he passes Detroit at 5, which I think he will, then there's a good chance San Diego might fancy a chance to leapfrog Arizona to grab their man. Practically every team wants to trade down so it certainly isn't going to cost too much to trade up this year. The Chargers have no starting Left Tackle so they should be busting a gut to land Johnson.
Barkevious Mingo, Outside Linebacker, LSU
Bit of a surprising pick here. I think they'll bit a bit blindsided by having Lane Johnson pried away from them. What I've managed to gather about their pick is that is that their high on Johnson, but maybe not as much on the Guards, but also that DJ Fluker could be in play. Apparently they like some of the round 2 guards, so they could go with the pass rusher here, and nab OL later on.
Ryan Nassib, Quarterback, Syracuse
With all the rumours of the Jets being smitten with Nassib, Buffalo can no longer afford to mess around with potential trade downs. If they do indeed but into him as the future of the franchise, he'll be the number 8 overall pick.
Jarvis Jones, Outside Linebacker, Georgia
The Jets seriously need to use one of their first two picks on a pass rusher. After seeing three pass rushers going in the top 7 picks, I don't think they take their chances on Jones falling to 13. Jones is still an elite prospect with good tape and medically checked out. He's fallen due to poor workouts but this guy is first and foremost a damn good football player.
Jonathan Cooper, Offensive Guard, North Carolina
Tennessee signed Andy Levitre but there is a clear need opposite him. This pick could be a toss-up between Cooper and Alabama's Chance Warmack, but coach Mike Munchak, himself a hall of fame lineman, prefers the slightly more athletic guys. I've heard rumours that the vast majority of teams list Cooper as the first Guard on their draft board.
Dee Milliner, Cornerback, Alabama
A lot of teams have reportedly moved Milliner down the board due to medical concerns, but apparently the Browns aren't one of these teams. He might well be their pick at 6 overall and they're delighted to land him after the trade back.
*** :MIA: trade pick 12 to :STL: for picks 16 and 78 ***
Kenny Vaccaro, Safety, Texas
The Rams have nothing at Guard and Safety, so if they move up it could be for either Warmack or Vaccaro. However, of these two players, their respective stocks are going in opposite directions. I think they'd prefer to get Vaccaro and then trade down from 22 and maybe land Kyle Long later on, as opposed to getting Warmack and maybe Jonathan Cyprien.
*** :NYJ: trade pick 13 to :DAL: for picks 18 and 80 ***
Chance Warmack, Offensive Guard, Alabama
This trade makes sense for both sides. Jets GM John Idzik really wants to stockpile picks in his first draft and rumour has it that Dallas' three targets in the first round are Kenny Vaccaro, Jonathan Cooper and Chance Warmack. Jerry Jones is usually open to trading up so this deal really makes sense.
Sharrif Floyd, Defensive Tackle, Florida
Jackpot for the Panthers as a top 3 overall possibility at their biggest need falls to them. Defensive Tackles aren't in high demand this year, so if Oakland goes elsewhere, Floyd might well slide all the way to the middle of the round.
DJ Fluker, Offensive Tackle, Alabama
At this stage in his career, Zach Strief is a backup player, and Jason Smith is a borderline roster calibre player. New Orleans needs to find a starting tackle and Fluker could go even higher than this. They'll be delighted if the draft shakes out like this.
Tyler Eifert, Tight End, Notre Dame
The word on the street is that if Miami can land Branden Albert, Tyler Eifert will be their main target in the first round. They'll be delighted to still get their man after a trade down.
*** :PIT: trades pick 17 to :HOU: for picks 27 and 57 ***
Tavon Austin, Wide Receiver, West Virginia
Houston wants a wide receiver who can run and run fast. If Austin slides out the top of the first round, I don't think the Texans will be able to resist a trade up to get their man. It makes sense for the Steelers as well, as all of their targets have gone early.
DJ Hayden, Cornerback, Houston
The Jets had Rex Ryan fly down to Texas to work Hayden out three days before the draft. It sure seems like they really like this kid. It wouldn't even be all that surprising if he's the first corner selected.
Tank Carradine, Defensive End, Florida State
The Giants had the best pass rush in the league two seasons ago. Since then Osi Umenyiora and Dave Tollefson have fled and Justin Tuck and Matthias Kiwanuka have declined. Jason Pierre-Paul can't do it all himself, so Jerry Reese figures to take an End here.
Sheldon Richardson, Defensive Tackle, Missouri
Big fall here, there's always gonna be one or two guys that take a slide. I don't think Phil Emery will be able to pass if he falls this far.
Alec Ogletree, Linebacker, Georgia
Even with the James Harrison signing, the Bengals still need a linebacker as their current core is slower than a week in jail. Ogletree really fits the bill of what they'll be looking for in my opinion. This pick could come down to either Ogletree or Cyprien but I think they can get a Safety at 37.
*** :STL: trade pick 22 to :JAX: for picks 33 and 64 ***
Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia
Jacksonville could consider Geno Smith at 2 so if they can get him much later then that's an excellent move for the new regime. The Rams love stockpiling picks, so if they trade up from 16, look for them to try and get back into the 3rd round.
Xavier Rhodes, Cornerback, Florida
Much like the Sheldon Richardson pick, this is a guy that has slid down the draft board. I think the Vikings will be delighted if this scenario comes to fruition.
*** :IND: trade pick 24 to :SF: for picks 31 and 74 ***
Jonathan Cyprien, Safety, Florida International
San Francisco have flexibility as they have more picks than roster spots. I think Cyprien is establishing himself as quite clearly the number 2 safety and if they can get above the Packers and co to land their man I think that's a good man.
Cordarelle Patterson, Wide Receiver, Tennessee
Forget about Manti Te'o, if Rhodes and Patterson fall to the early twenties, the Minnesota Vikings win the first round of the 2013 NFL draft.
Matt Elam, Safety, Florida
The Packers could certainly use some good safety play and after Elam there's a bit of a drop off I reckon. He's an underrated prospect and I think he will hear his name called on Thursday.
DeAndre Hopkins, Wide Receiver, Clemson
Pittsburgh is the master at landing faller prospects. Hopkins might well be the most productive pass catcher in this draft and the Steelers really need that number one wideout.
Eddie Lacy, Running Back, Alabama
Eddie Lacy's stock seems to be rising. I think there's maybe a 60% chance he hears his name called tomorrow night. John Fox values the Tailback position, so Denver seems like a logical fit.
*** :NE: trade pick 29 to :SF: for picks 34 and 128 ***
Margus Hunt, Defensive End, SMU
Niners pull a Pats-2012 esque move with a double trade up to add two firsts to their defense. Irony that Belichick is the trade partner. I think it might be Jamie Collins, but they'd love to roll the dice on Hunt to eventually replace Justin Smith.
Menelik Watson, Offensive Tackle, Florida State
Instant upgrade on the Right side, long term upgrade on the Left. If the big fat Mancunian falls this late, I love this marriage.
Jamar Taylor, Cornerback, Boise State
The Colts only really have one good Corner on their roster, so landing Taylor this late in the opening round would be a decent coup for Ryan Grigson.
Kevin Minter, LB, LSU
I used to shy away from this pick, but then Rolando McClain got himself arrested again. Ozzie Newsome is rumoured to really like Minter and even though he carries a round 2 grade on most boards, there aren't going to be 32 first round grades anyway. Unless Baltimore trades up, they're going to need to settle for a round 2 calibre player.
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:33 am
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I could see Ogletree being taken.............. at #37. Cyprien or Lacy will be the pick in that order.
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I could see Ogletree being taken.............. at #37. Cyprien or Lacy will be the pick in that order.
Preferably Cyprien
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Not bad for the Vikings, I like getting a WR early, and CB is solid with Xavier Rhodes, could see Sylvester Williams or a LB to the Vikings.
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Post subject: Re: Okay here's my final mock
paul-mac wrote:
*** :CLE: trade pick 6 to :SD: for pick 11 and 76 ***
Lane Johnson, Offensive Tackle, Oklahoma
With all the talk that Joeckel and Fisher won't escape the top 3 picks, it's helping to drag Johnson's stock up too. There are a lot of murmurings that Johnson might be a top 5 overall pick. If he passes Detroit at 5, which I think he will, then there's a good chance San Diego might fancy a chance to leapfrog Arizona to grab their man
. Practically every team wants to trade down so it certainly isn't going to cost too much to trade up this year.
The Chargers have no starting Left Tackle so they should be busting a gut to land Johnson.
Even with that said i think it will take a 2nd round pick or at least a couple of 3rd round picks for SD to move up to 6.
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Too high for a OG, Richardson should be the pick.
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I can't see the bears going DT in the first round. I'd prefer Rhodes or Patterson.
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Not a fan of this pick at all.
Well you can't read so how smart can you be....
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Love it for the vikes and overall very possible.
I would only switch Joeckel and Fisher because it sounds like KC is leaning that way.
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I can't see the bears going DT in the first round. I'd prefer Rhodes or Patterson.
I like it personally.
Melton and Richardson....dang
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The Colts only really have one good Corner on their roster, so landing Taylor this late in the opening round would be a decent coup for Ryan Grigson.
I didn't know we cut Butler and Toler! Good trade, decent pick.
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This is really bad for the Jets.
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16th July 2012 03:47 AM #1
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How to manage being a work at home mom?
I am working from home just recently and I love it. I have two daughters to take care of. Its a matter my balancing my time. For now I'm having difficulties adjusting to this new set up of being full time mom at the same time a work at home mom. What are your suggestions in order for me to manage these 2 roles?
16th July 2012 11:00 PM #2
I also work from home and I have an 18 month old cheeky boy and am pregnant with number two.
I find it best to completely separate time when I am caring for/playing with my son from working time. My son reliably has a nap each day so I work during this time, and also in the evenings once he has gone to sleep. Sometimes I work at the weekend and my son and husband have some quality father and son time!
I think it's still important to make sure you have a rest as it is tiring (though fantastic) having young children and working from home - so I do not work all evening.
If I have a particularly busy week with work then I will go to my sons grandparents and work from there whilst they watch him in another room/ in the garden. It can be a bit tricky to arrange, but (in my experience) I cannot work whilst caring for my son at the same time.
I think it is well worth it as I get to spend so much time with my lovely little growing boy and can work flexibly around him.
I wish you all the best,
25th July 2012 03:17 PM #3
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Lots of great ideas from LJ, once again!
I found that working during nap time was helpful for me as well. I also would have my oldest child lay down for a rest when my younger ones were napping. She could look at books, play with a stuffed animal quietly in her bed, but she had to stay in her bed for 2 hours. She often fell asleep.
As she got older then I would schedule quiet time for 2 hours a day where she needed to stay in her room. She could listen to tapes, color with crayons, or do other quiet activities in her room. But I found I NEEDED my quiet time.
I also made sure the children were in bed by 7:30 or 8PM so that I could have at least an hour of quiet time at night as well.
As your older daughter learns to play nicely with the baby, and as the baby gets older (maybe around 2 years of age) you may be able to schedule time where the older child is doing something with the younger one, but this would not be advisable right now due to the fact that you cannot trust the 5 year old not to hurt the 1 year old right now.
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25th July 2012 04:26 PM #4
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Hi sheryl80, Kate and LJ,
I too am a mother of three kids and working at home as well. It is such a great challenge to every woman, whether working at hoe or not, to balance their time doing chores and taking care of the whole family at the same time. But I believe, God gave us that task..and because He knows that we can do it.
There are times that when you do need to take some quality time off for yourself and you don't get it, you often feel so tired an even feel that the world is not fair on you. Still, you need to know that a mother's task is never done. I always put that in mind knowing that my own mother has not graduated from the fact that i and my other female sibs run to her for help at times with regards to the kids.
Like what Kate and LJ may have mentioned, it is always a matter of balancing your time. Although most of the time your kids get to use up your time - and often give less time to your hubby - you will have to learn how to balance it.
Hope you will do great.
25th July 2012 09:24 PM #5
Thanks for your comments on this MumO'Three.
Yes being a working mum can certainly be challenging at times and involves careful balancing of tasks! I agree with what Kate said about needing to schedule in working time (when the children are napping or reading in their cot etc) as well as some free time in the evening. Sometimes I feel guilty about this as I miss my little guy even when he is sleeping in a room nearby but I know it is for the best for all of us and then I can give him my full attention the rest of the time.
I hope you all continue to be happy working mums,
Best wishes,
29th July 2012 04:08 PM #6
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I also work from home and have really enjoyed reading these comments. Like LJ, I often go to my parents house and let them watch my little ones while I work. My husband also watches them for a few hours everyday so that I can work.
In the past I tried to work at my job and be mommy at the same time. It just did not work. It is impossible to split my attention in two places at once and do a good job of either.
Working at home and being a mom is difficult. However, I wouldn't change a thing. It takes a while to find your groove, but you will get there.
10th September 2012 03:42 AM #7
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Another working mum
I work from home, and I find that it is easier to work during nap times, school hours, and during any time where the children can be with a friend/grandparents. One thing I usually refrain from is working when the children are all here, and I am in complete care/responsibility over them. I find that it is just more frustrating to work during this time, as there are many interruptions, and it is almost impossible for me to focus on the task at hand.
Thank you all for the advice and comments you have posted, this also gives me a few ideas on how to manage my current situation as well.
Good luck to all you working mums!!
6th December 2012 03:25 AM #8
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I am also a work from home mom and I think all your suggestions are great!
7th December 2012 10:15 AM #9
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Hi Jersey1210 and emilylou21,
So glad you found some helpful ideas in this thread! I very much enjoy working from home and my family benefits too.
Warm Regards,
10th December 2012 08:42 PM #10
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I just got a new full time job at home and honestly I'm a bit worried since it's a 40 hour/week job. Anyone works 40 hour/week at home? Any tips?
Thank you
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11th December 2012 06:36 AM #11
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Hi jersey1210,
It's exciting to hear that you have landed a full time job from home (if this is what you were wanting).
Now, more than ever, it will be important to have your 15 year old daughter's help and any other adults you feel comfortable to have caring for your baby.
For starters, let's look at the time when your baby is sleeping because those will be the hours you will work on a regular basis each day.
Let's say your baby wakes up at 7AM, takes a nap from 1pm-3pm and goes to bed at 8PM.
You could work from:
5AM-7AM (2 hours)
1PM-3PM (2 hours)
8PM-10PM (2 hours)
So there's 6 hours right there, with 7 hours of sleep at night (if you can live on 7 hours of sleep. If you need more sleep, then you'll have to make the time up somewhere else.)
Now all you have to do is find 2 more hours in your day. Let's say you ask your 15 year old to watch the baby for 1 hour a day, maybe when she gets home from school, from 3:30PM-4:30PM, and you could ask your husband to watch the baby for an hour before bed (maybe from 7PM-8PM).
In order to work full time from home and still have meals on the table and do chores for your family you'll need to make sure you use your time wisely.
Don't eat sugar except for the occasional treat. But make it a goal not to eat any sugar. Eat a big green vegetable salad every day (can be your lunch each day, and you can add canned chicken or tuna to it), and have a healthy dinner. For breakfast, make yourself a green smoothie every morning, and if you get hungry between smoothie and lunch salad, have some raw nuts and dried fruit on hand as a snack.
When preparing meals, put the baby in the backpack so she is on your back, while you prepare meals. When doing chores like laundry, have the baby in a room that is safe for her (pad the corners of tables by putting thick blankets over the tables, etc.).
Rotate her toys so that she has "new" toys to play with each week, that keep her attention. Be sure you plan time to spend with the baby doing coloring or play dough or other types of games/crafts and reading so that she is getting the time she needs.
If you need a power nap in the middle of the day, then definitely take it during baby's nap time. You may need to put a video on for the baby for 30 minutes later in the day while you work, but that power nap is so important when you're already feeling tired.
So what's going to get you through all of this? Diet changes (more fresh fruits and vegetables, less biscuits, chips, sugar, white flour), exercise (take a walk with your baby every day) and rest. It truly is possible to do it all, but it will take a schedule and sticking to that schedule along with making your health a priority.
You're going to be adding 40 hours of stress to your life that you haven't had and the first few weeks will be especially stressful as you become trained and learn the job. Drink lots of green smoothies and even invest in a juicer so you can juice some kale and apples. That's my favorite. Freshly squeezed apple juice with kale or spinach. It gives me so much energy and I feel really good when I drink it throughout the day.
I wish you all the best and feel free to post anytime if you need help.
Warm Regards,
5th March 2013 09:47 PM #12
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How to manage being a work at home mom? It's not easy for any lady to manage work at home now a days but active women do it bravely. But if the job is more than 40 hours a week then it's not easy to manage. Probably 30 hours are best for you to manage.
25th March 2013 10:49 PM #13
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Hi jersey1210
How are you managing working from full time from home? I have been working full time from home since my youngest daughter was about 8 weeks old. She is now 2 years and 2 months. I have found it quite exhausting and certainly stressful but all up I do not regret my decision. Being able to spend this time with my daughter has been wonderful.
Like Kate suggests, you need to have a schedule and be disciplined however I would caution you that your baby has not read the schedule so you need to be prepared for the days when those available hours evaporate. Also as your baby grows your schedule, the way you manage baby's awake time while you work, and how much extra support you draw on will change.
When I started out with an 8 week old baby who slept well and a job which was highly predictable and paid on an annual salary, I worked without any support. I have no family to assist me but I found I was more than able to keep all the balls in the air.
When my daughter was 6 months I was retrenched and realising that in my occupation a full time work from home salary job was unlikely, I chose to work freelance. This has its own set of challenges with client contact, workflow and workload being highly unpredictable. The thing that has got me through more than schedules or anything else, is the humble to do list.
I preference by saying I do have a schedule in which I have blocked out the time I will work for each company I draw work from. However I have never found this to be much of a motivator. Each evening before I go to bed I map out the following day. While my schedule is a delightful colour-coded Excel spreadsheet, I find going low tech is the best option for a to do list.
I use the tiled splash-back behind my stove and coloured whiteboard markers. On it I list all the work to be completed for the day in order of priority, and allot times in which to do it. If you use this method, avoid running your time slots back to back. Unless you are extremely good at estimating the time required for tasks (and have a crystal ball to foresee interruptions) it is unlikely you will run to time. The gaps enable any overflow to be absorbed and if you do run at or ahead of time, you can then have a break.
I have a Nanny 2.5 days a week which enables me to focus more on my work. Not the work 'more' rather than 'solely.' Having the Nanny and a 2 year old in the house still creates plenty of distraction.
The other thing that has worked for me it learning not to be too hard on myself when I get to the end of the day and the work is not all done. I try to schedule ahead so that if something isn't finished it's not the end of the world. I also accept that sometimes, working to the wee hours is necessary to achieve essential work. This is the toughest thing I face and something I buffer with good food, supplements and a nap the next day!


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Potty Training and Other Learned Milestones
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You don't see many kindergartners wearing diapers or popping a bottle in their lunch bag. Some milestones like rolling, talking, and walking just sort of happen and others like giving up a lovey, forgoing a pacifier, and moving from crib to bed are more learned. Some parents help their offspring progress by limiting the time their tot is wheeled around in a stroller or eats in a high chair. We're curious what you think. Chime in with your opinion on everything from bottle feeding to snuggling with stuffed animals!


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Nicki Minaj Dishes on Status of Miley Cyrus Collabo
Miley Cyrus has been vocal about her love of Nicki Minaj, and the feeling is mutual. The two divas were snapped in the studio, leading to speculation that they planned to collaborate or even were collaborating on a song. So what's the status? Is there a duet in the works?
"I didn't make any music with Miley," Minaj told E! while promoting her new fragrance Minajesty. "There was a song that was a possibility but it didn't work out."
Aw, it didn't work out! Boo! Hiss! That would have been an epic twerk fest and we would have loved saying they got a lot of "Milej" out of the song. Sigh. Next time!
See the studio photo below, which was shared by Cyrus' pal Mike Will Made It.
The rapper is working on her third album, and revealed that while she loved her single season as a judge on 'American Idol,' her heart is in her music so that is why she opted to narrow her focus. We get it. Her Minajesty has to do her!


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Thanksgiving Brawl at Halle Berry's House Settled
After a Thanksgiving brawl leaving both parties bruised and bloody, Halle Berry, Gabriel Aubry, and Olivier Martinez have reached a settlement.
According to TMZ, in a bizarre message to the media, the "Cloud Atlas" star's attorney Blair Berk exited the courtroom and held up a handwritten sign that said, "The parties have reached an amicable agreement. There will be no further statements regarding this matter."
The statement was approved by both Halle and Gabriel's attorney, Shawn Holley. Though the 46-year-old actress and her French fiancée were not in court, Gabriel did appear, wearing sunglasses to hide the bruises.
Though the fight may be settled, there still may be bitterness over the recent court slap-down of Halle's request to move with daughter Nahla to France.


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Martin Garrix announces North American tour
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It looks like the wizards are ready to party with the animals - and no, we're not talking about the Washington basketball team invading the zoo. Martin Garrix has announced his "We Are Animals" North American tour!
Martin, joined by his "Wizard" collaborator Jay Hardway, will be making stops in New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston, Miami, and a few more cities across the U.S. The tour kicks off at the end of January.
Check out the full list of dates below:
Jan. 31st - New York City @ Pacha
Feb. 1st - Chicago @ The Mid
Feb. 2nd - Las Vegas @ Hakkasan
Feb. 5th - Boston @ Royale
Feb. 7th - Toronto, Canada @ Uniun
Feb. 8th - Miami @ LIV
Feb. 9th - Atlantic City @ HQ
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He's gonna hate me for posting this and I don't care if it embarrasses the Hell out of him, but to those who don't know, in the past two days Simon Hayes has been nominated for both a BAFTA and an Oscar and deserves to be congratulated for this fantastic achievement. I hope we'll be congratulating him again in February for a couple of wins.
Well done, Simon!


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Oklahoma Total background checks: 344,781 Population: 3,791,508 background checks per 100,000 residents: 9,094 9.
Vladimir Putin draws on his background as a master spy, testing and teasing the new regime in Kiev and its backers in Washington.
It played in the background while God made love to the thunderbolt that birthed Tom Brady.
All of that makes Plouffe, with his background as a Democratic consultant, a very interesting choice.
A bit of background buzz is supposed to make us more efficient.
Pembroke was in the background, its grey walls overhung with ivy.
The man who stood in the background, however, she could not for the moment place.
The background of each picture is likewise perfectly appropriate.
We look in vain for any Æschylean background of the vast unknown.
It seems to have been willingly kept in the background by the leaders of debate on both sides; but it was there.


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Pujols K's swinging, atta boy Bailey.
Pujols K's swinging, atta boy Bailey.
Holiday pops out to Phillips, 1-2-3 inning for Bailey.
Rolen flies out to center 1 out
Bruce pops out in foul territory as Larue and Freese collide. 2 out.
Line drive base hit up the middle for OCab.
Nix flies out to left, 3 down.
Rasmus grounds out to Votto, 1 down.
Bailey is looking very good again today. Hopefully I didn't just jinx him.
Hey today we are "asking" Marty, not "aksing"!
Freese with an oppo home-run, 1-0 cards. : (
LaRue flies out, finish off Lohse and lets get that run back.
Lohse with his 2nd hit of the day, c'mon Homer get the pitcher out.
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I'm sorry I cannot be of more help to your problem, but I can indeed confirm that I do as well have a WG111v2 (Realtek RTL-8187L) and it works OTB with Backtrack 3 in a VM.
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By Mark Tooley The prospect of U.S. military action against Syria's dictatorship has unusually united in opposition nearly all U.S. church and major Christian voices who have publicly spoken to the issue. Such uniformity is very unusual, and this episode may be a first. Of course, liberal led Mainline Protestant denominations, along with liberal [Read More…]
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Lorde Calls Kanye West The 'Principal' Of Pop Music
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Lorde has some flattering words for rapper Kanye West. In a new interview with The Guardian, the New Zealand teen singer says Kanye recently reached out to tell her he was a fan of her music.
The 17-year-old appreciates his approval, saying that "if the school is pop," then Kanye is "[her] school principal." She admits however that she only has one age group in mind when she writes. Lorde says "the only people [she] cares about liking her music" are people her own age.
She also discusses how her being on social media growing up has enlightened the image of herself as a pop star. She recalls making her Facebook page exactly how she wanted at age 13, saying "That's all the Internet is - doing your own PR."
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CARSON, Calif. – A disagreement cost Robin Fraser a game-and-a-half, and a misunderstanding cost him another match.
Out since halftime of Chivas USA's 2-0 loss to San Jose on Sept. 15, Fraser will finally return to the bench and will fulfill his familiar gameday duties when Chivas host Real Salt Lake on Saturday (10:30 pm ET, watch LIVE online).
"I'm looking forward to it because this is why we all do this, we all do this to try to win," Fraser told MLSsoccer.com. "Our backs are against the wall and we need to come out and have a good performance and certainly I want to be a part of it as we've gone through so much this year with this group."
Sitting idly by and watching his team was difficult, Fraser said. And while assistant coach Greg Vanney filled in during his absence, not being there was something new and different for the former RSL assistant. Fraser was around the team in training sessions during the club's two-game road swing through Columbus and D.C. United, however, and was still connected with the club before and after matches.
Still, not being with his team during games tore him apart inside.
"Extremely [difficult], especially at the point where we are now, points are so crucial, every game is so crucial," Fraser said. "You want to feel like you can do everything possible to help and certainly it was disappointing to have missed another game."
Initially sent off at halftime of the loss to San Jose, Fraser had disputed the call that led to San Jose's penalty kick. The call was made not by referee Chris Penso but by the fourth official, and Fraser let Penso know his displeasure about it after the first half ended. Fraser was sent off for the remainder of that game, and consequently suspended for the team's next game in Columbus.
"I certainly had my opinions, and he made it clear that he didn't want to hear them," Fraser said.
Not being able to coach the team in Columbus was tough, particularly since the match was a tightly-contested affair not decided until the 89th minute. The day after, though, Fraser learned that he may not have met the terms of the suspension, and soon after it was extended.
"There was a miscommunication about what I could and couldn't do during my suspension in Columbus," Fraser said, "and [the league's] decision was that I had to serve another suspension."
When training resumed on Wednesday, it got underway with renewed focus and energy.
"You pick up where you left off and you do what you have to do. The suspension was what it was and we move on," Fraser said. "I was with the team in training last week so that's not all that different, but it was good to get back here and get on our field and talk about the things we want to do in preparation for this weekend."
Luis Bueno covers Chivas USA for MLSsoccer.com and can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stephen Brown likes to describe his approach to choreography as innovative with shock value. If that description seems too pretentious, he explains that his aim is different than "pure experimentation, which is like taking a crap in a teacup."
His work will be on display in his company's annual show, "The BEaST of SB Dance," a series of short vignettes curated into an evening-length work, what Brown refers to as "a taster's menu."
"It can be stuff that has been in past shows, stuff we are working on for future shows, or it might be stuff that's just been kind of 'cooking' in the studio," he said.
Brown's dance roots go back to his work, from 1985-1987, as a member of Repertory Dance Theatre, before he made the pilgrimage to New York City, where he began to develop his own dance sensibilities. He returned home to Utah, where he danced with RDT again from 1992-94. In 1996, he launched SB Dance to push his own ideas about the value of entertainment and choreography.
"I don't really care about reinforcing somebody's established point of view," Brown said. "I don't care about not doing it particularly, but in theater and dance we use things that are supercharged because that is the life we are showing onstage, and that is the one way we access people to change them, to crawl inside their heads and hearts."
He has attracted well-trained technical dancers upon which to hang his "independent shock voice," and includes their ideas in the process of developing new work.
In a recent rehearsal, six of the eight dancers who currently populate Brown's pickup company spent over an hour developing a choreographic pattern tossing four 3-by-4-foot styrofoam blocks between them. At one point the configuration became so overwhelmingly complicated that Brown began to back off. Which is when veteran SB Dance dancer Nathan Shaw joked, "No, no, no, that would be too simple we don't do 'simple' at SB Dance."
All of the dancers have other lives. After retiring last season from six years with RDT, Shaw is the dance department head at Judge Memorial High School; Juan Carlos Claudio danced with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company for 10 years and is now an associate professor at the University of Utah; Toni Lugo currently dances with RDT; Christine Hasegawa is a trauma nurse; Jenny Larsen runs her own fitness business; and Liberty Valentine and Ursula Perry are freelance dance artists. Brenda Sue Cowley is an actor.
"I have a family and a job," Larsen said. "It helps that Stephen also has a family, and respects my time and that aspect of my life. He works hard to secure funding sources so we actually get paid for the six weeks of rehearsal and for the performance time."
The company's administrative staff is headed by associate director Carolyn "Winnie" Wood. Wood's interest in the company grew out of her 30-year history of combining dance and theater in the Utah's arts scene.
"The inherent theatricality of dance and movement interests me," Wood said. "Stephen's choreography, in particular, has a sense of urgency. He invites the audience to see something as it happens, rather than being told it is happening."
Another longtime arts supporter, Louis Borgenicht, a recent addition to the company's board, and is enthusiastic about what he terms Brown's "combination of athleticism and conceptually outrageous construction."
"I think there is a diverse cultural audience in Salt Lake ready for Stephen's vision," Borgenicht said. "He just needs to reach that community."
The subject matter Brown uses to rattle people's perspectives "might be nudity or same-sex love or a variation on a story we already know," the choreographer said. Keeping those "supercharged" topics relevant is simply the job of being an artist. So in addition to props, he also layers in actors and musicians to budge the choreographic stalemate.
"I think a lot of choreography I see these days is very standard fare," Brown said. "But even bad choreography can be improved by the performance of the dancers. And if I add great costumes and cool sets, the dance will look great no matter how bad the choreography. Choreography is difficult because it is an artistry that takes a lot of people and is very time intensive and is very labor intensive. There is a lot of pressure to get it produced and up onstage."
Which is why Brown's other crusade is to get a black-box theater built into the proposed downtown Utah Performing Arts Center. As the president of the Performing Arts Coalition, he presides over meetings of the resident arts companies based at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. He's expanded that role to include representing smaller performing arts groups in the wake of joint decisions by Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and the Salt Lake City and County councils to build the $110 million downtown center.
"I want to make sure that the UPAC space serves more than just the big touring shows coming through," Brown said. "The city and county are listening, and they're getting input from national consultants, but it would be a shame if they didn't hear from the professionals in the area."
firstname.lastname@example.com Concert: The BEaST of SB Dance
The annual company performance features eight dancers, two actors and the rock band Totem and Taboo.
When • Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 27, 4 p.m.
Where • Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center's Black Box Theater, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $15; at www.arttix.org or 801355-2787. Jenny Larsen: The dance of fitness
An alphabet soup of credentials follow Jenny Larsen's name to verify what takes less than five minutes in her class to know she's a uniquely talented fitness teacher. Larsen formed her own business, JL's Bod Squad, to organize her teaching: personal training appointments, video classes, and dance classes. Now, she is even on The Gym Box, a fitness app, which offers consistently changing workouts for home and office use.
Larsen grew up in Utah, and her early dance training led her on a circuitous route to the East Coast and back to study exercise and sports science, eventually earning a dance degree from the University of Utah. Larsen's dance training and study of the body is what separates her from other fitness professionals.
"My goal for people is help them become efficient in their movement, so no matter what their age or lifestyle, their quality of life remains at its maximum potential," Larsen said. "If your body is equally strong and capable, you will be a well-rounded, functional mover."
Larsen says she loves the energy of a group fitness class but equally enjoys the personal relationships she forms with clients as a personal trainer.
"I've developed my own kick boxing technique JLa Kickbox that is pretty demanding," Larsen said. She also teaches Pilates, spin, hip-hop, CrossFit, Definition to Bootcamp, Xtend Barre, and a signature class that she's co-created with Stephen Brown, called AerobicOM.
Information • Jenny Larsen trains clients and teaches at BodyWise (1400 Foothill Dr., Suite 20, Salt Lake City; 801-583-0200); Xtend Barre (450 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City; 801-86-XBSLC); and trains clients.
Website • www.jlbodsquad.com
Gym Box App • www.thegymbox.com


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The folly of "HispanicLatino"
posted at 11:04 pm on April 30, 2012 by Jorge Bonilla
I've always thought that the whole idea of "Hispanic" or "Latino" identity was never anything more than an identity politics construct, and this goofy new "HispanicLatino" meme confirms it. After watching a couple of its proponents try to pitch the label on yesterday's Al Punto (Univision's Sunday political talking-head show), I am certain of it.
For starters, I admire the transparency of the label's pitchmen, HispanicLatino founder Jesse Treviño, and Texas Representative Richard Peña Raymond (D-Laredo) . They have no qualms with stating that "HispanicLatino" was born out of a need to carve out a new ethno-political identity for those who traditionally identified themselves as "Hispanic" or "Latino" (more on the difference here). According to Treviño and Peña Raymond, there is an ongoing war on Hispanics/Latinos, which can only be solved via the creation of a new artificial ethnoracial umbrella.
Never mind that, according to the most recent Pew Hispanic poll, the labels are rejected by a majority of people who would much rather identify by their country of national origin. Read through the entire poll findings, and you will find that they demolish every one of the premises thay underlie the supposed need for an all-encompassing label.
No wonder, then, that Al Punto anchor Jorge Ramos (who never passes up an opportunity to advance racial grievance in furtherance of the immigration agenda) struggled to keep a straight face during the segment. When faced with the reality of the Pew poll, Treviño and Peña Raymond had no other choice than to be transparent about the aims of the "HispanicLatino" label. Ramos went to the Pew poll so many times, that I half expected him to reprise Justice Sonia Sotomayor's instant classic "…it's not selling very well".
If you follow the Pew link and go deeper into the poll, you'll find that left to their own devices…Hispanics, Latinos, or "ethnic identity to be named later" are just like any of the many ethnic groups that came into this country before them. The great truth behind the Pew poll is that Hispanics/Latinos have largely resisted the Institutional Left's attempts to herd them into the uniquely American Hispanic/Latino construct. Individual Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Salvadorans, Cubans, et. al are free to assimilate into the mainstream when they do not get sucked into the "Latino" identity, and the Left knows it (as do media institutions that depend on a steady influx of non-English-speaking, non-assimilated individuals for survival).
HispanicLatino is, ultimately, nothing more than yet another naked attempt at herding individuals from all over Latin America into a single monoblock identity for the purposes of political manipulation. As such, it should be laughed out of the room.
This article is cross-posted at El Tercer Riel (The Third Rail), and a Spanish-language version is available here.


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REDLANDS - Martha Green will hold her final cooking class to benefit the Associates of the Redlands Bowl on April 4.
At "Martha Green's Curtain Call," which is planned for 6 p.m. at Trinity Church, 1551 Reservoir Road, in Redlands, Green, 69, will share 21 of her favorite recipes.
"This is going to the biggest, best one," Green said. "It would be foolish for anyone in town to miss it."
Green's cooking class fundraisers began in 1994 and have been held annually, with proceeds benefitting the Bowl Association.
"Curtain Call" will benefit the Bowl's Summer Music Festival and the Carolyn S. Pike Scholarship for the winners of the Young Artists Auditions, said Mary Churchill, who is charge of reservations for the event.
Recipes at the event will be ones featured at past cooking classes since its inception, except for 2011 and 2012, Green said.
Green said the decision to stop the fundraising class was a very hard one to make, but she wanted to stop before they asked her to stop.
"I love the Bowl Associates and love the Bowl - one of the best things Redlands has to offer. But I've been doing this for 20 years," she said. "I'm going to turn 70 three days after the class... but (my cooking classes have) always been very dear to my heart."
Through her classes, Green has been able to meet many from the community who have stepped up to help support the Bowl through the project.
"Many, many people and the Associates of the Redlands Bowl and community worked on this to make it a success," she said. "I couldn't have done it on my own. I am very, very pleased to have so many outstanding moments when you have had so much support from the community."
Tickets to attend the event are $65 per person before March 14 and $75 per person afterward.
Patron tables for eight people were available at $700 apiece, but all have been sold, said Churchill.
"The flier hasn't even gone out to people, but just from fliers that have been at Martha Green's Eating Room, we've had a tremendous amount of people calling and reserving, especially the patron table," she said. "This is earlier than normal, but this probably the last time she's doing this."
As far as other fundraising efforts the Associates have rolled up their sleeves, Churchill said they are going to have to come up with something creative and a little different.
"We're really going to be miss her doing this," she said, adding that Green's event normally ring in close to $30,000.
To learn more, contact Churchill at 909-239-4816.
Reach Kristina via email, or call her at 909-793-3221, or find her on Twitter @TheFactsKris.


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Dates & Venues announced for Sensation's 'Ocean of White' US tour
The United States is about to be consumed by an ocean of white thanks to Sensation's U.S. tour. After revealing the four cities where Sensation will take place in America this year, the venues and dates of Sensation have now been announced:
September 14 @ Oracle Arena - Oakland, CA
October 4 & 5 @ MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV
October 11 & 12 @ American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
October 25 & 26 @– Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY
As expected, the event will take place in large arenas within each city, and the tour ends where it all began for Sensation America - Brooklyn, New York.
"The Ocean of White" tour is expected to bring a special experience for all those who attend. Fans can expect to see a water world with acrobats shooting from the ceiling, jellyfish floating above the dance floor, and of course a night of "grooves and melodies."
Regular and VIP tickets will go on sale June 14th local time for each city via Sensation.com, Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone (800.745.3000) and selected Ticketmaster outlets. If you're an American Express cardmember, you have an exclusive pre-sale opportunity on June 10th at 10 AM (local time) until June 13th at 10 PM.
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Offensive Players of the Week
For the week ending June 24
By John Parker / MLB.com | June 25, 2012 1:30 PM ET
Cody Puckett, Louisville
(.560/.656/.720, 7 G, 14-for-25, 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 9 R, 7 BB, 4 K, 1 SB, 1 CS)
Puckett began the week mired in an 0-for-13 slump over his previous four games but broke out on Monday with a double, two singles and two RBIs in the Bats' 9-2 win over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. It was his first multi-hit game since June 3. The 25-year-old, who splits time between second base and left field for Louisville, followed with his two hits, including his first Triple-A homer, on Tuesday. Puckett added two more three-hit outings on Thursday and Saturday, leading the Bats to a 7-0 week.
Pacific Coast League
Andrew Brown, Colorado Springs
(.520/.571/1.040, 6 G, 13-for-25, 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 10 R, 3 BB, 5 K)
Brown won the PCL's Triple Crown this week, leading the circuit in hitting, home runs and RBIs. Though he's not threatening to claim a season-long Triple Crown, Brown's big week pushed him into second place in RBIs with 65 in 68 games. The 27-year-old slugger torched visiting Salt Lake for 10 hits and 12 RBIs in a four-game series, with homers in each of the last three games of the set. Twice missing the cycle by one hit -- he needed a double on Wednesday and a triple on Friday -- Brown had at least one hit, one run and one RBI in each of his six outings, leading the Sky Sox to a 5-1 record.
Eastern League
Evan Bigley, New Britain
(.583/.600/1.000, 6 G, 14-for-24, 4 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 0 BB, 2 K)
Bigley struggled in May, batting just .165, and hadn't fared too much better in June apart from a pair of three-hit games at Erie. The 25-year-old outfielder broke out in a big way this week, with four multi-hit games and at least one extra-base hit in five of his six outings. Bigley collected three hits on Tuesday, went 4-for-5 with a homer, double and three RBIs on Friday and tacked on three more hits on Sunday as the Rock Cats won their fourth straight. Bigley drove in seven runs in the first three games of New Britain's four-game set at Richmond.
Southern League
Alfredo Marte, Mobile
(.556/.600/1.111, 3 G, 5-for-9, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 1 BB, 1 K; 2-for-2, 2B, RBI, R, MVP in SL All-Star Game, 6/19)
Marte kicked off his week by helping the South Division break a seven-year losing streak in the Southern League All-Star Game on Tuesday, going 2-for-2 with a double to earn MVP honors. Back in Mobile, the 23-year-old outfielder remained hot, delivering an extra-base hit and at least one RBI in each of his three games against visiting Montgomery. Marte leads the Southern League in slugging and OPS and ranks second in homers and RBIs.
Texas League
Kiel Roling, Tulsa
(.368/.350/.842, 6 G, 7-for-19, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 CS)
Roling has split time at first base and designated hitter for the first-half North champion Drillers, but he's also proven to be a clutch pinch-hitter, a role in which he's 5-for-12 (.417) with six RBIs this season. This week he homered and doubled in a pair of pinch-hit situations Friday and Saturday after falling a triple shy of the cycle as a first baseman Thursday. The 25-year-old Roling doesn't draw many walks but has cut down on his strikeouts while contributing nine homers, second-most on the club.
California League
Casey McElroy, Lake Elsinore
(.667/.737/1.000, 4 G, 10-for-15, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB, 1 K)
An 11th-round pick out of Auburn in the 2011 Draft, McElroy was hitting .237/.305/.377 in 59 Midwest League games before receiving the summons to California. The west coast air seems to agree with him, as he homered and scored three runs in his Storm debut Thursday before adding four hits Friday, three on Saturday and a pair on Sunday, leading Lake Elsinore to a four-game sweep of visiting Lancaster. A left-handed hitter, the 22-year-old McElroy was batting just .130 against southpaws in Fort Wayne; thus far in the Cal League, he's 1-for-1 with a walk.
Carolina League
Aaron Baker, Frederick
(.400/.400/1.133, 4 G, 6-for-15, 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, 0 BB, 4 K)
Getting some time off for the All-Star break apparently agreed with Baker. After going 0-for-3 on Thursday, the Keys first baseman homered in each of three games Friday through Sunday, adding a pair of doubles and seven RBIs. Frederick broke out of an eight-game slide to win both weekend games as the 24-year-old Baker took over the Carolina League lead with 14 homers -- four shy of his personal season high, set in 125 games for Class A West Virginia in 2010.
Florida State League
Kirk Singer, Bradenton
(.474/.545/.789, 5 G, 9-for-19, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 CS)
Like Cal League winner Casey McElroy, fellow shortstop Singer was scuffling at Class A, posting a .262/.305/.321 line, before taking his new league by storm. The 22-year-old Singer went deep in his first Florida State League game on Monday and drove in at least one run in each of his first five games with the Marauders. With another blast at Charlotte on Friday, Singer has as many homers in five FSL games as he'd hit in 112 previous games for West Virginia and State College.
Midwest League
Anthony Garcia, Quad Cities
(.545/.615/.909, 3 G, 6-for-11, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, 1 BB, 0 K)
The All-Star break limited Garcia to just three games this week, but what games they were. A double Friday and single Saturday were just a prelude to Garcia's 4-for-4 performance at Peoria on Sunday. The 20-year-old outfielder clubbed his fourth homer in nine games (after hitting just four in the previous 49) and did not strike out in his 13 plate appearances this week. If Garcia could replicate his road-game success, where he's hitting .336/.417/.552, at home (.237/.321/.485), he'd be even better than second on the team in homers and RBIs.
South Atlantic League
Mason Williams, Charleston
(.421/.421/1.053, 4 G, 8-for-19, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 7 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 SB)
After dominating the New York-Penn League for champion Staten Island last year, Williams was merely very good in the first half of the Sally League season. The 20-year-old outfielder has reasserted himself coming out of the All-Star break with eight hits -- including three home runs -- in his first four second-half games. Williams fell a triple shy of the cycle on Sunday to help Charleston avoid a four-game sweep in Greenville. Williams' power surge has given him seven blasts for the season after hitting only three for Staten Island last year.
New York-Penn League
David Chester, Lowell
(.448/.484/.793, 7 G, 13-for-29, 4 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 8 R, 2 BB, 5 K)
Opening Day was tough for Chester, who went 0-for-4 and struck out twice against Connecticut on Monday. Since then, the University of Pittsburgh product has been tough on everyone else, collecting multiple hits in each of his next six games. The 23-year-old scored in five straight games from Tuesday through Saturday and has driven in at least one run in his last five outings. Though "only" 7-for-21 with two homers and two doubles against right-handers, Chester is 6-for-8 against lefties so far this season.
Northwest League
Balbino Fuenmayor, Vancouver
(.400/.419/.750, 10 G, 16-for-40, 5 2B, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 6 R, 1 BB, 10 K)
Still just 22 years old, this is Fuenmayor's sixth year in the Blue Jays system, including 242 games in the full-season Midwest League. After hitting six homers in 61 games with the Canadians last year, the Venezuelan-born slugger already has three in his first 10 games of the 2012 campaign. Fuenmayor fell a triple shy of the cycle at Spokane on Monday and went 6-for-10 with seven RBIs in three games against Tri-City between Thursday and Saturday as Vancouver won six of its seven games this week.
Appalachian League
Rory Rhodes, Elizabethton
(.400/.552/.885, 6 G, 13-for-26, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 8 R, 3 BB, 4 K)
The Australian-born Rhodes began the season with full-season Beloit, but posted a .189/.262/.289 line in 26 games before returning to extended Spring Training. The step back has been productive for the 6-foot-7 first baseman, who began the Appy League schedule with five straight multi-hit games. Rhodes has had at least one hit, RBI and run scored in each of his first six contests with Elizabethton, and his 13 hits in six games are just four shy of the 17 he collected in 26 games with Beloit.
Pioneer League
Ryan Garvey, Grand Junction
(.500/.600/.950, 6 G, 10-for-20, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 6 R, 5 BB, 6 K, 1 SB)
The Rockies' 33rd-round selection in this month's Draft, Garvey seems to have inherited more than a name from his 10-time All-Star father Steve. Ryan has hits in each of his first six games as a pro and homered in back-to-back games against Idaho Falls on Friday and Saturday. With 10 hits and five walks in six games, Garvey's ability to get on base is proving key for the Rockies in their debut season in Grand Junction.
John Parker is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Southern defensive tackle Casey Narcisse is a 6-foot, 300-pound man.
But when he thought about Saturday's game against Alabama State being the last he'd ever play at home, the hole-stuffing senior from St. James wasn't ashamed to say he cried.
"My momma told me real men cry — big or small," Narcisse said. "You might shed a tear if you have that love for the game."
Southern must hope that senior day at A.W. Mumford Stadium will bring out the best in a team that has already clinched its third straight losing season.
Looking to snap a three-game losing streak, the Jaguars find themselves in the spoiler's role that has become all too familiar in recent years.
Alabama State, playing its final game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference season, can clinch a spot in the SWAC title game Dec. 1 with a win Saturday and one Jackson State loss.
JSU plays Alabama A&M, also in contention for the East Division championship, on Saturday before closing the regular season against Alcorn State.
But the Jaguars say they don't need another team's goals in the balance or even senior night festivities to get themselves motivated.
They've lost three weeks in a row, after all. They're tired of the hurt.
"We just want to taste victory again," Southern interim coach Dawson Odums said. "That's what we're after."
The Jaguars haven't been on the right end of things since blowing out Texas Southern in their Oct. 13 homecoming game.
They came painfully close last week.
After allowing Alabama A&M to race ahead 10-0 in the first half, the visiting Jaguars stormed back to take a 17-10 lead with 8:02 remaining.
Southern had a chance to put the game away after Anthony Balancier picked off Deaunte Mason deep in A&M territory, but the offense went nowhere in three plays and Matthew Hill had a 47-yard field goal blocked. The Bulldogs then marched for a game-tying score, surviving a scare when Narcisse failed to corral a would-be interception with less than a minute left.
A&M went on to win 24-23 in overtime, the game was ultimately decided by Hill's missed extra point following a Southern score to start the extra frame.
Then, the Jaguars got back on the bus for their 500-mile trek home.
"It felt like forever and a day," Nacisse said of the bus ride. "Everybody had their headphones in. Nobody was really talking. It was too long."
The buildup to the Bayou Classic in two weeks could have a similar feel if Southern's losing streak reaches four games.
But the Jaguars can look back to last week for proof they're capable of beating a SWAC title contender. Or, they can look back precisely one year.
Alabama State had a chance to clinch the East when Southern ventured into the Cramton Bowl last season. Instead, the Jaguars rallied for a 26-23 upset.
Because of that loss, the Hornets did not make the SWAC title game.
Rival A&M did.
"We will overemphasize that this week so we will have an opportunity to compete against a good team in a hostile environment," Alabama State coach Reggie Barlow said. "We have to stay focused in the moment."
Alabama State has emerged in the East race thanks to three straight wins.
Georgia transfer Isaiah Crowell ranks second in the SWAC in rushing and leads the conference with 12 rushing touchdowns.
Quarterback Greg Jenkins, a dual threat who ranks sixth in the league in total offense, is expected back behind center after leaving with an injury in the first quarter of last week's win at Prairie View.
Southern counters with an offense that has showed increased balance in recent games.
Junior quarterback Dray Joseph continues to lead the SWAC in passing.
Meanwhile, running back Sylvester Nzekwe has breathed life into the ground game with back-to-back 100-yard efforts.
Nzekwe missed three games early in the season with a high ankle sprain.
"When you can't run the football, everybody can just load up and come at your quarterback," Odums said. "When they have to respect the run, they've got to sit back some and not pressure you as much."
A win on senior night can't take back any of the three games Southern has lost by six points or less. It can't get the Jaguars back in the SWAC race or even prevent another losing season.
But Nacisse said he and his teammates have had enough of the somber bus rides and the sleepless nights. Enough of losing.
"No one on our team likes to lose," Narcisse said. "We're ready to eat. Ready to leave the field without sorrow in our heart."
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To ask for an elder or dependent adult abuse restraining order there are several steps you have to take. But first make sure that:
1. A restraining order is right for you. Read Can a Restraining Order to Prevent Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse Help Me? (Form EA-100-INFO).
2. You qualify to ask for an elder or dependent adult abuse restraining order. You qualify if:
3. If available, you get help from an agency in your area. Or call the Senior Legal Hotline at 1-800-222-1753.
Once you are sure you qualify for an elder or dependent adult abuse restraining order, you are ready to fill out the forms (or have a lawyer or self-help clinic help you with the forms). If you are not sure you qualify, ask a lawyer.
You may be able to get free legal help. Find out if there is a local legal aid or other nonprofit agency that helps people with elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders.
Your court's family law facilitator or self-help center may also be able to help you with the restraining order. Or you can hire a lawyer. Click for help finding a lawyer.
STEP 1. Fill Out Your Court Forms and Prepare to File
STEP 2. File Your Court Forms With the Court
STEP 3. "Serve" Your Papers on the Restrained Person
STEP 4. Get Ready and Go to Your Court Hearing
STEP 5. After the Court Hearing
1. Fill out your restraining order forms:
2. Fill out your court's local forms (if any)
Ask your local court clerk if there are local forms you have to fill out. Also ask if there are any local procedures you must follow. Some courts also have forms on their website. Find your local court's website.
3. Have your forms reviewed
If your court's family law facilitator or self-help center helps people with elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders, ask them to review your paperwork. They can make sure you filled it out properly before you move ahead with your case.
4. Make at least 5 copies of all your forms (if your court requires copies at the time of filing)
One copy will be for you; another copy will be for the person you want protection from. The extra copies will be for other protected people or for you to keep in a safe place. The original is for the court.
Some courts do not want you to make the copies until after Step 2 below, so make sure you ask your court clerk for the procedures in your court.
IMPORTANT: Your restraining order paperwork will go to the restrained person in your case and he or she will get a chance to see everything you write. If you are staying somewhere you do not want the restrained person to know about and you want to keep the address confidential, do NOT write it on these papers. You can use a program called "Safe at Home" that gives you a secure address to use for your court papers (or for banking and other things) where you can still get your court papers without having to reveal your confidential address. Click to learn about Safe at Home.
Once you have filled out all your forms, you have to file them with the court. Follow these steps:
1. Take your forms to the court clerk
The clerk will let you know what to do next. In some courts, the clerk will give all your forms to the judge. In other courts, you may have to go to the courtroom directly. Either way, the judge will read your papers (maybe speak to you) and make a decision on whether or not to make the orders you are asking for. If you leave your forms with the clerk, ask the clerk when to return to see if the judge made the orders you asked for. The judge must decide by the next business day, but the exact time varies from court to court.
2. Find out if the judge issued the temporary restraining order
Return to the courthouse when the clerk tells you to pick up your paperwork. Look over all the paperwork the clerk returns to you to see:
3. File your forms
If the judge signs the order, the court clerk will file it. "File" means that the court clerk will make the order an official part of the court's record of your case. The clerk will keep the original for the court and give you the 5 copies stamped "Filed." If you need more copies, you can make them yourself.
4. Distribute your copies of the temporary restraining order
5. Go to Step 3
Restraining orders get entered into a special computer system at the California Department of Justice. That way, police officers across the state can find out about your order. In many courts, the court will send your order to the state computer for you. But if your court does not do it, you must. Look at Item 11 of your Temporary Restraining Order (CLETS — TEA or TEF) (Form EA-110) to see whether you or your court clerk will do this.
"Serving" means that the other side must get copies of any paper you file with the court. In "service" a third person (NOT you) is the one who actually delivers the paperwork to the other side. The person who does this is called the "server" or "process server."
The server must:
Until the other side has been properly "served," the judge cannot make any permanent orders. Remember, so far, you have a temporary restraining order, which runs out the day of your court hearing unless the judge extends it or gives you a "permanent" restraining order.
In elder or dependent adult abuse cases, a law enforcement officer can serve your restraining order papers for you for free. This service can be very helpful to you, and it is one of the best ways to get your court forms served for free.
You can also hire a "process server," which is a business you pay to deliver court forms. Look in the Yellow Pages of your phone book, under "Process Serving."
For more help with service, read What Is "Proof of Personal Service"? (Form EA-200-INFO). And read the section of this website on Service of Process.
1. Figure out WHEN you have to serve your papers by
You will have to serve the papers on the restrained person by the deadline the judge writes on your papers. This is so that the restrained person has a few days to respond to your papers and prepare for court.
To find your deadline for service:
2. Serve your papers on the restrained person
Have someone "serve" (give) the restrained person a copy of the order and other papers you filed. The papers must be delivered in person. You cannot send them by mail. Make sure this is done before your deadline.
In addition to serving a copy of your papers, also serve BLANK:
3. File your proof of service
Have your server fill out a Proof of Personal Service (Form EA-200) and give it to you so you can file it with the court. This form tells the judge and police that the restrained person got a copy of the order and knows about it. It is very important your server fills out the Proof of Service correctly. If possible, have your court's family law facilitator or self-help center review it to make sure it was filled out properly.
The restrained person must be served before the hearing. If the restrained person was not served, you can ask the judge to extend the temporary restraining order until a new court date to give you more time to serve the restrained person. Read How to Ask for a New Hearing Date (Form EA-115-INFO) for detailed instructions
You will need a Request to Continue Court Hearing (Form EA-115) to ask the judge for a new court date. Do this before or at your hearing. (If you wait until after the hearing, you have to start from the very beginning.) If the judge signs this order, the restraining order will last until the new hearing date.
To ask for an extension on the restraining order and new court hearing date:
1. Fill out a Request to Continue Court Hearing (Form EA-115) and items 1 and 2 of a Order on Request to Continue Hearing (Form EA-116).
2. Have the judge review the forms and sign Form EA-116 (at the hearing) or give the forms to the clerk (before the hearing) to give to the judge to sign.
3. If not already filed, ask the clerk to file the signed Order on Request to Continue Hearing (Form EA-116). This form now has your new court date.
4. Attach it to your other court papers and get the restrained person served following the same directions as with the temporary restraining order papers at the beginning of this Step 3.
5. Make sure your server fills out a Proof of Personal Service (Form EA-200) and gives it to you. File your Proof of Personal Service. If your server is a law enforcement officer or a process server, he or she may use a different proof of service form. If so, make sure it lists the forms served, date papers were served, where they were served, and time of service.
6. Give a "Filed" copy of Form EA-116 to your local police and to everyone who has a copy of your temporary restraining order.
7. Take a copy to your hearing.
This section will tell you how to get ready for your hearing.
Be prepared:
Do not miss your hearing!
If you miss it, the restraining orders will end and you will have to start from the beginning.
Get there 30 minutes early:
Practice what you want to say:
During your hearing, the judge may ask questions
The judge's decision
At the end of the hearing, the judge will say what the orders are. The judge may:
Ask the clerk for the forms you need so you can make sure that the temporary orders (if any) are extended until the new hearing date.
See Going to Court to read more information about how to prepare for your court hearing.
If the judge issues a restraining order at the hearing, you will have to prepare a written order for the judge to sign. In some courts, the clerk or other court staff will prepare this order. If so, make sure you review it very carefully to make sure it says exactly what the judge orders and the clerk did not leave anything out. If there is a problem, tell the clerk right away.
If you have to fill out the order, follow these steps:
1. Fill out the Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Order After Hearing (CLETS — EAR or EAF) (Form EA-130), which will become your "permanent" restraining order.
2. Fill out a Confidential CLETS Information (Form CLETS-001) if you have not done so already. This form does NOT get filed. It is confidential. It is used so that your restraining order can be entered into a statewide computer system that lets police know about your order.
3. Give your Form EA-130 to the clerk (or the judge) and the judge will sign it. Make sure the clerk files it. The clerk will give you up to 5 copies.
4. Serve the restrained person with a copy of Form EA-130.
Remember, you and other protected people can NOT serve the orders.
Most cities or counties have legal aid agencies that help people ask for an elder or dependent adult abuse restraining order. These services are usually free or very low cost. Look for help in your area before you try to do it on your own.
Some places to start are:
Your court's family law facilitator or self-help center may also be able to help you.


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Lindsay Lohan Loses Probation
Posted Wednesday December 12, 2012 2:48 PM GMT
Adding to her long list of legal losses, Lindsay Lohan has been slapped with a probation revocation by Commissioner Jane Godfrey.
According to a report, the "Mean Girls" actress will be forced to report to court on January 15th, 2013 to answer for multiple probation violations.
And if things go south, LiLo could be spending some more time in the clink- up to a whopping 245 days in a correctional facility of some sort.
Lindsay's list of sins includes giving police false information, obstructing or resisting a police officer in the performance of his duty, and reckless driving.
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We can take it. It's true — some parents fear Makutu's: the swarming, screaming chaos of kids running and climbing and gaming for hours. And hours. Adults always want to leave first. But the kids could stay all day — because Makutu's provides the most fun Valley kids can have when it's hot, outside of the swimming pool. Because we're just taller children, we have fun, too — for a while. We'll follow the kids up the dark climbing tower to the overhanging, tunnel-bridges made of webbing that bend our adult feet in painful ways. We help catch them on the zip line. We're behind them on the Banana Slide, which always seems just a little too fast. We give the undersea-themed tunnel feature, which has some truly claustrophobic squeezes for anyone over 5 feet tall, at least one pass-through. Then we let the kids go do everything again and again while we relax by throwing mini-basketballs in the game room. True, we still want to leave before the kids — but only when they're almost as tired as we are.
Living in the city requires regular intervals of time away from the computer, the car, work and just about everything else. Our favorite place to let our worries fall away and get in touch with our inner center of peace, love, and all that wonderful hippie stuff is on the seemingly endless trails around South Mountain Park/Preserve.South Mountain encompasses more than 16,000 acres and is the largest municipal park in the country, so it's easy to avoid the crowds of screaming kids, hipster hikers, and scenesters. There are 51 miles of trails around the mountain, which open at 5 a.m. and stay open until 11 p.m. On one Sunday each month the park has a "Silent Sunday" when motorized traffic is restricted. It's our favorite time to really get our zen on.
Fans of Jim Thompson or Raymond Chandler will appreciate a drive down Grand Avenue at sunset. This isn't the pretty, well-manicured part of Phoenix. Dive bars line the street next to cheap, weekly rate motels. To the west, graffitied rail cars sit waiting to get hauled on to their next stop, and if you keep driving, you'll eventually run into I-10. From there you can just keep driving and eventually end up in L.A.But our favorite thing about a sunset drive is the feeling of leaving something behind and moving toward an unknown adventure, if only temporarily. Grand Avenue has an odd ability to accomplish both these feats. It transports you out of the mirage of Phoenix without requiring you to fill up the gas tank.
Signs warn of smuggling activity on this road, and it's possible you may run into some undocumented immigrants. But as development closes around the Valley, consider the smugglers your competition for the bumps and slides of Vekol Valley Road and its spurs, located southwest of Maricopa. The road is accessed off Interstate 8, about 13 miles west of the intersection of Maricopa Road and State Route 84. Taking the Vekol Valley Road exit (Exit 144), the network of dirt roads and washes takes you deep into the southern quadrant of the federal Sonoran Desert National Monument, a vast preserve of near-pristine wilderness. We drove the 15 miles from I-8 to the trailhead of Tabletop Mountain on a cool Saturday morning and saw no other vehicles or people until the afternoon, when we spotted a family on the trail and a pickup truck (possibly a smuggler) driving through an arroyo. On this road, the Wild West is still just a bit wild. From the adventurer's point of view, that's a good thing.
Phoenix is bound by history, be it the scattered ruins left by the Hohokam or the Old West cowboy and mining heritages created by pioneers pushing west. But some of the true greatness of Arizona's history is embedded in its geology — how the land was formed, baked, eroded, and mined, exposing all sorts of natural treasures to experience and elusive mineral treasures to seek. It is this adventure for natural and mineral bounty that makes the eastward run to the old (and still active) mining towns of Miami and Globe such a rich experience.
Start out of the Valley heading east on the Superstition Freeway, bending around the base of the Superstition Mountains. Stop by Arizona's oldest botanical garden (Boyce Thompson Arboretum in nearby Superior) and roll down Miami's main drag, Sullivan Street, before getting into Globe. Founded in the 1870s, Globe became the Pinal County seat, as well as one of the richest copper-mining areas in the country. Today, its oddities include the Elks Lodge Building (the "World's Tallest Three-Story Building," according to Ripley's Believe It or Not), one of the last remaining copper smelters in the United States, and the massive Besh-ba-Gowah pueblo, as well as a multitude of old mining town streets lined with shanties and old homes from the turn of the 20th century.
For the return trip home, continue to head back through time along the Apache Trail. The first section runs up along the west bank of Lake Roosevelt, passing by the Tonto National Monument cliff dwellings and the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Just beyond the dam, the remainder of the Apache Trail is dirt, making for a very slow but incredibly beautiful drive through the heart of the Superstition wilderness, along the Salt River, and past Apache and Canyon lakes. The late-afternoon, early-evening hours turn the desert to hues of gold, red, orange, and magenta as the trail runs alongside high cliffs. Beware of some killer sunset glare as the road drives westward. The dirt will begin to feel endless, but it kicks out at Tortilla Flat as the paved road twists through Apache Junction and back to the Superstition Freeway.
When the mercury levels in Phoenix skyrocket into the triple digits, it's time to start planning an escape route. When we're looking to get out of town for a quick visit to cooler temps, we like to jump on the Beeline and book it up to Strawberry for a dose of pine trees, fresh air, and maybe a cheese-making class and a little quality time with a goat or two. Just an hour and half outside of Phoenix, the Fossil Creek Ranch in the heart of the Tonto National Forest offers everything from hiking with llamas to fudge-tasting from their very own fudge factory and cheese-making classes using the milk from the ranch's very own goats. Bring the kiddos up for the day to play with the baby goats, meet the pretty llamas, and take a tour of the creamery. The ranch is open every day except for Christmas Day and admission is just $3 per person or $10 per carload.


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Confucius Institute to host Chinese Film Festival
The Confucius Institute of the University of South Carolina, in partnership with the Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) and the Nickelodeon Theater, will sponsor its second Chinese Film Festival Feb. 3 – 24.
The series will make available four award-winning films to Columbia audiences for the first time. The screenings, which are free and open to the public, will take place at 6 p.m. each Thursday. Discussions about the films will follow each screening.
The CI collaborates with the MIRC, part of University Libraries, and Nickelodeon, South Carolina's only non-profit art-house cinema, to make the Chinese Film Series possible.
The film series schedule is as follows:
- Feb. 3 (Chinese New Year's Day). "Last Train Home" (2009) was voted best feature-length documentary at the 2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. During the Chinese Spring Festival, millions of migrant workers long to return home from work in urban centers. After one such journey, the film examines the conflicts experienced by an ordinary Chinese family during the modernization process. A reception will take place after the screening.
- Feb. 10 "Red Sorghum"(1987), directed by Zhang Yimou, won the Berlin International Film Festival's prestigious Golden Bear award. The film tells a sweeping story of romance and resistance set in a sorghum winery during the Sino-Japanese War. MIRC will supply a 35mm print of the film from its Chinese Film Collection.
- Feb. 17 "Mountain Patrol" (2004) is the true story of the volunteers protecting antelope from poachers in the mountains of Tibet. The film won director Lu Chuan the Don Quixote Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at Tokyo International Film Festival and the Hong Kong Film Award. It was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The Chinese Film Collection will supply a 35 mm print.
- Feb. 24 "Ocean Heaven" (2010) stars Jet Li in his first dramatic role. This recently released film tells the moving story of an ordinary man who works at an aquarium and cares for his adult autistic son.
The Chinese Film Festival is part of the New Year Activity series hosted and sponsored by the Confucius Institute.
For more information about the series, contact Yongli Li at the Confucius Institute, 803-777- 4758 or email@example.com, or Dr. Mark Cooper, MIRC, 803-777-2058 or email@example.com
USC is the first research university in South Carolina to establish a Confucius Institute (CI) in collaboration with the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) and the Office of Chinese Language Council International, a division of the Chinese Ministry of Education. The Chinese Film Collection is a major undertaking of USC's Confucius Institute, which was established in November 2008. The films are particularly valuable because they document cultural diplomacy, representing what officials of the People's Republic of China wanted U.S. citizens to see and know about China after formal diplomatic relations were established in 1979.
More information about USC's Confucius Institute (www.cas.sc.edu/ci), MIRC and the Chinese Film Collection (www.sc.edu/library/mirc/list.html?cat=2) and the Nickelodeon Theatre (www.nickeldeon.org) is available online.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
The advent of social media marketing has corporate America tweeting, making YouTube videos and monitoring discussions online. Does anyone have time anymore to write up a press release?
You remember press releases — a page or two of information highlighting a product's finer points strategically sent to key media members who might publicize your product for free as part of their editorial content.
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Publicity has always been viewed as a fringe function in the marketing mix, says Steven Stroum, President of Venmark International (venmarkinternational.com), an old-school public relations firm based in Wellesley, Mass. Ironically, he says, the aspect of publicity that causes the uninitiated to disrespect it — the fact that it's free — is actually its strongest point.
"When your products receive exposure in the non-paid segments of a media outlet, the message is sanctified by the publisher, whether in print or online, and is more believable. Great companies and marketers understand this," Stroum says.
The added value in preparing news releases about whitepapers, products, new contracts, website updates and many other topics should not be overlooked. Indeed, the entire concept of online content marketing relies upon the timeless tactic of having something worthwhile to say.
"News is an equalizer. Your company can be perceived as large and as important as Apple or IBM if you have something to present to editors that is newsworthy and you do it properly," Stroum says.
"You get directly to your prospective customers online and properly distributed content that appears in quality media outlets will likely get you high first-page rankings in most of the major search engines."
Stroum pushed an article on his client Esco Tool into a trade magazine published in Chile that resulted in a $35,000 initial order and effectively opened up the international market for the industrial tool manufacturer.