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I've been amassing the definitions off of various government paperwork regarding the Widespread Core. So, here I am on the finish of my rant. In spite of everything that information, do you think medical transcription is one thing you want to invest your time and money into at this point? Would I recommend this as a profession alternative? No, I might not. Simply in case you were in any doubt after studying this whole article. The great jobs are going to mt's with years and years of expertise. The newbies are stuck with having to slave themselves out to an company that does most of its hiring from overseas so they won't pay an honest dwelling earnings. Why should they, they will get all the workers they need for a fraction of the fee from outdoors of the US. In the event you occur to have a line on a very good transcription position, then it might presumably work out for you. Be ready though for the way forward for electronic medical data.
For once we start to look around us, we see that amidst the physical reconstruction of towns and cities, the rebuilding of homes and factories and outlets, there has crept in a severe case of inner breakdown. Buildings and edifices have gone up, but the edifice that constitutes the real soul of the nation is starting to shake and until everyone of us does one thing about it, the national construction might collapse and go down.
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We've made two trips to Marco's this week to collect cacao buds. This is a tricky job as we're trying to match the size of the buds to the size of our little seedlings. Marco's trees aren't labeled, which surprised me, but he says they're a mix, so we'll just go with that. When (& if) we finally get grafted plants into the ground, we don't want to plant all of one variety in one area. They need to cross pollinate. Since our first round of grafting was unsuccessful, we did a second graft on those seedlings. It was a little hard on some to find enough room for the graft, but we managed. All together we grafted 184 plants. This time we followed Marco's advice and cut the branches, then trimed the leaves off and placed the bud stem in newspaper, which we wet before transporting. The leaves need to be trimmed to stop the photo synthesis. (Wow, I'm learning a tiny bit of the terminology). We looked for trees that had lots of flowers and small pods because we're actually cloning the most productive trees.
We've been asked, "why grafting." According to Marco, if we plant the seedlings directly in the ground, it will take 5 - 7 years to start getting pods. By grafting we should cut the time down to 2 1/2 - 3 years. I accepted this, but still didn't understand why. As Rene and I were grafting, of course we talked a lot. This question came up and he finally put the answer in terms that made sense to me. He's wise in Mayan medicine and has worked in several fields, is smart and inquisitive. Anyway, he told me that the bud comes from a fruiting tree so once it takes hold on the rootstock it takes off from the point of the parent tree. It no longer has to wait to reach maturity, it will start producing as soon as the plant reaches a strength to support the fruit. Not technical, but makes sense to me.
We have about 500 more seedlings nearly ready to graft. We'll probably wait a week or two for them to gain a little size and then start again. Our goal is to plant an acre or two, which would be about 600 plants, and then possibly be a nursery to sell to others who don't want to mess with the grafting. Don't blame them as it's a tedious task and the loss along the way is very frustrating. The thing is, Rene and I seem to do fine and enjoy the challenge. Art is frustrated that he isn't able to help with this stage as he has a little tremble in his hand, so he gets to do the toting and fetching. We're all a team.

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Historic Vince Genna Stadium was built in 1964 and later named after its builder - "Mr. Baseball" himself, Vince Genna. High school, American Legion, and semi-professional teams initially utilized the stadium. Professional baseball didn't come to Bend until 1970, when the Bend Rainbows a minor league affiliate of the California Angels, first cam to town. Hollywood actor Kurt Russel played second base for the Rainbows in 1971; he hit .285 and recorded one homerun that season. The Rainbows only played two seasons in Bend - in 1971 they moved to Washington, becoming the Walla Walla Islanders.
In 1978, the Bend Timber Hawks, affiliated with the Oakland Athletics, played a single season at the stadium. The following year, the Philadelphia Phillie's became affiliated with the Northwest League and placed the Central Oregon Phillie's in Bend. Interestingly, they were one of the first minor league teams to title themselves with a regional name versus a city/state name. The Phillie's remained in operation at the stadium until 1987, when they ended their affiliation with the Northwest League.
In 1988, the California Angels came back to Bend with the Bend Bucks; they remained in action through 1990. In 1991, the Colorado Rockies came to town with the Bend Rockies. They stayed for four seasons, leaving after the 1994 season came to an end. That same year, Bend ended its 17 year connection with the Northwest League.
The Western League then placed a team in Vince Genna Stadium during their debut season as a league. The team? The Bend Bandits. The Bandits were not affiliated with any minor league team and called Vince Genna Stadium home until 1998.
Following the exit of the Bandits in 1998, Vince Genna Stadium lay empty. In 2000, the historic stadium was in jeopardy of being bulldozed. The aptly named Save-Our-Stadium Committee went into action, rallying the community behind their efforts. The committee was successful in their quest to keep the ballpark in tact, and Bend Elks owner and general manager Jim Richards signed a multiple year lease with the Bend Parks and Recreation Department to preserve baseball in Bend.
The new club choose to name its team after one of the original semi-professional teams that played in Bend in the early 1900's - the Bend Elks. Johnny Pesky played for the Bend Elks in 1936 and helped win a state title. Pesky signed with the Boston Red Sox and had a marvelous professional career, playing alongside Ted Williams, Dom Dimaggio, and Bobby Doerr.
The summer of 2000 marked the return of baseball to Bend with the debut of the current Bend Elks organization. The Bend Elks began as a semi-professional team, affiliated with the Pacific International League. The Elks played in the Pacific International League from 2000 to 2004. In their final season with the PIL, the Elks won the league championship. Following that season Jim Richards, then General Manager and owner, moved the team to the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League in 2005.
The West Coast League is a NCAA sanctioned wood-bat league and is considered by many to be the Cape Cod league of the West. Teams affiliated with the West Coast League recruit players nationwide and are committed to the development of aspiring professional and student athletes. No collegiate summer league has ever had as many student athletes drafted or alumni who have made it into the Big Leagues so early in its history as the West Coast League. A summer months league, the West Coast League is an outlet of play for college players around the country, who are looking for a place to play where professional scouts come.
The Bend Elks are entering into their 16th season of play at Vince Genna Stadium and have been a dynamic force in the league play since inception. The Elks have had 3 West Coast League Batting Champions: Eric Sogard (2006 - Arizona State University), Drew Heid (2008 - Gonzaga University), and Tommy Richards (2010 - Washington State University). The Bend Elks organization has seen 57 of its players go on to play professional baseball. Three of which have gone on to the Major Leagues: Brian Barden of the Arizona Diamondbacks (2000 - Oregon State), Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red Sox (2002 - Oregon State), and Eric Sogard of the Oakland Athletics (2006 - Arizona State University).
Baseball is a part of our history in Bend. And today? Today, its good old-fashioned baseball brought to you by the Bend Elks Baseball Club. So come on out to the ballpark where the crack of the bat followed by that electrifying roar from the crowd, will bring you back to the Glory Days.


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Vincent CY Chen is a Taiwanese artist, who's interest in the human body led him to explore a wide array of subjects allowing him to truly develop an understanding of the opposing but not always contradicting polarities; interwoven between the structural composition and mental psyche of human development. Chen specializes in creating art that is true to his journey in exploring and defining the meaning of being human. These art forms include but are not limited to sculptures, mixed media installations, and performances.
Chen's focus is to investigate and project his perceptual realism of what it means to be human and to dissect all human creations from civilizations to societal norms by depicting the relationships between biology and psychology, political and personal, organic and inorganic, conceptual and literal. Furthermore, Chen also seeks to comprehend the human psyche by probing into the affairs of the superego, ego, and id. In combination, Chen tries to display his belief that all things created and living will eventually degrade to their most simple and primitive forms of nature.


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RECAP: With seven players out of the lineup Sunday because of injury, the overmatched Wild managed to stay relevant against the high-powered Red Wings — forging a rare 23-20 shots advantage through two periods — only to suffer a familiar fate at Joe Louis Arena. Detroit's victory improved its record against the Wild to 27-6-7 all time, including 14-3-3 in Motown.
The Red Wings, headed to the postseason for the 20th straight year, jumped out to a 2-0 lead on first-period goals by Darren Helm and Niklas Lidstrom. Minnesota's Brad Staubitz got one back off a goalmouth scramble 4:32 into the second period. But on a power play midway through the period, Tomas Holmstrom answered by tiptoeing around a sprawling Brent Burns in the slot to beat Jose Theodore for the goal that effectively snuffed the Wild.
On the bright side, with 3:06 remaining in the game, rookie winger Carson McMillan — the Wild's 2007 seventh-round draft pick — scored his first career goal in his NHL debut.
MEANING: The loss was the Wild's 10th in its past 12 games and accelerated a downward spiral that started March 10 and wrecked their playoff hopes. They have three days off until traveling to Vancouver and Edmonton before concluding the season Sunday at home against the Dallas Stars.
— Brian Murphy
UP NEXT: at Canucks, 9 p.m. Thursday, Fox Sports North, WCCO-AM 830


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Quite a few of our clients are looking at microservices, and a popular question we often get asked is "what's the biggest mistake you see with microservices?". We've seen plenty of good things with this architectural pattern, but we have also seen a few recurring issues and anti-patterns. Last year Tareq Abedrabbo, CTO of our sister company OpenCredo, created a great talk (and blog post) entitled "The Seven Deadly Sins of Microservices". Tareq and I had some fascinating discussion around the anti-patterns he identified, and this prompted me to create a spin-off that combines both ideas from Tareq's and my experiences of helping our clients to implement microservice-based architectures.
Introducing the deadly sins of microservices (redux)
I've been fortunate to present this new talk at both QCon New York and Devoxx UK, and I'm keen to share the overview slide of the presentation to get the discussion started. Here are my 'seven deadly sins of microservices':
Just what are these anti-patterns?
Let's dive into these seven anti-patterns and provide a bit more explanation:
1. LUST – Using the latest and greatest tech…
Here at Container Solutions, we certainly aren't shy about using the latest and greatest technology – in fact, this is pretty much core to our philosophy. However, we always talk with our clients about using the most appropriate technology for their goals, problem or use case. We are strong supporters of technologies such as Docker, Mesos and Terraform, and we know the value they can bring to an IT team, but we strive to work with an organisation to help them create their strategy and drive the change needed to support the application of this innovative technology.
2. GLUTTONY – Excessive communication protocols
Where ever there is choice in technology, we often get to see lots of variation within a large organisation, and with microservices this variation can often be found within the communication protocol. The resolution to this anti-pattern is to know your options – HTTP, ProtoBuffs, Thrift, AMQP, MQTT etc – but attempt to standardise on the use of one synchronous and one asynchronous protocol – "Don't gold plate, but know your options"
3. GREED – All your service are belong to us…
The 'greed' anti-pattern revolves around discussion of the organisational, people and cultural impact that introducing microservices has (hint – this is bigger than most people appreciate!). I've written more about this in an OpenCredo blog post "The business behind microservices: Exploring the organisational, architectural and operational challenges"
4. SLOTH – Creating a distributed monolith
It is all to easy to become lazy when implementing microservices, and as soon as you can't deploy services independently, what you have is a distributed monolith. The slide deck below contains several references and links to explore in order to avoid this, but the core principle is to be mindful of your service boundaries and APIs. And when I say 'mindful' I'm really alluding to the fact that your designs and contracts must be verifiable and enforceable automatically!
5. WRATH – Blowing up when bad things happen
The vast majority of microservice systems are going to be running as distributed systems, and therefore we must respect this (both as developers and operators). As developers we need to code defensively, and utilise fault tolerant patterns, such as time-outs, retries, circuit-breakers and bulkheads. Michael Nygard's excellent 'Release It!' book should be mandatory reading, as should a visit to the Netflix OSS tooling Github repository! As operators, we need to embrace the 'DevOps' mentality of shared understanding and responsibility, and also spend an appropriate amount of time developing and working with tooling to support our role. Adrian Cockcroft has recently presented a talk with some excellent pointers as to the challenges with monitoring microservices and containers.
6. ENVY – The shared single domain fallacy
With a monolith the notion of developing a single shared domain model was often a key pattern, as this would be used throughout the code base. However, with microservices the Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles of 'bounded contexts' have become popular, and support us in properly encapsulating our domain models
7. PRIDE – Testing in the world of transience
Testing with microservices is hard – this is simply a fact. However, hard does not mean impossible, and accordingly we need to create new tooling and processes to support testing in a fast-moving, volatile and transient world. In my talk I referenced the good work by Toby Clemson in sharing his 'Testing Strategies in a Microservice' architecture', but much work still needs to be done. Many organisations that have been creating microservices for some time are arguing that the only effective way to test microservices is in production, because the emergent behaviour of the system is impossible to predict in a synthetic staging environment.
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The full slide deck for the talk can be found on my slideshare account, and I'll post a new article as soon as the video recording becomes available:
As usual, if you have any questions then please do leave a comment below or get in touch with us!
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Attracting Wildlife to Your Backyard: 101 Ways to Make Your Property Home for Creatures Great and Small
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Many people think of wildlife as something distant, creatures living in natural forests and remote public preserves. But most wildlife in the United States isn't found in the distant wild. It lives on our private lands, in our very backyards. Because of this, America's ten million woodland owners are in fact at the forefront in protecting US wildlife for generations to come.
But while most landowners want to help preserve the beauty of the natural environment, most are unsure where to begin. In Attracting Wildlife to Your Backyard, author and landowner Josh VanBrakle provides readers with 101 easy-to-follow activities and practical approaches to help do just that.
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Just Published: Our LG G2 Smartphone ReviewOur hands on review of LG's G2 smartphone is now live. This slim mobile device offers similar specifications to its competition (like the Samsung GALAXY S4), which includes its 13-megapixel rear facing camera, 2GB of RAM, 4GLTE network compatibility, Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) OS, full HD video capture, Wi-Fi with NFC and DNLA tech, and the 2.1-megapixel front facing camera. However, the G2 sports an upgraded 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad core processing unit, larger 3000mAh battery pack, and it comes standard with 32GB of internal storage.
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Briefly: iTunes 7.0.2, iSight shipments, 8GB nanoApple Computer on Tuesday evening released an update to its iTunes jukebox software for both Mac and PC. Meanwhile, the company has commenced shipments of its iSight digital video camera following a several month hiatus.
iTunes 7.0.2
iTunes 7.0.2 (25.5MB) adds support for the Second Generation iPod shuffle, which is due to hit stores this friday.
The update also addresses a variety of stability and performance issues found in iTunes 7 and 7.0.1, Apple said.
iSights now shipping
Also on Tuesday, Apple store customers are reporting that their iSight orders, which have been on hold since September, are finally shipping.
Apple halted shipments of the cam several months ago, around the same time that it removed the product from the European market due to non-compliance with a recent environmental directive.
Oddly enough, the models shipping this week carry the same manufacturer part number ( M8817LL/C) as the iSight available earlier this year and checks with the UK Apple store still reflect no availability of the cam.
Even more perplexing is word from sources that, just as iSights began shipping to customers in the US this week, Apple issued a worldwide end-of-life notice on the cam.
Weak 8GB iPod nano sales?
In a research note issued Monday, Robert W. Baird & Co. analyst Tristan Gerra he has received "additional feedback about weak iPod 8GB nano sales," suggesting further pricing weakness for NAND flash memory in November.
"Our checks as of late last week indicate very weak NOR flash bookings for the month of December, in sharp contrast with Q3, along with the implementation of tight expense controls and/or hiring freezes at several semiconductor companies," the analyst wrote. "NAND flash pricing likely to decline again as 8GB nano sales remain weak, in our view."
Apple's 8GB nano retails for $249 but, other than an additional 4GB of storage and black casing, is otherwise identical to the company's sub-$200 4GB models.


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The spectrum of Reunion ranges from raucous innocence to depraved debauchery.
Children scream shrilly as water balloons rain down like hail. Some burst in slow motion atop pigtails and crewcuts, while others bounce harmlessly across dirt paths, brightly-colored gelatinous globules gushing onto dry ground. The children run like a pack of jackrabbits in a grassfire between rows of dusty cabins.
One row over, inside a cabin, drunken hoots and hollers bellow forth like misplaced war cries. A fist pounds a table as a ring of glazed-over eyes watches a pair of dice settle on a worn table. Rising coils of smoke mingle with the stench of sour beer.
The full range of the human experience belches itself out during the organized chaos delicately referred to as Wise County Old Settlers Reunion.
Teenage girls fall in and out love in the course of a week, left forever with faint emotional scars etched on young, burning hearts. Young men high on testosterone and Natty Light resort to fisticuffs amid a sea of trucks in a dirt- and grass-covered parking lot.
It's that last full week in July when the summer sun has dried out the earth like beef jerky. Families, descendants and friends scattered across the continent return to ramshackle cabins lined among twisted old oaks beside a barely bubbling creek. The creek cuts deep into the earth, exposing layers of the past – the same earth laid bare when grizzled Civil War veterans missing limbs and teeth gathered their wagons under those same trees, firing cannons and sharing war stories.
Water balloons have replaced the cannons, and washers and dominoes have taken the place of war stories and political speeches. And the moonshine has been replaced with … well, more moonshine.
Locals say it can't be understood by outsiders. But I think everybody can get it if they try. It delves into the antiquity of social evolution.
It's humankind in a base, communal, almost tribe-like state. There are no locked doors. Everything is shared, from ice-cold beverages to Maw-maw's casseroles. It's Wise County's version of Burning Man – that annual festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
For children there are no clocks, no alarms, no bedtimes. They run around until they're so exhausted they can actually collapse into a deep sleep in the open air on a dingy, probably mildewed old mattress in Texas summer heat so intense that even at night it might be 90 degrees.
And for a week, the children actually function just fine without Xboxes or episodes of "Wizards of Waverly Place."
Like all tales covering the human experience, there must be legend. There must be magic. And the legend of Reunion is Roscoe the Rat, a now-mythical creature on par with Runaway Bay's chupacabra.
Roscoe was once a celebrity at Reunion. He ran his own version of redneck roulette. Every year, when the carnies set out their rides and games, his game was the most popular.
He lived in a box under a large wheel. The wheel was sliced into colors of red, green and blue. At the large end of each colored slice was a hole. Players of the game placed a bet onto which hole or color Roscoe would dive into. For those few moments when Roscoe dashed around that multi-colored wheel, he was a star.
Most people can't recall a time before Roscoe – but sadly, they know of a time after.
You see, in Texas, you can't run a gambling operation if the house takes in any money. And in this case, Roscoe and his carnie buddies were racking up some money on this game. So the law shut him down – drove him underground.
But like any real legend, Roscoe won't die.
As long as there is Reunion there will be Roscoe. He's out there, darting among cascading water balloons, hiding beneath the hat of the man betting it all on a lucky dice roll.
His legend completes the spectrum of the human condition, the guilty and the innocent found among the dusty camps, beneath the stars and the oaks, among the briars and spiders and snakes and the kind, sharing hearts of good people – the storytellers, cooks, jokesters, pranksters, dancers, singers, drinkers, gamers and gamblers that make up Wise County Old Settlers Reunion.
Brandon Evans is a Messenger reporter.
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How to Make Money as a Day Trader? There is a lot of money to be made as a day trader, but it's not as simple as filling out online surveys, being a mystery shopper, or blogging your way to success. You can be a day trader from home but generally it is considered much more involved than many of the other businesses that people choose to do from home. Day trading can earn you a lot of money in a short amount of time, or if you don't know what you are doing it can cost you a lot of money in a short amount of time.
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It's easy to get over excited when you first get into day trading and over invest and simply not play by the rules of the game. The rule of the game, that is what sets day trading apart from a lot of other businesses you can do from home, is there are things that you should and shouldn't do if you want a shot at being successful.
The Fun of Day Trading
Many consider day trading the fun part of investing, because there is no need to wait for long periods of time to see your investments grow. While it can be fun to invest in day trading it's important not to allocate more than 3-5% of your equity corpus for the purposes of day trading. This is a safe amount to stick with because if it is all lost it won't ruin you financially.
Many people get carried away and will take as much as 25% off their equity corpus for day trading and then they lose it all. Twenty five percent of your equity corpus is a lot of time with the same investment, waiting patiently for them to pay off, so you will want to hold back a bit where day trading is concerned.
Day Trading Tools
Many get into day trading and think with all of the technological support they couldn't possibly lose money. It's easy to think this with 24 hour access to the stocks via stock market tickers, stock market websites and such. These tools do make day trading easier because you can always be looking for your next big deal, but it doesn't make it any safer. Remember that day trading is still quite risky and you have to treat it accordingly. Use these tools to your advantage, but it's important that you realize that they don't make the process any easier or safer.
Study Up on Day Trading
If you really want to make money as a day trader, you can but you likely have some things to learn before you cash in. You will want to learn all of the terminology that goes along with day trading such as futures, call option, put option, delta, and stop loss trigger. These terms as well as others will not only make you a more informed day trader, but they will also help you understand what others are talking about. When you really understand day trading that is when you can make the most money.
Day Trading Rules
Some important rules associated with day trading are always be aware of the economic status of the world and the company or stocks that you are dealing with. Also, choose large cap stocks with high trading volumes. This will help you avoid getting stuck with an illiquid stock. If you want to make money as a day trader you will also need to book losses. It's important to acknowledge your losses to improve your profits in the future. Day trading is usually a learning process, where you learn as you grow. It's important to set some standards for yourself and never, ever get greedy as this is when you will begin to lose money because you lose the emotional balance that is required to make money as a day trader.


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It's the last weekend that the city pool is open. As I sat on my bed, barefoot, I promised my youngest two that I would take them, as we may not have time tomorrow - what with my busy social schedule and all. (Translation: Going to the "farm" at 3 p.m.)
I finally decided that I could no longer pretend that I was working and I may as well just get it over with. So, I stood up. And then I remembered it. The Boot. Yep. I'm supposed to wear it to keep my ankle immobilized (we interrupt this blog for an ankle update: I think it's fine. After not using it for a week or so, I think I just pulled something and screw removal will not be necessary at this time. - I'mnotarealdoctor) Naturally, the first thing I did was tweet about it. (Follow me!) Then I got ready. Swimsuit, boot, shorts, and out the door we went.
Fast forward to me deciding that holy bacon bits, it's hot outside (hey, it's International Bacon Day, by the way), so I was taking the Boot off and sitting on the side of the baby pool. This requires removing my shorts if I don't want them to get wet. After sitting for, oh, at least 30 minutes, I realized that my swim bottoms, were, in fact, on inside out. I can't make this crap up. Yes, I tweeted about that too.
We're getting ready to head to the drive in theater for a double feature of Cars 2 and the Smurfs (envy my life, I dare ya.) I'll make sure Sydney looks over my attire before I leave.


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Written By: MIM!—Future revolutionaries need look no further than www.IAmTheNuBlack.com to find positive stories from the Diaspora of the past and present. As the young, black, and gifted founder Gabrielle ("Gabi") Smith explains, "The name thenublack comes from the idea that my generation and those born to parents of the African Diaspora have had a path paved for them by their ascendants." MIMI caught up with Gabi to find out what inspires her to continue paving the path of greatness.
MIM!: What inspired you to start www.iamthenublack.com?
Gabi Smith: I started thenublack in October of 2008 by way of a challenge to see how many positive stories, images, quotes, articles I could post each day for Black History Month in the UK. The blog pretty much continued from then on. I was inspired by the websites, blogs, artwork and features I'd come across and wanted to showcase their talent.
MIM!: I've noticed that in your interviews you ask, what is thenublack philosophy according to you? I'd like to turn the question around: what is thenublack philosophy according to Gabrielle?
Gabi Smith: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"—Eleanor Roosevelt.
MIM!: Who are the Nu Black?
Gabi Smith: Thenublack comes from the idea that my generation and those born to parents of the African Diaspora have had a path paved for them by their ascendants.
Although we may not have experienced first-hand the effects that many of those well known figures had on the world, I have hope that we're aspiring to be equally as great, as revolutionary and box-breaking as they were and still are. We do what we love and we do it extremely well.
MIM!: What is a "normal" working day like for you?
Gabi Smith: I work as a Junior Designer for ITN (a UK based news station). My day starts with a meeting and ends with a briefing. During that time period I create graphic elements for various news stories. Although it's a crazy environment due to the nature of the news, one of the things I like most about the environment I work in is the ability to be creative and also that I may be looking at a blog in my free time and use it as inspiration while working on a project.
MIM!: What inspires you—what is your favorite book, movie, and artist?
Gabi Smith: I'm reading The Josephine Baker story at the moment, which I'd say, is a favourite. Also Redemption by Stanley Tookie Williams. Favourite movie has to be She's Gotta Have It. Favourite artist is Kehinde Wiley, there's something about his work that constantly intrigues me.
MIM!: If you could invite for a dinner party any NuBlack icons (past or present), who would you invite?
Gabi Smith: Wow, it'd be more like a house party than a dinner party, lol. Billie Holiday, Kehinde Wiley, Nelson Mandela, Tracy Camilla-Johns, Hype Williams, Gabourey Sidibe, Grace Jones, my Grandmother (I've never met her before but have heard great stories), Chris Offili, Eartha Kitt, Barack and Michelle Obama, Fela Kuti, Naomi Campbell, Antwon Fisher, Jean-Micheal Basquiat, Jamel Shabazz, Pele…to name a few!
MIM!: Where would you like to see www.iamthenublack.com three years from now?
Gabi Smith: I'd like to see thenublack.com become more established, for it to have a wider international readership, to connect with other featured writers, and to put on a yearly event for future revolutionaries to meet up.
MIM!: MIMI's readers should bookmark www.iamthenublack.com because ...
Gabi Smith: You're guaranteed to find something on there that either makes you smile or that inspires you to continue thinking outside of the box.
For a refreshingly positive perspective about the Diaspora, visit www.iamthenublack.com.


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On worship. On stillness. on reverence.
Worship is crucial for our walks as Christ-followers
In this world of noise and words and chaos that follows us everyday as we try to find the time to make Jesus a big deal. What a mission that lays before us!
Sometimes, though, other people can see what we're trying to communicate much better than we can. That's why we read other people's writing, talk and discuss. We need this time together, because sometimes it takes someone else to point out the thing that we knew all along. Here's some wisdom that hopefully satisfies and satiates as we pursue worshiping our Lord together.
GK Chesterton
"For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything."
A.W. Tozer
"We must never rest until everything inside us worships God."
John 4:24
"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."
Matt Redman
"In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of your heart…Worship is about getting personal with God, drawing close to God."
Ross King
"Take a break from all the plans that you made
And sit at home alone and wait for God to whisper
Beg Him please to open up his mouth and speak
And pray for real upon your knees until they blister.
You can sing all you want to,
And still get it wrong, worship is more than a song."
Psalm 99:2-5
"Great is the LORD in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name— he is holy. The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right. Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy."
C.S. Lewis
"It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men."
Charles H. Spurgeon
"God is to be praised with the voice, and the heart should go therewith in holy exultation."
Hebrews 12:28-29
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire."
Jonathan Edwards
"The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music."


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This is rather exciting. The excellent David Colquhoun of DC Science is coming up to Auld Reekie to give a talk on pseudoscience and quackery. If anyone is around Edinburgh on the 20th March I thoroughly recommend you pop along to Appleton Tower and hear him.
For those who've yet to hear of him, you should stop what you're doing now and visit his webpage. David Colquhoun (described by Ben Goldacre as "The funniest man I know") regularly blogs in his typical sardonic fashion on the onset of fake medicine and the "Endarkenment". This is going to be brilliant.


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Hi friends! I discovered a great quote today; with the current condition of our nation, I felt it appropriate. I hope it makes a few people sit up and think:
"Many people would be scared if they saw in the mirror, not their faces… but their character." — Author unknown


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Selling my complete Afi 7 (75s) - 33 Megapixel (Hy6) camera system.
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All Lenses come with Lens both caps and metal lens hoods.
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PC Medics are on call 24/7 for your on-site computer and network emergencies. With same day service the they work around your schedule. PC Medics make computer repair convenient and affordable. PC Medics provide the best possible service to their customers at a price much less than the big box stores. If your computer is sick the PC Medics will fix it quick. Make sure to stop by one of Altec Computers locations to talk to an A+ Certified PC Medic.
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Steve Wilcoxen – President
Justin Carthage – Treasurer
Dominic Buffa – Secretary – Non-voting member
Dominic has been working with Dedicated to Make a Change for the past three years. He started off a student volunteer, then moved onto a 400 hour internship, and then upon completion of his Bachelors in Social Work, was hired as the agency's youth worker and community liaison. Dominic is dedicated to the academic success and mental wellness of teenagers in Ypsilanti. He always enters and leaves the clubhouse with a smile. "Everyday I come in, I'm excited to work with America's newest generation of scholars, leaders, and earthshakers."
Dominic is in the process of receiving his LLBSW. He plans to someday open a restaurant that employs youth, utilizes resources from the community, and promotes art and wellness for people in Ypsilanti.
Rhonda Palmer – At large
Ka Ron Gains – At large
Anne Brown – At large
Alysha Dyer – At large
Jayda Thomas – At large
Douglass Harvey – At large
"I am a social worker that truly believes that all youth have the potential for success. I am very passionate about working with youth, and I do my best to help them to see that they are capable of working to their full potential. Most of my experience of working in the social work field comes from working with youth of color (African American and Latino) who reside in inner cities and metropolitan areas. With that being said, I understand the struggles of the environment and make it a priority to help our youth navigate through the barriers and obstacles. I was born and raised in Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. I moved to the Washington, DC to obtain a Masters in Social Work from Howard University shortly after earning my Bachelors of Social Work from Eastern Michigan University. I take it as an honor and a privilege to be able to be in a position to be a positive influence to youth. In five years I see myself being a director of student wellness for a school, and earning my PhD in education administration."
Gail Wolkoff – Executive Director – Non-voting member
Gail is an educator who resigned from teaching and administration in May 2010 to pursue her desire to develop an educational program that connects youth with the world and to promote a love of learning. In Fall 2011, Gail started Dedicated to Make a Change, L3C (DTMAC). In January 2017, Educate Youth 501c3 was started with the mission of increasing the Ypsilanti Community School high school graduation rate and post-high school plan, one student at a time. All of the youth programs and classes were moved from DTMAC to Educate Youth.
Gail has a rich and varied history as an educator. At the Evergreen State College, Olympia Wa, Gail studied Earth Science and Social Work. She earned her Masters of Arts in Teaching in 1985 from the University of Pittsburgh. Gail was invited to teach at the College Learning Center/Campus West, CLL/CW, in Buffalo New York. She taught in a self-contained 3/4th grade. Gail is proud of her inner city work in Buffalo, NY; she worked with the same group of students' for four years before moving to The Nichols School. She helped the students attending CLL/CW drastically improve their standardized test scores — scores went from four to five years below grade level to just below or slightly above grade level. This was her first introduction to the inequities within the world of education. At Nichols School, Gail was the science teacher in 5th and 8th grades. In the mid-1990's Gail moved to Ypsilanti for love. She worked at Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, for 17 years. Gail was the team leader 6th grade for ten years and a 7th- 8th grade a Wellness and Health teacher, and the Director of Service Learning.
Gail has developed and continues to update the following curriculums: HIV education, Drug education, Greenhouse gas experiments, Brown VS Board of Education and the impact for Middle School, Comprehensive Sex Education, Orientation, Expression, Identity 101, to name a few. Gail's five-year plan is to have Educate Youth be self-sufficient and to continue to have high school graduations. In five years, our first high school graduates will be two years out of college and/or seven years into to the working world.


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Las Vegas police give disturbing account of storming Stephen Paddock's hotel room
One week after shooter Stephen Paddock executed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history at a Las Vegas country music festival, four first responders are speaking out about what they witnessed that day.
In a new episode of "60 Minutes," Detectives Casey Clarkson and Matthew Donaldson, Officers Joshua Bitsko and Dave Newton and SWAT team member Levi Hancock described the harrowing scene they encountered after storming Paddock's 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay hotel room on October 1.
Officer Bitsko told host Bill Whitaker that when they first arrived on the scene, conflicting reports had them believing the gunman was not acting alone.
"We're told that security is taking fire from a suspect on the 29th floor," he said. "And that we had other officers that were identifying the suspect was in a room on the 32nd floor. So we're thinking multiple shooters at this point."
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Eventually, the team was able to zero in on room 159 after a hotel-security guard named Jesus Campos reported that he saw about 200 rounds fired into the hallway from behind Paddock's door.
Although Paddock had barricaded the stairwell door "with a piece of metal and some screws," responders were able to use a "pry bar" to force the door open.
Once they arrived on the 32nd floor, the makeshift SWAT team received a radio call advising them to watch out for booby traps.
"There's a room service cart with wires going on it underneath the door," Officer Newton said. "There was something black on top of the cart. So initially I'm, you know, I'm thinking, "This is a booby-trap. It's -- it's gonna explode."
"I could see the suspect's door was just riddled with bullet holes coming out," he added. "It looked like Swiss cheese."
To gain access to Paddock's room, the team used an explosive to blow the door down, which Newton says set off the hotel fire alarms, adding to the chaotic scene.
Once inside the room, the team witnessed what they could only describe as an "armory."
"So many guns. So many magazines. Stacks and stacks of magazines everywhere," Officer Newton described. "Just in suitcases all neatly stacked against pillars, around the room, all stacked up, rifles placed all throughout. All kinds of monitors and electrical equipment he had in there. It just looked like almost a gun store.
"Shell casings all over the floor. I could smell the-- gun powder that-- that had went off in the room," Officer Bitsko added. "We were trippin' over guns. Trippin' over long guns inside. There was so many."
The team also encountered one downed white male who was bleeding from the face. He was later identified as shooter Stephen Paddock.
"I didn't see any apparent wounds to his head. But I did see a lotta blood that had come outta his mouth," said Officer Newton.
"There was-- a bloody revolver I think-- nearby. Nearby him that was on the ground consistent with him shootin' himself," added Officer Bitsko.
Along with an arsenal of weaponry and Paddock's body, the team also encountered a few phones, laptops, a couple of drills and a variety of other tools.
Contrary to reports that Paddock may have planned to escape, the first responders believe that, based on what they found in his room, the shooter did not intend to leave the Mandalay Bay hotel alive.
"From what I saw, itâ?? I thought he was gonnaâ?? heâ?? his plan might have been to shoot it out with us," Officer Newton said. "Because there was a rifle on a bipod near the door and just the amount of ammunition and weapons he had. He could of held us off for hours."
"But at least if he was shooting at us, he wasn't shooting at ... all the victims down there at the concert," Officer Bitsko added.
You can read the entire transcript of the interview here.
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Hamilton unbeatable when focused says Lauda
Lewis Hamilton will be hard to beat for the 2014 title, according to Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda.
Hamilton's former McLaren teammate, Jenson Button, this week said that while the 2008 world champion is "super fast", he is also "very up and down emotionally".
When Button's comments were put to Sepang winner Hamilton ahead of this weekend's Bahrain grand prix, he admitted: "I would say that is quite accurate."
Since debuting in 2007, the now 28-year-old Hamilton - amid other turmoil - has dumped his father as his manager, fallen out with another mentor Ron Dennis, and had a famously off and on-again relationship with his popstar girlfriend.
Hamilton told the Independent: "I've always talked about trying to put the right pieces in place to get through my year in a positive way without having those spikes, and I feel like I might have found it.
"But you never know!"
If Hamilton has found his happy place, it might be very timely, given the five-year gap since his sole title triumph and the current dominance of the Mercedes package.
Triple world champion Lauda told the Swiss newspaper Blick: "When Lewis is fully focused on his work, he is almost unbeatable."
Given the potential for title trouble between Hamilton and his Melbourne-winning teammate Nico Rosberg, Lauda's words could be explosive.
Hamilton and Rosberg's relationship dates all the way back to their karting days, but as the Briton insisted on Thursday, they are not friends.
"In formula one, we can count our friends on one hand," said Hamilton. "Nico does not come in the five friends I have and I don't come in his."
The relationship could be strained even further if German Rosberg has more races like the one in Sepang, where although he finished second, he was easily beaten by Hamilton.
Asked if the 2014 situation has affected their relationship, Rosberg said: "It has not changed at all. Yet."
But he admits that could be because the title battle still has so many races - 17 - to run.
Indeed, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was asked on Thursday if he sees Hamilton or Rosberg as the ultimate favourite.
"I think it's 50 per cent each way," he is quoted by the Spanish sports daily AS, "but there is also Kimi and myself and of course Vettel."


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What is a creative director, anyway?
By Mario Henri Chakkour, AIA on Wednesday 21 March 2012, 07:35 - Permalink
A creative director is a person (preferably) in charge of the creative vision of a project — the "concept whisperer."
Thus, creative direction requires creating concepts (ultra compact, complete stories if you will), may they be intended to be seen, read, or heard.
How these concepts are put together, in terms of the visual design, copy style, and everything in-between, rests upon the shoulders of the art director; he or she oversees the designers' work.
And the way the concept is conveyed to the art director can make the difference between a healthy process, in which all parties concerned feel fulfilled, or malaise, resentment, and even mutiny!
In other words, a creative director should master the arts of mentoring and critiquing; regardless of how great a concept is, the end result depends on effective communication. Only then, can everyone wake up wanting to come to work!
Let me illustrate by using a real-life example involving a project I worked on as a freelance creative director on behalf of a marketing and design communications agency (Imago Inc., based in Alexandria, VA). Although it is a relatively modest piece, due to budgetary limitations, it represents how a little ingenuity and teamwork working seamlessly can go a long way in serving the client's needs.
Imagine in this case that you are "American Gas" magazine and you wish to launch an ad announcing that your magazine — once available only to upper management via a hefty subscription — was now free of charge to middle management.
One problem, however: you really don't have plenty to spend on the ad because, as it turns out, giving away free magazines is not cheap!
At this point of the game, my role as the creative director was to act as the catalyst by asking the right questions that ultimately lead to an epiphany — in terms of "the story."
In other words, we needed a hook of some sort; that "aha!" moment with regard to the concept.
Hence, and before talking about style, design, and color, there was the matter of collecting relevant information, processing it, and coming up with a creative direction for the copywriting aspect of the problem.
In other words, I strongly believe that if an ad cannot stand on the merits of its copy alone, then no amount of graphical design can salvage it. Yes, I know, graphics matter; a lot. But words matter even more.
In any case, Imago's vice president of marketing — Theresa Daniel — and I guided her client through the task of identifying the parameters of the problem. We brainstormed and on that particular morning, as the three of us were having breakfast in the client's kitchen, I said: "So, would you say that this magazine is akin to a tool box that can help you build your corporate ladder?"
What followed were the logistics: we returned to Imago where I met with Meg Carpenter, a great copywriter, and basically painted the picture for her. I gave her the key points I felt she needed to include. I wanted to make sure she got excited about the project as well. And if for some reason she wasn't, or she felt that a key "hook" was missing, it would have been imperative to discuss it. Luckily, it was one of those cases where everything fell into place beautifully and she flew with it. Then, I met with the two designers and asked them to make the magazine look like a tool box — using whatever limited means the meager budget allowed.
That is what a creative director does; it's not (necessarily) about rolling up my sleeves and designing. As I mentioned in the beginning, in a typical agency environment, that responsibility would fall under the art director's jurisdiction. Leading up to that, I should undergo the process that would enable me to convey to the latter the concept we're using as the foundation for the ad. Of course, in many cases, the roles of creative and art directors will overlap.
In closing, I would like to share this bit of advice to inspiring creative directors:
Nothing frustrates a designer or an art director more than not having true creative direction. The best thing any creative direction can do is stay out of the designer's way and not micromanage. Sure, if you see a designer creating a communications piece that screams "potatoes" when your client is selling "tomatoes," then, by all means, RE-DIRECT his or her focus. Only intervene if you feel the integrity of the message has been seriously compromised, may that be through a misuse of certain color combinations, improper image positioning, bad punctuation, and everything in-between.
Lastly, be a team leader and a mentor who empowers each participant to take ownership of his or her own contribution — the only way to inner fulfillment and, ultimately, a happy client.


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AN investigation into child sexual abuse claims levelled at a Yeshivah employee have ramped up this week, with at least three people now understood to be assisting police with their inquiries.
Last week The AJN reported that a statement had been made to police alleging a string of abuses against a former student of the school and it can be revealed this week that two more people are assisting police with their inquiries. It is understood that the employee at the centre of the latest scandal is yet to be interviewed by police.
The alleged abuses happened some time ago, though The AJN has opted not to publish the dates as to conceal the identities of the victim and the alleged perpetrator, who remains in close contact with children at the school today.
College principal Rabbi Yehoshua Smukler told The AJN he had contacted the police and been advised that "at present, we have no need for concern, and that [police] would be in immediate contact with us should the need arise."
In a statement to The AJN a spokesperson from the Police Media Unit said they were "not in a position to confirm or deny" that an investigation was underway.
The school last week launched an impassioned defence, with Smukler vowing to stand down any person under investigation for child sex crimes.
"Our school policy is clear and unequivocal; we would unhesitatingly stand them down and remove them from having any access or exposure to our children during the investigation."
Last week The AJN spoke with a man who claimed to have been raped several times, including in the school's shul on the bimah and in the pews. The man, who was eight or nine when the alleged offences occurred, said he had made an official statement to police.
"After I was raped I was in shock and I went to the office and I was shivering and crying. I didn't know what rape was because I was eight years old. I din't know what sex was, so I didn't have the words to say what happened," the man said.
Earlier this year David Kramer and David Cyprys, both Yeshivah College employees pleaded guilty to child sex offences committed against students at the school, while another man, who was a former substitute teacher at the school, has been charged with child sex offences.


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What is this, like three reader requests in like three weeks? Oh boy everyone, NELLY'S FINALLY HIT THE BIG TIME. Where are my green m&ms, helper type person? DON'T YOU KNOW I ONLY EAT THE GREEN ONES? I WILL HIT YOU I SWEAR TO GOD (flips over table).
If you'd like your investment related question answered on this here blog, just go up to the contact me tab at the top of the page and send me a little note. I have a couple more questions in the queue, but I'll get around to yours eventually. It'll be magical.
@financialuproar Nelson what's your take on GUD?
— Doug Hartfield (@zaba998) May 5, 2014
How awesome is Doug's profile picture, btw? Extremely awesome or TOTALLY AWESOME?
GUD is Knight Therapeutics, a company formed when Endo Health Solutions acquired Paladin Labs in late 2013 for $1.6 billion. Paladin's co-founder – Jonathan Ross Goodman – decided to not continue working for Endo after it acquired his company. So they agreed to spin out this new company, which would have just one product, a drug that treats Leishmaniasis. I have no idea what that is either.
The stock listed on the TSX Venture exchange in March, graduating to the TSX in late April. The stock is off about 10% since making it on the TSX, but is still up more than 20% over its IPO.
It's not exactly the kind of beaten up contrarian type of investment we look at around here, but it's got some pluses going for it. The CEO built Paladin into a company which got acquired for a boatload of cash. More than 12 million people around the world have Leishmaniasis, which are really scary looking skin sores people get after being bit by infected sand flies. It's particularly prominent in India, along with parts of Africa, and the southern part of Asia.
The company just raised $175 million and has a few products in its pipeline. It has one drug that's been approved by the FDA for treating that weird skin disease. It's looking for more drugs to acquire. And that's it. It's so new that it doesn't even have public financials. Analysts don't cover it. It's just an investment in Goodman, a guy with a great deal of success at his previous company. Certain guests on BNN have called it a top pick too.
But for me? Yawn. IPOs don't really excite me. It's easy to see the bull case in this one, since the guy who is in charge of Knight just sold another company for more than a billion dollars. But what if he gets hit by a bus? It's not a beaten up company. You certainly can't argue there's value there. I'll pass, but that doesn't mean the investment doesn't have potential.
@financialuproar any thoughts on urthecast as a stock pick? looks like a good time to buy…
— Twiter (@fuckthetwiters) April 30, 2014
Well, that's an outstanding Twitter username if I've ever seen one. COVER THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN.
Urthecast is a company that built a ultra high definition video camera that orbits the earth attached to the International Space Station. This data can be used by weather monitoring companies and broadcasters, who would use the feed to look at clouds or to (I'm assuming, anyway) stream it directly onto your cable TV. I'd watch the Earth from space, at least during the intermission of the hockey game.
The company has just shown investors first pictures from space, but I couldn't find a date when they hope to have their cameras fully functional. It still has no revenue and lost 6 cents per share during the most recent quarter. It's got enough cash to get through the next year, but after that, all bets are off. The stock trades at a 60% premium to book value.
I'm as excited about this as Michael Sam would be about a night at the Spearmint Rhino. Sure, it might strike it rich, but there's no margin of safety if things get delayed. I also don't see a huge market for really fancy pictures of the Earth from space. The U.S. government already has satellites that can do the same thing.
And finally, most startups make me cringe. I like companies with previous glory, ones with share prices that used to be three or four times higher. Companies with underperforming assets make me excited. They're hard to turn around, but if they do… oh baby! Money for Nelly.
I'll pass on these two stocks. To speculative for my nature.


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Notre Dame's starting quarterback injured his right ankle in the second half against Virginia.
Notre Dame quarterback Malik Zaire left Saturday's game against Virginia and will miss the rest of the season with a fractured ankle, coach Brian Kelly said after the game.
Late in the third quarter, Zaire was injured at the end of a three-yard run when a defender fell on his right leg and trapped his ankle underneath.
Malik Zaire being helped off the field. Putting no weight on his right foot. Meanwhile, ND scores a TD but Zaire a huge concern. #NDvsUVA— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) September 12, 2015
Zaire was helped off the field, and then carted off to the locker room for x-rays, according to Dr. Jerry Punch.
Before leaving, Zaire completed seven of 18 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown. Notre Dame won 34–27 on a late touchdown pass from backup quarterback DeShone Kizer.
Zaire adds to an injury-plagued start to the season for the Fighting Irish. Defensive tackle Jarron Jones, cornerback Shaun Crawford and running back Tarean Folston all previously suffered season-ending injuries.
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Hillary Scott Reveals Names of Identical Twin Daughters
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Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott and husband Chris Tyrrell welcomed twin daughters last week, and the new mama of three took to social media today (Feb. 5) to reveal their monikers.
"Our identical little ladies Betsy Mack and Emory JoAnn were born January 29th around 2am, 5.5lbs each and 17 inches long," Hillary captioned a photo of the newborns face to face. "Their Daddy took this picture when they were two days old napping on Mama. Their favorite place to be, other than on me, is nose to nose and cheek to cheek."
The Lady A singer added 4-year-old daughter Eisele Kaye "is full of love for her sisters and she is already such an incredible little helper."
The additions of Betsy Mack and Emory JoAnn follow the birth of Hillary's bandmate Dave Haywood's daughter Lillie Renee, who Dave and wife Kelli welcomed on December 22, 2017.
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