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but this deadline had to be met!! what deadline? the deadline for quilt drop off for the show in june...see, i finished my last customer quilt for the show on Friday and delivered it over the weekend...so when are they to be dropped off for the show???
this sunday. in like, 6 days from now....*whew* that is way to tight for my tastes.
if your in the atlanta area, swing by!! make sure to say "hey!"
i finished Maetha's appliqued flag quilt- i worked on it over Memorial Day weekend...very appropriate!
the pink is a drapery cotton
and i didn't seem to get a picture of the appliqued top border...i'll get one of it hanging in the show
i can handle that :)
now i'm going to take a day or two to catch my breath, then i'll dive back into customer quilts...


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Bellmont Cabinet Co. is a family-owned cabinet manufacturer, located in Sumner, Washington, dedicated to product innovation, functionality, and timeless & trend setting styles. A three decade journey has taken them from very humble beginnings to being recognized as one of the finest cabinet manufacturers in the United States.
Bellmont Cabinet Co. pride themselves on building the highest quality frameless cabinet on the market, featuring greater interior storage capacity, unobstructed openings, and wider drawers with the clean crisp look of flush-fitting full-overlay doors and drawers.
Bellmont Cabinet Co. builds much more than just cabinets. They want to leave the world a better place, building integrity, respect and responsibly as stewards of our community and environment.


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Regional Conventions and Organizations Fandom Science Fiction and Fantasy
An annual convention held in North America west of the Rocky Mountains. Links to web sites of previous and upcoming conventions, bids, history, and bylaws.
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- RosCon 2006 - Includes costs (inclusive of lodging) and location information. Moscow, Russia, March 16-19, 2006.
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text: Details about attacks on US troops were allegedly divulged Larry Franklin, 58, turned himself in on Wednesday, FBI spokeswoman Debra Weierman said. He is scheduled to make an appearance in a US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, later in the day, Weierman said. The charge is the first in an investigation dating back to 2001 about whether Israel improperly obtained classified US information. Franklin, who specialised on Iran and Middle Eastern affairs, allegedly gave the information to two people not entitled to receive it at a meeting in June 2003, FBI agent Catherine Hanna said in an affidavit. The people at the lunch were employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a law-enforcement official said on condition of anonymity. Investigation Franklin acknowledged at the lunch that the information was highly classified and asked that it not be used, Hanna said. It concerned possible attacks against US troops by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq, the law-enforcement official said. The US and Israel are key alliesFBI agents twice searched AIPAC offices as part of the investigation. They also have interviewed two AIPAC employees about whether Franklin gave them classified information that wound up in Israel's hands. AIPAC said it gave the FBI files related to those same two employees, who previously were identified as Steve Rosen, the director of research, and Keith Weissman, deputy director of foreign-policy issues. Neither still works for the group. AIPAC declined to comment on Wednesday, but has previously said it has done nothing wrong and is cooperating with the investigation. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Classified documents A Pentagon official said Franklin continued to work at the Pentagon until his arrest. However, Franklin's top-secret security clearance was suspended in June 2004, the Justice Department said. He formerly worked in the office of then undersecretary Douglas Feith. Jonathan Pollard was jailed in1985 for spying for IsraelThe suspension followed a search of Franklin's West Virginia home that turned up 83 classified documents, Hanna said. Franklin holds a doctorate in Asian studies and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserves. The Israeli government has denied spying on the US, saying that meetings between US and Israeli officials are common and that the two countries share many secrets. Information about Iran is of critical importance to Israel's security interests - particularly any assessments of its alleged nuclear ambitions. Israel has said it has imposed a ban on espionage in the US since the scandal over Jonathan Pollard, an American caught spying for Israel in 1985. SOURCE: Agencies


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Part 7 in the series 30 Things My Kids Should Know About Me.
What is my dream job? Why?
Growing up I wanted to be a wide range of things. A lawyer, a judge, a nurse, a mom. In some ways I am living my dream. I am often a judge, a nurse, and I am always a mom. But things also change somewhat.
While I will always be your mom, you won't always need me like you do now. Someday you will grow up and move on. And I always wonder what I will do with myself then.
So my dream job would be to open up an art studio. I used to have the building picked out but it is back home, just outside of St Louis. The commute would kill me.
Ideally I'd have 2 floors. The first floor would be a gallery where I would showcase up and coming artists. The top floor would be where the magic happened. I would offer art classes to children. Any ages and no one would be turned away if they didn't have any money.
Some of the most fun I have currently is when I am working with you and your sister creating art. Drawing, painting, coloring. It doesn't matter what we are doing, I always have a blast.


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Ah, Of Course… Strawberry FLAVOR
Kellogg's Smart Start Strawberry Oat Bites promises "strawberry flavor in every bite". And, well, technically that's correct.
Here is what the ingredient list reveals:
Strawberry flavored crunchlets (sugar, corn cereal, corn syrup, modified cornstarch, soybean oil, citric acid, glycerin, natural and artificial flavor, red #40, blue #1)
Did you hear that? That was the sound of consumers across the country getting a vicious processed-food slap across their faces.
Sorry, Kellogg's, the cutesy "crunchlets" term doesn't take away from the fact that this cereal has as much in the way of real strawberries as a Big Mac.
The actual cereal has whole grains as the first two ingredients, but it also contains Splenda (the latest trick to adding a jolt of sweetness while keeping sugar values low on the Nutrition Facts label).
This, by the way, is considered one of the "healthier" big-food-company cereals. Gulp.


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Adjunct | Piano lessons | Music theory
Judy's specialty is in teaching piano, both group and private instruction. She also teaches Music Theory.
Education and Training
- MA, Music, University of Iowa
- BA, Music, St. Ambrose University
- BA, Foreign Languages, St. Ambrose University
Memberships and Awards
- Recipient of Iowa Music Teachers Association "Certified Teacher of the Year" award
- Graduate of The Grantsmanship Center Grant Proposal Writing Course and successful in receiving numerous grants for music and arts projects in the Quad Cities and Iowa
- Founder of Quad City Music Teachers Association
- Charter member of "Digital Dames" piano ensemble performing at local, state and national conferences
- Selected by Yamaha Corporation to launch their "Say Yes to Music" after-school group piano program in Quad Cities
- Currently serving as Vice President of Iowa Federation of Music Clubs, Treasurer of Iowa Music Teachers Conference 2015, Treasurer of Federated Music Teachers Association, Iowa Federation of Music Clubs Bylaws Revision Committee, Federated Music Teachers Association Special Events Co-Chair, Pleyel Double-Grand Piano Restoration Project Committee
- Adjudicator for various piano events and competitions throughout the Midwest and in Canada
- Yamaha keyboard instructor on board Crystal Cruises
- Owner of independent piano studio in Quad Cities
- Co-founder of Quad City Music Teacher Association Monster Concerts
- Solo and collaborative performer/accompanist
- Successfully reinstated Quad City Music Teachers Association to 501(c)3 non-profit status
Recent Publications
Contributor to Iowa Music Teacher Magazine, published three times annually: various articles including "From a Judge's Point of View," reviews of new music, adaptation of digital keyboards and of music notation software technology, group piano instruction, music scholarship, grant proposal writing tips, conference and special events planning and reporting
Applied Piano
Piano Class I
Piano Class II
Permanent Professional National Certification in Piano
Permanent Professional National Certification in Music Theory
Board of Examiners/Adjudicators, Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada
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Fly in India to prove competency: DGCA
Mumbai: According to the latest circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), any pilot licence obtained from abroad, will require a compulsory competency test in India for endorsement into an Indian licence.
Sources close to the DGCA said that changes have been incorporated to put an end to discrepancies that were exposed during the recent pilot scam. DGCA circular number 8/2/2008-LII dated February 21, 2012 (copy with MiD DAY), issued by Joint Director General (JDG), DGCA, J S Rawat, reads, "The current Guidelines for Conversion of Professional Pilot's Licences issued in International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Contracting States into Indian Professional Pilot's Licence (Commercial Pilot's Licence) allow for acceptance of skill test done abroad provided the test reports are duly authenticated by a representative of the Regulatory Authority of the State where the tests have been performed. It is seen that most state authorities do not authenticate the skill reports to meet the procedure laid down in the guidelines. In case Instrument Rating (IR) is not issued by the Contracting State, the skill test carried out in the Contracting State shall not be recognised. For the issue of IR, the applicant shall be required to carry out IR skill test in India."
The circular further recommends, "It has now been decided by the Competent Authority that all applications for issue of Indian, Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) will be accompanied with skill test reports on at least one aircraft type required to be endorsed on the Indian licence. All applications received on or after April 1, 2012 shall be accompanied with skill test report carried out in India."
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Maxine Waters Makes Embarrassing Admission About Russia… Trump Is Going To LOVE This
In an interview with The Washington Post's Johnathan Capehart, Maxine Waters made a troubling admission on the air.
When Waters was asked if she had evidence to back up her numerous claims of President Trump colluding with Russia, she simply said "nope."
Yes, she said, after all her accusations, she had nothing.
"I gotta ask you, because you leveled a whole lotta accusations out there about collusion and hacking — now, have you seen anything out there, either intelligence briefings or anything that back up the accusations that you've made?" Capehart asked.
Waters first responded to the "Russian hacking" question, since there is documentation that Russia tried to meddle in the election.
"Well, don't forget that all of our intelligence agencies have documentation that point to [Russia] doing the 'hacking,'" Waters said.
Capehard responded: "What about collusion?"
SHARE on Facebook and Twitter if you agree that Maxine Waters needs to step down!


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E! News exclusive: 'WAGS' star, former WWE diva Kelly Kelly gets married
Former WWE diva Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank) and former NHL player Sheldon Souray are officially husband and wife.
The WAGS star and her beau tied the knot in Mexico on Saturday, Feb. 27, surrounded by their friends and family, E! News exclusively confirms.
"I couldn't be happier," the blushing bride tells E! News. "[Saturday night] was the most magical, incredible night, and I'm officially Mrs. Souray. I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have married my best friend."
Sheldon added, "Barbie came into my life and swept me off my feet. I'm thrilled to have this amazing woman become my wife and looking forward to spending my life with my best friend."
On Friday, Feb. 26, Barbie and Sheldon hosted a glamorous rehearsal dinner by the ocean and her WAGS co-star Olivia Pierson was there.
"My girlll @oliviapierson believe today's the day!!! I'm so happy my #wags family is here supporting me love you girls," Barbie wrote with a cute photo of them together.
Barbie also showcased her unbelievably beautiful rehearsal dinner gown on Instagram writing, "Thank you @reveboutique for my gorgeous rehearsal dinner dress!!! You guys are the best, and my amazing glam squad who flew from LA to make me the most beautiful bride this weekend in Cabo.. hair @randipetersenhair makeup @brianvalentine #thebest."
As for her hubby, Barbie wrote on Instagram, "Rehearsal dinner with my love @ssouray can't believe I will be married to the man of my dreams tomorrow."
In December Barbie dished to E! News about her wedding.
"I'm super excited," she told E! News at the time. "I have my dress. I have the dress, that was the No. 1, that was the first thing I did."
On the first season of the hit E! show WAGS, Barbie take a trip to Mexico to scout locations.
Mexico is a very special place for the couple, Barbie revealed on the first season of WAGS that it was the location of their first vacation as a couple.
"That was like our first ever vacation together," Barbie said. "So it's very sentimental to us."
Season two of WAGS premieres later this year only on E!.


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Fundraising father Ivan Hollingworth will soon take part in his sixth annual physical challenge to raise money for the Freeman Children's Heart Unit (CHUF) in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Every event is more gruelling than the previous and each year so far, Ivan has relied on the support of Kinesio taping - both for him, as well as his running, cycling and swimming mates - to keep pain at bay, soothe tired muscles and prevent them giving up when the going gets tough!
Says Ivan: "Kinesio tape literally holds us together. We couldn't do without it!"
This year, the fund raising event starts on Sunday 19 July 2015 and lasts for four days. There are twelve people in total signed up for the full four day marathon, but many more athletes join for one day only and by Wednesday 22 July there are likely to be around 40 people on the final stretch from Corbridge in Northumberland to Tynemouth on the coast.
On day one, the team will cycle 81 miles to Keswick from Tynemouth, over every major pass in the Lake District including Hardnott Pass, Wrynose Pass, Kirkstone Pass, Whinlatter Pass and Honister Pass.
Day two sees the participants swim for one mile across Derwent Water and then cycle 63 miles to Alston.
On day three, the team will run 36 miles to Corbridge and on day four they will run a final marathon to Tynemouth.
So far Ivan has raised a staggering £343,000. This has been achieved by events such as running 100 miles in just 24 hours, organising a fundraising ball and multiple marathons, as well as this annual group challenge. Ivan's exploits even made him a YouTube star after he skied ten kilometres down a mountain wearing only a mankini to raise money.
Ivan's son Seb was born in 2009 with a congenital heart condition. This resulted in him undergoing six hours of open heart surgery at only 16 weeks old in order to save his life. Ivan and his wife Nadine have since campaigned tirelessly to raise funds to purchase much needed equipment, aftercare and research for CHUF.
Kevin Anderson, Managing Director of Kinesio UK says: "Kinesio taping is particularly helpful and soothing for runners' and cycling injuries because it provides gentle, yet firm support, and pain relief, yet doesn't restrict movement, so athletes can keep going. Kinesio is also great for swimmers as it's 100% waterproof so doesn't come unstuck in the water. We're very proud to provide support to Ivan and to play such an integral role in this annual event, as well as support the Children's Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle."


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48 hours ago it was 60 degrees and sunny. Overnight the temperature dropped to 30 degrees. The following day it snowed for 8 hours. Today we are under another 6 inches of a torture device that keeps more people out of work than our current economy.
As I brought my little ones to the window to let them discover snow I was greeted by an onslaught of birds. These, my friends, were Angry Birds. A few of them looked through the window and seemed to start begging, "I will find mice and help you clean your house while you sing a Disney princess song if you will let us in!"
Two camped out on a tree and proceeded to have an exchange that looked strikingly like an argument. Of the three people in my home, I am the only one who can have a coherent conversation at this time. The idea of making up a bird-brained conversation sounded fun. Go ahead and judge me. I deserve it.
One perched and remained still while the other flew about frantically, as if to find a warmer spot on the tree by flapping in place to keep blood circulating. Clearly, this was the wife.
"Would you HOLD STILL Mildred? You're shaking the tree. "
"It keeps me warm, Harold! Good LORD, it is cold. Does this feel like flying South, Harold? Why didn't you get better directions? This is NORTH Carolina!"
"At least we are south of Virginia! Everyone knows THAT is the state that can't decide if it is northern or southern. YOU wanted to stop and pee where it was 60 and sunny on Monday, Mildred."
"Oh, hush up, Harold. You were the one who wanted an easy day of travel….AFTER you had a leisurely breakfast!" "Did you want the worm or not, Mildred? The noon bird starves." "Well, we're starving now, Harold. My natural nuts and seeds diet has been working for me. You can eat worms. "
About this time a few other birds discovered that water was in the gutter. One by one a few flew over and began to perch on the house. Soon the only bird left defending the tree was Harold.
The next exchange was LOUD chirping. I mean, make a domestic disturbance call kind of ruckus.
Mildred called back over to him, "Do you want something, Harold? Or are you going to sit there freezing and starving?" "Mental toughness, Mildred. I am a fighter!"
"You know who else is fighting, Harold? My parents…over why they made up a guest nest for us where it is 60 and sunny 4 states SOUTH! For the love of all things, 6 hours south would get us to Atlanta. There isn't any snow there at all!"
"There doesn't need to be any! The last 2 inches stopped the whole interstate! The only birds around there are being flipped in traffic!"
"We're not driving! We're flying! "
"At this rate, flying is slower than driving anyway!"
"Well, fine Harold. Go ahead and freeze to death. Arguing isn't going to help and I'm out of ideas."
Harold cocked his birdy head to the side.
"We could nestle together for warmth, Mildred."
Mildred's whole body weight shifted up and down in a dramatic sigh.
"Passing gas does NOT count as providing warmth, Harold."
"Beggars can't be choosers, Mildred. I'm perfectly content."
"You've CLEARED the TREE Harold!"
(And he had!)
"A bird does what he has to do be king of the tree. You'll come back."
At this point Mildred flew to the backyard. She's been loudly chirping and telling the girls about it. She is still sitting on a branch outside my dining room window where the leaves can shield her from the wind. Bless her birdy heart.


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February 17th, 2013AWM: Menu is not displayed in IE9
Knowledge Base support case for AllWebMenus, abstracted and stripped of all user's private info.
Initial Email From: Paul
Initial Email Subject: AWM5Pro wont show in IE 9
Support Case Month: January 2013
I am designing a new website and the Menu works fine in IE 8 and Firefox....but won' t show anything in IE 9. Is this a bug or I don't have something configured in my browser (ie 9) right ?
I am not a paid support customer, so I will understand if you don't want to respond to me.
Reply From: Likno Customer Support
Dear Paul,
The problem is that you are using a very old AllWebMenus version that did not support IE9 (or IE10) as it was released years before IE9 case to existence.
The solution to this is to update your license and recompile your menus with a newer AllWebMenus version.
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How To Get Pregnant With A Boy Or A Girl
There are many different gender selection methods, each of them claiming to be the most precise one. One of them is the so-called shettles method used for many years.
Gender is not the first wish of the future parents, the only want the baby to be healthy and strong.
The "shettles method" is named after Dr. Shettles, whose gender selection methods are supported by science. This method does not require any medical treatment or money.
Men produce 2 types of sperm: the female "X" and the male "Y", and these chromosomes are determining the gender of the baby. The male chromosomes are smaller, but faster than the female ones, which are larger and stronger, but slower. Here are some of Dr. Shettles` advices on how to conceive a baby with the preferred gender.
Conceiving a boy:
If you prefer a boy, restrain for sex 4-5 days before ovulation, in order for the sperm amount to increase. The intercourse should be as close to the ovulation as possible, or even better on the day of the ovulation, when the woman is the most fertile. Since the male Y sperm is faster, it will reach the egg first.
Also, the alkalinity of the "egg white" cervical mucus is highest during ovulation, which is the best environment for the Y sperm. The male sperm won`t have the same characteristic in a less alkaline environment, this is why it is recommended to have sex neat the ovulation days.
During female orgasm, the alkalinity get additionally increased, so Dr. Shettles recommend for both partners to have orgasm at the same time, or the female orgasm should be right before the male. During orgasm, the female reproductive system shrinks, which allows the Y sperm to get easier to the egg.
As far as the sex position, Dr. Shettles recommends the doggy-style position or some other which can allow deep penetration, so that the sperm can be ejected closer to the cervix, making the distance between the egg and the Y sperm closer.
Conceiving a girl:
Now it`s the opposite situation: have sex as much as possible before the ovulation, but restrain from sex 2-3 days before and on the day of the ovulation. The female reproductive system allows the sperm to survive for six days, so this way only the female sperm will remain because it`s stronger, and possibly fertilize the egg.
Preferred sexual position are the ones which allow only shallow penetration, like the missionary, because the sperm will get in the lower parts where the environment is more acidic, and we already said that Y sperm thrive only in alkaline environment.
Also, female orgasm is not recommended because it can raise the alkalinity.
This method is based on science, but not scientifically proven, so many people don`t accept and acknowledge it.
It`s yours to decide, but try this method, it`s free and the only thing you`ll need to know is your ovulation days.


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Stunt coordinators-turned directors Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh's feature-length debut, Act of Valor, was an ambitious undertaking that required the duo to work alongside cast members who possess real-world experience serving as Navy SEALs. The movie was heralded by military families and servicemen for bringing a greater sense of realism to the action and combat sequences (compared to the average Hollywood military ops thriller); however, its video game-like story progression and character interactions left many critics and non-military types with more lukewarm feelings (read our review, for example).
Act of Valor grossed $81 million in theaters around the globe ($70 million from the U.S. alone), so the low-budget production ended up being a profitable investment for Relativity Media. Because of that, both the studio and Bandito Brothers - the production banner headed by McCoy and Waugh - have begun to expand the Act of Valor property into a multi-platform franchise, by starting development on a spinoff television series - in addition to a second movie installment.
Deadline is reporting that the film project - we'll refer to it as Act of Valor 2 for brevity's sake - will be another "R-Rated gritty actioner," albeit this time the focus will be on elite SWAT officers rather than Navy SEALs. The intention seems to be for the followup installment to emulate the model used to construct the original Act of Valor movie. That is, a fictionalized account of a dangerous operation - carried out by a highly-effective task force - will be used to illustrate the harsh realities of that lifestyle; that is, by recreating actual firefight scenarios and anecdotal details with as much accuracy as possible (while still delivering an engaging viewing experience).
The only difference? This time, the characters putting their lives on the line will be members of a law enforcement unit, as opposed to people who are part of the U.S. Navy's special operations force. That could be a deal-breaker, for some of the moviegoers who enjoyed Act of Valor primarily because it shone the spotlight on the SEALs lifestyle - and believe that a proper sequel ought to do the same.
McCoy and Waugh will produce the new Act of Valor movie installment, but the screenwriting and directing responsibilities are going to be handled by Scott Wiper instead. The latter has made such films as the small-town vigilante feature Captain Jack, the police/Mafia thriller A Better Way to Die and the "death match as televised entertainment" action-thriller The Condemned (which was released well-after The Running Man, but before The Hunger Game movie). If you have never heard of, much less seen, any of these films, well... that's may be because most of them were box office duds and critical misfires.
For that reason, those who're interested in watching a down n' dirty thriller about what life is like on the violent streets of America - for the officers who put their lives on the line fighting crime - might be better served by a film like David Ayer's End of Watch (yes, that drama/thriller deals with regular cops and not SWAT team members). As for those who're searching for a promising new movie about Navy SEALs, director Peter Berg's true-story project Lone Survivor is just a few months away...
Does Act of Valor 2 - with SWAT officers instead of SEALs - sound interesting?
The second Act of Valor installment will probably wind up with a subtitle, rather than being called Act of Valor 2. We'll keep you posted on the developing project as more information is made available.
Source: Deadline


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Bachelor's Graduates
Mondlie Brave (Ocean Springs, MS) – B.S.S. Sports Strength & Conditioning
Master's Graduates
Jason H. Allen (Conway, SC) – M.S.S. Sports Coaching
Matthew L. Hayden (Carthage, NY) – M.S.S. Sports Studies
Rodney S. Kuykendall (Ashland, OR) – M.S.S. Sports Management, Sports Psychology Emphasis
Daniel William Pruessner (Fayeteville, NC) – M.S.S. Sports Management
Adam J. Salvati (Brockport, NY) – M.S.S. Sports Coaching
Aaron Thomas Sanford (Otego, NY) – M.S.S. Sports Management, NCAA Compliance Emphasis
Jason Andrew White (Bennettsville, SC) – M.S.S. Sports Coaching
Brad J. Womack (Kenner, LA) – M.S.S. Sports Management
Jennifer Lynn Zimmerman (Montevallo, AL) – M.S.S. Sports Health & Fitness, M.S.S. Sports Studies
Doctoral Graduates
William Martin Durden (Pearland, TX) – Ed.D. Sports Management, Sports Leadership
Timothy John Robinson (Portland, ME) – Ed.D. Sports Management, Sports Leadership


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Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications systems still in widespread use. It was established in 1980 following experiments in the previous year, over a decade before the general public was admitted to the Internet and the World Wide Web was introduced. It was originally conceived as a "poor man's ARPANET", employing UUCP to offer mail and file transfers, as well as announcements through the newly developed news software. This system, developed at Duke University, was called USENET to emphasize its creators' hope that the USENIX organization would take an active role in its operation (Daniel et al, 1980).
Today, almost all Usenet traffic is carried over the Internet. The current format and transmission of Usenet articles is very similar to that of Internet email messages. However, whereas email is usually used for one-to-one communication, Usenet is a one-to-many medium.
The articles that users post to Usenet are organized into topical categories called newsgroups, which are themselves logically organized into hierarchies of subjects. For instance, sci.math (news:sci.math) and sci.physics (news:sci.physics) are within the sci hierarchy, for science. When a user subscribes to a newsgroup, the news client software keeps track of which articles have been read.
When a user posts an article, initially it is only available on that user's news server. Each news server, however, talks to one or more other servers (its "newsfeeds") and exchanges articles with them. In this fashion, the article is copied from server to server and (if all goes well) eventually reaches every server in the network. The later peer-to-peer networks operate on a similar principle; but for Usenet it is normally the sender, rather than the receiver, that initiates transfers. Some have noted that this seems a monstrously inefficient protocol in the era of abundant high-speed network access. Usenet was designed for a time when networks were much slower, and not always available. Many sites on the original Usenet network would connect only once or twice a day to batch-transfer messages in and out.
Today, Usenet has lost importance compared to mailing lists and weblogs. The difference from mailing lists, though, is that Usenet requires no personal registration with the group concerned (subscription is necessary only to keep track of which articles one has already read, and that information need not be stored on a remote server), that archives are always available, and that reading the messages requires no mail client, but a news client (included in most modern e-mail clients).
ISPs, news servers, and newsfeeds
Most Internet service providers, and many other Internet sites, operate news servers for their users to access. In early news implementations, the server and newsreader were a single program suite, running on the same system. Today, one uses separate newsreader client software�a program which resembles an email client (and is often integrated with one) but accesses Usenet servers instead.
Not all ISPs run news servers. A news server is one of the most difficult Internet services to administer well, because of the complexity and data throughput involved. Some ISPs outsource news operation to specialist sites, which will usually look just the same to a user as if the ISP ran the server itself. Many sites carry a restricted newsfeed, with a limited number of newsgroups. Commonly omitted from such a newsfeed are foreign-language newsgroups and the alt.binaries hierarchy which largely carries software and erotica and, in the 21st century, accounts for over 99% of the article data.
For those who have access to the Internet, but do not have access to a news server, Google Groups ([1] (http://groups.google.com)) allows reading and posting of text news groups via the World Wide Web. Though this or other "news-to-Web gateways" are not always as easy to use as specialized newsreader software�especially when threads get long�they are often much easier to search. Users who lack access to an ISP news server can use Google Groups to access the alt.free.newsservers (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.free.newsservers) newsgroup, which has information about open news servers.
There are also Usenet providers which specialize in offering service to users whose ISPs do not carry news, or which carry a restricted feed. One list of such providers is available at Jeremy Nixon's list of Usenet providers (http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/providers/providers.html).
See also news server operation for an overview of how news systems are implemented.
Technical details
Usenet is a set of protocols for generating, storing and retrieving news "articles" (which resemble Internet mail messages) and for exchanging them among a readership which is potentially widely distributed. These protocols most commonly use a flooding algorithm which propagates copies throughout a network of participating servers. Whenever a message reaches a server, that server forwards the message to all its network neighbors that haven't yet seen the article. Only one copy of a message is stored per server, and each server makes it available on demand to the (typically local) readers able to access that server. Usenet was thus one of the first peer-to-peer applications, although in this case the "peers" are themselves servers that the users then access, rather than the users themselves being peers on the network.
One difference between Usenet and newer peer-to-peer applications is that the one can request the automated removal of a posting from the whole network by creating a cancel message, although due to a lack of authentication and resultant abuse, this capability is frequently disabled. Copyright holders may still request the manual deletion of infringing material using the provisions of World Intellectual Property Organization treaty implementations, such as the U.S. Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.
The major set of worldwide newsgroups is contained within eight hierarchies, operated under consensual guidelines that govern their administration and naming. The current "Big Eight" are:
- comp.*: computer-related discussions (comp.software, comp.sys.amiga)
- misc.*: Miscellaneous topics (misc.education, misc.forsale, misc.kids)
- news.*: Discussions and announcements about news (meaning Usenet, not current events) (news.groups, news.admin)
- rec.*: Recreation and entertainment (rec.music, rec.arts.movies)
- sci.*: Science related discussions (sci.psychology, sci.research)
- soc.*: Social discussions (soc.college.org, soc.culture.african)
- talk.*: Talk about various controversial topics (talk.religion, talk.politics)
- humanities.*: Fine arts, literature, and philosophy (humanities.classics, humanities.design.misc)
(Note: the asterisks are used as wildmat patterns, examples follow in parentheses)
See also Great Renaming.
The alt.* hierarchy is not subject to the procedures controlling groups in the Big Eight, and it is as a result less organized. However, groups in the alt.* hierarchy tend to be more specialized or specific�for example, there might be a newsgroup under the Big Eight that contains discussions about children's books, but a group in the alt hierarchy may be dedicated to one specific author of children's books. Binaries are posted in alt.*, making it the largest of all the hierarchies.
Many other hierarchies of newsgroups are distributed alongside these. Regional and language-specific hierarchies such as japan.* and ne.* serve specific regions such as Japan and New England. Companies such as Microsoft administer their own hierarchies to discuss their products and offer community technical support. Some users prefer to use the term "Usenet" to refer only to the Big Eight hierarchies, others include alt as well. The more general term "netnews" incorporates the entire medium, including private organizational news systems.
Binary content
Usenet was originally created to distribute text content encoded in the 7-bit ASCII character set. With the help of programs that encode 8-bit values into ASCII, it became practical to distribute binary content. Binary posts, due to their size and dubious copyright status, were in time restricted to specific newsgroups, making it easier for administrators to allow or disallow the traffic.
The oldest widely used encoding method is uuencode, from the Unix uucp package. In the late 1980s Usenet articles were often limited to 60,000 characters, and larger hard limits exist today. Files are therefore commonly split into sections that require reassembly by the reader.
With the header extensions and the Base64 and Quoted-Printable MIME encodings, there was a new generation of binary transport. In practice, MIME has seen increased adoption in text messages, but it is avoided for most binary attachments. Some operating systems with metadata attached to files use specialized encoding formats. For Mac OS, both Binhex and special MIME types are used.
In an attempt to reduce file transfer times, an informal file encoding known as yEnc was introduced in 2001. It achieves about a 30% reduction in data transferred by assuming that most 8-bit characters can safely be transferred across the network without first encoding into the 7-bit ASCII space.
Internet jargon and history
Many terms now in common use on the Internet�so-called "jargon"�originated or were popularized on Usenet. Likewise, many conflicts which later spread to the rest of the Internet, such as the ongoing difficulties over spamming, began on Usenet.
The first newsgroup experiments occurred in 1979. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis of Duke University came up with the idea as a replacement for a local announcement program, and established a link with nearby University of North Carolina using Bourne shell scripts written by Steve Bellovin. The public release of news was in the form of conventional compiled software, written by Steve Daniel and Truscott.
As the mesh of UUCP hosts rapidly expanded, it became desirable to distinguish the Usenet subset from the overall network. A vote was taken at the 1982 USENIX conference to choose a new name. The name Usenet was retained, but it was established that it only applied to news.[2] (http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Usenet.Hist/Nethist/0111.html) The name UUCPNET became the common name for the overall network.
In addition to UUCP, early Usenet traffic was also exchanged with Fidonet and other dial-up BBS networks. The Network News Transfer Protocol, or NNTP, was introduced about 1985 to distribute Usenet articles over TCP/IP as a more flexible alternative to informal Internet transfers of UUCP traffic. Since the Internet boom of the 1990s, almost all Usenet distribution is over NNTP, obsoleting the earlier dictum that "Usenet is not the Internet."
Early versions of Usenet used Duke's A News software. At Berkeley an improved version called B News was produced by Matt Glickman and Mark Horton. With a message format that offered compatibility with Internet mail and improved performance, it became the dominant server software. C News, developed at the University of Toronto, was comparable to B News in features but offered considerably faster processing. In the early 1990s, InterNetNews was developed to take advantage of the continuous message flow made possible by NNTP versus the batched store-and-forward design of UUCP. Since that time INN development has continued, and other news server software has also been developed.
Web-based archiving of Usenet posts began at Deja News with a very large, searchable database. In 2001, this database was acquired by Google.
AOL announced that it would discontinue its integrated Usenet service in early 2005, citing the growing popularity of weblogs, chat forums and on-line conferencing. The AOL community had a tremendous role in popularizing the Usenet some 11 years earlier, with all of its positive and negative aspects. This change marked the end of the legendary Eternal September.
Over time, the amount of Usenet traffic has steadily increased. A small sampling of the growth follows:
|Daily Volume
|Various sources
Sociological implications
The architecture of Usenet is sometimes characterized as anarchic or as civic/democratic. Some see it as a global community or collection of online communities. While the views vary, one shared perspective among the users is of Usenet as an alternative medium to institutionalized mass communication, more open to participation from a wider variety of the general public.
Usenet can be a tool boosting an individual's ability to communicate, free from governmental and other organizational restraints. Seven major features that stand out are:
- In its origin, Usenet was the alternative to ARPANET (the precursor of today's Internet), created by those who could not join ARPANET. Usenet was originally proposed as a general service network (news, mail, file transfers) but it didn't really turn out that way. With the ARPANET having long since evolved into the public access Internet, and virtually all Usenet traffic traversing the Internet, the distinction as a separate network is mostly sentimental.
- Usenet is open to a variety of users. It does not require user registration, institutional affiliation, or a specific fee like other communication systems. Users, with proper knowledge, can post their own messages as well. The system does not require any identification and accepts pseudonyms.
- The content is not censored very much. Much of the process of receiving, posting, and circulating messages is automated, and the sheer number of messages makes censorship very difficult, except for categorical banning of potentially problematic newsgroups or the entire Usenet.
- Creation of new newsgroups is possible for anybody with proper knowledge in certain parts of Usenet, namely within the alt hierarchy.
- Some point out that some newsgroups are helpful in their own way because of the resources of a variety of participants. Many participants are willing to answer questions on subjects ranging from software troubleshooting, and other technical issues, to such topics as pros and cons of different medical treatments for a rare disease.
- Virtually all messages posted to the Usenet system are archived and made available in publicly-searchable databases on the World Wide Web. This allows for a great depth of historical records of news, information, and of the behaviour of individuals who choose to attach their real name to messages.
- The structure of the network is somewhat anti-hierarchical, one might argue. There is no center through which all articles go. Various news servers are connected with each other and the circulation of the articles is done in a fashion that is very similar to a bucket-relay. There is no essential set of newsgroups that a news server must carry. Some newsgroups are locally maintained. Consequently, it is very hard, if not utterly impossible, to construct a complete list of newsgroups for a given moment, let alone postings from a given week.
To some, these features are indications of what our society could become, or would likely become, when interactive information networks such as Usenet and the Internet become the dominant means of communication.
These analogies of the social aspect of Usenet are not necessarily compatible with each other. Anarchism tends to emphasize individual freedom, community values, mutual ties and cooperation. Democracy usually requires a binding 'majority rules' decision, running counter to anarchic principle, as some would argue.
There exist various indications that those analogies are either one-sided or wrong. The reality of how Usenet is used might be not as simple as some might imagine from the above descriptions. However, others claim that what functions online can also work offline. If democracy is not compatible with the anarchistic nature of Usenet or Internet in general, then it is bad for democracy.
Communication on Usenet may be perceived by some (critics or users) as not very constructive, or worse yet, undesirable. In certain newsgroups it is frequently excessively aggressive, as some people engage in flame wars. The discussion might seem unproductive, with endless disputes. It may contain offensive language and very objectionable opinions on sensitive issues related to racism, gender role, etc. The non-offensive messages might be "spam," or unsolicited off-topic postings such as advertisements for pornography sites. A group may be flooded with messages by a very limited number of participants, being not very open and friendly to newcomers. In addition, the most active parts of the Usenet include exchange of pornographic files (especially pictures) and music files (especially in MP3 format). Newsgroups with more mature audiences, however, tend to avoid nasty exchanges, focussing on discussing more productive things, such as the newsgroup topic.
In addition, the said freedom in the alt hierarchy is limited in that unless a newly created newsgroup meets certain conditions and goes through certain procedures, it will not be carried by many news servers, potentially resulting in a wasted effort. In general, the seemingly anarchic system is indeed not without some administrative-level controls. These carriers exert influence on newsgroups' birth and survival as well. Nevertheless, if a critical mass of users requests that their server administrators allow for the creation of a new newsgroup, the creation process is more likely to succeed.
It is also noticeable that there is an obvious hierarchy in the way newsgroups are organized. While some of the other interfaces for online communication support much less hierarchical organization of information, such as the World Wide Web, Usenet is not one of them.
The more general criticisms that apply to Usenet and many other kinds of online communication include the statement that Usenet is mostly a text-based medium, empowering the literate and articulate, while being less accessible to others. The counterpoint to this argument is that being text-based makes Usenet more accessible to visually impaired computer users who use text-reading software to navigate through the Internet. The issue of the digital divide, namely that some people simply do not have access to the Internet, is another reason one might point out that Usenet is not entirely democratic or open.
"I haven't been on Usenet for very long, but it seems to be a black hole with regards to the time it requires to keep up with it." - anon. user, from a 1983 survey
"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare!" � Blair Houghton
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea � massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." � Gene Spafford
"ALT stands for 'Anarchists, Lunatics, and Terrorists'." � Eric Ziegast
"To new readers of this newsgroup: welcome to sci.math, where mathematics is sometimes different than it is elsewhere." � John Baez commenting on a flurry of responses from Ludwig Plutonium to Andrew Wiles unique post on the status of FLT.
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Usenet terms
- AOLer
- backbone cabal
- Breidbart Index
- flaming and flame war
- Flood aka flooders and flooding
- Godwin's law
- It's always September
- kill file
- list of newsgroups
- scorefile
- Skitt's Law
- sporge
- Trolling
- There is no Cabal
- Usenet Death Penalty
- Usenet cabal
- X-No-Archive
- Your mileage may vary
Usenet history
- alt.fan.warlord
- alt.tv.simpsons
- Cindy's Torment
- Eternal September
- Greg Deeter
- Great Renaming
- Meow Wars
- rec.music.white-power newsgroup vote
- Scientology vs. the Internet
- Serdar Argic
Usenet administrators
Usenet personalities
- Stephen Daniel, James Ellis, and Tom Truscott (1980). USENET - A General Access UNIX� Network (ftp://ftp.std.com/obi/USENET/a/usenet/uprop.n).
- Bruce Jones, archiver (1997). USENET History mailing list archive (http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Usenet.Hist/Nethist/index.html) covering 1990-1997.
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When Mathew asked me if I'd be interested in going for the concert, I said WOW. YES, YES AND YES.
It was to be in Carnegie Hall!
It was Handel's Messiah.
Now, I must admit that my exposure to classical music – both western and Indian – i s next to nil. But FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, WORTHY IS THE LAMB and of course HALLELUIAH CHORUS, I guess, are items that one listens to and absorbs sometime or other in the course of a lifetime.
Five years back, my husband and I decided to attend the mass at Don Bosco church in Mumbai 'cos the local church choir was to perform the Halleluiah Chorus as the grand finale.
So I guess it's true to say my excitement was about listening to the Halleluiah Chorus being performed by a professional group. It'd be different from anything I'd witnessed.
As we walked into the Hall, Anita and I joked about the various theories on why people stood up during the rendition of Halleluiah Chorus.
"Well, I'm not going to stand up. It'd be an effort for me. What difference would it make?"
"Your wish", said the ever understanding Anita.
The performance began. I must say I was impressed - the fascination of a novice. About something very fundamental. About how ninety voices could sing with such coordination, how 5 cellos and sixteen violins could play in such perfect unison and produce the effect I was listening to. No sound engineering this. It's harmony and beauty that are born of human discipline, hard work and inherent sense of music.
As I sat there, I thought of that miserable day some 40 years back when I was sent from the school to attend an audition for the
All dreams had come crashing down during the audition before I could get even half way through the number that was given in advance!
And so I sat there on
Soon I started dozing. What a shame, you must be thinking. But dozing off is not a conscious decision. Each time I woke up guiltily with a start, I saw either Mathew or Anita or Jen having a little bit of fun at my expense.
Finally, I blurted out.
"I've had a long day. Wake me up when the Halleluiah Chorus begins"
And I didn't voice the thought that came to my mind. "I hope I won't snore!"
I must have dozed off for quite sometime. No. doze is not the word. I fell into a deep sleep – a talent I have for performing at the most inappropriate places.
And then, I became vaguely conscious of a tap on my knee.
And it happened.
It exploded into my consciousness – all levels of it. I threw off the great coat under which I'd been snuggling comfortably, jumped up onto my feet without any helping hand and stood there as the ninety voices accompanied by the orchestra rent the air with a superb praise of divine majesty.
And the entire audience was on its feet too, I noticed.
As I stood there, I was goose bumped all over. And tears started streaming down my face!
No, it was not arthritis that made King George stand up during Halleluiah Chorus.
I wonder if I too saw the face of God!
[Here's the mail Anita sent after she booked tickets for the show for us:
Wikipedia has an interesting entry about Handel's messiah. try and read. I thought this part (esp the reasons why king george got up) was hilarious.
The most famous movement is the "Hallelujah" chorus, which concludes the second of the three parts. The text is drawn from three passages in the New Testament book of Revelation:
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.. (Revelation 19:6)
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15)
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16)
In many parts of the world, it is the accepted practice for the audience to stand for this section of the performance. Tradition has it that King George II rose to his feet at this point. As the first notes of the triumphant Hallelujah Chorus rang out, the king rose. Royal protocol has always demanded that whenever the monarch stands, so does everyone in the monarch's presence. Thus, the entire audience and orchestra stood too, initiating a tradition that has lasted more than two centuries. It is lost to history the exact reason why the King stood at that point, but the most popular explanations include:
- As was and is the custom, one stands in the presence of royalty as a sign of respect. The Hallelujah chorus clearly places Christ as the King of Kings. In standing, King George II accepts that he too is subject to Lord of Lords.
- He was so moved by the performance that he rose to his feet.
- He arrived late to the performance, and the crowd rose when he finally made an appearance.
- His gout acted up at that precise moment and he rose to relieve the discomfort.
- After an hour of musical performance, he needed to stretch his legs.
There is another story told (perhaps apocryphally) about this chorus that Handel's assistant walked in to Handel's room after shouting to him for several minutes with no response. The assistant reportedly found Handel in tears, and when asked what was wrong, Handel held up the score to this movement and said, "I thought I saw the face of God."[9]]]


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With the job market being more turbulent than ever before, many people are looking towards 'second careers' to bolster their incomes or see them through retirement. A change of direction can be interesting and exciting, though it's not always easy to know where to start.
Work out your skills and strengths
It should go without saying, but it's important that you know what you're good at and make choices accordingly. If you hate talking to large groups of people, for example, you probably shouldn't be a lecturer. On the other hand, it could be the perfect choice if you're good at coaching and have a patient manner. Identify what you're good at and work through your options from there.
We spend an awful lot of time in the workplace, so it makes sense to choose something that you love. If you have a creative streak, you might enjoy a role that deals with the arts. If you enjoy cooking, you may consider a job in catering. Work doesn't have to be dull and boring, and you can take immense personal satisfaction from it if you choose something you truly care about.
If you're looking at a totally new field, you may need some training to get your skills up to scratch. Many local communities offer free or reduced priced courses to their residents, so look out for what's available close to you. Of course, trainee roles are quite often available, and this could be a viable option for you.
Make a list of what your priorities are
The world of work is sometimes about making sacrifices and working out what you really want. If pay is your main goal, you might have to be willing to work long hours and deal with pressure. On the other hand, if doing something you love is your priority, you may have to travel further to your place of work. Establish what's important to you and think about how you'll balance the various aspects.
Can you go it alone?
If you've never considered entrepreneurship, now could be the time. After all, what could be better than working for yourself on your own terms? With advances in the World Wide Web, pretty much anyone can start their own venture from the comfort of their own home. Freelancing is a popular route, and you could do anything from writing to web development.
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Hooded gunmen threaten federal worker on Utah's I-15 after Cliven Bundy 'incites' militia
The Utah Highway Patrol is investigating reports that a federal worker driving a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) vehicle was threatened with a handgun on Tuesday after anti-government rancher Cliven Bundy was recently accused of inciting militia members.
BLM Fillmore Field Office supervisor Eric Reid informed the The Salt Lake Tribune that a federal wrangler was driving on I-15 on Tuesday when he encountered a dark blue Dodge 1500 extended-cab pickup truck with two men who "told him he was No. 1 with that certain gesture."
Within minutes the truck returned, but this time the men were wearing hoods and holding up a sign that read, "You need to die."
Reid said that the federal worker was not able to record the license plate because it was covered in duct tape.
In an interview with KLAS last week, Clark County Assistant Sheriff Joe Lombardo had accused Bundy of inciting the militia members supporting him to use violence.
Lombardo said that he had gone to the Bundy ranch recently during a standoff after militia members refused to let the BLM remove cattle because the rancher had not paid $1 million in grazing fees for using federal lands. Although the BLM had agreed to suspend the cattle roundup, Lombardo recalled how militia members pointed guns at police officers as Bundy demanded that the sheriff's office disarm the federal agents.
"There was a possibility of somebody just having an accidental discharge causing a blood bath, because the individuals that were showing up, the militia quote unquote, were armed to the teeth," Lombardo pointed out. "Mr. Bundy, in my personal opinion, incited the crowd."
"That bunch, the SS squad or something to do with Hitler, shouldn't have guns there aimed at the people," one Bundy supporter told KLAS.
"At some point, you have to draw a line in the sand. I guess this is it," another militia member said.
On Friday, Cliven Bundy and "two to three-dozen Bundy family members and supporters" filed criminal complaints against the BLM at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.
The BLM has responded by warning employees to "be prepared to encounter unfriendlies."
"We never know in life when we will cross paths with these types," the agency told employees in an email after the BLM worker was threatened with a gun earlier this week.
BLM field office supervisor Eric Reid has said that worker had been ordered to remove all agency logos from vehicles as a "precaution."
"It's one of those things now we're going to be dealing with," Reid explained. "A lot of [people] have taken that attitude toward the government."
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Television Boyfriends, Better than the Real Thing?
Every young girl remembers their first love. For me, his name was Dan and we met in the preschool playground. It was true love – he shared his chicken fingers with me at lunch and always requested to sleep next to me during nap time. It seemed like I had found the man of my dreams. Then, reality hit: First grade. I was going to one elementary school and he was going to another, and we knew that although our love was strong enough to survive the long distance, we needed to branch out and meet new people. It was a hard decision to make, but Dan and I were just looking out for each other's best interests.
After Dan and I separated, I never thought I could love again. But one day…."Boy Meets World" became a part of my after school routine. Every day after school, I would come home, eat a pickle, and sit in front of the TV and watch two episodes of "Boy Meets World." While most of you probably watched "Boy Meets World" because of the intense romance between Corey and Topanga, I was focused on something, er, someone, else…..someone that made my heart yearn the same way it used to yearn for Dan: Shawn Rogers. Now, I know Shawn doesn't have the best reputation – he's a ladies man who has that bad boy thing going for him – but he took my television boyfriend virginity, and for that reason, he will forever have a place in my heart.
Now, I know some of you are like "TV boyfriend? What is that?" You might be thinking – "tough love is such a fool for loving these boys." But let me tell you, I'm not alone – each woman (and man, TV girlfriends exist too!) has a TV boyfriend, whether they only watch Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek is shmokin), or if they have a variety of shows they are addicted to. Either way, TV boyfriends/girlfriends are serious. Think about it – our entire lives we are taught "chicks over dicks," "bros before hos" – so, when we are faced with a tough decision (boyfriend/girlfriend or friends), we choose the latter because that's what the right decision is. But shouldn't that rule come into play with TV boyfriends/girlfriends? I mean, think about it, how many times have you "not felt like going out" because you just wanted to stay home and finish the third disc of "insert favorite show with hot tv boyfriend/girlfriend?" Wouldn't THAT be violating the rules? I think so!
And so, readers of nonpretentious, I wonder – who are your television boyfriends? Who would persuade you to ditch your friends just to watch 17 more episodes of the shoe he stars in? Need inspiration? Read on for my list!
1) Logan Echolls (Veronica Mars)
2) Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
3) Matt Saracen (Friday Night Lights)
4) Dan Humphrey (Gossip Girl)
5) Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl)
6) Alex Karev (Grey's Anatomy)
7) Silas Botwin (Weeds)


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Good, a company that provides secure mobility solutions, reports that according to new figures Apple's iPad makes up 96% of the tablets activated at the 2,000 companies that use its services. They reported that of the top ten devices it saw activated in the last quarter, Apple's five iOS models accounted for the top five slots.
The phone that nobody wanted (iPhone 4S) took the lead, quickly jumped to 31% of all activations in the quarter. iPhone 4 was next, followed by iPad 2, the original iPad, and iPhone 3GS. Good also said that Android activations had initially gained some ground in October but "trailed off as activations of the iPhone 4S rapidly ramped up." It seems to me that Android is "winning" in all areas indeed.
The company also pointed out that businesses related to Life Sciences "witnessed the highest rate of growth" and an increase in iPad deployments." In addition, while Android fell back in the fourth quarter during the launch of the iPhone 4S. It seems to me that Android's growth stalling due to the iPhone's growth is becoming a trend now. Pretty amazing how only three iPhone models are beating Android in every area possible.


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The National Audit of Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM device) audit provides a description of the total implant volume and equity of access to the three main implantable cardiac device types – pacemakers (PM) , the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), and cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) devices. The CRM audit previously published device implantation rates by health area of the patients in order to support the planning and monitoring of Rhythm services in England and Wales.
These current data provide a comparative measure of device implants within the current health geographies of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England and Local Health Boards (LHB) in Wales, as well as showing change over the three available years within these areas.
Indirectly standardised rate (per million population) of device implants in CCG and LHB areas in England and Wales, 2013/14 to 2015/16. Rates are available for:
Device implant data: CRM audit, held by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR)
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Today I have collected 24 Photography Podcasts for you. These are all podcasts about Photography which can be a great source of information and inspiration for your photography. Each one can improve and support your daily photographic life and help you improve your photography.
I have divided them into two sections – Video and Audio Podcasts. Enjoy!
1. Photoshop User TV ->Subsribe in Itunes
2. PixelPerfekt – Revision 3 ->Subsribe in Itunes
3. Photo Walkthrough ->Subscribe in Itunes
4. Meet The GIMP ! ->Subscribe in Itunes
5. Dane's Photo Minute (earlier The Simple Photo Minute) ->Subscribe in Itunes
6. Photoshop Killer Tips ->Subsribe in Itunes
7. Photoshop For Digital Photographers ->Subscribe in Itunes
8. Chase Jarvis Photography – AplleTV Edition ->Subscribe in Itunes
9. The Radiant Vista – Video Tutorials ->Subscribe in Itunes
10. The Radiant Vista ->Subscribe in Itunes
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12. Digital Photography Tips From The Top Floor (Audio/Video) ->Subscribe in Itunes
13 LensWork : On Photography And The Creative Process ->Subsribe in Itunes
14 LensWork : Vision Of The Heart Podcast ->Subscribe in Itunes
15. Jeff Curto's Camera Position ->Subscribe in Itunes
16. History Of Photography Podcasts ->Subsribe in Itunes
17 Audio2U – Shutters Inc. ->Subsribe in Itunes
18. The Candid Frame ->Subsribe in Itunes
19. LightSource Studio Photography Podcast -> Subscribe in Itunes
20. 2-Minute Photoshop Tricks ->Subsribe in Itunes
21. Thoughts On Photography ->Subscribe in Itunes
22. TWIP – This Week In Photography ->Subsribe in Itunes
23. TPN : The Digital Photography Show ->Subscribe in Itunes
24. EXIF and Beyond -> Subsribe in Itunes
And at the end of this post I will add a personal suggestion – a photography podcast where I myself am part of the team as a co-host with Antonio Marques, Brian Auer and Jim Goldstein. It is an audio podcast but I thought it would be appropriate to put it here at the end of the post.
25. PhotoNetCast ->Subscribe in Itunes
Thanks for this awesome list - I realized this article was posted a while ago, but I cohost a photography podcast called TWiT Photo on the TWiT netcast network. Do check it out :) http://twit.tv/photo.
I listen to many of the podcasts in your list and have learned so much from them.
In fact I have been inspired to create a podcast called Photography 121
At the time of writing 12 episodes have been recorded and released via my website and Tunes
Keep up the sharing and caring
Best wishes
London, England
great to have a list like this, thanks for doing the heavy lifting.
Can I add mine to the mix? I hope you guys enjoy this!
Photography Exposed Podcast
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Great list, was looking for a post like this one - thanks :)
my boss made me research this topic, i wasnt too happy, figured i would be bored to death (not my cup of tea) but your blogs allright mate ;)
Here's another new podcast to add to the list: TechTock by Adorama Camera...
Check it out here: http://www.adorama.com/podcasts or direct via itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=314391992
Great list overall!
Jack Howard
I have a new podcast to add to your list: my "7 Photography Questions" Podcast.
Here's the direct iTunes link:
Description: Join Dr. Audri Lanford each Tuesday as she interviews world class photographers and gets dynamic, practical, and entertaining answers to 7Â essential questions in each photographer's specialty. Find show notes, etc. at 7PhotographyQuestions.com
Great list!
I knew only Lenswork before.
Now it's great time to aspire and inspire further
Guaooooo, I did not know that all these tools were availabe in podcast. Surely I will try to read and lister as many as I can.
Thank you Darren, I am actually late reading this article (you know, life gets in the way), but looking through your list which is excellent at best. Some of the podcasts haven't been updated since 2007, such as Radiant Vista, Dane's Photo Minute, and LensWork Vision of the Heart.
Dane, I saw you comment earlier... I love your podcast and I can't wait to receive updates...
They are great but the problem is that I would request to have the subtitle for the podcast. I am a photographer for over 30 years. I suggest someone of the podcast company set up the subtile which is the by law under section 204.. Hope someone think of the hard of hearing imparied. Thank you
Thanks a lot for these sites . :D
Thanks a lot for this list! Very interesing. For speakers of Spanish I would recommend Guillermo Flores' podcast (memoflores.com/podcast). It is quite varied but usually focus on studio photography, working with models and so on.
Good list. I also recommend PhotoGeek.TV, an Australian podcast that covers a wide range of photography interests. Very laconic - hope the US audience can get through the Aussie accents!
Excellent. Thanks so much for this list. I never even thought to look for things like this related to photography. Duh.
Excellent list! My two favorites are TWIP and The Candid Frame.
Thanks for putting good list together! There are so many photography related videos around, and so many of them are crap - so it's indeed very useful when some one takes care of making a selection.
Thank you, Martin Gommel
Huge list. I will try to use at least one or two and hone my photography skills.
Very appreciated !!
Thanks so much for taking time to put all these together and I very much like your attitude to share good stuff to others.
I also enjoy the Professional Photography Show, Digital Photography Tip of the Week, Tips and Tricks Photography and Digital Photography Podcast. All are available through iTunes.
I'm honored to be on a list with such amazing podcasts! Thanks so much!!
-Dane Sanders
Many Thanks for your sharing. They are great!
Thanks for this list.
What would have made it even more useful is if there was some description to go with them - who the target is, types of subject covered etc.
Indeed a long and interesting list. Although it would have been nice to have the link to subscribe as well to save some extra clicks (I mean not just the iTunes link since there are other (and I think) better podcatchers out there) :-)
wonderful list. I had no idea that there were this many photography podcasts, much less this many good ones. Looks like i've been a little out of the loop.


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London's number one taxi app has come a long way in two years thanks to real time data analytics.
The taxi application Hailo has grown at an incredible rate. Since launching two years ago, Hailo is now present in 15 cities. It was the seventh taxi app in London to launch, but has become the most popular with over half a million downloads from the Android and Apple stores.
The application uses Cassandra data bases for storage and Acunu analytics to run analytic queries on the big data in real time.
"When we started down the Cassandra road, the first thing we did was put customer records into Cassandra. The long term view was to be able to operate solidly through Cassandra to be able to run AWS," says Dave Gardner, architect at Hailo. "The interesting thing about Cassandra is it doesn't have the same features as MySQL. We would have done search features, analytics queries, but we were planning to transition so knew we would lose this ability to do analytic queries.
"I saw this Acunu product and as soon as I saw it I knew we should have it. So it was great to be able to try it out and we saw it would be able to fill the gap. So we have Cass for pure storage, elastic search and Acunu analytics for adding stuff up and analytical queries."
"Acunu is all about real time big data," says Dai Clegg, VP marketing at Acunu. "What we do is we provide a platform. People out there who want to deal with high velocity data where they have thousands of events per second arriving, and they need to cope with that. They don't want to just land it in the database, so that they can run a big analytics programme over it later; they want to know what is happening now."
Tim Moreton, founder and CTO at Acunu says: "We sell software to people who are looking to get value out of big data. In particular, big data where the problem is velocity, rather than variety. We help people get value out of high velocity data which is applicable across a wide range of verticals."
Clegg adds: "Acunu is used by organisations who have a lot of data and need immediate insight into that data. Business that are driven by the data they process, whether through products or services and we give them an insight into what happens."
Moreton explains how whenever anyone uses Hailo, Acunu responds within seconds: "Every time you move the little pin, data is going into Acunu analytics. Every five seconds, every taxi in London using the app is sending back its position to Acunu, so you can imagine that's an awful lot of data as we're collection information which you can use to look at traffic conditions.
"Monitoring is a word you find associated with auto analytics a lot, but we are monitoring and helping people understand what is happening in their environment. Are people hailing taxis in a pattern, what is the supply and demand in London?
"The interesting thing about Acunu is we can pump that info back out to the end user. Hailo have started doing this thing where they can show the information to taxi drivers and show them where they can pick up a fare in less time from a certain spot. This was very hard to do previously and it now increases driver engagement and reduces customer waiting time. So it is valuable on both sides."
Clegg highlights the importance of immediate data feedback for the taxi app as Hailo don't own any taxis. "All they have is an app for the customer and for the cabbie and a database in the middle. So they compete on their ability to be smarter with data in real time than their competitors," says Clegg.
"The first app we did for Hailo was monitoring their network and making sure that when people were asking for taxis they were being responded to quickly and the whole process was running quickly so their service level agreement was high. It was important for them as a start up to rage engagement. We weren't providing data to the cabbies at first."
Clegg continues: "We want the business users to be able to give it to the data team and they can do it themselves. The IT guys can the get on with the difficult stuff and the business guys can get involved."
Moreton says: "It's about that empowerment: anybody who is able to use excel can be empowered to get insight from an entirely new class of data that is arriving fast. That's something that traditional business tools just can't tackle. So I think its' a really exciting first."
Gardner stressed the importance of using Cassandra and Acunu for Hailo because the company always had a desire for greater resilience and knew it would be scaling the business out worldwide. "We wanted servers to be located near people using Hailo, so it was important to have locality of service," he said.
"It was quite difficult to do with data before we used Cassandra, but that's relatively easy to do in term of running a database app that has data on multiple continents and will shuffle that data automatically for you. The main driving force was that moving onto more than one continent we wanted zero downtime, so we picked a database that would address those needs.
Gardner continues: "We are early adopters of Acunu, but that gives us some advantages and disadvantages. Advantages are we get our own way in that we can suggest our own features and they'll add it. A lot of our information is geographic, so we suggested that it would be useful if we could draw it on a map, so with the next edition we got that. The turnaround was quite incredible.
"The disadvantage is planning capacity: Acunu will happily count up what it asks you to count up, but if you ask it to do too much it has a fixed capacity using Cassandra, so we have a fixed number of requests per second we can do with Cassandra. We could just add boxes and get more capacity, and it is tempting to add do anything, but that's not right. We don't need that. We're learning to be more disciplined and create the tables where we need them."
The take-up of Hailo has been very impressive. It is becoming more commonplace to see London's black cabs with the Hailo sticker on the back, or even yellow cabs, Hailo's trademark colour, with the black Hailo logo emblazoned on the side. The network of taxis using Hailo is rapidly expanding.
"It's not without its challenges because Hailo is all about the network and supply and demand: you have to balance it. If you have too many drivers they're not happy because they're not getting enough jobs and if you have too many customers they're not happy because there's not enough taxis," says Gardner. "But the company is phenomenally successful. We need to make the technology not inhibit growth, but use the tech to be supportive of the growth and almost drive the growth.
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That's to be feared when work stops on an oyster reef
In a Bay of 700,000 acres, why make a big deal about eight acres?
Could it be because those eight acres are the slippery slope on which restoration of Crassostrea virginica could lose its footing?
With Chesapeake Country under blizzard watch, you can understand why the slippery slope is a dreaded place.
Less understandable is what's going on at the muddy bottom of the Eastern Shore's Tred Avon River.
More precisely, not going on.
At issue is Gov. Larry Hogan's stop-work order on building an oyster reef on those eight acres.
That hole in the water on the Choptank River tributary that links Easton and Oxford is one small piece in a complex saga of oyster restoration. As sagas must, the story stretches back through many years of dramatic rises and falls of a local hero.
The hero is our Chesapeake oyster, an inert bivalve with superpowers apparent if only you look inside its shell. The Chesapeake ecology and economy rests on a foundation of oysters.
Our oyster's trials and tribulations are so well known that our school children recite them.
Snatching our hero from the jaws of doom is a multi-billion dollar rescue mission that's spanned decades and only now seems to be working.
Sanctuaries give our native oyster just what the name supposes they should: undisturbed places to grow where their colonies rise up like trees in an underwater forest rich with life.
Twenty-five percent of the Bay's traditional oystering grounds are promised to be reserved as sanctuaries, some 9,000 acres, according to the current Maryland Department of Natural Resources plan. It's a plan that took years to fine tune, not in locked rooms where bureaucrats debate but in the public forum. It's a plan in which we have all had our say, from citizens to watermen to scientists to waterway managers and environmental planners.
A sanctuary isn't made by name alone. Oysters have to be cultivated there, from the bottom up. Once the right place is found, a foundation has to be laid. Oyster shell is the bed oysters like best. Dropping shell once it's acquired is a heavy construction project. None of it's simple or cheap. As much of the money comes through federal and state funding, you can bet it's made way to its destination — Harris Creek or the Tred Avon — through a policy-making maze.
In Harris Creek — the Choptank tributary nearest to the main Bay — the sanctuary has been made: 350 acres of new reefs laid and seeded with two billion juvenile oysters at a cost of $26 million.
On the Tred Avon, work was started in a 150-acre oyster restoration. The money — $11.5 million — was in hand and the contractors hired and ready to go.
In so big a plan, why halt work on eight acres, unless it's a first step on a slippery slope away from the best success we've had yet in restoring our native oyster?
What happens on those few acres makes a big splash.
"This largely federal project is a critical piece of and the next step in the state's commitment to restore oyster populations in five Maryland waterways under the 2014 multi-state Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement with the federal government," according to our two senators, Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin.
It's important enough that you need to know.
Learn more in the Bay Journal article Watermen Seek, Win, Halt in Tred Avon Oyster Restoration Project: http://bit.ly/BayWeekly_Oysters.
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