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I have separated the Artwork into several groups of sculpture and paintings, as I felt each "theme" should be separate from the other...
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"We consider it an honor to recognize these distinguished leaders and organizations for the positive impact each of them make," said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dana T. Atkins
Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) March 31, 2017
The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will present its top awards for 2017 to a member of Congress, one nonprofit foundation, one private-sector company, and one congressional staff member for their support of the military community. The ceremony will be held April 4 at 5:15 p.m. on Capitol Hill in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) will receive the Col. Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award. The MOAA Distinguished Service Award will go to both The Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Werner Enterprises Inc., and professional congressional staff member Jeanette James will receive the Col. Paul W. Arcari Meritorious Service Award.
MOAA is the nation's largest officers association with more than 355,000 members from every branch of service, including active duty, retired, National Guard, Reserve, and former officers and their families and survivors. The association annually recognizes individuals or organizations that strongly support servicemembers and their families.
The Col. Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award will be given to Isakson for his leadership in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and being the stalwart voice of veterans and uniformed members in Congress, demanding fair treatment and accountability from government agencies. Marix founded MOAA in 1929 and served as the association's first president until 1944.
The Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Werner Enterprises Inc. each will receive MOAA's Distinguished Service Award, which honors individuals or organizations that are not members of Congress but have been consistently strong supporters of national defense and the uniformed services community.
James, a professional staff member for the House Armed Services Committee, will be recognized with MOAA's Col. Paul W. Arcari Meritorious Service Award for her efforts in support of a variety of legislation to help servicemembers and military spouses and survivors. Arcari was MOAA's director of Government Relations for 14 years, retiring in 2001.
"We consider it an honor to recognize these distinguished leaders and organizations for the positive impact each of them make, in their own way, on the lives of so many within the uniformed services community," said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dana T. Atkins, MOAA's president and CEO.
MOAA has awarded the Marix and Distinguished Service awards since 1997. The Meritorious Service Award began in 2000. For more information about MOAA, please visit http://www.moaa.org.


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We're 30!
12 May 2016 by Lucy
If you're from Liverpool, you'll know that the museums and galleries in this city have been around for a long time…165 years to be precise! However, we can still lay claim to celebrating our 30th birthday, because it was actually 30 years ago in 1986, that we were established as a national museums service.
This means, that Liverpool's museums and galleries were transferred to the ownership of the nation, due to the national importance of their collections.
That's right, the museums in this city had collected works of art and objects of historic and scientific interest of such high standards and quality, that in 1986 their significance was recognised to such a degree that they should be protected for the nation and future generations to learn from and enjoy.
It all started in 1851, when the Derby Museum opened in Duke Street, Liverpool, to display its natural history collection. The Museum moved to William Brown Street in 1860, where World Museum still exists today, welcoming some 700,000 visitors through its doors each year.
The Walker Art Gallery also opened on William Brown Street in 1877, and our group of museums has continued to grow over the past 165 years with the addition of the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Sudley House. The nationalised era began in 1986 with the opening of Merseyside Maritime Museum, one of the leaders in the renaissance of Albert Dock.
And that's where our celebrations begin. On LightNight we will be marking 30 years of Merseyside Maritime Museum, with lots of activities and even an 80s disco. We'll be continuing to mark our birthday throughout the summer months, and you can spot objects in our museums and galleries that we have chosen especially to highlight the past 30 years.
Our online timeline also charts key milestones, including objects we've acquired, key exhibitions, the launch of our award-winning dementia awareness training, and the opening of two new museums; the International Slavery Museum and Museum of Liverpool.
In 2015/16, we received more than 2.8 million visitors; an impressive 7% increase from the previous year's figures, which is a fantastic reason to celebrate, as we continue to attract people to Liverpool from all over the world to visit us.
We hope you'll join with us in celebrating some of our highlights and thanks to everyone who has been part of the journey so far, including all our visitors. We look forward to seeing you at one of the museums and galleries soon.
Thank you Liverpool – I was a teenager 30 years ago and you inspired and ignited a life long interest in history through visiting the museums in Liverpool with my Dad as my Mum shopped. And a fascination and passion for art that has been passed on through to my children of pre raphelite art from Lady lever art gallery! Although I now live in Cardiff we come back to Liverpool as family and visit the fantastic galleries and museums together.
Ps. My mum will never know how much she missed out, we managed to take her to the galleries on Sunday's when the shops were shut ! ?
I often visit Liverpool, having sailed from there during the 1950's,
mainly to visit my favoruite pubs of yesteryear i.e. The Caernavon Castle,White Star, Pig & Whistle,
and The Crown, but if time allows a visit to your Museum is a must, many memories
of the Cunarders CPR and P.S.N.C, so many memories come flooding back
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Season One: Episode 1 - Oscar-Obsessed Amateur detective
Over a holiday break, South African Thomas Mollett reads Antony Altbeker's "Fruit of a Poisoned Tree" about the murder trial of Fred van der Vyver, accused of the brutal killing of his girlfriend Inge Lotz. Van der Vyver is acquitted. The court finds that the police's forensic work is abyssal.
Something in the text niggles Mollett – he becomes obsessed with the case, manages to obtain the complete police docket and spends the next few months in his flat in Piketberg, near Cape Town, pouring over every single piece of evidence. During the day he retraces Fred's movements on the day of the murder. Mollet interviews police involved in the original investigation and then writes two books "Bloody Lies" and "Bloody Lies Too" challenging the outcome. The first book leads to self-taught amateur, Mollett, being invited to present his findings to forensics experts at conferences. And then his obsession with the truth leads him to Oscar… and to Reeva.
And what really happened that night. Thomas thinks he has worked it out because, after spending thousands of hours pouring over photographs, he's seen things the police have missed. Things that lead him to his third book – "Oscar vs The Truth" – which presents compelling evidence that seems to blow everyone else's version of what happened out of the water. What drives Thomas? Why has he devoted his life to solving crimes that don't even involve him? The cases are closed, the verdicts are in – and yet still he works. What is he trying to achieve?
Find out here in Episode 1 of First Person.
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text: Deutsch II Willkommen to Frau Decker's German II Class Page! To sign up for class updates via text message, including due dates, text @b37ce to 81010 or click here. Students should join the Google Classroom for this course (unfortunately not available to parents, but the calendar is linked below.) Students can join by going to classroom.google.com, entering their school email login details, and using the class code luvjt0. The class syllabus and rules can be found here. To check on assignments or notes, use the calendar below and click on the day assigned. You can change the view to daily (agenda), weekly, or monthly. Links to dictionaries, helpful resources, and extra credit options (conjuguemos.com) can be found in the Language Resources and Links menu.


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From the initial times, garlic is well-known down to its marvelous health benefits. It helps your body combat against many severe diseases. Apart from its healing effects for body, garlic is equally beneficial for healthy hair and scalp.
It not only prevents the permanent hail loss problem but also makes them healthy and strong, increasing the blood circulation to the scalp. For getting silky and smooth hair as well as reducing the dandruff problem, a "garlic and honey hair mask" is a wonderful treatment. Let's know how you can treat the scalp with honey and garlic.
Garlic and Honey Treatment for Strong Hair & Scalp
Things Required
- Garlic cloves
- Garlic press
- Half Cup Honey
- Shampoo
- Hair conditioner
Step 1: In the initial step of garlic and honey hair treatment, you have to mash the garlic cloves for making the garlic paste. Use a garlic press in this regard.
Step 2: Now place the garlic paste to in a small bowl and add about half cup of honey in it. Stir both constituents properly to get a smooth and fine paste.
Step 3: your garlic and honey hair mask is ready now, apply it on your scalp and hair thoroughly using you fingertips. Rub this mixture slowly on the scalp until your scalp and hair are fully covered. When you will rub the 'garlic and honey mask' on the scalp, the blood circulation of the specific area will be automatically increased.
Step 4: Remove the mask from your hair while it is wet, otherwise the removing process will become extremely difficult. Approximately 10 minutes are enough for allowing the mixture stay in hair. Use warm water to rinse the mask off and then wash your hair with regular shampoo.
Step 5: In the final step, apply a good-quality hair conditioner and then rinse with cold water. The conditioner will keep your hair shiny and well-hydrated.


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Feb 13, 2011
COMMERCIAL FICTION QUERY: A HUMAN ELEMENT (3rd version)
Click here to read the first revision.
Dear Agent,
Laura can't escape death. Her parents were burned alive, her best friend's throat was ripped out and her boss's brains were blown out across her face. And she doesn't know why. She fears the killer is the one who chases her in nightmares – and she must stop him or be next.
The mystery could be connected to the meteorite that hit her hometown lake almost thirty years ago. Ben Fieldstone thinks so. He was there the night his parents were crushed under it. Laura finds him when she returns home to search the lake for answers. Drawn to one another they discover they are bound by fate, as Laura's true identity is revealed. Together, they unravel her past to discover the man who wants her dead is part of a destiny she never could have imagined. With the killer closing in, Laura realizes she must fight him alone to save them both. But if they survive, she fears she can't give her heart to Ben now that he knows who she really is.
I am seeking representation of A HUMAN ELEMENT, a 120,000-word suspense novel. I would appreciate the opportunity to send you the entire manuscript. Thank you for your time and consideration.
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All right, this has been bothering me through all the versions of this query:
Laura can't escape death.
At last report: none of us can.
- February 13, 2011 at 1:31 PM
You've definitely improved from your first version, but there's still a ways to go.
I find your opening to be far too passive -- we're seeing what happens to her, not what she DOES.
And I'm put off by the gory details -- surely that's not what's important about the novel itself? Isn't it enough for us to know that these people were murdered? (in other words, unless the plot hinges on the exact ways these people die, this is unncessary information).
I'd be more stimulated by an opening like: "After witnessing the murders of her parents, her best friend and her boss, Laura fears the killer is the man who haunts her dreams. Now she must find a way to stop him, or she may be next."
Something like that. The idea that the heroine is also harboring the killer is intriguing and infinitely more threatening.
The second paragraph is a mess... too much telling, very little showing.
In an earlier version, you suggest Laura has special powers? This isn't even mentioned here -- but the title "Human Element" kind of needs a tie-in (I'm assuming these powers come from the meteorite strike).
I'd definitely recommend the Query Shark blog, read through the archives (but skip forward to post #187 where she gives a couple of excellent query formulas).
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You can always tease parents with the adage that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Guessing that ALA TechSource readers may want to share their sci-tech passions with youngsters on their gift list, I'm linking to this list from Booklist Online's free newsletter REaD ALERT: Top Sci-Tech Books for Youth: 2008.
I'm one of the legions of people who owns but has not read Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time. Heck, I even own but have not read a handsome, hardbound, cased set of The Feynman Lectures on Physics, a comp from my days as a publishing sales rep that I didn't want to give up. So, to get me started, I'm attracted to Einstein Adds a New Dimension, by Joy Hakim. The reviewer suggests the title for Grades 7-12, right where my physics education left off, and notes that it's for readers "who enjoy having their intellects stretched" (but not broken).
REaD ALERT mails the same day that the latest issue of Booklist is published on Booklist Online and presents selected features and reviews, including reading for adults. You can subscribe here.


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- 2 package of chicken thighs/wings with skin and bone or a combination
- 2 TB honey or sugar
- 1/3/4 TB chili garlic sauce (or any hot sauce)
- 1/4 cup Tamari soy sauce ( regular soy sauce is fine for non-gluten eaters)
- 2 TB sesame oil
- 2 TB ketchup
- 2 TB honey
- 2 TB Tamari soy sauce
- 2tsp brown sugar or sugar
- 2 tsp chili garlic sauce (or any hot sauce)
- 2 TB minced garlic (if desired)
- 2 tsp arrowroot powder or cornstarch
- garnish with sesame seeds and sliced green scallions
Preheat your oven (or toaster oven) to 375F. Line baking sheet with foil and place chicken pieces on top, making sure that no pieces are directly on top of each other. Place into oven and bake for at least 25-30 minutes or until done. The last 10 minutes I usually kick up the heat to 425F.
Meanwhile, prepare your sauce. In a small saucepan, mix ketchup, honey, soy sauce, sugar, chili sauce, garlic and arrowroot powder (or)cornstarch. Mix thoroughly and heat on stove until thickened . Watch carefully, this takes around a minute or less.
Feel free to baste your chicken a couple times while cooking. Once chicken is done cooking, place into your sauce bowl and toss. Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced green scallions and serve.
For nect day re-heating, I heat chicken either in a microwave briefly or in a 425F oven until heated through, than I place n hi broiler just to crisp the outside.


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The New York Times editorial board published a column Thursday slamming Congress for the disproportionate impact that sequestration will have on native tribes' access to health care services, asserting that the "federal government cannot use its budget nihilism to avoid its moral and legal obligations." Considering the dismal health care demographics of American tribal populations and the Indian Health Service's (IHS) already-paltry funding, their outrage may be justified.
The IHS was formed in 1955 and tasked with overseeing health care services for American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Unfortunately, a combination of factors including anemic funds and oversight failures has left IHS in perennial disarray, prompting a 2010 Senate panel to conclude that it suffered from "chronic mismanagement," unfilled vacancies in top positions, and subpar medical facilities at risk of losing their accreditation.
According to Indian Country Today, things began looking up in 2008 when appropriations for benefits such as the Contract Health Service — which funds medical services outside of the regular tribal health network — and the Improving Patient Care program were increased substantially, opening up tribes' access to preventative screenings and affordable primary care, as well as boosting patient satisfaction by nearly 20 points.
Unfortunately, that all came to a screeching halt with sequestration. The budget cuts were only supposed to affect discretionary spending, while entitlements for the needy, such as Medicaid and nutritional assistance, were meant to be spared from austerity. But IHS funding doesn't fall under this protected category. Rather, IHS believed that its funds would be shielded by a 1980s law barring Congress from cutting its budget by more than 2 percent — as it turns out, IHS was dead wrong:
IHS Director Yvette Roubideaux and her staffers had said at various tribal meetings and in letters throughout 2011 and early 2012 that "the worst-case scenario would be a 2 percent decrease from current funding levels" for IHS, rather than the 9 percent that was forecasted for most federal agencies if the sequester went into effect.
But Indian country began to learn late last year that Roubideaux' predictions were wrong. IHS would be cut on March 1 at the same rate as every other non-protected agency. And since IHS was late to the game in planning for the larger cut, it didn't work as aggressively at saving and protecting its resources as it could have. Also — and perhaps most egregiously — it fed tribes misinformation that cost them months of planning and advocacy time. "It's unfortunate that we all relied on [IHS's] earlier interpretation, because we could have addressed this earlier with the administration — especially the OMB — and the Congress," said Jim Roberts, a policy analyst with the Northwest Portland Indian Health Board.
"Had IHS communicated the correct information in the previous fiscal year, tribal care providers that receive IHS funding would have been able to modify their budgets so they would have had more resources for this year — and thus the cuts to tribal citizens wouldn't be as steep," added Lloyd Miller, an Indian affairs lawyer with Sonosky Chambers who has worked on many lawsuits involving the agency. "The earlier tribal providers could have been planning for disaster, the better. In this case, tribes lost a whole year."
Public health issues already disproportionately impact Native tribes in America. Over one third of all Native Americans lack health insurance coverage; tribes have higher rates of smoking and alcoholism than other populations; and over 13 percent of Natives self-report being in "fair" or "poor" health — a much higher figure than most other racial groups. Unfortunately, congressional dysfunction may end up adding more problems to the list.


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Bring down the mutie threat.
One looks back at the lineage of X-Men games over the years, and sees that it's a flimsy one. There have been great games, there have been less than great games. One can make the argument that the future for all mutantkind progressed as a species once LJN got their mitts off the franchise. But the one consistent fact about all of those titles is that they only have a skin-deep understanding of X-Men's themes. You are with the good mutants, Magneto is with the bad mutants, you let the optic blasts sort out the rest. That Konami arcade game might fit into this group, I dunno, I remember Magneto welcoming me to die and maybe falling in a trap or two but that's about it. There's never any kind of attempt to explore the themes of racism that the (good) bits of X-Men fiction are so known for addressing.
So kudos to X-Men: Destiny for at least trying to take a gander at the ideas of segregation within the franchise. The game opens with a rally of some kind to unite all the people of different skin colours under one person that will obviously turn out to be the villain. Bad things happen, Race A blames the problems on Race B, and tensions fly. The player controls one of three plebian mutants that gets involved in the conflict, and can (in theory) choose to side with the X-Men's Martin Luther King Jr. approach to racial conflict or Malcolm X-it-up with the brotherhood, serving the Honorable Elijah Magneto.
…or that's how things appear at the onset. There's a meter at the pause menu that fills up in favour of the X-Men or Brotherhood based on whose missions you choose to do. However, the mission structure never changes much. Good or evil, you are still beating up legions of the same bad guys. I guess they affect which muties fights alongside you. They probably affect which bosses you fight, but I went with the pro-X-Men path and I still spent more time fighting fellow X-Men than I did the Brotherhood threat.
See, the game does that Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 trick of teasing a moral choice based on thought-provoking themes, but then pairing both sides of the conflict against a common generic force of evil trying to destroy the world. So the "pick a side on this touchy issue" business means nothing in the end and serves to make me feel stupid for writing those first two paragraphs in this review. The loot drops and rewards for quests seem to be randomly generated too and have no basis in your moral choices. Maybe the Brotherhood ending is different from the X-Men ending, I have no way of finding out since I can't seem to find that ending on Youtube. I sure as shit ain't beating this game twice. So really, the difference between choosing between one side over the other is a matter of whether you find polygonal Emma Frost sexier than polygonal Mystique.
So you either choose to play as a hokey football jock, a hokey Asian stereotype or a guy that looks like a hokey football jock. You then choose whether you want your drone to have energy blast powers, shadow blade powers or rock hand powers. The three choices lead to different ability unlocks later in the game, but all amount to the exact same type of God of War-derivative style of action combat that dominates the entire game.
The combat itself is competent, if a tad imprecise and clunky. Rare is the confrontation that your mutant can't keep his or her archtypical ass up and thrive. There's one boss fight that comes in three stages, with no checkpoints or health power-ups, that stood out as one obscenely difficult challenge in a series of otherwise breezy and repetitive fights. I'm at least willing to karmatically forgive that specific part of the game thanks to a more interesting boss battle with a very giant, very nimble, very fly Sentinel,. I don't think it's much of a spoiler to say that you will indeed fight a giant Sentinel. That one boss fight is really the game's one other strong point, besides how the game's script and voice acting can sometimes be so hilariously, unintentionally bad.
See, the the game uses that God of War-derivative combat as the answer to every question. Did you just walk into a new room? Stop and beat up these 50 enemies within 3 minutes. Did you decide you'd rather accept a bonus mission from your broski Colossus instead that poser Quicksilver? Here's a combat arena with two or three of that flamethrower mini-bosses. Did you try to explore the environment looking for hidden secrets? Here's a combat arena as a reward. Just finished the game? Be treated to the largest combat arena of them all as the end credits roll. Over and over and over again, you will be locked in a room and asked to defeat X number of the same human goons the X-Men are sworn to protect. The only time you aren't beating up human beings and reinforcing negative mutant stereotypes is spent climbing and speed-shimmying along ledges that are so brief and easy to navigate that they don't exist for any reason other than to give your knuckles a break from jaw-cracking.
There's a loot system that seems to randomly generate "X-genes" as rewards for exploring or doing way more combat arenas than the game forces you into. These power-ups are named and based after various characters, so you can give your character Colossus-like steel skin or Iceman-like…err…ice skin, or what have you. It's nice that the game has SOME kind of character progression, but it feels immoral that your dullard protagonist can casually steal the unique identity traits of iconic characters that are infinitely more interesting than they are. And that leads to the greatest lesson that needs to be learned from this experience.
Call it the DC Universe Online quandary. It's obvious that Silicon Knights spent a lot of time designing character models for all of the X-Men, as well as moves and effects so they can fight alongside your character. So why are we not controlling the X-Men themselves instead of these three new generic imitators? Once upon a time, Electronic Arts made a spectacular failure called Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects. That was a very middling game where Marvel characters battle Electronic Arts-created heroes. All of the EA heroes came across as cheap knockoffs that will never be seen in another video game, comic, movie or Playboy spread again. No superhero I could ever create will ever come across as more intriguing than Nightcrawler, nuanced as Magneto or Canadian as Wolverine, so please give me the real deal.
If I want to make my own dream superhero, City of Heroes just went free to play. Champions Online is free to play. DC Universe Online is to play. Putting a pencil to a piece of paper and writing my own comic books is free to play.
This is neither an especially noteworthy action adventure, nor the ideal use of the X-Men license you are looking for. It's also sadly not the comeback I was hoping Silicon Knights would make, though I guess the Silicon Knights that made Blood Omen and Eternal Darkness are too busy raising families and enjoying life to make anymore dark fantasy action titles. Go play X-Men Legends. Go play X-Men Legends 2. Go play the X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game. Go play X-Men: Children of the Atom. Go even play that wackyass Konami beat-em-up on XBLA. I promise they're all much better than this.
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Okay, so here's what went down last night with my son's scary allergic reaction to the something-bite. Once again, you might not want to read ahead, because it was pretty freaky.
We were playing outside on the back patio. I was about to head off to the church to work on carnival stuff. I came in and Robbie was standing in the doorway, wiping his feet off on the towel, when suddenly he starts crying. Not, like, one of those whimper-into-a-full-fledged-tantrum cries, but a sudden howl, and he's rubbing his hand against his shirt. At first, he said his tummy hurt, so I told him to go ahead and go to the restroom. Once he was there, though, he said he didn't have to go, and his tummy didn't hurt, but his hand hurt, and he was scratching it like crazy. He never stopped crying. I looked, and it was a little red and it looked to me like he'd been stung. Kim put some of his anti-itch ointment on hit, and he said it was burning him, so we washed it off in cold water. He said that was better, but he kept screaming and saying, "I wanna scratch it! I wanna scratch it!" We told him not to scratch it, and we got an ice pack for him after giving him a children's Tylenol and his Benadryl. This whole time, he was asking to be passed back and forth between us, begging us each to hold him, to rock him, to hug him, and when it was clear we weren't making it better, he'd ask for the other. If one of us left the room, he wanted them to come back. He wanted to wash it again. He wanted the ice pack again. The ice pack was too cold. He wanted it. It was too cold. He wanted hugs. All the while, he just never stopped crying.
My first thought was spider bite. But not an ordinary spider bite, because my mind generally tries to figure out worst-case scenarios first, so I went to one of the "bad" spider bites. A brown-recluse, maybe. So I kept trying to look at the bite--when I could pry his wrist away from his constant scratching--but it never started looking a whole lot worse or infected, so I didn't worry too much about the brown recluse. Still, it was something bad, because he didn't stop screaming, so I thought maybe it was a wasp sting after all.
That was when things got scary. While still crying, he started to say "I want to lay down! I want to lay down!" Now, with very young children, the doctors generally tell you that you don't really need to start worrying unless the child begins to behave uncharacteristically. That's how we first discovered Robbie's food allergies. If you've ever been around my boy, you probably understand how strange a behavior "I want to lay down" is for him. The kid NEVER wants to lay down. I've seen him fall asleep sitting straight up once. "I want to lay down. I'm TIIIIRED!" he shrieked.
I asked if he wanted a treat while Kim cradled him. He said yes. I got him a cup of potato chips--one of his favorite snacks. He wouldn't touch them. His skin started getting very warm to the touch as he asked for blankets to cover him because he was cold. Now I'm freaked out. Turning down chips and getting feverish symptoms? Something is seriously wrong. Kim calls the doctor as I take Robbie in my arms. At this point, he's stopped struggling. His entire upper body is just sort of flopping around like a wet noodle. His eyelids are dropping and his eyes are rolling around a bit. I try singing to him, I try talking to him, I beg him to stay awake. "I don't wanna," he says, and suddenly his head flops completely to one side, his eyes closed. I gently nudge him back into a seated position as his eyes slowly flutter open and he whines, "I wanna lay down." He's still crying, but it's a very exhausted moan instead of a howling cry anymore. In fifteen minutes, my ballistically energetic little boy is lethargic, freezing, burning, pale, and fading. I haven't been this scared in YEARS. As we waited for the doctor to call us back, a part of me wondered if I was right, and it was one of the "really bad" bites that we had, and I was in danger of losing my little boy.
The nurses Kim talked to over the phone suggested we give him Benadryl. She said we had. They said that there was the culprit; Benadryl makes children drowsy. Only he'd had Benadryl before. And he wasn't drowsy, he was suddenly losing consciousness!
We finally let him lay down on the couch. I had to cover him with three heavy blankets before he would stop complaining about being cold. He writhed for awhile, clutching his yellow bear. I asked him if I could get him anything else. He said he wanted a car. (For the record, this was the moment when I started to think that maybe he was going to be all right after all) I went to his toy box and got his favorite Doc Hudson (of Pixar's CARS fame) and gave it to him. He clutched the bear in one arm and Doc in the other while the doctor finally called back. She said we had two options: watch him at home, or take him to the E.R. if we were really concerned. Well, given the fact that he appeared to be getting worse every two minutes, and he was now really pale and lethargic, we decided to head out and worry about dinner later.
The first time the entire evening when Robbie started to perk up was when I told him we were going to the hospital. "Oh," he said, suddenly sounding like a shade of himself, "okay!"
I carried him out to the car. I kept an eye on him to make sure he was still awake. However, the adventure of going to the hospital seemed to have brought a lot of life back to the boy. He pointed out the American flags we'd pass on the way (this is a new favorite pastime of his. Think of it like Where's Waldo, only easier and you don't need to have the book to play), and he and I talked about the many different colors we'd see as we drove by objects. I just wanted to keep him talking, and it worked. We chatted the entire way to the hospital. His speech was still slurred (which, again, is pretty unusual for him, because while he often uses nonsense words, he's pretty clear about them), but you could tell he was on the upswing. By the time we got to the hospital, he was just about back to his normal self. He still needed to be cradled while the nurse took his vitals, but once we got back to the observation room he was chatty, playful, and excited. You couldn't tell anything had happened. The doctor came in and asked a lot of question and then suggested we stay for a few hours to monitor him. He said it was likely an allergic reaction, though we didn't know what had caused the biting so we weren't sure what specifically he was reacting to.
After about an hour in the observation room, Robbie was ready to leave, but we told him we had to stay a little bit longer. A couple of nurses came to chat with him for awhile (I don't believe they were technically nurses, but I've forgotten their official titles. One mentioned she was there to help make the situation a little less stressful for the patients and the moms) Robbie was an absolute charmer with those ladies. He sang for them, he told them stories, told them ALL about our last summer vacation...they stayed and talked to him for about fifteen minutes. Then one of the gals brought a few books for him to read. That kept us busy until it was time to go.
Oh, forgot to mention: on the way to the hospital, Robbie had found a Whattaburger. He got very excited about that Whattaburger. So that's how we kept him from getting too gripey at the hospital. I told him that, if he was good, we would run by Whataburger on the way home.
When the doctor asked if we were ready to go home, Robbie said 'YES!' He then said, "We gonna go to Whattaburger Daddy?" He didn't understand why we had to wait for our paperwork when the doctor had just said we could go. Kim finally got him to understand we were waiting on our papers. The nurse who brought our papers bent down to Robbie and asked, "Are you ready to go home?" Robbie's reply was a definite, "No. We are waiting for our papers."
Anyway, the doctor said that reactions like Robbie's sometimes came in two waves: the initial wave had already hit, but sometimes a second wave would come four to six hours later. On rare occasions, though, they had been known to hit a full day after the initial reaction. So I sweated it out a little bit today, wondering if we were going to go through any of that again. Nothing of the sort. If you saw Robbie playing in my office building just after work today, you'd never know there was even a scare last night.
It was such a frightening experience. But, in a bizarre way, it was also nice to have an evening together. You know, once we got past the terror of the first hour and the unfortunate dinner practice of "Cheetos and Famous Amos for dinner followed by 10 p.m. Whattaburger run." You make do with what you have in stressful times. And time spent giving hugs, sharing chocolate chip cookies, watching my son sing or tell stories, or reading books to him is always precious. Even if it is spent on a hospital bed.
Now, I'm behind on my church carnival work, but that'll work itself out.
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hey everyone! well, another year almost over!..cant believe its December already!..here at the funny farm there were 15 postings during November..thats so great!! my heartfelt thanks to everyone who stopped in! ..well, here is the highlight for November..
103.....written by Nefertari
I'll go kicking and screaming,
And I'll fight for every last breath.
As I lift my heels high,
And outrun nasty Mr. Death.
Don't dance on my grave,
For I won't be at home.
Don't be looking in my tomb,
Cuz you'll be all alone.
I'll be far away livin' it up,
And dancing to my own tune.
Havin' an awesomly great time,
Like when the dish ran away with the spoon.
I'll be living as long as I possibly can,
I'll not leave this life with ease.
There is too much for me to live for,
I want to see my hundredth birthday please.
If I see Death a comin, I'll just run and hide,
I'll out smart him, just you wait and see.
Since I'm a terribly lucky sort of guy,
I bet I will even make it to one hundred and three!
well i know the holidays will keep everyone busy now, but i hope all of you can stop by and visit during the month! have a safe and happy December!!
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Jan. 3 - Opposition acitvists say dozens are feared dead after a car bomb blast at a filling station in Damascus. Paul Chapman reports.
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- You can create two types of cookies:
- Session Cookie:
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- Disappears when browser is closed.
- If you do not specify an expiration date for the newly created cookie, then it will become a session cookie.
- Persistent Cookie:
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- Cookie names are case sensitive.
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Cookie Properties
- Domain:
- This property is useful when your organization includes subdomains.
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- This property works only with Internet Explorer 6 (Service Pack 1) and above.
- The property was introduced to help prevent cross-site scripting attacks.
Multi-Valued Cookies
- A multi-valued cookie is a single cookie that contains subkeys. You can create as many subkeys as you need.
- You can use the HttpCookie.HasKeys property to detect whether a cookie is a normal cookie or a multi-valued cookie.
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In the sample code, I will show you how to create, display and delete cookie.
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:Button ID="btnCreate" runat="server" Text="Create Cookie" />
<asp:Button ID="btnPostBack" runat="server" Text="Post Back" />
<asp:Button ID="btnDisplay" runat="server" Text="Display Cookie" />
<asp:Button ID="btnDelete" runat="server" Text="Delete Cookie" />
<asp:Button ID="btnCreateMultiValued" runat="server" Text="Create multi-valued Cookie" />
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Partial Public Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
End Sub
Private Sub btnCreate_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCreate.Click
Response.Cookies("TestUserFirstName").Value = "Sam"
Response.Cookies("TestUserFirstName").Expires = DateTime.MaxValue
Response.Cookies("TestUserLastName").Value = "Fu"
Response.Cookies("TestUserLastName").Expires = DateTime.MaxValue
End Sub
Private Sub btnDisplay_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnDisplay.Click
For i As Integer = 0 To Request.Cookies.Count - 1
Response.Write(String.Format("{0}: {1}<br />", Request.Cookies(i).Name, Request.Cookies(i).Value))
If Request.Cookies("TestUserFirstName") IsNot Nothing Then
Response.Write("TestUserFirstName=" + Request.Cookies("TestUserFirstName").Value)
End If
If Request.Cookies("TestUserLastName") IsNot Nothing Then
Response.Write("TestUserLastName=" + Request.Cookies("TestUserLastName").Value)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub btnDelete_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnDelete.Click
Dim cookies As String() = Request.Cookies.AllKeys
For Each cookie As String In cookies
Response.Cookies(cookie).Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)
End Sub
Private Sub btnCreateMultiValued_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCreateMultiValued.Click
Response.Cookies("TestUser")("FirstName") = "Sam"
Response.Cookies("TestUser")("LastName") = "Fu"
Response.Cookies("TestUser").Expires = DateTime.MaxValue
End Sub
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If Request.Cookies("TestUser") IsNot Nothing Then
End If
End Sub
End Class
- Request.Browser.Cookies will only check whether the browser support cookie, not whether or not they're enabled.
How it works
Step 1. Before any request.
Step 2. Click the create cookie button. The server send the response back with an additional HTTP header to the browser. The HTTP response header looks like this: Set-Cookie: TestUserFirstName=Sam. This Set-Cookie header causes the browser to create a cookie named TestUserFirstName that has the value Sam. The 'Headers Collection' of the tracing ouput is always the request header, not the response header, so you cannot see 'Set-Cookie' in this section.
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- There are two HTTP headers, Set-Cookie and Cookie, that are related to cookies.
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Mind your tone
In the 90s pop songstress Robyn S belted out that actions speak louder than words, and often they do. We all understand that as a business your customer service needs to be on point; however how you say what you're saying also plays a big part in creating a relationship and brand loyalty with customers.
Tone of voice is not just what you are saying but how you are saying it. There are some brands that seem absolutely smashing it when it comes to tone of voice. Here we examine what they are doing and why it's working well for them.
It always comes back to these guys when you talk about tone of voice and powerful brand impact. We talk how well Innocent execute their social media, and an important part of that is down to their tone of voice, which is consistent in everything they do: social media, website, packaging and advertising. There is a lighthearted tone to their communications, finding funny ways to present messages — their website navigation includes the header 'us' instead of the usual team title or meet the team, 'things we make' instead of products and even a 'compliment generator', which may seem a little odd or seemingly intangible. However the compliment generator works, Innocent smoothies and drinks are meant to make you feel good, so the compliment generator runs alongside the mantra of making their customers feel good.
Hendrick's Gin
Hendrick's Gin has created a true brand persona; if he were a person he'd be wearing a top hat, barnacle, a fantastic moustache and a decadent suit. Their tagline is 'Cultivate the Unusual' and throughout the language is littered with similar stylistic words such as, oddities and peculiar. The language is often straight out of the 1920s 'divine oddities and tales await you in our unusual times'. Again they use their website navigation bar to establish their tone of voice with the following headings – treasury of tipples, society of the unusual and our peculiar past. The only let down is when you go through to the contact page and instead of continuing the wonderful style they have built up, it turns to a very formal and normal language, which breaks the persona and therefore the effect.
If your office doesn't use Slack, then you are missing out — and I am not being paid to say that, it is just a super app and the tone of voice underpins the whole brand experience. The tone for Slack was set early on, originally based on the voice of Stewart Butterfield (and other founders). They throw in phrases like "All's good under the hood, boss!". The language is funny, light-hearted, it's very human and conversational, almost encouraging it's users to communicate in the same way. And recently we've seen many other web-based software programmes that seem to have been inspired by the Slack speak.
The new kid on the block, who has seemingly taken their brand voice lessons from Innocent but added a slight darker humour to what they do. Oatly's more tongue in cheek approach makes for wickedly fun messaging — under their product title it states 'more than you would ever want to know about our products'. Yet they are balancing the wickedness by throwing out warm and fuzzy feelings referring to their products as the 'Oatly family', plus they seem fiercely proud of their Swedish roots with their 'The Oatly Way' tab leading you to a loud and proud declaration of 'It's Swedish'.
They even have Oatly apparel (no really!), which continues the same tone of voice with slogans like 'wow no cow', 'oat me' and 'post milk generation' — all adorning t-shirts! If you find yourself aimlessly wondering the supermarket aisles go and find an Oatly cartoon to see how tone of voice can be well executed, it is funny, and a little bit tongue in cheek.
Houndworthy is a company that sells dog apparel, but for people who's dog is more than just a pet. They understand that dog mad owners talk to their dogs and so why as a company shouldn't they. Houndworthy refer to their website fans as 'houndfans' and on social media they tag posts with #houndfans. Interestingly, they also label the email sign-up form with 'get updates on stuff we think you'll actually care about', confident that they know what their customers are interested in. Houndworthy is not too conversational, but friendly and relevant. There is a low key quirk about their tone of voice, it's gentle like that stroll you'll take with your dog!
North Face
North Face are playing the 'know your audience' game with panache. North Face recognises that people using their products want simple, well built items that don't compromise on classic, minimalist style.
Their language is simple and to the point, full of references to nature and the outdoors and plays with the kind of language that motivates you think about activity.
Many of the slogans across the website are a short and to the point at five words or less — 'Ready for the Wild', 'Pack smart. Move easily.' The use of statements also sounds confident, confident in their approach and reflecting their customers as confident shoppers who know what they want.
Jack Daniels
Jack Daniels has managed to blend their heritage with a more contemporary feel. There's also a cinematic quality to the language they use, the brand refers to their products as 'The main characters'. This use of storytelling in its language reflects the idea of sitting and enjoying a whiskey whilst sharing stories. They position the brand with confidence: 'Become a friend of Jack. Join our mailing list'. There is a really nice persona here, helped by the name being that of a real person and they have worked well to build on that. Jack Daniels has found a way of conjuring up a style which is laid back, authoritative and as a welcoming and warm Southern friend — think Ron Swanson on a good day.
So what can we take from all of these brand examples? Well, not every brand voice needs to be the same. Yes, Innocent was a pioneer of the chatty and informal tone, but just because it works for them does not mean it will necessarily work for your brand. Take note of how Oatly have taken a similar style and built on that to make it more edgy, more contemporary and most importantly, to make it their own. Hendrick's Gin and Jack Daniels have both developed a tone of voice that takes on a persona you can almost visulise as you read the text.
The key aspect of creating a persona is making sure that it sounds genuine and runs through all of your channels and throughout your entire website. Whenever you work on tone of voice your personalities should shine through, it needs to feel authentic and remain consistent. The main thing to remember is that customer engagement means understanding your customers and being a friend to them, this should always come through in your tone of voice. You can be friendly without being informal, you can be wicked but keep a friendly tone, bring your audience in on the joke. To sum it all up, here are the key points to take away.
Top 5 tips:
- Know your audience — don't make any assumptions, get to know your target customer and understand what makes them tick.
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Fifth International Symposium on COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, NETWORKS AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (CSNDSP)
Venue: University of Patras
|Event Date/Time: Jul 19, 2006
|End Date/Time: Jul 21, 2006
|Registration Date: Jun 05, 2006
|Early Registration Date: May 05, 2006
|Paper Submission Date: Jan 27, 2006
of CSNDSP decided to hold the next event at the University of Patras, in Patras/Greece, the 2006 Cultural Capital of Europe. CSNDSP has now been recognised as a forum for the exchange of ideas among engineers, scientists and young researchers from all over the world on advances in communication systems, communications networks, digital signal processing and other related areas and to provide a focus for future research and developments. Once again the organising committee invites you to submit original high quality papers addressing research topics of interest for presentation at the conference and
inclusion in the symposium proceedings.
Papers are solicited from, but not limited to the following topics:
Adaptive signal processing
ATM systems and networks
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Communication protocols
DSP algorithms and applications
E-commerce and e-learning applications
Intelligent systems/networks
Internet communications
High performance networks
Low rate image transmission
Mobile communication systems & networks
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Mobility management
Modulation, demodulation and synchronisation
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Multimedia communications and broadband services
Microwave Communications
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SeeThruEquity Issues Update on Net Element, Inc.ACCESSWIRE
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 6, 2018 / SeeThruEquity, a leading independent equity research and corporate access firm focused on smallcap and microcap public companies, today announced that it has issued an update on Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE).
The note is available here: NETE August 2018 Update Note.
Net Element, Inc. (Nasdaq CM: NETE, "Net Element") is a global financial technology and value-added solutions company that supports payment technology solutions, online payments and value-added transactional services in emerging countries and in the United States. The company is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.
Highlights from the update include:
We are updating coverage of Net Element following multiple company announcements since our last note, including updates on company transaction volume, the launch of the company's Netevia platform, and a deal in which the company acquired a transactional services portfolio from partner Universal Payment Systems ("UPS"), a Garden Grove, CA-based provider of bankcard payment processing services and value added solutions. Highlights of the recent events are as follows:
- Net Element acquires transactional services assets from UPS. NETE announced that had acquired certain transactional services assets from partner UPS on July 31, 2018, for $2.7mn.
- Deal expected to add $5mn+ in gross profits. Net Element management stated that the deal, which was executed through its Unified Payments subsidiary, is expected to add over $5mn in gross profits over the next four years, with continued profit contribution thereafter.
- Transaction dollar volume rises by 37% in 1H18. Net Element reported that transaction dollars processed on its platform increased by 37% in the first half of the year to reach $1.62 billion, versus $1.18 billion the first half of 2017.
- The total number of transactions processed on Net Element's platform also increased robustly. The company processed 50.2mn transactions in 1H18, up more than 40% from 35.7mn processed in the first half of 2017, according to the company.
- On June 12, 2018, Net Element announced that it had extended the capabilities of its new multi-channel payments platform for small and medium-sized businesses, Netevia, to include a smart solution for enabling secure business-to-business (B2B) vendor payments. According to the company statement, Statista's 2017 B2B Ecommerce report estimates that global B2B sales were $7.7 trillion. Net Element management believes it is positioned to compete in this market as the vendor payment solution operates via a web-friendly and mobile platform which can work with existing accounting systems and does not require complex integration.
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The price target remains unchanged for Net Element following recent announcements. NETE's announcements suggest the company continued to identify growth initiatives, as evidenced by growth in transaction volume, new product enhancements, and the UPS deal announcement. We see the company as a high risk, high growth company in the mobile electronics space. We would look to re-evaluate the target as the company updates investors on its progress and clarifies expectations for blockchain in 2018-2019.
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Net Element, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETE) operates a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprise ("SME") in the U.S. and selected emerging markets. In the U.S. it aims to grow transactional revenue by innovating SME productivity services such as its cloud based, restaurant and retail point-of-sale solution Aptito. Internationally, Net Element's strategy is to leverage its omni-channel platform to deliver flexible offerings to emerging markets with diverse banking, regulatory and demographic conditions. Net Element was ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in North America on Deloitte's 2017 Technology Fast 500™ and South Florida Business Journal's 2016 fastest growing technology companies. Further information is available at www.netelement.com.
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Att. – 9,799 (season-high) Ohio State has won its last 14 gamesoverall and 37 of its last 38 contest played in the regular season.The 14-game win streak is tied for the seventh-longest in schoolhistory. Three previous Buckeye teams have won 14 in a row during aseason in 1992-93, 1972-73 and 2004-05. The 2005-06 Buckeyes tiedthe program's longest win streak at 20. Ohio State also won 20 in arow in 1984-85. The win Sunday vs. Iowa was Ohio State's 26th in arow at home and 24th consecutive at VCA. Dating back to the 2003-04season, Ohio State has won 51 of its last 52 regular season gamesplayed in Columbus. With the victory Sunday, Ohio State tied theprogram record for consecutive home wins. The Buckeyes won 26 in arow in Columbus from the 1986-87 season (started Jan. 5, 1987 vs.Northern Illinois) to the 1988-89 campaign (last home win vs.Northeastern Dec. 3, 1988). With the victory over Iowa, OhioState's three seniors Stephanie Blanton, Jessica Davenport andBrandie Hoskins upped their record with the Buckeyes to 101-19 intheir four seasons with the Scarlet and Gray. The best four-yearrun by a Buckeye team was from 1982-83 to 1985-86 when Ohio Statewent 106-22. The Buckeyes also posted a 102-20 mark from 1984-85 to1987-88. Ohio State's 21-1 start to the 2006-07 season is theprogram's best. The Buckeyes claimed victory in 17 of their first18 in 1973-74 before finishing 18-2. Ohio State's 10-0 start to theBig Ten season is the best in the five seasons Jim Foster has beenhead coach. The 10-0 start in league play is Ohio State's bestsince the 1986-87 Big Ten championship squad won its first 13league games before losing to Northwestern in its 14th conferencegame. Ohio State has won its last 27 games vs. Big Ten opponents.The streak is the longest since the Buckeyes won 36 straight vs.conference foes from 1983-84 to 1985-86. The Buckeyes have won thelast seven meetings with Iowa and now trail the Hawkeyes, 24-23, inthe series. At home, the Buckeyes hold a 15-7 advantage, winningeach of the last seven games between the two schools in Columbus.The Buckeyes shot 61.5 percent (16-26) in the first half. It wasthe ninth time this season they have shot over 60 percent in ahalf. Ohio State is 6-0 in any game in which it shoots over 60percent in either half. Ohio State opened the game Sunday byoutscoring Iowa, 16-2, over the first 5:52 of the first half. TheBuckeyes made 7-of-10 FG attempts. Ohio State opened the secondhalf on a 14-0 run to take a 59-32 lead with 16:25 left in thegame. Ohio State outrebounded Iowa, 35-28, and improved its recordwhen pulling down more rebounds than its opponents to 16-1 thisseason. Ohio State has won 49 of its last 50 games when scoring atleast 60 points. Iowa made 17-of-50 FG (.340). The game served asthe 17th this season an OSU opponent has shot less than 40 percent.This season, Ohio State is 21-0 when holding opponents to less than50 percent FG. Ohio State held Iowa to just five field goals on 23attempts in the second half. In its last seven games, Ohio Statehas held its opponents to just 32 percent shooting from the field(69-216) in the second half. Northwestern (10-30, Feb. 1), No. 10Purdue (8-32, Jan. 29), Indiana (11-27, Jan. 25), Illinois (12-38,Jan. 21), Wisconsin (10-35, Jan. 18) and Northwestern (13-31, Jan.14) all struggled shooting against the Buckeyes in the finalperiod. In its 14-game win streak, Ohio State has held itsopponents to 36 percent FG in the second half, allowing just 167makes in 458 opponent tries. Jessica Davenport finished with fiverebounds Sunday to put her at 1,000 for her career. She postedrebound No. 1,000 at the 9:59 mark of the second half. Davenportbecame just the second player in Big Ten history to collect 2,000points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. She joins Laura Coenen, whohad 2,044 points and 1,029 rebounds at Minnesota from 1981-85.
Davenport is the first player in Big Ten history to record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks in a career. After swatting four shots Sunday, Davenport has 361 rejections for her career and now is just six swats from the Big Ten record held by Trish Andrew of Michigan, who blocked 367 shots from 1989-93. The Buckeyes are 17-0 when Davenport records at least three blocks this season. Davenport also added a season-high three steals.
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Star Allen had 11 points Sunday. She has scored 106 points inher last seven games, an average of 15.1per game. She finishedSunday with a 4-for-6 FG clip and has gone 48-for-65 FG in her lastfive games, a .738 percentage. Brandie Hoskins had 16 points Sundayand added six assists and four rebounds. She has scored doublefigures in 20 of 22 games this season. Hoskins' career point totalis 1,458 to rank 13th all-time at Ohio State. Hoskins passed MarySivak (1,446/1979-82) for the 13th spot all-time at Ohio State.
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Nine Ohio State players had at least two rebounds and nineplayers also had at least one assist. Maria Moeller tied acareer-high with five rebounds Sunday. Stephanie Blanton tied acareer-high with two 3-point FG Sunday. Ohio State outscored Iowa38-4 in points in the paint, including an 18-2 advantage in thefirst half. This season, Ohio State has outscored its opponents inthe paint 876-510 and has outscored 18 of 22 opponents in the lanethis season. Ohio State has won 42 consecutive games whenoutscoring opponents in the lane. The Buckeyes also held a 41-17advantage in points off turnovers and a 16-0 edge in fastbreakpoints.


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ANTIOCH — A mural in progress at the rear of the Antioch Historical Society Museum depicting a bustling 1901 train depot will be dedicated this summer to train enthusiast "Smoky" Jones and his wife, Jody Jones, an Antioch Animal Shelter supporter.
Through their trust, the late Antioch couple commissioned a mural to commemorate trains traveling into the city at the turn of the century. Local artist Kibbi "Mad Marj" Hause is creating the two-story mural featuring Smoky as the conductor and Jody as a waiting passenger with a beloved cat on her shoulder on the exterior of a garage building at the museum.
"Kibbi is extremely talented and has several murals in businesses around town," said Antioch Historical Society Director Elizabeth Rimbault. "In the future, when entering the museum from the rear, you will appear to be entering the old train station."
Hause, a Bethel Island resident, is being assisted by her daughter, Carolyn Kibbe, and her granddaughter, Samantha Redman, on the mural project, which will be unveiled at an Aug. 24 dedication. The mural is accompanied by railroad equipment from Smoky's massive backyard collection, including a set of operational railroad-crossing wigwags.
The train depot scene also features Antioch's first African-American resident, Thomas Gaines, who was a freed slave who tended the altar at First Congregational Church, worked as a warehouseman and was known to walk ladies home from church.
"He had a great deal of respect from residents," Rimbault said.
Another resident depicted in the mural is Ah Young, a successful Chinese produce merchant at the turn of the century. According to Rimbault, he traveled to Antioch homes to sell fresh vegetables to residents and shipped his goods to Stockton and San Francisco.
"We wanted to make sure that all of the ethnicities of the early residents were depicted, so that all people are represented," Hause said.
Museum visitors recently were able to get a sneak peek of the mural during the city's Celebration of Arts opening through two observation windows from the second story of the building's interior. Hause and her team have been using a scissor lift to paint the 26-foot building.
"We will be inviting dignitaries and the entire community to the dedication of the murals and the train display on Aug. 24," Rimbault said. "It is an excellent time to observe muralists at work as well as view the museum and all the wonderful art present in Antioch."
Museum visitors can learn more about all of Antioch's murals through a public mural display currently on the front counter. This includes the "125th Anniversary Celebration Mural" on West 2nd Street by Charlotte Downs-Siska and daughter Kelly Bates-Fowler; "The Telephone Operators" at 310 G St. by Downs-Siska; and "Books, Our Magic Carpet" on the Antioch Public Library by Cynthia Kelly.
The murals were commissioned by the Antioch Friends of the Arts, Rimbault said. "When the Friends disbanded, we transferred all rights and assets to the Antioch Historical Society, and that is why the museum is now receiving the gift of the train mural."
Described as "community activists," Smoky and Jody were avid supporters of the museum and several other community organizations. Jody died in 2012 and Smoky died in March.
In addition to the mural and train memorabilia, they also left a donation to the animal shelter in their trust.
"The murals and the new train display will be playing an important part of our education program for all of the third grade classes that come to the museum on school tours," Rimbault said. "We are using them to teach train safety as well as the history of Antioch."
Reach Paula King at 925-779-7174.
The new mural at the Antioch Historical Society Museum will be dedicated at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24. The museum is at 1500 W. Fourth St. For further details, call 925-757-1326.


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So after 3 utterly amazing days of music, sun, and sand, we were ready to close out the festival in style. Sunday night's headliner was the Dave Matthews Band. Given that I haven't enjoyed DMB since they saved me from an ill-advised R&B and rap phase in the mid-90s, I wasn't excited about Sunday night at all. Until the gang decided that we'd have our farewell dinner that night.
After watching the sun go down over the water to the dulcet sounds of The Flaming Lips performing Dark Side of the Moon, L & I headed back to the condo for a little pre-dinner beverage or two, while E, G, and J ran across the beach to catch DMB. J, actually being a DMB fan, stayed for their whole set. E & G stayed for a couple songs and then headed back to join L & me for a beer or two on the balcony. We had decided that since DMB ended at 11 p.m., we were going to shoot to get to dinner right as the set ended and J was going to meet us there when she was done.
Later that evening, we meandered from our condo to our destination: The Steamer. Let's talk about The Steamer. It is, as you would imagine, a seafood restaurant. But, for all of you who claim to only like seafood when it's fried, you're out of luck. The Steamer only offers baked, steamed, grilled, or raw food. Sold.
There were 5 of us, so we ordered quite a bit of food and shared most of it. We had 18 baked oysters, smoked tuna dip, one pound of mussels, 6 snow crab clusters, and 1 1/2 pounds of royal reds. Plus new potatoes, corn, sausage, and slaw.
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Scott Brooks doesn't have to look far to see the big business of youth sports.
He sees it at Amateur Athletic Union, or AAU, basketball tournaments around the Midwest. Your entry fee is only a small piece of the pie. You can pay for player evaluations, video of games, sneakers and much more.
He sees it at Father Tolton Catholic High School basketball games, when people will line up for more than an hour to watch Michael Porter Jr., one of the most talented high school basketball players in the country.
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"The thing is, if I had more money, I would probably be spending a lot more," Brooks says.
In April 2015, Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti from George Washington University shared findings with the National Association of Sports Commissions, which includes the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau, estimating that $8.96 billion was spent on sports tourism nationally in 2014.
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It's not uncommon to hear the phrase "recession proof" attached to youth sports. This does not surprise Brooks. As an associate professor of sociology at MU, he gets to combine his love of sports, particularly basketball, with his interest in sociology, much like his mentor, Harry Edwards, from the University of California–Berkeley.
"Every parent sees their job to provide their kid with opportunities to get ahead," Brooks says. "You want the best for your kids, and when you have affluence like we have, it's not surprising to see parents spend that kind of money."
Many parents and coaches have bought into notion that if you invest into a child now, it will pay off with a scholarship. But what if things don't go as planned? What if you invest in your child's hoop dream and they don't want to play anymore?
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