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MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Listen to this. No, it won't sound like much. It might not sound like anything at all. But you are never going to get to the heart of Kansas State football searching for bright lights and loud noises. Listen, because this little exchange, innocuous and commonplace as it may seem, just might hold the secret of Kansas State coach Bill Snyder and how his football team is unbeaten and in the front row of the national championship picture and doing the impossible all over again.
"Just how good is this Kansas State team?" a reporter asked Collin Klein, the quarterback, the Heisman candidate, the leader.
"A little bit better than we were yesterday," Klein said instantly.
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Bill Snyder's 16 goals for success.
Goal No. 4: Improve.
In so many ways, "miracle" is a spectacularly defective word choice for Bill Snyder's body of work. Miracle implies magic. Miracle suggests supernatural. Miracle evokes biblical images of mystical wonders, a sea parting, water turning to wine. These have as much to do with Bill Snyder's achievements at Kansas State as fruit flies have to do with the making of the iPad Mini.
Of course, you can't blame everyone for using the word "miracle." What other word is big enough? What word but miracle can begin to describe Bill Snyder turning the most hopeless football program in America into a national power and then, for emphasis, DOING IT AGAIN? It was inconceivable enough the first time, the beta version, when Kansas State emerged as a national title contender in the late 1990s? But now? In 2012? It's like "Seinfeld" has returned to being the No. 1 show in America, like people are lining up again to see "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," like Bill Clinton once again rules the land.
Well ... yeah ... the nation does have more than one miracle Bill.
Kansas State was widely acknowledged as the worst Division I college football program in America when Snyder took over as head coach before the 1989 season. The Wildcats had not won a single game in 1988. Or 1987. They'd had eight winless seasons since World War II. They had never won a bowl game. They had lost 63 straight games to ranked teams, going back to 1970. No Kansas State coach had ever escaped the school with a winning record.
"Our goal is to get better every day," Bill Snyder announced when he was hired.
That's all he announced. That's all he ever really announced. Miracles? No one seemed more removed from the concept. Everything with Snyder was gritty realities. He put barbed wire around the practice field to keep away spies and the curious. He scoured the country for agreeable patsies to play early in the season. He recruited the junior colleges like nobody else. When he spoke in public -- which he probably did less than any other college football coach -- he carefully formed his words so they did not distract from the only point. Get better every day. That was all.
In his first year, Kansas State won one game. Improvement. The Wildcats had a winning record in his third year -- just their second winning season in more than 20 years. Kansas State won its first ever bowl game in his fifth year. Kansas State was ranked in the Top 10 two years after that (first time), played on New Year's Day a year after that (first time), and was a fumble away from the national championship game two years after that (obviously, first time).
Improvement. All the time. Then, one day, the improvement stopped. Well, it couldn't go on forever, right? In 2003 the Wildcats had their seminal win; they crushed No. 1 Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game. But in 2004 the Wildcats had a losing record, first time in more than a decade. In 2005 they had a losing record again. The thing obviously had run its course. Snyder stepped down. He said he wanted to see his grandchildren play Little League. He wanted to read some books. He wanted to help inspire young people in school. He was 66, and he said it was time.
Three years later, with Kansas State having plunged back in the abyss, he came back.
"Our goal is to get better every day," Bill Snyder announced.
* * *
Goal No. 9: Eliminate mistakes
This time around, Snyder came into the job armed with a plan. He called the blueprint his "16 goals for success." He had organized the 16 goals during his time away, a compendium of how to build a flourishing football team. This was holy to him; it was his entire philosophy of football and life broken into 16 pieces. You might ask: Why 16 goals? Why not a round number? Why not a catchier number, say, 11 -- which matches the number of players that each team has on a football field. Why not 20, the number that is called "score?"
Why not? Because there are 16 goals. That's why not.
Snyder obviously thought about this stuff all the time when he wasn't coaching. It was an odd thing: Snyder was so much more fun to be around in those years away. You could have long and fascinating conversations with him. He seemed so much more well-rounded. He did go to see those grandkids play sports. He did read some of those books he had been putting off. He did get involved in charities and a statewide mentoring program. Heck, he asked about your family -- not out of obligation but because he was genuinely interested. He told stories, he smiled easily, he talked about history and politics and golf and all sorts of things.
Yes, it was obvious to any of us who knew him: He was absolutely miserable.
Well, if not miserable, he was certainly uneasy. He had, for so long, devoted his life to this larger charge of building football teams. There are two particularly telling anecdotes about Snyder from his first stint as Kansas State coach. The first was about the time that he raged and fumed in ways that seemed all out of proportion because his players had been given sticks of butter at mealtime rather than whipped butter. The second: When Kansas State played Nebraska in Japan, Snyder arranged it so that his players would get the shady side of the plane.
Who thinks like that? He considered and brooded and agonized over every detail. How long will it get from hotel the stadium? About 10 minutes? Are you kidding? He wanted to know precisely. Nine minutes? Eleven? He wanted detailed schematics of the team hotel rooms, precise dimensions of the places where they would meet, street-by-street maps of the cities where his teams played, exact caloric content of the meals his players were eating. He drove his coaches crazy because there seemed no boundaries for his attention to detail, no point too fine to escape his concentration. Those coaching staffs - which at one point included Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops - worked themselves sick.
And Snyder worked harder. His Cadillac DeVille never left that parking spot in front of the football offices -- the joke was that when they repaved that parking lot, they did it AROUND his car. This was a man who ate one meal a day. He never saw "Seinfeld." He never read for pleasure. He never went to movies, obviously. This was a man who went to a psychologist (or hypnotist, depending on who is telling the story) to ask if it would be possible to live without sleep (rather than the three hours a night he was getting).
A mind like that doesn't just turn off at retirement. Bill Snyder's mind did not. He thought about what made his teams so successful. He came up with the 16 goals.
And, at the same time, Kansas State football under coach Ron Prince more or less collapsed. Well, as Tim Fitzgerald -- author, editor, radio host and Kansas State maven -- says: "The boat hadn't sunk, but it was taking on a lot of water." The team had back-to-back losing seasons. They gave up 50-plus points four times in 2008 and won just two conference games. They were absolutely destroyed by in-state rival Kansas -- the cardinal sin for Kansas State football.
But the fall was about much more than just losing. Kansas State football -- in ways perhaps unique in America -- belongs to the people. Bill Snyder made that so. Kansas State football became the program of the small Kansas towns, of Cuba and Concordia and Bennington and Minneapolis and Winfield and Clay Center and Smith Center. Kansas State football is the topic in Lori's Cafe, where truck drivers and farmers eat their pie. Kansas State football is what people talk about at the Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy near Ike's hometown of Abilene. Kansas State football is a greeting at the Knute Rockne Memorial, at the service area at milepost 97 off Interstate 70: "How about those Wildcats?"
Prince lost the state. Part of it wasn't his fault: He wasn't Bill Snyder. He couldn't be Bill Snyder. But part of it was his fault. He alienated former players. He distanced himself from some of the biggest fans. He tried all sorts of new-fangled things -- heck, the players stopped bench-pressing in their weight-training program. Just stopped. Bench pressing was supposedly outdated. This had something to do with isometrics or hypertrophy or some fancy word. Nobody really understood what was going on.
Well, the players knew.
"We sucked," Kansas State wide receiver Chris Harper says plainly. "It was because we didn't put the work in. Our work ethic sucked. The discipline sucked."
While Kansas was beating up Kansas State in 2008, a Kansas State graduate ran into Bill Snyder in the press box. The grad had a look of disgust on his face. Snyder pulled him aside. Snyder's look was granite and will.
Snyder growled: "Look at me. OK? We're going to turn this around."
Three weeks later, Bill Snyder became head coach at Kansas State again.
* * *
Bill Snyder's 16 goals.
Goal No. 11: Don't accept losing.
Goal No. 13: Expect to win.
The first time around, back in 1989, Bill Snyder's job was extraordinarily difficult, but it wasn't complicated. When he walked into the football offices, the first thing he saw was the one trophy Kansas State had earned through the years, the runner-up trophy from the 1982 Independence Bowl.
"Hide that immediately, I don't want to ever see it again," he told his secretary Joan Friederich, and she hid it.*
*Friederich still works for Snyder -- she's now called an administrative assistant, though the job remains the same -- and people around the program say she is the lifeblood of Kansas State football.
Yes, the first time around it was a scorched-earth policy. Hide this. Eliminate that. Destroy the other thing. For the teams' first weight-training session, Snyder had garbage cans placed at each station. Snyder's right-hand man Bob Cope made the reason clear: You were to work out until you threw up. And when you threw up, you would use the receptacles. By the first game, so many Kansas State players had quit that there were not enough scholarship players to fill the bus. Snyder's response: "Well, it was a cheap trip."
When Kansas State almost beat Northern Iowa that first year, a lot of fans felt pretty good about that. When Kansas State beat North Texas -- the Wildcats' first win in 31 games -- the students tore down the goal posts. Snyder was apoplectic. Oh, he understood that fans were trying to enjoy these small steps. But he saw what this team was facing: Losing wasn't a habit. It was a state of mind.
Snyder had to break everyone of that -- fans, media, students, players, coaches, administrators, everyone. So he NEVER celebrated a victory. Quite the opposite: Victories seemed to bring out his most irritable side. He almost never praised anyone after victories. And he thundered at any question or statement that gave his team credit for coming close but falling short. "Your team didn't quit," one reporter pointed out after a game, leading Snyder to bark perhaps his best quote: "They don't let you quit."
That's how it was the first time around. But the second time, it was very different. Yes, Kansas State had fallen on some hard times. Yes, relationships needed repair, and some basics needed to be reestablished, some habits needed to be broken.
But the challenge was much more complex. The "accept losing" problem had more or less dissipated. This generation of Kansas State fans was not going to tear down goalposts for getting a victory over North Texas ... or Texas ... or really anybody. There would be no parades thrown for "also receiving votes" in the national rankings. Heck, so many of the people around the program were much too young to remember when Kansas State was on the bottom of the college football world.
This time, people wanted Snyder to do what he had already done once. Make Kansas State great again.
It was like people from the Sistine Chapel going to Michelangelo and saying, "Hey, you know, we have some ceiling space in the atrium we'd love for you to look at."
* * *
Goal No. 2: Unselfishness
Goal No. 3: Unity
Goal No. 12: No self-limitations
At the press conference when Kansas State hired Bill Snyder in November 2008, there was a bizarre sequence. Athletic director Bob Krause began his introduction by saying that the Wildcats were looking for three characteristics in their new coach:
1. A winning track record.
2. Stature to build a good coaching staff.
3. Must understand the Kansas State culture.
At that point, Krause announced that they had found a man with those three qualities ... and it just so happened to be Bill Snyder. I found myself looking around the room to see if this bit made sense to anyone else. We were sitting in a stadium that had been named for Bill Snyder and his family. To get there, we had driven on a highway that had been named for Bill Snyder. A winning track record? Must understand the culture? This seemed to me like Commissioner Gordon holding a press conference to say they had been looking for a superhero who had a car, boat and utility belt shaped like a bat, and it just so happened that Batman met those qualifications.
But, the scene is a good reminder: There was a lot of skepticism about Kansas State rehiring Bill Snyder. It was really almost all skepticism. Snyder was 69 years old. The college football landscape was very different from when he had last coached. Could Snyder adjust to a Big 12 conference that had become this wide-open passing league? Could Kansas State regain its recruiting base against powerhouse Oklahoma and Texas and Arkansas and Nebraska teams? Plus, no one could forget that Snyder's last two years had been a real struggle.
Snyder himself did not worry about such things. He was reenergized. His hypersensitivity to detail was tingling again. He was armed with his 16 goals for success and a sense of purpose. The Cadillac (now an Escalade) was back in its parking spot. He made his son, Sean, associate head coach, and he brought back his old friend Dana Dimel to help run the offense, and some former players like Mo Latimore and Michael Smith and Joe Bob Clements to help reestablish the Kansas State standards. Everything returned to old. Sundays were for study, Mondays were for meetings, Tuesdays for ferocious practices, Wednesdays for players running the stairs if they missed a class.
Every day, Snyder hammered home the same concepts he always had. Now, though, they had a name. They were the 16 goals for success. Commitment. Unselfishness. Unity. Improvement. Toughness. Discipline. Effort. Enthusiasm. Vigilance. Persistence. Optimism. Ambition. Expectation. Consistency. Leadership. Responsibility.
"It's not like he uses the numbers of the 16 goals or anything," Kansas State receiver Curry Sexton says. "I mean he talks about them all the time. But it's not like he says something like: 'OK, today we're talking about No. 9, eliminating mistakes.' It's not that official."
Maybe not. But it's worth noting that Goal No. 9 on Bill Snyder's 16 goals of success is indeed "eliminating mistakes," and Curry Sexton knew that instinctively.
* * *
Goal No. 14: Consistency.
Curry Sexton is one of those small-town Kansas kids, son of a farmer, who grew up with Wildcats' football being at the very height of his imagination. He knew all the names, memorized all the plays, imagined himself on the field on Saturdays and, of course, idolized Bill Snyder. Now, he's there, playing for Bill Snyder.
"Yeah, it's different from what I thought," he says. "It's always different on the inside. It's amazing to see how his mind works.... He's just so consistent. He is exactly the same all the time. You never go into any situation wondering what's going to happen. You know. If it's Monday, you do this. If it's Friday, you do this. That's a big thing."
Snyder's consistency unquestionably brings players together. Perhaps the greatest mystery about this year's Kansas State team -- and Snyder's success as a whole -- is how a hodgepodge of junior college players, transfers and overlooked prospects from 20 different states could come together in Manhattan and become one of America's best teams. It's instructive to look at Kansas State's best players.
Leading rusher: John Hubert, a 5-foot-7 powerhouse who scored 41 touchdowns as a senior in high school but was thought by many to be too small to be a Division-I back.
Leading receiver: Chris Harper, a transfer from Oregon who has already graduated.
Leading tackler: Arthur Brown, an All-America candidate who transferred from Miami to get closer to home (he's from Wichita, Kan.) and to play for Snyder.
Leader in tackles for loss: Adam Davis, a junior college star from Folkston, Ga. who had to sit out a year with a serious back injury that many thought would end his playing career.
Other stars include linebacker Justin Tuggle (who was a quarterback at Boston College), defensive back Nigel Malone (a junior college transfer) and center B.J. Finney (a former walk-on from Andale, Kan).
Well, you could keep on going down the list. This isn't a myth. Kansas State really is a team of junior college players, transfers and overlooked recruits. Even the team's biggest star and Heisman candidate, quarterback Collin Klein, a Ron Prince signing, was lightly recruited out of Colorado and began his career at Kansas State as a special teams player and wide receiver.
So, how does this bunch go into Oklahoma and beat a team some thought the most talented non-Alabama team in America? How does this bunch hold on at Iowa State and then go to West Virginia and crush the Mountaineers? How do they all come together?
"Consistency is really big," Sexton says. "But it's a lot of things." Of course. At least 16.
* * *
Goal No. 16: Responsibility.
Everybody who has ever been around Kansas State football even for a few days knows Robert Lipson. He went to Kansas State in the early 1970s. And, since then, he has never missed a Kansas State conference road game. Not one. His passed 150 straight games sometime last year. He's always around -- ALWAYS around -- and he's been written about a lot and talked about a lot and, to be honest, avoided a lot too. Robert will talk your ear off if you let him.
The college football world, though, played a cruel trick on Robert Lipson. When he started this crazy streak, Kansas State was in the Big 8, so none of the road trips were especially daunting. The longest drive was to Colorado -- every bit of eight hours. But the trip to Lincoln, Neb.; Lawrence, Kan.; Norman, Okla.; Columbia, Mo.; even Ames, Iowa -- these really weren't too bad.
Well, then the Big 8 became the Big 12, and suddenly Austin and Waco were on the schedule. Those required longer drives. And then, the Big 12 blew up. This is what led Robert Lipson to figure out a way to get from Manhattan to Morgantown, W.Va. ("There's no good way," Snyder says). That's 16-plus hours of driving, if you're scoring at home. Robert somehow beat Kansas State to the team hotel at West Virginia.
"Robert probably has the first car ever made," Snyder says, a joke, but he's not really joking. His eyes (could this be?) are a bit teary. He's talking about what Kansas State football means to people. Robert is unique, but he's also representative. "Young people, all of us, myself included, we need to have a great appreciation for that, for someone who shows that kind of passion, who makes those kind of sacrifices," Snyder says.
It's no wonder that the last of the 16 goals is responsibility. It's the biggest word for Snyder. Kansas State doesn't play cutting-edge football. The quarterback draw has been Snyder's favorite play since he had a Heisman finalist named Michael Bishop at quarterback. It's his favorite play now too. Kansas State's defense doesn't trick the game up with a lot of blitzes and different formations. Snyder has watched more film than any coach east of Belichick the last 20 years, but watching all that film has convinced him that it isn't the scheme, it's how well you play the game.
And that's about responsibility. First, there's responsibility on the field -- staying in your lane, finishing your block, picking up the blitz, catching the ball in traffic and all that. Second, there's being responsible for yourself off the field -- staying out of trouble, going to class, studying for tests, preparing for games, all those things.
But for Snyder, the word mostly means being responsible to OTHERS. He talks at length to his players about Robert Lipson driving across the country in the first car ever made to see them play. He talks at length about the people across the state of Kansas who work hard all week and look forward to watching them play on Saturdays. He talks at length about how every player in that room ended up in Manhattan, Kan., for a reason, and they owe something to each other.
"He knows," Chris Harper says. "When you play for each other, you play hard."
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They call Collin Klein, "Little Bill." He is so much like his coach. He speaks earnestly and in clichés. He avoids controversy like poison ivy. He deflects praise, embraces blame and has already graduated. He just got married. He is -- and this is said by everyone from his coaches to his teammates -- the kind of person you would hope your son would become.
It's an odd thing to hear TEAMMATES say that sort of thing about someone.
"Collin is just one of those people who you look up to," Sexton says.
He's also the Heisman frontrunner, at least for this week. How's he handling it? One thing we people in the media love to do is ask people how they are dealing with "the media." Klein admits that with Twitter and 24-hour sports television and radio and all that, he is aware of some of the hype.
But he isn't thinking about it. Lots of people say that. But it's easy to believe Klein. He says that after all these years, he hears Bill Snyder's voice in his head. It's that voice that tells him to not get caught up in hype, that tells him to study carefully that Texas Tech defense, that reminds him to constantly keep two hands on the football when in the pocket.
"Just how good is this Kansas State team?" Klein is asked. This is an easy one. He doesn't even need to wait for Snyder's voice in his head.
"A little bit better than we were yesterday," he says without a second's hesitation.
Well it's the truth. And it's what matters. At some point earlier this year, a reporter was curious, and he asked Collin Klein if he could actually name Snyder's 16 goals for success. Klein smiled. He asked back: "Do you want them in numerical or alphabetical order?"


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Caroline Wozniacki ended up caddying for Rory McIlroy at the par 3 tournament held at the Masters on Wednesday.
"Excited to be @mcilroyrory 's first ever female caddie today!," she tweeted. "I just want to get her into one of those white boiler suits the caddies must wear at Augusta," said the Ulsterman.
It was fair exchange. McIlroy played one point during an exhibition match in New York with Maria Sharapova last year. However Wozniacki may prefer to stick to the tennis game.
She hit her only shot on the 9th into the water.
Here's the video:

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Homophobes Launch Disgusting Attacks Against Tom Daley
Without skipping a beat, anti-gay zealots started attacking Tom Daley on Twitter immediately after the British Olympic diver came out as dating a guy. If you look closely, you'll notice some infamous bigots jumping on the anti-gay slurs brigade:
(h/t: Towleroad)
It's absolutely amazing how so many of these homophobic people were right up there supporting him and wishing they could be just like him and when his true self is revealed, they feel like it was a crime against them. He doesn't owe anyone any explanation, nor should he feel obligated to even pursue what he is doing. But he does, for the love of the sport, his team, and his country, even with all the haters. He will continue to thrive in this sport and possibly become one of the greatest ever. All you homophobic trolls will never be more than that, and that's the real issue, jealousy rears it's ugly head again.
Personally I Find Skinny ass women disgusting... Should I post degrading posts against these celebrities who date these glorified lolipop women??? I'm a gay man... and don't care WHO he sleeps with, just glad the world is beginning to realize we ALL need to get out of each other's heads and beds cause if truth were told... EVERYBODY has SOMETHING to hide.... just some of our skeletons are more "visible" than others... shame on the negative bigots...
Hey, now. I completely agree that as a culture we could and should be a lot less negative, judgemental and prejudiced, and if we can't do that, we should, as the people quoted here on twitter should, at least have the decency to abstain from hateful public tirades. Gay, straight, or bi, no-one deserves to be denigrated for who they choose to be with, and anyone in the public eye who has the courage to come out gets my respect. But seriously - "I find skinny ass women disgusting"? You're entitled not to find thin women attractive, but calling them disgusting and glorified lollipops is nasty and unecessary, even to make a point. You could have found a way to make your point without putting others down.
I am sorry for all the negative comments and hopeful that all this positive feedback helps to reassure anyone that is going through a similar situation that not all people are hateful. Please know that there are always people that will support you. Tom Daley, thank you for opening up about something so personal and best wishes in you and all you do.
Is it True (fag meant for smoking)
H Is it helpful ( What ya'll haters are saying?)
I Is it inspiring ( Breakin manity Down instead of Love humans)
N Is it necessary ( NO Ones making such a big deal out of "Heterosexual Swimmers?
K Is it Kind ( Ya'll need Shaloms in your heart) God does not hate He is A God of Love and he loves
There are ten sexual orientations in the world people! Why do you give a damn what someone has as a sexual preference? He is fucking gorgeous. How much of this hate stems from closeted homosexuals? How much of it stems from people bitter about his sheer sexiness? How much of it stems from ignorance. Strip all of that away and there are very few people who actually have a profound reason to dislike his sexual orientation and those people can pray about it and shut the fuck up. Can I get an AMEN!
We are supposed to be living in a world of acceptance!!! Why do people hate someone else simply because he/she is different from themselves? One of the reasons our world is so beautiful is because we are all different from one another: color, sex, race, ethnicity, etc. One other thing: EVERYONE NEEDS TO STOP USING THE WORD FAG! It's a major slap in the face to millions of people! Demonstrate some humanity and education and wake up to 2013! GAY PEOPLE ARE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THE WORLD AS EVERYONE ELSE!!! WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!
I agree with you champ! Another thing about the word 'fag' is that it used to bother me when i read it or heard it. But now, instead of giving someone else the power to make me feel terrible with that word i simply have a positive impression of the word and i dont think of it as an insult... Lets us 'fags' get together and turn this around... Make the word 'fag' a good thing instead of it being construed as an insult. What say?
@alltomyself......yes you will be always all to yourself, nobody in their right mind would want to be with such turgid bigoted moron.........sorry, which Olympic medal did you win?...oh I'm sooooo sorry,you didn't qualify,what was that.......you had a skull X Ray and there was just a clear space.....noooooo, never. F**kwitt
It always amazes me how people take to their keyboard to post nasty things about other people with no consequence. I feel like people hide behind the computer and say things that they would never say directly to someone ... it is sad that this is the generation that feel entitled, but yet has no remorse about hurting other people or never having things reflect back on them.
I think Tom is courageous and I have always respected his talents.
the people that tweeted those are most probably closeted gays that doesn't have much big of a ball like Tom Daley do to admit that they're gay hence they unleash their jealousy by writing such. I pray that god will grow some hair on their balls to have the courage to come out and stop hiding it by being homophobes. #stopshavingyourhairynutshomophobes
Glad someone mentioned that English call cigarettes fags. They don't even use that word in the states as much any more with the media having a gay character in almost every show you watch now a day. And the stereo type is dying too. These ignorant assholes must not tune into their own radio station (Gaydio Radio, Internet radio station) who broadcast Mr. Daley's sexual preference during the Olympics. This is not new news, so sad. They must be out of touch and so behind the times. It figures, but again, he he who does protest too much are secretly gay themselves. It takes a man who is sure of his own sexuality to be able to give an athlete the credit he deserves. What can you idiots do besides run off with your ignorant mouths? And most swimmers are not divers and visa versa. They seem to lump the two sports together. Ignorance is bliss.
I would like to say I hate these idiots.. But Hate just brings about more hate.. Why are so many people so closed minded. What difference does it make who someone loves. What the heck is everybody afraid of? I'm happy for Tom Daley., I hope his friends and family continue to support him., and I hope he finds peace within himself an those around him. Tom, don't listen to these closed minded people.
The guy is hot, young and has his whole life ahead of him.. Good Luck to him
For the love of God, and in the name of all that is Holy.......Tom Daley is bisexual, get over it already......he's no more brave than any gay man or woman who has taken this massive leap of faith and "Come out of the closet." So what he's 19, I came out when I was 12 in 1981 when being gay wasn't a fashion accessory and you may as well have signed your own death warrant in the education system. Puhlease...........people these days
The authors of these disgusting tweets don't even realize that we have denigrating words for them too. For example: I see the N word could be used for some folks. They of course feel it's OK to call Tom a fag and don't even realize there are labels for them as well. It's all ignorance and fear that makes them react so negatively. Tom, always take the high road and don't listen to these ignorant imbeciles.
And it's not even the Red part of the United States, it's Britain where this is happening. Goodness! And homophobia is a phobia, as should be suggested first of all by its bloody name, because it describes anti-gay behavior for which there is no good reason on this green earth. Just like the word racism describes anti-black behavior for which there is no good reason on this green earth. With the exception of a few knuckle draggers in the aforementioned Red part of the United States, America has learned the latter of the lessons. It is astonishing that in 2013 there are still people who haven't learned it with respect to the former one. Peace!
As an American who lives in Massachusetts (the first state to allow same sex marriage)and who himself is married to a man, I want ed to Thank you for being such a wicked awesome role model to so many young people. Love is love no matter who you choose. In the end love will concur all. Kick ass in 2016 to prove all those haters wrong. I'll be rooting for you from across the big blue ocean.
Keep your CHIN UP, and be PROUD of who you are.... all the haters and breeders are just 'JEALOUS!" BEST of LUCK goin forward, with your career, and with your personal life!! EVERYone deserves to be HAPPY:) THANKS for coming OUT, and being such an awesome "role model" for your fans, and LGBT audience. Wishing a GREAT holiday season!!!
for all the assholes that used the word fag your the only fags. If you people don't like it that he is gay than move out of your country i am sure nobody would miss assholes like you. Tom has the right to live his life anyway he want and who are use to come along and judge him just because he's gay. I think the guys have a big crush for him and that's why there calling him a fag becauae he is a hot and sexy guy. Kiss my gay ass
Totally unbelievable what the hell difference does he sexual orientation have to do with anything at all he is one hell of a professional diver, he has come out and said he found love, who cares if it was with a women or a man, question is are you happy, and he is, as for the comments above, people it's almost 2014 first grow up and second, shameful can't believe that such people can have such hate, and we ask ourselves what is wrong with this world. Tom you represent England with all you've got and know that people are extremely proud of who you are.
I have ALWAYS admired you; first for your Fabulous Diving skills!! and now, Secondly, for coming out!! Don't let these ASSHOLES get you down! you should be proud of your Achievements and Accomplishments! I'm proud of you and I'm sure your family is too and I know you have many fans straight and gay that love you for All that you are and NOT because you're Gay or Straight. YOu are a loving Talented Human Being!
All the Best Tom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We are the family
We are the one
We are across countries, ages and gengers.
We are the people, we are the human.
Nothing can change our love to each other.
Everyone welcome to the rainbow flag.
We always watch out for one to another.
Doesn't matter where we are, who we are and how we are.
We are in the family.
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It doesn't matter whether Tom Daley is gay, straight, or bisexual. That's not the point. The point is that he's a good man, he's an awesome diver, and he does his country right. In fact, I'm GLAD to see a young celebrity come out of the closet. He will be much happier in life now that he doesn't have to hide his identity. Not only does he do good things for his country, he's nice to look at, too. I have his calendar hanging on my wall right now.
Also, homophobia isn't a phobia. You're just scared.
What the is wrong with you people from London, it doesn't matter if he's gay not, what truly is an oversight that at least he's bringing home medals to your country and one have any decency?
It is freaking me out and regardless of being, Heterosexual, Bisexual. or Gay [Homosexsual]
He is a true champion to say the least. I find it sad and hopefully a lager percentage of London's societies finest is not so homophobes. BTW Homophobia is taboo
I can't understand why people hate you if you are gay... we are humans like you... what's the difference? We eat, we love, we have family etc.. I think you hate us because we are better persons than you..." live your life and let others to do whatever they want " try to be a better person. ..
You know it's a proven fact that homophobes who scream insults the loudest are doing so out of guilt over their own closeted homosexuality.. So keep screaming- ur only outing ur selves..LOL. Love is love and we need more of it in this world. All the best to you Tom!! U have millions of supporters so just ignore the minority of assholes..
I am very proud for him being him! He is a great human being a great swimmer, a son, a brother and much more. Who cares what sexuality he likes gay, straight bi? All it matters is that he is a human being like the rest of us! Why attack gay-bi people for no reason? learned from the prejudice that your parents or organize fake religions have taught you? SAD That's sad! sad ! SEX has nothing to do with being a decent respected human being ! God says love thy neighbor, Love not hate! The bible doesn't teach us discrimination or to hate one another .
There will always people who love you and dislike you, no matter what you do, who you are or who you love. But Tom probably came out at this point since he is ready to face the music, no matter what it's tone. The anti-gay idiots are just some people that lack education and a lot of respect for others. CONGRATULATIONS TOM FOR FINDING LOVE !!


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BREMEN — In a tie game in the bottom of the sixth inning in Thursday's season opener, the Bremen baseball team came through with clutch hitting and base running when it mattered most.
A two-RBI triple by Dillon Mullen, a sacrifice-bunt RBI by Wes Burkholder and an RBI double by Eric Knepper delivered an 8-4 victory over Fairfield.
"It's great to get out here against a quality team like Fairfield and to come out with a win against them," Bremen coach Bo Hundt said.
A goal going into the season was to limit opponents' big innings. It was mission accomplished Thursday, as Fairfield only scored more than one run in one inning.
"We limited their big innings, and we also wanted to come out and have a decent inning after theirs, and we did that, too" Hundt said.
Bremen got off to a rough start in the first inning, with a single, stolen base, error, hit batter and a wild pitch leading to a 1-0 Fairfield lead.
Bremen answered in the second. Nate Leeper led off with a walk and stole second. A sacrifice bunt by Jesse Glingle followed by a throwing error brought Leeper home to tie it up at 1-1.
Bremen took a 2-1 lead in the third when Bobby Cornett scored following a single by Sean Knepper and back-to-back wild pitches.
A two-RBI single by Jerad Stump sparked a three-run fourth for Fairfield. Bremen came back with a run in the bottom half of the inning by Leeper, who came in to run for Mitch Andrews. The Lions followed with an RBI single by Sean Knepper in the fifth, scoring Eric Knepper after his triple, to tie it at 4-4.
That led to Bremen's explosive sixth inning, a result of quality team baseball, according to Hundt.
"It really was. I had guys subbing in and out, made three or four substitutions, and that's the way we're going to play this season," Hundt said. "It's a team game, and these guys are committed to that. Everybody is behind everybody."
After taking over for Glingle on the mound in the sixth, Leeper finished off Fairfield in the top of the seventh for the win. Glingle and Leeper combined to give up five hits.
Bremen finished with eight hits and five walks, but Hundt said a lot of work at the plate remains.
"We knew coming in we were going to swing the bats decent," Hundt said. "There's some things we need to work on throughout the year. I'm content with how we swung today, but not happy completely."
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Wizards Of The Coast Kills Popular Kickstarter Project Based On Questionable Trademark Claim
from the kaiju? dept
WotC had apparently contacted Sunstone earlier about their claims, and Sunstone had their lawyer explain the nature of trademark law and the fact that Kaiju is a common word... and they heard nothing else. Apparently, they assumed that the situation was settled, though I would think that confirming that before launching the Kickstarter might have been a reasonable move. Simon Strange, the owner of Sunstone, told GamePolitics (link above) that he understands the nature of trademark law, and the fact that you're supposed to protect your marks, but he figured that it could be settled between discussions with lawyers, rather than suddenly having his Kickstarter project taken down and all its backers informed of the dispute. And, now, he's worried about legal costs:
"Obviously we can't afford to spend our very limited development budget, which was provided by our backers on Kickstarter, on fighting over a name,"" He says. "But at the same time it would really make me sad if we're forced to change our name just because we can't afford to defend ourselves. I'm still hopeful that it won't come to that."Maybe Kickstarter should automatically populate projects that are taken down like this with a special "legal fund" Kickstarter while they wait for details to be worked out.


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Talking a square land rent deal
Prices for about everything tied to raising a crop these days are as volatile as they've ever been. It can make it tough for landowners and tenants to reach a square land rental agreement. So, how do you do it?
"Market volatility also may contribute to an uneasiness between landlord and tenant in setting a rental rate," says University of Nebraska Extension educator Allan Vyhnalek. "Prices are moving more in 15 minutes, than they did over an entire year when I was growing up. These wild market swings can be overwhelming and stressful."
As a general rule of thumb, regardless of the structure of the rental agreement, the most accurate figure for rent is 25% to 30% of the land's gross income or its equivalent. But, when crop prices are falling, landowners may be reluctant to follow the market down and cut rental rates.
"Cash rents are going up rapidly, 75% to 90% over the last 6 years, and will be slow to go down if/when commodity prices fall," Vyhnalek says. "When landowners get used to having that income, they are not going to want to give that up."
Though that's a natural dynamic in the farm land rental game, Vyhnalek says the best way to avoid issues that can arise from market volatility is to keep communication open, clear and ongoing. "Building a successful landlord-tenant relationship is beneficial to both parties and can lead to a fruitful long-term arrangement. Clear communication will be the key to keeping this relationship strong and cash rents at the proper level," Vyhnalek says.
Here are a few things he recommends weighing when considering such open communication between landowner and tenant:
- Tell the truth
Telling the landlord the yield for the field or whole farm average, then telling the coffee shop the biggest number observed on the yield monitor can lead to misunderstanding. Your credibility may be questioned.
- Communicate expenses (tenants)
In many cases, landlords are former farmers. Depending on how tuned in they are to current production costs, they may know how much current expenses have risen.
- Communicate intentions and expenses (landlords)
Landlords need to communicate too. Tenants cannot possibly know how the landlord wants the land to be managed if that information isn't communicated. Expectations for fertility management, tillage, mowing ditches, and weed control are examples of information that should be shared. It's also appropriate for landlords to tell tenants how much land taxes have changed.
"Many tenants may question why they need to share information about their expenses, yields, and the farming practices and choices they've made," Vyhnalek says.
And, don't forget the communication works both ways. In the typical landowner-tenant relationship, most consider the landowner the side with more questions for the tenant regarding how the land will be cared for, what will be planted, etc. But, if you're a renter, don't be afraid to ask questions of your landlord, especially if your future viability depends on it
"I would ask the landowner if they had any questions for me about my methods, etc. I would also ask what they would be expecting from me in the way of upkeep on the land, how long they would rent it to me(indefinitely or a period of time after which they might solicit bids from other farmers and myself), and if I were to improve the land with say tiling would they pay for part of the tiling or not?" says Farmersforthefuture.com member Aaron Braunschweig. "Would they even allow such improvements in the first place?"


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The Department of American literature and Culture at Ege University aims to enable students to reach their full intellectual potential through a liberal arts education. Studying literature, language, and related humanistic disciplines equips students with the necessary skills to understand not only the ideas, attitudes, and values of their own culture but those of others as well. The Department of American Culture and Literature was established in 1992 in response to Turkey's growing need for education that conforms to international standards. The objective of the program is to develop students' ability to make critical analysis in many areas of social sciences and to be able to express their ideas orally and in written form. As the importance of borders and boundaries has diminished in this era of internationalization and the Internet, it has seemed appropriate to bring the related disciplines of literary and cultural studies together. In an age of globalization, the department offers a wide choice of courses offering insight into both the American and the international agenda. The result of this curriculum is to encourage a comparative perspective on the world.
Over the years, we have noted that our graduates enjoy productive careers in the public and private sectors of Turkey and countries abroad, in such fields as business finance, government, international relations, education, the media, technology, and the arts, to name only a few. The academic year at the Faculty of Letters is comprised of two semesters of 15 weeks each. The undergraduate program of the Department of American Culture and Literature is a 4-years, 8 semesters program. The student of the Department of American Culture and Literature has to pass all the courses of those 8 semesters successfully in order to obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
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The Missouri Century Farm Program annually recognizes Missouri farms that are still productive and have been in the same family for 100 years or more.
This past Sunday afternoon the University of Missouri's Extension Center in Newton County, along with the Newton County Farm Bureau, honored four Newton County families with this prestigious award. The 2013 Century Farm recipients are as follows:
• Leader Farms, Seneca - Billie L. Leader, owner
• Prater Farms, Neosho - Chad & Debra Prater, owners
• Austin Farm, Neosho – Lynda Mills, Christine Logan, Thomas Austin, owners
• Wilson Farms, Stark City-Newtonia, Bill & Karen Wilson, owners
This year the University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Farm Bureau will recognize 222 farms from 87 of our state's counties with the Century Farm status.
To qualify for the Century Farm designation, in addition to having been in the same family for 100 years or more, the farm must have at least 40 acres of the original land still making a financial contribution to the overall farm income.
The line of ownership, starting with the original settler or buyer, may be through their children their grandchildren, siblings, nephews or nieces, or through marriage or adoption.
Missouri's Century Farm awards date back to 1975 when our state was making plans for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in 1976.
At that time, Governor Christopher Bond suggested that agriculture should play a prominent role in the celebration, since it was Missouri's number one industry. Bond appointed the Missouri Agriculture Committee to come up with suggestions on the role agriculture could play in the state's celebration.
The suggestion was made to have Centennial Farm award certificates be presented to farmers owning farms that have been in the same family for 100 years or more. A total of 2,850 Missouri farm owners from 105 of Missouri's 114 counties were recognized as Centennial Farm owners. Interest in the program continued to grow even after the Bicentennial celebration had ended.
The University of Missouri's College of Agriculture and Food and Natural Resources, along with the University Extension planned a 10 year update in 1986. At this time—when they were the sole sponsors of the award—they changed its name to the Century Farm Program, and another 1,080 farms were recognized. Beginning in 1987, recognitions for Century Farms were made on a yearly basis, and since 1987, 4,440 farms have received this designation. In 2008, the Missouri Farm Bureau joined the University Extension as one of the award sponsors.
The idea of centennial—or century –farms and ranches in the United States spread from state to state. New York was the first state to make such recognitions, having begun in 1937. In addition to Century Farms, some states recognize sesquicentennial farms at 150 years, or bicentennial farms at 200 years.
Congratulations to all our state's newest Century Farm award winners, and especially to those in Newton County.
The recognition of the farms that have been designated as Missouri Century Farms—and their farm families—honors the long-term values and commitment of those individuals who live and work on their land.
This is a major milestone for those families whose ownership and commitment to our state's agriculture have become a part of Missouri's identity. Building on the values of the family farm will help keep our state's agriculture industry productive, while providing food and fiber for generations to come.
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The Missouri Century Farm Program annually recognizes Missouri farms that are still productive and have been in the same family for 100 years or more.


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The nation of Swaziland will be protecting women against rape by arresting them for wearing mini-skirts or baring their midriffs, because that's far more effective than, you know, arresting the fucking rapist, who was obviously just too overcome by lust to help themselves.
Women in Swaziland risk arrest if they wear miniskirts or tops which expose part of their stomach as they will be violating moral standards, a police spokesperson has said.
"The act of a rapist is made easy, because it would be easy to remove the half-cloth worn by the women," Wendy Hleta was quoted as saying…
Hleta said women wearing revealing clothing were responsible for assaults or rapes committed against them.
"I have read from the social networks that men and even other women have a tendency of 'undressing people with their eyes'. That becomes easier when the clothes are hugging or are more revealing," Hleta said.
However, the ban does not apply to traditional costumes worn by young women during ceremonies like the annual Reed Dance, where the ruling King Mswati III chooses a wife.
The monarch already has 13 wives.
During the ceremony, beaded traditional skirts worn by young bare-breasted virgins cover only the front, leave the back exposed. Underwear is not allowed.
So let's see…it's illegal to wear revealing clothing because that leads to rape and the women must be punished for making it so easy for them to be raped. Except when it comes time for the king to choose which woman he wants to have sex with. Because that's tradition. Wow.


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Making hay with horses
In the hayfield, the hay sweep (or sweep-rake) moved hay. The driver lowered the sweep's teeth (the long wooden tines) to ground level and took the sweep down a windrow of raked hay. As the sweep moved forward, the hay piled onto the buck (the platform of wooden teeth.)
When the buck was full of hay, the load was taken to the haystack. A good man on the sweep planned his route so he was close to the haystack when the buck was full and heavy.
Mowing machines and dump rake were pulled from the front. However, horses could not walk in front of the sweep-rake -- they would have been wallowing through the hay windrows that the sweep was supposed to gather. This problem was solved by having the horses pull the sweep from the sides.
In the image below, the load of hay has been deposited on the haystacker buck (another platform of wooden tines.) The sweep driver has backed the horses away from the load. Now he is approaching the hay again to push it farther onto the stacker buck. The driver is physically lifting the sweep teeth. Men and horses worked hard in the hayfield.
By the time I was a child, the hay sweep was a tractor, with its transmission reversed and its seat turned around. Its big wheels were in front and its small wheels were in back. The sweep buck was mounted in front of the big wheels, and it was raised and lowered with hydraulic power. It could carry much larger loads of hay than a horse-powered sweep, and it went much faster.
A tractor pulled the load of hay to the top of the haystack. However, the tractor driver was still said to be "driving the stacker team." Maybe "stacker team" was easier to say than "stacker tractor."
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Don't know if anyone else is experiencing this, but I often will tab out during game play to check things on my browser. I have noticed that when you surrender a battle, if you tab out right after clicking "ok", when you come back in the wild pet you had just engaged will still be there.
If you screw up and have the wrong pets or have a friend that needs something this may work for you, since the log out thing doesn't work any longer. Don't know if it works every time... but happens a lot to me when I am playing.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (Aug. 26, 2012) – Junior outside hitter Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) and sophomore middle blocker Meredith Hardy (Kingsport, Tenn.) helped guide the ETSU volleyball team to three wins at the season opening Gamecock Invitational, and at the conclusion of play late Saturday night the Buccaneer tandem were selected to the all-tournament team.
Devine kicked off the season with three double-doubles after finishing the four matches with 72 kills and 50 digs, along with tallying 10 block assists. The Atlantic Sun Preseason Player of the Year selection began the campaign with a 20-kill, 15-dig performance in the 3-2 win over UNC Asheville on Friday, while finishing with her third straight double-double on the year with 25 kills and 15 digs in the 3-1 victory over Akron on Saturday. The 25 kills and 15 digs were one shy of tying career highs for Devine, while posting an attack percentage of .385 in those two matches.
Meanwhile, Hardy began the year with impressive numbers after kicking off the season by tying career highs with 15 kills and seven total blocks against Asheville. The career mark for blocks in a match didn't last long as the Kingsport, Tenn. native tallied nine total blocks versus Temple, which the Bucs defeated, 3-0. Hardy also finished with seven kills against the Owls. On Saturday, Hardy had eight kills, six digs, and four total blocks in the 3-1 victory over Akron, before completing the tournament with 13 kills against South Carolina.
South Carolina's Cara Howley claimed the tournament MVP award, while Paige Wheeler and Christina Vereb also earned all-tourney nods. Joining Devine and Hardy, was Akron's Tina Demetrius and Temple's Elyse Burkert.
The Bucs return to action on Tuesday evening when ETSU travels to Presbyterian for a non-conference match. Game time is set for 6 p.m.
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When a foreigner marrying a Vietnamese, this is cross cultural marriage with challenges and complexity in relationships which could be legally difficult. The Vietnam laws on Marriage and Family on marriage and family relations involving foreign elements provide legal grounds to avoid false marriages to gain citizenship or conduct human trafficking.
The following should be taken into consideration when a foreigner marrying a Vietnamese. However due to the complexity, it is suggested family lawyers in Vietam to be consulted to ensure the correct processes and procedures are carried out in timely manner:
1.Marriage consultation:
If marriage registration between a foreigner and a Vietnamese belongs one of the following cases, Vietnamese citizen must be consulted by the provincial Marriage Consultancy Center: i) the age gap between two partners is 20 years or more; ii) this is the third marriage of the foreign partner, or the foreign partner has gone through a divorce with a Vietnamese citizen; iii) the partners do not completely understand about the families and backgrounds of each other; about the languages, traditions, customs, cultures, and laws on marriage and families of each other's country.
After being advised on marriage consultation, Vietnamese citizen will be issued a certificate by Marriage Consultancy Center (hereafter referred to as Certificate) which is part of the application dossier.
When the Vietnamese citizens is fluent in a foreign language or foreigner is fluent in Vietnamese, and the interviews at the Justice Department show that both sides have an good understanding of family circumstances, personal situation, and the understanding of language, customs, traditions, culture, laws on marriage and family in each country, the Certificate will not be needed.
2.Submission for marriage registration
One of two parties would submit directly to provincial Department of Justice of province where the Vietnamese citizen applicant resides. A dossier of marriage registration is prepared including the following papers of each party:
a) The marriage registration declaration (standard form);
b) The papers of marriage status of each party:
Vietnamese shall provide the written certification of marital status issued by the People's Committee where he/she resides.
Foreigner shall provide the documentary evidence on marital status of foreigners issued by a competent agency of the country of which the applicant is a citizen. In cases where foreign laws do not prescribe the certification of marriage status, it can be replaced by the certification of oath taken by the applicant that he or she concurrently has no wife or husband, in accordance with the laws of those countries; the written certificate of marriage eligibility issued by a competent agency of the country of which the applicant is a citizen (unless laws of this country do not regulate about this document); for foreigners who have already been divorced with Vietnamese citizens at foreign competent agencies, they must submit the written confirmation that the divorce which carried out abroad have been recorded in civil status book as prescribed by law of Vietnam.
c) The medical examination from a Vietnamese or foreign competent health organization, certifying that such person does not suffer from mental diseases or other diseases which make a person incapable to aware or control his/her acts;
d) Copies of personal papers, such as identity card or passport, passport or papers of substitute value such as travel document or residence card;
e) Copies of the household registration book, the temporary residence book (for Vietnamese citizens living in the country); permanent residence card, temporary residence card or temporary residence certificate (for foreigners residing temporarily or permanently in Vietnam).
f) Certificate of Marriage Consultancy Center on marriage to a foreigner that Vietnamese citizens have been given advice for marriage in compulsory cases mentioned above.
All documents provide by parties have to have valuation within 6 months to the date when the dossier is received.
3. Interviews for marriage registration to a foreigner in Vietnam
Within 15 days as from the date of receiving the complete and valid dossiers as well as fees, the provincial Department of Justice shall have the responsibilities to implement the direct interview at head office for both marriage partners in order to check, clarify personal matter, voluntary marriage and extent of understanding each other of both marriage partners.
If the interview result shows that two parties fail to understand status of each other, the provincial Department of Justice shall make an appointment for re-interview; the next interview shall be performed 30 days after the preceding interview.
In cases there are issues which need to be verified, the provincial Department of Justice dshall carry out necessary procedures to verify.
4. Certificate of marriage registration in Vietnam
After interviewing both marriage partners, studying and verifying the marriage registration dossiers, opinions of police agencies (if any), the provincial Department of Justice shall report result and propose settlement of marriage registration to submit to provincial People's Committees for decision, enclosed with 01 set of marriage registration dossier.
Within 05 working days, after receiving the written submission of the provincial justice department together with the marriage registration dossier, the chairman of the provincial People's Committee shall sign in the certificate of marriage and return dossier to the provincial Department of Justice for holding the ceremony for marriage registration.
In case refusal for marriage registration, provincial People's Committees shall have a document clearly stating reasons thereof and send it to the provincial Department of Justice in order to notify both marriage partners.
5. Ceremonies for marriage registration in Vietnam
Within 05 working days, after the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee signs the marriage certificate, the provincial Department of Justice shall hold ceremony for marriage registration.
The marriage registration ceremony shall be solemnly organized at the office of the provincial Department of Justice. When the marriage registration ceremony is held, both marriage partners must be present. The representative of the provincial Department of Justice shall preside over the ceremony, requesting both parties to state their final intention on voluntary marriage. If they agree to marry each other, the representative of the Department of Justice shall record the marriage in the marriage registers, requesting each party to sign on the marriage certificate, the marriage register and hand over the original marriage certificate to the husbands and wives, each with one certificate.
The marriage certificate shall be valid from the date the marriage registration ceremony is organized as provided. The grant of copies of the marriage certificate from the original registers shall be implemented by the provincial Department of Justice at the requests of the wives or husbands.


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Alcatel-Lucent said today it will cut another 10,000 jobs globally as part of an ongoing restructuring to improve the struggling telecommunications equipment maker's competitive position. Exact impact on New Jersey operations, where the France-based company employs a small segment of its work force, is unclear.
Among the job cuts, Alcatel-Lucent plans to shed 4,100 jobs in Europe, Middle East and Africa, 3,800 in Asia, and 2,100 in the Americas. The plans are part of a broader restructuring aimed at reducing operating expenses by 15 percent by the end of 2015.
An Alcatel-Lucent spokesman said the company is not specifying the number of job cuts by locality. Alcatel-Lucent employs about 3,000 in New Jersey, mostly in the Murray Hill section of New Providence, which is about 4 percent of its global head count. Alcatel-Lucent also has a research plant in Holmdel plus remote employees around the state.
Chief Executive Michel Combes told the French newspaper "Le Monde" that the future of the company is in question.
"Everyone knows this plan is the last chance," he told the paper. "The company is in a very serious situation."
The expense reductions announced today are the latest in the company's $1.36 billion cost-reduction effort first outlined in June, dubbed the Shift Plan. Company strategy calls for selling assets, cutting expenses and investing more in next-generation technologies, including cloud services and Internet routing systems that can handle more data traffic.
Alcatel-Lucent said today it plans to increase spending on next-generation technologies to 85 percent of research and development expenses, up from 65 percent now. The company also plans to cut spending on what it terms legacy technologies by 60 percent.
Jobs reductions will occur in administrative, sales and support functions.
"To carry out this plan, we must make difficult decisions, and we will make them with open and transparent dialogue with our employees and representatives," Combes said in a release from the company. "The Shift Plan is about the company controlling its destiny."
Alcatel-Lucent, formed in 2006 when France's Alcatel merged with the United States' Lucent, has struggled since its inception. The company reported a $1.86 billion loss in 2012. Combes took over as chief executive earlier this year.


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Lou Henry Hoover: First Lady, Girl Scout Leader, AAUW MemberMarch 12, 2013
On the Girl Scouts' 101st anniversary, we're remembering one of the early leaders of that great organization. She was a first lady of the United States, an AAUW member, and a Girl Scout long before there was a name for it!
Lou Henry Hoover, a member of the AAUW Washington (DC) Branch, was no ordinary first lady. What an amazing life she led! Born in 1874, she grew up in Iowa and California. Lou Henry Hoover was very close to her father; he took her on camping and fishing excursions. At an early age, she became an excellent horsewoman. As first lady, she would often escape the demands of the position with a secret horseback ride through Rock Creek Park.
Her love of the outdoors translated into her academic pursuits as well as her philanthropic activities. Lou Henry Hoover attended Stanford University and was the first woman to major in geology at the school. It was there that she met fellow geology student Herbert Hoover. They married in 1899, after Lou Henry Hoover graduated, and immediately left for China to follow his work with a mining company. She became fluent in Chinese, and later, in the White House, the Hoovers would sometimes speak in Chinese to trick eavesdroppers. The Hoovers were a modern couple by any standards. They collaborated in the translation of an academic text from Latin to English, the 16th century encyclopedia of mining De re Metallica. Jointly, they won an award for this work, and the translated version is still in use today. Herbert Hoover also relied on his wife to oversee the construction of his presidential retreat, Rapidan Camp in Virginia. As first lady, Lou Henry Hoover was blasted by some critics for inviting the wife of an African American congressman, Oscar DePriest (R-IL), to the White House for tea. The first lady courageously stood her ground, did not rescind the invitation, and her husband supported her.
Lou Henry Hoover also had a substantial role in the founding of Girl Scouts, which was launched by Juliette Gordon Low 101 years ago today, on March 12, 1912. Lou Henry Hoover organized and led Troop VII in Washington, D.C., and loved the Girl Scouts for the same reasons I love it for my daughters — friendships, service, opportunities, and the outdoors. Lou Henry Hoover served as the national president of the Girl Scouts for two terms, from 1922 to 1925 and from 1935 to 1937. Remember this the next time you tear open a box of Thin Mints: It was Lou Henry Hoover who started the sale of Girl Scout Cookies in 1935. Under her leadership, the Girl Scouts grew to more than 1 million members. Imagine the lasting impact on the lives of so many girls!
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Intimate and up close evenings with the legendary Irish guitarist singer songwriter. A founding member of the band Moving Hearts, Declan has worked with a wealth of musicians, including Mary & Francis Black as well as being a long-time collaborator of over 30 years with Christy Moore.
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ECB Funds Artworks That Lampoon Euro-Zone Chiefs
Street art showing Mario Draghi stacking poker chips at a casino with Angela Merkel as his glamorous assistant is one of a series of satirical artworks on show at a European Central Bank-funded project in Frankfurt. WSJ's Caitlan Carroll reports. Photo: Getty Images
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pitbullmamaliz wrote:Hoyden wrote:Wow! That was FAST!!!
She looks so good in it.
I see she is on the hole on the collar, I put in an extra set of holes so she would have room to grow!
I appreciate that - she's on the smallest hole right now so she's got PLENTY of room to grow! Hoyden, this really is gorgeous! And DO you have business cards? If not, if somebody asks about the collar, what info can I give them to get in touch with you?
Do you make leashes??? Her hot pink one looks SOOOOOOO gaudy and horrid now next to the delicate pink collar!
I have a friend designing cards for me, I'll mail them when they are done.
You can have them email me. I'll start back into my web site soon.
I have 1" width of that same material on hand. I have to check if the ribbon will fit on it.


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MTK is a trade organisation and interest group representing farmers, forest owners and rural entrepreneurs.
MTK has over 400,000 members in local agricultural producers' organisations and regional forest management associations. All of the occupations and businesses of our members are based on renewable natural resources and their utilisation in a sustainable and economical way.
Regional activities and lobbying are carried out by 14 provincial MTK unions and 80 forest management associations.
MTK's sister organisation, SLC, has approximately 14,000 members and operates in the Swedish-speaking areas of Finland.


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Jenika's DIY Window Coverings
Recently, we had the privilege to take an inside look at Jenika and Robert's beautifully restored bungalow. Many readers commented on how much they loved her hand-made, black and white window treatments. Jenika has created a step-by-step guide to recreating the lovely window treatments and we are grateful that we are able to share it with you.
What we love best about Jenika's DIY drapery is that it has so much style and character and doesn't cost a lot of money. It can be a great solution and complement many different styles of decor. Listed below is Jenika's instructions for creating the low-cost window treatments.
What You Need
- Measuring Tape
- Hammer
- Stapler
- Finishing Nails
- Scissors
- Pen or pencil
1. Measure the width of the window and cut a 3/4" thick screen molding to size. If you have a saw at home that's great, but I would suggest making your cuts at the store where you buy the molding. It is easier to transport when the pieces are not 10' long and hanging out the back of your car. Most places like Home Depot will supply a small hand saw and tape measure for your convenience.
2. Measure the height of the window. Using a straight edge (extra piece of molding will work), mark lightly on the the back of your fabric the length (plus 3/4") and the width of the window and cut out. If you are using a stripe or pattern fabric, be sure to place your cut molding in the center of the pattern so that when you draw the curtain the edges that meet will match.
3. Lay your pre-cut molding 3/4" shy of the top edge of your cut fabric and fold the excess over. Secure with heavy duty staples every inch and a half.
4. Cut a piece of twine double the length of your fabric and lay over the center of the molding.
5. Either very strategically on your own, or with help, hold the molding tight to the window casing (staples facing up). Hammer in finishing nails at either end first and then follow with one in the center and any additional that are needed. The heavier your fabric, the more finishing nails you should use.
6. Tie the loose ends of the twine in a bow/knot as high or low as you prefer. The higher you get the more gathering will occur with your fabric. Once you have secured the twine you can adjust the folds. The softer the fold the better; if they are too perfect your curtain will look like an accordion. Just lift the fabric and gradually set it down letting the fabric settle on itself.
That's all there is to it! Of course, if you would like a more finished look and you know how to sew you can add a hem to all four sides of the fabric before you staple the fabric onto the molding. Just be sure to account for this when measuring.
The custom window treatments are such an easy way to add color/ texture with the added benefit of privacy. Also, you can switch out the fabric as often as the desire strikes you. If you want to change the look, replace the twine with ribbon. I myself was struck with the inspiration to change the fabric this weekend while visting the fashion district in downtown Los Angeles. I discovered, after a long absence, that Michael Levine has hundreds of awesome, affordable fabrics that would work fabulously in my own place.
To see more photos of Jenika's black and white window treatments, see the links for her house tour and her personal blog, No More Mauve.
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broke my left arm
foot tendonitis - make sure to stretch before you do any activities because it will be one of the most annoying pains you will experience i literally couldn't stand when i had this so i was in bed for about 2 weeks.
I'm up for a NAFTA
Until I started Japanese jujitsu a couple years ago I was almost never injured despite playing full contact ice hockey and playing outside a lot. In the last few years though I've:
Fractured a bone in my hand when I still wasn't good at punching.
Sprained a finger in a knife fighting drill so that I couldn't bend it all the way for months.
Strained ligaments in my elbow when it was improperly bent by a training partner.
Hurt my back being thrown to the point I could bend down for two weeks.
Countless aches,pains, bruises, scratches, scrapes, stiffness, and cuts. Its rare for me to wear a t shirt and shorts and have no visible small injuries. Al the punishment has upped my tolerance for pain dramatically and small pains barely register to me. Pain/soreness have just become a part of my life that I accept.
Stepped on a lego piece. Very painful indeed.
xD the worst I must say was during drill team. (for all who do not know drill team is an extra caricular for any JROTC branch) I was watching one of the upperclassman spin the rifle and I did not think I was close enough to get hit until the rifle hit me straight in the face right above my left eye. I did not notice I was bleeding till someone said something. It did not really get painful till after my adrenaline went down. That was just the worst out of all and it wasn't even that bad.
"We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to give us meaning."
I don't think there is enough forum space to list all of mine...BUT...I will give the last decade and change (2000 - 2012)
- 3rd Degree Burn on right foot (2 surgeries and skin graft)
- Broken Foot
- Stepped on glass (infection led to minor/outpatient surgery)
- Dislocated Shoulder and Cracked Ribs
- Dislocated Knee (x4)
- Spinal Injury (severely damaged C1-T1 and T4-T6) because of car accident...lady cared more about getting to an office party than paying attention to her driving...1 year on my back...
- Spinal Injury (damaged L3-S1)...injured on the job and kept making worse...I should have stopped at the first ouch...the fifth put me on my knees...I got finished with work shortly after the seventh...went home...died for the night and went to the hospital in the morning...
The 90's were a little more interesting...if I didn't have an unnaturally capable immune system and healing rate I would have been dead long ago...
...and countless minor scrapes/cuts/bruises/burns along the way...pain is only there to let you know you are still alive...and my life reenforces my personal belief "...whatever does not kill me...obviously didn't try hard enough..."
I had Lead poisoning during my infancy, nearly died from it. The gunshot wound wasn't the cause of it.
Am I gonna get paid for this??
I slipped and fell in the mud. Now my back constantly gets sprained and I cannot perform as well in athletics. Not that I ever did, anyway... stupid puddle...
Oh! I also remember having a bee fly straight into my face when I was 4-ish. No lasting effects- except for a little trauma here and there...
Cute is JUSTICE, Flat is STATUS, Loli is SOUL.
Heart problem when little
Well, honestly, I've only sprained my ankles. I have never broken any major bones. Besides my toes. I don't count that because there's nothing really you can do about it. Unless you have to pop it back into place... That was probably the worst pain I've ever felt.
I was in the kitchen, and I was making some pancakes, and letting my little sister help me. I couldn't find a smaller measuring cup, so I only had my biggest and heaviest one. When I was getting ready to do something, my sister accidentally pushes the measuring cup off the table, and it lands on my toe. I kinda jerk it away, and it twisted, (What the fuck, right?) and popped out of place. I wanted to die. My mom had to come in and try to pop it back into place. It was pretty bruised for a while. Purpley blue to yellow. Mother of god.
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Hmm, well. I was diagnosed with Chron's disease at age 10 and almost 9 years later I am no better off. After I was diagnosed I ended up spending a total of 9 months in the hospital, completely missing 4th grade. Every single possible drug was tried (steroids, immunomodulators etc) Chrons causes the body to attack itself, predominantly in the intestinal tract. I have pictures of pits and ravines in my gut that no one should ever have. After 9 months, constant pain without painkillers, 2 seizures from one of the medications, several times fainting in the bathroom from lack of blood, many many blood transfusions, absolutely zero food except that which came through a picc line, the doctors threw in the towel and just took out my large intestine wholesale. But I have been plagued with complications since then. Several hospitalizations from infection, pancreatitis resulting in hospital, chest filling with fluid from infection resulting in surgery to scoop the crap out. Also because of pacreatitis they removed my gall bladder. Now my predominant problem is increasingly severe pain caused by fistulas. That is a good summary of the last 9 years of my life
Scar on inside of my upper lip from getting hit by baseball bat - stitches and only eating soup and other liquids for about a month, barely able to speak for a week or two - by far, the worst experience I've ever had
Scar above eye cutting through eyebrow - fell while climbing as toddler, few stitches
Scars on upper and lower left forearm - bit by dog
Nerve damage, slight discoloration and some scarring to knuckles on right hand - fighting
Dislocated shoulder - football
And a few minor scars that didn't require a hospital visit from scratches and just being a boy.
Never really broken any bones or tore muscles... lucky in that respect...
Purple wedding - greatest wedding in TV history
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28 U.S. Code § 351 - Complaints; judge defined
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Complaints; judge defined
(a)Filing of Complaint by Any Person.—
Any person alleging that a judge has engaged in conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts, or alleging that such judge is unable to discharge all the duties of office by reason of mental or physical disability, may file with the clerk of the court of appeals for the circuit a written complaint containing a brief statement of the facts constituting such conduct.
(b)Identifying Complaint by Chief Judge.—
In the interests of the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts and on the basis of information available to the chief judge of the circuit, the chief judge may, by written order stating reasons therefor, identify a complaint for purposes of this chapter and thereby dispense with filing of a written complaint.
(c)Transmittal of Complaint.—
Upon receipt of a complaint filed under subsection (a), the clerk shall promptly transmit the complaint to the chief judge of the circuit, or, if the conduct complained of is that of the chief judge, to that circuit judge in regular active service next senior in date of commission (hereafter, for purposes of this chapter only, included in the term "chief judge"). The clerk shall simultaneously transmit a copy of the complaint to the judge whose conduct is the subject of the complaint. The clerk shall also transmit a copy of any complaint identified under subsection (b) to the judge whose conduct is the subject of the complaint.
(d)Definitions.—In this chapter—
the term "complainant" means the person filing a complaint under subsection (a) of this section.
(Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11042(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1848.)
Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11044, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1856, provided that:
"If any provision of this subtitle [subtitle C (§§ 11041–11044) of title I of div. C of Pub. L. 107–273, enacting this chapter, amending sections 331, 332, 372, 375, and 604 of this title, and section 7253 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1 of this title], an amendment made by this subtitle, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this subtitle, the amendments made by this subtitle, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby."
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Goin' To The (Frozen) Lake: Wahkon On Mille Lacs (Day 2)Frank Vascellaro and Chris Shaffer are braving the frigid weather and getting out to Minnesota's lovely, ice-covered lakes every Thursday and Friday until the middle of February. On Jan. 17, the duo headed out to the Mille Lacs town of Wahkon, which is about 90 miles north of the Twin Cities. Frank and Chris say Wahkon reminds them a little of Dorset, which they visited last spring, because of its tiny population and growing reputation for food. There are four restaurants all on about a one-block stretch!