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On your wedding day, your bridesmaids get a ton of attention. But what about the groomsmen? Here are a few ways to make sure your guy's guys feel the love on the big day as well.
Give them a gift they'll remember.
Have your groom pick out gifts his crew will love and actually use, whether its shot glasses, socks, or something personalized. Brides tend to put a lot of time and effort into their bridesmaids' gifts — make sure the groomsmen gifts aren't waiting until the last minute.
Keep them fed.
Don't forget that it's a long day for everyone involved in the wedding party. While the guys get ready, make sure they're treated right by ordering in breakfast and some special drinks, like craft beers or bloody Mary supplies.
Consider ditching the rented tuxes.
Tuxedos are super pricey and often don't fit well. They can also offer a logistical concern if you have groomsmen who are traveling in from out of town. Think about asking them to wear simple suits instead of getting dressed to the nines. Brides always consult their bridesmaids on bridesmaids dresses, but how often are the groomsmen considered when it comes to what they'll wear?
Make sure they're given a plus one.
You no longer need to give every guest attending your wedding a plus one, and often brides skip the "plus one" idea to lower costs and avoid having awkward strangers they've never met at the most important day of their life. But your groomsmen are the most important people in your groom's life, and they're often making large sacrifices — both in time and money — to be a part of your wedding. They should be invited to bring a guest, even if it's not a long-term relationship.
Give them almost total free reign on the bachelor party.
Of course, as a person in a relationship, you have every right to request certain things be kept off the table. But try not to interfere too much and trust your groomsmen to throw your man a party he'll remember.
Style Me Pretty Contributor - Claire Swinarski is a writer and podcaster based in Wisconsin. When she isn't writing, she can be found obsessing over football, eating a burrito bowl, or hanging out with her husband and son.


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The Giftun Islands are a popular excursion from Hurghada, offering snorkeling, diving, sunbathing and a welcome retreat from the mainland bustle. Offshore reefs provide spectacular drop-offs for ... Read more
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There's much more to Hurghada than modern resorts and tourist facilities. North of the resorts, you'll find Old Hurghada, or Ad-Dahar. Most locals live in Ad-Dahar, and it's here that you'll ... Read more
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This small island off the coast of Hurghada offers access to some of the clearest, bluest waters of the Red Sea away from the busy nearby shores. Accessed by boat, the island has food and lounge ... Read more
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A forest of white masts poke up from the aquamarine waters along the redeveloped waterfront in Hurghada. While Hurghada has always been a bustling marine port, it wasn't until 2008 that the city ... Read more
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The busy fishing and ferry Safaga Port is frequently visited by cruise ships and snorkeling day tours. Excursions head off to dive the port's unpolluted waters from long stretches of beach near ... Read more
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At the Alf Leila Wa Leila hotel property, "Fantasia 1001," which refers to The Thousand and One Nights — or the Arabian Nights — is a celebration of Egyptian culture, color and dance with a variety ... Read more
Careless Reef
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Good to Know
- Gay Romance
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 24-03-2010
- Language: English
- Publisher: Hudson Audio Publishing
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $19.80
Publisher's Summary
Jerry McKenzie is a reclusive and antisocial artist, quite content to ride his horses and work in his studio, keeping to himself. It's not any kind of life for a child, and when Jerry finds out he's been named his orphaned nephew's guardian, he panics. He doesn't know what to do with a child and isn't sure he can give William the affection and the love the boy so desperately needs.
Then Jerry meets David Loewenberger, the new teacher William becomes immediately attached to, and he starts to see how they could make a family together: a family to replace the one William lost, a family David had given up on ever finding... a family Jerry never knew he wanted.
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- Riva
- 20-07-2013
Great Find
This is the first of a three book series. I love Jerry and David and am now reading the 2nd book, as it is not out on audio yet. This is a very sweet story of family and what that means and the sex is pretty hot. It is not great writing, but a solid romantic story. Although it did get a little weak at the end. I thought the premise of the "break up" was a little lame and the reaction sort of out of proportion. But there is a HEA, so that is what is important. Sean Crisden does an outstanding job as usually and is definitely worth a credit. Actually I only bought it b/c Sean Crisden was the narrator, so I'm glad it worked out OK..
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- britch01
- 10-03-2011
deffinitely reccomend
I liked this story alot esp. with the little boy in felt so sorry for him. Loving the narrator bigtime listened to several books from him
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- teresa
- 04-03-2011
Good story , Wonderful narrator
The love story is beautiful , more so when is so wonderfully narrated by Sean Crisden
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- sofaux
- 28-09-2010
Wonderful Narration
I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. The narration was wonderful. Sean Crisden should narrate more often! The story flowed nicely with a slight lull towards the middle. But I would definitely recommend.
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- Tams (TTC Books and more)
- 04-09-2016
Family comes in all shapes and sizes
What did you love best about Good to Know?
Jerry's determination. First to stay single, then to ensnare David.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Jerry, read above.
Which scene was your favorite?
The kitchen, after the terrible fight, the way they both melted into each other.
If you could take any character from Good to Know out to dinner, who would it be and why?
David, I'd love to know how his brain works.
Any additional comments?
Old, set in his ways and obviously single, Jerry McKenzie spends his time with his horses and his art. His entire world is knocked out of balance when his young nephew becomes his responsibility after the death of his parents. William is already reeling from loosing his parents and being pulled out of the boarding school he lived at in Switzerland, pulled away from the only family he's known. David Loewenberger has family money that could afford him anything he wants. But all David wants is to be a teacher. A common cultural background causes William to cling to his new teacher, much to both David and Jerry's dismay. Of course, that only lasts for about five minutes for Jerry. David continues to push him away though, his soul focus on William, not wanting to cause anymore unnecessary damage to the poor child's fragile psyche. But the heart wants what the heart wants.
The story starts out with William at school, learning about his parent's death and his pending upheaval and throwing the poor kid into a tail spin. Then when he arrives at Jerry's place and his uncle is brash, standoffish and determined to pawn the kid off on whomever will take him... it's not looking good for this poor kid. Then Williams teacher comes for a visit and just like that, everything is set on a different course. I will admit it took me a little while to get into the story itself. If Crisden hadn't been narrating, I might not have gotten past the rough patch. But once the story gets going it's actually quite good.
Jerry is large and in charge, he's used to getting his way and not having to think about anyone but himself. Now he has a young child and a pending romance with said young child's smexy teacher. Jerry and David have more in common than they think. They are both loners, creatures of habit, both forging their own path and letting their guard down, allowing anyone in... that's just not going to happen. Yeah, good luck with that. I enjoyed the complete one eighty Jerry did damn near from the start. David took a bit more convincing, but the chase was so much fun.
Sean Crisden is a favorite for me, his tone is very unique and I enjoy listening to anything he reads. One teensy hiccup for me with this story, at times Crisden ran through the script and it was distracting. Not having read the book, this may well be the way David was written, but I really wanted Crisden to slow down a couple of times and catch a breath between words. Overall though, loved the square peg, round hole aspect to this story. Definitely worth a listen, if you are a fan of the genre, author or narrator.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Roger
- 11-01-2013
Likeable but very flawed.
A tiresome and unnecessary amount of sex and dirty talk. When I thought one sex scene was finally over, the next chapter had another. The main conflict between the main characters did not make any sense to me. They broke up suddenly and I really have no ideas why. And, the homophobic antagonists who are are the source of almost all the conflict are conveniently swept away with almost no explanation except a suggestion one character's father (who also appears suddenly) did something. A weak story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-09-2017
I love the narrator
loved it. it was to short for me. I wanted to know more about the school.
- Candateshia Pafford
- 09-04-2013
I like but I won't listen to again
THis was a good story, but after finishing it, I don't think I will ever listen to it again. Kinda bored! I like stories that make me want to listen over and over...
Wait for a sale, then get this.. Don't waste a credit.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful
- Benzi
- 06-02-2012
Genre Disapointment
Would you try another book from D. W. Marchwell and/or Sean Crisden?
What do you think your next listen will be?
Soething like the Great Expectations of Dickns which I purchased recently
What aspect of Sean Crisden's performance would you have changed?
Didnt like the script at all, too banal.
What character would you cut from Good to Know?
nothing to do with a specific character
Any additional comments?
Gay romance as a genre is a difficult one, that usually runs to the banality of script where the only thrill appears merely in its sexual descriptions down the road. This book sins to this point exactly. And the performance is also not so interesting.
But that is only my own opinion.
- Randal
- 04-08-2010
A very good love story
This story is a well read easy listen. While there are a few parts that are slow, it moves along nicely. The love story is beautiful and very easy to listen to. The vocals are well done and it is easy to discern between characters. I could understand all of the spoken words. I enjoy this genre so much more than straight love stories and this is one that speaks to my heart.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful
- Mr. D Corry-Bass
- 21-04-2014
The story is there but overshadowed by sex scenes
If you could sum up Good to Know in three words, what would they be?
Cowboy teacher orphan
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
More of the story and less detailed sex
Which character – as performed by Sean Crisden – was your favourite?
I could relate to the teacher (being one) the other languages sounded good and believable to me (not that I speak any), the emotions tended to be realistic too.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I listened to the book in sittings, I tended to listen on the drive to work /home
Any additional comments?
The opening starts quiet different to the rest of the book, give yourself some time to get into the story / wait till in the USA .
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ENGL 201 Close Reading (1)
This course is intended to serve as the first course in the department for English majors and minors, providing training in the disciplinary conventions of close reading and academic writing. Focus on attention to form and structure. Definitions of genre and examples of a variety of genres (poetry, fiction, drama, possibly film), with particular emphasis on poetry.
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British funnyman Russell Brand marked a major milestone this week (ends16Dec12) as he celebrated 10 years sober.
The comic spent years battling a dangerous drug habit and an alcohol addiction, and he endured numerous gruelling stints in rehab as he fought to get clean.
Brand, who is currently on a stand-up tour of New Zealand, has now revealed he celebrated his 10-year anniversary of sobriety on Thursday (13Dec12).
In a post on Twitter.com, he writes, "10 years clean... Thanks for all your messages of love... Anyone can get clean, one day at a time."
Brand received a slew of supportive messages, including a post from Australian singer/actress Natalie Imbruglia, who told the star, "Congrats (sic), that's amazing! Well done."


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For 20 years, countless people urged Michael Robinson to get help, to beat the addictions that trapped him in a cycle of homelessness and incarceration.
He never did though, not with much resolve anyway, not after endless drinking and smoking crack, not after becoming homeless and sleeping wherever his highs dumped him, not after three stints in prison, not even after abandoning his children. And himself.
It wasn't until his 50th birthday approached and the U.S. Army veteran sat in the back of a police squad car — again — that he decided to really commit to change.
Five years later, Robinson is traversing a new path, one toward helping other veterans who face homelessness and addictions, men he can relate to all too well.
Robinson grew up a middle-class kid in California before joining the Army. He figured he'd do like his own Air Force father and devote his career to service and then retire.
It didn't work out that way.
Robinson worked as a clerk and was sent to Germany where, like lots of soldiers, he passed his off time hanging out and drinking. He was 18 years old.
While there, he met a woman in his unit and began dating her. When she got pregnant, they married.
Soon after, he transferred to Fort Jackson in Columbia to be closer to her hometown of Charleston. But when he was caught in 1983 violating Army fraternization policies with a female trainee, he received a general discharge under honorable conditions.
Frustrated, he moved to Charleston to work a low-paying job at a store and fed his family with food stamps.
Not long after, he and his wife had a second child and split up. He began sleeping in his car. But after it was repossessed, he landed at Crisis Ministries' homeless shelter.
He also began smoking crack. It was cheap, and it offered a momentary refuge.
As he smoked and drank more, he cared less.
He also discovered a way to support his addictions: He'd break into cars and steal what he could. Then, he'd get high.
Sometimes he'd panhandle downtown, then buy crack with someone else's generosity.
He'd get so high for so long that he'd sleep wherever he stopped.
Countless times, he landed in the county jail. Three times, he spent longer stints in prison for breaking and entering cars.
So went his 20-year cycle: use drugs, get arrested, go to jail or prison, stop using, get a job, become frustrated by something, start using again, get arrested ...
Charleston police knew him by name. When he'd leave the county jail on Leeds Avenue, the guards would say things like, "We'll keep the bed warm for you!"
One officer always asked him: "When are you going to give this up?"
Robinson had no intention of giving anything up.
Not that he didn't try from time to time. In the 1990s, he took part in the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center's Substance Abuse Treatment Clinic. Once, he even completed Charleston County's drug court.
But the cycle gripped Robinson too tightly.
One night, he stumbled onto the front steps of a church, crack still in the pipe hidden in his pocket. After days without sleep, binging on drugs, he collapsed.
Hours later, he awoke. Nobody had mugged him. Nobody called the police.
"Thank you, Jesus!" he prayed. And smoked the rest of his crack before moving on.
"Drug addiction is a progressive disease," he says today, one that consumed his life.
He figures he spent 65 percent of those years locked up. He spent 40 percent of the rest homeless — by choice.
He didn't want the responsibilities of rent or working or relationships. Robinson just wanted to get drunk or high.
Sam Pisasale first spotted Robinson begging for money and sleeping in abandoned buildings, sometimes in Marion Square, other times "wherever he put his head down."
He'd watch the man, curious about his story.
In time, they talked. Pisasale would buy Robinson a meal.
Then, he hired Robinson to help with his contracting business, painting and doing other work. Robinson proved to be a smart guy and a hard worker — until he started using again.
"What are you doing?" Pisasale would ask. "You are so much more than this."
Robinson was peering into a car to see what he could steal that early morning in 2008. An officer arrested him.
It was off Coming Street, just a few blocks from the local VA medical center where Robinson now works. Sitting in back of the squad car, about to face yet another criminal charge, Robinson thought about his life.
He was nearing 50.
"I've let my parents down, I've let my children down, and I've let myself down," he recalls thinking. "There has to be a better way of life."
After several months in jail, Robinson was released. He returned to the VA medical center's Substance Abuse Treatment Clinic, a structured outpatient program. He was still on probation.
"This time, it was what Michael Angelo Robinson wanted to do," he recalls. "You can't get clean and sober unless you really want to get clean and sober."
Robinson enrolled at Trident Technical College, nervous about whether a 50-year-old man with his history could succeed.
This spring, he will receive his associate's degree in human services with an emphasis in alcohol and substance abuse. He might pursue becoming a licensed addictions counselor.
In the meantime, he began working in the VA hospital's nutrition services. There, he found his calling serving other veterans.
His job includes many duties, including delivering meals to hospitalized veterans and, perhaps his favorite, delivering meals to the men in the VA hospital's nursing home wing.
Next up: In a week, he'll take on a new position as a peer support specialist apprentice, meaning he'll train to help other veterans facing the same cycle he finally escaped.
The VA is bolstering its peer support specialist ranks as part of a larger effort to better serve veterans facing homelessness, mental illnesses and substance abuse, says Tonya Lobbestael, the medical center's spokeswoman.
"There is tons of help at the VA if you want the help," Robinson says. "But you have to be determined to make it happen."
Robinson will advocate for veterans in treatment who have housing and other needs, or who just need to talk. He can relate to their struggles in a way others cannot.
"My story is like every other recovering alcoholic and addict," he says.
He turns 53 next month and just bought his first house. He married his new wife, Lisa, and has tried to make amends with his children. He's also become a grandfather.
"For the better part of 20 years that I was on drugs and alcohol, I had people who just didn't give up on me," Robinson says. "I had nothing but support."
Now, several years into his own recovery, he wants to help others as people like Pisasale helped him all those years.
He recalls attending the VA's Stand Down Against Homelessness event one year and receiving a sleeping bag and duffle bag that he still owns.
But on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, he'll be working the event to help others for a second year.
"I have a deep passion to do this," he says. "I feel it's what the good Lord wants me to do and is why I'm not dead."
He doesn't consider his a success story. He just thanks God for having a plan for him.
Pisasale, however, says Robinson doesn't give himself enough credit.
"He's my hero," Pisasale says. "He made it."
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Obama calls spotlight Kirk's role in gun debate
Work on a bipartisan Senate deal on background checks, as well as a second conversation with the president this week on gun control, are further illustrating U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's key role in the debate that's become make or break for President Obama in his second term.
Kirk, one of the few Republicans to split with his party to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor, was part of a group of four senators that Wednesday morning announced the bipartisan deal on tightening background checks for gun shows and online sales.
"I'm optimistic it will pass. I'm one of the Republicans who will be voting to pass it," Kirk said in a video statement Wednesday.
The bipartisan deal is an indication that there is enough support in the upper chamber to head to debate on a larger gun control package. Kirk is a co-sponsor of that legislation, which is aimed at stopping gun trafficking.
Kirk -- a leading voice on gun control during his decade in the U.S. House -- noted he was breaking with his party to support the background check legislation "because I think we will have fewer tragedies like the one we saw with (Chicago teen) Hadiya Pendelton killed in random gang violence."
Kirk, who suffered a serious stroke in 2012 and underwent a lengthy recovery process, last week made his first visit home to Illinois since his return to Congress in January.
That visit included a meeting with Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. Kirk said McCarthy described to him "how drug gangs rearm at gun shows because no federal background check is required for the purchase."
Wednesday's announcement follows a Tuesday call from Obama, the second time in as many months the president has reached out to Kirk over gun control efforts. "Had a good conversation with #Potus about background checks and #NorthKorea," Kirk tweeted late Tuesday.
Gun control legislation, in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings in December, has been a major push by the president in his second term. By calling Kirk and others, the president is signaling he is not taking anything for granted.
In his first call to Kirk on the issue, Obama spoke about the senator's involvement in bipartisan gun control efforts, the budget and Iran sanctions.


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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bradbury Science Museum participates in Blue Star Museums program
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Steve Sandoval
- Communications Office
- (505) 665 9206
Free admission for active duty military, their family members
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 21, 2015—Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum is again partnering with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families Foundation and the Department of Defense in the Blue Star Museums program to host active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 25, through Labor Day, Sept. 7.
"The Bradbury Science Museum is excited and proud to be part of the 2,000 museums throughout the United States participating in the Blue Star Museums program to thank our nation's military personnel – and their families – for their service," said Bradbury Science Museum Director Linda Deck.
"The museum already has a free-admission policy, but we're participating in this program to raise awareness of the importance of honoring members of the U.S. armed services, as we share our collective history," said Deck.
The Bradbury Science Museum features films and interactive exhibits interpreting the Lab's contributions to modern science, research, and technology, including its role in the Manhattan Project and current mission in national security. The museum is open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
The Bradbury Science Museum is located at 15th Street and Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos. Photos are allowed.
For more information, contact Jessica Privette at (505) 667-0375 or go to the museum's website.
About Blue Star Museums
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, BWXT Government Group, and URS, an AECOM company, for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.


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MRTG, a tool to monitor your network
Network traffic analysis with MRTG on Linkstation
This article describes the setup of mrtg http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ It is assumed you do this on a debianized linkstation.
Ensure you have mrtg and snmpd (If you do not have them:)
apt-get install snmpd apt-get install mrtg
Setup snmpd
Move the original /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf to a save place, e.g.
mv /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.original
Create a new snmpd.conf with the following content:
(This example creates a community named "test" for the SNMP Daemon)
com2sec local localhost test group MyROGroup v1 local group MyROGroup v2c local group MyROGroup usm local view all included .1 80 access MyROGroup "" any noauth exact all none none
Restart the snmpd daemon
/etc/init.d/snmpd restart
Setup mrtg
cfgmaker --global 'WorkDir: /var/www/apache2-default/mrtg/' --global 'Options[_]: bits,growright' --output /root/mrtg.cfg test@localhost
This will setup mrtg. The html files will be created in the directory /var/www/apache2-default/mrtg/. The config file for mrtg will be stored in the directory /root and is named as mrtg.conf
Start mrtg
/usr/bin/mrtg /root/mrtg.cfg
After the first & second start you will get messages like
Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for localhost_2 Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for localhost_2 was invalid as well Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't remove localhost_2.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't rename localhost_2.log to localhost_2.old updating log file
The messages will disappear after the 3rd start
Automize the start
crontab -e
insert the line
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/bin/mrtg /root/mrtg.cfg
This will update your page every 5 Minutes
The results
You can see your networktraffic if you have a look on /var/www/apache2-default/mrtg/localhost_2.html (or similar)
More details
man mrtg man smnpd man snmpd.conf man crontab
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Josh Gasser, who missed last season with a knee injury, scored 19 points and No. 20 Wisconsin opened the season with an 86-75 victory over St. John's on Friday night.
The Badgers, who had five players score in double figures, never trailed and took control with an early 11-2 run and then went 11 of 23 from 3-point range.
The game was played in the 3,250-seat Sanford Pentagon.
Sam Dekker had 16 points for Wisconsin, which opened away from home for the first time in eight years.
D'Angelo Harrison had 27 points for the Red Storm and JaKarr Sampson added 21 points and seven rebounds. St. John's was outscored 33-6 from beyond the arc.
Wisconsin led by as many as 18 points in the first half. St. John's got within 58-54 with about 8 minutes left before the Badgers hit consecutive 3-pointers in a span of 22 seconds.
The 6-foot-9 Sampson - the freshman of the year in the Big East last season - did most of his damage in the second half, converting several dunks. His energy helped St. John?s tap into its athleticism and made a run. It trailed by at least seven points for 25 straight minutes.
Harrison finished 9 of 19 from the field for the Red Storm, who hadn't opened against a Top 25 team in
10 years. They lost that game, too, against Marquette.
St. John's was cold early, making nine field goals in the first half compared to 10 turnovers and 10 fouls. It committed just two turnovers in the second half and finished with a 44-24 edge in points in the paint.
Still, Wisconsin ran its winning streak in season openers to 12 and showed considerable depth. Junior forward Duje Dukan scored 15 points after totaling 11 points in his first two seasons. Guards Traevon Jackson and Ben Brust - both returning starters from last season's NCAA tournament team - combined for 28.
The Badgers open their home schedule Tuesday against No. 10 Florida.
This was the first meeting between the programs since the 2002 NCAA tournament. It was played in Sioux Falls as a favor from Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan to Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft, whose son Joe played for the Badgers from 2005-09. The five-sided, $19-million court opened in September and last month hosted an NBA exhibition game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks.
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"Bigger is better! We live in America!" Matt Lukens said, laughing, as he sat with a Ledger reporter on the couch of his downtown Lakeland apartment.
Years ago, Lukens, who grew up in Lakeland, and his older brother would sketch dinosaurs together, competing with one another over who could draw the best Diceratops.
Now, at 27, and with a bachelor in fine arts degree from the University of South Florida under his belt, Lukens jokes about the recently completed 6-foot-by-4-foot behemoth painting hanging under his fortunately high ceilings.
The painting, "After the Deluge," done using oils, depicts a submerged New York City-scape, complete with a gigantic octopus scaling a still-lit skyscraper as sharks and fish circle above.
"My work always ends up being sort of doomsday scenarios," Lukens said. "When you juxtapose manmade forms against organic forms, there's always going to be a clash there."
Lukens was halfway through college when he discovered his love of painting. Two and half years into an architecture degree at USF, the college decided to restructure the program he was enrolled in.
"I looked at my credits and it was philosophy or art. I chose art."
He chose well. Soon after joining the program, Lukens was picked for one of 10 slots in the honors studio, where he completed his first large-scale work – a 6-foot by 3-foot portrait of one of his friends riding a saber-toothed tiger.
"I like to get really physical with my paintings — standing up while I'm working," Lukens said. "The big canvases are like a window to a whole new world. A smaller painting can give you that feeling, but it doesn't assault you like the large scale does."
"And when you're close to (a large-scale piece), it becomes a whole different painting. It becomes abstract. It dissolves. But from like 10 feet back, the pieces come together to form something else."
After graduating, Lukens returned to Lakeland, where he continued to work as an architectural designer at Walllis Murphy Boyington Architects Inc. He also rented studio space at Garden District Artists on Lemon Street.
"I consider myself an artist first and a designer second, but they are really one and the same," Lukens said. "The work I do at the office influences the work I do in my studio, and the work I do in the studio influences my understanding of texture, color and overall composition, which I take back with me to work."
While Lukens plans to continue building his portfolio, he says that at this point, it is not necessarily his top priority.
"I'm hoping to help foster a community of artists here. I feel like all of us will be more successful if there was an established scene."
"I just want to be a part of something bigger than my work."
To see Lukens' work, visit www.society6.com/mattlukens. If you would like to recommend an artist for "Perspectives," contact Clifford Parody at email@example.com or 863-802-7516.
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I was wrong. I am missing it already, and it is only Wednesday.
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People outside the United States, I have found, don't quite "get" the significance of Thanksgiving in the States. They understand only that it is another holiday with a big dinner, or that the day is a prelude to Black Friday shopping. I don't think I myself "got' it until this week, when I realized that, while I will have my turkey dinner and pumpkin pie, I will not have my family with me, and I will not be in South Jersey. I won't have my roots, neither personal or geographic.
Thanksgiving is all about roots. Americans hunger for roots, perhaps because we are immigrants and descendants of immigrants, descendants of go-west-young-man-ers and climb-up-the-social-ladder-ers. We, personally or ancestrally, at one time pulled up our roots and stepped into the world, looking to reinvent ourselves or lose our pasts or follow opportunity. Ahh, but those roots regenerate--either in our hearts or in the hearts of our descendants.
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I ate at Andy Ricker's Ping a couple of times right when they opened in 2009. The food was a little hit and miss, but one dish was spot-on every time: the carrot cake. Not to be confused with the American dessert, Ricker's carrot cake is actually made from daikon and rice flour, and is sort of like Southeast Asian gnocchi. The dumpling-like cakes come stir-fried in a slightly sweet soy and garlic sauce, scrambled with eggs, bean sprouts, and cilantro.
Imagine my delight upon finding a recipe for the dish tucked away in the small plates chapter of Laurie Wolf's Portland, Oregon Chef's Table. Making the dish at home requires quite a bit of work: the daikon has to be grated, softened, drained, mixed with a rice flour slurry, steamed, and then finally chilled until set. Once the cake is made, though, the dish is as easy as any stir fry, and it is worth every minute of effort.
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The video provided to WLBT by the child's parents shows Ian, 6, walking from the bathroom and confronted by her teacher, Barb Williams. She proceeds to bully the young boy and at one point, she picks him by his shirt.
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Perceptions of Technology and Manifestations of Language Learner Autonomy (Computer-Assisted Language Learning Electronic Journal, 2003-06)a grounded theory study investigating perceptions of technology by learners of English as a second language
The perfect space: classroom environments and learning outcomes (2015-01-27)What impact does a classroom space have on learning outcomes for students? Does a perfect library teaching space exist? This presentation highlights the findings of a 2014 survey of teaching librarians and library staff ...
Practically Speaking (Canadian Library Association, 2013-12)a list of practical tips to enhance one-on-one encounters with international students at library service desks
Protect yourself from Predatory Publishers: Tips for staying safe in Scholarly Publishing (2015-04-14)Scholarly publishing is a chaotic business with new journals constantly emerging and longstanding publications changing or folding. With some newer publications adopting less-than-desirable business practices, it can be ...
Recreational Reading of International Students in Academic Libraries (The Reading Matrix, 2011-09)survey of international students in a university library as to whether or not they engage in recreational reading and if they think it helps their language learning
Redux: Tabulating Transactions with Raspberry Pi and Visualizing Results (code4Lib, 2018-05-07)Often in the library tech world we are not given the opportunity to attempt a project again. Effort spent re-doing a previous project in a different way, in some sense, means wasting time that could be used to work on new ...
Scholarship as a Conversation: A Metaphor for Librarian-ESL Instructor Collaboration (2015)Invoking the metaphor of scholarship as a conversation offers academic librarians an excellent way to connect information literacy to university ESL (English as a second language) classes. This article describes how this ...
Stories of Informal Mentorship: Recognizing the Voices of Mentees in Academic Libraries (Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2014-04-28)Based on the 2014 OLA Super Conference session "Mentorship in Academic Libraries: A Universe of Possibilities," this article explores the benefits of informal mentorship in its various forms and how librarians are embracing ...
Walking the plank: how scholarly piracy affects publishers, libraries and their users (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-03)The arrival of technology supporting peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing in scholarly communication has, until recently, had minimal impact on libraries. However, threats posed by pirate sites including Library Genesis Project ...
We All Have an Accent: Welcoming International Students to the Library (Canadian Library Association, 2007)an overview of ways to make international students feel welcome in the library
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On January 22, 2013, Quorn Foods Inc. comments on a Glamour Health & Diet article by Grace Gavilanes regarding easy vegetarian meals to keep you warm during the chilly winter months.
According to the Glamour Health & Diet article, during the cold winter months a delicious vegetarian stew recipe from The Epicurious Cookbook will warm you right up. The article states that this colorful and hearty vegetarian stew is, "Made with butternut squash, onions, carrots, tomatoes, an array of spices (including cayenne), and other good-for-you goodies."
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National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is a national observance that was established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination, as well as fostering greater use of flu vaccine after the holiday season into January and beyond. The 2010-2011 season's NIVW is scheduled for Dec. 5-11, 2010.The health department wants to encourage residents to use preventive actions:• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.• Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, to avoid spreading germs.• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.• If you are sick with flu-like illness, CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone for 24 hours without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.)• While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from infecting them.The health department will administer the seasonal flu vaccine to all ages on Wednesdays during regular immunization clinic. Immunization clinic is held every Wednesday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. and the second Wednesday of each month until 6 p.m. The health department will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec. 24, for the Christmas holidays, and immunization clinic will be cancelled on Wednesday, Dec. 23.Family Planning services are available through several funding sources. Services include pap smears, breast exams, pregnancy testing, methods of birth control and screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections. For an appointment call 235-2869.For more information about our services, visit our web site at www.nolancountyhealth.com.The Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age.


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Editor's note: This article was originally launched on the Scripting Pro VIP Web site. Thanks to Jim Turner for also making it available to Security Pro VIP readers.
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|Backing up event logs can be problematic because they're open and actively capturing and storing new events just about all of the time, even during backups. If you back up an active, changing file, you'll likely find that the backup file is corrupt and inaccessible. Fortunately, you can use the BackupEventLog method of the Windows Management Instrumentation's (WMI's) Win32_NTEventLogFile class to create recoverable and viewable copies of all your event logs. Here are two scripts that demonstrate how to use the BackupEventLog method.
With organizations' increasing security awareness comes an increasing demand on IT staff to produce event logs and other documentation to attest compliance to security policies and procedures. If there's a security breach or virus outbreak, you can pretty much count on having to recover event logs for in-house security administrators and auditors or even third-party auditors to review. During these high-pressured times, the last thing you want to hear is that the event logs you provided aren't viewable.
So, are your event logs recoverable and viewable? You might want to double check by restoring a few older event logs to a temporary folder and verifying that you can actually open and view them with Event Viewer. Hopefully, you'll have no problem restoring and viewing the files. However, there's a good chance that you won't if your backup software or procedure simply backs up event logs in their open state. If you find this to be the case, consider yourself better off discovering this in advance rather than after sending those files to security personnel.
The primary problem with backing up event logs is that they're open and actively capturing and storing new events just about all of the time, even during backups. If you back up an active, changing file (particularly one that isn't a text-based file), you'll likely find that the backup file is corrupt and inaccessible. You can see this for yourself by performing a simple test: Copy one of your event logs to a temporary folder and try opening that file with Event Viewer. You'll likely find that you can't open it. Some backup software includes methods that enable successful event-log backups and restores, but you need to test your software to find out for sure.
One means of ensuring successful event-log backups is to use Windows Management Instrumentation's (WMI's) Win32_NTEventLogFile class. By using a script or scheduled task that incorporates this class's BackupEventLog method, you can create recoverable and viewable copies of all your event logs. The event logs are static and not open during system backups, so when they're restored, you can count on them being accessible and uncorrupted.
To help ensure successful and restorable event-log backups, I created a script, EventLogBackup.vbs, that backs up event logs locally using the BackupEventLog method on all computers in a specified organizational unit (OU). I also created another script, EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs, that not only performs the local event-log backup but also copies the backup files to a central location. Centralizing the event-log backup files makes it easier for security personnel to conduct the review process. You can download both scripts by clicking the Download the Code Here button at the top of the page. Because EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs offers additional functionality, I'll discuss how to use that script and describe how it works.
How to Use EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs
EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs performs two main operations while cycling through all the computers in a specified OU. First, the script uses the BackupEventLog method on each computer to back up that machine's event logs, storing those backup files in a designated folder on that machine. Then, the script copies the backup files to a central server, which I refer to as the event-log collection server. The script records the results of the backup and copy operations in a transaction log, which resides on the event-log collection server. The transaction log identifies any errors encountered and contains the entries for all successful event-log backups and all successful file-copy operations.
Before you can use EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs, you need to customize four paths in it so that it works in your domain. Here are the paths and the variables you use to you specify them:
- The EventLogBackupDir variable, which callout A in Listing 1 shows, contains the path to the folder in which you want to store the local event-log backup files. This folder will reside on each machine contained in the target OU. The script will create the folder if it doesn't already exist. When you enter the path for this variable, keep in mind that the drive you specify must exist on all the computers in the target OU.
- The Dest variable in callout A specifies the path to the event-log collection server. Note that this variable isn't used in EventLogBackup.vbs because that script only stores the backup files on the local machine.
- The TransactionLogDir variable, which callout A in Listing 1 shows, contains the path to the folder in which the transaction log will be created. I've chosen to keep the transaction log in the same folder that will contain the event-log copies on the collection server.
- Callout B in Listing 1 highlights the ADsPath to the target OU. Simply replace the ADsPath in callout B with the ADsPath to the OU that contains the computers you want to back up. If you don't have your computers organized within a specific OU, you'll need to modify this script to use an array or list of computers.
In callout A in Listing 1, you probably noticed another variable named ThisComputer. I use a scheduled task to run EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs from the event-log collection server. I use the ThisComputer variable within the Dest variable to specify the collection server's name because it's much cleaner than hard-coding a server name. Plus, it makes the script more portable if I need to use it on another collection server. (You can, of course, specify a hard-coded path for the EventLogBackupDir and TransactionLogDir variables.)
After you customize EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs with your paths, all you need to do is set up a scheduled task to run the script. When the script finishes, spot check a few of the event logs you backed up on the local computers, check the destination folder on the event-log collection server for copies of the backup files, and review the transaction log for errors. Remember that if you just want to perform the event-log backups and don't want to have copies of those backups on a collection server, use EventLogBackup.vbs rather than EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs.
How EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs Works
Besides containing the variables you need to customize, Listing 1 contains several snippets of code that makes preparations for the backup and copy operations. Venturing down the listing just below callout A you'll see that I create the timestamper variable, which contains a date-like string that specifies the date and time when the script ran. I append this string to my transaction log's filename so it ends up looking something like EventLogCollection_10_14_2007_8_54_33PM.log.
Next, I create a FileSystemObject object and check to see whether the transaction log folder exists. If it doesn't, I create it. The next snippet of code creates the transaction log and writes a start time to it. I then use the FileSystemObject object again to check to see whether the destination folder exists on the event-log collection server. If it doesn't, I create that folder as well.
The last preparation in Listing 1 involves connecting to Active Directory (AD), using the WMI Query Language (WQL) SELECT statement to retrieve the computer names in the target OU, and creating a recordset to store those computer names. The script cycles through the names in the recordset, performing the backup and copy operations on each of the named computers.
Listing 2 contains the code that actually performs the backup and copy operations. In short, the code creates a WMI instance, creates an event-log backup folder if it doesn't exist, creates a collection of event-log objects, backs up each event log locally, and copies the backup files to the event-log collection server. All along the way the success or failure of each transaction is logged.
Let's take a closer look at some of the code in Listing 2. In callout A, notice the moniker I use when creating the WMI instance. Both the Backup and Security privileges are included. The Backup privilege is required because the script is backing up event logs. The Security privilege is needed to access the Security event log. After creating the instance, I check for the existence of the event-log backup folder and create it on the local computer if it doesn't exist (callout B).
In callout C, I create the collection of event-log objects for a machine by selecting all the objects of the Win32_NTEventLogFile class. For the most part, the collection will consist of a System Event Log item, an Application Event Log item, and a Security Event Log item. (Some servers might have more than these three types of event logs.)
After creating the collection, I start cycling through each item in it. For each item, I first check to see whether a previously created event-log backup exists. If so, I delete it. The OldEvtLog variable contains the pathname of the file that needs to be deleted should it exist. Deleting the file is necessary if you want to write newer event-log backup files to the same location. Unfortunately, overwriting existing files isn't an option because the BackupEventLog method will fail if a backup file with the same name exists.
The actual event-log backup takes place at callout D. The BackupEventLog method performs the backup operation. This method's syntax is straightforward because it requires only one parameter: the pathname for the backup file to be created. In this case, the pathname is formed through concatenation. The EventLogBackupDir variable provides the path to the folder in which the backup file is to be stored. The backup file's name and extension are obtained by using the Win32_NTEventLogFile class's FileName and Extension properties. The BackupLog variable holds the return code of the backup attempt. If the backup is successful, a value of 0 is returned.
Assuming the backup was successful, the backup file is copied to the event-log collection server. Callout E highlights this copy operation. I begin this section of code by setting up a variable named copythis, which will contain the full pathname of the backup file I want to copy to the collection server. In the concatenated pathname, note that I replace the colon in the EventLogBackupDir variable's value with a dollar sign. This is necessary when you don't have a share name present on all computers. In this case, I'm referencing the C$ admin share on the individual computers. With the backup file's full pathname in hand, I create an instance of the file by using the FileSystemObject object's GetFile method.
The last step is to use the FileSystemObject object's Copy method to copy the event-log backup file to the event-log collection server. You have some options concerning how the copies of the backup files are named and whether each computer's backup files will appear in its own separate folder on the collection server. There are three alternatives:
- Alternative 1 tacks on the local machine's name to the backup files' names. When this alternative is chosen, all the event logs from every computer are copied into the same folder on the collection server. However, they're easily identifiable because the computers' names are in the filenames. Note that each file is overwritten on subsequent script executions.
- Alternative 2 tacks on the local machine's name and a timestamp to the backup files' names. When this alternative is chosen, the backup files won't be overwritten because they'll always be unique because of the timestamp. Keep in mind, though, that this could consume a lot of space on your collection server.
- Alternative 3 doesn't change the backup files' names but instead creates a separate folder for each computer on the collection server and copies that computer's backup files to that folder. This is the default action—that is, Alternative 3's code isn't commented out like the code is for the other two alternatives.
If you want to use Alternative1 or Alternative 2, simply uncomment the code under the desired alternative and comment out the code under Alternative 3.
A Step in the Right Direction
EventLogBackupAndCopy.vbs and EventLogBackup.vbs can help ensure that your event-log backups are recoverable and viewable in the event of a security breach or virus outbreak. The process I have described will help you create those backup files. However, you still need to perform your daily backups to tape or other media on top of what I've shown you.


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Meet The Parents
One situational style dilemma that we have all faced is figuring out what to wear when meeting the parents of a significant other. While it's important to abide by a few guidelines-such as: pick modest hemlines and refrain from wearing ultra-high heels -at the end of the day, it's important to incorporate your own unique taste into your ensemble! We'll show you how to create parental-friendly outfits that are both appropriate and true to your taste, just tune into today's episode of Who What Wear TV for all the details!
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by Tana Robinson
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The 13th annual Hangover 150 took center stage on New Year's Day. A bright chilly day greeted fans, drivers, and crewmembers as a total of 97 cars took to the frozen 1/2-mile oval. A great crowd was on hand - many arriving by snowmobile. You don't see that too often on race day.
The 4 Cylinders were the first to hit the track some 41 strong. Local entry Corey O'Keefe lead the early going through lap four prior to giving way to Cody Hinchey of Churchville. Hinchey continued to lead the way through the midway point with Marty Brzyski giving chase.
O'Keefe now ran third as 21 of the 41 entries were still going strong. As the field neared the end of the event, Hinchey enjoyed about a half a track lead over Brzyski and Anton Anderson. Just when it appeared this was all but final, smoke began to appear under the hood of the Hinchey machine. Hinchey would nurse his ailing entry through the final laps and take the $500 win. Brzyski and Anderson rounded out the top three.
A total of 17 entries signed in for the 8 Cylinder class with veteran Tim Phillips grabbing the early lead. Phillips would maintain the point position through lap five prior to giving way to John Ortiz.
Brother of past "Mr. DIRTcar," ProStock champion Jipp Ortiz, John proved the racing talent ran deep in the family ties. Glen Hils ran second through lap 14, followed by pole sitter and early leader Phillips.
At the midway point, the top three ran nose to tail and were also the only three on the lead lap. Phillips' great run came to an end on lap 26 as mechanical woes disabled the No. 1 machine. Ortiz continued to set the pace through the final laps and took the $500 win. FindItQuick.com Fireball division regulars Pat O'Keefe and Steve Matson rounded out the top three.
The last and final 50-lap main was for the 6 Cylinder division led by pole sitter and defending champion Chad Smelser. Pat O'Keefe would lead the field through the first few circuits prior to Smelser taking over the top spot. Smelser's hopes of making it two in a row were sidelined, as his racer slipped low on the backstretch and became stuck in the snow. Tough break for the Ontario resident, who hoped to make another podium appearance.
Close friends and Ransomville regulars O'Keefe and Matson would swap the lead on a few occasions through the midway point prior to O'Keefe getting spun in turn two. O'Keefe would lose only a lap before righting his mount - he would be scored third.
Matson was in command up front aboard his No. 11 entry. O'Keefe advanced to second in the final laps and reeled in Matson up front. Matson and O'Keefe would run nose to tail with just five laps remaining, keeping it interesting for the fans. Matson went on to keep the edge and take the $500 win.
Next up at the Big R is the annual membership and rules meeting slated for Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Lewiston No. 2 Volunteer Fire Co. firehall, 1705 Saunders Settlement Road, in Lewiston.
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The Chicken
As I was walking down the Stanton Street early one Sunday morning. I saw a chicken a few yards ahead of me. I was walking faster than the chicken, so I gradually caught up. By the time we approached the Eightennth Avenue, I was close behind. The chicken turned south on Eighteenth. At the fourth house along, It turned in at the walk, hopped up the front steps, and rapped sharply at the metal storm door with its beak. After a moment, the door opened and the chicken went in.
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Three women were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of providing sex acts for money at a Kernersville "Asian Spa."
Angel Liu, 48, Xie Xiangyu, 57, and Piao Yinji, 52, were each charged with maintaining a place of prostitution, which is a misdemeanor.
Kernersville police officers executed a search warrant Tuesday at 210B Century Blvd. at a business operating under the name "Asian Spa."
The warrant was issued after an investigation "concerning the performance of alleged sexual acts for money by employees of the business," police said.
All three were arrested at the business and held under $2,000 secured bonds at the Forsyth County Detention Center. The women are scheduled to appear in court Jan. 23.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University men's basketball team fought off a comeback attempt for the ages by North Greenville University, holding on to win a hotly-contested 86-85 game that featured a 36-18 run by the Crusaders over the final 8:22. With the win, King's lead over Barton College atop the Conference Carolinas standings stretches to a full game.
King (13-9, 10-2 Conference Carolinas) led 84-80 after Michael Fortune drained a pair of free throws with 40 seconds remaining. North Greenville's Keith Johnson answered with an immediate layup to pull the Crusaders (12-11, 5-7 Conference Carolinas) back within two points. Two C.J. Good free throws with 16 ticks left pushed King's advantage back to four points, and the Tornado appeared to have the victory all but locked up when Shamarae Watts sent the Student Center into a frenzy with his thunderous block of a Micah Parker three-point attempt.
But Thomas Horn would drain a shot from long distance to pull North Greenville within a point with 3.8 seconds remaining. The Tornado then threw away the inbounds attempt, giving North Greenville the ball under their own basket and 3.8 seconds in which to make a game-winning shot. The inbounds pass went to the top of the key, where Thomas Horn dribbled right and lofted a three-pointer that was just wide of the mark, and the Tornado escaped with a victory by the narrowest of margins.
North Greenville fought back from a seemingly insurmountable deficit, ending the game on a 36-18 run over the final 8:22 of play to turn a 68-49 runaway that represented King's largest lead of the game into an 86-85 nailbiter. The Crusaders made 10 of their final 12 field goal attempts during their run, at one point draining nine consecutive shots, and went 12-of-14 from the free throw line over the final eight minutes.
King had remained in control throughout much of the evening. The Tornado led from the 16:48 mark of the first half to the final buzzer in a game that featured just one tie and one lead change. King's lead had fluctuated between six and ten points for much of the game until a Logan Lyle three-pointer keyed a 12-0 run over a 2:48 span near the midway point of the second half made the lead 64-45.
Lyle led the team in scoring for the tenth time this season, finishing with 17 points and five rebounds. C.J. Good added 16 points but made only two three-pointers among his six field goals, a rarity for the nation's 11th-leading shooter in three-point field goal efficiency. Fortune had 12 points and three steals to go along with four of King's 15 assists, while Hunter LeVeau pulled down six rebounds. The Tornado were able to limit North Greenville's Phillip Brown, who leads the nation with 13.2 rebounds per contest, to just six boards on the night.
The Crusaders had three players score in double figures, including Keith Johnson and Thomas Horn who led all scorers with 22 points each. The duo combined to score 20 of North Greenville's final 38 points in the Crusaders' valiant comeback effort. Johnson also turned in a game-high six assists and was 12-of-13 from the free throw line. The Crusaders were 24-of-28 effort at the charity stripe, shooting at an 85.7 percent clip.
The Tornado bench outscored North Greenville's reserves 39-24 and held a 27-13 advantage in points off turnovers. King's hot second-half shooting was key to holding off the hard-charging Crusaders as the Tornado made 51.9 percent of their second-half field goal attempts.
The Tornado will have a chance to rest, with no midweek game coming on the heels of playing two league contests in three days. King returns to the court on Saturday, February 15 against Limestone College, which currently sits in second place in the conference standings. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


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Checks employers can make on job applicants
Employers might need to run certain checks on job applicants. They always need to make sure new employees are allowed to work in the UK.
Right to work in the UK
Employers must check that job applicants are allowed to work in the UK before they hire them.
An employer can be fined up to £20,000 if they can't show evidence that they checked an employee's right to work in the UK.
Criminal record checks
You can only check someone's criminal record if they apply for certain roles, for example if they'll be working with children or in healthcare.
Find out which roles you can request a check for.
If you can't request a full criminal record check for your employee, you can ask them to get a basic check for themselves.
Unless you're eligible to check someone's criminal record for a job, it's against the law to refuse to employ them because of 'spent convictions'.
Health checks
Employers can only ask successful candidates for a health check before hiring someone if:
- it's a legal requirement, for example eye tests for commercial vehicle drivers
- if the job requires it, for example because their insurers need health checks on cycle couriers
Employers should include information about any checks in their offer letter, and get written consent before asking for a report from a candidate's doctor. Candidates can demand to see the report, and ask for it to be changed or withheld from the employer.
Employers must make sure checks don't discriminate (for example by targeting them at certain age groups only) or discourage people from applying for the job.
An employer who discriminates against a candidate because of a disability that doesn't stop them from doing the job can be prosecuted.
Data protection
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The use of complementary and alternative medicine treatments by children and adults with ADHD is the rule rather than the exception…more than half of parents who have children with ADHD treat their child's symptoms with vitamins, dietary changes, and expressive therapies—but only a small minority tell their doctor. And roughly 8 out of 10 patients who use these treatments regard them as their primary therapy.
That's the premise of an article by Dr James Lake recently published in Psychiatric Times. And it's that article that that editorial board member, Dr Richard Balon, has nominated as his "Top Paper" of the year.
Listen to Dr Balon discuss why he thinks this article is important to psychiatrists—and hear him summarize the teaching points he thinks could affect the way patients with ADHD are treated.
Dr Balon is Professor, Associate Residency Training Director, and Director of the Master of Science in Psychiatry Program at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He has served as Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry and is a Graduate Faculty member at Wayne State University. Dr Balon has published and lectured widely in the areas of psychiatric education, sexual dysfunction, mood and anxiety disorders, and clinical psychopharmacology.
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