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18-year-old Grayson Alexander Barry was arrested Thursday in connection to a bomb threat called in to Naples High School that morning.
According to the Collier County Sheriff's Office, the suspect investigators believe was Barry placed a call to Naples High School at 8:56 a.m. The suspect who made the bomb threat stated three explosive packages were on campus and would detonate in one hour.
A follow-up investigation led CCSO investigators to trace the call to a Google Voice account that allegedly belongs to Barry. Investigators determined probable cause for an arrest based on this information and linking the Google Voice account to a cell phone that allegedly belongs to Barry and an IP address utilized by his employer.
According to the Naples Police Department, at 9:13 a.m. Naples Police received notification from the Collier County Sheriff's Office of a bomb threat at the Naples High School.
Law enforcement officers from the Naples Police and Collier County Sheriff's Office responded and searched the school for suspicious packages. A package was located in the area of the gymnasium labeled #3.
Naples High School administration made the decision to immediately evacuate all students to the Coastland Center Mall parking lot and ultimately transported by bus to Gulfview Middle School. Another suspicious package was located in the area of the football field. Each package was examined and cleared by the bomb squad and the all-clear was given at 1:45 p.m.
However, the entire school was evacuated due to the call, and rumors ran rampant on social media, including reports of an active shooter and more reported bombs throughout the school. All of the rumors proved to be unsubstantiated, and no explosive devices were found on campus.
Barry faces a charge of making a false report of a bomb, explosive, or weapon of mass destruction. He is in custody on a $10,000 bond.
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NEW YORK - The following statement is attributable to Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on today's ruling by the New York State Public Service Commission in the Consolidated Edison utility hearing, which requires the company to spend $1 billion to protect its systems while also holding rates steady:
"Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers suffered from Con Ed electricity outages when Sandy hit New York State in 2012. Today's ruling by the Public Service Commission is an important step toward ensuring that the widespread power outages left in the storm's wake will not be repeated," Attorney General Schneiderman said. "While holding the line on rates, Con Ed is required by the PSC ruling to invest $1 billion to protect its system from the consequences of severe storms and to engage in an in-depth study of its system's vulnerability to climate change.
"My office played a key role in this proceeding, focusing attention on the real and increasing threat that climate change poses to Con Edison's infrastructure and, ultimately, its customers," Attorney General Schneiderman continued. "I am pleased that both Con Ed and the PSC listened, and the company has committed to taking actions necessary to ensure that New Yorkers continue to receive safe and reliable utility service in a time of increasingly extreme weather."
The PSC ruling is the result of Consolidated Edison's request, submitted in January 2013, for a rate hike for its electric, gas and steam customers and a proposed $1 billion "storm-hardening" plan to protect its system from the impacts of climate change.
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Ten-year-old Andy Ohman is spending his summer working at the Aksarben City Zoo where his dad is curator. There are rumors the city might close the zoo due to budget cuts. An anonymous donor has given the zoo an antique animal carousel, and Andy's dad is hopeful it will help boost attendance. Andy's doubtful that an old kiddie ride will make a difference. He doesn't see what's so special about it. But when he takes it for a spin, he unlocks the magic that will help save the zoo.
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- Animal Andy, your latest book, is a fantasy/magical realism novella for tweens. Please tell us a bit about Animal Andy.
ANIMAL ANDY is about a zoo keeper's son who discovers a magic carousel and must use it to save the zoo animals and the zoo. Each time Andy rides the Magical Menagerie, he turns into a different animal and learns they have very real issues. But this story is more than just about exploring the world of animals; it's also about a boy trying to find the right balance of independence, as so many ten-year-olds do, and about kids learning to listen to their instincts—that little voice that tells you when it's important to act on something.
2. What inspired you to write this story?
My children loved the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborn, and I wanted to write a book that would transport kids to another world—the world of animals! Our city zoo has a beautiful menagerie carousel and during a visit there, I decided a carousel would be the perfect magical device.
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Andy is used to getting what he wants, and at the beginning of the book he's struggling with changes. His dad has more responsibilities at work and isn't as accessible to Andy. But Andy is also a compassionate person, which is why the carousel "chooses" him to help the animals and the zoo. With independence comes responsibility, and Andy really exemplifies that.
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Seven people have been infected by the 0157 strain of E. coli at Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield over July and August.
Five of the cases involved children under eight years old, the HPA said. All patients have since recovered.
Posters and leaflets have been issued, but the HPA said parents may want to use other parks for the time being.
Dr Roger Gajraj, a consultant with the HPA's West Midlands East Health Protection Unit (HPU) said: "E. coli O157 can be very serious in young children and can in some instances cause kidney failure."
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Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a community identifies with something that symbolizes its favourite way of dreaming, living, dancing, playing or loving. This is the positive side of the world: a constant intermingling that produces new responses to new challenges. But because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups.
I'm not asking you to describe the rain falling the night the archangel arrived; I'm demanding that you get me wet. Make up your mind, Mr. Writer, and for once in your life be the flower that smells rather than the chronicler of the aroma. There's not much pleasure in writing what you live. The challenge is to live what you write.
The Latin American cause is about all a social cause: the rebirth of Latin America must start with the overthrow of its masters, country by country. We are entering times of rebellion and change. There are those who believe that destiny rests on the knees of the gods; but the truth is that it confronts the conscience of man with a burning challenge.
The population becomes the internal enemy. Any sign of life, of protest, or even mere doubt, is a dangerous challenge from the standpoint of military doctrine and national security. So complicated mechanisms of prevention adn punishment have been developed ... To operate effectively, the repression must appear arbitrary. Apart from breathing, any human activity can constitute a crime ... State terrorism aims to paralyze the population with fear.
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The St. Ninian tartan commemorates the visitation of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom on September 16-19, 2010. The theme of this papal visitation was
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Keeping these facts in mind, colors were chosen to be reflective of the significance of this event. The livery colors of Cardinal Newmans arms are red and white. White is also a color very much associated with the papacy.
St. Ninian is intimately associated with the church at Whithorn, the earliest Christian church in Scotland. Whithorn derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon
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Whithorn would grow to become one of the most important centers of Christianity in Scotland. During the reign of David I a priory was established there for the Norbertines, who are colloquially referred to as the White Canons due to the color of their habits.
Therefore the color white in the St. Ninian tartan is saturated with multiple layers of meaning.
The color white is used for both pivots. The white line on the blue field calls to mind Scotlands national colors. The same white line is accompanied by a pair of red lines, reflecting the
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The white line on the green contains exactly eight threads, one for each Roman Catholic diocese in Scotland. There are 452 threads in the design from pivot to pivot, representing the current number of Catholic parishes in Scotland.
This tartan utilizes two shades of green, giving the design a subtle distinction. The greens reflect the lichens growing on the stones of Whithorn. The thin yellow lines in the tartan, together with the white, reflect the colors of the Vatican.
This design was created with tradition in mind. This tartan would not appear out of place in an eighteenth century weavers croft or a twenty-first century tartan shop. Continuity with the traditions of the past is very much a theme both of Cardinal Newmans theological writings and of Benedict XVIs pontificate, and the traditions of Scottish tartan weaving are honored in this design.
The St. Ninian tartan is registered with the official Scottish Register of Tartans as No. 10282, "St. Ninian's Day."
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Hanging bowl
Hanging bowls are a distinctive type of artifact of the period between the end of Roman rule in Britain in c. 410 AD and the emergence of the Christian Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during the 7th century. The surviving examples have mostly been found in Anglo-Saxon graves, but there is general agreement that they reflect Celtic traditions of decoration.
The bowls are usually of thin beaten bronze, between 15–30 cm (6-12 inches) in diameter, and dished or cauldron-shaped in profile. Typically they have three decorative plates ('escutcheons') applied externally just below the rim to support hooks with rings, by which they were suspended. The ornament of these plates is often very sophisticated, and in many cases includes beautiful coloured enamel work, commonly in champlevé and using spiral motifs. Although their designs and manufacture are thought to proceed from Celtic technique, they are principally found in eastern Britain, and especially in the areas which received Anglo-Saxon acculturation. Their production is also evidenced in Pictish and Irish contexts, but they seem almost completely absent from Wales, Devon and Cornwall.
Rupert Bruce-Mitford's corpus gives the following breakdown of the locations in modern terms of the 174 finds he includes (many are just one or more elements of a bowl):[1]
- England 117, Scotland 7, Ireland 17
- Norway 26, Sweden 2, Denmark 1,
- Germany 2, Belgium 1, Netherlands 1
The bowls are enigmatic because their intended function is not certainly known. Many have finely-worked escutcheons set centrally within, which makes it unlikely that they could have contained opaque or sticky material such as lamp-fat. The theory that they were used as maritime compasses, with a magnetic pin floated on water within the bowl, is discounted because many have an iron band around the rim which would render this unworkable. Another opinion is that they were used for the Roman custom of mixing wine and water for service at table. Some bowls are too small to make this explanation workable if general potation were intended. However, in ritual Christian or other meals it would be possible for a group to dip bread into such a wine-bowl in imitation of the Last Supper.
Part of the puzzle lies in whether the bowls were normally suspended by threads from a central fulcrum (like a lamp), or from hooks on a tripod with tall wooden legs. There is some support for the latter view, because the nearest formal parallel for such bowls from Antique contexts is in depictions of the Oracular Cortina, a three-hooked bowl suspended within a tripod, over which the priestess sat when pronouncing oracles. Certainly if water were contained in the bowls it is more likely to have been for ritual or liturgical purposes than for general consumption owing to the limited capacity. This would therefore be 'special' water, perhaps consecrated for baptism or aspersion, or (in other religious circumstances) derived from a sacred source or spring. 'Tripods' are also mentioned as prizes for warriors in early literature, including the early Welsh.
Some bowls have clearly Christian motifs on their escutcheons. The spiral ornament developed through the 6th to 7th century invention of the 'trumpet-spiral' pattern, which was afterwards adopted from these enamels and incorporated into the repertoire of the famous painted Gospel-books such as the Book of Durrow or the Lindisfarne Gospels. This painted decoration was certainly intended for meditative contemplation and as a devotional work. From the very mixed cultures and beliefs of the inhabitants of Britain during the Dark Ages, the art, and perhaps some part of the function of these bowls became absorbed into the Celto-Saxon ornamental language of Christian Britain. Among the finest examples is the large bowl from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial (near Woodbridge, Suffolk), which has an enameled fish sculpture set to swivel on a pin within the bowl.[2]
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The distinctive shape of the two most famous early Irish chalices, the Ardagh Chalice and the Derrynaflan Chalice has been described as an adaptation of the hanging bowl form for a different use,[3] although others see them as using shapes derived from Byzantine metalwork.
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The hanging bowls have been discussed in detail by many scholars, among them John Romilly Allen, Françoise Henry, Sir Thomas Kendrick, Rupert Bruce-Mitford, Hayo Vierck, Jane Brenan, and most recently in the authoritative study begun by Bruce-Mitford and completed by Sheila Raven (citation below).
- R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford, The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial Volume III Part I, 1983 (British Museum)
- R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford and Sheila Raven, A Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging Bowls with an account of the bowls found in Scandinavia, 2005 (OUP)
- Susan Youngs, 'The Work of Angels', Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th Centuries AD, 1989 (British Museum)
- G.D.S. Henderson, Vision and Image in Early Christian England, 1999 (CUP) - Chapter 1.
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- ^ British Museum Hanging bowl from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo.
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by KARA VANDERBIJL
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The devil has joined Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in the form of Bob Benson (James Wolk). Last week he stood in an elevator with Don long enough to make the hairs rise on the back of my neck, and Sunday night he bought toilet paper for Pete Campbell. I'm not sure what it is about him, but anybody who seems squeaky clean and has no function in the narrative except to take notes in client meetings and make other characters raise quizzical brows in his direction is scary enough to make me run in the other direction.
Honestly, it would not take much to give us the jitters at this point; the discomfort introduced last week only grew in this episode, garnished with two well-placed allusions to North Korea. That Mad Men evokes our contemporary struggles has been apparent from the beginning, but the distance between then and now was obliterated with Dr. Rosen's wry, "No one took Fidel Castro seriously," right before he rushed off to another surgery. It's an old trick, confronting our fears in fiction. Is learning blind better than observing a lesson and ignoring it?
Similarly, we sense that it is Bob Benson who will watch and take notes as the agency goes up in flames. I half expect to see him slinking around corners with his legal pad and pen, sitting on left shoulders and whispering in ears. He'll be an enabler, opening windows for others to jump out of, pouring that extra glass of whiskey.
Sorry for all the doom and gloom, but how could I think otherwise? Two brief flashbacks to a young Don Draper unveil a lurid fragment of his piecemeal past. That he was raised for a time in a brothel seems too simple an explanation for his relationship with women. I would be more tempted to blame it on a desire to compensate for the many awkward years he spent in homespun with a bowl haircut. Just when it was getting so easy to hate him, they throw this curveball! I had a few teary moments remembering that he watched his father and mother die, that he saw his uncle demand sex from his stepmother for rent money. Childhood is one thing that should be kept absolutely sacred. (I also cried during a Purina commercial, so let's take all of this with the requisite grain of salt.)
Although Don told Dr. Rosen's wife, Sylvia (Linda Cardellini), that he didn't want to sleep with her anymore in the new year, their liaison only intensifies. No lost love between neighbors! If he felt any guilt before it was feigned; Sylvia's own intense shame stems from her Cathollc girlhood, and it is this part of her that Megan appeals to when she confides to Sylvia about her recent miscarriage. The irony behind Megan trying to convince Sylvia to watch her TV show isn't lost on us and certainly isn't lost on Sylvia, who's cooking up enough drama in the Draper marriage to fill an Italian opera. When both of the women in your life are at breaking point, Don, the choice is obvious: go for the one who doesn't want to have a baby.
It's a shame about Megan, because right before we find out about her miscarriage, she's firing the maid and is incandescently hilarious about it. Let's not forget that not so long ago, Betty also resorted to firing the help when she was at her wits' end. We get the feeling that Megan won't be around for long, but that she'll remain a face on the screen, present whenever Don is hungover in his second sad bachelor pad and turns on the daytime soaps.
Affairs and betrayals continue to be at the forefront of the episode as Pete and Trudy Campbell flirt their way around their suburban neighbors. Pete is the only one who goes through with it and invites one of the blonde neighbors for a tryst in his apartment in the city. Like all of Pete's women, she's much too innocent and trusting for her own good (e.g. "I'll park my car in front of the driveway instead of in the driveway so you'll know I'm thinking about you"). When she gets pummeled by her husband, she runs to the Campbells for help. Trudy, we find, had no delusions about her husband's fidelity, but she also won't be made into a fool in front of her neighbors and throws him out, but only so far. She is determined to ruin him, but refuses to divorce him. This may have been the first time I admired Trudy Campbell, but I'm sure it won't be the last.
At the agency, things have taken a turn for the comical; Jaguar's sleazy salesman Herb (Gary Basaraba) wants more local ads as opposed to the glittering national campaign, but Don won't give it to him; why is it that I foresee Joan paying for this obstinance? The Heinz Baked Beans client brings in his colleague, who's in charge of Ketchup, for a visit, but reveals that he doesn't want Don and the crew to do anything for Ketchup because he's got a chip in his shoulder. Stan foolishly reveals this new development to Peggy, who in turn reveals it to her boss, who in turn wants to seduce Ketchup over to Cutler, Gleason and Chaough.
I'm honestly surprised Peggy didn't see it coming, as beautifully cutthroat as she has become in this business. When her secretary reminds her that she should be kind to the writers who work under her, it's a bittersweet moment; we realize that, as much as she has come to resemble Don, she's still trying to please.
Kara VanderBijl is the managing editor of This Recording. She is a writer living in Chicago. She last wrote in these pages about Mad Men. She twitters here. You can find an archive of her writing on This Recording here.
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As discussed between Marcus Lush and Jon MacDonald on 1st May 2012.
Red suitcase (ex-bomb) - once suspected to contain a bomb, and left outside the Mayoress of Netanya's place in Israel. Not sure what was actually in there!
One Direction's touring couch - bidding is up to $5,600 for the antique couch that went on tour with the boys.
A Suzuki scooter, about to do the Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari - no guarantees what sort of condition it'll be in when it comes back.
Only CC's is tasting like deez - charity auction railing against the Doritos corn chips brand replacing CCs in 2010.
Highlanders event for charity - 5 All Blacks at your disposal to raise money for Otago women's rugby. You can go to dinner, or design an event yourself and get them involved.
Old-school lookalike Ford Roadster 1937-style to relive the mafia days.
And following on from the cow-pooling interview, lots to choose from in our cattle category.
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This news/video story, "Showing the Rich We Can Do What We Want" from the BBC is very disturbing from a number of angles (click link to watch the video).
- First, we have two British girls who obviously lack any moral restraint from destroying other people's property.
- Second, they equate all businesses with "the rich" when most of the buildings being burned in the video are likely small mom-and-pop businesses.
- Finally, "we can do what we want" is hardly a prescription for keeping an advanced country in first-world status–or simply keeping food on the table.
- Did I miss anything?
Two girls who took part in Monday night's riots in Croydon have boasted that they were showing police and "the rich" that "we can do what we want".
The pair who were drinking wine looted from a local shop at 09:30 BST on Tuesday morning, spoke to the BBC's Leana Hosea.
Croydon was one of several areas plagued by unrest on Monday night, on a third night of riots in the capital.
There were also violent scenes in several other English cities.


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UW Men's Basketball Team Hosts Saint Louis on Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Dec. 4, 2000
Tue, Dec. 5 --
UW vs. Saint Louis, 8:00 pm PST (Fox Sports Net Northwest)
Bank of America Arena (10,000), Seattle, Wash.
Sat, Dec. 16 --
UW at Florida International, 4:30 pm PST (7:30 EST)
Golden Panther Arena, Miami, Fla.
The Washington Huskies (3-2) play their final pre-Christmas home game on Tuesday, Dec. 5, hosting Saint Louis (4-1). Tip-off is 8 p.m. Pacific Time at Bank of America Arena for the game that will be broadcast live on Fox Sports Net Northwest. Washington leads the all-time series 6-5 against the Billikens. Saint Louis is coached for the second season by UW alum Lorenzo Romar who played for the Huskies in 1979 and 1980. Tuesday's outing is the fourth game in eight days for the Huskies who take the following 10 days off for Fall Quarter final exams. After exams, Washington travels to Miami for a Dec. 16 game at Florida International followed by the three-game Puerto Rico Holiday Classic in San Juan from Dec. 20-22. The Huskies open with host American University-Puerto Rico.
Fast Facts:
o Senior forward Will Perkins has four double-doubles. No UW player registered a double-double last season.
o The Huskies return to their on-campus venue, Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion where they have won 748 games since 1927, the most among NCAA teams in their current arena.
o Washington has a 49-9 record on campus at Edmundson Pavilion since the 1995-96 season and is 5-10 in 'home' games at KeyArena during that span.
The Season So Far:
Washington achieved a split on its first road trip of the season, winning 69-66 at Wichita State (Nov. 30) before an 86-74 loss at Gonzaga (Dec. 2). UW capped a three-game homestand with a 94-63 victory over Portland State (Nov. 28), registering the most points in its last 67 games and its largest margin of victory (31 points) in 61 games. The Huskies returned to their on-campus venue in triumphant fashion on Nov. 25, defeating New Mexico State 81-77. Washington played all of its home games last season, and this year's season opener, at KeyArena in downtown Seattle. UW opened the season with a 73-61 loss to Texas-El Paso (Nov. 21). The season-opening, three-game homestand was a welcome change for the Huskies who were on the road for the first 22 days of the 1999-2000 season. They played their first six games on the road last season and didn't play in Seattle until Dec. 13. Washington won both of its exhibition games this season, rallying for an 83-81 overtime victory at Seattle Pacific (Nov. 10) before beating Brewster Packing 84-80 (Nov. 14).
TV/Radio Coverage:
Tuesday's Washington-Saint Louis game will be televised live at 8 p.m. on Fox Sports Net Northwest. Rich Waltz and Dave Harshman call the action. All Husky men's basketball games are broadcast live on KOMO Radio (AM 1000) and its affiliates by play-by-play announcer Bob Rondeau. The radio broadcasts can be accessed via the internet at: http://www.audionet.com/schools/washington/
Projected Husky Starting Lineup:
Washington Huskies (3-2, 0-0 in Pac-10)
Pos.-No. Name Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Hometown Points Rebs.
F -- 1 Will Perkins 6-8 195 Sr. Omaha, Neb. 14.8 9.6
F -- 21 Greg Clark 6-7 225 Sr. San Diego, Calif. 7.2 2.0
C -- 50 David Dixon 6-11 300 Jr. Houston, Texas 2.2 3.6
G -- 23 Michael Johnson 6-4 195 Sr. Seattle, Wash. 12.6 4.2
G -- 32 Bryan Brown 6-3 205 Sr. Mercer Island, Wash. 8.0 2.2
Hoopsters Honor CW:
Like their football counterparts, the Husky basketball team is wearing patches on their jerseys to support senior Curtis Williams who suffered a spinal cord injury during an Oct. 28 football game at Stanford. The UW basketball players will display the initials 'CW' to honor Williams who is in a San Jose, Calif. rehabilitation center.
Home Sweet Home:
The Huskies returned to campus after a one-season absence. They are playing home games at Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. The Pavilion underwent a 19-month renovation from March of 1999 to November of 2000. The interior was completely redesigned while the building's exterior went unchanged. Despite an increased seating capacity from 7,900 to approximately 10,000, the arena possesses a more intimate, basketball-only configuration. The Huskies have won 748 games in the Pavilion since it opened on Dec. 27, 1927, more victories than any other school in its current arena. Washington compiled a 47-9 record in its final four seasons (1996-99) at the old Pavilion before playing last season at KeyArena in downtown Seattle during renovations.
Injury Report:
o Will Play- Thalo Green, Played the last four games after missing the season opener and both exhibitions. Green underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Nov. 1 to remove some loose fragments.
o Questionable - DeMarcus Williams, Missed two weeks with sore right plantar fascia (foot). Practiced last week, but has not played any games.
The Saint Louis Series:
> Washington took a 6-5 lead in the all-time series with a 69-60 win over the Billikens in the last meeting on Nov. 28, 1998 in the semifinal round of the Big Island Invitational in Hilo, Hawai'i.
> Prior to the 1998 clash, UW and Saint Louis had not met since Dec. 27, 1966 when the Huskies posted a 91-82 decision at the Far West Classic in Portland, Ore. That UW victory halted a four-game Billiken series winning streak.
> The Huskies have a 3-2 record against Saint Louis at Edmundson Pavilion where the Billikens have not visited since 1963.
> Washington has a 14-15 all-time record against teams from Conference USA.
> In his second season as head coach at Saint Louis is Washington graduate Lorenzo Romar who lettered at UW in 1979 and 1980. Romar led the team in assists both seasons and was the Husky team captain in 1980. He was a seventh-round 1980 NBA draft pick by Golden State where he played from 1980-83 before playing with Milwaukee (1984) and Detroit (1984-85).
> Romar, who began his collegiate head coaching career at Pepperdine, has never coached against his alma mater Washington.
> In his eighth season at Washington, Bob Bender has a 3-1 coaching record against Saint Louis, including a 2-1 mark while at Illinois State (1990-92) and 1-0 with the Huskies.
The Last Meeting:
Washington 69, Saint Louis 60 (Nov. 28, 1998, Hilo, Hi.) - Donald Watts scored six of his 10 points during a critical second-half stretch, leading 16th-ranked Washington to a 69-60 triumph over Saint Louis in the semifinal round of the Big Island Invitational at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. Todd MacCulloch scored the first eight points of the game for Washington which never trailed and claimed a 33-25 halftime advantage. The Billikens closed within 41-38 with 12:04 left in the game before Watts sparked a 12-4 surge over a 4 1/2-minute span to give Washington control of the contest. The Huskies shot 63 percent (27-43), including a 71-percent (12-17) second-half performance. MacCulloch finished with 18 points while Deon Luton added 13 and Michael Johnson 12. Virgel Cobbin tallied 14 points to lead Saint Louis, a 1998 NCAA Tournament competitor. Chris Heinrich had 10 points and led a 25-24 Billiken rebound edge with six boards.
Last Husky Game:
Gonzaga 86, UW 74 (Dec. 2, 2000, Spokane, Wash.) - Casey Calvary tallied 21 of his career-high 29 points in the second half, leading Gonzaga to an 86-74 win over Washington at the Kennel. Calvary fueled an 11-0 Bulldog run, scoring nine points over the opening 4:20 of the second half. Gonzaga (4-1), which trailed 41-40 at halftime, took the lead for good at 51-41 on the surge that concluded on Calvary's layin with 15:40 left in the game. The Huskies (3-2) missed their first nine shots of the second half before Will Perkins hit a layin with 15:28 remaining. Perkins posted his fourth double-double in five games with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Michael Johnson scored 18 points for UW which also got 11 from Greg Clark. Freshman Blake Stepp had 17 points for the Bulldogs despite hitting only 1-of-8 shots from 3-point range. Gonzaga shot 54-percent from the field (31-57) while limiting the Huskies to 40 percent accuracy (29-73).
Washington has had a player register double-figure rebounds four times this season. Last year, UW players accounted for only seven double-figure rebound efforts during the entire campaign ... The Huskies won their opening road game of the year for the fourth straight season with a 69-66 victory at Wichita State on Thursday ... Washington lost 73-61 to Texas-El Paso on Nov. 21 at KeyArena, snapping a string of six consecutive season-opening victories ... UW's 94-point output against Portland State (Nov. 28) was its highest scoring game in 67 outings, dating to a 95-95 win over UCLA on March 1, 1998.
Campaign 2000-01:
A five-man senior class is the nucleus around which eighth-year coach Bob Bender seeks to form a winning unit. Washington finished with a 10-20 record last season, snapping a string of four consecutive winning seasons that culminated in postseason berths. The Huskies tied for eighth place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 5-13 record. In addition to the five seniors, who collectively have played 317 career games, the roster includes four other returning lettermen (9 total), four scholarship newcomers and two walk-ons. Two primary starters return, seniors Will Perkins and Michael Johnson along with senior forward Thalo Green who has been a part-time starter for three seasons. No returning player averaged double-figure points last season. Johnson is the leading returning scorer with a 9.9-point average last year while Perkins averaged 7.8 points and a team-high 5.9 rebounds. Green averaged 6.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in 1999-2000. Highlighting the season is the return to the on-campus arena that has Husky hopes hovering. The 17,072-seat KeyArena in downtown Seattle never really felt like home despite an average attendance of 7,851. As a result, UW had with a better record in enemy arenas (6-9) than at home (4-9) for only the third time in school history.
Bender Bio:
Bob Bender has participated in the NCAA Tournament at every school with which he has been affiliated, including back-to-back berths with Washington in 1998 and 1999. He has an eight-year record of 98-106 with the Huskies. The UW tied for eighth in the Pac-10 with a 5-13 record in 2000 and had a 10-20 overall record that snapped a string of four consecutive winning seasons. In 1999, Washington was 17-12, capped by an NCAA Tournament appearance. The 1998 Huskies posted a 20-10 record that marked the school's finest winning percentage since 1985. Among the 1998 Husky highlights were their first 20-win season since 1987, their first NCAA berth since 1986 and their first Sweet 16 appearance since 1984. The 1997 UW team posted a 17-11 record, capped by the Huskies' second straight National Invitation Tournament appearance. Washington's record improved four straight seasons under Bender, including a 16-12 mark in 1996 after which he was voted the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. The UW was 5-22 in 1994 and 10-17 in 1995. His 98 victories rank fourth among all-time Washington coaches. Bender, who began his career with a four-year stint at Illinois State (1990-93), has a 12-year career record of 158-163. His Illinois State squads were 60-57, earning two Missouri Valley Conference championships, one conference tournament title and an NCAA Tournament berth in 1990. Prior to his inaugural head coaching assignment at ISU, Bender served as an assistant on Mike Krzyzewski's Duke staff (1983-1989). The Blue Devils qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of Bender's six seasons on the staff, including four trips to the Final Four. Bender, 43, is the only individual to play on two different teams in the NCAA Championship game. He was a freshman on Bobby Knight's undefeated 1976 Indiana team and played point guard at Duke from 1977-80, including an appearance in the 1978 title game against Kentucky.
Coaching Staff:
Bob Bender's staff is comprised of associate head coach Byron Boudreaux along with assistant coaches Eric Hughes and Al Hairston. Boudreaux begins his sixth season on the staff, his second as the associate. Hughes has been with Bender during his entire seven-year tenure at UW. Hairston, a former Seattle Sonic and legendary prep coach at Seattle's Garfield High School, begins his first season. He replaces Jason Hamilton who left to pursue interests outside of coaching.
Double Trouble:
Senior forward Will Perkins registered double-doubles in four of Washington's first five games. No Husky player recorded a double-double during the entire season last year. Perkins had 15 points and 10 rebounds against Texas-El Paso on Nov. 21 followed by a 14-point, 10-rebound performance against New Mexico State on Nov. 25 and an 11-point, 12-rebound outing against Portland State on Nov. 28. The Omaha, Nebraska native had his three-game double-double streak stopped on Thursday at Wichita State as he had a team-high 16 points, but only five rebounds. He rebounded with an 18-point, 11-board effort at Gonzaga on Dec. 2. Perkins leads the team in both scoring (14.8 ppg) and rebounds (9.6 rpg) while shooting 51 percent (29-59). Last year, he led the Huskies in rebounds (5.9 rpg), field goal percentage (47.9%) and blocked shots (39).
Hair Raising Experience:
Senior forward Thalo Green avoided the barber's shears for 16 months before taking his place in the chair at the Montlake Cut barbershop on July 12, 2000. Green had his hair cut for the first time since March of 1999 and donated his hair to the Wigs for Kids, a national, non-profit organization that solicits donations in an effort to provide relief for children in situations of hair loss. Hair donations are woven into wigs and given to children affected by hair loss due to chemotherapy, burns and other medical conditions. 'I'm in a position, playing basketball at Washington, to give exposure and promote the Wigs for Kids program,' Green explains. 'I decided to grow my hair out throughout the whole season and try to raise awareness for the program. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to do something good for a good cause.' Green regularly drew taunts from spectators at opposing arenas last season as his curly, red hair frequently flopped into his eyes and eventually required a headband to control it. That shaggy coif was in stark contrast to his sophomore season in 1998-99 when Green's head was almost completely shaven.
Sonics & Sons:
Two former Seattle SuperSonics have sons on the 2000-01 Washington basketball roster. The list of former NBA players (and sons) includes, Fred Brown (Bryan) and Lonnie Shelton (Marlon). A graduate of Iowa, Fred Brown is the Sonics' all-time leading scorer with 14,018 points. Brown played his entire 13-year NBA career in Seattle and was a 1976 all-star. Lonnie Shelton was a 1975 All-Pac-8 Conference selection at Oregon State. He played 15 NBA seasons and was a 1982 all-star. Shelton played from 1979-83 in Seattle. Brown and Shelton were members of Seattle's 1979 NBA Championship squad. Two other former sons of Sonics were on the team in 1999, Donald Watts (father Slick) was a four-year letterman and walk-on Michael Westphal (father Paul) transferred after his freshman year to Bellevue (Wash.) Community College. An additional tie to the Sonics is first-year Husky assistant coach Al Hairston who played with Seattle's NBA team in 1969 and 1970.
Husky Tickets:
Good seats are available for all Washington home games, including season tickets and other special packages. New this season is the Pepsi 'Fun for Four' Family Pack for quartets of all ages. Get four general admission game tickets, four Pepsi drinks and four hot dogs for only $25. Reserved seats for individual Husky games are $16 while general admission seats are $6 for adults and $3 for high school students, senior citizens and children. University of Washington students with current student identification can purchase individual game tickets for $3 or buy a student season pass for $30 that is also good for women's games. Visit the Husky Ticket Office, located in the Graves Building, or call (206-543-2200) for information. Individual game reserved tickets will also be available for sale through all TicketMaster outlets, phone centers (206-628-0888) or via the internet at www.ticketmaster.com.
Returning Talent:
Two starters and nine lettermen return from last year's team, including senior guard Michael Johnson, UW's top statistical returnee in points (9.9 ppg), assists (64), 3-pointers (34) and 3-point accuracy (34%). Forward Will Perkins led all Huskies in rebounds (5.9 rpg), field goal accuracy (48%) and blocked shots (39) last season. They are joined by forward Thalo Green who led UW in steals (35) and was second in rebounds (4.9 rpg). Juniors David Dixon and Marlon Shelton return to battle for the starting center spot. The 6-11 Dixon started twice in 2000 while the 6-10 Shelton drew four starts. Senior Bryan Brown has experience at the point guard position after playing as Senque Carey's backup last season. With Carey's transfer to New Mexico, Brown has the inside track on the starting role. He will be pressed by a pair of incoming freshmen point guards from Tacoma, Wash., Curtis Allen and C.J. Massingale. Expect senior swingman Greg Clark to play a major role with increased minutes. The UW's defensive stopper should display his offensive prowess this year. Junior Grant Leep seeks to return from a knee injury that sidelined him for the final 19 games in 2000. Leep possesses a solid inside game with range out to the 3-point line. Sophomore Ben Coffee is an athletic small forward who is a capable rebounder and looks to surface as an offensive threat. Third-year walk-on Travis Duty provides depth for the guard corps.
The Washington roster is bolstered by the addition of three scholarship recruits, including a pair of guards from Tacoma, Wash. Both Curtis Allen, from Wilson High School, and C.J. Massingale, from Mount Tahoma High School, will battle for playing time at point guard as they ranked Nos. 7 and 8 among prospects in the West at that position by Pac-West Hoops. They are the first Tacoma natives to receive scholarships from the Washington basketball team since Steve Matzen who lettered from 1977 to 1980. Allen was the state Class 4A player of the year, averaging 25.2 points and 4.0 assists per game. Massingale averaged 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists to win his second straight Narrows League Bridge Division MVP award. Bolstering the frontcourt is 6-9, 270-pound DeMarcus Williams from Upland (Calif.) High School. Williams was rated the West's No. 12 center prospect by Pac-West Hoops and was an honorable mention All-America pick by Blue Ribbon magazine. Invited walk-on freshmen Sterling Brown (Woodinville HS) and David Hudson (Rainier Beach HS) are also new to the team. Sophomore Doug Wrenn, a transfer from Connecticut, will red-shirt this season.
Four players departed from last year's team, including three starters and reserve guard Andrew Moritz. The biggest loss is guard Deon Luton who completed his career as the Huskies' No. 8 all-time scorer with 1,488 points. Luton owns every UW 3-point record, including career (212), season (75) and single-game (7) treys. Forward Chris Walcott started 20 games and was a solid inside-outside presence for Washington. Senque Carey started two years at point guard before transferring during the summer to New Mexico. Carey led the team last year with 137 assists, the third-best season total in UW history.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered:
Washington received commitments during the early signing period (Nov. 8-15) from a five-man group that has been ranked among the best recruiting classes in the nation by several analysts. The signing class includes junior college standout Josh Barnard and four prominent high school recruits. Heading the list of prep players is Kentwood's Mike Jensen who was rated by Pac-West Hoops as the top power forward in the West. A trio of players from high schools in Seattle signed with the Huskies. Those three are Jeffrey Day, from state Class AAA champion Seattle Prep, Chief Sealth's Erroll Knight, one of the nation's finest scoring guards, and Anthony Washington, a rising power forward prospect from Garfield. 'We accomplished what we wanted to do in a very big way,' said Coach Bob Bender. 'We are very proud of the fact they are all from right here in state. Every single player is a Washington player and that is our priority. We really emphasized how they could be the greatest class that we have ever had the opportunity to recruit and that coming in together would put them in position to be one of the top classes in the nation. They all are very, very talented, but collectively they're very special.' The Huskies do not have any remaining scholarships to offer during the spring letter of intent period that runs from April 11 through May 15.
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For a government that keeps a tight grip on information, this was a week when it lost control of the narrative.
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Workshop on Science Commercialisation
|Ramada Hotel, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany
|20 - 21 August 2012
|Calendar file
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The Workshop was a Trans Domain COST activity aiming at members and early stage researchers (ESRs) from three COST Actions (FA0806, FA0804, FA1006). The participants of the workshop had the opportunity to acquire information in the area of product commercialisation.
Technology commercialisation is commonly defined as the process of taking an idea to the market and creating a value product, typically through licensing or creating a new business. Although the concept of technology commercialisation sounds disarmingly simple, many players involved in this process are discovering that implementing a successful technology commercialisation programme is more complex than it was initially believed. The aim of the workshop was therefore to develop a kind of an entrepreneurship support chart.
Specialists from different fields related to successful commercialisation of scientific products gave talks and support participants from the different COST Actions to use this information for the development of successful commercialisation strategies. The programme of this two-day long workshop was structured in sections to cover the themes of:
- university-industry relations
- financing commercialisation
- science commercialisation in new markets
The workshop ended with the presentation of some Showcases.
The objectives of the workshop included:
- To provide scientists in food and agriculture with knowledge regarding product commercialisation
- To allow interaction of ESRs with experts in the field of product commercialisation
- To develop an entrepreneurship support chart
- To establish and strengthen the network among members of the three COST Actions.
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This workshop has a limited capacity but some slots for Early Stage Researchers are available. If you are interested please send a short letter stating your motivation to attend to one of the organisers.
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By Bill Graziano
on 14 August 2006
| 1 Comment
| Tags: Identity, INSERT
SQL Server 2005 introducted the OUTPUT clause which we can use to capture values from the inserted and deleted virtual tables. Previously this data was only available through triggers. We can use this in an INSERT ... SELECT statement to capture all the inserted identity values. Previously this required some type of loop or temporarily altering the target table.
We'll start with two tables: a product table and table of products to insert.
The scenario is a vendor that sends you a complete list of all their products and
you only need to insert the rows that don't already exist. However you need
to insert those new rows into multiple tables. The following script will create the tables in tempdb based on data in AdventureWorks.
USE tempdb
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[Product]') AND type in (N'U'))
DROP TABLE [dbo].[Product]
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].ProductsToInsert') AND type in (N'U'))
DROP TABLE [dbo].ProductsToInsert
CREATE TABLE Product (
ProductID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
[Name] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
ProductNumber NVARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
ListPrice MONEY NOT NULL)
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IX_Product_ProductNumber ON Product ( ProductNumber )
CREATE TABLE ProductsToInsert (
RowID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
[Name] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
ProductNumber NVARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
ListPrice MONEY NOT NULL,
InsertedIdentityValue INT NULL)
INSERT Product ([Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice)
SELECT TOP 450 [Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice
FROM AdventureWorks.Production.Product
ORDER BY SellStartDate, ProductID
INSERT ProductsToInsert ([Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice)
SELECT [Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice
FROM AdventureWorks.Production.Product
The Product table has an identity column as its primary key. Product number is a natural key on the table. The ProductsToInsert table has the ProductNumber column and a column for whatever identity value is inserted when we put the row into the Product table. You'll notice I only put 450 of the products in the Product table to start with but all 504 in the ProductsToInsert table.
A simple script to insert the new products looks like this:
use tempdb
INSERT Product ([Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice)
[Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice
ProductsToInsert I
FROM Product
WHERE ProductNumber = I.ProductNumber)
That inserts the 54 products that weren't in the table previously. We can
use the OUTPUT clause to return back the rows that were inserted. That looks like this:
INSERT Product ([Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice)
OUTPUT inserted.ProductID,
[Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice
ProductsToInsert I
NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM Product
WHERE ProductNumber = I.ProductNumber)
When that statement is run it returns the following recordset back to the client:
ProductID Name ProductNumber ListPrice
----------- ----------------------------------- --------------------- -------------
451 LL Bottom Bracket BB-7421 53.99
452 ML Bottom Bracket BB-8107 101.24
453 HL Bottom Bracket BB-9108 121.49
. . .
504 HL Touring Handlebars HB-T928 91.57
(54 row(s) affected)
That is almost what we want. We have the identity values in the result set
but we don't have a way to work with the data and we don't have a way to tie it
back to the original source row. We'll need to add two things. First
we'll need to store this result set in a table variable. I'll also remove
a few columns to make it easier to read and add an update statement to save the
identity value. That script looks like this:
DECLARE @InsertedRows TABLE (ProductID INT, ProductNumber NVARCHAR(25) )
INSERT Product ([Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice)
OUTPUT inserted.ProductID,
INTO @InsertedRows
[Name], ProductNumber, ListPrice
ProductsToInsert AS I
NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM Product
WHERE ProductNumber = I.ProductNumber)
UPDATE ProductsToInsert
SET InsertedIdentityValue = T.ProductID
FROM ProductsToInsert I
JOIN @InsertedRows T ON T.ProductNumber = I.ProductNumber
SELECT RowID, ProductNumber, InsertedIdentityValue
FROM ProductsToInsert
WHERE InsertedIdentityValue IS NOT NULL
We declare a table variable to store the results of the OUTPUT clause. We
use the OUTPUT INTO syntax to store the
results into the table variable. Next we use the table variable to update
the source table with the inserted identity columns. After that a simple SELECT
statement returns the new values which we can easily use in other statements:
RowID ProductNumber InsertedIdentityValue
----------- ------------------------- ---------------------
. . .
(54 row(s) affected)
The OUTPUT clause can also be used with UPDATE and DELETE statements and return
values from either the inserted or deleted table. In its simplest form the
OUTPUT clause greatly simplifies importing data into SQL Server.
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{Trainer Tip Tuesday} Be Like a Dandelion
If you're in the military, you're probably aware that April is the Month of the Military Child.
If you're not in the military or affiliated in some way with the military, you just learned something new!
Throughout the month of April, different memes dedicated to military children circulate through social media, many of them featuring a dandelion.
The dandelion is the flower of the military child–and for good reason.
Dandelions, among other things, are tenacious.
Tenacious might actually be too gentle a word to describe them, actually! Have you ever tried to rid your lawn or garden of dandelions?
Each spring, it's a war in my little backyard, and I hate to admit it, but the dandelions are slowly winning…because of their tenacity.
Dandelions just don't quit.
Despite the war I'm waging against them, I really admire dandelions.
They grow wherever they're planted, they reach for the sun tirelessly, they spread what they have to offer prolifically, and they never stop trying to come back.
So what the heck does this have to do with fitness?? Only everything.
One of the challenges we often face where our fitness is concerned is not being tenacious enough when things aren't easy.
A kid gets sick.
We get sick.
Our schedule changes.
Work becomes more demanding.
There's a crisis in the family.
We develop an injury.
Our workout buddy moves away.
WE move away.
All of these events can happen, or have happened, at some point, and they can really knock us out of our workout habits and practices.
A short break becomes a longer break, and pretty soon we're so far 'off track,' we don't know how or feel we have the will to find our way to get back 'on track.'
This is where being like a dandelion comes in.
This is where developing and maintaining tenacity comes in.
The main reason I created "Your Plan B Playbook' (you can grab a copy by signing up here: Plan B Playbook) was to create a tool by which others could also develop and foster their own tenacity.
Being an Army spouse, now living overseas, has presented me over the years with a slew of challenges.
In the early years of being married to the Army, these challenges DID knock me off track–and that made me sad, angry, resentful, hopeless, and generally feeling like a failure.
I could not see a way out of my situation or any alternative by which to reach my health/fitness/weight loss goals.
Then I took a nasty fall from a friend's cranky barrel racing horse. Well, the fall wasn't so bad–it was kind of a graceful dismount actually–but the landing messed me up.
I landed full PLF-style on my right side on some very hard Louisiana clay, causing trauma to my lumbar spine, both SI joints in my pelvis, and two broken ribs.
In the weeks and months after that accident, I had to decide whether I was going to live as an injured and inhibited person, or do what it took to get better, get stronger.
It took a year of physical therapy and diligent work with a personal trainer, but I did get better–and stronger and more resilient.
And tenacious.
Tenacity is defined as being 'persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired.'
But how do we get or develop tenacity when we feel like we're on the ropes?
Over time, I've found three things that help develop and foster tenacity on the fitness front.
1. Have a backup plan (or multiple backup plans!) ready to go.
'Your Plan B Playbook' was born out of a need to have a backup workout options ready to go for all those times where one of my kids was suddenly ill, my husband was deployed, or other life circumstances messed with my plan A workout.
Knowing I had a plan b, c, d, e and even f ready to go alleviated a ton of stress and kept me consistent with my workouts.
Being able to workout despite unpleasant circumstances also helped me cultivate tenacity through self-confidence: every time I got that workout in during a challenging time it made me more confident I was capable of continuing on and doing it again the next time things got challenging.
" The more I accomplish, the more I know I'm capable of accomplishing." ~ Tawny Lara
2. Be a part of a 'tribe.'
Being a part of something bigger than yourself can bolster your will and determination when you'd rather just skip a day or quit.
Social media offers a way to find and connect with like-minded people who can serve as a support network or accountability group.
Recruiting friends on Facebook to be a part of an 'exercise tribe' with similar goals or lifestyles can be a great help–you're there to both encourage others when they need it, and they're there for you when you need a pep talk or a kick in the pants 🙂
Having a workout community can be the difference between 'I give up' and 'I can do this.'
3. Dedicate your workouts.
When you don't feel like working out or going for a run, dedicate that sweat session to someone.
I started doing this in 2011, but only privately–as in my own head, not through any official organizations. I often choose to dedicate that workout to either those who have passed or those who would love to get up and move, but can't.
It changes I 'have to workout' into 'I get to workout.'
There are many different organizations where you can connect with a cause or an individual and dedicate your miles/sweat sessions to them, such as IRun4 . Or you can create your own dedications and even wear them, such as with grace bands.
When you struggle to get out the door, or into your workout clothes or to the gym, take a moment and dedicate your workout to someone who can't. It may change your 'task' into an experience of gratitude and appreciation.
Every year, as they consume more of my grass, I admire dandelions a little bit more.
And I strive to emulate them–to be tenacious, to grow where I'm planted, to seek the sunshine and stand tall, and to spread what I have to offer prolifically.
When you're struggling, or someone near to you is struggling, scrounge up that tenacity.
Be like a dandelion.
Those things don't quit.
Talk to you soon,


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By Kenneth Fine
Published in News on September 29, 2011 1:46 PM
From the ground in Afghanistan to the skies just above the North Carolina Air Force base it calls home, members of the 916th Air Refueling Wing will soon reflect on a quarter-century that has seen locally-stationed Reserve airmen rise to the top of their command.
But their commander, Col. Randall Ogden, said the month-long celebration will not just be a chance to acknowledge the unit's 25-year journey toward its recognition as one of Air Mobility Command's most outstanding wings.
It will also serve as a poignant reminder that as some airmen participate in fun-filled events in Goldsboro, many of their comrades will still be in harm's way.
"As our reservists and active-duty airmen carry out missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Southeast Asia and Europe they are not far from our minds as we honor them here at home," he said.
October marks 25 years since the 916th was re-activated on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
"This is such an exciting time," Ogden said. "We are thrilled to be able to celebrate 25 years of re-activation supporting our nation and answering the call of duty across the globe."
And he and his airmen are looking forward, he added, to sharing in that celebration with their neighbors in those communities outside the installation gates.
"Being a part of the Goldsboro community has also been a huge source of pride for us as we look back on a quarter of a century of service," the colonel said. "We are grateful to be a part of Team Seymour and we're excited that the entire community can celebrate this historical milestone with us."
Wayne County residents will have their first opportunity to help the wing celebrate Oct. 1, as the unit unveils Part One of its "25 Shout-Outs for 25 Years" video blog on its Facebook page, www. facebook.com/916ARW?ref=ts
The showcase -- which will feature a new video shout-out from music, sports and political celebrities each day -- will run until Oct. 23.
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…Reason they were not talking about the baby
|Damola and wife Raliat
Award-winning Bukola, who hails from Kwara State, Eruku, to be precise, is a graduate of performing arts from University of Ilorin. And she became popular for the role she played in Tunde Kelani's Mainframe production movie, "Arugba" where she played the role of a young girls who as a virgin volunteered to bear the Osun goddess calabash and for that role she won the Upcoming Actress of the Year award in 2012.
Her beauty also attract so many people to her and in a very short while she started building her fan base which begin rising owning to the fact that she's not linked to any form of scandal until her decision to conceive for Damola Olatunji, an already married actor tarnished all her glowing attribute. The news now is that Bukola has just delivered twins for Damola a couple of days back.
|Damola Kissing Bukola in Odale
The two had met on location of movie titled "Odale" which means betrayal a word that can best described what the two of them happens to be, and it was during this period that the two began their unholy alliance the result of which is the newly delivered boy and girl twin. Damola whose wife, is said to be based in the UK. Those in the know claim that at the inception of the immoral relationship Damola's wife Raliat was informed of the budding relationship between Bukola Awoyemi and her husband but she dismissed it after her husband told her nothing was happening between them she however got the shocker of her life when she came home sometime for their anniversary and all her personal effects has been moved to the guest room.
|Bukola in Arugba
Sources revealed that her family and that of Damola have had a low-key introduction ceremony before she was delivered of the boy and girl twin on 3rd of January this year in far away United State of America. The way things will play out with the news of the latest addition to the Olatunji family, not forgetting he may be facing bigamy charges from the wife who is still legally married to him as there has been nothing on divorce between them.
|Damola and Raliat during their wedding


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Sceenshots of free ipod apps – World times and Google maps
An activity to learn about time zones around the world – go to "World Clock" and choose four cities from around the world, including the main city closest to where you are now. Try to choose places in both hemispheres and different distances from your main city. Find these cities on "Google Maps" and take a screen shots of the world map. Go to "Etch-a-Sketch" (the free – lite – version is fine) and copy the map into the background. Mark on the map where these cities are and compare the location with the time. Can you estimate the time in other main cities around the world based on these times? Where do you think the international date line is?


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Over the weekend, we learned that Motorola canceled the Ice Cream Sandwich updates for three devices, a list that included the Motorola Electrify, Motorola Photon 4G and the Motorola Atrix. All three devices had originally been promised Ice Cream Sandwich, a promise that was subsequently broken by Motorola. Unfortunately, there is the possibility that that list could grow as several other devices are still in Ice Cream Sandwich limbo.
Earlier this year, HTC and Motorola made some bold Android promises. They announced that they would be upgrading the Motorola Droid Bionic and HTC ThunderBolt, two popular Android devices, with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. In addition, HTC announced that the Droid Incredible 2 would be getting Ice Cream Sandwich as well.
The Droid Bionic ICS update was supposed to roll out in early third quarter but missed that window and was recently postponed until the fourth quarter of this year.
Read: HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich Situation is Unacceptable.
The HTC ThunderBolt and Droid Incredible 2 Ice Cream Sandwich updates were delayed indefinitely on the last day of their promised roll out window and thus far, HTC remains completely silent about the prospects of the updates.
However, as HTC has shown with the Desire HD and Motorola has shown with the Atrix, Photon 4G and the Electrify, the updates for the HTC ThunderBolt, Droid Bionic and Droid Incredible 2 are not out of hot water and it's still possible that all three could be canceled before everything is said and done.
Up in the Air
The Atrix and Photon 4G arrived in the U.S. around the same time as the HTC ThunderBolt. The Motorola Electrify launched in late 2011, just like the Motorola Droid Bionic. The Atrix, Photon 4G and Electrify have dual-core processors and 1GB of RAM, just like the Droid Bionic. The Droid Incredible 2 and the HTC ThunderBolt feature single core processors with less RAM.
So it could be that the hardware is not cooperating with the software, something that seemed to be the reason why Motorola canceled the updates for the trio of phones. Motorola said that it was due to performance which could be related to hardware, bugs, or maybe even a combination of both.
Read: Motorola Droid Bionic Ice Cream Sandwich Update Wait Starts Over.
Something else that doesn't bode well for the Droid Incredible 2, ThunderBolt and Droid Bionic is that they are all on Verizon. Verizon is notorious for its high standards when it comes to releasing Android updates and at this point, it's looking like none of the updates have met Verizon's standards.
And they may never get to that point given that they have been in development for months.
Consolation Prize
For Droid Bionic owners, there is a little bit of a consolation prize. Motorola, if it doesn't upgrade the Droid Bionic to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, will give owners $100 credit towards a select Motorola smartphone. It's not much, given that it has to be a Moto phone, but at least it's something.
Atrix, Electrify and Photon 4G should be able to collect their reward once the program goes live.
Owners of the HTC devices will not be the benefactors of such a prize should the ThunderBolt or Droid Incredible 2 not get ICS.
So will these updates ever roll out? Here are my humble predictions.
Motorola Droid Bionic: If it does roll out, it won't be until the middle to end of Q4. The fact that devices with dual-core processors and 1GB of RAM have seen their updates canceled does not bode well for the update. However, I think Motorola would have flat out canceled it last week if it intended on doing that.
HTC ThunderBolt: At this point, I'm starting to doubt it. More than a month has passed now without a word and while I think they are trying hard to get this update out given the backlash from ThunderBolt owners, the odds of a ThunderBolt ICS update appear to be pretty slim given the device's specs and the turmoil that we heard about before the delay.
Droid Incredible 2: I get a bad feeling about the Droid Incredible 2 as well. And it doesn't help that it probably doesn't have the same kind of adoption rate that the ThunderBolt had. I can't say for sure but I would not be surprised to see the update canceled.
What do you think? Will the list of broken Ice Cream Sandwich promises grow?


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