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Google made big changes to the ways their search results rank, in the hope of furnishing it's search users better results, according to their official blog, this change impacts 11.8% organic search results, in another word, there are about 12% of google search results are considered low quality by google itself. Google started this change almost one year ago, and recently I see some of my ranks were lowered considerably, on the other hand almost all keywords promoted by contextual links are not affected, some of the keywords even ranked better than before, it's almost a sure thing that plain link building loses all it's attraction, at least in the eye of google.
Now what on earth is plain link building and how do people do it? a lot of marketing companies did and are doing the plain link building, they put your links on websites which only exist for holding links, the only updates on those websites are the new links, it's safe to assume all of them are trash, we call these sites link spamming sites. The latest google update will definitely downgrade most if not all of these sites, any links on them will be affected too.
Maybe a few examples will make it clear. It was quite some time ago, I started with this keyword, http://www.mfrexpress.com/traffic-control-reflective-tape-stickers-c-52_112.html, of course with old way of link building, lately I figured that every site in the campaign had way too many links, and the worst thing is that those sites are linking sites only and had no content, not even crap content. In the beginning, the ranking of the keyword in question rise pretty fast, lately the keyword link stayed on the first page for a while, the party was over when google updated it's algorithm. Here is another keyword, chain pullers, we put the link in relevant context, almost no plain links, you can imagine how this keyword ranks. Old and outdated linking campaign lost to content linking, what's next? It all boils down to content, as long as you dole out high quality content, you will attract readers as well as search engines. It's never too late to build good blogs for business purpose, for instance let's examine this one, sherri hill , I build it as a hobby and kept adding good or mediocre content, the result? I got nice ranking for a few realy nice keywords now. As we can see, quality blog marketing is much better than plain link building. Say you're building your own bogging network, something like Lift Sling, then it will be easier to do article marketing.
Remember content is king, you just need to create content, publish and share with people, promote your business with the content, this strategy will prevail in short or long term. Whatever you do, you will need persistence and patience, nothing will automatically improve overnight, i.e., selling online or improve your search rankings, now all we have to do is to share our love for creating and sharing great content and not to worry about the ranking every day. When publisinh articles, I prefer ezine, a new article will be indexed and cached in less than an hour, of course your posts on some blogs will be indexed real fast as well, I believe you should see for yourself, http://www.mfrexpress.com/towing-tow-chain-c-24_82.html, explains some interesting concepts, good writing, interesting content, indexed and cached, this article serves it's purpose well.
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Wasatch Range (South) > Santaquin Peak > Climber's Log
Santaquin Peak Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2017
|Saw one other person the entire time out on the trail. Weather was good, nice and cool and not too sunny.
|Posted Sep 18, 2017 8:38 pm
|Fun in the Wasatch
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2014
|Posted May 24, 2016 5:32 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1996
|My wife and I camped on the summit on July 3-4 1996. We could see some fireworks far below, but it wasn't the best campsite. The wind was so strong during a microbrust that the stove blew away!
|Posted Nov 19, 2015 2:04 pm
|Ideal late-summer morning
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2014
|#1 8-26-14 Nice trail, nice breezes, nice summit. Interesting flag flying there - a commercial company's banner. Several rock shelters suggest there just might occasionally be some bad wind up there. Afterward climbed the intermediate bump between Santaquin and Loafer and bagged Loafer, too. IVD - sicher! #2 8-4-15 W/ Brent. Talk about an undulating trail... Grabbed Loafer on the return.
|Posted Aug 26, 2014 10:55 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2014
|Hot but beautiful day in the mountains with the pups - Miko and Nala. Got Santaquin and then dropped down and ascended up to Loafer Mountain.
|Posted Jul 5, 2014 7:33 pm
|Memorial Day Two-fer
Date Climbed: May 26, 2014
|I took the Loafer Mtn trail all the way to the top of Loafer. I didn't see any snow until high up on the ridge. There were still plenty of cornices left over from winter and I sat on one on the top to eat a turkey sandwich.
I had a very fun inner monologue then on whether I should attempt Santaquin or not. I put on my gaiters, crampons, and pulled out my ice axe. I began to descend down the very steep north face and wished I had skis. Instead, I traversed down through the sparse trees until I could see a straight route to glissade. The south face of Santaquin still had patches of snow, but I found the trail. From there it was a matter of interchanging snowfields and muddy trail. It finally led me to the knife-edged ridge with more cornice fun. I stuck to the trail beneath the summit where it gained the western ridge leading up to the summit. I had another turkey sandwich here. It was very important to me.
I stayed on top looking back at the steep north face of Loafer for a good half-hour. I was dreading the traverse that I meant to undertake. There was absolutely no trail when I got there and my crampons were essential. I only post-holed a little and about an hour after leaving the summit I made it back onto Loafer's western ridge and snowless trail.
I followed the Santaquin trail back to the Loafer Mtn Trail and onto the southern-ish ridge. It is one of my favorite ridges as it is usually breezy and cools you off, even though it is devoid of trees lower down. All the land between me and Nebo was a deep green, as green as it ever gets in Utah. On the way back to the car, I didn't realize how steep the trail was, and my trekking poles helped out on the loose rock.
All in all it took 8.5 hours total, including my 0.5 hour rests on both summits. It was very beautiful, and would definitely recommend.
|Posted May 27, 2014 10:54 am
|Steep, but with nice upper portions.
Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2013
|The trail from the nebo loop road gets steep once you aproach the canyon and is very rocky, boots were nice for the way up and down. Last day of really warm weather up high this year as it snowed the next day. Did Loafer and then traversed over, very steep and loose to hike down to the saddle from where we did, but we did run into a herd of goats! Got within 10 yards before they took off. The views from Santaquin are much better than Loafer showing the valley relief. If you only do one, do Santaquin. The traverse over makes it more interesting than the long gully hike of Loafer.
|Posted Oct 26, 2013 6:08 pm
|Santaquin Peak
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2013
|9/10/2013 Along with Loafer Mountain. Wasn't able to enjoy the views as from about 9500 feet on up I was hiking in very thick clouds. Visibility was never greater than 20 feet and much less in most cases. Very cold and windy and was raining sideways on top. Still a fun hike. Will be back to do it in better conditions.
|Posted Sep 10, 2013 7:11 pm
|Long but worth it!
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2013
|I climbed this with my 15 year old son and our dog. We saw 3 mountain goats on the saddle between Loafer and Santaquin Peak, and lots of wild grouse on the way up and down. Was surprised to see an American Flag on a pole at the top- great addition to whoever posted it there! Take plenty of water if you hike in the summer- there are no springs along the way.
|Posted Jul 22, 2013 1:35 pm
|Fun with friends
Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2012
|I hike this peak with 2 wonderful friends the wasn't that clear that day.
|Posted May 15, 2013 5:41 pm
|great views
Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2011
|Did it with Loafer via Loafer Mountain Ridge trail. Much better views of Utah Valley than Loafer.
|Posted Oct 4, 2011 10:10 pm
|via Loafer Mtn Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
|Hiked via Loafter Mtn trail. Good trail to the summit. Left saddle and climbed to Loafer Mtn on the return.
|Posted Sep 21, 2011 2:26 pm
|Santaquin Peak
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2009
|Great hike. The views of Payson Lakes and Nebo were incredible, and we only saw one other person on the trail. Plenty of solitude and scenery, and we bagged one of the Seven Peaks.
|Posted Jul 21, 2011 3:21 pm
|Ran up in just over an hour and a half
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2010
|Pretty awesome, VERY foggy and mysterious. Ran up in 1:33 and then went and got Loafer as well. The fog was unreal and very cool. This trip got me all of the "7 Peaks".
|Posted Nov 8, 2010 3:06 pm
|Loafer Mt Trail
Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2010
|Climbed Bald Mt, 10421, and Twin Knolls and then headed over here via the Loafer Mt Trail. It was a nice surprise to find that the trail goes all the way to the top. The topo just shows it going to the saddle. It started drizzling about 1/2 hour into it, but wasn't too bad until the sleet and wind started. Almost no visibility for about an hour but most of the time it was reasonable. The wind was strong enough to blow me around. Also did Loafer.
|Posted Oct 7, 2010 11:53 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2009
|An okay early season hike to get some exercise (and some exercise for my dogs). There was still a fair bit of snow, which slowed things down considerably, but the views are nice and there are VERY few people.
|Posted Feb 5, 2010 3:44 am
|Great hike
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009
|I went up the Loafer Mountain trail this past summer. It was great! I feel like this is a very underrated mountain.
|Posted Feb 2, 2010 8:04 pm
|Route Climbed: one of the northwest ridges from Woodland Hills
Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2009
|There are several "northwest ridges" - the one we took is the one that at around the 7000' level intersects the end of a trail that appears to come from the water tanks area in Woodland Hills. That trail is probably an easier way to do the lower part of our route.
This was a second try. On Dec 30, 2007 we tried to ascend this ridge from Loafer Canyon, starting at the point where our borrowed jeep got stuck in the snow. That morning we bushwhacked a few hundred feet to the ridge only to discover a McMansion development right there that wasn't on our map. We got up to around the 8200' level and were out of time and wet and exhausted due to a blizzard and deep upside-down snow.
This time we parked in that development (guess it's good for something after all) near our ridge to save those few hundred feet, and had perfect weather, and at least some sections of the route had somewhat consolidated snow. It was a strenuous 7 hours to reach the summit, but only 2.5 hours to descend. 5000' vertical total across only 2.6 miles each way according to GPS/altimeter. We left the car at dawn and arrived there again at dusk, perfect timing. Dramatic views the whole way, but especially at the top, and also enjoyed all the pretty rimed limber pines in the upper parts.
|Posted Dec 27, 2009 4:18 pm
|While visiting Utah!
Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2005
|Climbed up Loafer and Santiquin a few years before moving to Utah. Just visiting my wifes grandma who lived nearby. Pics and map of route taken at http://www.willhiteweb.com/loafer_santaquin_mountain/utah_county_hiking_189.htm
|Posted Oct 2, 2009 8:26 pm
|Good Hike, but Hazy Day
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007
|I took the standard trail. It was an enjoyable hike, but there was a lot of haze in the air that week. It was a shame because the views would have been great.
|Posted Oct 3, 2007 10:53 am


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GC had to lead the game into being solely about WoW, not about wrapping up WC3 storylines. And it's worked a bit, but has been vastly overshadowed by the disaster that was the Cataclysm itself.
"Oh, who does my hair? You might have heard of my stylist. It's called the Void!"
"No matter how much you plead I will not sprout tentacles or turn into a giant eyeball. Well, I might. But not because you asked!"
I don't think Rob's comeback will make a life changing difference. Blizzard needs to realise their own flaws and correct them. The majority of the players may be their main concern, but they are not always right in every decision.
Now I know people will come with all kinds of fallacies in order to portray Blizzard as a bunch of greedy bastards that will do everything for the sake of money (Cause you know... they are a market of their own). But even they can't be so stupid as to not notice that people become more rebellious, unsub more often and just do what they have always done.
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Originally Posted by FrankLampard
I wish people would stop spouting this in every thread. You know what? Sometimes it does.Correlation does not equal causation.
I personally think it's isn't too wise of him to tweet about stuff other departments do. Having to carry all the hatred aimed at him. People might say it's not a problem because he could just ignore it and shrug it off, but ... only this week we had the example of the developer of Fez going on a nerdrage and telling customers to go kill themselves because of criticism they gave his game.
Is Anti-Fascism Un-American?
Just a random thought I've been having for about a year now. I like WoW still and have enjoyed MoP but I think it really is missing something elusive and trying to step back from my own memories of the game I don't think it's all nostalgia. I can't quite put my finger on what it is.
EDIT: What I'm sort of trying to get across is that some sort of a major story arc that extended from vanilla through Wrath came to a conclusion at the end of Wrath and everything since has been episodic at best. Cataclysm really had nothing much to do with Wrath and even less to do with MoP and I don't think that the next expansion is going to really have a lot to do with either of those two either. So maybe that's where the immersion or whatever it is that people are missing comes from. It feels very episodic at this point. If the next expansion is more driven by a fork from the BC arc, then that might provide more of a sustaining arc to the whole.
It bothers me a lot that I can't quite get to what I want to say but it's really very tenuous.
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He is the head of his team though. He has final say on what to present to Morhaime. You think Morhaime is going to go through all the data to make sure GC is doing his job? He takes what GC thinks is a good idea and discusses it with the other heads to see how it will affect the game in general in their weekly meetings. For all intents and purposes, GC is the one responsible for balance at the end of the day because what his team does, he presents to his boss and counter-parts in the other departments. I'm not saying everything is his fault, but his vision is the one that his department runs with.Thank god, somebody realised you can't blame one single guy for changes. He has a team, there's other people working on stuff that is of equal value and there's somebody above him.
There is no way to determine it though because Blizzard doesn't release that information, and for good reason honestly. Doesn't change the fact that you can look at the situation and come to your own conclusions. I'm not writing a thesis paper that I have to provide evidence to every moron repeating this mantra. I am simply looking at the circumstances involved. Often times, the simplest explanation is correct. Even if I can't prove it, that doesn't change the very real possibility that this thing is in fact causing this other thing.No. It doesn't. Correlation by itself is not enough to determine causation. Sometimes a correlation can lead to a causation being determined, but that requires further investigation to weed out the confounding variables.
Regarding Blizzard sub-loss, it is not any one thing, but a combination of many. It is still perfectly reasonable to take a look at when GC started at Blizz, and when sub-loss started and form an educated guess that there is a very good chance he is partially responsible.
Mostly I'm just annoyed with people saying this over and over and over and over...
Blizzard was very communicative on the forums and held discussion about every aspect of the game even long before Ghostcrawler. Else Tseric wouldn't have been fired for his nerdraging against the playerbase either over the shaman class-design.
Is Anti-Fascism Un-American?
Can I ask what has Pardo been working on to prevent his input in World of Warcraft? It's just, looking at his wikipedia page, his latest work is on Diablo 3 and people bawed with the force of ten thousand oceans when that was released.
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My opinion: GC isn't going anywhere. Pardo will have a role, perhaps a major one but GC will be lead designer still. Doesn't really matter. GC isn't some irrational dictator who won't listen to anyone despite what many on the forums seem to want to believe. All evidence points to Blizzard trying to arrive at a general consensus on any major decision before making a move.
Pardo being a part of the equation, is of course, good news. He's talented. GC still being lead designer is also good news. It means Blizzard management isn't a bunch of reactionary idiots.
GC wouldn't be the one talking to Morhaime. That'd be his boss, Tom Chilton, that does that.My point was that there is a chain of command, and the person above cannot micro-manage what everyone below them is doing. That's why they have people below them. GC tells them this will work and why, and they trust him to do his job. I highly doubt Chilton is cross examining every desicion that is made in systems development. The higher up you go, the more priorites change, and those people won't give two shits if Mages are over-powered. That is GC's job, and when mistakes happen, it is his fault because of the responsibility he has for his team, as well as to his bosses. When people quit because Mages are over-powered, that is directly his fault, and his alone.There's a lot more people above him than you think. He leads the developper group, but in any company it has to go past executives aswell.
I agree with the other people here saying that GC is not solely responsible for every bad decision that is made, but he also doesn't do himself any favors when he talks about other departments as if he has final input in the overall direction they take. I do think that he has a lot of influence in the direction the game is taking overall, but it is silly to blame him for everything when some things are completely out of his control.
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The last we saw on film it wasn't looking good for Butch Cassidy and his partner. in the 1969 classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" they tried to shoot their way out of a standoff against the entire Bolivian army. To be fair, the screen went to black before we could see the likely unfortunate outcome.
But apparently Butch Cassidy is riding again.
The Associated Press is reporting that Sam Shepard will play the real-life LeRoy Parker (alias Butch Cassidy), who famously led the Hole in the Wall Gang. Shepard will ride without Sundance in the film entitled "Blackthorn."
Shooting begins next month, appropriately in Bolivia. The new film plot has Cassidy feeling compelled to commit just one more robbery before he can retire (always an ominous thing to say in movie-land).
Spaniard Mateo Gil, known for his screenplay "The Sea Inside," will be directing. Hopefully with this kind of creative power behind a project, we'll have a better retelling than we had in 1979's "Butch and Sundance: The Early Days" which featured a young Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy.


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Pujols keeps Cards' season alive
Three-run homer in ninth inning beats Astros in Game 5
By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Even after struggling through an ugly 0-for-4 on Monday night and leaving four runners on base, Pujols knew he needed just one more chance. One more at-bat, and he could turn around the game, the National League Championship Series and the Cardinals' season.
He got the chance, and he did what great players do -- he seized it.
Pujols obliterated a hanging slider from previously impenetrable Brad Lidge, depositing it 412 feet over the train tracks in left field at Minute Maid Park to give the Cardinals a 5-4 win over the Astros in an NLCS Game 5 for the ages. The Cardinals kept their season and Busch Stadium alive for at least two more days, and they are now two wins away from being the first team to win back-to-back National League pennants in nine years.
"I just wanted to relax and trust my hands, not try to do too much," Pujols said with a major degree of understatement. "Just try to hit a ball in the gap, hopefully get a base hit, get on base and let Reggie [Sanders] do the job. He gave me a good pitch to hit and I put my best swing of the night.
"I didn't know if I should let go of the bat or take it with me. I was shocked. I put my best swing of the night, and I didn't know what to do as I was running the bases."
Just to get to Pujols, the Cardinals had to do the improbable. John Rodriguez and John Mabry both struck out against Lidge, who has dominated the Cardinals over the years. A 1-2 count to David Eckstein meant St. Louis was down to its last strike. But 26 outs is not the same as 27, and Eckstein didn't give the last one away. He stroked a single through the left side, keeping the game going.
Jim Edmonds drew a walk from Lidge as the Minute Maid crowd grew tenser and tenser. After Pujols chased a low slider from Lidge, the right-hander hung one, and Pujols didn't miss it. It was the 10th home run of Pujols' postseason career. He's a lifetime .346 hitter in the playoffs.
"I was just thinking about, 'Don't swing at the same slider that I swung at the first pitch,'" Pujols said. "He's probably the best closer in the game besides Mariano [Rivera] right now. He has probably the best slider in the game. I just wanted to get a good pitch to hit and just put my best swing."
From the brink
|Five teams have won postseason games after being one out away from elimination.
2005 NLCS, Game 5: Cardinals 5, Astros 4
|*1992 NLCS Game 7, Braves 3, Pirates 2
|*1986 World Series, Game 6: Mets 6, Red Sox 5
|*1986 ALCS, Game 5: Red Sox 7, Angels 6
|1911 World Series, Game 5: Giants 4, Athletics 3
|*=Team would go on to win series.
Pujols' best swing is a thing to marvel at, and so the Cardinals dugout exploded, while more than 43,000 fans went eerily quiet. Isringhausen still needed to get three more outs, but it almost seemed like a formality even at Minute Maid.
"It was awesome," said Larry Walker. "We all jumped up. There was more noise in our dugout than in the whole stadium at that moment. It was fun to be out there and be part of it."
Pujols' homer turned around what had been a brutal night for the game's best right-handed hitter. It also made a footnote of what would have been a gut-wrenching, season-ending three-run homer by Lance Berkman two innings earlier.
Berkman had taken Chris Carpenter deep in the seventh, putting Houston ahead, 4-2 and moving the Astros within six outs of their first World Series trip. It was the Cardinals' first win in six postseason games at Minute Maid Park.
The shot made a winner of Jason Isringhausen, who pitched two perfect innings in relief of Carpenter. Minute Maid had been a house of horrors for Isringhausen, who surrendered a game-ending homer to Jeff Kent here in Game 5 of last year's NLCS.
"I'm glad to get out of here," Isringhausen said. "There are so many times when you can make a good pitch down and away, like Carp did, and a lazy fly ball goes out of the ballpark. ... We're ready to get to a real ballpark where we can make good pitches and get balls to left field without them going over the wall."
The win ensures that Busch Stadium will host at least one more game, as the series shifts back to St. Louis for Game 6 on Wednesday night. Old Busch will be demolished once the season ends, as the Cardinals move into a new ballpark with the same name for 2006.
It appeared for all the world that Berkman had ended Busch's run when he poked his dinger against Carpenter. With the Astros' bullpen looking untouchable, the Cards' chances seemed remote at best.
Astros one strike away
|With two outs and two strikes in the ninth, Astros closer Brad Lidge allowed the Cards to rally and take Game 5.
|1-2, 2 outs
|David Eckstein
|1-0, 2 outs
|Jim Edmonds
|Eckstein advanced to 2B
|3-1, 2 outs
|0-1, 2 outs
|Albert Pujols
|Three-run homer
Carpenter didn't even view the pitch Berkman teed off on as a mistake. Houston's No. 3 hitter just did what left-handers can do at Minute Maid -- he reached out and practically placed the pitch in the left-field stands. The shot was set up by a Hector Luna error on Craig Biggio's one-out chopper and a single through the hole on the right side by Chris Burke.
The Cards had led for four full innings before Berkman went deep, on runs provided by Mark Grudzielanek and an exceptional effort by their staff ace. But in Houston, even a single slip-up can spell doom, and that was the case for Carpenter.
Grudzielanek's two-run bloop single ended a string of nearly four solid games in which the Cardinals had not scored more than one run in an inning, and helped get him off a postseason-long schneid. Grudzielanek entered the game hitting .133 (2-for-15) in the NLCS and .143 for the postseason. But Astros lefty Andy Pettitte locked in after the third.
Carpenter worked out of trouble in the first and fourth and minimized a potentially big second inning before settling in to cruise through the fifth and sixth.
Pettitte did essentially the same thing to the Cards over the first two innings before the Redbirds at last broke through. Eckstein led off the third with a single, then Eckstein stole second and Edmonds walked. Pujols and Sanders both struck out, but Walker worked a base on balls before Grudzielanek looped his soft single into shallow right-center.
That erased a 1-0 deficit that could have been much worse. Jason Lane's single and Brad Ausmus' double down the line put Carpenter in almost as deep a hole as a pitcher can face -- second and third, no outs. But he struck out Adam Everett for the first out and got some help from his defense for the second.
Pettitte hit a bouncer to Pujols, and Pujols fired home. Catcher Yadier Molina had to lunge awkwardly for the ball, but managed to twist around and put a tag on Lane for out No. 2. Biggio's single made it 1-0, but Carpenter struck out Burke to escape what had the potential to be a "crooked number" inning.
Molina took a couple of dings on the night. In addition to taking Lane's knee to his head on the play, he was also banged on his bare right hand by a foul ball. But it didn't matter.
"I'm fine right now," he said with a grin. "Nothing hurts. I'm just happy."
Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today applauding the decision by a U.S. Appeals Court to reverse key provisions of the Federal Communications Commission's media ownership rules:
"I am very pleased with today's ruling. The regulation of media is a critical issue for every American and changes should be treated with an appropriate amount of caution and care.
"Media rules affect everything from local programming, such as local weather and emergency reports, to the choice of music available on radio stations. And in an election year, it is painfully obvious that voters must have access to numerous outlets if they are to make an informed choice at the ballot box.
"I am particularly concerned about the impact of radio consolidation on artists, songwriters, and other performing artists. I am hopeful that the FCC will use this opportunity to ensure that media rules enhance, rather than impede, the distribution of a diverse range of music and artists.
"The fact that Americans from across the political spectrum have joined together to protest against these rules is indicative of their potentially negative impact on our society and democracy.
"The court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission must better explain how they came up with these rules. There is no question that there must be good cause for moving these rules forward and it is incumbent on the FCC to detail what that is."


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While we don't have any magic formulas to offer you, below you'll find a few suggestions for whipping your essays, fiction, or poems into shape.
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1) Read. To be a literary writer you must be a reader—a dedicated, incessant reader. Because an MFA program is about mastering a specific genre of writing, you should devote most of your reading to the genre in which you will be applying. Try to read as many writers from the great tradition as possible. For example, if you are a poet, immerse yourself in Homer and Virgil, Dante and Chaucer, Milton and Wordsworth, Hopkins and Dickinson, and so on. And, since a writer must be of a particular time and place, you should read widely among contemporary writers who are considered the finest in the world. Since our program is grounded in a concern for the way art and Christian faith interact, consider subscribing to IMAGE journal, which features the finest writers of faith at work today. You might also read books by current and past SPU MFA faculty members.
2) Study. If possible, consider taking one or more courses from a local university extension program. Ideally you should enroll in classes that stress the mastery of craft. Take courses that are appropriate for your own stage of development. There are also local literary organizations that offer writing classes; the best of these organizations have acquired a good reputation in the community. For example, here in Seattle we have Richard Hugo House. You may also want to enroll for a Glen Online writing course, which you can learn about here. Ask around; read testimonials—be a smart shopper. This is even more important with Internet courses—many of these are of poor quality, so you need to be very careful.
3) Write. Don't put off writing until you think you are "ready." Serious writing (as opposed to mere journaling) is an extremely difficult habit to acquire, and there is elemental wisdom in simply learning the discipline of daily writing. Again, it is vital that if you wish to apply to our program in a particular genre you write in that genre, day in and day out.
4) Workshop/Critique Groups. Many writing courses are based on the workshop model but writers often form more informal workshops on their own. Ask around. Ask any local writers you know and respect if they know of a group. Naturally, groups will vary widely in quality—they can be dominated by overly harsh or overly sentimental members. Again, use your common sense.
5) Genre Recommendations. We have a few suggestions geared to the specific genres in our program.
Poetry: Even if you prefer to write free verse, we strongly recommend that you spend some time working with the formal elements of poetry: meter, rhyme, enjambment, etc. Use the discipline of a form like the sonnet to increase your skills. But don't feel that you have to submit formal poetry to us; submit your best work, whether in free verse or in a traditional form.
Fiction: Many of you may have novels in progress. There's nothing wrong with that. However, keep in mind that we rarely allow students to work on a novel in our MFA; it is the exception, not the rule. We strongly urge you to work on the short story form. The short story has been defined as "something happened to someone." Thus it can be an important reminder that fiction is built on scenes and dramatic structures and is not merely a "sketch."
Creative Nonfiction: As with fiction, it is very rare that we allow students to work on a booklength project in our program. The norm is the writing of essays. By essay we don't mean short vignette; we mean substantial pieces of writing, from 3,000 to 6,000 words in length. Not every CNF essay has to be this long, but writing at this length demands that you be able to manage a certain level of complexity. An application in CNF that contains only short 2-3 page anecdotes and sketches will not be successful.
Good luck, and happy writing!


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"Tax time: Stack receipts, download forms, fine tune pencil, and stab aorta. Pay tax, buy civilization."
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"Today, I will stand in front of the mirror and tell my self 'I love every piece of you for you're God's masterpiece♕"
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Inmate Admits He Shot Tupac,Names Jimmy Henchmen,Diddy
Net Worth: $40 Million
- Source of Wealth Rapper, Actor, Record producer
- Nationality United States
About Inmate Admits He Shot Tupac,Names Jimmy Henchmen,Diddy
A convicted murderer, long suspected of involvement in the 1994 Quad Studios shooting of Tupac Shakur, has finally admitted to committing the crime, and has accused Game's manager, Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond — founder of Czar Entertainment — of masterminding the botched robbery, which left the legendary rapper shot five times.
"I want to apologize to his [Tupac's] family and for the mistake I did for that sucker [Rosemond]," Dexter Isaac told AllHipHop.com today (June 15), on the eve of Tupac's 40th birthday.
In an explosive confession dedicated to his former friend, whom he helped to launch entertainment company Henchmen Entertainment in 1989, Isaac explained that he has "stayed silent in prison for the past 13 years, doing a life sentence like a real soldier should," but that he is "tired of listening to your [Rosemond's] lies."
"In 1994, James Rosemond hired me to rob 2Pac Shakur at the Quad Studio," said Isaac, who is currently housed in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Metropolitan Detention Center. "He gave me $2,500, plus all the jewelry I took, except for one ring, which he wanted for himself. It was the biggest of the two diamond rings that we took. He said he wanted to put the stone in a new setting for his girlfriend at the time, Cynthia Ried. I still have as proof the chain that we took that night in the robbery."
While Tupac survived the shooting, which took place on November 30, 1994, in Manhattan's Quad Recording Studios, and left him shot twice in the head, the incident directly instigated the deadly East Coast-West Cost rap feud, which resulted in the shooting deaths of both Tupac and his East Coast rival Biggie Smalls.
Isaac's shocking statement goes on to hint at future revelations regarding the fallen rappers, even drawing Bad Boy honcho-turned-entertainment mogul Diddy into the fray, claiming that Rosemond will "flip" on Biggie's former cohort for his involvement in the shootings.
"Now I'm not going to talk about my friend Biggie's death or 2Pac's death, but I would like to give their mothers some closure. It's about time that some one did, and I will do so at a different time," Isaac continued ominously. "Jimmy, you and Puffy like to come off all innocent-like, but as the saying goes: You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. Mr. Rosemond, I ask you: Are you going to flip on Puffy when the feds get you? To save yourself like you have done in the past?"
Rosemond, who manages rapper Game, singer Sean Kingston and Mike Tyson, among others, is currently still on the lam, facing federal cocaine conspiracy charges, and has been accused of being a government informant by the New York Daily News, 50 Cent and others.
Isaac is currently serving life in prison for the robbery and murder of a Brooklyn taxi-cab driver.


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The aim of the K-12 Physical Education Program is to enable individuals to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to lead an active, healthy lifestyle.
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The WWW sites linked to from this page provide practical assistance for Physical Education teachers wanting to use the Internet as part of their classroom planning/instruction. There are quite a few broken links on this site but there are even more links that are active and worth your time!
This page is dedicated to providing a space for Physical Educators to share lesson ideas. If you find some of the lesson ideas on this site useful then I have accomplished my goal.
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'Prison is easy' cop killer jailed
A reckless driver who ran down and killed a police officer before boasting about it has been jailed - but he said "prison is easy" as he has a TV in his cell.
Gary Cody, also known as Gary Bromige, 25, who was sentenced to eight and a half years at Kingston Crown Court, kept newspaper clippings about the incident in his cell which he showed off to fellow inmates, and played an "imaginary violin" about the tragedy as he bragged about it.
Bromige, of Holland Road, south Norwood, was doing between 80-88mph in his Volkswagen Golf on Reigate Avenue in Sutton, south London, in the early hours of September 20 last year when traffic police attempted to stop him.
Father-of-two Pc Andy Duncan, 47, stepped out to pull him over, but Bromige hit the father-of-two, throwing him 35 metres "like a ragdoll" and leaving him with fatal injuries.
The officer, who had been with the Metropolitan Police for 23 years, died in hospital two days later.
If Bromige was going at the speed limit he would have been able to stop, Jonathan Rees QC for the prosecution said.
Bromige, who wore a maroon tracksuit in court, was driving to a Krispy Kreme doughnuts outlet and drove away from the scene before abandoning the car.
The court heard he rang his father and told him that he had "done it this time". His father told him to hand himself in.
He pleaded guilty in December to causing death by dangerous driving, as well as charges of causing death while uninsured, causing death while unlicensed, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident.
In his sentencing remarks, Judge Nicholas Price QC, said Pc Duncan's injuries were "catastrophic", and pointed out the difference in the lives of the two men - a policeman doing his duty as opposed to a man who has 35 convictions with a "staggering" 88 offences.
"The contrast between your short life and that of Pc Duncan could not be more stark.
"He was simply doing his duty when your vehicle struck him," he said.
The judge said that due to the defendant's actions, society and a family have been "robbed of a man in the prime of his life who had so much to offer".
Addressing Bromige, the judge said: "I struggle to find anything of real benefit to be said on your behalf."
The judge said Bromige was heard saying in jail: "Prison is easy. I've got my telly. Don't care how long I get."
Mr Rees read extracts from a prison officer's statement, telling the court: "It shows that he appears to be extracting a degree of satisfaction from his notoriety."
In the statement, the prison officer said Bromige said to him: "Do you know who I am? I'm the one on the news. The one who ran the policeman over. I'm probably on the telly all over the world."
The prison officer said he also overheard Bromige talking to other prisoners about the incident.
"It's on YouTube," he was overheard saying.
"Copper brown bread. You see it on there. Me and the car and the copper dead on the road."
At this point Bromige is said to have played an "imaginary violin".
Mr Rees said Bromige also kept a collection of newspaper clippings about the crime in his cell.
Referring back to the prison officer's remarks about his boasting, the judge said Bromige was seemingly "upbeat with a big smile on your face", and showed a "child-like excitement".
Bromige bowed his head and rubbed his face with his hands as the prison officer's statement was being read.
After the sentencing, DCI John McFarlane, from the Metropolitan Police, said: "We became aware that Cody (Bromige) was claiming to be full of remorse.
"However, his conduct in the prison didn't reflect the remorse he claimed.
"We know he was boasting that he had killed a copper and that he had newspaper clippings regarding the incident in his cell which he was showing off to other inmates."
In an impact statement read to the court, Pc Duncan's wife, Claire, said: "Since September our lives have changed completely. We are devastated - I have lost my husband and our children have lost their father.
"They are struggling with this every day. My daughter has said that she is so upset that her dad had so much more to teach her.
"My son has said that he no longer wants to learn to drive. Not having their dad around will affect them forever.
"Andrew's parents are without their son and are finding life difficult. His sister has lost her only brother. Our future plans as a couple will not take place as we wished.
"Our plans for our house, travelling and retirement are now things that I will face alone. He was my world - we are truly devastated."


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Critical Overview
(Poetry for Students)
Over the years, Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" has received extensive critical attention. Critics have long recognized Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" for its restrained and dignified expression of simple truths. In Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson praised the poem for its universal appeal and its originality: "The 'Churchyard' abounds with images which find a mirrour in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo are to me original.... Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame, and useless to praise him." Other writers, such as Samuel Coleridge and Matthew Arnold, also admired the work, although Arnold's criticism was somewhat cautious. Arnold noted in his Essays in Criticism that "the 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is a beautiful poem ... But it is true that the 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' owe[s] much of its success to its subject, and that it has received a too unmeasured and unbounded praise."
In the twentieth century, critics have often observed two competing "voices" or attitudes in Gray's writings. Joseph Wood Krutch, in his introduction to The Selected Letters of Thomas Gray, offers a useful comparison of the classical and Romantic tendencies in the "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard." Krutch maintains that there are certainly strong romantic qualities in the poem, but that it is more clearly identifiable with the eighteenth...
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By Del Stover
Want a glimpse into the future of local school governance? Look to a new law in California that forces boards to restructure low-performing schools if parents demand it. Or to last year's unsuccessful bid to strip Louisiana school boards of their oversight of personnel matters and to make it harder for them to fire a superintendent.
These days, it doesn't take a crystal ball to see the challenges facing school boards in the years ahead. More mandates are on the way. More charter schools are on the horizon. And everyone will expect school boards to keep raising achievement, despite gut-wrenching cuts in state education funding that already are undermining local instructional programs.
Adding insult to injury, there remains a worrisome disconnect between the public's expectations for education and its understanding of the immense challenges facing school officials. Coupled with frustration at the pace of school reform, this fuels questions about the capacity of school boards to fulfill their responsibilities -- and occasionally spurs efforts to "reform" local school governance.
For all that, it's important to recognize that the future has promising signs as well. They're found in communities all across the nation. Look to Texas' Aldine Independent School District, where the board has overseen a closing of the achievement gap, despite having four of five students living in poverty. Or to Colorado's Adams County School District 50, where the school board is pushing bold innovations, including doing away with traditional, age-based grades in its schools. (See ASBJ's March cover story, "Leveling the Field," at www.asbj.com.)
In the years ahead, school boards will have two things going for them: First, with few exceptions, they do their job well. Second, local control of the public schools remains an enshrined tradition of American democracy, and the vast majority of the public -- as well as state and federal policymakers -- want it to stay that way.
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text: So, who was it that asked if I wrote longer stories? You? Bet you're scrambling for that backbutton now! Title: On the Nature of Wind Author: SLWatson Editors: KRWalker, Maguena, Sadisticerrorpi Betas: TheBrimmstone, Smoke Glacken (Jen), Allenth, Sabby (other Jen), Ehzoterik, Merfilly Rating: PG, mild cussing Timeline: 2242 - 2243 Pairing: None Words: 98,800+ Disclaimer: Star Trek, of course, belongs to Paramount. I'm only borrowing one of their main characters, a couple of cameos and a few of their concepts, but eh. As for the rest of the charries, they're mine. If by some small chance you want to use them, just ask. I'll probably jump for joy and say yes. And I'd be negligent if I didn't say it: This story is best read in its original format HERE. Notes: All right. This story has something of a strange pedigree, so lemme explain it. One: It was the very first one I wrote. I started it in October of 2001, wrote through the first four parts and then... stopped. Got blocked for the next six years. Could not write in it to save my life. Tried a dozen times. Worst of all, I got blocked at this really fricken important scene, too. I'd go back and edit and pick at things, but it took me until earlier this year to actually finish this story. There are definitely stylistic differences between then and now, and between the first four parts and the last part and Epilogue. This one's not as polished, though still entirely readable... so, be patient with the twenty-one year old I used to be? ;-) Two: It was never, ever supposed to be a novel when I did start it. I figured it would be about 10,000 words, mostly humor, and that was it. I sure as heck never imagined, when I started, that it would end up 98,800+ words, let alone set the ball rolling on an entire story arc. Wanna know what question sparked it off? "Huh. Why did Scotty buy a boat for retirement in ST:IV?" Funny how stories go, isn't it? Three: Even when I did realize this would be a novel-length story, I didn't realize that I would go and write the timeline before it and after it. And I sure didn't realize that the long gap between the Prologue and Part I would later beg for some fill-in tales to explain things, mostly because back when I started it, I hadn't even begun to ask questions about my favorite engineer. Needless to say, though, this story is where those questions started really sticking in my head bigtime. And four: There's a pretty long gap (and a decent amount that happens) between where I left off on Distant Horizons and where this story picks up. Someday, I will go back and at least fill in one or two more stories to explain how Scott ends up from there to here, but today won't be that day. There's also a lot that happens between the Prologue and Part I on a more personal level that I knew, but hadn't originally deemed as important as I do now. Nonetheless, those stories remain separate from this one, and I'll post 'em later. So... This is meant to be a standalone novel; you don't have to read Distant Horizons to be able to enjoy it. Though, of course, you'd probably enjoy it even more if you did. It's a sort of sequel to the story 'In Theory' in the novel Kobayashi Maru. It takes place mostly in the year 2243. No, you don't have to comment. Yes, though, it would be greatly appreciated. It has a bit of something for everyone. Humor, drama, friendship... piracy... No, I'm not kidding. You wanna know more, you can read on. ;-)


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HOUSTON - A plant flare-up in southeast Houston has many people in the area concerned for their safety.
The large flare has been burning since early Sunday afternoon. Despite the rolling plumes of smoke that have been released by this flare, emergency crews said there is no danger to the surrounding community.
"Me and my dad saw and at first I thought it was a house burning and I told my dad let's go see maybe we can help or something," said David Morales, an onlooker.
The intense flames from the flare can still be seen from several miles away. Neighbors in the area around the TPC plant off Highway 225 are wondering when it will finally diminish.
"I've never seen the black smoke like I saw this morning," said Freddie Gonzalez, an onlooker.
Early Sunday afternoon a power outage at the plant triggered emergency measures. Plant officials were forced to burn off large amounts of product to avoid a back up in the lines throughout the refinery.
The plant deals with butadiene, which is used to manufacture rubber products as well as lubricants and fuel additives. Plant officials said what's being released into the air is C4 hydrocarbons.
"What concerns me is the health of myself, my child and all the other residents here in the neighborhood," said concerned resident Walter Salinas.
While the incessant clouds of smoke may seem ominous, emergency crews have been monitoring the air all day and said pollution is not a danger to the surrounding area.
The spectacle brought onlookers throughout the day, all trying to figure out what was on fire.
"At first I thought it was a warehouse fire, like a big building, so I was kind of curious because you see the smoke coming all the way over and I was like, 'whoa what's going on," said Daniel Wolfe, onlooker.
As of Sunday night, crews are still trying to restore power to the plant. Until that happens, the flare will continue to burn.
Officials at TPC said they don't yet know what caused a power outage in several parts of the plant and do not have a time frame as to when operations will be back on line.
Officials said until this event is over they will continue working with Harris County Pollution Control and Office of Emergency Management to monitor pollution levels in the area.
No word yet on what caused the power outage that led to the flare up.
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HAMPTON, Ga.—Tony Stewart's throwing of his helmet last week at Bristol Motor Speedway was analyzed more than why his car was so bad early in the race and so much better at the time he battled Matt Kenseth for the lead that resulted in their skirmish.
It generated interest because fans love emotion and it's the easiest part of racing to understand.
It's difficult to tell what's going on underneath the hood and the body of the car to figure out why a car goes fast. But it's easy to see a driver boiling over. Drivers can show their emotion with their racecars or with their gestures, and once in a while by throwing equipment.
An incident such as what happened at Bristol, where Stewart launched his helmet at the hood of Kenseth's car, generates interest and talk—great fun for virtually everyone in the stands and every Sprint Cup driver not named Stewart or Kenseth.
"That stuff is always fun to watch," Kenseth said Friday before practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway. "I hate being involved in it. I don't like that part of it, but I always like watching it. I love watching other people's conflicts.
"I mean, everybody does. It's human nature. I think the fans loved the helmet toss. I thought that was cool, too, although I wish it wasn't being tossed at me because it meant that he was upset with me."
The drivers also don't like dealing with the aftermath. Stewart, the defending Cup champion, hoped to put the whole thing behind him but there was AMS president Ed Clark at Stewart's hauler Friday to present him with an Atlanta Braves jersey.
Stewart, who owns a dirt track in Ohio, knows that Clark was just trying to sell a few extra tickets, hoping video of Stewart in a Braves jersey will be played on Atlanta television stations that night in advance of the Cup race Sunday at the track.
So Stewart grudgingly went along with it, although after Clark left, Stewart told the assembled media: "All right, now that we've got the circus part over with."
But the circus is fun because fans relate.
"I'm sure everybody watching the race has somebody's neck they would like to wring," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. "Maybe they live vicariously through that emotion in some way. There is probably a co-worker or two they wouldn't mind running their fist into his face.
"It's probably more likely than you imagine. I assume they live vicariously through (us)."
In-car cameras allow fans to see if a driver is upset inside the car. But mostly the only way to tell a driver's emotion while watching a race on television is if the telecast airs in-car radio communications between the driver and the team.
"We are inside the cars, and we are limited to our physical emotions and physical body language driving the car," Earnhardt said. "But when we get out and do things such as Tony did, the fans really connect to that.
"They really connect to that emotion and driving down the road somebody cuts you off on the highway you would love to shoot them a bird or something."
Or maybe something more. Fighting in the pits or on the track likely will result in fines and possible sponsorship repercussions. Stewart wasn't penalized for his helmet throw.
"People like emotion," Stewart said. "Every other sport gets a cool-off period, every other sport you get time to calm down where our deal it's a little bit different; we don't have that.
"It's not like one play is a bad play and you go to another play. The bad deal for us is we are done for the day. That is where it's different."
Most drivers don't believe what Stewart did was dangerous, but at least one said he would be careful if he ever threw a helmet.
"Throwing the helmet is reasonable if you're mad," said Kenseth teammate Carl Edwards. "I'll tell you one thing I learned watching the video, I will not be throwing helmets when the car is that close to me. … Stand a little farther away when you throw the helmet so if it bounces straight back at you, you have a little time.
"That would have been just been real bad if it bounced back and hit him in the face."
Kenseth probably would have loved to have seen that.
"It's just human nature to like conflict and like controversy and action," Kenseth said. "Everybody wants to see good racing and a competitive finish, but everybody—whether people admit or not—a lot of people like to see the wrecks and see guys go over the edge and see something like that happen.
"I think that's been part of the sport for a lot of years, and, in general, people like the action."


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Recruitment #130212-Z12A-03
|Department of Rehabilitation Services
|County Location
Murray OK
|Date Opened
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|$1,591.00 - $2,497.00/month
|Full or Part Time
Position located at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf-Sulphur
Essential Functions: This position is responsible for instructing and supervising deaf and hard-of-hearing students in areas of personal hygiene, housekeeping, laundry and social and cognitive skills. Additional duties may include chaperoning bus trips home and extracurricular activities. Working hours are from 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. Candidates that are proficient in American Sign Language are preferred. Probationary period (or trial period if applicable) is required.
Education and Experience Requirements: Level I - None required. Level II - requirements at this level consist of one year of experience working with children or adults in a treatment facility for disabled individuals or working with children or adults in a residential or school setting.
This position may be filled at a higher level.
Method of Application: ALL SOURCES – Applicants, without previous classified state service, those that are in the unclassified status OR currently in probationary status, must apply through the Office of Personnel Management OKCAREERS on-line applicant system (www.ok.gov/opm/). Current State of Oklahoma employees with permanent status in the classified service, or those having reinstatement rights; Submit one (1) complete set of all of the following application materials: A cover letter that contains the Job Announcement Number, Job Title and Job Code of the position for which you are applying, a telephone number where you can be reached during office hours, your home mailing address, your e-mail address, your current classification and job code and a completed Office of Personnel Management Personal Data Summary Sheet (OPM-4B). DRS' requires applicants to provide copies of performance evaluations at the interview process.
Send OPM 4B and Cover letter to:
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Attn: Human Resources Unit
3535 NW 58th Street, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
Fax: (405) 951-3543
If you have any questions regarding this position or the application process, contact Calvin Small at (405) 951-3527.
Positions in this job family are involved in providing direct care and supervision to clients with developmental or other disabilities. This includes basic health care and assistance with health care needs, assisting clients with life skills, including living, vocational, recreational, and educational skills, reviewing treatment plans for appropriateness, and supervising implementation of care and treatment plans. Other positions are assigned responsibilities involving paraprofessional guidance and instructional work in an institution, shelter, group home, or school.
The Direct Care Specialist job family consists of five levels, which are distinguished by the complexity of assignments, the level of expertise required to perform the duties assigned, and the responsibility assigned for providing leadership to others.
Level I:
This is the basic level of this job family where employees are responsible for performing routine entry level work in a training status to build their skills in providing resident supervision and direct care and in managing, observing, and recording behavior of clients/residents. In this role, they will attend orientation and training to learn policy, practices, and procedures, provide assistance in basic self care and socialization, and use approved intervention techniques, observation, recording and reporting of appropriate information to facilitate this process.
Level I:
Education and Experience: None required.
Some positions may require that applicants be physically able to lift 50 pounds.
Applicants must be willing and able to work overtime and work on shifts.
Some positions may require that applicants be willing and able to perform job-related travel.
Oklahoma Department of Human Services positions may require applicants possess a valid driver's license and be willing to transport clients.
Score Based On: Non-Competitive
***NOTE: Names of eligible applicants can be made available to State agencies upon their request, immediately following the closing date and time.


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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Last week, the Mustangs endured what can only be described as one of their worst weeks of practice.
Coming off a disappointing 43-14 loss to the Pirates, Lakewood Ranch headed back to practice, looking to cleanup the mistakes that cost the Mustangs on both sides of the ball. But before Lakewood could work on squaring up its tackles and controlling the line of scrimmage, the team was hit with a flu virus that left the Mustangs' locker room reeling and forced many of the players to watch practice from the sidelines.
So heading into Friday night's home-opener against Southeast, it was anyone's guess as to how the Mustangs would respond and ultimately how many would actually be able to make it through all four quarters.
"We had a lot of kids that were sick," coach Shawn Trent said. "We had a lot of kids that were here every day at practice, but couldn't participate in practice because we have kind of a flu bug that we're still fighting a little bit. Some of those kids had to grow up a lot."
But when the game finally got underway, the Mustangs appeared to forget all about the ailments that had plagued them all week at practice and instead set out to prove to everyone that they were in fact ready to play.
Lakewood took an early lead on a touchdown run by Taryn Laws, who rushed for more than 100 yards on the night, and never let up as the Mustangs posted a stunning 20-16 victory over the Seminoles.
"I think we just totally forgot about (being sick) once we started," safety Danny Zarrella said. "Our defense was just playing really well and our offense was moving the ball and running it right down their throat. I think just the momentum kept us all going and we didn't think about being sick at all."
Lakewood jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter on a quarterback keeper by Reggie Lindsey. The Mustangs all but sealed the game in the third quarter when Zarrella recovered a fumble on a Southeast punt and ran the ball in for a 33-yard score to extend the Mustangs lead to 20-3.
"Southeast — that's also one of our rivals, so it's nice to get a big win like that," Zarrella said. "I just think people respect you more if you actually win. It was just nice to win."
After beating Southeast at home two years and falling to the Seminoles 14-3 last year ago, many expected Southeast to come in and dominate. But Lakewood wasn't about to fold under the pressure, and in doing so the Mustangs came out of the locker room with authority and put on one of their best performances despite also having to fight off the flu.
"It's not like they really beat us (badly before)," Trent said. "I don't think it was a stretch to get the kids to believe that we could beat them."
Lakewood will return to action Sept. 17 when the team travels to East Lee County High in Lehigh Acres. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
Contact Jen Blanco at [email protected].
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Great game thread yo!
If anyone recalls our first meeting with the Celtics at the beginning of the season, we came out smoking and didn't lose by much.
I fully expect a win. Maybe a resounding victory.
We're young, pretty, and can't possibly be stopped! BOS is old and tired... time for a changing of the guard. If no one took us seriously before, they will after tonight!
Its war time, get your game faces on. NYK vs BOS then MIA, NY Giants vs Philly on Sunday.
THIS GENTLEMEN IS MAKE OR BREAK TIME FOR NY. (Mostly for the G-Men but you get my drift)


text: Based on the collections, I think the final 3 are Christopher Palu, Melissa Fleis, and Dmitry Sholokhov. All 3 collections are very good and could def'ly be the winning collection. I had high hopes for Sonjia, but her collection was not to par and looked inexpensive. I don't think Ven is in the final 3 because he showed the same thing in his pre-PR portfolio (the folding/flower technique). I kinda like Elena's collection with the color-block cut-outs and she used color for spring (of course). But the 3 I picked, although predominantly used black, seemed expensive and well-edited. Gunnar had predominantly (I don't know how to say it PC'ly) women of color and had a seemingly African theme.


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UK-based animators Aardman were recently entered into the Guinness Book of Records for creating the world's smallest stop motion video. Dot, a tiny 0.35 inch model figurine, struggles through a microscopic world made of fabric in this fun one minute thirty-seven second short film. The video was shot using a Nokia N8, a smartphone that boasts a 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics, attached to a CellScope microscope. Yeah, this is technically a viral marketing stint by Nokia, but that does not take away the sheer magnitude of awesomeness surrounding this record-worthy feat. Peek after the break to watch a making-of video.
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What you need
- A toy telephone
Sit your baby on your lap and hold the phone to your ear as you talk into it.
Say a short sentence that includes your baby's name.
Hold the phone to your baby's ear and repeat the same sentence.
After you have done this a few times, pretend to have a longer conversation of two or three sentences.
Use your baby's name in the conversation and other words that he understands such as "Daddy," "Mummy," etc.
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I wasn't knocked down, I slipped on this woman's blood. Knick93 repeatedly quoting himself without making any sense is an unskilled chump throwing out of control haymakers -- except they're soft, and only hurt himself.
I wasn't knocked down, I slipped on this woman's blood. Knick93 repeatedly quoting himself without making any sense is an unskilled chump throwing out of control haymakers -- except they're soft, and only hurt himself.
Jimmy, we can only **** on Durant if Melo gets passed Indiana or else we'll look as bad as OKC.
I wasn't **** on Durant I think he is awesome. I am making a point to this fool thunder whatever. Durant made the finals last year with big time HELP. Lose two stars and take two steps back to lose in the semis. So stopping trolling on Melo who has never had much help in the NBA
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You're singling out a bad KD performance, yet he was one if if not the best individual performers in the whole playoffs.
Melo is having one of the worst for someone of his caliber. So you're argument is a HUGE fail, get it? OKC was competitive and got this far because of KD.
Such a Melo apologist while he's underperforming like he is.
Now get this if you can grasp it: you already failed the argument YOU stepped to, in regard to individual excellence and contribution this playoffs. I barely had to throw a love tap at you, you stumbled on your own laces while making your way to the ring.
My argument transcends this playoffs, and any short term small sample bull****. It's about why Melo isn't the caliber of player KD is (even though KD is so much younger), and isn't even about Durant. It's about Melo, and why I feel he is horrible goods for NYK if your goal is to ever win a chip.
Me? I'd like to see my city reach basketball excellence and chip it up, or at least truly contend.
You? You're content parading around bogus arguments to avoid the cold hard truth about Melo, Woodson, Dolan and the true state of the Knicks.
Kiyaman only poster I seen here who I think truly gets it. Props to Metro too who I respectfully disagree w at this point. But you're a PR man for Melo at this point Jim.
Your longevity here is insignificant. Only your arguments are less fresh than you.
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If you were a man and not a homer, and knew the NBA and not just NYK headlines, you'd know that the Thunder made it as far and played as competitively as they did because of KD. The NYK have been struggling to as a direct result of Melo. Overall, this shouldn't be about Melo vs KD, and not a small sample size of playoff performance. But that's on you, pooch.
Basketball is a team game made up of individual efforts. You just don't get it. KD's teams falling short this season, is almost identical to Lebron's Cav's teams. Except KD is no Lebron.
You a swagless fool. And I like swag, and don't like fools.
But you were probably the type of punk who compared Melo to Lebron, too, weren't ya? Dare me to look yo ass up. I tripple dog dare you.


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a resident of Kottinger Ranch
on Feb 25, 2013 at 9:30 am
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a resident of Kottinger Ranch
on Feb 27, 2013 at 3:41 pm
Cool! This is like playing Jeopardy, because I guess I should have made my post as a question!
So - Where does the profit from Jessica Brooks' website go? Does it go into Ms. Brooks' pocket, because if it does, then I would say she's profiting off her son's allergy. If it goes to somewhere noble, then she should certainly call that out on the website so that I can deduct the cost of my T-shirt from my taxes.
Bonus Question - why does the PW post a feel-good piece like this without digging a bit deeper. It's unfortunate, but the crap that goes on in the world these days makes us all skeptical and a jaded. Ask the questions, or we're more than likely going to assume the worst.
a resident of Avila
on Mar 2, 2013 at 8:36 pm
I would not put my kid in one of those shirts if it were free. There are certainly more dignified ways of letting someone know to be cautious about a kids allergies. My son has severe peanut allergies and those who care for him do not need a t shirt to help them understand. What kind of subliterates is this woman leaving her kid with?
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text: Tommy The C5t 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2010 (edited) On the way back from the game last night I saw the the dreaded essential track maintenance poster up at Bradford Interchange with the date in bold Sunday July 18th , the date of the Northern Rail Cup Final in Blackpool. The shock was the fact that Northern Rail have decided to take out essential track maintenance on the main artery route into Blackpool North affecting stations such as York, Leeds, Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Burnley Manchester Road, Blackburn, Preston & Blackpool North and on the Manchester Calder Valley line stations such as Leeds, Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Rochdale & Manchester Victoria. So instead of a train and a journey time that would take me one hour forty from Bradford Interchange to Blackpool, it'll now take just under four hours as I''ll have to navigate the dreaded rail replacement buses, which simply can't be trusted (see the incident at Selby last year, when one of the buses set off two minutes early empty and so when the packed train from Leeds arrived at Selby there was no bus to meet us and so we had to wait for over an hour for the next one). I just can't get my head around the fact that the final is Northern Rails showpiece final as they sponsor it and how do they repay the supporters, by making there journey to Blackpool as problematic as possible. The Batley supporters taking the train would go Batley -- Leeds --- Blackpool North, but now they'll face the farce of having to get on the rail replacement buses. Bad call by Northern Rail. Edited July 3, 2010 by Tommy The C5t Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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